Hi! Credit to YenGirl for giving me the story idea and helping to beta it. Please enjoy!

Kakashi ambled along the hallway to the Hokage's office in no particular hurry, his hands in his pockets. After all, he might as well savour one of his last precious moments of freedom. It wasn't like he would have many of those in the future.

He knocked on the door and opened it when he heard an annoyed "Enter!" followed by, "You're late."

His eyes creased into a false smile.

"Sorry, Lady Hokage. But you see, on my way here, someone threw some water on me and got my uniform wet, so I had to go home and change."

Tsunade sighed.

"Spare me your excuses. I assume you know why you've been summoned?"

At his rather sullen sounding yes, she continued, "I also assume you know that despite being an elite jounin, you still need to do some reading?"

At his even more unhappy sounding affirmation, she smiled brightly.

"I always knew you had sense. Right, now let's get down to business. Your first task is to read and memorise every page of this book!"

She thumped a heavy book onto the desk and turned it around so that he could read the title.

"B-Beg your pardon, Lady Tsunade?"

Kakashi stared blankly at the thick book before him with the words 'Hokage 101' boldly emblazoned on the front.

Tsunade's honey coloured eyes flashed with a wicked glint.

"You heard me, Kakashi. Before becoming Hokage, you must familiarise yourself with, and abide by, the rules in this book."

He sighed, flipped to a random page in the book and raised his eyebrows.

"Not to be disrespectful, but it says here that one of the important duties of a Hokage is to read and sign any and all paperwork no matter how boring or tedious. Are you sure you read all this?"

She sniffed dismissively. "Of course. After all, Shizune and I were the ones who wrote this book."

At his bemused expression, she elaborated.

"After the Fourth Great Ninja War, we considered the capabilities of the past Hokages and compiled a rule book for all future candidates."

As he continued flipping through the pages, Kakashi felt his stomach sink a little more each time he came upon a ridiculously demanding rule, outlined as a chapter title.

'A Hokage must be able to hold up their own corner of the Four Crimson Ray Formation.'

Kakashi sweatdropped when he considered his own average chakra reserves. He flipped to another page.

'A Hokage must be able to cast the Reaper Death Seal.'

Kakashi sweatdropped again when he realised what the result of that would be. He flipped a few pages more.

'A Hokage must be able to create, perfect and perform his own signature jutsu whenever the need arises.'

Kakashi sweatdropped a third time when he recalled he didn't have a Sharingan anymore.

He looked up to see Tsunade's positively evil smile.

"Oh, did I forget to mention? As Hokage, there will be plenty of meetings full of nosy advisers and stuffy politicians that can go on for hours and ho- Hey! Kakashi!"

Tsunade ground her teeth furiously. The open window creaked in response as she glared at the back of the fleeing jounin running over the rooftops. He was just as bad as Jiraiya.

"GET BACK HERE, HATAKE!"

THE END