...Kakashi was rather pleased with hakus performance so far. He seemed remarkably well suited for tracking mission. He also hadnt shown any intention of disertion so far, but perhaps thats because zabuza was still in the leafs custody.

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.... Danzo was still pissed. Nothing was going his way. That old coot was still in power even though he was crippled. He was even in the process of finding a replacement, either of witch would not do poor old danzo any good.

......Atleast no one found out that he and many root ninja participated in the attack. Im going to have to distance myself from orochimaru thought danzo. Hes to much a liability now.

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..... naruto managed to complete the mission to find the new kage. It was an intense moment because it took everything he had to complete the ressengan and show her up. The nerve if the lady to not even want to be hokage, it was his dream.

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..... After arriving back in the leaf village naruto and company went straight to the hokages office. Tsunade was shocked to see the old man in such a state.

.... congratulations are in order jaryaya. I didnt think you would be able to find her or convince her to come back said the hokage.

.... actually it was mostly naruto here said jaryaya. That suprised the hokage.And how did that come about he asked.

..... well basically he learned the ressengan in a little over a week and tsunade lost a bet to the kid so here she is.

.... the glass on the hokages table was knocked over due to the hokages suprise. Thats an a rank jutsu he screeched, hes not even a chunin yet due to the issue with the tournement and all said the hokage.

.... well responded jaraya, the kid has an insane amount of chackra at his disposal, and in close combat he can prob as bly take out a high level chunin.

.... the hokage was seriously suprised. I need to see him in Combat jaraya we are short on ninja due to injuries now, if what you say is true i might have to change a few things. Lets go to the forest of death should be deserted now.

.... jaraya new to take this seriously he had seen naruto fully able to control the nine tails chackra already. So they began the match with only tsunade and the hokage as witnesses.

...... booom an explosion of red visable chackra happened at the start of the match. First one tails then 2 all the way up to 4.

..... crap jaraya started furiously circulating his chackra summuning jutsu.Bang a fully formed toad stomack appeared protecting jaraya from the ressengan that came at him.

.... the hokage was stunned. This power level is a cheat he said to himself. Ok you two can stop now. And so the battle concluded with no one seriously injured, only jarayas pride.

.... alright i am ever so impressed by narutos combat ability. Its a shame he didnt get to showcase his true ability in the exams. Im going to promote him to chunin however its probationary said the hokage.

..... yeah screamed naruto.

.... dont celebrate to early naruto. Since tsunade will be hokage in 3 days she will be reviewing your performance and decide weather or not you get to stay a chunin. Oh im going to enjoy my retirement laughed the hokage.

..... 3 days later the ceremony was being held for tsunades reign as 5th hokage. Everyone in the village was happy, well except danzo who was steaming on the inside

.... the ceramony itself went off without a hitch. It wasnt the next day the problems started for tsunade. She owed so much money to people after all and now they new where to find her.

..... it took her a whole week to go thru her initial debters. Not to mention the would be scammers, those she thru into prison for hard labor.

..... the honest debts either came down to medical treatments at no cost or reduced priced ninja gaurds for escort missions.

..... then there was also the issue with naruto. He was indeed powerful especially for his age, but he still needed a great deal of guidence if he was truly to prove a usefull chunin.

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... ed and rinea were now back at there base camp. He figured it would probably be a good idea to avoid any of the hidden villages for a while with the leaf having been attacked, the other villages would probably be on high alert.

.... He would still deliver the water and food supplies to the sand village though he was glad to see they didnt join the assault like in the anime.

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.... lord hokage same here is the report on several unusual visitors to the village. We even followed up on that odd merchant you asked about.

... anything interestin replied the hokage.

.... no sir, most of the unusuals were either dead or captured. We believe their sound village ninjas sir. Also many of the others seem to be bandits or other wanted criminals sir.

.... very well your dismissed. Kakashi you can enter now.

.... my report on haku sir he handed him a file.

..... hmmm as i expected very well, what do you think we should do with him then asked the hokage.

.... kakashi replied, i think we should offer him a genin rank first insert him into a team or two and make sure we dont restrict his visits to zabuza sir.

... very well when he gets back well do that then, well tsunade will sign off on it officially i am retiring after this mess

..... the new hokages ceramony went of without a hitch and tsunade was welcomed with great fan fair.

The old man now got to spend time with his grandson....