Hidden Emperor Of The Naruto World - Chapter 53

Exiting from the Hokage office, Minato bade goodbye to Jiraya and walked in the direction of the Inuzuka compound. He will only leave with Jiraya in two days, so he decided to visit Tsume, it has been a while since he spent time alone with his first friend.

While walking, he thought back to his talk with the Sandaime. As he thought, even if he described all the good sides of having a medic-nin in a team, Hiruzen just brushed him off in the end and said he will think about it. It clearly means that he does not deem it as important, and he will only implement it when Tsunade will leave the village in a fit of rage, having lost her loved ones because the Hokage refused to allow her missive to pass. And Minato doubted that Tsunade will stay for him with how are things between them now. After all, their relationship is only at the level of a good friend, not family or lover, so she has no real reasons to stay here. ‘Well, I still have my hidden card. I don’t want her to leave the village, life outside will be pretty harsh, even for someone as strong as her’

Arriving in front of the compound, the guards at the entrance didn’t even bother to ask anything and one of them went to fetch Tsume. Minato often comes here to look for her so people were used to it, and the Inuzuka Clan follows the law of the Alpha pack, where the strong are respected, so a ‘talented genius’ like him is pretty much welcomed here. He knew that if he were to go to the Uchiha Compound, people will look for trouble, so he let Kushina fetch Mikoto each time, or the latter came out by herself.

‘I wonder where is the so-called suitor that harassed Tsume? If I were him, I would have come looking for trouble for ‘stealing’ her’ Thought Minato. What he didn’t know was that the suitor was an elder’s son, not too shabby but not too talented either. And the biggest flaw is that he was a coward, so when he heard that if he wanted to have a chance with Tsume, he will have to defeat someone as strong as Minato, he did all the things necessary to hide from him, even fearing that Minato will come looking for him because he harrassed Tsume in the past. In the end, the kid was merely a chess piece for his parents, to acquire more power from the clan. Even in the anime, Tsume’s husband left her after some time because he couldn’t withstand the alphaness of Tsume anymore.

Minato began to chat with the guard cordially, having nothing better to do, and in no time at all, a cry of “Minato” followed by a human missile colliding with him broke him out of that conversation. Thankfully, he was stronger than her so he did not fall down.

Looking down at Tsume wide feral and infectious grin, Minato laughed and hugged her closer to his body “It’s been a while Tsume, I missed you”

“So, how did it go? Your mission I mean.” asked Tsume, not responding to Minato’s declaration.

Not taking offense in that, Minato took her hand and walked with her to the Hokage Mountain, adding some false drama in the recollection of his boring mission, making Tsume excited.

“You’re right, and even the elders have nothing to complain about. This kid is talented and strong, and more importantly, viewed highly by Hokage-sama. It may be a chance for our clan to become even more prominent” Answered the one that went to fetch Tsume

Minato was unaware that a good part of the Inuzuka clan already considered him Tsume mate, and that the whole clan already prepared for such a future, with a possible Hokage husband for the clan head daughter.

Overlooking Konoha from the Nidaime Hokage, Tobirama Senju head, one of the people that Minato respect the most in this world, for he was the one that invented all the useful Jutsu that appeared banal nowadays but that makes the foundation of a shinobi, he exclaimed: “I remember the first time I talked to you like it was yesterday.”

Hearing that, Tsume smiled fondly, remembering the time they spent fooling around at the academy when they were only the two of them. Thinking till here, she couldn’t help but show a melancholic face. It’s not that she dislikes Mikoto and Kushina, on the contrary, she loves them dearly, but since they came in the fold, she has little to no time with Minato alone, making her miss a bit those times.

Seeing her face from the corner of his eyes, Minato exclaimed “I know. I too am nostalgic of that time, there were some of the happiest moments I’ve ever had. But you know Tsume, even if we can’t spend the days with just the two of us fooling around, it did not mean that we can’t reserve some days for just us two” Saying so, his hand holding Tsume’s tightened, and he directed her a bright smile.

A sweet feeling emerged from the depths of Tsume heart, warming her, and a soft smile appeared on her face, making Minato chortle. She furrowed her brows seeing the laughter in his eyes and his body shaking, indicating that he was about to explode from laughter “What is so funny?”

“Your face!” Exclaimed Minato, with tears forming at the corner of his eyes “Tsume, don’t ever do this soft smile of yours, it doesn’t suit you at all”

Before she could respond, he quickly unentangled their hands and ran into the forest behind the Hokage mountain, escaping from Tsume.

In no time at all, the enraged cry of a wild Tsume came from the spot he fled from, and the sound of running echoed from behind him. He could have stopped her if she wanted to attack him, but he is not so heartless as making fun of her and then beating her to the ground.