AN: OMG! Some of you will get your wish! Yes, in the end, I will make it very VERY VERRRRRRRRRRRY sad! I promise you that! (Maybe I should change the genre to tragedy/ angst) Thank god you people told me to write longer chapters! I looked back and thought so too, that they were way too short! Anywho, here's another chapter! BRING ON THE FLUFFINESS! School is starting, so I can't update as fast anymore…I'm not allowed on the computer on the weekdays…

Oh...I see...Sorry

Minato kicked a stone and watched it bounce a few times before stopping. He looked up at the crying sky. There was a loud crashing sound coming from the Hokage tower that was soon followed up by large amounts of yelling and then a figure storming down the stairs—Tsunade.

"Oi, daijoubu?"

"Peachy…"

She replied. The sky started to thunder, rain pelted down harder on the rooftops.

"What happened?"

"The Chief Elders denied that there ever was an assassin after Naruto!"

Minato growled. The rain suited his mood just fine.

"Where is he anyways?"

"Dunno. Probably off training or something."

Minato shrugged.

"Have you told him yet?"

A grim look creased his facial features.

"I'm taking that as a no."

The two sat inside a bar, Tsunade drinking sake like it was water.

"Naruto told me what happened with the third."

"That's good. Now I save myself the explanation. But I'm still a little mad that you didn't tell him yet that he is your son."

"You don't understand, I was about to, but chickened out for one reason…"

"And that is…?"

"Something stupid happened, I went to look for him, met up with someone, found him and went to the same ramen store that the man that I spoke with earlier. I told him that Naruto was my son. He let it slip in front of Naruto that he was 'glad that I found my son.' Naruto's reaction was not pretty…"

"What, did he tear up the place?"

"I wish… he went and asked why, I told him that if I told them that he was my comrade, they'd say he could protect himself, but then he went to say that it was better than being called my son…"

Minato eyed the sake and took a long drink until it vanished from the cup. Tsunade didn't comment. The room held tension in the air as the constant ticking of a clock went heard.

The room was silent, and only then did he notice that it was empty. The thunder and lightning lit up the room and made the lights go out. The generator soon went up and held up secondary lights.

"Take a break from the kid. He stopped fighting with you, didn't he?"

"Up to a certain limit, but yes."

"Did you tell him why you sealed Kyuubi in him?"

"The boy is stubborn, if he does care, his ego is way too big for him to admit it."

"Yeah…you're right…"

"I'm sorry Hokage-sama…but we have to close. The generator isn't working properly…"

"I'll be done in a minute."

"Ah, hai."

The bar tender went back to put up some more chairs.

"Listen, if you want the brat to listen to you, then you just have to smooth your way into his life. Just interfere little by little. I've got it!"

She suddenly stood up, veering off to one side because of lightheadedness, but nonetheless, clenched a fist and smiled.

"Teach him a justsu! That'll score you at least friend points!"

"Sit down, you're starting to sound like a kid. I'm trying to score fatherly points. You don't have a kid; you don't know what it's like."

"I had a brother, it was worse I can imagine. He was almost exactly…"

She trailed off and sat down, taking a rather large swing of sake, not wanting to go into a depression. The bar tender placed a bill on the table, Minato noting it and quickly taking his leave, Tsunade growling as she had to take care of the bill.

Naruto locked the door behind him, watching the lightning outside. He looked down to see a certain blond Hokage passing through the empty streets. He felt somewhat bad for him, to watch him outside alone. Something kept nagging him in the back of his mind to go and keep him company.

'I'll follow him for a bit…'

He thought to himself before concealing his chakra and quietly following him.

Minato knew that Naruto was following him. His chakra was faint, but it was still there. He hadn't been taught how to conceal it properly yet, that would mean. But, he let Naruto have his fun and let him follow.

He took a few turns until he reached a mansion. He pulled out keys and opened the gate, 'forgetting' to lock it. Naruto snuck inside and then stopped, looking up at the mansion.

"Like my home?"

"That is not a home… that is a castle-"

Naruto looked beside him to see Minato. His jaw fell to the floor.

"I hate you, you know that?"

"I love you too, Naruto."

Naruto crossed his arms and looked away.

"What are you doing outside anyways? You're getting wet."

"So? I'm gonna go nuts if I stay inside any longer! I want a mission!"

"After the last one?"

"Nothing will compare to the last one."

A foxy smirk crossed his face as he thought back to the events. There was a sudden burst in a distance. The two spun their heads around to see that a building was ablaze.

Naruto's eyes widened as he realized the block where the fire was. He saw the fire quickly spreading to the two building beside it. The two blonds looked at each other and nodded, running towards the flame.

Naruto clenched his fists, seeing that one of the buildings was his apartment. It was the second one to burst into flame.

"The building just burst into flames! I don't know how it happened!"

A man cried out to his friend.

"Perfect…great…."

He turned on his heel and began walking away as fast as he could. One bad thing after another and it wasn't doing him any good. He could start to feel a headache coming on.

"That was your place?"

"Yeah…"

He replied gruffly.

"Why don't you stay at my place tonight?"

Minato walked backwards in front of Naruto. He stopped and then thought a bit. He could dig up a little dirt on him... maybe a little info on his background… NO! Absolutely NOT!

"Come on…you wanna spend another how many nights at a hotel?"

Naruto cursed under his breath. Minato thought back to what Tsunade said.

"How 'bout I teach you a cool jutsu?"

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Naruto put aside all his anger and marched happily beside Minato, grinning like an idiot.

'Can't believe that the hag was right for once…'

Minato ran his hand through his hair, watching Naruto.

"So, I guess you're staying the night?"

"Only if you teach me that cool jutsu like you said you would!"

There was a long pause.

"Okay."

"YATTA!"

There was a smile that carefully slipped its way onto Minato's face.

"I'm inviting Jiraiya. I want you to run and get Kakashi for me."

"Kakashi? Why him? He's too lazy to come on time for a mission!"

"Just get him here. I'm asking you this favor."

Naruto couldn't protest. He was far too happy for that. He was going to learn a new jutsu! Nothing could make him mad now! Not even Sasuke-teme!

Naruto nodded, smiling broadly.

"If you're going to teach me that super cool jutsu, then I'll go get Ero-sennin too!"

"Efficient. Maybe I should teach you one everyday…you'll be my personal little slave."

"Watch it! It doesn't mean that I'll turn into a mindless zombie!"

Minato laughed, seeing Naruto put on a mad/pouty face on.

"I'd like that. I'm guessing that your clothes were burned as well…"

"Tch..."

He growled, nodding.

"I'll get some out for you. They're old, but they'll fit you…I hope. I don't want to take care of you if you catch a cold."

"I'm in a good mood so I'll pretend you didn't say that."

Naruto began running off to find the two perverts.

"Kakashi-sensei!"

"Oh, Naruto. What are you doing outside? And how do you know where I live?"

"Uh…um…I have a surprise for you! Do you know where Ero-sennin is?"

"Let's see…there are only a few places for people of his caliber…"

Naruto sighed, smacking his head.

"Follow me! I need to find him and then I have to take you somewhere!"

"Oh? And where's that?"

"It's a surprise!"

Kakashi sighed and closed his book, starting to lazily follow Naruto.

Naruto somehow managed to get Jiraiya to follow him after finding him at the bar, and without letting him on in front of Kakashi.

"It's just around this corner!"

"Naruto…where are we going? I'm getting wet…"

Kakashi asked him in a monotone voice.

"Never were patient, were you, Kakashi?"

Kakashi spun around to see the only the brick wall and a gate behind him. Naruto looked up at a window and saw it open, Minato smiling broadly from the window at Naruto, whom couldn't help but smile himself back towards him.

"Just go inside…"

"Now why would I want to do that?"

"Just do it, Kakashi. I think you'll like it more than my books!"

"Now that's hard to believe…"

Naruto laughed, wanting to see his reaction.

"I'm leaving."

Kakashi started to walk away when a hand stopped right in front of his face, stopping him dead in his tracks.

"I told you that you were never patient."

Kakashi blinked twice before registering who was standing right in front of him.

"Yondaime-sama!"

"Well, now. It seems that you still haven't gotten word about me."

"You're fake, aren't you? There's no way you can be alive."

"I'm hurt."

Kakashi stared in wonder at Naruto, unbelieving what was going on.

"I'm going. He isn't real. I'm probably under some jutsu and you're all laughing at me."

He started to go when a hand stopped on his shoulder, making him jump.

"I'm real, Kakashi."

One blink…twice…three times…

"Kai…"

Kakashi brought his fingers into a single hand seal, Minato's smirk only widening.

"So?"

"Naruto…here's some money…go buy some chocolate dumplings and keep the change."

"EHH? But I want to learn a cool new jutsu from the Hokage-baka!"

"Do this for me and I'll teach you another one."

"OSU!"

Naruto began to run towards the pastry shop, hoping that the previous lightning hadn't forced the shop to close. There was another bolt, forcing Naruto against a building.

'Aw man…I thought it was over…maybe I'll go back….NO! How dare I think like that! I'm going to learn two jutsus!'

Naruto ran until he reached one pastry shop, finding it just about to close.

"M-matte! I need to get something!"

"I'm sorry, but the place is closed…"

"Please! I need to get chocolate dumplings for my…er… sick father! He's on the verge of dying and he requested that a chocolate dumpling should be his last meal!"

The tiny old woman, who looked to be in her late 70's, peered forwards through her thick spectacles at Naruto.

"Come closer…I don't know what you look like…I'm almost as blind as a bat!"

Naruto silently thanked whoever was watching over him from above.

"So will you help me, lady? I heard that they sell the best dumplings here and I really, really need some!"

"Of course…you poor thing… I'll give them to you for free…"

She turned around and fumbled with her keys to unlock the door, going inside.

Naruto then thought back to what he said… what came over him to say something like that?

"Here you go, dearie…hopefully, he will make it past tonight."

"Thank you, lady."

Naruto waved and hurried back towards Minato's place.

Naruto came in the house to hear…laughing? From…Kakashi? It wasn't one of those annoying chuckles or one single 'heh' that he usually did, but it was…Laughing!

"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SENSEI?"

Naruto dropped the dumplings on the floor with a soft thud, water streaming down from his clothes.

"Naruto! Thank you for getting those! Minato-sensei has told me what happened on your mission!"

"Oh shit…"

There was nothing in particular that was wrong with the mission…it was because Naruto went with him.

"You sound like you had fun with Toshiro."

"Uh…yeah…You can call it that."

"Naruto, here."

Minato threw him some dry clothes.

"You're spending the night here? I don't want you trailing water all over the place."

"Minato, why don't you send him home?"

"What home? Didn't you see the fire? The ANBU are checking it out and trying to find out how it happened."

Minato practically yelled, surprising them all.

"Um…ahehe…"

He scratched his head and sat down. Naruto put the dumplings on the table and went to go change.

Naruto wasn't a person who liked charity from people, but he felt like he could accept this. It was a white t-shirt with black shoulders and navy blue pants with six pockets on it. Nothing special about it…until he stuck his hand in one of the pockets and found a picture.

"Who's…oh…"

Naruto saw that it was a picture of Minato and another woman.

"I see…"

He put the picture on the bathroom counter and stared at it, in almost a trance.

"It's your wife…"

AN: OMG! GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN! STUPID ME! I'M SO SORRY! SCHOOL STARTED AND THEN I COULDN'T GET BACK TO THIS! DON'T KILL MEEEEE!