what she heard
The Bloody Habanero.
Kushina liked it. She liked it better than Tomato that's for sure. Whenever she marched around the academy grounds, red hair flying wildly behind her, boys would point and shout her new nickname before fleeing. Others would try to prove their courage and masculinity by blocking her path and challenging her to a fight. Needless to say, those boys usually ended up at the side of the road with their faces in the dirt. Kushina was a raging hurricane; unbeatable, uncontrollable and undefeated.
That's why when she developed a small, stupid little crush on that wimpy blonde-haired Namikaze with the girly face, she couldn't forgive herself.
Kushina thundered gracelessly into the hallways, glaring threateningly at anything that had a face. She marched towards the direction of her classroom, puffs of dust erupting from behind her as her feet pounded away. Her classroom was located at the very end of the hallway, right near a huge window overlooking the academy grounds. Just as she was about to slide open the door, she heard muffled voices inside the room.
"Pretty? More like gorgeous!" It was Inoichi Yamanaka's voice.
"She's very nice, too," The polite voice obviously belonged to Namikaze.
At the sound of his voice, Kushina's body went rigid (and she hated it so much). Curiously, she pressed her ear to the door, wanting to know who they were talking about. Inoichi rambled on about how intelligent she was, and how skilled she was with her Sharingan. Ah, so they were talking about Uchiha Mikoto. Who else could it be? She was the only Uchiha in their batch. Not that Kushina cared, of course. She was just curious. And her curiosity certainly had nothing to do with the fact that Namikaze was talking about Mikoto.
"What kind of girls do you like, though?" Inoichi asked.
Kushina pressed her ear tighter against the door, determined to hear Namikaze's answer like her life depended on it.
"Someone pretty and nice," She heard Namikaze say, "And sweet. Someone who can make me smile and laugh, basically,"
"Sounds a lot like Mikoto-san," Inoichi commented, and Minato just laughed.
Kushina frowned. This won't do. So the first thing she did was march back the way she came, her feet pounding away on the ground with possibly more force than they did before. She didn't get the chance to hear Minato say "I was kind of talking about Uzumaki-san, by the way", in an embarrassed voice. She didn't get the chance to hear Inoichi Yamanaka gasp loudly, like he didn't believe any of it.
When class finally began, Minato couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was glaring at him from behind his back. And the person in question (which was Kushina) was wondering why Inoichi Yamanaka kept glancing at her throughout the entire class. And Mikoto Uchiha was simply baffled when the famous Bloody Habanero approached her in the academy grounds after class, asking if she could take etiquette lessons from her.