Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha, was minding his own business doing paperwork that came with the title of being the strongest in the village when he heard his secretary yelling "You can't go in there!" Curious, he looked up and suddenly his office door was slammed open and a small boy around 7-8 years of age ran in excitedly. Well that was strange, he never saw this boy before. Even though he may not know every child in his village, he was sure he could've remembered this if he ever saw him, the boy pretty much looks like him when he was the child's age albeit he had longer hair.
The boy had very distinctive features, a striking blond hair, big blue eyes, a slightly chubby round face and 3 identical whisker marks on each of his cheeks. It reminded him a lot of his late son, he would be around this boy's age if he was still alive. Come to think about it, his little baby had whisker marks too, then his mind made a back track 'wait... whisker marks?!' Now he realised, that something is very wrong.
"Eh?! Where's hokage-jiji? Why are you in his seat?" The little boy asked him. 'Hokage-jiji? Did he mean Sandaime-sama? That's awfully familiar if he could call Sandaime that' His thoughts was a going a mile a minute but outward he just gave a disarming smile to the boy. "Do you mean Sandaime-sama? I guess he's at home right now, as for why I'm here, well... I am the Yondaime Hokage you know?" He chuckled a bit.
Why does the child don't know him? He could see that the boy was genuinely surprised and not a hint of lie in his voice when he pointed a finger at him and exclaimed "What? but you can't be! The Yondaime died a hero fighting the Kyuubi! I just learned it yesterday in the Academy, is this some kind of prank? But you do look like the real one in one of the photos I see, sugoi! Is this a dream? I get to meet one of my heroes? Do you like ramen?"
Died? Learned it yesterday? What the hell has the Academy been teaching to kids these days? Why was the boy convinced he was in a dream? He wasn't surprised the boy thought he was a hero, he was used to it from the villagers but what's new is that the boy considers him a hero for very different reasons. As these thoughts were running through his mind, he remembered something very important to ask that would soon change his life forever.
"Tell me, what's your name?" He had a feeling that the answer is gonna give him a headache, but nonetheless, he ignored the feeling and pressed on. The blond boy seemed to forget whatever it was he was thinking about the previous subject when he stated his name, loudly "Oh? I'm Uzumaki Naruto! Future Hokage! If you really are the new hokage that jiji didn't tell me about, then trust me I'm gonna take that from you, just like I always say to jiji!"
Uzumaki Naruto? Is this some kind of sick joke? Whoever decided to do this is gonna pay dearly for disrespecting his son's memory. Then, his mind, the mind of a prodigy started throwing cold hard logic to him, overriding his emotions. This was no Genjutsu, he had tried breaking it, the boy wasn't telling lies at all. Also, he had the same demeanor as Kushina when they were kids and he looks like a carbon copy of himself.
The boy in question suddenly remembered something, " Oh yea, I came here to ask hokage-jiji something, but since your here in my dream I might as well ask you. Why does no one remember me? Iruka-sensei said he doesn't know me and I was never in his class. Well, maybe he got tired of me like all the villagers do, but that's the thing! The villagers don't ignore me like they usually do! They smile at me but they asked my name, which is weird cause everybody knows me..." then his voice lowered a bit ".. I used to prank their stores all the time"