Prelude
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, obviously Masashi Kishimoto does.
My second Fanfiction, but first Naruto fanfic so don't judge…too hard
Chapter 1: Prelude
The Third Great Ninja War
The long period of fighting had ended thanks to the sacrifice of countless shinobi.
And at the same time, there were famous heroes born. And their legends were left to be passed down from generation to generation
One such legend could be found in the heart of Konoha seated at his favourite restaurant Ichiraku Ramen.
The legend we now find sitting at the restaurant is Minato Namikaze. The very soon to be Fourth Hokage.
Minato was an orphan of war, whose parents died during the second war. His mother was just an average chunin level shinobi while his father was a Jonin of the Hyuga clan, a branch family member. He mostly lived with his mother outside of the clan's boarders, while being of a branch family, born impure, and out of wedlock, Minato was never allowed to carry the name of the Hyuga nor their symbol. When he came of age he was tested by the clan, to see if he possessed the Byakugan. He did not, but his vision was still beyond average, taking his mother's name, Namikaze, Minato set out to make something of himself.
During the war he had earned the nick name 'Yellow Flash' thanks to a teleportation technique he mastered, created by the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju. Moving at such speeds were of little consequence to him, because of his over developed eyesight.
Trained by Jiraiya one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, who was a student of the third Hokage himself. Minato quickly gained the favour of every shinobi in the village, and was now chosen to take the seat from Hiruzen Sarutobi the third hokage.
It was night time but Konoha was still as busy as ever, this was only natural since a great war had just ended and there was much to do. Strengthening their defences, tending to the injured, checking inventory, and rebuilding. Overall it was a busy time for Konoha.
Minato stared at his bowl of ramen sombrely, slowly pushing his noodles back and forth not bothering to eat. The reason for his sad demeanour went by the name of Kushina Uzumaki, his best friend.
Ever since the academy he had a huge crush on her. She wasn't the most feminine girl, nor the smartest or most skilled, but she was tough, unmoving and never gave up in the face of adversity, a quality he admired. Also the fact that her red hair made her standout, most found it funny but to him it was the loveliest shade of red.
Unfortunately for him, as well as everyone on the planet, just because you like someone doesn't mean they automatically like you back. Not that he ever found out anyways, because before he could work up the courage to ask out his best friend, war broke out. And pretty soon they were both called out to different ends of the battle field.
Once the war had ended she was constantly sent on missions, and when she was in the village she was too tired to talk or hangout. Minato being the next in line to govern the village was always kept in the walls and always busy. He just couldn't find the right moment, life sucked.
Stirring his now cold noodles back and forth in depression he failed to notice a figure appear behind him, and slap him upside the head.
"Namikaze-san your mood is ruining this shops warm atmosphere" Came a calm voice "Please stop" the stranger continued while taking a seat.
Glancing sideways Minato gave the person a deadpan look "Thanks I guess I'll just stop being depressed now Naori-san"
"You're welcome" the now named Naori replied
Both sat in silence for 10 second before chuckling lightly
Her name was Naori Uchiha. And she was Minatos personal Anbu guard, code name Owl. She was an old friend of Minatos from the academy days, and being an exceptionally skilled uchiha and old classmate she was chosen as his guard.
Minato at times found it annoying to have his every move monitored, but soon got used to having her shadowing him.
Naori had long wavy purple hair, and cropped bangs that hung over her Konohagakure forhead protector. She also wore the standard mantle of the Uchiha clan with the crest emblazoned on the back.
Right now she was off duty so the blond male couldn't help but wonder why she would be here. I mean, shadowing the same person almost every day would be annoying and being off duty she would have better things to do.
"You're wondering why I'm here and not somewhere partying or getting some sleep aren't you?" She questioned
Minatos eyes widened slightly before he remembered that this was an Anbu. A highly skilled ninja, of course she could guess his train of thoughts, considering the situation they were in.
"Umm…maybe" Minato said slowly
"Well you looked like you could use some company." She answered "You ok?" She asked
"Not really. The war just ended and losing one student on the battle field was… somewhat expected but just recently I lost my second student" Minato said sadly "I'm Always busy sitting in on meetings about village matters, and my best friend doesn't even have time to talk anymore."
"You mean Kushina? You finally going to grow a backbone and ask her out?" The purpleuett woman asked jokingly
Once again Minatos eyes widened in surprise
"Oh please don't act surprised" She said brushing off his look "I think everyone in this whole village knows about your infatuation with her."
The future Hokage stared down at his noodles while changing different shades of red "Is it really that obvious?" He asked her
The Uchiha chuckled "Everyone's been placing bets on you two even since before the war."
Minato hid his face in his palm "How can I call myself a ninja if everyone can see through me so easily"
"No need to be embarrassed Lord 4th we all have our weaknesses" said the Naori "Why don't I take you out for a drink? It seems we could both use one" the uchiha asked
Minato observed his now cold bowl of noodles for a second before nodding his head "Yeah sounds good. Not like me to be wallowing in self-pity"
"True it's unbecoming of a Hokage" Naori said smiling. Standing up she led Minato across to the other end of the village
The Shushu-ya (Restaurant/Pub)
"The Shushu-ya?" The male questioned "This place seems vaguely familiar"
Following behind Naori, Minato entered the Pub/Restaurant. The place was packed with people, he and his friend could barely find decent seats.
While looking around Minatos ears caught two rather familiar voices
"I swear! The caterpillar was this huge! And grandma Shima just boiled it with soup, threw in some worms that looked like noodles and expected me to eat it!"
"Ha that's nothing! You ever try Shizunes cooking! Her foods half the reason I'm still in debt, I gotta order out every time we check into an Inn, because she burns everything!"
"Tsunade-sama please keep your voice down. And there's nothing wrong with my cooking!"
"Ahh my cute little apprentice. You may be a skilled ninja but, you have no cooking skills! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Turning around Minato caught sight of his sensei Jiraiya of the Legendary Sannin, and his team mate Tsunade Senju the greatest medical shinobi in the world, as well as her apprentice Shizune, and their pet pig Tonton
"Oh that's why this place seemed familiar, this is where sensei and Tsunade-san come to get drunk" Minato thought with a massive sweat drop appearing over his head as he watched two legendary and respected figures in Konoha, drink sake straight from the bottle.
"OH! Minato!" Jiraiya shouted from across the room, gaining everyone's attention.
"Come take a seat gaki!" Yelled out Tsunade as she waved a bottle in the air
Embarrassed Minato grabbed Naori's hand both surprising and dragging her towards his sensei's booth while waving awkwardly to people trying to greeting him.
Reaching the two drunk heads, Minato and Naori took seats next to Shizune, opposite Jiraiya and Tsunade.
"Minato my boy! What are you doing here? And who's your pretty friend" His sensei spoke while stuffing his face with grilled fish.
"Finally got yourself a girlfriend gaki?! About time!" the blond sannin said out loud
Both Naori and Minato made eye contact before looking away and blushing slightly
"I-it's n-not like that sensei" Minato stuttered "She's my ward"
"Ward? I didn't know the great 4th Hokage was a child who needed a guardian" Tsunade said while taking a swing of her sake bottle
"The village elder assigned you a body guard?" The sage questioned "She must be more than capable than, if she was assigned to you" He leaned forward looking the woman straight in the eye with a small glare "What makes you good enough to watch the kids back"
Naori's eyes didn't falter as she returned the sannins gaze "Lord 3rd thought I was good enough. Don't question his choices" She replied calmly
Both glared at each other for a few seconds before Jiraiya burst out in laughter "I like her kid" he said before finishing a cup sake
Minato face palmed at his sensei's attitude
"Jiraiya of the sannin. You Wrote The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi" Naori question the elderly man
"Oh you're familiar with my work eh?" The sannin said proudly puffing out his chest
Naori gave him a bored expression "Not ALL your work just the one. I thought I was a great book one of my favourites, I sometimes reread it when I'm off duty"
"Gahahahahahaha ReallY? Oh I really like her now gaki, don't go breaking up with her, any woman who enjoys my books is a keeper" The old man spoke drunkenly while taking another swing at his bottle.
Ignoring him the small girl to her right decided to make her presence known
"Hello. I'm Shizune nice to meet you" the black haired girl next to Naori spoke up, introducing herself "And this is Tonton" She said holding up her small pig, who oink at her.
The Anbu woman smiled and shook her hand "Hey Shizune-san. Naori, Uchiha Naori" She introduced herself back
"An Uchiha huh?" Tsunade said to herself "So what are you two doing out?" she asked
"Well Hokage-sama here, looked like he needed a few drinks, so decided to take him out for a few" The uchiha replied
"Actually I was just fine" Minato retorted
"Fine? You call ordering bowls of ramen and watching them grown cold fine?" Naori shot back
Jiraiya chuckled "You still depressed over that Kushina girl?"
"Kushina? That red haired tomboy?" Tsunade asked
"Yep, Minato here keeps trying to confess but the op – "
"OK LETS NOT TALK ABOUT THAT!" Minato shouted, stopping their conversation mid-way. His face looking very flustered. "We came here to drink didn't we?"
Stealing one of Tsunade and Jiraiyas sake bottles Minato gulped down the entire thing. Making both Sannins proud, a black haired girl, and pig sweat drop and earning a smile from his Uchiha body guard.
"Now that's the spirit gaki!" Jiraiya said before he ordered another round for everyone on the table
The next few hours passed by like a blur as the 4 talked. Shizune and Tonton just sat quietly, as they observing the intoxicated adults discuss various topics, switching back and forth from what came to mind in relation to Konoha, and just about anything in general. Not much would be remembered that night due to everyone's continuous alcohol consumption.
Standing up the young medical apprentice decided her master had had enough, so she bowed and bid the three adults good night before dragging her Master back to their hotel room for the night. While dragging her back, Tsunade kept clinging to the bar doors not wanting to leave this heaven. It was even better drinking here tonight because Jiraiya bought all the round thanks to his stupid perverted book Make out Paradise. And hey what was better than free drinks and food for the alcoholic gambler.
After the 5 hour mark Jiraiya passed out smashed on the table, with dribbles of saliva leaking out the corner of his mouth. Naori and Minato continued to talk with one another, while taking short glances at the aged Shinobi to laugh and giggles at his position.
After a another hour of talking and drinking, their plutonic jabber turned to flirting
"Y'you know Minato-san, back at the academy… I used to have the biggest crush…. on you" She slurred "I mean who… didn't have a crush on you. But you always seemed to have eyes on Kushina"
Minato snickered lightly "Well Y'know I'm honoured Naori." Looking down at his cup Minato started to feel down again at hearing his best friend's name
Naori chuckled "Sorry for bring her up." Pouring him another cup of sake
"No it's… ok, I-it's my fault really" he said with a hiccup "I… should've j-just maned up and asked her" He slurred
"Y'know you uh… stutter when you're hammered" His female friend spoke out. "Well hurry and finish that cup. Stop thinking about your friend for… one night ok."
The two continued to flirt back and forth till Naori unexpectedly said "You know its… getting… late Mina, and the pub is st*hiccup* starting to thin out. Waaaanna take this party back to my room?"
"Don't y-you l-live in th*hiccup* Uchiha compound?" Minato questioned
"Yourrr placccce… tha-than" The Uchiha slurred "But... I ont think I'm sober enough to walk"
Minato flashed her a toothy grin, before he grabbed two bottles and the Uchiha before they both vanished in a yellow and purple flash. Jiraiya still passed out, let out a few lecherous giggles, from a probably perverted dream he was having. He would later be thrown out on the streets, 30 minutes after being left behind.
Once inside Minatos apartment both started to drunkenly undress each other, not letting a single moment go to waste. Passion took over as moaning, and giggling sounds could be heard in the future Hokages apartment till the early AM.
Noon Next day (Minatos Apartment)
The sun was already hanging high in the sky, and everyone in the village were already going about their daily lives. Naori slowly woke up while feeling a massive head ache from her massive hangover, she didn't bother opening her eyes because of the piercing bright light she knew was waiting to gouge out her eyes.
"Mmmmmmm" She thought holding her head "Damn, last time I ever drink that much"
Opening her eyes, she slowly rubbed them trying to get rid of the blurriness. After a minute or so she realised she was naked. Looking around she felt her bed move and noticed a blond man next to her "oh gawd no"
"Please don't be naked, please don't be naked, please don't be naked" She thought furiously whilelifting up the sheets, she now saw that he wasn't only naked, 'he' was Minato Namikaze.
"Ahh how much more unprofessional can this get" Slowly getting up she looked around for her clothes, trying to get out before he woke up.
Picking up her clothes sluggishly she quickly tried to make her way over to the front door where she could disappear into the streets, however before she could reach the door she slipped on a sake bottle, falling backwards onto the floor.
"Owwwwe!" she thought out loud "fuck me!"
After a moment Minato groaned as he slowly sat up on his side of the bad, holding his head in pain "Ooooh Woah! What did I drink last night" Opening his eyes slowly he blinked several times before noticing his female Uchiha friend on the floor
"Naori?" Minato questioned as the purple haired woman got up slowly
Looking down he now noticed he was naked and in his apartment. Quickly analysing the situation, realization than hit him hard like Gamabunta being dropped over his small body. The blond haired man's face than turned bright red before he pulled the sheets up higher
"D-di-did we ummm…" The man stuttered while pointing furiously back and forth
The woman laughed lightly "Oh don't be a prude, we're both adults… but yes we did" She answered with a straight face
Putting on her clothes Naori made her way over to the bathroom to freshen up. She then made her way towards the door
"Umm…Minato…This never happened ok." She said
Minato just dumbly nodded his head, as he watched her close the door.
Later That Day
Walking around Konoha, Minato unconsciously arrived at The Shushu-ya, the pub he was at last night. Walking by it, he noticed his sensei sleeping next to the trash.
"Sensei?" he asked nudging the sage awake "You ok?"
After a loud groaning the man got up and dusted himself off "Minato? Uuhhhh… what time is it?"
"It's 3 in the afternoon sensei" the blond man answered
"Ga! I need some coffee" said the white haired sage
Making their way to a coffee shop both man proceeded to order 10 cups each, and an hour later after several cups of coffee and both student and teacher had successfully sobered up.
Since today was Saturday Minato decided to just skip any duties he had today and hang out with his teacher. Both spent the remainder of the day chilling in the park still finishing off their large order of coffee, or in Jiraiyas case coffee and whiskey. Turning to Minato, Jiraiya notice that his apprentice seemed to be in a really good mood. Thinking it had something to do with last night he grin perversely at his student
"So things go well with that cute Anbu last night gaki? It probably did since I know you wouldn't leave a poor old man out on the street alone unless you got some" The sage questioned with a large smile
"W-well…you uh y-you see, the thing i-is..." Minato stuttered nervously as he tried to think up an excuse
Jiraiya slapped Minatos back
"No need to defend yourself kid" Jiraiya than gave him the thumbs up "I've never been more proud of you in my life. So you finally given up on Kushina?"
Minato hung his head "Oh no" he said running a hand through his hair "How do I explain this to her"
The Toad summoner heard him grow worried, but instead of feeling his student's sympathy he burst out laughing his head off.
"GAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ki-kid you HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !You're so damn HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Nobal HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The sannin laughed so hard he clenched his sides. Minato hid his face in both hands feeling really embarrassed.
After a good solid 2 minutes the sannin calmed down
"Oh man you're something else you know that kid. You haven't even asked or 'been' with her yet and you're worried about how you'll explain it to her." Jiraiya spoke
Lifting his head up Minato stared at the evening sky turning orange
"I know its stupid sensei but. She's Kushina. She's my best friend and I've never imagined myself being with anyone else except for her. I guess its just one-sided love on my part huh" Minato said with a sigh
"One-sided… She's lost a lot Minato. Being taken to a foreign village to be made a jinchuriki, losing her whole village. If you're really serious about her than man up and do something" Jiraiya said looking up enjoying the brilliant evening colours.
"But… what if she doesn't feel the same way sensei. I don't want to create an awkward mess" Minato said feeling unsure
"You shouldn't care about such little things! If things don't go right, than the best thing you can do is surround her with love and pray for her happiness! That's all guys like us can really do" finished the sannin
Closing his eyes Minato thought over his sensei's words "I understand sensei."
Opening his eyes Minato faced his teacher "How about a little bet jiraiya-sensei?" he said catching Jiraiyas attention. "No more beating around the bush, no more excuses when Kushina returns I'll go for it. But you have to promise me you'll do the same with Tsunade that was her you were unconsciously talking about right?"
The white haired man nearly fell over backwards hearing his student's idea
"OI OI OI wait just a minute gaki! How the hell did we get to me asking Tsunade out?" He said waving his arms in front of him "Besides I've already tried her and she's made it quite clear that she's not interest"
Minato laughed at his sensei's reaction
"She made it clear that she just doesn't wanna have sex. Maybe try asking her out properly instead of looking at her breast all the time"
"You can't ask the wind not to blow, or the clouds not to rain. Or – "
"I get it sensei" Minato said brushing his analogies away "Just saying if I have to man up, than you do to, can't have the student surpassing the master in everything now can we?"
"Oh and in what way have you surpassed me? You're still a decade too early to fight me on even ground gaki"
"Hehe just saying sensei. So deal?"
"Hmmmm Ok ok I'll humour you. But if you can't do it, I get all the details on what you and that lovely Uchiha lady were up to last night for my new book" Jiraiya said ginning creepily at his student
Minato could only chuckled at his sensei's antics
2 Month Later
Naori sat alone in her house within the clan compound deep in thought.
A month ago she had begun to experience nausea and vomiting, and her concentration during missions weren't the best as well. So she went to the doctors to find out what was wrong with her. She was expecting a lot of different news from her doctor, but what she didn't expect was that she was expecting. So she was put on leave until further notice, and also had to notify the clan as well.
Being pregnant or looking after a kid was no problem, even if the child was born without a father or out of wedlock it didn't matter. Even most of the Uchiha clan members didn't care, for the most part at least. They always looked after their own.
No the real problem was telling the father of the child. It had only been two months and she had not slept with anyone other than Minato.
Should she tell him?
Just a month and a half back Minato had been declared the Fourth Hokage. It seemed like this would just be a bad time for him, than again who was she to not tell him?
Wrecking her brain for an hour she decided telling him would be the right thing. However she would be taking care of the baby alone she didn't need help, even if he offered
Hokage Office
Reaching the front desk she made an appointment and set down to wait. Two hours passed and it was already lunch time, thinking that maybe now wasn't the best time since he was so busy, Naori got up to leave.
"Naori?" she heard her name being called out
Turning around she came face to face with Minato for the first time in a month. After their little night out, she only kept to the shadows and monitored him from a far. And 2 weeks later once he took the mantle of Hokage she was pulled off his detail for the time being. They both never really spoke after what happened
"Minato-sa – I mean Yondaime-sama" She greeted him with a slight bow
"No need to be so formal, Minato is just fine, I was just on my way to lunch. You here to see me?" He asked
"…yes, yes I am..." she replied slowly "But I can come back later"
"No that's ok, I'm running a bit late but I can still make time" Leading her into his office Minato took his seat "So what can I do for you Naori-san?"
The woman throat started to dry, unsure on how to drop this bomb shell on her Hokage. Breathing in slowly she tried to find the right words
"Well… you see…" she said nervously "Umm… the thing is"
"Yes?"
"Remember that thing two months ago?"
Minato blushed lightly "Uh yeah, you here to talk about that now?"
"Umm yes and no, well not 'that' exactly I think" Naori said quietly
"You see – "
"MINATO!" Came a yell from outside the door
A few seconds later the door slammed opened and a woman walked in. Her hair looking like 9 different tails hovering in the air
"MIN-A-TO-KUN YOU'RE LATE!" The woman yelled "Lunch started 20 minutes ago and I wanna eat NOW!" She said stomping her way over to the Hokages desk
"K-Kushina-chan I w-was really busy today I apologise" The 4th said looking very scared in front of this woman
Naori could barely contain her laugher as she watched the mighty Yellow flash stutter. The man could take on an army but shivers when he misses a lunch appointment.
Calming down the angry woman finally noticing the purple haired woman snickering on the side.
"Hello there, sorry for my outburst earlier I'm just really hungry" red head said "I'm Kushina and you are?"
"Naori, Naori Uchiha"
"Oh, well hi Naori-san, and I apologise again for my outburst" Kushina said before bowing again
"It's quite alright Kushina-san" Naori assured the hungry girl
"Kushina-chan please wait outside, give me 10 minutes to finish ok?" Minato asked
"Ok but any longer and I'm having lunch and dinner without you" She said before pouting and walking out
Minato could only sweat drop at her antics
"So Naori-san you were saying?" He continued
"Minato-san was that The Kushina? Are you two…?" Naori questioned
"Oh yes we are" He said proudly "A week after that 'night' I ask her out, and she actually felt the same way about me. We've been going out ever since"
"Ha so you finally did it, thought you'd just settle for being a best friend" the Uchiha joked
"Hahahahaha" The Hokage laughed sarcastically "So what were you saying before Kushina interrupted"
Looking at the door Kushina closed while leaving, the purple haired woman knew she would only be driving a wedge in both Kushina and Minato's relationship. Minato being the noble hero he was would no doubt help her, but it would only drive Kushina away from him.
So she decided it was best not to tell him.
"Sorry I just thought you would want to talk about that night but it seems you're ok" She said quickly "I guess I'll be on my way than"
Minato could tell something was up with her, but didn't want to push it "Wait Naori-san. Let me and Kushina walk you out"
Locking the door quickly the 3 walked out to the streets of konoha. Minato and Kushina said their good bye before turning around and walking off in their own direction.
Naori just watch their two figures disappear into the crowd, with a content smile.
"He looks happier now. Better than he did two months ago" Placing a hand on her stomach she smiled "I guess it's just gonna be the two of us huh? What should I call you? Hmmm?" She questioned herself as she turned around and walked back to the compound "How about Naruto? After the hero in my favourite book. Yes that sounds lovely, Naruto I like it." She thought
I'm not sure if this is how a prelude is supposed to go but whatever. I'm not good at writing drunk speech so please bear with me. And if you found this first chapter boring please let me know so I can add joke and what not to the next chapter.
So yeah, Naruto won't be able to activate his sharingan on his own. Most likely he can't awaken it on his own, since Minato is half Hyuga and with two different doujutsus in his blood it means either one or the other will show or none at all. Also there's a good reason Minato is half Hyuga but that won't be explain till later.
So Yeah let me know it sucks so I can improve
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