The sudden voice drew everyone's attention.
Hiruzen Sarutobi froze.
Hyuga Hiashi was fully armed, clearly ready for a fight. Hiruzen felt a headache coming on. Why was everyone making trouble?
Why did they all have to make trouble now?
"Clan Head Hyuga?" Minato Namikaze looked over in confusion.
Hyuga Hiashi gave a slight nod. "My daughter and your son are friends. Even setting the past aside, I should stand up for the children."
"..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was dumbfounded.
Wait.
What did any of this have to do with Hiashi's daughter?
What was wrong with him?!
A flicker crossed Minato Namikaze's eyes as he looked at Hyuga Hiashi in surprise.
Then he remembered seeing that little girl with Naruto.
He suddenly smiled.
"Thanks."
Hyuga Hiashi nodded, then turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi. "Come to think of it, the village has changed a great deal. In the future... our families should visit each other more often."
Minato Namikaze did not respond. He looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi. "Third, I can understand everything you said... from a Hokage's point of view."
"But unfortunately... I'm not Hokage anymore. Right now, I want to be Naruto's father. A father who failed him."
"So... I don't want to argue with you. I just want to be selfish for once."
"Minato, you—"
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could finish speaking, Minato Namikaze's expression turned cold. Two distinctive, trident-shaped kunai appeared in his hands!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils contracted.
He had personally helped Minato ascend to the Hokage Position. He knew better than anyone how terrifyingly fast Konoha's "Yellow Flash" was!
Before Minato's fingers had even left the Flying Thunder God Kunai, Hiruzen Sarutobi barked, "Enma!"
The old ape transformed into the Adamantine Staff and slapped into his hand. It shot outward, sweeping toward Minato Namikaze!
Whoosh!
The staff swept past.
Hyuga Hiashi