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Chapter 5. Someone is there for me
A young girl dressed in an elegant pale blue kimono with sakura petals embroidered expertly onto it was walking down the halls in her clan's mansion. As she routed outside the mansion in its gardens, her pale white eyes fell upon the bane of her freedom. The wall surrounding the mansion. It was the only thing stopping her from going into the village. 'Someday, somehow, I'll break out. I'll climb over that wall and see the village on my own with no one with me to tell me how to do things.' Hinata decided with conviction. She continued on her way, giving the wall a withering glare.
Everywhere she went people all bowed with respect, even her fellow clansmen, and she hated that family had to bow to her and be treated like maids-in-waiting. It just wasn't right. Despite all this she would always smile demurely at them. She snapped out of her musings when she noticed her father approaching her. "Good afternoon, Tou-sama." Hinata greeted softly. Her father merely nodded in acknowledgement and brushed past her, continuing on his way.
Hinata sighed and stepped back inside the mansion, resuming her walk to her room, slightly fearful since she hadn't informed her parents that she was going to take a little stroll. Things in that house were just that strict, especially when it came to the clan heir, which just happened to be her.
Hinata slid open the door and gazed out across the garden. Merry chirps mingling with the calls of cicadas saturated the air. The wind blew in her hair and swept across the cherry blossom, scattering sakura petals, causing a smile to tug at her lips, smiling at the serenity. She watched as the petals danced in the air before disappearing with the wind. A few petals breezed across the garden and nestled in her hair, some sweeping into her room. Hinata held a hand out, and a petal fluttered delicately onto it. "How pretty…" She muttered, still staring out across the tranquil garden that failed to belie the unseen tension in the clan. It was suffocating. "I wonder… can I ever be free like them?" The meek girl sighed, glancing at the sakura petal in her hand.
"I win" a lazy voice drawled lazily.
"Nice one Shikamaru..." A gruffer voice said as its owner prepared the board for another game of Shogi. Shikamaru yawned and gazed out the window at the scenery, before lifting his eyes to the clouds, meandering lazily in the sky.
"Hey dad…?" Shikamaru tried to get his father's attention.
"Hmmm?" Shikaku lazily lifted his head.
"I am going to go sleep" Shikamaru yawned.
"…okay" Shikaku started to pack up.
Shikamaru stood up and dragged himself over to the door, only to hear his mom screech, "SHIKAMARU! COME DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW AND HELP ME PREPARE LUNCH! AND GET YOUR DAD!"
"Troublesome woman." Shikamaru groused as they headed for the kitchen, his dad nodding in agreement
Somewhere in the forest, two young boys with the Uchiha symbol on the back of their shirt were training. There were kunai in the bulls eye of the target and some shuriken embedded in the trees nearby.
"Wow! Nii-san! That so cool! Can you teach me how to do that? Please?" cried the younger of the two, peeking out from behind a tree.
"When you're older," the older of the two, Itachi, stated calmly as he pick up the projectiles.
"Hmph! No fair!" Sasuke whined and pouted.
Itachi just smiled and waved his hand, signaling for his brother to get closer. Sasuke ran up to Itachi, only to receive a finger flick to the forehead, leaving a red mark.
"Ow!" Sasuke cried and rubbed his forehead.
Itachi give a slight smile as he picked Sasuke up and walked towards their home, carrying the young boy piggy back the whole time.
'Naruto…' Itachi wondered how the young blond was doing, having been given the task of watching over the blond twice before.
"Achoo!" Naruto sneezed on the way to the manor. Minato put a hand to his son's forehead and realized the young blond was burning up.
"Hmm…Maybe we should go home before we go see Hokage-sama…" Minato pondered his options as he leapt across the rooftops. Naruto gave another sneeze and wrap his arms around his dad.
After a few minutes, Minato was trying fruitlessly to get his beloved son into the bath. Unfortunately, the young blond seemed to hate baths as much as dogs, so he started running away from Minato, his tiny feet pattering against the floorboards. Minato tried numerous times to catch Naruto, but as soon as he got close, the young blond ran away again, causing Minato to miss by an inch or two.
"I finally caught you!" Minato cried breathlessly, frustration hinting in his tone as his son struggled to get out of his dad's grip.
"Bath time!" Minato announced as he dragged Naruto to the bathroom once more.
Minato turn on the tap and let the water flow into the bath tub as he struggled to undress his son. Minato tested the water and, deeming it just right, lowered Naruto into the bath water. He grabbed the shampoo he'd bought on the disastrous visit to the store and squeezed a sizable amount onto his hand before attacking his son's hair. Naruto squirmed indignantly and slapped his hand into the water repeatedly, soaking Minato.
"Naruto," Minato sighed, staring at his son, his bangs sticking to his face. Naruto looked innocently up at him, bubbles trapped in his hair.
"I guess I might as well take a bath too since I'm wet," Minato rinsed the shampoo out of Naruto's hair and proceeded to scrub the boy down with soap, spitting water out as he was treated to another face full of soapy water. The soap tasted bitter on his tongue. Minato rinsed off all the remaining soap and coaxed Naruto out of the bath, only this time, Naruto was reluctant to get out.
Minato sighed yet again and hooked his hands under his son's arms and lifted the boy out of the water. He set Naruto down on the floor and furiously toweled the blond dry and forcing him into a yellow shirt with a green spiral pattern on the back and a pair of orange shorts.
"I'm going to take a bath too. You can wander around the house, just don't go outside," Minato instructed his son, closing the door as the boy nodded obediently.
Minato opted to use the shower head in favor of the tub, and stepped into the bath after draining the bath water. Minutes later, Minato stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed in a pale orange shirt and dark blue pants. He stepped into the kitchen and put a piece of charcoal into the fridge to get rid of the smell, before restocking it. He opened the cupboards and was bombarded by an avalanche of instant ramen.
'I'll have to do something about his eating habits,' Minato sighed, replacing the cups of instant ramen with healthier things, and stowing most of the instant ramen into the higher shelves to keep Naruto from reaching it. He stashed the few he'd spared away into the cupboard so that Naruto could eat it when he wasn't around. After organizing the kitchen, he went to find Naruto.
Minato found Naruto in the bedroom, fingering the tri-pronged kunai. "Naruto, don't do that. It's dangerous," Minato warned gently taking the kunai away and carrying the blond out into the living room.
Minato took a roll of bandages, carefully disinfecting and bandaging Naruto's wounds. He stepped back to admire his handiwork when he was done and decided to cook something, seeing as it was nearing dinner time.
'I'll go see Hiruzen later, when Naruto's asleep,' Minato smiled gently as he tried his hand at cooking.
"Well… I guess I'll go cook something... What do you want Naru-chan?" Minato asked. There was a sudden movement near the window and Minato released a kunai towards it out of instinct, Naruto moving to hide between his legs.
"Kakashi, what are you doing here?" Minato shouted at the window, relaxing.
"Can't I come by to visit?" Kakashi said, feigning hurt as he entered through the window.
"Would you want to stay for dinner?" Minato asked, rummaging through the cupboards.
"Why would I turn down a free meal?" Kakashi shrugged, giving his sensei an eye smile.
Minato shook his head at his former student's antics as he found some tomatoes and fishcake in the fridge. After a few minutes, three steaming bowls of ramen sat on the table. Minato picked his chopsticks up and was surprised to hear a loud slurping noise, followed by a sigh of content. Minato turned to face his son and his eyes bugged when he noticed the empty bowl.
'Only Kushina could eat ramen that fast,' Minato thought.
"Naruto, you can't just eat ramen you know? From now on, you have to limit your intake of ramen, understand? How can you not get sick of eating ramen everyday? You really take after Kushina," Minato sighed.
"Can I have more?" Naruto asked innocently, giving him the Puppy Dog Eyes.
"There's more in the pot. Help yourself," Minato sighed, hearing a giggle escape Kakashi.
"Should I be happy that he has Kushina's personality? I guess having big blue eyes is good for something," Minato told Kakashi.
"He takes after you in looks, but he has Kushina's personality," Kakashi agreed. Minato trapped a few strands of noodles between his chopsticks and brought them to his mouth,
"At least it's not toxic, but I miss Kushina's cooking." Tears rolled down his cheeks, but he hastily dried them as Naruto tottered back into the living room and set the bowl on the table. Minato turned his attention back to Kakashi who had just picked up his chopsticks. Minato stared intensely at his student, watching his ex-student shift nervously under his gaze.
"Daddy! You're an awesome cook!" Minato whipped around to face the source of the voice. Minato laughed merrily as Naruto licked the interior of the bowl, trying to get every last drop of broth. Suddenly, Minato stopped laughing and rounded on Kakashi, sighing as he noticed the empty bowl before Kakashi.
"Sorry sensei. I can't let you see my face," Kakashi shot Minato and eye smile. After dinner, Naruto brushed his teeth, changed into his pyjamas and went to bed. Not long after, the young blond was sound asleep, oblivious to his father sitting over him, Kakashi having left after finishing his bowl of ramen.
Minato looked out the window, up at the dark blanket dotted with stars. "Kushina…" he muttered sadly. "Damn it! I couldn't protect her. I don't want to lose Naruto too!" Minato clenched his fist in anger before punching the wall, ignoring as a bout of pain shot through his fist. Luckily for him, Naruto slept like the dead. Minato was about to leave the room when Naruto started muttering in his sleep.
Minato inched closer and managed to catch, "Tou-san, don't leave me… Please…"
Minato sat on the floor and patted his son's head, "I'm not going anywhere… I'll always be here for you. I won't leave you alone. Never again."
The next day, Minato opened his eyes and winced as the harsh sunlight assaulted his sensitive eyes. He propped himself up and found that he'd fallen asleep next to his son's bed. He got up, working the kinks out of his back and trying to get the numbness out of his legs.
"Naruto… Wake up," Minato shook his son's body in a futile attempt to wake the young blond up. "How's he going to be a ninja if he keeps this up?" Minato muttered to himself.
An idea went off in his head and he positioned himself near Naruto's ear, "Naruto… If you don't wake up, I'm going to eat all the ramen by myself."
Minato got an immediate reaction as Naruto bolted out of bed shouting, "Ramen! Where?"
A/N: Finally done Okay here are the result for the poll currently
Naruto has friends with 16 votes. (This part of the poll is now close)
Minato becomes Hokage with 12 votes…
Kakashi becomes Naruto sensei with 7 votes.
NEW OPTIONS
AURA NINJA
1. Chapter be longer that means longer update
2. Chapter be shorter that means shorter update
KUSHINA
1. Come back from the dead (Tell me how
2. Doesn't come back
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