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Third Person POV
Land of Rain, Year 38.
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"We finally arrived..." Jiraiya commented at the front of the group as he approached the outpost, seeing the distance.
Jiraiya didn't fail to look over all the ninjas and the 12 rescued, noting that the group was smaller than when they entered with five full teams. "It seems we've had some casualties," he sighed as he landed along with all the other ninjas at Konoha's outpost of camp 12.
"It's good to see you again." The Nara, along with other Jonins, came to greet them, since it had been 4 days since they had left.
"Yes... we had to be somewhat careful on our way back..." Jiraiya said as they had passed through the Rain Country with some caution while there was not much pursuit, since Onoki had let them leave and there were not many ninjas following them while they only had to deal with Ame patrol until they got here.
Minato was no fool; he knew what happened, Onoki had closely watched each of their moves, he studied him the entire time and didn't really take the fight seriously, after all, he had many more jutsus that he could have used, but he stuck only to dust release.
Not that Minato was too concerned about it, after all, he had many more secrets than he showed and knew much more about Onoki than the Tsuchikage could imagine.
Jiraiya turned back to his men at this moment. "Let's get things organized here for a while. And you, Minato, you will see along with me. The Nara will continue at the camp." He spoke and everyone nodded, they stayed some time, then at midday, they went to the camp, arriving a while later.
Minato often came here over the months to deliver some reports personally to his sensei. Minato also ended up seeing the training and evolution of Mikoto and Hanabi, and always spent time with them, talking and training.
Jiraiya returned to Minato at this moment. "Today you are off, you don't need to have any duties unless there's some emergency, but I doubt that will happen..." Jiraiya commented. And Minato nodded, stepping out of the group and going to one side after tracking the whole camp with his haki.
Arriving at one side of the camp, while Minato found them on one of the sides with various ninjas training, mainly genins who had just arrived at the war. Many children came to the war every year, each time earlier... something completely wrong with the intention of creating the war.
Minato smiled when he saw Hanabi beginning to train, with a bow and arrow at a tree. She started training with it after he tried to encourage her as much as possible in that style of fighting. Her clan wouldn't be happy about it, but he was willing to support and face them if necessary.
Hanabi released an arrow and looked surprised at Minato after finding him with her Byakugan activated, even though he was coming from behind her. "Minato!" She exclaimed.
"Hello everyone!" Minato smiled at Hanabi and Mikoto who approached him at the next moment, as the three of them began to talk.
"So this is the famous Minato Namikaze... even on the northern border... your deeds are being talked about... It's quite unbelievable that this boy can fight with the famous Hanzo, the demigod of the ninja world..." A man with sharingan was analyzing Minato at this moment, while he was among the sentinel teams by the forest.
Minato even felt the gaze, but was so accustomed to it that he didn't mind while he talked with his companions.
This Uchiha had come from the northern border to bring some reports to the western war and pick up some supplies they might have here, he had a team as well, like Jiraiya, he took 3 students from Minato's class and the others.
"Yes..." Another jonin replied next to the Uchiha along with his team of Chuunins. "The boy is very famous all along the border, everyone knows him after his deeds. He, even with his young age, manages a camp near the Rain Country and every week brings shinobis when he needs to rescue someone on a mission, he is not only powerful but a great leader..." The man said with some pride before continuing. "He will be the future of Konoha... that's what everyone here thinks..." He said with a small smile, for such a promising young man coming in this generation.
"I heard he has the power of a Kage already... that's hard to believe, though I can see his chakra reserves are bigger than all of us combined..." The Uchiha commented.
"Nobody ever asked him directly, but he developed his own jutsus and created an S Rank, while learning another S from the Second Hokage... He can fight against Jinchuuriki and Hanzo himself, this after killing hundreds of Stone ninjas... it's clear he's on a Kage level," the jonin spoke.
"That's hard to believe when we're talking about someone so young..." the Uchiha responded cautiously.
From a distance, Minato began training with his companions, as he and Mikoto started fighting each other, exchanging blows in a taijutsu sparring match.
Meanwhile, one of that Uchiha teacher's students, perched atop a tree, watched Minato from a distance and couldn't help but clench his fist at the sight. This was Gurin Uchiha, who had been in the academy with Minato and always thought he was the strongest among all the children. But as soon as Minato began to stand out in the first year, the gap between them only grew, and Gurin was surpassed by other students by the end of the academy, which was extremely frustrating as his hand tightened more and more.
'Will I always be behind them...' he murmured angrily. It was supposed to be him in this position, after all, he was the one who activated his Sharingan at six or seven years old, he should have been the prodigy of the Uchihas and the village, but now his feats were just a shadow of those who everyone already knows for doing S rank missions, like saving the Daimyo in the Fire Country and other war achievements.
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Besides having a teacher with a huge reputation in Konoha, Minato seemed to have no limit to his evolution, and this caused enormous jealousy in the boy. If Minato knew Gurin's thoughts, he would say that not always learning quickly means that you have great potential, after all, Mikoto was better than him when she graduated from the academy.
They continued to watch until Minato, despite the impressive fight against Mikoto, caught the Uchiha Jonin's interest, as the girl was the daughter of the clan leader. Then Minato finally knocked her down, putting her in a position with him on top, and both ended up in a situation that even Hanabi looked at with a blush, as Minato and Mikoto were so close to each other it seemed they were about to kiss.
Scratching his head, Minato moved away, laughing awkwardly to try to deflect the embarrassment from almost kissing his companion while Mikoto stood up with a flushed face.
'That...' the Uchiha murmured with disapproval, seeing the intimacy they seemed to share, something inappropriate for the daughter of the clan chief. 'The leader needs to know about this immediately.' He stored this information to speak with the clan patriarch.
After the fight, Minato was surrounded by other genin at the site wanting to fight with him after hearing so much about him in this war, while he gave some attention to the young genins and made time to train lightning release with Mikoto and wind release with Hanabi as he helped her incorporate it into her arrows.
At the end of the day, Minato gathered with the two girls and his sensei who accompanied them while they ate something prepared by Minato and talked.
"Tomorrow I will call you to the tent, I want you to be ready, understood?" He spoke as the youths nodded, a bit confused.
The next day, there was the call from Minato at the tent he set up in the camp while he went to the main tent to see what his sensei wanted with all this mystery.
Upon arriving, he found Jiraiya, two other jonins Minato knew for always being involved in important matters, and Mikoto and Hanabi with a certificate.
"You've become Chuunins?" Minato asked with a pleasant surprise.
"Yes," they said, now they could do field missions at this rank and Minato could finally reunite with his team again.
"Now it's you..." Jiraiya said while Minato looked at him a bit confused.
"What do you mean?" Minato asked.
"I was already going to do this, since I had obtained approval from the Hokage to promote her to Jonin whenever I wanted. I was going to do it in a few weeks, but I believe that after what happened on this rescue mission, it's more than time for you to reach one of the highest ranks that Konoha could give you," Jiraiya spoke and pointed to some papers on the table.
"Chuunin, I just promoted you, but as a Jonin, I need written and oral evidence, so these two jonins accompanied me in your evaluation, you girls can go now," Jiraiya spoke as Mikoto and Hanabi left.
"Good luck," they said before leaving the tent.
"Thank you..." he murmured and looked at his sensei. "I'll do it." He said, after all, it was his opportunity to assume leadership of teams, even though it was something he had already been doing, it was much less bureaucratic and he could even have his own team, although that would only happen after the war.
There were some sheets on the table with a pen and Minato sat in the chair starting to take the test.
Minato answered all the questions in 10 minutes, finding them quite easy since he was involved in command, in addition to helping leaders of camps on the border, he himself led his small one.
"That was quick, but nothing surprising when it's you..." Jiraiya commented. "Now let's move on to the next test while I correct your test." He said and picked up the papers while the other jonin began to ask questions.
Minato started to hear questions, answer them orally quickly and being quite objective and after another 10 minutes he finished, achieving full marks on all the tests, there was a skills test, but that was something the boy didn't need.
"Congratulations, kid. You are now officially a Jonin of the Leaf Village," Jiraiya smiled proudly handing a scroll to Minato. "Here's your new uniform and everything you need. Moreover..." Jiraiya picked up a paper and gave it to Minato.
Minato nodded as he stored the scroll and read the paper of his new ninja profile. There was his name next to the photo, with the number of missions he had done, the most done being rank A, it also said the number of ninjas killed and ninjas he rescued with a note from Jiraiya at the end as his sensei.
Ninja Profile -
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Name: Minato Namikaze
Age: 12 years.
Gender: Male
Rank: Jonin.
Completed Missions:
- Rank E: 12
- Rank D: 5
- Rank C: 10
- Rank B: 14
- Rank A: 15
- Rank S: 10
Ninjas Killed: 714
Ninjas Rescued: 230
Observations:
Minato is a young prodigy, exceptionally talented in ninjutsus, taijutsu, and fuuinjutsu, as well as in combat tactics. From a young age, he demonstrated extraordinary aptitude for chakra manipulation and space-time techniques, and developed techniques on his own, even a highly destructive S Rank jutsu, which earned him the rank of Jonin at such a young age.
His skill in saving comrades in critical situations and his effectiveness in high-risk missions are notable. His sense of duty in protecting the Leaf Village and the ninjas who are part of it, are unquestionable.
This boy not only possesses a bright future but is also an example of virtue and courage for all ninjas. It is expected that he will continue to grow and bring honor to his village and his name, for he will put his name in the history of the ninja world, that's what I believe.
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