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It Should Be Obvious	By : bluegenjutsu Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1510 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Summary: See first chapter!

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It Should Be Obvious

“talk” normal talk

'talk' thoughts of the character

that man Sasuke's way of
referring to Itachi

Chapter Three: Sasuke's New Title

The following
morning, Naruto woke up and forced himself out of bed. He noticed
that Sasuke had left some clothes on the dresser for him, so he put
them on. 'Geez, Sasuke. Couldn't you have found me another shirt?'
The shirt, that Sasuke had left for him, was white and overly large
and had the Uchiha clan symbol on the back. Since Naruto had learned
how to shape-shift, when he had changed into a demon fox form the
night before, he now knew how to shift his form in order to make
himself look exactly like how he had looked before the merge. So he
looked into the mirror, that was over the dresser, and shape-shifted,
then he left the room and headed in the direction of the kitchen.
When he got there, he found a few cups of ramen that Sasuke had left
out for him on the table and smiled at his friend's thoughtfulness.
After he had prepared his meal and ate it, he went to search for the
dark-haired boy.

Sasuke was already
up and training. He had cleaned up the mess that Naruto, in demon fox
mode, had left. It had taken a while to get all the remains and blood
cleaned up and he hadn't felt like eating after that, so he had
decided to train instead. He looked over at Naruto when the blond
entered the room.

“Good
morning, Sasuke!”

Sasuke grunted.
“Hn.”

“Didn't get
enough sleep last night? I slept like a baby myself. So...wanna
spar?” Naruto grinned at his friend.

“We need to
talk, dobe.”

“Oh.”
Naruto walked over to the other and sat down beside him.

Sasuke sat down
himself and then looked at the other boy. “I've been thinking
and I've decided that I will take over as Otokage in Orochimaru's
place.”

Naruto looked at
Sasuke in shock. “What? You're supposed to come back with me to
Konoha! You don't belong here, Sasuke. You can get stronger in
Konoha, I'll help you.”

Sasuke shook his
head. “No, Naruto. I would be locked up and who knows how long
it would take before I'd be allowed to start training again. I don't
need that kind of setback. There are many scrolls here that I can
read and learn from and if I am the Otokage, I can become more
powerful and have more resources to track that man with.”

“But Sasuke,
you would be an enemy to Konoha then.”

“No, I don't
wish to fight Konoha or any other village. I could make a treaty with
Konoha. I think they would like to have peace between our two
villages. They are after Akatsuki themselves and our two villages
could work together on that, as long as they know not to kill that
man.”

Naruto looked down
in thought. 'I don't want Sasuke to be locked up and he really wants
to avenge his clan. Who am I to stand in his way? I'm his best
friend, I should support him.' Naruto looked back up and into
Sasuke's dark eyes. “I want to help you. But I don't want to
get in trouble with Tsunade or the elders. Well...anymore trouble
than I'm already in.”

“I want your
help, Naruto. You do realize that being a demon, you will have
problems if you go back to Konoha? The villagers hate Kyuubi and I
doubt they would welcome you now, even if the Hokage does.”

Naruto nodded. “I
know that. But it's my home, Sasuke. I want to protect the village
and everyone in it. And I still want to be Hokage. Not for
recognition, but to change things...rules that have caused trouble
and pain for others.” 'Like Neji for one.'

Sasuke looked away
for a moment and then looked back into Naruto's eyes. “It will
be hard for you to become Hokage, but I won't try to dissuade you
from it. For now though, can you work for me? With your help, I think
I can make Sound a powerful influence among the other villages. Once
I have my revenge against that man, then you can work on your
goal to be Hokage. Will you think about it?”

'Sasuke really
wants my help! This is the first time he's ever asked me to help him
and it would be wrong to turn him down. But...' “I will have to
talk with Tsunade baa-chan first, Sasuke. I would prefer to have her
approval. I want to help you and I will. But first I need to go back
to Konoha.”

Sasuke sighed. 'I
guess I have no choice.' “Alright, dobe. But don't take too
long to get back to me. In the meantime, I'll work on gathering up
all the Sound ninja and make my claim as Otokage. I'll leave a map
for you, hidden in the tree that is the entrance to this lair. It
will lead you to the Sound village.” Sasuke gave Naruto a stern
look. “And come alone. I don't want any other Leaf ninja to
know where the village is, for now.”

Naruto smiled.
“Fine, bastard. I'll come alone.” 'I'm sure I can talk
Tsunade baa-chan into this.' He grimaced with imagined pain then.
'After she beats me up for tricking her and leaving the village, that
is.' Naruto got up, then turned to look at Sasuke, who had also stood
up. “Well, I'm going to go ahead and leave now. I'll be back as
soon as I can.”

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It took Naruto only a day to arrive
back in Konoha. Since he had known what direction to go in, after
leaving the Sound hideout, he had been able to travel at a speed that
no human could ever achieve. He hid his chakra signature when he was
a couple miles from Konoha, and then when he got to the village he
used a transportation jutsu to get himself into the Hokage tower,
without being detected. Naruto saw Shizune and told her he needed to
see the Hokage.

Shizune was shocked to see Naruto just
walk up. Everyone had been worried about the blond and here he was,
walking in nonchalantly. “Naruto! Where have you been?
Tsunade-sama has been worried sick!”

Naruto rubbed the back of his neck and
blushed in remorse. “Um, I'm sorry, Shizune. That's what I need
to talk to Tsunade baa-chan about.”

Shizune ushered Naruto to the Hokage's
office and knocked on the door. She called out, “Hokage-sama, I
have something important to show you!” She knew the Hokage was
in a meeting with Kakashi and his team and she didn't want to barge
into the room without permission. Even though Tsunade was going to be
pissed when she saw Naruto, she didn't want the woman to take it out
on her, too. When she heard the Hokage yell for her to enter, she
opened the door and shoved Naruto in ahead of herself. “Look at
what I found!”

Everyone in the room turned to look and
froze in surprise. A few seconds later, the Hokage jumped up from her
chair and ran over to the blond boy and hugged him. She ignored his
squirming to get loose. After a minute or two, she finally let him go
and then hit him on the head so hard that he fell down.

Naruto grabbed his head and looked up
at the woman. “Ow! That hurt!”

Tsunade took a deep breath and then
yelled, “Where the hell have you been?”

Sakura ran to Naruto after she finally
realized he was really there and safe. She hit him on the head, too,
and then hugged him tightly. “Naruto, you idiot! We were all
worried about you!”

“Ah, Sakura-chan. Can you let go
of me now? It's hard to breathe.”

The girl released him but stayed close
by.

Sai and Shikamaru were both happy to
see that Naruto was alive. Sai stood smiling at the blond, but
Shikamaru was frowning. He was annoyed that Naruto showed up looking
perfectly fine, after they all had been so worried about him. “So
troublesome.”

Naruto looked at the Hokage. “I
think I should talk to Tsunade baa-chan alone, first.”

The Hokage nodded. “Alright, the
rest of you leave us alone.” She looked at Kakashi. “I'll
send for you later.”

Kakashi nodded. 'Naruto looks normal,
but he's suppressing his chakra signature so it's hard to tell if
anything happened to him. Pakkun hasn't reported back to me yet. I
need to contact him.' Kakashi ushered the others out of the room and
closed the door behind him.

Tsunade looked at Naruto and glared.
“You, idiot! You better tell me everything that happened after
you left and don't leave anything out. I'm still thinking of a good
punishment for the trick you pulled on me and for leaving this
village alone.” She walked over to her chair and sat down.

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Later that day....

Kakashi knocked on the Hokage's door
and then entered the room when he heard her call out. He closed the
door behind him and walked up to her desk. “So, what did Naruto
have to say for himself?”

Tsunade leaned back in her chair and
stared out the window for a moment, then she sighed and turned back
to face the copy nin. “Kakashi, what I have to tell you can't
leave this room.” She performed a jutsu that would make the
room sound-proof. “Naruto and Kyuubi have merged into one. But
they are two separate souls that share the same body. I performed a
medical checkup on him, but even though his body is now that of a
demon's, I could tell that he is in perfect health. And mentally, he
is still our brat.” 'Perfect health but with a surprise inside
of him. I couldn't even bring myself to tell the brat. Oh well.'

“That's good to hear. About him
still being our brat, that is.” He clarified. “Well,
Pakkun followed the scent, which we now know was Naruto's, to a place
near our border with Rice Country and he found Orochimaru's most
recent hideout. But he could tell that there wasn't anyone there
anymore. He told me that Sasuke had left the place not long before he
got there, and Naruto had left a little earlier than that. Pakkun
decided to check the place out. He said there had been a couple of
very recent deaths there.”

Tsunade frowned. “Orochimaru and
Kabuto.”

“Pakkun said that he smelled both
Naruto's and Sasuke's scent in the areas where the deaths had
occurred. Do you know which one of them did it?”

“It was Kyuubi. Naruto allowed
Kyuubi to take over his body and kill them.”

Kakashi looked surprised. “Why
would he do that? He can control Kyuubi?”

“He says he can. But it disturbs
me that he allowed Kyuubi control and that he talks to him.”

“What about Sasuke? Why didn't
Naruto bring him back?”

Tsunade shook her head. “It's not
only that he wouldn't bring him back, he wants to go join him and
help him with his revenge. I told him I'd think about it.”

“Naruto wants to leave the
village to be with Sasuke?”

“Yes, but just long enough to
help the Uchiha brat get his revenge. If I don't agree to it, I know
he'll just leave anyway. But I don't know what to tell the elders.
How am I going to explain all this to them? They will want Naruto
locked up or sealed. I love the brat, but I'm afraid that he may not
be able to control Kyuubi. There is no telling what that demon's
plans are.”

Kakashi nodded. “But, Naruto is
very strong and the fact that he survived the complete merging, and
has control of his body, is a testament to that. I had been hoping
that Yamato and I could have weaned him from using Kyuubi's chakra
and stopped a full merge from happening. I hate to say this, but I
think that Naruto's training under Jiraiya-sama did him more harm
than good. He was trained on how to use and control the demon's
chakra.”

“I should have forced Naruto to
stay in this village and train under you, instead of allowing him to
go off for a couple of years with Jiraiya. But he wanted to go with
Jiraiya and I really didn't think at that time, that it would be
harmful for him to learn how to use Kyuubi's chakra. I trusted that
Jiraiya would know what to do with the brat.” She paused and
then sighed. “But it is Kyuubi that has kept that brat alive.
His merging with the fox is also what saved his life and for that I
am grateful. I don't like that he's going to have trouble with the
village because of it, but I am glad he's alive.”

“So am I, Hokage-sama. If you
allow Naruto to leave in order to go help Sasuke, I would like to go,
too. I failed them both as a teacher and I'd like to make up for
that.”

“Kakashi, you didn't fail them.
It's just that they both have had tragic pasts and needed special
attention. It's the whole village's fault that things have come to
this. Well, not just the village, but also the fault of all the
Hokages, too. The boys were left to raise themselves, it shouldn't
have been that way.”

“I agree, so may I go with
Naruto?”

“Naruto said that only he can go
for now. Sasuke told him that. But, you can tell Naruto that you also
want to help when Sasuke gives his permission.”

“So, you will let him go then?”

“Like I said before, if I don't
give him my permission, the brat will just sneak out like he did
before. I just want him to spend a little time here before I tell
him. He should spend some more time with his friends, before leaving
for who knows how long.”

“Have you found out what happened
with the sealed bijuu that were in the Akatsuki headquarters?”

Tsunade shook her head and frowned.
“No, I haven't been able to find out what happened to them. I
asked Naruto about it and he said that he didn't know. He then asked
Kyuubi about it and that bastard said he didn't know what happened to
the bijuu either. But Kyuubi could be lying. I've sent out a message
to all the other Kages and let them know to keep a look out for any
information about the bijuu and to pass any info back to me. We'll
just have to wait and see.”

“Alright, well, if we're done
here, I'd like to go find Naruto and talk with him.”

Tsunade nodded to the silver-haired
jounin. “Of course, I hope you can talk some sense into him.”

“I'll do my best.” Kakashi
left the room via his transportation jutsu.

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A few days after Naruto arrived back
in Konoha...

Sasuke looked around at all the ninja
that were sitting in front of him. These were now his men, since they
had decided to accept him as their new Otokage. Only one person had
opposed him and that person was now dead. Sasuke had had to fight the
man who had challenged him for the position, and the fight had been
to the death. For Sasuke, it had been an easy kill, even though he
really only wanted to kill one particular person. But he had an image
to uphold, and now that they all had seen his strength, no one would
question his authority anymore. 'Naruto better get here soon. I need
him so that I can approach the leaders of the other villages and show
them that Sound is a powerful village again.' Orochimaru, while in
search of immortality, had neglected the village and let it go to
ruin. 'They will see that there is a new man in charge and when they
see that I have a demon on my side, they will be more inclined to
accept my treaty offers. With the alliances that I will make with the
other villages, I will be able to hunt down that man's
location, more easily. It will be hard for him to even find a rock to
hide under. And after I've found him and had my revenge, I think I
will just rebuild my clan here.'

Mokaki, one of more powerful and
experienced of the Sound ninja, cleared his throat to get Sasuke's
attention. “Otokage-sama, what would you have us do now?”

Sasuke looked at the red-haired older
man and answered. “We need to get this village in order, it's
in need of lots of repairs and I would also like all of you to start
moving your families in here again. I will set you as the one in
charge of gathering a group of men, experienced in carpentry and
building homes, to start repairing the buildings and houses here.
Rebuilding the Otokage's tower will be your first priority though. I
will move in there when it's finished.”

“Yes, Otokage-sama. I'll start on
it right away.”

“Good, you're all dismissed
then.” Sasuke got up and left the men to their work. He headed
to his temporary office, which though small, was still in good shape.
He had to start writing the treaties that he would need to send to
the Kages of the other hidden villages.

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Naruto looked over at Iruka, trying to
figure out why his former sensei kept blushing every time that
Kakashi giggled. The silver-haired jounin was reading one of his Icha
Icha books and would giggle out loud every once in a while. Naruto
had noticed that Iruka would look at Kakashi whenever that happened,
and then blush. It didn't make any sense to the blond. “Um,
Iruka-sensei?”

The chunin looked over at Naruto. He
noticed that the boy had finally finished all his ramen. “Oh,
finished already? Are you ready to leave?”

“Um, well...yeah, thanks for
paying for this meal, Iruka-sensei. I don't know if the Sound village
will have a ramen stand like Ichiraku's, so this may have to hold me
for a while.”

“I really wish you would stay
here, Naruto-kun.” He quickly kept talking when he saw that the
blond was about to argue with him. “It's not that I'm worried
that you will get into trouble or hurt, it's just that...you will be
putting off your own goals in order to help Sasuke-kun with his and
I'm not sure if you will be happy in Sound. All of your friends are
here and we will all miss you. You've haven't been back that long
since your trip with Jiraiya-sama and we haven't been able to spend
much time together.”

“I know, Iruka-sensei. But this
is important to me. I told Sasuke that I would help him and I'm going
to keep my word. This is the first time that he's ever asked me to
help him like this. I do care about you and everyone else here, but I
have to do this. It's not like I'll be gone forever, you know.”

“I know this is important to you,
Naruto. It's just that...well... I'll miss you.”

“Maybe you can come to visit
later, Iruka-sensei. You could come with Kakashi-sensei, after I get
Sasuke to agree to it.” Naruto stared at the chunin in
confusion, wondering why he had blushed again. 'What's going on?'
“Are you okay, Iruka-sensei?”

“What? Yes, I'm fine. Well, as
soon as Sasuke-kun says we can visit, send me a message.”

Kakashi put down his book and smiled at
the brown-haired ninja. “I'd be happy to escort you there,
Iruka-sensei. You know, maybe we can get together sometime to trade
stories about Naruto and Sasuke?”

“Huh?” Naruto stared at
Kakashi, then glared at him. “What kind of stories are you
talking about, Kakashi-sensei?” 'He better not make fun of me
behind my back!'

Kakashi grinned at the blond. “Oh...you
know. Just...stories. Nothing to be embarrassed about.” 'This
will give me a good excuse to spend more time with the cute Iruka. I
can tell he's interested in me and I'd love to see just how much.'

Naruto stood up from the his seat and
then smiled at Iruka. “Well, I think it's time to head out
now.”

“Did you say goodbye to all your
friends yet?” Iruka pulled out his wallet and then placed the
money, that would pay for his and Naruto's ramen, down on the
counter.

“Yep! I've visited everyone in
the past couple of days and let them know what I was doing.” 'I
feel guilty that I haven't told any of them, not even Iruka or
Sakura, about what really happened to me. But Tsunade baa-chan said
that it would be better to wait for a while. She still has to let the
elders know and get them to agree to let me live in the village.'

Iruka smiled at Naruto and then grabbed
him and hugged him. “Take care of yourself then, Naruto. Don't
forget to write and let me know when I can come visit.”

“Don't worry, Iruka-sensei. I
won't forget.”

Before Iruka could let go of Naruto,
Kakashi thought it would be fun to have a group hug, so he wrapped
his arms around the two younger ninja. “Ah, this is nice.”

Both Naruto and Iruka were stunned, but
then Iruka managed to let go of Naruto and pull himself out of
Kakashi's arms. He laughed nervously. “Okay, well... I'll guess
I'll see you soon, Naruto-kun.”

“Yep! See ya!” Naruto waved
and then left the ramen stand.

“Your place or mine,
Iruka-sensei?”

“What?” Iruka looked with
shock at the older ninja. 'Is he hitting on me?'

“To trade stories about Naruto
and Sasuke, of course. We should get to know each other better since
we both care about those two boys. Don't you think?” He had to
fight to keep himself from laughing at the expression on the other
man's face. 'He's just so cute when he blushes!'

“Um, I guess. But can we meet
later today instead? I have to get back to the academy and finish
grading some papers.”

“Of course. How about we just
meet for dinner then? It would be more convenient that way. Any
particular restaurant you prefer?”

Iruka blushed again and had to stop
himself from stuttering. “Um, the Barbeque at seven?”

Kakashi grinned. “It's a date!”

Iruka looked at him startled, then he
smiled and nodded his head. 'It would be nice if it really was a
date.' “See you then, Kakashi-sensei.” Iruka turned and
left the ramen stand.

Kakashi watched the chunin walk away,
until he could no longer see him. 'I think he likes me.' He smiled at
the waitress who was staring at him. 'Sorry, Ayame, but I think I'm
taken.' “Beautiful day, isn't it?”

The waitress nodded, then sighed when
he disappeared in a swirl of smoke and leaves. 'What a man.'

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