História The Lethal Duo(A Naruto Fanfiction) - Chapter 1: The Namikaze Twins

Naruto Namikaze:
"Naruto....Oi! Naruto! Wake up already!" I hear a voice shout and feel myself being shaken gently.

I groan and roll over, pulling my blanket up to cover myself. "Five more minutes, Minashi."

I feel the blanket being removed from me, making me wince once the sun hits my face.

"You already told me that thirteen times, Naruto! Get up! We're gonna be late!" Minashi's voice rings in my ear and then I hear the sound of footsteps walking away.

I sigh. No reason to try and fall asleep now. So, I stand up and wobble my way to the dining room while I squint my eyes, letting it adjust to my surroundings. When my eyesight is back to normal, I grin at the sight of the food on the table. Ramen!

I clap my hands in delight. "Wow! You're the best!" I praise Minashi, who's currently placing the bowls on the table.

She sighs. "Praises won't help us get to school on time, Naruto." She tells me. "Hurry up and take a bath! You only have 40 minutes left or we'll be late for school!" She commands in her usual bossy tone.

"Yeah....yeah...." I say with a roll of my eyes and head for the bathroom. Once I reach it, I close the door and start the bath.

Anyway, I am Naruto Namikaze. Twelve years old. I have blonde spiky hair, blue eyes, tanned skin and whisker marks on my face.

The loud girl in the kitchen is Minashi Namikaze, my twin sister. She has long crimson red hair that reaches up to her thighs. She usually ties it up in a braid to keep it from bothering her though.

Well, to sum it up, Minashi looks a lot like mom, only younger.

Oh! Did I forget to mention that we know who our parents are and pretty much know everything about ourselves? Well...we do. But, that was before a certain something happened.

~Flashback(5 years ago)~

I am walking around the streets, careful not to run into any villagers. They beat me up every time they see me so it would be best if I steer clear of them. I don't know why they do it though.

I had just bought ramen from Ichiraku's so  my sister and I can eat. Luckily the old man there is kind, unlike the other villagers who are so mean.

Minashi doesn't know about the beatings I get though. I've hidden it from her ever since. I would make up excuses just so she won't know. I know she will do everything she can to try and protect me. But I don't want my twin to get hurt just because of me. I don't want to drag her into this. I've already dragged her down with me, far enough.

Now, all I needed is to take one more turn and I would be home. But, one of the villagers sees me and calls the others. I try to run from them but they are too fast. My short legs could not let me go any faster.

Once they catch me, they start to beat me up. I try my best to block out as much hits as I could as they beat me.

"Naruto!" I hear my sister's voice call out to me. No! Minashi!

I can't help but feel worried. She shouldn't have seen me.

"Stay away, Minashi!" I shout to her despite still being beaten up. "If they see you, they'll beat you up too." I add while desperately curling up into a ball because of the pain.

I close my eyes, trying hard to endure. This is nothing. I've been through these things many times. One more will not kill me. They will leave me alone soon.

However, the beatings come to a stop and I hear the villagers start to scream in panic. The screaming continues and I decide to open my eyes and see what's going on.

Just in time, I see the last of the still standing villagers being pulled away from me by a sort of chain - one that glows in gold.

I look around. The villagers are all lying on the ground as chains continue to swirl and whip around, seemingly protecting me.

When the chains disperse, there stands in front of me, is Minashi, looking very worn out.

"Minashi?" I can't help but say. She turns to me, giving me a weak smile and then starts walking toward me. But with just two steps, she falls on her knees.

I immediately support her and she falls unconscious in my arms. I look at her with a smile. I don't know how she did those things with the chains. But I think it's cool.

Breaking away from my thoughts, I fearfully look around as the villagers slowly get up. They'll start beating us up again.

I stand up, carrying Minashi's unconscious form in my arms. She had protected me. Now this time, I will protect her even if it's the last thing I do.

I start running as fast as I can as the villagers start to chase after me. It is very hard to run with Minashi in my arms but I've got to try.

Suddenly, I feel an outburst of energy occur inside of me and before I knew it, I zoom away, leaving the villagers in an instant.

I stop at the village gate and slowly lower Minashi to the ground. My eyesight is getting unusually blurry and I feel very weak. What's happening? I try to keep myself up but I can't. I drop to the ground and then, everything goes black.

~~~

I wake up at the sight of white ceiling right in above of me. I close my eyes again. That's funny. I thought Minashi and I lived in an apartment that has a blue ceiling.

Then, my eyes shot open when I remember everything that happened. I immediately sit up, ignoring the pain of my dizzy head, and look around.

I see Minashi asleep on a bed just across the room - a room that is all white in color. Where are we anyway? The place looks clean and tidy. I know I've never been to this place before.

Suddenly, the doorknob turns, making me get off the bed and take the small knife I find on a tray of fruits in reflex. I immediately go near Minashi who just woke up. Whoever these people are, I won't let them harm my sister.

I pull Minashi behind me protectively and ready myself for a fight. An old man, wearing all white with a tinge of red enters with two ninjas behind him.

"Stay away from us!" I hiss while threateningly slashing at them.

One of the ninja's said, "Whoaw! Calm down kid!", while gesturing me to calm down.

My hands tremble as I hold on to the knife. I'm scared.

"What do you want from us?!" I hiss.

"It's alright, children." The old man says in a very calm tone. "I'm here to help you. Don't worry I won't harm you."

I narrow my eyes at him, observing every move he makes. Should I trust him?

"If you let your men leave, then we will believe you." Minashi says.

I nod in agreement, but my eyes not leaving the old man. I just can't help and feel suspicious. No one has ever offered to help us before. Well, except for the Hokage, whom we had not met, but is sending us money for food and clothes.

"Very well." The old man says as he gestures at the ninjas to go.

The ninjas go out the door, making me sigh in relief and put the knife down.

"Naruto....Minashi....It is so nice to see you again." The old man says, making me and Minashi tense up.

"Who are you? And how do you know us?" Minashi says suspiciously.

But the old man just smiles warmly, not at all affected by Minashi's tone. "I am the Third Hokage." He says. "But you can call me gramps."

"You are the Hokage?" I say. "You're the one who sends money to us?"

"Yes. My dear children." He says, looking at us with kind and caring eyes, a look Minashi and I had never ever seen from most of the villagers. "The two ninjas who were with me a while ago are the ones who found you unconscious on the ground and brought you to me. I immediately recognized you and had you brought to the hospital."

"Thank you.." Minashi says. "..for all the help you have given to us. We would not have survived this long without your help."

"I'm so sorry." He says. "I'm sorry for not being able to provide more. Nor meet with you through all these years. It must seem that I have forgotten you."

"Who are we exactly, Gramps?" I can't help but say.

"What do you mean?" He says, confusion etched on his face. "You are Naruto and Minashi Uzumaki."

"We know that!" Minashi is the one to speak up, standing up and looking at Gramps with her strong and determined eyes. "It's just that we've lived our whole lives not knowing anything about ourselves except our names and that we're orphans. Everybody seems to hate my brother and just a while ago, I saw the people beating him up. But why?! Did he ever do  anything wrong to them?!"

I just stare at Minashi, amazed that she had just spoken that way to a grown man without hesitation. She has always been the serious one of us two.

"I'm sorry." Gramps says, sighing. "I hid the truth from you, thinking that it would harm you. But now, I will tell you everything."

~End of Flashback~

Gramps told us all about Mom, Dad, the kyuubi inside me and more. After knowing the truth, Minashi and I were  very surprised. But in time, we recovered and decided to have our surname changed to Namikaze.

Gramps had explained to us that it might be dangerous. Our Father was the fourth Hokage and our mother was a strong kunoichi. And the enemies they had made might come after us. But Minashi and I had our decision fixed. Now is not the time to hide.

Gramps also explained to us the weird things that had happened to us that very day. The golden chains Minashi had, and my speed. It seems we had unlocked our Bloodline Limit.

Minashi inherited the Uzumaki and Namikaze Bloodline Limit from both Mom and Dad. She can wield the chakra chains and has the Namikaze speed. While I only inherited the Namikaze Bloodline Limit from Dad, which gives me speed.

I also know that the kyuubi is sealed into me. Dad was the one who did it. He saved the village but also lost his life when he did. I sigh at the thought. If only he and mom were still alive. Minashi and I, would be very happy.

Anyway, about my sister. She always acts superior on me. It's like she's my mother or something. But, she knows what she's doing most of the time, so I got used to it and obey her.

Also, by the age of ten, Minashi and I were strong enough to raise our ranks as ninja. Minashi as jounin, and me as a chunin. And that is exactly what we did but decided to let only a few people know. After all, we are still kids.

As for how we got so good at such a short time, Gramps assigned to us some ninjas that could train us. Iruka-sensei and Ibiki are two of many more. They are really good ninjas. Very skilled indeed.

Anyway, as of now, Minashi and I, are in a mission to work undercover. So, we were enrolled to the academy in order to fish out a traitor among the teachers. Rumor has it that there is one. For the sake of the mission, we changed our surname back to Uzumaki so we can avoid unwanted attention.

Minashi and I always work together on missions. Gramps knows that we are strong when we are together. So, he seldomly sends us to missions without one another. I know very well that without my sister, I would be a bow without an arrow - useless. The same goes for her, I think.

"NARUTO!" I hear Minashi yell, pounding at the bathroom door. I almost jumped, startled by her.

"What?!" I yell back in annoyance while calming myself.

I hear her heave a sigh before saying, "You've been in the bathroom for twenty minutes! I thought I told you to hurry up!"

"I am hurrying!" I yell as I continue taking a bath in a much faster pace. I don't wanna mess with my sister. She goes all meanie once you get her started. And she could go the whole day until you make it up to her.

Then, in a few moments, I go out the bathroom and rush to my room to get dressed.

Minashi Namikaze:
All I can do is sigh at my brother's snail-like behavior. There is nothing else I can do anyway. I have to put up with it everyday.

He goes out his room all dressed up in his orange clothes. I can't help but smirk a bit. He really hates wearing these orange clothing but since his role in this undercover mission is a stupid pupil who likes orange, he has to endure it for now.

However, I can say the same about myself. Instead of my usual, neatly braided hair, I had it on a messy bun. And instead of being usually well groomed and smart, I let myself look like I'm haggard and seem to not have time to groom myself.

I am wearing a loose gray T-shirt and then some trousers I got from my brother's clothes. And then, ninja sandals.

Naruto dumps himself on a chair opposite to mine. "Stop smirking, Minashi." He says, giving me an unimpressed look. "This is only for the mission. And you should look at yourself before you start smirking at me."

I give him a pout. "Hey. At least I'm not the one wearing orange clothes." I tell him. "And besides I was enjoying myself." I say teasingly.

He rolls his eyes good-naturedly. "Whatever, Minashi." He says and then starts eating.

Then, three knocks on the door makes me stand up immediately and head to the door, leaving Naruto to eat. I try to make out the chakra signature of the person behind the door. I sense his chakra is calm and refined. An Anbu, no doubt.

So, I put on my emotionless face as I open the door. True enough, an Anbu stands on my porch. He immediately bows down when he sees me, acknowledging my presence. I bow back, greeting him a good morning.

"Lady Minashi..." His deep voice says as he now gets up. I can now see that he is wearing a white mask with swirling designs adorning it. And then he wears black clothing. A typical Anbu. It is said they no longer own their lives. They had pledged it to the village. If their mission is to die for the village, they would willingly do it. It's quite sad, really.

"What is it?" I ask calmly in a serious tone.

He hands me a scroll. "Lord Hokage sent me to give you this." He says, voice slightly muffled by his mask. But I still hear it clearly, nonetheless. "He says you'll know what to do from then on." He adds.

I nod. "Thank you." I say and he immediately vanishes in a puff of smoke, not even saying a your welcome.

I close the door and walk back to the dining room. "Gramps sent you a mission." I say, reading Naruto's name on the scroll.

"What is it?" He replies, mouth full of food.

I sweat-drop. Sometimes, I just doubt if he's really my twin brother.

Then, I brush the thought off. "I dunno. Probably something that would fortify our cover." I say as I hand him the scroll. I did not read the contents. I will know it later anyway.

I can see Naruto smirking as he reads the scroll, making me sigh. If he's smirking like that, it probably means he'll enjoy doing this mission. And what's more enjoyable to him, than acting dumb in front of those people who do not know our rank?

Then, in a few minutes, we finish getting ready and head off to school, both wearing our backpacks.

While we are halfway to the academy, Naruto stops. "Go on, Sis. I have a mission to do." He tells me with a wicked smile.

I give him a nod and he leaps away, heading to who knows where. While I continue my pace, walking to the academy.

~~~

I arrive at the classroom, seven minutes late. I could hear Iruka's voice inside and it only tells me he's started the discussion. I open the door slowly, trying not to get anyone's attention. Unfortunately, the door creaked really loud and all attention is pinned to me. Crud.

Iruka-sensei stops his discussion and turns to me. "Minashi! You're late! Again!" He says, sounding angry.

But I see in his eyes a glint of amusement. He is one of a few people who know that Naruto and  I are undercover and he's enjoying himself as my teacher as of now.

"Yeah. Yeah. Sorry about that." I tell him with a shrug. "I'll be more earlier next time." I add and then head for my seat.

Iruka-sensei can enjoy himself as my superior all he wants. In truth, my rank may be higher than his but I respect him all the same. He is a very good ninja.

"Where is your brother?" Iruka-sensei asks.

"Don't know." I reply lifelessly. "Don't care. He left the house before I did."

Suddenly, the door flings open and two ninjas whom I'm not quite familiar with, enter.

"Iruka-san! Naruto has desecrated the faces of the Hokages on the Hokage Mountain!" One of the ninjas yells. I had to do everything in my power to stop myself from smirking at the priceless looks on their faces.

"WHAT?!!!" Iruka-sensei yells as he left, running with the two ninjas.

All of my classmates turned to me, looking like they blame me or something. It's probably because Naruto is my brother.

"What?" I ask them with a raise of an eyebrow.

"You know why, Minashi." Ino says in a girly tone, crossing her arms and looking at me accusingly. "You know Naruto is stupid and you are his sister. Why don't you stop him from doing stupid things?"

That seems to make me angry. Nobody calls my brother stupid. Only I can do that. However, I know better than to argue with the likes of her so I keep my anger bottled inside. It's not worth it.

"I don't really care, Ino." I tell her. "He's my brother, yes. But I don't think that makes me responsible for the things he's done nor the things he might do."

"It does, Minashi." Sakura is the one to say, still looking at me the way Ino is. I do everything in my power to stop myself from rolling my eyes. Why can't they just leave me alone? "You are related to him. And that makes him your responsibility."

"Whatever." I say in a bored tone. "I'm getting bored with all this chitchat so just leave me alone and go mind your own girly businesses." I tell them sharply.

This seems to hurt them. Ino is about to walk toward me but Sakura stops her. "Leave her be, Ino." She says, glaring at me. "Someone like her will never understand."

If only you knew. I can't help but think. I understand more than anyone here ever will.

Once the two girls leave me alone, I decide to rest my head on my desk, closing my eyes and concentrate on my surroundings.

In about twenty minutes, I sense Iruka-sensei come back inside the classroom, dragging a tied up person along with him. I don't raise my head though. I still have it rested on my arms.

I recognize the chakra signature of the tied up person. I could recognize it anywhere - my brother.

If I know better, Naruto can undo those ropes in no time. But, since we're undercover, he just have to bear with it.

"Naruto! Why do you have to give me such a hard time?!" Iruka-sensei exclaims. "Why can't you sit in my class and behave?! Your graduation is coming up tomorrow and you are acting this way!"

"If your lessons aren't so boring, I would be listening to you! Believe it!" Naruto retorts.

"That's it!" Iruka-sensei says angrily. "Everyone, we'll do a review on the Transfigure Technique! Fall in line!"

Mostly everyone complains and blames Naruto. In fact, only Hinata and I, aren't blaming Naruto. That Hyuuga heiress had her eyes on my brother ever since we were enrolled to the academy. It would seem she has a little crush on him. I don't mind. I like her for my brother anyway.

I sense everyone starts to form a line but I don't get up yet. This is part of the mission - to act like I'm someone who doesn't care about the world.

However, I sense someone come near me and gives me a little push - the arrogant Uchiha. It seems he is kind enough to care about me missing the review.

I raise my head, feigning sleepiness. I then turn to him with a raised eyebrow. "What do you want, Uchiha?" I ask with a fake but convincing yawn. "And it better be good."

He looks at me, seemingly amused by the way I'm acting. Who knew that the ever arrogant Uchiha is amused by these kind of things. "Iruka says we have to review the Transfigure Technique." He says calmly. "No thanks to your idiotic brother." He adds.

I roll my eyes at him. "Yeah. Yeah." I say, not really caring. "Blame him all you want, Uchiha. I don't care." I get up, making my way to the front. I even pretend to wobble to and fro. That's what people who had just awoken would do, right?

~~~

"Sakura Haruno!" Iruka-sensei calls.

And here I am, criticizing him a bit. I just don't get it. Why does he keep on calling our names when we have already fallen in line? I mean, what's the purpose of it?

"Sasuke Uchiha."

I sigh, getting tired of observing things. My turn is not after Naruto's. So, I decide not to pay attention until it's Naruto's turn.

~~~

Naruto steps up, does the necessary hand sign and yells, "Transfigure!"

In a puff of smoke, Naruto transforms into a nude girl, only smoke covering the private parts. I sigh, looking at my twin in disbelief, as Iruka-sensei falls over in a nosebleed. I knew he would do something like this.

"HOW DARE YOU DO THIS IN MY CLASS!!!" Iruka-sensei yells at Naruto once he recovers from his nosebleed.

But, I know he's just trying to cover up for  the embarrassment he had, having a nosebleed like that. He continues lecturing Naruto about doing pranks and other wrong things.

Naruto, however, doesn't listen to a thing Iruka-sensei says. He just walks back to his seat, not even minding our classmates that are glaring at him.

And I can't help but admire him. He is really good at this undercover stuff.

"Okay." Iruka-sensei says, clearing his throat and letting Naruto off for now. "Let's move on. Minashi Uzumaki." He calls my name.

I step in front, do a hand sign and transform into Gramps. I decide not to flunk this one. I've had enough flunking in this class anyway.

"Well what do you know.." Iruka-sensei says, nodding and taking note of my success. "..it seems someone's been practicing at home. Good job, Minashi."

I smile at him and then head to my seat. Once I reach it, I resume resting my head on the desk.

Sasuke Uchiha:
I would steal glances at Minashi's arched back whenever no one is looking. She is sitting right in front of me, so glancing would not be a problem.

The whole period and even the next one, she has her head rested on her arms. I don't know if she's even listening to the teacher's discussions. I'm guessing she's asleep.

Quite lazy, really. But despite that, I still find her quite amusing in her own way. She's  better than those girls who fangirl over me. They're just plain annoying. Her? She's not girly at all and that makes her ten times better.

Minashi Namikaze:
The day goes on. More of Naruto's pranks and fake stupidity takes place in the classroom. And Iruka-sensei discusses something in class, which I didn't bother to listen to since I already know those things.

I just spent most of my time in the classroom, resting my head on my desk or staring out of the window, as I am sitting right beside it. Could this day get any boring?

Once classes are over, Iruka-sensei dismisses the class, but makes me and Naruto stay behind. And then, when everyone is gone, all three of us sneak off to the Hokage tower.

There, Gramps greets us with his grandfatherly smile. "Children, how was your day?" He asks, stopping all his work just to listen to us.

"It was fun!" Naruto says with a wide grin. "I got to do plenty of pranks on everyone. And I accidentally spilled red pain all over one ninja's face. You should have seen it, Gramps. It was so funny!" He says excitedly, laughing at the last part.

Gramps chuckles at him and then turns to me. "And what about you, Minashi?" He asks. "How was your day?"

I smile at him. "Honestly, it was really boring." I say. "I got so bored that I decided to spend most of the day observing my classmates." I add.  "And unfortunately,  I can tell that only few will make it as true genin. They will graduate tomorrow. But from their assigned instructors, I doubt it. Most of them are not taking it seriously."

Gramps nods. "I see." He says. "Still observant as ever, Minashi."

After that, Gramp's smile disappears and he picks up his pen again to write. This makes all of us to turn serious. That was an indication to start discussing the mission. And it means we need to act all serious. He faces Naruto. "And your solo mission?"

With a smirk, Naruto hands him the mission scroll. "Mission Cover Fortification: Doodle on the Hokage Mountain, Accomplished." He announces.

Iruka-sensei's eyes widen in disbelief, something I had guessed that would happen. "Hokage-sama! You actually sent Naruto to doodle on the Hokage Mountain?!" He asks in disbelief.

"Yes." Gramps replies calmly. "Why?"

"Uh.. I just could not believe it." Iruka-sensei says.

Gramps then lights up his pipe and pauses, seemingly in thought. "Naruto and Minashi will clean the mountain." He says after a few seconds.

"WHAT?!" Naruto exclaims, eyes wide and face contorted into shock. "You can't be serious, Gramps." He whines with a pout.

"Oh but I am, Child." Gramps says with an amused smile. "You and Minashi will clean up. Iruka will supervise."

"But I'm tired." Naruto complains. "And I have something to do back at the house." He turns to me expectantly. "Right Minashi?"

I deadpan at him. "You know very well that I do all the work at home, Brother." I say with a smile.

He crosses his arms, glaring at me. "I hate chu." He says and then pouts, turning back to Gramps. He remains silent after that.

Iruka-sensei chuckles. "What do you say I treat you at Ichiraku's once you're done?" He tells us.

Once those words leave Iruka-sensei's mouth, Naruto instantly brightens and grins ever so energetically. "Deal!" He exclaims and then turns to Gramps. "Well, gotta go, Gramps. We have a mountain to clean up! Believe it!"

Then, without wasting another second, he uses his Namikaze speed to zoom out of the office, leaving Iruka and I standing there.

I sigh, turning to Gramps seriously. "As for the undercover mission.." I say. "I might have found a suspect to whoever had stolen our important scrolls."

"Go on." Gramps says, not sparing me a glance. He continues to write on the papers.

"I believe his name is Mizuki.." I say. "He is a new teacher. He handles our taijutsu lessons. Based on research, he just became a teacher three months ago. And that was the time when the scrolls had gone missing. However, I do not have enough evidence to prove that Mizuki is the one who stole them. It might be a coincidence." I stop speaking right there.

Gramps nods. "I see." He says, now turning to me. "You and your brother are doing very well in this mission. I expect you will succeed?" He asks.

"We have to." I tell him. "If the traitor is not found before he decides to leak out the information he got from the scrolls, it would be a disaster."

He nods and I can see in his eyes that he is proud of the way I had grown up to be. "Thank you, Minashi." He says. "Well, since tomorrow is graduation, that means it is your last day to try and capture the traitor."

"Yes." I reply. "We will do everything we can to find him. Even force him out if time gets desperate."

"Hey hey.." I hear Naruto's voice from behind us, making me turn to him. He stands, leaning on the door. He is sweating so much that he seems to be bathing in his sweat.

"What happened to you?" I ask him as I take a towel from my bag and hand it to him. Eagerly, he takes it from me and starts drying himself with it.

"Oh nothing really, I just finished cleaning up the mountain." He says smugly.

"Whoaww!" Iruka exclaims in wonder; staring out the window, and at the spotless hokage mountain. "That fast? Amazing!"

"Oh don't praise him, Iruka-sensei." I say, turning to my brother who's currently smirking proudly. "It will only make him even more arrogant." I narrow my eyes at him as he turns to comment at what I said. "You had better be sure no one saw you." I tell him before he can say anything.

"Geez, don't worry about it." He says. "I have it all under control. Believe it, Sis."

I sigh and then smile. "Good."

~~~

Naruto Namikaze:
"Naruto.. how did you and Minashi become such skilled ninjas at such a young age?" Iruka-sensei asks, as the three of us sits at Ichiraku's. It seems we are the only customers for now.

"We train a lot." I tell him. "Ever since Gramps told us everything about us, we pushed ourselves to be more than we were; which, at that time, are nobodies."

"I see." He says. "It must be hard to live by yourselves then."

I nod. "That's what Minashi and I thought." I reply with a sad smile. "Especially with the Kyuubi sealed inside me. Everybody hates me and they even beat me up."

Iruka-sensei doesn't say anything. He looks as if he is deep in thought. So, I decide to lighten up his mood. "Luckily Minashi and I have you!." I tell him with a wide grin. "..and Gramps, and all the other people who are acknowledging my existence. You made my life a whole lot better." I say proudly. "Thank you, Iruka-sensei."

This makes him smile and look at me with eyes so full of emotion. But, I'm not the type of person who can tell what a person feels just by looking their eyes; so, I can't tell what emotions he's feeling. Probably happiness or something.

Suddenly, Minashi pinches my side, making me turn to her with the meanest glare I can give her. I can't help it. My sister's got a crab-like pinch. And man! That hurts so bad!

I was about to yell at her but didn't get to when I see the look of emergency in her eyes.

"Mizuki, eight o'clock." She says in a whisper. But it is loud enough for only me to hear.

Minashi Namikaze:
After I said that, Naruto immediately turns to Iruka-sensei. "Say Iruka-sensei! Can I borrow that head protector of yours?" He says, sounding like a child begging for candy.

I can't help but smile. Naruto is really fast when it comes to changing his behavior.

But Iruka-sensei raises an eyebrow, confusion evident on his reaction. "Head Protector?" He asks.

Sensing Mizuki nearing, I immediately do a last minute gesture to Iruka, hoping he would get it. And then, without wasting time, I turn to the opposite direction; eating my ramen in a slow pace and acting like I don't care about what Naruto and Iruka are talking about.

Fortunately, Iruka-sensei gets the point. "Oh this? Oh! No.. no.. You have to graduate in order to get one of these." He says, playing along with our façade.

"If it isn't Iruka-san and the Uzumaki twins." I hear Mizuki's voice say in a calm manner.

I turn around, along with Iruka and my brother, although I did the turning in an uninterested manner.

"Mizuki-sensei!" Naruto says energetically.

I turn back to my ramen, acting like I'm no longer interested with the things about to occur. "What brings you three here?" Mizuki asks.

"Oh! Iruka-sensei treated us for a good job, cleaning the Hokage Mountain." I hear Naruto reply.

"I see." Mizuki says. "Still uninterested as ever, Minashi?" He adds, probably turning to me now. But I don't say anything and just continue eating.

"Oi! Lazy sister! Mizuki-sensei's talking to you." Naruto yells at me.

I turn to Mizuki, sparing him a bored glance. "Oh hey, Mizuki-sensei." I say in a lifeless tone and then turn back to my ramen.

Mizuki just chuckles at what I did. "My my.." He says in an amused tone. "Okay then.. I'll leave you guys now. Tomorrow is graduation and I have so much plans for it." He seems to emphasize the word plan, as what I have noticed.

And with that, Mizuki leaves. Iruka and Naruto turn back to their ramen and starts eating it all off. I have finished mine already so I just wait for them. After eating, we go our separate ways and head home