(Naruto's Point Of View)
I looked at the Diary with closed eyes and started to think about what happened in that entry.
Opening my eyes, I see Sakura and Kakashi-sensei's eyes on me, like they were waiting for something. I asked them what they wanted and they looked at each other like they knew what each were thinking.
Sakura looked at me with a apologetic smile. "Sorry if we creeped you out, we were just curious about what you were thinking since we know that your father was in love with Luna..."
I looked down and told them that, that was what I was thinking about when the entry ended. "I mean, I was sure that my mother was Kushina because lots of things led up to her being my mother, me having her last name as well..."
They started to look at me with pity and I just rubbed the back of my neck then picked up my journal to write down what I have learned in that entry.
1. Fukgaku Uchiha was my fathers rival.
2. My father is in love with Luna
3. Luna has good chakra control.
4. Luna learned to dodge in the prison.
5. Luna becomes part of Team Jiraiya.
I looked at my list and what caught my eye was the first thing I wrote down which was about an Uchina being my fathers rival.
It reminded my a lot of Sasuke and I with our rivalry and how we used to fight with each other and show each other up. Also, Fukgaku had a lot of fan girls so it make sense why they were also rivals.
Except my father and him were tied for rookie of the year so it would also make sense for them to be rivals.
This got me thinking about Sasuke and how we used to fight all the time. I was jealous of how he got all the attention and I didn't so I would do anything to get people to notice me like him.
I looked at my team to see them looking at me with smiles on their faces which made me smile as well. I know have people who care for me... and I will protect them with my life.
I picked up the diary and turned the page to read the next entry that my father made.
"July 30th, 589 ASD... I woke up to my alarm clock ringing in my ears so I turned over to turn it off but I couldn't reach it and fell on the floor instead.
(Minato's Point Of View)
I woke up to my alarm clock ringing in my ears so I turned over to turn it off but I couldn't reach it and fell on the floor instead.
I groaned then sat up and turned off my alarm clock then stretched and looked at my apartment. It was as messy as I left it last night so I knew that no one came in last night.
This made me sigh because I knew that no one lived with me so no one would be here to clean it up. That's why I left it messy so someone close to me would clean it up for me...
I knew it was selfish but... I just wanted to feel the love of someone else, ya know...
I got up and yawn then went to my kitchen and put a piece of toast in the toaster and waited for to come out.
Once it was down, it popped out and I caught it then started to eat it.
Once I was finished with it, I went to my room and put on my pants and my jacket then grabbed my keys and walked out the door. I locked the door and started to walked down the stairs of my apartment.
I walked through the streets of Konoha to see many kids playing around and adults talking among themselves like everything is good in the world.
I started to think about my team. Two months have passed since Luna has joined our team and I was very happy about it.
I remember the look on Lord Thirds face when we told him that we have trained her the basics of a ninja and that we want her to join our team.
After we told him, he laughed and said that he was going to assign us to teach her the basics and join our team anyway. We were overjoyed to hear that she was joining the team and that we get to do missions with her.
We started our first D-rank mission with her which was to clean out the lake in the Back Hills. I remember like it was only yesterday which was actually two months ago!
************Flash back brought to you by me being in a deep depression**********
We have just met up at our usual meeting spot and are now in front of the Hokage waiting for another, boring, D-Rank mission.
I look over to see Luna with a nervous look on her face. I knew that she was nervous about this because this was her first mission ever as a ninja so she wanted to do it right.
Lord Hokage took a puff from his pipe then looked down at his papers. "Okay Team Seven, I want you to go to the Back Hills and clean out Burakkuberī lake, got it."
We answered him, saying that we understood, then we left the office.
Once we were outside, Kushina and I groaned in agony because of the useless mission we had to do.
Master just laughed at us and I hear Luna giggle so I turned to her to see him with her hand up to her mouth to cover her laughter. I did a small blush seeing her that way but I hurry and covered it up with a smile.
"Alright, this may be a boring mission, but this is Luna's first time to see need to make this a success, believe it!" Kushina thrusted a hand into the air and Master nodded.
I see Luna bow to us saying thank us and we try to convince her that she doesn't need to thank us.
She brought her head up she had blue eyes, instead of gold, and a big smile that could compare to mine and I see her jump up and down.
"Well then, what are we waiting for, Dattebayo! Lets get going!" She ran forward, grabbing Kushina's hand and they ran together towards the Back Hills.
I look confused by her actions but then I remembered her personality disorder. I remember one being named Haipa who is hyper and really happy all the time.
I look at Master and he looked down at me and we both muttered "Haipa" at the same time then we started walking in the direction that the two girls went.
Once we arrived at the lake, we see Luna making a snow angel in the mud near the lake. Master laughed and called out Haipa's name and she stood up and ran over to Master and jumped on him.
He picked her up and put her on his shoulder then walked over to where Kushina was standing. I followed slowly behind staring at the lake full of trash and sticks.
Master put Haipa down and we all stared at him as she slighting rocked back and forth on her heels. He told us the instructions then we got to work.
The lake was only three feet deep so we were able to stand in the water easily and pick up the junk in the water.
I felt a tap on my shoulder so I turned to see Haipa staring at me with a smile. She stuck out her hand as she introduced herself. "You're Minato Namikaze, right? I'm Haipa Ceila!"
I nodded and shook her hand and we both picked up the trash side by side. "You know, Luna is our main personality and we all follow her rules and regulations."
I stared at her interested in what she had to say. "We all follow her because she is able to keep Kage in check... I probably shouldn't be telling you this so I will just tell you this..."
She stared at me with happy but serious eyes. "Luna really likes you... so you better not hurt her or Kage could break the seal and run free..."
My eyes widen and I looked down at the water and started to think until I heard her laugh. "But I don't think that it will be a problem, right, you really like her as well right!"
Looking back at the water, Haipa ran over to Kushina and they started playing in the water.
I was thinking about what she was saying about not hurting Luna or there will be consequences... I would never hurt Luna... I... I love her too much to do that.
I grabbed my jacket that was over my heart and clenched it as I remembered that Haipa said that she really likes me.
This made me smile because maybe this was a start of a beautiful relationship...
**********Flash back end brought to you by Spring Break**********
I smiled as I remembered that memory and kept walking to the bridge in the middle of town that we had to meet at.
Once I got there, I saw Kushina and Luna already at the bridge, happily talking to each other.
I remember that after that mission, Luna started to live with Kushina because she had no where else to go but a hotel and she didn't have any money.
I went up to them and Kushina pointed at me and started to shout, saying that I was late. I rubbed the back of my head in apology. I looked at Luna to see that her cheeks were a bright shade of pink as she waved at me.
I blushed, thinking that her action was cute, and waved and said hello back. I hear Kushina giggle and grab both Luna's and my hands.
"I will be the connection for your love to each other, ya know!" We blushed and I stuttered that we weren't together which made her laugh harder.
"Yea sure! It its plainly obvious that you two love each other! You blush when you see each other, you stare at each other a lot, etc! You both are "deeply" in love with each other, and it is so cute!"
We both looked away and blushed but we looked back to see that Kushina joined both of our hands together so we were holding hands.
I stare at her and she stares at me back. I look into her dull golden eyes and I got lost in them that I couldn't look away.
Suddenly, my body started to move on its own and I started to move closer to her as she did as well.
When we got a few inches away from each other, I see her eyes close which made me look down at her red, plump lips. I... I wanted to feel them so bad... I wanted to kiss her...
I started to close my eyes too and when our lips were so close to touching... a puff of smoke appeared and the person who appeared shouted and said hello to us.
This made us open our eyes and see how close we were so we hurried and pulled back and look away from each other and let go of each others hand.
Kushina started to shout at the figure, "Master, how dare you show up at this time! They were about to do it!" He looked confused but he looked at us and saw that we were blushing madly which made him smirk.
"Well, now is not the time for making out..." This made me blush harder and make Kushina pout. Master held up three slips of paper that said something about Chunin Exams.
"I wasn't going to let you take it because you need three participates to be in it but Luna is now on our team so you can now participate in the Chunin Exams!"
Kushina and I shouted in glee and we high fived each other but I didn't anything from Luna so I turned to see her with her eyes closed.
She reopened them and I see that they are green instead of gold and narrowed in a tired sort of way.
"The Chunin Exams are an opportunity for Genin to be promoted to Chunin. The exam structure and evaluation processes differ from one exam to the next so that Genin cannot come prepared. Villages originally held their own individual exams.
Following the Third Shinobi World War, exams that are open to all villages started being held bi-annually, with villages taking turns for hosting responsibilities. These shared exams improve relations between the villages, present up-and-coming ninja to clients, and create an opportunity for gambling.
Although the exams, specifically the final round matches, are designed for there to be an ultimate "winner", success does not guarantee promotion nor does failure preclude it; if the observing ninja and Daimyo feel a Genin displays the necessary qualities for a Chūnin, that Genin will be promoted regardless of how they place in the exams.
For this reason it is possible for as many as all of the finalists to pass, or even for none of them to. Being victorious simply expands the participant's chances of demonstrating their qualities in the next match.
Having too many participants to advance to the next stages seems to be an undesired result, as the examiners tend to run additional preliminaries to reduce the number of finalists."
Kushina and I looked shocked at her while Master just closed his eyes and nodded. He walked over to her and rubbed her head. "Great explanation, Odayaka!"
I was confused about what he just called her but then I rememebered about her personality shadow that is a calm individual who speaks of wisdom and is smarter then a Nara.
Suddenly she shook her head, and she looked confused but then rubbed her head in embarrassment and apologised. Kushina got stars in her eyes and grabbed her hands, saying that she was so smart.
She shook her head in disagreement, "I'm not really that smart, its my shadow, not me..." I shook my head and put a hand on her shoulder. "Of course that was you, you are you, thats all there is too it!"
She softly smiled at me which made me lightly blush but I went away when Master clapped his hands.
"Alright guys, what Odayaka said was true. To sum what she said is that the Chunin Exams are where you go from Genin to Chunin and all different countries come to compete in it! Now take these papers and sign them so you can take the Exam. That's all I have so take care my little Genin's!"
He disappeared in a puff of smoke and we just stared at him like he was crazy for just leaving us like that.S
Suddenly, Kushina turned to Luna while pulling out a piece of paper. "I was wondering if you could sing this... my grandma used to sing it to me back in my village so I was just... you know..."
Luna nodded and took the paper from her hand and coughed to get the stuff out of her throat and she started to sing.
"Underneath The Cold November Sky,
I'll Wait For You.
As The Pages Of My Life Roll By,
I'll Wait For You.
I'm So Desperate Just To See Your Face,
Meet Me in This Broken Place..
Hold Me Now,
I Need To Feel You.
Show Me How,
To Make It New Again.
Theres No One I Can Run To,
And Nothing I Could Ever Do,
I'm No Where If I'm Here,
Without You.
Even If You Take It All Away,
I'll Wait For You.
Even When The Light Begins To Fade,
I'll Wait For You.
I'm So Desperate Calling Out Your Name,
Meet Me In This Broken Place..
Hold Me Now,
I Need To Feel You.
Show Me How,
To Make It New Again.
Theres No One I Can Run To,
And Nothing I Could Ever Do,
I'm No Where If I'm Here..
I'm Tired Of Running,
Wrestling With These Angels.
I Lay Down My Life,
And I Surrender!
Hold Me Now,
I Need To Feel You.
Show Me How,
To Make It New Again.
Theres No One I Can Run To,
And Nothing I Could Ever Do..
Hold Me Now,
I Need To Feel You.
Show Me How,
To Make It New Again.
Theres No One I Can Run To,
And Nothing I Could Ever Do,
I'm No Where If I'm Here,
Without You."
She finished singing I see that Kushina had tears falling from her eyes as she hugged Luna and was thanking her over and over.
I smiled at the both of them, but then I thought of the Chunin Exams. People have gotten seriously hurt or even killed...
I wont let that happen... no way... we were going to survive and win the Chunin Exams!
**********Time Skip brought to you by me eating Sweet Tarts jumbo size**********
I woke up the next morning and got dressed as quickly as I could so I could get to the Academy as quickly as I could so I wouldn't be late.
Once I got there, I saw Kushina and Luna waiting for me in front of the Academy doors so I waved to them. I see them wave back as I caught up to them and we walked inside.
On the paper that we signed, it said that we had to get to door 3-A which was easy enough to find, but when we got there... there were so many Genin's in one room that I couldn't count how many.
They all stared at us with hatred and KI which made me shiver. I felt someone grab my jacket and walk behind me so I turn my head to see that it was Luna gripping my shoulder in fear.
My eyes soften as I softly put my hand on top of hers and quietly told her that everything was going to be alright and that I would protect her. I hear someone giggle so I see that it was Kushina who took Luna's hand.
"We will both protect you, right Namikaze?" I nodded and Luna looked calmer then she did before which made me relived.
"Well, well, if it isn't the little dobe..." I sighed and turn to see that it was Fukagu and his team that consisted of two boys I didn't recognize.
I felt Luna grip onto my shoulder tighter, signalling that she was afraid. Kushina took her hand off my shoulder and hugged her, protecting her.
I glared at Fukagu and pointed a finger at him. "Why do they let teme's into here anyway, teme!" He glared back at me and he stood each other off so hard that a lightning spark went in between our eyes.
"Calm down, Minato Binato!" I turn to see my best friend Kizashi Haruno which made me smile. We high fived each other as I see his teammates come up to him.
His teammates consisted of Mebuki Adachi, his crush, and Mikoto Uchiha. I see Fukagu blush when he saw her and I smirked at him. "So your crush is the only one that can break down your walls, huh?"
He glared at me then stared at Luna who was staring at us with curiosity and he also smirked. "And I see that you have devoloped a crush huh?"
I blushed, knowing he was talking about Luna and I glared at him and was about fight him until a voice stopped me.
"Alright, everyone take a number then take a seat to that assigned number then we will start the first exam!" We all walked up to him and took a number card and I saw that I was number fifty-two.
I looked over at the girls to see that they were number ten and twenty-six which meant we didn't sit next to each other.
We all sat in our assigned seat and I looked over to my left to see that I was sitting next to Mikoto which surprised me.
"Alright, the test will begin when you get your paper!" They passed out all the papers then told us to begin. I looked at the paper to see that these where just Genin questions that we learned in our last year in the Academy.
I started to write down the answers to the questions until I heard a groan so I looked up to see Kushina having her hands on her head, freaking out.
I looked over at Luna to see that her eyes were half closed and green and she was almost done with the test. I guessed that Odayaka kicked in so she knew all the answers, no problem.
Kushina on the other hand, was never good at written exams and mostly failed all of them. I took out a piece of scratch paper and wrote down a letter and rolled it on the floor to Kushina.
I see her pick it up and read it which made calm down and she started writing on her test.
Once the test was over, we waited for them to grade it. When they did, they put up a poster of names that passed the test.
I schemed over the paper to see my name in the middle of the paper and Luna's name at the top of the paper. We looked over and over for Kushina's name until we came to the very bottom which said "Kushina Uzumaki" which made us all cheer.
Kushina thrusted a fist into the air and started shouting how we all made it to the next round.
"Now is not the time for celebrating, everyone who passed, follow me to where we will talk about the second exam." The proctor said so we followed him to a classroom where we sat down and listen to him talk.
"Alright, everyone, you have all made to the second exam which is going to be much harder then the first exam. The next exam will be where each teammate will go to different gates and they hold a scroll. There will be two scrolls, a heaven and an earth scroll.
To get each others scroll, you will need to fight the other person which may be your own teammate.
Note, you will not be doing this with your team. You will get a scroll individually and will have to go through Area fifty-five individually.
Once you have both scrolls, you will go to the middle of the forest for which there is a tower. There you will follow the instructions on the wall.
You do not open your scrolls... I repeat... you do not open your scrolls for any circumstance.
You will hear a bell sound when there is a battle in commission. The speakers will say the name of who is fighting so competitors will know.
That is all... Dismissed!"
We started to leave the Academy and when we were outside, Kushina jumped up and down, excited for tomorrow. Kushina high fived Luna and I and we were about to high five each other, but when our hands touched, an image popped into my mind.
It was a little girl with pure white wings and hair with red eyes in white and blue flowing dress covered in blood, standing in front of a burning village which made me gasp. Was this Luna when Kage took over!
I came back to the real world to see them looking at me with confused eyes. I look at Luna to see that her eyes were gold, not red.
Kushina asked me what was wrong so I told them that I just blacked out for a second. They seem to believe me because Kushina took Luna's hand and they started running away from me.
I ran after them with the image still in my mind. Was that really what Luna looked like when she destroyed her village?
I had to ask Master about this...
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