Minato didn't know what to do, this was the first time Naruto had seen him in years, Minato had made sure of that. He knew it was cowardly but he just couldn't bring himself to finally talk to Naruto. Well now was a good a time as any he guessed, he fought back the grimace on his face as Naruto jumped back into a standing position and fought with the sheets twisted around him. It was another moment before he managed to free himself and spun around to point at Minato.

"You're the Fourth Hokage!" he said in a shaky voice. "You're supposed to be dead."

Minato stood up from his squat and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Well, I am dead."

If at all possible Naruto's face grew paler as he tried to push himself into the wall even more. "B-b-b-b-but then how are you here?" he barely managed to stutter out.

"I'm not exactly sure." He said with a lopsided grin.

Naruto still looked panicked but then his face morphed into rage. "How could you seal that, that, thing!" he screamed. "Inside of me?" Minato didn't get a chance to answer because a pillow was hurled at him, but the effect fell short when the pillow continued through him instead of hitting him. "Do you know that I've been alone my whole life because everyone hated me? I didn't even know why until Mizuki tricked me into stealing the forbidden scroll." An alarm clock was ripped from the wall before it sailed through his head.

"Why me? Why couldn't you have picked someone with a family, being alone is hard enough as it is!" this time a kunai flew through his chest and embedded itself in the wall behind him. Minato decided the best thing to do was to just let him get it all out. "Even now that I'm a ninja people still hate me!" a shoe flew just past his head.

Minato continued to stay silent until he saw that Naruto was breathing hard and holding his head. "I know I have no right to apologize to you." He started and restrained from flinching when Naruto leveled a glare at him. "And I wish I could tell you why, but the truth is I don't remember the nine-tailed fox's attack. I don't even remember becoming Hokage."

Naruto gave a disbelieving snort and looked away.

"I woke up in front of the memorial stone six years ago, you're the only one who can see and hear me." He asked he admitted hoping to divert the conversation.

Naruto snapped his neck to look at Minato. "You've been here for six years? Why am I just seeing you now?" he asked.

"Think hard Naruto, this isn't the first time you've seen me." He said, in what he decided was a fatherly tone.

Naruto squinted at him and leaned forward. "Are you that guy who used to follow me around when I was younger?" Minato nodded. "Huh, I always thought I imagined that." Naruto muttered. "So why are you here now?" he asked.

He gave a nervous chuckle and scratched the back of his head. "Well, I figure now is a good time to really start training you." He lied through his teeth hoping Naruto believed him.

Minato watched in amazement as Naruto's whole demeanor changed from petulant to wide eyes excitement. "You're gonna train me?" he asked in an awed tone. "The Fourth Hokage, train me? There's no way I won't become Hokage if you train me!"

"Well, yeah, I mean if you want me to that is." He said with a hint of embarrassment. He always got embarrassed when people thought so highly of him.

Naruto jumped over his bed and made to hug him but apparently forgot that everything he had thrown at him previously had no effect, the end result was that Naruto landed on the floor after going through Minato. He stood back up and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "He he, oops."

"Alright, off to bed, we start early tomorrow." He ordered and pointed to the bed that now held neither pillows nor sheets. Naruto saluted him before scooping up the discarded bed accessories and bounding onto the bed. Minato took this as his cue to leave.

XxX

Minato found himself standing in front of Naruto's bed at six o'clock the next morning, shaking his head. There lay Naruto, stomach down on his bead drooling all over his pillow, his alarm blaring. Naruto was not a light sleeper and if he didn't train himself to do so then he wouldn't last long.

"Naruto!" he said loudly.

The kid didn't so much as flinch.

What could possibly get Naruto up in this state of borderline coma? Minato could have sworn he heard the imaginary 'ting' of a light bulb over his head. "Ramen." He said the magic word lower then when he had been calling his name earlier.

An ear twitched.

"Would you like some… ramen?"

There was a slight moan as he shifted beneath the skewed sheets.

Just one more push should do it. "The first bowl of ramen in the morning is always the best."

Two bleary eyes opened and Naruto rolled onto his back, wiping the drool away with the back of his hand. He seemed to realize that his alarm clock was going off and slammed his hand down which effectively shut it off. "Ugh." He grunted.

"Rise and shine." Minato said cheerily.

Naruto sent him a squinty eyed glare. "Go away." He mumbled.

"Go away?" Minato asked in fake surprise and hurt. "And here I thought you wanted to be Hokage, you know a Hokage gets up early every morning to train." He said idly. "I guess you don't want to be Hokage as bad as you say you do." He turned and began walking to the door.

"No! Wait, I'm coming!" he said.

Minato turned around to see Naruto pulling his bright orange pants on while taking his pajama top off at the same time, it didn't matter who you were, that was an impressive feat especially at that speed. It was only a few more minutes before Naruto was ready to go, the last part of his wardroom, his forehead protector, he spent the most time putting on.

"Okay, let's go!" he said and took a stance that reminded him a lot of Jiraiya.

"Say, have you ever met a big old guy with white hair named Jiraiya?" he asked.

"I don't think so." He said as he locked his door.

XxX

Naruto stared down at his Gama wallet in despair. The only time he had seen it this empty before was when Old Man Hokage had given it to him for a birthday present when he was five. Of course he had a bunch of cool new ninja gear for training and such, but it also meant he would have to mooch Ichiraku Ramen off of Iruka-sensei until his next mission. The Fourth had convinced him to buy a new set of training weights, a lot heavier than the ones he was currently wearing.

"Okay Naruto, now that you have all your stuff I'm going to start you on the same training that I used to do when I was your age." He said as he surveyed the old training grounds he used to haunt. He looked down to Naruto to see him strapping on the last weight. There were seventy pounds each around his legs and fifty pounds around his waist and on each arm, he could just barely stand. "Okay, since this is your first day with the weights you won't do the full workout." Naruto looked conflicted, like he wanted to do the full workout just not with an extra two hundred and ninety pounds on him.

"For the first week you'll do twenty laps around the field. Next week you'll do twenty-five along with fifty hanging pull-ups. Week three is thirty laps, fifty pull-ups and twenty laps in the river. After that you'll keep adding laps to both your swimming and your running." He said with a smile Naruto thought looked maniacal.

It was official; the Fourth Hokage was a slave driver and was trying to kill him. He would be dead from exhaustion before the end of the week. He looked at the well-worn trail around the training field and sighed. Well, if this is what it took to be Hokage, then he would go up and above the Fourth's expectations.

A/N

Okay I decided the last chapter really sucked so I rewrite it! Enjoy and please review!