Luku Yksi
Naruto panted as he dragged himself over to the body of his second best friend, Sasuke. It had been a long, grueling fight but he had won in the end. He winced at the hand-sized circle in chest but didn't stop his army crawl toward the brunette who looked to be dead.
"Naruto!" He heard Katsumi yell as she suddenly appeared in front of him. "Stop before you kill yourself. I'll get us all back-in one piece."
She crouched down between them both and started rapidly forming hand signs. Steadily, a warmth began to overtake them and they disappeared from the site with an echoing 'pop.'
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They appeared in a darkened alleyway with another echoing 'pop.' Katsumi stayed standing for all of two seconds before she fell to her hands and knees, panting harshly. Naruto and Sasuke were unconscious on either side of her; breathing shallow and sweat donning their brow. She needed to get them to the hospital and quick. Greeting her teeth against her shaking limbs, she forced herself to stand up. Using the wall for support, she inched her away into the bustling streets of Konoha. Slowly, much too slowly for her tastes, the people began to notice her. She opened her mouth to ask for help but it seemed her energy was spent. She swayed on the spot before the encroaching darkness took over completely.
When she next woke up, she noticed she was in a hospital room with her two teammates. Naruto seemed to have healed almost too perfect condition while Sasuke still looked worse for wear. Katsumi sat up with little trouble as it seemed her chakra reserves were almost back to normal; key perk of fast healing abilities.
"Ah, I see you're finally awake." A warm, soothing voice spoke up.
She snapped her head up only to stare into eyes similar to her own. Both of them regarded each other in shock; despite being of different genders they looked remarkably like each other. Katsumi immediately recognized who this blond-haired, blue-eyed male in front of her was. It took everything she had not to react the way she truly wanted to. Instead, she merely smiled and rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment.
"What happened?" She asked him.
"One of my squad members happened to spot you when you stumbled from the alleyway. We couldn't exactly leave you there so we brought you here." He said with a shrug.
"Oh." She cast a look toward her brother and Sasuke. "Are they okay?"
"The medic-nin said they should be fine with enough rest. They'll maybe wake up in another day or two."
Before Katsumi could say anything more, the door was opened with a bang. In the doorway stood three people and only one whom she recognized. His silver hair was the dead give way that this was a younger version of her Sensei.
She couldn't help her next course of action.
She launched herself at the unsuspecting boy and pulled him into a hug all the while screaming, "Kawaii!"
He stiffened in shock for a split second before he managed to easily work his way from her clutches. Katsumi rubbed her cheek with a pout.
"You didn't have to hit me, meanie." She fake sniffled.
"Sorry about that. He can be a little…extreme. Anyway, this is my team, Kakashi Hatake,", the masked boy was glaring at her with hate in her eyes that made her kind of sad, "Obito Uchiha," the dark-haired boy gave her a wide grin remnant of her twin. He wore all blue with orange here in there and wore goggles over his eyes. She grinned back at him and gave him a hug also, "and Rin Nohara." The brunette grinned shyly at her but she could see the jealousy in her hazel orbs. Katsumi blinked in surprise.
"Nice to meet you all, I'm Katsumi-." She couldn't very well use her mother's name as that would make them suspicious. It would be hard to prove she was from the Land of Eddies considering people from there tended to be redheads. She was going to go with the second option and hope it didn't bite her in the butt. However, before she could get the word past her lips, a very familiar face stepped into the room. Katsumi's throat closed up as she stared upon the younger face of the Sandaime, alive and well.
"I see you have awoken. You gave us quite the scare, young lady." He commented lightly with a smile small.
"Sorry, jiji."
The four occupants in the room gave a start at her nickname but the Sandaime said nothing, just merely continued to smile.
"You are very lucky that Minato found you when he did or you could have been in worse condition. As it is, you all should be fine and well within another day."
"How long have we been here by the way?"
"About a week."
"What?!" She screeched.
"The injuries you sustained were not to be taken lightly and several times did we have to revive that one." He mentioned with his pipe toward Naruto who was still conked out and gently snoring. She gave a start at the fact she could have lost her brother but held back her tears. "As you should know, when anyone is admitted into our hospital we have to run blood tests for various reasons and we came upon something quite…interesting."
She kept a straight face but inside she was freaking out. They had been found out already! Of course, she should have anticipated it but still…
"If you could excuse us, Minato." Sandaime dismissed her father. The blond looked between them curiously before finally nodding his consent. With a single look, he had his team filing out the door very reluctantly. They were pretty sure something important was going to be discussed and they wanted to hear what it was. However, they knew better than to go against Hokage's orders. When they were gone, Sandaime closed the door behind them and placed a silencing charm around the door and windows.
"As I was saying, it is customary routine to get blood samples of every person that enters our hospital to match them up with our records so that help can be given quickly. Imagine the surprise when, not only were you three not registered as part of Konoha, but you and that young one over there have very similar genetic codes to one Minato Namikaze." He took a puff of his pipe before beginning to speak again. "Care to explain why?"
Katsumi stood before him, worrying her bottom lip and twirling one of her blonde pigtails around her finger. She was debating whether or not to tell him the truth or become up with an elaborate lie that she would no doubt get caught in. With a long suffering sigh, she made her decision.
"Actually, jiji, the reason we have no records here are because the three of us are from the future, sixteen years to be exact. Naruto and I are twins while Sasuke belongs to the Uchiha clan."
"What proof of this do you have?"
"I know that the Third Shinobi War is on the verge of breaking out and that you plan on making Minato the Fourth Hokage."
Sandaime regarded her carefully before nodding. He knew no one would know that but him himself.
"What relation are you to Minato?"
"Are you sure you're ready for this?"
He nodded.
"Naruto and I…well…we're his kids!" She exclaimed brightly.
Sandaime choked on his inhalation and sent himself into a coughing fit with his shock. Of all the things, that was not what he was suspecting.
"R-Really now? Your mother?"
"Kushina Uzumaki."
He pounded on his chest as he once again inhaled too fast.
"Yea…" Katsumi muttered with a nervous laugh.