Here's the next chapter! As you can probably tell, this chapter is longer than the last one but I can't promise later ones will be like this! Um, I don't own Naruto and that' all! Enjoy!
Luku Kaksi
Minato was running his team through drills when he heard the hawk circling above his head. Holding his hand out, he unattached the note to its talon.
Meet me in the my office
-Hokage
Curious, he stuffed the note in his pocket and turned to his students. "I'm afraid training will have to be cancelled today?"
"Why?" Rin asked.
"The Hokage wishes to see me and I don't know how long that will take. Meet here tomorrow at the same time. Dismissed."
Without waiting for a reply, he used the Body Flicker technique to get to the tower.
(?)
When he got to the tower, he was surprised to find the blonde, Kastumi, from earlier sitting in the chair across from the Hokage's desk. It still struck him how similar they looked even though he was a guy and she, a girl. Her blonde hair was pulled into two pigtails that flowed down to her hips. Her bangs were rather long and hung slightly in her bright blue eyes. She was a bit on the short side but rather curvy with muscle tone. He also noted the Konoha hitai-ate around her neck though he had never seen her around before.
"Minato." The Hokage's voice brought him from his scrutinization and he turned to face his superior. As always, the village leader was smoking on his pipe looking mildly stressed out. "You know nothing of your mother correct?"
Minato's eyebrows furrowed in confusion at the random question but he nodded anyway.
"So, that goes to say that you wouldn't know if you had any other family, correct?"
Once again, Minato nodded though there was a frown on his face now. Where was the Hokage going with this?
"Well, I-"
At this point in time, Katsumi had gotten rather restless and was wishing the old man would hurry to tell him. That would explain why she launched herself at Minato, screaming, "Nii-san!"
Minato stood still in shock for all of five seconds with the young girl hanging off of him before doing the only thing he could do.
He fainted.
(?)
When he finally came back to the land of the consciousness, he found himself on the floor. He blinked a couple of times as a small hand was thrust in his line of vision. He followed it up to a smiling face of a young girl…a girl who claimed to be his sister… He took her hand and allowed her to pull him up. He looked at her in mild shock; her strength was something else even for a kunoichi.
"Are you really…my sister?" He asked in a quiet voice.
She gave him a bright smile and nodded. "You also have a younger brother, too!"
"A b-brother?!"
"Yep, he's that blond you say in the room, my twin brother."
"Oh…" He didn't know what else to say to that. He hadn't even wrapped his head around that fact that he now had family!
"What about the other one?"
"The other- Oh him. He's an Uchiha and jiji said he'll handle that."
He nodded.
"Do you have a place to stay?" the Hokage asked, interrupting their conversation.
"No but-"
"You can live with me!" Minato volunteered quickly. It would be nice to have his house filled with more than just himself; it tended to get rather lonely even if you did have a girlfriend.
"You don't have to, nii-san."
"Of course I do!" He argued with a bright grin. "What kind of brother would I be if I left you guys homeless?"
He was granted with a flying glomp from his newly found sister.
"Y-You're so awesome!" She sobbed into his chest.
"H-Hey!" He stuttered uncomfortably as he floundered about. "Why are you crying?"
Sarutobi watched the scene between father and daughter (unbeknownst to Minato) with a small smile on his face. While he was accepting of the fact that the three were from the future, he just hoped they didn't screw anything up too badly.
(?)
Minato's place, in Katsumi's humble opinion, was rather big for just one person. It was only one story but rather spacious. When you walked through the door, the first thing she saw was the living room which was scarcely held anything. Just beyond the living room was the kitchen area with the table in the center of the area. Off to the side of the kitchen was a hallway in which she assumed to be where the bedrooms/bathrooms were.
"Do you like it?" Her father asked nervously.
"It's nice and I'm sure Naruto will like it, too."
"Nar- Oh! Is that your brother?"
"Yea. Hopefully he'll wake up tomorrow…and Sasuke, too, I guess."
Even though she was happy they had their teammate back it didn't mean she had to forgive him just yet for putting them through hell.
"Is Sasuke a friend of yours?" He inquired.
She wiggled her hand back and forth. "You could say that."
"What do you mean? Either he is your friend or he's not?"
"He was once, nii-san, but now…I don't know."
A silence followed her statement as he seemed to try to see through her. Eventually, he just sighed before cracking a small grin.
"Are you hungry?"
Katsumi looked at him skeptically. "You can cook?"
"Of course I can!" He said in a defensive voice.
"I don't know..."
"I can cook or my name isn't Minato Namikaze."
"I hope so or my life may be cut short."
She let out a snort as she dodged a pillow that was thrown her way.
She hated to admit it but that dinner was actually delicious coming from a guy. Most guys she knew absolutely sucked at cooking, except for Teuchi. Anyone that could make food that delicious had to be a Cooking Master.
"So, how is it?" Minato asked with a smug grin.
Katsumi scowled and grumbled under her breath.
"I didn't quite catch that, Kastumi."
"It was good." She grudgingly answered.
"I told you I can cook. Admittedly, it took me quite a while to master it but it's quite easy now."
"Rub it in, why don't you?"
"Can't you cook?"
"The last time I tried to cook something, I set the kitchen on fire."
True. It had been when Naruto had went off to train with Jiraiya while Sasuke was gone with Kakashi-sensei. Usually, Naruto was the one to handle the cooking but he wasn't there so… That didn't end so well. How was she was supposed to know that you weren't supposed to stick metal in the microwave?
She could see Minato trying his hardest not too laugh but failing miserably.
"Go ahead." She sighed but then smirked evilly. He definitely wouldn't be laughing come tomorrow morning.
(?)
She giggled to herself as she crept from the house. Her father wouldn't know what hit him when he woke up. Biting her lip to keep from cackling evilly, she began walking toward the hospital. Well, she was until she spotted the greatest restaurant of all time.
"Ichiraku's!"
She made a beeline for the familiar ramen stand. She had to clench her jaw shut so the drool that was gathering in her mouth wouldn't start dripping onto the floor.
"I see you're familiar with my stand." A younger looked Teuchi said with a gentle smile. It was quite weird to see him young, with brown hair and no Ayame to help man the stand.
"Heck ya, I am! It's the best ramen in the world!" She cheered as she took her seat.
Teuchi chuckled. "I wouldn't say that. I'm Teuchi by the way."
"Katsumi Namikaze!" She chirped.
"N-Namikaze?! As in-"
"Minato? Yep. He's my nii-san. We just met yesterday."
"Really? Well, congratulations." He said with another smile.
"Thanks."
"No problem. How about a bowl of ramen on the house?"
"No way can I say no to that!"
She left fifteen minutes later with an extra bowl of ramen for her brother, who was sure to be up by now. Her father must be a heavy sleeper because he hadn't woken up yet; she knew this because she couldn't hear her name being called in anger. She sniggered to herself at the thought of his reaction to the prank. She just hoped he didn't try to kill her. She had so much to live for after all!
"Excuse me, miss! Would you like to try on of our foot long sandwiches? Or perhaps half a foot?"
She looked to her right to see a middle-aged man with graying black hair and he was slightly stooped over. There was an eye patch over his left eye and he walked with a limp. She felt bad for the man, so she decided why the heck not?
"Um, can I have a six inch please?" She asked, "No onions though."
"Coming right up! Any preference for vegetables?"
"Um,., lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers. Oh, and mayo for the sauce, too."
"It'll be done in a jiffy!"
She watched him deftly fix up the sandwich, not making a mess and having everything placed neatly on the sandwich. He wrapped it up for her and gave it to her in a plastic bag. She gave him the money for it, plus a tip, before continuing on her way.
"Thank you!" She managed to call back just before she rounded the corner.
It was as she was walking that she realized what she had done. Unconsciously, she had ended up getting Sasuke's favorite food, tomatoes. She scowled but knew she couldn't take it back nor would she would eat it because she hated tomatoes. With a frown on her face, she jumped onto the rooftops.
(?)
"Hey!" She chirped as she shoved the door open with enough force to lodge it into the wall.
"Is that ramen I smell?" Naruto asked, totally ignoring her greeting.
"Hello to you, too. How are you?" Katsumi growled.
"Oops." Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry."
"Whatever. Anyways here is your food." She handed Naruto his ramen and reluctantly handed Sasuke the sandwich. "So, we are not in our Konoha."
"Meaning?" Sasuke asked.
"Meaning we are not in our Konoha. As in, everyone we know of is either younger or doesn't exist yet. Just yesterday, I met the original team 7."
"Whoa, so you mean Kaka-sensei is a kid now?" Naruto asked in shock through a mouthful of noodles.
"Yep!"
"You know what this means right?"
The two shared a positively giddy look. "Operation: Underneath is back underway!" They cheered together.
"You guys are still idiots." Sasuke grumbled.
"At least we're not traitors!" Katsumi snapped.
There was a silence in which you could clearly feel the tension. Naruto fidgeted slightly before deciding to break the silence. There would be another time to deal with his twin and best friend; hopefully without choosing sides.
"Anyway, who else did you meet?" He asked.
"Well, Hokage-jiji is still alive." She spared Sasuke a look before letting out the other info. "The Uchiha clan is still alive and well."
To his credit, Sasuke showed no change in expression.
"What else?" Naruto pushed, feeling that his twin was hiding something from him.
"You're probably not going to believe this but-"
"KATSUMI NAMIKAZE!"
Katsumi laughed at the looks Sasuke and Naruto gave her.
"Well, you'll get to meet the mystery person sooner than I thought."
"What did you do?" Naruto asked.
"Played a prank, of course! Serves him right for laughing about my cooking skills." She sneered.
"They are laughable."
"Shut up, Uchiha."
"No need to get violent, Kat-chan."
"Just whose side are you on?"
"No one's. I just-"
Whatever he was going to say was cut off as the door slammed open once again, this time staying stuck in the wall. Naruto and Sasuke stared in shock at the blonde-haired, blue-eyed man standing furiously in the doorway. Katsumi has hidden herself underneath the bed, clinging to the silver bars running horizontally underneath it and her chakra is non-existent.
"I know you're in here, dear sister of mine." The man growled, fiery blue eyes scanning the room. They stop on Naruto and Sasuke; the glare deepens. It would have been scary if he didn't look as he did now.
Naruto has finally broken and is laughing his head off right now. How could he not when the Yondaime comes storming into his room looking like that; orange skin with green hair and wearing some weird white jumpsuit.
"You're Naruto." The man abruptly stated.
"Y-Yea. What's it to you?"
"I'm your older brother. I've already met your sister as you can tell." His face became angry again before he looked at Sasuke. "And you must be Sasuke."
"Hn."
"I can see the resemblance." He muttered to himself as he casually walked over to Naruto's bedside. He leaned in as if to share a secret with Naruto before suddenly dropping down. Katsumi shrieks like, well, a girl and tries to bolt for the door. She is caught by the collar of her shirt and dragged back.
"Off. Now."
"Can't. It has to wear off. Should take about a week."
He glowers at her. She gives him the puppy eyes and pokes out her lower lip.
"Forgive me?" She sniffles.
He tries to hold the glare but just ends up sighing in defeat. Behind the pair, Naruto is shaking his head at the weak-willed man. He knew Katsumi's eyes could get to nearly everyone one, he and Sasuke being the rare few who were able to withstand the power of the Puppy Eyes.
"Fine." He then grinned with an evil edge to it. "But, in the time it takes for this to wear off, I am going to run you into the ground."
Katsumi shivered at that as she conjured images of torture in her mind. She had a feeling he was going to be the same, if not worse, as Kakashi-sensei when he got angry. She slumped.
"Fine." She pouted.
"Great. You're coming with me."
"Now?!" She screeched as he began dragging her toward the door.
"What better time?"
"Naruto! Save me!"
"Can't. Injured."
"Liar!" She yelled. He gave her a foxlike grin and waved his fingers at her.
"Have fun!"
"Don't think I'll- Hey! Put me down!"
Naruto snickered into his hand as Sasuke shook his head. How he had ended up on a team with those two idiots he still hadn't figured that out.
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