Here is yet an other chapter released, i would like to once again, thanks my reviewers, i cannot thank you enough for giving me the support and motivation i need to keep this story going :), now for my 1 on 1 with my reviewers :D
chickenman00712 - I hope you get into this chapter almost as well as you did the last one :) as for the Hokage, it is revealed in this chapter :P
RSfan - LOL too funny, you made my day when i read that lol, yes, i wanted something different for Naruto other then training genins, and considering this is 5 years after Sasuke runs off from Konoha, making Naruto 19 years old, it makes Konohamaru about 15 and Hanabi about 14, so they are just the right age for Chunin, so it worked out :D, also, there is indeed "fluff" between Naruto and Sakura before they find out the horrible news
Ymere - I understand your concerns, but trust me when i say that this is not going to be a "bleach" story :P and right now they are strong yes, but it is because that they have never faced an enemy like them before, Naruto is not going to be a weakling, but he isn't going to just beat them in a snap of a finger either, i have seen these stories where Naruto is like superman and he beats the enemies as if they were paper targets, it just makes for a boring story :P that being said, there is no problem that needs to be fix :D however i thank you for your concerns, but just trust in me and you won't be disappointed ;)
naru-ca-titan - Thanks, i am happy to know that you liked my story enough to put me on your favs, i hope you keep on reading :)
crsstlk - Thanks for the review, yes, i kind of always though those 2 would make a cute couple, Yamato and Shizune are cool :D And yeah, i heard the rumors about Shizune's fate :( i will need to catch up on it this weekend, i will set aside some time to read them, and as for Naruto and Sakura, well you get to see plenty of them in this one ;) Probably not as much as some people would like to see lol "hints at the people who are demanding M rating :P"
xzavx x2 - Once more, i can always count on you to review all my chapters :P So i thank you for both the reviews, also yes, it was sad to see Tsunade die, but not everyone can survive a war :(
Thank you all for your reviews, i look forward to reading the next reviews you guys will add for this chapter thanks again
This chapter was revised on May 19th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged
Saving old bonds
Chapter 14 (Revised)
They continued eating and talking about their day until the moon was shining brightly in the sky, Sakura was staring at Naruto's blue eyes and he was content with staring into her emerald green eyes "Enough of this! You know what to do now!" Inner Sakura said with a grin "Naruto Kun is ours now!" Sakura responded to her Inner self as they nodded, grinned and agreed with each other, Sakura began to grin at Naruto and took his hand into her own and pulled him out of his chair, she kissed him passionately, to which he did not protest as he kissed her back and held her tightly, she pulled away and bit and grinned at him as she pulled him towards her bedroom, he went without a fight
The atmosphere was very different in the fire tower's council room, Shizune and Yamato stood in front of the council members with battle wounds all over them, Tsunade had been brought to the hospital, but no one other than an ANBU squad were allowed in the room, they didn't want word to get out that the Hokage had been killed, at least not until they could prepare for it
The council members were very disturbed by the news that the both of them had brought back, one of the councilmen stood up and spoke "This is disturbing indeed, for them to be powerful enough to not only take out some of our strongest ANBU ninja's but to also defeat the Mizukage and our Hokage as well, how will the village take this news" the old man said, his name was Homura Mitokado
"to lose another Hokage before the war even begins will be devastating for our moral, but we must prepare for the upcoming battle, we must choose the next Hokage, and quick" the old council women responded, her name was Koharu Utatane
Both of them were the oldest council members of Konoha, they had both seen the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Hokage's come into office and die for Konoha, and they were about to witness the sixth Hokage come into power "But who?" One of the Hyuga elders asked
"Ladies and Gentlemen of the council, if I may speak" Shizune stepped up, the council leader nodded his head to let her know she could continue "Before she died, she gave us her last requests, one of those requests is who she had chosen to be her replacement, and as per tradition, her wishes should be respected as the prior Hokage has the right to pick their successor" she said trying to sound confident in front of the council members
"And who is this person who she wishes to take her place?" Mitokado asked as they waited for the answer
"She did not tell me personally, though I have an idea of who it is, she handed me this scroll, and I did not want to disrespect her by opening it" Shizune said as she handed them the scroll before bowing her head at the council
Utatane opened the scroll, her eyes widened as she read the name "Namikaze…Naruto" she finally said out loud the entire council began to whisper with each other, Shizune could tell they did not approve of Naruto being picked as the sixth Hokage
"How can we allow the demon child to become the Hokage?" One of the council members finally spoke out
"How can you still call him the demon child after everything he has done for the village? Even after the way the people has treated him, he still risks his life time after time for us!" Yamato screamed out in anger, to which the council and Shizune were surprised, Yamato was not the type to have bursts of emotions like that
"He is right, Naruto is a Namikaze, the fourth Hokage's legacy, you cannot just brush him off because he was cursed with the demon fox spirit being locked away inside of him, it's not like it was his choice!" Shizune joined Yamato in defiance of what the council member had said
"What if he decides he wants revenge on the people who treated him badly during his youth?" The council member responded back, but Shizune did not have the time to respond as Mitokado got up
"Silence everyone!" he demanded "We cannot ignore the fifth Hokage's request, nor can we ignore how much we owe Naruto for all that he has done despite the way he was treated, we cannot also ignore his heritage, he is indeed a Namikaze, whether this council wants to admit it or not, he is the fourth Hokage's son and legacy, the fourth Hokage gave up his life for our village, and risked his own sons life in the process, is this the way you all wish to repay this debt we owe him? And is this any way to respect the fifth's own wishes?" He said surprising more than half the council and Shizune and Yamato in the process "As council leader, he has my support"
The whispers had started up again as Utatane stood up and spoke "I am in agreement with Mitokado, there was a time when I would have agreed with some of you, but I have seen Naruto grow into the man that he is today, I even wanted him to be locked up so Akatsuki could not get the power of the Kyuubi, it was the fifth who told me I had to start trusting more in his abilities, and she was right, in the end, he was a huge part of defeating them, he has done more than most people in this village has ever done for Konoha, he deserves the chance to prove himself"
The other council members began standing one by one giving their approval, Shizune began to smile as even the council member who had spoken up against Naruto was now agreeing, though she could tell he was still unhappy
"Then it is decided, he shall become the sixth Hokage of the leaf" Mitokado said "We should inform him as soon as possible and get the ceremony underway so that we can begin planning for the war, I don't think these moon ninjas are going to give us much time to grieve for our fallen leader"
Shizune and Yamato nodded as they began to walk out of the council chambers "I can't believe that they agreed, those two would have been the last people who I would have thought would endorse Naruto" Shizune said as they made their way towards the fire tower's exit
"Yeah, but it's hard to believe, Naruto is now the sixth Hokage, well I guess we should go find him" Yamato responded as they began heading towards Naruto's apartment, but when they arrived, they couldn't find him "Where could he be?" He asked
"he could be anywhere, lets split up, we can cover more ground faster" She suggested
"Are you sure you're going to be alright?" Yamato asked with a look of concern on his face as he looked at her wounds "Maybe you should go to the hospital, heal up and rest, leave finding Naruto to me" he said with some concern in his voice
"No" she simply said
"No?" He asked
"No, Tsunade…Lady Hokage also wanted me to deliver this scroll to him on her behalf, and I intend on doing it" She said
"But you can still do it after I find him, I am only concern for your wounds" He responded
"I said NO, I am fine, you concentrate on the south end of the city, I will take the north" and without allowing him to respond, or try to convince her to stop, she jumped away from building to building
He sighed as he began doing the same, he also began thinking where he could be, where did Naruto hang out a lot? It wasn't going to be at Ichiraku, because that was closed, he didn't think that Naruto would be training at this time of night, that's when he stopped "He couldn't be there could he?" He asked himself "It's worth a shot I guess" He began heading towards Sakura's house
Meanwhile Shizune was having no luck finding him, she had even checked with everyone from the rookie nine squad, well except for Sakura because her house was on Yamato's side, as well as team Gai, but no one had seen him since he had returned from his mission, she then saw Konohamaru walking down the street with Yuki, she jumped down in front of them, Yuki suddenly went into a defensive position not knowing who Shizune was
"She's a friend, don't worry" Konohamaru told Yuki to calm her down
"Konohamaru, what are you doing out so late?" She asked
"Well you see, me and Yuki were kind of celebrating" He said trying to hide a blush
"Celebrating what?" she asked
"We are celebrated being a part of Naruto Sensei's team!" Yuki said with pride
"Naruto Sensei?" she asked
"Naruto Nii-San is now a squad leader, myself, Yuki and Hanabi were all made part of the team" Konohamaru said with a smile and a hint of pride of his own
"That's great news" She said, but wondered if Naruto would be able to keep a team going once he became Hokage "Would you happen to know where Naruto is?"
"Actually, I have a good idea where he could be" Konohamaru said with a grin creeping onto his face, one that Yuki didn't like
"Where is he? It's kind of an emergency" Shizune asked
"Well, if you ask me, he is probably at Sakura's, he said she had dinner made for them, and well, if he didn't return to his place, he is probably still there" Konohamaru answered, and Yuki was upset, she did not approve their sensei going out with a slut, even if she had never met this Sakura, she had to be one because she was just not good enough for her sensei
"Thank you Konohamaru, now hurry home, I know you can take care of yourselves, but it's still not safe for you and a young girl to be walking alone on the streets at night" And without giving Yuki time to respond to what she considered an insult to her abilities to defend herself, Shizune quickly jumped back onto the roofs and made her way to Sakura's house
Yamato was laying down on a tree branch with his back against the trunk near Sakura's house, he spotted Shizune heading towards it "Shizune, come here" He said trying to get her attention, she saw him and was confused a bit
"Yamato? What are you doing up there, have you found Naruto?"
"Yeah, He is in Sakura's house" He simply answered
"Then what are you doing out here? Come on let's go talk to him" She said while starting to walk towards the house, but Yamato jumped in her path
"No, not right now…" He said trying to fight off a blush
"What do you mean not right now? We don't have any time to lose with your games Yamato" she said slightly annoyed
"This isn't a game, but we should not disturb them right now…"
"What why?!" she asked slightly confused
"Let's just say that those two have, how should I put this, opened up to each other, and now is REALLY not the time to disturb them…" he said while losing the battle for the blush
"Wait…. you're not saying that they are"
He simply nodded to confirm her thoughts; suddenly she got angry at him
"YOU SAW THEM?!"
"NO, NO OF COURSE NOT! But well I knocked at the door and no one answered, so I went around the back and I guess I must have went near the bedroom because I began hearing… so I left and hid in the tree, that's when you arrived, I swear I didn't do any peeking!" He said trying not to be embarrassed about the situation he was put in
Shizune sighed "I guess you're right, it would be wrong to ruin their night with his horrible news, we will tell them first thing tomorrow morning" She simply said "Want to accompany me to the hospital then?" She asked with a smile
"I made a promise to the Hokage to protect you always, and It was you who said even if you can take care of yourself, it's dangerous for a young girl to be walking alone at night on the streets"
"Wait, Yamato, did you have one of your shadow clones fallow me around!" She said remembering what she had told Konohamaru and Yuki
"Uh…I will scout ahead" He said while running away heading towards the hospital
"YAMATO GET BACK HERE" She said while chasing after him
End Chapter 14
Well i know it was kind of predictable to see Naruto become the next hokage, and its been done in countless other stories, i know, but trust me when i say, things are not going to turn out the way you think they will :)