AN: Alright, Ch. 4 here. This one came a bit easier than usual to me, so I hope you enjoy.
Minato sat at his desk, fighting the Hokage's worst enemy, no, not ninja, paperwork. Two 2 meter high stacks to be precise. 'Damn you Sarutobi!' Minato thought angrily as he reviewed recent mission reports, most a success.
"Minato-sensei!" Kakashi yelled, breaking through the door, causing the papers on Minato's desk to go flying everywhere. Minato glared a look of agony in his eyes.
"Damn it Kakashi, you better have a damn good reason for breaking in here!" Minato yelled, stressed at the task of sorting through all those papers again.
"Actually, I'm the reason Kakashi-san came into your office," a voice said, coming from behind the silver-haired Jounin. Minato froze, that voice sounded familiar.
"Obito? It can't be, he was crushed underneath a ton of rocks," Minato said, voicing his thoughts aloud.
"Actually, I survived," Obito said, stepping out from behind Kakashi, causing Minato's jaw to drop. "Minato-sensei, it's so good to see you again, though I think something has changed about you," Obito said, a mischievous tone arising in his voice.
"Well, I guess I should get you a new headband, after all, the headband you have looks like it's been through war. No pun intended," Minato said, reaching into one of the desk drawers, handing his former student a new forehead protector. "Now, tell me everything that has happened since that mission," Minato said. He listened intently as Obito explained about his escapades after he was fully healed.
Namikaze Training Ground
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as 700 clones poofed into existence. "Come at me with everything you've got! No holding back!" Naruto ordered as the first wave of clones charged. It was a slaughter scene as clone after clone was destroyed, leaving roughly 600 clones left.
"Namikaze Style: Barrage Of The Fox 2.0!" a clone yelled as he busted out of the ground, connecting an uppercut to the unsuspecting Naruto, only for 'Naruto' to pop out of existence.
"Wind Style: Rasengan Barrage!" Naruto yelled, forming a Rasengan as soon as one made contact with a clone. It went on for 30 minutes, leaving 2 clones and one very exhausted Naruto. His clothes were burnt and tattered, but it was worth the amount of training he just received.
"Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" one of the clones yelled, spitting out a fireball 12 meters in diameter. Naruto countered by substituting with a clone, slamming his fist into the clone who had just attacked while the clone he switched with had been burned.
"Well done, cousin. Think you have enough energy left to spar against me?" Nagato said, jumping down from the tree he sat atop.
"Dattebayo! I'll even beat ya too!" Naruto yelled, charging his cousin. Nagato blocked the punch, receiving a heel-kick to the face, bruising his jaw. Nagato dodged a few more punches and kicks, throwing in a few punches of his punches, the final one doubling the blonde over in pain.
"What was that about beating me?" Nagato asked, smirking.
"This is what I mean," 'Naruto' said as he poofed from existence.
"Namikaze Style: Barrage Of The Fox 2.0!" Naruto yelled, using one of his signature knock-out attacks, only to be kicked in his gut as Nagato dodged the attack. Naruto sat where he landed from the kick, having spent the last of his energy in the hopes his signature attack would pull through. "Your lucky you challenged me to a fight after I got done training, or else I would've beaten you," Naruto said, laying back to watch the clouds.
"I could go for some ramen right now, how 'bout you?" Nagato asked, sitting next to his cousin. His response was a low growl that escaped Naruto's stomach, causing ninja to laugh.
"Rasengan!" was heard after the world around the two kids was turned yellow. Naruto expertly rolled out of the way, kunai in hand. Nagato, on the other hand, used a small Shinra Tensei to defend against the orb of spiraling chakra.
"Lunch break, huh dad?" Naruto asked, causing Minato to laugh.
"Yeah, that and I wanted to see if you had good reflexes. Depending on how the rest of your team's reflexes are, I may just have you guys skip the D-rank missions. How'd you're training go?" Minato asked, helping his son to his feet.
"It went great, although Nagato here decided to wait till AFTER I beat my clones to challenge me to a taijutsu match," Naruto said, sending a glare towards the redhead. Nagato just chuckled, saying something about pesky cousins.
"So, what's this I hear about Ramen?" Minato asked, smirking in a similar way to Naruto's.
"So, you didn't want to test my reflexes, you just wanted RAMEN!" Naruto said, laughing as his father face-faulted. Nagato rolled on the ground laughing, while a distant voice screamed about Ramen being unhealthy. At this, Naruto sweat dropped. Had he been bugged by his mom to know when his dad wanted Ramen? This only caused Nagato to laugh harder as he recognized Kushina's voice. Minato just flashed away, fearing for his life for being found out by his wife that he wanted Ramen. "Come on, Nagato. I'm hungry," Naruto said, grabbing his cousin by the back of his shirt and dragging him towards Ichiraku's.
Uchiha Compound, Library
"Move and you get a Rasengan to the face," Minato said, sneaking up on Sasuke who was busy reading up on past Uchihas.
"As if," Sasuke said, disappearing in a cloud of smoke. "Now, what were you saying, Hokage-sama?" Sasuke asked, the tip of a kunai lightly pressed against the Hokage's neck.
"Very nice clone jutsu, though I suspect it was supposed to be used for a different purpose," Minato said, turning towards the young Uchiha.
"Caught me. I was trying to find a man named Obito Uchiha, I saw him talking with Kakashi-sensei this morning on top of the academy roof," Sasuke said, putting the kunai away.
"Yes, well, I'll explain who he was to the three of you later today after the clan head meeting. Your team, it's going to far surpass any out there, so long as you three can work together," Minato said, disappearing in a flash of yellow. 'Hmm, maybe I should check out the 3rd shinobi war era, he was on a team with Kakashi-sensei, and since Kakashi had fought in the war, Obito should be listed as well,' Sasuke thought, returning back to his search.
Yamanaka Flower Shop
"Hello, how may I help you?" Ino asked as a kid no older than 8 walked in. He wore a white and green sweatshirt, with piercing blue eyes and unruly black hair.
"Yes, I'd like this many roses please!" The little boy said, holding up three fingers. Ino turned around, pretending to grab roses, but silently grabbing a kunai while gathering the three roses.
"Alright, the roses are on the house," Ino said, turning back around while concealing the kunai behind her back. When she looked to where the boy was standing, she noticed that she read it right, for there stood the Yondaime. She had seen through the henge even before the kid spoke. She dropped the flowers and pulled the kunai out, holding it in a reverse grip, ready for anything. She knew why the Yondaime was here; it was to test if they needed training before a C-rank mission in the future.
"Hello, Ino." The Yondaime said, an evil grin on his face as he whipped a kunai at her, before it got blocked and a kunai was held to his throat.
"Does this mean we can skip D-rank missions?" Ino asked, putting the kunai in its respective pouch.
"Very much so. All three of you have proven your reaction times to be the best so far," Minato said, flashing back to his office. 'Thank Kami, I've heard horror stories about Tora the cat. I've even heard gennin come back with fewer scratches in battle than hunting down Tora,' Ino said, mentally laughing as she picked up the fallen roses.
AN: Alright, that's Ch. 4. A few things I may need to explain so people don't flame. 1.) I made Nagato and Naruto cousins, though they only tell us that Nagato was a member of th Uzumaki clan, plus it was easier to introduce him that way. 2.) I made the 'test' simply because I don't like writing about boring D-rank missions. 3.) Remember, Naruto, Ino, and Sasuke trained together before and during the time-skip, so that's the reason they're so strong and have great reaction times. Alright, Next chapter up will be the revealing of who Obito is during the Clan meeting, and hopefully Ican throw in the bell test with it. R&R, Ideas are always appreciated. Thanks for reading, remember, the pairing poll is up for who Naruto should be with, and no, I'm sorry, but it won't be Sakura or Hinata or Karin.
