Chapter 3: Running Out of Time and Back

Ch3: Academy

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

As Dan-Sensei walked into his class room to see most of the boys talking. One boy appeared to be sleeping and the one next to him was munching on a bag of chips. There was a boy in the front row by the window looking out of it with most of the girls chatting about new gossip they heard.

"Okay-class quiet down" Dan-Sensei said sternly and the students obey instantly, only because they knew they don't want to cross him.

"Okay class as you know today is a pop quiz, but before we take it I would like to introduce a new student from out of town." Dan-Sensei said once he had all of their attention.

"What how come he gets to come, and NOW, when there's only a half a year left!" A boy shouted with others shouting in agreement.

"Because it is an order from the Hokage and he said so." Dan-Sensei said with a stern look on his face and his eyes tell that they need to stop talking now.

Hearing this the kids looked shocked and some started whispering things like "Who is this person?" or "Why would the Hokage order that?"

Sighing Dan looked to the door. "You can come in now..."

Flash back: One week ago

"You can come in Dan Kato." The Third Hokage said when the door open and Dan walked in. He had long pale blue hair that reached his back and dark green eyes. He wore the standard Konoha shinobi outfit of that time complete with forehead protector and the pocket-less flak jacket.

"Hello Hokage-sama, is there something you summon me for today?" Dan asked his leader.

"Yes, I have a boy here, who I rescued a few weeks ago, and is wishing to go to the Academy. He is a promising candidate to be a great shinobi to our Village." Sarutobi said and asked the Academy Sensei.

Blinking, Dan was surprise to here this all the sudden, but wasn't surprise either. He knew his Hokage well enough that he would do something like this.

"Hokage-sama…with all do respect, my class is nearly over this year…He would need to learn every thing that we learned until now."

"Yes, I know that, and before you say anything else about his education, I personally sought to it. He is a true prodigy, from basics to nearly B-A rant Taijutsu and Ninjutsu, also including Sealing Jutsu. He is a remarkable boy." Sarutobi said a little absentmindedly but with a grin when he saw the sweat-drop-shock on Dan Kato's face.

"H-How is th-that possible, H-He's j-just a boy?" Dan said with a shudder from hearing this.

Smiling at this "You can come in boy." Sarutobi said while looking at the door.

End Flash Back: Present Time

The door slid open and in stepped, a boy with spiky blond hair came in. He was dressed in a black net t-shirt with a white jacket with a blue strip going down on both sleeves of the jacket, and was wearing black ANBU style pants, a kunai holster on his right leg and Shuriken pouch on his left hip and black shinobi sandals.

"Hello, my name is Minato Namikaze. It's vary nice to meet you all and I hope we can be friends" Minato said as he bowed in a polite jester.

"Does any one have any questions for Minato-san before we get on with the quiz?" Dan-Sensei asked knowing what was coming next.

"Where did you come from? And how did you get here?" one of the students called out in the class.

"From Wave Country, [He lied], I was found in a burning building when the Hokage found me and brought me here." Minato said in response and the whole class looked shocked.

"What happen are you ok, where their anyone else in the building?" a girl asked in interest and worry.

Minato shook his head 'No' "I was the only one their and I can't remember anything after that, I woke up in the hospital about three weeks ago," he said to the question. Everyone was surprise even Dan-Sensei didn't know that.

"Why didn't you tell us you were coming today, Minato?" a girl with platinum blond hair asked, changing the subject? She was slightly surprise, a little hurt and confusion on her face when she saw the blond walking in the door.

Smiling "Well Miss Fuu, I told you and your girlfriends that I was busy didn't I?" Minato said while teasing and getting a chuckle by some of the boys in the room.

"Well, you could have told us anyway, Blondie!" A red head girl said in annoyance and huffed while glaring at the blond in front.

Smiling sheepishly "Sorry, but Hokage-sama asked not to tell anyone what I was doing, but sense I'm free after school would you and some of your friends want to get something to eat after class, Kushina-Chan?" He asked and getting a gasp from every boy and some girls in the room, and becoming pale. They all know you don't want to get on the redheads bad's side unless you want a death wish. Even nicknames were forbidden unless you were a friend of hers or stronger then her. The boys and some of the girls look back and forth in shock, wondering if the new kid was going to die.

Kushina blushed a little, but wasn't noticeable unless you knew her well. She grinned evilly, (the students in the room thought and pale in a cold sweat from all this tension. Praying for the new kids safety), at Minato who was smirking at the challenge towards her, (only an act).

"Well, Kushina-chan?" Minato asked while mimicking the redheads evil grin just to get a the other students, who turn pure white. 'HE'S DEAD' were the thoughts of every student in the room minus Kushina's friends, a few boys, and Dan-Sensei who's sweat drop at this seen that is going on, well more on the sea of white then the two love birds who are challenging each other in deception.

Seeing there were no more questions Dan-Sensei began to speak again. "Ok you to, that's enough, Minato can you have a seat next to Akria Inuzuka. Akria Please raise your hand so he knows were to take a seat." A boy siting by the window in the front row raised his hand. Minato stop the staring contest and thank Dan-Sensei. He notice the blush on Kushina's face grew a little more noticeable and he took it as a 'yes' and that she couldn't wait either, the blond walked over to the empty chair next to Akria and sat down.

Akria's wild appearance as while clearly human, he has several physical traits more akin to animals. Like the rest of his clan, he has messy brown hair, sharp black eyes with vertical slit-like pupils, pronounced canine teeth, and nails that he can change into claws. He also has the distinct red fang markings of the Inuzuka clan on his cheeks. His attire consisted of black leather pants reaching to his calves and a black, hooded fur-lined coat, over an apparent plate of armor and fishnet undershirt and blue sandals. Minato could see a lot of Akria's future children in him but know in the back of his mind he will never see his son, if he can't change his present soon.

The boys made small talk and Akria told Minato that, what the blond did had amused him. He can't wait to 'see' what will 'happen' with the blond and the redheads date. Minato chuckled and whisper in the Inuaka's ear. He nodded to what the blond said and who he pointed too. Minato grin a little evilly, when he saw a light blush on the Inuzuka boy and turning his head like it was nothing. 'Hee, Hee got you…' Minato chuckling evilly in his head.

"Okay class what I'm passing out is the written part for the quiz. You will have one hour to finish. Any questions?" Dan-Sensei told the class while passing out the quiz sheets to each row. "Okay then you may begin" he said after he was sure there were no other questions.

Minato 'looked' at his paper and sighed. 'I thought it would be a lot harder then this. Oh well, that just makes it easier for me to pass' Minato thought as he wrote in the answers. After he was done he 'looked' at the clock to see he still had forty minutes left till this part of the test was over so he decided to take a nap.

After the hour was up Dan-Sensei told the kids to put their pencils down and, Akria woke Minato up so that he could hear the instructions for the next part "Okay class head out side so we can continue the test" All the kids started to head out side. Minato stayed by Akria and Kushina walked closed by until they got to the academy's training ground. "Okay in this part you will throw ten kunai and ten Shuriken at the dummies and will need to hit six out of ten to pass" Dan-Sensei explained before calling the first person up to take the test.

Minato sat back 'watching' as one after another the kids who went up not really paying attention to anything, until the kid he sat next to went up.

"Next Akria Inuaka" Dan-Sensei said and handed the boy ten Shuriken and kunai then stepped back.

Akria took the weapons handed to him and stepped up to the throwing line that was set up and aimed before he threw a kunai at the target. It hit dead center and he repeated this one after another before moving on to the shuriken which had similar effects. After he was done Dan-Sensei looked at the targets "Nine out of ten for the kunai and eight out of ten for the Shuriken. Good job Akria" Dan-Sensei said as he wrote down the results on his clipboard. "Okay next -." He said as Akria went to go sit down. Minato smirked "Not bad, Akria!"

"Thanks Mina." Akria said. They watch the other students, not that all interesting, a lot missed the target by a mile or didn't throw the kunai or shuriken passed the target. Minato was called next and Akria wished him luck.

He kept walking till he got to Dan-Sensei who went to hand him the kunai and Shuriken only to have Minato shake his head and tell him he had his own. Taking a step back Dan-Sensei watch as Minato stepped up to the line before reaching in to his kunai holster with one hand and Shuriken pouch with the other and withdrawing ten of each item and launching them at the targets without even bothering to aim. He did it so fast that the only way you could tell he did anything at all was the blur of movement and twenty different thuds. Dan-Sensei along with the rest of the class looked at him with shocked expressions on their faces. Looking over at the targets Dan-Sensei dropped his clipboard not believing what he was seeing "T-t-ten out of t-ten f-for both of th-th-them" at that news every one looked at the targets to see the blond had hit dead center of all the targets and dropped their jaws except for two who were shaking in amusement of the other students and their Sensei.

Smiling at his work, Minato walked towards the targets and grab his weapons. After he came back, the blond could see the shock expressions and sweat drop. "What?" He said out loud and to nobody. Shaking his head Akria and Kushina started to snicker at his denseness.

After Dan-Sensei managed to regain in his shocked expression he called for the last person to go up. "Okay Kushina Uzumaki your up next." The gray hair Sensei said to the kunoichi. Minato laugh at the joke that Akria said about what happen to a certain Nara getting in trouble with his mom this morning. He saw Kushina in the corner of his eye, he saw she had also brought her own kunai and shuriken for the quiz today. The only thing she did differently was that she used one each for her attack. This confused a lot of the students, but again if you knew her, she's unpredictable of everything she does.

The kunai and shuriken were flung from her wrist faster then Minato's. Shock and gasped spread threw the class. What they saw was ten Kunai's and ten shruiken's embedded in the targets, all bulls eyes. It was so fast and it was enough distraction that the other students didn't see Kushina throwing the other 18 kunai's and shruiken's she had in her holsters. No one saw this except Minato, he smirked at this comical seen. The blonde saw their jaws drop on the floor, eyes bugged out or dilated, and a sea of white from every student and his Sensei, besides him and Kushina who sweat drop.

"Un…b-believe…able…" Dan-Sensei had final said when some of his shock subsided. Akria was again amused with his entertainment and he could see that Minato enjoyed the 'shock' from the class too.

"She is one hell of a kunoichi, isn't she Mina?" Akria said and getting a reply with a nod. 'I wonder who will be on top when we get older.' The wild K-9 preteen said while smirking to himself and started to laugh with the red head and blonde when they saw some of the students pass out from the over load shock.

"Okay….Lets take a brake and will finish up the rest of the day, good job everyone." Dan-Sensei said to all his students.

When lunch came around the small group containing Minato, Akria, and Inoichi. He has long-light blond hair reaching into his back, which he wears spiky on top and ending in a long ponytail, blue-green eyes and strong facial features that didn't change much when he got older, which include a well defined jaw line. He wore a standard dark red jacket over a black outfit, complete with hand-guards.

They were going to take they're a break near a sakura tree that has one swing on it. They were laughing at the jokes and story the boys told each other. Minato didn't remember ever doing this in his past lives as his older self or as Naruto with his friends children. It sadden him a little, but he made sure it wasn't shown.

"So Minato, were did you come from? You don't even look like a person from Wave." Akria said all the sudden. The laughter and joy all stop when the Inuzuka asked, well more like demanded when his suspicion and curiosity got the better of him and he knew somehow that the blonde was hiding a lot more then he telling everyone. Inoichi was a little shock and nervous from the tenseness of the two boys, the lighter blonde just stayed quite and watch for the seen to play out. The Inu-Nin wasn't sure if the Hokage knew or not, but in his clan, you can't trust anything you first see, hear, or smell until you 'see' the whole truth. This trait was know all to well to Minato and he smirk for it and it surprised the two other boys in the small group.

Narrowing his eyes, Akria didn't let it go, but shrugged it off for the time being.

Minato could see that Akria won't let it go, and pretended he didn't notice that he was going to get question on later. "Your right, I grew up somewhere else, but where I grew up, I cannot discussed it to anyone, but the Hokage." Minato said and was laughing on the inside when he saw the sweat drops on his new friends.

Changing the subject the blonde looked towards Inoichi, "Now on to my question: Inoichi, sense I already asked Akria and he agreed to this would you like to come with us later on a group date I offered to 'some' girls I offered this a few days ago?"

Blinking in surprise he saw, Inoichi nodded dumbly. Minato and Akria grinned and they all bump fist. They talk about other things until the bell rang and had to go back to the classroom.

-After Class-

Minato told his new friends that he needed to get the girls and someone else at the meeting area. He said that he will meet at the center of the village in about a half an hour.

-30 minutes later-

"Hmmm, I wondering where Minato is?" Akria said after 5 minutes of there meeting time. The girls came right on time and were wondering the same thing, until they same Minato was dragging someone with him.

Minato looked mildly irritated while dragging an annoyed Uchiha. "I told you again you're coming if you like it or not." Minato said angrily.

"Hn"

"And I said that wasn't a word Teme!"

"Minato why did you bring the Uchiha?" Inoichi asked a little confusedly. Akria raised an eyebrow and the girls just giggled. They knew Mikoto has a crush on Fugaku ever sense when she was a little girl, but they were surprise that Minato knew this. So Mikoto expression was mildly shock and her face was blushing greatly.

Minato grin evilly and he could see Fugaku blushing a little and looked away. Even in his old life they had this same love/crush relationship, that they always try to hide it. It's one thing he wanted to change and he hopes it will change some other events later on, too.

"Sorry I'm late, I had to pick up 'Someone'.'' Minato said in irritation and narrowing his eyes on the 'Uchiha', but felt a little sheepishly while he was scratching his head in embarrassment she he saw that the rest of his group had questioning looks on their faces.

He looked around and grinned. "Good I 'see' every one is here, so let's go, Ne." He started to go further into the village. The girls and boys looked at each other a little confused and Minato told them to "Come on, it's this way." And continued to keep walking. Kushina started to follow after getting out of the mini shock everyone was in. Soon after the rest followed, wondering where the blond is taking them.

After a few minutes of walking the blond stop in a dark alley way. The blonde was grinning like a mad man and it made the rest a little nervous. "M-Minato, why did we stop here?" Kushina asked for the rest of the group who nodded.

"Hee,Hee, just follow me, please." He said in a sing song voice and continued walking in the dark alley way until the darkness made him disappear. Some of them gulp, but they followed the strange blond. At the end, they saw Minato next to a large door patiently and grinning. Kushina question him again, but he held his hand up and open the door. Everything was bright until a small glow of light went down a tunnel. "Follow me, were almost there." Minato said, to assure them.

The group was starting to here voices while getting close to the end of the tunnel, that took them nearly an hour. When they finally reach the end, they can hear laughter, music, and sounds that sound like games were going on. They look at Minato again when he was opening a door. Again the lights were bright and it took them a few seconds to adjust, only to see a festival was going on.

"How?" Everyone said at once before Minato answer them. "This is the Festival of the Sakura Trees that bloom every year. The Village that is 3 hours from our village. They celebrate this every year on this day. It only takes us an hour and a half from the tunnels. I asked Hokage-sama if I can use the ally way to come here. He wasn't happy that I knew this tunnel, but I told him how to beat a certain 'Demon'. I'm betting everyone even Kumo heard him screaming a few days ago, right?" Everyone sweat drop and said, "That was you?"

"Hai, He agreed to this, and I asked if I can bring some friends to have some fun. Hokage-sama again wasn't happy about that but I told him I'll help him with his work, Hee, hee. So yeah please enjoy and go have fun. We have until morning to be getting back to our village. Will meet back here till then, see ya."

They all grinned and ran towards the festival.

Fugaku asked Mikoto, They went towards a dancing area, while Mikoto was dragging Fugaku. The rest of the group swore they saw anime tears of Fugaku for a brief second, but they couldn't voice it.

Akria asked Tsume, They raced towards the games and started to play one that has Kunai's. Their eyes light up when they saw a Kunai throwing tent.

Inoichi asked Fuu, They walk and chuckled and Akria and Tsume's antics toward an area that had some food stands near.

And finally, Minato asked Kushina, "Would you-" he cut himself off when he saw a gleam in her eyes when she saw the games.

Kushina was excited. She loves festivals and started to walk towards the game area when Minato suddenly grabbed her wrist. She looked a little surprise at him, but he only smiled at her. "I have something for you first. It's this way." He said and gently grabbed her hand, which made her blush a few shades of red. They walk for a minute or so, to an area where there was a good size moonlite lake.

A silver-moonlight trickling down on the lake's surface. Stars hung around the moon in the sky, shining it's ever ceasing glow. The moonlight was dancing, so graceful as a leaping ballerina, dancing….dancing forever with the stars around it. Moonlight shining in the night and reflected in the lake, Luna's rays of mystical shine, lighting up the silence around them.

There were a few willow trees swaying in the light wind, frogs and crickets chirping low, but loud enough to hear their melody. Dragonflies and light bugs dancing and glowing around the moonlit lake, as if playing with the moon. The night sky made the water glison and sparkle, matching the stars above. Kushina was in awe and her eyes twinkle in delight. Minato watched her with a smile on his face.

"Beautiful" was the only word Kushina could say.

"I'm glad you like it. This place took me nearly a whole week to find." Minato said and getting the red heads attention. His smile grew bigger when he saw her in awe. "Mina-" She was cut off when the blond gave her a deep and passionate kiss on the lips. Shock went threw her body, by the kiss she pushed back a little questioning why he did that.

Minato knew that would happen and it hurt him just a little bit, but he was determined. He went up to her fast and hug her tightly. Minato covered his face in between her neck and shoulder. Kushina was stun, she didn't even know what to do. This boy, who she hardly knows just gave her a deep kiss and when she push back he just came back and hugged her. She could feel him shaking and tears wetting her ninja outfit. Trying to get away again he spoke again in a painful whisper.

"P-Please, d-don't I-I don't want to let you go yet." Minato said weakly and miserably. Kushina didn't know what to do or say. She only nodded after a few seconds of processing on what he said and patted his spiky hair to calm him down. Her mother used to do this whenever she was upset. She asked after a minute or so, if they could sit down near the lake. He nodded still not lifting his head, as they moved towards the lake where a log was lying.

Kushina hummed a lullaby that she remembered when she was a little girl. Surprisingly it calmed him down. Wondering why and wanting to question it, but didn't, only continue to hum the small song. She felt him shifting and relaxing now, only after a half an hour, that pass by unnoticed.

"Are you feeling better?" She asked still patting his head, and only receiving a small nod. He felt tired from all of this, his sisters, his failures, the battles…everything. His mind just snap when she smiled at him with her innocence.

"S-Sorry, for kissing you." He finally said after a few minutes of silence. He gazes at the lake at first then to the red head's beautiful stormy gray eye's. He smiled and saw her blushing a few shades of red.

"It-It's okay…" She squeak out and blushed even more. Minato smiled in amusement. She calmed down after a few seconds and needed to asked a few questions.

"Minato?…Why do you look so sad?…Even when I first met you…You look so distant...?" Minato was tense and looked down sadly.

"…I-I'm tired, I'm tired with everything…." He said and it shocked Kushina. It slightly sadden her too. "But that's what I thought when I was in the hospital…" He said afterwords when he saw her getting sad. Her head shot up in surprise and he smiled slightly.

"What I mean is that I'm tired of searching for…."

"For-for who?" Kushina said a little jealously.

"…For my sister's…" Kushina blink and felt relived and a little ashamed that she thought it was another girl, but his 'sisters?'

"You have sisters how many and do you have any brothers?" She asked curiously.

"I have three younger sisters and no just, um, one older brother." He said not really thinking what he was saying. "What about you?" Though he knew that answer all ready.

"Mmmm…I see, I have…um had two older brothers…but they died in the whirlpool war three years ago…" Kushina said in a whisper and feeling sad of the memories.

"I see, They must have been great brothers if you'er talking about them so highly." Minato said trying to cheer her up. He got a grateful nod that came after that.

"So…why are you searching for your three sisters?" she asked trying to distract herself away from her dearly-departed family.

"I'm searching for two actually…they…were kidnapped by a man, a long time ago…My family and I split in different areas searching….I've found some clues and hints on were that bastard took them….But every time I get closer…They keep slipping out of my fingers…I-I just don't know what to do anymore…" He said sadly and felt like crying again, but resisted to do so. Kushina on the other hand had some tears to shed, for her and him. She knew why he hugged her now, but what about the kiss?

"So-So why did you kiss me?" She said when her tears stop and looked away with a slight blush. Minato knew she was going to asked that and smiled at her while he placed a small kiss on her cheek. Blushing new shades of red and staring at him with a questioning look.

"Hee, hee, sorry I've always love red heads…and your hair is so pretty." He said in amused and chuckle when she turn a color of her hair now.

"I-I see, your not teasing are you." She asked with a little hostility. Musing, Minato knew she hates her hair with a passion and shook his head.

"I've love the color red ever sense I could remember, and the shade with your hair is the up most beauty that I've ever seen." He said again which made her blush another shade. Small kisses started from her neck then to her cheek, when his lips came across to hers. Minato remembers how Kushina love this ever sense they were first dating. The blushing increased, but more into lustfulness. He grinned when he heard a moaned coming from Kushina, and wanted to go further, but couldn't, because he also knew that her couldn't go so far either, its mostly because of their age. She didn't resist as they make out hat lasted for ten minutes or so until they had to go back to the others and forgetting where they were at that moment.

For the rest of the night they played games and winning toys or stuff animals, went dancing, and ate from the food stands. This all thought this was one of the greatest night they have ever done in a long time.

Minato and Kushina had competed in games and won too many prizes. They decided to give the to the children who were watching them play.

Finally catching up, after hours of fun with everyone, they watch they fireworks that shot up in the night sky, ending the night with a bang.

"Hmmm…It's getting late we should be heading back soon." Fuu said when she look at her watch while Inoichi was holding her wast and making her blush. Tsume giggled when Akria nuzzled her neck but both agreed it was getting late. And Fugaku was caring a sleeping Mikoto on his back. He wasn't complaining and everyone could see he was blushing about it. Minato was holding Kushina on the wast while she was leaning on his shoulder. The blonde could tell she and everyone was getting tired and nodded.

"Okay, We have the Academy class tomorrow, any way." Kushina said and a small yawn went out. She closed her eyes and leaded on Minato again.

The boys all nodded and grabbed the girls and put them on their backs, starting to walk to the tunnels. The girls didn't put up any fuss because they to were just to tired.

-Half an Hour Later Back-

The boys took the girls home, before they said their thanks to Minato for this night. Grinning he nodded and walked towards Kushina's home.

Walking on the sidewalks towards Kushina's house Minato thought about how he will change his loves fate. He felt Kushina stir and look behind him. He saw her face in a blissful sleep that made him happy and yet really sad at the same time.

["Niisan…can I have a piggy back?"] The sun was up high, on a nice hot day, cicada's unique sound growing louder and louder around them. The blonde man ignored the sound and look at his young sibling with a warm smile happy and peaceful, ["Sure, Imouto…are you getting tired?"] Getting a nod and a yawn from the girl, he picked her up and walk toward the rest of their family.

"…Imouto's…" A silent tear fell from the blondes face. Fading memories that resurface, "…Wh-Whatever happens…I'll fine you…two no matter what…" He said quietly enough that no one would would hear. Little did he know was, that Kushina heard every word he said. Her heart broke and she really wanted to cry, but what could she do.

'I-I want to help him…' She thought sadly. Even though she only knew him for a short time, she fell for him hard. She heard a light humming lullaby coming from the blonde and close her eyes, falling back to sleep.

Uzumaki Mito was still up, waiting for her granddaughter. She was old and very tired, but she loves Kushina as if she was her own daughter. She worry's for her whenever she was late. Mito heard a nock coming from out side and told the person to come in.

Minato came in still holding Kushina on his back. Mito raised a delicate eyebrow. She looked behind the young boy's back to see Kushina sleeping and had a smile. Mito smile gently to that and then put her attention back on the boy.

"Where's her Room?" Minato asked the old Uzumaki, who pointed up the stairs.

When he got up stairs he gently placed her on her bed. Minato gave her a kiss on the lips and said "goodnight" to her. When he shut the door, little did he know that the red head girl was still awake. She blushed, big time, but shook it off. She got out of her bed and went down stairs, to see her loving Grandmother.

"Your fast young man." She said and grinned when she saw the blond blushed. He was about to leave, when Mito told him to wait.

"Are you still looking for them?"

"…"

"Hmmm, I see you still didn't trust me, Minato, but I'm surprised to see you again after so long, and so young, did it happen again?" She asked sadly that her old friend won't talk to her still.

Sighing Minato knows he can't stay mad a Mito forever, but… "Yes, this body is still unstable to grow any older to thirty, only if I find true love…" He blush again and Mito giggled. She looked away staring out the window into the night sky and a lonely smile graced her old face. Minato was sad but knew what she was thinking.

"Mito-nii-san, I will always think of you as a sister and love you as one too, but why did you do that. You knew him and…me, when we came here so long ago…" Minato said sadly and shaking a little in rage. Mito flinched a little and sighed and could see the young blonde was still upset about that incident.

"You know why Minato…and you know he lost all control when he heard 'them' in danger…you couldn't even get him in control that time either, so what was I supposed to do time Minato, tell me?" Mito asked in a little bit of a demand in her tone.

"…."

"That's what I thought…silly…you know I was only trying to protect everyone and even you, too, Mina…ca-can you at least forgive me…Mina?" The old woman asked trying to hold her last tears. She was surprise when she felt arms wrapped around her, she looked down to see a mop a blonde. Smiling she gave the hug back.

"It's okay Mito-Nii-Chan, and…yes I forgive you, I'm sorry that I got upset with you…" Minato said the rest in a whisper, after a moment of thinking to what to say. "I need to head home, I'll see you again Mito-Chan." He said with a grin.

Mito smiled sadly and told him her goodbyes. After he left, she sighed and smiled that her little adopted brother has forgiven her from that time so long ago and fell asleep in one of her most precious dreams.

Mito and Minato didn't know that they had an audience when they were talking. A certain red head kunoichi was listening in on their conversation. After Minato put her to bed, he gave her one more kiss on the lips, she waited until she couldn't hear Minato. When he left she creep slowly to her door and peek down stairs to see if he really left. She want to talk to Grandma Mito about the group date, but was surprise that Minato, was still here and listen in.

"That's what I thought…silly…you know…..protect…even you, Mina…ca-can you at least forgive me…Mina?"

She didn't know what to think, She was really confused, How would Minato know her grandma, and her grandma asked him for forgiveness. It was hard to hear when they hug, but she got the picture when she heard "It's okay Mito-Nii-Chan, and…yes I forgive you, I'm sorry that I got upset with you…" she couldn't hear the rest because where she was. Her face displayed a frown. Question keep building up on the mystery of Minato. 'Who are you…Minato…?' Kushina thought to herself. She could feel the tiredness controlling more now and decided to talk to her grandmother in the morning. 'Night Mito-baa-san' Kushina thought when she saw her grandmother was going to bed now and headed back to her room for new dreams of a certain blonde.

TBC….

What will happen now that Minato, that he told his past to Kushina, and how does he know Mito? Who is this 'Him' that Mito and Minato know about? Will Kushina get her answers…..

Get Ready, Get Set and Running Out of Time and Back Chapter 4 is coming soon to you. Just wait and find out.

[A/N: Sorry this took me forever…hee, hee, I wanted it to be perfect for viewers to read…hope everyone like it. :) ]

(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.