I was still trying to wrap my head around this new fact, why in the world would they want me to do this job!?

"Tsunade seriously, there really aren't any other people you'd rather have leading the village with you instead of me?"

"Nope and besides, I thought this was one of your long-time dreams"

"When I was like five it was my dream to become Hokage, I don't think I can handle that now"

"Well you were the same as when you were a kid"

"I was a troublemaking child and I grew out of that!"

"Look Rai, you'll do fine with this, I'll help you", Itachi stated, like he was going to get out of doing that anyway.

"And besides, you have some good blood in you, your dad was a great leader and I'm sure you'll follow in his footsteps"

"I just can't see myself taking the responsibilities of an entire village"

"Well you'll just have to get used to it like I did! We'll get everything set up and the initiation will be tomorrow"

"Tomorrow? Isn't that a little soon, I mean you just sprung this on me"

"Get used to it kid, I mean Hokage san"

"Don't pull that on me, you're just trying to get out of you being Hokage"

"No, I'll take over some days, but you're so much younger than me, you'll be able to handle it for the most part.

"Don't you think I'm a little young for this?"

"No, not at all, you're just…a few years younger than your dad when he got the job"

"Actually, my father was quite a bit older than I am right now"

"Oh that doesn't matter, we'll be like the Third and your dad"

"You mean I do everything while you stay at home doing who knows what?"

"Exactly"

"If I didn't respect the Hokage's name like I do, I would probably decline…"

"So you're accepting?"

I sighed a bit, would I really want all this responsibility right now. The only time I ever wanted this was when I was really little and I took my dad's stuff because I thought it looked fun. Well, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I guess if she wants me to do it, she must have some real faith in me.

"Tsunade, I formally accept your offer"

"Great, now I finally can take a few months off!"

"Now what I don't understand is how did you get enough people to back you up on this decision?"

"Believe it or not, it wasn't hard. I mentioned your name and they went to town with it"

"You do mean figuratively right?"

"Of course, ok just a bit literal. You better get going, you and I both have some preparations to take care of"

"Wait, what do I have to do?"

"Actually you don't really have to do anything, I'm the one stuck giving a speech. You just have to get mentally prepared"

"So I don't have to do anything? Cool, good luck with what you have to do"

I moved towards the door and quickly got out of there before she could get me to help her with something. My last day of just being another ninja. Why, oh why did I say yes, I'm regretting it already. It's about time I looked for some guidance, before I get too deep into this. I sauntered over to the hero's memorial, a place I try to get to every day. Itachi was following closely instep behind me.

"Itachi I'm going to ask you a question and I want you to answer it truthfully"

"Alright what is it?"

"Are you partially responsible for this?"

"What no, but I did endorse you when they asked about you"

"Hmm, well this is odd, Kakashi isn't here. Itachi, I want you to stay here and quiet if you don't mind"

I lay down under one of the trees, staring at the memorial. I was always given revelations when I came here and asked for guidance. Did I really want to be going through with this? Would I even do a good job? I really think they are way too confident with me. Heck I'm not even that great of a ninja, who came up with this plan? Am I even decisive enough to be able to make good decisions for the good of everyone? Why can't these things just be easier? One of the leaves fell and fluttered off the tree, landing softly on my nose. There were six veins on the leaf and no cuts on it.

"Alright I'll stop worrying so much, thanks for the support"

"Mariah, you amaze me sometimes. How did you get anything out of a leaf?"

"Sometimes you just need to have an open mind and really listen to the wind"

He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him as he nuzzled on my neck.

"C'mon Itachi, not here. I really want to work on a project for tomorrow"

"You'll have plenty of time"

"I'm serious, I want you to help me with it"

"Oh really? Well then I guess we should get going, what were you thinking of?"

"You remember how much I used to love my dad's cloak"

"Yes…"

"I want to invert the colors. White to black, red to blue"

"That would look cool, but what about your hat?"

"I don't plan on wearing the hat much, I think it makes me look older. If I never wear the hat, I don't have to wear it"

I went right away back to the house to start working on it.

So I really am going to start doing at least one chapter of one of the stories. I am going to redo the first chapter of this one and Secret of the Traitor, you guys won't see it for a few weeks, but it is coming and it's going to be at least 7k words. Who read the new chapter, OMG that was epic, who the hell would want THAT guy as Hokage, the villagers and the jounin would totally support Naruto or even Kakashi. Well, hopefully somone will assassinate him and we'll all be a little happier.