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Chapter 2
Battle roared across the lines as the two armies faced off in a epic battle for the ages. On one side the were the forces of Konoha fighting the good fight and trying to keep oppression from the lands. Working together in perfect coordination the worked to drive the innumerable enemy back to whatever hole they had come from. The trees were covered in flames and lightning crackled in the air, and yet through massive casualties the enemy kept coming.
This threat, the zombie sharks hordes had come from the sea one day and conquered the entirety of Water Country. Every human was enslaved and used in the most vile ways possible, doing things like washing dishes and homework. From there they had slowly begun to take territory on the main lands until only Fire Country, and their powerful shinobi village of Konoha were left. The zombie sharks, under their leader Mr. Teeth, had tried to take Fire country many time, but the powerful Konoha shinobi and their own leader, the Fifth Hokage, had kept them from having their prize. In over to finish of Konoha once and for all, Mr. Teeth gathered an epic army of fifteen million zombie sharks and invaded Fire Country. Under such overwhelming numbers, the Konoha shinobi drew up a line and prepared to face the menace in an last stand for the ages. And so they found themselves in battle fighting for their lives…
In the center of it all a tall man with silver hair drove his lightning encased fast through the chest of a zombie shark that was over three meters tall. Pulling the bloody appendage out, he observed his surrounding, only to find himself completely surrounded. The beast were hideous creatures. The bipedal sharks had shiny teeth and each was at least two and a half meters tall. Their bodies were rippling with muscle, but lacked much in the way of brain power.
Entering a combat stance and Kakashi braced himself as his enemies came, but before they could get more than two steps a green blur smashed into them and with a shout of "YOUTH!" their numbers were cut in half. Not one to be out done, the silver haired man moved towards the remainder of the zombie sharks and easily disposed on them.
"Kakashi! My that was a most YOUTHFUL display, but I have gotten two more than you have!" The green clad ninja proclaimed, as he engaged the next wave of opponents.
Kakashi was right behind him, "Ma, you say something Gai?" He asked in his usual lazy drawl, though, if he asked himself honestly, even he knew this wasn't the time to be messing with his "eternal rival."
While breaking the face of one of his enemies with his fist, Gai began raving about Kakashi and his cool hip attitude.
Kakashi did his best to ignore it and produced a massive fire ball that incinerated a dozen of the fish monstrosities, but they were only replaced by twice as many, forcing Kakashi to fall back.
Again he found himself surrounded, but this time he wasn't alone. Standing back to back with Gai, his muscles stayed tense as he prepared for his new foes to approach.
"Kakashi, we can not do this forever. Where is our YOUTHFUL Hokage?" Gai shouted as both he and his silver haired companion dashed upon their circle of attackers.
"He will be here soon Gai, just keep going!" blurring through handseals, he unleashed a new volley of fire onto the sharks. Suddenly, Kakashi's world slowed as his sharingon began spinning furiously and in his peripheral he watched in slow motion as one of the zombie sharks swung at him with it bone sword. Ducking low, Kakashi was able to avoid the blow with only a few hair off his head. Retaliating quickly, he weaved through another swipe, before slamming his fist into the giant sharks gut, sending it backwards into a tree. Turning, the silver haired man reentered the fray, as he waited from the Fifth Hokage to come and save them all.
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" , we are pushing the stupid ninja back. Soon we will have defeated these puny humans and the world will be ours." Spoke out one of Mr. Teeth's lieutenants.
Mr. Teeth himself sat on his throne as he observed the battle from a nearby hilltop. He was much lager than the average zombie shark. Standing at a full six meters and being as broad as one of his companions was tall, gave him an incredibly imposing form. Glancing over at his lieutenant, he gave toothy grin before replying, "Good, good. But has that pesky leader of their showed up yet?"
"Not yet sir. But, with the enemy being pushed, it is only a matter of time before he shows up to try and save them. Will you be engaging him yourself?" the lieutenant asked.
"Of course, he has always run away from me before, but not this time. This time I will tear him apart!" The oversized fish exclaimed., before finishing with a stereotypical evil guy laugh.
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Back with the battle, the Konoha shinobi I were starting to get tired. Their enemy was endless, but they themselves were starting to wear thin and by now the massive enemy force had completely surrounded them. Leaders tried their best to rally their squads, but the situation was beginning to get desperate. Moral was dropping and casualties were mounting.
Kakashi was still battling along side his friend Gai, but he too was running on empty. Spotting a punch coming towards him, he did his best to dodge, but even with his sharingon, he was to tired to make the full effort and the punch landed on his shoulder. Lousing his balance, he was unable to avoid the follow-up blow that left an imprint on his body on the ground. Looking up meekly, Kakashi watched as his opponent brought out a bone knife and went for his jugular. Resigning himself to his fate, he watched the blade descend. Gai, turning his head and saw the situation his eternal rival was in, but when he attempted in intervene his way was blocked by a plethora of fresh adversaries. He was only able to shout and pray, but both proved to be unnecessary, as a moment before the blade could pierce into Kakashi a blur of yellow swept through the area, effectively eliminating all the zombie sharks in the area.
Looking up at his savior, Kakashi felt a smile pull on the edges of his masked mouth. "What took you so long Naruto-kun?" he teased his leader.
"Kakashi, I thought I asked you to stop calling me that." He replied.
But before the silver haired man could reply his eternal rival came over, and started gushing, "That was a most YOUTHFUL display Hokage-sama! Your entrance into the field of battle was most hip and befitting of your position! I give it a ten out of ten!"
Looking over at the eccentric beast of Konoha, Naruto tilted his head to the side and asked, "You say something Gai?" Both older men just stared with wide eyes. Kakashi was thinking about how proud he was, while Gai could get over how hip hi leader was.
Not being able to contain himself, Gai began raving, "That is the most hip of attitudes Hokage-sama! You are a most fit leader!"
Tuning the green man out, Naruto turned to Kakashi, who again reminisced in the fact that he looked so much like his Father. He had long blond hair that was pulled back into a short ponytail and blue eyes. He was tall and wore a similar cloak to his father, though his was orange, with white flames licking the bottom.
Kakashi was about to say something, but whatever it was, he was completely drown out by an incredible roar. All three glanced in the direction it had come from. Approaching them was an the largest of all the zombie sharks. The fighting around them came to a stop as the leaders of the two sides confronted each other.
"Mr. Teeth, what a surprise seeing you here." Naruto commented.
The giant sharks just chuckled. "As cool as ever puny human. I look forward to smearing you in the dirt."
Shaking his head the Fifth disappeared in a yellow blur and before Mr. Teeth knew what had hit him a fist slammed into his gut, but the sheer size of the fish made it feel like a little tap. A vortex of yellow seemed to form around him and the sound of flesh hitting flesh resonated through the area. For a full minute this continued and everyone watched with anticipation, but when it came to an end and Naruto stopped moving, the shark was standing still and watching the procession with a lazy look.
"Is that the best you have boy? It felt like a rather fine massage." He said with a toothy grin. The Fifth just let out a growl, which made the hark snicker. "My turn."
Blurring out of existence, the Fifth barely made it out of the way as a giant fist connected with the ground, where he had just been standing, the sheer force seemed to cause a mini earthquake. Twisting his head, Mr. Teeth shot toward the blonds new location an delivered another fist, only for him to meet the ground again. They continued their little dance as all the forces from both sides watched it awe as the strongest from each side duked it out.
"Stop running you coward!" Mr. Teeth roared as he started getting frustrated of chasing the yellow haired man. With that flash move he kept using it was impossible to hit him. Growling to himself, the giant shark chose a new strategy, and instead of following after Naruto the next time he flashed, instead rushed the closed group of Konoha shinobi.
Horror stricken the Fifth Hokage flashed into the group of three shinobi, but was only able to take two of them with him, to escape the wrath of the shark's fist. Al around, the shinobi were disgusted, while the sharks had a wicked grin on their faces as they all watched Mr. Teeth's fist come down on the lone human and break him down into the ground like a slinky.
As the dust cleared Mr. Teeth waited for the return of his chosen opponent and he didn't have to wait long, for in the blink on a eye Naruto had returned and he didn't look happy. "Going to stop running now?" Asked the huge shark.
The Hokage just glared at him and stuck his arm out. Everyone watched in amazement as a dense blue ball of chakra formed. "You're right, I won't be running anymore. I'm ending THIS!" he yelled and ran disappeared in another flash. When he reappeared he was right in front of Mr. Teeth, but the blue ball had become absolutely massive, now a full meter in diameter. Trusting it forward faster than Mr. Teeth could react it connected and began eating through the outer layer of the shark, and with a shout of "Rasengan!" the leader of the shark zombies was set flying. All around, combatants followed the body of Mr. Teeth as it soared to meet the horizon, before eventually disappearing.
The dreadful look that appeared on the faces of all the zombie sharks was price less and many began slowly backing away from the Konoha shinobi. Turning his head towards the nearest of the sharks, Naruto smiled a fake smile and spoke, "Roar."
The zombie sharks couldn't run away fast enough and Naruto was left behind with his subordinates. Everyone was looking around when it dawned on them, they had won. They had actually done it and they were alive to tell the tale. Smiles began to appear along with exclamations of victory.
Their Hokage watched all of this with a real smile this time. They had won against all odds and were alive to tell the tale. Suddenly the surrounding shinobi rushed forward and lifted Naruto into the air. Then they began chanting for him and he swore this was the happiest day of his life as he listened to them: "Naruto!"
"Naruto!"
"Naruto!"
But as they continued, Naruto found that the thunderous volume of his name was beginning to wane, many of his shinobi's mouths were now moving, but no sound was coming from them. Slowly all the shouts seemed to collect into one that was oddly feminine…
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"WAAAHHHHHH!"
A growl emanated through out the room as a head of hair tossed itself up and looked at the cradle on the edge of the room. Slapping an arm to the side, the wielder found herself alone in the large bed, with her husband no where near. Waking up slightly, the red head was able to make out the squeal of the shower in their bathroom.
"WAAAAHHHHHH!"
Jumping to her feet, with a scowl plastered on her face, Kushina made here way over to the crib and looked down at her daughter. The little girl was continuing wailing loudly. Reaching down and picking up the squabbling child she rocked her gently in her arms while cooing softly about "mommy's here" and "shush dear."
Gradually both baby and mother calmed down in each others presence. One stopped crying and the other's bad mood dissipated. Sitting her down on her knee, Kushina smiled at her and asked, "And how are you this morning dear?"
Of course her only reply was baby gibberish, but it made her happy just the same as she would wait patently for her to learn to speak. Rubbing her hair softly, mother looked at daughter and marveled at how similarly they looked. Tsuki, unlike both Naruto and Natsura, whom looked like their father, was a clone of her mother. And while Kushina loved both her other children dearly, there was something about having a little baby that you knew looked just like you did at that age.
Staring up at her mother with that cute face that in unique to babies alone, the similarities were undeniable. She had the signature bright red hair of the Uzumaki, and bright blue eye just like her mother and sister. Also, her facial features seemed to be mimicking Kushina's perfectly,
But the beautiful moment between mother and daughter came to a sudden end when the sound of a door opening drew both of their attention.
At the side of the room, Minato had just finished with his shower and walked into their bedroom with a towel around his waist. Upon spotting the two red heads, whose attention he had drawn be gave a soft smile and greetings, "Good morning you two. How are two of my favorite women this Morning?"
Kushina giggled as Tsuki blabbed back to her father while clapping her hands together, before returning her own greeting, "We are doing just wonderful aren't we Tsuki?" and she proceeded to begin tickling the child.
Minato looked over at the clock and read the distinctive 7:30 while mentally acknowledging the fact that he still had plenty of time before he should be at the office to begin the day and proceed to go over to his dresser and dress himself.
Meanwhile Kushina had also noticed the time and had left the room with Tsuki in her arms to wake up her son for the day.
A quick trip down the hall was all it took for her to reach his room. Carefully opening the door and peaking inside she was greeted by a rather messy room. Clothes, toys, and books were scattered across the floor. The fan was spinning lazily on the ceiling, filling the room with a slight breeze. She entered carefully, but had to jump back to avoid a bucket from colliding with her head.
She couldn't help but sigh to herself. While it wasn't much of a trap for an experienced shinobi, that little greeting was the current pinnacle of Naruto and Natsura's prank war. And while the two were still to young to do anything to complicated or dangerous, it was still a hassle at times to deal with and would only escalate as they got older.
Reentering, Kushina was much more watchful as she tiptoed through the minefield of objects of the boy's floor. Finally reaching the bed with Tsuki still tightly resting in her arms she reached down to wake her little four year old. "Naruto."
"Naruto…"
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Cracking his eyes open, Naruto's vision was abruptly flooded with light. "Naruto." The voice came again. Quickly shutting them, he flipped his body over in an effort to protect his vision. But then his body started shaking and that voice, "Naruto." Craning his head, he groggily blinked his eyes as the world around him came into focus.
"There we go. Its time to wake up sleepy head." His mother said playfully down to him as she continued to shake him.
Pushing her arm away and sitting up he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked around. Then as pieces of memories of his dream from last night played trough his head his eyes widened and he leaped over the head board of his bed, while shouting about "sharks" and the likes.
Kushina watched in amusement as he came to life and attempted to get out of bed in a rather dramatic way, but… his foot caught on the head board and he face planted into a pile of clothes on the other side. Giggling for the second time that morning, she peaking around the board at her downed son.
Naruto, hearing her snickering quickly composed himself and gave her a childish glare, but that only made it worse. "Mom, stop laughing at me." He pouted.
Still not completely over the moment, she reached down and grabbed his cheek and gave it a nice pinch. She knew he hated it when she did that, but she couldn't help herself, he just looked so cute, which she promptly told him, "But Narutooooo, you are just so adorable." Seeming to agree with her mother, Tsuki too began babbling at her blond older brother. "See Tsuki thinks so too."
Naruto didn't bother replying and just made himself content with muttering to himself. Standing up he looked at the clock in his room 7:37.
Seeing where he was looking Kushina turn to leave, but left with a few parting words as he began changing, "Hurry up and get ready, Dad with be waiting for you downstairs."
Throwing on his uniform, which consisted of a pair of green shorts and white collard shirt with a green diagonal line, he, just as his mother had, left his room not a minute later.
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Whistling to himself as he scrambled some eggs on the stove, Minato watched absently as the meal began to slowly come together. Hearing the creaking of the stairs, the Fourth made a mental note to apply some seal to fix that. Tilting his head to the side he watched as his son entered the kitchen/casual dining room and took a seat. Smiling at the boy, the taller blond said, "How you doing this morning champ?"
"Fine." Came the tired reply.
Short, sweet, and completely undisruptive, but Minato wasn't one to be deterred and continued trying to press his son for conversation, "And how did you sleep?"
"Fine." It came again.
Looking over his shoulder to made sure he wasn't talking to a recording, we was satisfied seeing Naruto at the table, but again, the little reply wasn't what he was looking for, though all things considered it was a pretty normal thing for this situation. Deciding to pull out the big guns, he fired off his next question, knowing he would be getting a better answer that those already asked, "Any interesting dreams?"
Minato felt Naruto's eyes turn to him and he knew that he had his son hooked. His son always had interesting dreams and loved to talk about them.
Scooping the finished eggs onto plates, he listened to Naruto recount his tale of the zombie sharks invasion of the elemental nations. He proceeded to pour both of them glasses of orange juice and while hearing Naruto rapidly explaining the situation Mr. Teeth (he chucked at that one) had forced their world to its knees, only for Naruto to save it from defeat.
The Fourth was overjoyed as he listened to his son rant about how he was going to be the best Hokage ever and be totally cool. He could already see a budding Konoha shinobi in him that he knew he would be proud of.
They both finished their meals and placed their dished away. Then at 8:00 exactly they walked out the front door hand in hand and started the daily trek to the school Naruto was attending.
As father and son strolled through the streets Naruto was preoccupied with watching Konoha wake up. He observes the early risers going about their business, shinobi leaping across the roofs (He wished he could do that), and shops and stands open up for the coming day.
But while Naruto was focused else where, Minato watched him bounce up and down and look around with wide eyes as if it was his first time out and about this early. But in reality they had been doing this for three month. It had all started when…
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The whole Uzumaki family was at the park. It was a warm Sunday, which Minato didn't have to work on. Natsura was running around the grass with some of the other clan children. It always surprised him how all the clan head seemed to have children in the same timeframe, not that he minded, it gave his own children plenty of other to play with and begin forming bonds with those they found one day be fighting beside, not that Naruto seemed to care. Natsura was the one who always played with them, while Naruto had his own little group he like to be with. And so today you could see the young blond boy sitting under a tree with three other kids.
They were talking rather animatedly and Minato observed them waving their hands in the air, when suddenly one of the reached over and tagged another. Faster than could be, they were up and about burning off their energy in an impromptu game of tag.
Returning his attention to his daughter, he watched her and the other clan heirs engage in a race up the hill at the far side of the park, well some of them. Natsura was neck and neck with the Inuzuka boy Kiba and the Uchiha, Sasuke. Just behind them was Hinata. Sitting in the shade of a tree at the bottom of the hill, Shikamaru, Choji and Shino watched them. Nearby in a field of flower, Inoichi's daughter, Ino was enjoying her own companions.
"Minato?" Turning his head away from his children playing, he looked to his left and his wife. But next to her on the park bench he also saw Fugaku and Mikoto. The female Uchiha gave a polite wave, while her husband just nodded his head in his direction.
Getting the sign, the Fourth stood along with Fugaku and walked off to a different area of the park, while looking for some other men, to have interesting conversation with.
Back on the bench they had just abandoned, the women they left completely ignored their leaving and began catching up on the goings on from the last week.
As they wandered Fugaku was the first to spot their future male company and tap the Fourth on the shoulder. Minato just turned and followed the other man to a table that seemed to be the congregating point for all the men who had kids enjoying the park.
There were almost twenty in total, some sitting, some in their own circle few feet away. But upon Fugaku and his arrival, everyone when quiet and looked to them, and then as one they all greeted the new arrivals.
Walking from man to man and greeting his various friends and acquaintance, he finally got himself a seat on at the table, where a few of the fathers were in the middle of a cutthroat game of Go Fish. He didn't pay to much attention to the game and instead engaged in conversation with Shikaku, who was sitting next to him.
Back with Kushina and Mikoto, they had just finished their own catch up period, and were ready to find their own company. Similarly to the men, they found a large congression of mother at their own little corner of the park and joined the little party.
This was a pretty normal Sunday for the Uzumaki family and the time of day passed quickly for all of them. The children releasing their endless supply of energy and the parents relaxing in good company. Yep pretty normal, well at least until Naruto appeared at his father's side with a question that was a rather touchy one for the Fourth, "Can I go to School?"
Conversation stopped as all the fathers stopped to listen the their leader converse with his son.
Looking down at his son, he also saw the girl that was standing behind him and knew that she was involved. Her name was Kaori and she was easily Naruto's best friend. She had short black hair, brown eyes, and was rather small in stature. And though she didn't come from a clan, both her parent had served honorably in the shinobi corps. She also had a rather heavy influence on his son as they spent vast amounts of the week together doing… well kid stuff.
But getting back to the matter at hand he replied sternly to his son, "Naruto, we have talked about this. You can enter the academy when you are eight an-"
"No dad, I wanna go to school with Kaori she going to…" but he had to stop as he attempted to stumble through some rather difficult word for his little four year old mind, but promptly gave up and turned to his friend.
Kaori stepped forward and clapped her hands together while looking up at the Hokage with a dazzling smile. "What Naruto is trying to say is that I am going to be attending an accelerated learning program at the Daimyo's Academy for Scholarly Pursuit and it would be so much more bearable if I had a friend their to pass the time with."
Every single one of the dads in the group watched in amazement as the little girl spoke with such… well big words for her age. The Fourth himself was a little stunned and didn't respond right away, but instead just gave her a rather odd look, but she just kept smiling brightly at him. That reminded him of Natsura who would speak with the utmost confidence and when trouble came about she would just smile through it.
Smiling his own smile, Minato just shook his head and looked down at the two children before him and wasn't sure how to respond. On one hand he was very confident that his children would one day become wonderful shinobi regardless of how soon they started training. Due to this he had resolved to take it slow with them and keep them out of the academy until they were at the normal starting age. Hey Minato himself had started at eight and he turned out just fine. On the other hand this wasn't the shinobi academy where starting early would force him to grow up quickly, and instead would most likely just stimulate mental growth. But this was an accelerated program, and while he wasn't entirely sure what that entailed, it did mean learning thing ahead of when you normally would. But was learning to do a certain math equation and learning to properly kill someone this early different?
The Fourth let out a sigh and resolved to sort through his thoughts at a later date and so he turned to the kid who were waiting expectantly, Naruto was fidgeting a bit, but Kaori was standing at attention, having not moved a muscle and the smile still plastered on her face. "I will have to look this program you are taking, so we will see, but as of now I am undecided." And while Naruto look down at the statement, as it wasn't the yes he had been hoping for, but Kaori on the other hand just gave a little shout of joy. Grabbing her blond friends hand she dragged him back to their other friends.
Back with the dad's, with the excitement over, they returned to their previous talking. Unfortunately, their leader was no longer interested and just sat their sifting through his own thoughts on what had just occurred.
He was brought out of his mussing, as he felt a new presence seat itself down next to him. Turning his head he eyed the new comer and winced slightly. The man that now sat next to him had a crutch gripped tightly in his right arm. He was missing his right leg from the knee down along with the entirety of what had once been his left arm. Half his face was thrashed with scars and the other half had rather shaggy facial hair. On the side with the scaring his eye was devoid of color. Other than those rather distinguishing features, he had brown hair and one green eye.
Over all it was a rather gruesome look which brought a pang of guilt to Minato. He knew the many, as well as the mission that had brought about the end of his career. It was one of the many things in his life he regretted as he had been the one to send him on the mission.
"How are you Hokage-sama?" he asked. His voice was slightly gargled, as the damage that he had received to the face had also damaged the inside of his mouth.
Nodding to the man the Fourth gave him a smile, "I am doing just great Matsu. Your daughter is doing well." He referred to Kaori. "She is starting to look quite a bit like her mother."
The man next to him, now identified as Matsu gave off a ugly laugh and Minato swore it looked like it hurt, but didn't comment and left the scared man to speak, "That she is. She will one day be as beautiful too I'm sure."
And though on the outside he smiled back at the man, on the inside he grimaced, but because the man's wife was unattractive, it was just, that like her husband, she had been on the same mission that ended up crippling them both.
Said mission had been six years before and was to protect the life of a scholar in the capitol of Fire Country. Said scholar had been publishing some rather… controversial paper on the labor problems in the south and had unfortunately made himself some powerful enemies that were after his life. He had hired Konoha shinobi to protect him. The shinobi protecting the scholar were successful in defending his life, but in the final attempt by their unknown nemesis, an explosion devastated the group. The explosion, mean to kill the scholar, ended up killing two Konoha shinobi, while Matsu and his future wife Tsubachi were gravely injured.
While their lives were saved, they were forced to retire due to the horrible injuries they sustained. The good thing and pretty much they only positive is that during their time in the hospital they fell in love, which led to their eventual marriage and the birth of Kaori.
Back with the conversation at hand, Matsu continued the conversation. "She really wants to go to school. She already has dreams of becoming a doctor. A rather noble dream, not sure it will stick around, but she has seemed pretty motivated. I think it has something to do with Tsubachi and I. She has been saying she wants to help people so that what happened to us doesn't happen to them."
Minato just nodded as he listened to the man, wondering in his head about Naruto and Kaori. "Have you gotten her into that school? It is rather prestigious."
At that Matsu let out another of his rough chuckles, "That would be something that came out of that whole limb losing fiasco that me and Tsubachi went through. It turns out that the son of that scholar is the instructor of the program that we are entering Kaori into. He is going to be doing it for us for free because of how we help his father. If it wasn't for him, we would be able to afford sending her their."
"I could probably get Naruto in, but it would be something I would need to discuss it with Kushina before hand." The Hokage replied and Matsu nodded. "But I'm not sure if I want him to be doing anything other than just be a kid at the moment. Sending to school, and yet it seems so soon." he let out an exasperated sigh.
"Well I can't tell you what you should do. We already made the decision to send her their. She has a dream and we will do all in our power to help her achieve it." Concluded Matsu. The cripple proceeded to get himself up out of his seat with the assistance of his crutch, the piece of wood didn't look very comfortable.
The Fourth watched the man return to his own friends and reengage in conversation with them leaving him alone to think…
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It had been a rather lengthy conversation, but eventually Kushina and Minato resolved to allow Naruto to attend the class with Kaori. It came down to a combination of factors.
First off, while neither of them wanted their kids to grow up too fast, after looking into the program, they both were reassured that Naruto wouldn't be dragged to far into the higher age groups and would still have time to do other thing, not be desk bound with homework.
Second, Naruto was incredibly enthusiastic about it and though it seemed to them that he didn't truly understand what school was going to entail, they figured that they might as well give him the chance to see how he liked it instead of making that decision for him.
And finally, it would be a good way to get him out of the house, leaving Kushina with one less thing to worry about. With only two children to attend too, Natsura and Kaori, giving her an easier time at the house.
Minato and Kushina had decided that if they were going to allow Naruto to go then they would allow Natsura and though this displeased their son, he didn't have to worry for long. Natsura, in an act of sibling rivalry had instantly accepte4d the offer from her parents to attend school with her brother in the special accelerated learning class.
Unfortunately, when faced with the reality of what the class was like she had dropped out in a week and a half, complaining about being bored and having better things to do.
Turning the last corner to the school. Minato was dragged from his thoughts as his son was ploughed over by a green flash. Turning the Fourth watched in amusement as Naruto tried to get out from underneath Kaori. Though the girl was smaller than Naruto, she had the leverage to keep him down while teasing him vigorously, but finally related when Minato gave a little cough.
The two children helped each other up and dusted the dirt from their clothes, in a way that seemed to be in stark contrast to their rough housing a moment before. And then, like the wind they were off, with only enough time for Naruto to yell back, "Bye Daddy!"
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And that is it folks. Ya this chapter is a bit slower, but I want to do character and plot development before we get to the later parts of the story. I absolutely hate flashback, as for the most part, I feel they don't add to the story and only take away and confuse. The reason I had a flashback here is because I figured that if I had a whole chapter dedicated to Naruto trying to convince his parents to let him go to school, it would be incredibly boring.
I never understood why people make Naruto incredibly smart, and yet it almost always comes from reading book, just shows up ion its own, or is developed by a teacher that really doesn't have anything to do with a lot of the subject matter that he supposedly teaches.
Anyways, I hope I showed that Naruto's parents love him, and don't neglect him in anyway.
Also, I had a lot of fun writing that opener and will trying to add something like that to help keep these early chapters from being to dry. And while the chapter itself wasn't as long, I felt that if I drew it out it would just be plain dull, so this is whatcha get.
I am a little week on my two weeks I said I would get this chapter out by, but that was just because of some Thanksgiving stuff that kept me busy and plan on releasing the next chapter next Friday.
I loved the responds I got for this chapter. I made me feel good to know that people were interested in my story. If there is any advice or ideas or really anything that you have to say please leave a comment, but if not, then have a hell of a day.
