The Son of Two Heroes

Chapter 20

"Naruto!?"

"Oh uh h-hey there Rikka..." The blond shinobi earned a fist to the face in response. Before he could fall the girl caught him in a tight hug holding him close to her. He had forgotten to write her for the last three months, and she had been driven wild in worry.

"You promised to write me you idiot." She said. He slowly wrapped his arms around her and held her in his embrace.

"I know. I'm sorry I forgot, Jiraiya-Sensei and I got very caught up in our last bit of training. I promise to make it up to you." He said with a smile.

"You'd better..." She trailed off before pulling away and punching his arm. "Wow, you've grown a lot!" The girl took in the appearance of the secret Namikaze. The eighteen year old was tall now, standing at a solid five foot eight inches. He still wore his chunin vest, unzipped and lazily swaying in the wind. The only change to his outfit was the fact that his standard Konoha shinobi uniform was now dark blue, in place of the black he had once worn. His hair had grown slightly more, The spikiness now almost out of control. Unknown to Rikka, although the idea was present in the very back of her head, the man before her was the complete spitting image of Namikaze Minato.

"Heh thanks. Teuchi! Lemme get another bowl for Rikka please!"

"Coming right up kid!" The chef yelled from the back.

"You've changed a lot as well, Rikka." He said taking in her appearance. She was now dressed in a standard Konoha shinobi top with short sleeves. She wore a pair of black shorts (like Sakura's), and sported her very own chunin vest. The woman now stood five foot six, and had grown out a lot physically. Her breasts had become larger, and as far as the boy could tell, the rear of the kunoichi that stood before him was very well developed and toned. He blushed gently, turning his head away from her. "That damn pervert sensei made me start acting all weird."

"Naruto... were you just checking me out?" She questioned teasingly.

"Uh...no! No! I wasn't I swear!" He said panicking. The girl simply laughed in response, before looking him over.

"Well you're not too bad either." She broke with. She quickly realized what she had said, before she blushed and turned away.

"You're still wearing that orange scarf. It must be special to you." He observed.

She blushed harder and took a step back from him. "Are you stupid?" She questioned her face very red now.

"Uh, I feel like I'm missing something here." He said scratching his neck. "Anyway let's eat really quick."

After quickly eating and catching up, Naruto promised to find her soon so they could talk more. He then quickly made his way to the Hokage tower.

"Jiraiya another word and I'll punch you to the moon." Tsunade said as Naruto opened the door and stepped in.

"Uhh...am I interrupting something." The blond asked.

"No brat you're just in time to get this guy off my back." The Sannin turned Kage answered.

"Uhhh... right. So I'm back."

"That you are. I've heard a lot about your new skills. Especially that one that ruined your arm to the point I had to fix it. Do not use it again! Got it brat?"

"Yes Ma'am."

"Now I was planning on having you and Sakura do an evaluation against Kakashi, but I've decided that it might be overkill. So I think I'll have you and Kakashi duke it out one on one." The Hokage said with a smirk.

"I won't go easy on you Naruto." The masked jounin said from the window. Unknown to the other shinobi, Kakashi had actually almost fallen out the window at the sight of his student. He hadn't expected the blond to look that much like his old sensei.