Plotting
Naruto sighed as she sank into the sofa of her old apartment. She had arrived in Konoha ten minutes ago, however, no one besides Shisui, Kakashi and Jiraiya knew and they would be keeping it a secret so she could catch up on rest.
There were three days till the exams so she had plenty of time to relax and spend time with the boys, however, Kakashi had been summoned to the Hokage office for further discussions.
She left a clone to watch the meeting with the telescoping technique, she would know what happened during the mission when it dispelled.
She sighed again as she sunk deeper into the sofa, looking over when she sensed Shisui arriving with an arched brow. She didn't focus on his face, however, and instead chose to pay attention to his stiff shoulders. She furrowed her brows, "Anata, come here."
He came without question and was about to sit in front of her but she got up and said, "Take off your shirt and lay on your stomach. I'll be just a minute."
She left to go to her bedroom before he could comment and when she returned with a bottle of oil she had bought from Wave country and joined a shirtless Shisui.
She moved to lay the sofa flat-like bed before straddling his back she lathered her hands with oil and as she was rubbing then he asked, "What are you doing?"
"Hmm, simple really. You look a bit tense so I thought I'd give you a back massage." She replied distractedly as she began to work on his back.
He was pale like all Uchihas and had small white-silver scars on his back, however, there were also darker thicker scars on his back. Once she made her way to his shoulders she pressed harder and he let out a groan and she suppressed a chuckle, it was always fun to disarm an Uchiha.
She carried and working on the knots in his shoulder and was pleased when she felt the knots loosening, "Care to tell me what's got you all tight?" she asked as she pressed a little harder at the base of his neck, causing him to moan louder this time.
"I haven't slept much and have been training with Itachi a lot."
She frowned, "Somehow I doubt that's the reason."
He chuckled humorlessly, "No it isn't. Itachi and I were discussing something and we had a disagreement. Then we had this issue with Obito that still needs to be sorted out. Then Danzo. And the Hokage business as well. You know, Kakashi being nominated and all that."
Her frown went deeper the same as her hands, "We'll get back to the Itachi thing later. Obito I understand as well as Danzo but why does Kakashi being nominated bother you?"
"I don't question the sandaime's judgment on this. Kakashi, as much as it annoys me to admit- he's good at his job. But what's with the sudden need to get Hiruzen off the seat of the Hokage?"
"I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about that as well. The sandaime, whilst he did complain about being too old, never wanted to hand over the seat." she groaned as she thought about it. Her headache was coming back and she didn't want anything to do with it.
"How about we worry about that later? I don't want to think about the Hokage seat anytime soon."
She finished doing his back and allowed him to move onto his back, towel over the back of the sofa so he wouldn't get any oil on it. "Well how about Danzo then-" she cut him off with a way she knew would be effective.
She kissed his neck.
He froze and shut up instantaneously as she slowly made her way across his neck. She could feel his escalating pulse against her lips as she kissed her way up to the base of his throat and gave it a light bite, sucking on the flesh lightly and leaving a mark that would take a few days to fade. She made her way up and gave him a proper kiss before sitting up, smirking at the flustered Uchiha below her.
He gave her a half-lidded glare, "What was that for?" he tried to sound irritated however his body said otherwise causing her to chuckle.
"I just got home. I don't want to talk about anything other than my bed. I don't mind listening to you talk as long as it's not stressful. I'm getting enough stress from Han and Roshi." She groaned as she raised her hands to remove the kink in her neck.
"Fair enough." he faded off and looked as if he was thinking hard about something. Likely how to break something to her which she knew she wasn't going to like.
"I know that look. That look means I'm not gonna like something, but I've gotta hear about it don't I 'tebayo?" She ended with a whine, hunching her shoulders forward inadvertently giving his a clear view of her chest.
His face flushed pink as she tried not to stare, "Um well uh… it's…" he gulped and she sighed.
"If it's bothering you, I don't mind hearing you out, even though I'd prefer to be sleeping right now." She laid over him, face resting on her hands as he wrapped an arm around her as well. She could feel his warmth through her clothes and hear his heartbeat, it made her happy and a small smile found its way across her lips.
"How do you intend to bring me back from the dead?" he asked at last and she furrowed her brows.
"I was sure I said something about this before, didn't I?" she asked confused. When she shook his head, no, she carried on, "Well, you can suddenly burst into the Hokage office and say where you have been and what you've been doing."
He raised a brow at her, "You want me to tell the sandaime that I've been in Konoha bonding with Kakashi?"
She chuckled at the question, "I don't see why not. We had to wait for the right time to announce your sudden return, why not say you were in hiding from Danzo because he took your eye and Orochimaru took you after."
"I follow most of that, however, the Hokage knows Itachi has Orochimaru right now."
"Exactly. It sort of coincides with when he got Orochimaru. We can say he found you in the snake's lab and released you then he took care of Orochimaru."
There was a sudden breeze that caused his curly hair to flutter and cover his eyes so he swiped it away, "Okay, but how do we get Orochimaru to agree to this cover story?"
She nibbled on her bottom lip as she thought for a moment, "I can make a memory altering seal where he is given a set of memories- false obviously- and have him believe they're his."
He thought about it for a moment and nodded, "That's not a bad idea, under the presumption you can make such a seal."
She knew he wasn't underestimating her abilities however a seal of that magnitude would need significant research, "I'll get cracking on that seal after lunch with a bunch of shadow-clones. I'll even get ero-sennin to help, maybe even ask him to get my dad's journal with all his seals inside it." she thought about the different seal arrays that could be in her father's journal. In her time she had never seen it, the Namizake and Uzumaki home had been destroyed along with most of the village in Pein's attack and she had never been given it before that either.
"Okay. I burst into the Hokage's office once the pieces are set and we show Danzo's true colors which hopefully get him executed."
"Oh, he will be executed. There are laws over the safety of kekkei-genkai here in Konoha and he broke the law when he stole those Sharingan's, even if the Uchiha's were dead at the time. He'll likely receive a trial for show and be executed, dattebayo." She nodded solemnly, a dangerous glint in her eyes as she thought of the various different ways she would have had Danzo executed.
"I do believe at the time Kakashi will be in the seat of Hokage so is there any point to this whole charade?" he asked.
"Of course. There will be ANBU in the room and we'll add a bit flare to it and have ero-sennin there as well."
He chuckled at her antics, she seemed to be enjoying this a little too much.
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Kakashi refrained from skewering the man in front of him.
Danzo was the root of all problems in Konoha and he would be glad when the man was taken care of. (A/N pun intended)
"Kakashi Hatake is a formidable ally and foe and as we have seen a competent jonin instructor, however, he mated with one of his students. That should be brought to the attention of the council." He spoke to all the clan leaders.
"What are you annoyed about Danzo? The fact that Kakashi mated our jinchuriki or the fact he did it without our knowing?" asked Inoichi who stared impassively at the war hawk.
Danzo didn't take his bait, "First of all, everyone was kept away from the jinchuriki so no one would keep the power h-she held to themselves, and secondly, she is thirteen-years-old and a genin. If he wished to mate, he should have done it with someone older who will not be on the frontlines of any attacks."
Kakashi was certain that if anyone was looking at him, they would see how he darkened at the words. He knew it was a fact, Naruto was a jinchuriki and had a deadly arsenal of jutsu's, of course, she would be in the frontlines, and the rest of Team seven would be on the frontlines as well. Course did not mean he had to like it.
"And why would he not wish to be bonded with the daughter of his late sensei?" asked the sandaime after taking a puff of his pipe.
Danzo thankfully had no immediate reply but Kakashi knew internally he was cursing him, a feeling he reciprocated.
"There is no downside to Kakashi being with her, it would solidify his claim to the seat of kage. He was the student of the yondaime and lover to his daughter who is also our jinchuriki. He does not require the usual kage training as he spent years in ANBU and as such has spent significant time with the sandaime in office. He has a Sharingan he can use and is known throughout the five nations. I see no one more suited for the title of Godaime Hokage." Spoke Shikaku, surprising everyone as no one had called out for Nara's opinion which they usually had to do to get his attention.
"His social skills are abysmal," replied Danzo.
'Wow, he must be running out of ideas if he's reaching that far.' Musing Naruto in his head and thanks to years of shinobi training, he didn't show his shock.
"Something that will easily be overcome given the fact he is with Naruto Uzumaki who is very sociable," Chouza replied calmly giving his support right behind Shikaku's statement.
"In the end, Danzo, Kakashi Hatake has more qualifications for the seat of Godaime and he has given his consent. He will be announced as my successor after the final rounds of the chunin exam. Dismissed." Spoke the sandaime with finality in his voice and looked Kakashi in the eye, saying for him to leave as well.
Kakashi left via shunshin to Naruto's apartment knowing she was there and was greeted by the sight of Naruto and Shisui cooking. She paused when she received the information her shadow clone gave her and continued, "We're making curry and rice since I'm in a lazy mood. Is that alright with you?" she asked as she turned around, a ladle in her right hand and a bright smile on her face.
He pulled down his mask and nodded, "Maa I don't see why not." He gave her a lazy smile and a two finger salute to Shisui who returned the gesture. Kakashi's eyebrows reached his hairline as he looked at the Uchiha's neck and he refrained from smiling, "I see the two of you were having some fun during my torture with the council." He gave a small pout which he wasn't able to keep off his face causing the two of them to chuckle.
"Try being Hokage for five years. Onoki has a tendency to whine like an academy brat and the raikage was no better. Then again," she had a thoughtful look on her face, and all attention was on her, "Mei, the mizukage, had a tendency to want to come to Konoha to find a husband mostly you Kakashi or Iruka-sensei. Of course, you often received A or B rank missions at the time so you were never in Konoha."
Shisui stared at her, mildly scandalized, "Isn't that an abuse of power hime?"
She laughed at that, "No. Someone needed to take the mission and Kakashi was always suited for the job. It was merely her continuous bad luck your missions happened to coincide when she was due to arrive." She had a look of pure innocence on her face at the two males simply sighed before shaking their heads.
Her eyes twinkled and he knew he wasn't going to like what she said next, "In any event Shisui. What do you think we should do? Before us stands the Godaime Hokage who will be announced after the final rounds of the chunin exams."
Kakashi took a step back when he looked to the Uchiha whose eyes were also twinkling, "Maa maa you two wouldn't do anything to little old me now would you?" he asked, however, he already knew the answer.
They were messing with him. He hoped.
"About the Hokage seat when he brings Shisui back from the dead would you mind being my advisor?" he asked, partly to distract them and partly because he meant it.
This caused both of their twinkling eyes to recede as they processed what he had said. "You want me as an advisor?" asked Shisui, confusion thickly on his face as he looked to the elder male.
Kakashi gave a small tentative smile as he scratched the back of his head, "Well, I need someone I trust as an advisor. I don't trust the current council, I can't ask Gai since he is vocal and can't keep his cool all the time, he can sometimes. Asuma is one of the fire daimyo guards, Kurenai I don't know well enough, and Anko is a psycho. Tenzo is out of the question." He hastily added, he could swear the man had a small crush on him however never voiced his opinion on the matter. "And Naruto is apparently too young to take up the position, and she isn't a candidate, she's a front-liner."
Naruto shrugged as she turned off the gas, "He has a point Shisui. Kakashi needs to trust whoever will be advising him to have his back, think of it as quality bonding time. And you'll stay away from any fighting as well."
She took out three plates and began to dish out their servings and both of them took their seats. "You both have valid points." Conceded Shisui, "However, can I think it over?" he asked.
"Of course. Take your time." Replied Kakashi and they all dug into their meals, the boys moaning as they took their first bite.
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(A/N because I'm a lazy ass, I'm not gonna do the chunin final round and just move onto the promotions.)
Hiruzen sat in his usual seat behind the Hokage desk as he gazed at all the contestants, those that passed and those that failed as well.
This year had been a tough decision, everyone showed traits of becoming chunin and just this once he would give those who would not pass tips on what they needed to improve on.
"Those of you who pass are as follows." He raised the scroll the kazekage had handed to him and began to read, "From Konoha; Shikamaru Nara of Team 10, Sasuke Uchiha of Team 7, Neji Hyuuga of Team 9 and Naruto Uzumaki of Team 7. From Suna; Temari no Subaku of Team Baki and Gaara no Subaku of Team Baki. We must congratulate all of you, this is the most we have ever had to become chunin in all my years of Hokage and we believe it is well deserved." He padded off and gave a small spike of chakra, hinting for Rasa to continue.
"He is correct. Each of you, during all the chunin exam rounds, have shown courage, teamwork, and competency needed to become a chunin. We wish you the best of luck for your future." Rasa stopped and spiked his chakra, hinting for Kakashi to continue.
"Those of you who did not pass shouldn't be upset. Not many people pass in their first time and those that did pass it was a tough decision to be made. However, Chouji Akimichi and Rock Lee, we all believe you will make wonderful chunin, all you need is to improve in certain areas. Chouji, you need to work on your taijutsu, should a complication arise during a mission where you cannot use chakra, and you will be at a loss."
He waited for him to nod and turned to look at Lee, "Rock Lee, you are an expert in taijutsu and we cannot expect you to do ninjutsu so we recommend you work on the other areas a bit more. You know and are capable of doing the basics but you need more than the basics to become chunin." After receiving a loud understanding he too spiked his chakra for the sandaime to continue.
The sandaime gestured for them to take their chunin vests from Suna and Konoha before allowing them to leave, all expect team 7, the yondaime kazekage leaving with them as well.
"As the two of you are aware, Kakashi Hatake is now Hokage and can no longer perform the duties of a jonin instructor. However, the two of you are already chunin so there will be no problem there, however, your third teammate will need to become accustomed to being on another team for her next exam. I will leave that decision to the four of you." He received nods from the three of them and continued, "Naruto this is where it becomes complicated. You are bonded with Kakashi and-"
Naruto interrupted him, "We have discussed this at our home, Jiji. Kakashi will not be changing his behavior towards me nor the missions I will be going on for our bond. I am Konoha's jinchuriki and we are both aware of what is required of me." she spoke with a hardened gaze and if you weren't looking, one would miss the subtle tensing of Kakashi, however, the professor saw, yet did not comment on it.
"As long as you are aware. Kakashi, report for duty early tomorrow. Naruto, I'll leave you to make sure he's here on time." Naruto nodded and gave a serious look to the sandaime and a pointed stare to the godaime who simply chuckled and scratched the back of his neck.
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"Whether you like it or not, you have to get out of bed." Spoke an irritated Naruto, hands on her hip as she tried getting Kakashi out of the bed and off to the office. Shisui- the little troublemaker- was standing in the corner of the room watching them with humor clear on his face.
"I don't have to if I don't want to. I'm the godaime and my word is law."
He replied petulantly, pout on his face as he burrowed further into the pillows.
Naruto's brow twitched, "And I am the rokudaime who was in charge far longer than you were. Now, up!" she pulled off the blankets and hoisted him over her shoulder. It wouldn't have been an issue in her future body but since she was still short, it wasn't easy at all.
Yet she still carried him, placed him in front of his breakfast, fed him, and forced him to take a shower then get dressed before she shunshined the two of them to the office. She would have given Shisui a kiss goodbye but the Uchiha was too busy laughing his ass off for her to give him one.
She sighed as sat on the desk beside Kakashi. She couldn't help laugh about it now, their roles were now reversed. "What's so funny?" asked a moody Hokage who sat with his arms crossed and a pout on his face.
She gave him a smile and whispered low so the ANBU in the room wouldn't hear, "It just reminds me of the many times I'd be working and you'd just sit right where I am now, and whenever someone came in you pretended to be helping me but Shika knew you weren't- he also called you out on it every time."
His eyes softened as he looked at her, "Feel free to do just that. You and Shisui can just sit here and do nothing whilst I work, I won't mind" she shook her head, her smile permanently there.
"I don't mind helping. It won't be hard to transfer the memories into you afterwards and besides." she leaned closer and lifted his hitai-ate, tracing his scar, "We can make an army of shadow-clones do all the work."
Kakashi blinked and behind her, she heard a thunk. Turning around she saw the sandaime who was hunched over and his pipe on the floor. "Naruto Uzumaki- Namikaze…" he muttered and she knew exactly what was irritating the old man.
"You know Jiji, you're supposed to be the professor so I'm shocked that you didn't think about that one yourself." She nodded sagely and barely dodged a bunch of senbon coming her way. She pointed to the sandaime as she landed over Kakashi's lap, "That, Jiji, was not nice." She gave him a stern look which was comical compared to the glare the old man was giving her.
"All that time, all that paperwork," he muttered and she knew he was mourning all the time he had been forced to do paperwork when he could have gotten a clone to do it for him.
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Several hours later and Naruto could be found with her legs crossed and eyes closed as she sat on the Hokage desk to the side, not wanting to be in the way of his work as she spoke to the nine bijuu and their jinchuriki.
'Oh come on Yagura! Saying kekkei-genkai are evil is like saying ninjutsu is evil!' groaned Naruto as she sat atop of Kurama's head.
'Hardly. They are different things.' replied the childlike kage, who was resting on top of his bijuu- Isobu the three tails- head.
'No they are not, lord mizukage.' Replied Yugito who was resting again Matatabi's tails.
'I don't belong to the Uchiha clan yet I have the Sharingan with full control. I don't belong to the kazekage clan but I can use magnet-release. I do not belong to the Senju clan yet I can use Mokuton. My affinity is wind and water yet I can use lightning, fire, and earth. I do not belong to any of the aforementioned clans yet I can use their kekkei-genkai. Will you have me killed?' Naruto asked, feeling annoyed that this matter was still unresolved.
She didn't receive an immediate reply but she dropped it nonetheless. For now. 'Killer B have you convinced A yet?'
'My brother is stubborn as a mule but I got yo' back. He has a condition though.' He replied and Naruto was thankful he didn't reply in raps, those were harder to make sense out of.
'And that condition would be?' she waved a hand for him to continue.
'He wishes to have a spar against Minato Namikaze's heir, and see who is the faster out of the two of you.'
Naruto's face was perfectly blank and her reply was dry, 'He realizes I am the second coming of my father yes? I have the hiraishin and my normal speed isn't something to scoff at. Why would he challenge me to something he's going to lose?'
The other jinchuriki and their bijuu chuckled, B and Gyuuki included and the man simply shrugged his shoulders. Sighing she looked at Han and Roshi, 'How are you two getting on with convincing the old man? I know it can't be easy, Onoki is as stubborn as a mule.' She shook her head thinking about those few years he had still been kage after she made rokudaime.
Roshi was the one to reply, 'Since we do not see him often it makes it harder but since word got out quickly about your heritage he said something similar, he wishes it to be a battle of jinchuriki. Han and myself versus the Kyuubi jinchuriki.'
She shook her head and sighed, 'And when I win what will he do?'
The others made no comment on her choice of word- when not if- she was certain she would win and none of them doubted it. It wasn't so much her own power that they knew she would overpower them with but the power of all nine of the tailed beasts whose chakra was inside of her.
Han continued for him, 'He stated he would be willing to sign a new treaty but he also said Iwa wouldn't sign it if they didn't agree with everything which was demanded.'
Naruto massaged her head, 'Trust Onoki to make the most fuss out of all the kage.' Muttered Yugura and she had to nod in agreement. It was so typically Onoki.
'You've been awfully quiet over there Gaara. Is everything alright?' she asked when she hadn't heard a word from him since she first arrived outside of him greeting them all.
'My father, the kazekage, has spoken to the council about your demands and after this exam, they believe after the right training I will be made the godaime kazekage. However, that will take a few years.'
She nodded with a large smile on her face, 'I can't wait to see you in the kazekage garbs again. But for the love of the Rikudo sennin do not cut your hair and do not comb it back or I will put a seal on your hair, keeping it messy.'
Yugito and Utakata chuckled at her comment. 'Don't think I've forgotten about you, mister. Utakata, you've been as quiet as an Aburame.’
He shrugged his shoulders, toying with the pipe in his hands, 'There is nothing for me to say.'
She raised a brow and she realized how awkward it must be. He was in the same room as the Mizukage who wanted him dead for the assumed murder for his shisho. 'Yagura, I would like to clear this up right now so you can onto fixing this mess. Utakata did not kill Harusame. The man tried to extract Saiken from him but she accidentally killed him to stop him from killing her jinchuriki'
'You're taking all the fun out of the hunt you know that right Naruto?' asked Yagura who crossed his arms, a pout on his face. The scar and pout reminding her of Kakashi and Shisui whom she had left on the outside world causing her to sigh, yet it couldn't be helped. These meetings were important and needed to be held in order for peace to reign.
'It's either that or innocent people get killed. Nagato has seen the light and Konan follows wherever he leads, Orochimaru is locked in a Konoha cell, Sasori is dead and has been given to Suna as a gift, Deidara no longer has his hands and I will give him to the Tsuchikage to do with as he wished, that should make him happy. Hidan, Kakazu, and Zetsu are the only ones that need dealing with. Kakazu we'll need to get all his hearts and Hidan will need to be dismembered and his remains scattered. Zetsu,' she sighed, not knowing what she was going to do with him without her brother soul.
'You will need Indra's reincarnation's to seal him away, will you not?' asked Utakata and she nodded.
'Sasuke is here but I'm not sure how I can activate the power within him. I want to do it soon but I'm still not sure.'
'Stop second guessing yourself and ask for help Naruto.' Snapped Killer B causing all eyes to fall on him. 'You have given us all our memories- courtesy of the sage of six paths- and you are currently all over the five nations. Instead of making it seem like you've done nothing think of the positives of what you have done. Once you've done that, think about how we can all help you.'
'He has a point. You need to ask for help. You cannot do everything on your own forever.' Spoke Kurama shocking everyone in the room, he seemed to be asleep till now, however, it seems like he was listening after all.
'I'm used to not asking for help. Unless it's mentally, then I'm used to doing what needs to be done alone. I would never live with myself if something happened to anyone whilst doing something I should have been doing.'
'We are not so fragile where we are unable to look after ourselves. We are all jinchuriki of the nine tailed beasts and have handled far more than stress.' Spoke Gaara causing everyone to laugh in the room.