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Dead Not Gone
"What happened?" the Sandaime asked briskly upon arrival.
Confused and shocked as they were, Minato and Kushina's attention snapped to the man from where they hovered beside Kakashi holding Naruto. Kakashi answered, "Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina are dead."
"Kashi-chan!" His wife cried, distressed at the blank, deadened voice the teen used- one that had been used after Sakumo's death than Obito's followed by Rin's.
Sandaime-sama, not having heard her, continued. "And the Kyuubi."
"The Yondaime gave his life to seal it again," his student intoned lowly, a half second pause before adding. "The new jinchuriki of the Kyuubi is…me."
His eyes widened even as Kushina shouted, "What!?"
A Silver Fox
His paw tentatively prodded at the solid, not-alive and leaf-lost tree that stood shorter than normal trees with branches as thick as it's trunk spouting off at intervals that were exactly two paw-lengths apart to connect on other trunks on either side of the first in a seemingly endless cycle. He who was nameless but called Gin or Shiro or Yuki or Kit whenever necessary sniffed at the odd tree-thing briefly before sticking the tip of his snout between the branches to sniff at the lands beyond, curious of the animals that smelled of meadows-that-weren't-meadows and the wolves-that-weren't and the plants-that-shouldn't-yet-be-grown.
With a puzzled sneeze, he pulled his snout out and angled his head to look between the branches- spying a wooden cave-thing that's mouth seemed to be capable of moving unlike other caves, beyond it were smaller wood-things that were less cave and more den that was not in the ground. Curious.
Let it not be said that foxes, whether they be of red fur or white or any other color of fur, did not satisfy their own curiosity. Thus, with only a passing thought to the potential dangers, used the horizontal branches of the not-alive tree thing to climb to the top before jumping down into the other land's side.
Tail held high, he trotted forwards to investigate.
Monster At Home
There was a monster in Konoha. It wasn't in the village, not visible for the civilians to see and notice, but it had taken over one of the training grounds, one of the most infamous- the Forest of Death. The forest wasn't a popular place- only in consistent use for around a week once half a decade and it was during that time that Kakashi stumbled across the monster.
Four Moments (With Minato)
Responsibility: Once, Minato swore to himself to protect Kakashi with all that he had- he just never knew that he would have to against his own village.
Being a Leader: After dealing with Kakashi- the fiercely independent genius of a child- Minato believed that taking on a team of Genin would be simple- he couldn't have been more wrong.
The Libra: Rin, Minato thought, was the balancer that kept the team from collapsing.
Bring Honor to Us: Obito was cheerful, energetic and full of life- Minato couldn't help but feel sad looking at him.