Disclaimer: I did not have sexual relations with that woman. She did all the work.
(Yea yea, i havnt posted in a while, it happens. another fun chapter, allies made, trouble brewing, Zabuza wearing the Hokage hat and a fat midget pole dancing. one of these do not happen.
"Lord Hokage, the People you've requested have all arrived, would you like me to send them in?" asked Naruto's secretary, a very old woman around 65, named Mai, a retired Jonin who could still pack a punch, as several civilian council member had figured out first hand after threading her to let them into the office.
"Yes please, Thank you Mai" stated Naruto with a smile. He liked the old woman. She was one of the only supporters he had growing up, and when he heard she was having trouble paying for her house, he gave he the secretary position.
Naruto decided to play a trick on his fellow ninja, by standing at attention in front of the desk and having Zabuza, who was there to see Haku, sit in the Hokage's chair, and wear that hat.
One by one, the 7 that were called walked into the office, surprise covering their faces to see the now titled "Demon of the hidden leaf" was their new Hokage As each member walked up to the desk, they found themselves shaking slightly at the Aura of Power coming off of the supposed Hokage
Zabuza smirked, though no one could see in due to his mask. "Now before you all shit yourselves, No, your not in trouble." a sigh of relief filled the room "in fact, I'm not even the Hokage." he turned his head to Naruto and said "Sir, I believe your chair is of prime temperature"
Zabuza got up, tossed the hat to Naruto, and sat down on the couch. His orange booking in his hands before he even made contact with the chair. Naruto caught the hat and slowly and deliberately moved to sit in the chair.
"Now that you are all here, you should probably know why you have been summoned." started Naruto, who pulled out a stack of chunin and jonin vest "You've all been promoted"
"Hold up! Naruto, you're the new Hokage?" questioned Iruka, not believing his eyes, of course there were rumors going thru the village that Naruto was appointed, but then again, there were also rumors that Sasuke was appointed.
"Yep, voted in by the fire Daimyo himself. Now, on to the promotions. Shino Aburame, for keeping a calm head and leading your team during the invasion, along with taijutsu and strategies well above the requirement, your being promoted to chunin" stated Naruto as he tossed Shino a chunin vest. Shino nodded his thanks and stepped back.
"Neji Hyuuga" stated Naruto as he readjusted himself in his seat "Seeing as I know first hand how strong you are, I am promoting you to chunin. However, you will be tested in four months to see if you are able of being placed as a special jonin in taijutsu and chakra manipulation. My only request is that you drop that fate crap."
"T-Thank you Naru- Hokage sama" stated Neji as he retrieved his new chunin vest. He had figured that because of his rather one sided loss, that he would not be promoted, so this surprised him greatly.
"You may all still call me Naruto, except during anything mission related and when in front of customers" stated Naruto with a sigh, he would never get used to that 'sama' crap.
"Sakura Haruno" stated Naruto "You are being promoted on a direct request from the Raikage. Seems he likes your style of fighting, nice headbutt by the way"
"The Raikage? So I'm being promoted because another leader likes the way I fight?" asked a confused Sakura
"That, and everyone else that was judging the exams" smiled Naruto, getting a small smile back from Sakura.
"Shikamaru Nara" Shikamaru, who was spacing out looking at clouds through the giant panoramic window behind Naruto, snapped to attention "Your being promoted to chunin for your analytical skills, strategies, and overall intelligence. Hopefully this will kick some of that laziness out of you."
"Troublesome" muttered Shikamaru, who was slapped on the back of the head by Naruto, who only Iruka and Zabuza saw move.
"Sasuke Uchiha" stated Naruto after sitting back in his chair "You are being promoted for your impressive display of Ninjutsu, taijutsu and Kenjutsu Like Neji, you will also be testing for special jonin in four months time for the aforementioned fields."
"Haku Momochi" this time, Haku, who had been standing next to Sasuke, discreetly holding hands, stepped forward "Your being promoted to special jonin. Several battle reports have you as well as Iruka as the only reason none of the students were hurt. Your fields of expertise are Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and I'm sure soon enough medical Jutsu, seeing as Tsunade has requested students to pass down her medical knowledge to."
"Thank you Hokage Sama" smiled Haku, getting a deadpan look from Naruto
"Moving on... Iruka Umino" Iruka stepped forward, not knowing what to expect, sure he was probably the strongest Chunin in the village, the only ones close were the gate guards, but he didn't want to give up teaching. "After reviewing your file, I've decided that you have both the skill and experience to be jonin. Also, seeing as you are a jonin and can no longer teach classes" all the members of the room were startled by this, Iruka was one of the best teachers there was, so to see him be denied the ability to teach was almost heartbreaking "you are being promoted to the new Jonin headmaster of the academy, the day after tomorrow we will go over the new academy curriculum." stated Naruto as he tossed Iruka a jonin vest.
"B-But Toruno is the jonin headmaster?" stammered Iruka, getting a giggle out of the ninja that had him hot a teacher.
"Hmm, says here that Toruno has been given a team in the upcoming graduation class, so you are the Jonin headmaster. Plus your easily qualified for it." stated Naruto
"A-Are you sure?"
"Yes! For the last time, yes! If you want I could just-"
"Hokage Sama! Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki have been spotted in the village, Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi and Maito Gai are holding them off, but are not fairing well!" announced Yamato, who had appeared next to the desk in his full ANBU outfit.
"Shit! Tora, Zabuza, lets go. The rest of you, stay here!" Commanded Naruto as he threw off his cloak, revealing a blue jonin vest over his black muscle shirt, he had the standard ANBU pants and was wearing black combat sandals.
-15 seconds later, Konoha river-
Naruto, Yamato and Zabuza dropped to the river to see Asuma holding off Kisame and Gai going toe to toe with Itachi, Probably because Even Itachi wasn't good enough to try and mess with the green beasts mind. Naruto jumped down in front of Itachi with Yamato and Zabuza landed in front of.
"Asuma, your hurt, and what happened to Kakashi?" questioned Naruto.
"I'll answer that, I used tsukuyomi." answered Itachi in his usual emotionless tone.
"Take Kakashi to Tsunade now. Gai, Zabuza, you take fish boy, me and Yamato will take Itachi." Commanded Naruto, getting a look of wonder from Itachi. He had heard through the grapevine that Naruto had taken over his spot as captain, but this was the first time he had seen him in true action.
"Tell me Naruto, you're not in ANBU attire, you have no headband on... And yet you're on command? The only person that has that kind of authority is..."
"The Hokage? Voted in about ten days ago actually. Welcome back by the way." smiled Naruto, getting a surprised look from Itachi and Kisame.
"So you have grown strong... There is no ninja in this village more befitting than you. But don't you think it odd to welcome an enemy into the village you rule?" questioned Itachi.
"It would be weird if you were an enemy, but a little birdy told me of a fascinating tale of this young clan heir that was ordered to wipe out his clan. Fascinating story by the way, I really like the part when the young clan heir gets to come home because the new leader of the village had the ones that ordered him to kill his clan were imprisoned for treason." by this point Itachi's eyes were as wide as kakashi's the night he found Naruto drunk in bed with Anko. "Ah that glorious moment when those two old idiots were sent to jail for life and that one eyed bastard was killed for treason."
"Tell me Naruto, could this fantasy tale be based in truth?" asked a very hopeful Itachi, even though he never showed a hint of emotion. He had always dreamed of coming back to Konoha, but he knew it was just that, a dream.
"The best story's always are. But even better is that fish face over there" a loud retort from Kisame was heard "can join you, during the second War, Kiri signed a document allowing Konoha the right to have any Nuke Nin join our ranks as long as we pay them the bounty on their head. That's how Zabuza is here."
"Ha, you wish kid! Why would I join a village when I'm stronger than the village leader?" smirked Kisame.
"Ha, like you're stronger than me." laughed Naruto "Maybe in the art of the sword, but nothing else, if you don't wish to join my village then leave, but don't insult me by claiming your stronger than me"
"You want to go you little brat?" yelled Kisame, even though he knew what was said was the truth, he could almost feel the level difference, but he needed to keep his reputation up.
"I'd rather not, seeing as Zabuza looks like he wants to be the one to kill you. No, you may either take my offer or leave my village, that goes for both of you"
Itachi looked at Kisame and back to Naruto. An impassive look on his face, until he started to cough up blood. Naruto took this time to act, with speed most jonin would kill for, and his unbelievable control with Shadow clones, he was behind both Itachi and Kisame. Itachi was knocked out and taken to an ANBU holding cell by Yamato and Gai.
Kisame however, moved out of the way fast enough to dodge the knockout strike and get into what Zabuza would call a brute stance, all power and speed, no style or grace.
"I'll give you one last chance Kisame, join us, fight us or leave. You know you're no match for me in anything but Kenjutsu and Zabuza patches up that little problem. What do you say?" asked Naruto
Kisame looked over Naruto, his all black attire and blue Jonin vest somewhat unnerved the shark man, simply because if you were to switch the colors, he would look just like the Fourth Hokage. He then turned his attention to Zabuza, who surprisingly, had yet to say a word. He was dressed in the same black ANBU pants and sandals Naruto was, but had no shirt on and an unzipped black jonin vest hung off his shoulders, a white ninja mask and his headband off to the side was all that remained of his original style.
"I would love to stay for a good fight, except I know I can't win. I'll choose retreat for now, and I'll be back with some help to retrieve Itachi, he's much too important to leader sama to be left here" and with that, Kisame disappeared in a torrent of water "Until next time, Brat!"
"Are you sure it was wise to let him leave? He's going to bring more reinforcements when he comes back." stated Zabuza
"As long as he doesn't bring the leader, we should be fine. And by the time he gets back, you 6 will be ready."
-Hidden base-
"So, my not so crippled friend decided to visit? I'm truly surprised that you could find the place, but then again, one should never be surprised with men like us." stated Orochimaru, still recovering from the body swap that had been done the morning before. It would be about 2 weeks before he was back to fighting shape, but it was worth it.
"As always Orochimaru, your base is as drab and perfectly hidden in plain sight... it's a wonder you were found 12 years ago." commented Danzo, sitting across from the snake man, at each man's side was his most trusted servant, on one side was Kabuto, on the other, a pasty white, black haired boy, apparently named Sai.
"Seeing as we both hate beating around the bush, what is it exactly that you want?" questioned Orochimaru. He knew Danzo was not one to ask for something straight out, but instead he would hint and pry until he got what he desired.
"I want that damn brat dead, no one in my root could do it and if I were to do it I would most likely lose more than I have. You on the other hand, have plenty of little minions to... Expend at any point that you see fit." explained Danzo. Naruto had been a thorn in his side far too long. He should have been Godaime, but that fool Hiruzen had appointed the brat on the field of battle.
"And all this time I thought you always did what was good for Konoha, yet here you are before me, asking to kill a Jinchuuriki, and the Hokage? I'd have a better chance of beating Jiraiya than that brat." stated Orochimaru, though what he said was true, while Jiraiya was probably still better on experience alone, Naruto was unpredictable, and fast and stronger than Orochimaru would probably ever be.
"The boy is powerful, but not so much that there is nothing to be used against him. We just have to find what those are, also, you will have the sharingan when it comes time to kill him and you will be awarded with Sasuke Uchiha when you succeed. I think that would be more than enough incentive." answered Danzo, if only he knew that Itachi was back in Konoha, and that Danzo would never get his hands on any of the Uchiha.
"What do you gain from this? The curse mark is not worth everything you're giving up and we both know that you won't even look at a deal unless you come away with more than you started with, so tell me... What is your goal for all of this?" questioned a heated Orochimaru. He had worked with the man enough to know his tendencies.
"hmm, there are times I wished it was Jiraiya that had gone AWOL instead of you, he was always so much easier to convince. I want your body swap Jutsu and a capable medic."
-Kiri-
"Mei Sama, surely you Cannot be serious!" shouted an older man with an eye patch and blue hair.
"And why wouldn't I be Ao? This could end the war and put us in line to start the rebuilding of Kirigakure." answered a beautiful auburn haired goddess.
"You no as well as I do that Konoha will not help us! They were just invaded and have a new Hokage who from our information is only 13!" challenged Ao, while he couldn't believe a mere 13 year old could become a Kage, he found it impressive a line ninja had defeated a Bijuu.
Mei rummaged around in her battle dress (Blue dress from manga) and pulled out a scroll. "If the Hokage won't help, I know someone from their village that I'm sure would come help in a heartbeat."
"Hmm? Who might that be?" asked Ao
"Zabuza Momochi"
-Konoha ANBU holding cell-
Itachi Uchiha, S ranked missing Nin, the man who slaughtered his whole clan minus his little brother, was sitting in a holding cell. Though this is not the strange thing, what was strange was that outside the bars that held Itachi in, we're two small boys. Who apparently , knew who he was.
Sitting outside the cell where two 6, almost 7 year old boys, that were observing Itachi in fascination.
"He doesn't look evil? He has a ponytail. You can't be evil with a ponytail." stated Azumi, who was now wearing a blue and white version of Naruto's old jumpsuit.
"What are you talking about? You can be evil with a ponytail! Remember that one white haired guy that hangs around Naruto Nii San?" asked Shisui, who was wearing a red and black version of Azumi's jumpsuit.
"He's not evil, he's just a pervert." answered Azumi "And this guy looks too much like that Sasuke guy that we saw in Nii san's office."
This whole time Itachi was subject to the 6 year old's discussions, he couldn't help but to think back to when he was a message runner for the Uchiha clan during the last days of the Third Great War along with Shisui.
"Azumi, Shisui!" both children froze mid argument "You two aren't annoying Itachi, are you?"
"No mister Yamato!" both boys called out, making Yamato chuckle.
"Good, now go on both of you, go find Hawk, he's training some new recruits with Neko on field 2" stated Yamato with a smile. Both Azumi and Shisui took off like bolt of lightning, not wanting to anger the guy that could make trees.
"Hello Yamato, how's ANBU treating you?" asked Itachi "Was that boys name Shisui?"
"Very well, after all, I've had three of the best ANBU captains in Konoha. What's new with you?" asked Yamato, a little calmly for Itachi's taste. "And yes, we have reason to believe he is Shisui son."
"I'm fine. Why am I here? This a holding cell, not a prison cell, and I don't have any chakra suppressors for my eyes, I could just burn my way out of here if I wanted." answered Itachi. Yamato was surprised he didn't ask more questions about the young Shisui.
"Because you no longer have the strongest eyes in Konoha." answered a very familiar voice.
"Hello Kakashi sempai. Does that mean you've unlocked your mangekyo? I had no idea a non Uchiha could do such a thing" stated Itachi, though he didn't believe what his old captain had said, the only one who could claim stronger eyes than him was Pain.
"Yes, I did unlock the mangekyo, although because I only have one I only got two of the legendary abilities instead of the four that you have. Though I am not the one whose eyes are stronger, and it's not Sasuke either." added Kakashi, making Itachi widen his eyes in surprise. "In fact, he just got here"
"Hello Itachi" started Naruto in his Hokage Voice.
"Hello Naruto kun, it's a pleasure to see you again, though my neck is rather stiff from you knocking me out." stated Itachi in his ever infuriatingly calm voice.
"Itachi, I have a new offer for you. I offer that you return to the village, reactivate at the rank of elite jonin and become a member of an elite group that would be the Konoha equivalent to the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. Your name will be cleared, the truth will be known and you will be the hero that you truly deserve to be. Also, I believe that Tsunade can fix whatever's wrong with you." answered Naruto
"I may be alright with a sword, but I am far from a swordsman. Also, the village will never accept me back, I killed the most loved clan in the village." answered Itachi
"No, your not a swordsman, but your genjutsu and fire Jutsu are top of the list, just as Zabuza's Kenjutsu and water Jutsu are top of the list. And I'm sure that the village would accept and even praise you if I was to say... Execute the elders for forcing you to kill your clan. It was a mission after all, I have the report in the safe in my office." answered Naruto
After about five minutes of silence, Itachi looked up, showing tears on his face for the first time since he left his little brother after killing off the clan. "Are you sure I could come back? Even with all I've done?"
"Yes, but there is something I need you to do first, and hopefully it will work out for all of us."
-Not far away, Sarutobi's hospital room-
Sarutobi opened his eyes for the first Time in almost two weeks. Immediately, he looked around, too weak to sit up, to weak to even call for someone. He reflected on the events leading up to what he believed was his death.
'That's odd. Never would have pegged heaven to be such a... Sterile place. Hmm, let's see, Orochimaru summoned both Hashirama and Tobirama sensei. We fought until i was able to dislodge the kunai and seal from Tobirama senseis head, he told me that Minato and Naruto were direct descendants of him. Who would have thought, though that does explain one or two things. Then Naruto defeated Shukaku, brought down the barrier, ended the Edo Tensei, and drove off Orochimaru, and I appointed him Godaime' Sarutobi sighed "Hell of a last day alive"
"You don't plan on ending it now, do you sensei, after all me and the brat went through to save you?"
Sarutobi shot his gaze to the foot of the bed to see he's most beloved student, though because he wrote the porn he was so fond of or because of his hard working attitude, no one would ever know.
"Jiraiya? Your dead too? Did you peek on Tsunade again?" questioned Sarutobi. It was a plausible way to die, for Jiraiya at least.
Jiraiya just laughed "Sensei, I'm not dead, and neither are you, in fact, me and Tsunade had dinner last night and she told me that you would make a full recovery."
In an instant, the 67 year old man was across the room holding his hand around Jiraiya's throat, with Jiraiya about a foot off the ground.
"Where an I and what have you done with Jiraiya!" demanded Sarutobi, fire in his eyes.
"Damn Sen-Sei. All these ye-ars and a poisoned swo-rd in your back and you can still move. Your just like Naruto." choked out Jiraiya.
Sarutobi relaxed his grip but was still holding Jiraiya about a foot off the ground. "Tsunade would only go on a date with you if she lost a bet" Jiraiya nodded, as of to confirm that's what happened "Where's Naruto, I need to tell him something very important!" yelled Sarutobi as he dropped Jiraiya in a heap.
"Probably in his office, either there or in the mess hall downstairs, the higher ups of ANBU planned a surprise party for being named the fifth." stated Jiraiya
Sarutobi deflated slightly. "I was hoping to be the one to instate him, just like his great grandfather instated me..."
It took about 8 seconds to connect the dots for Jiraiya. But unfortunately, they were no longer the only ones on the room.
"Sensei... Did you just say that my grand uncle... Was Naruto's great grandfather? Why didn't you ever tell me!" yelled Tsunade. She had just stopped by when she heard Sarutobi yelling about something, and now she was facing the fact that she might have some family left.
"I learned it from Tobirama sensei himself when Orochimaru summoned him and Hashirama sensei. He said that he had a son that nobody but him and his wife knew about. His son married Minato's mother, but died on a mission before he was born. It seems that the family curse is that the father never gets to meet his son."
-6 hours later, Naruto's office-
Naruto was surprised to see that ANBU had planned a party for him. It was probably one of the coolest thing anyone had done for him, cake, games, and an ANBU version of hide and seek that was surprisingly fun. Now he was back in his office, facing off with a creature more evil that Orochimaru and all the Bijuu combined... Paperwork. Though his clones were easily handling the paperwork for him, he still got the backlash from the clones when they dispelled.
"So he took the offer, but why did add those stipulations?" asked Kakashi. In the office was Kakashi, Gai, Naruto, Zabuza, Shizune and Asuma.
"What other stipulations?" Asked Gai "Were they youthful?"
"Well, he didn't want his return announced, even though he was being cleared of all charges and being removed from the bingo book. He wants to be Sasuke's mentor, and he wants to live in either the tower in the forest of death, or in a normal home on the outside of the village." explained Naruto
"Well those are all easy enough. But what did he say about being a member of the group?" questioned Zabuza
"Same as the others, he'll join, but he doesn't want it announced right away. Also I have my doubts that Sasuke will want anything to do with his brother." stated Kakashi.
"Um... Why am I here again?" asked Shizune, who had been silent during the meeting.
"Oh, yea! Shizune, i almost forgot about you" Shizune looked like she was ready to castrate Naruto after that comment "what do you see in this room?" asked Naruto
Shizune looked around, only seeing the 5 other ninjas. "Zabuza, Kakashi, Gai and Asuma?"
"Nope, a Tai, Ken, Nin and weapons user. Also, an earth, Wind, Water and lightning user. Now what's missing?" questioned Naruto
"Um... Genjutsu, Fire ... And medical?" stated Shizune
"Now, what if we added Itachi to this room and you counted yourself?"
"There would be every type..." stated Shizune, still not understanding where he was going with this.
"Yep, a strike force that could go into any situation versus any enemy and always have the advantage. And a medic that rivals even the great Tsunade. What do you all say? Wanna be Konoha's ultimate team?"
-Next day-
Naruto had once again pulled an all nighter. While his clones had done paperwork, he had been catching up with Itachi and now he had a meeting with the old man. He had finally woken up yesterday and apparently needed to see him about some things, not that he minded, he was actually rather happy that he got to see him.
'Knock knock'
"Enter"
"Thank you for seeing me Hokage sama"
(Your probably thinking "This guy is an a-hole, always dropping cliff hangers and ball busters... your right, its fun)
(what do you think of the new team in Konoha? i was thinking of a name for them, so far i got nothing spectacular, feel free to leave a name or two for me to use for 6 high jonin level ninja on one team.)
(Read and review, that part will probably never change)