THE BROTHER OF THE FLASH
SUMMARY: What if Minato had a brother? What if he was on an SS-rank mission that took him nearly 13 years to complete? Slight One Piece crossover.
A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THE THIRD GREAT NINJA WAR
Namikaze Minato was sitting in his office. He had become the Yondaime Hokage a month after the Third Great Ninja War. He had played a heroic role in the War almost winning it single handedly. Everyone hailed him for his role in the victory at Kannabi bridge where he devastated Iwa's troops completely killing thousands of Shinobi with his Hiraishin.
The last few months had been tough for him. He had been appointed as the Hokage and was responsible for the strengthening and rebuilding of the village after the war. His wife, Kushina was about seven months pregnant. Often it was hard to deal with a hard day at the office followed by a temperamental Kushina at home. Even without the hormones, Kushina required some high maintenance, not that he didn't like maintaining her, but the hormones made it worse.
To make things worse, his student, Hatake Kakashi had become more of a loner than ever. Kakashi had totally secluded himself after the death of both his teammates, Obito and Rin during the war.
Fortunately though for Minato, he had two people he could always count on. One was the old Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who could handle the paper work for him whenever needed. The other was his younger brother, Namikaze Takeshi. Takeshi, who was a Jounin had become someone he could always count on. Minato had adopted Takeshi as his younger brother at a very young age.
It was during his first C-rank mission. Minato was 10 back then. He was a part of team Jiraiya and they were examining a battle zone near Cha no Kuni, where they found a black haired, black eyed one year old baby. They took the baby to Konoha. Minato couldn't help but see himself in the baby. He took had been found under similar circumstances and grew up in the orphanage in Konoha. So when Minato requested to adopt Takeshi, not even Jiraiya and the Sandaime could deny him. Minato raised Takeshi himself and later Kushina helped when they both began dating. They became his ni-san and nee-chan. To make it look like they were real brothers, Takeshi dyed his hair bright yellow. Takeshi grew up to be a prodigy, graduating from the academy at five. He spent three years under Sakumo's tutelage before the cursed mission that led Sakumo's fall from grace and later his suicide. By then he was already a Chunin and by the time he was thirteen, he became a Jounin.
Whenever he was free, Takeshi took care of Kushina for Minato. He was really looking forward to being an uncle. It was often Takeshi, who was at the receiving end of Kushina's mood swings, but he endured them. Takeshi often escorted Kushina to her best friend, Uchiha Mikoto's place. Mikoto was pregnant with her second child who was due in a month or so. Takeshi loved spending time with Mikoto's oldest child, Itachi and his cousin, Shisui who were both very mature for his age. Both Itachi and Shisui looked up to Takeshi, who had instilled some important values in the young Uchihas, who seemed to have inherited their will of fire from Takeshi. Takeshi had also become like an older brother to Kakashi. Takeshi used to hate Kakashi before. The reason being that Kakashi used to hate his own father, Hatake Sakumo, who was Takeshi's sensei.
Takeshi used to like Obito and Rin more than Kakashi. But after the death of Obito, he noticed the change in Kakashi and accepted him as a younger brother. It was Takeshi and Gai who brought Kakashi out of his depression.
However since Konoha was recovering from war, they had to take a lot of missions and Takeshi, being a Jounin often had to go on missions. His name was already listed in the Bingo books as an A-ranked ninja and hence he often had to take part in high profile missions that sent him out of Konoha for long periods of time.
And right now, one such mission lay on Minato's desk. He had gone over the mission over and over again, weighting the pros versus the cons. The cons did outweigh the pros. The mission could send his brother away from Konoha for years, perhaps more than a decade. His brother could very easily die during this mission. This mission was without a doubt an SS-rank mission, which was above his level. The mission could keep Naruto away from his uncle for a very long time and Minato knew better than anyone else that Takeshi was so looking forward to being an uncle. If the mission ended up as a failure, Konoha could very well be looking at a Fourth Great Ninja War.
The pro was that if the mission became a success, Konoha could have a very powerful ally. Despite the cons outweighing the pros, Minato being an optimist couldn't help but think positively. He knew he could trust his brother. His brother was among the best Jounin in Konoha, who could someday even surpass him.
The only other ninja he could possibly send for this mission was Jiraiya. But Jiraiya was in charge of Konoha's spy network, something Konoha needed badly while recovering from the Third Great Ninja War.
Orochimaru had recently become a missing-nin. Orochimaru was caught experimenting on so many orphans. Tsunade had left the village already with Shizune, who had become his brother's love interest. Sakumo was dead. Kakashi was only a B-ranked ninja yet and a mission like this would only worsen him emotionally. Only Takeshi had the right mind and was anywhere near strong enough for this mission. He could send a couple of Anbu with Takeshi to help him during this mission.
The mission was to help the Bloodline faction of Kirigakure win the civil war in Kiri. Things could turn sour if the Mizukage's faction won and Takeshi's involvement was known to him. But Minato couldn't help but feel disgusted at the actions of the Yondaime Mizukage, Yagura, who considered those with bloodlines as monsters. To make things worse, Yagura was the Jinchuuriki of the Sanbi, who had full control over the beast and his powers.
Takeshi knew all about Biju and Jinchuuriki, being the chief caretaker of pregnant Kushina, who was Konoha's own Jinchuuriki. He had also learnt Fuinjutsu from Kushina. Minato sighed in frustration, before opening the Bingo book to page 281 which had Takeshi's profile.
'THE TYPHOON' NAMIKAZE TAKESHI
Village of Affiliation: Konohagakure
Age: 16
Recognizable Traits: Clean cut Strawberry blond hair, Wears Glasses, Scar over his right eye, Black eyes, Black facial hair, Black Gauntlets with Hidden Blades on both arms, Black Boots with Hidden Blades.
Rank: Jounin
Height: 5'5
Weight: 55kg or 121 pounds
Bloodline: None
Elements: Wind, Water, Lightning
Ninjutsu: High Jounin. Very Deadly with Wind Jutsu in particular
Genjutsu: Low Jounin. Can use the Nidaime Hokage's Kokuoangyo no Jutsu
Taijutsu: High Jounin. Uses Hidden Blades with Wind Coating to enhance him in battle.
Kenjutsu: Mid Jounin.
Rank: High A
Remarks: Brother of the Yondaime Hokage, Kiroi Senko, Namikaze Minato. Master of Fuinjutsu. No reported ability to use the Hiraishin. Capable medic. Excellent sensor.
Bounty: 50,000,000ryo
Wanted in: Iwagakure and Kumogakure
Advice: Engage with caution. Do not engage alone. Keep your distance. If with his brother, flee.
Minato called for his brother and gave Takeshi the mission. Upon reading the details of the mission, Takeshi looked at Minato and said, "Take care of Naruto while I'm gone. Also tell him about me. It'll be a while before I see him. Also watch over Kakashi, Itachi and Shisui. Nee-chan is with Mikoto-nee now. Itachi and Shisui are there too. I'll just go and tell them that I'm leaving for a long term mission and won't be around when Naruto and Sasuke are born. Goodbye Minato-nisan."
THIRTEEN YEARS LATER
A man with long blond hair, glasses, and a black beard with a scar over his right eye was walking towards Konoha. He wore black Gauntlets and Boots, a sleeveless tight blue t-shirt, black pants and a thick white cloak with a hood that was left open.
He took out a small tin bottle filled with sake and tried to empty its content into his mouth only to find out that it was empty. He put the bottle inside his pocket as he said, "Looks like my sake is over. I'll have to refill in Konoha. I wonder how ni-san and nee-chan are. Little Naruto must be a Gennin by now. I hope nothing bad happened while I was in Kiri."
BINGO BOOK (PAGE 281):
'THE DARK KING' NAMIKAZE TAKESHI
Village of Affiliation: Konohagakure
Age: 29
Recognizable Traits: Long blond hair, Glasses, Black beard, Scar over his right eye, Black Gauntlets with Hidden Blades on both arms, Black Boots with Hidden Blades, Thick white cloak with a hood.
Rank: Jounin
Height: 6'0
Weight: 75kg or 165 pounds
Bloodline: None
Elements: Wind, Water, Lightning, Earth, Fire
Ninjutsu: Kage
Genjutsu: Kage
Taijutsu: Kage
Kenjutsu: High Jounin
Rank: SS
Remarks: Brother of the Yondaime Hokage, Kiroi Senko, Namikaze Minato. Master of Fuinjutsu. No reported ability to use the Hiraishin. A capable medic. Excellent sensor. Killer of the Yondaime Mizukage, Yagura. Hero of Kirigakure.
Bounty: 150,000,000ryo
Wanted in: Otogakure, Iwagakure, Kumogakure
Advice: Flee on Sight.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING THIS A CHALLENGE AND POSTING IT IN MY FORUM, NARUTO CHALLENGE FICS FOR ALL. BUT HARDLY ANYONE HAS CHECKED OUT THE FORUM AND I'M NOT ALLOWED TO POST THE CHALLENGES AS STORIES EITHER, SO I DECIDED TO DO THIS ON MY OWN. I STRUGGLED TO COME UP WITH A JAPANESE NAME FOR TAKESHI AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO ENTER INTO THE BINGO BOOK CONTENT.
AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED ALREADY, I'VE MODELLED TAKESHI ON SILVERS RAYLEIGH OF ONE PIECE AND LIKE RAYLEIGH, TAKESHI WILL BE AN OP CHARACTER.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW AND WHEN I'M GOING TO WRITE AND UPDATE MY STORIES. I SUPPOSE I'LL DO IT ACCORDING TO MY MOOD.