Fic: the lord's name in vain

[elenafic]

Some years before Sasuke killed the Hokage…

“Can someone who can’t save even one of his friends become Hokage?  What do you think, Sakura-chan?”

At this point, Hanabi decides to intervene.  There’s an ugly undercurrent to what Naruto just said, and Sakura is beyond pulling her punches.  One step forward, then three precise chakra-enchanced jabs,

Comments

[aishuu]

Interesting - what the hell happened to the Hyuuga? Did Neji pull an Itachi?

[elenafic]

No, Neji is still in Konoha, dealing with the fact that the main house, such as it is, has been decimated, leaving Clan Hyuuga with no effective - no, wait, legal - leadership and representation on the Council. He's lucky Tsunade and Kakashi are such slackers when it comes to paperwork...