Chapter 11 - Minato enters the light to hide himself (2/2)
”Ooooh!” Cheers reverberated in the training grounds, with all the students impressed by this match, and even more with the cool way that Minato finished it. Shouts of ”Minato marry me!” ”Minato I want your baby!” were mixed in the ruckus, making the mentioned one smile wryly. 'Fangirls... before today they just look at me because I was more handsome than other guys of the class, but when I show a bit of talent they all seemed to be in heat. Poor future clones of mine, I give you my condolences for all the suffering that you will have to endure, may the Gods protect your ears from their screeching.'
”Winner, Namikaze Minato!” Even Amato sensei was in high spirits, a genius appeared in his class! Maybe he will even get a small promotion. And even if not, in the future if Minato becomes a good ninja, he could brag that it was him that taught him.
Giving a hand to Tsume and helping her up, Minato smiled ”Good work, you were pretty good”
Scratching her head, Tsume mumbled for a bit before exclaiming ”Thanks, you're strong but I will train harder and beat you” She even thundered her ċhėst with her small fist to emphasize her declaration.
”Hee, good luck with that” joked Minato good naturally. Tsume was not offended, after all even if she is prideful, she knows that there is a big gap between them and she will have to work extra hard to close it.
At the same time, at the center of the village, in the highest office of the Hokage Tower, Hiruzen Sarutobi was watching the scene in his crystal ball contently.
”A good seedling indeed, he has reached the level of a high genin on his own. If he continues this way, maybe he will be the one to take my hat. Orochimaru could be the one to succeed me but he worries me, he seems too invested in his research... Well I will have Jiraya keeping an eye on the kid, I would have preferred to have him develop his potential peacefully, unfortunately, there is no time”
Reaching in his drawer, he retrieved his pipe, and lightning it up with a small katon(fire style) jutsu. Taking a deep puff, he breathed out the smoke and looked on the village through the window.
”The world begins to be turbulent, a war is on the horizon. And I have a bad omen, that something that will change the shinobi world will take place. The only thing I can do is to protect Konoha, sigh... the goodwill that Hashirama-sensei showed did nothing to bring peace to the elementals nations unfortunately.”
Meanwhile, in an underground facility near Konoha, Danzo Shimura was listening to the report of his subordinate. After dismissing him, he began to mule over the information.
”Minato Namikaze, a genius huh. I would have loved to have him in my roots, unfortunately, I'm sure Hiruzen will keep an eye on him too. I will have to observe him and see if there is a way to take him under me. I need seeds like him, only then could the roots grow and pierce through the earth to attain the light. The Hokage position is rightfully mine, not for the soft Hiruzen.”
A fierce look appeared in his eyes when speaking of the Hokage position, he still has not digested the fact that Hiruzen was chosen by Tobirama-sensei and not him, only because he hesitated a second too much.