A/N: Welcome to this new chapter. I have had many thoughts flying through my mind at school, and I just decided to play with them here, on a screen and keyboard. In a way, it's mind vomit. But that's not the point. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Do I look like Kishimoto to you? Nope. SoobviouslyI don't own Naruto.
Just outside of Konoha
"So, you were right. Orochimaru really is a pedophile!" Sasuke laughs. Man, was it good to laugh at your ex-sensei. Especially when said sensei was as white as a sheet and had a chronic weakness to little boys.
"Yeah" Minato sighs. "Well, here we are, just at the border." He says. Sasuke looks at him oddly, like he's grown a second head.
"At the border of what?" Sasuke asks. "All I see are trees, and this path underneath us."
"We are currently at the maximum range that the security seals can sense. That in mind, I think we have a long overdue return to attend to. Hmm, I still have a few Hiraishin kunai that are still functional, but I don't want to risk it. We'll just use the seal I have in the Hokage's office", Minato figures. He grabs Sasuke's shoulder so he wouldn't move, but Sasuke shrugged off his hand and looked at Minato.
"You go by yourself. My appearance would only make things awkward. Besides, I need to re-acquaint myself with the layout of the village before I return." Sasuke says. Minato nodded in understanding.
"That sounds like a good idea. Thank you for helping me get out of that slimeball's hideout." Minato says.
"No problem" Sasuke replies.
Hokage's Office
"Okay, so what did you want to tell me, baa-chan?" Naruto asked, clearly annoyed.
"Well, to put it bluntly, your father left you some stuff." Tsunade said simply. "And he wanted to make sure that you were at least a Jounin before you inherited it."
Naruto was dumbfounded. He knew his father was the Fourth, he learned that during his battle with Pein. But an inheritance...wow.
Tsunade reached into the drawers of the desk and opened a little compartment at the bottom. Inside, there was a three-pronged kunai, with a tag wrapped around the handle. She handed it to Naruto, who just held it in his hand and looked at the seals on the tag. He bowed to look at it closely. For some reason, the ink in the seals was slowly starting to glow. He immediately took it out of his hand and threw it at the wall, since he thought it was reacting to his chakra. Tsunade saw this, and was shocked. What the hell was going on here?!
A flash of light answered that question, and before them was a man who was supposed to be long dead.
"M-Minato?" Tsunade manages to choke out. Wait a second, this can't be real!"Y-you must be an imposter! ANBU!" Tsunade ordered.
A millisecond later, he felt an overpowering force enter his mind. He could feel it running through his recent memories, back up to when he was in the Shinigami's stomach. Then, as soon as it started, it stopped, and the sound of a body hitting the floor and laughing came to his ears.
"It's him, alright" The ANBU says, while holding his gut that hurt from laughing so hard. The operative then reached up to his mask, revealing a grinning Inoichi. He held out his hand to Minato. They shook hands. "Welcome back, boy genius." Inoichi says. Minato laughs, then says, "I'm glad to see you too, Inoichi."
"Tou-san?" A shy voice asks from behind Minato. He immediately was at Naruto's side giving him a fatherly hug. "My son…" A few minutes passed, and they pulled apart. Minato then turned to Tsunade.
"I'm guessing you would like to find out how I got here in the first place…" Minato says. Everyone nods. He sat down on the edge of Tsunade's desk, and told his story up to the "Thank you" that he left Orochimaru.
"Now" Minato says. "Tsunade, I know you didn't want the job as Hokage right away, but with your duties now Sakura's training is lagging, I presume. Also, you don't get out as much as you would like, right?" Minato asks. Tsunade nods. "I know how to fix that." Minato says. Tsunade is now hanging on to every word. "Go on!" said. Minato just pointed at the seat that Tsunade was currently sitting in.
There was the sound of the scraping of a chair on a wooden floor, a swoosh, and the scraping again. Minato was now sitting in the Hokage chair, hat still spinning from the force that Tsunade had used as she whisked past him to stand where he was only a second before. Tomorrow was going to be interesting.
The next morning – 10:15 A.M
It was a fairly brisk morning, the slight breeze making the trees sway and creak; the water in the river a few miles away could be heard if you strained your ears; and a group of birds flew across the open sky, looking for a place to land. This, Minato thought, was heaven. He stretched and yawned, and then turned around and walked back inside, courtesy of the french doors on the patio. He hoped the rest of the day would go as peacefully as his morning had.
11:00 A.M
"Here this morning, we are here to introduce you to my replacement!" Tsunade yelled. Murmurs went around the crowd, things like "already?" were prominent. The rest were just stunned into silence. Now, I should introduce him. "He should look familiar…" Tsunade said and turned and looked behind her as to beckon someone forward. From behind her came…The Fourth!
The crowd was absolutely silent. Up on top of the tower, Tsunade actually heard someone shit their pants. Then Naruto stepped out from behind his father's figure. Minato just ruffled his hair. And that's when some people let their opinions known.
"No, he's been tricked by the demon! We should have killed him when we had the chance!"
"Maybe he came back to kill the Kyuubi once and for all!"
"Dammit Kaen, we should have tried harder!" Someone whispered loudly. "He was only four! He should of died!"
Minato…was beyond pissed. He was raging, and his killing intent was so heavy people couldn't breathe. There were 4 flashes, and four sickening tears and squelches. When everyone realized where he was, they were met by a sickening sight. Minato, covered in blood, clutching four hearts in his hands, and the bodies their hearts belonged to were on the ground, eyes wide open.
"That 'demon' you were trying to kill…was my SON!" He yelled. He then saw the look of horror on some brutes' faces. Much better, Minato thought.
"I never thought that this village was one to have no faith in its leader's abilities." Minato started. "And I also never imagined a place where the council has more power than the Hokage. On that note, the whole of the civilian council is now disbanded." After that, Minato let loose a little more killing intent, and everyone shut up. "Any questions?" Minato asked. The only answer he received was absolute silence.
Perfect.
Wow, another chapter. I'm honestly surprised. Remember to review, and include the pairings that you want, that way I can actually start working on other plotlines to tie into the story. Thanks!
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