It is I, UnlikelyLoveUnlimited, bringing you the Penultimate helping of the series that is Three Stars! Apologies to everyone who has been waiting with bated breath for my update. It seems my updates have been coming out roughly twice a semester, and that is inexcusable. I will endeavor to bring you my work faster from now on. Once again, I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters used, and that this is a work of parody, not to be taken as canon.
It was the morning Naruto Uzumaki had both been simultaneously dreading and longing for two and a half years now. Looking outside the window of his and Tsunade's bedroom, Naruto watched as the sun began peeking over the trees of the great forest, marking the beginning of a new day. There was a buzzing of activity, unusual for this early, but it wasn't just any normal day. It was October ninth, the date held very special significance. It was the day before his fifteenth birthday, and it was to be the day Tsunade announced her retirement as Hokage, as well as nominating him for Rokudaime. Butterflies fluttered in his stomach as he got dressed, straightening his robes, shifting uncomfortably in the formal wear. It was lucky that Hinata remembered to launder the ceremonial Hokage robes, since just the week before, he and Tsunade had enjoyed quite a bit of fun in her office while she was still wearing them…but with the office's blinds drawn, naturally.
While Hinata was in the shower, refreshing herself for the busy day ahead, Tsunade busied herself with some final retirement paperwork at her desk. She was at the point where the henge she used to hide her pregnancy would not last much longer, and was beginning to have a little trouble getting around as a ninja. Wall climbing and roof jumping were rapidly becoming impossible for her already strained chakra resources, although she still walked form place to place without issue. Anko's snoring form could still be seen huddled beneath the sheets of the king sized bed. Last night had been a celebratory affair, with all three women in attendance. Previously he had always rendezvous with Anko separately from Tsunade and Hinata to avoid jealousy and conflict, not to mention possible violence, but she had willingly volunteered to join them that night. It was an odd arrangement, especially due to her open bisexuality; Anko had grown to show romantic interest in both her students, much to Hinata's chagrin, which made group activities interesting to say the least for the poor hyuga.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Naruto examined his reflection. He was still slightly shorter than Tsunade, which annoyed him. Anko, after learning of his evening routine of sedentary paperwork and ramen binges, had instigated a regimen of fierce aerobic exercise, above and beyond that of his normal training, as well as accompanying him to every meal, ensuring he ate several servings of leafy vegetables and lean protein. He personally hated the idea of eating greens, but it was necessary to keep from being stunted his whole life. Tsunade of course preferred her lover shorter, as it fit her fantasies, but Naruto personally wished to be equal in stature to the Hokages who preceded him. Thankfully he still had a few more years of adolescence ahead of him to grow. But he was hours away from achieving his ultimate goal, decades faster than any of his reasonable estimations. Truthfully, in the back of his head, he had only half believed he could become Hokage, and that it would take decades of sacrifice to convince the village he was worthy. Now, a day short of fifteen, he was moving to become the head of the greatest military force of the ninja continent. His situation still seemed unreal to him, how in two and a half years he went from a beaten and scared pariah to the lover of the most powerful woman in the world and toast of his entire village.
He was shaken from his reverie as Tsunade's arms looped around his waist from behind, her paperwork was obviously finished.
"I love you, Tsunade." He said simply as he leaned his head back against her generous bosom, looking at their reflection in the mirror.
"I love you too, Naruto. You know, I was honestly surprised you didn't use any kage bushins last night. It would be a lot easier than trying to please three women at once."
Naruto closed his eyes in thought
"I dunno, I guess I don't like the idea of using something fake, something created to deceive people to be intimate with you. It would be like saying that it didn't really matter to me, but it does. They aren't me, not really...just consider it a hang up of mine. He said smirking. "Let's just say I'll use kage bushins the day you finally let me screw you without your youth henge up."
"N..never!" Tsunade stuttered, completely flustered and embarrassed at the idea. She saw his point, though. Everyone had their hang ups, for her it was her appearance, for him it was needing to be close and important to his precious people.
After Naruto left the room to go get breakfast, Tsunade took a look at the snoring lump still in bed.
"Oh, wake up already, you lazy skank." Tsunade said, tossing a pillow at the dozing jonin's head.
Anko yawned. "What's your problem, Baachan?" Anko had taken up Naruto's old nickname for Tsunade to annoy her.
"Well, viper-chan," Tsunade responded irritably "Seeing as it is Naruto's big day, you'd think you could at least get out of bed for it."
"He's been Hokage for the last two month. Ever since you began getting a little paunch from your pregnancy he has been falling over himself to do all your paper work. You may be making the announcement today, but I think you've been retired for awhile now."
"Well Naruto still wants you to be there at the meeting for some reason that eludes me."
"Cuz he's smart enough to have a Jonin bodyguard around when you're dropping some big news on some very powerful people. With my reputation, no one would dare make a move at my Naru-kun."
Tsunade glared at the younger woman for a half a minute, before sighing and saying. "Whatever, you clingy weirdo. I don't have the energy to argue with you, just be ready to go by ten, as the meeting is at noon."
Hinata walked in, fully toweled off, and began to get dressed. She was slowly getting use to the other two woman's presence, although Anko's lecherous gaze did make her squirm a little. Hinata's body, especially her bust was becoming a rival for the other two women, but her hair was still as short as it had been when she was twelve, to differentiate her self from her "rival" Tsunade, keeping that way especially after Naruto admitted to her than he couldn't envision her with long hair. She also still insisted on wearing heavy jackets, rather than showing of her body like most kunoichi. She had simply explained to Tsunade that she didn't see the point in flaunting what really only belonged to Naruto.
Around ten thirty all four shinobi left for the Hokage mansion, and the head office where the noon conference would be held. There were still preparations to be made. Politics was a battlefield. And the battle to be waged today would be a fierce one. At noon, Konoha's council members slowly began to filter into the mansion. The leaders of every major clan and guild within Konohagakure, From Hiashi Hyuga and Asuma Sarutobi, the political heavy hitters, to the Akimichi and Nara clans, responsible for the ingredients of many of the villages most potent medicines and food pills. Leading them all were the eldest members, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, the Third Hokage's old teammates. Tsunade took her seat, Naruto sitting to her right, Hinata to her left. Anko was standing slightly behind Naruto, in bodyguard position. Kakashi Hatake was nowhere to be seen, which was actually a good sign, as the most effective protection is often that which isn't seen.
Tsunade cleared her throat. "I'm sure you know why I called you here today. As you know, I have decided to step down as hokage." A rumble passes through the assembly. "And I am here today to formally request that my student and close confidant, Naruto Uzumaki be considered for Rokudaime of the village hidden amongst the leaves. He has shown himself to possess the will of fire, the spirit of honor and loyalty that this village has sought to instill in its ninja, and is in the greatest immediate position to succeed me, even when considering other, more mature candidates."
Dead silence filled the room. Homura shook his head and after a moment of silence said "We knew you were planning this, since you announced your plan to retire, but I still can't believe you are actually attempting it. You must realize that there are too many obvious issues for us to possibly consider this course of action."
"Such as..?" Tsunade said casually.
"Considering his age… not even the Sandaime became Hokage at such an early age. He isn't even a Chunin yet!"
"Sand chose its Godaime when he was only twelve, and you're telling me that a fifteen year old is somehow worse?"
"But that case is vastly different. We all saw the Chunin exam preliminaries. Subaku no Garra is..."
"What, powerful? A genius? Need I remind you that Naruto defeated him in personal combat?"
"Allegedly! The only witnesses we have of those events are the words of a frog, a summoned dog and a ninja who is now a missing nin."
"This bickering is getting us nowhere. His inexperience is the least of our problems, in fact, Tsunade-sama…well…" Homura hesitated
"Well, what?"
"First we respectfully request permission to speak frankly, regarding Naruto and his…seal." Koharu interjected.
Tsunade sighed. "Since Naruto is central to this discussion I will waive any punishment for breaking the third's dictate."
"Thank you. Now, you must realize that many villagers still see Naruto as an artifact of a horrible national tragedy."
"You know as well as I do that their prejudice is unfounded."
"Even so, you can't expect the scars of the devastation that occurred, to fade after just 15 short years. People are naturally biased against him."
"But they shouldn't be!" Tsunade snapped, thoroughly exasperated. "Naruto is the legitimate son of Minato Namikage, who became Hokage through sheer ability, and after all Naruto has sacrificed for us, they should be on their knees thanking him! He has proved himself time after time since his becoming a Genin." There were murmurs of agreement throughout the room. Tsunade continued "Between his helping around the village, to his growing presence in the Hokage's office, he had endeared themselves to many of the ninjas and their families. And furthermore, his tutoring under me, Jiraiya, and Anko Mitarashi marks him as an heir to the best of this village's techniques, and not once since his return has he had to rely on the fox's charka. The villagers will see his worth once he is Hokage, and those that won't are not worth concerning ourselves with."
Koharu spoke up. "Even if he could rally the approval of the villagers, consider the place you are putting us in, with the accelerated timeline of yours. It is only natural that it feels unnatural for us old oaks to see this sapling shoot up so fast."
"I apologize for that. There is a good reason why I have had to speed my retirement, I assure you." Tsunade stated calmly.
Hiashi Hyuga shifted in his seat uncomfortably. "With your permission, Tsunade-sama, there is certain…disturbing quality to your and Naruto's relationship which also bears discussing here today."
Tsunade cursed under her breath. Of course, Hiashi's byakugan was on almost 24/7, the henge to hide her pregnancy she was using must be no more deceiving than a wide open window. A major miscalculation, but there was no going back. "How so, Hiashi-san?" Her grip on her chair tightening visibly.
"I realize that you and he have been living together for some time, but given what is apparent to me today, I have to ask whether or not what you are asking today is in the village's best interest, or your own. I do not wish to cause scandal. As a Hyuga, I am above such things, but it is clear you have been fraternizing with the boy in extremely inappropriate manner, and that it raises the question of if you have the village's interests in mind with this proposal, as is obvious that you have become lovers, and I can see quite plainly that you are pregnant."
The room was instantly in an uproar. Anko moved in front of Naruto in case of any attacks. Although none rushed them physically, condemnations, insults, validations, praise and questions were being directed at Tsunade and Naruto all at once. Naruto stared steely eyed at the detractors, trying to memorize the faces of those who would criticize his relationship with Tsunade. Hinata looked like she was about to curl up and die from embarrassment.
"Silence!" Tsunade shrieked as her fist slammed on the desk, causing a long crack to run across the thick redwood desk. A hush fell over the room. Tsunade took a deep breath, summoning every once of her oratory skills. "Hiashi-sans perceptiveness serves him well. I was going to announce this later tonight, but it seems the time has come. You ask me and I will tell you. Yes, I am in love with this young man, and I carry his seed, despite all odds."
"Then you admit to fraternizing with one of your students, and that your motives here today are suspect!" Hiashi exclaimed.
Tsunade raised her hand, instantly silencing him. "But that does not render meaningless the time he has spent diligently as my student. I can assure you, there was no favoritism there. Admonish me, even condemn me if you wish, but I maintain that the legitimacy of Naruto's claim as Hokage is not diminished."
"You can't still be serious, this changes everything. This is an act of gross misconduct!" Koharu exclaimed.
"If you will all remember, kages across all the five nations have had lovers and concubines. Our only exceptions in this village are the Sandaime, who was married to his wife for over forty-five years, and remained steadfastly loyal to her until the day he died, and the Yondaime, who died young. Merely because I am a woman you expect me to be chaste? I am entitled to share my affections with anyone I choose. And I chose my beloved student. After all, you all know that I became Godaime at Naruto's request, not Jiraiyas."
"You realize there will be serious ramifications, Tsunade." Homura warned.
"Perhaps, but in ways you might not be considering. Have you stopped to think about the family trees involved in this affair? The heritage of my family; my grand father and granduncle, as well as that of the Yodaime, have sustained this village. And now they come together…and should my child be a boy…"
"Mokuton…the wood element jutsus…" Hiashi said, dumbfounded "Would be revived in our village…"
Tsunade nodded and continued "I am retiring, regardless of your answer to me here today, and I know for a fact that there is no one else capable and willing to assume the role of Hokage. Without Naruto here to safeguard you, Konoha would be swarmed by invasions within the year, I promise you. Regardless of whether you accept Naruto and me, I still insist you allowing him to become Roukdaime. Given both what is, and what will be, it is clear where the village's fate lies."
A deep grumbling permeated the room. Some faces were bright red with frustration at what was transpiring, but others were merely thoughtful, curious about the history altering events that were transpiring. Hiashi was especially thoughtful. If what he was seeing in her was accurate, then the village was due a shifting in paradigms. Naruto's child, carrying the blood of four different Hokages, five if Naruto actually was chosen, would be a thoroughbred ninja in every sense. Such a wild turn of events had not been anticipated by any of them. But just when elder Homura was about to speak, a new voice rang out through the room.
"With all humility, Godaime, I object to this farce, and refuse to have it go on any longer." A solemn voice rang out. The council turned to look at the man who spoke. An old man, with bandages covering part of his head and the remains of a damaged arm.
"Of course, Danzo had to be here..." Tsunade thought ruefully. The hawk of the village elders, the bellicose Danzo, whom fought with the Sandaime over the leadership of Konoha decades ago.
"It is pedophilia…no, bestiality, Consorting with the jinchuriki. If you really needed such a creature to entertain yourself, you could have simply asked the Inuzuka to provide one of their dogs for your amusement."
"How dare you…!" Tsunade said, her fist clenching.
Naruto gritted his teeth, wishing he had snuck a kunai in with him under his robe, so he could show that one armed bastard what it meant to insult Tsunade.
"Perhaps after all, it is for the best you stand down as Hokage. Having a gambling drunk and now apparently a whore in charge of our village is hardly ideal for our image."
"You're on very thin ice Danzo, get to your point." Tsunade hissed through her teeth.
"I simply ask that we be practical in the face of these outrageous events. Even if Naruto has all the training and ability in the village, the fact remains that he is not battle hardened, and this miracle child of yours is not even born, and cannot factor in our current dilemmas, which are now. War is an inevitability in this village, a fact you predecessor refused to acknowledge, a fact which cost him his life. In fact, because of the Shodaime's coddling philosophies, No Hokage has lived to a natural death until now, all of them died protecting this village. Our next hokage should be one with the experience necessary to lead this village, and the will to do so in a time of war. An untested youth, who failed to even pass the Chunin exam, is unworthy."
"Are you suggesting that you should be Rokudaime, old man? You look about ready to fall over."
"It is true that I am old, and feeble in body, but I have the experience needed to lead this village. I offer you this compromise. One of my acolytes with fight Naruto. Should he lose, my leadership will be chosen. Should he prove victorious, I will assent to his leadership, at least for now." A pale young man stepped out of the shadows. Closed eyes and an irritating grin plastered all over his face. He had short black hair, a short tanto blade over his shoulder.
"I'll fight him." Naruto said simply.
"Naruto, this is ridiculous, you don't have to…" Tsunade began.
"These bastards have talked bad about you for far too long, Tsunade-chan. A Hokage fights for what he believes in, and to defend his values. He is the immovable pillar of the village. I won't let this guy get away with talking bad about you."
"Then let us adjourn to the mansion roof, where there is a sparing area." Danzo replied.
The day was clear and a cool breeze flowed through the village. It must have been an odd sight, a group of village elders congregation to the roof of the hokage mansion. But they were there to watch a battle that would decide whether or not Naruto would become Hokage. Naruto had dressed himself back into his orange and black jumpsuit, a filled kunai pouch on his leg. Both fighters knew the rules. They were to fight until one gave up, was knocked out, or killed.
But unlike the exams there were no referees here to call it off. This was a fight they had to settles for themselves.
Before they began, they circled each other.
"Don't you have a name?" Naruto asked.
"Actually, I don't." the young ninja said cheerily. This nameless, pale fellow was really getting on Naruto's nerves.
"Please come at me with all you have, I'm not worried. The way you let Tsunade defend you like that…I doubt you even have a dick." The figure said, the same happy tone in his voice.
"Keep talking shit you grinning bastard." Naruto growled.
They clashes several times, the stranger using a paintbrush and scrolls to summon painted images to come out of the paper and attack. His technique was very unusual, and very potent. But they only managed to strike kage bushins. After several minutes, the nameless ninja finally cornered who he thought was the real Naruto.
"I've got you." His short blade sinking into Naruto, only to have the blade blur as it went through him without cutting. "Regular bushin?"
"Not really." Naruto said, rearing back and decking him in the jaw hard.
"How?" the ninja said as he got up from the ground.
"The main flaw of bushins is they can't physically interact with their opponents. Kage bushins can interact, but their fragile charka networks are shattered by a single blow. Using Tsunade's teachings on anatomy, I've crated an adaptive charka network for my kage bushins. You can't hit them, but they can hit you. I like to mix them in with my regular ones."
They both leapt back and began circling each other, the nameless ninja looking for the real Naruto in the group of clones.
"No matter how adaptive you've made them, their network will collapse if rended into several pieces"
A mass of smoke rose up as painted lions tore the bushins to pieces, as they dissipated, leaving only Naruto, scraped and bruised.
"I've already won, you know." Naruto said evenly.
"Really?" the nameless root operative asked, the unnerving grin never leaving his face.
"Yeah, look for your self."
For just a split second he glanced down, to check himself for exploding tags or booby traps. There was nothing.
"What are you talking about?" looking back up at his opponent who hadn't moved.
"Look again."
It was then that the Root operative realized he had been stabbed very instant his eyes had left his target.
"Kage bushin…you were also a…" he whispered.
"Word of advice, asshole." Naruto leaned forward and whispered to the fallen shinobi. "It's always a kage bushin." And with that the kage bushin of Naruto exploded in a hail of kunai, several piercing the young nameless ninjas arms and chest.
The group stood stunned. Naruto, a Genin, had defeated one of Danzo's Root division, notoriously emotionless assassins. It was only after the dust had settled that they had found out that he hadn't been killed; only knocked out from blood loss.
Naruto stepped forward his real position as being hid amongst the council men as an unassuming council member, still in his robes, turned and looked at the delegation of gawking village council members.
"Do you think I wasn't prepared for this?" Naruto spat "I've spent the last two and a half years of my life preparing for this day. I have been trained by the toad sage, the gallant Jiraiya, the medicine mistress Tsunade and the Orochimaru's only true heir in Konoha, Anko Mitarashi. I'm more than happy to kick the shit out of anyone who challenges my authority or threatens my families honor. But I assure you with the fact that by becoming Hokage you will all be as my family."
Danzo replied calmly and evenly, not even a hint of outrage in his voice. "No further objections, Tsunade-sama. It seems your boy toy has enough teeth to last as Hokage…at least for a while."
Tsunade, beamed with joy, as every elder looked utterly cowed. "Well, is their any other objections to my nomination of Naruto?" She asked. Only the wind was heard among the dead silence on that rooftop. "Good. Than with the council's permission, I hereby pass my title as Hokage of the village hidden in the leaves to Naruto Uzumaki. I've already gone ahead and filled out the necessary paperwork, in triplicate." So saying she took her hat, which had once adorned the Sandaime's head, and placed it on Naruto.
Naruto grinned. "Then my first act as hokage is to announce a celebration. As you know, tomorrow is my fifteenth birthday. It will be held at Tsunade's home, and there will be another important announcement at the party, one fitting the celebratory nature of the gathering, namely my and Tsunade's marriage announcement. But should any of you prefer to attend the annual effigy burning of the Kyubi…well that is your choice, however, naturally, all council members are…encouraged, to attend." Almost every council member gulped simultaneously. As far as the village elders were concerned, the anual effigy would rapidly lose its popularity. None of them were about to be caught dead at an event which now went hand in hand with the ostracizing of one who was now their Rokudaime.
The events swept the village like the fiercest of summer wildfires; you could almost hear the clamors in the air as everyone talked. Ino Yamanaka was the first to learn from her father and was, of course, flabbergasted.
"NO WAY!" She said. "There is no way that Tsunade-sama and…I just can't believe this! How long was this going on?" she yelled out, almost coming out as a shriek.
"How troublesome." Shikamaru Nara grunted. "You realize, they probably tried to keep it from you the most. Everyone knows how you gossip."
"Shut up, Shikamaru, its not like you had any idea!" she said defensively.
"Of course I knew. I knew two years ago. But you think I'm going to touch that troublesome mess with a ten foot pole, your dead wrong."
Chouji merely popped another chip in his mouth, his mind turning to the possibility of impending wedding cake.
Of all the trumultuation, one voice above them all in sheer outrage.
"BAKA!" Sakura shouted. She had learned from her fellow nurse mate at the hospital where she still worked. "He can't be Hokage, he's a moron at best!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, drawing many states. "I'll never accept that bastard, never! I lost Sasuke because of him!" All her outburst earned her were dirty looks for the passing villagers. She was badmouthing a hokage now.
Rock Lee, passing by, came over to her, a small frown on his face after hearing Sakuras yelling. "Sakura-san. I was going to take this happy occasion to ask you to join me for the festivities and Lady Tsunade's place tonight, since everyone who is anyone is going to be there, but I can see that you would rather be alone right now."
As Rock Lee turned to leave, Sakura yelled "Wait! Why are you going?"
Lee responded, a hint of sadness in his voice: "Forgive me, Sakura-san. But perhaps you can contact me, only after you have taken some time to grow up." Sakura stood there shell shocked. She had just been rejected by fuzzy eyebrows.
Ten Ten was almost rendered comatose with shock. "My personal hero, is the lover to the village idiot…who's now hokage…" was all she could mutter.
Gai stood tall, manly tears streaming down his face as soon as he learned. "Naruto! Marriage is the joining of love and passion, a product of hard work and devotion, surely the epitome of youth! That you could not only achieve your dream but bring youth to the heart of our lady hokage…you are truly great!" He said giving a thumbs up towards the hokage building "I can't wait to see your youthful face on the Hokage monument, a testimony to Konoha's power of youth!"
Neji met up with Hinata, who was a short distance from the fracas. "And I can see that Tsunade is not the only one that Naruto has been spending time with." Hinata gasped and quickly checked herself with her byakugan. Sure enough, a small semen stain was on the edge of her jacket, thankfully her father must have been too distracted by the proceedings at the Hokage mansion to have noticed. Neji merely shrugged his shoulders. "Naruto swore to change the Hyuga. I believe he can. And I believe that thanks to you, he will sooner or later have practical reason to. Not even uncle Hiashi-sama would dare attempt to have seals placed of a child of a hokage" He said looking straight at Hinata. She blushed crimson red, tapping her fingers together, lost in her own world at the idea of her and Naruto sharing a child. Neji simply sighed and continued on his way towards the training ground where his team was gathered. Ten Ten would probably need all the support he could muster right about now.
Jiraiya stood at the side of the gathering, a bemused expression on his face. Of course, he had known all along, but now that it was out in the open, he felt ambivalent about what had occurred. On the one hand, his masculinity was more than a little slighted, with his teenage student bedding the woman he had pined for over decades. But on the other hand, he was genuinely happy for his old teammate and his student. He knew how hard it had been for her to lose Nawaki and Dan, and was happy she had found someone in her life, even if at this late point. And, he finally decided, with a perverted chuckle, that it needn't be a total loss. Tucking his telescope away, he silently pocketed the manuscript to Icha Icha Trinity, a first among a series of books concerning a mature, unwed queen who is rescued from her isolation by a young rouge, along with the help of a shy young seer and a lusty, vicious she-pirate.
Several days later:
Sabaku no Garra, current Kazekage of the village hidden in the sand, stared at the neat and completed and collated paperwork in front of him. Although it was satisfying to him to get all his work done as early in the morning as possible, it left him with a slow afternoon. As the new Kazekage, he had immense political power to match his ninjutsu prowess, and he was generally given respect wherever he went. But even two and a half years after the Chunnin Exam in Konoha, he was still socially awkward. True, he was no longer violent, thanks to the intervention of Naruto Uzumaki, but It was hard to make friends when almost everyone had memories of avoiding you at one point or another.
He trusted Uzumaki implicitly. He of all people knew what it meant to be completely and utterly alone; the pain of being a demon container. Flipping through a missive he had received a few minutes before, Garra spoke to his sister, who sitting across the room, relaxing after having completing a mission.
"Temari, you enjoyed your time in the Leaf, didn't you?" he asked.
"Yeah, it was kind of nice." She answered. Truth be told, she didn't like that they sent the young man who made a fool of her during the Chunin exams as her guide, but it was a picturesque place, a far greener than any village she had seen before. "Why do you ask?"
"I'm considering having you join me on a goodwill mission there." He turned and looked out the window. "Two and a half years ago, we surrendered without terms, shamed as duplicitous backstabbers to the rest of the great nations. And so are now almost as a protectorate, no longer our own sovereign village. As I understand it, Naruto Uzumaki has officially been selected to become Rokudaime. In addition, I heave received a secret communiqué from Naruto himself, sent by one of his toad summons, a small angry one called Gamakichi. It seems he is planning to be wed soon, although his wife was not mentioned by name. I would like it very much if you could go to Konoha with me, pending the possibility of renewed political interaction.
"Will it really be that helpful?" Temari asked quizzically. It didn't seem to her that one more party goers at a Hokages wedding would make that much of an impression.
Garra nodded "We are witnessing a major shift if the political landscape. It would be in our best interest to be there, and wish them both well. The reason I ask you and not someone else is because I noticed how happy you were when you were sent for diplomatic missions. The wind of the forest seems to please you."
"I guess we will be attending a wedding then. When is it going to be held?"
"Exactly one month from now. November 10th."
"Only one month to prepare for something like that!?" Temari gasped "It seems rushed, doesn't it?" Garra calmly nodded in affirmation. "Do you have any idea why?" Temari asked curiously.
"I have a hypothesis, but really it doesn't matter. What matters is that we are able to be visible as representatives of Suna at the wedding, showing our support. With Uzumaki Naruto as hokage, our reestablishing concrete sovereignty as a hidden village will be far easier."
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Update: Thanks to those who pointed out that I had copious grammatical errors. I went over it once again and I think I caught most of them, but let me know in a review if I missed something.
Next chapter: the grand finale! Akatsuki, action and an epic ending! See you there!