A gentle breeze swept softly through the grassy clearing, enclosed inside a pocket of trees. If one was to look closely, they would spot the logs, placed all around for substitutions. The leaves rustled, and the wind died down. Then, there was a soft flash of light; yellow light. A man stood, calmly watching the sunset. This man was Minato Namikaze, Yondaime Hokage of Konohagakure no sato. Minato had a head full of yellow hair, and bangs that dropped down and framed his face. His eyes were a friendly but piercing ocean blue. He radiated both experience and confidence in large amounts, making anyone around him feel at ease. Unless you were an enemy, of course. As the very edge of the sun disappeared behind the horizon, he turned around and took three paces, before disappearing again with a soft yellow flash.

-Namikaze Compound-

Minato arrived at the compound with another soft flash, and pressed his finger to the chakra-recognition seal on the gate. This was the only way to get in safely. If someone just hopped over the walls, the security seals would use their stored chakra to effectively paralyze the intruder, and then would set off a system of alarms. So far, only one had tried, and that was an assassin from Iwa, who was slaughtered quickly, and had his head sent back to Iwa. The compound was safe just having Minato there in the first place, but he was a cautious man. He entered the living room, which was currently occupied by none other then his sensei, Jiraiya, who was looking through Naruto's new taijutsu scroll; entitled Sairentosutairu (Sairentosutairu roughly translates to "Silent Style").

"Isn't this a little too much?" Jiraiya asked. "He's only six!"

"He's my son, a soon to be an Academy student. He has the right to learn, does he not?" Minato replied, then continued, "And he was the one that talked me into this, not the other way around." With that, Minato crossed his arms and gave a small grin.

"The style requires high speeds, flexibility, and only moderate strength. He's already got flexibility down. Maybe you should take some lessons from him!" Minato joked.

"Don't remind me." Jiraiya grunted.

-Flashback-

Jiraiya and Minato just finished a spar. Naruto, who had sat and observed, got up and walked over to his father, who was watching Jiraiya hobble around clutching his back.

"What happened to oji-san? Is he okay?" Naruto asked.

Minato patted his son's shoulder. "He's fine. This happens every once in a while, as his age is catching up with him." They both watched as Jiraiya leaned far backwards and pushing in his back, which popped loudly, followed by a sigh of relief, and then shortly thereafter followed by a groan. Jiraiya was stuck. Naruto tugged at Minato's jacket.

"Tou-san?" Naruto asked.

"Yes?" Minato replied.

"Did you step on a crack?"

-End Flashback-

"Besides that," Minato continued. "He has a natural affinity for-

"Stealth?" A voice interjected. Minato jumped visibly.

Naruto stood behind the couch, beaming brilliantly at Minato, and then Jiraiya.

"How..-" Minato spluttered, dumbfounded.

"Me? I just used the door." Naruto stated innocently. Looking towards the door, they realized what Naruto had done. He had taken down the door and used a henge to transform himself into the door. Since people only touch the doorknob to open it, he made the doorknob tangible, which required a fair amount of chakra.

Jiraiya looked confused, then suprised and proud. He then looked at Naruto. "I don't know whether to hug you or send you to ANBU headquarters."

Now it was Naruto's turn to be confused. "Why would you send me there?"

Jiraiya looked Naruto in the eye. "They could learn a thing or two from you."

Naruto then had an idea. He turned to his father and asked "Could I?"

"No" Minato stated. "But before you start whining, I have a question." Naruto blinked and waited. Minato inwardly grinned at the response he was just about to invoke.

"How would you like to skip the Acadamy and train with me?"

"Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!" Naruto shouted.

Minato grinned. "But there's one thing you need to understand."

Naruto just blinked, wating. Minato's grin slowly faded, and became that of a parent instructing their child.

"If you manage to steal Kakashi's Icha Icha Paradise, I might consider teaching you the Rasengan. Consider this your first training exercise."

Naruto's eyes lit up. "Cool! Do I start now?"

"Yep!" Minayo chirps. Naruto was out the door in an instant.

Jiraiya chuckled. "Poor bastard won't know what hit him."

Minato couldn't help but agree.