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Rōran, 43.
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They spent a few more days in the Kingdom of Rōran until there was no longer any need for them to remain there, so they had one last meeting in the throne room.
Minato made it clear that the responsibility of maintaining the kingdom now belonged exclusively to them, even though he still had a special Minato dagger.
The queen would continue leading Rōran, while her daughter would be adjusting the entire factory where they had already begun the changes. She would take care of creating the kingdom's defenses, having far more talent for it.
The blueprints they had drawn were enough to begin applying the changes, so now everything depended on them.
Now in the throne room, Minato, Kushina, Naruto, and Yamato, who had stayed in the kingdom for at least another week, stood before the queen and her daughter.
Minato did not neglect his students' training while he was here. He sent clones every day to Konoha to supervise his three students, who were training inside the Namikaze estate.
"Well, then this is goodbye..." Minato said to the queen, who approached him.
"Thank you for everything you have done for Rōran, Lord Minato. We will never forget such an act," she said while Minato watched her.
"My mother's words speak for the entire Kingdom of Rōran... We will never forget you," Sara said, while everyone nodded with a smile.
The next moment, Minato teleported the four of them. He would still need Rōran's source to send Naruto and Yamato back to their world. For now, they would stay in Konoha training until that moment arrived.
The scenery changed as they appeared in the middle of the courtyard of the Namikaze mansion.
The two members unfamiliar with the place looked around curiously while a head appeared from the kitchen window.
It was Tsuna.
"Ah, I'm glad you're back!" she said with a smile.
Minato simply nodded before looking toward the training area beside the forest, where his students were training.
"Let's eat something first." Minato simply said as he entered the house, finding Mikoto and Tsuna relaxing with the babies.
Minato greeted his two wives before they went to see their children, since they had not seen them for more than a week.
He could see Naruto's curious expression while holding the two children in his arms.
Both Itachi and Hikari were introduced to Naruto and Yamato. It did not take long for Kakashi, Obito, and Rin to appear as well to join them, slightly worn out from training.
"How has the work in the Anbu been?" Minato decided to make conversation with Mikoto, while she sighed.
"They want me to lead a squad after spending a month working at the borders," she said, which seemed a little obvious given the power Mikoto possessed. It would be more appropriate for her to have such authority.
"But you don't seem very happy about it," Minato commented. He noticed that Mikoto was not very excited about the new job.
"Honestly... I liked the Anbu more before than the work I'm doing now..." she admitted. Certainly, with her fame, people tended to admire her and trust her, but Mikoto did not seem to feel the same way she once did in the Anbu, when she worked alongside Minato and Hanabi.
Tsuna seemed to sigh, appearing to already know something. Obviously, they must have talked. Minato could also perceive recently conflicting feelings. She missed being with someone close to her. She must have felt like she was among strangers, knowing how cold the Anbu could be.
"Do you wish to continue with this?" Minato asked.
With Mikoto's power, her promotion was no surprise, and Minato could also clearly see that she could become the leader of Konoha's Anbu as well.
One of the other two great authorities in the village. After all, in a meeting to choose a Fourth Hokage, there would be Hiruzen or Sakumo, the Anbu leader, the leader of the jōnin, the daimyō, and some important nobles. At most, three of them would sit down to discuss it.
Currently, Shuran Nara is the current leader of the village's jōnin. Which is no surprise. Shikaku Nara is already showing great capability to replace his father.
"I don't know... I'd rather take care of Itachi," Mikoto said.
To Mikoto, the Anbu seemed more like an obligation. Minato heard that in silence.
"We'll talk later," he said, since the conversation was becoming somewhat uncomfortable with all the guests present. It would be something more personal.
"Well, anyway, we'll shelter Naruto and Yamato here for now. Yamato can build a house on the property, and you can start living there," Minato said, while Yamato nodded.
The main house would only be for the family, obviously. Even Naruto would live with Yamato.
Minato spent some more time with his students while giving some feedback that his clones had passed on to him.
He started with Rin, who still had problems with chakra, and Minato had some ideas while studying the system Mukade had created in Rōran for the puppets.
Already having knowledge of chakra absorption seals, both from forbidden fūinjutsu and from the seal he himself created, Minato prepared something for Rin.
"What is this, Sensei?" she murmured while Minato handed her a paper covered in fūinjutsu symbols.
"This is a chakra storage seal. It works similarly to a jutsu one of my wives uses. It stores chakra at a point in the body, absorbing chakra from your own reserves throughout the day. It starts to accumulate and can hold several times the person's actual amount..."
"Stores chakra?" Rin murmured.
"Yes. It will be a type of storage that you can use whenever you need it. You know you have a deficiency due to having a low amount of chakra, so with this, you will have much more chakra than you normally would. I'm thinking of placing it on everyone as well, but it will certainly increase your chakra level to a jōnin amount, and when your own strength increases, that amount will increase even more..." he said. It was like a type of battery. Minato created that while thinking about Tsunade's jutsu.
Obviously, this seal would be for more people. Kakashi and Obito themselves would also have advantages in possessing that seal and accumulated chakra to use in a life-or-death emergency.
He needed to prepare everyone for the war, and thinking about Rin, he could not help but associate her with Sakura, who also, despite having a sharp mind, did not come from any important clan, nor did she possess a special body. However, she overcame that when she learned from Tsunade in just three years, becoming capable of accumulating monstrous strength and great healing abilities.
He would talk to Tsunade later about this. He could also turn to Tsuna, but his wife was also quite busy with her duties in the village's medical corps, being the mother of Hikari and training the child Yamato.
In any case, Obito was greatly improving his sensitivity and skill with the Sharingan and keeping it active every day, using a large amount of chakra in battles, while his chakra began to increase as a result. Mikoto had also passed on some information to him about the three-tomoe Sharingan, something he wanted to achieve.
As for Kakashi, Minato personally trained him using his wind chakra-infused sword, while Kakashi still tried to maintain his lightning chakra blade. They trained kenjutsu techniques, and Kakashi himself tried to launch aerial slashes to create long-range attacks.
In any case, their development was adequate for now. They would still have many months before the war.
By then, Minato's students would be strong enough to face the challenges.
Meanwhile, Minato also could not stop thinking about Naruto. He had left Kushina in charge of his training during the last week. The boy was very excited about the possibility of using Adamantine Chains, and even Kushina was trying to teach him, but without success so far. How he was supposed to achieve that was still a mystery, but in any case, he would go to the Uzumaki clan to see if they could help him, and Minato had training planned for him. He would give the boy personal attention.
In any case, Minato's three students left the clan. Yamato built a house for Naruto and himself to stay in.
Hanabi arrived at night after returning from a mission together with her three students, who had been left at the Uzumaki clan outside the village.
Minato talked with Mikoto that night. He told her that she could leave if she no longer felt comfortable being in the Anbu and wanted to take care of things at home, but it would also be a great experience for her, at least until the beginning of the war.
In the end, she accepted that argument, but surprised Minato by saying that the Anbu was no longer enjoyable without them. He smiled at that and said that if they wanted to form a team in the future, she could work directly for him, being his bodyguard when he assumed the hat. She accepted that with much more enthusiasm than becoming the leader of the Anbu.
The truth was that Mikoto wanted to stay close to him. It seemed like a somewhat childish and even a little naive thought. After all, no matter how many important moments they had lived through years ago, things always tend to change, but it was still a feeling trapped in her heart.
Minato went to Sakumo the following morning and took Yamato and Naruto to the Hokage's office.
"So that's Kakashi-sensei's father? They really do look alike... I wonder if Kakashi actually looks like that behind that stupid mask?"
Naruto could not help making comments. He certainly had no shame in saying what he thought, not even in front of the village leadership. Even though Sakumo was not the official Hokage, with the position still vacant, everyone had to respect him.
But Sakumo did not get irritated by those comments and merely showed a smile.
"So you came from the future, son of your Fourth Hokage...? And how is Kakashi over there?" Sakumo asked curiously after intertwining his hands beneath his chin and analyzing the two men from the other world, something Minato had already reported. As crazy as it sounded, he accepted it well.
Even so, he was still curious about some parts of what he had heard from Minato.
"Kakashi-sensei became a splendid jōnin known throughout the world! He has already saved me and trained me many times so I could become stronger! He is a companion I trust with my life!" Naruto said enthusiastically.
"Yes, Kakashi-san became a great and respected ninja in our world!" Yamato said right after him.
Minato remained silent, despite some thoughts about Kakashi's training of Naruto, which seemed somewhat negligent while he always focused much more on Sasuke. But he was not there to judge anyone.
"Anyway, they will be operating in the village for now. There is no reason to restrict or hide them," Minato said, since that would not have a butterfly effect in this world. So it was better to let them live in the village like normal citizens.
Sakumo listened attentively and patiently. He had already discussed this a lot with Minato when he returned from Rōran to explain the situation.
Sakumo seemed very worried about this at first, since he feared that it could affect their world because they came from another dimension. But everything seemed fine, even though they had come from something like that and with a second Nine-Tails coexisting on the same plane... Or rather one and a half... But the fact that they had not caused any disturbance showed that everything was fine for now. After all, the two Kuramas had already met, and the Rikudou himself somewhere between the planes of this world would have interfered if the world had been in danger...
Sakumo nodded after that. There was no reason to neglect it.
"So you're going to train them?" Sakumo asked Minato, who nodded.
"Yes."
"Well, alright then. I'll respect your choices and that is your wish," Sakumo said, knowing that Minato had spoken about his intention to keep the boy there for training.
Even though he could send him to another world, he thought it would be better for Naruto to return stronger when their world was so chaotic. And Minato could teach him many things, even if it was only for a few months.
"Very well then. I'll temporarily place your records as two secret members of the former Root. That should work for now."
Obviously, using Danzō and his secret organization was also valid after his downfall.
"With that, we'll be going then. Thank you, Sakumo," Minato said.
"Of course, Minato. Make your future son strong. Just don't try to make him control the fox inside him in the middle of the village, please," he said with a smile, while Naruto shivered slightly.
"Don't worry about that. When we have to deal with Kurama, I'll do it at Mount Myōboku or on the other continent," Minato said with a smile, while seeing Naruto's shocked expression.
Kurama might very well be inside a forest in Naruto's mental plane right now, but he would still have to deal with her.
In any case, Minato took them directly home, where they found Tsuna talking with a little boy. Immediately, Yamato noticed, staring in shock at the 8-year-old version of himself from that world.
Raccoon Here:
I think I made a mistake with Yamato's age. There is actually a bigger age gap between Kakashi and Yamato than I thought, around 4 or 5 years. I'm going to keep it at 2 years to make a subtle change, since Yamato never had a team and I was treating him as being the same age as the others. But it doesn't make sense when Kakashi is his senpai...
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