A/N: Well I have some news, updates might slow down due to I am going back to school next week. Vacation is over for me. *Sighs* Well I decided to update today due to it may get slow. Well I hope this doesn't disappoint. I'll update two times next week hopefully.

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MINATO pov in this chapter.

Chapter six: Proposal

Naruko

His eyes weren't the same.

They were…. red.

"Your… eyes?" I looked at him in confusion.

"Don't freak out. Let's say it's… something I picked up." He said with a smirk. It wasn't a cocky smirk he was trying to avoid going into details. They were the red eyes of a sharingan or just a natural tone of red. They were a blood red and his pupil was silted. Those weren't the hazel brown eyes of my brother.

I looked to his wrists and noticed he was wearing the jade bracelet. The one father had mentioned. I wondered if it was the same bracelet father gave him so he couldn't leave Konoha. How did he leave?

"How did you leave?" I asked.

"Your stupid father put a hex Jutsu on this bracelet." He said showing me the jade bracelet. "Though I broke the Jutsu I can't take the bracelet off." He said annoyed.

"I wondered that. Kyuubi come home." I told him simply. I didn't want to beat around the bush. I was being forward.

"Hell no! I found a way of making my ambition true. I will not let anyone stand in my way." He said as he crossed his arms.

"Ubi I really want you to come home. Do it for me." I told him.

"No. why do you think I called you to come? I knew that idiot would send you coming. I planned this out. I knew you would learn to use the charm around your neck to find me. I send two idiots from rain village to help you come. They're really no use for me, but water looks better in Konoha versus sand. You know less conspicuous." He said dignified.

"Knowing you would come of your own accord. I just simply waited."

"What do you want from me Kyuubi?" I asked and his face turned into an evil smirk.

"You have no idea what father has hidden from you do you?" he said as his canines grew a little. "Join me."

"What are you talking about?" I was confused, but that didn't mean I wasn't listening.

"The reason father has sheltered us, the reason why he had the need to so call protect us." His voice was changing, becoming more sinister by the second, the raw power that was emanating from his chakra.

He couldn't finish because Kakashi-Sensei and my Genin teammates were threw the door. Kyuubi gave a snort and chuckled maniacally.

"Ask him about it. If he refuses to tell you, look for me. You know how to find me." He said surely, as him and his three occupants vanished in smoke.

"What the hell was that?" Sakura asked and my face stood stoic.

"Naruko?" Kakashi-sensei questioned as he placed his hand on my shoulder.

I was questioning myself far too long and I needed the answer to the very questions Kyuubi mentioned. All my life I asked myself the questions. I needed these answers as the air I breathed.

"I need to talk to my father." I said determined to get some answers.

Minato

I hoped they would be able to bring Kyuubi back. The power Kyuubi had managed to grasp was too great for his own good. He would let himself be consumed by hate. My biggest fear was when he found out about Naruko.

He hated me with a passion for even keeping such a thing.

The origins on why I hid them.

The reason on why they couldn't be known.

The reason for hiding them,

It was my greatest fear to lose any of my children and slowly I was losing them.

Kyuubi with his rebellion,

My first born child had been marked with hate since a child seeing what happened between his mother and I. He hated me for leaving him at such a young age. He saw it as I was deciding to become Hokage rather than a father.

He was wrong. I knew that if I tried to keep him on a leash he would bite back soon. His rebellions started when he first started leaving at will in large intervals.

I knew he probably met some people who were no good for him that would offer him power. Kyuubi wasn't stupid; he knew how to work things in his favor. When he came back this last time he was different. He no longer had his long hair, his eyes were different, but he could change them at whim. Jiraiya told me about how his eyes held the red of a demon.

His power I knew would exceed my own if he continued to channel the new chakra. I needed to protect him. I wouldn't let my son become a monster.

I saw the hate when I had no choice to divide our family.

Naruko has no idea how important she really is who she was chosen to be.

The reason why I protected her and gave her anything she wanted. Though I love my children all equally, I needed to protect her the most.

She has no idea what is running through her veins.

The purest of blood,

She is the symbol of unity amongst Ninjas. All nations would see she is the symbol of unity.

She has no idea. That is why I treat her special. She is precious.

The day I had a daughter, became the day ninjas had their princess.

I wasn't aware she was chosen. Until she started showing signs, her abilities were great. Her blood was what set her apart from the rest.

She is a rare diamond.

Her blood line is what would make sure the Ninjutsu lineage would be delivered, the very signal of Ninjutsu.

Only a few times does this occur, when the gods choose the child who is going to continue the ninja lineage.

It so happened they chose Naruko.

She has no idea. She has no idea how important she is.

My heart pounded, letting her out of the village. I didn't want her hating me like Kyuubi does. She is the only person capable of bringing Kyuubi back, though I didn't want to risk anything happening to her.

If I didn't protect my three children, enemy ninja would want to steal them for ransom. And then finding out Naruko is the chosen child. There is no telling what sick things would run through their heads.

All nations would want to mate their strongest ninja to my daughter. Use her as a breeding object. The children harbored by the direct lineage of the ninja are said to be the strongest ninja alive.

I refused to see it happen. I refused. I want my daughter to choose on her own who she wants to be with. Now she is too busy trying to gain strength. She still has no idea of her actual strength.

Her strength at age four spoke more than I could answer. My child is special. Therefore I must protect her from harm.

Naruto,

He has no idea how much Kushina shelters him. That's Kushina's little boy. Even if I wanted to get closer to him I would face Kushina's wrath. I know Naruto must feel abandoned and alone. Though I am sure Kushina gives him love. He must feel rejected by his own father.

I was seen by my children as a horrible father. Though I love them so much and would do anything for them as I would my village. My only intention was to protect them.

Now it's all blowing up in my face.

I sighed as I went back to my paper work.

A couple of days went by and Naruko hadn't given me word of her whereabouts. I was worried, fully worried.

My door slammed open and I saw the blonde seething with fury.

"Don't give me the same crap about you're busy. We need to talk." She said as she closed the door behind her. Her fury was the same as her mothers and I was more or so cringing at the resemblance, though I saw myself in her as well. There was more me than Kushina.

"Okay go ahead." I said as I detached myself from the tedious paper work.

"What are you hiding from me?" She asked through clenched teeth and balling fists.

I couldn't answer her yet. Not while she was this young. It would only put her in more danger.

"My crystal, why bring this up?" I asked tensing a little. Not that I would show it.

"I saw Kyuubi he said he knows the reason why you were hiding us, or so called protecting us. Give me a response." She added coldly.

"I see. Crystal I am not holding anything from you. The reason I protect you is because many people would go after you knowing you're the daughter of the Hokage." I lied, partially. Knowing my children existed would bring enemy ninja, but it wouldn't be as lethal as to the real reason.

"You're lying." She spat. She saw through my sugar coated lie.

"You know me better than to lie. I promise that I personally will stop the protection when you reach the age of sixteen. No before or later." I told her trying to come to an agreement.

"Father just be understanding, and tell me the real reason. Why does Kyuubi hate you so much?" She asked and her eyes were almost pleading.

"I am not sure why he does. I never wanted my children to hate me. I know I may not say I love you, but I want what's best. I do love the three of you and would protect you with my life. It's my duty not only as Hokage, but as your father." I stated. I didn't need another child to hate me.

"Your lame you know that. I have always tried to understand you. I have always stuck up for you when I had to. Kyuubi hates you dad, because you abandoned us when we needed you the most. Naruto believes you reject him; Kyuubi tried taking your place. I am not sure where I stand with you. I am borderline confused." She stated her feelings and that's more than she has ever showed me.

"I know you don't hate me Naruko. I couldn't stand it if you did." I ran a hand through my hair. I didn't want to have this conversation so early on. I wasn't really prepared for this. Though I have been strategizing for years on how I was going to tell my children the real reason behind hiding them.

I was going to tell them when Naruto and Naruko were eighteen and Kyuubi twenty-two. It would only have been fair for them to know together. Kyuubi so happens to be a sneaky fox and found out recently. He is smart for a sixteen year old.

He found my hidden scroll on which I wrote the true origins of my daughter. He understood the reason to shelter them, though he took it in an outrages manner. He wants to use Naruko for her strength. Though I know he would never harm her physically. He would protect her just as I would.

"I had already stated I don't know what I feel, but I am border line. I am neither in like nor hate. I am sure you have a true reason, but I need to know. My curiosity is getting the best of me. Father please, I must know why." She was pleading towards the end. I know Naruko and she would never show she is pleading in any form. She normally gets her way with minimal try.

I had to make a convincing lie that was partially true and half falsified.

"Fine." I said with a huff adding affect. I ran a hand through my hair. "Sit down for this." I told her as I sat down. She moved towards the chair in front of my desk.

This was going to be a little difficult. Now what was I going to say.

"Naruko it starts with your mother…" I started trailing off a bit as to where I was going with this. "Your mother isn't originally from Konoha, she is from a country that used to be called whirlpool." I was giving valid points. Naruko is smart, but she wouldn't be able to pick through this lie.

"Whirlpool?" she blinked twice.

"Yes whirlpool, the city known as Uzushiogakure. The ones who ruled were the Uzumaki clan,"

"Uzumaki clan? Mama's last name?" she looked like she was trying to dissect the information. My daughter was no idiot.

"Yes they were known for powerful sealing Jutsu. Though some other countries didn't see the reason for them and became afraid. Ultimately they destroyed Uzushiogakure. Your mother is the example of one of the survivors from then." I sighed and I felt the headache I was going to get, from the screaming I am going to get from Kushina. When she finds out I told our daughter about Uzushiogakure.

"I hid you because if they find out you are Uzumaki they will try to kill you. More so they will try to kill you for having the name Namikaze. Both give you high risks. We prefer to use Uzumaki only in the village because here that name is still unknown. While Namikaze links you to me and there are still some villagers who aren't happy I am Hokage." I answered as I started rubbing my temples.

The two were true, though not fully true. I couldn't tell her the truth until she was eighteen I had promised already. I would go into full detail about it then. Now was not the time to reveal such truths that could lead to her endangerment.

"So is mom the last of the full blooded Uzumaki?" she asked and I wasn't sure myself about that.

"For now only one registered to knowledge. We didn't want to tell you and that's why so much secrecy, So much protection. We can't bear to lose you too."

"I understand. Father I knew you always wanted to protect us. I knew you would never push us away for your own pleasure. Thanks for being truthful." Her trust in me was restored, but I still felt horrible for having to omit things from her. I wished I could tell her now, but that would lead me into some trouble. I couldn't risk my daughters well being.

Too many perverts live in the ninja world. I couldn't risk her. I never would.

Naruko

Why did I have to question father?

He looked stressed just by revealing the truth about my mother and the Uzumaki clan. I didn't understand completely. I wasn't aware of the end of Uzushiogakure. Though I knew on the map they clearly show a place called Whirlpool country. Though I believed was inhabited come to know because of a war it was destroyed.

Father must have been sworn by mother to not say a thing about the demise of her country. I knew it had to be difficult to even live through that. I now understood fathers concern.

Though I was thinking he left something out. I wanted to believe he didn't want to tell me the painful pieces. I would take his word and not ask about those. It wasn't really my place to ask.

"So what happened?" Sakura asked.

"Don't want to talk about it." I said as I continued to ponder on the information.

That must have been what triggered Kyuubi's rage. Not to be told that part of your ancestry had been obliterated. I knew he would take something like that to heart and make the ones who caused it, pay. It was something that occurred when mom was a child.

Some things didn't add up. I still was unsure of what Kyuubi wanted.

"You don't seem like yourself ever since we came back from Sunagakure, since you saw that guy with the freaky eyes." Sakura said as she ringed her fingers.

"That guy with the freaky eyes is my brother." I said absently still wrapping my head around the information given to me by my father.

"Your brother?" she blinked three times.

"The mission was to bring back my brother Sakura didn't Kakashi tell you that." She shook her head no. "Doesn't matter, I can't bring him back. Even if I wanted to." I sighed. Kyuubi's hate was greater.

"Why not?" She asked.

"He made a decision. I rather not talk about this." I told her as I brushed her off and started walking. I looked around and noticed the only one here was the pinkette.

Where was Uchiha?

Where the heck was Sasuke?

"I need a punching dummy." I said as I balled my fist. I needed to vent.

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Sasuke

What the heck was going on?

One moment the blonde wants to find her brother next she needs to talk to the Hokage?

Why do I constantly have her on my mind?

Punch, kick, punch, kick.

I could on think of one thing and that is to train until I can't stand.

I need to push further.

I need to be great.

I must surpass Itachi.

Punch, kick, punch, kick.

I couldn't waste my time thinking of that girl.

I needed to become legendary.

A quick wind passed and a Kunai hit the tree behind me.

I took a shuriken out of my ninja pouch. I was ready to attack the intruder.

"Calm down Teme, I won't hurt you." the blonde who had been haunting my thoughts stood before me.

"Hn."

She crossed her arms and gave me a smirk.

"I need a punching bag. Couldn't find Itachi so your second best." Her tone held a little venom.

"I am second to no one." I added with hatred.

How could she even come here and mention Itachi in my presence?

"You have a temper." She said as she closed one eye and pointed at me. Her voice held amusement. This was a little shocking towards me since she never really had such an attitude.

Well not towards me.

I moved quickly until I was in front of her and clamped a hand on her wrist.

Sparks once again?

What the heck was up with that little jolt each time we touched?

"Your touch is giving me whip lash." She said with a sigh.

"Hn."

"Do you ever talk in fluent sentences?" she asked.

I looked at her while raising an eyebrow. My heart started racing when my eyes ran down to look at her lips.

They were supple, full, pink and perfect.

"You can let go of my wrist you know." She said as she snatched her arm away.

She was such an enigma. I couldn't figure her out.

"Hn." I felt heat rush to my ears.

"Can I try something?" She asked, but she didn't wait for me to respond.

In less than a second her lips were on mine. I didn't push her off like I did with other girls who had attempted kissing me. Her lips were soft and tasted faintly like strawberries.

I felt my toes curl and the contact of skin on skin added an extra note of intoxicating tingle through my whole being.

The kiss was over faster than it was attempted.

"Whoa!" we said in unison.

"I didn't picture you as a singer Sasuke." She said as I noticed a faint blush on her cheeks. I felt heat in my cheeks reaching to my ears.

"What the hell are you talking about? You kissed me usuratonkachi." She blushed once more this time the heat was dominated on her cheeks.

"For some reason your blood sings to me." she said.

"Weirdo." I said, but the feeling she gave me was making my stomach turn with butterflies.

"Fight me than." She taunted.

I raised a brow giving her in incredulous look. She busted out in laughter.

"You know you're too serious. You need to relax a bit. Get a little dirty." She was acting a little weird now.

"Where is the monochromatic blonde?"

"I guess I need to let loose. I've been stressed. Frankly I need some fun. It's fun to tease you. Added plus you're a good kisser." She blushed and gave me a teasing wink.

This blonde was a total enigma. She confused me to no end. I don't think I could figure her out.

"Let's have a fun little spar shall we." She had a smirk on her face. I wanted to wipe it off. What she didn't know was I had been training with Kakashi-sensei and he taught me the Chidori.

I am pretty sure it would match her Rasengan.

I had a confident smirk grace my lips as I watched her.

She spread her legs at a perfect angle giving her a balanced stance. I wasn't exactly sure as to what she was going to do. She was unreadable, and highly unpredictable.

I held my fists out and moved at a sturdy stance. She watched me carefully as if she were trying to read my move.

She moved two steps to her left and turned in a graceful circle as she pirouetted. She looked as she was dancing she moved closer to me and her fingers graced my cheek once and a punch was going to hit me, but I moved out of the way.

I felt like I could see clearly. I noticed that my Sharingan was activated. It had activated about a week ago when Itachi said he was in for a spar.

I still wasn't too used to it, but I was getting there. I could see her in the winded twirl as she focused chakra through her body. Her moves were elegant and graceful.

She looked beautiful as her loose hair whipped around her. I smirked as I saw a vulnerable spot in her form.

I moved quickly and got to the open spot and punched. It was able to stop her twirl and she smirk as she caught my fist.

"Tsk Tsk Sasuke. I thought I taught you better than to just aim mindlessly. Expect the un expectable." She said as she gave me a kick to the gut.

"We need to work on your Taijutsu." She said simply as she let go of my fist. "Your Sharingan is useless against Taijutsu. You need to strengthen your Taijutsu; it is useful when you go against a Taijutsu expert. Your Sharingan won't help you then."

The blonde was tough, but she was a good teacher. I'll give her that.

"Sasuke you're fast and that could help you."

I smirked, as I started summoning the Chidori.

"CHIDORI!"

The electricity ran to my fist. She quickly called the air ball.

"RASENGAN!"

They clashed with a crack.

This was getting interesting.

We sparred until we were breathless. I was shocked to see the repercussions of our friendly spar. Trees were knocked down and there was a couple steaming craters.

My chest heaved up and down as I was trying to get the precious oxygen.

"You're a lot better from when we first sparred." She said with a smile.

Was that a compliment gracing the lips from the tough blonde?

"Hn."

"You're supposed to say thank you." she said with a tired huff.

"I've been meaning to ask you. What's with you and Itachi?" the question slipped my lips.

"Oh." Was the blondes answer. She looked sadly down at the ground. "We're friends; I've known him since my younger years. When father couldn't train with me he would send Itachi. We became friends. That's pretty much It." she said as she rubbed the back of her neck.

That answered my thoughts. Itachi didn't train her because he wanted to. He trained her because he was ordered to. The jealous feeling slowly receded.

"You aren't on good terms with Itachi I see. You are a different individual from him. Don't compare yourself. You are two different people."

"You know nothing." I said as I crossed my arms and placed the emotionless mask on my face.

"That's where you're wrong. I know completely what you're going through. Kyuubi used to get praise after praise because his chakra reserve is near to endless. He picks things up on a prodigy level. I was once jealous of him. I used to want to be him. Now I see I was wrong. We have to choose our own destinies. We are individuals. That's what makes us special and unique."

I didn't answer her. She didn't know this was a matter of pride, a matter of honor, a matter of my clan. She doesn't understand. Never will.

I would surpass Itachi and no one will stop me. I would beat my brother and make him cry. Make him feel weak.

My destiny is to bring honor and become the best, to shine above anyone in the Uchiha clan.

The blonde walked in front of me. She placed a hand on my shoulder. I had never felt like kissing a person more than I did now. Her lips looked so kissable.

I encircled her waist with my arms and brought her closer to me. Her lips were a mere centimeters from me. I brought her closer and placed an aggressive kiss. I had to be the dominate one.

The intoxicating feeling was back as I felt a rush course through my body. The need to mark her as my own came as an animalistic need.

I had never felt so impulsive in my life.

I realized in this moment that she had to be mine.

Mine.

Well hope this didn't disappoint. And yes Kyuubi is up to something, Yes Minato lied, but do you blame him. Finally Sasuke and Naru action. It was about time.

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