It was 2:30 in the afternoon in a pristine white lab, well, more like a robotics and artificial intelligence lab. Inside this lab were many tables with machine parts and computer strewn about the area in what most would call a clutter, the man who worked in there though would call it organized chaos and he was perfectly fine with it.

This man wore matching navy blue pants and shirt while covering most of his body was his white lab coat that had on the bottom red flames which had earlier that week been drawn on by a red marker because of his son. The scientist chuckled slightly at remembering this. His son's mother on the other hand had thrown a fit at their son messing with dad's things.

This scientist's name was Minato Namikaze and he was the head of and only scientist that was still working on Omnic artificial intelligence and construction what with the Omnic crisis all those years ago making the subject and science officially taboo. When the war began he had been quite young and one of the top minds in the creation of the first Omnics. This made him invaluable during the war in understanding how to defeat the robotic creations that took on lives for themselves.

When the crisis officially began though, the scientists who had originally worked under Minato had been burned by the governments that they had originally hailed from and were given the option of being leaving their jobs or being locked in prison. Minato on the other hand had no such option as he was forced to work for the governments of the world in order to shut down the monsters he had created or be locked into a hole with the key thrown away. They also threatened both his girlfriend Kushina Uzumaki and his father Jiraiya Namikaze.

With these options, was there really any other choice? So he was appointed head of Omnic research and defense for an, at the time, up and coming group known simply as Overwatch. While it was a new group, they were created for the sole purpose of ending the crisis.

Eventually the men and women of Overwatch had managed to push back and end the crisis and the world went on for Minato who was much too important for the governments of the world to lose, and so he was assigned his own lab in order to help the world with his genius. While Minato was overjoyed at being able to work on his research some more, he had to deal with the stigma of being one of the leading causes of the massive amounts of death that had happened and so he rarely came out in public if ever.

He was grateful to Kushina for staying with him during this time and understanding the situation that he was in. Both eventually married one another a month after the war which was attended by the original members of Overwatch, Jiraiya, and Kushina's friend Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha. It was an amazing day and the night that followed was one that they both pleasurably remembered.

Nine months later and their son Naruto Namikaze was born. It had been five years since then and their son had grown up. Unfortunately much to Minato's chagrin, Naruto had taken a lot more of Kushina's personality than his which made his quite the practical joker which Minato had to suffer everyday as he was quite busy at the lab which made his son feel like he needed to get Minato's attention in any way possible. His lab coat was just one of those demonstrations.

At the moment though, he felt quite accomplished with his A.I. work as he had almost finished creating what he dubbed Kenneled. Unlimited. Response. All-seeing. Mechanical. Assistant. Otherwise known as K.U.R.A.M.A. which Minato shortened to Kurama. This A.I. would help with technological devices as well as Hard-Light construction which was one of the new projects that Minato had begun work on.

The reason for his work in Hard-Light tech was due to how the Vishkar Corporation had made radical advances in construction with this technology that while extremely effective, was also hard to use as it took ordinary humans years in the Architech Academy in order to be able to use this technology as well as needing to integrate the technology into their bodies if they wished to used it without being restricted to a the heavy machinery of Hard-Light projectors. Advanced but inefficient in Minato's humble opinion.

This was what led him to the idea of having an assistant in creating a new type of Hard-Light construct that could be much more flexible in it's tasks compared to what the Vishkar Corporation did now as it would allow people to have the technology of Hard-Light projectors installed into their bodies without the need for the training. After so many weeks of work, he had finally finished his creation and now, he decided that he would activate it. If it worked, then the next project would be the creation of a smaller integration of Hard-Light projectors into the human body so that no one would need to lose an entire limb in order to do so.

Minato tapped a few buttons on his keyboard and pressed enter before watching his computer screen go dark and a red slitted eye open up upon his screen. Minato composed himself for his first communication with his creation. "Hello, are you awake?" Minato asked with some hope. A second passed and no response, another passed. Just as he was about to give up, he felt his heart soar at what happened next.

"Where am I?" A deep gruff voice asked from the computer screen. Minato smiled in joy at his newest creation.

"You are in my lab." Minato replied excitedly.

"What…what is my name?" The A.I. asked.

"Kenneled. Unlimited. Response. All-seeing. Mechanical. Assistant."

"That is a bit of a mouthful, isn't it?" Minato scratched the back of his head and chuckled in embarrassment.

"Yeah, I guess it is, but I also shortened your name to Kurama. Is that okay with you?"

"I'll take it. Besides, it's the only name that I know of. I was just created y'know." Minato chuckled at how Kurama finished his sentence which confused Kurama. "Why are you laughing?"

Minato eventually managed to contain his chuckling before he responded. "Well, the way you finished your sentence is just like how my son Naruto finishes a lot of his sentences."

"Who is Naruto?"

"Well, I guess in a way he could be called your older brother in age physically. You would definitely be older mentally though."

"So, my little brother, huh. What does he look like?" Kurama asked with curiosity. Minato began to fish through his pockets until he managed to pull out his wallet. Inside the wallet he pulled out a photograph and then held it up to the computer's built in camera.

"This is Naruto. Looks like me, huh?"

"Yes he does. So would this make you my father?" Kurama asked.

"Yeah, it would. So anyway, do you have any questions?" Minato said as he put the picture back into his wallet which he put back into his pocket.

"What is my purpose?"

"Well, originally I made you as an assistant for Hard-Light construction. But now that I see you in action, well, you can really do what you want. The world is out there for you." Minato then made a gesture with both of his arms pointing outwards.

"I think I understand, but I want to know more about this world before I decide upon what I wish to do." Minato nodded at Kurama's response before tapping on his keyboard which caused the black screen containing Kurama to shrink and move to the top left corner of the screen which revealed the rest of his computer for Kurama to see.

"What is Hearthstone?" Kurama asked.

"Well, it's just a game I played to entertain myself from time to time." Minato then used his mouse to click out of his game and into a menu screen. He tapped a few more buttons.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm taking off your restrictions. You are now free to access the internet. If you have any questions, then look through it for anything you don't understand. I'll be back tomorrow to answer any other questions you have. Is that alright, Kurama?" Minato said with a final few keystrokes before removing his hands from the computer.

"Yes, it is fine, father." Minato smiled at Kurama before standing up from his chair. And walking over to a table that contained his briefcase which had papers scattered across it. His pushed the papers into his briefcase without abandon and shut it. He walked over to the panel controlling the lights and looked at the monitor with Kurama.

"Goodnight, Kurama."

"Goodnight." Minato then flicked the lights off and closed the door behind him leaving Kurama to explore the new world that he had been let into.

Minato drove home that night with ideas that plagued his head. Now that he created Kurama, he could try to work on better Hard-Light emitter integration into human subjects. As he drove home, he thought on how if he placed small emitters connected to one another by cable then that would have the possibility of breaking down in the subject and due to the difficult placement of the cables, then that would be a nightmare for surgeons and technicians to fix.

But if he tried the nanobots that he had built two years ago, then it could work around the problem if he reprogrammed them to recreated and rebuild themselves from metals, possibly from human tissue. Or even better yet, they could make more of themselves from the subject consuming small amounts of metal. That could definitely work.

His next project would be to work on the nanobots next. But right now, he would need to just sit back and relax because Kushina would be making some curry tonight. Jiraiya would also be attending which would definitely make Naruto happy as Jiraiya had over the last few years joined up with Overwatch due to his skills as a soldier. His father would usually come over to the house, say hello to both him and Kushina, and then regale Naruto in tales of his missions in Overwatch.

Minato drove past a bar which he slowed down by as a drunken driver had pulled out and swerved past him. It was something he was quite used to by now and he had definitely seen worse when he had gone to both Ireland and Germany. Americans had their moments but he could deal with it, after all, he had lived here since he was a kid as his father had moved to this country due to his work bringing him here.

Another ten minutes and Minato had made it to his house where he pulled up into the driveway. He turned the car off, and grabbed his briefcase before exiting the car. He walked up to the red door of his house and turned the knob and pushed the door open. He was greeted to a loud, "Daddy!" as his five year old son rushed up to him and jumped at him in order to wrap his arms around his father. Minato chuckled before ruffling his son's hair which was a matching shade and style as his.

Minato kneeled down and looked at his son. "So how was school today?" Minato asked. Naruto grinned before rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"Ummm…Uhhh…" Naruto stammered out which made Minato narrow his eyes at what his son did this time.

"So Naruto, how much trouble did you get in at school this time?"

"He put tacks onto his teachers chair today. We got a call from the principal today about what he did. Isn't that right, sweetie?" Kushina finished sweetly which hid the immense displeasure at what their son had done today.

Minato looked up to see his wife with her arms crossed over her chest. She was wearing a green cooking apron over a white blouse and black skirt which had some sauce stains on it. Her red hair was quite long as it went down to the bottom of her thighs but right now it was being held up in a ponytail to avoid it falling into the food. Her eyes which were a shade of blue that almost was the color of purple, stared at Minato with a hint of amusement despite the angry look upon her face.

Minato looked down at his son and into his guilty eyes and sighed. "So why did you prank your teacher this time?"

"He said that you were a bad man and that you killed people, but I didn't believe it. You are my daddy and you don't kill people." Naruto said with confidence. Minato shook his head and gave Naruto a smile. Minato let his briefcase fall out of his hand and grabbed Naruto's shoulders.

"Don't worry, I have never killed people and I never will and you were right to not believe your teacher who I definitely will be having a talking to later. Just try not to prank your teacher anymore, alright." Naruto nodded before hugging Minato's neck. With that, Minato picked his son up and walked over to Kushina before leaning to give her a kiss on the lips which she returned. "So what's cooking?" He asked.

"Spaghetti and meatballs." Kushina replied.

"Did somebody say meatballs?" A new familiar voice said.

"Grampa!" Naruto shouted as he looked past Minato's shoulder. Minato turned around to see his father standing in the doorway. His father had very long white spiky hair that was tied together at his shoulders before it fell to the middle of his back. His face had two red lines the started from the bottom of his eyes and ended at his jaw tattooed onto his face. Tonigh Jiraiya was wearing a gray shirt with a red leather jacket over that and green pants. To finish the look he wore a pair of flip flops giving off the vibe of an old hermit.

Minato felt Naruto struggle in his arms so he set his son down and watched him run off towards his grandfather who picked him up. "Grampa, you're here! So how is Overwatch? Are they even cooler than before? Whats Mr. Morrison like? He's so cool!" Naruto asked in a rapid manner.

"Jeez, you really like Overwatch, don't you? What, you don't like your gramps compare to Jack?" Jiraiya asked in a tone of mock hurt.

"Overwatch is cool! And you are as well but Mr. Morrison made Overwatch!"

"So that makes Jack cool, right?"

"Yeah, y'know!" Jiraiya rolled his eyes before putting Naruto on his shoulders. Minato smiled at his son interacting with his father. He eventually walked up to Jiraiya and gave him a hug. Jiraiya returned it with one arm while the other held one of Naruto's legs in order to prevent him from falling.

"So Dad, how has Overwatch been for you?" Minato asked as the two let each other go from the embrace and instead walked into the dining room.

"Yeah, how's it been?!" Naruto asked from atop Jiraiya's head.

"It has been pretty good. The team has been going on more missions lately and we have managed to recruit a few more to the group. Oh, and Jack is quite ecstatic about all of it. He says hi by the way." Minato remembered John Morrison also known as Jack to his friends. Jack had been one of the first to accept Minato after the crisis occurred which had been a godsend for the young man. He was at the time lonely, scared, and constantly looking over his shoulder just in case some young soldier decided that they wanted to get a little revenge on the creator of the Omnics.

Jack had been completely different and instead walked into his lab one day to look at Minato who had been cowering behind a desk in fear of being killed by the highly trained soldier that had entered the room unannounced. Jack had seen Minato and walked over to him during that time. When he was two feet away from Minato, the next thing that Minato expected was to get a punch in the face that would be followed by a beating. Instead, Jack offered his hand to the young man which Minato tentatively took.

What Jack said next would be what brought Minato out of his fear and into the friendship of Jack, "Hello, I am John Morrison and we are going to be working together. I hope we win this war together." Jack was one of the first people out of either his father or Kushina to smile at him during that time. Minato tentatively took that hand shake which was the start of a beautiful friendship. Jack was even the best man at his wedding.

Minato was brought out of these thoughts as the aroma of Kushina's cooking wafted into the room. Minato sat down next to Kushina at their round table while Jiraiya set down Naruto into a chair next to him. Kushina filled her plate with the meatballs and spaghetti before passing the bowl off to Minato to do the same.

"So Naruto, I got you something quite special before I came here." Jiraiya said which got the attention of the young boy. Naruto turned to look at Jiraiya and gave a wide smile.

"What did you get, what did you get?" Naruto asked almost bouncing out of his seat. Jiraiya reached into his coat before slowly pulling out a piece of paper. He then handed this paper with the blank side facing Naruto. Naruto slowly took the piece of paper and flipped it over to reveal a picture of the current team of Overwatch with signatures under each person of the picture.

"A-are these au-au- uh dad, what's the word?" Naruto asked.

"Autographs,"

"Autographs of the team?" Naruto asked while holding the picture with a reverence of something that should be holy. Jiraiya confirmed this with a nod which made Naruto gain a huge smile on his face.

"This it so super cool, y'know!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs. The adults at the table chuckled at the young boy's antics.

"You better go upstairs and put that photograph somewhere safe, and you should thank grampa Jiraiya for the gift." Kushina said.

"Thank's grampa Jiraiya!" Naruto hugged his grandfather and quickly let go before running off to his room to put it somewhere safe. This left the adults alone in the room chuckling to themselves. Minato finished filling his plate with food and handed the bowl over to Jiraiya who poured the food onto both his and Naruto's plate.

"So Minato, how's work going?" Jiraiya asked.

"Really well, dad. I finally finished making the A.I. I was telling you about earlier. Now it is just learning what it needs to know off the internet before I come back tomorrow." Jiraiya nodded with a serious expression of his face.

"Is it safe?" He asked.

"Yes. It's just curious about the world and wants to find a purpose in life. I'll be working with it tomorrow." Jiraiya nodded.

"Alright, just be careful with it." Jiraiya said before eating his spaghetti. As he did this, he reached into his jacket and pulled out a book before handing to Kushina who gained a look of pure glee upon her face.

"This is the newest one?" She asked excitedly.

"The latest and greatest if I do say so myself. It is the first copy off the press." Kushina squealed in joy at this before opening the book and reading the first page. She became completely absorbed in the book and began to read it while eating her food. Minato looked at his father and rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"I can't believe that you got her hooked onto your smut." Jiraiya grabbed his heart as if he was struck.

"You wound me so, son." Jiraiya said in mock hurt.

"You are so overdramatic, dad." Minato replied before eating his food. As he did this, Naruto came into the room and jumped up onto his chair. He looked at his mother whose face was buried into her book and looked at his father.

"What's wrong with mom?"

"She is reading great art." Jiraiya replied.

"More like great smut." Minato quipped back. Naruto gained a curious look on his face at what his father said.

"Daddy, what does smut mean?" Minato sighed at this before rubbing his head.

"It means that it's for older people. You will know when you get older." Naruto crossed his arms over his chest and gained an annoyed look upon his face.

"I hate when you say that." Naruto replied. Minato and Jiraiya laughed at this before the continued eating.

It was an hour later when the family had finished eating together and Naruto fell asleep. Minato picked his son up from the ground where he was playing with his toys and took him upstairs to his room. He turned walked over to Naruto's bed and gently took Naruto's clothes off before putting him in his pajamas. The he set his son in his bed and tucked the covers around him. Minato looked around his son's room and saw that Naruto had put the picture of the Overwatch team next to his favorite plush toy fox. Minato smiled at this before picking the toy up and walking over to Naruto before setting the fox next to his son's head.

Minato walked out of his son's room and gently closed the door behind himself. He walked down the stairs and saw Kushina still absorbed in her book while sitting on the couch while Jiraiya sat back and watched some T.V. on the a chair. Minato went over to the couch and sat down next to Kushina who decided to lay her head down on Minato's lap while still reading her book.

"So Minato, what did you make that A.I. for anyway?" Jiraiya asked with interest.

"I began it's creation when I heard about how Hard-Light technology was becoming the next stage of technology. It was apparently extremely hard to learn normally so I decided that if I created an A.I. to help with the process, then Hard-Light tech could become available to more people around the world. My next step now that I finished the A.I. creation is to build Hard-Light emitters that don't take up most of a subjects body parts in installation."

"Well, I can see that you are going places in the world. I really hope that nothing bad comes of it like last time." Jiraiya replied.

"Nothing completely bad did come from the creation of the Omnics. Sure, there was bloodshed," Jiraiya gave him a look, "okay, a lot of bloodshed but look at what we have now, the beginnings of humans and Omnics coexisting."

"You were always the optimist. Guess that is one of the things you inherited from me." Jiraiya said with a grin. "One day, I could see humans and Omnics coexisting, unfortunately not all of my team shares these views." Jiraiya finished sadly.

"It's alright, dad. So you want to come down to the lab tomorrow?" Minato asked. Jiraiya contemplated this option before responding.

"Sure, you want me to bring Naruto along with me."

"It's a Saturday so it's alright." Minato looked down at Kushina, "Is it alright with you?"

"Yes, now shush, must read…" Kushina moaned out as she continued reading. It was quite sad how his dad could turn his wife into a brain dead zombie whenever he brought over another one of the smutty novels that he wrote. Either way, he learned to deal with this after many years. He heard snoring coming from his lap and saw how his wife had already fallen asleep with her book laying open on her chest.

"Well, I think that I need to take Kushina up. I have no idea why she is this tired today."

"Who knows. Maybe my art was too much for her to handle at once." Minato rolled his eyes before taking the book off his wife's chest and setting it on the table next to him. He then picked her up in a bridal carry and headed for the stairs. Minato turned around before he went up and looked at his father.

"Oh and dad, you can sleep on the couch." Jiraiya gave a thumbs up and continued watching T.V. as Minato carried Kushina up the stairs. When they got to their room, Minato made sure to not bump Kushina's body on the door sill as he entered the room. He then set her down on their bed, pulled off his jacket and shirt, collapsed on the bed, and fell asleep.

Tomorrow would definitely be a special day.

Minato had woken up that morning feeling excited. He had left his house but not before saying goodbye to Kushina and telling both his father and his son that he would be seeing both in an hour as they were scheduled to come to his lab this morning. He then drove out of his parking lot and off to work. As he drove he continued to think of the nanobots that he could use with the Hard-Light emitters. Now that he thought about it, what if they weren't used only for repair of the machinery? What if they were used for repair of human tissue? That could definitely solve two problems in one.

He continued to ponder this even as he drove to his lab and got out of his car. He passed one of the security guards of the installation named Sven. This man was quite big but that didn't hamper on his personality as Minato could consider the man a giant teddy bear. "Hello Sven." Minato said as Sven walked up next to him.

"Hello Mr. Namikaze. How are you doing today?" Sven asked in his musical voice.

"Alright. Just working on some projects. How's the wife?"

"Oh she is doing quite well. We're expecting our first child soon." Minato smiled at the man before patting him on the shoulder.

"That's great Sven. Congratulations!" The two entered the doors of the lab together and walked over to the breakroom.

"So how's little Naruto doing?" Sven asked as he poured both of them a plain black cup of coffee.

"Oh you know kids, getting in trouble and hoping their parents won't find out. He's doing really well but the pranking he does is now happening everywhere." Minato lifted up his lab coat to show the red flames on the bottom. "See what I mean?" Sven began to laugh at this.

"I see that he made your coat quite fashionable. Why don't you wear it everywhere?" Minato sighed at his coworker's humor before sipping on his coffee.

"Yeah yeah, just wait for when you have children to take care of. Then you won't find it so funny." Sven's laughter eventually tittered out before he sipped on his coffee. "Oh and Sven, My father and son are coming in this morning. Just wanted to give the head's up for it."

"Alright Mr. Namikaze. See you later." Minato began to walk out of the breakroom full of mirth at his interaction with Sven. Minato eventually made it to his lab where he flicked on the lights and saw Kurama still up and operating.

"Hello Kurama, how are you doing this morning?" Minato asked as he set his briefcase down onto a table and sat in his chair.

"I am doing well. This world is so large. I almost couldn't figure out where I should have begun last night." Kurama responded with a tone of excitement. Minato took a sip of coffee and then used his teeth to hold the cup in his mouth as he typed on the computer. He eventually used his other hand to grab the cup out of his mouth.

"So where did you begin?"

"I started with you. Then I read about the Omnic crisis and all the death that came from it, and now I have gone to sight called…YouTube. It was quite…strange." Minato checked Kurama's diagnostics to see that they were still up and running.

"Well, the internet is a dark place full of terrors. But do you have any questions?"

"I have been unable to find a purpose in life with all the time I have spent browsing the internet. Could you give me a purpose?"

"Well, originally when I was creating you, I wanted you to be able to help create Hard-Light constructs. But when I saw how you were so curious about the world and how you wished to explore it, it made me change my mind. Now, I want you to decide what you wish to do." Minato said in a serious tone to the camera.

"Then from what I have seen on the people of this world, they like to help people. I would like to help people. Could you allow me to do that with this Hard-Light?" Kurama asked. Minato nodded.

"That won't be a problem. Now on lighter news, Naruto and my father Jiraiya are coming to visit the lab today."

"Jiraiya: The Overwatch member who joined near the end of the Omnic crisis?" Kurama asked.

"Yes."

"Then it will be interesting." Minato nodded before using the wheels in his swivel chair to push him off to another table. He grabbed a container that didn't have much weight to it and used his chair to push back to the computer monitor. "What is that?" Kurama asked.

"This is a container full of nanobots. They are going to used as part of the Hard-Light emitters that I was going to install into humans."

"But wouldn't Hard-Light projectors require the removal of limbs?"

"Originally yes, but with these babies, they'll allow connection to the brain without all the wires originally needed or the amount of tech that the Vishkar Corporation would use for all their other tech. With these, I'll be able to start a whole new technological arms race." Minato said proudly.

"Then why haven't you used them before? They appear to have been sitting in your lab for quite some time." Kurama mentioned this as there was a layer of dust on top of the container. Minato blew the dust off before scratching the back of his head.

"Yeah well, I couldn't think of anything to do with them at the time, so I just let them sit until I could find a use for them, which they have now." Minato saw Kurama's eye narrow as if to give him a deadpan look.

"Seems kinda, useless…"

"I guess you are right about that." Minato then pulled a USB cable from out of the box and connected it to his computer. He then began to type into the computer which made Kurama quite curious.

"What are you doing now?" Kurama asked.

"These nanobots are already set to do a task. Right now, I am giving them that task."

"Like the Jewish Golem story?" Minato was quite surprised at Kurama's knowledge of an old folktale.

"A bit, yes. Right now, I am programming them to respond to commands that both the human and you make for them." Minato typed a bit more before finishing with then enter key. "And we are done."

"So, what can the nanobots do now that they respond to commands?"

Minato cracked his neck before taking a sip of coffee. "They can do anything really. They are made to self-replicate, repair, and create. I managed to allow Hard-Light emitters to be one of the devices that they can create."

"Then what now?"

"We will have to wait and see. I don't wish to unveil this tech before it is ready and I especially don't want the Vishkar Corporation to find out about it."

"Why is that?"

"They are a power grabbing company that is known for destroying their opponents. If you don't work for them, then they get rid of you. I don't wish for that to happen so I am going to keep it a secret for now." As Minato said this he heard the doors to his lab open so he turned around in his chair to see Naruto and Jiraiya standing in the doorway.

"Daddy!" Naruto shouted as he ran to his father. Minato smiled at Naruto jumped onto his chair and hugged him. Minato ruffled his hair.

"So little guy, what are you doing here today?" Minato asked while playing dumb to the reason.

"Gramps said that we could come to your work!" Naruto exclaimed. Minato turned to Jiraiya before smiling good naturedly at his father.

"Is that so? Well, now that you're in my lab, what do you want to see first?" Minato asked while gesturing to his entire lab. Naruto took a moment to look around before pointing at the large mechanical arm on one of the tables. "Good choice." Minato said as he used his chair to slide across the floor and to the table. "This here is an Omnic arm that I was working on for a while during the Omnic crisis. It really helped with taking down the much larger machines during that time." Naruto climbed out of Minato's lap and onto the table before touching the arm.

"It's so cool!"

"Yeah, it kind of is."

What grabbed the attention of the three people in the room next came from Minato's computer. "So this is Naruto. Well, he certainly seems to be quite the handful." Kurama stated. This grabbed Naruto's attention as he hopped into Minato's lap and pointed to the monitor.

"Take me there, take me there!" Naruto commanded. Minato then pushed off the table and towards the computer monitor. "Hello," Naruto drawled out as he looked at the monitor.

"Hello." Kurama replied.

"Where are you?"

"In the screen in front of you."

"How did you fit in there?"

"I was born in here.

"So a stork came and put you in there?" Jiraiya and Kurama's attention was drawn to Minato as they both gave him looks that showed barely contained mirth.

"Really Minato, a stork? That's the best you could come up with? What is your next excuse, a wizard dropping him off at a doorstep?" Jiraiya asked. Minato just waved Jiraiya off as he turned back to Naruto who had somehow got onto his game of Hearthstone with Kurama. Somehow the two were doing quite well compared to his progress yesterday.

"You are the coolest Kurama! Let's hang out some more, okay?" Naruto asked.

"Thank you, Naruto. I would find that to be quite pleasant. Would that be suitable for you, Minato?" Kurama asked. Minato nodded in reply which pleased the duo. Minato stood up from his chair and left Naruto and Kurama to play together while he went to his father.

"So what do you think, dad?" Minato asked. Regardless of if his father accepted Kurama or not, Minato would not do anything to his creation. Jiraiya gained a look of contemplation as he looked at the young boy playing with the Omnic A.I. and truthfully, this is what he wished to see of the whole world. Jiraiya put his hand on Minato's shoulder and smiled at the young man.

"It is amazing. You have done well, Minato." Minato felt happiness swell through himself at his father's praise. The two put their arms over each other's shoulders as they walked to the child and Omnic.

"So how are you two doing?" Minato asked the two. Naruto turned to look at his father with excitement clearly written on his face.

"We won the game! We won the game!" Naruto exclaimed. As Naruto said this, a explosion burst the wall of the lab behind the group which caused the group to quickly turn and look at the smoke billowing out from the broken wall. Behind him he could hear Minato and Naruto take cover.

"Naruto, Minato, take cover and don't come out until I tell you to do so. Got it?" Jiraiya asked as he flung his arms out which caused two green guns out from the sleeves of his jacket. He gripped the guns and took cover behind a table. He peaked his head above the table with his guns aimed at the smoky area. A second later and some black clothed soldier slowly walked into the room with their guns aimed up.

"Minato Namikaze, come out with your hands up." One of the soldier called out. Jiraiya waited another few seconds for some more soldiers to come out of the smoke before he took aim and fired at the soldiers' head which caused four soldiers in the room to collapse onto the floor.

"There's a man with a gun in here! Throw the flash!" Jiraiya's eyes widened slightly as he realized what the soldiers were about to do. He quickly closed his eyes as he could hear the metallic noise of a flashbang grenade bounce against the floor. It went off and deafened the man but thankfully didn't blind him. Jiraiya opened his eyes and peaked his head over the table to see three more men enter the room. Another man entered the room wearing clothes that belonged more on a scientist and less on a professional soldier. The scientist didn't have a single weapon on him but a briefcase but his right arm was robotic. Jiraiya would question that man later.

To deal with this, Jiraiya put a bullet in the man's knee which was answered with a scream from the scientist as he collapsed onto the ground. The three soldiers looked at the fallen scientist before turning back to the area of where the shot originated from. Jiraiya was way ahead of these men as he had already shifted his position to a different table.

The three soldiers slowly moved to the table with their guns aimed at the area. Jiraiya smirked as he took aim and fired at the three men which killed all three of them. Jiraiya let his weapons slip back into his sleeves when he saw that there were no other soldiers in the area.

"You two can come out now." Naruto ran up to Jiraiya with fear on his face as he looked at the men that his grandfather had just shot.

"Are-are they…dead?" Naruto asked cautiously. Jiraiya sadly nodded. Minato walked up to his father and looked at the scientist who was gripping his knee in pain. Minato looked at his father who nodded at him and both walked towards the scientist with Naruto hiding behind his grandfather's leg. Jiraiya kneeled down which exposed Naruto to the scientist's view.

"Why did you come here?" Jiraiya asked as he picked the scientist off the ground by his collar. The scientist spat in Jiraiya's face. He received a punch in the face. "I'm going to ask once again, why did you come here? Who sent you?"

"You really think I would tell you? I would be killed for telling you. I'll probably be killed if I come back empty handed. So…" The man replied.

"What? What are you going to do? Your men are dead and I don't see you going anywhere." Jiraiya replied.

"Children really shouldn't play in labs…" Jiraiya and Minato's eyes widened as a clicking could be hear coming from the man's arm. They looked at his arm which had already finished transforming into a gun aimed at Naruto's heart.

Jiraiya pushed the mechanical arm away as fast as he could from Naruto's trajectory but the gun went off regardless. Jiraiya quickly punched the scientist's throat in which caused the man to choke as his trachea broke. The scientist grabbed his throat in pain but Jiraiya lets a gun fall from the sleeve of his coat and shot the man in the head. The death was too good for him.

"Alright Minato. I wish that I could have gotten some info off this guy but…he…" Jiraiya stopped talking as he saw that Minato was cradling Naruto's body as blood streamed out of the bullet wound in his chest which was staining his orange shirt red. "Minato, we need to call the hospital!" Jiraiya stated with haste. Minato shook his head.

"It won't work, he'll bleed out at this rate." Minato said as he picked up his boy. He many thoughts were going through his head as he tried to figure out a way to save his son. He looked around his lab before staring at the box of nanobots hooked up to Kurama's monitor. An idea formed through his head before he ran as fast as he could while taking care to not jostle Naruto whose blood was now staining his white lab coat.

Minato cleared off the rest of the table of any useless clutter before setting Naruto down on it. He then pressed a few buttons on the black box containing the nanobots and it opened in response to reveal a cord connected to a syringe full of the nanobots. "Kurama, I need you to enter and activate the nanobots. Would you be willing to help my son?" Minato pleaded.

"Yes. Give me two point on-" Kurama's voice cut off as he entered the nanobots. His usual eye that was displayed on the monitor faded out. Minato quickly pulled the syringe off of the wires it was connected to and moved over to Naruto. Just as he was about to inject his son he felt somebody grab his arm. Minato turned to look at Jiraiya.

"Are you sure you wish to do this?" Jiraiya asked.

"I would do anything to help my son." Jiraiya let go of his son's arm and Minato injected Naruto in the arm. Both men looked at the young boy and waited for something to happen. Nothing occurred though which caused Minato's heart to just break as tears began to pool into his eyes.

Suddenly Naruto took a deep breath and a bullet pushed itself out of his chest. Soon the wound of the bullet healed much the amazement of Minato and Jiraiya. "Naruto!" Minato shouted as he wrapped his son in a hug as if afraid that he would disappear if he let go. Minato eventually let his son go and instead pulled off his lab coat before bunching it up and putting it under his son's head. He then walked over to his computer and tapped a few buttons which gave readings on Naruto's vitals. All of them were doing quite well. The nanobots had already spread throughout Naruto's body at an extremely quick rate while a mass grouping of them went into Naruto's brain, reconfiguring it.

Minato sighed in relief. "He-he's going to be okay, dad." Minato felt his father grip him on the shoulder in order to reassure him.

"Thank God he's safe. Now we just need to figure out why these men came into your lab in the first place. What could you have hear that someone would want?"

"I don't know? The only things here were the Omnic parts, the nanobots, and Kurama but there are Omnic parts everywhere, the nanobots have been around for over two years so someone would have tried earlier since this lab has low security and Kurama was only built yesterday. So how could have-" The cocking of a gun could be heard from behind the two men. They turned to see the large form of Sven holding a gun at them. "Sven?!" Minato asked with shock.

"Hey there Minato, you should be dead." Sven looked around at the dead bodies around the floor. "But then again, that's the trouble with hired help, they are not always reliable. Now tell me, where is the A.I.?" Sven asked.

"Sven, don't do this, what would your wife think?" Minato pleaded. Sven just chuckled to himself at this.

"Yeah, about the wife, she never existed. But the Vishkar Corporation does, and they promised a pretty penny for that A.I. that you built. Now where is it?" Minato looked at Jiraiya as he edged his hand towards one of the wrenches that was strewn about the lab.

"You need to think this over. We are friends Sven. Did all that time really mean nothing?" Minato felt his heart race as he grabbed the wrench.

"Hell no, you were just another paycheck from the boys up top. Now tell me where that A.I. is right now before I blow your brains out!" Sven shouted, his patience having begun to run out. Minato took this as his chance to get the drop on Sven as he threw the wrench at his former security guard and Jiraiya took this as a chance to let his pistol slip out of his jacket sleeve in order to take the shot at Sven.

Two gunshots rang throughout the lab. Jiraiya grinned as he got the headshot off Sven. He turned and looked at Minato who was staring down at his chest. Jiraiya followed his son's gaze and saw a bullet wound from his heart. Jiraiya grabbed hold of Minato as he started to topple and held him in his arms.

"Come on, stay with me Minato." Outside he could hear sirens coming from both police and paramedics. Minato just looked at Jiraiya and then at his son.

"I don't think that I'm going to make it."

"Yes you are brat. Just hold out a little longer and help will be on its way. After all, you got to attend all of Naruto's birthdays. And you have to deal with your wife when she gets my next novel." Minato chuckled at this.

"It's still smut." Minato looked at Naruto who was still sleeping on the table where they left him. "Dad, I have a favor to ask you."

"What is it?"

"Could you please take care of Naruto and Kushina for me? If the Vishkar are this eager to get my creation, then they might go after those two." Jiraiya nodded at his son's request.

"I-I understand, Minato." Minato smiled at this before the light began to fade from his eyes.

"Minato," Jiraiya said as he shook him. "Minato!" No response. Jiraiya punched the leg of the table next to him in anger which caused the leg to bend under the force. Jiraiya lowered Minato's body gently onto the floor and held his son's hand one more time before letting him go.

Jiraiya stood up and walked over to where Naruto lay peacefully sleeping, blissfully unaware of the events that had occurred around him. Jiraiya picked his grandson up walked over to his son's computer. He pulled out his gun and shot the monitor first and the hard drive underneath the table second. Jiraiya then ran out of the lab through the hole in it which led to the parking lot where his blue car with orange highlights was located.

He pressed a button on his keys and his car unlocked. Then he ran to the car and opened the back door where he laid Naruto down in the back seat. He closed the door and opened the front before sitting in the driver's seat. The car started and Jiraiya took off towards Minato's house.

A few police cruisers and an ambulance passed by him heading towards the lab. Jiraiya ignored them and kept driving until he eventually made it to the block that Minato lived on. He began to slow down past the house to see that the door was open and Kushina was on the ground unmoving. A large mass of blood had blossomed from the bullet wounds on her.

Jiraiya took off after that and headed towards the only place that he could think that would be safe for Naruto at this moment…an Overwatch base that he knew was located in New York. He pulled out his phone and looked at the contacts before finding the one that he wanted. The phone began ringing and Jiraiya put it up to his ear.

"Hey Jack, this is Jiraiya and I definitely have a problem."

"What kind of problem?" The voice of Jack Morrison responded.

"Minato and Kushina were just killed." Jiraiya heard the intake of breath from the speaker on Jack's end.

"How and why?"

"They were both shot: Minato at the lab and Kushina at her house."

"What about Naruto?" Jack asked with concern.

"He's in the backseat sleeping. He is doing fine as of right now but there is a situation that I need to talk to you about that is not on the phone. I'll tell you more when I get to New York."

"Alright Jiraiya, I'll see you there. Do you need a pickup?"

"No, I plan to go in covertly. I'll be there in a couple of hours."

"Stay safe." With that, they disconnected the call and Jiraiya set his phone down in the passenger's seat. Jiraiya looked in the mirror to see that Naruto was still asleep which he considered to be good as he did not wish to deal with Naruto freaking out right now. He could deal with it later. There wasn't anyone following them so that was a plus in his books. Now he just needed to get to the base intact and then he could rest and grieve.

In the skyrise of one of the skyscrapers that filled India, there was a meeting going on with the board of the company known as Vishkar. All of them looked at a large T.V. screen as they saw a report.

On it was a man in a gray suit with blonde hair who stood in front of a lab. "And for tonight's news, the governmental lab of Omnic Studies was broken into this morning. It is unknown who the men were that attacked the lab but they managed to murder the scientist Minato Namikaze, one of the creators of the Omnics and the security guard Sven Struger. Sven before being shot, managed to take down all of the assailants but one as they managed to shoot and kill him. This will be a sad day for Omnic kind as Minato-" The report was cut short as one of the board members turned off the T.V.

He had a visage of rage as he looked at the other board members. "This was not supposed to happen. There should have been no bodies left behind. What the hell happened?" The man asked with barely controlled rage.

One of the board members gained the courage to respond before the others. "There was a small factor that changed the plan." The head board member slammed his fist on the table which shut the younger member up.

"Well that small factor lost us a scientist and an A.I. Now where is that A.I.?"

"We don't know, sir."

"Then find it. Or I'll find someone to replace you." With that, the man walked away from the table and the other board member followed after him.

And that is the start of my next new project. I hope you guys liked it as I have recently become a huge fan of Overwatch. Maybe it might be how the CGI is absolutely astounding in the trailers, maybe I like the witty banter and gameplay. Who knows? Stay frosty my friends.