Minato turned to Jiraiya after he realized his sensei had told him to sit down. "Sensei could I… Speak to you in private?" He asked meekly much in a way that Minato would've asked before he met Shura.

Jiraiya slowly got up and walked with Minato into an empty hallway with them in the clinic.

"Sensei." Minato said being the first out of the two to speak "Did you know that Shura's a girl?" He asked looking up at Jiraiya who sweat dropped

'Oh so now he figures it out?' Jiraiya couldn't help but think bitterly then he put on a fake surprised look "Shura's a girl!" he exclaimed half-heartedly, Minato stared up at his sensei in disbelief.

"YOU KNEW!" He screamed in anger before punching his Sensei "Of all the things I said to you during that mission you didn't bother to once correct me when I called Shura the wrong sex!" Minato screamed in anger at his Sensei who was rubbing the large knot on his head that was forming from Minato's extremely strong punch "I was questioning my sexuality! Damnit Jiraiya! If you would've told me sooner maybe this wouldn't have happened!" Minato shouted shocking Jiraiya never once had Minato just called him just Jiraiya. Sure Shura has but that's because of Shura's lack of respect for authority in general.

Minato slowly began to calm down he had to admit he felt a bit better after that outburst. But he felt a bit bad for hitting his sensei.

"It wasn't my place." Jiraiya spoke up, Minato didn't seem to hear what he said and asked "huh?"

"It wasn't my place." Jiraiya repeated himself, "Shura asked Tsunade, Orchimaru, Sarutobi-sensei, and I to keep her real gender to ourselves. So I thought if Shura wanted to tell you her real gender she would've told you. Anyway Minato how did you find out Shura's a girl?" Minato blushed at the last part; he didn't feel like saying it "Come on Minato I want to know." Jiraiya pressed on

"I… When I was cleaning her wound I had to look under her shirt and… I saw… bindings." Minato said weakly earning a loud laugh from Jiraiya

"Oh my God! That's just great! You couldn't figure it out without looking under her shirt!" Jiraiya shouted laughing at Minato's denseness "S-Shut up!" Minato shouted blushing darkly

"N-No! I can't I have to tell Orchimaru and Tsunade! They're going to get a kick out of this!" Jiraiya shouted before running off to find Orchimaru because Tsunade was currently busy.

Minato stood there in shock for a few minutes then Fugaku walked over to where he was.

"Namikaze, Lady Tsunade says it's okay for you to see Shura now." He said gruffly knocking Minato out of his trance. Minato eagerly headed back to Shura's room.

The room was a usual hospital room nothing special about it. Since the day was almost ending orange and yellow rays of sunlight came through the window hitting Shura's sleeping face.

"I managed to get to the poison before it could do serious damage." Tsunade said walking in the room after Minato "But it still took a toll on Shura's body. She'll be resting for quite some time." Tsunade spoke not even remembering to call Shura he rather than she.

Minato quietly walked over to Shura's side and held onto her hand.

"I wish… I knew she was a girl before this." Minato said surprising Tsunade who thought that Minato didn't know Shura was girl.

"How did you…?" Tsunade stared to say but Minato cut her off "Jiraiya will tell you later." Minato said his voice barely above a whisper "Can I be alone with her?" Minato asked looking at Tsunade with pleading eyes, Tsunade nodded and left the room shutting the door behind her.

Days had passed since then Minato would've stayed every moment beside Shura but his parents always came to the hospital and carried him home whenever he had fell asleep in Shura's room. Minato asked the Hokage for leave from missions and spent most of his days stopping by Shura's apartment and making sure everything was clean and nice for when Shura woke up and stopping by Shura's room to leave flowers there for her and sit there for hours just talking to Shura.

Some of the villagers found it heartbreaking that poor Minato Namikaze had to go through this at a young age and would send their condolences through food or gifts to Shura and Minato.

But that only made Minato angry because everyone was acting as though Shura was dead. She wasn't dead she was just asleep.

For Minato's parents it almost broke their hearts to come into the room to see Minato lying right beside Shura on the hospital bed. With his head pressed against her chest to make sure she was still breathing.

Most every one of Shura's friends or people that she had met was on edge. Many people swore they hadn't seen the Hyuuga twins Hiashi and Hizashi and a sourer mood before. Tsume didn't want anything to do with dogs which worried her family. Shibi always had a buzzing sound following him and would often lash out on anyone who looked at him the wrong way.

Fugaku stayed in his family's compound constantly training regardless as to whether or not he was assigned a mission. Kushina well Kushina was just feeling like crap because of what she had caused to happen. The glares she got from the others didn't help much ether. But the more fierce glares came from Minato himself who just glared at everyone angrily whenever Shura was mentioned. The only people he didn't lash out on were Tenchi from the ramen stand, the hokage, and Tsunade.

No one had seen Minato like this before; he had even lashed out on Orchimaru when he was joking about how Minato found out Shura was girl. Minato just stared at him dully then smiled and told him that if he ever spoke about Shura again that he was going to give him a new meaning to the word pain.

It had been almost a week now since Shura came back from the mission, Tsunade was surprised with the potency of the poison to have this much effect on Shura's body. But finally in the middle of the night with Minato lying next to her Shura woke up.

"Ugh I feel worse than I did when I was hit by that truck." Shura grumbled to herself then looked down at Minato who was curled up beside her with his head on her chest making sure she was breathing. "Aw." Shura couldn't help but coo then she patted Minato's head in amusement.

Minato groaned in his sleep and slowly woke up and stared at Shura who stared back grinning.

"Sup?" Shura said cheekily, Minato's eyes widened and he tackled her in a hug crying. "Hey Minato what's wrong? Tell me their names so I can kick their asses for making you cry! I bet it was that damn Uchiha!" Shura said in her usual way only making Minato cry even more because of how much he had missed hearing Shura say things like that.

After Minato calmed down Shura stared to notice her surroundings "Well I'll be a monkey's uncle I'm in a hospital! What is this the fiftieth time?" Shura mused mostly to herself she was about to go on but Minato kissed her.

Once he pulled away he hugged her again "Don't ever try to save someone's life again!" He mumbled into Shura's shoulder.

Shura was pretty confused but Minato explained everything that had happened over the past few days.

"Oh so you finally found out I'm a girl! Darn and I was looking forward to pretending to be the guy in the relationship!" Shura teased only to earn a laugh from Minato. Shura smiled and bushed some longer hairs out of Minato's face "Dude, you need a haircut." Shura said smiling; Minato only smiled back and hugged her again

"Are you going to spend most of your time now hugging me? Because if you are going to the bathroom will be very awkward." Shura joked Minato sniffled a bit and pulled away and got off of the bed.

Minato wiped his eyes and smiled "Do you need anything?" He asked "I bought you some new clothes since your last ones where ruined." Minato explained holding up a bag of clothes Shura's size. "If you're hungry I can go get you something to eat Tenchi still has his ramen stand open." Minato said smiling at Shura as the moonlight hit him and Shura got to get a good look at him.

It looked like Minato barely ate or slept the whole time she was asleep. Shura frowned and got up.

"How about this Minato, I'll get dressed in whatever you have there and you and I will go out and get something to eat and then come back here and go back to sleep." Shura said smiling at Minato who's face lit up at the thought of that then it dimmed down.

"But you-." Minato went to say but was cut off by Shura putting her finger on his lips "Don't worry I've been asleep for almost a week I'm sure I'm a lot better off than what you think I am." Shura said reassuring Minato then heading to the bathroom with the back of clothes that Minato and bought for her.

Shura came out in darker khaki shorts with normal sandals on with bandages wrapped around her legs. A black shirt with some fishnet over it and a sleeveless jacket/vest with a hood on the back and with a Namikaze symbol stitched on the back; Minato smiled when he saw that she was wearing the jacket but he was glad that Shura didn't seem to know what the symbol meant on the back. It was a bit of wishful thinking on Minato's part but he could dream if he wanted to.

"Nice! Wow Minato you have good taste!" Shura said smiling at Minato after looking at herself in the mirror. Minato smiled at the complement "Well originally I was going to get you more girly looking clothes but when I mentioned to my parents that you were a girl they said not to because you seemed to like baggy boyish clothes better." Minato explained smiling at Shura who smiled back.

'Good thing I told his parents that otherwise I'd be wearing a skirt.' Shura thought to herself then she grinned at Minato and grabbed his hand jumping out the window with him heading for the ramen bar.

Tsunade smiled at the door way to Shura's room, they were just too cute together. She was happy that Shura was awake now Minato was a nightmare without her. (Quite literally to poor Orchimaru). The two teens jumped from roof top to roof top until they made it to Ichigaku's ramen stand. They sat down on the stools together and Tenchi smiled brightly.

"I see Shura has woken up! I'm so happy for you Minato! You know what eat as much as you want it's on the house!" Tenchi said smiling at the two teens who nodded.

"Tenchi that will be the worst mistake you've made!" Shura said grinning at the cook who grinned back "Oh yeah?" he asked curiously Shura smiled "I've been asleep for almost a week and haven't ate a thing! So you might have to close the shop down because of your mistake of saying it's on the house!" Shura said earning a laugh from the cook and Minato

Shura didn't live up to what Tenchi thought she would, Shura only ate maybe five bowls of ramen while Minato ate twenty.

"I thought you said-." Tenchi said to Shura who smiled "I didn't say I would make you broke." She replied while Minato was eating the last bit of his ramen. Tenchi chuckled happy that Minato was eating like he should. Every time he came over to the stand he only ate a small bowl of ramen and sometimes Minato couldn't finish it now Minato was eating the large bowls like they were nothing.

"Done." Minato announced taking in a deep breath "Thank you Tenchi-san!" He said now back to his old polite self before grabbing Shura and walking off back towards the hospital.

"Yeah thanks old man!" Shura said grinning as she waved bye while being dragged off by Minato.

Tenchi chuckled then muttered "I'm not that old." Then he turned to the twenty five dirty bowls "However I am too old for this." He said sweat dropping at the sheer amount

"Shura you didn't seem to eat much are you sure you're full?" Minato asked concerned, Shura smiled "I'm fine Minato geeze! I eat perfectly normal for a person my age." Shura went on reminding Minato Shura was a girl so she wouldn't eat as much as he would.

'Wow it's so easy to forget.' Minato thought surprised, Shura looked around town as it now became more festive.

"Wow! They really cleaned up this place for the festival huh?" Shura said grinning turning to Minato as the light reflected in her eyes. Minato blushed at the sight and nodded quietly just enjoying hearing the sound of Shura's voice.

Minato then tightened his grip on Shura's hand and smiled softly. 'Mrs. Shura Namikaze… That sounds nice.' Minato thought adsentmindly when he glanced at his clan's symbol on the back of Shura's new jacket he had got her. Minato just watched as Shura looked around at the different lights and shapes of lanterns. "Wow I didn't know they could make lanterns shaped like that!" Shura exclaimed like a little kid her face lighting up in amazement.

Before they knew it they had made it back to the hospital and Minato and fell back asleep in the hospital bed with Shura asleep.

The next morning came and Minato's parents walked in and where surprised at the sight on the back of Shura's jacket.

"Ugh…" Mrs. Namikaze said awkwardly waking Minato up

"Oh hiiii Mom! Hiii Dad!" Minato said smiling happily at them surprising them even more, the sound of Minato's voice woke Shura up and Shura jumped behind Minato.

"Don't choke me!" Shura shouted earning a laugh from Minato, Minato's father sighed.

"Minato can I speak to you out in the hallway for just a moment." He said, Minato shrugged and walked outside closing the door behind him leaving Minato's Mom in there with Shura alone.

"So ugh you woke up." Mrs. Namikaze said nervously shifting her stance "Hey Shura do you know what the sign means on the back of your jacket?" She asked suddenly, Shura blinked then took her jacket off to look at it "Why no I do not!" Shura said after a moment

"It's Minato's clan symbol." His mother said making Shura fall over off the bed, she was just about to check on Shura but Shura jumped up.

"What! I'm not a part of your clan! Why would Minato give me something like this?" Shura shouted confused, Mrs. Namikaze choked up a bit. Minato gave her that? That would only mean… then suddenly Minato's mom ran over and hugged Shura crying tears of joy. This only confused Shura more.

"For the last time I'm not a guy so please get off!" Shura said thinking that Minato's mom might be another lady Kimi incident

"YOU WHAT!" Came from the outside of the door to Shura's room

"This can't be good." Shura said aloud deadpanning at the sound of Minato's Dad's voice.

"Yes I do and I don't care what you think!" Minato shouted back at his father who then well fainted from the shock

Nurses rushed over then rushed Minato's father off to get checked to see what happened.

"That went better than I thought it would." Minato said to himself before going back into the room to see his mother hugging Shura.

"Minato help!" Shura said pleadingly Minato smiled and pulled his Mom off of her only to have his mom attack him in a hug.

"My little boy is growing up!" Minato's mom sobbed into Minato's shoulder. "What in the world is she talking about?" Shura exclaimed waving her arms about in the air.

Minato blushed then averted his eyes. "Well…" He said blushing darkly Minato's Mom let go of Minato deciding it was best for Minato to explain what the sign on Shura's jacket meant. So she left the room closing the door behind her.

"Hey where'd my husband go?" Mrs. Namikaze said looking around for Mr. Namikaze

Shura stared at Minato "Minato you better tell me what this means because I don't want to be wearing it if I'm not supposed to." Shura said seriously not liking the idea of very powerful Namikaze clan members attacking her.

"No!" Minato shouted suddenly as if panicking "I mean no it's okay! It's just w-… when someone from the Namikaze clan gives someone who's not from the clan something with the symbol on it traditionally… It means one of three things…" Minato said trailing off at the end. Shura leaned in close to try to hear what he said but she couldn't

"And those three things are…?" Shura asked only making Minato nervous "Don't look at me like that!" He shouted suddenly after Shura stared at him for a few moments. Shura blinked confused "Like that?" She asked staring at him waiting for an answer.

"Like that! It's like you're using your eyes to bore into my soul or something!" Minato shouted his voice squeaking from how nervous he was. Shura sighed and folded her arms "Look Minato let's just make it easier for you blurt out what it means and then I'll give you a five second head start if it's something bad." Shura said firmly. Minato gulped then nodded.

"F-Fair enough…" He said then took a deep breath "It can ether mean you took my virginity, we're getting married, or I'm in love with you!" Minato shouted with his face red, Shura's response was her jaw hanging open when she realized what he said.

Then she gathered herself and said "It better be you're just in love with me 'cause Shura don't play that game!" earned a sigh of relief from Minato. "Eh?" she asked not understanding

Minato smiled a bit and fiddled with his sleeves "Well I am in love with you. So that's why I gave you that. I'm just glad you aren't mad." He said explaining quietly then he rushed over and hugged Shura "I'm so glad you didn't reject me." Minato said his voice muffled a bit

"I'm just glad you didn't take advantage of my comatose state and do one of the other meanings!" Shura joked making Minato faint at the thought "Uh Minato? Minato? Oh great now your parents are going to think I did something!" Shura said shaking Minato "damnit Minato." Shura grumbled

After getting Minato to wake back up, Shura and Minato where just about to head out of the hospital when Tsunade grabbed Shura by the end of her hood, "Just because you woke up Shura doesn't mean you're fully healed! Some spores of the poison might still be floating around in your blood stream! You can't just heal over night!" Tsunade said holding Shura a couple feet off the floor

Shura turned to Tsunade and smiled "Well Tsunade that's where you're wrong! I haven't just healed over night! I've been here a week and obviously I'd heal faster because I'm not old like you." Shura said teasingly Tsunade's eye twitched then a vane popped out of her forehead. Shura slipped out of her jacket just as Tsunade threw a punch. Grabbed Minato then ran off laughing with Minato in her arms.

"Bye-Bye Old lady!" Shura shouted turning around and sticking her tongue out at Tsunade. "Shura you get back here!" Tsunade shouted running after her. Shura let out a laugh and did one handed hand signs and before Tsunade knew it all that was left of Minato and Shura was a pile of leaves on the floor. Tsunade gawked "Maybe next time I get sick I should eat some of that ramen too. It seems to do wonders." She muttered to herself thoughtfully

One Shura and Minato reappeared Minato looked around smiling "Hey Shura where are we?" Minato asked only to have Shura turn around to something and not laugh.

"FUCK!" Shura shouted then she was tackled by none other than Fugaku. "Fuck is right! Namikaze why didn't you tell me Shura woke up?" Fugaku said holding a kunai to Shura's throat while on top of her back side. Minato sweat dropped 'He has a weird way of showing Shura he cares.' Minato thought exasperated "that's because she just woke up last night." Minato said making Fugaku look confused

"She?" He asked getting up off of Shura "I thought Shura was a guy." He said picking Shura up by the back of her collar on her shirt. Shura thought she'd be funny and do a pose. "Ether way I'm irresistible." Shura said purring and scratching under Fugaku's chin earning a laugh from Minato when Fugaku just dropped Shura.

"Gender doesn't matter you're still annoying." Fugaku muttered turning away with his face a new tint of pink. "Fugaku could you keep this to yourself because I don't want Shura to have to deal with a lot of male suitors chasing after her." Minato pleaded while Shura stood up

"I had a dream like that once! I was walking down the street and then suddenly when I passed this male suit store the suits came to life and started to chase me down the street! It was scary! I kept screaming for someone to help me but no one did." Shura exclaimed making Minato and Fugaku sweat drop. Fugaku smirked and turned to Minato "don't worry even if I didn't Shura wouldn't have to deal with that anyway." He said jokingly but much to his surprise Minato punched him.

"Don't ever talk about my Shura like that again! She is very attractive!" He shouted with a vane on his forehead sticking out "What the hell!" Fugaku shouted holding his now broken nose in his hands.

"Minato I think you should get your blood pressure checked because that vane on your forehead is sticking WAY out there." Shura said looking closely at Minato's forehead then Minato blinked "Where's your jacket?" he asked Shura blinked then looked around.

"It seems I left it back with Tsunade." Shura mused "I'll get it later." Shura said shrugging

Back with Tsunade a few minutes after Shura and Minato left. Tsunade looked down at the jacket in her hand 'wasn't Shura wearing this?' She thought to herself then her eyes widened remembering one of the possible meanings "I have to go tell the hokage I can't let Shura do that at such a young age!" Tsunade said to herself heading out

"Oh I know! Let's go visit the hyuuga's!" Shura shouted making Minato sweat drop "But didn't you say they were creepy?" Minato asked dully as Shura and he walked down the road away from the Uchiha compound of which they were now banned from.

"Yes but thanks to them you told me you didn't like the thought of me being with them! Then you made a move! So we should go thank them for their usual creepiness!" Shura said grinning making Minato sweat drop. But he didn't fight with her knowing she did have a point.

But unknown to them someone was watching them from afar. Then suddenly a shadow towered over Minato and Shura and they were tackled in a bear hug.

"Yay! You're awake!" Jiraiya said very childishly hugging both Minato and Shura tightly

"W-We ne-need an ad-adult!" Shura wheezed out while Minato wheezed out "W-we need a pa-paramedic!"

"The team is back together I'm so happy!" Jiraiya sang happily spinning both of the two teens around

"Minato if I die tell Fugaku I always hated him the most." Shura said her voice barely above a whisper due to lack of air.

Minato frowned "Put us down idiot!" Minato managed to shout angrily then he and Shura fell down on the ground. Minato helped Shura up and made sure she was okay then held her close to him and glared at Jiraiya. "She just got out of the hospital Jiraiya! She doesn't need to go back!" Minato spat with over protectiveness radiating off of him. Shura wasn't really honestly paying attention but was appreciating the fact she could breathe again. Jiraiya sighed and folded his arms.

"Minato Shura's not glass she's not going to break if someone looks at her the wrong way. I know you just got her back from the hospital but you can't protect her from every bump and scratch." Jiraiya scolded and then grinned "Besides I'm Shura's legal guardian I know what's best for her." Jiraiya said smugly making Shura's jaw drop to the ground

"LIKE HELL YOU DO!" Shura shouted tackling Jiraiya to the ground and screaming things like "I'm not living with you!" or "I want someone more responsible!" as she beat his head into the ground. Minato only watched dully as Shura and Jiraiya fought. He could help but feel a bit sentimental it was just like old times again. Or in real time about nine months ago maybe?

"WHY! Did the hokage agree to this?" Shura screamed in Jiraiya's face now shaking his head back in forth "Because I'm your sensei Shura-Chan! And I gave him my latest book as a present!" Jiraiya said with his eyes spinning and a couple of teeth missing. His voice sounded dazed and confused anyone could tell he had gotten used to Shura not beating him for a good while.

"You bribed that old fart?" Shura hissed then growled "Damn perverted old man." She spat then she thought of something "Wait why in the world would you want to be my guardian in the first place?" Shura asked confused

Jiraiya had gained his bearings back and pushed Shura off of him "Because someone had to sign the medical papers and I didn't want Tsunade or Orchimaru ruining all my fun when I took you on dangerously stupid trips when you got better!" Jiraiya said grinning cheekily; Shura scratched her cheek then smiled.

"You like me." She teased making Jiraiya flush "I do not!" He lied jumping up "I hate you! You're the worse student I ever had!" He shouted pointing at Shura who stood up and grinned ear to ear.

"You like me! You wanted me to be your kid! Should I call you Old man? Or even older man? Well you do have grey hair…" Shura said teasing Jiraiya flushed in anger at the last part "It's natural!" He screeched embarrassed that Shura was accusing of him of being old because of his hair.

"So is growing old Grandpa Jiraiya there's no need to try and hide it." Shura said patronizing him only making him angrier as Minato watched amused.

In the end evening came and Shura and Minato didn't really get anything done because of Jiraiya and Shura fighting.

"I cleaned your apartment while you were asleep and sent the gifts people sent you over here so your hospital room wouldn't be crowded." Minato said before opening the door with the spare key he had made for himself.

When he opened the door almost everything was sparkling clean. "AH MY EYES! TOO BRIGHT!" Shura shouted after looking at it for a moment then burying her head in Minato's chest "You're too good of a house wife." Shura said her voice muffled making Minato flush in embarrassment. Shura then pulled away and went inside. "Wow I got a lot of flowers." Shura said aloud looking at half her front room filled with flowers "Those are from me." Minato said looking at the ground at his feet blushing. Shura grinned "Aw!" She cooed making Minato blush harder "Who's all the sweets from?" Shura asked looking at her counters covered in cakes and other things like that

"Tsume apparently she cooks when she's upset. Who knew?" Minato said shrugging, Shura scooted a cake away from her after hearing that Tsume made it. "And the ninja gear?" Shura asked curiously

"Fugaku."

"No way."

"Yeah."

Shura was surprised the Uchiha even got her anything at all. Well she would've expected a card saying

"I hope you never get well and by the way I hate you. Hate –Fugaku Uchiha-." Then it would've had a skull and cross bones at the bottom above Fugaku's name in place of x's and o's.

"The girly clothes and bears?" Shura asked looking at the rack full of dresses and other girly clothes "Hizashi and Hiashi. How did they get your sizes in dresses and skirts anyway?" Minato said then questioned Shura curiously. Shura shuddered a bit "I don't know." She said creeped out. "Creepy." Minato said, Shura nodded in agreement with Minato.

"Hey look Shibi sent me an heiress butterfly!" Shura said running over to a cage with one butterfly in it "That's my favorite type- well next to the birdwing that is." Shura said grinning proudly at her knowledge on bugs. Minato twitched a bit when Shibi was mentioned.

He and Shibi had had a conversation and to put it short it consisted of Shibi saying that he wouldn't have let Shura get hurt so easily and had been able to protect her properly unlike Minato. (Not long after Shura went into a coma Minato found out Shibi knew Shura was girl) Needless to say they haven't spoken since. Minato didn't care what Shibi said, Shura was with him and Shibi was only mad because he was too slow to react.

But Minato managed to smile at Shura. As she jumped around from gifts to gifts. There was no way in hell or on earth that Minato would let Shibi steal Shura away.