Minato groaned to himself and wondered why he had agreed to doing this. Kushina grinned across from him, fully enjoying his pain.
"Why, Kushina? Why do you hate me?" he muttered. The redhead ignored him.
Kushina had decided that Minato had needed a new favorite food. She had taken it upon herself to bring him to the apartment the Hokage had given her and cook him dinner twice a week. So far nothing had replaced his ramen, and Minato had realized just how bad Kushina was at cooking.
"Please, can I have some ramen?" he asked desperately. Kushina shook her head.
"No. Ramen is unhealthy, and with your mother being a medical ninja I thought you would realize that. You need to eat healthier."
"But Mom doesn't care!"
"I care!"
Minato dropped his head onto the table with a whine. He was never going to get his way.
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The day Tsunade started teaching was one of the strangest days of Minato's life. One, Tsunade actually made ramen for breakfast, which only happened on Minato's birthday. It was not his birthday.
Second, Jiraiya was up before he went to school—also strange. The white-haired man only woke up after the clock struck ten; never before. Why he woke up early today, Minato would probably never know.
Third, Kaminari was nowhere to be seen. She was either hiding somewhere, or Tsunade had already let her out; Minato thought that the former was more likely.
And finally, Tsunade let Minato walk out the door with his pajamas still on, and only noticed when he tripped on his long pants and nearly fell.
All in all, Minato was freaked out. He didn't know what was going to happen at school, but truthfully, he didn't know if he wanted to know. Sometimes, it was just better not to question anything and move along as if nothing had happened.
And that was exactly what he did. Tsunade would only be teaching the older students medical ninjutsu; the younger kids were too inexperienced for the basics of it, so Minato wouldn't see his mother until the end of the day.
So Minato happily floated through his day, talking to Kushina and Mikoto, taking notes during class, and trying to forget the fact that his mother was teaching a class just down the hall. Without the Hokage's permission.
By the time Aki released his class, Minato had completely forgotten that he was supposed to meet Tsunade at the gates and nearly walked home alone.
Kushina grabbed the back of his shirt and shook her head. "Minato, you need to meet your mom, remember?"
He stared at her blankly before he remembered. "Oh, yeah! I completely forgot. Thanks, Kushina."
She smiled. "No problem. Just remember that next time."
"Yeah, yeah, see you later," he said as he walked back to the gates. He got there minutes before his mother showed up.
"Oh, there you are, Minato," Tsunade said. "For a moment I thought you forgot."
"Of course I didn't!" Minato said, coughing. "I would never forget that."
Tsunade shook her head, dropping her hand to his shoulder. "Sure, Minato."
A/N: I am so sorry! I have not written at all this summer, and this chapter is short, but I needed to write something so I could tell you what's going on. The last chapter I had written before school ended, but for some reason I didn't put it up. Don't know why, but now you're caught up with me. This is just a really short chapter so that I can start moving along in the plot, plus I probably won't have anything up for a while after this. Saturday I'm going to New York until Tuesday, I think, and then Wednesday I'm going to my friend's house until Friday. July 2nd I'm going back home, so basically, I've got a lot going on.
I'm really sorry about the short chapter. But it's late and I just felt really bad about not writing anything lately—I'm trying, I really am! I swear it! Anyways, please review, and I promise I will try to write on car rides and whatnot. Hopefully I can finish this story by the end of summer.