Being Hokage is Hard

Summary: A collection of oneshots about the Hokage being the Hokage.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

8:15 PM

Dinner with Ino

"Hurry up! I'm hungry!" a tall kunoichi said, crossing her arms as she waited for the blonde young man to come running to her side.

"Calm down Ino, I just came back from training! I'm tired!" the Hokage said tiredly.

"But I'm hungry. My baby's hungry too!" she said, patting her stomach fondly, the Hokage huffing a little as he straightened up.

"Don't you have a husband that can be eating with you?"

"He's on a mission, as you well know. I need food and there was nothing in the house, and you promised that you'd buy me dinner sometime, so now I'm hungry and you're paying!" Ino said happily, flicking some of her bangs out of her eyes as she turned toward the Ramen stand.

"Fine, come on,"he said, holding the flap of the Ramen stand up for her to enter.

"Welcome Lord Hokage, Ino! How are you this fine evening?" the waitress asked.

"The same as usual, tired and bored,"the Hokagesaid, tugging at his green vest a little as he sat down at a table across from Ino. She had to be almost a foot away so her large stomach could fit, her bowl of soup going to have to sit on her stomach like always.

"So, what are you going to name it, or them or whatever?"he asked as the waitress brought out their usual orders.

"Well… we were thinking Inoshishi, if it's a boy, or Shina, if it's a girl."

"Ah, those are nice names. They are going to be ninjas right?"the Hokagesaid, his bowl of ramen set in front of him. Ino smiled and nodded, starting on her own bowl of soup, sitting on her overly large stomach.

"Hinata had to do that too, when she was pregnant I mean, sitting so far away from the table. She said her stomach was like a little table for her,"he said, grinning at Ino as she blushed a little, slurping her soup.

"Yeah? She had twins right?"

"Oh, yeah, a boy and a girl, Narupichi and Hina," said, slurping at his ramen, Ino joining in the silence as she calmly slurped at her soup.

"It's been so long since we've been anywhere together, Ino,"he said suddenly, looking up from his half empty bowl. Ino looked in her own soup and sighed.

"Yes, I was worried that I wouldn't get to see you before my baby came. I was wanting to ask you if you had any advice for me," Ino said, setting her empty bowl on the table.He thought long and hard and gave his famous fox grin and pointed his chopsticks at her.

"Trust me, you're going to be the perfect mother, Ino, you don't need any advice from an idiot like me."

Ino blushed slightly and nodded, a quiet thank you never uttered. They finished their second bowl andthe Hokageoffered to take her home. Ino's apartment wasn't that far from the ramen stand but she decided to take the long way home, going through a park to get there. She had spent a lot of time there with her husband, them both talking of how their children would play there, untouched by the horrors of their lives.

"Um... hey…" Ino said quietly.

"Yes?"

"I'm… I'm sorry…"

"Sorry? Sorry for what?" he asked, sticking his hands behind his head as their stroll came to a stop.

"I… I was never a good friend to you. I was always apart of the people who ignored you, made fun of you… everything I hated about others…"

"It's no big deal, Ino. I became stronger and I am now acknowledged as a person, everyone knows my name. That's all I ever wanted. Anyway, you're one of my best friends now!"

Ino only smiled slightly as they came upon her home.

"Thank you, Lord Hokage," Ino said, bowing a little.

"Don't worry about it. We'll have to do it again sometime. I'll tell Hinata that I got to talk to you, I'm sure she'd be glad to know your baby is coming along fine."

Heturned to leave and Ino called out to him before he was almost out of site.

"Hey!"

"Hmm?"

"You're the second greatest man I've ever met! Don't let anyone ever say you weren't the greatest Hokage that ever lived!"

He only grinned at her and disappeared into the darkness.

-What do you think? I was supposed to post this one before the Kitchen one but I couldn't find it until today, so I'm posting it now so that second makes a little bit more sense. . Thank you everyone who has reviewed, it really means a lot to me that you like my stuff.

Invader Hog OUT!