Leading a Double Life
Prologue
"Goodnight Naru-chi" a woman with flowing red hair whispered, kissing her son on the forehead as she tucked him in for the night. She continued watching over him through the dim of the night light musing on how her son resembled her husband with his blond hair, the clear blue eyes under those lids and the perfect tan of his skin. One would never see how this boy was related to her while the boy was peacefully slumbering. She could only claim to be of resemblance when one would note how loud and obnoxious the little boy of sunshine is, traits clearly defining who Uzumaki Kushina is. The resemblance of the boy to her husband deeply contrasts with that of his supposed personality. They had once thought that Naruto would grow to be like his father Namikaze Minato, he did look like him after all. But as he grew, it became apparent that little Naruto's semblance to his father was only skin deep. Minato was calm and collected, his smiles were not rare but it is apparent that his most beautiful ones reserved for those who are most important , he is patient, polite, and thinks before he acts, traits that are clearly the opposite of their sons, because like Kushina, Naruto id loud, obnoxious, impatient and says what he thinks. Her musings were broken when two warm arms encircled her waist and a deep voice whispered to her:
"I was starting to think that you'd let me sleep alone in favor of staring at Naruto the whole night." He said, letting her go and pecking at their son's forehead before he led her out of their child's room.
She laughed at her husband's lame attempt at jealousy, knowing full well that if it would be her husband in her place he would probably do the same thing, muse about the same thoughts and she herself would probably say the same line.
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Her heart pounded in her chest in an attempt to free itself from the confines that was called her rib cage, her arms numbed and tired from carrying the weight of her son, her feet in the same condition from running too fast, her breath rugged from exertion, and her mind in disarray from all the worry that was brought about by leaving her husband behind and taking her son to safety.
Enemies from their pasts as agents of ANBU had barged into their home, intent on destroying their lives in the literal sense. Minato had let her escape with Naruto to leave the boy in the care of his mentor, Jiraiya, both parties intending to meet halfway in the park.
She had arrived and had been meaning to catch her breath while explaining to her disgruntled son the reason why he would be staying with uncle Jiraiya for a while. She paused in her explanation to answer her vibrating phone, not caring to look at the caller ID out of pure hurry in want and need to finish her explanation. A voice she clearly recognized drifted to her ears
"Kushina, I'm five minutes away from the park, you can leave Naru-chan there and hurry back to Minato."
"But its just ano-"
"We can't waste another minute here Kushina, he needs all the help he can get." The voice said effectively cutting her mid sentence and dissolving other reasons she might give to the man about her qualms about not leaving her son alone.
Fear for not being able to make it in time to help her husband and trust for the man on the other line led her to the decision. She sighed and answered:
"Okay then, please be the one to explain to Naruto the situation." She replied, clicking her phone shut and turning to her son. "Naru, Uncle Jiraiya will finish what mommy was saying a while ago before he called ok? Wait for him here, be a good boy and remember daddy and I love you" She finished, seeing Naruto nod and hearing him say 'I love you too' before she ran back the direction she came from. Intent on returning as fast as she could and at the same time content that her son would be safe.
Fate had decreed that it her and her husband's last day on the land of the living, as well as the fact that it was not Jiraiya that called her to leave her son alone.
As she ran to her demise a figure emerged from the phone booth directly across the street from the park, his grey hair and round specs both being illuminated by the rays of the setting sun. A smile close to a sneer graced his lips as he approached the boy sitting on the park bench, swaying his little feet that hung from its edges.
"Hello Naru-chan, Uncle Jiraiya said that he won't be able to make it, so he sent me instead. He said with a smile and a sickly sweet voice.
"Uncle Jiraiya's friend?" the little blonde said, hyperextending his neck to face the man looming over him.
"Yes, come now, let's get going" he replied, satisfaction in his eyes when the child slid from the bench and took his waiting hand.
"Why can't uncle Jiraiya make it?"
"You'll know when we get there"
They approached a car and letting Naruto in before he settled beside him. They rushed forward toward their destination, completely satisfied with his handy work.
A mere five minutes later Jiraiya had arrived to find an empty park. Dread filling him as he started to run in the direction of his student's house, hoping that he would meet Kushina on the way to leave Naruto to him.
Hope slowly dissipated from him as he reached their home and eerily quiet atmosphere surrounded the area.
Seeing his student's and wife's bodies on the floor, he quickly searched the blood drenched house for their son, almost over turning the whole house. But to his dismay, no body of a smaller blonde was found.
"Naruto, where are you?"
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A/N: sooooo, how you like it? Reviews please!
