The Son of Two Heroes

Chapter 13

Tsunade had returned, with the Fifth Hokage now in place the village was once again running smoothly and was planning its war effort against Otogakure. Although skirmishes had taken place along the border of Fire Country, no battles had been fought.

The other nations had decided that, due to the fact that Konoha didn't lose any significant amount of shinobi nor anyone with particular skill, excluding their Kage, that it would not be smart to involve themselves in the war. Konoha was still strong, maybe not like it was during the short reign of the Fourth Hokage, but it was still strong.

Team Seven had gone on multiple sets of missions, having been a part of a few of the skirmishes with Oto nin so far. Sasuke had been having difficulties with the curse mark, but he was getting by. Well, that was until Orochimaru's four elite shinobi had come to visit him. They offered him a place in Otogakure, and gave him a week to decide. All of this after a battle where they had completely outclassed him.

All of these events led to this moment, where Sasuke sat atop the Fourth's head alongside the man's very legacy. "Naruto."

"Yeah?"

"I need to defect from the village so that I can have the opportunity to assassinate Orochimaru."

Naruto's head whipped to the Uchiha. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me, Naruto."

The blond sighed, and Sasuke began explaining it all to his friend. Once he felt the boy had a strong enough grasp on the situation, he waited patiently for his input.

"Alright."

"Wait, what?" The black haired boy asked. "You're just alright with it?"

"Yeah but it needs to be approved by Lady Tsunade. Listen S'ke I'm gonna go grab Jiraiya-Sensei. I'll explain it to him and then we will meet you in the Hokage's office. Okay?"

"Hn. Yeah."

"Tsunade....I hate to admit it but these brats are right. You and I both know Orochimaru is only sloppy when he is overconfident about something." Jiraiya said to his teammate.

"Lady Tsunade...with how bad he wants to take Sasuke's body, he'll train him well, but on top of that, he'll be careless enough to not take a new body until he can take Sasuke's." Naruto said, arguing for Sasuke's plan.

Sasuke now stepped up to the plate himself. "Ma'am, I believe if I go, not only will I eventually be able to rid Konohagakure of the scum that is Orochimaru, but I will also be able to bring many of his techniques and jutsu back to the village. If I was to guess as well, I would assume he will have me sign the snake summoning contract, which would also return to the village alongside me."

"You know all three of you Team Seven brats are a pain in my ass right? You, blondie. Made me come be Hokage, pinkie somehow managed to get me to start training her as my own apprentice, and now you Uchiha brat. You want me to let you fake defection from the village to train under the only other Sannin that doesn't have an apprentice, who is also the leader of the village we are at war with." She sighed loudly, folding her hands and resting her chin upon them. "Damnit Jiraiya, even you are in on this huh?"

"Sorry Tsunade, but even I cannot deny it is a brilliant idea." Jiraiya said laughing loudly.

"Alright. Fine. Uchiha Sasuke!"

"Yes Ma'am?"

"You are here by promoted to chunin and inducted into ANBU. Your first mission will be an S-Rank undercover mission to infiltrate Otogakure, and assassinate Orochimaru. You have six years tops. If he isn't dead in that time, you will be labeled as a missing nin, and I will have you hunted down and killed. Understood?"