Yuugao looked at the boy in front of her. "As I said before, there are no shortcuts to becoming Hokage. The strength of the Hokage, the power you seek, is his own. No one can give you the power you seek, at least willingly."
 
Naruto Uzumaki wondered how he found himself in this situation. Earlier that day, Anko tried to use some sort of perverted jutsu on him. This resulted in potentially three girls that normally would not have been this dedicated to him. To remove the effects of the jutsu, no matter how useful it was, he had brought a staff from the Toads, a weapon that could expell foreign chakra from a person's body.
 
That same staff was now in the hands of his opponent, ANBU operative Yuugao Uzuki. She found about about the jutsu and deemed him a danger to the upcoming Hokage selection. If he lost this battle, Yuugao would probably keep him away from that day. However, Naruto wasn't worried as he concentrated and opened his eyes-
 
Just to get a faceful of blunt metal. "The chakra of a Sage is a fearful power, but useful if you cannot keep it in your body."
 
Naruto tried to shake the stars off his head, but Yuugao closed in and slammed her palm against his stomach. He summoned forth Kurama's chakra, shining with the brilliance of the sun-
 
Then the chakra stopped shining, and that allowed Yuugao to elbow him and thrust another palm at his stomach. Naruto regained his bearings and jumped back, lifting his shirt to check on Kurama's seal. There was some sort of addition he wasn't familiar with, but he could guess its function well. "What the hell? Aren't you going to fight fair?"
 
"Fairness is not a ninja's best friend." Yuugao replied. "Your ability to wield other sources of chakra allowed you to win against the likes of Pein and the Juubi. Unfortunately, that dependence also means that your neglect your own abilities when neither sources are available to you."
 
Naruto brought his hands up and summoned a thousand solid clones around both him and the ANBU. They all charged at her.
 
Yuugao, though, simply swatted the clones like flies on a table, not a single clone got close enough to even breath on her as each was forcefull dispelled with her staff. She had not even bothered using any jutsus. Of course, she heard the wind roar, and as she looked up, she immediately threw a kunai, allowing one of the clones to punch her before they were taken out by a swirling ball of razor-sharp wind.
 
Seconds later, Naruto fell down by a tree, quickly pinned down as Yuugao descended on him, using the staff to pin him down. "You need to improve on your taijutsu and strategy, Uzumaki. While the use of your Sage chakra and Rasenshuriken was impressive, you allowed youself to relax instead of keeping your guard up."
 
"Heh, I guess. That replacement with the kunai wasn't too bad either." Naruto admitted even if he wasn't too happy about his position. "How come you're not Hokage yet, lady?"
 
Yuugao muttered something about paperwork. "Regardless, this is no spar. You have the attitude, but you do not have the skills to be a good Hokage. I know you can acquire the training, but that is also the reason why I cannot allow you to continue."
 
One of her hands reached towards her pants. It didn't take an idiot like Naruto to figure out what was going to happen. "W-wait a minute! Can't I just get sealed in a cave or something?"
 
Yuugao simply stared at Naruto. "You escaped a thirty-six layer barrier, a bloody prison, a living tower, the second coming of the moon, and the hospital. Frankly, I know you would not consider ripping apart a member of the village you're a part of unless they intentionally hurt one of your 'precious people'."
 
"Maybe I'll make an exception?" Naruto weakly joked. Yuugao shook her head, but then she leapt away as a snake lunged at her. It seems that Anko, Hinata and Kurenai have arrive...wearing orange Naruto jumpsuits.
 
"Guys?" Naruto checked to see that Yuugao won't attack before taking another look at his backup.
 
"N-naruto." Hinata stuttered before she directed her glare at Yuugao. The others followed suit. "We're here to help!"
 
Yuugao held up the staff in defense. "Hm, you seem to have been released from the jutsu, yet you are here...Why? Do you believe he can become a Hokage?"
 
"Why not? The brat's already a Hokage. He just have to kick a few more asses." Anko couldn't help but flash a smile.
 
Kurenai could only groan. "I did not like what was going on, but after what Naruto has done for this village and for us, we at least owe him the chance to become Hokage."
 
"I see. Then I am no longer needed..." The moment Yuugao turned around, something hit the back of her head. Looking down, she saw that it was her mask, and the person was...
 
"Naruto!"
 
"Sorry, Hinata, but we aren't finished with the fight." Naruto cracks his neck. "Besides, she still owes an apology for hitting you girls, even if she freed you."
 
Yuugao dropped the mask as she clutch the staff. "Then I apologize, in addition to what I will do next."
 
Naruto began gathering nature's chakra onto himself, and Yuugao quickly closed in and pushed him back. The girls wanted to help him, but Naruto held a hand up, telling them to stay. Still, even though Naruto was still standing, he hadn't tried to do anything but draw that chakra. "You say I have to obtain my own power, even if I have to force others to give it to me, right?"
 
"You are resilient. Perhaps the rumors of your endurance are true." Yuugao complimented as she continued wailing on Naruto. "However, your current skills are-"
 
At the last strike, Naruto grabbed the staff and held it against his chest. His outstretched hand then formed a seal, and a number of Naruto clones started piling on Yuugao as he released her weapon and stepped away. "You're wrong. I'm what others make me. One hand seals, from my first friend outside the village."
 
Yuugao was about to shake them off, but Naruto and the clones disappeared in clouds of smoke, and out popped...naked girls? Why did Naruto-
 
"The art of transformation from my first teacher," Naruto's clones kicked her into the air, where another clone appeared over her. "And a powerful combo from a genius of hard work."
 
"A Hokage doesn't need to be strong to protect his people. A Hokage needs to have a strong friendship with his people! That is how a Hokage gets his strength!" The real Naruto stood under her with his hands clasped together as the clone knocked Yuugao down from the sky. "This is the forbidden jutsu that my teacher imparted upon me! A THOUSAND YEARS OF-"
 
Yuugao plopped down on Naruto in such a way that her ass slid over the boy as she landed. He vanished, but not like his clones.
 
"NARUTO!"
 
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Epilogue A:
 
Under the tutelege of Anko, Hinata, Kurenai and Yuugao, Naruto mastered enough to be worthy of the title of Hokage. He became the Sixth Hokage, much to Hiashi's ire, and married Hinata, again to Hiashi's ire.
 
Naruto also became the godfather to Kurenai's child, which former godfather Shikamaru happily agreed with. His reign has led to an era of peace that lasted until a new Hokage was chosen.
 
But that was a story for another time.
 
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Epilogue B:
 
Under the tutelege of Anko, Hinata, Kurenai and Yuugao, Naruto mastered enough to be worthy of the title of Hokage. Unfortunately, he did not become the Sixth Hokage.
 
At that point, Naruto snapped from having his dream taken away and the stress of the days prior. Under the Sixth Hokage's nose, Naruto had his clones abduct as much of the population as possible. The kidnapped people were brainwashed using Anko's...unique jutsu. Anko, Hinata, Kurenai and Yuugao were the first.
 
The Sixth Hokage was overthrown within the year, and the First Ramenkage of Konoha began his un-opposed rule.
 
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Epilogue C:
 
Under the rule of Hiashi the Sixth Hokage, Yuugao continued to take her missions. She meets up with Anko, Hinata and Kurenai whenever she could.
 
The truth is, Yuugao was once Naruto, and despite not being Hokage, he was happy. She got to go on as many missions as she liked, and best of all, she didn't need to do paperwork.
 
Something that Hiashi was soon regretting.
 
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What truly happened:
 
"A Hokage doesn't need to be strong to protect his people. A Hokage needs to have a strong friendship with his people! That is how a Hokage gets his strength!" The real Naruto stood under her with his hands clasped together as the clone knocked Yuugao down from the sky. "This is the forbidden jutsu that my teacher imparted upon me! A THOUSAND YEARS OF-"
 
Yuugao popped as the clone hit a piece of cut wood instead. A standard substitution technique, but she was now elsewhere in the forest, which worked out to her advantage. Yuugao raised her staff-
 
She blocked Hinata's attack, a branch that would have taken her head. "I believe Uzumaki had requested non-participation from your group."
 
"He never said that." Hinata flickered...Yuugao's eyes widened as she tried to break the illusion-
 
"Geronimo!" Anko landed on Yuugao sans pants, burying the ANBU's head and body in flesh. Yuugao tried to break free, but with her arms pinned inside, her hands could only wave the staff around, and Hinata quickly plucked the staff from her. Hinata and Kurenai then grabbed each of Yuugao's legs as Anko bent over, making sure to remove her pants and expose her bare bottom. "Go for it, Naruto!"
 
Naruto found the girls and stared in silence. "Do I really have to?"
 
"We'll buy ramen-"
 
Naruto was suddenly hefted by his clones as they charged at Yuugao's butt, with the main Naruto holding his arms and fingers erect. "I have no idea what I'm doing, but A THOUSAND YEARS OF PAIN: BATTERING RA-"
 
"Gah!" Anko could feel Yuugao and Naruto slide in. Her belly shrank as the jutsu began to take effect, showing nothing out of the ordinar-
 
"What the!?" Everyone saw that Anko's belly stretched like rubber in the shape of a fist before it sprang back. Hinata and Kurenai stared at Anko before deciding to stand her up. "What's happening now?"
 
Anko opened her mouth, but it wasn't her voice. "I'll be right out in a sec-" "I will not submit!" "Hey, I'm talking here, lady!"
 
"Naruto? Yuugao?" Kurenai was concerned as Anko's stomach was like a cartoonish battle with her skin stretching like crazy. It even caused Anko to bloat like a balloon in a glimpse, and they could have sworn they heard an explosion.
 
"Stop it you two!" Anko punched herself in the stomach and crouched over. "...Ow, that's smart."
 
As Anko fell over, a slim arm snaked itself out of her ass, hanging limp. Hinata decided to grab it despite Kurenai's worry, and the head that followed was Yuugao's. It seemed, however, that she was just staring blankly. Kurenai joined in and as they pulled the obviously naked and slimy ANBU out, the girls had to put some extra effort in as Yuugao popped out with a round stomach. What was odd was that Yuugao's asshole had long locks of blonde hair sticking out as if it was a tail.
 
Then Anko gritted her teeth as her ass wiggled, and pretty soon, a blonde poked her head and breasts out. "Is Yuugao okay? I had to stick a clone up her ass."
 
"Naru...ko? Why are you a girl?" Kurenai knew about Naruto's shameless transformation, though it seems that this illusion looked a bit too real.
 
"Long story." Naruto shrugged or perhaps she tried to move. "Hey, can you help? I thick I'm stuck."
 
"I will, Na-naruto." Naruto smiled until Hinata turned around, pulled her pants down, and then stuck Naruto's head up her ass. The blonde panicked, but she wasn't pulled out. Rather, Anko was pulled along, and the snake mistress realized her new predicament too late as she was pulled in bum first. She tried to grab Hinata's cheeks and push herself out. In fact, Kurenai had also tried to grab Anko's hands as well, but with an inhuman tug, even she was pulled in.
 
Hinata patted her ridiculously huge stomach, secretly glad that no one else was in the forest. "Sorry, Anko, Kurenai. I want Naruto to achieve his dream. He'll thank me, won't he? I can already feel his will flowing through me."
 
She lazily closed her eyes. "This is...not a good place to sleep, but I don't see why Anko slims herself down. This feeling...is nice."
 
And thus two bloated girls laid in the middle of the Forest of Death, surround by hungry beasts and plants, with a month until Naruto becomes Hokage.
 
But that is a story for another time...