One Week after lunch with Team 10.
It was all over the village, Uzumaki Naruto, the loud mouth prankster, the dead last, the demon brat. Was the son of Namikaze Minato Yondaime Hokage. It was only through Tsunade and Jariaya's manipulating that the council had not been able to call the boy in yet.
But that is not what had the village in uproar today, no, it was the fact that their had been at least three sightings of the dead Hokage around the village.
Some said it was hallucination, others a ghost of an angry father and sill other a demon trick.
Minato did not care except to remember those who continued to bad mouth his son, he was so going to kill somebody for this. And just wait until he really did die. He would see about giving the Sandaime a piece of his mind, and his fist.
--Kakashi—
Kakashi was at his usual hang out, the KAI stone thinking very very hard.
There had been a rumor going around that Naruto and yes he now understood that it was Naruto, was the son of the 4th. The 4th, Namikaze Minato Yondaime Hokage of Konoha and Jounin sensei to Uchiha Obito, deceased, Inuzuka Ren, MIA, and Hetake Kakashi, "Copy cat ninja".
A part of him wanted to scream and yell that it could not be true but he couldn't every time he tried to convince himself he would see a picture of Naruto, the same shining blue eyes and sun blond hair and Goofy grin. He had dismissed them, written them off as coincidence because to do otherwise hurt far too much and drove the reality of his failure home.
"Sensei"
"I'm disappointed Kashi" came a voice from behind him.
Kakashi turned kunai in hand. And froze for there stood his sensei, a little older maybe but it was him, that Kakashi was sure of.
"Sensei"
"I thought that you of all people would listen to me, honor my parting wish, take care of him, give him guidance I was not here to give."
"I.."
"Sandaime even went so far as to make sure he was put under your care as a genin and what did you do?"
"I.."
"You ignored him, belittled him, shunned him. Just like everyone else. You turned your back on him, you betrayed him. And in doing so you betrayed me."
"No." Tears formed in his one visable eye.
"Yes! I trusted you to be there for him, to teach him to love him to protect him. AND YOU DID NOTHING!"
"No" They were falling now.
"You abandoned your comrade when he needed you most, you're no better then those dam villagers who beat and abused him. TRASH! SCUM! TRATOR!"
"NO!" and Kakashi poofed out of there as fast as he could.
When he was gone Minato took a few deep breaths and calmed down. When he was calm two figures came out of the trees.
"A little harsh Tou-san"
"Yah Minato the guy isn't exactly stable as it is, you might have over done it."
"Can it old man, I'm still not happy with you either."
That shut the Toad Sage up fast.
"Tou-sama" warned Naruto.
He looked at his son. "Ok, ok I'll be nice."
"Good"
"So how about lunch?" Asked the Toad Sage.
"Ramen!" and the blonds bolted.
"This is going to take some getting used to"
As much as he loved both his students and as happy as he was to have Minato back for everyone's sake. They where going to be the end of him.
--Tsunade--
Tsunade of the Sanin granddaughter of the first Hokage, fifth Hokage of the village hidden in the leaves, was ready to kill some of her council.
"I already told you! The claim is true and proven, with test and legal documents, I've shown them to you."
"Then bring the boy before this council." said a civilian.
"No."
Shock
"The boy, as you call him is a shinobi, like his father before him therefore the clan falls under shinobi law. So Namikaze Naruto does not need to appear before this full council or the civilian council but the shinobi council and they have not yet called for him."
Danzo spoke up. "No they have not, and why is that?"
As one the shinobi present glared at the man.
It was Hiashi who spoke for them. "The goings on of the shinobi council is no concern of yours and as for why we have yet to summon the boy before us. His godfather has petitioned for time to let the young man settle into his life and vast change of status. We agreed. And before you ask why. It was a reasonable request considering the boys former circumstances and it does little harm and more good to let him prepare for what his change in status will entail."
"Well now that that is cleared up I believe we can go." And the Hokage dismissed the council with a wave of her hand and walked out the door.
She needed a drink, and maybe something to punch.
"Now let's see. If I where a white haired perverted moron where would I bee?
"Oh, right treating two blond bakas to ramen. Well it's lunch time anyway."
As she had guessed she found Naruto Jariaya and Minato at the ramen stand the owner staring at the 'ghost'.
Tsunade taped Jariaya on the shoulder
"Got enough for me?"
Jiraya sighed but asked for another order bringing the shocked cook out of his daze.
"You what have you all been up to?"
Her friend laughed. "Oh, you know, shocking villagers, making people think their going nuts. Nearly driving lazy jounin over the edge."
Tsunade raised an eyebrow at the last one.
"What did he do"
"Showed up at the KIA and verbally ripped him a new one, I believe the words trash scum and traitor where what did it."
"Ouch"
"He deserved it." Said the older blond.
"Who deserved what?" came a voice from the entrance.
Iruka ducked in and sat on Naruto's other side (Left to right: Tsunade, Jiraya, Minato, Naruto, Iruka)
And so Jiraya recounted the scene with Kakashi.
"Ouch." Repeated Tsunade.
"Big ouch." Said Iruka. "But with Naruto's change in status going around the village now what?"
Minato smirked. "We where thinking of going shopping tomorrow. Wana come?"
Minato wanted time alone with his boy but he also knew that Naruto cared about Iruka and that Iruka loved Naruto like a son. So for his son's sake he would try to include the other man in their lives.
"I would love to but.."
Tsunade interrupted the refusal "I'll find you a sub. Go on. It will really throw them if they see not only Naruto but the ever practical Iruka-sensei talking to a 'ghost'."
"Why do I have a feeling this is going to be a nightmare for my reputation?"
"It will be fun." Added Naruto.
"Fine"
Tenuchi finally spoke. "So, I'm not seeing things?"
"Nope, long story. Can't say yet. You'll have to wait like everyone else."
And there where five matching smirks along the bar.
The cook shrugged. He could wait this looked like it was going to be fun to watch.