Legend

Chapter 7

Uzumaki Compound

Training Ground

Minato has always wanted to train Naruto. It had been fun when they were doing it in the two months before things changed, he had enjoyed it, but since he made that choice, things were a little different. Naruto only saw him for training and that was it. It was as if the redhead no longer lived in the Uzumaki compound. That incident had also changed Naruto in ways he couldn't even begin to imagine but he knew that there was something different. Perhaps he had just been in denial to accept that killing someone had actually had an effect on Naruto.

A part of him had truly hoped that there would be no change in his son, but he was seeing it now that it was all just wishful thinking. He was making it as if he was living in the ideal world were kami granted all wishes made by the righteous and pure. But this was the shinobi world; a world were reality was quick to remind any fool who thought all dreams were possible with a cold slap to the face.

Minato had expected things to change with Naruto since the denied him the chance to become a full-fledged shinobi. As things stood, Itachi was going to rise up in ranks while gaining more experiences in the outside world. Naruto would remain a genin and would not experience the outside until he was truly ready to face it.

But it was for his own good. It was better to have a son who isn't fond of him than a dead son. At least this way, he was able to see his son every day and he was able to protect him. Naruto needed to become stronger in order to face Elemental Nations. Minato would not stop giving everything he could to help his son grow stronger to protect himself.

At this point he had no choice.

"Again," Minato said to Naruto.

Naruto stared at his father for a few moments; he calmed his breathing and took a stance with both his hands holding kunais. He looked at his father once again; the man looked calm, and ready for anything. He had yet to take a defensive stance just waiting for him to make a move.

The redhead took off in the fastest speed he could muster. As his feet touched the ground in his run, Naruto held both kunais firmly. He charged straight on because that was he had been instructed to do. The moment both his feet landed a foot away from his father, the man jumped back slightly.

Naruto bent down slightly before pushing chakra into his legs; he took off from the ground like a bullet, propelled further by the chakra he put in his feet to increase his speed. He quickly reached his father just above the ground before the man could land in the ground.

Minato showed no surprise; he merely smiled as Naruto swung his right hand towards his father's face with the kunai still on his right hand. The kunai whizzed past his father's forehead as the man leaned back slightly while still being carried by the momentum of his small jump. Naruto twisted around, while still in air as his father landed on the ground. As he faced his father once more, he threw the kunai on his left hand towards the man's forehead.

Minato sidestepped the projectile easily enough and looked at Naruto calmly as he landed on the ground.

"Again," Minato said once more.

Instead of allowing Naruto to attack, he went in straight at Naruto. The redhead showed his surprise when the Yondaime Hokage's left foot landed on the ground just away from him, with his right in the air, being swung towards the side of his head on his left side.

Naruto ducked under the kick by crouching down and tried to sweep his father off the ground. Minato reacted by stretching his right hand towards Naruto. Once his right hand touched Naruto's head, he used the redhead as balance to lift his feet off the ground and flipped to the other side, landing behind Naruto.