"You wanted to see me Naruto-sama?" Shikamaru asked, in a bored and lazy tone. Naruto sighed. "Can you just drom the sama stuff? I don't wanna be called that by my friends." He said. "But Naruto-sama, that would be a sign of disrespect. Who in their right mind would disrespect the Hokage?" Skikamaru said, rather amused. He chuckled lightly when he head Naruto mumble something like 'lazy smart ass...'.
"Yeah yeah whatever. Now, to what I called you here for. I would like to request something of you." Naruto said looking at Shikamaru. "What is it?" Shikamaru said, becoming intrigued. "I would like you to become my personal adviser in helping me deal with village matters. As my adviser you won't have to take missions unless you want to, wich I thought would make you pretty happy, and you would atted coucil meetings with me." Naruto said rather seriously.
Shikamaru pondered this for a second before saying, "Alright I'll do it. On one condition." Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What would the condition be?" He said. "You give me my own office so I can accomplish personal matters as well." Shikamaru said, dodging a book flying at his head. "You mean sleep!? Oh well I'll probably do that alot to heheheh. Anyways, I already had an office set up for you. It's right next to mine, first door to the left." Naruto said, pointing to his left. Shikamaru sighed in annoyance and said, "You were gonna have me do this regardless of what I said, weren't you?" His answer was recieved by a sheepish grin from Naruto. He left with one parting word. "Troublesome...".
Naruto relaxed back into his chair and sighed deeply. The only bad thing about being Hokage was the lack of action, in his opinion. He groaned when he saw the tower of paperwork before him. "Damn you granny Tsunade... you did this on purpose didn't you.." He thought as he puled the first piece of paper down. His eyes widened as he read it.
Dear Hokage-sama,
I have news concerning something that may prove to be the downfall of Kanoha. I have gathered intelligence that suggest Madara Uchiha is not dead himself, but raising them. There is a traitor in Kanoha, possibly more then one, but unfortunetly I do not know the name of said person. I suggest you prepare for teh worst as it just may happen. What I do know is that Madara is going to try and overhtrow you, and kill you in the process. Please know that I do not lie, as I am loyal only to you. To me your word is law.
Sinceraly, Kimimaru
P.S. I deeply appologize for what I have done to you in the past. I will serve you to my dying breath. I would also like to make a request, to be your personal bodygaurd. If you see fit to forgive me, then send a reply to Tenchi Bridge via bird.
Naruto was utterly stunned when he saw who wrote the letter. He decided to get into a reply right away and tell Kimimaru what he thought.
Dear Kimimaru-san,
I am in your debt for providing this information to me. Although, I am a little hesitant to you becoming my bodygaurd considering your past. I am willing to forgive you though. But I thought you were dead? Were you brought back by Madara? And if so, how do I know I can trust you?
Sinceraly, Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki.
When Naruto finished, he read over the letter and nodded in his approval. "Hawk." He said in a calm voice, knowing that Hawk was nearby. In a poof of smoke, Hawk appeared next to his Hokage. "Yes Naruto-sama?" He said in a monotone way. "Take this to the messenger bird stationg and tell them to send it to Tenchi Bridge. Oh, and the recipitant of this letter is and albino so he should be easy to find. Hawk nodded, took the letter, and poofed into a cloud of smoke again.
"Shikamaru!" Naruto called, hearing footsteps. "Yeah?" Shikamaru said, obviously just awoken from a nap. "Read this and tell me what you think." Naruto handed the letter to Shikamaru. If the Nara wasn't awake before, then he was now. "Naruto, is this the Kimimaru that took Sasuke away from the village?" He asked. When he said Naruto nod he said, "Troublesome. Well, an acusation of this magnitude can't go unattended. This has to be our top-priority right now, the village's wellfare is at stake. If there's a traitor, he or she needs to be dealt with imediately." Naruto nodded in agreement. "Call for an emergancy council meeting right away. All clan heads are to attend, including the civilian council." He said.
Shikamaru nodded and left the room to collect the people Naruto requested. Naruto sat back in his chair and groaned. He felt like taking a play out of Shikamaru's book and saying 'Troublesome' for the first time in his life.
Naruto sat in the council meeting room, Shikamaru standing at his side, looking over the faces before him. He could already feel the migrain coming from having to deal with these poeple. "Ok, I've called you all here to discuss a very seriouse matter concerning the village's wellfare." Naruto said, getting worried looks from the civilians. "What would this be Hokage-sama?" Asked a random civilian. "We have reason to believe that Madar Uchiha is alive and has a spy in Kanoha." Naruto said.
Almost emidiately, the room erupted with shouts and worried conversation from the civilian side of the room. The shinobi council just looked at their Hokage in horror and disbelief. Seeing this Naruto raised his hand for everyone to quiet down. When they did, he spoke. "From what we know, Madara wants to conqure Kanoha and make it his own. Of course as expected, he wants me dead." He said, closing his eyes to think.
"Shikamaru, read the letter. Except the last part and who it's from." Naruto said, saying the last part so only Shikamaru could hear. "Yes Naruto-sama." Shikamaru said, pulling out the letter.
After Shikamaru was finished reading it, the council was speachless. Especialy two particular council members who were sweating when they heard about the possible traitor. "How do we know this is a reliable source?" Koharu said. He was an old man and a member of the council for as long as anyone could remember, along with his sister Homaru. "Because Naruto-sama trusts the source he gets this information from. As far as we know, this information is true." Shikamaru said.
"And unless proved otherwise, we WILL consider it true." Naruto said, glaring at the more untrustworthy councilers. Namely, the older more power-hungry ones. "But we don't have any proof! Why should we consider it true?" Shouted Homaru, a worried look on her face. "Because if this does end up being true, then we'll be prepared. If we regard it as false and it ends up being true, I think you know what will happen." Naruto said in steel hard voice.
An uproar again broke out among the council. Naruto sighed heavily and rubbed his temples, attempting to prevent his inevitable headache. Suddenley, Naruto felt a sharp pain on his forehead as the room fell deadly silent. Everyone looked on in horror as they saw the single shuriken protruding from the young Hokage's forehead. Shikamaru spotted the attacker trying to get away and cought him in his Shadow Possesion Jutsu.
The assassin was a young male member of the civilian council. "Madara-sama will prevail! You no longer have a Hokage that is strong enough to kill him, you'll all die!" He yelled, laughing menecingly. "My ass." Everyone turned to see the Naruto with a shuriken in him disapear in a puff of smoke. Shikamaru smirked and said, "Got ya. You didn't really think I'd let the Hokage come into a huge group of people that could kill him when his gaurd was down did you? I knew by doing this I could flush you out."
Everyone heard a light chuckle and they turned to see their Hokage leaning on the door frame. "Okay Shikamaru you were right. What do I owe you again?" Naruto said fishing through his pocket. Shikamaru smirked. "You owe me an all expense paid trip to Suna. Including what Temari buys." He said. "Damnit... I was hoping more along the lines of Ichiraku's." Naruto said, a disapointed look on his face. Everyone was shoked at the casual manner of the two shinobi before them. How could they be so relaxed in the kind of situation.
"You," Naruto said pointing to the assassin that was about to piss himself. "I find you guilty of high treason and conspiracy. I give you over to Ibiki and Anko of the Interogation Division for further questioning. And just because it's a shadow clone doesn't mean it doesn't hurt damnit! I get all it's memories you know!" He finished rather childishly. Shikamaru walked away with the man following him, still under his Shadow Possesion Jutsu.
Naruto turned to teh council. "Is that proof enough to take this seriously now?" He said, recieving nods from everyone in the room.
"Naruto, a letter just came from Kimimaru." Shikamaru said, entering the Hokage's office. "Okay, let's see what it says." Naruto said, opening the letter.
Dear Naruto-sama,
I can understand your scepisism so I will explain. I was brought back by Madara, but I broke his hold over me. I did this by using a special seal my clan created, with the help of the Uzumaki clan seal masters. It is a seal that destroys all foriegn chakra that the body is not used to. I used this seal on myself and was able to escape Madara and company. My purpose is to now serve you without question. I'll do anything to prove myslef to you. I hope my information was usefull to you Naruto-sama.
Sinceraly, Kimimaru
Naruto finished reading and looked up to Shikamaru. "I know what I'm gonna do." He said, picking up an ink brush and beginning to write.
Dear Kimimaru-san,
your information just saved my life. I would like to make you my personal body gaurd. I would also like you to teach me this seal as the method I use now depletes too much chakra. If you still wish to become my bodygaurd, then be here within the week so I may instate you.
Sinceraly, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze
A/N
NHK: Twwiiiiissssst!
Naruto: You're lucky that was a clone.
Hinata: I'm so glad you're safe Naruto-kun! *hugs and kisses Naruto*
Shikamaru: This whole this is becoming real troublesome...
Naruto: Tell me about it...
NHK: It'll work out... probably... anyways, thanks for reading guys! Please remember to REVIEW. If you don't Kyuubi will eat you! Wooooooo! So please review! Peace out!