HOW TO BE HOKAGE

Chapter two

The starting.

Naruto stood in beside of a grumbling Jiraiya, they were on their way to Tanzuka town, where Jiraiya had, with so much conviction that he could 'feel' his old lover Tsunade calling out to him. They had been hunting her for over a period of two weeks, this 'feel' wasn't a new thing to Naruto. She was needed back at the village for the many people that needed professional healing, like Rock lee. At first she had been needed for both healing and leading the village, but the council wouldn't allow an unstable Sannin to lead their precious Konoha, so they took the next best thing…Jiraiya, he being a legendary Sannin with great power and leading Konoha, it would be a great image for Konoha to the outside world and a good morale builder inside the village. But Jiraiya being the 'modest' person he is, he rejected the offer, he needed to take care of his spy network and keep potential enemies at bay.

The council understanding this decided to go for Kakashi, but his nonchalant attitude rubbed many in the wrong ways. Council woman Koharu out right spat at the motion, saying "I would rather serve a child than that shell of a Konoha shinobi! What will he do in times of war? Sit back and watch as invaders siege our village while reading that smut of his?!" hearing this Jiraiya immediately held her to her words and said to her "well now that you mention it, there is a child strong enough for you to serve…Uzumaki Naruto…Namikaze." Many shinobi gasped at the last word uttered by the Sannin and questioned his sanity. But after long streams of curses and debates, Jiraiya finally gave enough proof to back up his claim. And many felt a great guilty slap them in the face, of course the people who knew in the council and yet set stigma against the boy lost whatever trust they had in the beginning.

The idea of Naruto being the Hokage begun to make sense in many minds, after all he loved Konoha even after all the suffering it caused him. He would make a great leader. He was strong too and could get stronger, he defeated a bijuu after all. He is indeed the fourth's son. It was decided, a thirteen year old Genin would be their Godaime.

And so it came to pass that Naruto had been given the title mere hours ago and was awaiting his coronation.

This Tsunade woman wasn't anything close to what he thought she would be like, she had hate and had a stench of naivety. She didn't know how she hurt her ancestors, her grandfather, her granduncle, she hurt their ideals, she hurt his ideals, she hurt his father's ideals and worst of all she didn't care that the old man was dead, her own sensei, called a fool by those vile lips.

As Godaime Hokage it was his job to slap the sense into his subordinates and shinobi. He would do his duty.

"Hey, old hag!" Naruto half screamed at her. She turned with droopy eyes and stared at him like she was staring right through him…the temperature dropped a few degrees as she smiled "who're you calling old hag, shrimp"

Taken aback by the jab to his height, Naruto pointed accursedly at her "I may be short, but unlike you I have a heart as tall and as wide as the earth, you practically spit on the old man's grave, you spit on the name of Hokage, how dare you call the Hokage name to be curse? How dare you betray your village? How dare you betray the ones who sought after you?"

Her icily gaze mellowed down, she stared at the young blond and sighed. He made her feel sad, guilty, and mortified. "I…I…I apologize for forgetting about the children, you are just like my little- ugh." A tear dropped from her eyes and Naruto's hateful glare disappeared, replaced by a look of confusion. He let her continue.

"How could I subject you little children to a live in a world filled with fools?" Jiraiya and Shizune stared on in fear and confusion, not knowing where this was going. "I should have stayed back…" that brought joy in Shizune's heart and great confusion the toad sage and his apprentice. "…and I should have spoken to the world of how foolish they all are and taught them that being a Kage, being someone ready to lay down their life, and dreaming and aspiring to be one, will bring nothing but sorrow, I see that now, my reluctance to share my knowledge with the world has created people like you shrimp all over the world"

Silence

Complete silence

Naruto was shocked to the core. He couldn't believe such a sober person could exist.

He raised his head up and cleared out all signs of shock away "well then, it seems you like to gamble…how about I make you a bet?"

Her mood lightened and her ears perked up "what type of bet?"

"If I become Hokage in the next three years, you will have to live in Konoha for the rest of your life and your descendants will be banned from being anything less than a ninja, and if I don't…I will resign as a shinobi and be a slave to your every word"

Jiraiya couldn't believe it, he was already Hokage or did he hit his head on a stone or what?

"Ha! Making such a deal like it means nothing, a real Hokage would never bound himself to a person's word, this is just more proof of how people like you are fools! It's a DEAL!" she grinned her teeth out as they shook hands and Naruto had a stern face, as if he was struggling to keep himself from making the deal null and void by screaming how he is the Hokage in her face.

"In fact if you become Hokage, I'll give you this necklace, it's worth more than ten mountains!"

Naruto just Hn'd and walked away.

Scurrying feet could be heard as Naruto walked away cooling, he didn't need to turn back to know who was behind him, he purposefully lead the way into the woods so he and Jiraiya could talk, it was obvious he wanted to ask him about his little gambit.

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Naruto shifting his head and feeling his environment, he stared Jiraiya right in that face…and grinned.

"Tch, Naruto playing around with bets isn't safe, especially with a Sannin" his face full of concern shone through the rising sun, they had spent a good measure of time it seems.

"I've survived Orochimaru once I can survive miss I pity myself over there, besides, I want to take my job as Godaime seriously, even if it means lying for the sake of the village."

Jiraiya sighed all while nodding his head in understanding, his eyes still showed concern, 'maybe he isn't ready for this responsibility' "I understand your perspective Naruto, but it doesn't change that she is far more dangerous than you are at the moment, you need more training Naruto, you're going to need a lot of it too before you can indirectly challenge anyone, do you understand?"

Naruto nodded, his chin rested on his right hand in thought "I understand Jiraiya, but who is the one to train me if not you? You've got a spy network to control, and I've got a village to rule over, both these things are not easily abandoned…so what do you propose?"

Jiraiya had been shocked, he never even thought in that direction, he thought things would sort themselves out once he got Tsunade and Naruto had been inaugurated. But it seems that was not the case. He had to think.

"I've got it!" he said after what felt like an hour of deep thinking, it might as well have been, the sun had risen to a good point. "I could spare at least a year, the toads can moderate the network status from time to time, but I'll still be away sometimes, those days you can have Kakashi or someone train you, I mean you're the Hokage right?"

Naruto's face scrunched up, it seemed like a good idea, plus one year with a Sannin isn't so bad, plus Tsunade is coming back with them, meaning he could order her to train him! It was perfect. "Okay, we'll see how it goes".

Jiraiya grinned at him and held out his hand, forming a bright blue spinning sphere, Naruto's eyes widened and he grin opening his mouth to ask what it was but Jiraiya was already speaking. "This my cute apprentice, is your father's technique the rasengan!"

Naruto once more was cut off as he opening his mouth to ask another question "I'll be teaching you this once we get a good rest 'kay?" Naruto nodded and fell into step besides the Sannin, he did feel sleepy. Well his thoughts and questions would have to wait for him to have a good rest.

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Squirming away from the sun's rays, Naruto flipped over and begun to sleep once more. Yet he noticed something spectacularly confusing, he had moved away from the windows yet still felt a soft yet raging wind that had a bright light. How was this possible? Deciding to find out he prepared himself and opened his eyelids.

He saw Jiraiya, his hand outstretched with a rasengan in his palm, he looked up to see the man's face, seeing him grinning he felt bewildered. "How can you hold such a dangerous technique to my face yet assume its safe?"

Jiraiya's grin faded and he turn around, promptly ignoring the question "Tch gaki these days, do you wanna learn or not?" hearing this, Naruto jumped out of bed and began to wear some clothes…that is, until Jiraiya stopped him with and incredulous look on his face "Ever heard of a shower kid?" hearing this Naruto glared and spat out "Well…have you ever heard of knocking?!" his face scrunched up and his glare well pronounced 'that was a good one! Hive five and thumbs for U-Z-U-M-A-K-I N-A-R-U-T-O!' Naruto thought secretly happy.

"Yosh! Naruto, Ikouze!"

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As expected, the last step to the rasengan seemed to baffle Naruto, his face scrunched up and his body soaking wet as he had been practicing the other two, Jiraiya took pity on the boy, "why don't you use that Kage bunshin of yours? The additional memo…" a loud shout of realization cut Jiraiya off net thing that could be heard was a Kage bunshin popping into existence, Jiraiya looked over to them and saw how both boys nodded to each other and in a few seconds a full rasengan came to life.

Jiraiya's mouth agar as he saw his the fourth's technique in the hands of its rightful owner. His moment of euphoria didn't last long though, Naruto's face didn't sit well with what he had expected "Naruto, what's wrong? You got the technique down, aren't you happy?"

Naruto lifted his downed head, looked at the rasengan in his hand and looked at the clone beside him and with an angry cry he punched the clone with the rasengan drilling it out of existence and making the smoke swirl.

Jiraiya didn't understand, wasn't the rasengan good enough? What exactly was going on here? "Naruto…take a deep breath and explain to me what has you worked up, okay?"

"How am I supposed to be a ninja…when my every move is read? If I accept my rasengan the way it is now…I'm going to be read easily. Every time I make a clone the first thing that enters my enemies mind is…ambush, rasengan, and decoy. I can't work that way as a Kage, besides that, Sasuke-teme doesn't need a clone to perform his fancy electric move and neither does Kakashi-sensei, you don't need a clone to perform the rasengan and I bet my ass the fourth didn't need clones either, why am I any different?!"

Jiraiya sighed heavily, 'looks like it's time for that godson-godfather advice session

"You know, Naruto, everyone is different, but if want to perform the rasengan the way I do it, all you have to do is practice and not go around cursing the world and reason, do you understand what I'm trying to say here?"

Naruto seemed to have finally understood what Jiraiya was telling him, he nodded and got back to work. Determined to prove the voice in his head wrong, to prove to himself that he wasn't what he thought he was.

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Two weeks later.

Shizune stood silently, knees trembling and teeth quaking, but otherwise she was fine, alive, but very scared, above her stood a man she was not meant to be afraid of, after all her Tsunade-senpai was here, the man was pale, he wore a weird clothing but it was definitely him, Orochimaru of the Sannin towered above her, disgusting speculating eyes fixed on her figure, glinting with madness and insanity. The colossal snake below his fit slithered and bellowed curses onto his name, she couldn't understand how the 'sweet young man' Tsunade had told her he once was became a terrorist in the world, she didn't understand, she never would.

"Orochimaru…Manda…" she heard her master's voice, confident, steady, bored. "I knew something like this would happen, I knew it immediately I drew a jackpot twice in a week. So, what do you want now Orochi-kun?"

Over the cursing she heard Orochimaru scold, or appease the snake, quieting it down, "Tsunade! It's been weeks now, I've come for your final answer! Will you heal me or not! Or do I have to kill you like I did sensei?"

Tsunade looked up at him like he was crazy, scoffed, spat and then…threw her fist at the ground causing a minor earthquake. Manda slithered around avoiding spiked rocks that threaten to impale him, Orochimaru and his subordinate took to the skies and Shizune-already seeing this coming-had begun attack on Orochimaru's subordinate. "Sorry to say Orochi-chan! But I've made a better deal!"

To say Shizune was shocked hearing these words was an understatement. Her master could see her lover, Shizune's brother, and her master's brother and all she had to do was heal those slacked arms of his. She gave it up, all for a deal she made with a thirteen year old boy?

What. The. Fuck.

Flying in the air Orochimaru grimaced, what could be way better than seeing loved one once again? "Damn you Tsunade, I don't know what you have planned but your life ends here! Kabuto! Finish the mute one off"

'What! Just because she hadn't said a word didn't mean she was mute! Besides HE knew her name! Tch! Orochimaru tactics' seeing her opponent form a chakra scalpel she knew this was a medical battle, and it was going to be one-sided, she would have to pull out all her card on this one, by the look of the smirk on his face she knew her opponent was way too cocky. If she ran out of options she'd have to drag it out until Jiraiya recovered from the chakra poison that was administered.

With a death defying smirk on her face Tsunade screamed on the top of her lungs "Ikouze! Orochimaru!" and she charged head on, Manda screaming about a thousand offerings, dived ready to swallow and then….

"Rasengan!"

"Heavenly kick of pain!"

"Doton: yomi numa!"

The dust cloud from Tsunade's kick slowly clearing, Kabuto and Shizune stood in anticipation, and just then three figures flew out of the dust

Naruto, Tsunade and Jiraiya stood before her, their backs facing her.

"Orochimaru…pray that this will be the last time I see you, if Kami-sama doesn't favor you, then I'm sorry" it was the boy's voice, the one Tsunade made a deal with, Naruto what was he thinking? He looked different, he looked hidden, all black, blond her all gone, he wore a black scarf over his head, it wrapped his face, neck and fell shortly, and then was a cloak of complete black, it fell to his feet covering his sandals, the sleeves were excessively long as if hiding something, he had changed.

The dust finally cleared revealing a scared Manda, he had a huge spiraling injury on his stomach and some twisted parts, and he was sinking.

"Damn you…" gurgling blood he spat out his last words to the few standingbefore poofing out of existence "OROCHIMARU! YOU WILL PAY!"

Orochimaru grimaced and spat out blood. It looked like Tsunade's kick hit him. "Uzumaki Naruto? Kabuto! Your information is lacking, let's go, we are out matched" he turned and looked straight at the unforgiving eyes of Naruto and smirked, "Don't get cocky brat, your still going to die, you'll never last long on my dead-list"

Naruto turned around, already feeling Orochimaru's presence shift a little, he walked away, his black cloak flipping in the air, "You will pay Orochimaru maybe not now, but you will die, trust me, I'll make it happen" with his back turned he didn't see the great frown on Orochimaru's face, but he felt it, and it made him feel good.

Shizune never expected this conflict to end so easily, but she was grateful, grateful to have three incredibly strong people around her as allies, she could only guess it was time to go back home, finally, a better life, a better way and a better path was laid before her, she would gladly take it.

And so, she fell into step with her new friend, a new savior, a new guardian. She picked up tonton and bounced happily onto her new life.

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The walk back was…comforting.

He had obtained his dream job and had successfully made Orochimaru fear him in one move. Giant Rasengan. Shizune and he had become familiar, and if not for his position he would see her as a surrogate sister, the same went for Tsunade and Jiraiya, only that they were more of grandparents, what with their age and all.

He felt anxious to start work, he felt joy at the prospect of compulsory Kage training, and Kakashi would have no choice now! He tried to contain his happiness and fit in with the character his clothing suggested, the whole attire was based on his feel to be a proper shinobi, Jiraiya did a good job picking it out for him, he had the same attire with different colorings, such as dark blue, white, red, brown and grey, the all came in three pairs, he also got some normal civilian clothing, he sometimes wore it underneath his attire, and he kept his old jumpsuit as a relic of his past life as a notorious shinobi, a reminder of how far he had come and how far back he can go.

"Oi, Naruto, wanna get something to eat?" Shit, had Shizune not spoken he would have kept on walking, slowly dying of hunger.

His stomach growled, and he thanked his scarf for covering his blushing face. Tsunade giggled cutely, in a way that made Jiraiya whip out that infernal note book of his and start jotting something down on it. Shizune just smiled and grabbed his arm, turns out there was a little kiosk with only two cloaked figures sitting.

He jumped onto the sit beside Shizune and began his large order, turns out they had ramen. "Oi, Shizune, what do you wanna get I think I'll manage with thirteen bowls of…huh?"

THUDD

Naruto turned to see Shizune's head on the counter, far away eyes and drool seeping out of her mouth.

Shit. Genjustu.

He look to see the cloak figure beside him had disappeared, his eyes hardened, the other was still there, seated, and sipping his noodles.

BOOMM

He turned and look off to the south of where he was. Water. Lots of water. Shit. They got separated, Jiraiya and Tsunade went off to God knows where. He shook his head and cleared his thoughts, he turn to look at the cloaked figure standing up, placing a few coins besides the chef's drool.

'What the fuck is going on?' he decided to stand and find out, the cloak figure turned and their eyes met. Red blazing eyes met cerulean, he recognized those eyes immediately. Sasuke's blasted bloodline was staring him in the face, those eyes, demanding submission from him, he wouldn't give up, he was a Kage now, and he wouldn't lose. Never again.

The cloaked figure chose that moment to speak "Uzumaki Naruto, jinchuriki of Kyuubi no Yoko, do not resist, come with me." Shit, the voice said it all, this was a stuck up Uchiha, there was no doubt. This man was Sasuke's relative.

Naruto wisely lowered his head, breaking eye contact, he had asked Jiraiya to teach him how to fight Uchiha's, he knew how to play this game.

He held his weapon within his cloak, he had gotten minimal training on weaponry, and he might have to go with the flow. He chose his words carefully and replied calmly, in almost a whisper.

"Fuck. You. Uchiha scum"

The man seemed unfazed but he went on to tell Naruto how futile fighting would be and at that particular moment, a good distraction came up, his partner's attack seemed to have been deflected and flew towards them. They broke off and clones surrounded the overconfident Uchiha.

Naruto summersaulted in air and landed on his knee, he stood and watched how rasengan after rasengan was dodged and parried. He realized, he needed to escape, he was severely outmatched, but he still pushed forward.

More clones came into battle, Naruto set off at the Uchiha with high speeds, the dirt below him kicked up, his cloaks hem blew behind him, and out of nowhere he held a kusarigama, black as the night and light as a feather. The long chain had a fairly large weighted ball at the end. He reminded himself of Tenten.

He flew forward, he and his clones attacking with the wickedly curve sickle, trying their best to tie the Uchiha up and render him motionless.

With all the constant dodging Naruto decided to go all out for real. Dispelling all the clones and weaving into the smoke he swung with all his might, and the weighted ball landed on something giving a satisfying crunch. The smokescreen cleared and Naruto saw the man kneeling, holding his right clavicle, strangely his face remained stoic.

He remembered Jiraiya's teachings, and drew the ball and then swung it around the Uchiha, he looked at him blankly and stepped forward, sickle in hand.

"In your next life, pick someone else to attack" he swung with force…chopping off the man's head.

The body fell, the head rolled, but blood didn't spew…Shit.

BOOMM.

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Tsunade looked up, the large mushroom in the sky didn't look encouraging, and this 'Akatsuki' came out of nowhere and interrupted her and Jiraiya's fun time.

"Oioioi! Pay attention bitch!" a giant scaly sword swung past the spot where her head was before, she tired kicking his legs out but he jumped, then came Jiraiya, charging in with a rasengan. It landed on the scaly sword, but it strangely only had only enough power to push the man a few feet back.

"Hahaha! How many times do I have to say it old man! Your chakra is useless against me, Hoshigaki Kisame!" the self-introduced man swung the scaly sword and charge in again.

His face already stoned, Jiraiya flew through hand seals "And how many time do we have to say it, we're the legendary Sannin gaki!" as his last words passed, so did a flame dragon.

Kisame parried lazily with a huge water wall that made a semi-circle in front of him, he smirked knowingly and swung behind him expecting to hit Tsunade or Jiraiya, big mistake. His eyes widened, she wouldn't dare. He turn around at with the best timing to meet with Tsunade's heavily chakra enhanced fist.

The blow was crushing, he flew back many yards taking trees out with him. Tsunade withdrew her fist, a well-placed smirk on her face, she was pretty sure his skull was shattered but then again that sword of his. "Like the pervert said, we're Sannin, it's a hundred years too early for you to face us. Your sword absorbs chakra, not your face"

Two yards in front of the Sannin was a semi crippled Kisame, 'you sure take you sweet time, Itachi, sorry, but their right, I cannot do this on my own'

His body fixed itself amazingly, nothing the two Sannin hadn't already seen, what with all those punches of Tsunade's. He flew through hand seals and at the tiger seal, he bulged "Suiton: Oceanic peak!"

As the name implied, a caricature of an ocean poured out of his mouth, rushing, unbound towards the Sannin.

"Jiraiya! He is trying to escape!" Tsunade threw her fist at the ground and then as if predicting Jiraiya's next move.

"Kuchiyose: Gamaken!" A giant toad poof into existence and Tsunade landed safely on its head, the water rushed, pushing at the giant's knees.

Kisame was already long gone the Sannin stood atop the toad's head and stared out the field turned lake. "I can't believe he has that much chakra, it matches Naruto's anytime of the day if he could pull this off without a water supply"

Jiraiya nodded in agreement "Gamaken, over there please" Jiraiya pointed to where the smoke was clearing, that Kisame bastard had gotten them pretty far away from Naruto. The toad nodded "I am not graceful, forgive me"

In one huge leap they were covering great distance and where going to land on top of Naruto's position.

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Shit

Booomm

"You are more talented and observant than the reports say…" A stoic voice boomed from behind the smoke.

Naruto had barely survived, he had to replace with one of the clones moving Shizune- he didn't know how to dispel Genjustu- he looked at his side, charred and sizzling. That attack got him good. His left side had be burnt off, the scarf covering his face long gone, the cloak was not even and burnt thoroughly. He grabbed the right side and pulled the cloak off completely and all he had left on was some black civilian clothes, the left arm still burnt off so he removed the black garb.

"….Uzumaki. Naruto" out of the smoke came a headed Uchiha, but his right arm still hung limply, looks like he still got one on the bastard.

"Who the hell are you? I already know you're an Uchiha so don't tell me that" Naruto said pointing accursedly at his opponent "And what the fuck do you want with me?"

"Uchiha Itachi is my name, I am an ex-Konoha-nin, I now work for an organization that wants what you hold, young Uzumaki". Naruto stood in silence as he took in his opponents face for the first time and then it slowly clicked.

"Itachi…ITA-oh! You belong to Sasuke-teme, you're his brother aren't ya?" Naruto gave a frown, "You're the reason he is a huge pain in the ass, he wants to kill you for some reason, it'll be wrong for me to kill you here, I'll let him kill you, maybe then he'll stop being such a pain"

"I apologize for the trouble he has caused you, but now I think its time for you to come with..." both Itachi and Naruto looked up to see a flying toad.

Naruto smiled, he turned to Itachi and said "I think its time for you to leave, don't you agree?" Itachi nodded mutely and burst into a flock of crows already flying away by time Tsunade and Jiraiya came hustling in.

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That day they all made it to Konoha in a nonstop sprint, not wanting to encounter those men again, and not wanting to take the chance.

The red gates of Konoha seemed to relieve them of their troubles, they had all agreed to go their separate ways for the night and meet after a long lasting sleep in the afternoon.

Naruto had other plans.

He dropped his baggage on the floor of his creaking apartment. First thing he wanted to do as Hokage was destroy this place, and build a place for memories in his stead, good memories.

He fished out his night wear from the seal Jiraiya gave him, travel light, he said, good advice, when you can travel light. He kept the rest of his clothing in the bag though, the only ones that entered the scroll were the new ones.

He crashed heavily on his bed, heaving a sigh and staring at the village through the window few feet away content with the silence, he began to think and think hard.

'That man, Uchiha Itachi, how could I have the mind to take a life? Not after lecturing so many about it, is this who I am now? Is this what a Kage is'

"Naruto…" the voice from the dark drifted into his ears, familiar, comforting and safe, and a terrible bit annoying.

"Kakashi…how long have you been there?" the man came out of the dark, he was dressed as if he had attended a burial "long enough Naruto, how do you fair?"

Naruto swallowed "I fair well, I could assume you do too" he laid back on his bed, enjoying the soft feeling on his back, he caught Kakashi nod gently by the corner of his eye, he still stared at the ceiling. "And Sasuke? Sakura? Everyone?" Kakashi nodded once again.

"Who did you kill, Naruto?" Naruto was not surprised, he suspected he must have said it out loud "I killed no one, I, had a mind to kill someone, that is what disturbs me, if you must know, it was an Uchiha, I'm sure you've already met him before"

At the name Uchiha, Kakashi's soul darkened but he relieved himself to know that Naruto still came out alive, and just with a burned arm, that was more than he could ask for if it was that man Naruto fought. He realized Naruto had him figured out, he knew he had some sort of relationship with the man he fought.

"He move just like you, I could swear it was you under henge, only difference was, he was more flexible, nimble, fast, and way more precise, as far as I know, every part of the body he touched was a fatal part, and he did it fast, not missing a beat, he was also very deceitful, a good quality for a shinobi as I know, from the fact that he is a nuke-nin from Konoha, just tells me everything I need to know"

Kakashi's eyes were widen, how could a loud-mouthed brat change so much 'or maybe, or maybe he hadn't changed at all' his eyes relaxed, Naruto has always lived under a façade of cheerfulness, only God knows why he decided to come out of his shell now.

"He was your subordinate, wasn't he Kakashi? A very talented and strong shinobi" Kakashi could only nod, he hadn't really trained Itachi, just groomed him and shown him, a good path, but as things always turn out, he didn't live up to what was expected, the pressure was too much.

Naruto smiled, he giggled, and then laughed, and his laughter was that of success. "I hit him Kakashi, I hit him and he hit me back, I succeeded in getting stronger, even though he wasn't being serious, I still him got him to lower his guard Kakashi!" Kakashi had to smile, his student was a really happy person even when out of his façade.

"You've improved greatly Naruto, that's for sure" the laughter died down. "What do I do Kakashi-sensei? How do I kill? How do I obtain the right to kill?"

Kakashi heaved a sigh, his sensei had this same trouble with the other two on his team, "Naruto, you have your precious people don't you? And what do you do when someone threatens your precious people? You have every right to end their lives, that is a shinobi, as the Hokage, everyone in the village is a precious person to you, you must protect them all at all cost necessary, you must go to war for your people, you must hold several responsibilities as a leader, I'm telling you this because they've been rumors of you being the next Hokage, and I believe them. Naruto, as Hokage, it's your job to protect me, and every other person you love" Naruto thanked Kakashi with his eyes as he stood to leave that day, he learnt a valuable lesson 'it doesn't matter who you killed, what matters is why you killed'

A/N: halao! Genocideshinobi here, hoped you loved me-err-I mean it, two days on this, I know I'm lazy, said it myself, save your flames guys, PM me and I'll make suitable changes, I'm new here sooo, don't hate me.