Kiba watched from a distance as Keiko entered the Kage House. Her long dark brown hair blew back behind her with the wind. The sunlight danced in her pale blue eyes. The contrast of her eyes and hair with her milk-white skin made his heart flutter. He was in love with her, but being together would be difficult. She was in training to be the next Mizukage.
The kages had decided to select a successor after The Disease had begun to spread. The strongest ones remaining from their village who were immune to it would succeed them. Keiko had been selected out of the fifteen possibilities for Mizukage. Naruto had been selected by Lady Tsunade for Hokage.
"Still staring at her?" came his old teammate Hinata's voice.
"Oh, Hinata."
Hinata sat next to him. She was twenty-one now, and fought zombies along with Shikamaru and Neji. As far as anyone knew, she was also with Naruto.
"Just because she'll be Mizukage doesn't mean you can't be together." Hinata told him.
"I know, but...things will be different." Kiba sighed. "She'll be expected to marry higher than me."
They were cut off by the alarm blaring. The alarm meant that a zombie had been spotted somewhere. Hinata stood. "That's my cue." she said, pointing to a smoke signal. "I hope I'll be back."
Kiba watched as she ran off to kill a zombie, one who may have been from their village before...
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Keiko sighed and looked outside. She knew that it was vital for her to become Mizukage, but the lessons were so boring. She was thankful for Naruto, though. The other successors were Renji, for the Kazekage, Kira for the Raikage, and Choziro for the Tsuchikage.
Keiko jumped when she heard the signal.
"Keiko?" the Mizukage asked.
Keiko looked back. "Sorry ma'am." she said. But her thoughts quickly turned to zombies, and Kiba...
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Story notes: **This story takes place when all of the characters are in their early twenties**
Chapter end notes: Kind of a slow start but I will continue tomorrow!