Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

AN: I now know that I have no talent for writing… Can't spell, suck at grammar, typing speed is horrible (even though I'm pushing 10+ years on a computer and is a pro programmer), struggle with 4k words. That doesn't mean I'm going to quit or anything. That means I'm going to try and do better. Though it would be very cool if someone could point me to a site that could help with my problems. You're (hopefully) going to see a major change after the time skip (which is after 1 more normal chapter and 3 flashback chapters)

Darksnider05: I've decided what to do with her. She along with the other prisoners will show up next chapter.

Narutomaniac: They are all strong because Naruto will rarely leave the village so his team and others will have to deal with Akatsuki and other treats. Although because of the latest Naruto chapter Sasuke's future went from solid to hazy, very hazy.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Chapter 15: Choice of One

A few days after the funeral of Sandaime and the other fallen shinobi, Konoha was back to business as usual. Naruto was in his new office ignoring eighty percent of the paper worked as he deemed it unnecessary for him to do. There were endless meetings with the council and other ninja, which he was about to have more of. Moments later there was a knock on Naruto's office door and when he told them to enter they did. There were three people, 2 female and 1 male.

One of the females walked over to his desk and… sat on it. She then swung her legs over the desk so she was facing him and the poked the Hokage in the forehead. "It's been a while Naruto-chan." She said.

"Hokage-sama, Godaime-sama, Uzumaki-sama, Naruto-sama, Uzumaki-san, Naruto-kun, there are a lot of names I would allow you to call me by but Naruto-chan is not one of them Hana." Naruto said to the woman.

"Aw look, little Naruto-chan is all grown up now he's Hokage-chan." Hana said still teasing her ex-teammate, now her new leader.

"Hana if you call me chan one more time I swear I'll have you guarding the library for the next 10 years." Naruto threatened.

"Ok, whatever. So what did you call us here for anyway?" Hana asked.

"You shouldn't talk to him that way Hana. He is the Godaime Hokage so you should be more respectful." Aburame Auron, Naruto's other teammate stated.

"I don't mind that Auron, you three should continue treating me the way you always have. It's good for a leader to have someone he can be a normal person with sometimes." Naruto said.

"That may be so you are not normal and you and never will be, you are our Hokage." Kagami, Naruto's sensei said.

"You're as strict as always huh Kagami, Senju Kagami." Naruto said. She had never told him them her family name but it wasn't hard for him to find out. She was the grandchild of Niidaime's illegitimate daughter. Her father had taken the name Senju because Niidaime had no other descendants and he wanted people to know of his ties with the late Hokage, unfortunately most people took it as an insult. Her father shouted loudly about being the grandson of a Hokage but no one believed him so she never told many her name.

"Well I will get to why I called you three here. Hana and Auron, you two are being promoted to full Jounin and will be given command of a team consisting of Chunin. Kagami you will be given command of Operation Silence." Naruto said.

"Operation Silence?" Hana asked.

"We were invaded by two shinobi villages and one of them just happens to be the youngest village the elemental countries, yet they managed not only to get past our borders undetected but actually managed directly attack our village before we knew they were hostile. So in order to regain our honor as well remind the world that we are the strongest village we have to retaliate." Naruto told them.

"Retaliate, yes, but on what scale are you talking about." Hana asked.

"We're already losing clients already and the Daimyo is probably worried about our strength as well. To show them that we are not week, that we are competent shinobi, Oto must go completely. No prisoners, no treaties, no surrender, no mercy." He said.

"Hai Hokage-sama, I am honored that you see me fit for such a task. However, I am under the impression that we don't know the location of Oto." Kagami said.

Naruto then pulled out a scroll and sat it on the desk. "Add a bit of chakra to this scroll and a guide will appear and tell you anything you could possibly want to know about Oto. You can pick any Shinobi you wish for the operation except for a few, though you will be limited to 300, and you have 2 weeks to do so. That's all I have to say, dismissed."

The next group of people to enter his office was his team. Ino was still a bit distant with him and Hinata but she was civil. He could tell that she knew her position as a shinobi was more important that everything else. Sakura was still Sakura, she was friendly towards Hinata but he 

wouldn't call them friends. Hinata was the same as always and that made Naruto a little angry. He wasn't angry at her but at the Hyuuga, she was the same because she was used to being ignored.

"I've called you three here to announce promotions as well tell you about training opportunities for the future. Firstly, all 3 of you are now Chunin, congratulations." Naruto said.

"Eh? But I failed the test, how did I get promoted as well?" Sakura asked what all three were thinking.

"The Chunin exams are merely for show. Most people are promoted to Chunin after completing a certain amount of mission and or displaying adequate skills. All three of you have those skills." The blonde told them.

That made sense when they thought about it. If only 10 people were promoted a year they'd never have enough Chunin. Ino was a little annoyed that Sakura promoted at the same time as her despite failing but she was also happy for her friend.

"Sakura, to further your training you will be leaving with Jiraiya of the Sannin to find the person who will be teaching you. Depending on if the person is willing to come back to this village or not you may have to be away from the village for an extended amount of time so when you leave pack and be ready for an extended trip." The Hokage told her.

"Ino, you will be trained in by various people in various arts. Your first teacher will be Mitarashi Anko and after you finish with her you will be taught by Yuuhi Kurenai. I expect you to learn a wide array of skills during the time you will be training. The same goes for Hinata. That's all, you're dismissed but Hinata you stay for moment." He told them.

When the other two girls left he had Hinata come around the desk to where he was and sit on the desk in front of him. She felt a little awkward but not enough so to want to get off the desk. Naruto leaned back in his chair and looked at her for a few seconds before speaking.

"I was lying about your training. I didn't want them to think I'm favoring you, although I am. The only person who will be training you is me. As the wife of the Hokage you're going to be in the spotlight a lot and leaving the village is going to be rare, at least leaving officially." Hinata nodded to him, when she was still heir of the Hyuuga she got used to the idea of staying in village.

"There is also something I need to know. As one of the few people I trust completely I would like for you to have certain responsibilities. I'm giving you the choice because it will be difficult, it will require you to lead two different lives and do things your normally wouldn't. If you don't want to that fine but I would like if you do." He told her.

"I'll do it." If it was something that would help Naruto she had no problem doing it.

"Thank you." He said before reaching in one of his desk drawers. What he pulled out made her eyes widen a bit, an ANBU mask. "I need you to learn how ANBU works. You will receive ANBU training but you won't go on any missions. When your ANBU training is done I will start teaching you again. The two roles I'll need you to play are the Hokage's kind wife, and the leader of the darker side of Konoha, ANBU Root."

"ANBU Root? I've never heard of them before." She said to him.

"That's good because they are a division of ANBU that has been disbanded and aren't allowed to exist. Their missions disregard politics and their training methods are considered immoral. They've operated under the nose of Sandaime for years and they will continue to operate 'under my nose' as well. Officially I will deny their existence and any knowledge of them. Maybe Sandaime has been Hokage for too long, maybe he knows something I don't but there is something that a lot of people in Konoha are forgetting." Naruto said. He could see that she wanted to know what he meant so he told her.

"Konoha is a shinobi village, shinobi are mercenaries, we prosper from conflict and we suffer from peace. I'm not saying we should start wars every chance we get but if we go too long without one the shinobi will grow soft and when someone else starts the war we're caught unprepared. Luckily I was able to do as much as I did during the invasion, who knows what would have happened had I not been around." The Hokage said to her.

"That may be true, but peace is nice." Hinata said to him.

Naruto sat up then laid his head on her lap. He could already tell that she would keep him from doing anything too extreme. "Hinata I'm scared." Naruto said shocking Hinata, what could he be afraid of. She looked out the window that was in front of her to make sure that there wasn't 9 Kyuubi's at the gate.

"I made I Jutsu for the sole purpose of finding out if my mother died because of the surgery failed or was her death intentional. I'm afraid to find out truth, I'm afraid what I would do if she was killed. It's Because of her I worked so hard to become strong and if she died because someone hated me, no not me, Kyuubi. If she was killed by someone who owed their life to her fiancé and son, I don't know what I'd do." He said with his head still on her lap.

"Also… What should we do with your father Hinata? Originally I was just going to slip into the Hyuuga compound and take care of him but that was scrapped because I didn't think you would like that. I've decided to leave his punishment to you, but remember he was charged with treason." H said to her.

Suddenly Naruto's head snapped up and he warped away. Hinata hopped off the desk and decided to go home after buying a few things. When she moved in with him he always gave her more money than she needed for whatever she was going to buy. One time she had needed new 

sandals after she noticed hers were worn he had given her 500 when she only needed 50. After they were married she gained access to his bank account and he told her spend whatever she wanted on whatever she wanted. She could tell that he made more than he spent but with the amount of millions in his account he didn't need to earn anything ever again. When she asked how he had so much he told her it was because of the Jutsu he made and sold. The prices were.

D-Rank: 15,000

C-Rank: 50,000

B-Rank: 125,000

A-Rank: 600,000

S-Rank: 2,000,000

The Aburame and the Inuzuka were his biggest customers, they were on a continuous feed of A and B Rank Jutsu, once he was done with one he just delivered it and they sent the money. Other small families looking to make a name for themselves would come to him and if they couldn't afford it he would work with them. Shinobi looking for a personal Jutsu also came to him. Basically everyone who didn't have either the time, skill, or was too lazy to create their own Jutsu bought them from him so it's safe to say he had a lot of customers.


When Naruto appeared at his destination he was surprised at the situation, but moments like these were the sole reason he gave his tri-kunai to his friends. Kakashi was down on one knee and he looked as if he was about to pass out, Kurenai and Asuma right behind him, and Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame were in front of them all. Most importantly was the fact that the missing Nins were wearing cloaks with red clouds on them, one of the few things he knew about Akatsuki.

"We'll this is just perfect. I planned to hunt and kill you and Orochimaru before Sandaime made me Hokage, but it seem both of you are impatient and actually came to Konoha. Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame, as the Hokage of Konoha I'm placing you two under arrest to be questioned and then executed." Naruto said.

Four clones appeared and then they all used shunshin and seconds later a red barrier much like, ok exactly like the one the sound four used appeared.

"Oi, Itachi. Is that the brat we're supposed to take?" Kisame asked.

"Yes, this is him, the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki. Although I did not know they made him their Hokage." Itachi calmly said.

"To bad for Konoha, they just made him Hokage and now he's about to die." The ex-mist Nin said.

"Asuma, Kurenai, and Gai, you three take care of the blue mutant. I'll handle Itachi." With that said Gai jumped out of hiding and did as told. Naruto used a just to have the water pull Kakashi under water in a large air bubble to keep him safe.

Suddenly a clone of Naruto jumped from out the water behind Itachi but was quickly taken care of with an elbow. Itachi then had to dodge a kunai only to have Naruto appear behind him and wrapped him in chakra strings. Unfortunately it wouldn't be that easy to capture Itachi as he burst into birds.

'A Genjutsu, shit I didn't want to have to do this but if I want to capture him alive I might have to.' Naruto thought. He then sank under the water while doing hand seals. When he was fully submerged a dragon made of water sprung from the water and rushed towards the Uchiha.

Once that was dodged Itachi decided it was time for him to go on the offensive. Too bad for Itachi that Naruto didn't care what he decided because various toads started to surface and attack him.

The Jounin on the other hand weren't doing as well. While Gai and Asuma were doing their best attack and defending while Kurenai supported with Genjutsu it just wasn't enough. Sporting many scrapes and bruises the trio hoped Naruto was doing better than they were.

Naruto will under water decided that getting rid of Kisame would greatly increase his chances of capturing Itachi. He used Hiraishin to warp behind the mist Nin and summoned the sword of Kusanagi in his hand. Before the blue Nin could sense him or react he impaled him. The Jounin were surprised to see tip of a blade came through Kisame's chest and the fish man coughed up blood, but they were more relieved than anything.

When Kisame fell to the ground they could see that Naruto was behind him. The boy Hokage let the sword of Kusangani retract back into his sleeve before he took out two scrolls, opened them, and then put two drops of Kisame's blood on them. Seconds after rolling them back up he added chakra to them and two pops later there were two clones of Kisame standing on Naruto's side, clones loyal to Naruto. This was his Jutsu Uragirimono Bunshin (Traitor Clone). The Jutsu he so wasn't teaching to Kakashi.

The clone on the right picked up the real Samehada and tossed the Bunshin sword to the other clone so he would have two. The Kisame with two swords dived under the water while the other dashed for Itachi.

"Kurenai I want you to place Genjutsu after Genjutsu on Itachi, no they won't do much but they will split his focus as well as drain a bit of his chakra. Asuma and Gai I will you to occupy Itachi for 1 minute so I prepare a Jutsu that will help capture him, you two and the Kisame clones will have to fight until I'm done."

Naruto made a clone and had it stand in front of him so that Itachi could not copy this Jutsu. Then he went to work on the hand seals, all 437 of them. The Jutsu was one created for the Aburame, one that even despite with its large amount of hand seals needed was still useful. Once he was done he called out its name. "Hotaru no Seishin (Soul of the Firefly)" Small blue lights started to appear in the air around Naruto until they filled the area then swarmed towards Itachi.

Itachi was a little shocked that Kisame was killed and that Naruto could make clones of him, he was impressed with the Hokage, but he still wanted to get away. Facing a Kage and 3 Jounin alone was stupid even for someone like him, not to mention the fireflies that were coming towards him. He had no clue what they would do if they hit him but he also had no intention of letting them do so "Ameratasu" Itachi said and released a black flame from his eyes. Seconds after directing the flame to encompass the bugs the Uchiha was horrified to see not he bug disappear but his flame.

"Uchiha, the Hotaru no Seishin is not a Jutsu you can counter with a Jutsu designed to damage physical things. This Jutsu was designed for the Aburame as a better means of doing what they do best, draining chakra." By now Itachi had some fireflies on him despite his attempts to dodge or block them. "Of course each firefly can drain chakra 100 times faster than the normal kikai bug." Seconds after Naruto was done speaking Itachi collapsed.

With instructions from Naruto the 3 Jounin surrounded and apprehended Itachi who collapsed from chakra exhaustion. 'With the capture of Itachi I will be able to learn more about Akatsuki while removing the last of the S-Rank missing Nins from Konoha.' Naruto thought.


Hours later Naruto was seeing red. He learned so much about the Uchiha from Itachi's clone it made him sick. Uchiha Madara, the man responsible for the Kyuubi's attack. The man was responsible for his father's death, his mothers disability, and somewhat responsible for her death? Sandaime, Danzo, Homura, and Koharu ordered Itachi to kill the Uchiha and then abandoned him, sacrificed him. True, it's only been a few days since him becoming Hokage but that was something they should have told them, it was kind of important. Now what should he do with Itachi? He could allow Uchiha Sasuke to execute him and sweep this problem under the rug, or he could let the man escape so he could finish his last mission. No, Madara was Naruto's to kill and no one was taking that from him. What about Sasuke? Should he kill him to finish whipping out the Uchiha.

Knock Knock Knock

Suddenly three people, who without his permission, entered his office. They were the remaining 3 of the 4 he people who knew about Itachi's mission. Naruto didn't know whether to be happy 

or annoyed they came. The Jounins must have said something. It was his fault really, he never told them to keep it a secret and anyone would want to brag about helping catch Itachi.

"We wish to congratulate you for your capture of Konoha's last S-Rank missing Nin, Uchiha Itachi." Homura said.

"Yes, capturing that man should let other nations know the power of our Hokage." Koharu said.

"If you wish, I could have him interrogated using the most effective techniques." That was said by Danzo.

"All three of you shut up. I know why you're really here and I already know the truth about Itachi, about Madara, and about the Uchiha. You two keep saying that the other nations may look down on because of my age but isn't that what you're doing. I think it may be time for you two to retire. Danzo, you will come to find out that there are no techniques more effective than my own." Naruto said.

"Retirement may not be a bad idea but not while we are at war. I apologize for our behavior Hokage-sama but we wish to know what you plan to do with Itachi-san." Koharu said.

"Truthfully I don't know right now. It may be useful to keep him alive, while killing him may be the best choice. I haven't had much time to think about it much." Naruto said.

They all accepted that and left him to decide.

It was an hour later that Hinata entered his office again. "I've decided." She said. She was talking what should happen to her father. She had did nothing but think on what she should do since he told her to make the decision. The decision was hard because the man is her father, but hasn't been much of one. He was accused of treason so a light sentence would raise questions, but she knew he hadn't committed such an act so execution was wrong. Her decision was one that kept him out of the picture but not in a harsh environment like prison. "His punishment is life imprisonment in a safe house. I want my mother and sister to be able to visit him when they wish to."

"That is fine Hinata, but we will have to announce that he is in prison. I also know who will be his replacement as well." Naruto said and she nodded in acceptance.

"Now for the most important moment of the day. ANBU bring him in!" Naruto said and ten minutes later a doctor was brought into the office. "ANBU leave." And as order the ANBU vanished leaving the man whose eyes reflected nothing but fear. The fear could have been from being found out or punished for a crime he did not commit. Either way Naruto intended to find out right now.

"Dr Tsurui I had you brought here to so I could finally get an answer as to why my mother died. Don't worry, I won't have you tortured to hear what I want to, I have the perfect way to get the 

truth." Naruto then took a hair from the man's head and placed it in a scroll for Uragirimono Bunshin (Traitor Clone). He then added chakra to the scroll and it turned into a copy of the doctor.

"Dr. Tsurui, was my mother's death an accident or intentional." Naruto said to the clone.

"The death of your mother was…" CLIFFHANGER (read AN below)

AN: Since before I wrote this story I intended for you to vote on how she died. So you can! Vote on whether the Doctor killed her or not.

BE WARNED: This will not only affect the story but also Naruto's personality, Hinata's future, and could help or kill Ino's chances with Naruto. (Not to mention a ton of other things.) So vote in a review.