Sasuke Says {SasuNaru} - FastForward (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 10

Sasuke Says.

September 25th, 13:01

Minato sighed while watching the video loop back to the beginning, eyes on his son when the gun slammed against his face. Based on his boy's words during the video, Minato could only assume that Naruto was doing a stellar job at pissing them off. He wished he'd stop, he wanted to have a child when this was over.

Letting out a sigh and rubbing his face, he reached for his phone when it rang, amazed that this was the first time since his leave that it actually had. Rubbing at his eyes, he pressed the receiver to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Namikaze, hello. It's Yamato. I'm sorry to bother you, I was just wanting to check in and see how Naruto was doing."

Minato smiled slightly, appreciating the thought. "Naruto's..." His eyes moved to the screen and he winced. "He's not doing so well, but I'm hopeful. I'm hoping he'll make a full recovery."

"I'm glad to hear that. Um, we seem to have a bit of a situation here. One of the staff let slip—"

The blond man's heart slammed against his ribs and he was ready to panic when the rest of Yamato's sentence made its way into his brain.

"—that Naruto was ill. The press got a hold of it and apparently they're going to try and get some footage. I don't know if they've arrived yet, but I just thought you should know."

His heart picked up its pace once more and he blurted out a thank you before hanging up.

"Tsunade!" He bolted from his office, spinning in a circle in the foyer, unsure as to where the woman was before deciding on trying the living room. "Tsunade!"

"Yes?" She appeared at the top of the stairs and he bolted for her.

"We're in trouble! The media's coming! They found out Naruto's sick, and they're trying to get footage!" He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Tsunade, he's not here! What if they get in?!"

"Calm down, Minato," Tsunade insisted, shaking him hard, once. "Calm down, it's all right. We'll think of something."

The doorbell rang and they both froze. Minato could feel his heart slamming harder against his ribs. He could lie, and say Naruto was at a hospital elsewhere, but that would be easy to confirm. The media had spies everywhere, soon they would know that he wasn't in the hospital.

When the door began to open, both he and Tsunade started hurriedly down the stairs, Minato almost tripping over his own feet in his haste, but stopping when he saw Kiba poke his head into the house. His eyes found Minato's and he winced.

"Sorry to barge in. I just brought my note for tomorrow night." He held up a piece of paper.

Minato stared at him, frowning slightly, a plan slowly forming in his head. He turned to look at Tsunade, and she glanced at him, apparently having the same idea. They both looked back at Kiba, who frowned and looked between them both.

"Why... are you both looking at me like that?"

"Do you think your mother would let me borrow you?" he inquired, continuing down the stairs and hurrying towards Kiba, pulling him fully into the house and poking his head out the door to ensure there was no media. He shooed Kakuzu away and slammed the door in his face.

"I'm—what?" Kiba asked, Minato turning in time to see Tsunade pulling him towards the stairs.

Minato hurried to join her, climbing them on Kiba's other side, and helping the woman drag the confused teen up to the second floor. "You see, we have a bit of a situation."