22nd December

Naruto was working in his office. He pressed the button for the intercom.

"Shizune, could you get Uzumaki Yuki, Uzumaki Naruko and Uzumaki Hikari?"

Naruto looks up and sees Lee at the door.

"Hey, Naruto, we got a problem in Meeting Room Two. Could you come with me?"

"Errr. Sure, Lee."


Naruto looked through the wrecked meeting room with a range of holes and written swear words on the walls.

"Ok, Lee. Let's take it from the beginning. How the hell did this happen?"

"I believe it was an accident, Hokage-sama," said Lee.

Naruto looked at Lee. "Yeah...an accident."


What Naruto thought happened

Lee walked into the room, only to slip on a banana peel. Lee started screaming as he kicked and punched the walls, threw furniture and scrolls around the room. Lee takes out a spray paint and he starts spraying curse words on the walls.

As soon as Lee stopped screaming, he fell face first to the floor, as though he truly slipped on the banana peel.


From the writer who did the Maito Gai Fanfiction Series brings...

The Hokage Files

05: The Christmas BirthDaze

Disclaimers: All characters, cast, crew, ideas, blackouts and bashings belong to their respective owners. No Anime characters were brutally harmed in the writing of this fanfic.


Naruto was back at his desk. Standing in front of the Hokage were the three Uzumakis, Yuki (Jonin/ANBU), Naruko (Genin) and Hikari (Genin). Naruto tossed three frog purses to his children.

"Alright, this is a very important mission. No one else knows about this, especially your mom. But I want you to follow her for today. Buy your mother some presents and keep them a secret until Christmas."

"What if she finds them?" asked Naruko. "She has same Byakugan ability like us."

"I don't know. Distract her?"

The three Uzumaki offspring were about to leave when one of the twins walked back into the office.

"Hey, dad. Where are my teammates?" asked Hikari.

"Teammates?"

"Yeah, my teammates, Garu and Shirai? The ones you ordered to paint the entire building."

"Oh, those two. I gave them a break from the painting job and placed them on a new mission."

Then, Naruto remembered something important. "And don't spend the money I gave you on Ramen!"

"Damn," mumbled three voices in unison outside Naruto's office.


Meanwhile, in Meeting Room Two, the sons of Kiba and Shino were fixing up the walls.

"I don't know how different this is from our other mission, Shirai," said Garu.

Shino calmly placed plaster over a hole that Lee punch through. "Maybe it's because we Genins are low maintenance and cheap labor."

Garu shrugged. "At least I did something to torment him..."


Shizune was looking at a file on her desk when she smelt something funny. Shizune opened her file cabinet to find a bucket of paint.

"I don't know why Naruto hides stuff like this in my file cabinets?"


Naruto was working at his desk when Shizune puts the bucket of paint on the Hokage's desk.

"Care to explain why this is in my file cabinet?" asked Shizune.

Naruto was confused. "File cabinet? You know I don't go near your file cabinet since it's has files that are personal and private."

"But someone has to put files from your office into my cabinet," said Shizune. "If you are not the one who put your files in there, who does it?"

"Hinata's sister."


Outside, Hanabi Hyuga puts a file into Shizune's file cabinet. 'You're definitely off my Christmas List this year, Naruto,' thought Hanabi.


Hinata was in her office when Naruto walks in.

"Hinata, do you have the guest list?"

Hinata looks up to Naruto. "Naruto-kun...do you know what is going on on the 27th of December?"

"I don't know...day after Boxing Day?" lied Naruto.

Naruto sees Hinata disappointed face. "Don't look so down, Hinata-chan. It's Christmas."

Naruto sees the Venetian blinds on the windows of Hinata's office. Naruto tries to shut the blinds for privacy, but the blinds fell on Naruto. Outside Hinata's window was Shizune working at her desk, Hanabi putting files into the file cabinet and the Genins Garu and Shirai having lunch.

"So, has the Chunin Exams Planning been moved again?" asked Hinata.

"Yeah." said Naruto. "They owe me one, anyway."

"Great." Hinata tosses a file to Naruto. "Then, you should be able to write up the guest list for the Christmas party."

"I would have got it done if it weren't for Lee taking his time doing whatever he's doing with our computers."

"Then, use Shizune's laptop."

"I swear I will do it." Naruto puts the file and broken window blinds on Hinata's desk, picks up a book and puts his hand on it.

"That's my Harry Potter book, Naruto-kun," said Hinata.

"Oops, nearly did an unbreakable vow."

Naruto drops the Harry Potter book and picks up another book and puts his hand on it. "I swear on my honor as the Hokage, I will write up the guest list..."

"That's my Japanese-to-English Dictionary, Naruto-kun," said Hinata.

"Well...I'm a man of my word."

Naruto picks up the blinds and was about to walk out of Hinata's office...

"You got my window blinds, Naruto-kun."

Naruto exchanges the blinds for the guest list and walks out of Hinata's office.


23rd December

In a meeting room, Neji was in front of a TV with an ultrasound recording.

"I think you can see the two heads here," Neji said, pointing at the images of the two babies.

"Cousin Neji, some of us are trying to eat here." At the meeting table, Hanabi and Hinata were having lunch. Hanabi was having trouble swallowing her lunch while Hinata was pretty alright since she has seen three different ultrasound images before.

"You're lucky you two are not going to be there for the birth," said Neji.

Hanabi nearly vomited at the thought of that.

"So, when is Tenten expecting, Cousin Neji?" asked Hinata.

"In a month or two," Neji said as he ejects the tape. "I think I should get a copy for Naruto."

"A month or two?" said Hinata. "I need to go have a word with Naruto-kun."


At Shizune's desk, Lee was trying to fix up Shizune's computer after what happened during the previous chapter.

"I don't know, Lee," said Shizune. "It's still not accessing the accounts. And I need to sort out the payments made by our clients."

Lee looks through his computer manual. "Ok, try opening Explorer."

Shizune clicked her mouse. Her computer suddenly makes a 'quack!'

"Ok." Lee opens an instruction manual and reads it. "Try pressing the Caps Lock."

Shizune press the Caps lock on her keyboard, only for the computer to make another 'quack!'. The Uzumaki siblings walked in.

"Still fixing the computers, Shizune-sensei?" asked Yuki.

"Yeah."

Hikari looked at the computer. "Can I try something?"

Lee smiled. "I guess it won't hurt."

Shizune stood up and let Hikari sit on the chair. Hikari typed a few things and

Computer: "WARNING: You have entered United States Air Force Early Warning..."

"Hey, Hikari hacked into NORAD," said Shizune.

Computer: "...all unauthorized users will be..."

"I think the computer's still broke," Lee was about to hit Shizune's computer monitor...


Naruto was in his office when Hinata walks in.

SMASH!

"Naruto-kun...did you know that Tenten was pregnant when you hired Lee?"

"Yeah," said Naruto. "Neji told me to keep it a secret at the time but since you mention it, how is Tenten?"

"She's fine. She's going to expect the babies in a month or two." Hinata was about to leave Naruto's office.

"By the way, do you know what's on the 27th?" asked Hinata.

Naruto rubbed his chin. "Well, Boxing day is on the 26th...Soccer Day?"

Hinata sighed. She walked out of the Hokage's Office.

Garu and Shirai, who finally started painting the walls...in different colors. Garu was painting one wall orange while Shirai was painting the same wall blue next to the orange. Hinata noticed the multi-colored wall.

"Do you like it, Hinata-sama?" asked Garu.

Hinata looks at the orange, then the blue. She couldn't decide which color goes well with the wall. "I'll talk to the Hokage about this wall. Keep up the good work."

Both Garu and Shirai smiled. "Thank you, Hinata-sama!"

As soon as Hinata walked off, Garu opened a storeroom door. "She's gone."

Yuki, Naruko and Hikari got out of the storeroom.

"Thanks, guys. We owe you one," said Hikari as she followed her siblings to .

Naruto walked out of his office. "You two...I'll make a deal with you. If you could keep away the ladders, paint buckets and other things for tomorrow, I'll let you ask my daughters out for the Christmas Party."

"Of course, Hokage-sama."

Naruto looked at the wall and compared the colors to his orange and blue jacket. "Good job, guys. I'm going out for some Ramen. If you see my children, tell them to meet me at Ichiraku's."

Naruto leaves.


24th December

Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru, Lee and Shizune were in the meeting room. Sasuke walked into the meeting room.

"Sorry, I'm late," said Sasuke. "I had a complaint over one of my sons working with Jiraiya."

"It's Chi, right?" asked Naruto.

Sasuke nods.

"Ok. First order of business," said Shizune. "One of the Chunin Organizers had a heart attack, so the Chunin Exams won't start until next year."

"Woo hoo!" Naruto cheered.

Hinata gave an angry glare at Naruto.

"What?" said Naruto. "At least Garu and Shirai will still be Genins while they finish painting the building. Cheap labor."

"And in other business," said Hinata. "Udon is now the person to look for when we're dealing with debt collecting, anything involving paperwork and a scapegoat. So don't bother my sister."

"Really? Give me a second..."


Outside, two ANBUs were waiting for the Hokage.

"You said you found the person who hacked into NORAD from here, Hokage-sama?" asked one of the ANBUs.

"Yeah. Follow me."

Naruto led the ANBUs to the 'culprit'.


Back in the meeting room...

"Shizune, has the invitations to the Christmas Party been sent out?" asked Hinata.

Shizune nods. "We've sent Udon to get started on it."


Udon was chained up by the ANBUs. "But I don't even know how to use a computer!"

"I don't know, hacking into NORAD is a serious offence," said one of the ANBUs.

"Don't forget do these while you're in Prison, Udon." Naruto gave a stack of papers for Udon to the other ANBU.


25th December

Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi were on their way to the Hokage Building for the Christmas Party.

"I'm surprised that you didn't get your invitations. Everyone got theirs..."

"I know. All I got was an angry reminder to pay for a non-existent bill," said Kakashi, holding up a bill from the Hokage's office.

"Same here," added Sakura, showing her letter.

Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I can't figure out how that happened to your invites.."


Konoha Hospital

With Udon in prison, Moegi was the only person free to do paperwork...

But poor Moegi was crying at a stack of paperwork she was given.


"I'm impress you're planning all this for your wife," said Sakura. "You're not usually like this, even when we were Genins."

"Well, Sakura. I felt that Hinata deserves something since she's been helping me run the village."

"So, will there be any cake?" asked Kakashi.

"Cake?" At that Moment, Naruto remembered something very important.


Flashback: Last Night

Naruto was reading a copy of the Icha Icha Fantasy while his children were baking a cake for their mother.

"Dad, don't forget to take the cake from Uncle Kiba's place tomorrow," said Naruko. "We'll take mom to places to distract her so that you can take the cake there."

"Don't worry, I won't forget the cake," Naruto said without looking up.


Inuzuka Household

Naruto bursts into the kitchen and quickly takes the cake from the fridge.


Hokage Building

Hinata walked into a dark room with her children. The lights were suddenly switched on.

"Surprise!"

Hinata sure was surprised. "Oh...you shouldn't have. All of you remembered my birthday."

"Well, Naruto decided to bring together this year's Christmas party with your Birthday party, we all decided to pitch in to give you two presents."

Hinata looks around the room. It consists of mostly of friends, former teachers, fellow shinobis, allies and offspring. But no sign of her husband

"Where's Naruto-kun?"

"I got you a cake, Hinata-chan!" Naruto runs into the room, only to trip over one of Hinata's presents, sending the cake flying towards Hinata's face.

A Cleanup later...

Naruto grinned. "Sorry, Hinata-chan. But to make it up to you, I'll give you two presents."

Naruto gives a present to Hinata.

"You said two presents."

"That's the thing. It's two presents-in-one," said Naruto.

Hinata opened the present. It's a NaruPod. "Naruto-kun, I know that this is expensive, but where's the other present?"

"I said its two presents. It's a 4GB NaruPod. 2GB for Christmas, 2GB for your birthday. What do you think?"


List of Children and their parents:

Naruto and Hinata:
Yuki: Eldest son of Naruto and Hinata. First appearance in Chapter 3
Naruko: Elder twin daughter of Naruto and Hinata. Currently a Genin in the 2nd Generation Team Seven.
Hikari: Younger twin daughter of Naruto and Hinata. She is in the same Genin team as Garu and Shirai (aka. the painters).

Sasuke and Sakura:
Setsuna: Eldest Daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. First appearance in Chapter 3.
Rai: Elder twin son of Sasuke and Sakura. Currently in the same Genin team as Naruko and Chi, also known as the 2nd Generation Team Seven. Hasn't made an appearance yet.
Chi: Younger twin son of Sasuke and Sakura. First appearance in Chapter 4
Yuri: Youngest daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. Currently in the Academy. Hasn't appeared in the fanfic yet.

Shikamaru and Ino:
Shikami: Shikamaru and Ino's Daughter. Intelligent and lazy. She's currently a Genin in the new generation's ShikaInoCho trio of Team Ten. First appeared in Chapter 2.
Inoryou: Shikamaru and Ino's son. Currently a Genin in the new generation ShikaInoCho trio of Team Ten. First appeared in Chapter 2.

Neji and Tenten:
Nagi: Neji and Tenten's Son. He's a Jonin and a former Genin student of Naruto. He is the Sensei of the 2nd Generation Team Eight. Hasn't officially appeared yet.
(Note: Tenten is expecting twins.)

Kiba:
Garu: Kiba's son. He is in the same Genin team as Hikari and Shirai, forming the 2nd Generation Team Eight. Currently on a mission with Shirai to paint the Hokage Building. First appearance in Chapter 1.

Shino:
Shirai: Shino's son. He is in the same Genin team as Hikari and Garu, forming the 2nd Generation Team Eight. Currently on a mission with Garu to paint the Hokage Building. First appearance in Chapter 1.

Kakashi:
Nanaya/Aoi: Kakashi's daughter. Wears a mask covering her face. The identity of her mother is reserved for another chapter. Prefers to be called Aoi because 'Nana' means seven in Japanese, and she's the Jonin sensei of the 2nd Generation Team Seven. Will appear in this chapter.

Choji and Temari:
Haruka: Choji and Temari's daughter. She's currently a Jonin who does missions for both the Sand and Leaf. Has not appeared yet.
Chohi: Choji and Temari's son. He is in the Genin team with Shikami and Inoryou, forming the InoShikaCho trio in the 2nd Generation Team Ten. First appearance in Chapter 4.)


20 years later

The Hachidaime (Eighth) Hokage was working in her office, doing some paperwork.

"Hokage-sama." Nanaya 'Aoi' Hatake walked into the office. She's a splitting image of her father, wearing a mask and covering her left eye. "I see you are at work."

"Yes, I am, Aoi-sensei."

"Naruko. You're the Hokage. I'm no longer your sensei, so there's no need to call me that," explained Aoi. "In fact, I'm alright with you calling me by my real name. I picked the nickname 'Aoi' because using 'Team Nanaya' patronizes me and it will confuse anyone if I get another team."

"Ok, Nanaya."

"Well...what's the problem?" asked (for the purposes of less confusion) Aoi.

"I got a phone call from the higher-ups saying that we're overtime," explained Naruko.

Aoi crossed her arms. "If that's the case, why are we doing this scene that takes place 20 years later?"

Naruko realized the irony. "You're right, why are we doing a pointless scene?"

End of 05