Naruto : Minato back to the past

"From today on, you are a jonin."

Hearing this, Kakashi was startled at first, and then his pupils narrowed slightly.

After a moment, he bowed to Minato and said: "Thank you very much, but..."

"I'm worried that I'm not capable of fulfilling the responsibilities of a jonin right now."

Kakashi explained that if it were his old self, he would have had no hesitation in accepting such an order.

But after that incident, he had begun to doubt himself for a while.

Although Kakashi had untied his mental knot after being persuaded by Minato, his approach to many things was very different from before.

The Jonin was the true core force of a ninja village and represented much more than just strength.

"If you don't try, you will always be stuck in the present," Minato naturally knew the burden in Kakashi's heart.

Indeed, in terms of age, Kakashi, who was only twelve years old, seemed a little young to be a jonin.

But now Konoha needed to promote some outstanding ninjas to serve as jonin.

When Minato formed the Anbu, he had selected some of the village's elites.

The time for the Ninja Academy graduation exam was approaching, and the village would select some jonin to serve as guides for the newly graduated Genin.

Although Kakashi was young, a ninja's talent was not absolutely determined by age.

"Now, the village also needs your strength."

Minato walked up, patted Kakashi on the shoulder, and said: "I believe you can do it. After all, you are my disciple."

Looking at Minato who was smiling in front of him, Kakashi was stunned for a moment, then nodded firmly.

"I'll do my best!"

He didn't want to disappoint his teacher's expectations. What's more, his teacher was already a jonin when he was Kakashi's age.

"Yeah." Minato nodded with satisfaction.

"How's it going? Are you used to the Anbu missions?"

At this time, a short Anbu stood in front of Minato.

"Well, thanks to everyone's care."

Shisui took off the mask, placed it on his head, and spoke with respect.

Hearing this, Minato couldn't help but chuckle and said, "I heard from other Anbu that you did quite well."

Although the young man in front of him was young, there was absolutely no problem with his strength.

With his ability, he could do well wherever he was placed.

"I heard that you have been guiding the training of that little guy from Mikoto's family recently?" Minato asked with a smile.

Shisui nodded and said, "Yes, the clan leader's wife is about to give birth, so the clan leader handed Itachi over to me."

When mentioning Itachi, Shisui's tone changed slightly.

"It's a good choice."

Minato murmured to himself. He had seen Itachi's training with his own eyes; the little guy's talent was definitely not inferior to Shisui and Kakashi.

So although Shisui was not the strongest person in the Uchiha clan after Fugaku and Yoruki, there was no one more suitable to be Itachi's teacher than him.

Fugaku was worthy of being the head of the clan. His vision was indeed extraordinary.

"Itachi also told me that if he has time, he would like Minato-sensei to guide him."

Shisui smiled and said that the new generation of ninjas in Konoha, even kids like Itachi, all admired Minato very much and trained with him as their goal.

Because although Minato's life was shorter than those of other top ninja, it was undoubtedly more exciting and legendary.

"I understand. I will go there when I am free later." Minato naturally did not refuse.

But all this would have to wait until the baby in Kushina's belly was born safely.

"I believe Itachi will be very excited after getting this news." Shisui laughed.

Somewhere in the Land of Fire.

Ripples like water waves appeared on the ground, and huge pitcher plants emerged from them.

"How's it going?"

In front of the pitcher plant, the man in a black robe and mask with his back turned asked.

"There is one thing that I believe you will be very interested in," White Zetsu said with a smile.

"Konoha's Jinchuriki seems to have been pregnant for a long time."

When the masked man, who originally had an indifferent expression in his eyes, heard the news, the scarlet eyes under the mask couldn't help but flicker.

After hesitating for a while, he let out a ferocious laugh: "The opportunity has finally come."

"I remember Madara said that when the Jinchūriki gives birth, the power of the seal will be transferred to the fetus. During childbirth, the seal is also the weakest!"

"So, do you have a plan?" White Zetsu asked.

"Ah."

The masked man responded, "If we don't take this opportunity to get rid of the Yellow Flash, our future plans will be difficult to carry out."

"Now, it's time to go find that guy again."

"The last time you went there, he completely ignored you," White Zetsu said.

The masked man's eyes darkened and he said, "No, this time is different. For that guy, this is a good opportunity for revenge. He will definitely agree."

"Waaah!"

In the delivery room of Konoha Hospital, a clear baby cry was heard.

At this time, Itachi and Fugaku outside the delivery room finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Congratulations, both mother and child are safe."

In the delivery room, medical staff came out and smiled at the two people outside the door.

"Thanks!"

Fugaku and Itachi said together and walked quickly into the delivery room. At this time, Mikoto, lying on the delivery bed, was sweating profusely and her face was pale.

"Mikoto, are you okay?"

Fugaku walked forward, placed his palm on Mikoto's hand, and asked with concern.

"Um."

Mikoto gave him a reassuring look. At this moment, both the husband and wife looked sideways and saw a young medical worker walking towards them holding a newborn boy.

"Sasuke."

The two of them murmured at the same time. The baby, who was currently in the cradle, had skin still wrinkled because he had just been born.

Even so, the baby's delicate features could still be seen, exactly like Mikoto's.

"Waaaah, waaaah!"

Suddenly, little Sasuke burst into tears for no apparent reason.

No matter how the medical staff comforted him, there was still no sign of improvement.

"Okay, Sasuke, stop crying. You are a man of the Uchiha clan!"

At this time, Fugaku frowned and said very seriously.

But this was counterproductive, and Sasuke cried even harder.

"Ahem."

Mikoto wanted to speak out to comfort the child, but she had just given birth and was very weak.

"Can I hold the baby?"

At this time, Itachi stood in front of the young medical staff and asked.

"Sure."

The staff member was already a little panicked, but still slowly handed Sasuke to Itachi.

As soon as he entered Itachi's arms, Sasuke's crying suddenly became much quieter.

"Sasuke, be good and don't cry anymore. Daddy, mommy and brother will all be with you," Itachi coaxed softly, rocking the baby in his arms.

As soon as he finished speaking, little Sasuke stopped crying, and a smile appeared on his tender little face.

"Aa..."

He was babbling, but no one knew what he was saying.

Fugaku and Mikoto, who were standing by, were both stunned when they saw this.

"Itachi, it seems that Sasuke likes you very much. As a brother, you must take good care of him," Mikoto said with a chuckle.

"Yes, I will!"

Itachi nodded, then lowered his eyes to look at the smiling baby in his arms.

The look in his eyes was full of love.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Support me at [email protected]/goldengaruda and check out more than 60 chapter of this or more early access chapter of my other fanfic translation.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~