Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews and everything guys. I'm going to try and get through this fast enough to get to the next major arc in my story: the Quill Blade incident. Which will come after the massacre. So for now this will be just a few breather chapters. So anyone, and I mean anyone willing to be my beta? Here is the new chapter, enjoy. Oh and if you need to imagine some voices for Tsubaki and Yuri use the voices of Yoko Hikasa and Aki Toyosaki respectively. They are voices of Mio and Yui from K-ON! respectively.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto at all. I do own Yuri and Tsubaki though.
In the dead of night, a bald man was running through a forest,panting heavily as he did. He was wearing what seemed to be a Konoha jounin uniform. He had his forehead protector around his neck, but there was a long gash through the symbol. As he was running through the forest, the man kept turning his head behind him trying to see if his pursuers were right behind him. The man stopped behind a tree to rest and catch his breath. He knew he didn't have a lot of time. His pursuer wouldn't give him time to rest. Looking past the trunk of the tree he didn't see anyone there. "Thank goodness," the man mumbled.
Just as he said that, several chains made out of chakra blasted out from the ground and tied him to the tree. His arms were pinned to his sides so he wouldn't be able to do any jutsu and the man was struggling to get free. "Kanou Yanmaru," a voice sighed. Walking out from the shadows was Naruto, with his lion mask on, shaking his head at the bastard he caught. "Under the request of the Fire Daimyo, you are under arrest."
"What for?" Kanou demanded.
"What for?" Naruto repeated in a mocking tone. "Well, let's see. You defected from Konoha. You went to the Daimyo's palace, killed a few guards, attempted to rape his daughter, and then when you failed that you attempted to kill her." Naruto sighed. "If the samurai didn't arrive you probably would have had your balls cut off by that girl. I swear after that, when I went to get the mission she tried to freaking throw a kunai at my crotch." The blond shook his head. "To be honest Yanmaru-san, you're going to go to jail for a long time." Naruto saw the man was still struggling. "Don't bother you wouldn't be able to escape anyway, those seal off chakra."
Walking up to the guy, Naruto slammed his fist against the man temple knocking him out cold. Afterwards, he dispelled his chains only to remake them again a moment later so he wouldn't be stuck on the tree. The blond then started his long trek back to Konoha, dragging the man along with him.
(Hours later)
"Thanks Naruto-taicho (Captain). You had caught this man rather fast don't you think?" the man at the reception desk asked when Naruto brought in the rogue ninja. He had black hair and was wearing a jounin's uniform. The blond thirteen year old scratched the back of his head and laughed sheepishly.
"I had a lot of free time. Besides, my squad is on their vacation due to Itachi's orders. I decided to take an easy mission just to make some pocket money," Naruto explained.
"Now that you mention it, where is Itachi-taicho anyway?" Naruto waved his hand dismissively as he turned around to go home.
"He went on a boar hunting mission with his little brother, giving Sasuke some experience." Naruto stretched his arms and then cracked his neck. "Well Ichirei, I'll see you around. I'm going to head home for a bit. If any big case missions come up send for my squad."
"Don't you have to wait for Itachi-taicho to agree to it as well?" Naruto stopped at the door and nodded his head.
"Yeah." The blond then shrugged his shoulders and used a Raiton Shunshin to disappear from the building. Ichirei then shook his head.
"Those two...I swear, they are going to be put in the history books some day. I just hope they don't kill themselves to get there."
(With Naruto)
After returning to his home, the one he still shared with Tsunade and Shizune, Naruto changed out of his uniform and took a quick bath. Dressing up in an orange T-shirt, black shorts and a white vest, as well as tying his forehead protector around his bicep the blond went off to go look around for the day. "Wonder what I should do today?" he asked himself. It was only a little past noon since he took up the mission at seven o'clock and used Raiton no Yoroi all the way back.
As he stepped out of his room and through the home, he stopped in the living room for a few seconds to survey it. Back then, when he was seven, it was barren of most things and looked rather unwelcoming. Now, after five years, it was full of mementos of things he had accomplished over the past few years. All the missions he had went on, pictures of his birthdays, but what he liked he most was the center piece. Hanging on the far wall over the fireplace were to flak jackets. One was a lighter green then the other and less bulky. Right underneath of each were pictures. Underneath the olive green one was a picture of a bandaged Naruto with a cast, with Itachi in a very similar condition. On the frame it said 'Day we became chuunins'. The one under the forest green flack jacket had a ten year old Naruto and Itachi eating ramen, wearing their jackets. Naruto had his mouth full of ramen while smiling at the camera, while Itachi was blushing as a brown haired girl, Ayame of Ichiraku's Ramen, hugged him. On that frame said 'Victory lunch after first successful mission as jounins.' The blond smiled at his memories
"Man, I should stop reminiscing like that. I'm not an old man just yet," he said aloud. Closing the door behind him just as he left, Naruto decided to go to the academy first. "If I'm not mistaken it's the test for the genin right now...or at least should be over by now." Naruto then chuckled to himself. "Let's see just how my old classmates are doing." With that Naruto took to the roofs. After some few minutes of roof hopping he landed in the front gates of the Konoha Ninja Academy. He saw several families congratulating their kids. He saw one in particular he was familiar with. "Hana-chan! Tsume-sama!" Naruto greeted as he walked up to them. The two women looked towards his direction and smiled at him.
"Hey gaki," Tsume greeted back.
"What are you doing here Naruto?" Hana asked. Naruto grabbed his chest in pain.
"Is that how you greet a friend of yours now Hana-chan? I'm hurt," Naruto stated with mock hurt. The brown haired girl rolled her eyes and Naruto stood up straight. When he did, he saw that Hana had what he was looking for: a forehead protector. She was wearing it around her neck like a necklace. "Heh, seems like you passed the class eh kohai (junior, underclassmen, etc)."
"D-Don't call me that!" Hana spluttered. "Do you know how embarrassing it is to have a friend that is the same age as you and so many times higher in rank?" Naruto put a finger to his chin before shaking his head.
"Not really no." Hana pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. Naruto was laughing due to her reaction, and Tsume was as well.
"Well you do have to admit she is right gaki," Tsume stated after getting her bearings. "You're in ANBU and you're only thirteen years old. Not a lot of people could boast that. The very few I know who could are you, Itachi and your fa...I mean Hokage-sama. Sorry Naruto it just..."
"It's fine," Naruto waved off the comment as if it were nothing. "So are you guys going to celebrate this day?"
"Yeah, but a lot later. My idiot brother is still in class," Hana motioned towards a window where several seven year olds were staring at the new genin and their families. "I heard there was a fuss today though. A kid was able to get out of class and go on a mission."
"Oh that would be Itachi's fault."
"EH!" both mother and daughter shouted.
"Itachi asked the council to give him a minor C rank mission, so that he could give his brother some field experience," Naruto explained.
"I didn't know you could do that," Tsume muttered. Naruto sniggered and shook his head.
"Of course you wouldn't know. It's one of the perks of being an ANBU captain." Naruto laughed. "Hey, I want to ask did Kotetsu and Izumo pass too?"
"Yeah they did. They are going to go eat out right now with their families," Hana told him.
"Aw and here I wanted to congratulate those guys too. I mean they would always joke around with me and stuff." Naruto snapped his fingers. "Well, I'll leave you guys to enjoy the rest of the day. I'm going to try and find something to do."
"You can hang out with us for a while if you want to gaki," Tsume suggested.
"Nah it's a good day to celebrate with family." Naruto then looked far away from them. "I think I'll hang out with jiji for a bit." He then flashed a smile at the two females and walked away from the academy. As he did, he passed by the windows of a few classrooms. People who saw him were whispering amongst themselves.
(In a classroom)
"Isn't he the Shining Imprisoner?" a boy whispered to another one as they watched Naruto walk by the window.
"What's the Imprisoner doing here?" another boy whispered. "Is the Dark Illusionist here too?"
"Kyaa! He so cool!" a girl squealed.
"I know right!" her friend next to her giggled.
"I don't get it," a boy sighed. He was sitting far away from the window and was looking at the group of people. He had on a fishnet shirt underneath a grey jacket. His brown hair was wild and untamed, and had two fang like markings on his cheeks. "I don't get why girls are going goo goo like that over him."
"Why are you complaining Kiba? If he keeps the troublesome people out of our hair, all the power to him. Isn't that right Chouji?" a boy with a pineapple style haircut yawned from next to him. He was wearing a plain white shirt and grey shorts. Next to him a big boned boy with brown hair was munching on chips nodded his head.
"Shikamaru, you're just being lazy again," Kiba replied with a frown. "I mean really though! He doesn't look all that strong! He doesn't even show how strong he is when he comes to train with my sister. What's so cool about Naruto Uzumaki anyway?"
"It is quite simple as to why he is popular Inuzuka," a stoic voice stated from the level above the trio. Looking behind them, they saw a boy with spiked hair and wearing a red T-shirt with a high collar. Covering his eyes was a pair of circular glasses.
"What are you talking about Shino Aburame? Why do you think he is popular."
Shino adjusted his glasses and said, "He is strong."
"HA! I don't see why people keep saying that! He's never shown that 'strength' when he comes over to our house."
"It's because he does not want to hurt your sister. He is in ANBU and she is just a genin. If he were to take her on seriously, she would be injured. Do you think he would want that happening, to a friend no less?" Shino questioned. Kiba made a strangled noise at the question and then glared at the boy.
"Now that you put it that way…"
Off in the corner another group sat. It consisted of two blond girls, a brunette and a girl with pink hair. One of the blonds had chin length platinum blond hair that had a clip in it. She was wearing an orange shirt and black shorts. Her aqua eyes frowned as she glared at the kids staring at the window. The girl next to her, the one with pink hair with green eyes had her head on the table and was waiting for the teacher. She had on a red bow in her hair and wore a black shirt and a red skirt. The brunette had pale white eyes a brown shirt and green shorts. She was fidgeting and wondering why they found the boy so cool. The one sitting farthest from the window was a girl, who looked suspiciously looked at lot like Naruto. Her hair went all the way to the small of her back, and her cerulean eyes seemed to be glaring at the spot where the blond boy just passed. She was dressed in a golden shirt and black shorts.
"You're glaring again Yuri," the girl with pink hair mumbled as she looked at her friend. She then sat up when the blond girl huffed and crossed her arms.
"I can't help it Sakura!" Yuri protested. "That boy has my dad's looks and my mom's maiden name, but he's not part of my family! Plus he comes over every Sunday to learn some fuuinjutsu with my mom! I swear I'm not sure what to make of that guy! It's so confusing and infuriating!"
"Are you sure it's not because he speaks to your sister more than he does to you?" the platinum blond giggled. Yuri blushed and then pointed at her.
"Sh-shut up Ino! Who cares if he talks to that quiet wall flower instead of me!"
"Apparently you do."
"You should be happy for Tsubaki though Yuri," the brunette spoke up as she sat up straight. "You know how antisocial your sister is. The fact that she has a friend is a good thing."
"I know Hinata, I know," Yuri sighed. "Still, it wouldn't help if he pays a little more attention to me. I mean I'm the daughter of the Hokage too you know. He should pay some attention to me at least."
"Hey where is your sister anyway?" Ino asked. "She's usually here for class."
"Sasuke-kun is missing too," Sakura sighed.
(With Naruto)
As Naruto kept walking, he felt several presences trailing him. Some of which he really did not like. Walking into an alley, Naruto stopped halfway before turning around. He lifted up a lightning coated arm and blocked a blade coming towards his head. With his other hand he reached out and grabbed the neck of another person to his side. Doing a short spin, he threw them against each other before throwing a large amount of chains, trapping them against the walls of the building. He now looked at his assailants. They wore ANBU uniforms, but something was off. Their masks were blank of any details save for eye slits and the kanji for root on them. Hearing a cough behind him, Naruto carefully turned around frowning at the person."Shimura-san, what do you need with me?" Naruto asked in a polite, yet serious voice, his eyes trained on the form of Danzo standing with two more ROOT ANBU next to him.
"No need to be so formal Naruto-kun," Danzo replied waving his good hand. "It's a shame we could never get the drop on both you and your partner," the old man sighed as he looked at the ROOT members trapped on the walls. "Will you two even reconsider my proposal?"
"Listen Shimura-san, I appreciate the help you gave me five years ago, but I will not accept. I won't join ROOT, and the same goes for Itachi. We do not want to end up like them," Naruto motioned to the two stuck to the wall.
"I see, that is unfortunate. You would be even stronger if you were to join ROOT though."
"Like I need strength…" Naruto then turned around to leave the alleyway. As he walked away he spoke, "Don't worry though. As long as I breath, you and I have the same goal. I will further Konoha into the future and make it prosper." The blond then stopped at the other end of the alleyway where the sun was shining on the path. "But unlike you who is hidden in the darkness, I'll be out here shining." After that the thirteen year old put his hands into his pockets and followed the crowd.
Listening to what the boy said, Danzo couldn't help but think of Hiruzen. He let out a sigh before looking at his trapped subordinates. "Take them off the walls."
"How do we do that sir?" one of his bodyguards asked.
"I don't know. Figure it out."
(Minutes Later)
"Damned old man," Naruto scratched his head furiously as he walked down the street. "I swear he keeps trying to ask me and Itachi into his program every time he sees either of us." Naruto let out as a frustrated sigh as he kept walking. "It's getting rather annoying." He stopped when he noticed he was in front of the Hokage Tower. "How the hell did I end up here?"
"Ah good, Naruto-kun," another elderly voice greeted him. As he looked at the door opening and saw Hiruzen Sarutobi, the now seventy something year old retired Hokage.
"Hey jiji I was going to see you just now. How's handling the paperwork for all the missions going?" Naruto asked with a smirk. The old man let out an amused chuckle.
"Rather tedious and boring. Hearing all these children complain about D-Rank missions make life quite interesting though." He then looked at Naruto with a small smile. "I'm just happy to not being reading about A and S rank missions anymore. You know how messy they can get?"
"Yeah, now that I'm doing some of them I know what you mean." The blond frowned, remembering all the deaths that he had seen during the past few months was rather disheartening. He really didn't like doing the deed, but when it was necessary he would do it. "So why are you out of the office right now jiji?"
"Just getting some fresh air Naruto-kun."
"You have time to go grab one bowl of ramen?"
"Sorry, but I can't I'm just getting a breather. I'm rather busy with more paperwork" He then placed a placating hand on the boy's shoulder. "I'll make it up to you later Naruto."
"I'll hold you to it jiji." Naruto then nodded his head towards the old man and he did the same before entering the building once more. "Now what should I do? I have free time and I have nothing to do." Just as he said that the blond's stomach began to growl. "Hehehe, might as well get some food." The blond turned heading towards the his favorite eatery in all of Konoha: Ichiraku's Ramen. "Well, even if I can't hang out with jiji, I'm going to get some ramen for myself."
The blond whistled a tune as he kept on walking and as he was passing by park, when he halted in his tracks. Looking over to the swing set he found a lonely figure rocking her self back and forth. She was wearing a blue skirt and a white kimono top. She had long flowing red hair that was pulled over her shoulder, and it reached all the way to her waist. In her hair was a blue head band. Her steel grey eyes were downcast as she swung on the swing by herself. Naruto sighed and shook his head. "Why is she here right now? She should be in class," he whispered into himself. Naruto walked over to the swing set and took the one next to her, as silently as he could.
The girl shot her head up when she heard the noise. Her eyes were big and wide as they stared at him and he swung himself on the swing set. "N-N-Naruto-kun…" she softly stuttered. She then turned her head down again and refused to look at him.
"Tsubaki, what are you doing here?" the blond asked in a annoyed tone.
"I-I-I'm already ahead of the subject and didn't want to sit through it again," she replied.
"Are you sure it's not because it was day of doing taijutsu?" He got his reply when the girl seemed to shrink into herself. "Why don't you ask someone from your family for help on that? I'm sure Kushina-sama would love to help. Even Hokage-sama is more than willing to."
"I-I-I don't want to bother them. They are all so busy. Okaa-san started doing missions again, otou-san is busy with Hokage work and Yuri doesn't like helping me all that often." He looked towards her again she she stopped talking. Naruto saw the sad girl looking at him with big sad eyes. "Even you're busy Naruto-kun, you don't have time to play with me now. You may talk to me when you visit the house, but all you do now is learn when you're there. You don't offer to teach me how to throw kunais and shuriken, you don't come to ask how my day is and you don't go with walks with me any more."
"I'm sorry about that Tsubaki, I've been busy with missions." He stood up and placed a hand on her head making the girl look at him again. He bent down on his knees and smiled kindly at her. "Hey, I promise to make more time for you."
"Really?" the girl asked hopefully.
"Really. I'll make more time for my cute little Tsubaki-hime, dattebayo." The girl giggled and Naruto dropped his head a moment after he said that. "GAH! It slipped out again!"
"I find it...cute, dattebane." Naruto face palmed.
"We ninjas aren't supposed to be cute! We're supposed to be cool!' Tsubaki started laughing at the thirteen year old. "Yeah, yeah laugh it up." When Naruto heard growling, one that wasn't his stomach, smirked at the little girl. She had a ruby red face and seemed to have found the ground rather fascinating. "You hungry Tsubaki-hime?" The girl nodded shyly. "Let's go get some ramen then." Naruto held out his hand to the little girl who took it with a smile.
As the two walked down the streets of Konoha, Tsubaki was greeted by most of the villagers. After the whole Kyuubi Incident, Minato had declared that his daughters were jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi. He said that they were the only two holding back the beast and that they were heroes. The crowd cheered for them and had readily saw the twins as heroes. Of course that was the reason that Naruto was disowned from his own family, and not all people were happy seeing as there were some assassination attempts on them. Naruto looked at the girl again who seemed happier now that he was doing something with her mentally frowned. 'Why does she seem so lonely? There are several people there for her. I know okaa-san helps her out and is there for her, but I don't understand why she is being so antisocial,' he thought to himself.
"Naruto-kun we're here," the red haired girl informed him. The blond snapped out of his musings and entered the little stand. As he did he was surprised to see that there was another pair already eating. One of them was Itachi who was wearing a black high collared shirt and white shorts. Next to him was a younger boy, looked to be the same age as Tsubaki. He was wearing a similar shirt as Itachi, except it was blue and had the Uchiha fan on the back. He had black shorts that went just past his knee and blue sandals. The boy's hair was styled oddly like a duck's rear end.
"Itachi, you're back already?" Naruto asked surprised. He took a seat next to his partner and Tsubaki sat on the other side of him.
"Hey there Naruto!" a middle aged man with brown hair greeted him. "I see you have Tsubaki-sama with you as well."
"He-Hello Teuchi-san," Tsubaki stuttered.
"Hey Teuchi how you doing?"
"I'm doing great!" the ramen stand owner replied. "I had been expecting you earlier. What took so long?"
"Hehehe, sorry I was out talking to some people, then ran into Tsubaki-hime on the way here." The man nodded.
"So what will you two have?"
"I'll have two large bowls of miso ramen with extra pork cutlets on them. How about you Tsubaki?"
"I would like a small bowl of salt ramen…" she whispered.
"Small? You usually get a medium," Naruto stated. "Are you not hungry?"
"I am but…I don't have my wallet on me."
"Don't worry about it. I'll pay for you. What type of friend would I be if I didn't pay for you once in a while." Naruto then turned to Teuchi, "Give her her usual."
"Got it, two large miso ramen and one medium salt ramen. It will take about five minutes," Teuchi replied. He then turned around and started to cook.
"By they way Teuchi-san, where is Ayame?"
"Oh, she choosing what to wear for her date."
"Date?"
"Yeah. Itachi there asked her out on a date. You should have seen him stuttering like a fool as he did." Naruto and Tsubaki turned to look at the older Uchiha brother, who was choking on some noodles. The younger one was tapping his back to help him.
"Sasuke is it true? Did your brother finally grow a pair and ask out Ayame?" Naruto asked with a smirk.
"Hai Naruto-san," Sasuke replied with a nod of his head. Itachi managed to swallow the food stuck in his throat, gave his brother a light glare, before glaring at Naruto full on. The blond was laughing and he even saw that Tsubaki was giggling a bit.
"Sure laugh Naruto," Itachi mumbled with a roll of his eyes.
"I can't help it. I mean you've been wanting to ask her out for half a year now. Took you long enough man," Naruto congratulated his friend by slapping his back. "So how did it go?" Itachi stayed quiet, but Naruto saw the faintest of blushes on his cheeks. He looked over to Sasuke, who saw him as a second brother of sorts, but the boy kept his lips sealed. He then turned to Teuchi who barked in laughter.
"You should have seen the boy," the ramen maker said. "He came into the shop and greeted us. He sat down and order ramen for his brother and himself. Then he and Ayame started to make small talk. After a couple of minutes I heard this small little exchange." The ramen maker cleared his throat and tried his best impression of Itachi's voice. "'A-A-Ayame-s-s-san, I l-l-like you. Wh-wh-wh-would you g-g-go on on a date wi-wi-with me tonight?' He was staring so hard at the table, that I thought he was asking it out!"
Naruto laughed even harder and Tsubaki giggled along side him. Itachi sighed in defeat, and noticed that even Sasuke was laughing a bit. The Uchiha was about to reply when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He saw Naruto was smiling at him. "Good job man! You got through your first confession!"
"I would rather go through more life threatening A Rank missions than do that again," Itachi admitted as he sipped some soup. "Was it that hard when you told Yukie-san that you liked her?" Naruto groaned and slammed his head onto the table. Tsubaki looked at him and confused.
"I'll admit, that yes I told Yukie-chan that I liked her. After that we went on a date when I visited her." Naruto stopped talking for a minute to thank Teuchi for the ramen. Everyone there (Tsubaki, Itachi, Sasuke and Teuchi) were all listening carefully to Naruto as he frowned. "But when I confessed to her it was so embarrassing. I confessed to her at the place where she was audition for a movie. When I did I stuttered like a complete dumbass, very much like you, in front of a whole studio. Not only that but for some odd reason the director recorded that mess." Itachi laughed at his friend this time, and everyone else followed suit. Naruto frowned and glared a bit at Itachi but continued on talking. "So you have it lucky, only three people know what happened. I had a large group, and evidence at my embarrassment."
"You're right, that isn't so bad."
"Yeah, I feel sorry for you Naruto-san," Sasuke sniggered at the blond. Naruto glared a bit at Itachi but stopped when he felt someone tugging at his sleeves. He turned to look at Tsubaki who was smiling at him.
"I think it's cute Naruto-kun," Tsubaki told him. Naruto groaned before ignoring them and eating his ramen, mumbling things about ninjas being cool not cute. So it was during that time everyone made small talk, with Naruto having to drag Tsubaki into the conversation since she was so quiet. After eating and paying for their food, they said their goodbyes to the ramen chef. As they were about to leave, an ANBU appeared in front of them.
"Uzumaki-taicho, Uchiha-taicho good afternoon," the ANBU member greeted them "Uzumaki-taicho, the Hokage wants to see you."
"I see," Naruto sighed. "Tsubaki can I leave you in the care of Itachi."
"But Naruto-kun…" She then saw his serious face and stopped her protest. "O-Okay."
"Itachi take her home for me." The older Uchiha nodded and offered her a hand.
"Come on Tsubaki-sama. I'll take you home, Sasuke let's go," Itachi told the kids.
"Hai, onii-san," Sasuke replied. He walked along side the two and Naruto watched them off for a few seconds, before turning to the ANBU member.
"I'll head over there myself," Naruto informed the ninja. The ANBU nodded and Shunshin-ed away. Naruto followed suit, using a lightning variant. He then found himself standing in front of the Hokage tower once more. Opening the doors, he walked through the halls and greeted those who noticed him. He soon found himself in front of the double doors of the Hokage's office. Knocking on the door, he waited to be called in.
"Come in," Minato's voice sounded from the other side of the wall. The blond opened the door and found the Hokage smiling at him.
"Hokage-sama," he greeted his ex-father. Minato was silently before motioning with his hands towards the door. Three hidden ANBU members left the room after that. He watched them all leave before looking at Minato again.
"So how are you Naruto?" the older blond asked with a smile. Naruto responded with a frown.
"Minato-teme, cut the crap already. You cast me out of your family for kami knows what reason, so I know you really don't give a damn about me. You obviously don't like me, and I really don't give a rat's fluffy ass about you at the moment. So let's skip all this bull shit and get to the point. Why did you call me?" Minato dropped his smile and stared at the boy with a frown.
"Blunt as ever Naruto," he sighed. "I really am trying to reconnect to you."
"Are you?" Naruto asked as he leaned against the far wall. "Or are you doing this due to the fact that your wife and daughters speak to me frequently? Add the fact that they see me as some sort of surrogate son or brother or something of the sort doesn't really help, does it?"
"I know that. That is why I'm asking if you want to still join our family." The younger blond gave a humorless laugh.
"Just like Danzou, you are still giving me the same offer even after five years." Naruto pushed off the wall and crossed his arms. "I still refuse. Just like I said all those years ago, I have something I'm aiming for. Now that I have more power, I know I will be able to reach it." Naruto then turned towards the door to leave. "Now, if that is all you needed Hokage-sama."
"No it isn't. I'm giving you this warning." The Uzumaki heard the threat in the Namikaze's tone, hell he could even feel the killing intent behind it. "If you do anything to bring harm on my family I will kill you. I care for my family."
"You have a funny way of showing it then. If you really care about them I suggest you make time for Tsubaki, curb Yuri's ego and actually show you love Kushina-sama," Naruto suggested, "because from the looks of things she seems a bit displeased these past few days. You do something to piss off the woman you're so in love with recently teme?" He then felt something moving through the air. After using Harukaze Miyabi for such long periods of time the amounts of chakra needed to maintain and use the move had minimized so much that Naruto could afford to have the technique go out in a five meter (about five yards) radius in all directions. Then Naruto caught the kunai aimed at his head, while using a Raiton no Yoroi enhanced hand to hold onto a spiraling orb of chakra aimed at him. Dropping the kunai, Naruto held onto Minato's wrist. Cerulean eyes met cerulean as they glared. Throwing away the arm, Naruto sped to the window and glared at the Hokage. "Attacking me now?"
"No, it was all reflex. I thought I saw a rather big bug on the wall and decided to kill it," Minato replied with a forced smile.
"With a Rasengan?"
"It was a big bug." Both blonds glared at each. Naruto knew he couldn't do anything to retaliate to the attack, due to it being an act of treason. Minato knew he couldn't accuse Naruto of anything, there was no evidence of any treason. Naruto was good enough to hide any trace of whatever he did to avoid suspicion. Fitting of an ANBU captain.
"If that is all Hokage-sama, I will be taking my leave."
"Very well, Naruto. You are dismissed." Naruto saluted, and jumped out the window. "Damn him, he's getting stronger. If this keeps going, that second prophecy may come true." He picked up his kunai, a three pronged kunai and frowned. He knew that he would have been able to hit the boy with his Rasengan, if only his Hiraishin jutsu worked, but for some reason it didn't work. He looked at the blade and scowled. At the seal array for the jutsu was destroyed. 'He destroyed it the moment he caught it. Smart of him."
(With Naruto)
'He's starting to get hostile now,' Naruto mentally frowned. 'Kami, and here I thought that our verbal matches were intense. I didn't know he was going to start resulting in threatening me. Although I should have not provoked him at all in the first place.'
"Naruto-kun!" a woman's voice shouted out to him. The blond looked up and smiled at the person. It was Kushina Namikaze. She was dressed in fully jounin gear. "How are you?"
"I'm doing well Kushina-sensei," he answered. "You went on a mission?'
"Yeah, I wanted my to stretch out my legs and get my blood pumping." Naruto nodded his head before sighing.
"Look, Kushina-sensei, I'm not going to be able to make our fuuinjutsu lesson on Sunday."
"Oh why?"
"I'm going to go visit somebody that day."
"That person you keep meeting up with once a month?"
"Yeah. So please take that time and spend it with your family," Naruto smiled at his suggestion. He was doing this for Tsubaki, his little sister that will never know that he is her brother. He was so damn soft when it came to girls like them.
"Oh...okay," Kushina replied, sounding rather disappointed by his answer and the blond caught it well enough. "Well, just come by the house if you need anything then." Naruto nodded and wave her off as she too headed towards. Looking up to the sky and noticing that it was already late in the afternoon, Naruto sighed for the umpteenth time that day. As he decided to begin his trek home and to make dinner for his family.
'Heh, family. Obaa-chan and Shizune always smile when I call them that. Although recently, I'm starting to think that Shizune-nee doesn't see me like a little brother any more. I mean she keeps hugging me more affectionately, kissing me on the cheek, she also has this lingering gaze that looks at my back and let's not forget the blush each time smile at her.' So lost in his thought, that Naruto wasn't looking was going and he had bumped into someone.
"Oh I'm so sorry," he apologized.
"It is fine young one," Naruto heard a regal voice. Looking at the woman, he was surprised to see an elegant looking woman. She had black hair done in a nice bun, and she was dressed in a decorative white kimono. Her jade green eyes blinked at him. "You look just like…" the woman whispered, so low that Naruto couldn't catch what she was saying.
"Excuse me miss?"
"Sorry, just lost in thought. Would you mind helping me go to the Hokage's office?"
"Um...of course miss uh…"
"Calle me Tsunako."
"Okay Tsunako-san let's go." The walk to the building was rather lax. Tsunako would ask Naruto a few things about Konoha, and he would reply and explain them to her. As they approached the building, Naruto held the door open for her. They made their way up the stairs and Naruto once again found his himself standing in front of those same double doors. Knocking on the door once again, he heard the come in opened the door. He saw Kushina was in there as well, probably still giving her report. They were looking at him expectantly. "Excuse me Hokage-sama, a Tsunako has come here to meet with you." The moment he said those words, he noticed that Minato pale visibly. Kushina looked confused.
"Hello Minato-sama, how are you?" Tsunako asked with a calm smile.
"I am fine," Minato gulped.
"Um...who are you?" Kushina inquired.
"Oh, let me introduce myself. I am Tsunako of the Nadeshiko Village. I am here to come for your end of the agreement we had all those years ago," Tsunako spoke. "I am here to take you back to my village and make you my husband."
"WHAT!" was the similar shout of Naruto and Kushina. By now, Minato was sweating bullets.
Author's End Notes: Like I said, breather chapters. Tell me what you think. Also, I think it's about time to start Minato's fall don't you think. Oh and I would like to thank ncpfan for Naruto and Minato's conversation starter. So leave a review. I tend to write faster the more reviews I get.