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Okay heres part 16. I was planning to make this the chapter where they find out about Minato, but I had to find out something about Ninja marriages. Then I couldn't find anything on Narutopedia, and had to debate it over and over in my mind. I thought of something similar to that bread-ceremony thing from the hunger games. Private and quiet, not very flashy or expensive. Since im talking about marriage you probably already figured out this is a chapter that involves Kushina and Minato. Please, enjoy. Sorry about Naruto, he'll... what is the word im looking for...? Conceived? Found out? Whatever. Its next chapter, okay?
Heres part 16
Part 16
After the war was over, Konoha was in a time of mourning of both celebrations and mourning. Among the dead were friends and family, precious people who had died heroes to their village, never to be seen again. All of Konoha gathered before the memorial stone. Widowed mothers, the parents of dead genin, and the like were poker faced or crying unstoppable tears.
Minato had planned on going with Kakashi, Fugaku, and Kushina and Mikoto. However, he had been called before the Konoha council along with Orochimaru and Danzo and others.
“We of the council have reached our decision.” Said the feudal lord with a smile. Slowly he raised his hand, pointing forward. “From this day on you are the fourth hokage, Minato-kun, the yellow flash.”
For some reason, he was stunned. Which made it clear part of him had doubted himself, but that was currently unimportant. He was hokage.
Orochimaru and Danzo left without saying a word.
Afterwards, the third pulled him aside and presented him with something: a hokage hat. When he held it in his hands, he smiled peacefully and thanked him.
He was fourth hokage.
He could have gone to Fugaku’s or to Shikaku’s. He could have walked the streets, as the villagers clearly wanted him to. But that wasn’t where he wanted to be.
He went straight to Kushina, to where his heart was.
She already had dinner on the table, and was looking very pleased with herself.
For a moment, he watched her from behind. Her long red hair, the sound of her voice as she hummed. For a ninja, she was being very slow, not noticing him after ten straight minutes. So he played a little trick on her.
He took the hat off and hid it behind his back, turning it so she wouldn’t see the sides.
“Ahem.” He called, making her jump, turn around and slam the pot down on his head.
Over the years, he’d gotten a little too used to her punches, so he was okay. But she immediately kneeled and started apologizing.
“Omigosh!” She pulled his head over to look for any knots or bruises. “Minato?! You okay! I’m sorry! I had no clue… Why’d you scare me like that?! Hey, sya something!”
While he was busy trying to find his way back down to earth her eyes wandered over to the floor, she was looking shocked.
Because the hat had fallen out of his hand.
“Minato…?” She turned back to look at him, raising his chin up with two fingers.
He pressed his hands against the sides of his head.
“You could kill someone like that, Kushina.” He complained, still rattled.
She blushed. “You surprised me! And why would you try to hide that thing?! Shouldn’t you be around showing it—”
He kissed her then, and she made a cute little gasp sound.
“You are the first person I wanted to show it off to.” He explained, taking her face in his hands. “Since this means I’ll be able to keep my promise now.”
I’m sorry. Once I become hokage, I won’t be going on missions anymore either. Then we’ll have more time to be together.
“But you’ll still be busy.” She complained. “Busier.”
Minato rested his head against her stomach and wrapped his arms around her.
“It’s okay, I’ll make time.” He told her. “I love you, kushina.”
“Umm… What about getting married?” She asked, hugging his head. “I don’t think we can do the same thing Fugaku and Mikoto did.”
Ninja weddings tended to be pretty small during war times, and very simple yet happy outside of war. They were different than civilian marriages. But Minato knew he couldn’t copy his friends, who had invited all their relatives and friends over. Ninjas typically didn’t have honeymoons, since they weren’t allowed to leave the village except on missions.
But there was something they could do.
“Kushina, do you know about the shinobi heirloom exchange ritual?” He asked.
“No.” She asked, pulling away from him. “Whats that?”
Minato smiled and got to his feet, pulling her up with him.
“It’s something very old families, like mine, used to do.” He explained, walking back to the hallway. “During the warring states era, the most powerful clans would often try to marry clan heirs, promising to exchange the families most powerful jutsus, or valuable family heirlooms as wedding presents. They were mostly to form alliances to fight against even more powerful clans, and they more than often fell apart for multiple reasons. However, my mother’s, was one that didn’t.”
“Your mom?” Kushina asked.
“She was also a namikaze, but from a lower line that had somehow grown too powerful. Our family usually used this ritual to marry, since no one liked big ceremonies, eve nthough its really only supposed to be used for clan heirs from seperate families.”
Minato entered the bedroom, releasing her hand so he could fetch the treasure from its seal under the bed.
He pressed his hand down over the seal in a certain way so it would slip through. When he was done, he held in his hand something he had always planned to destroy, as mother had ordered him to, yet couldn’t.
“What is that?” Kushina approached him cautiously.
“A text.” He answered, causing her to give him a look that made it obvious she was questioning his sanity.
She had good reason. What he held looked nothing like a text, more like a small coin. Purple with multiple rings, large at the edge and smaller in the center. Minato always hated it as a child, because it used to scare him.
“That’s what my mother said.” He told her. “That it held a text inside, which if people were to extract and look through, they would only discover terrible secrets. Ancient jutsu that could destroy the world.”
“Why do you still have it then?” She knit her brow. “It sounds terrible. Shouldn’t you destroy it?”
Minato nodded. “I wanted to. But mother also said that it could one day be used for good, which made me hesitate. Because it was what I wanted.”
“What you wanted?” Kushina asked as he stood up.
He smiled, ashamed.
“I always hated being a Namikaze.” He admitted. “My family were such salvage folk, who ran around terrorizing everyone. Greedy for money and power, constantly trying to become a great nation that could conquer the entire ninja continent, and any land unknown to them. They tortured children the same age as me to death and laughed about it. Still I couldn’t hate them completely. Maybe because it was my own blood that bound me to them, or maybe it was my mother who was different like I was. She never wanted to marry my father. But she was forced to by her close relatives, which mine quickly betrayed and killed as soon as they had this.”
He showed her the object in his hand.
“She wasn’t cruel ,like the others.” He told Kushina. “But she was very neglectful. It made me curious, and also caused me pain. Part of me even hated her for it, doing nothing while the chaos raged around a young me, who wanted to be anyone else, be anyplace else. One day she pulled me onto her lap, and called me by my name. Minato. I think I might have been an object of curiosity for he ralso, since I was named heir after the failures of my older siblings. She gave me this. When I said I would destroy it, I was lying.”
“Why?”
“Because it gave me hope, ironically enough.” He answered. “This thing that my mother kept so close to her, yet hated with a passion. If this evil thing could one day be a means for good, then maybe so could I, who had all but given up hope. For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to give it to you.”
“To me…?”
He placed it in her hand and curled her fingers around it.
“You are different from others, Kushina.” He took her hand in both of his. “Most in your position would have lost their way, chosen the wrong path, and died like a dog. You’ve never tried to use the Kyuubi’s power after hurting me, because you felt you were unable to control it. When you were away, you didn’t seek greater power. You… Are nothing like my family, or Danzo, or some Uchiha or Hyuuga. You will never try to open this thing. And you will never hand it over to anyone. I can trust you.”
Kushina pulled her hand away and looked at the object.
“I’m sorry if it worries you, or if you are unhappy with it.” He said. “Being nine-tails Jinchuuriki, I doubt you want another dangerous secret. But if its any comfort to you, I have no clue how to ‘open’ the thing. Its not a locket or anything similar. Sealing jutsu was already tried, but not by me. And I did try to destroy it once, with a kunai but, it was pointless. Apparently it is made of some strange material, and…”
“It’s okay.” Kushina took his hand. “I like it, since it means you trust me so much. Thank you Minato.” She reached around to touch elbow, making a strange seal appear. Using just her finger, she pulled out an earring identical to the one she had given Mikoto, and the Seal disappeared.
“That earring…” Minato looked at it in wonder. “You know, you could just wear it.”
Kushina turned her nose up at that. “I hate jewelry. Earings and necklaces always get stuck in my hair and pull it out.
Its annoying.”
Minato laughed. “That’s so like you Kushina.”
She smiled at him and held out the earing to him.
“The one I gave Mikoto had medicine inside, but this ones empty.” She said apologetically. “But its an heirloom too, so you can have it as a wedding present as well as a good luck charm.”
He took it from her, setting it on their bedside table for the moment so he could pull her in for a hug.
“Thank you.” He buried his face in her hair. “Really Kushina.”
She wrapped her arms around him.
"I'm the one who should be thanking you."
That brief moment of happiness was followed some time later by something even more wonderful.
Mikoto announced that she was pregnant again, scheduled for mid-late July. The village gradually became more and more peaceful, and recovered from the shock of Orochimaru’s betrayal. When Minato talked to the summoning toads, they said Jiraiya was chasing his former teammate, keeping tabs on him and protecting the village from the outside. Minato met a new enemy, called paperwork and became a little sleep deprived. However, his time as Hokage became a joy he had never known. His friends helped him, and together they improved the village. Hizashi discussed with Minato plans to change the Hyuuga clan, to ban the curse mark among other things. SHikaku got married around the same time to a cranky girl named Yoshino. In fact most of his friends married at that time.
Minato continued to bump heads with Danzo, who tried to avoid him as much as he could while sneaking around.
But the one who surprised Minato was Kushina.
Heres part 16
Part 16
After the war was over, Konoha was in a time of mourning of both celebrations and mourning. Among the dead were friends and family, precious people who had died heroes to their village, never to be seen again. All of Konoha gathered before the memorial stone. Widowed mothers, the parents of dead genin, and the like were poker faced or crying unstoppable tears.
Minato had planned on going with Kakashi, Fugaku, and Kushina and Mikoto. However, he had been called before the Konoha council along with Orochimaru and Danzo and others.
“We of the council have reached our decision.” Said the feudal lord with a smile. Slowly he raised his hand, pointing forward. “From this day on you are the fourth hokage, Minato-kun, the yellow flash.”
For some reason, he was stunned. Which made it clear part of him had doubted himself, but that was currently unimportant. He was hokage.
Orochimaru and Danzo left without saying a word.
Afterwards, the third pulled him aside and presented him with something: a hokage hat. When he held it in his hands, he smiled peacefully and thanked him.
He was fourth hokage.
He could have gone to Fugaku’s or to Shikaku’s. He could have walked the streets, as the villagers clearly wanted him to. But that wasn’t where he wanted to be.
He went straight to Kushina, to where his heart was.
She already had dinner on the table, and was looking very pleased with herself.
For a moment, he watched her from behind. Her long red hair, the sound of her voice as she hummed. For a ninja, she was being very slow, not noticing him after ten straight minutes. So he played a little trick on her.
He took the hat off and hid it behind his back, turning it so she wouldn’t see the sides.
“Ahem.” He called, making her jump, turn around and slam the pot down on his head.
Over the years, he’d gotten a little too used to her punches, so he was okay. But she immediately kneeled and started apologizing.
“Omigosh!” She pulled his head over to look for any knots or bruises. “Minato?! You okay! I’m sorry! I had no clue… Why’d you scare me like that?! Hey, sya something!”
While he was busy trying to find his way back down to earth her eyes wandered over to the floor, she was looking shocked.
Because the hat had fallen out of his hand.
“Minato…?” She turned back to look at him, raising his chin up with two fingers.
He pressed his hands against the sides of his head.
“You could kill someone like that, Kushina.” He complained, still rattled.
She blushed. “You surprised me! And why would you try to hide that thing?! Shouldn’t you be around showing it—”
He kissed her then, and she made a cute little gasp sound.
“You are the first person I wanted to show it off to.” He explained, taking her face in his hands. “Since this means I’ll be able to keep my promise now.”
I’m sorry. Once I become hokage, I won’t be going on missions anymore either. Then we’ll have more time to be together.
“But you’ll still be busy.” She complained. “Busier.”
Minato rested his head against her stomach and wrapped his arms around her.
“It’s okay, I’ll make time.” He told her. “I love you, kushina.”
“Umm… What about getting married?” She asked, hugging his head. “I don’t think we can do the same thing Fugaku and Mikoto did.”
Ninja weddings tended to be pretty small during war times, and very simple yet happy outside of war. They were different than civilian marriages. But Minato knew he couldn’t copy his friends, who had invited all their relatives and friends over. Ninjas typically didn’t have honeymoons, since they weren’t allowed to leave the village except on missions.
But there was something they could do.
“Kushina, do you know about the shinobi heirloom exchange ritual?” He asked.
“No.” She asked, pulling away from him. “Whats that?”
Minato smiled and got to his feet, pulling her up with him.
“It’s something very old families, like mine, used to do.” He explained, walking back to the hallway. “During the warring states era, the most powerful clans would often try to marry clan heirs, promising to exchange the families most powerful jutsus, or valuable family heirlooms as wedding presents. They were mostly to form alliances to fight against even more powerful clans, and they more than often fell apart for multiple reasons. However, my mother’s, was one that didn’t.”
“Your mom?” Kushina asked.
“She was also a namikaze, but from a lower line that had somehow grown too powerful. Our family usually used this ritual to marry, since no one liked big ceremonies, eve nthough its really only supposed to be used for clan heirs from seperate families.”
Minato entered the bedroom, releasing her hand so he could fetch the treasure from its seal under the bed.
He pressed his hand down over the seal in a certain way so it would slip through. When he was done, he held in his hand something he had always planned to destroy, as mother had ordered him to, yet couldn’t.
“What is that?” Kushina approached him cautiously.
“A text.” He answered, causing her to give him a look that made it obvious she was questioning his sanity.
She had good reason. What he held looked nothing like a text, more like a small coin. Purple with multiple rings, large at the edge and smaller in the center. Minato always hated it as a child, because it used to scare him.
“That’s what my mother said.” He told her. “That it held a text inside, which if people were to extract and look through, they would only discover terrible secrets. Ancient jutsu that could destroy the world.”
“Why do you still have it then?” She knit her brow. “It sounds terrible. Shouldn’t you destroy it?”
Minato nodded. “I wanted to. But mother also said that it could one day be used for good, which made me hesitate. Because it was what I wanted.”
“What you wanted?” Kushina asked as he stood up.
He smiled, ashamed.
“I always hated being a Namikaze.” He admitted. “My family were such salvage folk, who ran around terrorizing everyone. Greedy for money and power, constantly trying to become a great nation that could conquer the entire ninja continent, and any land unknown to them. They tortured children the same age as me to death and laughed about it. Still I couldn’t hate them completely. Maybe because it was my own blood that bound me to them, or maybe it was my mother who was different like I was. She never wanted to marry my father. But she was forced to by her close relatives, which mine quickly betrayed and killed as soon as they had this.”
He showed her the object in his hand.
“She wasn’t cruel ,like the others.” He told Kushina. “But she was very neglectful. It made me curious, and also caused me pain. Part of me even hated her for it, doing nothing while the chaos raged around a young me, who wanted to be anyone else, be anyplace else. One day she pulled me onto her lap, and called me by my name. Minato. I think I might have been an object of curiosity for he ralso, since I was named heir after the failures of my older siblings. She gave me this. When I said I would destroy it, I was lying.”
“Why?”
“Because it gave me hope, ironically enough.” He answered. “This thing that my mother kept so close to her, yet hated with a passion. If this evil thing could one day be a means for good, then maybe so could I, who had all but given up hope. For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to give it to you.”
“To me…?”
He placed it in her hand and curled her fingers around it.
“You are different from others, Kushina.” He took her hand in both of his. “Most in your position would have lost their way, chosen the wrong path, and died like a dog. You’ve never tried to use the Kyuubi’s power after hurting me, because you felt you were unable to control it. When you were away, you didn’t seek greater power. You… Are nothing like my family, or Danzo, or some Uchiha or Hyuuga. You will never try to open this thing. And you will never hand it over to anyone. I can trust you.”
Kushina pulled her hand away and looked at the object.
“I’m sorry if it worries you, or if you are unhappy with it.” He said. “Being nine-tails Jinchuuriki, I doubt you want another dangerous secret. But if its any comfort to you, I have no clue how to ‘open’ the thing. Its not a locket or anything similar. Sealing jutsu was already tried, but not by me. And I did try to destroy it once, with a kunai but, it was pointless. Apparently it is made of some strange material, and…”
“It’s okay.” Kushina took his hand. “I like it, since it means you trust me so much. Thank you Minato.” She reached around to touch elbow, making a strange seal appear. Using just her finger, she pulled out an earring identical to the one she had given Mikoto, and the Seal disappeared.
“That earring…” Minato looked at it in wonder. “You know, you could just wear it.”
Kushina turned her nose up at that. “I hate jewelry. Earings and necklaces always get stuck in my hair and pull it out.
Its annoying.”
Minato laughed. “That’s so like you Kushina.”
She smiled at him and held out the earing to him.
“The one I gave Mikoto had medicine inside, but this ones empty.” She said apologetically. “But its an heirloom too, so you can have it as a wedding present as well as a good luck charm.”
He took it from her, setting it on their bedside table for the moment so he could pull her in for a hug.
“Thank you.” He buried his face in her hair. “Really Kushina.”
She wrapped her arms around him.
"I'm the one who should be thanking you."
That brief moment of happiness was followed some time later by something even more wonderful.
Mikoto announced that she was pregnant again, scheduled for mid-late July. The village gradually became more and more peaceful, and recovered from the shock of Orochimaru’s betrayal. When Minato talked to the summoning toads, they said Jiraiya was chasing his former teammate, keeping tabs on him and protecting the village from the outside. Minato met a new enemy, called paperwork and became a little sleep deprived. However, his time as Hokage became a joy he had never known. His friends helped him, and together they improved the village. Hizashi discussed with Minato plans to change the Hyuuga clan, to ban the curse mark among other things. SHikaku got married around the same time to a cranky girl named Yoshino. In fact most of his friends married at that time.
Minato continued to bump heads with Danzo, who tried to avoid him as much as he could while sneaking around.
But the one who surprised Minato was Kushina.
