The Second Coming

by miesana

He was a legend among shinobi. At the age of 24, he was considered the greatest Kage of them all. But his abrupt death ended a stop to the endless heights he seemed to surpass. Thus he is given a chance for a second coming, in a world that doesn't know Namikaze Minato.

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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"When Namikaze Minato opened his eyes, he realized he was alive. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Minato had attempted to move to sit up, but found he could not do so. For he was in the body of an infant. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"It sounded as if he were underwater. An echoed, nulled tone. He could only hear himself and his own thoughts. Minato closed his eyes./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"When he opened them, two young women peered down at him, curiously. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""He was left at our doorsteps?" The brunette woman asked the blonde woman. Minato felt nervous at the two large eyes that stared down at him, like massive titans./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Yes…" The blonde woman replied, shuffling around Minato. He was in a bedding of some sort. In a basket. The woman carefully took out a piece of paper stuffed by his blankets in the basket./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"emspan style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"'I must've been abandoned by an orphanage.'/span/em/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""It says his name is Namikaze Minato."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"strongspan style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"A/N:/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"strongThis fanfiction is emMinato/em-centric. This means that the story revolves around Minato. It isn't Minato in Naruto's body, or Naruto who acts like Minato and has Minato's talent. It's Minato./strong/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"strongspan style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"I was fascinated by Minato's character and strength, and thought to myself "what if he had lived?" I wanted to experiment with this topic, after searching for a similar story I had in mind on , with no luck. /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"strongspan style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"strongWhat I wanted was specific. Minato living in Naruto's time. Not Minato surviving the attack, not Minato in his adult form time traveling. I wanted a Minato who lived in/strong strongNaruto's time./strong/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"strongspan style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"strongspan style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"It's confusing, but you'll understand./span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"strongspan style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"strongMinato has all the same abilities he had until the point he died- which means he has the Kyuubi's Yang half./strong/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" /span/p
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