Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto… although I dearly wish I could be a ninja and do all the interesting things they can do :D. So far… I own Minako… thaats about it, and not even because she totally looks like the girl version of Minato and Naruto lol.
Summary: The eldest child of the Fourth Hokage has finally returned to Konoha (but not on purpose) after seven long years away, with many believe she was killed during a mission. Having quite the personality change since she was gone, Minako Namikaze decides to stay in her home village and get reacquainted with old friends and possibly find new love in someone she least expected. The only problem is, is keeping a secret from Naruto that she's his sister due to a promise with the Third Hokage.
AN: This is my first Naruto Fanfiction, :D and I am quite excited for it! It just happened to get stuck in my mind the minute I first saw Naruto on TV and now I have decided to put it out :D! Please note that the beginning of this chapter mainly takes place during Chapter 503, 504 of the Manga.
For now the rating will remain at Teen, but later on if I feel up to it, I may bump it up to Mature.
This story includes OC's six at the most…
Pairings include, Kakashi/OC, Iruka/OC, Shikamaru/OC(most likely much later, liiike maybe in a sequel but hinted! In this) Izumo/OC, Kotetsu/OC, Naruto/Hinata (I love them!) -_- maybe Sasuke and Sakura… buuut we'll see how I am feeling in the future.
You have all been warned… If you do not like OC's or pairing that may or may not be in this story, than you really don't have to read it, I don't mind really, everyone feels different!
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"I don't want you kids going anywhere near the nine-tails we're not fighting another village, this is our own village's problem," called out a man with red eyes, to the younger shinobi. "And not something you should be risking your lives for."
"That's a load of crap and you know it," protested the man's daughter.
"Calm down Kurenai."
"You are a shinobi and may or may not have a long life. But, my dead daughter, you are also a woman. If nothing else, survive long enough to give me a grandchild and pas the will of fire on to them! Promise me at least that… I will put my faith in you," replied the man to Kurenai's outburst but soon fell unconscious before he could say any more. In his place stood a little girl with blonde hair with the hidden leaf village's head band tied around her forehead, she looked about eight years old.
"Father!" gasped Kurenai stepping forward then looking at the girl. "Minako, what the hell are you doing?"
"I'm sorry, Kurenai forgive me. But your father is right you should all stay here where it's safe, I must go," stated the girl in a bored tone as she turned and walked away from the rest of the young shinobi.
"Minako, you're too young you can't go!" cried Kurenai desperately as she tried to run after the young girl, but was held back by several others.
"Let her go, Kurenai, she may be young, but she's stronger than most of us, besides, her father is the great Hokage, nothing is going to happen to her alright?"
"But Asuma!"
"Kurenai, the honorable daughter of the fourth is able to hold her own in battle, her youthfulness is wonderful hell she became chunin before most of us as well wouldn't you agree, my eternal rival?" said a teen with a bowl cut hair style and larger brows.
"Hn," replied the boy with a masked covering half his face and his head protector covering his right eye. "I wouldn't know I've never met her."
The three looked at the boy stunned.
"I'd have thought you would have known her, Kakashi, she is your sensei's daughter after all," stated Kurenai.
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It didn't take Minako long to reach the place where the nine tailed fox currently was, and it also wasn't a challenge for her to get passed the chained barrier around the fox. As the girl slipped pass the barrier there were calls to her from all around.
"Honorable daughter, it's too dangerous you can't go in there!"
"Minako, come back!"
But their warnings were in vain there was nothing that could stop Minako from getting to her mother and father. Minako followed the sounds of a crying baby, knowing for a fact that was where she would find her parents.
"… It's the only way to save you both… with the little chakra I have left," came the voice of the girl's mother as she drew closer to the source. "Thank you… for everything."
"Kushina you…"
"Mom!" cried the girl when her parents and now baby brother came into view startling the two adults.
"Minako," called out both the people.
"What are you going here?" asked Minato, her father.
"Dad I… I … I don't know… I'm scared," admitted the girl.
"Honey, please don't worry, just remember sweetie, whatever happens your father and I will always be with you – watching over you," said the woman with a smile, tears running down her eyes.
Minako stopped in front of her parents and the infant and collapsed to her knees analyzing in her head what was about to happen, she knew for a fact she was either going to lose one or both of her parents, and on the day of her brothers birth. The little blonde stayed quiet staring at the baby as he continued to cry and listened to her parents talk.
"Kushina you made me your husband, you made me the fourth Hokage… you gave me a beautiful and strong Kunoichi as a daughter and you made me this boy's father… and I…"Minato said but trailed off at the end of his sentence and was interrupted before he could pick it up again.
"Don't look so sad, Minato. I'm… I'm happy. Happy that you loved me… happy for our daughter…and happy that it's our son's birthday." Despite the pain she was in Kushina managed to speak and maintain calm smiling the whole time. "Like if I try to imagine surviving… and the four of us… living together… I can't think of anything beyond 'I'd be so happy'. If I had any regrets… It would be that I won't see Naruto grow up, or Minako become a young woman."
Although it didn't show on the inside Minako smiled and chuckled a little when her mother said the baby's name. 'Naruto, like mine and dad's favourite book.'
"Kushina, you don't need to take the fox down with you. We can use our last bit of Chakra to see Naruto one more time!" said Minato as he stared down at his son, causing his daughter to break out of her thoughts to stare at her father as if he had said something unforgivable.
"What?" gasped Kushina.
"I'll seal the last of our Chakra in Naruto with an Eight Trigrams Seal and then I'll lead the Nine-tails away with a seal only non-jinchuuriki like me can use – The dead demon seal!"
"But that – the user will be…"
"Dad! You'll die!"
"But I'll only be able to seal half the fox's power… It's just too great, it's physically and conceptually impossible to completely seal it all. I can't let the Nine-Tails be revived with-out a jinchuuriki, the balance of tailed beats be destroyed. But with the dead demon seal I can permanently seal half the fox's power along with myself and the remaining half…" again the Fourth Hokage trailed off in thought and then replied at last. "I'll seal the remaining half inside Naruto, with the eight trigrams seal."
"Mo-om," said Minako warily looking at her father. "I think Dad has finally lost it."
"I know what you want to say… but Jiraiya-sensei spoke of the world undergoing a revolution and with it, a great disaster! Tonight I've confirmed two things. The first is that masked man, the one who attacked you… he is the harbinger of that disaster! And Naruto will be the one to stop him. The jinchuuriki who will blaze the trail to our future. I just… know it."
"But… Minato," protested Kushina.
"Dad!"
But the Fourth had already begun the hand signs to the jutsu. "Have a little faith! He is our son after all."
"After I finished the dead demon seal I'll place your remaining chakra into Naruto as well. You'll meet the grown-up Naruto sooner than you think… the time will come when he'll attempt to take control of the fox's power… I want you there to help him."
"Our son…" warned the woman trying to understand what her husband was going on about. "That's why! I don't want him to bear such a burden all on his own! But why… why the dead demon seal? There's no reason for you to die… just so I can meet him for a few minutes when he's older! I wanted you to be there for him… I wanted you to raise him! Why…why are you sacrificing Naruto just to preserve the balance of tailed beats…to save the village… and the country…Why are you sacrificing yourself for me?"
"Turning your back on the country, on the village… is just as bad as abandoning a child. You should understand you saw your own country fall apart. You know the pain of growing up without a home of your own… and you know that we are a family of Shinobi. Besides, even if I lived… I could never substitute for you. There are things Naruto needs to be told, things I could never say myself. That's the mother's job, and I need you to carry it out, even if you only have the briefest moments to do so. This isn't just for you… this is for Naruto, and also Minako. This will affect her the most out of all of us, she was everything a father could ask for, she's our daughter and knowing that, she'll hold a lot of resentment towards Naruto, but all I can ask of her, is when she's older she'll see past that, and will be able to fill in where we can't."
"Dying to make a better life for his daughter and son… That's the stuff you let the father handle."
'So they're both going to die… just so Naruto and I can live a peaceful life and all because of that stupid Nine tailed fox. Only Dad could make a speech in his last moments of death. Damnit Minako this isn't a time to be making jokes.' Minako was lost in thought staring wide eyed from her parents and baby brother unable to speak.
"Seal!" called out Minato causing him to slump over due to the heavy chakra.
"Now for the Eight Trigrams seal! I'm going to seal the Kyuubi inside Naruto," explained the fourth as he struggled to stand up holding the crying baby in the process placing him in a crib inside and octagon surrounded by candles. "Kushina stay with me! Minako, please step back."
As Minato was to continue the sealing, Kushina's chain barrier weakened and tried to drive threw her and both her and Minato where pierced trying to protect their youngest child.
"If the father can do this job…"
"The mother should be even better right?"
Although he was not completely sealed, Kyuubi's size had lessened greatly and he was cursing them the entire time. "Damned Humans!" Causing Minako to flinch.
Kushina glanced behind her and scowled playfully at her husband, who like her was now dripping blood from his mouth. "You win… First argument, you've ever won… I guess… you're really serious."
Halfheartedly, Minato laughed at his wife and smiled before using the summoning technique. "Thank you Kushina…"
As soon as he finished the scroll toad Gamatora appeared. 'Damn, I really hate those frogs,' thought Minako as she glared at the toad that was now in front of her father and mother. 'They're always so moody about being summoned sometimes I wonder why I even insisted on learning that technique and signing that contract.'
"Gamatora… I'm entrusting you with the key to the seal. Hurry to Jiraiya-sensei… store it with him."
"Got it! Good… goodbye, Fourth Hokage," said the toad with remorse as he left.
"That does it…It's time for me to go, Kushina… I'm going to perform the Eight Trigrams seal… and try to leave a little of my own chakra in Naruto, too!" explained Minato as he sensed the Dead Demon seal working.
"Dad," whispered Minako as she choked on her words. Her throat was becoming dry and it was getting harder for her to breathe, all she wanted to do was cry but Minako didn't know if it was because she wouldn't let herself cry or because she was just too shocked to do anything.
"We don't have much time… if you have anything left to say to Naruto…"
"Naruto… Naruto… don't be a fussy eater… eat a lot and grow up to be a big boy!"
Minako face palmed at her mother's words. 'Mom and Dad are the only people I know who would give a lecture before they're about to die.'
"Take your bath every day… go to bed early and sleep well! And be sure to listen to your older sister! Make friends… It doesn't matter how many, just make sure they're real friends… people you can trust even a few is enough! And Study your Ninjutsu… I was never very good at it, maybe you'll take after your sister and you will be… everyone has things they're good at, and things they're not… don't feel bad if you can't do it all.
"Make sure you listen to the teachers… at the academy and remember avoid the three vices of shinobi… don't borrow money if you can help it. Save what you earn from missions… no drinking alcohol until you're twenty and don't overdo it or you'll ruin your body. And as for women… Well I'm a woman so I don't know what to say, but there are only men and women in this world, and you'll want a girlfriend someday… just try not to pick a weird one… try to find someone like your mother… not your sister, she's too much like your father at times."
'Gee, thanks Mom, love you too. You're only going to die and you tell your son your eight year old daughter is too much like her father.'
"And fourth warning… watch out for Jiraiya-sensei but, I'm sure your sister could explain that to you." By this time in her speech tears began to appear in Kushina's eyes and fall down her cheeks. "Naruto… You're going to experience a lot of pain and suffering. Remember who you are find a goal… a dream and don't stop trying until it comes true! The same goes for you Minako!
"There's… There's… There's… There's so much more I want to say to both of you, and to teach you about. I want to stay with you… I love you both so much!" At this point Kushina began to sob.
"Kushina,"
"Mom," called out both father and daughter at the same time. Seeing her mother in tears seem to have snapped something inside of Minako because now she could feel something wet roll down her face and drip off her chin.
"I'm sorry Minato, I took all our time, and yet barely said anything to Minako,"
"It's okay, Mom!" called out Minako, her voice cracking a bit as she tried to hold back her sobs. "I got to spend eight years with you and Dad, telling me these things and that you loved me every day, Naruto… he's only been in this world for day… please, I'm not that selfish!"
Hearing those words come from her daughter only made Kushina sob harder. "I love you so much Minako, sometimes I think you grew up too fast!"
"It's okay, Kushina!" whispered Minato, as he looked from his daughter down to his son. "Naruto… this is your Dad. Listen… to your motor-mouth mother, and your know-it-all sister."
"I love you, Minako. Eight Trigrams Seal."
"Dad, Mom!" screamed Minako as she ran towards her parents and brother, tears now running freely down her face. For a few moments everything went black, and Minako was unable to notice her surroundings but when she 'woke up' people had were able to get to her, the now sleeping baby, and their dead parents. For once in her life Minako didn't care about the Shinobi rule of never showing emotion, and every emotion she had pent up for so long came rushing to her, now she didn't know what to feel but one thing was for sure, she really hated the blonde child in front of her, for taking away her parents.
"I hate you! I don't care if you're my brother, I'll always hate you… you… you… monster!"
That was the last thing the blonde woman remembered when she woke up from her dream, tears were now streaming down her face. She never wanted to relive that horrible day, she thought she had suppressed the memory to the very back of her mind and now all of a sudden it was coming it was too weird.
"I was so inconsiderate back then… but then again what do you expect from an eight year old," whispered the woman as she wiped away her fallen tears (the first ones since her father's and mother's death) and looked at her surroundings, she was now in what looked to be a staff lounge room, one that was oddly familiar, but she couldn't remember how she had gotten there, if it was the place she believed it would make everything more confusing seeing as she hadn't been there in years.
Faint voices could be heard from behind the door, they began to get louder as the owners got closer to the room. Suddenly everything was beginning to get dizzy and the woman couldn't see straight as the door to the room opened.
"Come on Kurenai you can tell me if you and Asuma are together! I won't tell anyone!" came a whiny feminine voice.
"Anko… there is nothing going on between me and Asuma, so just drop it okay," replied the one known as 'Kurenai'.
"You're lying… Who are you?" voiced the one called Anko as she saw the blonde woman standing in the middle of the room, her back turned to them.
The woman turned her head slightly enough for the two women who entered the room to see the hidden leaf village forehead protector on her before the woman blacked out falling to the ground.
"Oh god," cried the two women who had just entered the room as they ran over to the fallen female.
"Who do you think this is?" asked Anko as she knelt down to the ground and searched the woman for I.D
"I don't know… but she looks familiar," answered Kurenai as she looked over the blonde.
"Oh," gasped Anko having founded what she was looking for before she looked up at Kurenai. "This says she's Minako Namikaze, you don't think..."
"I don't know but we better get her to the hospital and then contact Lord Hokage right away," replied Kurenai, truly shocked as Anko showed her the I.D.
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AN: I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter, and hope you wish to continue reading it! Thank you for reading and if you wish please review!