Naruto looked at Minato with a surprised look as he took half-a-step back "Y-you," Naruto said

"Yeah... me," Minato said as he sighed

"So what are you doing here? Here to kill me?" Naruto asked as he looked at Minato's foothold. Naruto noticed that Minato had a relaxed stance and seemed to be slouching "No, Naruto, why would I kill my son?" Minato asked as Naruto shook his head

"Naw... no way. I don't believe this, not one bit," Naruto replied as Minato took out a kunai. Naruto flinched as he raised his arms, Minato doing the same. But Naruto was surprised when Minato brought it up to his face and started to drag the kunai across his face. Minato gritted his teeth as he made whisker marks on his own cheeks. When Minato was done, Naruto saw three bleeding whisker marks on each of Minato's cheeks "B-Believe me now?" Minato asked as Naruto froze

"M-my kami," Naruto whispered as he lowered his guard, "h-how could this be?"

"Well, you want the whole story or a summary?"

"I-I don't care,"

"Well, it started when your mother and I got brick-faced after our secret wedding a-"

"Alright! Not that!" Naruto shouted as he shivered, "P-please... not that,"

"Oh ri~~ght," Minato replied as he scratched the back of his head nervously, "way to go, Minato, already giving your son flash-backs," Minato whispered

"Do you... do you know?" Naruto asked as Minato looked back at him. Minato looked down at the ground and nodded "Sadly," Minato replied as he slowly got down on his knees and bowed, "please, Naruto... forgive me,"

"Hm?" Naruto grunted

"Forgive me Naruto, for being such a terrible father. I'm sorry for everything that has happened. I'm sorry... I'm sorry that I gave you such a shit life," Minato asked as he started to cry. Naruto looked down at his former idol. The man he looked up to when he was a foolish child. The man who single-handedly stopped the 3rd Great Ninja War, crying on the ground, begging his son for forgiveness. Naruto slowly walked toward Minato and looked down. He knelt down as he extended his hand and touched Minato's shoulder saying: "Where were you... all these years? Why show up now?"

"I-I wa- w-we were dead," Minato replied

"We?" Naruto asked

"Y-your mother and I. W-we were inside the seal somehow, I-I can't e-explain it. T-the Shinigami, i-it did something," Minato said as Naruto gulped

"W-who's my mother?" Naruto asked

"Kushina... my name's Kushina," said a woman's voice as Naruto turned around and saw Kushina with a small smile on her face

"K-Kaa-san?" Naruto asked as she nodded

"Yes, sweetheart," Kushina replied as Naruto saw her approach him. She looked up at him with a tear in her eyes as she reached up and touched his scar "My, kami... y-you've been through hell," Kushina whispered as she started crying, "Why wasn't I there? W-why couldn't I just pushed you out of the way instead of taking the hit? W-why didn't I just... think?" Kushina continued as she wrapped her arms around him and cried into his chest. Naruto flinched again, albeit very little, as he looked down at Minato and Kushina. Naruto took several glances between the two as he grew a small smile on his face and wrapped his arms around Kushina "I forgive you... I forgive you both," Naruto said as Minato looked at up Naruto as Kushina cried even harder. Once everyone was done, Kushina was drying up her tears and asked: "S-so, I heard I have a grandbaby?"

"Oh! Right, Minako," Naruto said as Minato nodded

"Minako, nice name you came up with," Minato said as Kushina scoffed

"You only like it because it sounds like you," Kushina commented

"N-no... maybe... okay, fine," Minato said as Naruto sighed

"Well I better be on my way to the Uchiha Hideout," Naruto said as he started walking

"What's at the Uchiha Hideout?" Minato asked

"Itachi and his little brother are gonna fight each other... Itachi plans on losing... and more than you think," Naruto replied

"W-wait, why are Itachi and Sasuke fighting?" Kushina asked as Naruto turned to look at her

"How did you know his name?"

"I was there when she delivered him, Sasuke's mother, Mikato. Speaking of, how is she?"

"She's dead... along with a majority of the clan," Naruto said

"WHAT?!" Minato and Kushina shouted

"There were killed by Itachi... the real reason, I've got no clue. But most people say that Itachi went mad, I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's far from insane," Naruto explained as he walked

"Urgh, why do I have the feeling that the old War Hawk was behind it?" Minato asked

"Danzo and Orochimaru are also dead. Tsunade Senju is Hokage... and Pervy-Sage is," Naruto said as he pulled out the scroll Konohamaru gave him, "Pervy-Sage is missing,"

"Tsunade, huh? Hope she doesn't spend the entire civilian budget o-... never mind, hope she does spend the entire civilian budget on casino's and sake," Minato said as Kushina smirked

"So, the war-hawk and snake are dead. Serves them right... but Jiraiya missing, that's very bad. Very, very bad," Kushina commented as Naruto continued walking.

Unknown Time Later:

"Sorry, brats, but Sasuke is only allowed passed this point," Kisame said as he stopped Sasuke's group

"W-what?" Karin asked

"You heard me, Itachi's orders," Kisame replied as Sasuke scoffed

"Of course he would... you all stay here... I don't want you getting in my way," Sasuke ordered

"B-but, Sasuke!" Karin shouted

"Shut-up," Sasuke replied as Karin shivered, "stay here with the rest of them,"

"O-okay," Karin replied as Sasuke walked passed Kisame and his rock. Kisame looked at the small group as while squatting on the rock. A few seconds passed as Suigetsu cracked his neck with a smirk "Kisame... Hoshigaki Kisame, the user of the great sword, The Samehada,"

"So you know of me?" Kisame asked with a smirk of his own, sending shivers down Karin's back. Jugo looked at Karin as her face became pale "Karin? Are you alright?" Jugo asked as Karin held her stomach

"N-no, I-I think I'm go- BLAH!" Karin said as she vomited

"Oh, come on! Way to ruin the moment!" Suigestu said as Kisame shrugged

"Seen one person vomit you've seen them all," Kisame said as he watched Karin vomit

"You've been feeling weird since we stopped at that bar 2 months ago, you know that?" Suigestu said

"I've been getting this strange feeling from her since then, but I don't know what," Jugo said as Suigestu turned back to Kisame

"Now where was I... AH! YES! Did you forget who I am?" Suigetsu asked as Kisame shook his head

"Nope, from the moment you came here, I could tell that you were Mangetsu's little brother," Kisame replied, "and you got Zabuza's sword on your back,"

"Hmph, you got that right!"

"*Sigh* If Zabuza could see this now... he'd be laughing his ass off," Kisame said as he smirked

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me! The way you hold it now is reason enough to laugh. You carry no pride along with no killing intent!" Kisame said

'He's right, even when he's relaxed I'm sensing that he would gladly kill me,' Suigestu thought as he froze. Kisame also froze as he looked back at the trio. Everyone was looking at one another... well, more like they were looking at something else. Kisame grabbed the hilt of his sword as Suigestu did the same. At the same time, they both asked: "There's something behind me? Isn't there?" and they all nodded. Swinging their swords behind them, Suigestu's sword was broken into many pieces while Kisame's sword smacked something. Suigestu looked up as he saw Naruto with a smirk on his face "you have something that doesn't belong to you, ya know that?" Naruto asked as Suigestu gulped. Kisame looked up as he saw Pickle with a large smile on his face "H-holy hell you're huge," Kisame said as he saw Pickle sniffing Samehada, "h-hey, what are you doing?!"

'Smells like that large fish with teeth,' Pickle thought, 'finally... some food,'. Pickle then grabbed Samehada as he raised it to his mouth. Samehada wriggle and writhe as it seemed to poke Pickle. Pickle dropped it in surprise as Kisame vanished and appeared in a tree "W-what the hell?" Kisame and Suigestu said as Naruto and Pickle looked at each other

"This is a surprise,"

'This is a surprise,'

[Hope you enjoyed the chapter and sorry it took so long to make.]