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Kakashi sits at the Hokage's desk, nodding dumbly as Shizune goes over the daily briefing. It's binders of new intelligence collected by ANBU stationed in other countries, some with more of the same while others portend to potential crises.
"Here's what you need to know," Shizune says, and she sets a stack of binders in front of him. "We meet with the ambassador representing the daimyo of the Water Country. After that we have a few legislative meetings."
"About what?" Kakashi says. Shizune's mouth thins.
"About the proposed changes in the education system."
"Ah," Kakashi says. "That." He picks up the corner of a binder, cracking it open. He notes the size of the stack of papers inside it and the very small font printed double-sided.
"Obito-san usually takes a few hours at the end of the day to read," Shizune says, watching him. She points to the binder. "It's a lot to take in for acting Hokage. If you need to skim, each section has a summary."
They finish the briefing. It's not until the door closes that Kakashi groans and drops his head in his hands.
He's filling in for Obito while he's on parental leave - notably short, since the Hokage can't afford to be out for more than a few days. Obito had tried to prep him, arriving at Kakashi's place with reams of documents and summaries and folders of classified papers, par for the course for a man used to having multiple contingency plans, manipulating world leaders and blackmailing shinobi countries.
"How much do you expect me to read?" Kakashi said. There was a small mountain on his desk and Obito only frowned at him.
Anal would not be a word Kakashi would associate with Uchiha Obito when they were kids, but that's exactly what Obito is now. Annoying and insufferably anal.
"Sensei," Kakashi says, as Minato comes in to help him. "I'm really glad I'm not Hokage."