Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nuff said :/

Hello, I'm Hoki! I'm a returnee to this site after a long (and I do mean LONG) break. I've decided to write fanfiction again because I keep having all these ideas in my head after long hours of watching anime nonstop. So as to not put the ideas to waste, I decided to collect them and put them in a place where others can appreciate (or make fun of, whichever comes first) it.

So as for my comeback piece I decided to write a love story. particularly between the most badass Naruto character (daa, da da daaa!); Minato Namikaze and his wife Uzumaki Kushina. Though I'm not quite good at writing love stories (frankly I suck at it but hey, you never know until you try), i decided to make one anyway since this is the genre I'm definitely going to need a lot of improvements.

So to my fellow authors reading this story (and all other stories that I'll be writing in the future), please share with me your insights and advice. I would greatly appreciate it. ^_^

Well without further ado (God that was long), I give you chapters I and II

Chapter I

"Where are we going auntie?" the red-headed girl asked her aunt while the two walked along a path in the middle of a large forest.

"To Konohagakure," came the reply. "We'll be living there from now on."

The young girl looked at her companion curiously "Konoha? You mean that big ninja village?"

"That's right dear," was the answer that came out of the lady's lips. "You're going to be studying at the Shinobi academy there, in order to be a great ninja in the future."

The girl could only nod in aggreement and looked straight ahead to their destination. After a few minutes of travelling, the pair reached the great gates of Konohagakure. The young girl looked in awe at the large gate and remembered the rumors and stories about the great village; stories like how the first hokage made peace with all the various ninja clans, hereby bringing peace to the country of fire, among other stories. Her companion on the other hand headed straight to the gate guards.

"My name is Hiroko Uzumaki and I came under direct orders of the 3rd hokage" introduced the woman while handing a piece of paper to the one in charge.

The guardsman took the paper and scanned it briefly, then turned his attention to the lady, "Ah yes, one of the ANBU guys came here earlier, told me to let you guys in," he then glanced briefly at the girl and then back to the lady, "So, is she 'that' girl?"

The lady simply nodded in response and returned to the girls' side while the gate slowly opened, she knelt and smiled to the girl before her "Kushina, this will be our new home now, are you excited? Here you can fulfill your dream of becoming a great ninja just like our ancestors."

The girl smiled excitedly,"Yeah! I will "

The lady smiled and then stood up "Well then let's get going!"

In a certain household inside the village, things are getting busy as well, Actually, almost all of konoha is a buzz today because of the opening of a new school year for hopeful ninjas, as usual, most of Konoha's prominent clans are sending their children as well and this year, expectations are quite high for there had been rumors of extraordinary talent coming from both the well known clans and some dark horses.

"Minato, would you hurry up dear? School's about to start," called Mrs. Namikaze from the kitchen as she was doing the dishes.

"Yes mom, I'm almost ready," was the reply coming from the second floor of the house.

"If you don't hurry, you'll be late," reminded the Namikaze matriarch to her son.

"Relax dear," stated Mr. Namikaze while he read a newspaper and waited at the living room. "It's the first day of school, it's all right to be a little bit late."

Mrs. Namikaze sighed, "Dear, you shouldn't pass your bad habits to your son, I want him to make a good impression on his first day."

Mr. Namikaze let out a hearty laugh and replied "Oh you don't have to worry about it dear. Our son is definitely going to make a good impression. "

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Mr. Namikaze looked towards the direction of the voice and smiled. Below the stairs stood a young blond-haired boy with blue eyes dressed in a white and blue long sleeved hooded jacket, shorts and sandals. Mrs. Namikaze approached the young boy and frowned, then took out a comb from the nearby shelf. "Geez, Minado dear, you should really do something about this hair," she reminded as she combed his hair to the side. After a few moments with the small fix, she re-examined the boy and nodded in satisfaction. "There, all fixed."

Minato looked at himself in the mirror and frowned at the change in his hairstyle from his preferred spiky to a one-sided clean combed style which didn't really make him look any better but rather the opposite and simply sighed 'If I fix my hair like I wanted, mom will just mess it up again ,' he thought.

"Well then son, shall we get going?" Mr. Namikaze stated, he himself already at the door.

"wait, " Mrs Namikaze exclaimed before running to the kitchen and then returning with a two layered lunch box and handing it to her son "This is your lunch dear, I made it special."

Minato took the box with a smile "Thanks mom!" then put it inside his backpack, he then ran to the door and looked back one last time at his mother "Well then mom, we'll be going!"

Mr. Namikaze simply nodded to his wife and the two set off to the Direction of Konoha ninja Academy, as Mrs. Namikaze bid the father and son farewell. Halfway through the walk, Mr. Namikaze stopped and looked at his son, "My, you r hair looks awful, let me fix that for ya', " then gave him a little rub on the head, messing up the hair his wife fixed. "There, all done."

"Thanks dad!" Minato exclaimed happily, "I wouldn't want to fix it in front of mom because she'll just rearrange it."

"You look better in that hairstyle, like your old man!" Mr. Namikaze exclaimed and the two laughed in agreement. They then resumed the walk towards the academy, with Mr. Namikaze reminding his son of the pointers of what to do and not to do while he studies as well as recounting a few of his past experiences while the young boy listened. Soon the pair arrived at the academy and as to be expected, there are a lot of people gathered by the gate, mostly parents who are seeing their children off and the students themselves. Mr. Namikaze looked at the crowd before them then looked at his son. "Are you nervous?"

Minato shook his head and smiled as he looked at the crowd, "Not a bit, but I'm pretty excited."

Mr. Namikaze tapped his son shoulder and exclaimed, "That's my boy! Now, go and make your old man proud. "

Minato nodded and smiled "I'll try, but don't expect too much of me!" He then ran to the gate while waving farewell to his father. Mr. Namikaze waved back with as small smile then started walking to the Hokage's office, content that his son , regardless of what he said earlier, will surely become a shinobi that he can be proud of.