"When exactly were you going to tell me about THIS?" "I was eight at the time. I didn't kn-" "Excuses are for Iwa-nin! Take your punishment like a man!" "...Kushina, please put down that meat cleaver." Clearly, privacy is a myth. May Kami-sama save his soul. Minato-centric, in case the title wasn't obvious enough. Rated T because Jiraiya is involved.

they moved in fits and bursts; forward, always forward / a story told in nine glances