Oath of Oblivion: Saw the Avengers over the weekend. It was amazing. I really recommend watching it. It set the record for second place for most people on opening day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the only thing to beat it. Which I actually heard the deathly hallows was pretty cruddy, because they left a lot of stuff from the book out of it. But I don't like Harry Potter and don't watch or read it, so what would I know? It did however beat everything in the most people to go over the weekend, even Deathly Hallows.

Anyway, enough movie talk. On with the story!

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Naruto smirked as he tailed Sakura from the roof tops, he was intent on following her until he found out who wrote that dream guy note.

'Maybe Ino? No, she's dating Chouji. Tenten's with Neji, who then?' The Kyuubi mused. He was stumped, what other female friends did Sakura have? 'Hinata? No, Hinata's to shy. She would never write something like that, let alone give it to Sakura.'

With another defeated sigh, the Kyuubi vessel did a quick transformation into a random bystander, and followed a little behind Sakura, 'I have to figure out who wrote that. Take away the kind part and she and Teme might be a good match. Then again, Teme isn't very humorous either. Well, he can when he wants to be. Whatever, I'll just find out who the girl is, and find a way to set her up with Sasuke.'

"Hey, Ino!" Sakura yelled, causing Naruto to snap out of his trance and look back at her. She had just stopped in front of the Yamanaka, so Naruto turned into an alleyway and strained to listen to the two.

"Heya forehead, any luck with Hinata's dream guy?" She replied.

Sakura huffed, "Not yet, pig, what about you?"

Ino giggled a little, a few years ago they hated the nicknames they gave each other, now it was more like a friendly endearment, "Not so well. As shy as she is, she wants a lot in a guy. As if finding someone who matches her list isn't hard enough, even if we do find someone, what are the odds he'd like Hinata in return?"

Sakura sighed, nodding, "Yeah, oh well. At least we have something fun to do in between work and missions."

With a quick agreement, the two walked off.

Naruto blinked at the exchange, his transformation wearing off, "No way, sweet innocent Hinata wrote that list? Guess what Granny said is true, you'll never see a girl's true self unless they're alone with other girls. Guess I owe her an apology. But, I have something more important to do at the moment. There's only one guy I know other than Sasuke who can help me get the Hinata and Teme together, and I know the perfect way to bribe him too!"

With that, the Uzumaki boy ran off, looking forward to the prospect of little Hyuuga-Uchiha hybrids in the future, along with his position of the sixth Hokage secured.

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Shikamaru Nara yawned as he moved another of his shogi pieces. He missed playing with Asuma, and he was often reminded of his teacher from playing, but he wouldn't give up the game for anything. He played it so often when Asuma was around, it was like a part of him, sort of a way to remember his sensei as well. Unfortunately, his Father wasn't as much of a challenge as he had hoped. The man was a genius, and very good, but not as good as Asuma or Shikamaru.

"That's game." Shikamaru said, his voice laced with boredom.

His father, Shikaku, sighed, "One of these days, boy, I'll get you."

"Just not today, right?" Shikamaru retorted, a lazy smile on his face.

The elder nodded, chuckling to himself, "Yeah. Anyway, looks like you've got company, holler if you want to go another round." with that the older Nara left.

Meanwhile the younger one turned to look at Naruto, who was walking toward him, "Hey, Naruto. What's up?"

The blond haired shinobi grinned at Shikamaru, "I need your genius for something, and you can't talk about it."

Shikamaru sighed, putting the shogi places back in place for when they were used next, "I don't know, Temari's coming tomorrow and you know how she is about gossiping."

Naruto sat down across from Shikamaru, helping him put the pieces back in place. He was no good at shogi, but he still knew how to play, "If you can keep quite, I can make it worth your while."

The Nara grinned slightly, "Must be something important for you to bribe me, why the need for secrecy?"

"It involves a certain Uchiha we all know, and he'd slit my throat in my sleep if he ever found out I told someone." Naruto replied.

Shikamaru nodded, "Sounds like Sasuke. What's in it for me if I keep quiet?"

"You're scheduled to go on a two week mission three days for now, and you tried to get out of it. But Granny wouldn't let you. I'm sure I can get you away from it, and probably result in you getting two weeks off from the 'troublesome' missions, as you like to put it." Naruto replied, as he moved a shogi piece forward, initiating a game with the Nara boy.

Shikamaru looked over the board, mulling over the best way to beat Naruto at shogi and if skipping the mission was worth keeping quiet about whatever was going on with Sasuke. It would be hilarious to see Naruto get beaten down by the Uchiha if Shikamaru decided to speak, and something hilarious would probably happen to the Uchiha if the secret was something he threatened Naruto about. Then again, the mission he had to go on was with Shiho. That wouldn't be enjoyable, especially since it was a stake out mission. Meaning much time in a small space.

After a few more moves, Shikamaru was only a few turns from beating Naruto. Naruto had no idea that he was about to get beaten though, "Alright Naruto. I won't tell anyone, as long as I don't go on that mission. If you don't get me out of it though, I'll be sure to spread the word about whatever this secret is before I leave."

Naruto grinned, moving another of his shogi pieces, falling into Shikamaru's trap he had laid out on the board, "Awesome. Well, it's kind of a match making thing I need your help on. See, Sasuke's being pressured by the council to revive his clan. But, Sasuke doesn't want to revive his clan until I'm Hokage, and we remove the council. He's afraid that the council will try to use him and his family as pawns, like they did with the Uchiha and Itachi before. So Granny said that as soon as Sasuke marries and impregnates a girl she'll retire and I'll take her place."

Shikamaru nodded, taking one of Naruto's shogi pieces, leaving the Kyuubi's remaining pieces walled in, "I see. Makes sense, it's natural for him to want the people who ruined his childhood gone so they can't do to his children what they did to him. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of the council myself. They've made a lot of bad moves in my opinion. But, you aren't exactly fit for ruling an entire village on your own, either."

The future Hokage nodded, "Yeah, I know. Which is why I won't make any major decisions without consulting Sasuke and Sakura. We plan on making all the big decisions via voting. If something major, I always have you to come to, as well."

Shikamaru blinked, "Did you just use the word 'via' correctly in a sentence?"

Naruto chuckled, "Living with Sasuke makes you learn new words pretty quick. For a month he always accused me of prevaricating, and I had no idea what he meant."

Shikamaru let out a dry laugh, before moving another of his Shogi pieces, "Checkmate, Naruto. Now, what do you want me to do about Sasuke's girl dilemma? You don't honestly expect me to hunt down a girl for him, do you?"

Naruto sighed, as they started putting the shogi pieces back in place, "No, I already have a girl in mind. Sakura and Ino got a list from Hinata about what her dream guy is, and Sasuke matches it pretty well, if you're on his good side."

Shikamaru nodded, "Hinata Hyuuga and Sasuke Uchiha. Their kids would be insanely powerful if they were to get the Byakugan and Sharingan. Two of the three doujutsu."

Naruto grinned, "Yeah, maybe in the future we could set up Sasuke's kid with someone with the Rinnegan, that'd be pretty amazing."

Shikamaru chuckled again, putting the last shogi piece back in place, "Yeah, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. We need to focus on getting Hinata and Sasuke together, and I already have an idea."

Naruto laughed, rubbing the back of his head, "I knew coming to you was a good idea. I honestly didn't think you'd go so fast though. What's the plan?"

"It's simple really." Shikamaru replied, "Before we try anything major to get them together, we need to get them better acquainted with each other. Even before Sasuke left they barely knew one another. So, since it's about midday now, Tsunade should be tired of all her paper work, being right in the middle of all the work. It's the worst part of the day for her, only half way through, having done so much paperwork and still having a lot to go. So, you'll go to her and say you want to take reigns as Hokage for a bit of training for the day, since you'll take her place any day now. She'll be bored to tears and want to go gambling, so after a little persuasion she'll leave the rest of the paper work for the day to you."

Shikamaru fiddled with a shogi piece in his hand as he continued, "You just have to find a decent mission that will take a while. Make sure it's a mission that will require power, meaning Sasuke, and the Byakugan, meaning Hinata, so no one will think you're up to something. Be sure to put all other available Hyuuga like Neji and Hanabi on another mission if they're not already on one, so your only choice would've been Hinata. If they have a chance of being together, then they'll at least get along on the mission, and getting them together in the near future will be a lot easier. After all, most relationships are formed with people you've known for a while, rather than people you've just met."

Naruto nodded, then stood up, "Awesome! And I'll be sure to assign someone else to your upcoming mission while I'm getting Hinata and Sasuke a mission, so don't worry about that!"

Shikamaru smirked, "Gotta give you props, you're getting smarter, Naruto. I thought I would've had to tell you to do that."

Naruto smirked back, "Thanks, Shika. Coming from a genius that means a lot. Well, I'm gonna go speak with Granny, time to get this plan underway!" with that, the orange clad ninja ran for the Hokage tower.

Shikamaru sighed, standing up and walking back toward his house, "Eavesdropping old man. Better not ruin this, don't say a word."

"Don't worry, I didn't hear anything." Shikaku replied, looking at his son as he stepped out of his hiding spot.

With a sigh from the younger, the two Nara's went back into their house.

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"Hey, Baa-Chan! Got a minute?" Naruto yelled, walking into the Hokage's office.

With a weary sigh the old woman replied, "What is it Naruto? I have a lot of paperwork I need to do?"

Naruto grinned, Shikamaru was right about Tsunade still having a ton of work, and judging from the three empty sake bottles next to her, she was already bored as a stick, "That's why I'm here. I've got nothing to do today, so I figured I'd do some Hokage type training by taking over the paperwork for today!"

The Gondaime blinked, and narrowed her eyes, "You hate doing anything like paperwork, why would you want to take over my spot for the rest of the day?"

Naruto shrugged, "I'm already as bored as I can get, and Sasuke'll get married and have a kid any day now, so I'll have to start being Hokage then. I figured I might as well get a little practice in."

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, "I'm very suspicious of this, Naruto. I think you have an ulterior motive. But frankly, the temptation of spending the rest of the day gambling and drinking is to great, so against my better judgment, the rest of the work is yours. See you tomorrow." With that, Tsunade rose up and walked out, with Shizune following behind saying this was a bad idea.

Naruto jumped up, pumping a fist in the air, "Yes!" He whispered, making sure to stay quite, as he ran over to the desk and sat down, "The next few hours will be boring as hell, but it's worth it!" he mumbled, as he started looking for the paper on Shikamaru's mission.

"First I'll switch Shikamaru out with someone else, then I'll make sure all the available Hyuuga are on a mission or set to go on one soon, then I'll find a mission that will take even Sasuke some time to complete along with Hinata." Naruto mumbled, as he pulled out the paper that listed Shikamaru and Shiho's mission, "Just switch Shikamaru with this Hyuuga that's not on any missions, and then set these three Hyuuga on another mission, and bam! No available Hyuuga save for Hinata. It's a good thing I went to Shikamaru for this, I'd never have come up with something this smart."

"Let's see here, no to easy, to close to the village, wouldn't require Hinata's eyesight, here we go!" Naruto grinned, "The Cloud request the assistance of a Hyuuga to track down a rogue ninja of theirs that just recently escaped prison, perfect! I'll send Hinata as the Hyuuga they requested, and Sasuke to ensure the capture of the rogue!" With a few quick signatures, Naruto was done, and he groaned, "Now I have to actually do the rest of the paperwork, great." With that said, he got to work on the rest of it.

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Naruto sighed, writing his signature on another report, "Geez, how does Granny do this every day? I'm definitely going to have to get Teme and Sakura-Chan to help me with this when I become Hokage, I don't think I can take this much paperwork!"

As Naruto was finishing up his paper work, the sun now low in the sky, someone knocked on his door, "H-Hokage-Sama? May I come in?"

Naruto blinked, then grinned, "I'd know that voice anywhere." he mumbled, "Come on in, Hinata!"

The Hyuuga heiress slowly opened the door, blinking, "N-Naruto-Kun, where's Tsunade-Sama?"

"I'm taking her place for today as practice for when I'm Hokage. What did you need?" He asked.

Hinata walked in, handing a file over to him, "A-Ano, I was bringing in Kiba-Kun's report. He was exhausted from his mission, so I told him I'd bring it for him."

Naruto smiled at her, taking the report, "As kind as ever, eh, Hinata?"

The girl nodded, blushing a little as she turned to exit, "Wait a second, Hinata!"

Hinata turned back to him, "Y-Yes, Naruto-Kun?"

"There's a mission I need you and Sasuke to take care of, here's the briefing on it, be sure to find him and tell him about it. You two need to leave tomorrow." He said, tossing her the scroll.

Hinata caught it, still staring at the soon to be Hokage, "Me and S-Sasuke-Kun?"

Naruto nodded, trying to look indifferent as he continued going through paperwork, "Yep. It needs a Hyuuga for searching and a powerful ninja to handle it. You're the only Hyuuga available, and while you are strong, I don't think you're strong enough for this mission, alone at least. So I thought Sasuke would be a good choice to help you out. That alright?"

The Heiress nodded dumbly, "Of course, Naruto-Kun. I'll tell Sasuke-Kun right away." With that, she turned and left.

Naruto wrote his signature on the last piece of paper, then stood and stretched, "Finally! Well, guess I better go tell Shikamaru everything's going according to plan, then I'll go find Sakura-Chan!" Then the Kyuubi vessel ran off.

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Hinata sighed as she walked toward the training grounds. Thirty minutes after getting the mission briefing from Naruto and she couldn't find Sasuke anywhere. The only place she hadn't looked was at the training grounds.

As the heiress walked toward team seven's training grounds, she stopped in her tracks. Ahead of her Sasuke was standing in front of a large memorial, the one she had seen Kakashi-Sensei in front of so often.

'Does he know someone engraved on there?' Hinata wondered, as she walked up behind him.

"Hyuuga." His voice made her jumped a little, he hadn't even looked toward her, "Why are you here? I'd prefer if you left me alone."

Hinata swallowed, walking forward, "A-Ano, we have a mission to go on tomorrow, Sasuke-Kun. I came to give you the briefing on it."

"Just leave it, I'll look at it and meet you at the gates tomorrow morning." Sasuke replied, not once looking away from the memorial in front of him.

Hinata sat it down, and turned to leave. But first she looked back at him, "If you don't mind my asking, S-Sasuke-Kun, who is on that memorial that you know? It's for the heroes of the hidden leaf, isn't it?"

Sasuke didn't answer for a few minutes, causing Hinata to sigh and turn to leave, before he spoke, "My Brother is on here. They didn't put him at first, for obvious reasons. But as soon as I returned I made sure his name was put on here. Naruto and me argued against the council endlessly about it. They didn't want Itachi's name placed here because it would show everyone that the council had ordered my entire clan slaughtered. But I said I'd make sure everyone knew anyway, so after a while, they finally agreed."

Hinata smiled slightly, walking up next to him, and looking down at Itachi's name, it was right next to Obito's, "Itachi was, a great ninja."

Sasuke nodded, "Aa, he was. Stay here if you want, I'm leaving. I'll meet you at the gates around eight. Don't make me wait to long." With that, he turned and left.

Hinata watched him grab the mission scroll, then watched as he walked off. She turned back to the stone. Her eyes widened slightly, as she saw blood on the grass in front of it, "Was Sasuke-Kun injured?" she mumbled, "I'll ask him tomorrow." she decided, as she turned and walked home. She had a mission to prepare for.

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Oath: I'm pretty sure it's been less than a week or around there since I last updated. There was some Sasuke Hinata reaction for you guys! A whole lot more coming up. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go watch the newest Naruto Shippuden sub, The War Begins!

Quick note, my cousin is moving in with my family tomorrow. We've been best friends pretty much our whole lives. So I might be slow to update while we catch up. He lives about two states away from me, so we don't get to see each other much.

Question: Your top three Naruto fights in order. Mine is Sasuke VS Itachi, then Pain VS Naruto, followed closely by Sasuke VS Deidara. But this list will probably change soon, as I hear that Sasuke teams up with the reanimated Itachi to fight Kabuto soon, so that'll probably take Deidara VS Sasuke's place at the least.

See you guys next time!