Chapter 3: The Yellow Flash Returns
8 years later, Gringotts
"That jutsu is working well for you, Siri-chan; I'm glad that we could make a style for you. I dare say that you might be chunin level by now" Minato said, as Sirius practiced his fireball jutsu. Sirius seemed to have a thing for blowing things up and genjutsu, which was an illusion jutsu.
It had been 8 years since Sirius' break-up with James which was started by the extraordinary beating of James, by a three year old. Sirius had stayed with the goblins and Minato for the past 8 years training. He didn't find the training to be as easy as he had thought and almost gave up, but Minato simply wouldn't let him. His reasoning was, "I told you how hard it would be and gave a fair warning." The goblins just laughed at his predicament, and the show. Here Sirius Black was, one of the best duelers in the ministry, and he was getting pounded by a three year old little boy.
When Minato was 8, he took an aging potion which was specially brewed to be permanent, and it added 15 years to his body, returning him to what he was before he died by the time he supposedly turned eleven. He would simply use henge to transform into the form of an 11 year old version of himself when he went to Hogwarts.
While he was staying with the goblins, they had enjoyed quite a few sparring matches with the man known as the strongest Hokage; they lost every time, but they thought it was fun none-the-less.
Lily Potter, now Evans, had woken up about when Minato turned 7; once she found out what James did to Harry and then found out that she had been doused with love potion in the first place, she divorced James and went to work at Hogwarts as the new muggle studies teacher.
Now it was the day before Minato 'turned' 11 and he was pressing Sirius even harder; he wanted to bring the man to the Elemental Nations with him when he went, and he wanted him properly trained to do so. After an intense training session, the two went to their 'house' and had some dinner, which consisted of beef ramen; Minato had gotten Sirius addicted to ramen, and went to bed. As soon as they got their letters for Hogwarts, Sirius would be going henged as a Japanese friend of Minato's, they were going shopping for school supplies. Once they had those, then they would go to the Elemental Nations, as soon as the Shinigami showed them how of course.
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The next day dawned bright and early, with Sirius trying his usual birthday prank on Minato and failing, and then they went to do their morning exercises. Once they were done with their morning exercises, they had their usual morning miso soup and rice and went to see if any of the goblins wanted to spar, so that Sirius could test his skills. In the beginning, Sirius had been tromped by the goblins, but he was steadily improving under Minato's tutoring.
They found one called Skybringer and Sirius challenged him to a spar. The spar lasted about 20 minutes and ended when the goblin caught Sirius by surprise with a sword to his neck. "Great job Siri-chan!" Minato called from the sidelines as he clapped. Minato had given Sirius that nickname when he saw his animagus form and thought that the big black dog was adorable. Then came an argument about how Grim were supposed to be scary because they brought death, which Minato answered with 'Why would anyone be afraid of death; it happens to everyone.' That brought the conversation to a complete halt and Sirius was slightly awkwardly embarrassed.
Sirius got up as the goblin removed his sword and glared at Minato, he hated that nickname thoroughly, but knew arguing would not do any good with his Sensei, who would just steadfastly ignore him until he stopped complaining.
That was when an owl came in, bearing two letters. One said:
Mr. M. Namikaze
Private Training Grounds
Gringotts Bank
Diagon Alley
Great Britain
And the next one said:
Mr. K. Takashi
Private Training Grounds
Gringotts Bank
Diagon Alley
Great Britain
Sirius looked up at Minato, "Well, guess they came, Sensei; should we send back our acceptance letters and go shopping?"
"Yes, the quicker we are assured to go to Hogwarts, the quicker I will see my son."
They quickly penned their replies and sent the owl off and then pulled out the lists. "These haven't changed one bit since I went to Hogwarts" said Sirius, reading the list in his hand and sighing; he didn't want to go back to school but no one argued with Minato Namikaze and won, so here he was.
They quickly went to Diagon alley in their henges as 11 year old boys. Minato looked like a mini-version of himself, while Sirius had shorter brown hair, blue eyes, was about 4'9", and had delicately boned features; his fake name was Keito, Kei for short. They went to get trunks first, they ended up with a 9 compartment trunk each imbued with a featherweight charm. They went to the apothecary next and got potions supplies. They went to Madam Malkins and go first-year robes; Minato's had a whirlpool design on the shoulder and left breast while Sirius' were plain black. The last place they went was Ollivander's. Minato ended up with a wand made of cherry-wood with a dragon-heartstring core of Antipedian Opal-eye. They went back to Gringotts and returned to their rooms to put their stuff away. By now, it was 5 pm and dark out so they sat down to dinner. As Minato was washing the dishes, a cold feeling pervaded the room, making Sirius shiver. Minato turned to see the Shinigami floating behind him and waiting for his attention.
"Hello Shinigami, come to work on our deal?" Minato asked, drying the dishes and talking.
"Yes, Minato come here." The raspy voice said, gesturing Minato over. He touched Minato's forehead with his hand and Minato was instantly filled with the knowledge of how to get to the Elemental Nations. The Shinigami did the same to Sirius, before disappearing again.
Minato looked at Sirius, "Stay here, I need to talk to Ragnok; I'll be right back" and he was gone in a flash of yellow. Sirius just shook his head and went to pack a small supplies bag; he did not know how long they would be gone in Konoha.
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"So, you are finally going back to Konoha, Yondaime?" the goblin king asked the man in front of him.
"Yes, Ragnok; I will most likely get a permanent residence there, but I will still come and visit often"
"You better, it would be boring without you and Sirius here to spar with. I still need to beat you by the way, but I think I'm resigned to that never happening. Have you decided on a course of action for once you get there?"
"I've decided on many courses of action; which one I use depends on what I find in my search of the village once I get there."
"Alright; I'll leave yours and Sirius' rooms the way they are for when you come to get your stuff."
"Thank, King Ragnok, for your hospitality."
"The pleasure is all mine, Lord Hokage, good-bye"
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The two nins arrived at the Leaf Village around midnight, and immediately went exploring. The night consisted of several disappointments in the village and the defacing of the Hokage Mountain; at least they found Naruto though. They had henged into pre-teens about Naruto's age and helped him, so that Minato could coax his son into telling them about his life. Once he had heard Naruto's story, he was disgusted at the village and disappointed that Sarutobi had let this happen in the first place; Naruto was supposed to be hailed as a hero, not a pariah. He told Sirius to go home with Naruto and stay there and he would talk to Sarutobi about his son's treatment. Sirius, sensing that if a fight occurred he would get in the way, agreed and him and Naruto headed to Naruto's apartment to have a sleep-over. Sirius stayed in his henged form, so as not to frighten Naruto, though.
Minato headed in the direction of the Hokage's tower with a scowl on his face, but a plan was already in his head. He was going to mess with Sarutobi and Kakashi's heads a bit before he told them the truth and he was gonna enjoy it. Sirius' pranksterness had rubbed off on him and he was the ultimate prank master now.
By the time he actually had finished helping Naruto and exploring the village and going to the Hokage's tower, it was around 6 am and he expected Sarutobi to be arriving soon; he was not disappointed. Around 6:15 am Sarutobi arrived and walked up to him; he had henged into an older version of what he thought Harry Potter might have looked like and also henged his clothes so that they didn't scream YONDAIME HOKAGE at first sight. Sarutobi looked him up and down before speaking, "What may I do for you?"
"I'm actually here to request a mission with a certain shinobi."
"Oh, really; do come in then and we will talk." They went inside the tower and up to the Hokage's office where they sat down, Sarutobi first. "What may I do to help you?"
"I wanted to request a mission with Hatake Kakashi, if possible. Can we call him in, so I can talk to him?"
The Hokage looked at him closely and then called an ANBU in, "Get Hatake Kakashi and bring him here; it is about a mission"
"Hai, Lord Hokage" Minato almost responded to the title, but held it back, as the man was talking to Sarutobi and not him. About half an hour later, the ANBU arrived with Kakashi in tow and reading a little orange book. Once they went into the Hokage's office, Kakashi put the book away and turned to the third, "Hai, Lord Hokage; a mission?"
Sarutobi sighed a long suffering sigh and Minato almost laughed as Sarutobi said, "Late as ever, Kakashi and yes; this man has requested you specifically" He gestured to Minato who was watching with a now straight face.
Kakashi looked at him suspiciously, "How did you hear of my name 'specifically'?"
"A friend of mine recommended you as being one of the best."
"And what might his name have been?"
"Oh, that's a secret, he said not to tell." Kakashi was at his throat with a kunai instantly and the third Hokage watched but didn't stop it; he was obviously suspicious as well.
Quick as lighting, Minato pulled a kunai out of his pouch and threw it at the wall across the room, the parchment covered kunai stuck in the wall, and then Minato wasn't in Kakashi's grip anymore; he held the kunai that he had transported to at the other side of the room. Sarutobi and Kakashi sat in stunned disbelief for a moment before Kakashi tried to attack him again, key word was tried. He missed as Minato ducked and then swung a leg out, kicking Kakashi across the room where he landed on the Hokage's desk. They could hear voices outside the room as the ANBU tried to get in, but were stopped by a Hokage level barrier. Kakashi got up quickly and charged at Minato again, but Minato simply caught him and whispered in his ear, "You've gotten faster Kaka-chan, but you'll never catch me" and then he let go and Kakashi stood there frozen, thoughts running through his head like lightning. 'What did he call me? Only one other person ever called me that or even knew about that damned nickname and that was Minato-Sensei."
Seeing Kakashi seemingly frozen by whatever the black-haired man had said, the third jumped into action, flinging kunai at the intruder at a very fast speed. To his surprise the man dodged them and threw a kunai in his direction that didn't hit him, but hit the wall behind him, 'he must not have good aim'. Then he launched a small fire style jutsu at the man, but he was no longer there; he was instead behind him with a kunai to his throat, 'H…How did he do that? No one can move that fast; that would require…teleportation'. The thought stuck in his head, because he knew only one shinobi that could teleport and that was the Yondaime himself, but he died 10 years ago…didn't he?
"Ahh… I see that you may have finally come to a conclusion as to who I am, I presume" The man said, with the kunai still at Sarutobi's throat. Then he let Sarutobi go and went over to Kakashi who he just flicked in the forehead, which cleared him of his stupor. He then went and sat down in a nice armchair he had summoned as he waited for them to speak. He had learned magic early and wandless from the goblins and was an expert magic dueler, though he mainly just used his regular shinobi style techniques. It took them a minute and finally Sarutobi spoke, "Kakashi, use your Sharingan and tell me if both of our assumptions are correct, because if they are, I need a glass of sake."
"Yes, Lord Hokage" and he lifted his hitai-ate off of his left eye, revealing the swirling red eye that was Sharingan. He only took a second to gasp and then promptly fainted, something he'd never done before. The third sighed, "I was afraid of that, may I perform a reverse henge on you to see for myself? I swear I will not harm you."
Minato looked at the unconscious Kakashi and started laughing; it took him a bit of time to stop, but finally, "Yeah sure, Sarutobi, go ahead."
Sarutobi put his hands into a seal and touched the black-haired man's shoulder. There was a puff of smoke and then the man in the chair became visible. First was the yellow spiky hair, then he saw that the man was a couple inches taller, and finally the smoke cleared enough for him to see the familiar Hokage's cloak, tight sleeved shirt, long pants, and the black leaf hitai-ate on the man's forehead. He collapsed into his seat, "Holy shit" he breathed, "It is you Minato, how and how are you still so young after 10 years?"
"We should wait 'till Kakashi wakes up, but until then we need to talk about a few things." There was a murderous glint in his eyes and the Hokage gulped.
"L…Like what, Minato?"
"Like why my son has been treated like a demon or pariah all these years when I said specifically that he should be treated as a hero. And, to make it worse, he doesn't even know who his own father is." The killing intent in the room spiked and Minato's eyes promised pain if Sarutobi didn't respond the right way. "Why has my son been treated this way Sarutobi? Explain that first and then, if you're not horribly mutilated, I'll tell you my explanation."