Chapter Fourteen: Death

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In front of Konoha, four people could be seen looking around the gate. "LET'S GO!!" Natsumi yelled out while raising her arms in excitement.

"What are you so excited about, little girl?" Tazuna questioned, his voice clearly assumed with his hot breaths which were filled with alcohol.

"'Cuz I've never left the village before," Natsumi replied while running around the front gate and turning her head at every new sight.

"Umm...am I going to be safe with this brat with me. Even her appearance...it screams trouble," Tazuna asked Kakashi, the elite joūnin did his infamous eye smile and nodded his head.

Natsumi crossed her arms and glared at the old man, "Damn it! This geezer is the worst client ever. Irony is a bitch, why is it my first time out of the village I have to be with him of all people," Natsumi thought while intensifying her stink eye towards Tazuna.

Deciding to play nice, Natsumi walked towards Tazuna and stopped about five feet away from him. "One day, I'll take the title of the Hokage off the old man's shoulders and become the greatest shinobi to ever exist!! My name is Uzumaki Natsumi!! Believe it!!" Natsumi yelled out to the heavens, but unlike Sakura, her voice didn't pierce their ears more like they quickly entered them.

Tazuna sighed and seemingly got a bottle of booze out of nowhere and started to drink it, he looked like he had something on his mind that he was thinking about. Like something had clicked in his mind, Tazuna immediately looked unimpressed.

"The title of Hokage is given to the number one shinobi in their respective village, right? I doubt someone as weak willed and weak would ever hold that title," Tazuna insulted Natsumi and her dreams.

"You're wrong about that, Tazuna~san. The hokage isn't a title but a label. Once you are labeled the hokage, you have to put the village you serve over all including the life of yourself and your family. The hokage is one that all acknowledge and one who cares all the hatred of the people. They serve the people over themselves, they hold strength both physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually. That's how the hokage are, they aren't only the strongest in the village, but they care the burden of others on their shoulders,"

Naruto said, but he said it so casually like he wasn't telling everyone the hardships of being a kage of a village. Everyone had a different reaction to that information dropping.

Sasuke had a profound respect in his eyes towards Naruto, he even cracked a small smile.

Natsumi had the exact opposite reaction, her face became pale and generally looked stumped like something hit her in the face.

Kakashi had his infamous eye smile and had a small look of pride on his face or what was visible of his face.

Tazuna looked at Naruto before scratching his head and nodding his head like he chose to accept that information.

"Nicely said, Naruto" Kakashi said while shooting him a thumbs up in approval. "Jezz...Hokage~sama wasn't lying when he said Naruto~kun can replace him as hokage at any given time," Kakashi thought while beginning his journey to the land of waves.

His team naturally fell into their team position which was Natsumi at the back of Tazuna which logically made sense since she can create a near infinite amount of shadow clones and her taijutsu isn't one to laugh at.

Sasuke is on the left side of Tazuna since he's naturally left handed and he could react faster in the case of a bandit attack.

Naruto is positioned on the right side of their client, Tazuna. For mostly the same reasons as Sasuke since he's naturally right handed and his talent is unmatched in swordsmanship.

And naturally, that only leaves the front for Kakashi. It also makes sense since he's a more physical fighter but he definitely possesses mental combatance.

This is called the diamond position which is the most common team layout in the elemental continent since it's literally the reason why there's four man cells in the first place.

"Umm...Tazuna~san. You said you're from the Land of Waves right? How are the shinobi over there?" Natsumi asked, Naruto actually cracked a chuckle which surprised everyone since he's been stoic the whole time.

"You were never into history when Iruka~sensei taught the class. But the Land of Waves and a majority of the countries in the elemental continent doesn't have the shinobi system with less than twenty out of the forty countries having at least a shinobi village" Naruto informed Natsumi.

The younger of the two twins had blushed from embarrassment since it seemed common knowledge for Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto, and even Tazuna.

During the conversation, they passed a small puddle of water which most likely came from the rainfall.

They passed the puddle of water with Kakashi stopping momentarily but that caused him to fall all the way back from the group.

They passed the puddle of water with Kakashi stopping momentarily but that caused him to fall all the way back from the group

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Suddenly, two individuals came out of the puddle of water. In an instant, two chains with metal spikes on them wrapped around Kakashi.

Before anybody could react or even turn around, the two individuals pulled with all their might.

Before anybody could react or even turn around, the two individuals pulled with all their might

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