I think this art is adorable. I can totally see this happening if Naruto's parents had survived. Do you guys think so?

Thanks for reading.

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"Eh, what the hell." She thought before jumping at him.

Seeing her overly-obvious attack, he quickly blocked, only for her to disappear in a puff of smoke.

"Clones, eh?" He smirked. This would be fun.

They came at him from all angles, and he was barely able to block the shurikens they threw. He thanked whoever was watching over him that he was able to and quickly took care of all the clones. As the last one disappeared he saw Naruto standing on a faraway branch. She looked conflicted. While she was distracted he crept up behind her.

"Behind you," Kurama warned the girl.

She quickly twisted around and blocked the hand he was going to use to knock her out.

"Am I really so special that you were going to knock me out rather than just get me to concede?" She joked as they traded blows, though Minato had taken an exponentially smaller amount than she had at this point. How was she still even standing, much less fighting?

She seemed to see his attacks before he even knew what he was going to do. She didn't have any visual jutsu that he knew of, and he didn't know of anything else that could do that. She must have immense speed. Maybe more than Kakashi.

He realized that the reason she was taking so many hits was that she wasn't on defense at all. She was solely focused on offense.

"Brute force, huh? She has the speed to be a stealth ninja, but not the strength to be a brute force attacker. Unless..." His train of thought was slowly derailed as he was punched in the face. She was holding back, pulling her punches. He could tell by the way she hit him. She could take any hit, and probably hit back with twice as much force, but she was holding back right now. Why?

They continued like this for quite a while. Somehow, Naruto was still awake and fighting, though she was still taking the brunt of all of his attacks. She continued to fight with the same passion and energy she had begun with. She reminded him a lot of Kushina in that way. Her seemingly endless amounts of energy and stamina.

He noticed that she had not used any jutsu except the Clone Jutsu at the beginning of their fight. With all the chakra she had, she had to be able to do some exceptional jutsu. So why wasn't she using them?

As both of them reared back for another round he held up his hand in surrender.

"I think I have a good idea of what you can do and how you will fit into our team." He called out, making her stop her attack. When she heard what he had said, she immediately fell onto the branch she had been standing on, exhausted.

He swiftly picked her up and carried her back to the group.

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Kakashi waited anxiously as the fight began. This wouldn't last long. Even though she seemed to have quite a good aim with her kunai, Minato-sensei was far to fast to be hit by one. He had not seen her ninjutsu, but her taijutsu had been unexceptional.

Minato ran to the tree Naruto had just been thrown into and Kakashi assumed the battle was over. She was done for. So much for being able to watch a match. But when the smoke cleared around the tree their sensei was revealed, attempting to cut himself free from a trap that had been set for him, and Naruto was nowhere in sight.

He realized then what she had done. She had taken the hit on purpose to lure him into a trap. Minato's nature would just make him run to make sure his student was alright, and she knew that and took advantage of it. Smart.

He finally got free and cut himself loose. He then did a quick check around the perimeter of the clearing. Seeming to find nothing, he placed his hand on the ground. Minato quickly rose his head and ran to the other side of the clearing, slowing down as he entered the trees, remembering what had happened last time he ran in blind.

Kakashi had assumed wrong when he had thought the fight would be fast. He heard a few noises that sounded like bombs, or maybe just people hitting each other with a lot of force. After a while he sat down, followed by Obito and Rin. They all watched in anticipation, though Kakashi refused to show it.

Quite a time after that, all sounds of battle stopped and soon Minato came out of the trees carrying an unconscious Naruto in his arms. He didn't know why, but he hated the sight of her bloody and bruised.

Maybe it was just because he had found her like that, but worse, when training one day and didn't want to see anyone in that bad a condition. He accepted this as the reason, for there was no other explanation possible.

"What did you do, knock her out?" Obito asked, worry seeping into the cocky voice.

"No, she fought so long and hard she collapsed from exhaustion the moment I called off the match." Their sensei explained.

"Oh." He replied lamely.

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I know, short, slightly filler chapter-esque, but I didn't want to force it anymore by dragging on the scene. Thank you.

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