Chapter 3 of "I See You" - Don't Stop Believing
*Chapter written by sistersgrimmlover*
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Minato stared at his new team. A girl named Amaya and a boy named Akira. Akira was extremely intelligent from what he heard. But he knew Amaya was a fangirl. Jiraiya stood next to them.
"Introduce yourselves. Everyone knows who I am! The magnificent Jiraiya. But I have no idea who you kids are. What your hobby is, what you like and dislike, and a secret," Jiraiya said, looking at the pretty Uzumaki across the field window shopping.
"Why are you looking at Minako-san?" demanded Minato. Minako heard her name and turned. She smiled at Minato and waved at Jiraiya. Jiraiya glared at Minato and looked down at his students.
"I'm Akira. I like to play shogi. I hate boring kid books. I'm more interested in books than girls" Akira said, absently. He easily contradicted his own statements as he stared at Uzumaki Kushina. Minato glared at his new teammate. He knew he wouldn't like Akira much.
"I'm Minato. I like to hang out over at Minako-san and Kushina's apartment. I dislike…a lot of things and a lot of people," Minato said, glaring at Akira who jumped, "My hobby is training to become stronger. A secret is that Uzumaki Kushina belongs to me." Kushina seemed to hear the last sentence and looked up from her own sensei. To verify what he said she smiled softly at him.
"My name is Amaya. I like…" Amaya said, trailing off and staring at Minato. She giggled and Jiraiya sighed.
"My hobby is…my secret is that I am a complete girly girl" Amaya said. Minato snorted and Amaya looked at him, dreamily. Akira looked at him quizzically.
"That's not a secret" Minato pointed out. Amaya glared and then he felt a slap on the back of the head. Jiraiya was staring down at him as if asking him what was he doing. Minato rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, you're dislikes?" Jiraiya asked. Minato crossed his arms, predicting what she would say.
"I bet you she'll say Kushina. If I win you have to bother Minako while she's using her vision powers" Minato said. Jiraiya laughed.
"I accept your challenge. Anyway what is it that you dislike?" Jiraiya asked. As if on cue Amaya glared over at Kushina. Kushina felt the gaze on her back. She spun her much longer red hair spinning with her. It now reached the middle of her back. She turned back to her sensei.
"Uzumaki Kushina!" snapped Amaya angrily. Jiraiya sighed and crossed his arms. Minako would murder him. Speaking of Minako, Minato noticed that she was walking over. She ruffled Minato's hair as she stood next to Jiraiya. Today she wore a long golden red dress with the Uzumaki insignia on the belt.
"Hi, Minato-kun, Jiraiya" Minako said, glaring at Jiraiya. Minato laughed underneath his breath.
"What did I do now, Minako-hime?" demanded Jiraiya. Minako put on a reprimanding glare and Minato shut up instantly.
"Don't call me that. If anything you should call Kushina, Kushina-hime. You disturb me while I'm in my meditation you will lose your head" snapped Minako. Jiraiya sighed and she went back to her normal happy self.
"Who are you?" demanded Amaya. Minako smiled at her and Amaya's face lost its hard edge.
"I'm Uzumaki Kushina's older sister, Minako. I was the prophetess of the Uzumaki clan. Now, are you Minato's teammates?" asked Minako. They nodded and Akira looked at the pretty 19-year-old girl, curiously.
"How do you know Minato-san so well that you can drop the honorific?" Akira asked. Minako smiled gently.
'"My sister sees him. He belongs to her and her to him" Minako said. Amaya glared at Kushina again.
"So they like each other?" asked Amaya. Jiraiya and Minako laughed. Minato was frowning at them.
"Not really. They are at each other's throats half the time because Minato doesn't understand what it is to be a ninja. But they still belong to each other. How does it feel to be separated from Kushina?" joked Minako. Minato was frowning even more now.
"I feel annoyed that I won't be the one there to help her out. And even more annoyed that Ken will put her through hell. And then a tiny bit relieved that I won't have her beating on me to finish my technique. I have until I'm 15!" Minato snapped. Minako sighed.
"You're just like me, 'Nato! You won't succumb to anything a woman tells you!" Jiraiya said proudly.
"He's also a lazy bum who spends is time sitting on his ass while Kushina works her butt off to control her eyes" snapped Minako. Minato glared at Minako. She looked at the clock tower and gasped.
"I need to go and….meditate. Once an hour everyday. I'll see you guys later. Ichiraku is fine right?" asked Minako. The two companions nodded and watched as she walked away. They turned back into their little group and Jiraiya looked thoughtful and sighed.
"I think we're done for today. I have to meet with the old man Hokage. You guys mingle with your peers" Jiraiya said before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Minato walked over to Kushina and she looked at him, unfathomably.
"What was my sister talking about?" Kushina asked. Minato rolled her eyes at her non-closeness. Her hugged her and kept his arm around her shoulder, friendly. They had discarded the events of their first meeting.
"Nothing. We're just going to Ichiraku later" Minato said. Akira stared at Kushina. Minato glared at Akira and Kushina laughed.
"Minato…how's your technique going?" Kushina asked. Minato looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Kushina looked at him with a nagging expression. They seemed to be having a conversation with their eyes. Amaya sucked her teeth and they looked up at her annoyed expression. They realized they were forehead to forehead. They backed up a little.
"What technique are you talking about?" Akira asked, curiously. Minato glared at the boy and crossed his arms.
"It's something that I've been developing. Kushina has been helping me with it because…it'll save her life. Honestly, I can't have my favorite girl dying. She's my best friend" Minato said, matter-of-factly. Kushina smiled softly at him and then turned to look at Akira.
"Why are you staring at me? You are blinded by something…something that isn't strong. Yet…" Kushina said, trailing off. She turned to looked at Minato smirking. She watched as he glared.
"Minato! You're like a baby. Making faces, don't know what to do" Kushina hissed, her strong foreign accent flaring up. Minato looked at her and rolled his eyes. She stepped away from him. Amaya looked at Minato, softly as hurt flashed through his eyes.
"I'm sorry…" Minato whispered. Kushina nodded and didn't come closer again. Akira stared at Minato now, confused as to why Kushina was reprimanding him.
"So, who's your sensei?" asked Amaya. Kushina's face twisted into a small smile. Amaya and Akira noted she didn't smile much for anyone except for Minato and Jiraiya as far as they knew.
"Hatake Sakumo…he's a good guy" Kushina said. Minato stared at her in alarm. Hatake Sakumo was one of the strictest ninjas in all of Konoha and suddenly he was a good guy?
"Really? He does everything by the book. You don't. You really truly don't. You aren't an emotionless tool like him" Minato said. Kushina sighed.
"I will be…he's making us take the Chūnin Exams in a months time" she said, grimacing.
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