OMG! I didn't think I would get such great reviews and so many followers/ favorites so quickly! Thank you guys a ton!

Here a some responses to some of the reviews!

Genma: I haven't decided on pairings yet (although ShikaNaru is my favorite if you can't tell). And Thanks!

Jasmine: Can you explain alittle further. I think I know what you are getting at and I think its a good idea but I want to see if we are talking about this same thing!

Guest: Thanks and yes, Minato is a fun character to write! Yes, I am going to explain how Minato is alive but you'll have to wait a while and about Naruto's character development, you'll just have to wait and see! Thanks again for the review!

Ok, so this chapter should answer some questions you guys have asked. If they don't please review and ask! I will be happy to answer! So... on to the chapter!

Chapter Three: The Discussion and The Mask

Minato sat dinning room table with a simple bowl of rice in front of him. His hands were laced together in front of his face. His expression told that he was in deep thought about the information he had received the night before. Villagers had come after his son! The Hokage's son!

How could I not have known about this? I'm the fucking Hokage, for kami's sake! How could I not see the way the villagers had treated Naruto!

Minato slammed his fist on the table, knocking over the bowl of rice. You could say he was more than upset with him self. He was sucked out of his thoughts when he realized his son was still sleeping. The man sighed and cleaned up the rice.

Is this why Naruto's always so quiet in the village?

Minato shook his head as everything started to make sense. The reason Naruto was always so quiet when he was outside their home. The reason Naruto never liked celebrating his birthday on his birthday. The reason Naruto rarely went out in the village. The reason Naruto didn't have many friends or why he lost his friends rather quickly. Minato always thought he caught on to things like that pretty quickly, but how could he have missed this? Minato thought about it a moment and then the answer came.

Naruto was never in the village with Minato. He rarely saw Naruto outside of their own home.

Did Naruto do this on purpose? Or was it simply a coincidence?

Minato was shaken out of his thoughts again, when he heard little feet pad down the hallway. Soon a young blonde appeared in the doorframe. The elder smiled at the young boy and motioned for him to sit down.

"Are you hungry?" Minato asked as Naruto took a seat.

The young blonde shook his head, "No."

Minato sighed, "About last night…"

"Don't worry about it," Naruto interrupted looking into his lap.

Minato stared at his son waiting for Naruto to look at him. When Naruto did, Minato finally saw the pain in his son's eyes.

"Why, Naruto?" Minato pushed.

"Its nothing I can't handle," Naruto stated, "I am the 4th Hokage's son after all."

"Naruto, I don't want to being afraid of the villagers!" Minato just about yelled.

"Its not the villagers…" Naruto whispered, "They just make empty threats…"

"Its not the villagers?" Minato repeated, "What do you mean empty threat? What do they do?"

"They just call me a demon. They tell me I murdered a bunch of people, things like that. The villagers have never caused physical harm to me," Naruto explained.

"I see," Minato's anger was starting to rise again but he didn't want to scare his son so he pushed it back down and regained his composure, "Has anyone ever caused you physical harm?"

Naruto nodded slightly.

"Its not the villagers?" Minato reassured, becoming angrier as he realized the only people who would cause physical harm to his son if it weren't the villagers.

Naruto shook his head and looked into his lap. The young blonde played with his fingers, hoping his father wouldn't ask the question, but….

"Then who is it, son?" Minato asked.

"The shinobi…" Naruto said barely audible.

Minato's eyes widen. How could the shinobi attack his son? How could his men attack his own son? Minato regained his composure once more; he was never the one to loose his temper. That was until it came to his son.

"Anyone in particular?" Minato asked.

"The younger ones," Naruto answered.

"The younger ones? Like who?" Minato pushed.

"Um…" Naruto said looking around avoiding his father's eyes.

"Naruto…" Minato warned, "Who?"

"Mizuki-sensei," Naruto whispered.

"Mizuki? Your teacher at the academy?" Minato asked.

Naruto nodded looking down into his lap. His long hair shaded his eyes, "Yes, he-he… he beats me s-sometimes… after s-school," Naruto stuttered.

"He beats you?" Minato asked as his voice becomes shaken.

His own sensei beats him? How did I not notice?

Naruto nodded, unsure of his own voice.

Minato suddenly stood up knocking over his chair. Naruto surprised at sudden noise and movement, shot his head up. Minato could now see the tears that were streaking down his son's face. Minato walked over to him and pulled him into his arms. How could he let his son get this hurt by the village he was in charge of? Minato didn't know, but he did know that he would do something about it.

The young boy continued to cry into his father's chest. Naruto always kept all the emotion from the beatings and name calling bottled up. He never wanted his father to know, for reasons he wasn't sure of. He assumed it was because he didn't want his father feeling like a terrible Hokage. But again this was just an assumption. Maybe it was because he was embarrassed the he couldn't protect himself. Whatever the reason, Naruto had one thing that he swore never to tell his father and even now he didn't want him to know.

Naruto soon fell asleep in Minato arms. Minato had carried his son to the couch and he held his broken son for what seemed like an eternity, during which the anger that Minato felt towards those who want to harm his son only grew. The Hokage didn't know exactly what he was going to do, but he was determined to do something.

Minato sat up quietly as the most important question came to his mind….

Why are the villager's treating Naruto this way?

Minato closed his eyes and furrowed his eyebrows, when he came up with the answer.

The Kyuubi.

The villagers some how knew Naruto was the Jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi. Minato realized this is the very reason why Kushina kept it a secret. She would have gotten the same treatment from the village. Or maybe not… The Kyuubi never attack the village before that night, so the villagers had no reason to hate her as much as they do Naruto. Even so, she still would have gotten similar treatment for being a Jinchuuriki. The more and more Minato thought about the whole situation the more questions he would come up with.

Was it all the villagers?

How did they know?

When did the treatment start?

Have a lot of the shinobi physically harmed Naruto, like Mizuki had?

Why didn't Naruto tell him?

Hundreds of questions like these ran threw Minato's mind. Minato wanted to see first hand how the villagers and the shinobi treated Naruto.

Would they treat him the same if he was around?

Of course not, but Minato needed to know. So that meant Minato would have to send Naruto into the village by himself. He knew how much pain this would cause his son, but he needed to confirm this. He knew how much he was asking of his son. Of course if someone tries to harm him, the Hokage himself would just have to step in.

Minato sighed, as he knew what he had to do, "Naruto?" He gently shook his son to wake him.

Naruto's read swollen eyes slowly opened as her tiled his head to look at his dad, "Yes, tou-san?"

"I need you to do something for me…" Minato reluctantly said.

"What?" Naruto asked quietly.

Minato closed his eyes and slowly opened them again; he prepared himself to ask his son the unthinkable.

Naruto did as he was told, and walked through the village without any protection. He knew what was coming and he just prepared himself for it. When his father had asked him to show him how the villagers treated him, Naruto thought his father didn't believe that his villagers or shinobi would do something like that to his son. That is until Minato explained that he had to have evidence to punish someone. It was just politics; Naruto understood and did what he was told.

As Naruto walked he glanced around and found the villagers were giving him those icy stares like they always did. Naruto wasn't too worried about being hurt; he was more worried about his father finding out the one thing Naruto wanted to keep hidden. A few villagers shouted at him, calling him a demon and things a like. Naruto was praying his father was hearing all of this and noticed the glares and stares he received.

Naruto sighed to himself and continued walking. He was replaying the scene where his father asked him to do this for him. Naruto remembered his father promising to explain everything once they returned home. He promised him that he would explain why the villagers treated him badly. Why Mizuki had beaten him. Why the called him a demon. Naruto was silently hoping he wasn't actually a demon like the villagers often told him he was.

Naruto looked at the shop he walked by and noticed a familiar ANBU mask hanging on display in the shop. It was similar to the one his favorite silver haired ANBU member wore. It reminded him of the man who was always assigned to watch him when his father was away. Naruto smiled and walked up to the counter, but he wasn't expecting any type of customer service. This was a good way to show his father how the villagers would interact with him.

"Excuse me, sir," Naruto said as he approached the counter.

A large man turned around and glared at the blonde.

"What do you want, demon brat?" the man yelled causing a few people to turn around and stare at the scene.

Naruto acted like nothing was wrong and just continued, "I was wondering how much that mask was?" Naruto pointed to the ANBU mask.

The man reached up and grabbed the mask, "You want this?"

Naruto nodded, but suddenly the man pushed him out of the shop. Naruto landed on his hind end with a thud. Naruto put both hands behind him to steady him. Then felt something hard hit his head. He lifted his hand to the place where he was hit. He looked over the noticed the mask was sitting next to him. The man had thrown the mask at him. Naruto thought he was going to be hit again as the man stepped out from behind the counter. Naruto closed his eyes as he prepared for the worst but nothing came. Naruto opened his eyes to see a familiar cloak in front of him.

"That's not how you treat a child," a voice boomed.

Naruto knew that voice all to well, his father was really mad.

"H-Hokage-s-sama," the man stuttered as he backed up slightly.

Minato turned around a crouched down in front of Naruto and offered his hand. Naruto grabbed the mask and then took his father's hand. They both stood up and turned to face the large man. Naruto tried to hand the mask back but Minato stopped him. The elder pulled out some money, enough to cover the cost. Then he turned to his son and pulled him away from the scene. A few steps later, the two blondes flashed back to their home.

Naruto hung his head and stared at the mask. He suddenly felt a pair of arms around him.

"I am so sorry, Naruto," Minato whispered, "I had no idea the villagers treated you this way."

Naruto pushed his father off of him, "There nothing you can do."

Minato blinked at his son in surprise, "What do you mean?"

"Unless you are with me all the time, the villagers will continue to treat me this way. That is until they come to acknowledge me," Naruto explained.

Minato sighed, "But I can do something about the shinobi who are bothering you."

"What are you going to do?" Naruto asked.

"Well, beating the Hokage's son can be considered treason," Minato explained.

"No!" Naruto said. Even someone as young as Naruto knew what would happen if you were found to be treasonous.

"What?" Minato was again surprise by Naruto's actions.

"Please don't kill them," Naruto begged.

Minato sighed, "Alright, but I will punish them."

Naruto nodded then pulled them mask to his chest and held it close, "Thank you for the mask, tou-san."

Minato chuckled lightly, "Your welcome, son."

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