DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...

(A/N): HAPPY 2016!

Lets start off the new year with a new chapter shall we?

TO THE STORY!

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Chapter 62: Godaime Hokage

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Hiruzen stood once more and looked around the room. "I have made my decision on who I want to take over. Uzumaki Seinaru, I nominate you to be the Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure. Do you accept?" he asked in a serious tone.

Cole stood and looked to the council, to Naruto, and to Hiruzen. He stayed silent for a brief moment before taking a breath.

"No."

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Cole sat back down in his seat while the Council was silent. Members were looking at him with wide eyes and were trying to muster up something to say but couldn't find the right words. Hiruzen just stood there with a blank expression as his mind raced over what just happened.

Te first one to respond was actually the newest member of the council. "What the hell!?" Naruto yelled as he looked at his father like he had grown another head. Inuzuka Tsume looked at Naruto and back to Cole. "Yeah what he said," she said as she was still trying to find what to say. Shikaku just shook his head and sighed out a quiet 'troublesome' while the rest of the shinobi council all looked to the Hokage. The Civilian Council actually let out a sigh of relief when they finished processing what COle had said.

Hiruzen blinked a few more times before shaking his head and looking at Cole in confusion. "W-W-W-WHY NOT!?" he yelled/whined. Cole shrugged his shoulders and glanced at Naruto. "Well, I may have one child that doesn't need his father anymore, but I'm about t have two more children that will need me. I won't be able to be both a father and Hokage at the same time. Sorry Hokage-sama, but my family comes first." he said while looking Hiruzen in the eye. Naruto was looking at his father, and after he heard the mans reasoning he smiled.

Hiruzens eyes saddened. It was true. He had tried to be both a father and Hokage at the same time and it drove one of his sons away from him while the other died on a mission he had given him. He knew what it was like to have to worry about both your children and have to make the right decisions for the village. Even if it put your family in danger. The elderly Hokage could respect Cole's choice of choosing to care for his family over the obligation of taking over for the entire village.

But there were others that didn't understand his choice. "So you would put your family over the entire village!?" an angry Civilian Councilman roared. He was met by the intense stares of all the members of the Shinobi Council. They all knew what it was like to have to put something ahead of family, and when they had the choice, family came first. They could also understand Cole's choice and agreed with him. If they had children coming they would also turn down the offer. They had seen what Hiruzen puts himself through and were not going to attempt that as well as raising children at the same time.

Hiruzen sighed and sat back down. "Well, does anyone else have any other recommendations?" he asked the council. Several hands went up giving out offers like, Nara Shikaku, Hyuuga Hiashi, Hatake Kakashi, and Jiraiya. All of which were turned down by Hiruzen. He shook his head and sighed. "No offence to either of you, Shikaku-san, Hiashi-san, but I don't feel like you are ready to be Kage. And as for Kakashi, I also feel he is not ready for the status as Kage. Sure he may be strong, but he doesn't have the right state of mind to be Hokage. And as for Jiraya well..."

"The answer is hell no." the man in question said as he appeared next to Hiruzen. "Sorry I'm late, I had a rather tricky demon to reseal." he said as he took a seat next to Hiruzen. Naruto smiled as he thought of Gaara's seal being fixed. Cole also smirked when he heard that Gaara's seal was fixed. Now the red head had nothing to worry about and could make a fresh start. Hiruzen sighed and looked to council and waved his hand towards Jiraiya. "Well, there ya go." he said with another sigh. He rubbed his temples as he started to weep anime tears. "I'm never gonna get to retire..." he mumbled. But before he could go any further Cole raised his hand. "I have a nomination. Why not Senju Tsunade." he said while looking to the rest of the council.

The council took a moment to think about his offer as Hiruzen perked up from the suggestion. Jiraya scratched his chin in thought as he eyed Cole carefully. The man was trying to get them to do something and Jiraiya now knew why he ACTUALLY turned down the position. He smirked at the Rinnegan bearer. "I don't know...she isn't entirely loyal or easy to find..." Jiraiya said as he continued to watch the man.

Cole looked to Hiruzen. The two of them looked at each other for a moment. Hiruzen cocks his head to the side in an unspoken question. Cole nods in return and Hiruzen sighs. Jiraiya, who was watching all of this smirked even more. The man had seen Tsunade as Hokage and knew she was the one for the job. Hiruzen stood back up and addressed the council. "Alright then, Jiraiya, I give you the task of finding Tsunade. This meeting is-" he was saying until he was interrupted by Jiraiya. "Would it be alright if I brought Naruto with me?" he asked quickly.

Hiruzen sighed and facepalmed. "Yes, you may." he said and Jiraiya and Naruto smirked at each other. "Dismissed!" Hiruzen said as he flopped down into his chair. "Jiraiya, Naruto, you are to leave to find Tsunade in three days." he called as they went out the door. They both gave him a lazy wave as they went out the chamber.

Once the council chamber was empty Hiruzen sighed and leaned back into his chair. "So, what did you want to talk about?" he said to the empty room.

Cole rose out of the ground and sat in a chair next to the Hokage. "I need to go to Kumo."

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As soon as Naruto and Jiraiya left the building Naruto heard a squeal. He looked around for the source, only to be tackled by Hinata. He kept his feet and caught her. "Neji-niisan told me everything! Congratulations Naru-kun!" she cheered as she tightened her hug. Naruto chuckled and hugged her back, but froze when he heard giggling. He turned his head and scowled at Jiraiya, who at the time had out a notebook and was writing into it. "Hey, Hinata-hime, lets go somewhere else before Ero-sennin starts having a nose bleed." he said in annoyance. She let him go and gave Jiraiya a glare, with her Byakugan for added effect. Jiraiya yelped and put away his notebook. The last time she caught him doing 'research' on the both of them she shut off his movement in his arms and legs while Naruto threw him into the women's side of the hot springs for him to be beaten to a pulp by the enraged ladies.

He quickly dashed away before anyone got any ideas of what to do to him. Naruto laughed and turned to Hinata. "I have three days off before I have to go on a mission with Ero-sennin. So, what do you want to do?" he asked as he took her hand and started walking with her. "Actually, the rookies are having a party at the Akimichi's restaurant to celebrate your and the others promotions. They sent me to go get you so why don't we head on over there." she said as she started ti lead him to the restaurant. "Lead the way Hime."

They walked into the restaurant and saw the rest of the Rookies sitting in on of the large booths. Kiba saw them walking over and smirked. "So the 'Light of Konoha' makes an appearance. What do we owe the honor?" he said in a sarcastic tone, never losing his smirk. Naruto's eyebrow twitched and the rest of the Rookies, and team Gai, looked over and greeted them. They sat down and Naruto looked at Kiba. "What's with this 'Light of Konoha' crap?" he asked the Inuzuka.

Kiba shrugged his shoulders and leaned forward. "All I've been hearing since we got here has been civilian after civilian talking about Namikaze-sama this and that, as well as some stuff about the 'Light of Konoha'," he said to Naruto in a hushed tone. He looked around to the rest of the rookies and they all nodded in agreement. Naruto felt like someone was watching him and he looked around and noticed that there were people in the restaurant stealing glance at him and whispering about him.

Before he could make a statement Shino spoke up. "It seems after your performance in the Invasion people have taken you into greater consideration. As well as the spread of rumors about you turning into light and fighting the Suna forces." he said in his monotonic voice. Naruto sighed and looked around one more time. "Well...this is gonna get annoying. I'm use to them glaring at me or just out right ignoring me. But if they start praising me I have no idea what I'll do..." he mumbled to himself. Ino caught what he said and raised an eyebrow.

"Why would they glare at you or ignore you?" she asked, effectively getting everyone else to look at him with interest. Sasuke, who had been silent the entire time was now looking intently at Naruto. He still had no idea what Naruto had done to gain all of the power he had, and was curious about what that red chakra was that he saw when they were fighting Orochimaru. Naruto looked at them all and sighed. Meet me on top of the Hokage monument in an hour..." he said as he stood to leave. He started to walk away but Chouji stopped him. "Why?" he asked. Naruto didn't answer and just kept walking. Kiba was about to ask when Hinata stopped him. "If you want to know why the villagers don't like him, meet him in an hour...I'm gonna go with him. I'll see you in an hour." she said as she went after Naruto.

Kiba raised an eyebrow and looked back to everyone else. "Was it me, or did Hinata seem...Angry? And what do you guys think Naruto was talking about?" he asked the group. Shikamaru sighed as he also got up to leave. "I don't know...but I have a feeling it'll be troublesome..."

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(A/N): To be continued...

So next chapter Naruto reveals his secrets to the rest of the Rookies

Do you guys like the alias 'Light of Konoha'?

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