Ascension of the Kitsune by Wandering Maverick

Chapter 21: Family Reunion

"Unfortunately...that little vision of yours is so far from reality. I could call it a utopia in comparison to the truth of the matter." Naruto answered cynically.

Naruto's answer, and tone made slightly Minato shiver on just what exactly his son meant.

"What exactly do you mean...was...could have really been bad?" . He felt his palms get sweaty, and feel an almost unbearable heat rise under his skin awaiting the answer.

Naruto could only laugh in an almost maniacal fashion at his father's obvious disbelief and fear of the truth.

"I've explained my life's story far too many times, and I grow tired of it. So I'll do the lazy thing and just SHOW you, though I hope you don't have a weak stomach cause you WILL NOT like what you see." He faced Minato without blinking when he spoke, the only sound that could now be heard was the man's fearful gulp.

"I've been though the horrors of an entire shinobi war my sochi I think I can handle this" He feigned courage, but deep in his heart he wasn't quite sure he wanted to go through with this based on Naruto's reactions on the subject.

Naruto just smirked, and shook his head almost whimsically before going though a few set of hand seals.

"Very well then Tou-san...you're about to see just how far down this fox-hole REALLY goes..." He said with a leer, which made Minato gulp again before he felt fingertips press against his forehead. "...Onipou: Sugi no Suna (Demon Art: Sands of the Past)!" He whispered before Minato's vision blurred then go completely white.

Minato opened his eyes, and allowed his vision to clear only to notice that he was in exactly the same spot on the Hokage monument that he was in before the flash of white.

"Sochi!?" He called out.

"Right here...Tou-san" A voice called out making Minato whirl around, and see Naruto.

"What exactly was that jutsu? You said 'Onipou'...I've only heard legends of those kinds of jutsu...where did you learn one?"

Naruto smirked a little. "All your questions will be answered fully in time. As for the jutsu I used...it allows the user view the memories of someone else or relive their own starting from conception...our case being the latter. We are inside Konoha...exactly ten years ago...the very day Uzumaki Kushina...your wife, my Kaa-san...and the whole Uzumaki clan, betrayed me, and exiled me from the clan abandoning me in this village. I was two years old at the time if you were curious." He explained while looking down across the village with a painful, betrayed, and hateful expression written in his face.

Minato was shocked at his words. "Betrayed? Exiled? Abandoned? Who in their right mind saw fit to exile my sochi from his own clan...because I know my Beni-hime would never do something like that! Not to her own flesh and blood!" He thought, aggravation seeping into his expression represented by a stern look at his son.

Naruto felt his Minato's stare, and sighed already knowing Minato wouldn't believe his words, alone. Which is the reason why he used the jutsu in the first place. However in truth he had hoped Minato WOULD take his word for it so he wouldn't be forced to completely crush the man's faith in the people and village he loved, so much in face he sacrificed his rather short life so they could survive. Nonetheless, he would show him the harsh reality that was his life within the village, if for nothing else then for Minato to understand the truth about what his sacrifice had brought to his own flesh and blood, and the world revolving around Naruto when he was a boy.

"We should head to the gates...THEY will be leaving soon. And this is something you MUST see." Naruto suggested coldly, before grabbing Minato's wrist and jumped into the air without fear and after a moment of Minato freaking out from the sheer stupidity of the action found himself not falling but actually flying...quite swiftly towards the village gates in fact.