Alright, as promised, here is yet an other chapter! and once more, its my longest to date, with over 3350 words "BEFORE AUTHOR NOTES! :D" I hope you all enjoy it, now for the reviewers :)

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This chapter was revised on May 23th 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 16 (Revised)

Meanwhile one of Sakura's clones was trying to track down Yuki but she could never pinpoint her position. Suddenly a pair of eyes open from one of the trees, Sakura tried to smash it but there is nothing there "What is this, genjutsu?" she thought for a moment began to do a few hand seals "CANCEL!" but nothing happened "She is only a chunin, there is no way that she has a genjutsu that I can't cancel" suddenly she felt it again, a pair of eyes looking at her from another location, and without warning multiple weapons were thrown her way. She deflected or dodged them all but she was unable to figure out where they came from "This kid is kind of good" she thought to herself. She began to calm herself and concentrate on trying to detect a chakra signature. She had finally found one, but it was so faint. It could have been mistaken for a small animal. She launched her attack, Yuki jumped out of the way and was finally forced to reveal herself "Ah, there you are!" Sakura said as she turned to face her

"Damn it, she is powerful, but I can't give up" she launched an attack against Sakura, she concentrated her chakra and suddenly a few rocks began to float in the air. Yuki used her speed and kicked them one by one as hard as she could. Sakura was surprised as the rocks almost hit her. Yuki however did not stop there, she did some hand signs and shouted out "Earth style, crushing bolder!" suddenly Sakura was almost crushed by a falling bolder

"She can use earth elemental moves at her level? She is good, but she still lacks experience" she said with a grin as she saw an opening, and she wasn't going to waste it. She moved in with speed and punched Yuki as hard as she could without putting any chakra into her fist, after all she didn't want to hurt or injure her. Yuki flew slightly onto her back feeling the pain from the punch, even without chakra it still hurt very much. However she forced herself back to her feet

"Is that the best you can do?" She said panting heavily, trying to put up a brave front even though she knew she had used up most of her chakra already

Sakura smiled, she liked the girls attitude, but Naruto wanted them to learn a lesson, and that's what she was going to do, she was just going to knock her out, nothing more, she concentrated her chakra to her feet and legs so she would be able to run fast enough to surprise her and knock her out with one punch. She began to make her move; Yuki was surprised by the speed and was not able to mount up a defense quick enough. She watched as Sakura's fist was heading straight for her head

Suddenly she felt herself being pushed sending her almost flying through the air just before her body hit the ground. But to her surprise, there is no pain and she is still conscious. And on top of her was Konohamaru, he had dived in to save her "Are you alright Yuki Chan?"

She just stared at him, he had just risked himself to save her "Yeah, thanks Konohamaru Kun…" she responded as they both got up "Now that you're here, maybe we can beat her!" she said with confidence, but it was short lived as the Sakura clone that was tracking Konohamaru jumped down and stood beside the other clone "There are 2 of her?! Is she using an illusion jutsu?!"

"No, there shadow clones, Naruto Nii-San taught her how to do them" he said while holding onto his side, feeling a sharp pain

"What happened Konohamaru?" Yuki asked

"It's nothing" he said trying to lie. In reality he wasn't entirely successful. Yuki had been saved, but Sakura hit him instead. But he didn't want to worry Yuki over it, he could endure the pain

"Did she hit you?" she asked with concern "She did didn't she!" Yuki said in anger. She began making multiple hand sighs. The Sakura's just stood by, wanting to see what she had planned "Konohamaru Kun got hurt protecting me, this bitch is going to get it now!" Yuki though to herself "Earth style, earth needles of death!" suddenly the bolder shattered into thousands of pieces. They were just floating in the air as they had turned into mini stone darts, suddenly they all began to fly through the air at extreme speed towards the clones, one of the clones was able to dodge the attacks and escape without getting hit, but the other one had been hit enough to dispel it.

The real Sakura that was hunting down Naruto suddenly stopped in her tracks "What? One of my clones was defeated?" She thought to herself

"There not a bad group of kids, don't you agree Sakura Chan" Sakura suddenly froze as she looked around but could not see him

"Where is he?" she wondered, but he had already vanished

Back with Yuki and Konohamaru, Yuki was down to one knee and panting heavily with a slight grin on her face "Take that!" she said before passing out from lack of chakra and energy

"Yuki Chan!" Konohamaru said while catching her before she fell, he laid her down gently

"Well the kid has real potential, that's for sure" the remaining Sakura clone thought. Konohamaru got into a defensive position. He wasn't going to abandon Yuki, and his injury was hurting him too much to carry her "So, what are you going to do now Konohamaru? Stay here and face me, or run away and risk Yuki getting hurt" Of course, she had no intentions of touching Yuki, but she was playing mind games with him

"Naruto Nii-San would NEVER abandon a fellow team member and fellow ninja, and neither will I!" he began to go through multiple hand signs, Sakura had seen them somewhere before but she couldn't quite put her finger on it "Orioke no jutsu" Konohamaru suddenly turned into a very cute , very naked young girl version of himself. Sakura's jaw almost dropped for many reasons, one being she couldn't believe he had just done that and that he thought it would be effective on her, and now she was going to have to beat him up for using that in her presence

She was about to attack him, but to her surprise she felt someone kick her from behind as she fell to the ground, Konohamaru returned to his regular form as Hanabi appeared beside of him "Good distraction Konohamaru" she simply said

"We have to stick together, remember what Naruto Nii-San said, as a team we are stronger"

"Indeed, I wouldn't have been able to sneak up on her without you"

Sakura got up from the ground as the clone chasing Hanabi joined her "We underestimated them" she simply said "Yeah, we can't play around anymore" the other responded

They both took out a kunai from their weapons pouch and launched an immediate attack. Hanabi and Konohamaru took out a kunai of their own and prepared for the attack. Suddenly from under their feet they both felt a set of hands grab onto their legs and they are both dragged under the earth until there head is the only thing still above ground "What just happened" Konohamaru asked as he couldn't move and the clones had stopped their attack as Sakura jumped out from under the ground

"You let your guard down, that's what happened" Sakura said

"That's playing dirty Sakura Chan" Naruto said while sitting in a nearby tree branch

"You never had any intentions of helping them, did you?" Sakura asked with a grin

"I wanted to see what they would do if they were ever separated from me during battle, I won't always be able to be by their sides"

"Well 3 of your team members are down, all that's left is the team leader"

"That's fine Sakura Chan, we are done for today" He said while standing up on the tree branch, but to his surprise a Sakura clone jumped from a tree branch just above him and punched him in the face, sending him flying backwards, he quickly did a back flip so that he can land safely on the ground

"It ends when I say it ends" Sakura said while staring at him

Naruto smiled at her as he wiped some blood that was coming from his mouth "So you want to play Sakura Chan? Alright then, let's play!"

"Go get her Naruto Nii-San!" "Yeah Naruto Sensei, you can take her!" both Konohamaru and Hanabi cheered from there earth prison, since it was all they could do

All of the Sakura clones had surrounded Naruto "So how are you going to beat me with only one jutsu Naruto?" she asked as they were circling around him

"Sakura Chan, have you already forgotten the first nickname I earned?" he said with a smile just before he vanishes leaving only a flash of yellow and orange as he took out two clones without any problems

"How did you move so fast!?" She asked as the last clones regrouped with Sakura

"Family secret" he said with a smile, Sakura didn't understand but she wasn't going to let him win that easily. She began to run in formation with her clone

Naruto was about to get into a defensive position when suddenly he hears a voice "DYNAMIC MARKING!" This was fallowed by the sensation of something wet and warm is being poured all over him "Great shot Akamaru!" the voice once again shouts out

"…KIBA! DID YOU JUST MAKE AKAMARU PEE ALL OVER ME?!" Naruto shouted out in rage as Sakura couldn't help but start laughing hysterically

"Oh he got you good Naruto" she giggled and laughed

"Yeah, yeah, very funny" Naruto said while wiping the pee off his face with his sleeve "What are you doing here anyway Kiba, can't you see that we are in the middle of something?" he said to his friend

"Sorry Naruto, but we asked him to find you" Shizune said as she and Yamato ran up to them

"Shizune? Your back? That's perfect, that must mean old lady Tsunade is also back from the diplomatic talks. I need to talk with her about something important" Naruto said as Shizune suddenly began staring at the ground

"Naruto, we need to speak with you, its urgent…Maybe Sakura should also join us since it involves her as well" Yamato added

"Yes, Sakura you come as well, she was the closes thing she had to a daughter" Shizune said in a sad tone

"What's going on?" Naruto asked

"Not here, just come with us" Yamato said plainly

"Alright, just let me get my team out from the mess there in" Naruto said as he walked over to Konohamaru and Hanabi and helped them out from the ground

"Naruto Nii-San, what's going on?" he asked him

"I don't know, you two take Yuki to the hospital, make sure she is alright, and Konohamaru, have that wound checked as well" they both nodded "By the way, I am proud of you, you worked as a team, I was surprised because I thought you had not paid attention to my words" he said with a smile

"Thank you Naruto Sensei" Hanabi said as she bowed to Naruto out of respect, they both picked up Yuki and carried her together

"Thank you Kiba for your help" Yamato told him

"No problem, if you need a tracker again, you know where to find me" he said with a grin as he jumped away with Akamaru

"Hey, would you guys mind if I went home to catch a shower and a change of clothing?" Naruto said while smelling himself and being disgusted with the results of Akamaru's dynamic marking

"Is it really necessary?" Shizune asked

Yamato went closer to smell Naruto "Oh yeah, it is" he simply said while backing away

"Just give me half an hour, that should be enough for me to get cleaned up and a fresh set of clothing"

"Alright, but no longer, what we need to tell you is of the utmost importance, meet us at the fire tower in half an hour" Shizune said "And Sakura, go with him, make sure he doesn't take too long" she added, knowing Sakura would make sure he would make it on time

"Understood" she said simply as they both began to run towards Naruto's apartment

On the way, there they talked about the results of the training "I was very impressed with my team, they are much more skilled then I first thought" Naruto said with pride

"Yeah, that Yuki is especially skilled, she can use earth elemental jutsus, it took me by surprised, also she seems to have excellent stealth abilities. I had a hard time finding her"

"Yeah, with the proper training, she could make Junin in no time; however, she seemed to have an issue with you for some reason"

"You think? Maybe she was just trying to impress you"

"Well if that's all it was, then she has succeeded, anyway lets hurry. I want to find out what this is all about" he said as they picked up the pace

They had arrived at Naruto's place and he was in the shower, Sakura looked around, she had been in his apartment before, but she had not been in it recently. She noticed that Naruto was very tidy, that was a change from the messy Naruto she use to know. She could remember when there would be empty ramen cups all over the place, dirty dishes and clothing all over the ground. Then again he was just a boy living on his own, so it was no surprise. But this time everything was spotless, she couldn't even find any dust on the appliances "Alright Sakura Chan, I am ready" he said while walking out of the bathroom with a fresh set of clothing

"Let's go, we still have about 10 minutes" Sakura said as they left in a hurry. The fire tower was a short run from Naruto's apartment, Yamato was waiting for them at the entrance

"Good, you're here" he simply said as they entered the tower

"Yamato Sensei, what is this about?" Naruto said while still showing respect for the one who helped him train and keep the Kyuubi under control

"It's not my place to say, but you will find out very soon" he said as they continued to walk down the hall, Naruto had noticed something strange, the atmosphere in the tower was very gloomy, something was wrong, he was sure of it

"Naruto, the council of Konoha wishes to meet with you" Shizune said as they approached the council chambers

"What is this about Shizune?" He asked, beginning to be slightly annoyed at being kept in the dark

"They will explain everything to you, once you come out, I have something else to give you as well" she said with sad eyes

"What about me?" Sakura asked

"I will talk to you while he is in with the council members" Shizune simply said

Naruto looked at Sakura; he was worried, what did the council want with him? And where was Tsunade? "Hurry back to my side Naruto Kun…" She said while giving him a last-minute hug as he began walking towards the massive doors, 2 ANBU guards opened them for him as he walked through

"So what's going on?" Sakura asked once more

"Sakura…I don't really know how to tell you this, there is no easy way so, I will just say it. During the diplomatic talks the moon ninjas attacked us, we lost many skilled ninja's including Lady Hokage…"

Sakura just blinked, she didn't want to believe what her ears had just heard "No, that can't be, she is the Hokage, she can't die. She is one of the legendary Sanin's, she was my master…SHE CAN'T BE DEAD!" she said while tears were starting to flow down her cheeks

"I know how you feel, I spent most of my life with her as her assistant, it was my job to protect her, and I failed… They were very strong, and fought using a style we had never seen before. We were overwhelmed, we almost didn't make it out alive had it not been for Yamato's abilities"

Sakura was beginning to clinch her fists; her sadness was turning into anger towards these new enemies "What does the council want with Naruto?" Sakura asked suddenly

"One of the last requests she had before she died was…That she wished to see Naruto as her replacement. She knows that there is no one better suited to protect Konoha then him and the council agreed with her"

Sakura was in shock, she had a mix of emotions, sadness for losing her master, anger at the new enemy, happiness for Naruto who was getting his dream "Another one of her requests was that I finish your training, you have the potential to become an even greater medical ninja then Lady Hokage, or so she believed"

"This isn't fair, it's just not fair!" she said while slamming her fist against the wall

At the same time as they were having their conversation outside, Naruto was now facing the council, there seemed to be a bright light flashing in his face and he couldn't see anything

"Uzumaki Naruto, you have been summoned here by the will of the council, we would like to begin by telling you that the fifth Hokagee of Konoha has fallen in battle"

"What?!" Naruto asked

They explained to him the same story Shizune had told Sakura about the diplomatic talks going bad and how Shizune and Yamato were the only survivors "As a result, we are now at war with these unknown ninja of the moon, however, we also find ourselves with no leader. Though the loss of the fifth Hokage is a great blow to us, we must continue on"

"These bastards are going to pay; you can be sure of that!" Naruto responded

"In time yes, but you cannot allow your emotions to control you. Right now, the village needs you more than ever"

Naruto just looked confused "What? I know I am a strong Ninja of the leaf, but why does Konoha need me now more than ever?"

"You are indeed one of our strongest ninja's, you have saved this village multiple times already. That is why with the recommendations made by the last wishes of the fifth Hokage's last request, we are offering you the title of the sixth Hokage of the leaf, do you accept?"

Naruto could only blink as he heard those words, him Hokage? It couldn't be possible, plus he didn't want to receive the title this way. How could he ever replace Tsunade? "The village needs a leader, and you are the only one we can trust with the job"

"The only one?.."

"There are many other strong ninja's in Konoha; however, your heritage gives you the right to the title"

"My heritage?"

"We will not go into details about it here, as Shizune has requested to talk with you personally about it, since it was another one of the Hokage's last requests"

Naruto looked down at the ground, memories of when he first met Tsunade began to fill his head, from the time she beat him with only a flick of a finger, to the time she acknowledged him and gave him the necklace he still had around his neck, the day they celebrated the destruction of the Akastsuki. She was the closes thing to a real mother he ever had "Do you accept?" one of the council members asked again

"I swear, I will avenge her death AND protect the village of Konoha with my life, this is a pledge I take as the sixth Hokage of the leaf!"

End Chapter 16

Now i know what some of you may be thinking, i made Sakura appear weak, and Yuki strong, Sakura was just very surprised by Yuki's sheer will to beat her, also she had no idea Yuki was skilled in earth elements, something i will explain in latter chapters :P Anyway, Naruto finally knows about Tsunade, and is now the unofficial 6th Hokage, unofficial only because it hasn't been made public yet , anyway, i hope you all enjoyed it, Read, Rave, Review :P