5 Hokages

Return and Arson

Naruto, who had learned of Gaara's promotion to Kazekage from the Suna nin who had been tapped for gate duty suddenly found himself squished between two strangers who looked a great deal like the First and Second Hokages before he was even half-way to Ichiraku's. Jiraiya had tried to extricate him and promptly got his ass kicked. As soon as the shockingly brutal beating was over, he found himself being grabbed by the man who looked like the second Hokage once more. He tried to squirm away but it was no use, he was much too large thanks to the growth spurt he'd hit last year.

He found himself being dragged to the hospital against his will as his usual tricks for escaping larger opponents such as the ANBU or the Military Police were no longer available to him. For one his clothes were finally the right size and couldn't be easily wriggled out of, and for two, he was much too large to be diving between people's legs to make his escape.

It was at the hospital that he saw someone he never thought he'd see again. Upon seeing him, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry or scream and faint. He ended up doing the latter.

A few hours earlier, after the Third Hokage had managed to wake Naruto up and calm him down, he had persuaded the boy to tell his great grandfather and his great-granduncle his life's story.

Tobirama looked at Hashirama after Naruto had finished his story and fallen asleep, apparently lulled into relaxation by Tobirama's constantly carding his fingers through his hair.

"What would you expect from Madara's line? They wouldn't know loyalty if it jumped up on a pool table and stripped in front of them. We should have gotten rid of them when we had the chance, most of the rest of the clan was potentially salvageable without them around." he said.

Kakashi smiled as he filled the bottle. He couldn't wait until the sun set. His sensei had given him permission, permission the Third Hokage had denied because he feared a backlash from the citizens. It was a pity really, because if he'd been given permission years ago when he first asked, he wouldn't have had to cause nearly as much destruction, one or two shops gone and the rest of the store owners would have known how to behave.

Usually for this kind of thing, he would have a team at his back wearing the masks of others who made sure to be seen in the local drinking establishments and on the streets, but the others had refused when they learned who he was doing these "burn sales" for. He knew that soon they would regret not participating.

He had selected tonight's target, it was the store that sold Naruto that hideous orange jumpsuit several years ago, ripping him off by charging him double for it. It would be the fifth time a "Going out of business, everything that isn't burned must go!" sign went up in as many days because of him.

It was about time Konoha remembered why you never messed with the ANBU or their families, and despite the fact that he wasn't allowed to act like it when anyone might be watching, he considered Naruto family.

Tsunade looked at the winning hand and shuddered, throwing the cards towards the rabbit masked ANBU against whom she was playing. Something bad was going to happen, and she had the distinct feeling that she was going to be the one stuck dealing with the fallout.

Sighing, she went and got the forms authorizing her predecessors' discharges from the hospital. There was going to be some trouble with housing. While Asuma was willing to take his father in until the old man could be set up elsewhere, and her grandfather had all but demanded that he be allowed to move into the spare bedroom at the Hokage residence, both the Second and Fourth Hokages had requested to move in with Naruto upon his return. She knew that Naruto would be too kind to say no to them since their other option appeared to be the street as all of their assets had supposedly gone to their heirs long ago, and she pitied the poor boy.

"Tsunade-Sama, I discovered the reason behind the recent acts of arson in the shopping district!" Shizune said as she barged in.

"Well, what is it?" she asked, dreading the answer.

"The Fourth Hokage gave Kakashi permission to erm, deal with certain shopkeepers on Naruto's behalf." Shizune said.

"He did what?! Did death addle his brains or something? There's a reason Hiruzen-sensei and I had been holding Kakashi back. By the time Kakashi's through, we won't have a shopping district." she said, desperately wanting a drink. She knew the rest of her day was going to go downhill the instant she won that hand.