My Dad's the Hokage, Too

The Land of Fire, Konoha

A blond, blue-eyed little boy stood beneath a big tree, looking bewildered.

"This can't be real, can it?"

"I went to sleep and woke up as Naruto Uzumaki."

The soul inside the little boy didn't belong to this world.

It came from a distant blue planet.

After standing there stunned for a long while,

he finally managed to accept the truth.

"Ah, you little brat! You've got some nerve rejecting our handsome, invincible big brother in front of everyone! You've got a death wish!"

A boy with a crooked mouth spoke up.

"Exactly! Our big brother is so handsome. Being chosen by him is a blessing she'll be grateful for in her next several lives!"

Another little brat with a forgettable face chimed in indignantly.

Between the two of them,

their chubby leader basked in his lackeys' flattery.

He twisted his mouth into a smirk!

"I remember she passes through here on her way home from school every evening."

"We'll wait here and catch her off guard. Hmph, just because I treat you like a goddess, you think you really are one?"

"You dared reject the confession I worked up the courage to make!"

"I'll teach you why flowers are so red."

The two little brats stared at their big brother, baffled.

They asked, "Big brother, why are flowers red? Don't they come in other colors?"

"Yeah... The wildflowers by the road come in all sorts of colors. They're not all red."

The chubby boy scratched his head. "My mom says that every time she's about to beat up my dad. I don't know why, either."

The three little brats were talking so loudly

that Naruto couldn't help hearing them.

They were just a bunch of nobodies. They weren't worth his attention.

"Big brother, look! Your goddess is here!"

One of the little brats suddenly shouted excitedly.

Naruto looked in the direction the boy was pointing.

A cute little girl with pale lavender, shoulder-length hair and white eyes

was walking slowly toward them with her head lowered.

Naruto glanced at her.

Then he froze!

Holy crap! Wasn't that his future wife, Hinata Hyuga?

"Ding! Congratulations, host. You have bound the God-Level Choice System!"

"Mission issued: Choice one: Ignore Hinata and pretend you neither see nor hear her."

"Reward: Rasengan"

"Choice two: Help Hinata out of trouble."

"Reward: Super God Taijutsu!"

"Choice three: Help Hinata out of trouble, then teach the three little brats a lesson and show them why flowers are so red!"

"Reward: The other half of the Nine-Tails' chakra, sealed away by Minato Namikaze with the Reaper Death Seal before his death."

"Note: The host will suffer no loss if they don't make a choice!"

"Damn it, Hinata's about to get bullied. How could I let that slide?! I choose three!"

Naruto shouted inwardly.

"Congratulations, host. You have completed your choice! Since you have been malnourished from eating instant noodles for a long time and have little strength,"

"your mission reward will be issued in advance!"

A vast, powerful force welled up inside him.

Deep in a shadowy place stood an enormous cage.

The Nine-Tails, resting with its eyes closed, suddenly opened its beastly eyes.

It grew agitated.

"Isn't that familiar power the one that was ripped from me?"

"Minato Namikaze, I didn't expect you to have another trick up your sleeve!!!"

"Answer me!!! Did you do all this?"

"Impossible, impossible. After using that forbidden technique, I had almost no life left. It absolutely couldn't have been him..."

"Then what in the world is going on?"

The three little brats surrounded Hinata.

As a child, Hinata was shy around strangers, timid, and meek.

As the Hyuga Clan's young lady, she'd always been well protected.

"Listen up. Our big brother choosing you is your good fortune! Be a good girl and be his girlfriend. Don't be ungrateful!"

"Don't bother struggling. Hardly anyone comes by here at this time of day. You could scream your lungs out, and no one would help you."

The two lackeys snarled at her.

The chubby boy puffed out his chest, looking smug, as if to say, You rejected me before, and now you're going to pay for it.

"I... I don't like you..."

Hinata's little shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

Even her voice shook as she spoke.

But her tone was firm!

She'd rejected him again, without giving him any face, right in front of his lackeys.

The chubby boy couldn't save face anymore.

"Looks like I'll have to teach you a proper lesson before you understand what you did wrong!"

An Anbu Ninja hiding nearby, watching the situation, wanted to step in and stop them.

But his companion held him back.

"Our primary mission is to monitor the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Don't get involved in anything unnecessary."

"But... she's the Hyuga Clan's young lady."

"A fight between children won't turn deadly. We can't expose our presence!"

"Understood!!"

Hinata squeezed her eyes tightly shut,

as if she'd resigned herself to her fate.

At that moment, she desperately hoped someone would appear and save her.

She'd sent away the guards her father had assigned to her.

The reason was almost laughable: Little Hinata thought she'd grown up.

She could walk to and from school by herself.

She hadn't imagined something like this would happen.

Naruto felt strength surging through his whole body.

"Get your filthy hands off her! Anyone who dares touch my fri—friend will die!"

In just a few breaths, he covered the distance in three quick strides and reached the three little brats.

He grabbed them like chicks,

one lackey in each hand,

and slammed them onto the ground.

"Ow, that hurts like hell... Who are you, you bastard..."

"Waaah... Mom, my leg's hurt and it's bleeding."

They were only little kids, after all.

Even a minor injury made them cry like they'd been through the worst.

The chubby boy went deathly pale and stammered, "I... I'm warning you, don't come any closer! My... my dad's a Chunin. If you don't want to die, get lost!"

My dad's the Hokage, too!

What's a Chunin got to be so smug about?

Smack!!

Naruto slapped the chubby boy hard across the face.

"Is being a Chunin such a big deal?" Naruto said disdainfully.

The chubby boy was stunned.

In all his life,

his parents had never hit him once.

He felt so wronged... so unbelievably wronged.

And Naruto had slapped him right in front of his lackeys.

There was no way he could be their big brother anymore.

Tears streamed down his face despite himself...

Smack!!! Another hard slap!

A clear red handprint showed on the chubby boy's face.

Naruto nodded in satisfaction.

"Nice. This time, it's more even."

The chubby boy thought, Are you a demon or something?

Naruto furrowed his brows and pondered. "Wait, the handprints on both sides don't seem aligned. The one on the left is a little crooked compared to the one on the right."

The chubby boy was completely dumbfounded!

Holy crap! You're going to do it again?

"Waaah... Spare me. I know I was wrong."

Thump.

The chubby boy was so scared he wet himself and dropped to his knees.