Chapter 6: Like Father; like Son

He was taking a little break from flash stepping when he heard a sudden sound behind quickly turned and drew out his Katana and was about to swing downwards when he saw what was behind him. It was a small squirrel that was staring at him in horror. Naruto rolled his eyes and heard another snap behind turned and swung and caught nothing but air. He looked around and saw another squirrel sitting in front of him.

He sighed and sheathed his sword and was about to start walking when he heard another snap.

"You stupid ass squirrels knock it off." he said and didn't turn around.

"Hello, Flash God." A voice said from about two feet behind him.

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Naruto froze and that almost cost him his life. He heard the whistling of a Kunai coming at his head and he had enough sense to duck and roll to the side. As he jumped back to his feet and groaned at who was behind him. It was none other than his Dad, the man who was out to get him. Naruto watched as Minato slid the Kunai back into his pocket and stared at his son.

"So you were able to dodge huh?" He asked his son.

"I kind of had no choice, you know I like my head right where it is; on my shoulders." Naruto said this and slowly began to step away. "So your still out to get me eh?" he asked as he took another slow step back.

"It is my charge; I have to do what my summoner say's I'm sorry." Minato said and disappeared in a brief yellow flash and reappeared behind Naruto. "Please let me make this easy my son."

Naruto jumped forwards just as Minato's kunai whistled by again. He swung around and charged at his father and tackled him. As they hit the ground Naruto quickly leapt off the man and disappeared in a flash of red. He reappeared a second later on a tree branch, hiding behind the leaves. 'Hope he doesn't find me here.' He thought as he saw his father disappear in another flash.

"Peek-a-boo." he heard Minato whisper in his ear. Naruto threw himself off the tree branch just as Minato slammed a Rasengan into the place he just was crouching. Naruto landed on his feet and shielded his head from the falling wood.

He looked up when it was done and saw his father staring at him, trying to figure out how to dispose of him quickly.

"Please sit still, I want to go back and rest in peace." Minato said and disappeared in another yellow flash and reappeared in front of Naruto in a nano second. Naruto ducked under Minato's kunai as the man lunged forwards, and then he proceeded to lash out with his fist and crack Minato's knee cap.

Naruto jumped back again and watched his dad carefully. "How the hell are you teleporting everywhere like that?"

Minato chuckled and pointed at the ground and Naruto swore at what he saw. All over were seals that he recognized from Minato's teleportation Kunai. As Naruto looked around even closer he saw them on tons of trees and even on leaves.

"You knew I was coming?" Naruto said and swore. 'Damn I am at a serious disadvantage here.'

"I have been tracking you since you brought Orochimaru to Suna." Minato said and cracked his knuckles. "Well my knee cap is all better so let us finish."

Naruto shook his head and began to flash step away when he felt an arm wrap around him and slam him into the ground. The breath whooshed from his lungs and he struggled to get more in. He saw Minato standing above him triumphantly, holding a spinning Rasengan in his hand.

"I have to say; when we first fought you caught me by surprise with the elemental form of Rasengan, but not now." Minato chuckled and held the jutsu above his head.

'Shit, what to do!'Naruto began thinking rapidly and came up with an idea.

"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"

Five clones popped into existence all around Minato and Naruto and they didn't waste any time throwing themselves at the man. Two went for his legs and two for his arms while the last one threw itself at the Rasengan. Naruto turned his head as the clone exploded when it made contact with the jutsu but it got the job done. Minato was busy trying to pull the Naruto clones off him and Naruto took the chance to peel his self away from his dad. As he scrambled away he heard Minato shout.

"Futon: Fusha!"

"Well that can't be good." Naruto said as his father spun in a circle and his body become enveloped with wind. The clones hanging on to him all burst into a cloud of smoke and Minato kept spinning.

Naruto sighed and started running through his list of options. 'Okay so I have very little chakra left, so I could try to chance it and run, or I can use a fire jutsu on him while he is enveloped in wind.' Naruto thought and came up with his answer.

"Well dad, you had a taste of my Lightning Rasengan, so how about this one right here?" Naruto said as he began to charge the fire jutsu in his felt the intense burn and his skin began to redden and he swore. 'Shit, I am low on chakra; I can't even protect myself from my own jutsu!'

Naruto wasted no time spinning in a circle and hurling the Jutsu at his dad who realized to late what Naruto was doing.

"Katon: Rasenmoeru!"

Naruto watched as the Jutsu collided with his father and exploded into spectacular fire ball. Naruto had already used the little chakra he had left to flash step safely to a tree farther away, but he still able to see the explosion and feel the heat. He watched as the fire ball died away but instead a form stood engulf in a small fire vortex, burning up. Minato screamed in rage as he fell to his knees and then collapsed. Naruto walked over to his still burning form and kept his distance.

"Oops forgot to mention that I can use Fire element, my bad." he wheezed as he grabbed his side. It hurt really bad from exhaustion and the idea of walking all the way back to base didn't sound fun.

Minato looked at him, his skin turning black and flaking off. "You know I'll just be back when I heal again."

Naruto shrugged. "I will be long gone by then." He chuckled lightly but his face dropped in horror as Minato disappeared from sight. "What the hell?!" he shouted and turned around.

"Rasengan!"

Naruto gasped as the jutsu was driven into his gut and he was sent flying backwards, crashing into a tree. He slumped to the ground unable to move. 'Shit, since I have almost no chakra I can't heal like usual.' He thought as he watched his father fall to his knees again.

"So you had one last Rasengan left huh?" Naruto wheezed and his father chuckled.

"Yeah, so know I can rest in peace as soon as you hurry up and die." Minato said as he fell flat on the ground and continued to burn.

"Sorry to tell you the truth but this body here, this is just a clone."Naruto said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the scroll that held the reward he got from Orochimaru.

'I only have enough Chakra left to do this.' He said and bit his thumb. He slammed his hand down on the ground.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu."

In a small poof of smoke a little toad popped up and looked at him. "Hey there buddy watcha need?" The little toad that Naruto knew as Gamahan asked. He had used this toad a lot in the last year to transport stuff around for him.

"Take this scroll, hold on to it until I summon you again." Naruto gasped and pushed the scroll out to the frog.

Gamahan nodded and gabbed the scroll with a hand and then Naruto smiled. "Go now; wait for m to call on you again." The little toad disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Naruto sighed and looked at his father again who was already falling apart. "Looks like you could use some water eh?" With that Naruto slammed his hands together again and his conscious left his body just as it blew apart.

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It took a lot longer to get back to his regular body than it usually did; in fact it took him almost three minutes. When he arrived he shot up and gasped, his hands automatically reached down for where he was hit by the Rasengan. He groaned as he realized that he had almost no chakra left at all. He had just enough for one shadow clone and even then that shadow clone couldn't use any Jutsu's. He slowly got to his feet and staggered but a hand caught him and he looked up and saw Hidan reaching out.

"Did you get the money?" he asked and Naruto shook his head.

"I ran into a problem, but I still have the money it's with Gamahan." Naruto said and he wobbled over to a rock and sat down on it.

"What do you mean a problem?" Pain said as he appeared in the room.

"Well my dad set up an ambush for me and it really worked well." Naruto sighed and Kakuza shook his head.

"That man is ruthless, he is still tracking you?" Kakuza asked and Naruto sighed and nodded.

"Wait how did he ambush you? I thought you destroyed him when you first fought." Hidan said and leaned on his Scythe.

"No, he isn't really living so his body just regenerates after damage. I have to hit him with really high level Jutsu's in order to immobilize him for a little bit." Naruto said and scratched his head. "I nailed him with my Fire jutsu while he was using a wind jutsu that covered his whole body."

"Well that was quite a show I'll bet." Deidra said under his breath and Naruto nodded.

"But he still had enough of his body intact to use a Hirashin and a Rasengan. That is the reason why I didn't bring the money back with my clone, the body was about to go up in a cloud of smoke, so I summoned Gamahan and gave him the scroll with the money in it. When I get my chakra back I will resummon him and get the money." Naruto said and closed his eyes.

"Good, until then I think you need to rest." Pain said and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, it's been awhile since I have actually slept safely." Naruto muttered and dragged his self back to his little corner and laid down.

"But I have a quick question, is Minato going to still come after you?" Pain asked and Naruto sighed.

"He will until I figure out how to get rid of him, or until he finally kills me." Naruto said and then closed his eyes and fell into a deep slumber.

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Two days later.

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Naruto was walking through the woods his Katana strapped to his back, and his shorts and t-shirt blowing lightly with the wind. He stepped over a fallen log and continued walking. He remained alert to every little thing. If a mouse farted he knew and he would react without hesitation. He was on his way to meet Temari; he had told Gaara that he would. He knew that he should be reaching the remains of the cave any second now and he prepared himself. This meeting was going to start out rough.

He pushed aside a bush and walked out into the clearing and he stood at the edge of the river that flowed in front of the cave. He walked across it slowly and arrived at the broken remains and sighed. This was where he helped drained his first Biju from someone and that someone had once been his friend. As he entered the cave he heard the crunching of pebbles and he acted immediately. He drew out his Katana in a swift motion and swung around and held the tip at the person's who was behind him throat. He slowly lowered the sword when he saw who it was.

"Temari, you really should have let me know you were here I was about to kill you." Naruto said as the blonde girl glared at him. Naruto and her stared at each other for a hard minute before she did anything.

"You are a pain in the ass you know that. I came all the way out to that village to get you and you send me back to Suna with a clone? A damn CLONE!" Temari said raising a fist.

"Did you really think I was going to go willingly?" Naruto chuckled.

Temari punched him in his shoulder rather hard and glared at him some more. "You're an asshole."

"Oh well." Naruto said as he shrugged. He looked Temari in her eyes. "Why do you need to talk to me I didn't just let you meet me here for nothing, Gaara wanted something when he agreed to let you come here."

Temari began to talk but stopped and looked at him in shock. "How did you know that?"

Naruto grinned and raised his hands. "I guess should say thank-you for giving me so much money."

"Wait you weren't in the village."Temari said eyeing him carefully.

"Oh Temari I was actually, I even talked to you." Naruto said giving her an evil grin.

Temari froze at his words; there was no way he got into the village undetected. "Wait you mean, that one guy who brought Orochimaru in…that was you!" she exclaimed and took a step back.

"You got it!" Naruto said happily. "I knew I couldn't just waltz in there and expect to get paid for capturing Orochimaru. But consider it another little favor." Naruto said sitting down on a flat rock. "Now what is it that Gaara wanted?"

"Why are you asking her that, why do you not just ask me?" came a voice from behind another large boulder.

Naruto stiffened at the voice and jumped up but he wasn't fast enough. A cocoon of sand shot up from the ground and wrapped around him and tightened, making it so he couldn't flash step away at all. Naruto looked over to where the voice had come from and saw a red haired boy standing on a rock with his arms crossed over his chest. Gaara stared at Naruto with anger and Naruto realized this. 'Well this isn't good.'

"I'm sorry Naruto but we had to, your just too dangerous to leave alone." Temari whispered and walked over to Gaara's side.

Naruto didn't respond but continued to stare at Gaara blankly. "So what do you want?"

Gaara didn't answer right away but continued to stare at Naruto; his eyes were dull and unforgiving. "What do I want? I want your little group to be gone, I want to have vengeance for the people of my village that you killed, oh yes and I kind of want Shukaku back." Gaara said as he jumped down from his walk and began walking over to Naruto.

"Sorry but I cannot grant any of your wishes." Naruto said as he tried to think of a way out. Gaara raised an eye and suddenly Naruto felt a sharp pain in his cheek. He winced and felt the wound beginning to heal, but not before a thin line of blood seeped down his cheek.

"Well I suppose I can thank-you, you gave me power over a new element." Gaara said as Naruto felt two more slashes appear on his cheeks causing stinging pain.

"Wait you mean you can actually control glass?" Naruto said as the wounds closed up.

Gaara raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Oh yes, I have been practicing ever since I was revived."As Gaara said this a swirling ball of glass began to spin in front of Gaara. "The thing that I really like about this element though, is the fact that it is hard to detect where it will strike from next."

As he said this Naruto felt more slashes opening up on his cheeks. He gritted his teeth and swore. 'I have no way to get out of here.' Gaara stopped cutting him open for a little bit and began to play with the glass orb. "Yes it is weird how this glass obeys me. I found I have control over all kinds of glass but I cannot control the shape of regular glass but the glass that formed from my chakra infused sand that is a different story. I can make it grind down into sharp powder that is very hard to dodge or I can solidify it so that it is easy to see but even more dangerous." Gaara explained this to Naruto who nodded his head in amusement.

"So all you can really do is make it float around?" Naruto chuckled.

Gaara frowned and the spinning glass in front of him stopped spinning and began to take on a shape. Soon in front of Gaara was a clear, slowly spinning, glass shuriken. Naruto knew that the weapon was definitely dangerous. Gaara let the shuriken start spinning faster and faster and soon Naruto heard a low yet audible whistle. Gaara flicked his eyes at Naruto and the Glass Shuriken flew at his head. Naruto closed his eyes waiting for the sharp pain of the glass beheading him but it never came.

He opened his eyes and saw the glass shuriken an inch from his face. He looked at Gaara who let the shuriken slowly float back to him and soon it was deteriorating into powder.

"So now that we have established that I am stronger then you right now, let's talk." Gaara said and Naruto closed his eyes in defeat.

"What do you want to know?" he asked and Gaara started in right away.

"Is it true that you have joined Akatsuki?"He asked.

"Yup, as true as it gets."Naruto said and felt a sharp pain across his face again.

"Hmmm, please don't be a smart ass."Gaara said and Naruto chuckled.

"Fair enough, what else do you want to know?"Naruto said as his wound healed.

"Why have you abandoned your Shinobi way?" Gaara asked and Naruto burst out laughing.

"I haven't, my Shinobi way is never going back on my word and I haven't…I said that I would find peace and I am doing it right now." Naruto said and shrugged.

Temari stared at Naruto sadly and Naruto saw a tear form and roll down her cheek. "We have lost you…" she whispered and Naruto chuckled.

"You never had me." He said and then his eyes opened wide. "Oh shit this isn't good."

Gaara stared at him and grinned. "What isn't good, the fact that you have been caught and detained."

"Nope, not that." Naruto said and nodded his head to a cliff that hung over the open cave they were in. "Him right there, that isn't good."

Gaara and Temari turned and squinted at the man who stood on the cliff. Gaara raised an eyebrow and turned back to Naruto. "Is that one of your Akatsuki buddies?"

Temari let out a breath of shock and Naruto smiled. "Hey, you guys wanna meet my Dad?"

Gaara's eyes widen when a Kunai pierced the ground in front of him and then suddenly a man was standing there. Minato turned his back to Naruto and threw a wicked punch at Gaara but a wall of sand rose up and blocked the fist. Minato frowned and formed a Rasengan in his hand.

"Rasengan!"

The Sand blew apart and Gaara swore and jumped away as Minato slammed his fist down on the spot that Gaara just stood. "I am sorry but it is my task to kill this boy, so I cannot let you hide him."

Gaara rolled out of the way as Minato threw a dozen shuriken down where he was just laying. Gaara rolled backwards and then launched his glass at Minato and Naruto gasped as the results. Minato was trapped inside a spiral of the powder glass and it closed in on him spinning faster and faster. Naruto saw his father's skin torn off and ripped apart. It would keep healing just to be ripped apart again. Soon he fell to his knees and then on to his side. Gaara ended his assault on Naruto's dad and approached the battered man.

"So much for one of the world's strongest Shinobi." Gaara muttered and looked at Naruto. "You have been worried about him?" he chuckled and walked over to Naruto. "You are definitely weaker Naruto."

"GAARA LOOK OUT!" Temari screamed and Gaara felt a sudden pain in his back. He was sent flying past Naruto and crashed into a rock that shattered under the extreme force. He lay in the middle of the ruined remains.

Naruto looked up and saw Minato standing in front of him a plain look on his face. Naruto shifted his gaze to look at Gaara but to no avail. He sighed and waited for his dad to kill him, but it didn't happen like that. Minato drew out a Kunai to finish Naruto off but then suddenly he was blasted backwards into a rock.

"Kamaitachi no Jutsu!"

Naruto looked over and Saw Temari holding her fan behind her and glaring at Minato angrily. Naruto sighed and smiled, at least he wasn't going to die just yet.

"So Gaara what do you say you release me so I can try to get rid of my dad again?" Naruto said and didn't look behind him as Gaara slowly got to his feet.

"Naruto…I swear to god I am going to catch you someday soon but until then I guess I could use your help in this battle…"Gaara muttered in defeat and Naruto felt the sand encasing him collapse and fly back towards Gaara.

Naruto rolled his shoulders and cracked his knuckles. "Dad, it is about time I kicked your ass real good, now that I am at full power."

As he said this he disappeared in a red flash and reappeared in front of Minato and swung his sword down at his leg. Minato brought his Kunai up and stopped the sword and kicked out at Naruto's leg. Naruto jumped back and Minato jumped to his feet and charged at Naruto. He swung his Kunai at his head and Naruto ducked underneath the blow and lunged upwards and his sword pierced through his dad's armpit. Naruto turned and swung his sword over his shoulder cutting Minato's arm off. Minato jumped back and immediately his arm began to heal and soon it was all back in one piece.

Naruto smirked and jumped back and landed next to Temari just as his dad drew out five teleportation Kunai. Naruto frowned as his dad threw them all into the air and made a few quick hand seals.

"Taju Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Suddenly the sky darkened and Kunai began to rain down on the trio. Temari hid beneath her fan and Gaara made a wall of sand. Naruto started deflecting the kunai with his sword and when the last one pierced the ground he muttered to himself. "Now the true fight starts."

Minato disappeared in a flash and Naruto brought his sword up just as his dad stabbed at him with his Kunai. Naruto caught it and disappeared in a red flash and reappeared ten feet away and in a split second Minato was there too. Temari watched as Naruto and his dad became blurs, colliding every second and then disappearing again. Gaara closed his eyes and focused on the task he had in mind. Naruto reappeared next to Temari and skidded to a stop. Minato appeared about 20 feet away. Naruto grinned and launched himself at his dad again and started making some quick hand seals.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Five clones appeared next to Naruto and they all ran at Minato who grinned. He jumped over the first and spun in mid air and delivered a kick to another's face, destroying it. As he landed he stabbed his Kunai behind him getting the clone he had jumped over in the back destroying it also. He ran forward and swung his leg around in a round house kick and knocked the two other clones aside and then proceeded to throw five shuriken at them destroying them. The last clone and Naruto ran at him and slashed down with their swords but Minato caught both Swords on his Kunai. He drew out another one and smirked. He swung his Kunai, which was holding the two swords, down and to his right. Naruto stumbled to the side and Minato ducked underneath the clones attempt to swing at him again.

As he ducked under the blow his arms shot up and lodged in the clone's chest. He back flipped ripping the clones chest open and destroying it. As he landed he ducked underneath a swing from Temari's fan and he swung his leg around behind him and caught her in the gut and sent her flying. He disappeared in a yellow flash and appeared behind her and kicked again. She slammed into his foot and she gasped as her back snapped backwards and she was sent flying forwards. Minato reappeared next to her and drew a fist back and punched and she went from flying forwards to sideways into a rock. She crashed into it with a cry and she fell to the ground.

Naruto cursed and appeared in front of her and held his sword in front of ran at his dad and swung at his legs but Minato jumped and flipped over Naruto and threw his elbow behind him, catching Naruto in his fist as he turned. Naruto flew forwards and rolled to a stop. He cursed when he saw that he had dropped his sword. Minato saw this and chuckled. He bent down and grabbed the weapon and hefted it in his hand. He brought his arm back and then hurled the sword at Naruto and Naruto was going to try to catch it when he noticed a blue lining surrounding it.

"Shit!" he said as he dropped to the ground. The sword passed over him and kept going and slammed into a rock and it exploded sending pebbles raining down. Naruto turned and saw it buried inside another rock up to the hilt. He phased out of sight and reappeared next to it. He grabbed the sword and tried yanking it out but it didn't budge. Right before he gave up the rock shudder and turned to sand.

Naruto looked at Gaara who shrugged. He rolled his eyes and picked up the sword and brought it up just in time to catch Minato's Kunai on the base of the blade. The father and Son struggled pushing against one another's weapons. Naruto wasn't about to budge and neither was Minato. Naruto cursed when he realized he was at a serious disadvantage. Minato was only using one hand to push on him and Naruto was using both hands and he still wasn't gaining any ground. He looked down and saw a ball of spinning chakra form in his dad's swore and jumped to the side just as Minato's hand shot past him and the Rasengan missed his head by mere inches.

Naruto hit the ground and rolled and then jumped back to his feet. He ran at Minato again and formed a Rasengan of his own. Minato smiled and thrust his hand forwards just as Naruto did and the two Jutsu's collided.

"Rasengan!"

"Rasengan!"

Naruto and Minato were blown backwards but didn't fall over. They skidded on their feet pushing against the concussion that was blowing them back. When it died down Naruto was breathing slightly harder and Minato had suffered minimal damage. The insides of his arms were torn up but they were already healing. Naruto looked at his chest and saw that his shirt had been ripped up in the front. His wound was already healing but still he saw that his chest was cut open. The cuts were not that deep but still they were long.

Naruto bite his lip as the pain finally subsided and then he looked up at Minato. "That it old man, is that why you were called the strongest Hokage ever?"

Minato chuckled and looked at his son. "Well I guess you're about to find out why I was called the strongest Hokage now that you taunted me."

Naruto chuckled and brought his sword up and raised his eyebrows at his dad. "Bring it, Yondaime Hokage."

Minato disappeared and reappeared behind Naruto and slashed down at him and Naruto brought his sword up just in time to block a sword that his dad got from nowhere.

"What the hell?" Naruto said as he jumped back.

"Oh so the toads haven't gave you one of their sacred Toad blades yet?" Minato mused. "Hmmm well son this is my toad blade it's called Gamatsume."

Naruto checked the blade out and saw that it was a normal sword only it was curved and the hilt was wrapped in chains. He shrugged and flash stepped towards his dad and they began a vicious sword battle. Naruto swung his sword down at Minato's leg but he brought his toad sword down and parried the blow and lashed out with his leg but Naruto caught it with his free hand. Minato let go of his sword and brought his other leg around and it slammed into Naruto's head throwing him back. He hit the ground and was happy to see that he held on to his sword this time. Minato landed gracefully on his feet and crouched down and grabbed his sword.

Then with amazing speed shot at Naruto, there was no chakra used to help him move, it was pure speed and the ground behind him cracked from the extreme speed. He brought his sword around and swung at Naruto's neck but Naruto was able to bring his sword up and blocked the tremendous blow and he had to bring his other hand up and grabbed the hilt. If he hadn't his own sword would have been knocked away like a twig. Minato smirked and jumped back a few feet and then launched at Naruto again and swung down, trying to cleave Naruto's head in half. Naruto brought his sword up and caught the blow on the flat of his blade and in the middle.

This time he brought his hand up and pressed his palm against the flat side of the blade, on the end, and pushed against his dad's blade. Naruto ground his teeth together trying to muster all of the strength he could to force the blade away. He finally succeeded in pressing his dad back again but the assault continued. Naruto finally got sick of the whole thing and flash stepped twenty feet away from his dad and looked at Gaara who was still focusing and then at Temari who must have been hurt rather bad because she wasn't helping looked at his dad who was watching him in order to make a counter attack again.

Naruto frowned and held his hand out. He began to pour his chakra into another jutsu and looked up at his dad. "So I have showed you the fire and lightning style Rasengan, so how about I show you the water style." he said and brought his hand above his head. In it was a spinning plate of water with a spike in the middle. Naruto spun in a circle and threw the jutsu at his dad and waited for him to be destroyed again. It didn't happen like that.

"Suiton: RasenMizutemari!"

Minato ran at the jutsu and slashed down at it with his sword and it exploded in a shower of rain and Minato continued to run at Naruto. Naruto barely had enough time to bring his sword up and block his dad's sword but when he did he gasped. His dad's sword was about an inch from his face but he felt his cheek slashed open. He looked at the blade and swore. It was laced in blue just like Asuma's blades were when he encased them with Wind. Minato chuckled and jumped back and swung down at Naruto again.

"Futon: Hein!"

Naruto was forced to his knees under the crazy strong blow. He struggled to keep his sword up and was failing. His sword was slowly pushed down towards his chest and when his dad's blade got close enough he felt the wind tearing at his exposed skin. He felt little scrapes being cut open and then healed. He took in a deep breath and poured as much strength into his resistance as he could. He began to push against his father's blade and succeeded in pushing it away and getting to his feet. He kept pushing and then finally slashed down and forced Minato to jump away. Naruto jumped at Minato and lashed down at his head. He only managed to get parried and pressed back again. He disappeared in a flash of red and reappeared twenty feet away just as Minato's blade slammed into the ground, splitting the earth open.

Naruto was panting hard, he hadn't been in a savage sword battle like this ever, just little ones that didn't last to long. It was about time to call on his partner to help him out. He bit his thumb and made several hand seals in rapid succession and then swiped his thumb across his whole sword. From the tip to the end of the hilt there was a streak of blood.

"Kuchiyose no jutsu!"

His sword disappeared in a cloud of green and when it died away it was gone and squatting at his side was a frog that had a height that reached a little past his knees. On the frogs back was a sword inside of a green and black sheath and it reached a little above it's head. The hilt was decorated by a frog curling around the hilt and then its hands curled around the cross guard

Naruto grinned at Minato and shrugged.

"So you have a sacred frog sword, I have a swords frog." Naruto said and Minato nodded his head, acknowledging what Naruto had just done.

"Well not many people have done that, congratulations." his dad said and looked at Naruto's life partner.

"His name is Gamakaze and as you already know I kinda found him and he became my life partner." Naruto said as he started forming some more hand seals and then pressed his hand gently against Gamakaze's back. "You ready for this Gamakaze?"

"Hell yeah let's do this!" the frog laughed jumped high into the air in front of Naruto.

The frog disappeared in a cloud of green and when the smoke faded everyone gasped when they saw Naruto. Gaara stopped what he was doing and stared at his former friend in shock. Temari didn't know what was happening but she knew Naruto did something crazy. Minato stared proudly at his son and brought his sword up in front of him.

Naruto stared at his father and chuckled. "You will see that I am a whole lot more powerful now."

Naruto's appearance had changed. He now was wearing a green cloak that hung down a little past his Knees and it didn't button up. At the bottom of the cloak it was lined with black flames and then in the center of the back it had the Kanji for Frog on it. The shirt he wore under it was Black but it had green swirls in it and his pants were now a dark forest green. Over his shoulder was a large sword, it had no guard on the hilt. (Just imagine Cloud's, from final Fantasy, sword.) It was black and on both sides of the blade was an image of the frog that Naruto had summoned.

"So I see you have mastered the Frog Fusion technique." Minato muttered and sighed.

Naruto chuckled lightly and disappeared in a flash of green and reappeared behind Minato faster than he could with his flash step. He swung his sword at his dad with no apparent effort and Minato barely brought his blade up in time to block the sword. Naruto was holding the sword with only one hand and he was pressing down on Minato who was using both hands to hold Naruto off. Minato disappeared and reappeared behind Naruto and swung down with his sword but he met some resistance. Naruto didn't even move but Minato swore when a green shield that looked like a frog appeared around Naruto and it held a sword out and it was blocking Minato's sword.

Naruto turned with amazing speed and his sword crashed into Minato's and threw him backwards. Minato crashed into a rock and fell to his knees. Naruto watched his dad as the green shield shimmered away. Naruto watched as his father chuckled and watched him carefully. "Well here I thought you hadn't completely mastered the whole fusion technique but I guess I was wrong."

"I guess you were." Naruto said in a voice that was barely above a whisper but I still was loud and it held strength in it that made it clear that in this state he was extremely powerful.

"Well I hoped that I wouldn't have had to do this but I guess you're just to powerful now. Come my son; let me show you something the frogs have not taught you, something that is much, much stronger than your little fusion technique." Minato said as he slammed his hands together.

"You don't mean." Naruto said and watched in horror as his father disappeared in a flash of blue.

When the light faded Minato stood there with his head bowed. When he looked up Naruto gasped. His father eyes had changed, they were a deeper blue. His eye lids were now blue and stretching from his bottom eye lids was a line of blue that traveled half way down his cheek. His clothes had changed to; they were now a blue pair of loose pants and a black t-shirt. Wrapped around his body was a chain and they links were blue and black. Over this he wore a blue cloak and the sleeves were black and the bottom was laced with blue swells that looked like waves. Naruto gasped when he felt an enormous amount of chakra emitting from his dad.

Sage Mode Activated

Author's Notes: Whew well this was a rather fun chapter to write. I like having Naruto and his dad meet randomly and fighting. But in this chapter I knew I couldn't let Naruto beat the hell out of his dad and not get hurt so I had him get on the receiving end of a Rasengan. Now I know most of you are like what the hell a frog fusion technique? But no need to fear it will be explained more in later chapters and also you're like what the hell, how come Minato didn't die when Orochimaru was killed, and yes Orochimaru was executed. If you do not believe me you can look at Naruto Volume 14: Number 121: P.64, it is there the third Hokage say's while he is fighting the first and third. "Edotensei…reanimation…Which means that jutsu won't unravel even if I kill Orochimaru." AND THAT is why Minato is still tracking Naruto, plus I thought it would be rather exciting to have Naruto's father, who he has never known, in this story tracking his own son. Also I kind of gave him a personality that wasn't used in the actual Naruto. When corpses are reanimated their personalities are thrown away and are replaced by only one intent and that is to kill, so I gave Minato his personality only I made it so that he had to follow the order he was given, and even then he cannot rest in peace since Orochimaru isn't alive to break the seal. HEHE I have ideas for this story. Anyways, I hope that all of you who are reading this like the story so far and thank-you to everyone who has reviewed already and to those who sent me messages telling me how much they like the story. I beamed when I read the messages and reviews, and I have to say the story has only been up for a couple days and it already has like 2,500 hits, favorite 8-10 times, and put on alert like 13-15 times…I think that is crazy but whatever keep reviewing tell me what I can do to make the story better and keep reading because I am nowhere near done with this story! (Hmmm rather long Author's note!)

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Rasengan = Spiraling Chakra sphere

Katon: Rasenmoeru = Fire Release: Spiraling Blaze

Futon: Hein = Wind Release: Wind sword (or something like that.)

Kuchiyose no jutsu = Summoning Technique

Suiton: RasenMizutemari = Water Release: Spiraling Water plate (Sorry I put spinning in previous chapters.)

Futon: Fusha = Wind Release: Windmill

Taju Kunai Kage Bunshin no jutsu = Multiple Kunai Shadow Clones Technique

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu = Shadow Clone Technique

Kamaitachi no Jutsu = Wind scythe Technique