A Devil Jinchuuriki – 05
Fourth Great Ninja War was the last conflict a young blond-haired young man had participated in.
Its beginning was declared by Tobi when the five Kages and the leader of the Land of Iron unanimously refused to surrender the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox for the Eye of the Moon Plan.
It was a foolish plan when all things considered.
The plan was to trap everyone in a perfect dream of their old making; an illusionary world so the real world would be peaceful.
In other word, Tobi would incapacitate everyone, and hoped there will be peace afterward.
Naruto sighed deeply while rubbing his weary blue eyes.
He got off his seat and cracked his backbones a little.
He had sat in one spot for too long, and it became tiresome.
By the side of his desk were dozens of clones, working through the daily paper load with plenty of it scattered on the floor.
He walked towards the window and gave a quick glance outside. Villagers went about their own things while their cheerful laughter could be heard.
"Infinite Tsukuyomi. As if! Fucking bunch of idiots! Nothing beats real laughter. Who the hell want to hear some fake one and live in a false world?"
Naruto snorted as he smiled.
He had made the correct choice towards the end, but he had paid a heavy price for it.
"Mizukage-sama!" the door burst opened with a few people standing the opening, trying to get in at the same time. Some of them were shouting at each other while pushing.
Their intense verbal insults were incredible.
"Raikage-sama!" another called out and lifted his hand in the air with a pile of papers behind the mass.
"Hokage-sama, shall we get rid of them?" an ANBU appeared from the ceiling.
Naruto shook his head at the offer.
He couldn't ignore them forever.
If he knew how much work it was to run a village… he would have made a different choice back then.
To make the matter worse, he had five of them to govern.
After the war, with everyone important pretty much was dead or incarcerated.
The leadership was a shamble, and almost all the hidden villages unanimously declared Naruto as their Kage, their leader, since he did take control of every village's forces in the final conflict. Unfortunately, there was only one of him.
Supply did not match demand. And so, the bickering and shouting started when the major villages tried to get him as their leader.
In the end, Naruto got frustrated and decided to take on all the mantle of leadership using his shadow clone ability, thus he gained all five Kage title in a single day.
When they figured out they been cheated, they requested a fair contract so the blond gave it to them.
Naruto now resided at each village each day of the week, with Saturday and Sunday was "his" time.
On Monday, he would stay in Konohagakure, village of hidden leaves, where his official title of that day was Hokage.
On Tuesday, he would stay in Sunagakure, where his title would be Kazekage.
Wesnesday, Thursday and Friday would be Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, with the title Mizukage, Raikage, Tsuchikage respectively.
Hirashin, a teleportation technique developed by his father, had helped him move from place to place with ease so it wasn't a problem to relocate daily.
However, all five hidden villages weren't really hidden anymore as there was no longer any land borders between each territory, and the civilians could move around freely.
They would then use the title for him from their own village. Thus, the called name started to become an untangled mess.
'And why can't they just give me one title? It just makes things a lot simpler, damn it,' Naruto thought with annoyance.
Even after all these years, the five villages still stubborn and wanted to use their own title for their leader.
They wouldn't give in to any other.
One would have thought they would all see the light in the face of mutual destruction. Well, it didn't, at least not for another century or two.
Three… sounded more like it.
"Shut up! One at a time," Naruto declared.
He ordered them to line up after a few more shouting.
Some had to be knocked out and carry off into the lobby to cool off by the ANBU.
The obedience rest handed in their notices or requests one by one.
Naruto looked through each of them with intense scrutiny as the waiting line in front of him decreased over the course of the day.
He exhaled heavily when his office was emptied again.
"Well done, Naruto," the ANBU said with a hint of mockery.
"SHUT UP KAKASHI! And it's Hokage to you!" Naruto snapped at his former teacher as he rubbed his face with irritation.
The ANBU commander dropped down from his hiding spot and flipped through a small book before looking up at Naruto.
"I'm retiring… here's my resignation, Hokage," Kakashi said as he put a piece of paper on the Hokage's desk.
Naruto blinked.
"What? You can't retire! Not before me!"