Being Hokage Is Hard

Summary: A collection of oneshots about the hard life of the Hokage.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

4:05PM

Chess with Shikamaru

He stared at the board, growling low as a drop of sweat moved down the side of his forehead. The other man just continued to stare at the board tiredly, yawning for time to time.

"I'm almost done," the first man said, holding up a hand before the yawning man could speak.

"Okay, Lord Hokage…"

"How's the baby by the way?"

"Fine, but she's a lot of work."

The Hokage continued to stare intently at the board, reaching out for a piece but retracted his hand quickly, glaring at the board.

"Yeah, the twins weren't fun either. Lot's of getting up in the middle of the night, for sure."

"Are you okay, sir?" Shikamaru said, trying not to chuckle as Naruto gritted his teeth and frustration. They had been playing this game for almost an hour and he was so close to defeat, but it was a good excuse for not working.

That was actually why they started, disregarding all of the paperwork they were supposed to be working on, playing the simple game of chess, but ever since Naruto had become Hokage he would randomly challenge Shikamaru to a game, never once being able to win.

This certain hot afternoon seemed to prove once again that Shikamaru was a thousand times smarter than Naruto would ever want to be. He continued to stare at the board, worried he was going to lose.

"So who do you think she looks like, you or Ino?"

"Ino, she's got the blue eyes, but pretty black hair already, so I guess me too. She sleeps a lot too, Ino calls her lazy and says that the only thing she probably inherited from her was her looks, but I think her voice too, my baby girl's got some lungs on her."

"Yeah?" Naruto reached out again to reach for a rook that was standing alone but hesitated again and quickly retracted his hand again.

"Yeah, she'll scream and cry for almost an hour then suddenly drop like a rock for three hours at a time. Ino said that's my fault."

"Well you are pretty lazy to say the least."

"Oh well. I don't get the leisure of sleeping much at home, it's either Ino shouting at me or it's Shina."

"Well, I'm sure she'll grow out of it eventually. I know that Shino's baby screamed for a long time but suddenly stopped doing it a while ago, and now talks like a normal kid."

Naruto suddenly smirk as he found his move to end all moves. Shikamaru closed his eyes and yawned again, waiting for Naruto to hurry it along.

"Look, Lord Hokage," Shikamaru started but Naruto suddenly moved his piece, making Shikamaru cock an eye open. He smirked a little, but it didn't show too well. He closed his eye and yawned again, reaching out and pulling his queen out of nowhere and taking the king.

"Checkmate."

Naruto's mouth dropped as he stared at the board, trying to figure out how his move failed.

"It was nice playing you, sir, but I've got work to be getting to."Shikamaru stood up and walked out of the room, leaving an angry Hokage cursing at the chess board after him.

-Another story for you, thanks for reading. This one was my first one attempting to rid me of bordom one snowy day.

Invader Hog OUT!