I finally got this chapter up. YESHHHH.
Many people are wondering when Naruto will come in. There will only be 2 or 3 more chapters that contain MinatoxKushina, one conatining how they get together like to gf/bf then to financees then married. The second chapter will be from Naruto's conception to Kyuubi's attack, and there might be a third chapter containing... well.. I don't know yet, maybe some random moments developing MinatoxKushina up to the gf/bf level. So wait and be patient. Things just can't happen instantly, cause that ruins it, and I'd be leaving you hanging, wondering how it all happened. Thats how you write good stories. DEVELOPING. Ha, I just realized, thats a wierd word, haha.
OMG I just remebered, there will be a third chapter because of the rasengan Minato recreates.
So R+R and enjoy!
Chapter 4-The Playground, The Bed, The Beginning, The End
Minato's spoon froze halfway to his mouth. He abandoned his breakfast and pulled Kushina into a tight hug. "Kushina! Wait, why are you here?"
"This family is the one that adopted me. I'm going to live here now." She replied.
"So… that means… you're going to live with me!"
The man who had brought her in earlier was surprised. "You guys know each other? How?"
Kushina broke the hug to tell him. "Yesterday, me and Sarutobi-kun were eating ramen and Minato comes and joins us."
"Well then, I know you've met Minato, and I'm his father, Tetsuo, and that's his mother and my wife, Natsumi. We are the last of the Namikaze clan, just us three."
"Nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Namikaze."
Minato tugged Kushina's hand. "Come on, let's go upstairs. The dynamic duo charged up the stairs, shaking the house in the process.
"Well, I guess we should follow them and get her settled in." said Tetsuo letting out a sigh before he went upstairs and found the two in Minato's bedroom, sitting on his bed and talking.
"Come on guys, let's go to Kushina's bedroom and unpack" he told them. They obediently followed the man to it, which was just down the hall, next to the bathroom. It was average size, fifteen feet by ten, and had a closet, two windows since it was on the corner of the house, a bed in the corner, a vanity/dresser and a full length mirror on the closet door. The room was painted white with a wood floor.
Tetsuo turned to the ANBU. "You can drop her stuff now. We got it from here." The ninja put Kushina's bags down and poofed away, leaving a cloud of smoke as the only evidence he had ever been there. "Kushina, what's in each bag?"
She pointed to the first bag. "The clothes that were in my closet are in that one, the clothes were in my dresser are in that one, my shoes and stuff are in that one and some other things are in my backpack in Minato's room."
"Ok Minato, put her clothes in the dresser and Kushina, put your shoes and things away wherever you want to keep them. I'll put your clothes in the closet." The kids set to work right away, eager to go out and play.
As she was unpacking, Kushina came across a picture of her grandparents, her parents and her. She, caught up in a sudden moment of nostalgia, immediately stopped unpacking and sat down on the bed. Minato stopped what he was doing and came over. "Hey, what's that?" he asked. Kushina handed the picture to him, a tear escaping her emerald eyes.
When he saw what it was, he said, "Ah so this is your family." Minato looked back at her and saw a second tear escape her. "Oh, I'm-I'm sorry" His voice fell and he looked the floor.
"Oh no, don't be sorry. It's nothing." Kushina gave a small smile and set the picture on top of the dresser. "Don't worry." The girl continued with her work.
Minato knew she certainly wasn't alright but decided not to press the issue. He turned back and finished putting Kushina's shirts in the middle drawer. "Ok Otou-san, I'm done!"
Kushina kicked her ¾ empty bag under the bed. "Me too!"
Tetsuo looked up and shook his head. "Kushina, finish putting your things away. I saw you push your bag under the bed."
"Man…" She pulled it out and dumped the rest of its contents on the bed and quickly put things in random places around the room. "Done."
"Ok, NOW you guys can go." The response was for the two to run out.
They were back outside on the street and were at full speed towards the playground. When they got there, Minato waved to a group of boys around their age and one of them motioned for him to come over. "Come on," the blonde said, "I'll introduce you to my friends." He pulled her along the hand to them. "Hey guys, what's up?"
A guy with a brown ponytail answered. "Who's she?" He motioned to Kushina hiding behind Minato. Meeting adults was no problem, but being introduced to your peers was entirely different.
"Oh Shikaku, this is Kushina. Kushina this is Shikaku and that's Fugaku, Choza, Hiashi, Hizashi, and Inoichi." He pointed to a skinny black haired guy, a fat boy, two dark brunettes that looked exactly alike and a platinum blonde guy. Personally, Kushina was disturbed at the sight of the twins, namely because of their white pupil-less eyes. "Kushina just moved here and is living with me now." He tugged the girl's hand. "I'll be right back guys I'm just going to introduce her to the girls." They walked away.
"Those two really creep me out." Kushina whispered in Minato's ear.
He laughed. "It's because of those eyes, isn't it? They're Hyuugas, so they're born with it."
Kushina remembered what Sarutobi had said to her about the Hyuuga clan. "Oh. That explains it."
"Hey there Sumiko-chan!" Minato blushed a little as he approached a girl with long dark blue hair.
She tuned around. "Oh hi Minato."
"I want you to met Kushina-chan. She's new here," said Minato as he introduced the two to each other.
"Hi." Kushina said meekly.
Some other girls had gathered around the new arrival. "Who are you?" one of them asked.
"K-Kushina"
Minato folded his hands behind his head. "Well, I'm going to hang out with the guys." And he left.
Sumiko turned her attention back to the new girl. "So where did you move here from?"
Kushina managed to gather some confidence back. "The Whirlpool Country."
"Oh, so you're from near the beach?"
"Not really. We lived more in the hilly part." Some girls had already lost interest in her and left the group. Sumiko never budged.
"So why'd you move here? She asked.
"My…My family ordered me to come here and live here for the rest of my life. They couldn't come with me."
"But why'd they make you come here?"
"A big bad guy was coming to kill my clan, so I was sent here so the clan wouldn't die"
To say Sumiko was horrified was an understatement. "That's…That's awful."
"Yeah and what's worse is I'll never see them again."
"I live in the orphanage. I never even knew my real family. When I enter the Academy, I get my own apartment to live in all by my self."
Kushina immediately hung onto the change of subject. "You're going to the Ninja Academy too?"
"Yeah. Everyone here is." Sumiko said. "Didn't you know that?
"No."
"Here let me explain…" the two girls made their way towards the swings and continued to talk, switching from topic to topic. By the middle of the day, Sumiko and Kushina could be mistaken for best friends, which the two now practically were. Kushina had regained her usual demeanor, loud curious and carefree while she discovered that Sumiko was the shy type.
Minato appeared with his gang of boys following close behind. He blushed again and couldn't make eye contact with Sumiko as he talked to her. "Um, Sumi-chan? M-Me and Kushina gotta go eat lunch now at home."
The girls looked at each other and Sumiko nodded. "I'll be back as soon as I can." Kushina said. "See ya." The girls hugged.
"Bye."
Once Minato and Kushina were a block from the playground, Kushina asked, "Why do you act so weird around Sumi-chan?"
The blonde turned a shade of red that could shame an apple. "Well…I…um…sorta…kinda… like her. Eh he he." He slightly grinned at the last part.
"You like her?"
"Yeah."
Kushina grinned evilly. "Ooh, I'm going to tell her next time I see her!"
"No!" he gave her the puppy eyes treatment. "No please don't. Please, please pretty please, don't tell her."
She sighed and the mischievous look drained from her face. "Ok, ok, I won't." The grin returned because on the inside, she was giggling madly.
(Two years later, a week before the academy starts)
The door opened. "Hey Minato?" the moonlight shone through the window onto the boy sprawled out in bed.
"Mmmpf?" came the groggy reply.
"Can I sleep with you tonight?"
"Why? Did you have one of you family nightmares again?"
"Yeah. I dunno why. I had it thought they stopped a year and a half ago." said Kushina as she climbed in bed with him. "Night Minato."
"G'night Kushina," said Minato smiling at her before putting his arm around Kushina and falling back to sleep.
(In the morning)
Kushina felt herself curled up against something hard yet soft, large and warm. She snuggled into it and sighed contentedly. Whatever who or what it was smelled good. It was probably a person because a pair of arms was wrapped around her waist. She opened her eyes partway to discover it was a bare chest she was against. She shrieked at the top of her lungs, and sprang out of the bed she was in. Hyperventilating, the eight year old started blubbering nonsense.
The scream awoke Minato, making him jump out too, head whipping around for the source of it. "Who-Wha was that?"
The girl was finally able to say real words. "You-…me-…bed-…what-…"
Minato scratched his head. "Well last night, you had a family nightmare and climbed into bed with me. At least, that what I could remember since I was half awake."
Kushina relaxed immediately. "Oh good."
"Why, do you think something else happened?"
She blushed. "No, nothing."
(A week later, the first day of the academy)
Natsumi knelt down to her son's and adopted daughter's eye-level. "Now behave you two, especially you Kushina. Don't pull any tricks on your sensei" she presented them both with backpacks packed with the required textbooks and lunch. The woman kissed them both on the cheek.
"Ugh, mommm." groaned Minato as he wiped where her lips had just been.
Natsumi smiled. "Now go have fun at the academy and become great ninjas." And she pushed them out the kitchen doorway.
The two best friends rounded the corner and saw a small crowd of parents and kids in front of the Ninja Academy. Their local group of friends and they joined up and began to talk excitedly about the coming year.
A half hour later, a Chuunin appeared on the roof. "Everybody," he announced, I welcome you to Konoha's Ninja Academy. Newcomers welcome and returning students, we welcome you as well. I ask the 1st graders to gather by the tree over there, the second years to go to the playground, the third years to the center of the yard and the fourth years by the entrance here." Parents said goodbye to their child or children and the children went to their respective meeting places. The ninja who welcomed them came over to the first graders. "All of you follow me inside to your classroom." They went inside, down a hallway, turned right down another hallway and entered the first classroom on the right. "Take a seat everybody." The Chuunin pointed towards the desks. Kushina sat down in a seat between the top and bottom rows, between Sumiko and Minato.
Their new sensei began. "Now here in the Academy, we expect you to do your very best and give everything your all, since you are becoming ninja. First, before we actually start class, I would everyone to introduce themselves and share some of your likes and dislikes, maybe a thing or two about yourself. My name is Yukio Maduko. I like cats and teaching. I am married and have a daughter." He pointed to the boy on the opposite side of the room in the first row. "Your turn."
(Four years later, the last day of the academy)
"G' morning Maduko-sensei!" Kushina yelled with a big smile as she walked in the door. She tossed him a small scroll. "It's from Natsumi-chan." She pulled a hooded raincoat out of her backpack and put it on, snickering evilly. 'I can't wait to see the look on his face!'
Minato saw her face and ran out of the room, knowing that it only meant one thing. Kushina was up to something.
Maduko opened the scroll, only to find his face, the rest of the room, and everything and everyone else in it covered in yellow and purple polka-dotted paint. Kushina was rolling on the floor laughing really hard, pointing at her teacher. A vein popped on Madoka's newly redecorated face. "KUSHINA!" he roared, "You just ruined it for your classmates! Everybody, clean up this room and then form a line in the front of the classroom!!"
Groans from everyone. "Thanks a lot Kushina."
"Jeez why do we have to clean this up?"
"Is it impossible for you not to pull a prank every single day? Huh?"
"Aw come on, you know you loved it." She retorted back.
After the whole morning was spent cleaning, everybody made that line. "Now," started a clean but still fuming Maduko, "Everybody perform the Henge and transform into the person behind you in line."
"Great! The one skill I suck at!" Kushina whispered under her breath. When it came her turn, the twelve year old girl was barely able to transform.
"Now everybody, take a seat and wait to be called to the room next door for your Genin exam." The teacher exited the room.
Minato went before Kushina. 'You got this, you got this Minato.' He told himself. He entered the testing room. Maduko sat behind a desk with a clipboard in hand and four rows of forehead protectors in front of him, some already gone.
"Stand in the middle of the room." ordered his teacher. Minato did as instructed. "Make three clones." The boy gulped and nodded.
'Tiger, boar, ox, dog.' "Bunshin no jutsu!" the three clones appeared, one on either side and the last one behind him.
Maduko scribbled something on his clipboard and began to clap. "Good job Minato! You're the new rookie of the year. Come and get your forehead protector."
The blonde broke into a wide smile. "Thank you thank you thank you!" He grabbed his proof of graduation and quickly tied it around his head.
"Go to the class across the hall. All the other graduates are waiting there."
"Yes Maduko-sensei!" Minato left the room.
There were two people left when Kushina was called. A minute later, Minato was pulled into a bone crushing hug by a now Genin Kushina.
Once everybody had tested and passed, Maduko entered the classroom. "I congratulate you all for passing your exams and making it to Genin. All of you are dismissed, but meet here at 800 hours tomorrow to be put into teams and meet your Jounin senseis."
"Team 3: Namikaze Minato, Jirou Hitomi and Goro Akio."
"Damn, I'm not with Minato." Kushina muttered. She looked at him and they exchanged sympathetic glances. Both wanted the same thing: To be with each other on the same team.
"Team five: Hyuuga Hizashi, Uzumaki Kushina and Ken'ichi Sumiko. This announcement changed the mood entirely. The girls looked at each other and smiled. 'At least I'm with Sumiko.' As the rest of the teams were announced, Kushina just sat there, staring off into space.
"Now, I will introduce your Jounin sensei's," said the teacher opening the door as the each Jounin came in one by one looking at the students with veteran eyes.
A/N: Nothing much to say since it said it all in the beginning. Well, actually, I originally planned to write out the bell test but nah, too much stalling the reader and its not really needed for the storyline. Although, Jiraya will still appear next chapter.
So review please! I promise the next chapter will come out sooner that this one did! DATTEBAYO!
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Next chapter: Jiraya!? Kushina and Minato are getting a bit closer than they were before! And the blonde develops his signature attack, thanks to the Uzumaki clan.