A/N: Hi everyone! Here it is, the final chapter. Only a wrap up epilogue to follow. No warnings, so read and enjoy!
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After a few months of supervised training, Raylin and Sasuke became unbelievable weapons. She herself was like a complete jutsu. She knew all five nature elements and could manipulate them at will; she was a medical ninja who could not only heal others in battle, but could actually regenerate herself; she was Uchiha and had obtained the mongaque sharingan, making her a bender of time and space; she could learn any jutsu just by seeing it once. She had surpassed anyone in the history of recorded knowledge with her skills, strength and stamina. Recognizing this, after some months, Hokage called her in. She and Sasuke went to see her.
Tsunade began, "Raylin, I don't know an easy way to put this, so I'm going to just throw this out there. How do you feel about Konoha?"
Raylin said, "I love it here. The village is beautiful, I love the academy, and the people are wonderful."
"I was hoping you'd say that. I've been meeting with the advisors and we'd like to make you an offer, and this includes you too Sasuke." Both nodded and listened. "We would like to offer to train you to become the 6th Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves." She let it sink in a second and then said, "We believe that you are a highly evolved human being. Someone who for some reason has come to us in uncertain times. Sasuke left for selfish reasons, but when he came back he brought us this great gift – you. We would like to see if you care enough about this village to kill and or die for it. Would you be interested in this?"
"I didn't know that more than one Hokage could exist at the same time in one village."
"My grandfather and great uncle were Hokage practically at the same time. Who says you can't help me keep things in order?"
"But Hokage-sama, Sasuke and I are a team. We are going to assassinate the Akatsuke members."
"That will be part of your training. What do you think Raylin?"
Raylin thought, and then asked Sasuke, "What do you think? This is pretty big Sasuke, but I love this village. I love you, and I'll only do it if I can have both, the village and you."
"You've already got me," Sasuke told her, "I guess the village is next. Do it. You can protect this place. Do it." She grinned at him and hugged him.
Hokage asked her, "Well, is that a yes then?"
Raylin stood a little taller puffed up her chest and said, "I would be honored to be considered for the position of the Hidden Village in the Leaves 6th Hokage." Then she ran around the desk and hugged Tsunade a little too hard.
When Tsunade could breathe again she said, "You have a good heart Raylin, and you'll make a great leader. Sasuke, you'd better keep her happy."
"Oh he does Hokage," she went to Sasuke and slipped her arm around his back and leaned into him. Then she turned back to Tsunade and said, "I have just one question. Naruto. He wants to be Hokage so badly. Is he close? Can I train him secretly so he can achieve his dream?"
Tsunade said, "He will make a great Hokage some day. He may be the 7th, or 8th, but he's not quite ready yet. You my dear are more than ready. I'll make the announcements later today. Until then, go do something fun."
"Thank you Hokage."
Tsunade said, "You're welcome, Hokage." Raylin looked up at the sound of herself being called Hokage. She liked it but she was going to have to get used to it. She had just been handed the burden of taking care of an entire village. Yet she felt like she was born into this position. This was how she was going to be useful, by using her gigantic power to protect a whole village of people. And she did.
A year after Tsunade asked, Raylin was installed as the 6th Hokage. Before that though, she and Sasuke had teamed up to exterminate six more Akatsuke members, leaving only six more that were known of. On the day of her induction, after she was handed the crown of Hokage in front of the whole village, Sasuke joined her and in front of everyone, they were married. After the ceremonies he said to her, "You've had a very big day today."
"We've had a very big day today."
"Ok. So how does this day rate? Top 10? Top 5?"
"No. Number 1."
"Yeah, I guess being inaugurated as Hokage would rate Number 1."
"No, you're wrong. Marrying you made today Number 1." He smiled at her and kissed her deeply.
Raylin continued to excel and create and protect. Sasuke continued to grow and evolve, eventually becoming Naruto's best friend again. They vowed not to try and kill each other anymore.
Akatsuke found that they could not continue their plans after their leader was assassinated. They disbanded and hired themselves out as rogue ninjas and bounty hunters. One by one over the years they were picked off. Peace reigned in Konoha along with its two Hokages.
Raylin and Sasuke only had one final mission to complete together, and it wasn't going to be easy.
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A/N: So there you have it! Just a little epilogue to wrap up the final mission. I really hope you've enjoyed this. Your reviews would be appreciated! At the end of the epilogue, I'll give a hint to what I'll be putting up next.
Last up: The last mission, Hokages, and Orochimaru. See you soon!