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Chapter 4: Change in the Name of
"Hey Mother. What's up?" Minato asks nervously.
"WHAT?!" Himawari and Boruto cry out shock flowing like a drug through their body.
Hinata's eyes start to water. "Minato." She runs over to Minato and wraps him in a bear hug. "Your finally back."
Minato laughs very lightly patting her head lightly. "Yup. I came back."
"Thanks to me." Sasuke states from behind Minato. Why had nobody seen him?
"Crap." Minato mutters too quietly for even Hinata to hear.
"I had to drag him back." Sasuke tells the very observant Hinata.
Hinata loosens her grip on Minato. "You mean he didn't want to come back?" She asks the black hair guy.
Minato and Sasuke's eyes meet. Sasuke nods and Minato nods back. "He wanted to, but didn't know where he was."
Her hug tightens even more than ever. "Thank you! Thank you so much! You have no idea what this means to me and Naruto."
As that goes on, Himawari pulls on Boruto's sleeve. He looks to his little sister.
"Do you know who the two people are?" The girl asks weakly.
"I'll find out. Don't worry." Boruto reassures starting his way to the guy as he shuts the door without that black haired guy. "Hey you! Who are you?"
Minato looks towards the Boruto kid. 'If I remember correctly, he is that newborn kid that was there when I left.'
"This is Minato. Your brother." Hinata admits to the two kids.
Minato tilts his head. "The girl is my sister? Wow. Where is Naruto. I need to see him. Something about signing up for the Chunin Exams."
Boruto punches Minato in the stomach. Or tries to anyway. The older blond flips over to the base of the stairs. Boruto turns sharply to him anger evident.
"So you don't care about Himawari's birthday either?!" He yells.
"I didn't even know about her existence let alone her birthday, so get off my back." Minato states bluntly.
Himawari walks up to Minato making him flinch. She looks him up and down. She smiles brightly and hugs him only reaching up his waist.
"Welcome home, brother." She says causing Hinata to smile happy that her daughter can get along with Minato. Boruto and Minato just stare in shock.
Minato shakes his head to clear his confusion. "Thank you, little sis." He responds returning her hug awkwardly. He really hasn't touched anyone in forever except to fight.
"Where were you all this time?" Hinata asks curious as to his nine year absence.
Minato grins like Naruto making the three feel as if he is Naruto himself. That doesn't make Boruto happy in the least.
"I have been pretty much everywhere." Minato says. A guilty look on his face is found and is nothing like Naruto. "I'm not on good terms with many of the villages I've been to."
"Is is because of your...issue?" Hinata asks carefully.
"Yeah. I have control of it now, but it still influences me." Minato explains letting go of Himawari.
"What issue?" The young blond demands.
A sharp look from Minato shuts him up. "Nothing you need to worry about. I not sure if you two will act like most people and attack me for it. I have a feeling little sis won't, but you seem to hate me for nothing. Besides, last time I told someone willingly, they tried to kill me."
"Are you part demon?" Himawari ask quietly only for Minato to hear. His eyes widen in surprise.
The older blond just nods. "Sort of. How did you know?"
She smiles at him knowing something. "Why else would you be hunted?"
A list of things that added to that reason pop in Minato's head. 'She doesn't have any idea.'
Suddenly the door is ripped open showing Naruto. The Seventh Hokage. He looks around frantically stopping when his eyes met his oldest kid.
Boruto just runs out past him the way Sasuke went earlier. "Son."
"What's up, old man?" The blond kid asks with a straight face. He has nothing against him. Just the village.
Naruto tackles his oldest son to the floor hugging him. "I came here as soon as Sasuke told me you were here! I heard you can use multiple elements. Is that true?"
"Maybe. Give me the paper for the Chunin Exams and we'll find out." Minato answers.
Naruto lets go and stands up followed by Minato. "You need a team of three. You don't, do you?"
Minato pouts a little. "I guess not. What am I supposed to do then?"
Naruto grins coming up with the best idea ever. To him at least. "You could act as a "example" of why you should have a team!"
A tick mark frames itself proudly on Minato's forehead. "So the moment I get back, you send me as a scapegoat?!"
Naruto shakes his head. "Nope!"
Imaginary question marks pop up above his blond kid. "Then what are you planning?"
"The village still doesn't like you, so I will send you in alone against the rest of the groups of three as a "punishment" so that the people will see it as fair!"
"I see. Throw a demon against all kinds of shinobi kids. Seems fair."
Himawari hugs Minato again. "But won't you be at an disadvantage? You will get hurt. I don't want you hurt already." She admits tears in her voice.
He pets her head getting her to look up. "I am happy you care for me already. But I had to get strong to live out in any area I had to cross. I will dominate the battlefield. Nothing can stop me when I set my claim on the goal."
"See? I didn't have to be around him for him to end up like me at his age." Naruto brags crossing his arms.
"What is that brat's problem? He is lucky that I only fight if somebody is trying to hurt me on purpose. And if their after my life," A red flashes in Minato's eyes and goes back to normal. "They better hope their faster than me."
The three others shiver at his hint at killing. 'Seems he has killed during his time away. What age was he when he first killed?' Naruto thinks.
"Don't know kit. I'm sure we will find out soon." Kurama tells Naruto somewhat eagerly.
Naruto casts an inner smirk. 'Do you really want to fight my kid?'
The giant fox scoffs at Naruto. "Kid? That son of yours looks like a seasoned fighter!"
"He is a little upset that I don't ever have time for them two as Hokage." Naruto finally answers.
His eldest son gives him an irritated glare confusing the Hokage. "Then why are you here right now?"
"I haven't seen you since you were five about nine years ago! What father wouldn't?" Naruto explains pleadingly.
Minato snorts at the man that is his father. "You are like many people I met along my way around the lands." He starts. "Showing favoritism to the one kid the moment they get the chance."
"What?" Naruto asks in disbelief. How could his son be like this?
"Do you know how many kids I found crying as they run away because they weren't the favorite? About fifty a year at least. Add nine years to that old man. That is not acceptable to me. I respect you for your position, but you could cut a few hours in the day to pay attention to both of your kids." Minato goes on passionate about this.
"Sorry if I was worried about my kid that ran away at the age of five! Not to mention dilutional!" Naruto retorts angrily.
The room goes deadly silent. The two blonds eyes shadowed showing nothing. Until Minato looks up clearly upset.
"Dilutional?" Minato grips the air as he summons a blue tri pronged kunai causing Himawari to back up in fear into the arms of Hinata. "Care to say that again? That is what defines me now. I go by those dilutions to get through life. Those dilutions kept me alive." He explains as calmly as possible.
"Rely on dilutions? That is the first step to madness!" Seventh retorts.
The younger blond walks up to him until he is right next to him. "At least I don't have to have the people like me. If people don't like me then they can burn. I couldn't care less if I tried. After all, I have been known to kill those who called me a demon. Let them die with their ideals, not a fake respect you earn after you save the whole world. They hate then suddenly love you? Blind rats." He whispers into his ear. He proceeds to walk into the night and down some alley.
Not even a mile walk away, a familiar kid walks into him. Boruto.
"Sorry." Minato says without looking to see who it is. He continues walking, not two seconds later he sees the same exact pedophile from nine years ago. Using the kunai in his hand, he throws it straight into his head making him disappear completely along with the kunai.
"I said wait!" Boruto yells finally getting Minato to turn to look at him.
"What?"
"Why did you throw that awesome weapon of yours?" Boruto asks secretly sucking up to him.
The fourteen year old blond rolls his eyes. This isn't the first time he dealt with this kind of thing. Kill something when nobody can see the guy or girl just so they can ask what he was doing.
"How else would I get rid of it?" He answers honestly. Technically he got rid of the guy.
Boruto just shrugs. "I want to train under Sasuke, but he says I must learn the rasengan to be his student."
"What does this got to do with me?" Minato asks bored of this conversation.
"He says you might be able to teach me the rasengan. Can you?"
'I hope you burn Sasuke.' Goes through his mind. "I could, but I use a very different type of jutsu than you people use. If you even do anymore."
Boruto tilts his head. He has an idea what this is about. "Why do you hate advancements?"
"That is a step forward, but real shinobi fight with their own strength, not some idiot who can artificially make your attacks." Minato passionately explains. "It will take someone's life. Whether they run out or simply get killed while taking one out."
"Whatever. Can you teach me it or not?" He asks hope filling his voice.
Minato shrugs looking around. It is dark enough out where he can do it. "Considering I never tried before, no. Closest I can do is the Darkness Pulse."
"What is the Darkness Pulse?" He asks ignoring his rasengan question for now.
"I take whatever darkness is around me into a condensed ball of chakra. I throw it creating the pulse then I let the destruction happen."
"Isn't that the basic idea of the rasengan?"
"If I were to use it that way, then yeah. Could be." The spiky haired bloat eek rnd answers remembering blowing a bandit into nothing with the attack. Not even his blood was left.
"So it can't be too hard right?"
Minato gestures for Boruto to follow him as he walks. "It all depends kid. It depends on what it takes. Twisting around the wind, water, earth, fire or lightning can take different techniques."
The younger kid runs a hand through his smooth blond hair. "That sounds frustrating."
Minato grins like a maniac even getting the look in his eye. "That's the best part!"
"What? Bow is it the best part?"
"The feeling of superiority! The feeling of accomplishment! It feels so great to completely use any move I learn as if it is my very own! For instance, Zengaria Style: Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He exclaims bringing out ten different clones easily.
Not all the clones look too happy though. "Really dude?"
"Just kill yourself already original."
"Yay!" One exclaims getting a glare from the other clones.
"Don't summon us unless needed."
A tick mark grows on the real Minato's head. "What about when fighting Sasuke? What happened back there?"
The group of clones grin like idiots. "It worked out because of our thinking. You even took it in stride and went for the attack." One of the clones tells him.
The clones disappear in smoke. Boruto stares wide eyed where the clones were. "Did they have exact minds of their own? Like, their own separate personalities?"
Minato sweat drops. "I still don't know exactly why. One day I used it running from a few groups of shinobi and they did whatever they pleased. They didn't really know how to break a person's mind if forced."
"...right. Anyway, bye. I need to find someone." He says breaking off in a random direction.
"Sure. Just remember that I can't help with anything." He says in a normal tone even though Boruto is already yards away. "After all, why ask the who spent his life running from trouble?" Images of aquaintences he fought for scroll through his head. "Most trouble."
"Why indeed." A voice asks from behind him. "But you can't run from this. This place needs you now. There is a huge problem coming."
Minato turns to find the guy that he supposedly stabbed earlier. He doesn't even have a drop of blood on himself! The blond jumps away moving his body towards the guy.
"This place doesn't need me. They have their Hokage." The blond replies.
A low grumble that sounds strangely like a laugh emanates from inside the dark hood of his. "He may have killed a god with the help of his rival just barely, but what happens when two more come?"
His blood runs cold quickly as the blood leaves his face. "W-what?" Minato stutters quietly. "Two gods?"
White glistens inside the hood looking like a sharp grin. "Interested now? Only you can do any good damage to it in the beginning. So enter the Exams. Tolerate your father for now. If not for yourself, try for the entire world."
The guy turns walking away into the shadows of the night. The lone boy shakes his head and jumps onto some random building deciding to rooftop run around until he decides to go back.
End
There you go fair readers! How art thou? Sorry for the disturbing sentence.
To readers of The Zengaria, I am just getting into the middle of the chapter! I promise! Or do I...fingers crossed. I am close to the middle though.
To readers of this story, congrats! You are going to be the first to see some backstory next chapter. Only if you want though. If not then I will continue without your opinion.
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