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intro post: ghosts in the fog
He comes in as dusk settles, walking through the thin fog that clings around his legs and the tails of his coat, seeming to solidify as he walks. Even the sound seems to remember itself slowly, for at first he's a silent ghost and it's only as he nears the faint golden ponds of light from the outlying village windows and the flicker of their bonfires that the sounds of soft footsteps in the frost begins. Blond hair moves a little in the night wind, smoke and crisp autumn chill, and it takes the blue eyes under that fringe a long time to focus in the calmly neutral face.
He's not sure where he's going, just that there's a path in front of him that seems to lead somewhere and he supposes he will follow it for the moment. When his chakra dissipated from his son's life, he hadn't expected to find himself anywhere - yet here he apparently is. Lost so long in the mists of his child's life, drifting and unsubstantial, it's hard, now, to think of what's before him as any more real. He's a dead man's chakra, released from its mission, a ghost from the past as sure as some of the old furniture and unwanted love letters being tossed away to the flames tonight and it's a strange relief that his hand doesn't pass through the tree he comes to stand near on the edge of someone's bonfire, pausing in his journey onward because the road can wait and even ghosts seem able to appreciate the heat from a stranger's fire in the falling night.
ooc: just a note - Minato's actually very solid but it's going to be a bit before he gets past the idea that he's a lost ghost. Or that what's in front of him is really there either. He's been unable to touch anything for a very long time. Head-canon says a part of him is still trapped with Nine-Tails Yin inside the death god so there's a part of him missing but he'll solidify despite that as he goes. And I apologize in advance that I am a very slow tagger. Life is busy right now but I couldn't resist.
He's not sure where he's going, just that there's a path in front of him that seems to lead somewhere and he supposes he will follow it for the moment. When his chakra dissipated from his son's life, he hadn't expected to find himself anywhere - yet here he apparently is. Lost so long in the mists of his child's life, drifting and unsubstantial, it's hard, now, to think of what's before him as any more real. He's a dead man's chakra, released from its mission, a ghost from the past as sure as some of the old furniture and unwanted love letters being tossed away to the flames tonight and it's a strange relief that his hand doesn't pass through the tree he comes to stand near on the edge of someone's bonfire, pausing in his journey onward because the road can wait and even ghosts seem able to appreciate the heat from a stranger's fire in the falling night.
ooc: just a note - Minato's actually very solid but it's going to be a bit before he gets past the idea that he's a lost ghost. Or that what's in front of him is really there either. He's been unable to touch anything for a very long time. Head-canon says a part of him is still trapped with Nine-Tails Yin inside the death god so there's a part of him missing but he'll solidify despite that as he goes. And I apologize in advance that I am a very slow tagger. Life is busy right now but I couldn't resist.
going to work but had to reply to this first ;)
"You are very important to my son and so I know you you, Neji, the Hyuuga who learned to challenge fate."
omg you broke Neji, it took forever for me to think of how to properly respond ahaha
"Thank you, Yondaime-sama," he manages after another moment, his voice soft as his long bangs fall down around his closed eyes. "I... am truly privileged to be known as such to you."
Something was a little odd, though, and Neji forces himself to focus, opening his eyes and lifting his head to study the other's face. "If I may... I was not aware you had a son, Yondaime-sama."
LOL! Minato the Neji breaker - should I be sorry?
"Believe it."
no regrets!
As soon as it hits him, he feels like a fool. The physical resemblance alone should have been enough, and it was more than obvious with the other standing before him, rather than just a photograph. His jaw slackens as his head tilts.
"You don't mean to say -- Uzumaki Naruto?"
And to think Neji had once told him that those who would be Hokage were destined for it by birth...
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The expression on that usually calm, impartial face is entirely worth it and Minato can't help the grin, proud of both his son and the young man in front of him for having such a quick mind.
"His mother's name was Uzumaki. I suppose the Sandaime decided to let him use it while he was growing up to keep my enemies from finding him easily. Yes. Naruto is my son. And you are his friend. Thank you for that."
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"I... am not certain how much is known to you, Yondaime-sama, but I owe your son a great deal," he says finally, softly, his eyes coming up to meet the other's for a moment to impress his sincerity before respectfully dropping again. "Please allow me to thank you for everything you have done for our village."
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"There is a great deal I don't know of what's happened since my time." His smile was back, small but there. "But I think he counts your friendship as payment enough for anything you think you owe him. As do I for anything I did in the past. You're welcome but I should thank you. You're part of the future we all fought for." His hands shifted to rest on his hips for a moment and he looked around. "Now tell me what the Konhoa shinobi are doing with themselves in this place."
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"Most of us here have been training, from what I understand. We cannot risk losing our skills to complacency in this place. Whenever the person who has summoned us here shows him or herself or selves, we will be ready to strike back and escape to return to Konoha."
A moment of hesitation, then he continues, "There are... shinobi here from different times and places. Some of whom are very different from how someone such as myself is accustomed to seeing them. For example... I have become very familiar with a Naruto who is your... daughter, rather than your son."
The lightest of flushes colors just below his cheekbones as he admits that, but he's quick to move on, not certain that it's entirely appropriate to inform the Fourth Hokage of just how familiar with her he is. "But no matter what, we are prepared to strike back the moment the opportunity arises, Yondaime-sama."
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There is the blond arch of a brow at the... terminology the Hyuugi uses when talking about his daughter. He hasn't met her yet - it's still a strange concept for him - but no matter what form his child wears, they're still his child. The one he gave his life for and sacrificed for the good of an entire village. And so he can't help but look at the shinobi in front of him with a different appraisal. At the end of the report though, he only nods with a soft grunt to show he's heard.
"I wouldn't expect anything less of Konoha nin." It's said calmly but with an underlying hint of pride. "Is anyone else from your team here?"
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Someone as skilled at reading expressions as the Hyuuga Jounin can't help but see the way the older man raises his eyebrow, but he presses on as if he hadn't, his own control over his voice keeping him from making a fool of himself by speaking more awkwardly or quickly as he moves directly to the spoken words beyond the visual cues.
Another bow in thanks at the praise, then he answers, "Both of my team members are here, two Chuunin -- Rock Lee and Tenten. I have not yet been able to find Gai-sensei. In addition to myself and Naruto, I am also aware of Hyuuga Hinata-sama, Yamanaka Ino, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke and Itachi," there, he can't quite hide a flicker of distaste for the two Uchiha before it's gone, "and their mother, Uchiha Mikoto. There is another Konoha-nin whom I have only seen from a distance, but I have heard that he goes by Sai. Though he seems to be of my generation, I am not acquainted with him personally."
His head dips. "That is all the Konoha-nin of whom I am aware."