The Dead Tell No Tales: Prolouge

By TwilightAnimeLover21

Prologue:

With the war over, the Five Shinobi Nations rejoiced. Many have fallen, but those who have died would be forever remembered. Naruto Uzamaki has won against the masked man who threatened the world and brought back with him his best friend, Sasuke Uchiha, back to the light. It has been Three years since then. There have been a few rogues here and there that go against the peace of the Nations, but quickly taken care of, not by killing but by reasoning.

Since then, many stories of the 4th Ninja War have been carried out. Celebrations of Peace and Freedom ring throughout the lands and happiness galore. Naruto was elected Hokage by Tsunade, who stepped down after the War, saying that 'Old Biddies like her shouldn't be under stress after a war Like that.' She happily presented Konoha with their new Hokage, Naruto Namikaze – As he decided to take on his Fathers name- with his Black and Orange cloak billowing behind him waving to the crowd smiling and wearing his Leaf Headband proudly. He wouldn't have gotten far without his friends and family. Yes, his parents may have passed away after his birth, but they were always with him in his heart. His aunt Yume on the other hand, was behind him 100 percent. But how did this come to pass? Well then, we will start the story off before Naruto was born, and see how Yume Namikaze came to be, and helped Naruto to become to be the Orange Hokage, and for his old Sensei being engaged to his Aunt.

21 Years Earlier...

Running through Konoha village was a girl of 14 years old. Her somewhat tamed canary yellow hair was up in a high ponytail leaving her bangs free and hanging in front of her eyes, her side fringes –which were long past her shoulders- flowed loosely in the wind as she jumped from house to house to get to her home estate. "Kushina is going to kill me." She thought to herself. Then she grinned wickedly. "Maybe I could make dinner tonight. I'll make that ramen recipe that Teuchi gave me for her." She snickered at the though of bribing her soon to be sister in law. She arrived at the home estate of the Namikaze home. Instead of using the door like most people do, she went through an open window and slid down the hallway. The home itself was HUGE. It was larger than the Hyuga compound in the Uptown area. And with 75 acres of forest behind the house, yeah, the Namikazes were loaded. The young girl stopped at a full-length mirror.

She was average height for a Kunoichi like herself; Five feet 4 inches, and weighing in about 107 pounds. She was lean and toned. Being a ninja does that. Her heart shaped face was a bit soft around the edges, which showed signs that she looked a little bit between childish and mature, her sea blue doe eyes held a lot of mischief as she grinned like a fox showing her white pearly teeth. She was a light tannish color, some where on the borderline between pale and tan. She was wearing black ninja shorts (Though you can't see them) and thigh high black leggings. Her open toed ninja shoes were also black. She was wearing a thigh length Royal blue kimono shirt with small intricate red lilies on the hems. Her leaf headband was around her neck like a loose choker. This was her favorite outfit to go on missions in. The sleeves were bell shaped to put her senbon up on her forearms and take out in quick succession. Her kunai pouch was strapped to her left leg and her latest birthday present was strapped to her back: A wakazashi with a deep blue hilt and a silver guard on it. The courtesy of a certain silver haired ninja. She smiled at herself in the mirror and struck a pose. "I am sexy and I know it!" She said to herself as she winked at herself in the mirror.

"Oh run for your lives, it's the pose monster." A light sarcastic voice said. The girl turned around and saw her soon to be sister in law, Kushina Uzamaki. She had long, gorgeous, red hair and her bangs were pinned up with two green berets. She was wearing a casual green tank top dress. Her face was serious, but in her green eyes, she was planning something. This unnerved her. "Hey Sis," she giggled nervously, "What's up?" Kushina took a step foreword and smiled. "Yume, Yume, Yume…do you realize what you are late for?" She said silkily sweet. Yume tried to come up with an excuse. "Okay, I know I was late for the fitting, but hey! Blame Kakashi and Gai! They asked me to watch them do a ridiculous obstacle course! HONEST!" She pleaded that this excuse worked. Kushina shook her head as she laughed a little. "Not gonna fly, datte'bane. You are going with me…to the bridal shop for bridesmaid dresses." She said as she grinned. Yume paled. She and dresses don't get along for some odd reason. Every time she would get in one, about 10 minutes later (if she was lucky 30) it would either have grass stains or rips and tears in them.

Yume couldn't speak but she did the only thing that she thought she could do…and that was running for her life from Kushina Uzamaki. She hightailed it out of the house with her yelling behind her. "Get back here datte'bane!" She shouted. Yume couldn't help but laugh as she headed towards the Hokage's office. Hoping to see her bother.

Minato Namikaze, also known as The Yellow Flash of Konoha was sitting at his desk finishing some paperwork, his long spiky hair moved at he shook his head. He was wearing his Hokages robe. His deep blue eyes darted across the report; slightly disappointed. He received a report from one of his previous students. Kakashi Hatake. He has just got back from a mission to escort a well -known weapons merchant to the Village Hidden in the Hot Springs. Apparently, Kakashi dubbed the mission as 'boring'. He looked up to his student and studied him.

He was wearing his usual dark blue and grey clothing. His leaf headband covering his right eye and his mask covering the bottom half of his face leaving only his onyx left eye open. He just stared lazily at the wall behind Minato. Minato twitched. Kakashi must have a sense of humor if the report was stating that the weapons merchant wanted a kunoichi instead of a shinobi. It turned out that said merchant, was attacked by girls, due to the fact that he peeped into the hot springs long after Kakashi left him there, and was shown no mercy. Which prompted Kakashi to save his sorry ass from the angry hoards of woman.

"In my defense, he was griping and complained all the way there. And he kept insisting I was a girl…Sensei, I swear if you put me on another C-rank mission like that ever again, I swear I will retire early." Kakashi said in all seriousness. Minato sighed and shook his head. More and more missions were starting to become C and D-rank with a dash of B-ranks here or there. A-ranks have become rare since the war end of the third Shinobi War. But there was one Mission that he will be introducing to Kakashi, his old teammate Rin, and His sister Yume. He looked at the two pictures on his desk; His fiancé in a pale green dress and his sister smiling at the camera as if she was going to play a prank on the cameraman himself. And his Team before the War.

He looked back at Kakashi. "Alright fine, no more escort missions for a while. But I do have another mission for you. Your partners…" he was interrupted by the office door slamming open and closed. The two shinobi looked at the girl that came in. She had a slightly crazy look in her eyes as she frantically looked around. She laid her eyes on Minato. "Quick! Where the best hiding spot available!" She frantically whispered as she popped up next to Minato hiding behind his chair. Minato was confused. "I'll make dinner tonight, if you take Kushina out on a date. Train or something, I don't know, just keep her away from me!" She said as she opened the closet door. There was already an ANBU there. "Find a better hiding spot." She stated as she slammed the closet door.

"The vents seem like a good place." Kakashi said as he pointed a thumb upwards to an open vent. Yume looked up and gave Kakashi a wide smile. "Kakashi, you life-saver you! I could kiss you!" She said as she gave a mighty jump and grabbed the vent and hid up there. "Also, Kakashi, lie for me, I was watching you and Gai race across a ridiculous obstacle course. I owe you what ever it is you want." She said as she cramped herself into the vent and stayed quiet. Not a minute later, was when Kushina knocked the door off its hinges and looked around.

"Where is she? She was supposed to be at the fitting today and she missed out." She said as she opened the closet door finding an ANBU. "Seriously, get a better hiding spot." She said to the ANBU as he gave an exasperated sigh. She closed the door and walked over to her husband to be. "Honey, where is she? She is one of my bridemaids." She said as she grinned menacingly at Minato. Minato slightly cringed at the sweetness of her voice. He loved Kushina, but Yume did say that she would make dinner…so… "I haven't seen her today, Kushina love." She said in his best official voice. "She went that way." Kakashi pointed out to an open window.

"Thank you." She was about to head out, but was stopped by Minato. He was taller than her by about 5 inches so she was petite against his tall frame. "Kushina, forget Yume for the time being. How long has it been since I took time off to go out on a date with you?" He said smiling. Kushina looked at him curiously. "It's been about a few weeks…why, datte'bane?" she asked suspiciously. "How bout I take a bit of time off right now and take you out for a bit, love? We can pop over to the Valley of the End for a while?" He asked. "Yume, you better hold to your word about dinner." He secretly thought to himself. Kushina frowned. "But Minato, I have to find Yume! She has to wear the pink ruffled kimono for the wedding." She whined a little. Minato rolled his eyes and picked up his wife and threw her over his shoulder. "You and me, date now. " He smiled and walked out the door with Kushina yelling his ear off.

Kakashi just stared at the whole ordeal and waited till he heard faint sound of punches. He looked up at the vent. "You can come down now." He said lazily. Yume slithered out and landed on her feet. "Thank you! I thought I was going to be a goner." She said as she placed a hand over her heart. Kakashi raise a visible eyebrow. "Pink Ruffles?" He asked curiously. Yume paled. "I will never wear that kimono to the wedding. I don't care of if she paid me to do so, I will not wear something so freakishly pink." She said as she shuddered. "You owe me." He said as his eye crinkled, showing a sign that he was smiling. "Yeah. About that, you can help me go to the market to find food for dinner tonight. I mean, you can come too. Er, if you have the time anyways." She said lightly blushing. He shrugged. "Sure. Why not." He said as he grabbed her hand and led her out of the room. Yup. 'Tis the life of a normal kunoichi.

TAL21: Okay, Yes I know, ANOTHER STORY! But this time following the storyline of Naruto and before then. I'm sure people know that I gave Survivor to another author, in which i know it's in good hands. LIFMA is still going to be put up sooner or later ( hopefully soon!) and Shadow of the Fox is still on hiatus and I'm complementing on getting rid of it. Not sure what to do, but hopefully I'll figure something out. XD I'm also think about getting a beta reader to help me with this story because i think this would be a pretty good one. It follows the lines of before the Naruto plot goes into action and because i have so many favorite characters in Naruto, i wanted to work with Kakashi on this one. There will be family love, romance with a butt load of comedy, and of course, tragedy. But I leave it up to the readers to decide what they think i should do with this. Reviews are welcomed, and opinions are welcomed as well. Let's hope i can get this through and I hope you guys enjoy the ride! Remember to Keep on reading! :)