Hurray! Genocideshinobi is back in business! Here's chapter seven guys, keep reading and reviewing!

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Chapter Seven

The Elucidation

Naruto spun out of his bed a minute before his alarm could chime. It was Wednesday, July 4th. Also known as, his day off.

He had lots of stuff to do and lots of people to see. He threw his drawers open and pulled out his favorite outfit. His old orange jumpsuit. He put it on as fast as he could, careful not to stretch it out. Just because he became Hokage and had a change of clothes, doesn't mean he forgot what he wore up until that point. His jumpsuit was a memory he would never give up.

He picked up his old sandals and ran out of the house while wearing them. He jumped off the monument, like he always did in the mornings, only this time with more vigor. He landed with as much grace as the toad summon, Gamaken. He stood to his full height and grinned at Konoha without restriction. He felt good. He hadn't had this feeling in a very long time. Well, not that long.

After going through an unusual way of stretching, he set off into a sprint. As he ran he decided to try something. He skidded to a halt in front of a pretty much ordinary fruit seller. He clenched his fists and gulped. If want he was about to do yielded the desired results, he would be as happy as the day he accepted his ridiculous position as Godaime.

He walked into the small kiosk, his hands held each other behind his back as he tried to portray the ideal gentle man. He gulped again, trying his best to wet his newly dried throat. He took in a breath and began what would be of no return.

"Um, mister…" the middle aged man that sat in front of the kiosk with a newspaper groaned. Not looking up from the paper, he rocked in his rocking chair and answer Naruto with a 'what do you want kid?'

Naruto frowned but still kept himself from attacking the man. He cleared his throat and got ready to speak more clearly. "May I have a sample of your red apples" Hnm that kind of rhymed.

This…the man reacted to. He abruptly stopped rocking and got to his feet "What do you think I am kid? A charity center? Now get!" he had already gotten half way folding his newspaper, when he finally recognized Naruto. The man stopped in his tracks and clenched his teeth, his eyes held great spite but it was intertwined with greater confusion. In the end the man let the paper drop to the floor and walked behind his stands. He picked up an apple, rubbed it on his shirt and finally threw it at Naruto.

Naruto caught the apple and said his thanks to the man who went on to ignore him as much as possible.

Naruto began walking away after giving the man one last glance. He sighed to himself and began sprinting towards his ultimate destination. It seemed that many people still had their reservations about him, despite what he said about himself at the ramen stand.

He looked down at the apple the man had given him, the wind blew against his growing hair as he finally noticed. The apple was green. He sighed was again.

'I guess change doesn't happen overnight'

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Ino, Chouji, and even himself Shikamaru, gaped at one Sakura Haruno.

They all collectively could not believe this. The had all been walking on to Ichiraku ramen to see if the young hyperactive blond would finally come out from his hiding spot and hang out with them for once. But they met Sakura on the way. Everyone had decided to give her some space after the Hokage rejected her and Ino's protests. He HAD told them it would be futile, but for some reason Sakura had been sure he would consent, like she knew him personally. But he just brushed it off as her thinking the Hokage's connection with Kakashi meant anything for her.

But today was another troublesome disaster. She came running to catch up to them and tell them the 'good news'. Shikamaru just could not believe this. How was giving your virginity to your teammate-whose in jail by the way-good news? He could not handle any more babble so he blissfully took himself out of there, leaving the admonishing to the rest, not that Hinata would do much, what with her on the floor.

He kept on walking towards their previous destination, Ichiraku ramen. Soon after, the rest caught up to him, he heard Sakura say things like "You don't need to know who we are getting revenge on, it's between me and Sasuke, end of story!" at her words Shikamaru abruptly stopped. He made an angle one-eighty and faced Sakura. His face wasn't lazy anymore. He had to know, what the fuck this was about.

"Revenge on who? The Hokage?" seeing her nod his frown deepened "But why would the Hokage give a rat's ass about you?" Shikamaru paused for a second, observing her reaction to the questions, before continuing with his interrogation. "Who are you to the Hokage Sakura? It's got to be someone who once loved you, considering the method you chose to exact your revenge…who is he?" at this point Shikamaru was going full on T&I on her.

"Shikamaru! Stop using Sakura as one of your test subjects for interrogation! She has had enough trauma!" he could see Kiba in the sidelines, holding back a laugh at her Ino's definition of trauma. But Ino was right, he was being too hard on her. But…

"Ino! I don't care! The Hokage did not mention his name when he spoke at the inauguration, she has been holding back on us! She is somehow related to the Godaime. Admit it! You all want to know who he is under that oversized scarf" he could see realization dawn on their faces, Chouji kept his chips aside, Kiba punched his palm, Shino adjusted his glasses, Hinata straighten up and Ino stared at her friend, they were all waiting for her answer.

"Well, Sakura who is he? Who is the blond under that…scarf" suddenly more realization slapped Shikamaru in the face, the answer had been staring him in the face all this while, he was a blond, Naruto was missing, Sasuke in jail, Sakura's revenge…even in the speech! Introducing Kakashi as his sensei…shit!

"I'm not supposed to tell Shikamaru, you are meant to figure it out, it's an S-rank secret so don't go blabbing it about when you figure it out" she turned to walk away when he spoke up to ask her one final question

"Sakura…is the Hokage…naru-ack!" before he could complete his sentence something heavy hit him, dragging him to the floor. He tried to look up but he felt a…butt on his head?

"Oi! Shikamaru, wat'cha all talking about?" Hearing the voice his eyes widen and not long after he heard the name

"Naruto…"

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

And in all his glory, Naruto stood up and gave a cheeky pose with his right arm making a thumbs up, in the process releasing Shikamaru who breathlessly dashed out of the blonde's vicinity.

"So? What are you guys talking about?" he heard Naruto say. He was still bent over trying to catch his breath, Naruto was heavier than he looked.

He wondered how Sakura would react, he looked over to the pinked haired girl and saw her clenching her fist and was barely trying to conceal the killing intent she was releasing. He looked around him to the roof tops and was many shadowy figures, it wouldn't be wise for Sakura, even playfully. If he didn't want another shinobi in jail he had to stop her. That was until…

"Shikamaru was just about to pry out the Hokage's true identity! So Shikamaru, who is it?"…Kiba decided to open his big mouth, adding fuel to the already raging fire. Shit.

He could feel several eyes on his head now, though the only KI he felt was Sakura, he was sure a dozen Anbu operative had kunai drawn, he would be fucking assassinated! How the hell did he get into this mess?

"Um…Kiba, let's leave that for another day, I mean…its Sakura's secret to tell right?" seeing Ino nod, Chouji fearfully followed, he really wasn't sure Hinata could careless, he really couldn't read Shino that well either "Besides…" he looked up to the road in front of him "We are here, Ichiraku ramen"

Naruto jumped up and down, with a large grin on his face, he was really keeping this a secret, he wondered why. "YAYY! C'mon guys, first rounds on me!"

"…But first…may I speak with you in private…Shikamaru?" shit! Naruto and his Anbu wanted to cut loose ends didn't they?

Naruto grabbed his hand and the next thing he knew, he was in a different location with and different scenery. When did Naruto learn to shunshin? This was all too tense and strange for him.

They were in a large green lush ground, they grass looked and felt expensive, he looked around and took in a deep breath, he had been here before with Asuma, wait, is that a house? It wasn't here last time, what exactly was going on, on the monument?

He looked at Naruto who stared at him with strong impassive eyes, he had never seen Naruto with anything other than determination in his eyes. What happened to Naruto?

"If you are wondering what happened to me Shikamaru, don't." Shikamaru just gave him an 'are you serious' look. "I am sure you have figured it out by now, but just as Sakura said, don't go babbling around. And just because I became Hokage doesn't mean I've changed that much, does it"

Again, Shikamaru gave him and 'are you serious' look. Shikamaru stood to his full height and stared Naruto in the eye, and spelt it all out for him "Are you serious? You lock up your teammate in a transparent cell and you say you haven't changed? Your other teammate has sex with the one you locked up and you still do nothing? What type of person does that title turn you into Naruto? You've become a sadist! If you go on like this no one will recognize you as a proper leader!"

Naruto had had it right there, he clenched his fist and his nails bit into his skin. This was what he wanted to prevent by covering his name. But some people were just too smart for their own good. "Shikamaru! Who's to say I didn't have all these qualities in the first place, who's to say I just got the confidence to show it all now, and who's to say I never wanted to be a leader? I am the supreme commander of this village by order of the daimyo, I am your dictator!"

Shikamaru took a step back and almost fell on his butt. His eyes were wide with shock and a bit of fear. He saw Naruto visibly calm down and bow his face, obviously coming to a realization that he had just screamed at a friend.

"Shikamaru…make sure not to open your mouth about this to anyone, I'll speak to your father to keep an eye on you, no more digging around, my secrets are mine, got it?" Shikamaru dumbly nodded, gulping in the process. Just what was Naruto planning?

"By the way, you've been promoted, the third loved you're match" and with that he left him there, well he didn't stay for long, Anbu soon appeared to drive him off the Hokage's property, and it was then he realized it, the Hokage really couldn't show favoritism, the third never really had that many friends did he? He had to smile to himself, as much as he tried to hide it, Naruto was struggling with the change too, even more hard for Naruto than himself.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto shunshin'ed into his house had collapsed, he tore his jumpsuit off his body and threw it and the training weights it carried to a corner. He had just screamed to Shikamaru a mixture of feelings he didn't understand. He sat on the floor and began to cry, his sobs were constant reminders of what he shouldn't be doing. The Hokage never cries! He is the hero, the one who is undeterred by any obstacle he faces. Why couldn't he be that Hokage!

Shit

He needed a distraction. He ran over to his kitchen and splashed water on his face, cleaning all evidence he was crying and called for an Anbu "Get me either Jiraiya or Kakashi, I don't really care who just get one of them here and fast!" he needed to train, if he didn't train, the closest thing to a distraction he could get was paperwork, he wasn't about to do that though.

Goddamn it! They weren't back yet. It had been-he looked at the toad shaped clock that hung on his ramen wallpaper- two minutes and that wasn't even the worst of it, what would he do when they had to go home, he'd be stuck dreaming about this shit! He had to find a permanent way of keeping himself distracted until his Anbu came back…his Anbu! That's it! All he had to do was join the Anbu and all his thoughts would jump out a window. He wouldn't have anything dragging his conscience down!

He called out for one of the Anbu guards and he appeared kneeling as they all do "Get me Koharu and Homaru now, I want them here before the others, got it?" the Anbu nodded and disappeared to carry out orders.

Naruto fell back into his corner, cradling himself and shutting his eyes. He would just sit there and think. Why was he so horrible at the job the third made seem so easy? Was it because he wasn't strong? Was he really letting the power he didn't have get to his head? Was it Sasuke? Was it Sakura? What made him so useless? He barked at Shikamaru when he knew fully that he would be way more capable. Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! SHIT!

Naruto pulled his hairs out and stood up only to consciously run into a wall, banging his head continuously, the pressure was just too much! He didn't know how to handle this!

Soon the sun's rays shone upon him, he stopped banging his head on the wall and he walked up to the window, and stared at the orange sunset.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

"…Naruto…Naruto, wake up…Naruto…" in the miasma between reality and paradise, Naruto was being pulled from his paradise of heroics and ramen, into a reality of indecision and fear.

SLAP!

With the hard and cold hand slapping him entirely out of the dream, he was soon jumping up to the sky with and adrenaline full system.

"Naruto! Don't call me over here and then sleep! That is entirely disrespectful, I thought I taught you better, well you obviously need more lessons in courtesy, and I will be more than willing!"

Koharu…Koharu was the one. He raised his hand to his head, he was obviously in pain after she had screamed his name for about a minute now, and apart from that she was still nagging about how lazy he was. He sighed as he fetched himself a cup of water to down and an aspirin to swallow.

"Koharu…shut up" the woman abruptly shut her mouth mid-sentence of how lazy the third was most times. He looked up at her and sighed "I'm sorry, but you talk too much sometimes…" she didn't answer, she just stared at Naruto with her eyes wider than they had ever been in her time as an advisor. Naruto had to sigh again. He gulped down his aspirin and took a seat with his legs crossed over the table.

"Where's Homaru? I called you both" he looked around his dimly lit house for the old man that usually answered him sarcastically.

Koharu finally decided to give her face a new look. She still stared at him but this time it was a very dry and unimpressed stare. "He's sick, you would have known if you hadn't gone off giving yourself day offs" she nearly spat. Naruto just chuckled and spun the ice in his glass around.

"I hope he gets well, but you don't expect me to work my ass off every day of my life do you?"

Koharu scoffed at him and set her nose high in the air "Your predecessor almost did it, why can't you?"

At this Naruto's face turned sour, he set his glass down and sighed "that's what I wanted to talk to you about..." Koharu made a weird face and sat down on the closest sofa. She had been standing all the while.

"I hope you are not having anymore 'dreams' that discourage you. You were handpicked for this Naruto, you are no mistake." Naruto nodded at the old woman, she always tried to give a solution to a problem, without knowing the problem.

He took a deep breath and began to file out his complaint to his confidant. "I cannot be Hokage anymore Koharu…" she kept her lips shut and her face passive. "Not without being strong enough…strong enough to protect myself from people of Kakashi-sensei standards, I need to be at least Jounin level before I take up the hat completely"

Koharu made a questioning face "So, you are retiring? Do you at least have a successor for the position of Rokudaime?"

Naruto looked at her incredulously, he sighed and answered her question "I am not retiring, there will be no sixth, only an interim that will last one year…you know what, set a council meeting for tomorrow. I'll announce it there. Fact is I am going to the Anbu with Kakashi for proper training. I cannot be Hokage with reputation only."

Koharu stared at her Kage as if he'd lost his mind "Anbu!? Are you insane? And what's this about an interim? The public cannot know of this, if there are spies…you would be dead before your first mission." The last part ended in a whisper.

Naruto sighed at her "Koharu…there are no spies, I know so. Look, everything will be said at the meeting. After the one year training…I'll feel safe enough to announce my name to Konoha, okay?" the old woman nodded her head wearily

She stood to her feet and looked down at him "I hope you know what you are doing, Naruto" Naruto nodded at her and she left.

Soon after she had left, Naruto went to close his eyes for a bit. But not before an Anbu burst into existence "Hokage-sama, Hatake Kakashi sensed and evaded our squads…"

Figures, that one-eyed bastard really couldn't handle stuff could he? Naruto sat up straight and looked the Anbu in what he thought to be his eye and asked "But…?"

That Anbu visible gulped before speaking "Jiraiya-sama is in the premises demanding an audience with you. He looks gravely serious. We do not think he wishes to…train"

Naruto stared at the Anbu fiercely, he was obviously put off by Jiraiya's behavior. In short. He feared for Konoha's safety. And that was the more reason Naruto needed to train. To let his shinobi know that with him around…there really isn't anything to fear.

Naruto sighed and got to his feet. He waved his hand and the Anbu disappeared. He took a deep breath, trying hard to calm his nerves. Whatever was scary enough to rattle Jiraiya the way it did, was well enough to make him want to pee himself. He sighed he really would be needing a laxative. Just like the third.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto walked out of the house ready to squint his eyes at the burning sun, but to his surprise, there was no sun out. He widened his eyes in realization. He must have slept through the day. He pushed his hands into his pockets and walked towards the training ground, where he could sense Jiraiya's presence.

He looked over to the huge figure that sat under the lights on the field. He looked the same as always, except…he looked older, sadder in fact and way more pitiful than Naruto thought him. His face was way grimmer and he had lost every shred of stupidity he was known for in Konoha bathhouses.

Naruto sighed. He kept on walking towards the man, even though every fiber of his body knew he would be receiving the worst kind of news. His hands dug deeper into his pockets, almost pushing his trousers off. He took in a deep breath again, emulating the third perfectly. He pushed out the gaseous waste slowly, but surely. In a way savoring it, the feeling of his cheeks deflating. Until he was right in front of his plague.

"Jiraiya-sensei…" he greeted quietly. The man looked up at him. Quite surprised he was here. He had obviously been thinking. But what would make a Sannin think so hard that he'd let his guard down? Questions like this inundated Naruto's young mind. He stared up at the large man who had gotten to his feet. His face had a darker shadow cast upon it the moment he saw Naruto's face.

Naruto slipped his hands from his pockets and held them in his hands. They were red and sweaty. He was nervous. And even more anxious. It also itched. He would rub them on his clothing or his hair but he had recently found that it only got worse from there. Best choice was to suffer in silence and ignore it completely, and soon it would all go away.

"Naruto…how do you…?" Naruto didn't, no couldn't allow Jiraiya to stall any longer, he needed answers and fast. He also needed more sleep. A commodity he was beginning to appreciate more and more.

"Jiraiya. Get to the point. I need training, and fast." Jiraiya nodded but gulped nonetheless.

He looked down at his apprentice and began "Mission report Hokage-sama…" Naruto looked at his teacher weirdly. He could only guess that most shinobi kept up a façade for their own good. He supposed he would keep one himself.

Naruto nodded he head and gave the go ahead and Jiraiya began a detailed mission report "I met with my informant on the pair that attacked us about two months ago, the one who attacked you was Uchiha Itachi and the one that attack I and Tsunade was Hoshigaki Kisame"

Naruto frowned at Jiraiya, this was already established, what was he getting at?

As if sensing Naruto's confusion Jiraiya continued "he informed me that they were part of a group named Akatsuki" at this Naruto began to vex

"Stop stalling Jiraiya" the man gulped heavily and looked up at Naruto.

"Naruto, you have exactly until you are fifteen, to become an S-rank shinobi, they are going into hiding for reasons I do not know, but I do know this gives us a chance against them" Naruto shook his head in confusion, Jiraiya was talking too fast

"Wait, wait. It's just two of them…I have you and Tsunade and even Kakashi and Gai. Why do you say it like I am going to be the one fighting them?"

Jiraiya slapped his forehead and sighed "I am sorry, I forgot to tell you. There are eight more S-rank and dangerous shinobi where they came from. You should have been able to put this together. I mean I said 'group'" Naruto sighed and waved his scolding off. Now wasn't time for wordplay.

"All this will matter in two years. I have already given myself a deadline. A-rank before one year. Jiraiya…I will succeed. Now…let's get to work" Jiraiya made a sheepish smile at Naruto and asked

"Like…right now" Naruto looked at him incredulously

"What? Didn't you hear yourself? I need training now. We'll get Kakashi in on this too. Tsunade maybe…but she's going to be busy when I join Anbu for more combat experience."

"What! You're joining Anbu? Kakashi better go with you"

Naruto smiled at his sensei. He picked up a leaf and began to slice it in the middle "I'm way ahead of ya"

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto woke up to the sun shining upon his face. He felt grass tickle his face and some and ants crawl up his arm. His jumpsuit was worse than ever. He had been training with Jiraiya on wind control. Kakashi could only help him with fire so Jiraiya decided to pick up from there. He had been working on a technique called Okuridashi Kaze (Propelling Winds). A technique that allowed him to propel himself away from attacks. Jiraiya said 'If you have to foot grip and stamina, you can propel your enemies away instead. And if you have the chakra control, you can overpower it to blow out fires or even counter other techniques' he sighed, before he could accomplish all that though he needed to burst a balloon in one breath. His face went red more times than he could count. He'd get it down though, he had his clones after all.

He reached to his head and felt a vein throbbing, he was going to have a headache today. Serves him right for sleeping outdoors. He sat up straight at looked at his body. He sighed again and looked at himself, he was shirtless. But he smile at himself. Looks like Kakashi's insane workouts were working out well. He now had a completely toned out and buff body for any thirteen year old. He picked up the shirt and walked back into his house for a shower.

He stepped in and stopped immediately. He stared at the couch, it felt as if he was forgetting something "What am I forgetting?" he asked himself. He never expected to get an answer until…

"You are forgetting the council meeting, Godaime-sama"

Naruto's eyes widened, he dropped the shirt in his hand and ran upstairs to take a shower, completely forgetting the voice.

But behind him laughed some vengeful Anbu "MWAHAHAHA! That's for making us look like fools in front of the third all those years ago"

The second Anbu nodded "I mean its not our fault he knew Konoha more than we did, I mean, we went on missions!"

The third nodded in agreement "I will always dread those chases, I pray no one else like him exists."

At this they all nodded in agreement.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto had barely made it in time to slip on his robes. He walked hurriedly with Koharu and Homaru by his side. Koharu scolded him for being so obvious 'As Hokage, even in situations of great distress, you must not show it' he tried to counter by asking if the third and the fourth looked relatively calm during the nine-tails attack. But she just gave him a look. So he decided to calm his steps.

"None of us are nobles compared to the Hokage in this village. We are all under your command, do you understand?" Naruto scrunched up his face behind his scarf and sighed

"I understand. But because I understand is the reason I don't understand why you keep treating me with little or no respect" Koharu scoffed at Naruto's question.

"Even though you are the commander, that doesn't mean we are happy with it" Naruto's little heart sunk at this. So it was true. No one really wanted him as Hokage. He was beginning to wonder how he would get them to acknowledge him now.

Seeing the young boy completely disheartened she continued "but that also doesn't mean we never will be. Every Kage has had to prove them self to the world to earn respect, some more than others. You are too weak minded and are too soft. You must prove that you have what it takes to bring the village first and foremost. Just because you defeated a bijuu will not be reason enough to show that you are in the right. Many have expected you to have declared war by now, it has been a month and a half after all. The village is weakened and it is showing. You need to do something. Before the others decide to do something"

Naruto stared at her. She had taught him this already. He knew the other three great villages were all standing by and watching what would happen. If nothing happens and Konoha still licks its wounds, there might be another attack. Konoha had many enemies after all.

He had to sigh. He knew without a doubt that all Koharu spoke had been the truth. But he would have to create another truth.

"Koharu…I understand and I-" before he could finish Homaru who usually remained silent spoke up, announcing their arrival in a deep gruff voice. He was obviously irritated. He always was.

The chamber doors flew open and everyone formerly seated rose to their feet. Some slower that others Danzou…

Naruto sat first before giving them all the go ahead to sit. He cleared his voice before speaking boldly

"I called this meeting to finalize a decision I have made regarding my position as Hokage…" Naruto could see a weird gleam in Danzou's eyes as he finished his sentence. The third left a weird warning for his successor regarding the man in his Kage diary. It was very cryptic but it spelt it out well 'Beware'

Naruto continued before the man could burst out laughing and dancing like he was in Naruto's mind "…but before that, let's discuss the Sand" there were multiple murmurs but Naruto soon quieted them down

He took his time to look each and every one of them in the eye-well tried with Shibi- before speaking "I for one want a peace treaty, we could set down a benefiting deal, for our side though." He looked at them questioningly and they looked back at him with the same eyes, some questioning his mentality

Shikaku with his elbow on the table and his hand cushioning his head, spoke up "What do you have in mind?" Naruto smiled at Shikamaru's father, though they couldn't see it he was sure they could tell he was smiling.

"How's this…we get them to sign on a deal that provides us with a quarter of the wind country in exchange for keeping them alive and kicking"

Shikaku narrowed his eyes at Naruto and Danzou spoke up "And what about the land in between?"

Naruto frowned at the old man at his left hand side "That land practically belongs to us…no shinobi village resides there and no feudal lord has claimed it. Claiming it in the name of fire will definitely pleases the Daimyo, he will definitely increase funding…not only that, it will shake off all ridiculous ideas of Konoha being weak"

Danzou seemed to be satisfied with his answer and from there, Naruto knew he would have to keep on impressing this man before his respect could be gained.

He heard the only other woman in the council sigh. Gaining his attention he looked at her questioningly, prodding her to speak "That's a sound plan Hokage-sama. But as much as we all want peace…I want war. Those sons of bitches killed many of my clansmen, I want revenge!"

Naruto could feel that headache of before coming on as he massaged his temple. He wondered how to answer this woman. She was more hotheaded than he ever was "I know this well. But, I still stand that this peace treaty is the best disguise for revenge. If they are all dead and no one to lease the land, we will end up having, people way in over their heads, like Ame coming in to claim the land, or maybe even worse…Iwa. By that time we would have lost enough forces for Kumo to wipe us off the map and steal the Hyuuga completely. Now I don't want to be the bozo who lead Konoha to extinction just because Suna killed some clansmen"

Naruto struggled to keep from chuckling at the embarrassed face the woman made. He gave himself a pat on the back for his efforts. He could feel Danzou eying him. It made his skin crawl.

"Does everyone agree with me on this?" seeing them nod their heads he sighed and set his back on his chair "Good, now on to the reason I called this meeting"

Naruto took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, calming himself. He was getting more anxious these days. Tsunade said it wasn't a good sign.

"I will be taking a short one year leave from my post as Hokage, I will leave behind an interim in my place and will be there to address matters from time to time"

Danzou was the first to speak up-not surprising. If Naruto didn't know better he would have thought the old man wanted to be Hokage- "And what will you be doing during this time?"

Naruto stared at the man impassively before answering "I'll be training, I expect to be A-rank by the time it's done. I will be with the Anbu" he was something shine in the old man's eye as he spoke 'Anbu'

Shikaku spoke up, but his eyes were fixed on Danzou, Naruto was glad he wasn't the only one unnerved by the man "But who will be your interim? Who will you leave in power" Naruto saw Danzou twitch from the corner of his eye as Shikaku mentioned power

"I am leaving someone with a legend. Someone that strikes fear…" and like a sing-along everyone in the room mentioned one name

"KAKASHI?"

Kakashi? That lazy pervert hadn't even crossed his mind "What? No! Hell no! Kakashi doesn't have a legend, he hardly is a legend. No…I am leaving a real legend" and just as they did, he mentioned on name

"TSUNADE!" everyone went silent. Until.

"What! Hokage-sama you cannot possible be considering leaving that drunkard in power, she will ruin the whole system, she will bankrupt us before we get a chance to go to the grocery store. Konoha will fall into an endless pit of debt with her in charge, hell she may even set Konoha as a bargaining chip in one of those her stupid useless gambles! We'll be sold to some pirate or something"

Naruto had to stop her there, she would have continued nagging if he hadn't. Koharu really had a large lung capacity.

"Koharu please stop. I trust Tsunade, besides, she has you to keep her in check. It's my final decision Koharu. No more nagging" Naruto groaned as he massaged his temple once again

Everyone nodded in agreement. Tsunade would be a suitable choice, she had face as a strong shinobi, had a legend and also was the student of the third and was the last heir to the Senju name. All in all she had every reason to be feared.

"Then it is settled. I will handle the treaty with Suna and go into training with Tsunade in charge. Well…this meeting is therefore concluded"

The shinobi murmured their way out like they always did, leaving Naruto, Homaru, Koharu, and Danzou all alone in the dark lighted room.

Naruto sighed and stood up, excusing himself for the purpose of dealing with paperwork. He would go see Tsunade later. She really had no choice.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

AN: 5924 words! It would be more since I planned to butt in what was going on in Suna in this chapter, but…I am lazy and I don't type more than 6k words. We will see them in the next chapter though.

I see that majority of my readers want Naruto to join the Akatsuki by capturing a bijuu. Just kidding, this isn't that kind of story. But I am with you guys with him capturing another bijuu.

Also, here's another poll. Nah lets make it a review session. Naruto needs a laxative (not that kind you dirty minded persons) the kind that gets you high and calm. I am talking weed, pot, drugs, pills, any thing that can keep him calm and get him there fast. I mean Hashirama had his gambling. Tobirama had his…whatever. Hiruzen had his pipe. Minato had sex (yes of course, Kushina is really hot. You think a genius like him wouldn't take advantage of that? How do you think they had Naruto?) Tsunade had her alcohol. And Kakashi has his porn. So what does Naruto do to keep calm? Don't say training though, that's out of the question. So review to let me know.

~Genocideshinobi~