Chapter 6
SEPTEMBER- 5 MONTHS
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Naruto was once again bored. It was late at night and she was out for a walk. Jiraiya had been sent on a mission so she was supposed to be under the care of her beloved aniki, yet he was out training with Kakashi. She could have gone to Kushina but she was out for a mission. The last option was Kagami and Mikoto Uchiha, but she decided against going to either of their homes and instead went around the village.
After having been in Konoha for over two weeks now, she found she hated being coddled, hated being showered with affection by being Minato's little sister and hated when people treated her as a child.
She hated a lot of things, was the summary of things. In fact, had Sasuke come back in time with her, he would complain about how emo she was being.
She wondered around for about an hour before deciding to go and annoy the ANBU for a while. She could sense one of them following her so she looked back, directly at him and waved, causing the ANBU to blanch, not that she could see it, more so feel it.
Smiling, she made her way to where she had believed the ANBU were located and was thoroughly surprised when she saw the secret entrance was not there. She tried to sense for other people within, yet could not.
She mentally slapped herself when she realised what was wrong. Due to Kurama's attack the night of her birth, many buildings and such had been destroyed, including the ANBU hideout. She tried to rake her brain, she had read a document on where the ANBU had previously located, but found she couldn't remember.
She sighed as she dejectedly made her way back, but then thought to herself I'm Naruto Uzumaki Namizake! I never give up, dattebayo!
She carried on looking around the village, feeling for chakra signatures that she thought were ANBU but had not yet been promoted.
She had been solely focused on looking for the ANBU she didn't feel the chakra signature of one madman, till he grasped her left shoulder, causing her to try and kick the person in the face, only for her foot to be caught.
Yellow silted eyes gleamed as they looked at her, "And what, pray tell, is a little girl such as yourself doing outside so late? There is a curfew for people so young."
She supressed a shiver and instead of answering his question she replied, "I would appreciate it if you would let go of me, or I'll scream paedophilia. People tend to take me very seriously."
He chucked and this time she was unable to hold back her shiver. She had never liked Orochimaru and never will. When he released her ankle she moved back a few steps, damning everyone in the village as she wasn't old enough to have a weapons pouch on her yet, "You didn't answer my question, little girl."
She shifted her feet as she replied, "I'm looking for the ANBU headquarters."
He released another chuckle causing her to move another step, back as his eyes gleamed even brighter with fascination.
It was never a good thing when Orochimaru was fascinated. It led to experiments. Lots and lots of experiments. Almost all the time being illegal.
"I wish you luck in doing so. And who might you be?"
Crap, not good. Not good at all. "I'm uh… Naruto."
"And your last name?" he asked as he took in her appearance. It was very obvious who she was related to, by looking at her and by the rumours circulating the village.
"I'm not obligated to tell a complete stranger what my last name is. In fact, I'm not obligated to talk to you, dattebayo. So, bye." She turned to walk away when Orochimaru grabbed her by the wrist.
"Your features scream Namikaze yet that verbal tick of yours screams Uzumaki. Tell me your last name, girl." She cursed herself internally for her idiocy, yet reminded herself her verbal tick had no filter, much like her mother.
She was then saved by a very loud, "Naruto!" never in her life would Naruto have expected to be relieved by the presence of Obito, nor had she ever thought she would be saved by him. Even if at the end he had changed sides.
Obito was running up to her, Team Minato not far behind him. When they all reached her, Minato asked, "Orochimaru-sama. May I ask what you're doing with my sister?"
At his question the pedo-hebi released her, causing her to stand next to her brother, glaring at the sannin.
Minato looked back to her concerned before looking back to the sennin, "Merely asking some questions."
Naruto could feel him trying to look at her yet she adamantly refused to give him the pleasure. "And why is she so afraid? She isn't one to get scared so easily."
"Are you accusing me of something, Minato-kun?" there was an underlying hiss in his voice and Naruto would bet her sharingan eye he was glaring at him.
She tuned out the rest of their conversation as Obito had taken it upon himself to introduce her to Team Minato, "Naruto these are the last two members of my team. This is Rin Nohara and that's Kakashi Hatake." Naruto and Kakashi seemed thoroughly surprised by the simple way he introduced them yet did not allow it to disturb them.
Rin gave her a small smile whilst Kakashi simply scowled, "Guys, this is Minato sensei's little sister we've been telling you about, Naruto Namikaze."
She gave the two of them a small smile as well as a small wave, "It's a pleasure to meet you. Obito and aniki talk a lot about you." She offered, receiving a grunt from Kakashi, which in turn made Rin ask him to be more polite.
Kakashi and Naruto then proceeded to talk a staring contest, neither backing down, despite the confused looks Obito and Rin were giving them. They only stopped when Minato patted them on the back, quite hard, causing them to glare at the taller blonde.
"Naruto, what are you doing out so late?" he asked as he picked her up, placing her on his left shoulder, making her giggle.
"Ero-tousan is out the village and you were supposed to be looking after me but weren't home." She pouted at him, which caused his steps to falter as he looked guiltily at her.
"I'd forgotten I had to look after you tonight!" he looked clearly troubled for having forgotten so easily, "I'm a terrible brother. Sensei told me yesterday and today I was looking after you. Hell Kushina, told me before I left the house I was looking after you! Dammit! You're not hurt are you?"
Team Minato look stupefied at their sensei. Their own sensei had forgotten to look after his sister who was only five. "I don't think even Obito is that careless." Said Kakashi as he looked to the two blondes, the Uchiha releasing an indignant sound, denying what the Hatake had said about being careless.
"I'm fine…" she hesitated, not sure what Orochimaru had told him.
He sighed before asking, "It's pretty late. How comes you're not in bed."
"I was bored on my own so I decided to go for a walk." She shrugged her shoulders as they made their way through town.
"Aaaand said walk included looking for the ANBU headquarters?" asked Obito in a sing song voice. Looking down, she saw him grinning cheekily at her.
She gave a small glare before saying, "Well, there's always one following me, so why not annoy them?"
Everyone paused and looked at her, "How would you know if an ANBU was following you?" asked Kakashi, doubt lasing his voice.
"I will have you know, there is one not far from here. In fact the operative is right there." She pointed at the direction where the masked figure was hiding, behind some branches.
The operative shunshined over to where they were before saying, "Your sister has been doing that all week Minato. She has incredible sensory abilities." The male ANBU spoke, in a begrudging tone. Clearly annoyed that a five year old could sense him despite being a high ranked assassin.
Minato simply smiled sheepishly as his spare hand scratched the back of his neck, unsure on how to reply. He had no idea Naruto was even able to sense people around her, never mind be able to sense ANBU.
His happy demeanour changed, however, when he realised something, "Why were you following my sister? I wasn't told nor had I requested, that anyone protect her." He held back his KI, just barely, in hopes to not frighten his sister.
The masked man simply replied, clearly unfazed by the Namikaze, "Lord hokage wished for her to be watched to see what she gets up to. It's no use, however, since she is able to sense us and won't do anything if she's being watched."
Said person spoke up, "That's not necessarily true. I was looking for your HQ trying to annoy you guys just as much as your presence has been annoying me. But I seem to be looking in the wrong places. But don't you worry, I am the self-proclaimed queen of pranks. I will not be undone or deterred by anything."
"Big words, for a chibi." Grunted Kakashi causing Naruto to look down and glare.
"I dare you to say that again, teme!"
"Naruto! Language!" the exclamation of Minato did nothing to stop her from glaring at her old sensei. Gai and the others were not exaggerating when they said Kakashi had been far more emo than Sasuke had been. In fact, had Sasuke been here, he'd have complained at how moody Kakashi sensei was being.
She tried to compare and see similarities between this Kakashi and Kakashi sensei. Hers liked hentai, this one didn't. Hers smiled, this one glared. Hers had manner, this one was a teme.
She could find not a single trait in their personalities that were even remotely alike. In fact, the only thing that was similar was his appearance; gravity defying silver hair and the mask. Sure he had the same shade of eye colour but he had both eyes whereas her Kakashi had a sharingan eye which he covered. This Kakashi even carried around a tonto.
All in all, she like her Kakashi a lot better than the one in front of her right now. She wished she could somehow transfer her memories into him just so she wouldn't have to deal with this Kakashi before an evil idea came to her mind.
"Hey Kakashi… Wasn't your dad, like, hated by Sunagakure's elder, Lady Chiyo?" Naruto had originally learnt that fact from Lady Chiyo herself when they had gone to save Gaara from the Akatsuki. The lady had mistaken him for his late father and jumped him in a surprise attack.
Kakashi's eyes wided, yet before he could say anything, her precious aniki did, "Naruto. Do I need to tell Jiraiya sensei to stop telling you things? It isn't nice to bring up ones dead parents."
Nodding her head, she agreed, "Yes, quite. I wonder what is worse though. A father who faced the fate of the White Fang, or a father giving away his daughter to a complete stranger, knowing he is a shinobi, the one thing the father hates to most. Or my personal favourite, making the daughter the container of something she never wanted to be in the first place." She shut up and placed a hand over her mouth when she realised what she had just said.
Now I've done it.
If Kurama was awake, he would berate her further, but he wasn't.
Minato's aura changed drastically that Naruto gasped and clutched her chest at the sudden onslaught on emotion that coursed through her via her father.
Anger, betrayal, hate and anguish coursed through her as she fell off of Minato's shoulder and into a set of arms. Whose she couldn't focus on, all she could focus on was how the air became dense. Nature herself had changed as well. It shouldn't have been such a surprise to her, really, he was a sennin of Mount Myoboku as, natures energy flowed through him as it did her.
"Aniki… cut it out." She gasped out, trying not to allow the pain to take over as black dots shrouded her vision. She was very relieved when Minato calmed down, sighing in relief as he did so.
Naruto had never been able to handle mood swings, yet never had someone's sudden change of moods affect her so badly. She could only assume it was due to their bond of family and through the gama's of Mount Myoboku.
She tilted her head to see she had landed in the warm arms of Obito, causing her to suddenly feel much tiered. She tried to supress the urge, yet felt she could not. After a few moments of trying to stay away she decided to screw it and allow herself to fall asleep in the Uchiha's arms.
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Minato thought himself to be a very patient man. He was very used to many things; Kushinas energy, Obito's continuous tardiness, Kakashi's emo behaviour, Rin's fangirl tendencies, and most of all, Jiraiya sensei's terrible habit.
He had never allowed his students to see any more than a happy, joyous blonde sensei that had too much coffee in the morning.
But at this moment in time, he could not stop the onslaught of emotions that coursed through his veins, igniting a fire within his very soul.
He didn't feel when Naruto slipped off his shoulder, he didn't care much for the gasps that came from his team, including Kakashi. He didn't register the pain his sister was in.
All he could think about, was the bastard that was his father.
Minato had known from the beginning that his father wasn't worth any of his time, but now… he begged to differ.
His father was worth it. Had the man not already been dead he would have sought him out himself and beat him an inch to death, over and over.
How could a man abandon one child, to father another? Only for his to abandon the second child to a shinobi, a type of person he hated with a vengeance. The icing on the cake was he had made his own child a jinchuriki.
Forced his child to bare the title of demon container for the rest of her life, even if she did have Uzumaki blood, she would die not long after an extraction.
The anger and hate he felt for his father was suddenly changed and redirected. Instead he felt betrayal and anguish. Jiraiya had not told Minato his sister was a jinchuriki, he could have helped. Kushina could have helped. He would have to have a long talk with his sensei later, in order to understand the reasons his sensei must have had to have hidden this from him.
"Aniki… cut it out." He heard his younger sister gasp out so he looked at her and saw she was being held by Obito, in clear signs of pain.
He bottled up what he was feeling and went to touch her when she completely passed out, yet Obito took an unconscious step back the ANBU spoke up, "I think it's best if you don't touch her, Minato. As I said earlier, she has great sensory abilities and your sudden outburst seems to have caused an overload to her. Adult emotions are not meant to be felt by five year olds." With that, the ANBU saluted and went back into the shadows yet he paid no further attention to him.
Minato stood conflicted. He was the cause of his sister's current predicament but until he calmed down, mentally, he couldn't touch her.
Sighing he gestured for his team to follow him as they made their way to his apartment. Once there he sent a toad out to summon Jiraiya to his home as his team members left; kakashi first and then Rin. It took some convincing to get Obito to leave.
During the two weeks he had known his sister for, the boy had grown a strong friendship with the young blonde, yet she did not feel the same sentiment. In fact, she seemed rather cautious of the Uchiha, for what reason he didn't know.
Obito and Naruto had a lot in common, yet she was also similar to Kakashi, minus the sour mood he was always in.
Naruto had been placed in the guest bedroom he had been trying to make into her own, he had seen Kushina do the same thing in her apartment as well as Kagami in his home. Although the latter had yet to actually meet the girl, he wished to be prepared for a time he would have to look after her.
A knock at his door brought him out of thought as he made his way to answer it, not bothering to sense who it was, and was very much surprised to see it was his sensei. Jiraiya had a tendency to use the window or any other unorthodox means of entry.