A/N: Ok this Fic had been plaguing my mind for a while before I was actually on Fanfiction and decided to write it. If you all must know, My pen name is Alyssa-Kaye and this is me very first MinaNaru Fanfiction, now with that being said let me move on.

Pairing: For exposition's sake, Minato x Naruto

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Kishimoto does.


I Do Care Chapter 1

Naruto's Personal Hell

The sun was setting at a slow and steady pace and the chirping of birds was slowly ceasing. It seemed as though everyone was heading home due to the fading of the many voices heard from the town.

The blonde could hear the commotions from far away, although he was in a very remote and quiet place. To the yondaime, Konoha cemetery was a really nice place to view a sunset. Perhaps it was because he spent all his time there now. He could go home if he wanted, but, after all, it wasn't as though anyone would be there waiting for him. No one to jump and tackle him to the ground as soon as he opened the door, no one to have pillow fights with until midnights, no one for him to snuggle like his own personal teddy, no one to laugh at when the storm broke out as a small figure ran screaming into his room hugging his chest and crying from the fear of thunder.

This was probably because time had passed and each of the two individuls had grown up or maybe because the person he couldn't stop thinking of, his very own son, already had a home in the graveyard, a silent home. So it didn't make sense to go home when Naruto wasn't there.

Tears quickly formed rivers in Minato's eyes as he reminisced on his life with Naruto and how he could've changed certain parts of the boy's adolescence, well perhaps everything in his childhood. Because of his mistakes, Naruto wasn't acknowledged for who he was, a hero of konoha, but despised for what people thought of him, an idiot, a hopeless disgrace to be ignored. At this point Minato couldn't compose himself any longer, as he dropped to his knees holding on to the tombstone more tears reappeared and came flowing down as the cycle was repeated over and over, as he remembered his horrifying past with his son.

FLASHBACK- i.e italics in brackets are thoughts

"Hey dad! Can we have a pillow fight?" said the small blonde to his busy father.

"Naruto! A pillow fight? How old are you?"

The small boy looked up at his skyscraper of a father with bold rebellious eyes as he pouted.

"8!" he said

"Isn't that a little "too" old for a pillow fight?"

"So! What's wrong? You too busy for your own son?"

The older gave a cute smirk before picking up his son and running to the bedroom, pelting Naruto on the bed, only to get a pillow to pound the boy.

Next Flashback

"Dad, can we go out for ramen?"

"Oh, Naruto-kun, can't you go by yourself? I have work to finish off my secretary hiri will be helping me tonight!"

"Ya see! You're acting so high and mighty! To much for me to handle huh?"

"Naruto, just this once please I promise!"

"WHAT? Not even a little bit of spare change?"

"….Naruto!"

"Hmgh! Whatever! I'll go by myself!"

Next Flashback

"Naruto, this is Hiri. She's going to be staying here for a while."

"Hello" the woman said. As she held out her hand. Naruto had seen this woman around the office. She was Minato's secretary.

"AHA! So this is my competition huh?"

"Naruto! Stop being so rude!" Minato scolded

"Hey look lady, if you're trying to replace my mom or something-"

"Naruto! THAT'S ENOUGH!"

Minato's voice made Naruto jump unwillingly. He had never heard Minato yell at him like that.

"b-but dad, I want it to be just you and me in the house! N-not you me and some other woman! I mean don't you see her around the office already? (can't you see I just want it to be me and you?)"

"Hm. I hope I don't have to deal with this when I'm living here!"

Naruto gave Hiri a vicious look. He had never liked how she behaved from the start, how stuck up she was and all.

"N-No! you don't have to worry about it! He's just not in a good mood today!"

"But dad-"

"Naruto! Go to your room now!"

Naruto noticed how his father defended the woman, how he answered her with a slight blush on his cheeks that wasn't easily hidden. It was strange how Minato acted around Hiri and in a twisted way, Naruto felt sick, jealous of her.

"Dad I…" he couldn't finish his sentence. He couldn't tell his father why he felt so aggressive towards Hiri. He decided to leave the argument at what it was and went up to his room. That night Naruto passed by his father's room to apologise for his rude behaviour. It was raining but he could still make out some of the noises being made.

"Oh H-Hiri! Hiri! Yes!"

If he didn't feel as sick as he did before he was probably going to throw up now. His world came crumbled as he slightly opened the door to see his father, sweaty, hot, and panting, wrapped in sheets with a woman Naruto had only seen 5 or 6 times around the office. Minato held his head back in rapture as he pounded into the woman passionately, while her arms rapped around his neck for support, just the way Naruto would hold Minato when he was being carried by him, when he was scared, when he dreamt about such forbidden moments between him and his father.

Naruto watched the two share a heated kiss before shutting the door quietly, deciding to let them be, not wanting to disturb the two. The blonde took that moment to put the pieces together, all the late nights at work, all the busy off days, all this time his father, Minato was busy with another woman and not spending time with his own son. He knew that he couldn't change what had happened now. It was too far gone. Minato, was too far gone.

NEW FLASHBACK

"M-Marrying her? First she moves in and then she's gonna be my new step mother? Dad why?" Naruto questioned his father. Minato had just walked in the kitchen as Naruto was eating and blurted out his proposal to Hiri.

"This will be a new life for us both! Me and her!"

"And what about me? Where do I come in?"

"Naruto, how old are you?"

"I'm 15"

"I think at that age you should be able to understand this decision! You're still too immature aren't you?" Minato got up from the seat he was sitting in to leave Naruto in shock

"W-wait dad where are you going? Don't leave dad-

"GROW UP Naruto!" Minato slammed the front door behind him as he left the house. Naruto, knowing that no one else was in the house decided to take off the mask which hid his feelings, letting a tear fall on the wooden table, then another until he was holding his head in his hands as he cried his heart out whispering over and over

"Dad, dad I wish you knew"

NEXT FLASHBACK

"Wait hold on a minute where are you going with my stuff?"

Naruto came home to see his father putting his belongings in boxes and throwing them into the hallway.

"Hey put it back! What's going on?"

"Naruto! Hiri's pregnant!"

The blonde's eyes shot open. (no d-don't tell me! Please please please no!)

"P-pregnant? Y-you mean-

"Yes, it's my son!"

"So why are you moving out MY stuff? What's the big idea?"

"The baby is going to need a room! This is the only one in the house to accommodate that!"

"AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN SON HUH? THE ONE YOU RAISED FROM BIRTH! WHERE AM I GOING TO STAY?" Naruto was now he letting out all his anger he had stored up inside for all too long.

"Naruto how old are you?"

"DAD! I'M 16!"

"AND STILL SO IMMATURE! JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE!"

"IMMATURE? DAD ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Naruto was now crying non stop and was grabbing Minato by the collar shaking him violently. "COME ON DAD! *sob* PLEASE SNAP OUT OF THIS TRANCE THAT SHE'S PUT YOU IN! WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME NOW? WHERE AM I GONNA STAY IN THIS NEW LIFE OF YOUR'S?"

Minato looked at Naruto with disgust in his eyes. He honestly didn't care about where the blonde did go. He didn't care if he was gonna be out on the streets or whatever. HE JUST DIDN'T CARE! He wanted so badly to tell Naruto how he wanted him out of his life.

"Naruto that's not in my hands now, I can't tell you that."

Naruto nearly fainted when he heard his dad say such a thing. Was he really? No! he couldn't!

"W-wait, dad are you saying…d-dad you want me out?"

"Yes, Naruto" finally the boy had caught on, he thought to himself.

Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing from his very own flesh and blood, his father. The one who he had loved so uncontrollably, the one he had been harboring such forbidden feelings for ever since he was eight, was the same one trying to put him out.

"..no. NO! I WON'T GO! You can't make me! Please don't make me! DAD! DAD I-

SLAP

Naruto felt a stinging pain on his left cheek as he slowly came to the realization of how the pain was caused. He tried the first time to open his mouth and speak, but couldn't it was so hard, so shocking. He tried again this time, succeeding.

"D-dad, you slapped me"

"THE HELL I DID! WHY DON'T YOU EVER UNDERSTAND? WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO DAMNED SELFISH! WHY ARE YOU SUCH A FOOL! SHE MAKES ME SO HAPPY-

"Dad…" Naruto interrupted "did you ever stop to think that I could make you feel the same way?"

Minato's face twisted in confusion.

"What? What do you mean?"

"Dad, I should've told you this a long time ago! I never should've kept it a secret for this long."

"What are you talking about boy? Hurry and stop wasting my time!'

"D-dad….i love you"

Minato's stomach literally turned inside out at the comment. Before he even put any thought into it, he decided to label it as a forbidden disgrace.

"Dad…I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU! SO PLEASE DON'T SEND ME AWAY FOR SOMEONE LIKE HER! DON'T REPLACE ME FOR SOME WOMAN-

After hearing all that, Minato lost all literary meaning to the words self control and before he knew it, had Naruto gasping for life as he desperately tried to pry his father's tight hold from his neck.

"D-dad *cough* what're you-"

"That WOMAN is my WIFE! So don't you DARE talk about her like that do you hear me?"

He let him fall to the floor coughing and gagging.

Right now, I think it's best that you leave this house!"

NEXT FLASHBACK

Almost a year had passed. It was a winter night when a knock on the door was heard.

Knock. Knock knock.

Minato woke up from his bed, as his wife Hiri was still asleep. Not wanting to wake her up, he drowsily pushed himself towards the room of his newborn son. After checking up on him, he down the stairs to the door where he had heard the knocking.

Knock knock knock

It was heard again. Minato slowly opened the door.

Yellow spikes made their existence known as Minato knew immediately who's trembling, cold body it was. It just made him even more pissed than he was before he came down stairs.

"…Hey dad" Naruto's voice remained calm and quiet as he stared at his father with sad longing eyes.

"What are you doing here?" he spat with venom.

"I heard that the baby was born, and it was a boy, congratulations..."

"…Is that all??"

"I wanted to see him" Naruto was now freezing and gritting his teeth like crazy. Couldn't his father at least ask him to come in and grab a cup of coffe?

"Why?"

"…He's my brother isn't he dad?

"Naruto, I can't have you interfere with my new life anymore! Go and get your own dammit! Why do you keep bothering me so much?"

"Dad…do you remember when I was a kid? Do you remember when you used to sing that short chorus to me until I fell asleep? Do you…do you sing it for him too?"

Flashbacks of the times when he would sing until the boy fell into a deep sleep began to play in Minato's head. It had been a habit ever since Naruto was 2 years old, for him to sing to Naruto. Minato tried to empty his head with such thoughts, after all he didn't want anything to do with Naruto. Not anymore.

"I don't know what you're talking about but you have to leave right-

"Dad, how could you let that women come and mess up everything for us, how could you? Why?" Naruto asks, tears almost forming in his eyes which Minato could see easily but couln't care in the least. To him, Naruto was too weak and he needed to grow stronger.

"Naruto, you need to understand life."

"And is this really what life is supposed to be like? Am I not your son anymore? Don't you care about me too?"

"Naruto!...you need to leave"

The look in Minato's eyes made Naruto jump back. He knew that his father was serious.

"Wait…before I go, can you just tell me his name?"

"…Yuro"

"…..Yuro, that's a nice name"

"Goodbye Naruto!"

The door was slammed in the blonde's face as he heard the light switch go off and footsteps ascend up the stairs to the room.

"…I hope you enjoy your new life, father. I wish I could've been in it too...But the point is your happy, so I guess I should be too..."

A lone tear ran down his face and dropped from his cheek unto the snowy ground below, never to be seen by Minato or anyone who passed.

"dammit!" Naruto swore. He promised himself he wouldn't cry anymore.

NEXT FLASHBACK

"Hey! Uzumaki! You're needed in the hokage's office right away!"

"Oh, ok"

It had been a long mission with the squad. Naruto had been more than glad to get it over with. He looked over at the rest of the team, before placing his gaze on the youngest and the smallest member of the team, a girl with blue eyes and dark hair.

"Oi, miso"

"…Y-yes n-Naruto sensei?"

Naruto smirked at how innocent she was. Too innocent for the life of a ninja. Too young to be contaminated by the blood of others she would have to kill.

"Your…leg, make sure you go to the hospital for a check up, ok"

"O-ok" she blushed

He then dismissed the group and left to go into the hokage's office, Minato's office, his dad's office, the one that he loved so much, his office. He opened the door.

"Good morning hokage sama- h-huh?"

A little boy sat in the chair that Minato would sit in. A boy with orange eyes and grey hair of his mother, he had nothing passed on from Minato. He looked around 3.

"…Daddy, there's a boy out here"

"It's alright yuro" then Minato came out from another passage door that led to the bathroom. He sat down and put the boy to sit on his lap, as he stroked his grey hair.

"You ordered to see me sir" Naruto asked.

"Yes" Minato replied sternly "I called for you for the report of the mission"

"Hai, there were no major casualties, just one team member injured, but the infiltration went well." Naruto replied, still looking at the boy in Minato's lap.

"And the scroll, did you retrieve the scroll?"

"…No sir"

"And why not?"

"Sir, one of the team members were injured! So we did have to retreat!"

"…Naruto that was a simple A-ranked mission and you're telling me that you couldn't get the scroll because of a member of the team?"

"My apologies, hokage-sama but we couldn't just forget about her"

"Of course not! What I'm saying is that you could've saved her while obtaining the scroll! IS THAT SO GOD-DAMMED HARD FOR YOU NARUTO?

Minato was at his limits. He was pissed. He slowly put down the child he was holding.

"YOU'RE ALWAYS SCREWING UP AND CAUSING SERIES OF TROUBLE! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GET ANYTHING DONE?'

"….Me? It's always me! I always screw up huh? Well didn't you ever think that this might be your fault too?" Naruto folded his firsts. He too was burning with anger.

"Huh? What the hell do you-

"Minato…..why…WHY CAN'T YOU EVER BE PROUD OF ME? WHY AM I SUCH A NUSENCE TO YOU? I'M NEVER ACCEPTED BY YOU AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOME shit TO SAY ABOUT ME! YOU'RE SO PEJORATIVE OF WHAT I DO! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LOVE ME? WHY DO YOU HATE ME? WHAT IN THE HELL DID I EVER DO FOR YOU TO WIPE SHIT IN MY FACE? ALL I'VE EVER DONE WAS, BE YOUR SON AND-

"STOP!" Minato shouted at Naruto, while trying to cover Yuro's ears from what he was hearing.

Naruto stared in shock as he then realised his mistake, letting Yuro hear all that he said.

"Yuro, go outside for a while" Minato said to the boy. As soon as he left he gave Naruto a certain death stare making him regret what he had said.

Without thinking Naruto just dropped to his knees and begged for forgiveness which only Minato could give, but he knew that he wouldn't, not after what he had just did. He knew what Minato was going to do.

"Hokage-sama , I c-can explain i- I'm so sorry! Please f-forgive me! I-

"Naruto," He was deadly calm. "….by tomorrow morning, I want all of your tools, scrolls, gear and uniform in this office, not forgetting the headband. As of this day, that was the very last mission you will ever get in your life as a shinobi."

Naruto's eyes shot open! He didn't mean, no, he couldn't mean.

"W-what are you saying? You couldn't be possibly meaning that you're firing me? What will happen to my team?"

"They will be handed over to another jonin with the same exact skills."

"No! sir you can't? T-The little girl, Miso, it's gonna be hard for her, SIR SHE'LL DIE ON THE FIRST MISSION!"

"She will adjust! He will make her adjust perfectly on the team!"

"NO HOKAGE SAMA YOU CAN'T FIRE ME PLEASE RECONSIDER!"

"And why the hell should i?"

"..I'm your son!"

"….This is the last time I will ever say this to you, STOP CALLING ME YOUR FATHER! you are not, and will not EVER be my son! Now get the hell out of my office."

Naruto then stood up. He kept his head down, he couldn't face Minato.

"…Can I at least keep my head band?"

"Naruto I just said every-….you know what do whatever the hell you want with it."

With that he sat back down in his chair and called for Yuro. After seeing the boy jump into his father's lap, with such joy and happiness, just like he had one before, observing that father and son bond that he had once had with the man who he was so deeply in love with, Naruto decided that that was his cue to leave the office, but not before bowing to his father for the last time.

As soon as he left yuro looked up to Minato.

"Ano, dad, what was that boy talking about?"

"Nothing yuro! Don't worry about it! Hey how about we go get some ramen tonight? My treat huh?" Minato said, trying to change the topic.

"…Ok! Thanks a lot dad! I really really love you!"

"I love you too, Yuro, more than anything in this world..."

From behind the door, Naruto listened to everything that Minato said, hoping to God that he didn't mean it, but he did every single word. He knew now that Inside of the room all that stood was a stranger whom he never met, not the father he knew all his life. Tears slid down his face as he whispered to the door, "one day, you'll realise what you've lost, and when that happens I might not be around"

NEXT FLASH BACK

blue eyes widened in shock at seeing the small boy huddled into the hands of a man, the same age as him. Yuro looked as though he was sleeping, he couldn't hear Minato's yelling.

"HIRI, w-what's going on here? Why's this man holding our son?" he asked.

There was a snicker coming from the other man

"Hehe, your son? I don't see a resemblance! He looks just like his mother!"

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"

"Well you are the yondaime of this sorry village! You can figure that out on your own!"

Minato looked at Hiri, as if begging her to explain what was happening.

"Minato…Yuro isn't-

"No! NO! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! TELL ME IT'S NOT TRUE!" he then rushed at Hiri and grabbed her hands "Hiri, how could you cheat on me?"

"I-I'm sorry Minato, I'm so sorry…."

That was all he could remember before receiving a huge blow to the back of the head and then falling into the darknes.

Minato woke up 2 hours later, from the same spot he was knocked out by the man. That was probably why Yuro wouldn't answer when he called. Maybe he was knocked out too. He slowly and painfully got up from the ground to search around the house for anything that belonged to both Yuro and Hiri. After minutes of searching, it didn't take long for him to realise that they were both gone with the man and that they were never returning to the village. He knew it would never be fair to Yuro but he wasn't in the position to react anymore. He was so stupid he should've seen the signs, the resemblance, the traits EVERYTHING! Now the only person he would have left would be, dare he not say it, Naruto.

NEXT FLASHBACK

He had taken a day off from work today. As he walked down the streets of konoha, people could be heard whispering his name and whispering Naruto's as well. They were saying such great things about the yondaime, but putting down Naruto's calling him things like a fool, a retard, deadlast. It couldn't help but make him think about all the things he put Naruto through and how much emotional depression he caused the boy. He really felt like shit. After all it was his fault that they called Naruto those things. He needed to do something about it.

NEXT FLASHBACK

Minato starting walking to the younger blonde's hut on the other side of konoha. He kept thinking about his late wife kushina all the way there about all the happy time they had together and what not. He smiled as he remembered her very own smile when she first got Naruto before dying only minutes later. He never blamed Naruto for it though, kushina told him never to.

He finally made it to the house after 20 minutes of walking and using one of his flying thunder god technique. Luckily Naruto never did get rid of the kunai he gave him, so he was able to teleport to the hut after getting tired of walking. For a second he wished he hadn't, well not until he could come up with something to start off with.

He slowly approached the door, well the board of a door, it was twice as small. The house was as small as the master bedroom in Minato's house. He wondered where Naruto had slept.

He lifted his hand.

1 knock, then 2

Minato shuddered nervously as he heard the board open and dim, sad, lonely blue orbs met his guilty, sorry ones.

"look I already told you that I don't have enough money for-huh m-Minato?" Naruto looked up at his father who was still, slightly taller than him.

"…Hey"

"…W-what're you doing here?" Naruto got straight to the point. Minato could see the confusion in his eyes, he mentally cursed himself for that.

"I-I brought you something" he held out a weapons bag which indeed did belong to his son.

"My weapons carrier, where'd you find it?"

"You left it in my office a year ago. I was cleaning it out and I found it. I thought you might've wanted it back, you know, for yourself.."

"Oh, well thanks"

In the moment of silence between the two Minato took the time to look at Naruto, to see how well he had matured. He didn't change much, just taller than before.

"…So why didn't you just get an anbu to bring it for me then?"

"D-Does it really matter?" Minato questioned nervously.

"W-well it's just that you don't really- um well you wouldn't really go out of your way to give me just a bag, especially when you live across the other side of town. Is there something up?"

"No, it's nothing like that…"

"…Shouldn't you be shouting around now for me questioning you all the time?"

"I'm…I'm not mad" he couldn't get mad anymore, not at an angel like Naruto.

"Well what's wrong with you?"

"I…I just wanted to see you that's all." Minato lied. He knew that Naruto knew he wasn't honest.

"Don't give me that! It's not the truth hokage-sama" Minato realised that Naruto no longer called him dad….why should he after all he did say not to, right?

"What?-

"Oh come on! Do I really look that dumb? Sir, you never come to "just see me!" that's the dumbest excuse, so come again!"

He knew he couldn't tell Naruto the real reason he came although he wanted to so badly.

"Na- (sigh) Naruto, I need to go."

"I heard what happened with yuro" Azure eyes of the older male widened in disbelief.

"Y-you what? But how-"

"News travels fast in this village"

Minato held his head down in utter shame. He knew now what Naruto was gonna do. He was gonna laugh his ass off at what had happened. He was going to say I Told you so! I was right! And you know what? Minato couldn't stop him from doing it.

"…I'm sorry"

Minato looked up at Naruto, shock running through his body. He couldn't believe his ears. Naruto apologised to him! He felt sorry for him! Unlike others who just didn't care!

"Your leg….what happened?" Minato asked, as he stared at the bandaged ankle. He was trying to break the tension.

"Oh, when I was moving some things out in the back, I slipped and twisted it."

He then averted his gaze to the few boxes out in the cold. It all made sense, Naruto had nowhere to put them inside the hut.

"So how much do you pay to live here?"

"A hundred a week"

For this…he thought

He saw several other bruises along the limbs of his son, some scratches, black and blue marks probably from the beatings he got if he didn't pay his debts.

"So this is what happens when you don't give in the rent money?"

"…Yes"

A deep feeling inside of him made him even more guiltier, he felt sick.

"How long has this been going on?"

"A little while"

He tried to think of ways to get back at the landlord for abusing his…his, son.

"You know I could help you with that, some anbu can-"

"No, no it's ok I'm fine. It really doesn't hurt that bad after a while, besides I can take care of myself"

"It looks painful, would it be ok if I took a look at it?" he asked

"Nah. It's ok it should be healing now."

"So this is where you're gonna live now?"

"..Yeah. it's a little shabby but I'll get it fixed up in no time." He grinned

"So you don't go anywhere at all, you don't see anyone?"

"Well I have no more friends, they all neglected me, even sasuke. I work as a caretaker at that cemetery over there."

He pointed at the cemetery right next to his house.

"You work there?" Minato cringed at the thought of his son cleaning geese maneur and planting flowers every now and then.

"Yes. Infact just an hour ago, I was re-planting some roses on a little girl's grave, she was the only person who used to visit me sometimes and maybe give me some food. She died a while back."

Minato knew exactly who Naruto was talking about, none other than Miso, the girl who was on Naruto's team. It was just as Naruto predicted, the girl didn't last three missions with the new jonin and soon enough a blade took her life. She was only eleven when it happened. He should've listened to Naruto when he had the chance.

"…Naruto, I'm so-…"

"Hokage sama, don't, please don't, not now"

"I…I understand"

"You know, tomorrow is a special day for me" Naruto gave a gentle smile. "I doubt you would remember though. It's not like it's gonna be big or anything"

"I see it means a lot to you."

"It does."

"Hm. Well I should get going now, but it is good to see you again." With that he turned around to leave but a hand rested upon his shoulder stopped him.

"I love you"

Minato froze. He wanted to grab Naruto and bring him into a tight bear hug telling the blonde he was sorry over and over again.. He wanted to squeeze him until he finally decided to break that hard shell and let out all of the pain that he had been hiding from his father. He wanted to stroke Naruto's blonde locks as the child, his child sobbed, reassuring him that it was alright, that no one would harm him anymore. But for some reason he didn't. He had hurt him too much to just expect a hug and kiss and all would be well. He was to ashamed, he couldn't do it. No matter how much power or will.

"…Naru" with that he just left Naruto, alone, like he always did! As he walked home he tried to remember what could possibly be so important to Naruto but he couldn't figure it out. What would it be?

Minato didn't let it bother him that much and decided to wait until tomorrow to find out, after all it would probably be just another day in Konoha. But, somehow as Minato went to bed, he couldn't shake the feeling that something terrible was gonna happen, and he wouldn't have the power to stop it. He would never know what event was coming next, one that would change his life forever.

NEXT FLASHBACK (ok please bare with me I have no idea how to write a fight scene so I just go by instinct and guessing you can give me some tips in the reviews)

"HENZU! KIMIKO!" Minato screamed.

The anbu were both engulfed in a huge ball of flames.

"Now give us the scroll yondaime. Don't waste anymore time."

It was amazing how the enemy nin passed all the guards, jonin, security and ANBU. These really were elite ninja! They had defeated everybody in the office! Now it was only him left. But as hokage, he never gave in to the enemy and he wouldn't start now, he was prepared to fight.

"Boss I found it!" an enemy yelled to the captain.

In her hand, was a scroll it had been kept in a specialised room with seals all over it. It appears that she was the one on the team who had the sealing techniques, there was not possible way that she could've broken the seal. This group was something else.

"Excellent," the captain replied "Now we go-" a kunai stopped him in mid-sentence as it connected to the wall in front of him.

"Not so fast! You're my opponent now"

The man grinned at Minato, "Well, this is going to be some fun"

"B-but captain the mission we need to-

"Go! I'll meet you up later"

"WHAT? Are you mad?"

"I wanna see what Minato Namikaze, the yondaime of the hidden leaf has got against the terror of Kirigakure (village hidden in the mist)"

Minato's eyes widened in shock. Did he just say the Terror of k-kirigakure? No! It couldn't be! There were so many rumours going on about this demon of kirigakure, the monster who wiped out an entire half of the village of Iwagakure (of the hidden cloud).

"Listen we weren't sent to kill the hokage, we were just here to retrieve the scroll and-

SPLAT. KUNAI. BLOOD. SO MUCH BLOOD

The enemy nin, fell from her position on the window, to the ground 50 feet below.

"Hm. Bitch. I really thought you should stop talking, your job is done, but not mine" he turned his gaze back to Minato.

"To kill a teammate, you really aren't messing around are you?" Minato asked

"Did you ever think I was?" the man shouted.

"Well then, I guess play time is over," Minato said, reaching for his kunai. "let's get the real show on the road!"


It had only been about 4 hours, and already Minato was on his last supply of chakra. He really didn't now how he still had enough chakra to last. The demon kept swinging attacks from the front, the back, left, right, up, down, everywhere! Of all people Minato, THE YELLOW FLASH couldn't dodge not one of them! What a shame to be called Hokage don't you think? He was so weak. No, but that wasn't the reason why he never dodged any of the kunai, or long range attacks. No, not at all it was that he couldn't.

Reason being is his enemy's attack strategies. The more he moved the more chakra would be extracted from him by the demon's chakra receivers, making HIM even stronger. Even the slightest movement and five times as much energy was removed.

Minato watched as the demon played with him, throwing kunai in all sorts of directions, punching, kicking, spiting on him, cursing him about how weak of a Hokage he really was. And who was Minato to deny it, since all he could do was lay there.

After a while, the Terror got bored of the little game, he decided it was time to end it. He took up a small, dull and bent kunai and pointed it towards Minato's neck.

"This is where you die! And look at what I am going to use to kill you! A small, bent kunai! That's all your life is really worth! A SMALL DULL KUNAI! What do you say to that Yondaime?" he cooed.

Minato didn't answer him, he was just to embarrassed to speak. He couldn't face the fact that he was so pathetic and in the end he would die from such a useless weapon.

"Well I guess there's no use beating round the bush now. Say goodbye to your existence!"

SWIPE. SPLAT.

Am I dead?

Suddenly a punch brought Minato back to reality.

"NO YOU'RE NOT DEAD SO STOP TALKING TO YOURSELF!"

The older blonde looked up to see his son standing in the way of the kunai and blood covered his hands. He took the kunai for me?

"N-Naruto?"

"Looks like I came here just in time didn't I?"

No! He musn't be in here! I have to get him out! he thought

"Naruto! You need to get out of here! This isn't your ordinary ninja! Let me take care of him! I'll seal him away with me-

"And what kind of shinobi would I be, to watch the yondaime who protects us all get hurt? What kind of person would I be to watch another die right before my eyes? What kind of son am I if I can't even protect my own father?"

Minato's eyes widened as he heard the last thing he said.

"F-Father? After all I did he still considers me his father?"

It made him ashamed to think of his son protecting him. He couldn't think of anything he could possibly do to make amends with Naruto.

"Now quick sulking! This will only take a sec! I promise."

At this point, Naruto had already made up his mind on how to carry out this battle. He activated senin mode.

"I'll take care of this, just sit tight!"

"O-Ok"

The younger blonde looked up to his opponent. He was glowing blue, from all the chakra.

"So it seems like you love A LOT of chakra, don't you sonny boy?"

"Don't fuck with me kid! I don't want you! I only want your sorry, piece of shit excuse of a father! So don't make this HARDER than it-"

RASENGAN!"

The demon went from one end of the room to the other, crashing down on desk, chairs and drawers.

"If you EVER talk to me about my father as if he's a piece of trash again, I'LL KILL YOU!"

Oh my god Naruto you-…you still care so much about me?

Despite Minato's thinking, the battle had already begun. All he could do was hope and pray that Naruto was going to win.

Unfortunately prayers were unanswered. It had only been an hour and Naruto was standing on sheer will. There was nothing he could do. He was trapped in the same predicament as Minato. All of his chakra was used up on tai jutsu and yet still it wasn't enough to land one punch on his opponent.

"Don't you know that shit doesn't work on me boy? I suck up all chakra, nin-jutsu, tai-jutsu and every thing else you throw at me!"

He grabbed Naruto by the neck hoisting him up to the ceiling before slamming him into the walls of the building.

"Naruto!" Minato screamed for his son but to no avail. Naruto was out cold.

The demon turned his gaze back to Minato.

"Now, where were we? Oh yeah! I remember I was just about to kill you! But, before that, I want to play with your son a little bit more, please?" The demon joked.

Minato felt his heartbeat stop as he watched the man move slowly over to Naruto who was still unconscious from the slam. He watched as the man grabbed Naruto my the collar and knew exactly what was going to happen again.

"NO! STOP! NO MORE! PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!"

"Too late! He's going to die anyways, even if I don't touch him!"

But before he could do anything else, legs entertwined with his own as tight as possible, as hands did the same thing.

"WHAT THE-"

"You know I just realized something." Naruto weakly said. Orange marks were now coloring his eyes as he activated sage mode again.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING BRAT! DON'T YOU NOW THAT IT WORK WORK ON ME! MAN YOU ARE REALLY STUPID!"

"Minato," Naruto looked at his father. "How much chakra do you have left? I think I have an idea"

"What? What are you talking about? You can't use anything on him he's invincible! Chakra is useless"

"Yes, but who said anything about natural energy?"

Minato then came to the realisation. Of course that's it!

Naruto noticed the widened eyes Minato had and knew that his father understood what was going on.

"Good! Now that you're with me you know what to do"

"Right!" Minato activated sage mode as well as he too, clamped on to the demon.

"Minato-sama, when I release this energy it will be the last I will have! So I need you to release as much a s possible, are you ready?" Naruto asked

"READY!" Minato responded. Both of them released all of the natural energy they could into him, and the effect they wanted, worked well. Slowly but surely, the demon morphed into a toad.

"W-WHAT THE HELL? WHAT'S THIS? WHAT'S GOING ON!"

"Hm, natural energy is one hell of a bitch to control, and I knew you would never have the power to, especially not after eating up all of my chakra, because that was my plan all along!" Naruto replied.

"WHAT! N-NO! NOOOO-" he could no longer speak.

The two blondes both let go as the body between them hardened into stone.


In the aftermath Minato looked over to his son, he couldn't believe it. Naruto, the boy he had despised all his life, the one whom he had hurt, had in turn saved his life. He was never more amazed.

"….Y-You did it" Minato said, but he didn't get a response probably because Naruto was too shocked himself. That had to be it. Never was he more wrong.

"Naruto….YOU DID IT!" he screamed in joy. But that joy on his face was then removed by a look of dread when he saw Naruto collapse to the ground coughing out way too much blood.

"Naruto!" Minato rushed to Naruto's side in efforts to help him.

Minato couldn't pinpoint where was hurting Naruto until he saw the blond, cup his chest.

Oh shit. Kami, please don't tell me! Please NO!

Minato saw a deep wound, dead on the spot where he knew that Naruto's heart would've been. He could see right through it, although so much blood was gushing out. He knew immeadiately that that was from the kunai, the dull, weak kunai that Naruto saved him from.

He looked Naruto's pained expression and knew that from the look in his eyes, that he was going to die.

No! no! no! no! I can't let this happen! I can't lose him!

"Naruto hang in there alright! I'll be right back! A medic will soon be here and-

As he tried to leave, he felt a weak, feeble hand grab his vess.

"N-No, no Minato, don't"

"BUT Naruto YOU-"

"It's to l-late….a m-medic c-can't save me now, it's n-no use. My h-heart was c-completely ripped apart by the k-kunai from the b-beginning, I only held on long enough f-for my plan to w-work. I-I-I knew I was going to die from the s-start."

Minato dropped to his knees next to Naruto, and pounded on the gound next to him. Tears were welling up his face.

"No!...NO! NO! NOOO!" he sobbed over and over. His son was going to die and he could do nothing about it. He then remembered what kushina, his late wife told him on her deathbed, her last words to him when she died on the bed with her new born son in her arms, so many years ago.

"Take care of N-Naruto, M-Minato. I swear I'll kill you when you get to heaven if Naruto's there before you…" she chuckled

"I promise kushina"

That was right. He had promised! But apparently promises were always broken weren't they. Now here was Naruto breathing his last breath right in front of him.

"W-Why...WHY NARUTO? WHY WOULD YOU COME HERE? IT'S ALL MY FAULT! IF I HADN'T LET YOU COME IN HERE AND SAVE ME THEN-

"H-Hokage-sama, you c-couldn't predict what i-I w-would've done and c-could've d-done, b-because it would still end up as t-this."

Tears, tears, and more tears flowed down Minato's eyes, he knew Naruto was right. There was no escape towards fate. Naruto had known the consequences of what he did before he did it, yet still, he chose to rescue his father.

"Y-You k-know, t-today was a s-special day for me. I-it's m-my b-birthday, my 22nd b-birthday"

Minato's eyes widen in shock.

OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD HOW COULD I NOT KNOW! OCTOBER 10TH! NO! NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! I FORGOT ABOUT MY SON, MY ONLY SON'S BIRTHDAY!

"Y-Yeah, I k-new you w-wouldn't have r-remembered t-that well though. A-after all, w-we n-never r-really did s-spend that much t-time together."

"Naruto…..i'm so sorry" Minato cried holding his son's hands ever so tightly.

"D-don't be, it's not like i-if…..a-anyone would've came, I'm a fool, a f-failure to you guys r-remember?" Naruto smiled weakly.

Although Minato understood that Naruto was making a joke he still couldn't help the fact that he didn't remember anything about his son's birthday, only until he was dying.

"S-Sir…"

"What is it Naruto" Minato asked

"I-I know y-you m-may not want t-to b-but c-could y-you hold m-me i-it's s-so cold in h-here"

He didn't need any second thoughts before he embraced his son in a tight hug, holding his head against his chest and entertwining their hands together.

"M-Minato, I-I just want y-you to know that, even t-though you may not have seen me as y-your son, n-no matter what happens, I will a-always see y-you as m-my f-father. I-I'm g-grateful t-to god that I-I could at l-least spend m-my last b-birthday w-with you."

"…Naruto"

Minato couldn't believe what he was hearing. Naruto, on his last breath, still had time to love his father even zoning into the afterlife.

"W-Well, i-I guess t-this is i-it"

"WHAT? W-what do you mean this is it? Naruto-"

"D-Dad, I-I want you to….sing that little chourus that y-you s-sang for m-me w-when I-I w-was l-little.

Minato knew exactly what Naruto was talking about.

"o-ok"

The sun has finally set in

Come on little boy, come on little boy

I'll hide you under my wings

Come on little boy, come on little boy

When the days go fast

And the nightime shows

I'll meet you there

In the cold white snow

You will hold my hand

And together we'll go, home

So come on little boy, come on little boy

Come on little boy, Come on little boy

"….Thank you for e-everything, I-I love y-you dad" with that Naruto closed his eyes and died in his fathers arms, smiling, although he wanted to cry, happy, although he was heartbroken, and grateful to have had the moment, although he knew Minato would never love him the way he loved him.

Minato shook Naruto.

"Naru…."

No response

"Naruto-kun…."

Still no response

"N-Naruto"

Then the horrible truth finally set in. Naruto just died in his arms.

Minato hugged the body closer to him, squeezing it tighter he was now crying hysterically not caring whatever back came and saw him, because now he knew that he was left alone, no one to hold him, to feel sorry for him, to hug him, to kiss him, to love him, no Naruto.

END OF FLASHBACK

The memories haunted the yondaime like a bad dream, never wanted to go away, whether he slept or not. Something just had to remind him of his son. Perhaps coming to the grave yard everyday helped him through his dilemma, he thought. But no matter what happened, when ever he looked at his son's grave he couldn't help but feel broken, like this, tears poured down over and over with his inability to stop them, days like this that he had wished to die in Naruto's place. There were so many things that his son left on earth to do, places to go, people to meet, children to have, a legacy to pass on… someone to love.

But he new that Naruto only and truly loved him. Now he would never get the chance to tell the blonde he was sorry or how much he had grown to love him so long after his death.

It was now night time, he was getting chilly and thought it was time to go home. He stood up and looked at the tomb stone one last time for the night before whispering a few words he would whisper to him each night.

"Wait for me my little boy, because I do care."

END


A/N: SO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! I HOPE I COULD GET SOME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM! PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR MY FIGHTING SCENE I THINK IT SUCKED. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

OH SO SORRY FOR MAKING Naruto DIE BUT I WANTED TO MAKE Minato THE BAD GUY, I LIKE FICS LIKE THAT. AND DON'T WORRY IT WILL GET BETTER!

LETS WAIT FOR THE NEXT SEQUEL : WHEN Minato GOES TO HEAVEN, AND WHEN HE SEES Naruto! WHAT WILL HAPPEN?