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Hellboy: Okay, we gotta stop this.
Wesker: I agree, the coffee machine's been acting strange.
Hellboy: How strange?
Wesker: Well it's tentacle raping the wuss.
Kakashi: #PLORGHLE!
Hellboy: Ouch...that strong?
Wesker: Kyugan had a cup of the stuff before he went like this.
Hellboy: Dayumn!
Densetzu no Sannin; Clash!
"RASENGAN!"
Three miniature maelstroms of chakra were rammed into three differing torsos, one a traitorous medic, another a proud professor, and the last the techniques creator. All three felt as if their insides were being torn to shreds, but considering the state of two of the victims, this really wasn't a pressing issue, as given time they'd simply reform as talismans provided their summoner didn't cancel the jutsu.
A little known fact about Edo Tensei was that while the bodies were indeed indestructible, should the summoner lose consciousness or run out of chakra prematurely, then those bodies would begin breaking down until the soul escaped.
Since Orochimaru was infamous for cutting losses and making fast escapes, the thought had never occurred to him to sort out this little flaw, after all, what did he care if the zombies kept fighting so long as they completed their objective?
Kabuto, like his master, was also one to cut and run when things got too hairy. Unfortunately, it was a bit hard to get away when a gorilla like Domon had a firm grip on your elbow. So firm in fact, that the whole limb was torn out at the socket when Kabuto was sent blasting off into a boulder some thirty feet away, the blunt trauma, exhaustion from overuse of his chakra and shock from his injuries rendering the medic unconscious, severing the ties that held the faux bodies together.
--
'Impossible…' Orochimaru insisted, despite the evidence of his own eyes, watching as the hokages began to crumble to dust where they lay, the bodies used to summon them crushed to powder by the sheer force of Minato's jutsu 'Such a jutsu…in such a short amount of time…when did they master that?!'
"I told you…" Jiraiya snorted, "The number of jutsu isn't what defines a shinobi…though I'll admit it's an asset." He smirked down at his students as they stood, facing their opponents with their palms outstretched "What defines a shinobi is…the guts to never surrender, no matter what!"
Orochimaru scowled, only to flinch as Jiraiya stepped towards him, rotating his shoulder.
"I think fighting with you did some good after all." Jiraiya chuckled "I think it's burning up whatever drug Tsunade used on me earlier faster than she thought it would." He smirked "Well, they don't call me hot-blooded for nothing."
"That's not how I recall it," Orochimaru taunted, looking at the man mockingly "I'm fairly certain they called you the village idiot."
"And you were the albino freak with the tongue." Jiraiya shot back, smirking at the man's flinch "Oh what's wrong, hit a nerve?"
"This is childish." Orochimaru scoffed disdainfully "And if you dare attempt that 'I know you are' sketch I'll castrate you where you stand."
--
"Not so talkative now huh?" Naruto stated, standing over the dissolving form of the late Yondaime with a frown "Got anything else you wanna lecture me on." He scowled as the man started chuckling "What's so funny?"
"Just like your mother…she always made a point of showing me up at everything I did." He sighed "Summoning, tree-climbing, water walking…everything but my rasengan, which she just didn't have the patience to master." He smiled at him again "Thank you…for coming at me like she would have."
Naruto was silent for a moment, before looking down at the man solemnly, so many questions burning in his mind but one rising steadily to the fore. "Why?"
Minato sighed, closing his eyes again "I truly did not have a choice in the matter." He replied "When your father attacked I knew the only way to defeat him was a seal, but using the Shiki Fuuin on myself would have sealed the demon in a corpse, dragging him with me to wherever the souls devoured by the shinnigami go."
He regarded the boy solemnly "As I said, I was jealous of your father, but I did not hate him…and I could never hate any child of Kushina's, even if it weren't mine…" he regarded the boy solemnly "It was simply a turn of fate that you were the only child born at the time of the attack…and I knew that, even if you never knew, your father would protect you from within the seal."
Naruto was silent, staring down at the man with his eyes shadowed, his face grim. "I hated you…" he admitted, "For so long, ever since I found out what happened and who I was…" his fists trembled "I wanted to drag you back from hell or wherever and beat you to death with my bare hands…I wanted you make you suffer, like you'd made me suffer."
Minato's sad eyes grew wide as tears fell on him, looking up into the weeping features of the boy, no, the young man that had defeated him.
"I hated you so much…" Naruto repeated, sniffing as the tears lined his cheeks "But now…I don't know what to do…what to say…" he sniffed "Dammit…why did it have to be this way?!"
"Naruto," Minato called out, his tone gentle "None of this is your fault…there is more at stake here than just Konoha." He held the genin's gaze solemnly, even as his torso dissolved "I sealed your father into a vessel for a reason…there is trouble afoot, I don't know what, but someone out there is coveting the bijuu."
"Akatsuki." Naruto growled, clenching his teeth and knuckles so tight they actually began to pop "I bumped into a pair of them a while back."
"Beware of them." The yondaime warned "I don't know what they're planning…but no good has come from coveting forces beyond the control of man." He smiled one last time, the talismans that made up his face disintegrating as he did so "I'm going now…"
"If…" Naruto began, stumbling slightly as he spoke "If you see my mom…on the other side…" he swallowed "If you see her…tell her-!"
"She already knows." Minato assured him, reaching out a hand and clasping Naruto's tightly "Live strong…Uzumaki Naruto!"
And then he was gone, the talisman's scattering to the wind, save for the few Naruto held clenched between his fingers.
--
"This is the second time I've experienced the sensation of dying." Sarutobi noted, and odd note of humor in his voice as he lay in a burnt, tattered heap in the dirt "I have to admit it loses its grandeur after the first time."
"I'll take your word for it." Recca deadpanned, shivering slightly "If it's all the same to you I'd like to put off experiencing it until later."
"I pray you do." Sarutobi chuckled, sighing as he looked towards the sky "Such a beautiful day…you truly only appreciate such things when time has run out."
Recca remained silent, standing over the defeated hokage with a frown, clenching his fist tightly 'Dammit!' he groused 'This isn't how I wanted to fight the old man! Not like this! Not on that damn snake's terms!'
"Calm yourself Recca-kun." Sarutobi chastised "I truly enjoyed my fight with you, regardless of who was pulling the strings behind it." he frowned as he regarded the decay of his body "I merely wish there was more time…there is much I would tell you."
"Isn't there any way for you to come back?" Recca pleaded, looking at the man desperately "I mean, without Pedo-hebi's freaky jutsu?"
"No," Sarutobi replied with a sigh, "Death is the one thing even a Kage cannot defeat…even this shell is merely a semblance of life given shape by my soul and mind."
"Dammit!" Recca swore "There has to be a way to keep you here! There has to-!"
He trailed off, eyes widening in realization as he sensed a presence grow in the back of his mind. 'This is the circumstances I warned you of.' Resshin stated, his commanding tones echoing throughout the mindscape as his burning gaze seemed to bore into the boy's soul 'Remember…this is also a burden of the Hokage ningun.'
Recca stood in silence, before crouching down before the fading cadaver "Saru-ji…I have a way to keep you here…but it's your choice." He allowed a flame to form in his hand "If you accept, I incorporate you into my flame, so you basically take up a spot in my mind along with the Hachiryuu." He looked into the man's eyes "You'll still be yourself, but unless I release you, you'll be stuck inside me till I die."
Sarutobi eyed the boy solemnly for a moment, before smiling and letting out a weak chuckle "Yare-yare…you whippersnappers always manage to surprise me." He joked, smirking at the young man "I'm not ready to shift off this mortal coil without seeing you all grow into fine shinobi…I hope you don't mind my taking up residence."
"No problem Saru-ji." The enjutsu-shi chuckled "Word of advice, stay away from the blind guy, Setsuna, he's fucked up in the head." He then scowled and removed his tekko, allowing his flame to erupt as the kanji on his arms lit up one by one, their respective dragons circling the air above him.
"Ichi-shiki: Nadare…Ni-shiki: Saiha…San-shiki: Homura…Yon-shiki: Setsuna…" the enjutsu-shi chanted "Go-shiki: Madoka…Roku-shiki: Rui…Shichi-shiki: Koku…!" he grit his teeth as he brought his arms down to his sides, flame encircling him and buffeting his robes "Ryu no en; Hachi-shiki…RESSHIN!"
--
Everyone gazed on in alarm at the pyrotechnic display, the sight of seven Karyuu weaving around the Recca scaring the living daylights out of Gamakichi, Ton-Ton and Shizune, whilst Tsunade gazed at them in awe. The coiling shapes combined into a pillar, which heralded the arrival of their leader, the almighty, undisputedly most powerful Karyuu, Resshin.
"Honorable warrior." He growled out, eyeing the amazed Sarutobi's remains with his eyeless stare "Your worth is recognized by the Karyuu…you are well deserving of the title Hokage."
Flames gathered around the cadaver as the dragon spoke, gentle, painless flames that seemed to revitalize the old man.
"As such," Resshin continued "It is with open arms that we incorporate your 'will of fire' with our own…welcome, Brother of the flames."
"Resshin!" Recca called out, holding out his palm as Sarutobi was set alight "TENSEI EN!"
The flames engulfed the cadaver utterly, growing hotter and brighter until only the bare essence remained, as they dimmed Sarutobi stood as if bathed in liquid fire, his features younger, but not by much, and his back tall and proud, dressed in his battle armor.
"This…will take some getting used to." The new flame spirit noted uneasily, before smiling at an exhausted Recca "Don't push yourself…we'll talk later."
And with that the spirit of the Sandaime disappeared in a plume of fire, leaving behind a stunned audience.
--
'This is bad…' Orochimaru groused, realizing that without the hokages he was seriously outgunned. 'Damn Kabuto, why'd he have to lose consciousness now?!'
"It's over Orochimaru." Jiraiya stated flatly, eyes serious as he stepped towards the cornered serpent "Surrender and your death will be quick."
Orochimaru scoffed, looking at the man disdainfully "Over, Jiraiya? Is that what you believe?" he chuckled darkly "In that case…catch me if you can!"
Jiraiya swore as Orochimaru leapt off the serpent, lunging towards Naruto, who was still gazing at his hand distractedly 'DAMMIT!' he swore, leaping off the snake and attempting to follow, only for the serpent's tongue to latch around his ankle.
'The dragon boy is out, and the giant is too far away.' Orochimaru muttered, lunging forwards with the Kusanagi extending from his gullet 'I'll strike down the Kyuubi-gaki before he becomes a viable threat!'
He smirked as the blonde looked up, red eyes widening as he realized the oncoming threat too late. The Kusanagi dug deep into the blonde's unprotected back, the kimono top staining with blood as he staggered. "Nothing personal gaki," the serpent hissed mockingly, even as the blonde eyed him in a rage "But you're too much of a threat to my plans to be allowed to live…"
And with that he twisted the blade, eliciting a geyser of blood from the blonde's chest cavity, the shocked blue eyes widening as the blade was pulled out, before falling onto his face.
--
"NARUTO!" Domon roared, rounding on the gloating Orochimaru in a fury "YARO!"
Orochimaru dodged the giant's enraged swings with the ease of experience. True he'd have preferred to have been at his peak, but that still didn't mean he couldn't read the movements of a genin, even one as impressively powerful as the giant. "I applaud your tenacity." He mocked, weaving under a blow and slipping round to take the rear, Domon gaping forwards in shock "But you're two decades short of proving a challenge for me when I'm serious."
Kusanagi sung out again, only Domon's Tetsugan saving him from becoming a headless corpse. "Quite a defense you have there." Orochimaru noted as he resumed dodging "But something tells me that changing your body to metal consumes vast amount of chakra…how much longer can you keep this up?"
Domon didn't answer, he merely continued in his endeavors to flatten the snake, unaware of the drama unfurling behind them.
--
Tsunade honestly didn't know what was going on anymore. One minute she'd been watching what should have been a one-sided slaughter, the next the three genin had turned the tides with a jutsu only Jiraiya and one other had managed to learn.
Now she was crouched near the body of the Kushina's brat, turning him on his back only to recoil in horror at the sight of the blood seeping out of him.
'Mustn't run…mustn't run…!' she thought wildly, opening the kimono and severing the mesh armor underneath to get a better look at the wound. 'Right through the heart, the kid's got less than a minute at most…seconds at the least.' She placed her palms over the wounds, gritting her teeth as she tried to both staunch the flow of blood from the wound whilst ensuring the flow to the arteries proceeded, healing the ruptured muscles in the process.
"Its…useless." Kabuto's voice called out, the medic having regained consciousness; a smirk on his taut features "Orochimaru-sama's Kusanagi…wounds from that cannot be healed properly."
"Shut up," Tsunade growled, hair hiding her features as she focused solely on the task at hand "I'll deal with you later."
She grit her teeth as the bleeding stopped, but it was short-lived as it seemed the boy's heart was slowing down. 'Don't die..' she pleaded, desperation causing her to channel more and more chakra into the process 'Not again…please…not this time…not this boy…' her eyes widened desperately as she tried to get his heart going 'Don't die…don't die…don't die!"
She blinked, eyes widening as a hand reached up to touch her cheek, looking down to find the boy smiling up at her weakly. "I win…" he stated, hand trailing to the necklace hanging from her bosom "Big-booby neechan."
Tsunade's eyes widened, watching as the boy fell asleep, still clutching the necklace, tears forming in he eyes as she smiled at him, seeing the faces of her beloveds, the sound of his heart beating away comforting her. 'One more time…' she pleaded, smoothing his cheek tenderly, before unfastening the necklace and placing it around his neck 'Just one more time…I'll put the odds on you…so please…make them proud.'
--
'That's Tsunade for you.' Orochimaru groused, noting the relief on the sennin's face and realizing that he had to ditch the lummox or there'd be no end of trouble. He dodged a strike that vivisected a boulder, using his tongue to latch onto the giant's neck and hurl him into another patch, sending a few explosive kunai along with him. 'That should hold the brute for a while.' He noted, lunging towards the two blonds with a grin 'Sorry Tsunade, but I can't have you-!'
A delicate fist that belied the gargantuan strength within plowed right into the serpent's kisser, sending him sprawling backwards, Kabuto catching him in mid-air despite being in an arguably worse condition.
"Not this time…" Tsunade growled, standing where she'd slugged her former teammate, a hole in her side from where the Kusanagi had caught her "I'm not letting you have your way this time!"
"F-foolishness." Orochimaru shot back, jaw snapping back into place with a sickening crack "Why would one of the densetzu no sannin care for the life of a measly genin? Especially one like him?" He lunged forwards, spitting a mouthful of blood at the woman to distract her, only to blanch as he realized something that terrified him.
Not only was Tsunade rearing back for a right straight he'd once seen level a good sized hill…she was no longer trembling at being covered in blood.
If anything, she looked bloody furious.
"You want to know why?" Tsunade asked, having sent the serpent sailing back with the punch, smirking as the tattoos on her head formed, the jewel on her forehead glowing brightly "Because as of today, his life, and the lives of all Konoha, are my responsibility…as the Godaime hokage!"
Not waiting for a reply the blonde Sennin made a tiger seal, the chakra coming off her causing her to glow slightly and her hair to float. 'In-Fuuin: Kai!' she announced, eyes closed in concentration as she ignored Shizune's pleas to leave the seal alone "NINPOU: SOUZOU SAISEI!"
--
Jiraiya smirked as he watched a scene he hadn't seen for years unfold before him. Tsunade stood, not the brash, trash-talking gambler, but the brash, trash-talking warrior princess sennin of Konoha, as he'd referred to her in their youth.
'Took her long enough to get her act together,' he chuckled, getting to his feet with a smirk 'though I'll be damned if I'm calling her Tsunade-sama.' He scowled as Orochimaru's Nancy-boy called his master over, rubbing blood on the bastard's summoning array with his one remaining arm. 'Dammit!' he swore, flipping through the seals and praying he had enough chakra left 'This had better work!'
"KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!"
Three massive explosions tore through the landscape, the smoke created blinding Shizune and the other onlookers, the trio blissfully unaware in their forced slumber.
For the first time in what had to be a decade, the three boss summons of the densetzu no sannin stared across at each other, Gamabunta and Katsuyu looking into the baleful, serpentine eyes of Manda. "Well, well." Bunta noted with a grunt, eyeing his fellow bosses with an interested expression "You didn't tell me you guys were having a reunion Jiraiya, I'd have brought sake."
"Baka," Jiraiya scoffed, "Quit making crappy jokes at a time like this…it's time we settled some old accounts." He glared at his former teammate "Orochimaru's goin' down…today!"
"Orochimaru…" Manda hissed angrily "The hell are you smoking? You know better than to summon me for these damn messes of yours! You want me to eat you?!"
"P-please forgive Orochimaru-sama, Manda-sama!" Kabuto called out placatingly "You will receive fitting compensation for your troubles!"
"Who the hell do you think you're talking to?!" the serpent snapped "Don't you DARE speak to me you stupid brat!" after chastising the medic he eyed Orochimaru "You better prepare a hundred sacrifices for this, Orochimaru!"
"Katsuyu…" Tsunade spoke out, eyeing Naruto and other genin out the corner of her eyes, her face set in a grim determination that had been absent for years "Take the brats to Shizune."
"Hai," Katsuyu agreed, sending three clones of herself, one with Naruto on her back, the other two to collect the recumbent forms of Recca and Domon. While this was going on, Gamabunta exhaled a mass of pipe smoke right into Manda's face.
"Bastard…" Manda hissed, glaring at his long-time enemy furiously, baring his fangs for emphasis "You want me to turn you to toad jerky, ah?!"
"Just try it," Gamabunta shot back incitingly reaching for his sword "I always wanted a new snakeskin wallet."
Katsuyu said nothing, not being the particularly violent type to begin with, but readied herself for battle nonetheless. "You crossed the line Orochimaru," Jiraiya shot at his former teammate "We no longer see you as a comrade!"
"Oh really?" Orochimaru sneered, chuckling darkly from where he stood atop his treacherous summon "Comrades? You and I? Don't make me laugh!"
"The densetzu no sannin are no more." Tsunade called out, eyes determined to see this through to the end "And so is your life!"
--
For all their grandstanding, Manda and Gamabunta were beaten to the punch as Katsuyu opened the fight, launching her Zeshi Nensan acid at Manda, dissolving the surrounding rock even as he wrapped around her like a boa constrictor, tightening his hold even as he made to bite her head off. Gamabunta's blade caught him in the joint of his maw, the snake's fangs shutting on steel instinctively, tightening his grip on Katsuyu as she exploded into several million, miniature copies of herself, scrambling to reform while Bunta and Manda held each other at bay.
"Bunta! Gimme some oil!" Jiraiya yelled out, the toad boss' cheeks swelling as he sprayed a fountain of flammable liquid at Manda, Jiraiya setting it alight with Katon jutsu "GAMA YUENDAN!"
The gargantuan fireball consumed Manda utterly, burning away at the serpent's hide, only to reveal it as an empty husk, Manda having shed the skin and switched underground. Bunta swore as he saw the bastard lunging for him, grabbing his scaled foe, only to curse again as he realized it was only the tail, turning too late to see Manda's gaping maw descending on him from behind.
Manda's victory was short lived as he realized that both Bunta and Jiraiya were smirking at something behind him, followed by the mother of all splitting headaches as Tsunade jabbed Bunta's massive Dosu into his head, effectively shutting his mouth and nailing him to the floor.
Orochimaru, looking to even the odds somewhat, sent his tongue out to ensnare Tsunade, only for the blonde sennin to yank him right into another right straight to the jaw, falling to lie on his summon's head in a stupor.
"Orochimaru…" Manda hissed furiously "How dare you shame me like this…I'd swallow you whole were it not for this hole in my mouth…but next time we meet, prepare yourself!"
And with that, the snake boss vanished, leaving his summoner and a distraught Kabuto to fend for themselves.
--
Tsunade flinched as Orochimaru slithered off, the tongue slipping from her neck and grip and returning to its master, even as Jiraiya gazed on from atop Bunta. The two sennin readied themselves for anything their former teammate threw at them, only for him to start chuckling.
"Tsunade…" Orochimaru hissed "Even if you don't heal them…there is another way to regain use of my arms…" he raised his head, revealing the young face under his torn skin, Jiraiya and Tsunade flinching in shock and disgust at how far their former friend had fallen "I WILL destroy Konoha." He vowed, confidence in every syllable, despite his and Kabuto's condition "Jiraiya…Tsunade…until we meet again…old friends….Kukukuku…"
And with that the serpent slithered underground, Kabuto vanishing in a plume of smoke after his master like the lackey he was, taking his severed arm with him.
"No wonder he felt different." Jiraiya muttered as he walked alongside Tsunade towards the comatose teens "A different person's body…that bastard." He flinched as his body complained at the harsh treatment it had endured "Damn…busted my ribs and leg."
Tsunade said nothing as she stood over the boys, watching as Shizune tended their wounds. Recca was merely suffering from exhaustion, Domon had a concussion from the collision and subsequent explosion Orochimaru had sent him through, and Naruto was sleeping away, the worst of his wounds already healing.
"Tsunade," Jiraiya chuckled, looking at they necklace around the blonde's neck "You really do suck at gambling."
Tsunade said nothing, merely smiled down at the boy that had brought her back to her senses, the living embodiment of the dreams of her beloved Dan and Nawaki. It didn't matter if she'd lost…she'd gained something new to believe in.
A spasm went through her body, the medic flinching, as she realized the after effects of her jutsu were setting in. Jiraiya watched in amazement as his teammate withered before his eyes, the beauty and luster fading to be replaced by a woman many years older than she should be. Even the Sandaime hadn't looked that old when he died.
"I'll be fine after I rest," Tsunade assured him, noting to her surprise that he didn't seem disgusted at her appearance, only concerned and shocked "We'll spend the night in town and when the brats wake up, we'll head for Konoha."
"Tsunade…" Jiraiya began, reaching out for her shoulder concernedly, only to blink as she smirked at him from under her faded grey locks.
"Don't refer to me som familliarly anymore." The aged woman countered with a coy smirk on her aged lips "From no on you'll refer to me as…"
--
"GODAIME HOKAGE?!" the trio repeated in shock, gaping at the blonde bombshell before them in shock. Tsunade, smirked, bathing in the attention and loving every minute of it. She'd really missed the dumbstruck looks that came with startling people with her brilliance in her retirement.
"So big booby neechan's the Godaime now?" Naruto repeated, looking to Jiraiya for clarity, only for the sennin to smirk, and not entirely because of the title.
"Oh? You don't look to happy about that boys." Jiraiya noted, smirking at them as he watched Tsunade out the corner of his eyes "what's up?"
"Well…compared to sandaime-jiji…" Recca began, eyes shut and looking decidedly non-impressed with the visually more attractive leader before him.
"She's brash and kinda selfish…" Domon muttered, arms crossed as he nodded "loose with money, short tempered, petty…"
Shizune noted the growing number of veins bulging on her master's forehead and made to silence the boys as Jiraiya got out of the line of fire.
"Are you sure she can do it?" Naruto asked, sweat dropping as he counted off the number of faults "Tell ya the truth if she's the fifth I'm worried for the village, then there's the fact she's so vain she hides behind a genjutsu…should a hokage really be like that?"
"OUTSIDE BRATS!" Tsunade snapped, getting in their faces and startling the other customers "NOW!"
--
"Just because I'm the hokage, don't think I've changed my opinion of you brats." Tsunade warned the trio brashly "All I'll need is this one finger to take you down again."
"Quit looking down on us BABA!" Recca shot back, earning a look of terror from Shizune and a sigh from Jiraiya "We're ten times tougher than last time!"
"Yeah!" Naruto boasted, "Like it or not, I'll be taking that title from you myself one day!"
Tsunade blinked, then smiled at the trio, "Is that so…alright…" she clenched her fist "Then show me what you've got!"
The trio charged forwards, ready to show off their stuff against one of Konoha's finest. Ten seconds later they lay in a battered, bruised, smoking heap on the floor.
'Brutal.' Jiraiya and Shizune noted, watching as Tsunade crowed over the defeated genin superiorly 'They never stood a chance.'
--
'Dammit…' Naruto swore, dusting himself off in embarrassment as they prepared to return to Konoha 'And here I thought mastering the rasengan would've earned me some respect.' He glowered at the blonde as she walked past him to pick up his Hitai-ate from where it had fallen 'Stupid, vain, money squandering old-!'
"Naruto." Tsunade stated, the Hanyou spiking as he wondered if she'd read his mind "A man's words are never given lightly…you know that right?"
Naruto blinked as the sennin turned to him, his Hitai-ate in hand, she knelt down until they were eye to eye, a small blush lining the boy's cheeks as she leaned in and placed a kiss on his forehead.
"Become a fine man someday," Tsunade stated, grinning at him at how adorable he looked, even as she refastened the Hitai-ate, "That's a direct order from your Hokage."
Naruto blinked, then grinned and pulled off a salute that would make the strictest ANBU drill sergeants weep for joy "OSSU!"
"NARUTO YOU BASTARD!" Domon and Recca swore, launching at the boy in a jealous rage "YOU ALREADY HAVE HINATA YOU PLAYBOY!"
"WHAT'D I DO?!"
--
'Nawaki…Dan…' Tsunade smiled, watching as the trio dashed through the woods at the rear of the group, still roughhousing, the necklace glinting in the sunlight around Naruto's neck 'Your dreams…live on…through that boy.'
Behind the group, the spectral images of two figures, one a boy, the other a man, smiled as their beloved sister and lover returned to her rightful place, her home, the village in the leaves.
--
And so the new Godaime is elected, what troubles await her in Konoha?
Omake:
Naruto: Hey...are we forgetting something?
Domon: don't think so...why?
Recca: Couldn;t have been that important if we forgot.
Back in Konoha
Fuko: So what do you think they'll bring us back?
Yanagi: I hope it's sweets!
Kagero: Perfume would be nice.
Shigeo: You don't need perfume, you smell great all the time!
Fuko: Ero-jiji...
R&R!!