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第2章

chapter 2: You make my dreams come true

Senju Tsunade felt like laughing with joy. In front of her Homura and Koharu were looking distinctly disgruntled but there was absolutely nothing they could do to sway her decision. The entire village, civilian and ninja populations alike, adored Naruto and both members of the Council were well aware of that. So when Tsunade officially announced her decision to make Naruto her successor, there was little the old geezers could do but smile and nod.

"If you're sure you know what you're doing, Tsunade," Homura's lips were pressed so tightly together they almost disappeared.

"I am," Tsunade fought to maintain an appropriately somber demeanor. "I have never been more sure of anything in my life"

"Well then," the advisors stood to leave, " there is little we can do to dissuade you. When will you make the announcement?"

"I'll tell Naruto tomorrow. Word should spread quickly enough after that."

Typically announcement of the Hokage's successor was done in public. The current Hokage would seek out their chosen apprentice and gift them a ceremonial copy of the Hokage's seal. It was a small ceremony, intended to show the pride and faith that the Hokage had in their chosen successor.

Minato had been having lunch when Sarutobi-sensei had found him. A few ninja had been in the area and their cheers and cries of congratulations had quickly alerted the civilian population as to what the fuss was about and Minato had ended up being escorted by an entire procession of well-wishers as he returned home to stow his new gift away somewhere safe.

Naruto was already twice as famous, both among ninja and civilian populations, as Minato had ever been. Tsunade was sure that, in the entire history on the Hidden Nations, there had never been a more deserving Kage than Naruto.

As it was, the girl in question had no idea her life was about to change so drastically. The day dawned bright and clear, a typical summers morning in Konoha. Naruto was enjoying a much needed day off, luxuriating in being able to sleep in as late as she wanted for once. She had no plans for the day, hadn't even told her friends that she would be free, and so she had the entire day to do whatever she wanted to.

What Naruto wanted, as always, was ramen. Slipping into a pair of black cotton pants and a black and orange t-shirt, she strapped her kunai pouch to her thigh and snapped on her gloves. It was her day off and she was in the village so she didn't bother arming herself further.

Konoha was a hub of activity as she slowly made her way towards Ichiraku's. A lot of the rebuilding was already completed and the sounds of laughter and conversation were music to her ears. Spotting a couple of familiar silhouettes up ahead, a grin curved her lips and she skipped forward to greet her oldest friends.

"Hey Sakura, Bastard," Naruto offered them her biggest shit-eating grin.

"Dead-last," Sasuke scowled. "Shouldn't you be on a mission?"

"Nope," Naruto replied, popping the 'p'. "It's my day off."

"You didn't tell me that!" Sakura scolded, "Ino is free today as well, we could have had a girls day out."

"Sorry," Naruto plastered what she hoped was a sheepish smile onto her face. "I must have forgotten."

Sakura and Ino's idea of a girls day out was shopping til you dropped. Naruto abhorred shopping.

"Oh well," Sakura lamented. "we probably wouldn't have been able to make it anyway. Anko has been looking for you."

"Really?" Confusion marred Naruto's forehead. "What does she want?"