The Obsession to get stronger

"You look good in a Hokage outfit." Naruto comments as he sits on the Hokage chair and plays with the magic ball that Hiruzen used to use for peeking.

Tsunade pouts and says "If you hadn't bribed me with your wine I wouldn't even be here."

The war has finished. And just like the show, it ends with Hiruzen's epic death.

The only difference is that it was a zombie that Necro made using Hiruzen's dead body.

The destruction of the village is more severe than the original. Naruto helps Sasuke to control the one tail. That is very easy for him. He also gives Gaara back to Temari which earns him a few points from her.

After the war, Naruto and Juriya went together to bring Tsunade. Like the original, she didn't want to come.

But Naruto bribes her with his special wine. Reluctantly, she agrees to return. But she doesn't have much hope for the village.

Tsunade puts the Hokage cap on the table and goes to Naruto. She sits on his lap without any worries and asks "Have you decided on the students you want for your academy?"

Naruto grabs her giant breast massages it and replies "Yeah, I have."

Tsunade nodded and said "Umm!!! good"

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"You couldn't do anything in the fight. You were more of a burden. But follow me and I will give you more power." Orochimaru says to Sasuke as he stands a little far from him.

Sasuke is on his guard. But he is angry too. He doesn't want to admit it but it is true. If he keeps going like this then he won't be able to grow stronger and avenge his clan.

Orochimaru leaked his lips and said "Don't be in a hurry to answer. Think first. You have already tasted the power of my curse. That is just the tip of the iceberg. I can make you stronger."

Orochimaru looked at Sasuke and smiled as he disappeared from there. His work is done. He knows that Sasuke will come to find him.

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A few days passed by, the village also started to calm down and people started to go on with their own work. Rebuilding of the village is also continuing.

Tsunade also got busy with work. The elderly are actually in a panic. Since the Orochimaru's attack one of their head elder has disappeared.

It's none other than Danzo. They searched many places but there was no sign of it. They keep this news hidden as they don't want another panic in the village.

Tsunade also cures all the injured Shinobi. Her medical expertise has increased a lot after Naruto's return.

Naruto is cooking his breakfast as usual. But today it seems he can't eat peacefully. A knock on his door just happened.

He walked towards the door and opened it. Anbu stands in front of the door. He looked at Naruto and said without any expression "Lord Hokage has summoned you." He vanished after passing the news.

Naruto tilted his head confusedly. Tsunade would come to him directly if she wanted anything. 'Is it a formal meeting?'

Naruto goes inside, eats the food he has finished cooking and puts on his jacket and gets out of the room for the Hokage office.

In The Hokage office, Naruto knocks and goes inside. Inside he saw Shikamaru and Sakura. Instantly he understands why he was called here.

'Lil bro, you still decided to leave the Village? You could have at least asked me.' Naruto thought and sighed.

Naruto nodded at Tsunade casually and asked why she summoned him.

"You and Shikamaru will take a few Shinobi and bring Sasuke back," Tsunade said.

Naruto looks at Shikamaru who obviously doesn't want to go. This time only he and Shikamaru become chunin. Some didn't want Naruto to be promoted as he didn't help during the attack but who cares about them?

Nepotism is at its peak here. How can Tsunade let his man stay as Genin?

After getting their order Naruto and Shikamaru left the Hokage office with Sakura.

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Shikamaru and Naruto stand in front of the gate with the Genin that will go with them on this mission.

Naruto looked at all the Genin and said "Let's go. I have a brat to beat."

Choji and Kiba now pray that Sasuke doesn't get caught this time.

"What a drag. Let's go." Shikamaru said as he led the team.

Naruto looked in the distance and he vanished from others' sight. He just ran that fast.

"Do you really need us for this mission?"

"Hokage's order."

"Naruto"

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All five clowns are talking about Konoha and how easily they complete the mission this time excitedly.

"I thought that monster would intervene."

"Yeah, I was worried about him too. According to the info, Sasuke is very close to him."

"Whatever, we are lucky that we finish the mission."

"Don't get happy too soon. We haven't reached the base yet. We might still get ambushed by the Konoha Ninja."

"Ho! Ambush? You are thinking too highly of yourself." Suddenly they heard a voice from a tree branch.

In reflex, all look at the branch together. And their heart immediately gives them a jolt as their face turn pale.

The demon they don't want to see is actually here.

Naruto jumps down from the tree and walks towards the person holding the basket where they are keeping Sasuke inside.

The Shinobi from Sound want to stop him. But their bodies won't move. They are too scared to make a move against him.

Naruto ignores all of them and comes face to face with the man holding the basket. He raises his hand towards him as if asking for the parcel back.

The man gulped but didn't move. He is now in a dilemma. He isn't sure if he should give up on the mission or not.

Naruto is now impatient and he uses telekinesis and takes the drum from the man. He uses his Haki and looks inside. Sasuke is still sleeping and fighting the curse of Mark.

He put the drum down and sat on top of it. He crossed his legs and looked at the five and said "Konoha Shinobi will be here soon. Go and stop them with your life. Otherwise, I will bury all of you here alive."

*gulp* all of them gulp together. They look at each other and decide the mission is a failure. They now want to run from here.

"Don't think of running. I will hunt you to the end of the earth and torture you if you do that." Naruto said with a jolly smile.

All five shiver and give up. They still didn't forget the casual punch he used on Neji.

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Sasuke stands face to face with Naruto with guilt and panda eyes on his face. He didn't even say goodbye before leaving. Because of that, he got punished by his 'big brother'.

Naruto nonchalantly asks "Why did you choose to leave? Aren't we enough to get you stronger?"

Sasuke sighed and didn't reply immediately. He wants to say something but doesn't know how to say it.

"You think that I am as old as you so how can I make you stronger right?" Naruto asks as if he read his mind.

Sasuke looks at Naruto without saying anything. But he silently agrees with him.

Naruto laughs and walks towards him. He looked at the curse mark and said "Dude, there is more to me than meets the eye. Let me fix this first."

Naruto then corrects the curse mark and removes the side effects from it. He even makes it stronger.

Sasuke's eyes immediately widened. He doesn't need to fight the curse mark anymore. As for other benefits, he didn't notice them immediately.

Naruto then gets back and passes him a token and says "If you think, Orochimaru is not enough, use this token. This place will offer you a lot more than Orochimaru can offer."

Naruto turns around and starts to go back. Sasuke looks at the token in his hand and looks at Naruto's back and asks "Don't you want to stop me?"

"You are not a kid anymore. You can make your own decision. Don't die out there or be blinded by revenge. If you need help, come to me, we can hunt your enemy together." Naruto said as he disappeared into the woods.

Sasuke looked at the tokens and tightened his fist and said 'I will brother.' He turned and ran towards the opposite.

As for the Chunin and Genin who Followed Naruto, he knows they will be fine as they did even in the show. But he still sends a few shadows secretly to protect them.

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A/N: another big chapter for everyone.

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