A/N: okay, so there will be some OCs. Ill add SOME humor and stuff, to make it funny, but its mainly a serious romance story. My first story failed badly, so yeah. I'll try my best since I kinda get fanfiction now. Okay, namizakes in my story are not popular, they are mainly sake makers. Only minato's parents are ninjas and they are looked down by the family.
Thanks, now…drumroll please.. *drumroll* here's chapter one!
Chapter one
"Okay class, this year, we are going to have an exchange program. The hokage has made a treaty with whirlpool , so in order to strengthen the bond between our villages, the amazing sandaime has created a student exchange program. The top 3 students will go along with 3 random students. There would be 3 boys and 3 girls. "said Ebiko sensei.
Many whispers were heard.
"Since you all are only 9 years old, you'll need your parents signature. You'll be there for 3 months along with the great sakumo sensei and ashitaka (A/N: OC, female) sensei. And then at the end of the year your hosts will be staying with you."
More whispers and murmurs were heard.
"Quiet. Okay since it's April and you guys just had your exam in march-" groans were heard. "shush. You'll be going there in may till July, so you'll sadly have to skip mid-year exams but you'll have to take their exams there. They'll be coming September till November so they'll be taking our end year tests."
"But anyway, for the student list,we've already came to a decision. Top three for last month's examination was Namizake Minato, Hyuuga Hiashi and Uchiha Mikoto. The other three candidates would be Yamanaka Inoichi, Hyuuga Hitomi and Mitarashi Imoni. You six are suppose to meet your sensei's accompanying you at the top of the hokage monument tomorrow at 0730 hours for briefing. If you are late your place would be given away. So don't be late. Other students who choose to participate may have their chance next year or term." said Ebiko sensei. Just then the bell rang.
"You guys can go home now remember to work on your taijutsu stances."
All of the students went out. Some congratulating them and some brooding.
"Hey. I guess being a nerd paid off for you eh?" said Inoichi
"Haha. I'm not a nerd. I don't study 24/7." replied minato
"Yea..yea..anyway, wanna grab some ramen with Choza and Shikaku"
"Sure, I told my grandma I'd come back after 5 so yeah." replied Minato instantly.
Inoichi laughed… /minato and ramen/ (a/n: "/…/" means thought bubble.:))
"Shikaku!Choza! Lets go to ichiraku's for lunch!" shouted Minato.
"Troublesome" said Shikaku
"Aww, C'mon Shika" said Choza.
"C'mon, lets go! Shika, I have a shogi set in my bag, we can go play at Ichiraku's" said Minato.
Minato saw a small smile form on his lazy friends face followed by an "Okay". Inoichi and choza just groaned. Their match could last for an hour plus.
They reached Ichiraku's five minutes later. Choza ordered 5 bowls of ramen and minato ordered 2. Minato would order more but he didn't have much money. Inoichi and shikaku ordered one each.
They began their match. One hour later, they were full and done playing shogi. Shikaku won.
"Ok, c'mon, it's only 3 something, lets practice taijutsu!" said Minato
They were too lazy so they ditched Minato. Minato sighed and went to training ground 33.
Minato took his approved permission slip and went to the top of the hokage monument. He was the first one there. Soon after his friends arrived and finally, the teachers.
"Okay, Ebiko sensei already told you most of it. Now sakumo sensei will be telling you your hosts and when we'd be leaving for whirlpool." said Ashitaka sensei. Sakumo sensei pulled out a piece of paper and read it out loud
"Alright. Namizake Minato, your host will be arashi aoba. Hyuuga Hiashi, your host would be Kamome Yashio. Hyuuga hitomi your host would be kaitei chihiro. Yamakana inoichi, your host will be Umi teishi. Uchiha mikoto, your host would be uzumaki kushina. And last, Mitarashi imoni, your host will be kamome yokoshii." said sakumo sensei.
"okay. We'll, you will leave on the 28th of this month. So you have about..3 weeks plus to get will take 2 days to get there. So pack your camping things and we'll call you. You'll need to put on a small performances so meet us here at 0900 hours tomorrow. I'll be in charge of girls and sakumo sensei will be in charge of boys" said Ashitaka sensei.
They left and went home doing their own things. Minato went to the training grounds to work on his chakra control. minato wouldn't be taught how to control chakra until next term but since he is a prodigy, he managed to do it. And now he was working on his bunshin.
"Bunshin no jutsu" said minato and he had made an exact replica of himself. A small yellow blonde boy with crystal blue eyes and long sideburns. His clone was wearing a white jacket with blue flames and white pants. (a/n: check my ig for image…same username)
Suddenly, he detected a few chakra signatures. They were very low and soft. He knew it could only be the girls from his ninja academy. Only the fangirls would have those type of chakra as they spent most of their time chasing guys.
He sighed loudly and asked "You girls going to come out or just stalk me?"
"Wow. Minato-kun you are so talented!" said one girl.
"Yeah. You're also soo cute! " said girl two.
"You totally deserve to go to whirlpool" said girl there.
Minato just left the clone there and ran away when they were fighting amongst themselves about 'Minato-kun's true lover'
Seriously. There were only 3 girls inside the class who were okay. Mitarashi Imoni, Uchiha Mikoto and Hyuuga Hitomi.
Mitarashi Imoni was fierce like a tiger but she was pretty. She had purple hair and purple eyes. Uchiha mikoto was soft-spoken but she has a small fierce personality and they were close. Hyuuga Hitomi had midnight blue hair and pale pink eyes. She was very shy and kind. She was not shy with who she was comfortable with. She was also best friends with Mikoto despite their clan rivalry.
Minato wandered off to the lake near the Uchiha compound and he thought of his closest friends.
Yamakana inoichi was a fun-person. He loved to pull pranks on people and was a little perverted. Shikaku was quiet, lazy but very smart. Choza was lazy and big boned but powerful and a little bossy at times. They always hung out together and they are known as the ino-shika-cho trio. Minato occasionaly hung out with them but minato preferred training.
It was about lunch time and he decided to go home. He didn't really like his home. His parents were dead. They died four years ago on a mission but managed to complete it. They were both jounin.
-flashback-
They were sent on a information gathering mission and we're very badly hurt. When they reached konoha, his father had sustained too much blood loss and died at the konoha village entrance door. The scroll rolled out of his hand with blood on it. His mother managed to make it to the hospital, but her lung had an infection. His mother was still alive, but only for 2 weeks. She accidentally burned the house or a fire was intentionally started, but they could never find any evidence.
Minato was away at his cousins house at that time but many people came to the funeral even the third hokage.
Minato couldn't remember much about them and that made him angry. He only had one picture of his family and one soft toy from his parents. His mother had yellow-blond hair and purple eyes. His father on the other hand had black hair and crystal blue eyes. He remembered looking the royal-coloured purple eyes every night and her singing a special lullaby for him to sleep. Since the deaths, he strived to become the best ninja in the whole world, so his new dream was to be hokage.
He had a letter. It was in the Namizake vault. His parents had written to him just in case they died. He kept it in a special orange metal box along with the picture and soft toy. The letter said...
Dear my sweet adorable handsome young man,
"Hey minato, by the time you read this, we'll be gone. My dear precious son, we're sorry we couldn't watch you grow up. I want you to know, we love you. We always did. We want you to be a good boy. Be nice. Be slow to get angry. Remember to have manners. Don't forget anything we taught you. Eat healthy. Eat balanced meals of vegetables, meat and drink lots of water. You always had your dad's eyes, but my hair. You're a really handsome kid. Don't give up on life, be the best ninja. Make sure you're happy. Always he happy. Find a girl that makes you happy. Don't forget anything we taught you and be nice to your grandma. We'll be watching you from above. Love, mum.
Dear son, your mum already said almost all I wanted to, so be a good boy. We love you. Be nice to other kids and eat lotsa ramen, your mum just whacked me, eat healthy and remember that we are always in your heart, no matter where you go. Bye son. Love, dad.
Ps: I put a jutsu so this ink will last almost forever. Bye son. Be happy."
He read it over 50 times that day. He could recite everything. Letter to letter, word to word and stain to stain.
-flashback ends-
He walked home smiling at people but inside he was sad. He remembered his parents words "always be happy". He finally reached and his grandma was strict. He had to sit right, sleep right, and do everything right.
After training and dinner, he decided to sleep. Everything went hazy. He saw a handsome man. One with blue eyes and black hair. Then he saw a small boy with yellow blonde hair and the same blue eyes.
"It would be hard to move on from the past, but build your own future. The one you want. Don't cry in the present time. Smile" that was what the man had said to the boy.
He woke up. He rubbed his eyes and his dream came back to him. He realized it was him and his father in the dream. He pondered on the message, thinking what it meant…he remembered his father saying that to him when his favourite grandfather died.
He decided to be happy from then on. It was like a sign for him to be happy. He cried one last time and made a small promise that he won't cry unless something bad happened.
He saw it was only 4 a.m. And went back to sleep. He didn't dream of anything else that night
He woke up at 7:15a.m. the same day. He put on his normal clothes. White jacket with blue flames. By the time he went down it was 7:35a.m. He grabbed a piece of bread and cooked himself an egg and drank a glass of milk. After that, he went out.
It was 7:45a.m by then and he went to training ground 33. His usual one and after that, he went to the hokage monument with 2 minutes to spare.
"Okay. Since all of you are here, we talked about performing there to show our konoha culture. So who can name me konoha cultures?" asked sakumo sensei.
"Fan dance?" said mikoto.
"No way am I doing that" said Imoni.
"Yes you are.I'll teach you the routine and you'll have to do it. Okay. Now. What's next?" said Ashitaka sensei.
"Okay so we have got two activities done for the girls, now another one for the boys and one altogether. And other people please give ideas!" said Sakumo sensei.
"Hmmmm..how about 'noh'(a/n:performing arts)" said Hyuuga Hiashi.
"Noh, good idea Hyuuga it could be done with four boys, so I think thats all. Now the final dance, ashitaka sensei will explain" said sakumo sensei.
"Okay. Since there are 3 girls, there will be 3 pairs of girls and boys. You guys will probably not dance or maybe just a little. You guys can put on a ninja performance. But of course without actually hurting each other"
"Cool." said the guys.
"Good. Now ashitaka sensei will work on your fan dance routine(*Imoni grunts angrily*) and bring your own plain white paper fans. You'll be painting on them" said sakumo sensei.
"For the theater performance, sakumo sensei will choreograph it. And all of you will work together to choreograph your teamwork performance" said ashitaka sensei
"You have an hour to choose your pairs and work on it. You can ask your friends but be back in exactly one hour" said sakumo sensei.
So all of them went to a corner to discuss their performance. They decided the pairings would be Mikoto and Minato, Imoni and inoichi and Hiashi and Hitomi. (a/n: same initials for first names were not planned).
"Okay. Good. Now the dance would probably be four minutes, depending on the songs" said minato.
"We can mix another song into it. So that the dance and the ninja techniques will have the suitabile song" said Imoni
"I think I can mix the song" said inoichi.
"Okay, so anyone got any ideas?" asked Hiashi
"Hmmm..we can s-split the s-song like the first minute dancing then the last three minutes ninja" said hitomi becoming more comfortable with her current team.
"Great idea Hitomi" said Hiashi.
Hitomi just blushed.
They spent the rest of the hour coming up with moves and routines.
"Kids, you done yet?" asked ashitaka sensei.
"Kind of" replied minato.
They briefed them a little bit more then left them there to complete their choreography.
They made plans to meet each other and work on their routines so did their senseis.
A/N: Hmmm, so what did you guys think? Review? The next few chapters will be up fast considering I just finished my exam and holidays are coming up.
Review would be much appreciated.Continue on reading, questions? Ask. I will reply in my next a/n.
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