Disclaimer: All characters and places belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The author does not gain any monetary benefit from this.
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Naruto dashed to the Hokage's office, fearing for the absolute worst. He had just returned from a long week of spying, witnessing some a great deal of obscene torture but in the process gathering enough evidence to convict the man under suspicion. The urgent summons nailed messily to his door set off an uncontrollable set of unease in his mind. It was unlike the Hokage to summon him so soon after a mission, the symbol stamped on the bottom only served to worry him even more – it was one used only in the case of a top-priority summoning, usually during war.
Upon his arrival at the window – he hadn't even bothering entering the building – he knocked, trying unsuccessfully to remain calm though he noted that there wasn't any sign that something was wrong since Tsunade did not have a particularly worried expression. In fact Naruto noticed that she did not have any expression on her face except the one that she wore when she was asleep which meant that she was…asleep. Naruto stared at her sleeping form blankly, feeling slightly confused.
It was not until several moments later when Shizune walked into the room and, upon noticing the presence of a large looming figure outside the window, screamed did the Godaime awaken from her semi-comatose state. While her disciple was regaining her composure, Tsunade laughed and called him into the room.
"I see you've return."
"Yes, and with more than enough information. I'll get on the report right away, unless you have something for me to do? Though judging from the fact that you were asleep on the job again, I take it that there is nothing really serious going on." Naruto said, feeling amused that work actually got done in their village.
"You mean nobody has told you?" Tsunade said with a slightly bewildered look, not pausing to retort. "You have been notified about this before hand." She muttered to herself.
"What is this piece of news that you speak of? Because if anything exciting has occurred within the past few days I certainly do not know about it, seeing as I've just returned home." He replied wryly. Tsunade lost the slightly shocked expression and it was replaced with one that filled Naruto with sheer horror.
"It looks like I won't have the chance to sleep on the job anymore. You mean nobody has told you that you've just been named the Rokudaime?"
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Author's short note: I've been writing so much Naruto angst that I felt I owed a happy Naruto fic to him. I hope it's good!