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-Konoha, at Hiruzen's home-

"Why would you drop here without any warning?" Hiruzen asked.

He sat in the living room and opposite him sat Minato and Yukan.

"We came here to give you four good news," Yukan said as Minato beside him nodded.

"....What? I don't exactly have a good feeling...." Hiruzen said as he looked at the two with suspicious eyes.

"Kushina is pregnant and we are getting married next month. Since this is happening, I would like to inform you, I cannot do the ninja work for some time." Yukan said.

"Hmm? That's a little troublesome. What about you, Minato?" Hiruzen asked.

"Same," Minato replied.

"....." Hiruzen looked at the two at the same time, speechlessly.

After a while of staring at their faces, Hiruzen said," I have small works for you both. Two of them, to be precise. First, Kumo backed out from the fight after the Raikage was killed. As we know, some time ago, Minato also killed 1000 men. Yukan already made Kiri back down long ago. Suna already withdrew too. We need two things now. Yukan, you need to go and destroy the Kannabi bridge so that we can make Iwa back out completely. Minato, you need to go to Suna's front again. We need to give them enough pressure so that they go back." Hiruzen said.

"Alright, I'll do it," Yukan said as he picked up the teacup in front of him and started drinking it.

"Y-You, Are you alright, Yukan?" Hiruzen asked. He was used to making Yukan forcefully go to missions and requesting him a lot of times and this sudden agreement surprised Hiruzen.

"Of course. Do you not want me to go suddenly or something?" Yukan asked.

"No, no, nothing like that. What about you, Minato?" Hiruzen asked.

"Yes, I will go too but...."

As the two talked, Yukan started thinking, 'If I were to go, the danger of Tobi being there would be none and if I meet Madara.....Well, I can kill an old grandpa at least.'

After a few minutes, Yukan and Minato left Hiruzen's house and were walking back. Due to Minato getting married and the whole family growing, Minato brought the house right beside where Yukan lived.

"Yo, you needa get ready. Leave tomorrow. Your work needs a longer time to be completed." Yukan said as he patted Minato's back.

"Wanna go in my place?" Minato asked with a pleading face.

"No way. I'll leave for my work in 3-4 days too." Yukan said as they both walked back.

-At Yukan's house, at night-

"Yo Kushina, I'm home," Yukan said as soon as he entered.

"Welcome home. Come in here, eat dinner with me." Kushina greeted Yukan and called him to the kitchen.

Yukan walked into the kitchen and as soon as he saw Kushina putting some rice in the bowls, Yukan said," Why are you doing this? You're pregnant, take a rest. I'll do things like this."

"No, it's alright. I can do this much easily on a special day like today." Kushina said with a smile.

"Ohh yeah. I ...guess...I'll let you do it. Today is a special day of course... Hey, I'll be right back after washing my hands." Yukan said as he left the kitchen and went to his bedroom.

He shut the door and walked to a mirror. He looked at his reflection in the mirror and said, "Hmm, I look so good...Wait! No, not time for this shit... What is it today? Fuck no I don't remember. What was it....?" Yukan asked as he panicked.