The war was over, and thanks to the revived Hokages, the good side won after there had been an epic fight between Hashirama and Madara which had ended with the two of them apologizing to each-other for something or other and declaring the other his best friend before they hugged and started crying on each-other. Due to the fact that the Godaime had once again suffered crippling injuries, it was time to pick a Rokudaime once more.

The top candidates for the position were seated before the Fire Country Daimyo who had final say in the matter due to the fact that Konoha existed on his land by his leave.

"I heard that ninja tended to have a rather twisted sense of humor." The Daimyo said, turning to Sasuke. "But seeing as I have to take every application for the position of Hokage seriously when it is open, I polled the heads of Konoha's major clans. The response from them has been almost universally negative. In fact, the Head of the Hyuuga clan whom I have never seen behave in any way that was anything less than proper had two words for you."

"And, what were those?" a scowling Uchiha Sasuke asked.

"They were 'fuck' and 'you'." the Daimyo replied.

"This is because I'm a Uchiha!" a rather affronted Sasuke yelled.

"The new head of the Nara clan anticipated you'd say that, and advised me to reply with 'It's not because you're a Uchiha, it's because you're a douche who went missing-nin for three years, joined two traitors to Konoha, and even swore to destroy Konoha at one point'." the Daimyo replied with a spark of mischief in his eyes, clearly enjoying this.

Scowling, Sasuke stormed off.

An hour later, a disappointed Naruto left the chambers followed by several other disappointed candidates.

"So?" Sakura asked.

"I didn't get it." Naruto replied sullenly. "He said I was too young and inexperienced, and that I'll still be in the running for Nandaime."

"So, who's the Hokage?" Sakura asked.

"You remember that smelly bum that used to live outside my apartment building?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah," Sakura replied with a slight shudder. "What about him?"

"Apparently, he used to be my dad's teammate." Naruto replied. "The Daimyo said that the fact that he's addicted to Crystal Meth doesn't make him any worse than the last couple Hokages we've had and handed him the hat."