Minato's POV
I'm laying in my bed reading a book and unable to get the slightest bit of shut eye. Groaning, I put the book down and roll over to check the time. 1:29 am. I'm going to be exhausted tomorrow morning. Even though I'm trying to concentrate on reading this book, I can't help but wonder about Naruto. I get off of my bed and head to where a little blonde boy is sound asleep.
I slowly push open the door and tip toe to his bedside. It's been such a long time since I've last done this it almost feels foreign. I slowly sit down on his bed and watch his chest rise and fall as he sleeps.
His arms are up, as if he's riding down a roller coaster, his shirt slightly revealing his belly, and his blonde locks are spiked in all different directions. The image before me makes me smile. He reminds me so much of myself when I was young it's kind of scary.
I push back a small lock of his hair that's hovering over his sleeping face. His nose scrunches at the contact, but he doesn't wake up. When was the last time I read Naruto a bedtime story? That I even bothered to tuck him in and kiss him goodnight? I usually return from work at this time, sometimes even later, and he's already sound asleep.
I've missed out on so much of his life, and it's all because of my own selfish grief. He may remind me a load of Kushina, but he's still my son, and I know Kushina would hit me straight across the head if she found out what I've been doing the past few years. I sulk at my own failure and notice that I need to get my life together.
I bend down and kiss his forehead. It's been ages since I've done this simple gesture, so long since I've shown any affection towards him whatsoever. How must he have felt not to have a dad around?
Grabbing the bed sheets I put them over myself. Honestly, I don't even care if he wakes up and finds me in his bed; he's Naruto he'll be okay with it. I've already missed out on so much of his life, I need to start somewhere.
I wrap my large arms around his little body and pull him into my chest. He moves around a little, but then grabs my shirt and snuggles into my chest. And I fall asleep with the warmest feeling rushing through my body.
Goodnight, son.
Naruto's POV.
I wake up the next morning, feeling warm and cozy. When I look around I notice someone sleeping next to me. My eyes widen at the figure before me.
It's Minato.
Why is he sleeping here? I push away from him but he holds me in place. I get pulled back against his chest. I squirm around, and try to unwrap his heavy arms from my body. No luck.
Giving up on getting out of the blonde's strong hold, I lay against his chest, listening to his breathing.
This feels so creepy, but why do I kind of like it?
"Morning Naruto." He says not even cracking open his eyes. I look up and see his hair lazily falling against his face, and I didn't realize this before, but he looks so much like me. Like an older version or something.
Lying there up against his chest as it lifts up and down, feeling so cozy. Sure, this is kind of weird considering we're not like related, but it feels so good to be nurtured by someone. No one's ever hugged me like this before, or even bothered to keep me company. I always wondered what it would be like to have your parents sleep with you, and I guess Minato could technically act as my "dad" in this situation. You know like in those movies when the kid has a nightmare and it's daddy to the rescue. Well, minus the nightmare part from this situation.
I smile at the thought and nuzzle into his chest.
"Morning." I say groggily feeling sleepy again. Minato chuckles and I feel his hand brush through my hair. "Already sleepy? You just woke up."
"Five more minutes."
It's not that I'm super sleepy, but I just want to enjoy this small moment, for a little longer.
Minato's POV.
I just lay there, enjoying our little moment. Naruto is snuggled against my chest, his small fingers grabbing my shirt lightly, and my chin is resting on the top of his little head. I nuzzle into his hair, tickling my nose as it brushes across his golden locks. It feels so good to be this close with him, I finally feel like a father. Maybe being a father isn't as hard as I thought…it kind of just comes naturally.
I release from our embrace and sitting up I grab Naruto's little body, swinging him onto my lap. He giggles at the sudden movement, and I swear his laughter is like sunshine. Hitting my cold heart, and making me melt in joy.
"What are we doing today goldilocks?" I coo, receiving a pout from my son.
"Don't call me that blondaime." He retorts, smirking at his creative remark. My eye twitches at the name, but I let it slide.
"I can't wait to go back to school." Naruto says out of the blue, smiling at me.
"And why would that be?" I ask, curious as to why any kid would be excited for school.
"'Cause, I'll finally be able to prove to my teachers that I'm not really the worst in my class! I'll finally be able to hit the target, and it's all thanks to you! To think that the Fourth Hokage trained me over the weekend…it's unreal." Naruto finishes, scooting off of my lap and sitting down so that his gaze is looking out the window.
I frown a little at his words. It's not that I'm upset that he's able to prove himself, but if he mentions my name and doesn't say "dad" people will be suspicious. I bite my lower lip. I don't want to ruin his mood, but I have no other choice.
"Naruto, look at me." I say gently. He turns his gaze away from the window and looks at me.
"I understand that you're really excited to show your new skills, but could you not mention my name? I'd really appreciate it." I finish trying my best not to sound harsh. I watch as his face loses it's cheery glow.
"But why?" He asks, his voice becoming very quiet.
"Because, if you mention to people that I have been personally training you, then they might want to send their children here." I rub the back of my head sheepishly; "I wouldn't want to train thousands of kids…could you do that for me?" It's a sad lie, but it's really the only thing I can come up with that sounds sort of realistic.
I can see he's having a hard time agreeing with me, but finally he gives in and nods.
"I guess so, but I can still use your technique right?" He asks, the little glisten in his eyes returning.
"Of course! Show them just how strong you are." I say poking him lightly on the shoulder. He giggles and hops off the bed.
And I sit there on his bed, watching him as he grabs my hands and attempts to drag me out of bed. I smile as he struggles and I finally give in to his "strong" pull.
He sure is cute.
Naruto's POV.
It's something about Minato that I can't quite put my finger on. He's so nice to me, treats me like I'm his relative, yet we met like two days ago. And why do I feel like we're somehow connected? Steam comes out of my little ears as I try my best to think of why this is even happening. Honestly, how did I even manage to get the Hokage to sign off as my guardian?
Before I get too confused, I decide to push the thoughts out of my mind and just go with it. It's not like I mind Minato's "fatherly" actions, so I shouldn't complain. But like this babysitter here, he's something to complain about. He doesn't do anything.
After munching down some breakfast, Minato told me that he had to go to some meeting. So, I'm stuck at home, but this time with a babysitter.
"Kakashi play with me!" I whine, jumping onto his lap, the book falling from his hands. As it lands on the floor a picture of a woman is seen on one of the pages. It's quite…revealing. Kakashi tosses me lightly to the side and scrambles to pick up his book, his whole face beat red in the process. A mischievous grin forms on my lips.
"Whatcha reading there Kakashi?" I ask as he puts the small book into his pocket.
"Nothing that concerns you Naruto." He replies coolly. Although he's acting cool, I can see the small sweat of nervousness running down his brow. "You wanted to play?" He asks, trying to change the topic.
My eyes light up at the mention of play. Nodding my head furiously, I grab his hand and tug on it, trying to get his lazy bum off of the couch.
"Alright, alright I'm coming." He says light heartedly and follows me as I run out of the back door. Grabbing a kunai I motion for Kakashi to watch. He raises an eyebrow as I perform the stance Minato taught me, and fling the Kunai dead on to the target. My eyes glow in surprise as I notice the large indent in the target's center.
I hit it! And with a lot of force too!
Whirling around on my heel, I face Kakashi, whose face is in utter shock.
"Did you see that?! Minato taught it to me!"
"That's amazing Naruto, I've never seen someone hit a target with that much force before. Especially at your age." He says inspecting the target from afar.
The words make me smile even bigger.
Kakashi's POV.
Wow, he hit that target pretty darn well. Grabbing the kunai out of the target I notice that the dent was enormous. I'm quite surprised Minato actually bothered to even teach the little one anything. He's been quite distant with him for years now. But more importantly, does Naruto even know how to handle chakra yet? I mean this dent had to have some chakra infusion.
Walking back to a bubbly little blonde, I decide to see if my assumption is true.
"Naruto, do you know how to focus chakra?" I ask, spinning the kunai around my pointer finger. He shrugs at me.
"Eh, we haven't really learned that yet…but," He inches a little closer to me and waves his hand so that I lean down. I do as he wishes and he whispers into my ear, "I was reading one of Minato's scrolls when he left the other day to go to the office and found one on the topic. Decided to test it out, but I'm not that good yet." He finishes, moving away from me.
My eyes widen as his words sick in. If Sensei found out about this Naruto would be fried. More importantly, he could have gotten seriously hurt! Without proper guidance, controlling chakra can be very risky and dangerous. But, then again he isn't my kid so I'll see what he managed to learn.
"Alright, show me what you got so far." I say hesitantly. This may not be the best idea, but if he falls off of the tree I'll catch him. "Climb up this tree." I point my finger to a tree nearby and Naruto nods, his eyes lighting up with determination. He walks over to the tree, performs the right hand seals, stands there for a little as the chakra focuses around his little feet, and then walks up the tree like he's been doing this since birth.
But, all is too soon, because once he's halfway up his chakra control becomes a bit iffy, and he stumbles. He jumps back, performs a pretty rough back flip, and lands on his two feet...just barely.
"Ahh, I was so close!" He says stomping his feet in frustration.
I blink. Then I blink a little more. Then a little more just to be sure.
He just performed a genin skilled technique and he hasn't even graduated the academy. And he told me that he learned this yesterday?! He surely has a bit of his father's talent, although he does have a bit harder time containing his chakra seeing as his amount is over average. Must be the Kyuubi...but still that was impressive.
"Naruto, that was excellent!" I say walking over and ruffling his hair. "Keep practicing like that and you'll be the most feared shinobi in all of Konoha."
He smiles at me, the biggest smile I've ever seen, and for some reason it pains me, that it's once again, not Sensei watching him in his most proud moments.
But, instead it's me, or Obito, or Rin, or anyone else Sensei can find to watch over him.
I just hope he'll realize how much he's missing out on Naruto's life. And I hope that it's soon.
AN: Hey y'all! Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I'm kind of super duper busy with school...like come on how much homework can one teenager simply handle?! (obviously having 3 tests, 2 quizes, and a few essays due is no biggie.) *shootsself* Well besides that...JUST UGH ALL THE LOVE FOR THIS FANFIC MAKES ME SO HAPPY! I checked this morning and saw that i'm at 50+ follows for this story...LIKE WOW! That's so awesome! :D Thank you all so much for the support, and I really really really really hope you like where I'm going with this story. Of course I can't please everyone...so if you start disliking it I'm so sorry! D: But nonetheless, I liked writing this chapter (notice that it is quite long since my last chapter was fetus sized XD)
And you might be thinking. How is Naruto so good, but in the anime he stinks?! Well, for this fanfic I decided to have it like, Naruto trains all by himself a ton but of course his dad has like no idea since he's never around. And he trains wicked hard, usually stealing some of Sasuke's techniques since Sasuke is the best in his class, and then trying it out when he gets home. So like he spends hours training, but of course it's difficult for him to control chakra. And ofc his dad is a super genius so why not make Naruto be semi genius and learn things quickly? I feel like it's only fair! But, still he's not excellent and doesn't show off in front of the class or anything since he's nervous he'll just get "tested" and beat up some more.
ALSOOO! Next chapter I will be getting more into depth about Naruto killing those boys. Yeah tbh not sure how that's going to go down, but I have some ideas so hopefully they'll make sense to the plot and all. Honestly, school is draining me so I won't be uploading a whole lot...and my ideas are slowly dying but NO WORRIES I WILL STILL WRITE THIS STORY CAUSE I LOVE MINATO AND NARUTO! lol i need sleep.
Until next chapter toodles~