WAIT: YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ THE SEQUEL TO THE NAMIKAZE LEGEND. IT IS MOST ADVISED TO READ THAT FIRST BEFORE YOU READ INARI'S PRAYER OTHERWISE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REVERSE THE CONFUSION THAT WILL BEFALL ON YOU IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ PAST CHAPTER ONE.
an:/ Hello cutsie hobbitses. Aerotyl is back, up and running. It's the summer and I'm not going anywhere (real waste of time but whatever). When I said I would update over the weekend, I meant sunday night. And when I meant sunday night, I meant I passed out while updating, resulting in a faceprint of a keyboard and an un-updated sequel. Then I reread what I wrote, I was appalled at my 3:00am work and decided to revise. Went through two versions of this. It's like the world is out to get me and all of you are laughing at my expense...no worries though, that's why I am here. Entertainment for all.
Review responses were on that authors note at the end of TNL so don't skip it because you think you know what it's about.
Sorta spoiler but a warning:
Though I must warn you in advance, while it may not happen any time soon, some of the most unexpected characters may, for a lack of better term, die and there won't be a bijuu or a jutsu that can bring them back. When I say they're dead, they're dead. (Time to freak out.)
Your not-so-long awaited sequel my dearest readers:
The sunlight poured in through the windows of the barely decorated room. At the bedside was the loud alarm clock blaring it's song. The bed sheets began to rustle and a muffled groan was heard from under. Everything went quiet except the incessant chime of the alarm which was brought abruptly to an end by a kunai impaling it violently. The sound died out and the hand slipped back into the bed sheets.
The sheets shifted again and a head poked out. The girl squinted as she hefted herself to an upright position. Her long hair stuck out in many places and her eyes screamed annoyance and sleep deprivation. She swung her legs to the side and let her feet touch the cold bare floor. Her toes curled at the touch but she stood up full height and made her way to the bathroom.
"Honey! Are you awake?"
"Yes! I'll be down in a moment!"
The girl combed through her long pink locks and scrambled downstairs to see her mother frying eggs.
"Good morning, Sakura! Going somewhere?"
"Yeah, important day today."
"Oh really? What is it?"
"I'm starting my new job at the hospital! Can you believe it?!"
"Oh congratulations, sweetie! Make sure you're home on time and we can have a celebratory dinner!"
"Mhmmf" Sakura nodded with a mouthful of toast. She darted out the door, leaving a cloud of dust in her wake.
The blond (an:/haha there is a difference!) threaded his hand through the soft pink tresses and felt her soft lips on his. He brought her closer by her waist, pushing against the small of her back.
"Welcome back..."
The boy pulled back and smiled at the girl, her face albeit slightly blurry.
"Good to be back, Sa-"
"WAKE THE HELL UP, GAKI!"
The boy was awoken by the sudden change in temperature as his teacher dropped a bucket of water all over his face. He jolted up, skyrocketing a few feet in the air before crashing back on the floor next to his bed. Seventeen year old groaned against the muddy dirt that surrounded his sleeping bag and didn't move. The veins on the teacher's forehead pulsed as the teenager didn't move.
"Wake up you little brat or we won't make it to our destination on time."
"Mmmphf...I'd rather not." the blond turned his head to the side to enable breathing.
"Yeah well, the sooner we get there, the sooner we see your damn girlfriend."
The teen turned beet red and sputtered.
"Sh-she's not my girlfriend!"
"Yeah...Like I'd believe that. I know infatuation when I see it." The sage muttered as he slipped his bag on his back, "Get ready or I'm leaving with or without you and your weird ass dreams." The old man proceeded to poorly henge as the teen and grope the air for an imaginary girl while smooching.
The boy groaned again before flopping onto his back and rubbing his blue eyes before grinning. He got up to get ready, watching the old man already walk away. Not that it would matter since the old coot was slow anyways.
"I need you to file these in the archives and get me a copy of the general hospital's update. Then I need one from the academy for new genin recruits this year."
"Right away, Hokage-sama"
The secretary made her way out and Namikaze Minato slowly sunk back into his chair. He technically should not be working. Hell, he shouldn't even be anywhere near the building. But as much as his wife would like to kill him for this, he had things to do, people to meet, places to be, and those things aren't going to do themselves.
Minato jumped out of his seat when the door slammed open.
"You stupid IDIOT~! What are you doing in the office!"
Kushina slammed her hands on Minato's desk, successfully dumping all the paper of the floor and scaring Minato shitless. The hokage put his hands up in surrender.
"Mah...Well you see, Kushina-chan-"
"Don't 'Kushina-chan' me! You should not be in this damn office!"
"Now, calm down for just a moment-"
"Calm? CALM? YOU TELLING ME TO BE CALM? WE'RE GETTING CLOSER, LIKE ONE OR TWO DAYS CLOSER, TO THE DUE DATE AND YOU'RE TELLING ME TO BE CALM? BECAUSE I AM TOTALLY CALM RIGHT NOW. DON'T TELL ME TO BE CALM BECAUSE I AM CALM."
"Honey-"
"DAMMIT, MINATO. I'M GOING TO HAVE A-"
"Hokage-sama, there are two visitors at the gate asking for you." A messenger bowed quickly and left.
The room went silent before Minato shot out of his seat and grabbed his cloak.
"Well, Kushina-chan, we have some important guests at the gates, if you would excuse me-"
"It's 'Kushina-sama' to you now, AND THE COUCH FOR A WEEK~!"
Kushina stormed out of the office, Minato wailing behind her.
A pinkette who was peacefully walking down the street for her lunch break caught sight of a flash of yellow in her peripheral vision and immediately looked around for it. And that was when she saw him.
At the gates, next to a tall sage was an almost equally tall blond teen. He was lean but built under his jounin jacket. His normally long blond hair that was styled like his father was cut shorter (an:/think of his normal haircut in shippuden). His jounin uniform was covered by a long red overcoat with black triangles at the end of them. His eyes were obscured by a mask perched atop his head albeit slanted to the left.
Sakura almost dropped the small carton of rice in her hands as she stared, mouth agape. And it was as if he knew she was staring at her, he slowly turned in her direction. The thin scars adorning his cheeks became prominent and the sparkles in his blue eyes shone brightly in the shade of the large gates. And that was when she dropped the carton of rice and subconsciously stepped forward.
"So..."
"What?"
"You're not going to declare your presence at the top of your lungs now that you're here?"
"Why would I do that?"
"You didn't seem to have a problem doing that in the other towns."
"I was 15, what do you expect?"
"That was only two years ago."
"If you haven't noticed, two years is quite a lot in teenage years."
"No not really. You're still the same damn gaki."
"Thanks. It's good to see years of voice cracking, tripping, and...other things were put to good use."
"Your father owes me so much. He has no idea. That was all his job and he dumped it on me."
"Right."
Naruto glared at Jiraiya and crossed his arms as they both continued to wait for his father. It was slightly chilly waiting in the shadows even though the weather was really sunny. He almost started to kick the dirt beneath him but he felt a tug to his left. When he looked up, his jaw almost dropped.
Only twenty meters away, a pair of green eyes stared back, her long pink tresses cascaded down her back. The face his dreams have been missing looked back at him. He wanted to smile but his face wouldn't move. He just looked on until the box of rice in her hands dropped on the ground. His eyes darted down but back up when she took a step forward. Jiraiya, who was still talking to the guards, didn't notice Naruto slowly walk away from him but when he did, Naruto was already walking towards the girl.
"S-Sakura?"
"N-Naruto!"
Sakura ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck as he twirled her around to stop her momentum.
"Oh my god, it's been a long time since I saw you! You've grown taller!"
Sakura broke apart and measured the height difference.
"Wow, and I'm wearing slightly elevated sandals to top it off!"
Naruto laughed and combed his fingers through his hair.
"Yeah, you've, uh, grown too, and I see your hair is even longer than before."
"Yeah, as long as it doesn't get in the way, I'm fine with it."
The two went into an awkward silence as Naruto debated what he should talk about and Sakura chided herself for ending the conversation like that.
"So-" "I-"
"No you start." "You can start."
"I-""I-"
"How'd the past three years go for you?" Naruto started.
"Great, I guess. I was going to say the same thing, good I'm guessing?"
"Yeah, busy. You know, training, and all that."
"Yeah...totally." Sakura rubbed her arms as she looked to the floor. Naruto kicked the dirt lightly as he looked up towards the buildings.
"There you are! I've been looking all over for you!"
Both teens slumped in relief as the Yondaime and his wife walked over.
"Tou-san! Kaa-san-whoa, whoa, whoa, what. What the fuck. What is that. Why are you-"
Naruto began to sputter as he pointed at his mother.
"What did you eat? An entire cow? Lay off the ramen, Kaa-san-"
Kushina whacked her son across the head and growled.
"Are you calling me fat? I'M PREGNANT, YOU STUPID IDIOT!"
Naruto cradled his head and Minato only looked on apologetically.
Jiraiya walked over and looked at Kushina.
"Lay off the ramen, lady." he deadpanned.
Kushina growled and punched the living daylights out of the sage, sending him crashing into a nearby building.
"I'M PREGNANT, DAMMIT!"
Sakura rushed over to Kushina to support the her.
"Kushina-sama, stress will cause an early delivery. Please do not overexert yourself."
Kushina substantially calmed down and took in deep breaths.
"That's what I tried to tell her earlier, but she just wouldn't listen..." Minato muttered to Naruto. Jiraiya appeared next to Naruto and put his hand on both of their shoulders.
"Women." The sage shook his head.
Sakura and Kushina shot daggers through their eyes at the men.
Naruto and Minato surrendered, pointing at Jiraiya. Kushina and Sakura looked at each other before they both punched Jiraiya in the face.
Jiraiya sailed through the air screaming "Traitors~!" before crashing into the walls of Konoha.
"I expect a full mission summary by the end of this week and I need you on duty at the missions desk in my place for the rest of the week as well."
"But, Tou-san. It's going to be my sibling too. Shouldn't I be there as well?"
"We will call you over, but your mother is more lenient on you than on me. Just humor me for a bit, all right?"
"Fine. You owe me."
"Sure, whatever. How much."
"40"
"Holy shit, that's like 10 more than last time!"
"I'm a growing boy."
"Like there's any room to grow but horizontally."
"Are you calling me fat?"
"N-No...wait, you're not Kushina. YES, YOU ARE FAT!"
"Tou-san~!"
"35 and no more. I may be Hokage but my money does not flow like chakra."
"37"
"Deal."
Naruto sprinted out of the office as Jiraiya only looked on in exasperation.
"I should've taught you more on bargaining, Minato. You seem to be bested by your son every time."
"Right, well he's taught by the best, right? Speaking of which, give a report."
"He's on the move."
"Which one, dammit. All this obscure talking is giving me a headache."
"The masked man."
Minato's gaze steeled, but Jiraiya continued.
"Naruto deployed more spies over the course of these three years and some say that this man goes by the name of Tobi. He's an Uchiha and wears an orange mask."
"I think we heard of this man already. Anything new."
"An organization that goes by the name of Akatsuki. Tobi is part of it. It's run by an unseen ruler of Amegakure. There are some pretty stretched rumors of the leader of this group. But the main Akatsuki members are highly wanted criminals. Itachi is included in the list. The main group is hard to get in. Hell, it's like they only recruit every blue moon."
"Itachi, huh. And, Amegakure?"
"The Daimyo says he has nothing to do with it and that there hasn't been a leader since Hanzo but I believe he might be under the influence of a jutsu. These rumors of the leader go as far as to say he is a god of some sort. A Rinnegan user."
"A Rinnegan? Are you sure. That is the stuff of legends though."
"I think they're just rumors. These people are pretty reclusive and like to stretch the truth."
"Stretched or not, there's a bit of truth in it somewhere. Is there anything we can actually gather that has evidence?"
"None. As far as we're concerned, these people don't even know who they're bowing too."
"And Tobi?"
"I want to say that he's responsible for the Kyuubi but they say he's rather an oddball. A highly unlikely suspect for the attack and most likely harmless."
"Yeah, that's what they want you to believe."
"Right. And they have recently recruited a new member."
"Identification?"
"No name at the moment but known for her strikingly green hair. She's a rather cheerful one. Some say she can't die."
"Immortal?"
"Highly unlikely. Even Orochimaru couldn't think of it. Kabuto is trying to continue the old snake's work but clearly he hasn't gotten anywhere. The Uchiha under his wing though, thank god you've got your son on his side. A force to be reckoned with, that one."
Minato sighed as he rubbed his temples. These people were bad news. Tobi, this leader, Kabuto, this green haired girl, even the cloaked figure at the chuunin exams way back when.
"All right, submit me a report in a week as well. Detailed please and don't spill sake on it like you did last time. We need as much information as possible."
"Right. Anything on Naruto's training?"
"Is there anything knew? Bounty collecting, saving villages from the brink of disaster, what else is new? You guys seem to have famous adventures that make it here, even though a bit stretched. I think there was one where Naruto rode a bird. Had to convince Kushina for a whole month that it was just rumors."
"No that was real. A summon. He rode it."
Minato paused and exhaled again.
"Just don't let Kushina hear that or she'll faint."
"Right."
"Good night, Jiraiya-sensei."
The sage hopped out the window and Minato rested his head on his hands. It's going to be a long week.
An:/ So, yes no? Maybe so? I don't care. I have started the sequel and SURPRISE Naruto has a sibling up to boot.
Right off the bat POLL:
Should the baby be a GIRL or a BOY
And if you'd like, throw in some name suggestions (nothing to crazy please, my brain gives me enough)
ANOTHER POLL:
A reader in TNL asked if the sequel could be M rated...I dk but if you want to, I could arrange it. But I might just stick with T, your choice though, my wonderful readers. T or M?
Just leave your suggestions in the reviews or my PM box
Aerotyl over and out.
