(Naruto's Point Of View)

Everyone is celebrating the end of the fight with . Because of Nagato, everyone was alive and there was no casualties. Even though there village was destroyed, everyone is determined to get back to where things were before.

At this point, they just finished throwing Naruto into the air and were more leaving to go to the hospital or to find there belongings in the rubble that were there houses. Naruto, on the other hand, was with Sakura Haruno and his sensei, Kakashi Hatake.

Sakura knew about the fine with Pain and how he almost turned into the Nine Tails. Naruto looked down and Kakashi looked confused and asked what was wrong. Naruto looked up at his with a big smile on his face. "The Fourth Hokage helped me, my father!"

The pink haired teammate looked shocked and there sensei just smiled. "Wait, your father is the Fourth Hokage!". He nodded then looked down, "but... I don't know who my mother is yet...". He then got an idea and looked at Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei! Is there anything left of my parents that I can look at!" He looked shocked then looked up in the sky. "You know, in not supposed to tell you anything about your parents... But if you find out on your own... I guess there is no harm in it." Naruto smiled then looked desperate at him waiting for an answer.

"There should be something on the Hokage hide away..." Naruto asked where that was and he said that it was located in the Hokage monument's heads. He nodded then took Sakura's hand and started running towards the monument.

They ran until they got to where they needed to be which was the Fourth Hokage's head. They went inside to see that it was hollow and were surprised to see many boxes of the his father's stuff.

Sakura slowly walked around to the left while I went to the right. I looked through a box that said cloak on it and it had the Fourth Hokage cloak inside which made him gasp. He slowly put it on and sighed as he felt it go over his shoulders.

"Hey! Come look at this!" Naruto looked over at her to see her kneeling over a box the had dusty books. He put the cloak back and quickly walked over to her. He kneeled next to her and she passed over a boo that was so dusty that you couldn't read the title.

Naruto blew on it and coughed when dust went into the air. He read the title when the dust cleared and he could see that it was a child's handwriting that said, "Minato Namikaze's Diary".

He gasped then looked at Sakura who also looked surprised. "This is the Fourth Hokage's diary! Telling from the handwriting, it looks like it was from when he was a child..." Naruto asked if they should read it and Sakura slowly nodded.

Naruto gulped and slowly opened the book waiting for a booby trap or something along those lines. When it was fully opened, they let go the breathe, they didn't know they were holding.

They looked at the date at the top and say m saw that it was from twenty five years ago. "So it is from when he was a child...". Naruto nodded and took a deep breathe in then slowly started to read. "June 2, 588 ASD... I looked around the room and saw that everyone was chatting to themselves so I decided to quickly take deep breathes. Today was the day of the graduation exam and I was so nervous about it...

(Minato's Point Of View)

I looked around the room and saw that everyone was chatting to themselves so I decided to quickly take deep breathes. Today was the graduation exam and I was so nervous about it.

Taking a deep breathe in then out again, I looked over to one girl in the class who was the most energized about the class. I admit that I have a small crush on her and I mean, who wouldn't? With that beautiful red hair and spunky attitude, it's kind of hard not to like her.

I looked at her to see her talking to her best friend, Mikoto Uchiha. They have been best friends ever since Kushina Uzumaki had come to the class. My crush came a few years back but I haven't been able to talk to her because I was to cowardly.

I heard the door open and I see it to be our teacher so everyone went to there seats and were quiet, listening to instructions. He stood at the podium and put some papers down then looked at us with a smile.

"Alright everyone, today is the day you all take the exam and became first level ninja. I am glad that I was able to teach you all about being a ninja and what to do in the future as a shinobi. We will start our graduation test with Funai Abe then we will go down the list..." I looked around as kids came in and out of the room with headbands on parts of there bodies.

"Minato Namikaze!" I gulped as I stood up and slowly walked down the stairs to go into the testing room. Once I got into the room, I saw the Third Hokage and two Jonin who were waiting to make me take the test. I took a deep breath in and let it out. I am going to be Hokage, so this test it going to be easy.

"Alright, Minato, I want you too make three clones of yourself." I nodded and made the hand signs to make three clones. They nodded and wrote something on there papers then told me to make a transformation into the Third Hokage. I nodded and made the hand signs, but closed my eyes so I didn't see if I did it right or not.

I opened them to see them writing something on their papers then said that for the final test is for me to make a substitution with a log that they are holding. I nodded and made me switch places with the log so I was next to the teacher.

They wrote down something on the paper then the Third Hokage smiled at me. "You got a 7.5/10 on your Taijutsu and a 9.0/10 on your Ninjutsu. Congradulations, Minato Namikaze, you pass!" I literally went to tears as he gave me the headband and I clenched it close to my heart.

I walked out of the room with a proud smile on my face. I heard someone scoff and I turn to see that it was Fugaku Uchiha who was giving me a sly smile. "So you passed huh? I guess that makes sense since you and I are both tied for the top rookie." I glared at him then pointed a finger at my chest.

"Dude, I am going to become the greatest Hokage, you just watch!" I turned and walked away and walked home.

Once I got there, I said that I was home but no one answered. I remembered that I was an orphan so I was left home alone all the time. I looked down and sighed then put my backpack on the ground then took my headband and put it in my hand. I smiled and put it on my forehead and looked in the mirror.

I actually looked like an actual ninja who was ready to go on a mission! I took it off then put it on my dresser then got dressed and went to bed.

**********Time skip brought to you by my birthday this Friday**********

It was the next day and I have gotten my picture taken then went to the Academy. I went in to see mostly everyone I knew in the class already sitting down or standing, talking to their friends. I hurry and went to my seat which was next to one of my friends, Kizashi Haruno.

We have been friends for a while because we both love sharing jokes and I have to help him in school because he is one of the students who is at the bottom of the class. I was fine with it; it was fun helping him out.

Its funny becuase he was in love with one of the girls in the class named, Mebuki Adachi. I could tell that she liked him as well becuase they are always sharing jokes and laughing. I knew that in the future that they were going to be happy with each other.

Me on the other hand, just stare at Kushina Uzumaki who, to me, was a beautiful woman who had a great spunk to her. Sure, she was the worst in the class, but she has the most determination to pass the graduation exam and be with the rest of the class. I wish that someday that she would notice me...

The teacher then came into the class and set down his papers then looked up at the class. "Alright everyone, today is the day where you are all officially Genin and are becoming Shinobi. I would advise you to not be cocky and listen to your sensei and your teammates. You will all be put into a three man squad with a Jonin sensei. Though because the lack of students this year, there will be a team of two genin. Now, Squad 1..."

I zoned out until I heard him say Squad Seven for which he said my name. "Squad Seven... Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki with Jiraiya as their sensei. Squad Eight..." I looked over at Kushina who was looking at me with curiousity in her eyes and I looked away with a blush.

He finished with the introduction to the squads and now everyone waited for their sensei's to come and get them.

It has been two hours and the man named Jiraiya still has not come. I see Kushina pacing around the front of the room while I just sit on top of a desk waiting.

Suddenly, smoke appeared and a man standing a top of a toad in a weird pose introduced himself. "Hello, my little Genin! I am the man who has no enemies in the North, South, East, or West! Not even in the heavens... I am one of the Sannin... The White haired frog tamer... I am Jiraiya!" Kushina looked like he was done with him while I looked at him with awe.

"A Sannin! No way! We got a Sannin as our teacher!" Kushina gave me an "are you serious" look while Jiraiya laughed and rubbed my head. "I know I'm going to like you kid... now... time for introductions." Kushina and I sat together on a desk while Jiraiya sat down on his frog like toad.

"Alright, I have already introduced myself, so I want the red haired girl to go first then you, okay. All I want you to do is to say your name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dream for the future." He was more serious then he was before which made a chill go down my spine.

Kushina smiled as she pointed at herself with determination. "My name is Kushina Uzumaki, dattebane! My likes are Ramen in a cup and knitting. My dislikes are people who look down at others becuase they are different and my hobbies are pranking and having fun! My dream is to become the first Female Hokage!"

Jiraiya laughed then pointed at me to go. I gulped then shyly started to speak. "Hello, my name is Minato Namikaze and my likes are reading and training. My dislikes are those who hurt my precious people and my hobbies are reading. My dream is to also become the strongest Hokage!"

Jiraiya nodded and said that our dreams were similar so they will both need to work hard. I nodded while she looked at him with determination.

He then stood up, the toad disappeared, and started to walk towards to the door and told them to follow. We got to Training Ground Seven and we stood then to three pillers in the ground.

He held up a bell and told them that he has to get it or they will be sent back to the Academy. Kushina and I looked confused because there was only bell but we didn't asked about it because he already told us to go so we jumped away to the trees.

I hid up in a tree that was a few meters away from the target which was our Master. I saw Kushina start to fight him and have a hard time against him and that's when I got an idea. I hurry and grabbed my crush and pulled her into a bush. She started screaming at me but I hurry and put my hand on her mouth so that he wouldn't hear us.

"Kushina, listen to me, we have to work together to get the bells. That's why there is only one bell is becuase this test is about teamwork. Lets work together, okay!" I gave her a trademark that was famous in my clan and she softly smiled and nodded.

We made a plan then we ran at Master Jiraiya who was ready to block our attacks. We both kicked him on the sides for which he blocked with his arms but we turned into smoke which meant that we were shadow clones.

I grabbed him buy the back, keeping him in plagetce and Kushina went to grab the bells, but the alarm that he put down before went off so she wasn't able to grab them in time.

We stood in front of the pillars again and Jiraiya stood in front of us with a serious look on his face. "Well, both of you didn't get the bell, but... You already know the point of the test, don't you?" I nodded and told him that the point of the test was teamwork and we had to work together to get the bell.

He nodded and laughed, "Well, the first team I test pass which is surprising! Congratulations!". Kushina shouted in glee and I smiled at her.

All the sudden I got an urge to protect someone. I get this urge every time one of my precious people is in danger. I didn't have any family and my precious people are here on front of me so why am I getting this feeling.

Master Jiraiya took me out of my musing when he said that we would be doing our first mission next week at seven o'clock at the academy. With that, he jumped away, leaving Kushina and I alone.

I was about to ask her out to dinner but she was already running away from me, saying goodbye. I sighed and walled away whole still having a protective feeling which was weird. I brushes it off and decided to take a walk in the woods outside near the village.

Suddenly, I saw a strand of red hair on the ground that lead up to another piece of red hair. I knew this hair looked like Kushina's and started running, following the trail.

Maybe this was why I was feeling like I need to protect some one, it's because Kushina is in trouble!

I ran for miles until I got to Kushina who's hands were tied and three cloud ninja were kidnapping her! They were close to the border, so I had to take then out quickly.

I ran up and kicked the back guy in the back, knocking him out and I did the same with the one next to him. The last one jumped into the tree but I already knew where he was so I lunged at him and punched him in the face, knocking him out of the tree.

I jumped down in front of a tired Kushina and I told her that I came to rescue her. She smiled then stars to fall forward so hurry and caught her. "Your safe now.". I bridal style took her and told her that I didn't want to lose her which made her stare at awe.

We made it to the Hokage's office and reported in so every thing can get sorted out. I took Kushina home and she kissed me on the cheek then ran into her house leaving me blushing.

I started to walk home, thinking that everything was better, but it wasn't. I still had the overprotective feeling like someone is in danger and needs my help. I closed my eyes and tried to locate where the feeling was coming from and I located it as far as I could go which was outside the Hokage's tower.

I sighed and kept walking home, in the dark, to get to my lonely home.

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