DISCLAIMER : I DON'T OWN NARUTO ~~ DESU
CHAPTER 6 : FIRST TIMES
Minato Namikaze, Konoha's Fourth Hokage and Legendary Yellow Flash of the Leaf's mornings are always, waking up by the sound of the alarm clock and going downstairs for some bread and coffee and doing some bonding/training with his son for 30 minutes before going to office, but this time was quite different than the usual sound of a alarm clock cause along with the ringing sound of the alarm clock, his son's excited voice blended with the clock's sound creating a high frequency sound waves that made Minato broke off the slumber because of the noise
"UGGHH"Minato mumbled as he readjusted his position, not minding the sound of the clock or his son's voice
"Come on Dad, we're gonna be late !" Naruto whined as he pushed his Dad's sleeping body back and forth
"Just... five more minutes..." Minato begged as he slumped his head on his pillow, while Naruto's eyebrows twitched at the sudden behavior especially from his father
"Dad.. !" Naruto shouted as he struggled to push his Dad away from his pillow and making him sit on his pillow but was left in shock when his father wasn't even stirred about his struggle to push him away from his bed, as his hands stopped to surrender the massive obstacle a huge smirk appeared on Naruto's face
"Dad !, Jiji visited here not too long ago and told me to inform you, that a fresh set of paperwork will be coming your way, he also said that if you don't finish the current ones by today, you won't be able to go home until you finish them !" Naruto innocently said while hiding a smirk under his expression
After Naruto finished his statement, Minato, still in a half asleep mode cried out of shock
"But, I just finished the current ones last night !" Minato cried as his eyes bulged out of shock to see that his son was smirking and was even letting out a stuffed laugh as he look outside the window
"Hey, Naruto did you just forged what you just said?" Minato said as his eyes narrowed to his son
"Ummm,I don't know..." Naruto wandered his innocent eyes as his father narrowed his eyes at him trying to get something out of his behavior but finally let out a small distortion with his lips
"Heyy!" Minato said as he noticed the slightest distortion and jumped out of his bed to capture his son, as Naruto ran towards the stairs, he was caught by none other than his father and was put around Minato's shoulders
"Hey, Dad ! stop it !" Naruto whined as he tried to control his laughter as his father is tickling his feet, "It tickles.." he added as he finally released the laughter he'd contained
"This'll be your punishment, Naruto" Minato said as he giggled, as he tickled
"Awww... Dad, but it's my first day at the academy today " Naruto whimpered as he performed puppy dog eyes no jutsu
"Honestly, if you act like that, it's so hard for me to punish you.." Minato sighed in surrender as he put down Naruto on the ground as he went to grab his coffee
"Well, what if I do that plus this" Naruto said as he performed a sequence of seals and with a puff of smoke around him, his whiskers are gone while Minato turned to what his son is up to this time and when he turned around he saw a complete replica of himself, while doing a puppy dog eyes no jutsu which he only chuckled as he sat next beside him and kissed him on the cheek
"Hey.. Dad.. !" Naruto was startled as he jumped out
"Sorry, Naruto.. " Minato apologized as he rubbed the back of his head, " It's just that, it's so hard to believe that you have been rejected" he added as he let out a soft sigh, "With that kind of face?" as he pinched his cheek, " A face that's more to mine that to your mother... It's just unimaginable.." he said a sad smile crept into his face
"Geezzz, Dad, you should have just said, that, with a face like yours, that's so similar to the legendary fourth hokage who's face enchanted 85% of the maiden's population in konoha, there's no way that you can't be rejected" Naruto said as he said in a smirk as if he passed the sarcasm to erase his father's mistakes
"Hehehe,, I guess you right, Naruto" Minato placed a fist in his lips as he giggled softly at Naruto's sarcasm
"Okay, then... we'll make those people who'd done bad to you, do community service for a month" he said in a bluff
"It's okay Dad !, you don't have to do that" Naruto retorted
"Hehehehe, You really are my son" he smiled, "even if you didn't inherit my face... you caring attitude, to me is enough proof" he said as he tenderly looked at Naruto which Naruto only grinned wholeheartedly by the compliment
"Let's already eat our breakfast" Minato said as he scooped his coffee from the table, " We've got a big dayahead of us" he added as he looked at Naruto with a pleasing smile
"UGNN," Naruto said, not breaking off the contact
DING DONG the doorbell on the inside porch sang, as Naruto who've just recently finished his breakfast went to get it, as his father is reading the local newspaper while sipping his coffee
"Sasuke !" Naruto shouted with moderation as he saw his brother outside the door while carrying his backpack
"Yo !, Naruto-bukiyou" Sasuke sacastically said as his face depicted a confidence while letting himself in, which Naruto didn't even in the slightest, minded about Sasuke's intrusion since the fact that ,both of them spent most of their time together for the past years from Sasuke sleeping over at Naruto's house and Naruto at Sasuke's that they considered themselves "KYOUDAI"
As Sasuke went directly to the dining room to greet Minato, Naruto excitedly ran towards Sasuke like their planning something heinous
"Sasuke !" Naruto excitedly whispered as they went towards the dining hall, " Have you got a hold of it?" he added as his smile went to full throttle
"Of course" Sasuke said with such confidence, "I just got a hold of it, just a few minutes ago, after I asked Itachi nii-san to get it for us two" he added as he uncovered two seals
"great !" Naruto whispered with glee as his face depicted pleasure, which Sasuke only snikered at his disposition
"Good Morning, Uncle Minato" Sasuke greeted as he set aside the recent expressions he kept while in Naruto's presence
"Good Morning, to you too Sasuke-kun" Minato replied as he sipped his coffee while looking at his son's renowned brother
"Did you already have breakfast?" Minato asked while looking at Sasuke with a smiling face
"Yes, Uncle" Sasuke said as he returned the hospitality
"Well, then, Naruto, accompany Sasuke-kun to the living room,I believe you have something to plan about.. after all it is your first day at school" Minato said while he looked at Naruto cheekily as he drank all his coffee and putted it in the sink
"Okay.." Naruto said as he pumped his hand in the air, before guiding Sasuke to the living room while bombarding him with questions
"So, what are we going to do with these?" Sasuke asked curiously as he handed the two seals to Naruto
"Teehehe, something that I haven't done since since 3 years ago.." Naruto said as he smirked really wide to the extent that even Sasuke can even feel it
"Boys, are you done mending your things?" Minato shouted as he walked down stairs finally dressed with his blue turtleneck under his flack jacket covering it with the hokage robe
"You'll see it later.." Naruto whispered as he answered a positive response to his father
"Okay then..., Let's go!" Minato said as he held the two boys by each arm, and with a second they we're gone
The vicinity is already packed with people when Naruto, Sasuke and Minato went to school,
"Hey Naruto, I'll be leaving you two, okay, Itachi will be guiding you two inside, as I go there and organize the crowd" Minato imperatively said as he kneeled to Naruto's level
"Okay, Dad" Naruto said as he sympathized his father while hiding it clearly under his poker face
"Well, then.." Minato raised a hand, and in a second, their brother appeared
"I'll trust their well being into your care Itachi-san" Minato said as he converted himself purely at Hokage mode
"Yes, Hokage-sama" Itachi answered promptly
"Okay, then..." Minato looked at the two boys, "I'll be going now" he added as he disappeared in a yellow flash
Naruto's POV
"Well then, Otoutos" Itachi said as he signaled them to come closer, " Let's go" he added as he took the first step among the 3 to go to the crowd while his brothers came following him as he walked
"Itachi nii-san" Naruto said in such a pleading voice as they diverged through the crowd towards the front rows
"What is it, Otouto?" Itachi asked as he looked straight ahead where they were going not bothering to look at Naruto at all
"Can I go, to the Restroom after we reached the front rows?" Naruto said pleadingly as he moved vigorously making the guardian to notice the predicament
"I guess we have to hurry then.. we don't want to leak, at your very first day, do we?" Itachi replied with a smile as he moved with incredible speed to the front rows while holding the hands of the 2 boys.
"Okay, then, otouto, you stay here as I accompany your otouto to the restroom" Itachi asked as he received a confirmation from Sasuke
"Yes, now it's left to the last one" Naruto thought as he imagined his plan working, spreading a thousands of colors into the air, while walking towards the restroom just behind the stage where his father will later on give a speech to those who will enter the academy
"Okay, then, Naruto, I'll leave you here, to go to the restroom while I check on your brother, I'll be back within a minute or less to bring you back" Itachi said as he looked at Naruto maturely as before he scanned the crowd for his brother
"Okay, Itachi nii-san" Naruto said as he continued his facade
As Itachi walked away from him, Naruto, didn't waster any second and began placing the 2 seals on each sides of the stage while putting on invisibility seals on top of it via kage bunshin no jutsu
"Now all that's left is too enjoy the speech before the grand event" Naruto thought as he sighed while wiping the sweat on his forehead
At exactly 5 seconds after the completion of his very own mission, Naruto spotted Itachi walking towards him,
"Itachi nii-san, let's go!" Naruto shouted with enthusiasm as he ran towards his guardian
"Okay.. okay" Itachi giggled as he noticed the burning sensation within Naruto as they turned towards where Sasuke was sitting
"So, how was it?" Sasuke asked curiously at Naruto referring to the plan
"Ummm, Sasuke, I only went to the restroom, why did you asked me that type of question?" Naruto replied as distaste enveloped his face while giving out a smirk
"That's not what I'm referring you moron" Sasuke retorted as he let out a growl at Naruto
"Hey, Calm down.." Naruto pleaded as he noticed the killing intent that Sasuke unveiled , " Everythings, gone according to plan" he added as he smirked at Sasuke
"I plan to see something, interesting.." Sasuke giggled as he looked at Naruto before focusing on the stage
"Hehehe , trust me you will" Naruto replied as he looked at the same direction where Sasuke was looking
The speech took quite a time as Minato talked about the konoha, the new enrollees and the will of fire
" Hey, Naruto" Sasuke whispered as he elbowed Naruto
"How long will this take again?" Sasuke asked as he still can't believe what he was hearing the first time he heard the answer
"Hmmm.. I think it's about..." Naruto delayed as he looked at the big clock at the entrance of the academy, "NOW" he concluded as the two of them heard a finalizing statement from Naruto's father in which the citizens clapped to the valiant speech that Minato gave as he got out of the stage to go in front of his child
"I'll be going now okay.." Minato said as he kneeled down to Naruto's level, "I'll be back at home before sunset" he promised as he smiled at him while at the same time melting the SINGLE LADIES'S hearts, "I'll going to teach you some great jutsus when I come back home later" he said as his son's face smiled with joy
"SURE, DAD!" Naruto exclaimed joyfully
"I'll be going now.." Minato said as he straightened his legs and disappeared in a yellow flash that made everyone in the crowd gasp except for his son, Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi
"Yup" Naruto replied with a smile as he bid farewell to his disappearing father
"Now, I think the grand event, is finally at play" Naruto thought as he playfully smirked before looking at Sasuke with such pure intentions only known to Sasuke
"Well, we'll go now, nii-san" Sasuke said as he bid goodbye to his brother while running towards Naruto
"I'll be picking you up at Naruto's house after your training ok" Itachi shouted as he looked towards his brother
"Okay !" Sasuke replied loudly as he looked at his brother before proceeding his run towards his brother
"Hey, are you ready?" Naruto asked as he saw Itachi walking away before glancing at the crowd, their children already went inside
"Tsskk, Okay, Let's go" Sasuke smirked as he signaled Naruto to go inside
As the two of them went inside the academy, "Kaiho." Naruto whispered as those seals break loose spreading erasable paint unto the crowd while the two of them, laughed their ass out while facing the halls of the academy
-Minato's POV-
After giving of the speech to everyone while sending his son to school, Minato finally went to office to start the day with his long time companion, the paperworks..
As he was going through, the reports of the teams he sent towards the missing rogue nin and one of the legendary Sannin, Orochimaru, A knock on the door was heard, as his secretary entered to inform him, that the ninjas of the Uzumaki clan has arrived at the capitol and wanted to greet the Hokage before anything else.
"Ahh, I almost forgot, that today, was the day that those ninjas, will come from the land of the whirlpools" Minato thought as he read a report from the team led by Gai,Kakashi and Asuma, "Okay send them in" Minato ordered his secretary as she nodded at the hokage before leaving the vicinity.
After a few minutes of reading the report, he sealed the report into a sealing paper before putting it into a large book, containing all of the reports he acquired during his regiment for the past 3 years
After he placed the big book inside a big shelf just beside his desk, a knock was heard on the door, making the Hokage turn to the door's direction
"Come in!" Minato shouted as he went to his chair to sit, so that he can intimidate the Uzumaki clan's ninjas
After the people from the other side of the door, received the OKAY sign from the hokage, they immediately came inside the office
"So, where do I start?" Minato asked as he scratched a side of his forehead while evading their glances, "Welcome to Konoha" he added as he looked at the ninjas with delight and curiosity
"Thank you for the hospitality, Hokage-sama" Shina said as she removed the veiled hat from her head revealing a neck length red hair to flow from the disturbance to bow at his guarantor
Minato was filled with shock, curiosity, happiness, uneasiness and weariness all over again since the time where he knew that his late wife, was not late after all
"And who you might be?" Minato asked as he was half way captured by a trance and his eyes widened, with curiosity and hopefulness
"My name is Shina Uzumaki, hokage-sama" Shina answered gracefully before introducing her other companions
"And, this is Karin Uzumaki and Suigetsu Hozuki" she added as her two companions went forward to introduce themselves
"It's nice to meet you, Hokage-sama" Karin greeted as she did the same actions of her Onee-chan while Minato smiled at her in a fatherly way
"I'm pleased to have the pleasure of meeting with you, hokage-sama" Suigetsu greeted as he kneeled before the hokage while putting his sword in front of him
"Same here, Karin-chan, Suigetsu-kun" Minato replied to their greetings as he smiled at him tenderly, before focusing her gaze towards Shina
"Now, I have prepared you a house, in a compound just a few blocks here" he said as he explained to them their address
"Which clan's compound do we stay?" Karin asked curiously as she looked at Minato
"It's yours actually, the council and I.. agreed that being part of the First Hokage's relatives, gives you the right to have a compound on you own, though it'll be quite some time for your clan to be able to apply for the official clan status since your numbers are rather scarce, but nevertheless, it'll happen soon" he added as he smiled at them
"Really?" Karin surprisingly asked as glee enveloped her face
"Of course, You'll have Kakashi there to accompany you to the compound, if you want to visit your new home" Minato said as he smiled at Karin's sudden outburst of joy
"But.. first, you do that, you'll have to do some test, in the Information Department..," he added as he converted himself to HOKAGE MODE
Just then, a knock was heard just behind them, in which the 3 Uzumaki ninjas startled
"Come in.." Minato said loudly as Inoichi Yamanaka entered the vicinity
"Hokage-sama, what is it that you need me for?" Inoichi said as he looked straight at Minato
"I need you to do some tests, for them, they're the new recruits from the Uzumaki Clan.." he said sternly as he looked at the two children before being completely bewildered by Shina Uzumaki
"Th-This can't be she, can she?" Inoichi staggered while looking back at Minato,while as a bemusement surrounds the maiden's face
"Pardon?" Shina asked confusingly
"I'm sorry, Kushina-san, it's just that you have been mistaken for some-" Minato's smile drop as he noticed the flaw in his words,
"Kushina?" Shina asked weirdly as he looked skeptically
"I'm sorry, Shina-san" he apologized as a crushed expression came across his face before turning back to his Hokage-mode
"I'm sorry for intruding Hokage-sama, but who is Kushina?" Shina asked while looking at Minato stupefied
"SIIGHH , I guess you have to know, since she is one of your clansmen" Minato surrendered as he looked sternly at Shina
"Well, Kushina..., Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze, is my wife" Minato said as a secure look pierced through Shina
"Eight years ago, my wife, suddenly disappeared without leaving any trace for us to follow" he concluded as doubtful feeling engrossed Shina
"So, let me guess, Hokage-sama, the reason why you'ved mistakenly addressed me with you lost wife, is that because I look strikingly like her?" Shina said cutting off the rest of Minato's explanation
Minato was quite dumbfounded on how Shina quickly took the information well
"There's no way, that she can be it!" Minato thought as he looked so puzzeled while scanning Shina, by then, Inoichi already took over the conversation to diverge the sudden tension inside the room
"UM... well then, Hokage-sama, i'll be going now," Inoichi bowed as the kids followed him outside
"Now, hokage-sama" Shina said as she looked at Minato, "I know what you're thinking.. but sadly, I'm not the one you've sought, because this is the first time I have seen you personally my whole life and besides hokage-sama.., I'm already engaged to someone inside your ranks " Shina said as she scanned the hokage's face with such indifference
Minato looked really shocked to the sudden attitude change, not because it was so out of the princess-like mannerism Shina performed just minutes before, but it was because she really did look like his wife, not just from the looks, but from the attitude as well, she is just like her, from the day they first met at the academy, especially the fact that she's already engaged
Minato, being the Fourth Hokage, isn't really a stranger to such emotions such as , hopefulness curiousness and disheartedness, but in this situation he felt more, and more disheartened rather than the other two
"What, am I being so disheartened about what Shina-san said" Minato thought as he looked at her
Shina on the other hand, was pretty shocked about the sudden show of expression from the Hokage, she haven't seen him or anyone she knew in that matter that has seen his vulnerability, especially to the fact, that the hokage she just witnessed having that kind of expression was none other than the Fourth Hokage, the Shinobi who've single-handedly faced an entire legion on his own
"I'm really sorry, If I have suddenly raised your hopes, hokage-sama" Shina apologized as she bowed her head
"If you don't have anything, to say, Hokage-sama or anything to remind me of.." She said, not even flinching while in a 90 degree bow, yet in a considerate tone "I'll be taking now my leave" she said as she looked straightly at the hokage's hair-covered face before with such a worried face turning around towards the door
After bidding her goodbye to the hokage, she turned around to take the first step towards her first day unto a new atmosphere, and sceneries in the capital, But when she was about to open the door, a sudden force suddenly caught her, in which she immediately turned around to his captor's face, what she saw, was just what she thought. She clearly looked at Minato's face filled with anguish and sadness that pierced her heart
"What am I doing?" Minato thought to himself as he let go of Shina's hands
"I'm sorry…" Minato said as he looked down to hide his vulnerability
"You are dismissed" he added as he turned back to his chair, Shina can only nod to his order, as Shina heard the word, she didn't wasted any second, and ran towards the door while unconsciously slamming it
"I really am screwed.." Minato thought as he was visited by only silence and a sadness within the vicinity
"I'm officially missing you right now…, Kushina" Minato thought as he buried his face unto his palms as a tear streaked unto his cheek
Shina on the other hand, was pretty shocked too, for she haven't only witnessed such an expression unto her hokage's face but was even caught up in a situation with him
"What was that just now?" Shina thought as she leaned on the door, while having such a confused look
Just as she was about to get a hold of herself, a sudden burst of light flashed through her mind making her unstable and stumble on the ground.., memories of her and his supposedly love-interest was staring at something
-FLASH BACK-
"Hey..., It'll be all right" Shina comforted as she looked at his love interest with such optimism
"Are you sure?" he said as he looked back at Shina while wiping his tears on his cheeks
"Geeezz..., He's such a crybaby...," Shina thought as he looked at him slightly disgusted, "And he said he'll gonna be hokage.." she added
"Of course...,! you can count on me-ttebane" Shina shouted as she shot him a good guy pose, while setting aside the thoughts just seconds ago
-END FLASH BACK-
"Shina onee-chan?" Karin asked while looking at her worriedly
"Ohhh..,, I'm sorry, Karin-chan" Shina replied as she turned back to reality, "It's just the usual.." she added as she stood up shakily
"Geezz,, onee-chan.., let's go" Karin whined as she looked towards Suigetsu who was waiting for them just a few meters away from them while being accompanied by Inoichi
"Hehehehe,, Yes, yes...," Shina replied as she giggled at her younger sister's pouting face then looking at the two boys.
"Let's go, Karin-chan" Shina said with a tender smile on her face, as she looked at the horizon just behind the boys, "To our new home.." she concluded as they walked towards them, while Karin shooting her with smiles of her own
AUTHOR'S NOT : I KNOW ~~ THERE'S BEEN ALOT OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS,, BUT _,, I JUST CAN'T GET MY MIND Straight... all because of this heat _ my mind's going haywire.. anyway
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