Chapter 022

"I know," Tsunade said, "And that crystal is one of two in the world that exist; you can buy mountains with that necklace alone. But keep in mind that with that necklace you carry the legacies of Shodaime and Nidaime, Nawaki, Dan and the rest of our family ancestors. It's something I want you to take with you on your path in becoming Hokage."

Overcome with emotions, Naruto jumped and embraced Tsunade, happily "I love you kaa-chan!"

Tsunade smiled brightly as she embraced her son as well.

"I'm happy you appreciate your gift," Tsunade said before she placed a light kiss on her adopted son's forehead, "Now let's start on your human anatomy studies."

"Yeah" Naruto agreed, and as the mother-son pair went on their way to the medical section of the mansion.

"And tomorrow you'll spend the day sparring with me," Tsunade added with a large smile. Naruto grimaced on the thought of sparring with his mother Tsunade. For what it's worth, he'd rather spar with Jiraiya, knowing that Tsunade's hits were far worst than his.

"Hey," Tsunade said, "Don't give me that look. I did say that we'd have to work on awakening that dormant strength of yours, didn't I?"

"You did," Naruto whined, "But you hit so hard."

She grabbed Naruto before wrapping her arm around his neck and giving him a hard noogie.

"KAA-CHAN!," Naruto cried as he futilely struggled to break free; it's one thing to spar with your freakishly strong mother, but it's something else when she applies that strength for giving noogies. Tsunade laughed while watching her son's predicament. For the pass couple of months, Tsunade got into the habit of giving Naruto playful noogies.

(Two Weeks Later)

Naruto was sleeping at his desk at the academy again. This time he looked completely drained and exhausted. He spent all night studying his mother's medical scrolls and practicing his healing and medic jutsus and three days earlier he trained with Jiraiya on controlling his new seal and fox summoning. Naruto was sitting/sleeping between Ino and Hinata. Both girls took pity on Naruto seeing the state he was in. Hinata saw the look in Ino's face and knew what she had in mind; both girls were tempted to see how he looked like underneath that ninja mask he wore. Hinata blushed at the thought but was too timid to pull it off. Ino, being the more abrasive type, moved closer to grab and pull the mask down when…

"NARUTO!"

Naruto immediately jumped from his seat and stood in attention. Everyone else laughed at the scene while Ino mentally cursed and yelled at Iruka for ruining her chance to see the blonde's face.

"Yes Iruka-sensei," Naruto said. Iruka, annoyed at Naruto's sleeping habits, stated, "Do you find our discussion on the five Hokages boring enough to put you to sleep?"

"When your kaa-chan is the granddaughter and grandniece of Shodaime and Nidaime who taught Sandaime, who taught my kaa-chan and chose her as Godaime after the death of Yondaime who was trained by Jiraiya-sama, another student of Sandaime, what more can you teach me about them that my kaa-chan hasn't already taught me?"

Iruka's right eye twitched from Naruto's sense of reasoning yet well worded explanation. The fact that annoyed Iruka further was that Naruto was right. Ino and other girls chuckled from his explanation.

He's so smart, a couple of the girls thought as they looked at him dreamily.

"Well Naruto," Iruka said, "Since it's your family we're talking about, it SHOULD hold your attention to say the least since they were the ones who built Konohagakure No Sato and contributed greatly to the medical fields and this village's history."

"I'm sorry," Naruto replied, "No disrespect to you or to my family ancestors, but I spent all last night and days prior studying and practicing with little sleep. But if you need my participation, then I'll add my two cents into the conversation."

"That's good to hear," Iruka said, although concerned about Naruto with regards to what he said earlier, "We were just going to talk about Yondaime Hokage."

'Now that I can do,' Minato stated.

I'm sure you can, Naruto remarked, You're the subject at hand anyway father.

"I'd like to say some things about Yondaime," Naruto said as he moved and went to the front of the class. Iruka stepped aside and gave Naruto the spotlight.

"OK Naruto," Iruka stated, "What would you like to say about Yondaime Hokage?"

Looking at the class, Naruto started, "Yondaime Hokage, whose real name is Namikaze Minato, started off like all of us here. Like some of us, he had no in-born skills or bloodline limit that we know of. After becoming a Genin, he became a student to Jiraiya the legendary Toad Sannin along with two other Genins. Under Jiraiya's tutelage, he gradually started making new advancements…"

Naruto continued his discussion while holding everyone's attention, including Iruka's. The class were amazed at how much he knew about Yondaime in such details. The girls just looked at him dreamily, like how they would do with Sasuke.

"You'd think Naruto lives with the man," Kiba whispered to Shikamaru, who replied, "How troublesome."

"Hn," snorted Sasuke in boredom with his arms crossed. Naruto continued, "…Years later, Minato became the teacher to three Genins, these being Hatake Kakashi-niisan, Rin and Uchiha Obito. Sometime later though, Obito was killed and Rin left Konoha with no one knowing anything about her whereabouts or what became of her. In all accounts, she's possibly dead. In spite of all this, Kakashi-niisan stayed loyal to Minato and in time became an ANBU around the time Minato became the new Hokage.

"Before and during his reign as Hokage, Minato became renowned by many as Konoha's Yellow Flash because of a powerful jutsu he created that made him capable of moving like the speed of light; so fast that all you see is a yellow flash of light. He became a mighty force to be reckoned with and feared by many. Minato's name alone was taboo among many enemy villages and nations. Many of their military armies were warned to cut their losses and retreat should they have ever meet him in battle. Minato later married a most skilled, talented and beautiful kunoichi named Kushina, who was from the former Uzumaki No Kuni (Whilrlpool Country).

"Yondaime was said to have been the greatest of all the Hokages. That was until Kyuubi No Kitsune came along and attacked Konoha. This gigantic great fox was unlike any other tailed beast. When his nine tails were swung, they could destroy a mountain and cause of tsunami. Konoha sent their best shinobi forces to battle the great fox but they failed to defeat it and many were killed. Things seemed hopeless, that was until Yondaime, the village's champion, appeared to do battle with Kyuubi. His presence was a sight for sore eyes to everyone there. What they didn't know however was that Minato was planning on sacrificing himself to save this village and everyone he viewed as precious with the use of a powerful and most forbidden jutsu. After his battle, both Kyuubi and Yondaime vanished without a trace. His pregnant wife died with the child during the attack. Minato defeated Kyuubi however a heavy price was paid for it.

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