The Dead Tell No Tales: Prologue

By TwilightAnimeLover21

Yume was still lightly blushing when she got back to the reception. The Hyugas were just leaving and they noticed her. "If it isn't the little trouble maker." Hiashi said to the young Namikaze. His wife giggled a little. "Yume-chan, you are blushing. Has something happened?" Hina said politely. Yume shook her head. "No. Sorry for not greeting you earlier, Master Hyuga. Mistress Hyuga. I was currently in my own world." She said as she observed the couple. She gasped when she noticed that Hina had a slight bump around the middle. She jumped up and down in excitement, forgetting about the embarrassing moment that happened with Kakashi.

"You're pregnant! Hina-sama! I'm so excited for you!" She said smiling. Hina Hyuga was what Yume called "A snow princess with a Sunny personality." She of course had the looks of a Hyuga and light lavender pearl eyes. She was very pretty in Yume's eyes. Hiashi merely huffed, but was pleased that the young Namikaze took notice of her teacher. Yume had a rough time writing and spelling when she was younger, so Hina Hyuga was her teacher. Yume still visited them when she could. "Yume-chan, thank you. I actually hope it'll be a girl." She said as she winked at Yume. "Hina, it's too early to tell." He said in an official voice. Then, "It'll be a boy. A strong boy that will be worthy of the Hyuga clan name." He said with a bit of pride in his voice.

Yume giggled. "Hiashi-sama, Don't jinx it. Maybe the girl will be a possibility. And she will be pretty strong I'll bet." She said smiling. Hina chuckled at Hiashi as he had a light blush of embarrassment in his face. He cleared his throat and crossed his arms; trying to regain what little pride he had left. "Congrats, Hyuga-sama. I wish you luck with the new member of the Hyuga clan." She said as she bowed in respect. They bowed back. "Don't get into trouble now Yume-chan." Hina said as she smiled brightly at Yume. "I won't." Yume smiled back. "I doubt it… I need to check my koi pond again." He said as he glared at Yume. Yume smiled innocently and left the couple to get to Minato and Kushina.

Hina turned to her husband. "Hiashi, I'm sure from the last time, she learned her lesson from switching out your Koi pond with goldfish crackers. Now, we should be getting back home. Hizashi challenged you to a sparring match." Hina said smiling. Hiashi shook his head. "I know…but we could easily take the long way home." He said as he looked up at the night sky. Hina blushed. Her husband sure knows how to be a romantic, even if he doesn't show it. She giggled. "Of course." She smiled brightly.

Yume went through the white arch and saw that the backyard of the Namaikaze home was completely empty, save for Minato, Kushina, and Jiraiya. Yume sighed in exasperation. She has to clean everything up. Oh well, there's nothing like a shadow clone jutsu that could clean things up. She walked over to her small family, if you can count Jiraiya as family, and smiled. Kushina noticed Yume immediately.

"Yume, where have you been? You missed out on the tossing of the bouquet and the cutting of the cake, which was fabulous by the way, and you wouldn't believe who caught the bouquet." Kushina gushed. Yume shook her head. "Who caught the bouquet?" She asked smiling. Kushina giggled uncontrollably. "Tsunade. Oh my gosh, I don't think I've seen her so shell-shocked in my entire life. I think I tossed it too hard and it just landed in her hands as she was greeting the last of the guests." She said as she giggled madly. Yume couldn't help but giggle along.

Kushina then shook her head. "Then Jiraiya popped up beside her and, well, I don't know what was said, but he got a mouthful of flowers and a punch to the face." Kushina gestured at she smiled. Jiraiya popped up and Yume could see the black eye he has. Yume shook her head and sighed. "You never learn, huh, Jiraiya-sensei?" She said. "And he never will." Minato said as he walked up behind his wife and hugged her close. "Sorry Sensei, but you have to give up one of these days." Minato chuckled. Jiraiya merely crossed his arms and gave a huff. "Don't worry, I'm sure one of these days, Tsunade will turn around." He said confidently. "I wouldn't count on it. If you and her work out, I'll pay you 100 ryo." Yume said smiling. "You're on." Jiraiya said as Yume and him shook hands, both grinning.

Minato shook his head smiling. Then he frowned as he looked around seeing the mess that needs to be cleaned up. Yume bumped her hip against his and he looked down. "I'll handle the cleanup. You and Kushina can go on that Honeymoon. Hiruzen did say he would take over for the next two weeks." Yume winked at her older brother. Minato felt bad that he would be leaving his sister here, but she understood that even the Yellow Flash of Konoha needs a break.

Kushina pecked her husband's cheek and said, "Yume will be fine. Jiraiya will be here to look after her before he leaves in a week and Yume can take care of herself." Minato looked at his wife uncertainly and reluctantly agreed. "Hey Nii-san. I suggest you get moving. The longer you wait, that harder it is for me to get some nieces or nephews to come sooner." She grinned slyly. Minato's patience broke and he chased his little sister around the yard, Kushina laughing all the way. Yume got chased into the house and Minato, being the fastest ninja alive, tackled her into the floor and did the most absolute horrible thing to Yume…Tickling her.

After a few minutes of giving grief to Yume, both brother and sister sat up and just grinned at each other. "You sure you are going to be fine Yume-chan?" Minato said as he ruffled her hair. Yume gave a sound of annoyance and pushed his hand away. "I'll be fine. Don't worry. If Jiraiya isn't here, I'll chill at Shikaku-sensei's place. Or I can have a few girl friends to come over and have sleepovers. I will be fine. I'm a big girl. I can handle myself. And if anything were to happen, I know the Hiraishin Jutsu to get to the Safe house." She said as she scootched closer to her brother.

Minato smiled gently at his little sister. Since their parents died when she was just 2 years old, him just graduated from Genin to Chunin at age 12, he always made it a priority to protect her. Even trying to teach her the jutsus he would make so that she could use them against enemies that would try and kill her. But when he heard about Kushina being kidnapped many years back, she was just 3 at the time and he didn't want to leave her home alone. But it seemed that she understood what was gong on and she, with her baby like temper, pushed him out of the house and said, "Kushi need help. You go help Kushi!" She said with her pout.

Even then, Yume seemed to know that he really liked Kushina. And though Yume doesn't remember much about what happened when Kushina was kidnapped, he always thanked her for pushing him out of the house and finding her. Now here she is 14, almost fifteen, and just as crazy as Kushina, she was telling him to go and enjoy his time with his wife. Minato nodded at her and hugged her. "Okay, You be careful okay. NO BOYS IN THE HOUSE." He said as he glared at her. Yume gave him a 'Are you kidding me?' look. "Nii-san…I know the rules. Now get out of here and have fun with your wife. I expect souvenirs and pictures." Yume grinned as she got up and pushed her brother out of the house.

An hour later, Minato and Kushina left the household leaving Yume to clean up the yard. It would take up most of the night. There was ramen bowls everywhere –luckily, they were disposable- and she had a lot to do. She felt too lazy to do a shadow clone jutsu, side affect after being with a certain lazy Nara-sensei. So she just cleaned up as much as possible. She looked at the orange, red and yellow streamers and decided to leave them up there; Kushina told Yume that once she got back, she was going to paint the house, much to the horror of Minato. The red chairs were put away and the tables were all in the shed, all the trash she picked up was now currently being burned in the firehouse that was behind the compound.

Jiraiya decided to bunk up in the guest room for the time being and he didn't want to help clean up. So Yume was currently alone. She looked up at the stars and thought back of what happened between her and Kakashi. "What did he want to tell me?" She asked herself as she looked for constellations. "If it wasn't about the pink hair," She giggled at the thought, "then what did he want to talk about?" She said quietly.

She thought back when she thought he had a fever, but he said he didn't have one. So…he was blushing? No. Hatake Kakashi doesn't blush. He's too cool for that. Right? But hey, he's human right?

Tired of thinking, she blew out the only light source on the porch and went inside to prepare for bed, she swore she heard something in the forest and turned back to figure out when it was. She was about to take out a hidden kunai, when she saw a squirrel dash across the yard. She exhaled a breath she was holding and went inside. Think of pranks she could get away with while her brother was gone; grinning like a maniac, she went to bed and slept easily. Thinking of a certain silver haired ninja and the sweet warmth of home.

TAL21: Okay, short chapter, but i'm afraid that you guys will not have an update until two weeks have passed. I'm currently busy with dealing with the Donation of clothes, food, and money to people that have lost their home in the Charlotte Fire in my hometown. 66 families lost their homes and it is devastating. So i hope you guys can be patient enough to wait two weeks until I post the next chapter. I hope you enjoyed the story so far! It's only going to get better from here on out! And I'm actually hoping to ask if people who have great drawing skills to draw Yume If possible and if you want to. But if not, then oh well. XD Remember to Keep of Reading and Imagining! Also, REVIEWS AND OPINIONS ARE APPRECIATED! :D