Uchiha Yan walked into the Hokage Building. Once extraordinarily busy, it now seemed deserted.
He had come to find out exactly how many people had died, and how the Third Hokage and the others had died.
"Tsunade, are you sure you won't become Hokage?"
That was the first thing Yan heard as he entered the Hokage Office.
Tsunade chuckled. "Hasn't our candidate just arrived? Uchiha Yan is a good fit."
Uchiha Yan glanced around the room. Seeing no sign of Danzo, he instinctively asked:
"Where's Danzo? Doesn't he want to be Hokage anymore?"
"He's dead! He stayed behind alone to protect us and used the Reverse Four Symbols Seal to take Genji and the Kirigakure ninja down with him."
Tsunade sighed. "I have hemophobia, Jiraiya is a wanderer, Hyuga Taichi belongs to the Hyuga Branch Family, and Kakashi has lost an arm.
"Whichever way we look at it, you're the most suitable candidate for Hokage."
Uchiha Yan spoke gravely. "If I become Hokage, I'll seek peace through war alone. I'll do everything I can to unify the shinobi world.
"And if I become Hokage, the clans' secret techniques and ninjutsu won't be restricted to people of their bloodlines.
"Knowing that, are you still willing to make me Hokage?"
Jiraiya's eyes widened. "Yan, don't you love peace? You even made a peace plan. Why abandon it now?"
"Because I've discovered that the shinobi world is gravely ill. It needs major surgery before it can have any chance of being reborn."
"There's no need for that. As long as I find the Child of Destiny, he's certain to bring peace to the shinobi world."
"There's no need to look!"
Uchiha Yan said evenly, "The Child of Destiny you're talking about is Naruto. He's the one in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
"But