Chance for a Prophecy

Chapter 3 - First Steps Through the Door

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I want to thank the hard work of ScarsOfTime who originally betad this crap into an actual chapter. Applause for betaing the revision goes to my precious beta readers: ImaginationJunkie1412, Duesal10 and Minatochan2

Original upload date: 02/11/2012

Last update: 12th of October 2014 (Complete revision)

Chance for a Prophecy

Chapter 3. – First Steps Through the Door

Minato was lying in his bed with his arms crossed behind his head as he stared at the ceiling unblinkingly. He had been trying to sleep for the past hour, but his wandering thoughts restrained him from drifting into a well-deserved dream.

He turned his head to the side to face the slim woman next to him. Her chest moved up and down in the rhythm of her breathing. Her long, ruby red hair flowed around her peaceful form and gave a perfect frame to her face's delicate features. He reached out and gently stroked a tuft of hair away from her face that disturbed her perfection. The young woman mumbled something incoherent and moved a little in her sleep, allowing another tuft of hair to replace the previous one. A gentle smile tugged Minato's lips upward and didn't bother himself to brush it away, instead turning toward the ceiling again.

His thoughts wandered to the blond boy. Clashing feelings met in his mind as he thought over the events.

First of all, none of the security seals sensed his appearance. The seals could be circumvented if someone were to reduce his chakra levels to near depletion, but that was just unimaginable. Nobody could suppress his chakra to that extreme; it was impossible.

Every living thing radiated a minimal amount, regardless of how hard someone tried and how skilled and well-trained they were. Only dead bodies were completely free of chakra, and the boy was clearly anything but. Underground or aerial entry were also unrealistic possibilities, the seals surrounding the village were like an invisible barrier and every intruder would be sensed. It could be a space-time ninjutsu, but again, that was also very unrealistic. With that kind of life threatening injury it was impossible for anyone to perform a top-ranked jutsu like that. And the seals would also trigger his arrival. However, if someone else had performed the jutsu on him... that seemed the most believable scenario. But that would still trigger the security system. Minato made a half nod.

When he passed the danger of death, he showed remarkable healing abilities. This was not something new, though it was very rare since the destruction of Whirlpool country and the Uzumaki clan. His eyes instinctively wandered toward the woman next to him, then back to the ceiling, his eyes narrowing slightly as his mind moved to the next question that hadn't let him fall asleep.

The ANBU checked his belongings, but they found nothing significant other than a scroll and seal tags in his pouch. He didn't have a hitai-ate, or perhaps he lost it before his arrival. That seemed likely, seeing his clothes were also tattered beyond recognition. They couldn't find any clan symbols on what was left of the fabric.

Minato already checked the scroll and the seal tags. The tags were safe, simple exploding tags modified with increased or decreased potency. This was why they hadn't recognized them immediately. It was fairly uncommon practice. For him, a simple once-over of them was enough. The only really interesting thing in his belongings was the sole scroll, and it annoyed him to no end. He couldn't open it. He was one of the rare seal masters, but he couldn't handle a teenager's seal. The closing seal was a combination: the opener had to have a special type of chakra, combined with blood identification, and three other specific methods of which he was still unclear. The alluding symbols were just a big mess of gibberish.