Okay I am skipping ahead about a year…. so uh...yeah... enjoy! =)

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Kushina sighed as she threw herself onto her bed. She hated it when Minato went away on missions. She missed him like crazy, AND spent all of her time worrying over him. She also made sure to keep Minato's students. Obito, Kakashi and Rin had grown on her. She thought of Rin as a younger sister. Obito was good to have a laugh with and Kakashi… well he was good to talk with once you got over his seriousness. She really missed the brats.

Minato trudged through the village; it was raining yet he didn't care. He didn't care if he was probably going to catch a cold, or that he was freezing. He didn't care, he wanted to feel numb. 'Obito.'

Rin and Kakashi had already gone their separate ways. Both in morn for their fallen team mate and best friend. No one was taking his death worse then Kakashi. Obito pushed Kakashi out of the way of falling boulders and got crushed. And gave him- he didn't want to think about it. He just wanted to crawl into his bed and morn. Once he arrived to the house that he shared with Kushina, he opened the door to see Kushina run up and wrap her arms around him, pulling him into a soft kiss. Usually he would welcome this but today he just pulled Kushina aside and continued his way upstairs. He went to his room and started stripping out of his wet clothes. 'Minato, what's wrong?' Kushina asked softly, her voice was slightly muffled from behind the door.

'Nothing.'

Kushina furrowed her brows when she caught his lie. 'Minato, you can tell me. Whatever it is, I-'

Kushina was cut off when Minato suddenly pulled the door open. Momentarily distracted by his bare chest, Minato pulled her into a hug, burying his face into her hair. Kushina wrapped her arms around him, choosing to stay silent until Minato was ready to talk. And he did. Kushina heard small choked sobs coming from Minato. He had tightened his grip on her, but she didn't let him know that it hurt. She could worry about that later. All she did was focus on what Minato was trying to get out. 'Obito… he-' She gasped. He didn't have to say anymore. She understood what he was trying to say. 'N-No…' She whispered. Minato's sobs didn't subside. Kushina just held him as he cried, holding him to her chest as they fell to the ground. She closed her eyes and let tears of her own as she thought of her dear friend that she would never see again.

'He gave Kakashi his Sharingan since Kakashi lost one of his eyes in battle…' Minato croaked after awhile, voice sore from crying.

'He gained his Sharingan?' she asked in surprise.

Minato only nodded, his gaze not leaving the floor. 'In battle to save Kakashi.'

Kushina closed her eyes, a small smile forming on her lips. 'He died a hero. And if we forever remember him, he will truly never leave us.'

Minato gave a small nod. 'I know.'

'…The Uchiha wont be happy about Kakashi having the Sharingan,' Kushina said awkwardly.

'I'll deal with them.'

Kushina nodded and placed a soft kiss to Minato's forehead. 'Go have a shower. I don't want you getting sick. And if your hungry I'll make you something.'

Minato nodded and placed a chaste kiss to her cheek. 'Thanks…'

Kushina just gave him a small, forced smile. She knew that he wasn't going to listen to her. She just walked away to give Minato some peace.

The mission was, as she was told gave Konoha a great advantage to the war. It was going to end soon. She was glad. But gains always came with a loss. That cost was the Shinobi of Konoha and their allies and Obito… sweet, innocent Obito. He was just a ray of sunshine on a rainy day. Always making jokes to cheer people up.

Kushina truly hated war. After seeing her whole village torn apart and slaughtered because a war… it's made her look at things differently. She now cherishes every memory she has, and everyone close to her, mostly Minato though. She knew that, if she ever lost him, it would kill her. Kushina was knocked out of her thoughts when someone knocked on the door. She opened it to see Rin and Kakashi. Rin being the one in tears. Kakashi just looked guilty. 'Can I talk to Sensei?' He asked quietly. Kushina nodded. 'Of course, though he might be in the shower.'

Kakashi nodded and walked upstairs. Kushina then turned to Rin who hugged her. Kushina returned the hug and rubbed the back of the crying girl in front of her. 'He loved me!' she cried. 'A-And I could never return his love, nor could I ever. He was nothing but my best friend. A-And now he's gone!'

Kushina lead Rin over to the couch. 'Yes, Obito was in love with you. But, he would also want you to be happy. He never did like to see you cry. Obito was never one to stand by and watch a girl cry. Right now, I'm sure that he is watching down at us…on you, wishing that he could stop your tears.'

Rin sniffed and gave a curt nod. 'Y-Yes Kushina san. T-Thank you.'

'Your more then welcome,' Kushina replied. 'Did you want to stay the night, for company?'

'T-Thank you for your o-offer Kushina san, but I'll just go h-home,' she stuttered.

Kushina nodded. 'Of course, But you're welcome anytime. You and Kakashi,' she added as Kakashi came downstairs, hands in his pockets. 'Thank you Kushina san,' he muttered as he and Rin left. Kushina turned when she felt Minato place a hand on her shoulder. 'Hey…'

'Hey.'

Kushina was struggling with what to say next when Minato pulled her into a hug. 'Thank you for talking with Rin.'

'It was nothing.' I replied. 'Rin needed someone's shoulder to cry on and I offered mine.'

'You didn't more then you think,' Minato replied, pulling her into a soft kiss. 'I might have to get you to talk to Kakashi next.'

'Of course.'

Kushina gently touched his cheek and frowned. 'Your running a fever, did you even take that shower?'

'No…' he replied, slowly.

'Baka, now your sick. Move your ass upstairs now,' Kushina scorned. Minato sighed and did as she said. He didn't feel like dealing with her and her bad side.

'Oh hello Shikaku, Inoichi and Chouza… what are you doing here?' Kushina asked after opening the door.

'We're takin' Minato to the Bar… to drink his sorrows away, ' Inoichi said, his award winning smile on his face.

Kushina gave him a blank look. 'He's sick.'

'Troublesome,' Shikaku matured.

'How'd he get sick?' Inoichi asked incredulously. Minato Namikaze never got sick.

'He was in the rain too long.'

'But-'

'Good bye boys,' Kushina sighed as she shut the door in their faces. She made a mental note to apologize to them later.

'Kushina, who was that?' Minato asked as he stumbled downstairs.

'Your drinking friends.'

He groaned. 'Only good thing about me being sick is getting out of that.' He shuddered.

'Good. Now go back to bed.'

Minato sighed and walked back upstairs and crawling into his bed.

Kushina followed shortly with a bowl of soup. 'Eat this and you'll feel better.'

Minato eyed the mysterious black water. It had unknown things in it. 'That's soup…?' he inquired.

'Yes, now eat up.'

Minato gave her a wary look before hesitantly drinking some of the soup. He then covered his mouth and ran to the bathroom, knocking the bowl over in the process. 'It wasn't that bad was it?' she wondered out loud. The only answer she got was Minato weakly asking for a medic before throwing up.

Rin sighed and shook her head. 'Kushina san. Maybe you shouldn't cook anymore…'

Kushina huffed. 'Not my fault that he was allergic to my food.'

Rin sweat dropped. 'You gave him food poisoning…'

'Fine, then he can live off Raman till he's well again cause it looks like I cant cook!' with that said, she stormed off, leaving Rin confused and Minato freaked out. 'So….she's not going to cook again…is she?'

okay, not over fussed on this chapter, what did you guys think?

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