3 A snake sheds its skin, A new baby
{ Konohagakure, Year 41 modern era.}
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It's been two weeks since the two members cell of Minato and Kakashi, started doing missions.
Jiraiya still hanging around konoha, but he already made it clear that he's not going to stay for long. So Jiraiya decided to spend most of his time, with his student Minato..... And of course little Kakashi.
Which unfortunately will lead to the birth of a future pervert Kakashi.
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{ Ichiraku Ramen shop.}
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In The Limited four stools little shop of the ichiraku family all you can hear is the sound of slurping, specially louder from a certain redheaded kunoichi"ahh!!, I feel alive" said the red Ramen slurping Oddity, finishing her... Well she lost count how many bowels of ramen she devoured.
But don't worry, I believe old man ichiraku, is keeping Taps on his customers.
" sensei!!" said Kakashi sitting in the stool number 2 from the left to the right of Jiraiya.
"Hmm!.. What Kakashi? Something's bothering you" which was obviously shown on his face.
" is that red thing really your woman sensei!!?" asked Kakashi.
SNAP ... The sound of chopsticks getting crashed could be heard in the background.
Little Ayami, starts shivering when she realized the presence of an Aura, no a malicious aura leaking from their number one customer.
' why there are only four stools in this shop!? damn it' cursed Jiraiya in his heart when he tried to distance himself from little Kakashi.
Before the sweating Minato could find a way out of this incoming disaster, he heard kushina talk in a sweet shiver inducing voice"mmm!! Let's see Kakashi-kun right!? Since you are Minato's student" talking in the same sweet voice to the Clueless Kakashi who's nodding affirmatively to her question.
" so I say why not get to know each other, I'm even willing to train you and maybe give you some lessons, that ought to be useful to you" continued Kushina ' and I will make sure you learn how to be tactful.... At least around me' she thought Darkly almost imagining the state of Kakashi after their bonding session.
" train me!!?" Kakashi turn to his sensei" sensei, is she strong!?".
" you see little Kakashi, it's not about her strength" tried Jiraiya to save the kid from receiving a traumatic event at such a young age.
" the point is..wh.."," pervert scum" interrupted Kushina and you could literally see her hair float around her demonically.
' shit, me and my big mouth, and what is that damned fifth stool!!!!?' cursed Jiraiya in his heart.
" well, well, kushina..relax..relax..hhhhh" laugh Minato awkwardly, now looking at his student not knowing what to do.
He didn't know that a little Ramen party to wish goodbyes to his sensei Jiraiya, would lead to this.
" what?.. Sensei is she that weak!?" said Kakashi.
' yep he's dead' thought Jiraiya bringing his hands together in prayer for Kakashi.
' shit, aren't you supposed to be a genius or something, you know that shit about reading between the lines' twitched Minato trying to keep his gentle smile.
" Kakashi you know...agh!!... I mean yeah she's strong and a lot too..hhhh" chuckled Minato giving his Ulta most to resist the pain from his by now blue right hand, from kushina Gentle Touch.
" okay, more training never hurts" said Kakashi.
' this going to be the last time he will believe in that statement' thought Jiraiya.
" so what are we waiting for, let's go right now!!" said kushina Uzumaki cheerfully.
" okay" replied Kakashi.
Seeing them disappear in the crowd, both Sensei and student sigh heavily.
" oh yeah before I leave, there's something we need to verify, and it concerns you too" said Jiraiya.
Standing about to leave in the direction of the Hokage Tower.
Minato just curiously followed him.
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"Hihihihihi... So that would be my so called contender for the Hokage seat" whispered a silhouette standing in the shadows of a building not so far from the ichiraku Shop.
Don in standard Anbu ninja equipment, except his mask, instead of an animal mask, a blank mask with a number was hiding his face.
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{ Hokage office.}
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" I need to see danzo" stated the third Hokage.
Wheesh.
That was the sound off of a Hidden Anbu moving out the room.
But the next moment Two Silhouettes showed up outside the window of the office catching the third's attention.
" so, how is it going to be old man!?" said a serious Jiraiya.
Which made Minato tens a bit from the sudden seriousness of the situation.
"Sigh.. Get in first, and let's wait For danzo, for a final confirmation"sighed the third Hokage, but still couldn't make the frown on his face turn upside down.
' what could it be that would make sensei and the Hokage act like this' mused Minato.
15 minutes later.
There was a new addition in the office.
" what did you call me for Hiruzen!?" asked danzo the moments he get in.
Sending a strange look towards Minato,' that's a creepy voice' thought Minato.
So for the few steps between the door and the front of the desk, danzo a man with a cross scar on his chin, wearing a black short gown reaching till the thighs, and a white wide Oriental pants, with his right hand inside his robe, with bandages covering his left eye.
Tried his best to make the gears in his brain turn and figure out the reason for being summoned.
By the extra people in the room, and the sad frown on Hiruzen, he somehow could guess where this is going by the last step in front of the desk.
Which almost made him lose his calm strict and grumpy face to a sadistic grin.
Confirming his thoughts, hearing the third's next words.
" let's get straight to it danzo,.. What... do You think of Orochimaru's change in Behavior, and what do you know about his recent activities" said Hiruzen after making a hand seal to activate the privacy seal.
Danzo didn't reply for a while, to say" what makes you believe I can track and know what a ninja like Orochimaru is doing".
BAM...."DANZO!!"," I know he's one of your root Anbu" slammed Hiruzen the desk, a sign for his not so stable emotions.
'mm!!, this is a tough choice I need to make.. First Orochimaru is a great asset to my root and konoha, but it's impossible to weaponize him into and emotionless sword.... On the other hand this could make Hiruzen move a little bit to the dark side!!' struggled danzo in his mind but in the end he decided to bet on a future with a more darker Hiruzen.
So he dropped some information about Orochimaru, in an obscure way.
But how can a veteran of Hiruzen level not see the truth behind danzo's riddles.
Simply he got his answers.
Regaining some strictness in his face and some determination to his eyes.
Called the Third Hokage" Minato Namikaze".
"Hai, Hokage-sama!!" replied Minato who almost jumped from his place while his mind is on a roller coaster trying to figure out what's happening.
All that gone next second when he felt a hand on his shoulder, turning his head, to meet Jiraiya's reassuring smile, taking a deep breath,he focus back on the third Hokage.
"I Hiruzen sarutobi, the third Hokage of Konohagakure, with the witness of a member of the Shinobi Council, shimura danzo and Jiraiya the toad Sage, hereby declare you as my next successor to the Hokage seat!!" stated the Hokage with an imposing mannerism leaving a stunned Minato, a smiling Jiraiya, and an angry danzo.
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A month later.
The news that the 3rd has chosen his successor, spread throughout the village from private talks the rumors to an ironclad fact.
Wasn't that hard to verify the authenticity of this news especially when this successor in the rumors, is Minato Namikaze the genius Ninja of his generation.
Orochimaru obviously was in the list of the first ones to know about the new candidate for the hokages seat, and he was mad Truly mad because he lost something that he could have used to reach his goal more easily, even though he didn't make any visible reaction, nor did he confront his sensei.
Well there was a change, he no longer try to be as secretive as he used to be about his experiments, which would be soon discovered by the Hokage.
Besides that The Village is almost back on it feet, With The War scars on their way to Healing.
Back to Kakashi, fortunately he survived the bonding time with Kushina but not before developing an innate fear towards kushina that go to the levels of a trauma.
Jiraiya left The Village to manage his spy Network and going after his researches, icha icha books Are not going to write themselves.
Shinobi Clans are the same, as always training a new generation of strong young Shinobi, and try to get as much power in the village as they could.
Uchiha Clan, declared their next clan head, fugaku Uchiha and his engagement of Kushina best friend, Mikoto Uchiha.
And Nearing the end of the year Orochimaru kept getting worse and worse.
And if he wasn't hailed as one of the legendary sannin, the people would have asked for his head considering all the rumors they heard about him, especially when two of his students disappeared leaving Mitarashi anko as his last student.
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{ Konohagakure, yeah 42 modern era.}
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The council meeting room.
" Hokage Sama, there's something I want to clarify before we end this meeting" said one of the members of the civilian Council.
" you have the permission to speak" stated the Hokage.
" You see, Hokage sama, it's about the problem of the increasing numbers of refugees, which means orphans too" said the council member" so how should we deal with them, knowing that we receive a patch every month or two" asked the council member.
" just make sure of their background and keep an eye on them especially potential spies, in case they are clean and present no threats to konoha, it's okay to accept them, under a probation period." made the Hokage his decision" now everyone could leave till the next meeting" but added" you stay danzo".
' Orochimaru again' danzo while nodding...
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{ Undergrounds of konoha.}
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In the secret base of Root, in one of the gloomy and dark Rooms, in the center of the base, danzo was sitting behind his desk looking towards one of his root anbu.
" how is the mission I gave you" asked danzo.
" Danzo Sama thanks to Orochimaru no longer trying to cover up his experiments, we know that he's currently experimenting with the First Hokage DNA, the subjects of the experiments are 60 kids younger than 2 years" said the Anbu coldly not betraying any emotions talking about 2 years old kids used for inhuman experiments.
After 5 minutes of silence, danzo gave his orders" for now don't do anything just keep an eye on the experiment ..oh yeah what about the results so far".
" there's already a lot of death among the subjects, and the subject labeled as Tenzo, is showing some positive results".
" Tenzo..." danzo in deep thoughts.
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{Konohagakure, April year 42 modern era.}
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One of Orochimaru Hidden labs.
BOOM...BOOM....
Through a blown off gate, we see the back of fully dressed Orochimaru,in jounin standard equipment of konoha, facing a battle ready Hiruzen in Black attire.
" just tell me why?" asked the third Hokage" you know those are forbidden Jutsus for a reason right!!? Added a heart broken Hiruzen with a hoarse voice almost shouting.
"hihihihihihi..... My dear sensei" said Orochimaru with a creepy laugh.
" if you want to know why!?" continued with a deranged grin" curiosity old man, The Thirst for knowledge, is it wrong to have a dream about uncovering everything in this world, every Jutsu out there every seal, the secrets of life, but I cannot achieve that with my Limited little lifespan" continued Orochimaru while making hand seals" that's why I need immortality to fulfill my dreams" the next second appeared out of the ground a huge white snake head and started swallowing Orochimaru" bye bye dear sensei, oh and thanks for letting me go I'll make sure to return the favor hihihihihihi".
The third just stood there. Unclenching his fists and lets out a sigh.
' I couldn't make a move and stop him ... I guess I can't bring myself to kill my own student' thought sarutobi Hiruzen who by now looked 10 years older...
Couple of weeks all it took for the news of Orochimaru becoming a missing Ninja and all his evil Deeds to sweep the village like a tsunami.
For days you could feel the anger of the citizens in the air.
It reached a shocking level when some of his experiments information leak out to the public.
And now jiraiya has an additional mission, tracking and taking down Orochimaru.
And his desire to take down Orochimaru was strong because he was his teammate and he feels guilty for not seeing the true face of his genius teammate.
But there is another person who's lust for Orochimaru's death is even bigger than that of Jiraiya's. Mitarashi anko the student of the snake Sage.
A Person who received a part of the anger build up against her sensei, and also received a Memento from him visible on the base of her neck.
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{Konohagakure, June year 42 modern era.}
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Outside of konoha about a kilometer away from the Western gate of the village. Heading towards the village was a group of refugees mixed with some Merchants Caravans.
Soon they reached the gates, the merchants proceeded to cross the gates,but the refugees had to wait to be screened and acquire a temporary access papers.
All that happened on the side of the gate where you can see a small desk with a chunin dealing with the refugees one by one.
" next!!" said the chunin.
Rising his head to see something that almost scared him to death.
"..... A h!.... Miss are you okay" asked the stunned chunin .
In Front of him was a woman, what scared him about this woman was the badly done bandages on her face which was bleeding in some parts and you could see some burned and scarred patches of skin,her clothes in tatters and barefooted, carrying a dirty cloth bag, and what surprised him the most, she seemed to be pregnant.
Waiting for an answer but he only received silence.
Unfortunately for him, the woman no longer aware of her surrounding.
She just followed the group Midway, and now she's barely conscience from exhaustion and hunger.
And yes the next second she started falling, thank goodness she was caught before hitting the hard floor.
" what should I do with this now!?" said the chunin in frustration.
Sending a quick message with another Ninja, asking what should he do about the woman.
He took care of the last ones of the refugees on the line, waiting for a reply.
Minutes later, received a scroll upon reading it, he turned to the Ninja from earlier and made him take the woman to the hospital.
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{November, year 42 modern era.}
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Konoha Hospital.
Half a year since the mysterious woman got admitted to the Hospital.... Well mysterious woman because she hasn't spoken a word for 6 months.
Of course that's for the hospital staff and to normal Ninja, higher ups of the village, that's another story and it's basically a small visit from a yamanaka and you get your answers. Well as always it was a tragic story made possible because of the war.
She's a brave girl who didn't let her hard situation and tough circumstances affect the life in her belly, by now it's the only reason she's still living.
" hey, I heard that Mystic miss would be giving birth these days" set a hospital staff,
" you sure!?.... Man I don't know her story but just by looking at her face, I know it's not something pleasant.... I hope she comes through this safely" applied another.
" well... I don't know but I heard the doctor say she may not survive long after the birth of her baby...." said a nurse which made everyone a bit sad.
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{07 November 42 modern era.}
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In the operation room," it's a boy!!" stated the nurse given the new baby a light smack, but there were no screams that would announce the birth of a New Life.
This almost gave the tired mother a heart attack.
Steps in a female doctor to check the baby.... Some minutes later she said a bit confused" he's alive" bringing hope to the mother's eyes" but it's like he's asleep.... I'm not sure, it's more like some sort of coma" seeing the mother about to start panicking she continued" but don't worry, I checked.. And everything is normal, all his reflexes are conserved, blood circulation system working fine, lungs and heart and other organs everything working just fine, it just when I used a medical Jutsu to scan his brain, I found out that it was hyperactive but still not awake" and kind of joked at the end saying" but he sure has a lot of spiritual energy for baby" but she got no laughs back.
6 months later.
Nari the mysterious Miss is now living in an orphanage because she just gave birth and didn't have a way to support her and her child.
She asked and it was the first time she spoke, she said she could work at the orphanage to breastfeed the babies there for shelter and food.
In a well-lighted room, in an orphanage in konoha, Nari was breastfeeding her child, who fortunately despite being in a coma still feed from his mother's breast when they touch his lips by reflex.
Suddenly she froze because the baby in her arms who didn't move for 6 months without an external stimulus, just came to move and opened his eyes next....
'where.... am.... I.....' thought Jin.
