Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did then I wouldn't be poor and living off of ramen.

AN: Hi, this is bswindle20. This is my first attempt at writing a fic so be kind.

Here lately I have been reading a LOT of Naruto fics with different pairings, but I noticed a pattern with the Naruto/Temari fics in general. In all of the ones I have come across (which is a pretty good number.) all of them either start with a horrible tragedy or an arranged marriage. However, if they don't, then they get a horrible tragedy in the middle and one or both die at the end. But that is not all of the themes; almost all of them end with them in the afterlife. I don't know if it's a weird kinda twilight zone thing or it just happens. I am tired of it myself, so I am going to change it. All the other pairings get the chance so I'm going to give it to this pairing because this is one of the more unique pairings in my opinion. Rant over, hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 1

He was ahead of schedule slightly on the return trip from his mission to the Land of Tea to retrieve the documents that Tsunade had ordered him to get. But that fact did not make him slow his pace in the least, if anything he increased his speed to the limit. He was determined to get back today so he could get a few hours of down time with his friends and do whatever they wanted. He moved like a ghost through the trees as he entered the Land of Fire. Which for him is saying something.

Naruto was no longer the shortest in his group like he was at the academy and in his gennin days. Now at the age of 23 he was 6'1 with a lean build and well developed muscles all over his tan body. All baby fat long gone from hours and hours of intense training; leaving him with chiseled features and a hard body. However the bright, spiky blonde hair, whisker marks, and his piercing blue eyes remained the same.

He also was not the idiot that rushed in without thinking anymore either. After he became a chunin, Naruto started to study more and pay attention to his surroundings. His maturity level also had increased dramatically as well. As a result, he was promoted to jonin the following year at the age of 16, the first one out of his friends besides Neji.

He also no longer wore cloths that screamed HEAR I AM, COME KILL ME either. He wore black steel toed boots with the standard black ninja pants. His kunai holster on his thigh with tape underneath to hold it in place; other weapon pouches were hooked to his belt. On the small of his back he wore two ANBU style swords straight across with a hilt on either side of his hips. He wore black fingerless gloves with a metal plate across the knuckles. His shirt was a black tank top under a mesh shirt with the standard issue jonin vest on top. The first's necklace still hung around his neck. His headband was now tied around his arm instead of around his forehead, since he had allowed his hair to grow out to match his father's style it just looked better down.

As Konoha's massive front gate appeared, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. He was back four hours ahead of his schedule, a personal best for him. As he slowed down to a walk he entered the village. When he approached the check in desk he heard a familiar voice yell, "Hey Naruto-sensei!!!!!"

That made a huge smile break out on the blonde's face and responded, "How's it goin' Ko?"

Konohamaru replied "Good, can't wait to finish today. This assignment sucks. It's just soooooo boring for someone with my skill level." Naruto just laughed in response; that sounded just like him in his younger days he thought.

"When do you get off Ko? We need to get together with the other two and have a mini reunion."

Ko sighed "Not for awhile, Baa-chan's having me do this as a punishment for putting hot peppers in her sake earlier this week. Udon and Moegi are off on border patrol for helping me. They won't be back till next week." Ko had got the genius idea from some of the old pranks Naruto use to do when he was younger. He and his teammates had taken up the mantle of being Konoha's pranksters after Naruto became a chunin. However he got caught after Tsunade over heard him and his two friends bragging about it to Jiraiya. It also didn't help their case that she overheard it while at the hot springs that he was peeking at either. He might be up and round in a few more days in the ICU.

Naruto could hardly breathe he was laughing so hard. He even had a few tears run down his face. Ko just stuck his tongue out at his long time friend and sensei. After Naruto finally recovered, he said with a stern expression "Have you learned nothing from me about stealth and handling valuable information until the time is right? Maybe you three needed to be my students longer than you where if you are going to screw up such a great prank with careless use of information."

When Ko, Udon, and Moegi where put on their gennin squad, Naruto had requested to be there sensei after he was promoted. They had been a team for one year before they took the chunin exams. His team had the best times, scores, and everything else in the exam that year. Needless to say they all became chunin; however Naruto was their squad captain until he received the promotion to ANBU when he turned 18.

Ko just looked down ashamed until he heard more laughter coming from Naruto, "Just do better next time or I'm not going to give you three any more of my prize winning prank ideas."

Ko nodded and said "We will sensei, because this job sucks!!! Where have you been the last two days anyway?"

"The Land of Tea getting Baa-chan some documents she requested. Just the standard A-rank retrieval mission, nothing special."

Ko's eyes became wide, "Y-You completed a four day mission in just two days???"

Naruto nodded "I wanted to have a few days to hang out with the guys and relax. We have all been busy on missions for two months and have not seen each other besides passing." Ko nodded in understanding, Naruto's age group were all high level jonin and were almost always on missions. They usually got a few days to a week off every month or two so they could catch up and relax.

Naruto signed the check-in sheet and looked at Ko, "Well I better go see Baa-chan and give her these." He took the documents out of his pack, "When you three are done with your assignments we should train and grab some ramen. I expect to see you three take the jonin exam this year so think about." Naruto received a nod and a grin, so he headed toward the Hokage tower.

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Tsunade sat at her desk in the Hokage tower sipping sake and doing paperwork as usual. She just got finished authorizing a week off for the Konoha 11 effective as soon as they all reported back from there respective missions. Naruto was expected to return in two days from his retrieval mission so he was the last of the group to return. The others should be back in a day or two before him from their respective missions.

She paused while reading a report and smiled fondly. 'Naruto, my little brother' she thought. Over the years the two of them have gotten to be very close. She didn't even mind when he called her Baa-chan anymore, however he was the only one to say it without getting yelled at or hit on the head.

He had really changed over the years since she became the fifth she thought. He was one of her best shinobi, even among his group of friends. Case in point was when he was the only one to get an ANBU position out of the group. Also after he was in a year he was promoted to ANBU Captain, he was over all ANBU operations until he was 22 and decided to retire and go back to being a jonin. He still runs some operations and oversees everything still. However she is the only one that knows that outside of ANBU itself. It was after his 'retirement' that she officially named him her successor when she steps down.

She had never seen him as happy as he was when she told him the news.

Flashback

Naruto and the rest of the Konoha 11 were in her office along with Shizuna, Iruka, Jiriaya, and Kakashi. Tsunade was behind her desk trying not to give anything away with the news she was about to deliver. 'I have called you all here today to give you some news.'

'You're not pregnant are you?' Jiriaya asked with a lecherous grin on his face.

'No you idiot!!!!!!! Shut up so I can tell you!!' She took a deep breath and continued, 'The news I wanted to give you all has to do with who will take my place when I step down.' She looked at Naruto and saw him stiffen slightly in his captain uniform. She grinned and looked straight at Naruto and said, 'Congratulations Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, you are officially the 6th Hokage of Konoha.'

He looked at her like his brain shut down and was trying to kick start itself to respond. Everyone was looking at him and Tsunade was getting a little worried. She was about to move around the desk to check on him when he suddenly jumped across the desk and put her in a spin cracking hug yelling 'THANK YOU BAA-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL BE THE BEST HOKAGE EVER!!!!!!!' She whispered in his ear 'Your welcome little brother. I love you very much.'

End Flashback

She smiled at the memory. After that he became her apprentice so he could learn the ins and outs of the job. He also still went on normal missions and ran ANBU in addition to his work with her. That had been a little over a year ago. Now that he had achieved his dream, she wanted him to achieve another one as well.

That would be finding a woman and settling down. Not that it was an impossible task, people's opinion of him changed over the years. He was respected by everyone in the village and even had a fan club of village girls that were vying for his attention. However it was a time issue and he was very busy with all of his duties.

This fact made it impossible for him to date a civilian. They just could not cope with the hours and time apart, also with the dangers that the job had as well. That is why most shinobi only date other shinobi, they understand the risks and the time issues as well. However, Naruto had not expressed an interest in any of the female shinobi lately to her knowledge, and most of them in his circle of friends were already in relationships.

On the flip side of the issue was that many of the lower ranking shinobi, jonins included, were a little wary of approaching the group or individual members. They had a reputation that preceded all of them, and for people who did not know them they were an intimating group. However once you got to know them you were fine, but you had to be invited and accepted by all first. That was not an easy feat, so there were maybe 10 or less people outside of the 11 in their circle. All of those were their sensei's, Naruto's gennin team, Anko, and Ibiki. To say the least it was a very powerful and impressive group. And from what she had heard lately, they were not looking to expand that anytime soon.

While Tsunade was lost in thought about Naruto's love life, Shizuna poked her head in the door and said, "Lady Tsunade, Naruto is back from his mission."

She left and he came in, closed the door, and said "Hey Baa-chan." And sat down to give his report.

She looked at him "Your early, about two days early to be exact."

"Yeah I know, I pushed myself so I could have some time off with the others to relax and catch up. Here are the documents you requested."

He handed them to her. "So I take it you had no problems or anything?"

"No, no problems at all." He stated off handedly.

She set the documents aside after flipping through them quickly, folded her hands in front of her face and looked at him "I might as well tell you since you are the first back, that you all have a week's time off with pay as usual to relax. However it does not start for two days still. Since someone had to be an over achiever and finish early, you still have to work on your in-village duties until then."

He looked at her and smiled "I sorta figured that out when you told me about the time off." He said with a hint of sarcasm. "Thanks for that by the way, we were over due for it. I'll report to HQ in the morning around 8, then come here after lunch unless I have more to deal with than I am anticipating. That work for you Baa-chan?"

She nodded and said "That will be fine. Gives me the morning to slack off and relax." He rolled his eyes at her while she took a drink and refilled her cup.

"Anyway Naruto before you go, how goes your love life? Anything or anyone new that I should know about?"

He snorted "Noisy much Baa-chan? Naw still single, but the fan club is getting annoying again." Tsunade laughed lightly at that. His fan club would get on his nerves every so often and he would have to watch his movements and lay low until they laid off which never took too long since none of them were shinobi that she knew of so it was relatively easy.

She sighed "Well maybe you'll find someone soon."

"Yeah maybe. Well I'm going to get lunch and go home. See you in the morning Baa-chan." He got up and walked out the door closing it behind him.

Tsunade sighed and thought 'I hope you find someone soon, I wanna see some grandkids from you!!!!' With that thought, she went back to her paperwork that never seemed to diminish in volume.

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AN: Well here is the first chapter. Let me know what you think. Also let me know if I misspelled a name somewhere so I can know for future reference. Until next time. Later.