Notice: This story is still on Hiatus, it's just that I've sprained my ankle so I can't do much at the moment. As such, I thought it would be okay to write another chapter for you guys, hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Anko had a hand covering her mouth, drowning out the sound of her crying. It didn't matter that she was inside the house and everybody outside was meeting Naruto who had come back from the dead, she didn't feel comfortable crying out in the open.
When she had first met Naruto it had filled her with a sense of happiness and in that respect a new purpose in life. After she had been abandoned by her former master, she had wandered aimlessly for several weeks with no real guidance. She carried out missions not because she had to, but because she had nothing else to do. Then she had met the young blonde haired child.
She had taken up the big sister role in Naruto's life and in doing so had filled a part of her own life she had long since been missing. For the first time in a long time she was genuinely happy and was no longer forced to wear such a painful mask around the village. She became social with her fellow shinobi and was able to befriend a number of them. Without Naruto, she would never have interacted with the girls she treated like family.
When he had gone missing, Anko had been as angry as you could have gotten but understood what had happened. When she had seen him die however, once again she had found herself without a purpose. Once more she had to wear the mask of a fake happiness when she was around the other girls and mourned every night for a number of months. Naruto had been her foundation to her new life, to have seen him die had crippled her and only through her friendship with everyone else was she able to overcome this painful experience. Once more she found herself taking the elder sister role for girls who had lived on the different sides of the community and only through Naruto had they all been brought back together.
Like many people, she had been there to see Naruto's death. She had been the last one to directly talk to him and at that moment she could see in his eyes that this was something he had to do. With a roar of anger she slammed her fist into the table, the wooden frame splintering in her rage as tears fell at a greater rate. Temari had explained why Naruto had died and they had opted to not let his life end in vain. To have the man you set your life in their memory simply walk back into their lives sent so many conflicting emotions through Anko's mind. She placed her palm on her forehead, sniffing in short bursts as she leant back against the nearby wall, slowly sliding down it until she was sitting on the ground. Before she could speak to him, she needed to get her emotions together, she wouldn't face him like the wreck she was now.
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Buried beneath a mountain of bosoms, Naruto could still feel the tears rolling down his cheeks. Unlike the tears of sorrow and anger he had had years long since passed, these were tears of happiness. He could hear the sounds of the girls crying and could even feel a few splash onto his face but he didn't care, he was too happy at this point. Only the sound of the gate opening caused the girl's attentiveness to shoot in another direction. Several jaws dropped as they stared at the Yondaime Hokage in all his glory. On this note at least three of the girls tried to dispel any possible Genjutsu only to find that nothing had changed.
"You're...how...why?" stuttered Ino, unable to form words in her mouth.
"Isn't he meant to be dead?" questioned Temari in fear, only having heard of the destructive force this man had.
"I can assure you I am very much alive," said Minato with a smile as the young girls slowly got off of Naruto in a mix of awe and fear.
"So what's been happening in the village since we've been gone dad?" asked Naruto as he sat up, wiping the tears from his eyes. It took a few moments for the gears to start ticking again before the girls recalled that the man they had been hugging was the son of one of the greatest ninja whoever lived; it was surprising what one could forget in moments of hysteria. Also for the fact that one had been proclaimed dead for three years while the other was meant to have died as the village's greatest hero.
"Well Fugaku didn't screw up as much as we thought he would have," said Minato as he walked over to where the children were.
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"Well by the looks of things besides from the economy going down and the lack of missions at an all time low it's nothing we can't handle," said Minato as he kicked his feet back, leaning against the back of the chair.
"You know that chair isn't designed to sit on two legs," acknowledged Sarutobi.
"Hence why it's the first thing I'm going to change," said Minato as he stood u before calling out to his assistant.
"What can I do for you oh great and sexy Hokage-sama?" asked Rona as she appeared in a flash, the door slamming against the side of the wall from the force she had used to enter the room. A bead of sweat appeared on the back of the third and the fourth's head on how open this woman seemed to be. Shaking his head, Minato cleared his thoughts before telling her his orders.
"I want you to go to the finest furniture shop in the village and find me a new chair, one that will allow me to lean back without potentially snapping the legs," he carefully explained.
"Ignore that order," said Sarutobi sternly. "That chair has been in this office since the day it was constructed, it is as much a symbol of the village as this very chamber and if that Rasengan in your hand so much as travels towards it I will personally beat the daylights out of you."
With a pout Minato released the Rasengan he had formed in his hand before creating a single seal. In a blast of smoke, an identical copy of him formed. "Look through these documents, I'm going to go check on my son," he instructed before turning his attention to his predecessor. "You should probably think about doing the same, while my family knows that I'm alive you've yet to see yours."
"Double Hokage sexiness," muttered Rona incoherently as she wiped the drool that had formed on the side of her lips. She was brought back to attention however as the original leapt out of the window, leaping across the buildings until he made his way to his mansion. Sarutobi placed a hand on her shoulder as she turned, finding a copy of the third standing next to where the Minato clone was reading.
"You want my advice?" he asked to which she nodded at a blistering pace. "Try being a little more discreet but the alternative is that when he's drinking he can't handle his sake, a lightweight if you will," he said in no more than a whisper.
"What are you telling her you old goat?" asked the clone of the fourth as he looked up from the paper in his hand.
"Nothing of importance," said Sarutobi, not bothering to look back at him as he walked out of the office with Rona behind him, tapping her fingertips together as a devious plan formed in her mind.
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"I left a shadow clone in the office to keep going through the files, I'd only been in there for half an hour and already I hate it again," he chuckled rubbing the back of his head.
"You make it sound like being the Hokage's a bad thing," said Naruto with a smile. He then realised that he was in the presence of company who were looking at him in complete shock. "Oh shit, um yeah, girls I'd like you to meet my father."
"We know who he is Naruto-kun," said Hinata timidly as if in the very presence of Kami itself.
"That makes introduction easy," said Minato as he walked up and took Hinata's hand. "I can tell you're from the Hyūga clan, Hinata if I'm not mistaken. Your father and I were good friends back in the academy."
"You knew my father?" she asked in awe.
"Yeah, he and I got into a lot of trouble back in the day, there was this onetime..."
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"Is the coast clear Hiashi?" asked an eight year old Minato. Activating his Byakugan, Hiashi gave the all clear and thus the two pushed forward. Sneaking into the Jōnin lounge had been a lot harder than had been earlier anticipated but they knew that it was never going to be easy. Gliding towards the fridge, they opened it and looked at the contents.
"Which one do you think belongs to Tsume's father?" asked Hiashi as he started rummaging around.
"I have no idea," said Minato as he helped looking.
"Then how the hell are we going to..." Hiashi froze as he felt a hand on his shoulder, Minato doing the same as killing intent radiated behind them. He mentally cursed himself for switching off his Byakugan but there was no stopping that now. They slowly turned their heads around to see the current head of the Inuzuka clan, Tsume's father looking down at them.
"You two better have a good explanation for this or I swear to Kami you're going to be in so much trouble," he said threateningly through gritted teeth, his elongated canines looking menacing.
Rather than respond in the normal way of trying to talk their way out of something, Minato reached into his pocket. "Ninpou: Shuuki Chi-Zu Jutsu!" he shouted before throwing his pockets contents into the Jōnin's face. While the mouldy cheese had been planned to be placed next to the Inuzuka's lunch it was now planted directly in his face. To a normal human the stench was horrific, to an Inuzuka whose smell was much more powerful...
Minato and Hiashi ran for their lives, laughing all the way as the clan head screamed in pain, the 'stinky cheese' jutsu having a devastating effect on the man's sense of smell.
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"We got in so much trouble for that," said Minato as he concluded his story.
"My father did that?" said Hinata in disbelief.
"I graduated a year before Hiashi did and when he became a Chūnin he had to undergo a strict regime in order to become the next head of the Hyūga clan, he didn't have time to mess around anymore. Still, I wouldn't mind trying to get him to have one last go at pranking someone, perhaps I could even get a genuine smile on his face," said Minato.
"I never would have guessed that," said Ino.
"Don't think your father wasn't as bad Ino," said Minato. "He just couldn't do as much because he always wanted Shikaku and Chōza to join in, but getting those two to do anything that didn't involve cloud watching or eating was ridiculous."
"Wait a second, how do you know our names?" asked Tenten recalling how the Yondaime had called Ino and Hinata by their first names.
Minato had expected something like this and reached into his back pocket, activating a storage seal he had created before pulling a recognisable ANBU mask out, one with forked lightning spread across the face. "I've met you all before, even though you didn't know it was me at the time," said Minato sheepishly.
"But if you were here all this time then why didn't you look after Naruto?" asked Sakura.
"Dad and I have already gone over that Sakura-chan," said Naruto making the pink haired girl relax a bit. "Anyways, the last three years have more than made up for it."
"Clearly you girls have been doing your part as well over these years," said Minato looking at the field of destruction that was his backyard. "You girls have clearly got some exceptional talent if you could pull off a battle of that magnitude. I take it you were the one who taught them Hana."
"I only did half of it, Anko did the other half," she replied modestly.
"That reminds me, where's Anko-chan?" asked Naruto looking around.
"Naruto-kun," said Hinata softly getting the boy's attention. "Anko took your disappearance the hardest out of all of us, I think she needs some time to think things through."
"That's okay then, it's not like I'm going anywhere soon," said Naruto understanding what Hinata was saying. Little did he remember that those words he had just said were very similar to the ones he had said last time he had returned.
"While this greeting is good and all, how long have you girls been here?" asked Minato.
"The whole time," said Sakura.
"Well you should be happy to know that the tests to become academy graduates is in a little over a week, with the kind of destructive force you've shown here you could probably walk in and pass," said Minato, recalling the dates he had seen in the office.
"Sweet, we can all become Genin in a week," said Naruto pumping his fist. The girls couldn't help but get excited over this and begun to talk about it amongst themselves. The only person who hadn't said anything at this point was Temari who was still in shock about seeing the Yondaime in front of her, very much alive.
"Are you alright Temari-chan?" asked Naruto as he tapped her gently on the shoulder. The blonde haired woman turned around to face the young boy and clasped his cheeks in her hands before planting a kiss straight on his lips. The girls went silent as they watched the display with gaping jaws. Temari broke the kiss and looked him directly in the eyes, small beads of moisture forming in her own.
"Thank you for saving my life," she said softly, gently rubbing his whisker marks.
"Anytime?" answered Naruto unsure of what had just happened.
Temari turned her head to look at Minato who was smiling at the situation. "Do you know whether or not our marriage contract is still legitimate?" she asked.
"As far as I know it still is," answered Minato.
"Does that mean that none of us have a chance with Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata afraid of what the answer may be.
"No, there's the Clan Restoration Act," said Hinata remembering it from one of the books she had looked at. "If a person is the last of a clan then in order for the clan to survive the man is allowed to take several wives so long as there is no less than three by order of the council." While it wasn't word for word that was what she could remember from the block of text.
"Something along those lines yes," said Minato knowing that this would come up.
"But you're his father, so Naruto isn't the only one of his clan," said Tenten.
"True," he said as he watched the girls deflate. "However, while there may be two members of the Namikaze family in Konoha, Naruto still is the only one from the Uzumaki clan." Immediately the depressed looks on the girls faces vanished as new life emerged. "Also if you were to pass the upcoming exams then you would no longer be bound by the laws of civilians."
While he didn't state it out loud, the girls knew what he was talking about. A civilian of Konoha wasn't allowed to have sexual relations until the age of sixteen. Since shinobi came under a different set of laws, as soon as they reached Genin rank they allowed to initiate in sexual intercourse. Things usually never reached that sort of climax in a relationship but the option was there. Thankfully there were anti pregnancy jutsus which prevented any teen parenthood just in case two young shinobi wished to take their relationship to the next step. The laws were brought in by the Nidaime who had believed that since death was a regular thing for shinobi, that outside of missions they should be allowed to experience the joys of adult life.
The girls all looked at one another, a competitive look in their eyes. While Temari may have been bound to Naruto through a contract, he was still readily available. In order to think of the next step however, they needed to successfully get through the academy. Hana had already done so but she was unable to do anything until Naruto passed the test.
Once again, the pieces were on the board and it was game on once again.
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I know this chapter is short but this seems like the best place to finish, on a high note rather than my usual cliffhangers.
Appo119: I've taken your comments into aspect and made the changes, thank you for your advice.
Kurogane7: See here's the major problem, I live in Australia, I don't have easy access to those sort of vintages.
Notgonnasay09: The way I look at it, Naruto had been gone for three years so he's going to have changed in body size, therefore his chakra system would change to adapt to his growing body. Hinata's Byakugan may have been able to recognise the older chakra system Naruto had but while his new one is similar it is not identical. As for Hana's nose, could you remember a single scent you smelt from three years ago?
Like I said earlier, this story is still on Hiatus. I leave for my championships in a little over a week and if my ankle isn't better by then hellfire and brimstone won't be able to contain my rage.