Yumi's Song

Chapter 4: Building Friendships

Minato and I were on our way to the academy. The classes have already started when I enrolled. They said that they were lucky to found a spot in a class for me. They said that this year was the largest class of student in over 20 years. These children are the promise of up coming powerful and strong shinobi, said the Third Hokage.

As we made our way to the academy, I notice how beautiful the village was, compared to the Mist village. People here would always smile, always be happy. Just love life. However, in the Mist, people fear for their life every waken moment. They feared that when they left their house, they wouldn't come back.

That is one of the reasons my clan left.

When I started to think about my clan, I push the thought out of my mind, not wanting to think about them or about that day. I was so lost in thought that I ran into Minato when he stopped suddenly. I looked up at him and saw that he was staring out in the distance. I follow his glace and saw that he was looking up at the mountain with the faces of the previous and certain Hokages.

"Yumi that is my dream, to become hokage and protect the village I love." said Minato as he pointed towards the mountain. I smiled up at him and we continue to walk towards the academy. My mind started to wonder, thinking about Minato being Hokage. It would be nice for him to protect the village that is so peaceful and loving. I could even picture his face on the mountain, looking over the village. I smiled at the thought and when Minato saw my smile, he smile as well.

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When we got to the academy, I saw other children playing in the yard. I saw a man wave us over and we walked over to the man. When we got closer, I can see that he was in his late twenties or early thirties. He had on a green vest, like Minato's, and had a navy blue long sleeve shirt and pants. He had his long dark brown hair up in a ponytail and pulled his bangs out of his face with his headband.

"Airi" said Minato, as we walked up to him.

"Minato, great to see you again, and at the academy. Brings back some memories, doesn't it?" ask the man, Airi.

"Ya, it sure does." said Minato, smiling.

"So how is the Red Habanero? Heard you two are seeing each other."

"What? No, we are not going out. We are just friends. Besides, she doesn't even want to be in a relationship. She thinks love is too "difficult" to handle."

"Oh well. I just think the two of you are a good couple, but hey, what do I know about love and relationships. Not a single girl even like me. Of course, the girl in class always thought of you as the number one hottie."

"Really? I never thought about that."

"Well, enough about us," said Airi, then he looked down at me. He gave me this smile. It first I didn't see anything strange, but something felt wrong about this man, "you must be Yumi. Minato has told me a lot about you." As he reaches out his hand, I hid behind Minato's leg, clutching his pants. I didn't know why, but this man scared me.

"Yumi, it's ok, he isn't going to hurt." Minato kneeled down in front of me and put his hands on my shoulders and looked deep into my eyes, "Don't worry, Kushina is going to put you up after classes dismiss and I'll be home for supper. OK, I will see you later. Can you be a good girl and listen to your sensei?"

I nod and then he stood up and looked back at Airi. They both nodded and then Minato "flashes" away. The Yellow Flash. He always does that. It kind of scared me sometimes. Airi-sensei holds out his hand to lead the way. I follow him into the building. I could hear some of the classroom had some students in it already. He lead me to a room that had the number 7 above the doorframe. He slide open the door and walked in with following behind him. When we walked into the room, it quieted down. Everyone was looking at me.

"Ok everyone, we have a new student in our class. This," Airi-sensei put his hand on the back of my shoulder, "Yumi Namikaze."

Mummers went across the room like, "She a Namikaze?" or "Is she the daughter of Minato Namikaze?" I wasn't sure what to do but to just stand there and looked stupid. "Ok, Yumi," he looked down at me, "How about you sit…" he scan the room for a place for me to sit, "Ah, there we go, how about you go sit by Kakashi. Kakashi, can you raise your hand so Yumi here can see where you sit." I scanned the room until a saw a hand in the air. This Kakashi had a deep navy blue mark that cover most of his face so that you could only see his eyes and he had a scarf around his neck and had on a black long sleeve shirt. His gray-silver hair really caught my attention.

As I walked up to my sit, most of the girls in the class looked at me with this glare that was a little scary. I also could hear soon of them talking about me like "Why does she get to see with him?" or "No fair, she is so lucky." I continue to walk to my sit. When I sat down, Kakashi looked at me then he looked away when I looked back.

As Airi-sensei talked about charka control, I would see Kakashi in the corner of my eye, steal glances at me but when I caught him looked away. I was so lost in thought that I couldn't hear Airi-sensei anymore.

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When class was dismissing, I went outside and waited outside for Kushina to come. I went over to the tree in front of the academy. There was a swing attached to it and I sat on. While I was waiting, a girl came up to me with a smile on her face. She had short, chin-length brown hair, which framed her face and large, brown eyes. She also had two rectangular, purple markings on each of her cheeks. She wore a simple outfit consisting of a light-colored blouse with a bow tied in the middle and a simple, sleeveless haori.

"Hi, I'm Rin Nohara and you're Yumi Namikaze." she said. I nod and her smile got bigger.

"So is it true? That you're the daughter of Minato Namikaze?"

I looked away, thinking about how to response to the question. "No…I was adopted by him." I said in a small voice.

"Oh, ok. My friends were wondering. Hey, if you want, you can sit with us for lunch." she smiled again.

I nodded and she walked away to join her friends. Then a woman with long red hair walk over to me. She smile down at me and then we walked home.

Wow that took a while for me to write. Ok, she met Rin! And Kakashi! Thanks to those who review and keep reading XD

Well, peace out, live free, and never stop believing!

-Silveranimewolf78