Author's Note:

Here is the third installment of the fic For his love. Enjoy everyone.

Disclaimers:

I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. Thank you.

For his love

Minato appeared in the Main Branch of the Hyuuga Clan, he readjusted Kushina in his arms. He was standing at one of the rooms in the house. The shoji door opened and from the dark room came a woman with midnight blue tresses.

"What do I owe this visit Yondaime?" the woman asked with amusement; however at the sight of a very pale Kushina alerted the woman.

"I need your help" Minato said.

"Come in Minato" she said with urgency. Minato entered the room. Once inside, the woman started lighting the lamps.

"I apologize for disrupting your sanctuary Himawari. Nevertheless, I do not trust anyone but you with Kushina." Minato said.

Himawari nodded. "Who did this to her?" she asked.

"I do not have a clue…" Minato answered.

Himawari knotted her eyebrows. "What do you mean?" she asked.

"I do have clues… but I do not know where to start investigating. Kushina is not the real target but I am. It just happen that Kushina consumed enough poison to get her suspicious yet it was too late for her to find out who it was that is trying to poison me." Minato said.

"For someone to get that close to you and actually deceive Kushina… then that was one hell of a genius." Himawari said.

Minato tighten his lips. Himawari sighed. "I'll get Hiashi… stay with her. if what you said is true then you are poisoned as well…" Himawari said.

Minato nodded as he was trying to make Kushina as comfortable as she can.

Himawari went out of her room to get her husband as she was walking down the stairs she met up with a fast running Hiashi who arrived just a minute earlier and felt a slight disturbance in his house.

"Uh!" Himawari grunted as she bumped Hiashi on her way. If not for his strong grasp on her waist she would have to nurse a bruised hip in the morning.

"Himawari… what's going on?" Hiashi asked his wife.

"It's Minato" Himawari murmured steadying herself.

"What is Yondaime doing in our house… specifically in our room…?" Hiashi asked.

"I was about to get you… come." Himawari said.

Hiashi nodded and let Himawari lead the way back to their quarters.

Minato watch Kushina toss and turn in her sleep. He tried wiping her sweat but every time he tries to touch her, Kushina would whimper in pain and its starting to drive his nerves crazy.

A few minutes after Himawari left, he sense Hiashi's ki approach the room with Himawari leading the way.

The shoji door opened and Himawari pulled Hiashi inside the room before sealing the room again. Himawari murmured a few incantation and Minato felt the air in the room was lifted and it got lighter.

"Hiashi" he acknowledges the general of his army.

"Who did this?" Hiashi asked sternly.

"I don't know" Minato said.

"Himawari" Hiashi said.

"I've done the first stage." Himawari said kneeling beside Kushina.

"Will we save her in time?" Minato asked his voice cracking.

"Time is in our hands now Minato… with my genjutsu I have slowed the time. We'll be able to save Kushina I promise. But I need a lot of concentration. I have surrounded this room with my genjutsu however, both of you cannot stay here while I release the poison in Kushina's system. Hiashi. I will leave Minato in your care. He's got poison in his system as well." Himawari said.

Hiashi's eyes darkened. "Leave it to me." He said and stood up. "Follow me Minato." He said.

With one final look at Kushina Minato followed Hiashi.

After being left alone with Kushina Himawari let her hair loose and allows them to surround them like water.

Muttering a few incantations Kushina started to levitate into the air. Himawari's hair strands became needle-like and pierced Kushina's chakra points.

"Hang in there Hina… this will take time but I will make sure you'll be up in no time." Himawari said as she started getting the poison out of Kushina's system.

Hiashi lead Minato to one of the rooms in his household until they reach an underground room. "Come in" he said as they entered one specific room.

To Minato's surprise the room is filled with water.

"What is this room for?" Minato asked.

"Water cleanses the body using this technique we are able to remove hidden poison in our system for years now. I discovered this when Himawari nearly died of poisoning during our chunin years and from then on I secretly converted this room to our personal cleansing room. Not one in this house knows what the content of this room is… only Himawari and I know of the existence of this room. And now you know it as well… although I believe you don't have anything against it. Am I right?" Hiashi said.

"I don't have anything against it. You and Himawari will save Kushina and mine's life then I don't have anything against what you want to do on your household. You can turn your own house into a weapon if you like." Minato joked.

"Do not be silly Minato" Hiashi said using his first name.

"Hiashi… I do not know who to trust now… someone close to us wants me dead. It could be you or anybody… I am not afraid for myself… but for the people I care about." Minato said.

Hiashi sighed. "Enough of your sentiments Minato, get in the water so I can start removing the poison in your system." He said.

Minato nodded and slowly descends in the water he kept walking until Hiashi said that he could stop. The water is knee-level only. Minato took a deep breath.

"Relax now Minato. Since your body is not as affected as Kushina… then we'll have a bit difficulty. Since what we will do is force the poison out of your system. I have to ask you to open your chakra points." Hiashi said.

Minato nodded and started concentrating his chakra to the different parts of his anatomy.

The all of a sudden, small needle-like senbon hit every point of his body. Minato swayed and buckled as he coughs out some blood.

"Kuso!" Minato muttered. "H-Hiashi… w-what the h-hell are you trying t-to d-do… kill me?!" he asked angrily. He tried to move but his body is numb with the sudden strike.

"Idiot. If I want to kill you then you wouldn't have a chance to mutter a curse at me. Calm down. Take a look at what you spilled." Hiashi said as he passes few of his chakra to the almost invisible thread attached to the senbon in Minato's body.

"How come my blood turned black?" Minato asked his breathing somehow became normal.

"Those are not your blood… those are the poison in your body. Now, I'll start pulling the poison out. I am warning you Minato. This could be very painful. I suggest you meditate." Hiashi said.

Before Minato could answer back he felt a wave of huge chakra enter his system as if pulling every nerve and blood in his body. He felt his knees gave in and he was in all fours in the water.

"Concentrate you idiot! This process can and will kill you if you don't concentrate!" Hiashi barked.

"You could have said that a lot sooner bastard" Minato hissed. 'You're a dead meat Hiashi when you are done' he thought. Minato closed his eyes and started meditating and concentrating on regulating his chakra.

Hiashi sighed. 'He'll probably skin me alive after this… but I cannot resist the torture, it's not everyday you can make your own Hokage suffer' he thought with a smile. Closing his eyes he started increasing the amount of chakra he is pushing inside Minato's body.

Minato felt another wave of nausea hit him. Without controlling himself he throws up again, black liquid came out of his mouth. Shaking his head as he tried to concentrate harder. He heard Hiashi curse under his breath.

"W-What's wrong?" Minato asked.

Then a loud crash. Minato opened his eyes and saw Hiashi trying to stand as he was pulled into the water.

"Are you alright?" Minato asked between breaths.

"Do not mind me… listen Minato. This poison is a strong one. It hides deep in your body and is building up to stop your ki from functioning and since I have cleared a few chakra points your ki is out of control. This room might be chakra filled to hide it, if your uncontrollable chakra leaked out we'll be in trouble. You enemy might know that you've already busted them." Hiashi said trying his best to get into his original position however since he's unable to move much he settled in sitting on the water.

Minato imitated Hiashi's position and found it more comforting. He sighed.

"I shall begin again. Watch your ki Minato" Hiashi said.

"Yes" Minato answered and concentrated really hard to regulate his chakra points. 'It feels like I am back to square one when I was training with Jiraya-sensei' he thought.

Hours passed and Minato is sweating and breathing like there is no tomorrow and Hiashi's breathing is labored.

"It's all done" Hiashi said chakra almost drained from pulling the poison out of Minato's system.

Minato however felt tired yet light. Realization hit him, these past few months he feels heavy even if he's getting enough rest. His mind started to run flawlessly. He can remember every single detail that happened in the past few months.

He immediately turns to Hiashi's direction to find him unconscious. Minato suppressed a smile and carried the tired man out of the room and back to his wife's room.

Minato arrived at the room where they left Himawari and Kushina. Knocking on the shoji door before sliding it in, his eyes widen at the sight of Kushina floating in midair as Himawari remove the poison in Kushina's body.

"Himawari…" Minato mumbled.

Himawari paused and gave Minato an inquiring look. Minato smiled a little before gesturing the unconscious man in his back.

Himawari smiled a bit. "Place him in his sleeping bag. Hiashi is never fond of poison removal it always drain him after. Unlike me who specialized in it rather than fighting." She said and saw the concern in Minato's eyes.

"No need to worry Minato. I will be fine after I am done with Kushina. The poison is no longer fatal to her however while removing the poison I have discovered few of its ingredients that could help you identify the culprit." Himawari said.

Minato nodded after comfortable placing Hiashi in his bed, he sat near Himawari watching the floating balls of black ink.

"Wondering what those black liquid are?" Himawari asked.

"No… Hiashi made me threw up all those liquid in my body." Minato muttered grimly.

"I see, however… have you notice any difference?" Himawari asked as she continues attending to Kushina.

"Difference?" Minato asked as he narrowed his eyes to observe the mass of black liquid. "They are thicker and…" Minato froze as the liquid moved. "Alive…" he ended his sentence bewildered.

"Indeed." Himawari said. "I discovered this when I first tried to remove the poison all in one like what I do most of the time with ordinary killing poison, to my surprise… the poison hid in Kushina's blood stream making it harder for me to detect them. Then I tried a different technique until I came out with this technique where I pull the poison out of Kushina's system without disrupting the flow of her bloodstream." She explained.

"And the contents of the poison and where could it possibly originate…?" Minato asked.

Himawari was silent for a while.

"Himawari…" Minato called her.

"Blood" Himawari murmured.

TO BE CONTINUED…