The moment Naruto opened the door of his house, a flash of light appeared right in front of him and his father appeared with a pissed off expression on his face.
"Hehe...hey dad" He chuckled nervously while looking up at him.
"Where have you been, young man?" He asked with a dangerous edge in his tone, looking down at his son.
"I felt asleep at the training ground, dad" He put up a perfect truth and even the Hokage himself would be able to detect any lies in it from his words.
"Training ground? Don't tell me you're skipping Academy for your training?" He said "Your mother is so going to get angry at you when I told her about this." he said, nodding his head while crossing his arms on his chest
"Well dad, consider that she is quite a short temple woman," Naruto pointed to his father with a sly grin "maybe you should watch your back to and reconsider about telling mom about this" Minato's eyes shot wide opened and couldn't help but think how right his son was.
"Ahem..." Naruto grinned when his father coughed into his hand "What I was saying, is falling asleep on training ground could be dangerous?. You got that, don't you." Naruto nodded his head.
"Where is Onee-sama?" Naruto asked "Is she searching for me too?" he couldn't feel her anywhere inside of the residence, so maybe she was out.
But he did feel another signature inside the house at the second floor and it was unfamiliar one.
"Your older sister is out to buy some groceries for tonight dinner, lucky for you." he then moved his head down and whispered to his son "Don't tell her about this, she will tell your mom for sure"
"Okay dad" Naruto nodded his head before using his leg to kick the door opened slightly. Minato turned his head around and suddenly felt a gush of wind blew pass him, with some leaf following with it.
"Strange," Minato muttered, he swore that he felt something.
Naruto turned his attention back into his house and smiled at Kunou, who was being carried by Yasaka to their room on the third floor. The fox girl waved her hand happily to Naruto before disappearing from view.
"Anyway" Minato close the door behind them before saying "Naruko is back, Naruto"
"What?" Naruto asked in surprise "Naruko is back?" A smile then spread out on his face at the mention of his younger sibling, twin with Minami but got a different hair color. From what he heard about Naruko from his parent and Kurahime, she was actually one of a few person tried to be nice to him in the past, but too afraid of Minami to try directly. Naruko was quite shy and timid back then before the suppose death of his her brother, while acting like she was ignoring her brother, she actually cared and always found some way to help him.
Like secretly sneaking him a piece of Minami's birthday cake in without him in knowing...something like that could go unnoticed by his counterpart but for someone like Naruto, after putting everything together it was quite easy to guess it was his younger sister the one who did it.
"Where..." but before he could ask, he heard the sound of someone running hurriedly down the stair. Looking at that direction his eyes widened when he saw a girl he could easily mistook at Minami thrown herself at him and wrapped her arms around his neck in a bear hug. In that short moment he could see that other than the hair color, Naruko looked exactly like Minami, from the curve on her face, the hair style to the color of her eyes, even her build was identical to their older sister.
"Onii-sama!" she cried out "I'm so glad you're okay, father didn't allow me to go out to search for you with him so..."
"Uh...hey, Naruko" He greeted her by wrapping his arms around her body, stopping her motor-mouth from continuing "I'm fine, see?"
"I was so worry." The girl let go of him and smiled warmly at her brother.
"Hehe, thanks Naruko" he smiled at her.
"I'm so sorry because I wasn't there for you when you woke up, onii-sama" She said with her head lowered a little in sadness "I..."
"Don't worry, Imouto, you had duty to do right?" Naruto grinned at her, petting her head gently "I heard that you became a Jounin, congratulation, Naruko"
"Thanks, Onii-sama" the red head smiled softly.
Seeing their children bonding with each other like this, Minato couldn't help but smile. He finally realized the part his family was missing and slowly, Naruto was bringing it back to them.
"Good..." They all turned around and saw Minami standing outside with her hands carrying a lot of bags "Naruko, you're back" she said in surprise.
"Yes Onee-sama, I'm back" Naruto could hear some unpleasant in the way Naruko was addressing their sister.
"Hey hey, let's me bring this inside for you" Realizing that this was no place for adult like him, Minato immediately offered his help to his oldest child, taking the bags from her hands before walking inside.
"I will help you put them in the fridge dad." Naruto called and followed him.
The two twin sisters stared at each other for a moment, with Minami tried to avoid Naruko's eyes but failed miserably.
"Naruko, I..." the older one decided to open up first but...
SLAP!
Naruko gave her a hard slap on her right cheek, leaving Minami with her eyes wide in shock.
"I am not afraid of you anymore, Onee-sama" Naruko said coldly "and I'm not going to let you hurt him, not anymore" with that she turned around and walked inside.
"Naruko..." Minami whispered with a sad tone while Kyuubi's chakra was making the red cheek returning to normal.
She deserved this slap it was just that she was surprise the one who gave her it was her own twin sister. It seemed that Naruto wasn't the only sibling in this family she needed to fix her image in their eyes.
The next morning
"So Naruto, up for another challenge?" Minato asked, with a kunai in his hand when he realized his son was having breakfast alone in the kitchen, once again his son best him in who could wake up sooner in the morning. The Yondaime Hokage then gently threw at to his son, who caught it with suddenly looking at him.
"Well dad to tell you the truth, I have selfish request I want you to listen." Naruto said to his father with a sad look in his face.
Operation: Get into the Chunin Exam.
The father and son soon headed to the family's backyard and stood facing each other. Minato was rather curious about what Naruto wanted to say him.
"You know why I felt asleep at the training ground last night dad?" Naruto asked, sounding a little less exciting than usual.
"Because you're training, aren't you?" Minato took a wild guess, but he just knew that his son was there for training. For some reason he got the feeling that he would never give up until he is signed into the Chunin Exam.
"Yep, but, did you know what I train?"
"Things they taught at school? Like basic Taijutsu" it was quite basic "Come to think of it, how about I start teaching you with some of our trademark moves?"
"Sorry, Not Right Now ..." He said and crossed his fingers in a very familiar handseal, making Minato widen his eyes in surprise "How about this? Tajuu Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" he cried out and in a massive explosion, the whole backyard of Namikaze Residence was filled with Naruto clones. There were at least thirty of them standing around.
After seeing his father's face, Naruto made a handseal and dispersed all the clones.
"How was that father?" Naruto asked timidly.
"H-How?" Minato stuttered.
"I don't know the only one thing I remember seeing an image of a scroll of jutsu of this technique.I don't how I remember it but when I practiced it, this was the result." He said in satisfied look. He looked to his right slightly and saw Yasaka and Kunou watching them through the window of their room, and the older Kitsune was giving him a thumb up.
Though Kunou was definitely tip-toeing so that she could see what was going on through the window.
"Do you remember what happened to you at that night?" the older Namikaze stood up and asked Naruto with a worried look on his face."
"I am sorry. I don't know but I don't want to remember it either?" Naruto replied
"So he does remember but he doesn't want to talk about it? " Minato thought for a moment before asking "What else can you do, son?" he asked.
"Some other more simple tricks like tree climbing and water walking and a transportation jutsu, watch this" Naruto brought out a rudimentary tag attached to kunai at throw at some distance and again, what he was about to do leave his father in a complete state of shock.
"He hiraishin to the place where he had to thrown the Kunai." Minato looked at him with a shocked look on his face. He learned his prized jutsu.
"Naruto how did you Learn such high level technique, you know that besides Naruko no one can perform this jutsu." Minato asked with surprised look on his face.
"Yasaka Hime taught this to me" Naruto said.
Minato became worried because he never heard of Yasaka Hime. He asked to Naruto who is this Yasaka Hime.
"She is a leader of Summon beasts of Kitsune Clan. You see when I was training, I found a injured Fox and I helped her to get well by feeding her and taking care of her wound. When she was well enough to move, she talked to me in human language and went back to her homeland in a poof of smoke. Next day, she came with a blonde girl. I thought she is her owner but it turned out that she is their leader and came in her human form so I don't freak out by her size. She thanked me for the kindness. She asked me if I'm willing to sign a summoning contract. I was not able to resist her so I signed it and from that day she took good care for my training and taught me this special jutsu." Naruto replied calmly hiding the actual truth.
"Can I see your summoning Justu", Minato asked curiously.
"Yeah, sure. " and with that he performed summoning and with the poof, Kunou appeared in front of them in her fox form. Minato was surprised to see the little fox but Kunou was a bit scared of him so she hid behind Naruto.
"Sorry dad, she is just a baby fox and don't know any high level jutsu besides Fox fire breath and Fox bite. And she is afraid of humans. I remember when I first summoned her, she was so scared that she ended up biting on my butt" Naruto replied with a terrified look on his face.
Minato looked at his son and try to imagine the scene of Naruto bitten by a fox. It is amusing, so Minato thought that it is not a good idea to laugh at it.
He tried to change the topic asked him a different question.
" So what is your selfish wish Naruto?" He asked calmly
"Father, I am sick of staying in Academy. I wanted to became a shinobi. During these one month I worked really hard to learn every single jutsu, even the basic one with a single goal to pass the graduation exam. I want to be a Ninja and want to take part in these Chunin Exams to prove all of them wrong who said bad words to me. To prove that I am no longer the "Worst One" they used to call me. Please give me just one chance. I want to prove my worth as a ninja. He then came in Seiza and bowed his head in front of his father and begged him to just give him one chance to prove." Naruto said with tears in his eyes still in Seiza.
Minato can no longer look at his son. He was begging in front of his father. How can he understand the pain felt by Naruto all these years. He realised that somehow he was also responsible for Naruto current condition. He decided that he will allow him to pass this year and he will get rid of every single trouble which will stand in front of his son path for stopping his growth. With a commanding voice he ordered Naruto to Stand. Hearing that voice even Minami and Naruko came to the training yard and looked at the scene. Minato then wiped Naruto tears and asked him to stop crying.
He then spoke, " Naruto you will graduate from Academy this year only and will also participate in Chunin Exam. I will find every possible candidate to be your team members. If council get in the way, I will find a way to help you. That is my promise, so don't feel sad. And one more thing, I am proud of you. You endured much harder than anyone, so this time Show everyone that you are Namikaze Naruto a Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village."
"Thank you, Father. I will do my best" Naruto said while wiping his tears
With that Minato left for his office, saying good luck to his Son. He thought in his mind that
Making an extremely potential, young promising like this waits for another year to become Gennin and then later participate in the Chunin would be a bad move for a Hokage and worst as a Father.
Minami and Naruko felt happy for Naruto that he will be able to pass this year from Academy and will also participate in Chunin Exams. Minami felt that somehow if she could be together with Naruto, then she will do everything with her power to protect him. For the time they congratulated him on his achievement. Meanwhile Kunou went in front of Naruko and to her Surprise she licked her on her face. Naruko squealed at the looks of cute Fox and hugged her, but when Minami tried to approach Kunou, she looked scared and growled at her. Minami was feeling sad thinking even Little Fox also hate her. Naruto seeing the situation told Minami that she is just beware of her. He told her that in his first attempt to hug her, she bit his butt really hard. Minami felt a bit relieved at Naruto answer and with that Naruto left for Ichiraku. After knowing that Kunou is also following him he took her in his arms and went for his destination.
Line Break
"Ehehe, nothing better than having Ichiraku Ramen to celebrate after hearing your father Acknowledgement and words" Naruto grinned, separating the chopsticks. He decided to stay outside for today and was sitting at the Ichiraku Ramen Stand, waiting patiently for his order to come.
"Here you go Naruto-kun" His most favorite Ramen waitress, Ichiraku Ayame returned with an extra large bowl of ramen, also doubled the amount of fishcakes "Your new hair color suit you well, Naruto-kun."
"Thank you, Ayame-nee san" Naruto grinned at her "Itadakimasu!" he cried out and started to enjoy his meal.
"Cute little guy you have there, Naruto-kun" Ayame commented, seeing the tiny fox lying on Naruto's lap.
"Oh, her name is Kunou" Naruto smiled, letting go of his chopsticks to use his hand and gently pick the yellow fox up and, putting her on the table. Kunou was very young, only eleven years old so her Youkai form was kind of small, about the same size with a young kit
but in the near future she would be just as big as her mother and grandmother.
"Strange...I don't recall this kind of color for a fox, but she is so cute" Ayame reached her hand out to pet her head but Kunou quickly shot away with a tiny yelp
"She is rather shy." Naruto shrugged, Kunou clearly didn't like human that much. Her mother decided to let Naruto take her out for a walk, to see the outside world other than Makai and hopefully could get familiar with it.
"Oh well, I have some cookies inside, hopefully she will like them." the waitress smiled before going into her house.
"She is very kind, so you don't need act so wary like that" Naruto said softly while gently scratching the back of her neck.
"Oh yeah that Onee-chan is kind, but not as much as us" He then heard a voice belonged to none other than the snake mistress of Konoha, Anko Mitarashi herself as she and the rest of Konoha's infamous Ice-Queens approached him. Those four actually gained those titles at this timeline, unlike back at his world which was just some unofficial titles given by the Kunoichi.
"What do you want now?" Naruto asked with an emotionless tone. Kunou glanced around, appearing to be worry when she saw Hana's dogs.
"Nothing, just want to spend some time with our favorite boy." Anko then saw the fox standing on the table "What a cute little creature!" she said in amazement and reached her hand out.
But before she could even touch her, her hand was stopped by Naruto, who shot his hand out to grab her wrist. His action was so fast that none of the girls could see it coming.
"Don't touch her" Naruto said coldly, his hand was gripping Anko's wrist so much that it became pale. He could easily break her wrist, but decided against it.
"Damn it, let's go of me" Anko tried to shrug herself out of Naruto's grip but much to her and her friends' shock, her entire arm couldn't even move.
Naruto put his other hand on the table, letting Kunou climb on it before quickly running to hide inside his jacket.
"You guys should stop bothering me." Naruto said, letting go of Anko's hand "Next time, I won't be so nice like that."
"Why you little..."
"Anko, stop" Before the snake mistress could make any...stupid attempt, Kurenai put a hand on her friend's shoulder, stopping her "We should leave now."
"And why is that?" Anko asked in frustration but she then cried out in surprise when Kurenai and Yugao wrapped their arms around her and pulled her away "Hey what are you doing?"
"There is something...off about him." Kurenai said while pulling Anko away.
"My dogs are afraid of him." Hana said while walking beside her three friends "You felt it too, Kurenai?"
"I...I don't know but there is something off around him, I don't know what it is but..." The Genjutsu mistress shook her head "I got a feeling that there is more than meet the eyes about him."
"As if something like that can happen"
"Hey Naruto-kun, Kunou's cookies is here" Ayame returned with a small bowl of cookies, which were crushed to the smaller pieces to fit Kunou's mouth.
"Thanks, Ayame-ne san" Naruto smiled and picked Kunou out of his shoulder and gently put her down the table, in front of the bowl of cookies.
At least, Kurenai was wise enough to stop Anko, or else he would have to make thing nasty for her
To be continued...