Minato's Daughter

Chapter 40 - Naruto and the Fourth Hokage

Naruto

I felt rage coursing through my body. Hinata, Miyuki sensei, Geezer Sage. This bastard needed to die.

"Do it."

The nine tail's voice echoed and I felt myself walking towards the cage he was trapped behind. I stood in front of it and the water formed a gentle vortex that lifted me up so that I could be face to face with the paper seal.

"Rip it off."

My fingers slipped under the seal, about to rip it away when I felt a hand grabbing my wrist. I snapped out of the rage fueled daze I was in as I fell backwards into the water, being pushed by someone. The stranger reached out his hand towards me and I slowly grabbed it without looking up. When I stood up fully, I looked up at the face of the stranger who had pushed me to the water.

"You're..." the nine tails snarled.

I couldn't help but stare.

"Fourth... Hokage..."

He let go of my hand, smiling at me.

"Naruto."

It was silent between us until he broke it.

"I worked it into the seal so that I would appear within your psyche should the seal be broken to the point you sprouted the eighth tail," he explained. "I really wanted to avoid that since I had no desire to see you again, nine tails."

He turned to look at the nine tails, his eyes narrowed into a glare. The nine tails roared in response. The Fourth Hokage then turned to me.

"However, I did look forward to seeing my son as a young man so I'll call it even."

Before I could process his words, the nine tails roared again. "Fourth Hokage! Come here! I'll rip you to shreds!"

"Well in that case, then I'll stay away," he replied. "Right, Naruto?"

"Huh? Why does the Fourth Hokage know my name?" I asked, still dazed. 

"Hm? Well, I am the one who named you. You are my son, after all."

I froze. What did he just say? Did he just call me his son?

"Son? Then... I'm..." I stuttered.

"Yes, you heard me. You're my son," he replied, smiling.

My jaw dropped open as my eyes widened. I couldn't help but feel my eyes fill with tears as I began to laugh bitterly.

"Fourth Hokage!" The nine tails yelled again.

"He's a loud one, isn't he?" The Fourth Hokage said to me as he raised his hand. "Let's go somewhere quiet."

With a snap of his fingers, we were out of the dark and in a space full of light. I wiped my eyes, still laughing bitterly.

"The Third Hokage didn't tell you much about anything, did he?" The Fourth Hokage said. "I guess he wanted to suppress as much information about the nine tails as possible. If people had found out you were my son, you'd have been in danger."

"Dad..." I whispered after wiping my tears.

I saw him cock his head to the side. I rushed at him, slamming my fist into his stomach. His eyes widened in surprise as he let out a painful gasp. I stepped back as the tears flowed from my eyes again. I went from angry, sad, frustrated, and happy all within seconds.

"Why did you seal the nine tails inside your own son?!" I yelled. "Do you know what I went through because of that?! All the grown ups looked at me with contempt and I couldn't make any friends. I wanted people to accept me so I trained really hard to become strong. Then I met Iruka sensei and Kakashi sensei and Pervy Sage, and I was happy because they made me stronger! But because of that, a group called the Akatsuki came after me, so I had to train even more.  I got to be even stronger, but the Akatsuki still killed my friends. But... huh? What am I saying?"