Author's Note: Hi people, so I haven't written a real Naruto story with Naruto actually in it for a very long time, but I decided I would try it again and see how this goes. Now about the story, in short, this story is both a MinaKushi and sort of a NaruSaku based story (there is some other pairings implied in this story too). I won't really consider writing a second chapter till after I see how well the first went off. I don't want to write a story that has no one interested in it. :P

Now that we are on the same page, I hope that you all can enjoy my silly writing and all that good stuff X). This story is based off a dream I randomly had one night and probably my sudden obsession with a certain song.

Enjoy :)

Red Feathers

The sky was dark as coal. The ground hard and stiff, yet it was covered in scars as the land had been torn massively somehow. But out of it all there was one thing that covered up the scene, her. She was running, running as fast as she could towards him. Her eyes wide and full of fear as they took in everything they could. The cloudy skies just made this scene even more tragic than it probably was.

Yet as she ran towards him with tears pouring from her beautiful emerald eyes, bright red fluffy objects came flying down before him as he slowly fell towards the ground. It was here that everything stopped.

Two bright blue eyes flung open as the young boy shot out of his bed with his hands clutching the sheets. Sweat dripped from his face and body as he looked around, checking out his room. His room was the same as usual; bright and sunny all over. His tan walls gave off the feeling of warmth as the sunlight rained into the room giving forth the feeling of morning, thanks to his windows.

The young boy ran a hand through his wild blond hair and sighed.

Flinging his legs over his tall bed the child was quick to it as he dashed out of his room in his cute green froggy pajamas that read ribbit all over with the occasional frog smiley face on it, a gift from his silly god father. Ignoring his odd pjs the boy raced down his home's halls and towards the kitchen.

Stopping at the corner of the kitchen entranceway, the blond boy leaned against the wall that separated the kitchen from the dining room. A devious smile broke free from his face as he began to peak a look into the kitchen.

A woman was in his kitchen. Her long red hair pulled into a pony tail as she cooked what appeared to be eggs. She was so focused on the stove that the young boy knew this was his chance.

Sneaking slowly into the kitchen, the young blond tip toed towards her as quietly as possible. The red head all the while could sense he was there and just smiled as he closed in on her. As he got closer and closer to her he reached out a small shaking hand and tried as hard as he could to grab her pretty hair that he ever so admired.

With a wicked smile and a turn on her heels the red head turned instantly and yelled out 'BOO'

The young boy flew backwards and fell on the ground. His sapphire blue eyes wide as he stared at the red head who was holding a spatula while her hands rested on her hips.

"Mommmmmm! How did you know I was there?" he asked with a cheeky grin on his face.

Kushina just grinned as she looked over to the right, "It will take a lot more than that to fool your mother, Naruto." She pointed out. Leaning forwards she extended her left hand and smiled to him.

Naruto just giggled with joy as he grasped his mother's hand and stood up.

Turning back to the stove the red head grinned as she finished cooking his and hers breakfast.

"Naruto" she spoke out as she finally flipped over the last omelet that needed to be cooked.

"Hmm?"

"Why are you up so early? Usually I have to drag your butt out of bed after I finish breakfast." She asked as she turned her head towards him.

Naruto jumped up onto the chair in the kitchen and looked up at the ceiling avoiding her gaze somewhat.

"I had the same dream again." He muttered up as he lowered his head to his mother.

"The same dream? Is this dream a nightmare?" she asked now turning all her attention to her son and not the stove.

"I don't know if I would consider it a nightmare… But it's hard to explain, there is this woman with pink hair that I've never met before. She is running towards me in the dream crying." The blue eyed wonder explained as he began to recall the events of that dream.

Kushina who had been listening to his dream instantly noticed her food burning. Her violet eyes went wide as she instantly pulled the item from the stove. "LIKE SHIII I mean ships!" the red head yelled out hoping to avoid teaching her son bad language, like her husband had suggested to her since she did have quite the temper at times.

Dumping the omelet with the other omelet on a plate near the stove on the countertop, Naruto's mother sighed as her one of her omelets had been burnt. She grabbed the plate and began to make her way to the dining room. A quick nod of her head told the little boy to follow.

As she placed the eggs in the center of the dining room table, the red head looked to her son who was currently eying the milk that was also already on the table.

"So is this girl in your dreams Ms. Haruno?" Kushina asked her darling son as she sat down in a chair next to her boy.

Naruto reached out as far as he could for the eggs with his chopsticks in hand as the table had been preset for him, thanks to his mother. He thought on Kushina's question for a second and as he did this he instantly remembered lonely Ms. Haruno whose husband was always away it seemed or at least that's what Father had told him. "No it isn't , but the girl sort of looks like her. In my dream she's a jounin or something, but she is really pretty." He finally explained to his mother.

Kushina pondered on his explanation of the dream and got nothing out of it. "I don't know sweetheart. I've never heard of this girl before or seen her before. Must be just a simple dream."

As his mother spoke the boy mentally sighed. There was something different about this dream. It felt more real than the other things he dreamt of, as if it had actually happened and he was just recalling a past event. Never the less the blond instantly pushed it out of his head and began to eat.

Chewing his food, Naruto looked left and then right and then up and down.

"Where's father?" he asked while chewing his food.

The red head narrowed her eyes as she looked at him, "Don't talk with your mouth full." She pointed out to him as she gently chewed on one of her tough burnt eggs.

"Your father had to leave early this morning for work." Kushina explained as she looked up at the ceiling and sighed. 'That man is always busy it seems' she thought.

Naruto frowned at this and didn't eat another bite. "Are we going to go see him today then?" a smile shot forth from this question as it was always a joy to see his father at work.

Kushina lifted an eye brow at this question and then smiled. "I don't see why not. I mean first we have to go get some stuff for you for tomorrow and then see Auntie Mikoto and Sasuke. But after that I don't think your father would mind if we stopped by. Like he better not mind."

Naruto shook his head at this and then froze for a second. "Wait, what's tomorrow?" he asked

"Silly, don't tell me you forgot! Tomorrow is when you start at the academy with Sasuke." Kushina pointed out as she finished her last piece of her egg.

"Oh! Yeah I remember." He yelped out. Looking back at his food the boy lift an eye brow and dreadfully took the last bite of his omelet and all the while gulped down the milk that was in a cup for him.

Wiping off his mouth he jumped out of the chair and stretched.

"Naruto go get dressed." He mother just pointed out as she started cleaning off the table.

With a nod the boy raced to his room to get dressed. His mind hopeful of the day that was before him, however in the back of his mind that dream still haunted him.

xXx

Minato sat at his desk just staring at the door to the room. All of his paper work had been done for more than three hours now. All there was to do was to just stare and be bored. He had been waiting for his assistants to bring more paperwork over, but that didn't seem to be happening anytime soon seeing as they left more than two hours ago.

His dazed personality was destroyed however as the doorknob began to twitch and turn left and then right. Lifting his head from his desk the Hokage just tilted his head at this odd motion. Was someone seriously having that much trouble opening the door?

Standing up he walked to the door and as he turned the knob a great big smile came at him as a small boy jumped for him and embraced him in a tight hug.

"Naruto?" Minato asked out as Naruto lifted his head and smiled.

Kushina slowly walked up the steps as she carried some stuff that they had gotten from being out. Her purple eyes were worn out from probably dealing with a hyper seven year old all day.

"Hi honey!" the red head exclaimed as she came to his office and pushed everyone in and then shut the door.

The blond man was still curious as to why the hell his office was suddenly crowded, yet at the same time he found it rather enjoyable as compared to being along and doing nothing.

"What brings you two here?" Minato asked as he gently kissed Kushina who just rolled her eyes and looked down at Naruto who was now running around the office looking at everything possible.

"That brings us here." She pointed out with a giggle.

"You sure it wasn't just the fact that you missed me?" Minato asked out poking his wife in the sides.

The red head jumped from the awkward tingling feeling she got from being suddenly jabbed in the ribs and also turned to look at the Hokage who was making a foxy grin at her.

Crossing her arms she just shook her head and smiled, "Yeah I missed you. But never the less Naruto wanted us to stop by so that he could see you, seeing as you left awfully early this morning for no good reason." Kushina growled somewhat at the last part of her explanation.

Putting his hands up in all defense Minato grinned uneasily. "Hey I had to go to a meeting and then they told me I had something else to do and then cancelled on me! It isn't my fault!" The blond explained

Kushina crossed her arms and just raised an eyebrow. "Excuses excuses"

Naruto all this time had gotten himself up on chair near the desk with the overly size Hokage's hat on his head which leaned on the side of his head. He just grinned as his feet swung forwards and backwards under the chair as his feet were too far from the ground for them to touch and be still.

The red head had noticed his silly actions and was now laughing. "What are you doing Naruto?" she asked with a smile on her face as she walked over to her son who just grinned.

"I'm being the Hokage." He grinned out with innocence in his voice.

"The Hokage huh?" Kushina asked as she came over towards him with a grin on her face.

Minato just smiled at the scene as Kushina picked up the small boy and tickled him in the air, sending the hat flying from off his head as it landed on the chair.

The two crazy family members of his just smiled at the Hokage. Naruto's mother carried the boy as she walked over to her blond husband. Picking up her bags on the way the red head just sighed. "Always busy."

"You know it." Minato pointed out with a smile.

"Say good bye to your father Naruto."

Naruto tossed his father a grin and smiled. "Bye Dad! See you at dinner!" he gleamed out while holding onto his mom. Her hair was finally in his reach. Naruto grabbed onto one of the strands of hair and pulled on it with a large grin on his face.

Opening her eyes wider from having her hair pulled the red head smiled at her husband and lightly kissed him on the cheek.

"You like better be home earlier than usual tonight." Was all she could say as she walked out of the office with the small boy squirming in her arms.

Minato just scratched the back of his head and smiled.

As the day progressed the two Uzumakis never did get to go and see Mikoto and Sasuke like they had planned. Instead they had just decided to enjoy the lovely autumn weather by eating some popsicles that the red head had bought for her and her son.

The two of them sat on a park bench next to each other smiling as they watched the sun slowly set in the west.

Naruto just leaned on his mom with the orange popsicle in his mouth.

"Mom what are you going to do while I'm at school?" the blond boy finally asked looking up at his mom with large blue eyes.

Kushina's smiling face lowered as she began to frown a tad. "I don't know. Be lonely I guess without my crazy little man running all over the place." She chuckled out as she wrapped her arm around her son's waist to pull him closer to her.

"So you are gonna clean like crazy then?" Naruto finally stated

"YUP!" Kushina laughed out. It was a habit of hers to clean like crazy when alone or bored.

Naruto just licked his popsicle once more as he smiled.

He was as happy as could be and it felt nice. Yet as he looked at the falling red sun his happiness started to falter as his smiling whisker scared cheeks lowered. He remembered that girl's sad face as she was running at him in that dream. He had dreamt that dream for the second time last night and even on the second time it felt ever so real.

In the back of his mind he wondered what it all meant. But none of it made any real sense when he thought about it. Maybe he would ask Sasuke for his opinion tomorrow when they saw each other at school.

Although Naruto was sure Sasuke would call him a complete dobe for asking such things.

xXx

(Somewhere)

The room was white and plain with a simple grey tile floor. The constant sound of a beep would go off in a rhythmic pattern every few minutes. All around the room there were flowers and cards of wishes and hopes that one day he would wake up and feel better. The small bed that was in the room was occupied with a motionless man in it. He never twitched as he was in a deep sleep with tubes stuck inside of him in all different places.

The only motion he ever gave was that of his simple breathing as his chest lifted. This often reassured many that he was still alive.

Her large green eyes stared at him as she sat at his bed side with tears still pouring from her eyes. Her war torn jounin clothes were still on her body as she had been in that room for more than a day now, ever since her return.

Her hand was holding onto his lifeless hand as she clutched it as tight as possible.

"Wake up please!" was all she could mutter out as she wiped her tears from her eyes. Her eyes just lifted to his heart monitor that would every now and then beep that same rhythmic sound.

This was not the future she wished for.

End

I wanted to leave this chapter short as it is an introduction chapter to my story. :) Till next time perhaps!

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