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Prescripto 13...- You don't know about the fact that like Kakashi, Saurotobi inadvertently played favorites and everything? The comparison between Saurotobi and his team to Kakashi and his is actually closer then to Minato and his. Essentially, match the Sannin at the moment with his or her apprentice and history has literally repeated itself in the series. The only difference is that unlike the Third, Kakashi has actually tried to do something about it.

Chapter 21

In the weeks following the death of the Toad Sage, Naruto and his friends as well as Kakashi had gone out on missions. The truce still standing, it had become almost a fragile sort of bond of trust between them.

Kakashi had gone out of his way several times to not only give his approval to the youth who had craved it so much. He also began to tell stories, stories of his time with said youth's father.

Naruto and the others just sat in amazement at the Copy ninja's words in those times. Several times, the others would make comments about how it made sense that Naruto had an obsession with orange and ramen. For it only made sense considering his father did.

How his bright and stubborn personality had come from his mother.

Memories that made the campfires warm and inviting during those ,mission away, rather then cold and filled with concern.

It was during one of these nights, that the Death god had allowed Minato and his wife to go down and see their son up close.

He was listening to the story of how they had met via Kakashi along with Sakura and Sai. The latter of which who was doodling another picture, Kushina had taken a peak and squealed with happiness.

"Minato take a look at this!"

The blonde man reluctant to leave the youth that was his son, he walks over towards his wife and is struck with surprise at the images Sai was drawing in one of his notebooks.

Somehow using Kakashi's words, and his own imagination, the ink ninja had given an accurate almost exact image of that day in Konoha where they had met. It was when his gorgeous wife had dumped ramen on his lap for saying something inappropriate ala Jiriaya.

"I still remember having to go to the hospital for that..." Minato glared mutinously at his wife and sensei. The latter of had just arrived. Happy to see him, albeit he wished under better circumstances, Minato had asked that Jiriaya be allowed to come and visit Naruto with them.

The Death god had of course agreed. But only after asking the pervert for advice on peeping,

Which pissed off Kushina and made Minato giggle like a schoolboy again... it seems even gods were perverts at times to.

Giggling, Kushina just shrugged as Jiriaya joins the watch over the young man and his friends. "Not my fault, you listened to him."

Growling in annoyance now even more, at the reminder, Jiriaya hastily starts to back away as Minato eyes him with an impish grin. At that moment as he starts to run, a brilliant flash of yellow crosses across the campsite. Blowing out the fire for that split second, it is what halted Kakashi's story and made the three teens pause in confusion.

"Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked in perplexed tones. "Did we just see what I thought I saw?"

"A Yellow Flash?" Sai worded in amazement. Not one to show emotion, even he was caught off guard by this. Especially as he watched his new found friend stand up and look around.

That moment Kushina had forgotten all about the drawing and rushed to her son's side. Her hands reaching out to touch his skin, Minato himself having forgotten his plans for mischief with his sensei. The man joining his wife to reach out to his son, Naruto's smiles as despite not being able to feel their presence...

"Naruto..." The two spirits are whispering softly.

He can feel their love...

"Kakashi-Sensei? Do you think...do you think He and my mom are watching us?" The grey haired man fires a katon jutsu into the embers of their fire pit as he turns to stare at the youth who looks at him with hope.

A smile on his features, he looks on his student. A student who now looks at him with that same needfulful gaze, that he himself remembers asking Minato. When his father had died...

"I believe so Naruto...I believe so."