Hidden Emperor Of The Naruto World

Seeing the Anbu leave, Tsume exclaimed "Minato is far ahead of us. Even if he says he will not grow stronger, it did not mean that he will not be more skilled. We have to train our ȧss off if we want to at least have a chance to catch up to him"

"Right dattebane! We can't let him be the strongest all our life!"

"You're both right, but we can't be too harsh on ourselves, after all, we have progressed by leaps and bounds since we came to know him" Interjected Mikoto wisely.

Hearing that, Tsume and Kushina fell deep in thoughts. It's true that so many things happened since encountering him, that they did not really saw their progress, with Minato always being far ahead of them.

Thinking back of all the times passed with Minato, Tsume had a look of reminiscence.

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Tsume was busy doing some last minutes revisions before the small exam of today at the academy, when suddenly

"Ooooh, oi, that's a nice dog that you have!"

She was startled out of her thoughts and look up to see Minato. She was surprised that he was talking to her. Despite being in the same class for one week, he never said anything to her before.

Registering what he said, she raised her eyebrows in surprise and took her dog from the table into her arms, while looking at him proudly "It's my ninken, Kuromaru"

"Oh, so you're from that shinobi clan, the Inuzukas"

She was going to answer yes when she was interrupted by Kaito "Oi Minato, what are you doing with dog breath? Come here, we were talking of who had the biggest chance to become the next Hokage. Who do you think it will be?"

Hearing that Tsume fumed, and she looked angrily at Minato. 'I knew it, there was no way that someone as popular as him will talk to me if it's not to insult me'

Since day one, not a lot of people were willing to talk to her because of the dog smell that permeated her body, with her being always with Kuromaru, adding the fact that she lived in a place where dogs are everywhere.

Instead of the insults she expected, she saw that Minato frowned and shot a dissatisfied look at his friend. He then turned around and smiled to her "Just ignore this guy, he has no tact at all. So, what's your name?"

She was a bit perplexed at what happened, this guy always ignored her when Keito insulted her but here he was talking to her casually, and even sitting next to her despite the smell. She regained her senses soon enough, and answered him fast, not willing to lose a chance to have a friend that doesn't mind her smell.

"I'm Tsume Inuzuka"

"I'm Minato Namikaze, I think we were destined to meet, Tsume!"

"Destined?" Inquired Tsume, not understanding from where it came from.

Minato just smiled "Do you wanna turn the classroom upside down with me?"

"Huh? The classroom?"

"Your pranks are pretty renown between us students, so if we join hands, I think we could become the best in this class!" Answered Minato, gesturing grandly with his hands.

"Joining hands for pranks? Why would I do that?" Tsume was at loss for words. Pranks are made to be done alone, the more people, the higher the chance to be caught red-handed.

"Like I said, to turn the classroom upside down! Alright, let's plan for our first joined prank, Tsume!"

"And then, the guy said "Impossible, how can it be you, Johnny?""

Tsume laughed, everyday Minato(clone) tells her a new joke, so she was never tired of hearing them, and more that one time thought of where did all his imagination came from.

They were leaving the academy, having just finished today lessons. She was going to ask him if he was willing to train with her this evening when they were interrupted by someone.

"Uhm, Minato, why do you hang out with Tsume and not me, I'm more beautiful than her and I put the best perfume in Konoha"

Hearing that, Tsume complexion sunk. This girl Yoshino and she had nothing to do with each other, but here she came and tries to snatch Minato by belittling her.

She did not explode directly but wait for Minato's answer. Even if she often acts tough, all those piled-up insults took a toll on her self-esteem, so she was already imagining Minato ditching her to hang out with this girl, which she admitted was more beautiful than her. She even heard Minato saying that Yoshino was beautiful the other day.

Instead of the yes that she expected, Minato just shot a look at Yoshino with the corner of his eyes "Who are you and where are you from? Go away" Making a shooing gesture, he grabbed her hand and dragged her away.

"Let's go train Tsume, today is a good day for shuriken training!"

Instead of following obediently, Tsume exploded "Why did you say that? You know her, I heard you talk with your friends the other time, you even said that Yoshino was one of the most beautiful girls in the class. Why are you lying like that?"

She saw Minato looking around, her outburst attracted quite a lot of people. He forcefully took her hand and dragged her to his home, not saying anything the whole traject. Even when she tried to shake him off, he didn't let go of her hand, so she let herself be dragged.

Only after entering did he spoke again.

"She is beautiful? Hm, yeah, in the future, she will become one hell of a woman"

Hearing that, Tsume heart sunk.

"But even so what? I don't care about her at all. It's just her body that is beautiful, so why should I bother to try to remember her name. For me, she is merely a beautiful bag of flesh that could be used when she grows to relieve my stress. I don't need to know her name to do that, all I have to ask her and she will do it willingly. You're far more interesting to hang out with."

Looking into her eyes, he declared "For me, you're more beautiful than her Tsume. I wouldn't hang out with you if I was only looking for physical beauty."

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Just remembering that one time can make her shudder. The intensity of his gaze made her speechless.