He Sees Darkness, But Smiles Like The Light

By The Un-wanted Angel and Beta'd by Morgan Yukimari

Hey, I know some people had complaints about the last chapter with some sentence repeating themselves, well, I think that's my fault, because my lap-top is old and I need to get it fixed. I'm sorry for that. Let's keep it up with the reviews ^^.

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CHAPTER 11

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and sat up. He raised his hands above his head, stretching out the sleep as a large yawn escaped his mouth. After a moment's pause, he lowered his arms again and turned his body toward the edge of the bed. He slowly slid off the edge of the mattress, his arm outstretched, looking for his usual support. However, his hand found nothing in front of him and he tumbled to the floor with a small thud. The fall didn't make much noise, but it still hurt just the same. Within seconds of the fall, Minato was in Naruto's room.

He knelt down beside his child immediately. He turned his son's limbs over and searched his body for injuries. Even the smallest scratch would catch Minato's attention. "Naruto? Are you okay?" He asked, hesitantly, still checking for any bumps or scratches. Naruto gave his father a puzzled look.That was fast, thought the younger blonde.

"Tou-san? How did you get here so quickly? Your office is down the hall." Naruto asked, genuinely confused. His father didn't normally get here so quickly..

Minato paused, all his movement stopped as he looked at his son. He wouldn't tell Naruto that he actually saw him threw the camera in the bear. Minato bit his lip and after a short moment of silence, he said the first thing idea that popped into his head, even if it was a lame excuse.

"Father's instincts," he replied, confidently. He picked up his son and carried him to the bathroom. The younger blonde had cut his ankle on his dresser and it needed to be bandaged.

When Minato was done, Naruto had bandages both on his hurt ankle and and around his head, covering his eyes. Naruto had help getting dressed; Minato decided his blue overalls, a yellow t-shirt and orange child converses would look adorable on him. He was right, pretty soon he found himself doting and swinging Naruto around.

"OOOOH! Naruto, I could just eat you up, you're as cute as a button!" Minato exclaimed with pride.

"Why would you wanna' eat a button, Papa?" Naruto giggled.

Minato looked at his son. "Hmm.. good point Naru-chan." He replied and they both laughed together.

After playing for a while, they both had breakfast and headed to Minato's office. School was in session only for the upperclassmen and children eleven and under had the day off school. Therefore, Minato decided that Naruto would spend the day with him and maybe he'd take him over to Sasuke's later. Minato was halfway through his enormous pile of paperwork when he decided to sneak a peek at his son. Naruto was supposed to be colouring, though he was oddly quiet.

"Naruto! Don't eat the crayons!" Minato scolded, rushing over to his son.

"But it tastes good, this one especially." Naruto whined holding up the purple crayon. Minato took the crayon and began to clean his son's mouth out with a washcloth. The door opened and Hyuuga Hiashi stepped in, behind him a timid little girl stood shaking shy of whoever was in the room.

"Hiashi-san! It's nice to see you," Minato said, a smile stretched out on his face. Naruto looked up knowing someone was in the room.

"Yondaime-san...I hate to intrude, but we must talk. The council wants a meeting and well-" He looked down at his little girl, she was still shaking and a bit frightened. Minato turned his attention to the shy little girl.

"Hello there~" He cooed, a soft smile replacing his earlier one. Minato stood and moved next to the little girl, bending down to her level. He admired the way her dark, navy hair contrasted with her smooth, pale skin and oogled at her beautiful Hyuuga eyes that were as white as snow. "You're so cute!" He exclaimed.

Hinata blushed, hiding further behind her father and from Minato. "T-thank you..." She kindly and timidly spoke.

"Sorry, Hokage-sama, she's a little shy." Hiashi apologized.

"Oh, it's not a problem, Naruto is shy too, but he won't admit it." Minato grinned, receiving a loud: "am not!" from behind him. Hinata gained the courage to look from behind her father and when she did, her eyes were the shape of two large hot-pink hearts as she looked at the little blind blond boy playing with a tower of blocks. Sparkles and slow romantic music began to play as she looked lovingly at Naruto.

"Hinata?" her father called.

"Wh-wha!?" She asked.

"I said...will you be okay staying here with Naruto while Hokage-sama and I go to a meeting?" The ravenous father smiled. Hinata blushed and nodded as she skipped over to the blonde boy. Minato smiled, signalling to ANBU officers to stand guard by the doors and windows as the two children played in peace and quiet.

"H-hello" Hinata smiled.

Naruto looked up hearing the sound. "Hi..." He mumbled.

"M-My name is Hinata...What is yours?" She smiled.

"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto replied, blatantly. "Wanna' help me built a castle?" He grinned. Hinata looked at the various colors of blocks and it was more of a tower that Naruto was building but she kindly agreed. The castle was built and finished and Naruto sighed.

"Somthin's not right." He said.

"Oh? W-what's wrong?" Hinata timidly asked.

"The castle needs a ruler, a King!" Naruto grinned. "I'm king Naruto Uzumaki, bow down or I'll throw you in the dungeon!" He waved an invisable sword around a huge smile gracing his face.

"I need a queen too...will you be my queen Hinata?" He asked softly, a little shy and embarrassed.

Hinata blushed, speechless she had no idea what to do, Naruto wanted her to be his queen!

"Oh I really don't know that-that's too kind Naruto-Sama-"

"Kun...Naruto-kun. You can call me Naruto-kun or Naru. I don't like formal stuff." Naruto said, interrupting her.

"k-kun? Naruto...Kun..." Hinata blushed.

Naruto smiled, but what made Hinata really nervous and turned her cheeks red, was his declaration. He announced that the two had to get married before they could become either King or Queen.

"So that's really the basic idea of what the meeting was about." Hiashi said while he and Minato walked back to his office.

"Well that was boring," Minato pouted, much like a child and earning a laugh from the raven.

"We weren't gone very long I wonder what the those two were doing." Minato said with a smile. He hoped they got along okay.

The first thing he saw when he opened the door to his office shocked him. He had the urge to close the door and open it again, just to see if what he was seeing was just an illusion. But he knew it wouldn't work and he just stood completely still for a moment as he looked on to the two children in the room. The gasp escaping his mouth is what brought him back to reality. But who wouldn't be shocked, he just walked in on his little boy-yes,his baby-kissing Hinata Hyuuga! It was an innocent kiss and Hinata was red faced and practically half-faint when it happened but never the less his baby was kissing!

Minato didn't know whether to whip out the camera and squeal or rip his baby from the evil clutches of the witch.

"Aww, Hinata, in love already?" Hiashi smiled, picking up his faint daughter.

"She's my Queen!" Naruto smiled. "Now I'm a King!"

"Well, that's nice, Naruto. Thank you Minato-san I'll be sure to bring Hinata over some other time,thank you again!" And with that Hiashi was out the door before the feared Yellow Flash could do anything to harm him.

Minato slumped against the door and Naruto crawled on the floor to his Papa.

"Papa? What's wrong?" Naruto asked.

Minato smiled sadly. "Nothing, baby. Nothing's wrong" he replied, taking Naruto into his arms. Naruto nodded, yawning yearning for a nap. His father's strong and warm arms lulled him to sleep as Minato huffed.

You better of enjoyed that kiss, Naruto. Because while I'm around you're not kissing anyone anymore!A little protective-chibi screamed inside Minato's head.

Naruto sighed. He hated the cold sometimes. He loved playing in the snow like any other child would, but he hated the cold for one reason...Minato was the name of the reason. Minato didn't want Naruto never any doors or windows, even if they were closed, fearing Naruto would get sick. So mostly Naruto spent his evenings curled up in a blanket, as per his father's orders and either sitting next to the heat furnace or in Minato's arms. In this case, he was with his father.

"Here, Naruto. Something to warm you up" Minato said with a soft smile on his lips as he handed Naruto a small mug of tea.

Naruto smile back and replied, "thank you, Papa."

Minato smiled, his head rested on the palm of his hand as he watched Naruto. He didn't know what triggered it, but he suddenly recalled what the Kyuubi said the first time he talked to the fox 'through' Naruto.

"What you should worry about, is how lonely that child is!" The Kyuubi had scolded him.

That same sentence never left his mind. It repeated itself over and over again. Minato tried to see if in anyway Naruto showed sadness or loneliness. He couldn't really tell, Naruto was always smiling now. Minato did not mind that at all, but...he was still worried.

"Papa?" Naruto asked.

"Hm?" Minato answered.

"When will I be a ninja? A real one!" Naruto smiled.

Minato smiled back. "When you're older and have graduated, and passed Chunin Exams, and tests, and more training, and more tests and-"

"That's a lot," Naruto sadly spoke. "What if I don't do good?"

Minato creased his hand gently along Naruto's cheek. "Naruto, you will do good, and don't worry about them. They're a long ways away. What you need to worry about is your school work."

"Hai, Papa."

Minato smiled, scooting over to Naruto to wrap his arms around the small body, he took in a deep breath.

"Papa?" Naruto asked again.

"Hm?"

"Did you do good in school?"

"Of course I did, I really wanted the title of Hokage." Minato patted the small blonde's hair as he spoked..

"Did...Kaa-san do good?" He asked. Minato bit his lip. Naruto almost never talked or even mentioned his mother. The last time he did was right after he had been kidnapped by Orochimaru. Minato never really talked about Kushina either, it was still a soft spot for him but he knew that if Naruto was curious, and he would still be one day, then he'd have to grow some balls and tell Naruto about Kushina.

"She wasn't that good in school, but she tried her best and that's all that matters, because that made her the smartest in the class."

"Huh?" Naruto asked. "I don't understand...if she wasn't good but she tried her best, how did that make her the smartest?"

"Naruto...being a ninja requires that you be smart and alert. But there are some who aren't that bright. But those who aren't that bright become the bravest of us all." Minato smiled as he spoke, recalling the memory of his late wife in childhood. "Just because you fail something doesn't mean you're dumb or worthless, as long as you tried your best and put everything you had into it and tried...then that makes you the winner. Because, Darling, what really matters is if you tried your best."

Naruto smiled, cuddling into his father's warm hug.

"Do you think..." He yawned. "I'll be Hokage?"

Minato smiled, placing Naruto's cup on the table and carrying Naruto to bed.

"Of course you will, Naruto." Minato smiled.

Naruto had fallen asleep already so he didn't hear Minato's last words. "I'll make sure of it..."

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-The Un-wanted Angel

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