Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Upside Down ❯ A Hokage's Duty ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter Three: A Hokage's Duty

The morning light flooded out of the window and onto Naruto's sleeping face. He stirred a bit and eased his eyes open and felt something soft and warm up against his back. He looked down and found a feminine arm wrapped around his waist with fingers splayed out across his abs.

`Hypocrite' he thought as he chuckled lightly then tried to sit up but… she squeezed him tighter in her sleep… you know… with that superhuman strength. His eyes widened and he winced in fear of his death of having the air squeezed out of him. Ok, she wasn't hurting him but he knows what kind of strength she possessed. If he tried moving away… shit…

“S-Sakura…” he choked out of his throat while tapping on her arm to wake her. Unfortunately she just muttered and nuzzled her face against his back. He sighed in bliss though that she was holding him this way… something he only experienced in his dreams. But today is the day to work… today, he starts his official duty as the Hokage of Konoha. He was excited, scared and thrilled all at the same time. As he thought about what lies ahead of him, Sakura release he hold on him and turned over in a muttering slumber. He smiled while sitting up and leaning over his companion to nudge her awake.

“Sakura-chan, come on wake up,” he called as he shook her shoulder. Of course she woke up only after pelting him in the face but she woke up nonetheless. After rubbing his nose he stood up to get ready for the day in the bathroom. Sakura sat up and stretched to revive her muscles. She reached over to her bag and pulled out a small mirror to do her hair. They didn't wear the forehead protectors anymore so they can avoid any trouble if the towns realized that they were shinobi of the destroyed village. Sakura tied her shoulder-length, pink locks into a short ponytail. As the bathroom door opened, her eyes crept up at him.

Holy mother of Konoha…

He was dressed in black crops and an open long orange overcoat with black symbols and fishnet tank under it that did nothing to hide his torso and abs. He also had a strip of black fabric tied around his head like a forehead protector and wooden, gaki sandals on his feet. He looked like a sage.

The sight of him made her feel something she hasn't felt since she was just a gennin. Her stomach felt like she was freefalling into an endless pit. Her cheeks burned as her thighs rubbed together in slight anxiety under the sheets. He smiled at her and quietly went outside after picking up his supply pack.

She shook off the feeling and thoughts streaming through her head as thoroughly as she could before getting dressed and ready for the day. She grabbed her supply pack and headed outside to see that he was waiting.

“Sakura,” he called. “My first action as Hokage is to reestablish the connections between the Leaf and the Sand. You are my assistant from now on. Let's go find Gaara.”

“Oh,” she shrugged on her supply pack while looking at him in wonderment. “Y-yes, Sir.”

The two of them then leaped off into the canopy of the trees with their agile speed towards the Land of the Wind.

 

“Medic!” The young blonde woman yelled as she crashed through the gates with a body over her shoulders. “Quickly get a medical nin, right now!” she barked at a scout. He immediately obeyed and sped down the street to call for help. The man on the girl's shoulders groaned in agony. She gently laid him down on the ground and supported his head with a hand. He was severely sunburned with dried blood on his chin, cuts and scrapes tattered his dark clothing. She quickly gave him a drink from her water gourd. His eyes slowly eased open to look at his savior.

“T-t…Temari?” he rasped out.

“Hang in there! You're going to be ok,” she told him with worried eyes. The expression on her face gave him some kind of a heavenly comfort even though she did look scared.

“How…troublesome…” he whispered before his eyes closed once again in exhaustion. A moment later he was taken from Temari's arms and rushed to the emergency unit to be treated. She followed by his side.