CHAPTER 4: The Third Hokage

AN: I AM VERY SORRY YOU PEOPLE FOR BEING ON A HIATUS FOR SO LONG, I HAD SO MUCH HOMEWORK EVERY DAY IT WAS A TORTURE. Anyways, this chapter would be the full Funeral as I delayed it for way too long

With Naruto:
Naruto woke up to a very dark day. The birds were chirping, and the clock was ticking. The whole village was told about the sacrifice of the Hiruzen Sarutobi, the 3suprd/sup Hokage. Naruto had dreamt of the old man, buying him ramen, taking walks with him, catching fish with him. Today, was the funeral of the Shinobi no kami. The storm was brewing, thunderstorms could be heard. Naruto boiled water and poured into his instant ramen and ate it. Today, all shops were closed for the mourning of the 3suprd/sup. Naruto changed into black clothes and left for the destination. When he was talking along the street, he met up with Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, his fellow teammates. They walked to the Hokage's mansion where the mass Funeral would be held

Everybody in Konoha was at the funeral, of course, the entire village could not fit it in the Hokage's mansion so some were on the ground floor. Homaru and Koharu were at the front of the people. All Jonin, Elite Jonin, Special Jonin were on the left side while All Chunin, Elite Chunin, Genin and Academy students were on the right side. Suddenly, rain fell from the sky. "Ame?" Kurenai questioned the sky. "The sky has started to weep as well/strong" Asuma replied simply. "We will begin the memorial service for the Third Hokage, who lost his life in this battle, as well as the other victims of this battle./strong" Said Homura, as the Memorial Service began. "It started. In the end, all we could do was just watch" said the Anbu squad leader that was there beside the fight

Kakashi Hatake was at the memorial stone mourning the loss of his friend Obito Uchiha like every other day except today was It was raining. Light footsteps of a woman could be heard walking towards the stone

One by one, everybody was giving a white flower to a part of the Ceramic Stone. "Why?" thought Naruto. "Why did Old Man Hokage had to die?" he looked towards his right and saw a sobbing Konohamaru. He could understand why he was sad, he had just lost his grandpa, and as a child, it is not easy to cope with the anger and sadness of the shinobi life. "Why," Thought Naruto as his eyes went back to the coffin of old man Jiji. Iruka had a sad face and was patting the back of Konohamaru. *Start of flashback*

1 Year After Kyuubi attacked the village:

Iruka was crying his eyes out at the memorial stone. "It's already been a year/strong," said a voice, "It's not easy to hide your sadness." It was the 3rd Hokage who quickly went back to Hokage duty after the 4th died. "I heard from your teacher that you're the centre of laughter" "IM NOT SAD AT ALL!" yellow Iruka with more tears coming out. "It's a very honourable thing for a shinobi to die doing their duty! My Tou-chan and Kan-chan sacrificed their lives to protect this village from the Kyuubi. THEY'RE HEROES! I AM THE CHILD OF THE HEROES! HOW CAN I BE SAD WHEN THEY DIED THAT WAY! AND BESIDES, WHEN I CRY, THESE ARE TEARS OF JOYS!" whimpered Iruka as his crying increased. "It's all right." Said Hiruzen as he brought Iruka to a hug. "I know that you're curled upholding your knees by yourself." Iruka's crying stopped. "But you're not alone" "Huh?/strong" Iruka asked. "The shinobi of Konoha have the Will Of Fire." Hiruzen wisely stated. "Will of fire/strong?" Iruka asked with interest. "It's the strong Will to protect Konoha." Hiruzen stated wisely. "As long as they have this Will Of Fire, everybody in this village are all family." "Iruka, I wonder if you have it?" Hiruzen asked. Iruka's face went into a smile and with determination in his voice. "Yeah."

-End Of Flashback-

As Iruka replayed his memories, he couldn't just break a small smile. He bent to Konohamaru's level and hugged him. Naruto just smiled./span/p
-End of Naruto Grief and Sorrow-Hokage's Funeral-

At the Memorial stone

The woman behind Kakashi was Yugao Uzuki, Hayate Gekkyou spouse. "For Hayate?" He asked. She just walked forward with the flowers to the stone. "The Third Hokage's Funeral has already started. Make it quick said Kakashi as he was about to leave. "You too, Kakashi senpai. Is it for Obito?" Yugao asked, "If you're always thinking of an excuse for your tardiness, you should just come earlier". She said putting the flowers on the stone and doing a pray. "I do from early in the morning." Replied Kakashi, "It's just that whenever I come here, I just want to punish myself for being such a fool in the past/strong."

Humph thought Jiraiya as he remembered his Genin days.

-Flashback to Jiraiya's Genin days- A young Jiraiya could be seen tied up to the log with rope. He had a grumpy expression on his face, I mean who would not when tied up to a log under the hot sun. A trio of people could be seen in front of Jiraiya. They were his 2 teammates and sensei, the former being Tsunade Senju and Orochimaru, with the latter being Sarutobi Hiruzen, their Jonin Sensei, also the 3rd Hokage of Konoha. Tsunade was seen bragging right in the face of Jiraiya about that she had gotten a bell while he did not. Hiruzen just had a face of sighs.

-End of Backstory-

Jiraiya was crying, but the rain looked like it was just the rain. After all, seeing a Legendary Sannin cry would be damn embarrassing.

-Hokage's Mansion-

The sky was darker than usual and soon the Konoha 12 were giving their flowers to the grave. Student after Student as everybody had their fair share of memories with Jiji

Shikamaru and Choji-Shikamaru was sleeping as usual in his daily dose of sleep during Iruka's class. Today was more special, however, as the 3rd Hokage was doing the lecture.

A young Shikamaru and Choji were running in the halls of the Ninja academy with the 3rd chasing them. Choji was carrying his standard everywhere chips

Ino and Sakura-A young Ino and Sakura handpicked a couple of flowers and gave him beautiful Sakura flowers

The ever always emo Uchiha was seen with a plaster on his face after a training Session with Hiruzen patting his head with his hand.

Team 8 were eating Dango Hiruzen after a Torra Mission.

"Shinobi, no matter what kind of situation they are In, cannot show their emotion. You must always prioritize your mission, and never shed a tear in any kind of situation." Thought Naruto as he got into the line that was giving flowers to the grave. Naruto was recalling his Ultimate Moments before he became a Genin. From inventing the Sexy Jutsu, to arguing with the 3rd to him taking him to ramen and Ichirakus to standing on top of the rooftop of his apartment.

Naruto gave his flower and went back to his position. The rain finally stopped. "Iruka sensei," Naruto said. Iruka replied with a "Hmm?" not getting what he meant. "Why do people risk their own lives for other people?" Naruto asked. Iruka replied like he memorised it straight from the Sarutobi, "When one person dies, their past, their present lives, and their future disappear along with them." "Many people die doing their duty and fighting in battle, and shockingly easy, too." "Hayate was one of them" looking over to Yugao then looking back to Naruto. "Those who pass away also have dreams and ambitions. But everyone has something else just as important; Parents, Siblings, friends, lovers… Those who are dear to them. They trust each other and help each other. The people whom they have cherished since the day they were born. And that string that connects those people, becomes stronger and thicker as time goes by. It cannot be explained by logic. Those who hold these strings just do it because it is important to them." Iruka finished his speech. "Yeah, I kind of get it" replied Naruto. "But, it's tough to die." "It's not like he died for nothing." Kakashi interrupted. "He left us something very important. Well, you'll eventually understand one of these days." "Yeah, I kind of get that to!" Replied Naruto.

"Hey, the rain just stopped," said Sakura.

"Bye! Iruka Sensei!" waved Naruto as he was about to leave. "Yeah," said Naruto. "Lord Third, The Will of Fire you speak of, seems to be passed on to the young leaves." Thought Iruka "The flame in their hearts, which you lit, will burn bright and strong, and it will shine upon the village, and watch over and protect us.

Naruto jumped over the puddle of water to his waiting teammates and sensei. "He will become a Hokage one of these days." Thought finished Iruka.

"They did manage to avoid annihilation", said somebody in a mysterious costume. The Costume had a black background with a red cloud in the middle. The man had a giant bandaged wrapped sword at his back. "But it seems the damage is very extensive"

"The village that was once at the height of its glory, how sad." Said another voice, he had the same costume, but He has red glowing eyes with a wheel pattern.

"AN: AND THAT'S THE CHAPTER! I need to sleep bye
"Also Additionally: My word is saved to One drive-Personal Vault. However, I CANNOT ACCESS IT. EEEEEK. So I dk what to do with word now on. Guess I need to write on word then paste from word to the website -sigh- anyways adios for 3 hours since another would be posted in as I couldn't post it yesterday for this issue. ALSO WHEN EDITING FROM PASTED FROM WORD THERE WAS ALWAYS THINGS LIKE "p class="MsoNormal"strongspan style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;" HELP, ANYWAYS, ADIOS AND SEE YOU NEXT CHAPTER!

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