The Son of Two Heroes

Chapter 26

A few weeks had passed since the massive attack on the village. An attack that Naruto had almost single handedly stopped. He and Sasuke were now widely regarded by the village as heroes.

Konohagakure was now under reconstruction, the village having taken massive amounts of damage during the battle. Had it not been for the last Namikaze's intervention, it would have likely been leveled. The village had lost over two thousand shinobi. The losses composed of five hundred and eighty jounin, one hundred and fifty ANBU black ops members, and thirteen hundred and fourteen chunin. The village had luckily lost very few genin, thanks to the quick actions of many brave shinobi, they had managed to evacuate most of the genin from the battleground.

The newest development in the shinobi world however; was not sitting right with the ninja of Konohagakure. Multiple foreign spies had witnessed the battle between the Akatsuki and Konohagakure, and they had seen the huge blow that had been struck against Konoha's military might. They had also bore witness to the rise of the second Yellow Flash.

Word had spread quickly across the shinobi world. The news that another Konohagakure shinobi had learned the famed jutsu of the Fourth Hokage was troubling to Kumo and Iwa. But the weakening blow dealt to Konoha by Pain was something the other nations could afford not to take advantage of. The borders of Konohagakure's minor allies had been tested time and again by the other nations since the Pain assault. Tensions between the three villages had risen to the point that Sunagakure had publicly come forward and announced they were set in stone allies of Konohagakure, and would support them in any sort of conflict.

Kumo and Iwa had quickly taken this as a threat however; and had let their shinobi even farther off of the leash they had kept them on. With the leash loosened, border lines blurred, and conflict quickly burned out of control. It seemed the shinobi world now sat on the possibility of another world war.

"We need a new Hokage." Said one of the elders to the Daimyo.

"No, Hatake was appointed by Tsunade to lead in her stead. There's no need for this." Shikaku countered.

"We need someone strong enough to show the world that our village is far from weak. We may go to war now! We can not afford this!" Shouted the elder. "At the very least we should swear in Kakashi as the new Hokage."

"And when Tsunade wakes? What then?" Countered the Nara.

Before the elder could respond, the door to the meeting room was thrown open, shocking the Daimyo. "Sorry it took me so long Dad." Spoke Nara Shikamaru.

"It's fine, I trust you brought him?"

"Yeah." When the younger Nara replied, a tall man stepped into the room. He was immediately recognized by everyone there, as they had all seen his skill in battle.

"Commander Nara sir. Lord Daimyo sir." The man greeted with a bow.

"Thank you for coming." The eldest Nara replied before turning to the Feudal Lord. "Lord Daimyo, I trust you know who this is?"

"Ohhh. Yes, yes I do! Quite the marvelous young man!" The leader of Fire Country replied in a sing song voice. "You've done incredible things! You even look some much like the other one, it's a wonder your not a clone."

"He looks like that for a reason my Lord, he is the son of the Fourth Hokage, and the student of not only Hatake Kakashi, but also a student of Jiraiya of the Sannin." The Nara spoke.

"Ohhh, is that so? Yes yes he would do nicely."

"I believe that if you insist upon having a new Hokage, he should be it."

"You broke and S-Rank secret just now Nara! You should be executed!" Shouted the female elder.

"Ma'am, I knew of my father at the age of fifteen, long before now. Your Lordship, will you lend me your ear for a moment?" Naruto asked.