This part is about another theory that was popular before we got to know officially that 4th was Naruto's father.
I find that theory interesting, and that's the only reason I put it in.
And yeah, I love this character, I had to make the cameo.
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It was a much later that Naruto pulled from Tsunade's embrace. He smiled apologetically at her. "I'm sorry, but I doubt Kakashi-kun would response well enough if learning the whole truth." He frowned looking at the door. "But in private... Can I.... I mean..." He shuttered.
"Yes, you can call me kaa-san... Minato-kun."
The young man send her a blinding smile. "Ha! I knew the day will come you'll acknowledge me!"
Before another 'moment' could occur a manly voice called from the doorway.
"You're the most stubborn brat I have ever taught."
They immediately turn around, spotting a smiling Jiraiya. "You knew it?! And you never said it?!" The Hokage rose her fist and the toad sannin covered instinctively.
"I didn't! I swear!" Seeing her calming down he went inside and sited as the table.
"You know that Naruto's behavior is much more similar to Kushina's. However, there are some antics, traits he has that give the impression of Minato. Not to mention the way Naruto's body easily adjusted to the jutsu Minato liked to use. I thought it was because he was his kid, and maybe the seal was helping him along the way... I saw him as Minato, but at the same time I knew I shouldn't."
There was anguish in his voice and he looked up. "I tried to see you as Uzumaki Naruto, a person in his own right."
Naruto broke the silence. "I know," and with mischievous smile he added. "Though, you treated me like Minato most of the time. The popsicle you always treated me after kaa-san... to cheer me up. You made the same while we were traveling together."
Tsunade bite her lip at the reminder of how she acted toward Minato in the past. Seeing this Jiraiya changed the topic. "So, how did you become a squirt? Shouldn't you be in the Shinigami stomach?"
Naruto smiled wryly. "He has a weird sense at humor... though, if I think I could condemn mine child to the loneliness I felt... I have a detestable feeling of gratitude that he died directly after birth."
Both elder nin gasped, hearing the pain in his voice. To lost a child was painful, but to know the horrors he would have to live...
"Kushina-chan was close to dying as well. She wanted to offer her soul to the Shinigami. I didn't want to hear it. The plan was simple. I would offer the first half of my soul to the Shinigami at the beginning, and after I would bind my life span to the nine tails he would gather the second half and Kyubi's soul. I also knew I couldn't take and seal his whole chakra inside my body. It would require at least few days for our lifespans to bind, and his evil chakra would destroy mine body much earlier."
He started to pace along the room, lost in memories. "My chakra cords weren't elastic enough, so I had to sealed only the less violent part of his chakra inside of me. The rest was to be offered to the Shinigami, a sort of payment for the delaying. The seal has many safeguards to prevent for my body to be overtaken, in many fashions, as I didn't know what would be effective enough." Naruto silenced, deep in his thoughts.
"It didn't work in that way." Jiraiya finally prodded.
"No. Kushina-chan come in the middle of the sealing, with Gamabunta's help, of all things... She made a barging with the Shinigami, her soul that was due to be taken in next few days and half of the unwilling Kyubi for a chance for me to live again. For my demur the Death God agreed. He used the half of the offered Kyubi's chakra to turn me into a child, in the process wiping all of my memories, in some way replacing Naruto's existence with mine."
"While the Pain's attack on Konoha you got your memories back. Yet, you haven't told anyone." Tsunade helped him to get on with the story.
"One of the safeguards kicked in, it summoned a sort of kage bunshin in my mind scape. Of course, my clone thought I was Naruto, and treat me as such. However, after it disappeared I got all it's memories back, and it unlocked all my memories in general." He sent them a lost look. "At the time you, sensei were dead, and... kaa-san was in coma. I... I was so lost."
"But now we are back and kicking." Jiraiya break the sad mood. "Yes, Nagato brought you back as well, but you decided to 'lost' yourself on the way to Konoha in an onsen." Tsunade said dryly, but with a soft undertone.
"Hey, I have had broken arms, broken ribs, chakra exhaustion and had almost drowned right after reviving! My only luck I had an automatic summon scroll by me and was able to get the toad's help." Jiraiya defended himself. Tsunade hand over his told him more than words, how grateful she was he come back again.
"So, why didn't you say something after that?" She asked.
"I figured that you didn't care about Namikaze Naruto, or if Sandaime left some clues, for Namikaze Minato..."
"It's not true! I was only too much of coward..."
"...either way, you cared about Uzumaki Naruto, so it had to be enough, right?" There was a painful smile on his face. "You always called me baa-chan, and I hated it, because I wished you would call me Granny because I was your grandmother, not because you saw an old woman in me."
"You are old under that genjutsu. Everybody know that." He said corny. "But I called you baa-chan, because you were the first person to kiss me. Ever. And I wished you could be my Granny and kiss me again like that." He turned his head and almost whispered the last part.
"So, what happened yesterday?" The toad sannin knew something had to be happened to find them both hugging each other in Naruto's apartment.
The boy blushed. "Well, while coming back from the last mission, there was a festival in town. And after kaa-san cried to not call her baa-chan... and I thought about the popsicles... and it come all together and I kinda cracked. Sorry."
"Well, I can't say I am. After you said that I looked into Sarutobi-sensei notes, if you know about me being your... well, grandmother. However there was nothing. Not only about if you know or not, but nothing about your origins. Even your birth certificate wasn't there. I knew the only place where sensei could put those informations would be the compound. I discovered the graves there. Of Dan, Kushina and... Naruto, the child you never have stopped to love." Tsunade told her side of story.
"Hn, what Kakashi would say to learn he is the sensei of his own sensei." Jiraiya snickered.
"I wonder, which one of us make poorer job. I raising Kakashi into the way he is now, or he raising me in the way I am now." He refereed to the poor job Kakashi did for the original Team 7.
"So, Jiraiya, what are you doing in your student's apartment since morning? Didn't you have a meeting with the Daimyo?" Tsunade turned to more recent matter.
"Yes. It happened that the Daimyo also went to Tokuwa town to watch the festival." There was a glint in his eyes, that Tsunade immediately recognized. She looked sternly at Naruto, who had an innocent expression on his face.
"Kakashi reported that nothing out of ordinary had happened."
"There was nothing out of ordinary. At least not for Naruto standard. By the way, can I call you Minato-chan again?" The lad scowled.
"What did you do brat? And right under the nose of Fire Country's Daimyo?" Tsunade groaned.
"As you know I was there to provide the Daimyo with information about those two fighting families. Their fights really got out of hand recently and the Daimyo decided to peak into the matter himself." "Let me guess somehow Naruto found himself in the middle of their fight."
"Hey, the kids only wanted to see the festival for them self. How I was to known that their families hate each other to the death?" Naruto protested.
"So, how bad is it?" She asked, daring the paperwork that will be necessary for making the mess straight.
Jiraiya smiled broadly. "Haven't you recently complained, that it's time for someone younger to take the Hokage hat?"
"Jiraiya..." There was a warning in her tone.
"Well, Naruto worked his magic. I come here to inform him, that Daimyo is appointing him as his official recommendation as your successor for the Hokage seat."
The both blonds only gawked at him. "The Daimyo already heard about his power while dealing with Akatsuki, and decided his negotiation skills are superb in the way he handled the arguing families. His lineage couldn't hurt the matter either." Jiraiya was extremely proud of his student.
Tsunade turned to the blond. "Actually... the third got the job after the fourth, so the fourth can take the job after the fifth one. Congratulations brat. You have your job back."
Remembering the paper work the Namikaze Minato, known as Uzumaki Naruto, groaned.
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