AU RP--

[mooneye]

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[mooneye]

"That does not count as being able to cook, dear."

Good Morning~

[youngesthokage]

"It's never burned and the ingredients are all there, so I can't understand the problem."

Good morning! <3

[mooneye]

"...You know, I'm beginning to suspect that it wasn't just a bodyguard Tsunade was concerned you were going without."

[youngesthokage]

"I have bodyguards. I like to call them ANBU, and I get lectured by the more overprotective ones that have the dubious title of Kohai when they can't find me lately." He nodded once. "So I just go to the office instead."

[mooneye]

"I can imagine your little habit of slipping away being very frustrating for them." He smirked.

[youngesthokage]

He laughed softly and inclined his head. "Yes. Yugao is the most vocal of the group. Then again sometimes I think she believes I'm still twelve like I was when I was made her captain."

[mooneye]

He didn't answer at first, just turned his cup around between his hands and then lifted it to drink. "You're about a decade too young for everything you do, you know."

[youngesthokage]

"Everything?" It was a murmur as he looked sideways at him.

[mooneye]

"Almost everything." He amended, raising his eyebrows.

[youngesthokage]

"Which things make you say that?"

[mooneye]

"Which things do you think?" He looked down at the table, then back up. "Hokage, baby," he said, ticking both off on his fingers.

[youngesthokage]

He gave him a wan smile and moved over to sit beside him, leaning into him as he closed his eyes meditatively for a moment. "I graduated academy at seven." He opened his eyes and sipped his tea. "I made chunin at ten and was immediately taken into ANBU. I was a captain at twelve. I was declared Hokage elect at thirteen and given the title at fifteen. Over the two years he let me handle the clan matter, which... was hard, but once that was finished he slowly handed over all the power of the position. I think he would have waited if I'd failed to find the solution I had."

[mooneye]

He shifted to put an arm around him, and listened quietly. "Very young," he commented. But then, many shinobi children were forced to grow up quickly. It was just what the world--this world--was like. And the thought that he could fix it if he wanted to came to him, the way it so often did when he thought something was sad or unfair. He could rewrite everything. Rearrange what was, what would be. Create a dream more lovely than reality.

He pushed the thought to the back of his mind, like he always did.

"Well. I'm proud of you, you know. For all of that."

[youngesthokage]

"I was the youngest ANBU captain Konoha has ever had." It was a murmur, and he settled close to him. "I've had to fight tooth and nail to prove that my appointment isn't a sign that Konoha has weakened. Sometimes I wonder. I had more than half my ANBU change over when I came into office because they couldn't countenance the idea of being under my direct command so much of the time because of my age. There have been other shows of disrespect too." He paused, smirked. "But I found a solution to -that- at least."

[mooneye]

"I hope it's something effective and entertaining." And a little violent, maybe. Just a little.

[youngesthokage]

He hummed and smirked. "D-ranks."

[mooneye]

He grinned, shaking his head. "Cruel, Itachi. Cruel."

[youngesthokage]

"If they're going to doubt that I -pay attention- then they can deal with babysitting four year old civilian children. I don't care if they -are- elite jounin."

[mooneye]

"Ouch. Now I'm going to have to be more careful to stay in your good graces."

[youngesthokage]

He laughed softly and tilted his head. "If nothing else, that severely curtailed the outward shows of disrespect."

[mooneye]

"It sounds like you're handling the position well so far." He nodded slowly.

[youngesthokage]

"I learned very quickly that if I wasn't subtle, the impact would be less to my liking."

[mooneye]

"I wouldn't have been able to pull off subtle... or any of that. I would have lasted about three weeks as hokage and then either lost interest and given it up, or been taken down by my underlings."

[youngesthokage]

He turned his head and rubbed his cheek into his shoulder. "I had time to ease into it. First paperwork, then mission assignment. It was hard the first time I sent someone out and they didn't come back though."

[mooneye]

He drew him just a little closer, tilting his head to lean his cheek against Itachi's hair. And he didn't reply, at first. "Was it anyone... important?"