A few days passed after Sakumo's death. The funeral was held and Sakumo was buried by the Hokage as a hero.
However, those attending the funeral were none other than the leaders of the major clans and a few village elders.
As Yuta remembered the funeral in the rain, he made a mental note of those who attended the funeral.
By this time Yuta was already where he was supposed to be, in front of a ramen shop.
Yuta opened the curtains of the shop marked Ichiraku Ramen and went inside to find Kushina and Minato waiting for him. It was no longer a secret to the village higher-ups that Yuta was Sakumo's stepson.
Seeing Kushina and Minato's strange looks, Yuta sighed in boredom. Lately, everyone around him acted as if they wanted to see his tears.
"Are you guys going to keep staring at me like that?"
Minato and Kushina blushed at the same time and started talking about random things and denying him. Meanwhile, Yuta ignored them and sat down next to them. "Teuchi-san make me mega ramen with everything in it. Minato senpai will pay for it."
Minato, who was embarrassedly trying to change the subject, heard his words, smiled helplessly, took out his wallet, and ordered some for himself. Kushina laughed at Minato's expression while Teuchi frowned at the mention of mega ramen.
This was not the first time he had prepared such an order. He had prepared ramen like this for Yuta before, but when he tasted it, he didn't think it was very good. Of course, what he didn't know was that as Yuta's strength increased, he began to lose his sense of taste. Yuta had already thought about it and decided that he could not fix it with his own strength at the moment. Maybe he would call a powerful helper to cure him...
After they all ate their ramen and went outside, they all made their way towards the Hokage building.
In front of the Hokage building, Hiruzen was waiting for them. After the trio bowed to their teacher, Hiruzen opened his mouth. "Yuta, from now on, you will no longer receive training from me on weekends. You should already know why."
Minato was surprised to hear Hiruzen's explanation while Kushina seemed to guess what was going on.
"Yes, sensei. From now on, I will be taking medical classes with Tsunade sensei on weekends."
Hiruzen sighed deeply and then spoke as if he was sorry. "Are you sure about this decision? You're already so strong because of your special bloodline."
"I am sure, sensei. My father didn't want me to follow his path of destroying lives and instilling hatred in others. If I can refine my slashing technique, I can perform operations that no one else can."
Hiruzen came closer and stroked Yuta's hair. "In that case, from today you are a jonin. Congratulations on becoming the youngest jonin ever."
Both Minato and Kushina were still special to jonin and they were amazed. Minato and Kushina are 16 this year and Yuta is only six. When they heard that the youngest of the team was a Jonin before both of them, they both wanted to protest but then decided against it. Yuta becoming a jonin was something they should have been happy about.
Minato and Kushina leaned down on either side of Yuta and tried to hug him at the same time, but Yuta ducked into the shadows and ran away from them.
Realizing that they had accidentally hugged each other, Kushina and Minato blushed while Hiruzen laughed loudly. Meanwhile, Yuta slowly emerged from Hiruzen's side and complained. "Stop bothering me when you want to hug each other. The whole village already knows you two are lovers."
"Hahahaha Yuta is right. Besides, I prepared some gifts for each of you today in honor of Yuta's graduation."
Hiruzen then took out three different scrolls from his robe and handed them out to his students.
Minato looked at the inscription on the scroll in his hand "Hiraishin no jutsu" (Flying Thunder god jutsu) and opened his mouth in surprise but Hiruzen didn't give him a chance to refuse. "Where will I put my face if you use ordinary techniques as a Hokage student? Study hard and master this technique as soon as possible."
The gifts Kushina received were some forbidden techniques left behind by the Uzumaki clan. Looking at these techniques, Kushina bowed and thanked her master.
Suddenly Yuta rushed forward and grabbed the scrolls in Minato and Kushina's hands. Or rather, he tried to. Kushina didn't react, but Minato did, and his hand slipped away. Yuta had already guessed his technique, so he read the writing on Kushina's scroll.
"You gave them both such good gifts, why did you give me medical tips? I'm already on my way to learn from Tsunade, I'm sure I won't need this... Igh that hurts!"
Kushina hit Yuta hard on the head and took the scroll back. Meanwhile, Hiruzen answered Yuta's question. "Your real gift is being a Jonin. Although you are normally strong enough to become a Jonin, you have not completed the required amount of tasks. Of course, since this is wartime and you are my student, I can't send you on missions without control. You'd probably be assassinated on your first mission."
"Nah... I am strong. Those assassins can't even touch me."
Hiruzen looked at Yuta's confident smile and scolded him, saying that this was not the attitude a medical ninja should hold.
Hiruzen then gave Yuta one last boring Will of fire speech and told him to go to the Konoha hospital to see Tsunade.
....... In the evening of the same day
As Hiruzen stared at Danzo, who had barged into his room, he muttered inwardly that roots were no longer as necessary as before.