Those Damn Books

This is my first attempt at Naruto FanFiction. All constructive criticism accepted.

Dedicated to Zander,

he puts up with em getting all gigly when reading cute fan fics,

Those Damn Books

Minato had decided he officially hated those damn books of hers. One moment she would be quietly reading on the couch, book balancing on her hugely pregnant belly, Minato had never asked what was in those books, Kushina giggled too much when she read them. So he just didn't want to know.

Mind you, he had to thank those books without them he never would have met the pretty tomboy.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't read and walk but I just couldn't stop reading," The women who had slammed into him blushed, and Minato found himself breathless. It was Kushina, and she was blushing. When had she gotten so pretty? At this thought Minato felt his face heating up, and he smiled at her.

"Don't worry about it, Kushina-chan," And he spun around and fell into step with her.

"Your following me," She said Bluntly.

"Walking with you is a more appropriate way of putting it, as hokage-to-be it's my job to make sure you hurt no more citizens while distracted," He said, lightly teasing he. He snatched the book out of her hand, and off he went over the rooftops she ws miles behind him, while she was unusaully fast. She couldn't compare to the yellow flash.

It was months before he was able to give her book back, when the third gave them a S-class mission together. The beautiful ninja, brought her book along a new one. On a S-class misson, he liked her quite a bit by the end of it. She was loud, obnoxious and every he had desperately tried not to fall for.

Then she got hit with a kunai, when the mission was over and the person who had thrown it was dead within two seconds of it hitting Kushina, he wasn't called the yellow flash because he was slow thats for certain.

Scooping up in his arm, he heard her protest.

"It hit the book you gave me," Minato nearly had a heart attack he had thought she was dead. The book which he had only just returned to her, had saved her- and in hindsight him too.

He had learnt the hard way that those books despite the fact that they had saved her life were evil incarnate

It was two am, and there was someone in his room. A room guarded by ANBU and with numerous protections, yet there was someone in the yellow flashes room. He was on his feet before the intruder realized he was awake, and to the invaders surprise a kunai was pressed against its throat.

"Relax, Minato, it's only me," Kushina laughed, and so Minato relaxed and wearily turned on the lights. He saw that she was just about bouncing with excitement. He raised his eyebrows at her, and she held up one of those books.

"This book made me want to do something," Minato raised his eyebrows a little higher.

"And that brought you past my guards at 2 o'clock in the morning?" She nodded and the next moment she was in his arms, her mouth was on his and he was kissing back, his finger finding through her hair, almost lifting her off her feet.

She always got so scarily giggly and girly when she read those books. Kushina smiled at him from the couch.

"I love you, Minato," She said a glowing smile that he knew the books had caused. Maybe those damn books weren't so bad, after all they made her happy and that was all he wanted at the end of the day.

Fin.