Naruto strode into the room and quickly picked up Konohamaru by his scarf, bringing him out kicking and screaming.
"Hey! Let me go! Let me go! I don't wanna leave!"
"Shut up ya gaki," Naruto conked him on the head before disappearing within a Shunshin.
The pair reappeared on top of the Hokage Monument and Naruto set Konohamaru down before sitting down himself. The blond looked amused as Konohamaru pouted and looked away from him, "You know if you're gonna act like some spoiled gaki then this is gonna be a lot harder."
When Konohamaru remained silent Naruto sighed, "So what's your problem kid?"
"Nothing…" Konohamaru mumbled out.
"Don't give me that. Either you tell me what's wrong or I'll be sure to hang you on the flag post outside the Hokage's Tower in nothing but your underwear." Konohamaru paled at the thought of that, and he knew from experience that when Naruto said he would do something that it was not just some idle threat.
Sighing Konohamaru looked out over the village and tears began to leak from his eyes, "My Ojisan died Boss, he died to protect this village. But everyone's already moving on with their lives. It's like my Ojisan didn't even exist! They're just forgetting about him! Moving on, we even have a new Hokage! But I don't want to move on! I don't want to forget about my Ojisan boss! I can't!"
Naruto ran a hand through his hair at the kid's near hysterical voice; a part of him could not help but wonder if he was that stupid and naïve as a child.
'Do you want me to answer that?' Came the sly voice of the vixen in his mind.
'No thanks, I can do without having my awesome child hood image of myself destroyed.'
Naruto place a hand on the younger kids shoulders, "Listen Ko, no one has forgotten Hokage-Ojisan. You're forgetting that he ruled this place for many years. In fact he has the longest reign in the entire history of Konoha. He has done so many things for this village that it will be impossible for others to simply forget him. When someone touches as many lives as he did, people don't just forget about it when that person is no longer around; even with him gone his memory will always remain in the hearts of those who live here."
"Really?" Konohamaru sniffled a little bit.
Naruto smiled at the kid, "Of course!" His smile turned a little wistful. "And you know what…I think Ojisan was happy with the way he died." Naruto looked at the little boy who had shock on his features, "Ojisan was getting up there in his years. I never wanted to admit it to myself since I always saw him as this eternal pillar of strength. But you know, there were times when I was in his office and I caught sight of just how truly tired he looked. We normally don't see it but he was getting weary. He held the title of Hokage for somewhere upwards of fifty years and he kept this place strong through the Second and Third Shinobi War, while fighting in another one. I get the feeling he was getting tired of it and wanted to pass on the torch of Hokage to someone else."
"But how could that have anything to do with him liking the way he died!" Konohamaru shouted as he stood up. "My Ojisan was murdered!"
"He died protecting the village Ko," Naruto said in a rare and quiet voice. "He died protecting the people of this village and battling against an enemy ninja. He died like a Hokage, nobly sacrificing his life to protect this place even though he was getting on in his years. Can you think of a better way to go?"
Konohamaru looked at Naruto for several minutes before he sighed and slumped down next to the blond, "Well when put it like that…that's pretty deep boss."
Naruto grinned as he threw an arm around Konohamaru's shoulder, "Ko, you'll find that when you get to be as awesome as I am, deep shit like this just rolls off the tongue. Now, are you gonna mope and bitch like Sasuke-teme anymore?"
"I wasn't that bad was I, Boss?" Naruto laughed at Konohamaru's petrified voice.
"Ko you were so bad that if you hadn't been hiding in the Hokage's office while you decided to brood the teme's fan girls would have probably thought you were him. Now," Naruto stood up and gave Konohamaru a pat on the shoulder and sent the kid on his way.
Naruto was just about to leave when a new voice spoke up.
"You know that was quite the speech you gave the young boy, very moving if I do say so myself."
Turning around Naruto found himself staring at an old man who looked to be around Sarutobi's age. He was wearing a white robe with bandages wrapped around his left eye and right arm. He walked with a cane held in the other arm. He had several scars on his face which had a crop of messy brown hair.
Naruto narrowed his eyes at the man as he analyzed him. I didn't even sense his approach until he was right on top of me. That kind of skill is above most Jonin now a days. It was the one thing he had always been good at it was stealth and detection. That this man could get so close to him and not be found until he revealed himself meant he was good.
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