Chapter 1: Running Out of Time and Back

- by Icewolf89

- Disclaimer: don't own Naruto characters, just the story.

-Naruto Pov-

I felt smaller for some reason and out of place, like everything felt so familiar yet old at the same time.

"...bo..boy, boy are you all right?" 'Who said t-that?-wait old man?' Naruto heard the voice and couldn't believe that the third was still alive. The blonde tried to open his eyes slowly, only that the intense heat made him screw his eyes shut. He tried again and luckily he got his focus back (only a little though). Naruto then turn his head and what he saw was his grandfather figure (younger) hovering over him and 'worried?' Another wave of dizziness consume the young boy and passed out from it.

-Normal Pov-

"Hokage-sama, we need to get out of here. This building is going to collapse any minute." a worried ANBU, in a snake mask, called out to his leader. Sarutobi Hizuren nodded to his subordinate and collected the small boy before getting up. Rushing out the burning building, the third couldn't find anyone else who resemble this boy, and thought they perished in the fire. Only that he didn't know this blonde is from the future. "Hokage-sama, we haven't found anyone else in the building when we found the boy, sir." Another ANBU with a cat mask reported. The third nodded and felt some sadness towards the blonde boy in his arms."...Right, lets head back, and take the boy to the hospital for treatment." a unison "Hai" went threw the group and went back to Konoha.

-One Week Later-

The blonde hair boy felt heavy and a little suffocating all of the sudden. The smell in the air had a sickly yet medical feeling, like a 'hospital?' He blink his eyes open and rub the sleepiness from them. letting out a groan he heard someone come in the room. with a gasp and drop whatever she had in her hands, she rush to the end of the bed to see the boy, who is finally awake."Your awake! How are you feeling?" the nurse said with a side of relief. Naruto was confused at first and didn't know what she was talking about, but spoke out automatically.

"I...n-ee-d...w-water..." Naruto said in a dry-rusty voice, when he suddenly felt a rush of memories that felt familiar yet from a dream of an old past. his eyes squeezed shut and he clamped his hands to his head from the pain. The blond felt like crying from the pain and memories that are coming back, he remembers his 'Father's' memories and every Justu's his 'Father' did. But this time he has more power and knowledge to change the future the better, he hope' nurse saw the boy clinching his head and called for the doctor. He didn't respond to anyone for about an hour and a half now and the doctor didn't know what to do, only wait until he wakes from the shock or reminiscing, that the boy is could sense two more people coming in the hospital room, as he is staying in and regain his awareness around him.

"Where...am...I..." He said, while playing the 'I don't know or were I am card', in front of the people he knows, oh too well.

"...Do you remember your name, boy?" The doctor, Tsunade, asked him.

"...Minato...Namikaze, Minato..." Naruto said after a few moments of silence thinking over of what he should be called now. A side of relief went over the small group in a split second, that 'Minato' remembered his name and the he didn't have any memory loss, from the week coma he was in.

"Well, Minato, your in Konoha in the hidden leaf village...Do you know if you have any family?"

"...N-no... I am an Orphan sense birth..." Minato said sadly and kind of truthfully, but they don't need to know that.

"I see...well my boy would you like to be a member of Konohagakure of the Leaf?" The third asked nicely, feeling sorry for the boy who almost died in the burning building while coming back from Suna's temporary peace treaty, Chuinin Exams.

"...I...would like that, thank you." Minato said a little hesitation in his voice, the small group notice but didn't pay any mind to it at the moment. The blonde boy was still trying to figure out what to do before he decides to repeat his past mistakes again. He nodded absentmindedly to no one in the room only to himself and the group gave him strange looks. Sarutobi raised an eye brow and wanted to know what the blonde nodded about. The third hokage got interrupted on his train of thought when the blonde boy spoke.

"Hokage-sama? I would like to be a shinobi for Konoha." Minato asked determinedly the the Third Hokage. Sarutobi blink at the boldness of the question and surprisedly he nodded to the young boy.

"Okay. but may I ask how old you are?"

This time Minato blinked in slight confusion and stayed quiet for a minute then two and a few more minutes, pondering how old he was right now. He wasn't sure sense when he woke up in the past and if he pondered about this anymore his brain will hurt...(sweat drop all around the room and computer world...)

"...9...umm, but to be honest I'm not sure about my age right now!" He said hesitantly and the small group in the room were worried a little."My name is Tsunade, I'm one of the best doctors in Konoha. I would like to do some test's on your memories and to see if you don't have amnesia, if its alright with you?" Tsunade asked a little urgently and catching Minato off guard. He nodded and got rushed out the room to be in another one. Sarutobi Hizuren chuckle from Tsunade's antics at times, like an older sister overly worried for a younger brother, who got a small scratch. He decides to leave knowing she will take a few hours.

- 3 hours later -

A very irate and tired Minato and a pleased Tsunade and a little bit of a sadistic smile plastered on her face, came back to the room he woke up in and he finally realized why he hates the Hospital (HATES) and his Doctor (for the moment) when ever he's here.

"Well Minato, you seem to be okay and some of your memories are a little block, they'll come back in a few days, your still abnormally low on your chakra, but in other words, another day here, and then you can leave, your fine as far as I know of it and I would bet the Hokage would put you in the academy that starts next week." Tsunade said happily and giggled she got a grown from the boy. She took a huge liking to this boy who reminded her of her dead little brother. Who she only knew for a couple of hours sense he woke and thought about other things to help the boy live a little better in Konoha.

"Well I need to go and report your condition to the Hokage. You should be fine for the night and if your hungry, there is a cafeteria down stares towards the right down the hallway and to the left after the entry way. If the Chef is causing you trouble, just tell him to put the money on my tab and I'm your doctor. He won't bother you after that." She said to her patient and saw a nod the he was listening to her. Tsunade nodded happily and wave a goodbye when she left. Minato lied in the room for about 5 minutes 'boring' and grinned, before getting up he and leaving the room. The blond felt that he want to wondering around the Hospital for a bit.

- 2 hours later 4:30 p.m.. (dinner time) -

Minato took Tsunade's advice and went to eat sense he hadn't eaten for about a week. He got closer towards the Cafeteria room and didn't have much trouble when he told the Chef what Tsunade told him and for a reply he only got a -Hn-. Minato sat towards the back near a window. Which was displaying a beautiful sunset and a dying down active village in background sound. He lost his appetite for the moment and shove his food away to lead on the table and watch the sunset. Suddenly "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE RAMEN! OLD MAN!" a very pissed red head yelling at the chef (who about everyone in the room sweat drop at 'RAMEN') and throwing a tantrum.

"Sorry Miss...but I ran out around three and the young man over there has the last of it." The Chef said while getting the heat off him. The red head turn her head irritated at the boy who has the last of the ramen and storm over to the boy. "HEY! Why do YOU have the last of the RAMEN!" The young red head said hastily to the absentminded boy.

"Hey you, I'm TALKING TO YOU!" She demanded while slamming her hand down on the table, which didn't have any affect. The blond boy sided and look towards the red head with a looked of surprised for a moment. 'I-its...her' he said to himself. His love is alive and she didn't know it yet only huff at him and ranted out again. "ARE YOU EVEN LIST-"

"I heard you the first time and everyone else did, too. even though their trying to pretend to NOT listen." The boy said lazily and saw a hint of red spread across her cheeks from her loud out burst from earlier. The boy chuckle and love teasing her for those little acts and decides to let her off the hook for now.

"s-sorry...I tend to get carried away with ramen...sorry" The tom boyish red head girl while stuttering her apology. Minato smiled and said, "Would you like it? I don't feel hungry anymore." The girl's eyes widen and with a grinned plastered on her face, while she nodded enthusiastically, but then she frowned a little on 'why'.

"Not hungry? Are you sick?" she ask curiously which the boy shook his head in 'No'

"No, I was hungry, but... when I sat down I suddenly lost my appetite, but feel free to have it, if you like." With a nod from the red head, she sat down and grab the tray towards her. "Oh before I forget. My name is Uzumaki Kushina. What's yours?"

She asked and heard a chuckle from the blonde. She blushed a little again from her one track mined she gets once in a while. "Namikaze, Minato, You can just call me Minato, Kushina-chan."

He knows very, oh so painfully well, to NEVER call her Shina or Kush-Chan to the crazy hot-red-head, But Chan suffix was safe to say. She blush and hid her face while eating the free ramen she got. Minato chuckle towards her antics and watch her eat. The sun set and he notice that there wasn't that many people in the Cafeteria anymore. He was curious on why she was here, "Kushina-chan? why are you here at the hospital? Are you sick?" She looked up and shook her head -no- this time. She swallowed her ramen and replied."No, my friend Mikoto broke her arm, while training today and I helped her to the hospital..."

"Oh?, That was nice of you. Are you good friends with her? But why didn't her Sensei or one of her family members help her out?" The red head blush and then sulked a little when he asked of her 'family.'

"Her Sensei had to go to a meeting in the morning and her team had the day off today, but she wanted to train. That is why we are here today...but her family are...a...little...high maintenance at times...if you want to put it nicely, but Mikoto is nothing like that. She's totally cool and we have been friends like forever." She said while giving out a giggle of a memory of hers. Minato marvel at her and her beauty whenever she's happy.

"Ahem?" another voice broke into their conversation. They both looked up and saw an amused black eyed, raven hair 11 year old preteen. Having a evil grinned plastered on her face. She over heard the red head's conversation and was touched that her sister/friend figure, thought of her that way. But she also love to teased the crap out of her, (the legendary red tomato), Kushina is known for when she gets 'really' embarrass.

Grinning like a chester cat, and Mikoto could see her friend starting to turned a nice shade of red, "Wow, Kush-ina, I didn't know you can 'work' this fast... On getting a guy and having a dinner date all at once. Whacha dooo? Did ya threaten him or some thin'?" The preteen said in a sadistically sarcastic way of teasing the crap out of the red head.

Kushina blushed madly and turned a new shade of red and Mikoto and Minato laughed at the new shade of red and Kushina began to panic. "That's not funny Mikoto...I just got a bit carried away...again (she pouted), and I ended up eating here and his food for free, K!" She said as honestly as possible and flustered, because no matter what she says, Mikoto could always tell when Kushina is lying. Even though the red head is a master of lying to others. Mikoto could say that her and a good hand full in the Leaf can tell when she lies, but she won't tell who, (hee, hee).

"Hi, my name is Namikaze Minato, its nice to meet you Miss Mikoto." Minato said with some amusement in his voice and saw a small blush on the preteen's face. "Hee...Funny...you picked a good one Kushina." Mikoto said while giggling at another shade of red from her friend and a chuckle from this boy, who said this.

"Well...Mikoto, how long do you half to ware the cast?" The red head asked her friend and while changing the subject. Mikoto thought for a moment before replying with a clip tone "8 weeks." saying as if she just got grounded for stealing candy from a baby.

"Ouch." Minato said in sympathy "Well just be thankful it's your arm and not your leg. you'd be in the hospital for a week with that one." He said bluntly and could see two pale faces and he sweat drop.

"Y-your right...well Kushina, we should be getting back. I bet she's worried about you right now." Kushina looked at the clock and paled again. She rushed up and accidently pushed the chair to far and it fell with a crash. "Oops, my bad, hee, hee" Kushina said with a slight of a blush and a couple of laughs from her two friends, she picked up the chair. When the embarrassment moment passed after a few minutes, she spoke."Well Minato, it's nice to meet you today and thank you for the ramen...I hope we see each other again." The red head said and the blond nodded with a smile.

"Yes, me too. and your welcome, Kushina. It is also nice to meet you too, Miss Mikoto." The girls both nodded happily and wave saying their goodbyes. Minato watch them leave and felt happy to see his love again and alive, but a small pain of guilt went threw his heart, thinking about what will happen in the next few weeks to the next few years he will need to do to fix things for the better...he hope's a sigh, the blond got up and felt hungry again and groan "now you want food!" he said to no one, only to the hungry thing he calls his 'stomach'.

With another sigh he went back to the line to get another meal, which surprised him and got on the house for dealing with the 'red head's temper'.

"Thanks, umm chef-san, can I take this to my room?" Minato ask and got another "Hn" and a nod from the Chef before Minato left..

- Back in the hospital room-

The blond sighed and placed the tray of food on the bed tray. He glance at the clock in the room and it was about 30 minutes to 8 p.m. Minato quickly ate and went to the bathroom. He finally got a glance at himself and was shock on what he didn't see.

'My whisker's... are...gone' he side to him self and unknowingly placed his hand on his cheek and rubbed the the missing facial marks. Lowering his eyes away from the mirror 'I wonder if this was a good idea...Tos-san?...I need to find him first, before we so can get our 'revenge' on that bastard who erased our sisters'. The blonde said darkly and hints of killer intent flooded the room for a second.

When he herd a worried knock on the front door."...come in..." Minato said still in a dark mood but changed quickly to not to worry the Hokage who walked in. The Hokage was on his way to see if the boy is all right. When he got to the door the boy is in, Sarutobi suddenly felt that time stop. A deathly-cold and quiet with killer intent flooded everywhere for a split second and then it was gone when he panic and knocked on the door the boy was in.

He had never felt such strong killer intent before. Not even the SS-Missing-Nin killer intent came that close to this felt real fear for the first time, in a long time when he felt that. "...come in..." Minato said darkly, but it change when Sarutobi walked in the room. The room doesn't feel like death anymore, only a wave of tranquility and calmness went threw the room. It felt like nothing happen, 'w-what t-the?' The Monkey thought to himself.

"Oh...sorry, is there something you need Hokage-sama?" Minato asked unknowingly that Sarutobi felt that a few seconds ago, but he could see it on his face, 'crap' the blonde scolded to himself. Minato still pretend that he didn't do anything.

"R-right I wanted to see if your all well? The council agreed to your request and for next week you will be in listing in the academy...further more, Tsunade has also requested something for you for tomorrow, so inspect what is to come."

Minato nodded quietly and Sarutobi smiled softly, but felt sad for this young boy for some reason. (It was silence for a few moments, until..)

"...Minato?...Why do you look so sad?" Sarutobi asked unknowingly seeing a small twitch of panic the blonde gave off, but then dropped his shoulders and lowered his head trying to remember why he was so sad and to responded a truthful answer.

"I...I remembered something today...I remembered that...I had 3 younger sisters, when I was growing up, and a older brother who always watch over us,...but one day, 2 of my sisters disappeared...we panicked...we didn't know where they went or who took them...its been so long now, I can't remember what I'm doing anymore..." Minato's eyes clouding a little and what he said sadly not really knowingly.

Sarutobi stared at the boy in front of him disbelievingly 'w-what?' he said to himself. It was quiet for a few minutes when the Third could speak again, "H-how old are you?" he asked again unknowingly seeing the small flinches and nervousness the blond is giving off.

"9-d-didn't I t-tell you that all ready?" Minato asked while not seeing the mans eyes.

TBC

What will happen to Minato now that he revealed some of his past to the Third Hokage? Will he reveal more about him and his 'siblings' to Sarutobi or what about the 'future'. Will Minato get closer to Kushina sense he 'found' her once again? And what about this person who made his 'sisters disappear?'

Get Ready, Get Set and Running Out of Time and Back Chapter 2 is coming soon to you. Just wait and find out.

(Note to any readers that reads this story, I will be late on writing the next chapter sense I have some writers block right now, but a little help and suggestions will help me greatly Thanks and hope you like it) :) Smilelly faces to all who read.