Chapter 23 - Rumours

In the Land of Grass...

"It's been a while since I came here!" Yuki said as he observed the burning village and the Iwa shinobi who were pillaging and massacring the civilians.

Yuki has seen this scene many times, sometimes even ****. He went up to the Iwa shinobi and started killing them instead. While he could have turned a blind eye on this, he did not as it went his morals.

The Iwa shinobi quickly gathered infront of the assailant and stared at him in shock. Infront of them was an "S" class Ninja in the bingo books with a "flee on sight" order.

The ten Iwa shinobi knew that they could not escape and decided to die fighting against the legend himself.

They charged at the losing battle, dropping down dead without even knowing what happened.

"I wonder what brings the 'Yellow flash' here?" Yuki asked teasingly as Minato coughed in embarrassment and glared at him.

"Not even a thanks?" Minato asked with a sad face and looked at the village with a complicated gaze.

"Are you seriously feeling sad?" Yuki asked in shock as Minato smiled wryly and replied "Ofcourse I do! It was my fault in the first place...", Minato stared at him and asked the same question to which Yuki chuckled and replied "I guess I'm just doing this to make my ego feel better?" Minato sighed and informed him "Mikoto is getting married in four months!" Yuki stared at him in disbelief.

Yuki shut his eyes and opened them with new vigor "I've been thinking about everything that happened..." Minato brightened up almost immediately and thought to himself "this is it!".

"I need your help!" Yuki said with a determined voice as Minato fell on the ground while laughing maniacally. Yuki's face turned red and shouted at him "Stop laughing you bastard!" Minato got up snickering "Yes! Yes! Man child!" He said nonchalantly as they went to the base.

At the Konoha base...

The kunoichi were literally drooling at the sight of the two handsome men, eyeing them like candy.

"I can only imagine Kushina misunderstanding something here!" Said Yuki as Minato shivered, his back was wet with sweat "please don't say anything ominous like that!" He begged Yuki who was silent and pale.

"Hello Kushina!" He said and smiled and pat the shoulder of Minato "God bless you!" He said solemnly as Minato gulped and looked forward revealing Kushina who had red hair which was seperated into nine parts and hovering about.

Yuki smiled at this scene and saw his father coming out of the tent. He walked upto his father and greeted him "Good morning father!".

Sousuke looked surprised and punched his son in the face and coldly said "I'm quite disappointed in you!" Yuki smiled wryly and replied "I know... I started going soft, you told me to never hurt a girl's feelings so I'm going to clean this mess".

Sousuke humphed and reached out his hand to his son and said "that's my son!" Happily as Yuki took it and went to Minato.

Back in Konoha...

"It's not his fault!" Mikoto mumbled while curling up on her bed staring at her window reminiscing the days when Yuki would suddenly appear, she started crying "but why does it hurt so much?!" She asked herself and covered herself up.

Her father was not so well too downstairs...

Kyoshi sighed solemnly, "I've failed as a father!" He thought "Sousuke... what would you have done? Would you have gone against the clan? Or have given into, like me?" He muttered and chuckled "If it was you, You would have chosen neither! Why can't I be like you?" he asked himself while gritting his teeth.

Back to the base...

"I want to spread a rumor that I had an affair with Mikoto and that we were separated to decrease my influence in the clan!" Yuki stated as Minato, Kushina and Sousuke smirked.

The next day, when Yuki got out of his tent he saw many of the shinobi giving him looks of pity. He was shocked inside but didn't show it on his face and walked up to Minato.

"That was fast!" He commented as Minato smiled smugly and replied, "I'm not telling you". Yuki smirked and whispered "Perfect! Now that the base knows, they will start spreading to all the bases and ultimately to Konoha". Minato pat his shoulder "it will happen! Don't worry, if we can't manage to create confusion in Konoha we can always charge!" Replied Minato as Yuki chuckled awkwardly.

"Are you still worried about her?" Asked Minato as Yuki nodded, "Kushina returned to Konoha!" Said Minato with a smirk, Yuki looked at him in shock "You mea-" "yep! She will tell her!" Chirped Minato.

"But I don't know how to talk to her! I... left her!" Yuki replied looking with regret.

"I can't help with that!" Stated Minato and continued "You said some stupid shit to her so you better talk to her!". Yuki smiled wryly "true..." as they ate their daily rations.

In Iwagakure...

A jonin rushed to the Tsuchikage's office and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Onoki said as the Jonin opened the door and walked in. He bowed at him and reported "Tsuchikage-sama, the Kannabi bridge has been completed!".

Onoki nodded his head and called upon the elders for the final plan!

Back to the Land of Grass...

"According to our spies, there seems to be heavy movement in this area!" The commanding officer stated while pointing at the area of the map where the Kannabi bridge was at.

"I believe that's where the bridge is" Commented Yuki as the other officers stared at him.

"When I was a special jonin, I went their on a mission to gather information!" Yuki said as a matter of fact.

"Then that means... this is all you?" The commander asked in disbelief pointing at the thick scroll.

"If it was given by the Hokage, then yes" Yuki replied as the Commander smirked and nodded "Gentlemen, it seems like we are one step ahead of Iwa!" He said and gave out his orders.

A huge battle was about to begin...