the last student

prologue part 1

Author note: before we start. Kushina survived Minato didn't

*It was finally morning, the nightmare of last night was finally over. While the nightmare of hiruzen has just started, as he had no choice, but become the hokage once more. After Minato's sacrifice*

In the hokage tower

Hiruzen: you were a fool Minato. Nothing short of a fool. You could've gotten me to make the sacrifice, I'm old. I've lived my life. The village needed you, your family needed you, your son needed you more than anyone. But no. You're hero complex came before anything else

*Hiruzen said, he was sat down in a chair he never thought he would sit in again, and wearing a hat and robes, he never thought he would wear again in his twilight years. We see him looking out at the window, and complaining to the large rock face of Minato, at the hokage monument, he sighed as he turned around, and looked at the crib that was in his office, little baby Naruto was sleeping peacefully. Not knowing of the nightmares that happened to him*

Flashback

konoha Hospital

* Hiruzen was sitting in the hospital room after having his wounds treated, and was waiting for Kushina to wake up while he took care of her children. It was a surprise for everyone. Even for the parents. Since they ended up having triplets, 2 girls one named narumi, while the other was named mito and 1 boy, that being Naruto. Hiruzen frowned deeply when a anbu kneeled down in front of him*

Snake: hokage. The council member are demanding your time, to speak with them

Hiruzen: tell them. That they'll have to wait. There still things I must do, before I can meet them. If they have a problem with it.... Well snake, how good are you at torturing?

*Hiruzen asked with a tired smirk. He could feel the snake, Aka anko mitarashi. The girl who was once the personal student of orochimaru, now turned to one of his best protectors. He could feel her smirk, as she gave a short nod*

Snake: as you wish my hokage

*Snake said as she disappeared, letting hiruzen there alone, to sigh and rub his temple, clearly patience wasn't something that anyone in the council have learned. Hiruzen had postponed the council meeting for the time being. The council members had protested, but hiruzen silenced them after he had told them that he would retake his position as Hokage. Everyone was satisfied with that decision, well everyone except Danzō was satisfied with that decision, but that had been pretty obvious for Hiruzen from the start. Tsunade had left the village after Minato's death saying she was going to live at the Senju property in the Fire capital along with Shizune as she couldn't live in the village after everyone she trusted had already died in this cursed village*

Hiruzen" I suppose she never trusted me. Sometimes I don't know, of which of my students I'm disappointed with the most"

*Hiruzen thought, as he recalled the reasons why Tsunade was leaving him alone to deal with all this mess. Tsunade didn't want to see any more deaths. She had even left him her
necklace, saying it was cursed as Minato was the last person she had given it to and he too only for him to died. She had actually thrown it in the trash, but Hiruzen had kept it. The necklace was part of his own sensei's legacy for someone who was worthy enough, to hold on to it. Suddenly, Hiruzen was taken off his trail of thoughts, when Kushina's eyes fluttered open as Hiruzen rushed to her side. She looked at him desperately, tears already swelling in her eyes, over something she already knew. But she still had to ask*

Kushina: Sarutobi, where is Minato?!

Hiruzen: I'm sorry kushina. But Minato is gone

* Hiruzen said mournfully. As he explained what happened while was unconscious. The death of her husband, the release of the kyubi, minato splitting the demon in 3 parts, those parts being: the yin in Mito, the yang in narumi, and soul of the great beast in Naruto, the abandonment of Tsunade. It was a long and difficult conversation, but one he had to have with her*