Hi everyone! Thank you to everyone who favoried, and reviewed and Sorry it took so long to update, I haven't been home a lot, but I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint. Also sorry if I'm moving along too fast with the whole story, I do admit I wish I wrote more about Obito and Rin before they died. Anyway, I hope you enjoy and leave some criticism! Thanks :)
*I read the comments and I didn't want anyone to be confused with Hanako's age, in the second chapter she was two and then I skipped ahead to when she was four, and now in this chapter she is five years old.
Hanako, now five years old, had just come back from the Academy, on a cool fall day in early October when she saw Kakashi sitting at her kitchen table. It had been a while since she saw her father's student, the last time being the day of Rin's funeral. Her father, the newly appointed Hokage, was sitting across from him, a serious look on his face.
"Hello Kakashi," she greeted him politely before running to her father to give him a hug. Kakashi was quick to notice how she didn't jump on him in a hug, as she usually would.
"Hey Hanako, haven't seen you in while, huh?" He had to admit, he missed seeing the young girl who always seemed to follow her father around.
"Yes, I was worried you were gone like…" she didn't continue as she looked down, a sad look on her face as she remembered the others who left so suddenly from her life.
"Hana," Minato looked down at her, a serious tone in his voice, "I know you came straight home for training, but let me finish speaking to Kakashi alright? As soon as I'm done we can go, I promise." He always seemed to know exactly what she wanted without her even saying anything to him, and he would always use it to his advantage.
"Fine," she hopped off his lap, "But if we don't train today, I'll just ask grandpa." She huffed in an angry manner than reminded him of Kushina as she stomped to her room. Hanako usually had a calm personality like her father, but sometimes her mother's temper would appear in her, something that Minato wasn't overly fond of.
"So what do you say Kakashi?" Minato asked his student, continuing from where they were before they were interrupted.
"Anbu? Are you sure Sensei?"
"Yes Kakashi, I think you're more than capable, and you'll be under my direct command." Kakashi nodded his head. It wasn't so much as he was worried, he was just wondering as to why his teacher requested this so suddenly.
"I accept Sensei," he said as he stood up. Minato walked his student to the door and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Kakashi, don't blame yourself for their deaths, okay?" Kakashi only gave a stiff nod before heading out the door. Minato let out a soft sigh as he watched his last student leave. He wished he could have saved Obito and Rin, but now he had to worry about saving Kakashi.
"Hana," he called as he made his way to his daughter's room, "Are you ready?" Hanako quickly ran to her father.
"Yes! I want you to teach me all your cool jutsu dad!" Minato chuckled as he patted her head and led her outside.
"Before we get to the fun stuff, I want you to show me what you've been practicing with your mom," he said as they made their way to the training ground.
"Mom had me practice chakra control, like running up trees, and walking on water. I've been doing that for so long, do I really have to show you?" He nodded his head at her, a smile on his face as he watched her speak, "She's also been training me in taijutsu, she said it was in case anyone tried to bully me. What are you going to teach me?" Minato stopped as they reached the clearing he usually used for training.
"Show me what you can do first." Hanako sighed as she began to show her father what she had been taught.
Minato quietly watched Hanako, impressed with how good her chakra control was at her young age. He thought that she was still too young to begin training, but Kushina was always worrying about her daughter, and now that Minato was Hokage, she believed Hanako would become a target. Even though he knew his daughter would be safe in the village, his wife did make a point and he told her to start teaching Hanako basic chakra control so he could teach her the Flying Raijin Jutsu. Minato knew that the Flying Raijin would be the best jutsu to have her learn, she would be able to transport herself away from danger in less than a second, and she would be able to reach them at any time.
"Okay Hanako, come here," she immediately jumped off the branch she was resting on and stood in front of her father, "Now this jutsu I'm going to teach you is very special, and very advanced. I'll be teaching you the Flying Raijin Jutsu, this jutsu is what gave me the name of Konoha's Yellow Flash. It allows you to be transported to any location you have marked. So the first thing you need to have is a special seal formula to mark said location. Understand everything so far?" She nodded vigorously, and he continued, "The mark can be placed on anything basically, and the mark never disappears from a target. That's why I have my kunai marked with the formula, so I can teleport anywhere I throw them, or where ever I keep them. Maybe I'll have some kunai made for you if you master it."
"Of course I'm going to master it!"
Minato helped Hanako day after day for four weeks straight. When he had to go to the Hokage tower to work she stayed in the training grounds, perfecting how fast she could teleport, her range growing wider each day. Itachi would also work on the new jutsu his father had taught him, the one she remembered Obito doing as well, and Kushina would have to force the two of them to eat lunch. On the last day of the fourth week she was brought home by Itachi, who had to carry her on his back. Although she was exhausted and ready to sleep, she had a grin on her face that wouldn't falter, because she finally had the Flying Raijin Jutsu mastered.
"Dad! I did it! Get my kunai made for me! I did it!" Itachi greeted her parents with a smile as he walked through their home. Hanako got off Itachi's back and went to her father, who looked surprised. Kushina was just about to yell at her for not coming home to eat lunch before she was interrupted by Minato.
"Already? Let me see how well you can teleport. Here," he handed her a normal kunai, "Put your mark on this kunai." She did as her father said and handed it back to her, "Itachi, do you mind throwing it? As far as you can. Now, after he throws it I want you to teleport to the kunai, and bring it back. I want to see how fast you have gotten." They all went outside to watch as Itachi threw the kunai into a large tree about two miles away from the house. Hanako teleported as soon as she saw the kunai hit the tree and was back as quickly as she had left. She wasn't as fast as Minato yet, of course, but he did think she could give him a run for his money someday.
"We're very proud of you Hanako," Minato spoke as he placed a hand on his daughters head, "I know you'll be a strong shinobi someday. You too Itachi, you both have remarkable talent, and the village is very fortunate to have you two."
"We want you to be safe, so don't overuse the jutsu, ya know!" She knelt down and hugged her daughter tightly, "You're two are growing up so fast!" She pulled Itachi into the hug as well. She eventually let them go, only after Hanako claimed she saw Itachi's face go blue, and offered Itachi to stay for dinner. After they ate, Hanako wanted to walk Itachi home, and left her kunai in the living room so she could teleport back quickly.
"Itachi," Hanako started in a soft voice as she looked at her friend, "Do you think what my dad said is true? That we'll be strong shinobi?"
"I think he knows what he's talking about, he is the Hokage after all. I don't want to be a shinobi though, I want to live in peace. The war was horrible, don't you think? You had friends die already, and we're only five." Itachi spoke with such emotion, Hanako noticed, and although she didn't know it at the time, this would be the first time she would see Itachi's true feelings, without having to put up a front. "Especially now that my mom is going to have a baby, I want to keep him, or her, safe."
"You're going to be an older brother! That's so cool, I wish my mom was going to have a baby." Itachi looked at Hanako and smiled at his friend.
"I'll let you play with the baby when he's born," he reassured his friend. They stopped in front of the compound and hugged before they parted ways. After Hanako used the Flying Raijin to get back home she went into the kitchen and stood in front of her parents.
"I want you guys to have a baby!" Minato and Kushina looked at their daughter before looking at each other, both of their faces slightly flushed. Before Minato could react Kushina hit her with the spoon she was using to cook.
"You can't just come in here demanding things like that, ya know!" Hanako rubbed her head and cowered at her mother's temper.
"Hana, why do you want us to have a baby all of a sudden?" Minato scooped up his daughter and sat her on his lap.
"Well Itachi told me his mom was going to have a baby, and they're so cute!" Minato and Kushina looked at each other with amused expressions.
"Okay, we'll see what we can do about it, okay?" Minato looked at Kushina again and sent her a wink, "Right Kushina?" Kushina's face turned as red as her hair as turned around and began to set the food for their dinner.