5 Hokages

Paperworks and Grandsons

Tsunade smiled as a wicked plan came to mind. The four Hokages that had been vomited up by a rather drunk looking god of death had been thoroughly examined at the hospital. Over the course of the examination it was revealed that they were truly alive and didn't show any signs of being controlled by anyone. Since none of them were actually retired at the time they had died, they could still be considered active Hokages. That meant if she played her cards right, she wouldn't have to deal with anymore paperwork, ever. Sure, she would have to share the title she hadn't really wanted in the first place in exchange, but it was well worth the trade.

While at the hospital, the first three Hokages had spent most of their time catching up on everything and picking on the fourth who generally spent his time vowing to do some very horrible and anatomically impossible things involving various sharp objects to Jiraiya the next time he returned to Konoha. There had been a rather touching reunion between Sarutobi Hiruzen and his family in which the Third Hokage's eldest son got the crap beaten out of him by the first, second and fourth Hokages while the third Hokage and his younger son Asuma watched. Nobody who saw the incredibly one-sided fight could figure out why they had done that or why the victim's family would simply stand by and let it happen. The only things that any of the witnesses to the event could catch were "Naruto" and "Orphanage the second Hiruzen's back was turned".

The hospitalized Hokages were the current talk of the village and there was a great deal of speculation on the identity of the mysterious son of the Fourth Hokage and great grandson of the Second. The theories ranged from the tame to the exceedingly outlandish. One name never came up though. It was a pity it hadn't, considering that it was the correct answer.

It was into this village that Naruto and his teacher Jiraiya returned from their three year training trip. As Naruto was signing in at the gate, the guard peered at him intently as if seeing him for the first time, looked over at the Hokage monument, looked back at him in disbelief, looked back at the Hokage monument, and looked back at him before rubbing his eyes as if he were seeing things.

"Holy Shit!" he yelled when Naruto failed to disappear, before he hopped over the desk, grabbed a random off duty shinobi who turned out to be a rather startled visitor from Suna, yelled "Cover for me!" and ran off.

"Umm..." the confused Sand Shinobi who had found himself behind the desk before he could even blink said, uncertain as to how to deal with this situation. "You signed in already, right?"

"Yes." Jiraiya said looking as if he were trying not to laugh. "Naruto, I think you should watch the gate until I find a replacement for our new guard."

With that, Naruto found himself staring at a rather uncomfortable Sand Ninja who wasn't certain if he should remain sitting there or if he should run for it before his day got any weirder.

"So, you wouldn't happen to know how Gaara's doing, would you?" Naruto said after fishing around for a topic of conversation.

Meanwhile, the former gate guard who would receive the chewing out of the century from his supervisor after his gate duty partner ripped him a new one that evening had managed to reach the Fourth Hokage's room at the hospital. He slammed the door open and stared at one of its current occupants for a couple seconds.

"Holy Shit! I was right!" the man yelled.

"Right about what?" Senju Tobirama, who had been about to take a cigarette lighter to the Fourth Hokage's hair while his brother used his Mokuton technique to hold him down, asked.

"The de...Uzumaki Naruto's his son!" the man said.

"Yeah, so, what of it?" Tobirama asked as he set the Fourth Hokage's hair on fire.

"Well he just arrived at the gate less than five minutes ago." the man said as he watched the Fourth Hokage squirm, trying to put his hair out. The Third Hokage, who had just been watching to this point apparently took pity on him because he doused the fire with a quick water jutsu.

"Really?!" Tobirama exclaimed, looking excited. "Yay! I finally get to meet my great-grandbaby!"

Tobirama then ran out of the room. His brother Hashirama turned to follow.

"Sorry Namikaze, but you lost all rights to the kid when you put that demon fox in him" Hashirama said to the Fourth Hokage who was struggling to get up.