Chapter 96: 5th Hokage

Naruto, Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton arrived in Konoha and the second they stepped foot in Konoha the people of Konoha immediately seemed to gain smiles on their faces, they saw the Tailed Beast of Konoha, Uzumaki Naruto, and the Senju Princess Senju Tsunade at the same time, many of them wondering if either of them would become Hokage.

Naruto smiled, he could see many of his clones running around and helping with rebuilding Konoha, thanks to Onoki a lot of buildings had been destroyed, of course, Orochimaru and the reanimated Kage's also dealt a lot of damage but Onoki had the biggest AOE attacks next to Hashirama who wasn't at full power due to being reanimated.

They slowly walked towards the newly rebuilt Hokage tower and waved at the people they walked past, their mere presence raising the mood of the people, it just showed how revered the two of them were, all the civilians had long since forgotten of their hatred towards Naruto, a few basic lessons on sealing and Naruto stopping a war was all it took.

The clan heads had already been notified to immediately gather at the meeting room in the Hokage tower the second Naruto and Tsunade stepped foot in Konoha, all of them waiting for their future Hokage to show up.

Naruto let Tsunade enter the meeting room first, allowing her to sit in his position while he stood behind her.

"Thank you all for gathering this quickly, I have managed to bring our wayward princess back to Konoha, now all we need to do is announce her as the Fifth Hokage, that is if all of you agree." Naruto immediately got to the point, not wanting to waste anyone's time.

"What! I haven't agreed to become Hokage yet you brat!" Tsunade shouted but her words went unheard as they all immediately agreed.

"Hey! Why is everyone ignoring me!?" Tsunade shouted out but it seemed that the clan heads were too engrossed in selecting a date for her coronation ceremony.

Tsunade continued to shout out in disagreement, even trying to escape but Naruto's hand on her shoulder didn't allow her to get up, no matter how much strength she put into trying to escape, the evil smirk on Naruto's face telling her that there was nothing she could do now.

Her fate had been resigned.

Two days later Tsunade stood in front of the entire population of Konoha as Naruto put the Hokage hat on her head, her newly created mantle blowing in the wind showing off her mature figure.

Tsunade just stood there, stupefied, unable to move, she had been tricked, bamboozled, and utterly played.

Naruto smirked once more while he stood next to her waving at the population of Konoha, "Have fun doing all the paperwork, I had enough after a week, I truly pity those who have the misfortune of becoming a Kage." Naruto said while he smiled at Tsunade with an amused look in his eyes.

"How did this happen?" Tsunade merely waved at the crowd who were all too happy to see her as the Fifth Hokage.

"Well you agreed to become the next Hokage did you not?" Naruto said in a mocking tone.

Tsunade glared at him, unwilling to cause a scene in public, "Just you wait you brat, I will have my revenge."

With a final wave Naruto and Tsunade headed back inside the Hokage Tower and went to Tsunade's new office, where a fresh stack of paperwork was waiting for the hands of the Hokage to sign them.

Naruto sighed in relief, he was truly elated to not have to do any more paperwork for the foreseeable future.

"How'd you like your new office, Hokage-sama?" Naruto asked with a smirk on his face.

"Just wait brat, there will be a day when I will have my revenge against you." Tsunade glared at Naruto before she sat down in her new chair and sighed deeply.

"Well, I guess since you tricked me into being Hokage I might as well do it at this point, now get out of my office, I've seen enough of your smug face for the week." Tsunade said and glared at him threateningly.

Naruto chuckled and left through the window of the new office, earning an annoyed shout from Tsunade.

The world of Shinobi had entered a difficult time, Iwa was now considered the second weakest of the 5 major villages, and there were even discussions about putting them at the weakest behind Kirigakure which was steadily regaining the power it once held, Suna had once been considered the weakest but recent changes to the village has made the village significantly more powerful, the second strongest was widely considered to be Kumogakure, who held 2 Jinchuriki and the Fourth Raikage, one of the reasons why Konoha was considered to be the strongest was because of the insane talent that many of their ninjas held and the many Kage level ninja that they had.

Another reason why Konoha was considered the strongest was a recent alliance between Konoha, Kiri, and Suna, although the recent war had put Suna in a tight spot as Orochimaru had used the Kazekage to infiltrate the Chunin exams, although he didn't seem to be able to convince the ninja of his village to lead an attack against their allies.

This was largely thanks to a new system that had been implemented in Suna, any decision that could have been seen as an act of war had to go through multiple people who all had to agree to go ahead with whatever the decision was, this significantly reduced the political power of the Kazekage but it seemed to be helping them out so far as they had rapidly gained strength and through negotiations with other countries plots of farmland where they could produce their own food which caused them to be able to spend more of their money on improving the village, the ninja academy and the wonder child called Sabaku No Gaara had been an enormous help in this case.

Gaara still remembered the night when he was freed from the prison that had once been his own mind, he would forever be thankful to Naruto for it, sadly it seemed that over the years neither of them had much time to meet each other, he was quite sad about that but he hoped to meet him soon.

Gaara had grown to become a Kage-level shinobi over the years, his mastery over sand, his natural talent that wasn't hindered by insomnia and a crazy raccoon in his mind, and his control over his Bijuu gave him the strength that allowed him to become a Hokage candidate at the young age of 14, much like Naruto.

In fact, he had been selected to become the Fifth Kazekage, his ceremony being only in a few days.

Gaara somehow felt that the world was playing a prank on him, but he wasn't bothered by it, he was happy to become the Kage of his nation.

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Soooooo..... whats up everybody... ye I know I been gone for the past month... or two honestly just been kinda busy balancing school, work and gym which left me quite little time for writing and I don't promise anything but I got a week of vacation so I'll try to update a couple chapters at least.