Naruto: Fourth Hokage

"Come out Konahamaru. I know you're in that box," said Naruto as he turned around with his hands in his pants pocket waiting for the younger boy to come out of hiding. Seconds later the square rock with eyeholes in it stopped moving and exploded, sending smoke everywhere. The sounds of multiple coughs were heard, causing the blonde to acknowledge that Konohamaru wasn't the only one in the square box.

"I think we used too much gunpowder," said a young male voice from within the box that Naruto identified was anyone else but Konohamaru. Naruto waited patiently for Konohamaru while Haku stood next to the blonde curiously wondering what was going on next.

"Your ability of seeing through our disguise is amazing. I really admire and respect you as my rival," said Konohamaru as he leaped from the box. The smoke cleared to reveal goggle-wearing kids, two boys and one girl. They looked up at Naruto before going into a weird pose.

"I'm Moegi, the feistiest kunoichi in school!"

"I enjoy doing Algebra! My name is Udon!"

"And I'm the toughest shinobi in the village! My name is…Konahamaru!"

"And we are…The Konahamaru Ninja Corps!," The three eight-year-olds chorused.

"Hey Konohamaru, it's been a while since I last saw you," said Naruto while smiling at the kids in front of him.

"Yeah boss it has. You promised you would play ninja with us when you had the opportunity to, remember," said Konohamaru pointing to his friends and then Naruto.

"What kind of ninja 'plays' ninja," asked a less than impressed Sakura as she made her presence known to them as she entered the scene.

"Sakura," Naruto replied, "Cut them some slack. They're children after all."

"Hey boss who is she? Is she your...you know," said Konohamaru with a particular grin on his face. By this point, Sakura was shocked that the boy made such a declaration. Naruto saw the look in Sakura's eyes that said that she wanted to tell the young boy off.

"Her name is Sakura," Naruto replied calmly, "And no she's not what you thought she is to me."

"And where did you get an idea like that anyway Konohamaru," asked a new voice that entered the seen. Everyone turned to see Sai entering among them.

"Sai," Naruto greeted, "When did you show up?"

"I was walking around when I overheard your conversation with the three kids here," Sai replied, "I'm surprised though that the boy would assume that someone of your stature would consider a Sasuke-obsessed fan-girl like Sakura as your girlfriend. I'm certain that she just returned from having Sasuke reject her after asking him for a date, again."

Naruto felt a wave of bloodlust coming from Sakura.

I guess what Sai said is true, Naruto mentally noted. Sai continued, "I'm sure that Naruto must be less than flattered by the thought of Sakura being his girlfriend."

"SHUT UP!," Sakura yelled at Sai before he quieted. Trying to cease the tension, Naruto cut in, "Hey Konohamaru, I never got to introduce my new friend to you. (Gesturing to the girl next to him) This is Haku-san, she's new here in Konoha and she's going to be a new citizen of Konoha."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon," Haku greeted.

"You're boss's new female friend," Konohamaru asked. Naruto answered, "Yes, she is, along with the few real female friends I have. I'll introduce them to you later Haku-san."

Haku nodded and smiled.

"Hey Konohamaru," Sai asked, "Why would you assume that Sakura was Naruto's girlfriend?"

"Because boss always has girls and kuniochis hanging and chasing after him. Once a few of them even invited him to hang with them in the woman's bathhouse," Konohamaru answered causing the blonde to blush heavily while Haku and Sakura looked at Naruto questionably.

This kid is too observant, Naruto thought before he said, "I didn't accept their offer to go to the bathhouse with them, and most of those girls are fan-girls really Konohamaru."

'You might not have accepted their offer, but that doesn't mean that you never sneaked into the woman's bathhouse before,' Minato teased.

That was different, Naruto mentally retorted, I did that to pass that test Anko-chan gave me against ero-jisan.

"Besides, Naruto has too much class to be dating a girl like Sakura anyway," Sai stated. Naruto looked and saw anger building up in Sakura as Sai continued, "I mean look at her; no sense of fashion, pink hair? How fake is that? Not to mention that massive forehead of hers! I can practically paint the entire Hokage Monument across her forehead effortlessly!"

The next thing Naruto and the others saw was Sai's face to the ground with a throbbing lump on his head as Sakura stomped off away from them before pushing Naruto away from her, though she knew that the blond-haired shinobi did nothing to provoke her reaction to him.

"Hey," Konohamaru yelled angrily, "You can't treat boss like that you hag!"

Oh boy, Naruto sweat-dropped as Konohamaru was smacked down to the ground by Sakura before she stomped off again. Sai and Konohamaru were getting back off ground when Konohamaru added his two cents, "I see your point Sai-san! Is flat chest even a real female on top of that?"

Sakura, who was in hearing range, stopped upon hearing that.

…Those two really have a death wish, Naruto sighed as he watched Sai and the three kids run from the raging Sakura. Sai somehow slipped away and vanished from Sakura's sight leaving Konohamaru and his two friends at Sakura's mercy. Not taking the chance with Sakura, Naruto went after them to the stop her from doing anything rash. From where Naruto was seeing, Konohamaru was in the lead, with Moegi and Udon following close by as the last one. Konohamaru turned the corner and bumped into someone who was now lifting him up into the air.

"You little brat," yelled the older male lifting Konohamaru off the ground. Konohamaru opened his eyes to find he was being held up by the collar of his shirt by a person he didn't recognize. The figure was dressed in what looked like a black cat suit with purple paintings on his face and a large puppet being carried on his back.

"Put me down," Konohamaru commanded, "Let me go!"

The boy struggled in order to get free from his abductor.

"You brat! You're the one who bumped into me. I ought to make you pay for that," said the older figure as he readied to hit the kid. Sakura turned around the corner to find out what the situation was.

"Put the boy down. Now!," Naruto commanded as he entered the scene with Haku following close by while maintaining alertness should there be more trouble.

"Who are you," the older figure asked.

"The mediator of this ordeal," Naruto replied, "And the boy you're holding against his will is the grandson of the former Sandaime Hokage. I advise you to release the boy from your grasp. Refusal will result in immediate consequences for you."

"Your head-protectors! They indicate you're from Sunagakure No Sato, yes," asked Sakura as she recognized the symbols on their shinobi headbands from what Iruka taught them during their time in the Academy.

"They do and we're here for the Chuunin exams, but what's it matter to you," said the older blonde girl of the group who was carrying a large fan on her back.

"It matters considering that you're foreigners and if your friend does not let go of Konohamaru, he'll have to deal with an angry former Hokage, the boy's grandfather," warned Naruto with no sign of humor in his voice. Reluctantly, the older boy lowered the child before releasing the boy. Konohamaru ran over to Naruto and hid behind him.

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