Minato sat down on his bed with a sigh, it had been a tough day. First training with team Seven, then training with Kakashi to prepare him for the battle with a former anbu and paperwork.. a lot of it. And although soaking in the bath had worked for his body, it hadn't put his mind at ease, it had made it even worse.

It wasn't distrust. Not at all, he trusted the boy far more then it was safe, it was something else. Something that was either very bad or very good, it depending on the way you look at it.

The blonde chuckled. 'Look at what?' A heavy sigh escaped him and his eyes narrowed. 'It is strange tough, how does an anbu with his level get a mission in an outher village. And why haven't I heard of the name Furakawa before? Something really strange is going on here. May-'

A scream disrupted his thoughts and he jumped to his feet. Grabbing the kunai from under his pillow he made way to the corridor. The scream had come from Akio's room, he was certain. The blonde ran torwards the room,threw the door open and gasped when he felt something sharp sting in his back.

"Make one move and you'll die."

Blue eyes flashed from left to right, trying to detect how great the danger was, but he couldn't see a thing, it was to dark. His eyes fell onto the light switch he knew was on his left.

'If I could just-'

"Don't even think about it, you'd be dead the moment you hit that switch."

Minato's eyes narrowed. "Who said anything about me hitting it?"

Before his attacker could react he brought his elbow up and hit him straight in his stomach, causing the attacker to stumble backwards. As fast as he could he turned around and pushed him straight into the switch. The light flickered for a second as Minato fell on his back with a gasp, an arm uncomfortable pushed against his troat. Finally the light flickered on and blue eyes met green ones. Minato's eyes widened.

"Akio?!"

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Akio stared in surprise at the person he had pinned down. For a second he didn't recognise the man, but then it dawned on him.

"M-minato..?"

As if strucked by lightning he jumped up and backed away, only to be stopped by the wall.

"I...I'd almost killed you.."

He slid down and landed with a thud on the ground, holding his head in his heads he took in a shaky breath. "I can't believe I'd almost killed you..."

Minato slowly got to his feet and looked down onto the teen. "But you didn't."

It was strange, even though he'd been so close to death only seconds ago, he felt completely calm. There was no inner voice telling him to run while he still had the chance.

Blank blue eyes looked up to him. "I'm sorry.."

Minato kneeled before him and laid a hand on his shoulder. "Don't be, I'm sure you've been trough much, it's only natural to act this way when you wake up in an unknown place. Especially in a time of war."

Akio smiled sad. "I guess.. that I'm not used to be around people anymore.."

Minato smiled at him in return and moved to sit beside the raven haired teen. "What did you dream about?"

Akio stared at him in surprise. "How do you know I had a dream?"

The blonde grinned. "I was just guessing."

Leaning his head against the wall Akio sighed. "It wasn't a dream though." He closed his eyes. "Although I wish it was."

Minato smiled as Akio's breathing slowed down, before he also closed his eyes. 'I'm going to have to talk to Sarutobi tomorrow, there's definitely something strange going on here. And i'm going to find out what.'

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"Lord hokage."

Sarutobi looked up and saw a certain blonde standing in front of his desk. "Minato, what brings you here, it's your free day right?"

"I want to talk about Akio."

Sarutobi looked awaiting up to Minato, who continued. "Yesterday night he almost tried to kill me, thought that I was an enemy ninja."

Sarutobi's expression turned surprised. "You want me to let him stay somewhere else?"

Minato slowly shook his head. "No, before that we went to the bath houses where he told me a bit of his life. I trust him now, but even though I do, there's something that doesn't add up in all of his stories."

"And what would that be?"

"He talks like the war is his fault. Like he knows something that I don't."

"And you've come to ask me what that thing is?"

"Do you know what it is?" A couple of second there was a tensed silence in the room.

Sarutobi took a deep breath. "Listen Minato, it's great that you trust him and hopefully it's the other way around too. If he trusts you enough to tell you everything, he will. Until that time comes, I can't tell you anything. It's not up to me, to tell you the truth."

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Akio was on his way to the training grounds as he noticed a different path. With mixed feelings he followed the path, knowing fully well where he would end up. After a couple of minutes walking he stood in front of a big stone with names engraved in it. His eyes darted from name to name.

'The're not as much names as in my timeline, but there are still many.'

Silently he touched the stone with his hand. He knew the cold surface all too well. He had visited the stone many times when Neji had died, until it was destroyed.

'I promise that this time, everything will be different. I won't let your name get on this stone, Neji.'

"Hey Akio, is that you?"

Akio took his hand of the stone, turned around and saw Obito, Rin and Kakashi walking over to him.

"We're going to train, want to come to?" asked Obito. Akio smiled. "Sure."

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"How come sensei isn't here yet?" asked Rin.

"Yeah, I know that he's supposed to have a day off, but he was the one who wanted to train." Added Obito.

"Let's just begin." Stated Kakashi in a monotone voice.

"Akio, how do you train normally?" asked Rin.

Akio ran a hand through his black hair. "Well, it's kind of a harsh method."

Rin looked at him uncomprehendingly. Right then Akio noticed that someone was watching them. 'An anbu? So Sarutobi doesn't trust me yet. Well, it's kind of logical since I just dropped in his office.'

Deciding to act like nothing had happend he answered. "I use shadow clones. Training goes just so much faster that way. I've created a new jutsu in two days, using this training method."

"That's impossible." Stated Kakashi calmly. "Even if you were capable of creating ten shadow clones and maintaining them for the whole day, it's impossible to create a whole new jutsu in that little amount of time."

Akio grinned. "Who said anything about ten?" With that Akio made a hand signs and with a poof a hundred shadow clones appeared.

"Wow…" Obito's and Rin's mouth fell open from shock. "They're not real right? Nobody can create this many and still be alive." Obito stated.

Kakashi attacked one of the shadow clones, who dodged the attack easily and threw a kunai. Kakashi picked the kunai out of the air and landed back on the ground. "They're real." He stated shocked.

Akio dispelled the clones with one hand sign and laughed at Kakashi's expression. Soon Obito and Rin joined him.

"If only you could see your face!" laughed Akio.

"Didn't expect that, huh Kakashi." stated Obito. Kakashi snorted angryily at the statement.

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"What's happening here?" Minato appeared on the field and was surprised to find his team laughing their ass off, accept Kakashi, he stood angrily in front of the laughing teenagers.

Obito turned around, still a bit laughing and pointed to Kakashi. "Akio told us about his training method with shadow clones, but Kakashi didn't believe that he could make ten clones." Then it became too much and Obito began to laugh again.

Akio walked to Minato, chuckling soft. "Kakashi was convinced I couldn't create ten shadow clones."

"What did you do?" asked Minato.

"I just made one hundred." Obito and Rin began to laugh harder when they heard Akio.

"Seriously you had to see his face. It was just that of a mopping child!" Laughed Obito.

Akio didn't realize that Minato stared shocked at him. "You JUST made one hundred shadow clones?"

Akio stopped with laughing and looked at Minato. "I know that a normal person is only able to make two shadow clones, three with luck. But as I think you already know, I'm not normal. I'm able to make a thousand shadow clones with ease and maintain them for two full days."

Minato looked surprised at Akio. He knew he had bigger chakra reserves than anyone in the village, but even he couldn't make more than five or six shadow clones and maintain then for more than one hour. To be able to make a thousand, that was just... He coukdn't even name it.

Right then Minato caught something in his right eye. 'An anbu? What does he want?'

"I'll be right back." Quickly Minato flashed away and appeared in front of the now stunned Anbu. "What's your business here?"

Minato asked. "I have orders to keep an eye on Akio Furakawa." The anbu simply stated.

"From who?"

"Lord hokage."

Minato blinked for a couple of times before nodding and flashing away again. "So you noticed him too." Stated Akio as Minato appeared in front of him. Minato just stared and Akio sighed. "I guess that the old man still doesn't trust me. But it's okay. He will in time." Akio smiled sad.

"You seem awfully confident, Akio." Stated Minato with narrowed eyes.

Akio nodded. "Of course." He closed his eyes. "He doesn't know it, but, I see him as a father. He has done more for me than anyone else, and I'm grateful for that."

Minato was stunned as he realized that his respect for the kid grew greater every minute. Then he remembered what Sarutobi had said.

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"Minato. I've decided that Akio is going to be in your team."

"But he's a jonin."

"He's also an 18 year old that has gone through harsh times and it will take friends to forget these times. Look, you don't have to be his father or something, just make sure he has someone to look out for him. Make him trust you."

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'I don't know what you're thinking lord third, but it better be good. Cause I'm already taking a liking to this kid.'

"Sensei?"

Minato awoke from his thoughts and looked at his tree students and Akio.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Rin worried. Minato shook his head and smiled.

"No, not at all. Infect it's the opposite. Lord hokage has decided that Akio is going to join our team from now on."

Stars began to shine in Rin and Obito's eyes. Akio smiled too. Kakashi just snorted and turned his back to them.

"Ahh come on Kakashi, don't be like that." Pleaded Minato. Kakashi turned back and glared at Akio who took a step forward.

"You have a problem with me?"

Kakashi took a step forward too. "You could say that."

The two teens glared angrily at each other as the killer intent radiating from them grew. Suddenly Akio took a step back and began to smile. "I'm looking forward to our missions already."

Kakashi sweat dropped. 'This is going to be annoying.'


Well, this is it.

I'm sorry for the bad ending of this chapter. I really wanted to finish it tonight like I'd promised. The next one will be better!