Minato Namikaze | Single Father | Minato survive au

Minato entered Konoha's Academy with the dream of earning the villagers' respect and recognition by becoming Hokage.[7] When Kushina Uzumaki moved to Konoha, she was placed in the same class as Minato. Minato was immediately drawn to her bright red hair, finding it beautiful. Minato was a natural prodigy as a ninja, the likes of which appears only once in a generation.[8] When he was added to a genin unit, Team 6, under the leadership of Jiraiya. The Sannin took a special interest in Minato and took him on as his apprentice, teaching him many of his own signature abilities.[9] In time, Minato's exceptional skills led Jiraiya to believe he might be the Child of the Prophecy, someone who would someday save the world.[10]

Minato saves Kushina

Minato rescues Kushina.

Years later, after they graduated and became ninja, Kushina was kidnapped by Kumogakure forces. Konoha mobilised its ninja to retrieve her, but only Minato noticed the strands of red hair Kushina left behind to mark their path. Minato, acting alone, rescued her from her captors.[11] On their way back to Konoha, Minato confessed his admiration for her hair and her strength,[12] causing Kushina – who had previously believed Minato "unreliable" and even "girly"[13] – to fall in love with him.

The feat of single-handedly putting a stop to the Nine-Tails' abduction raised Minato's renown greatly, moving him from an ordinary shinobi to one who was well known across many nations for his great accomplishment of foiling Kumo's kidnapping attempt,[14] both in the Land of Fire and beyond.[15]

Konoha's Yellow Flash

Minato and Kushina were a couple from the time that he rescued her, and with his love, Kushina was able to keep the Nine-Tails sealed within her at bay. To aid in this goal, Minato was taught many sealing techniques from both Kushina and Jiraiya. When Konoha became involved in the Third Shinobi World War, Minato's obligations became split between his efforts to protect Kushina and helping with to win the war. During a confrontation against Han and Rōshi, the two Iwa-nin unleashed their Tailed Beast Modes to attack Team 6 with their Tailed Beast Balls. After Minato warped himself and his team to safety, Minato took inspiration from the Tailed Beast Ball, researching its nature and began a three-year process of creating the Rasengan.[16] The day he completed it, Kushina visited him. He explained he developing the Rasengan for her, in the event she had to fight other jinchūriki. The Nine-Tails attempted to break free at that moment, its chakra leaking and injuring him. Minato was able to reinforce the seal, and his words of affirmation towards Kushina encouraged her to resist as well. The Nine-Tails' pierced Minato's gut with its claws during the encounter, but he recovered. Kushina later took him to the top of her residence, and named the Rasengan, as he had pointed out he made it for her. Minato and Kushina would eventually marry each other.

Team Minato

Team Minato.

After proving himself an accomplished and responsible ninja, Minato was placed in charge of his own team, consisting of Rin Nohara, Obito Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake. In the anime, the Third Hokage gave Minato the special task of helping Kakashi overcome the bitterness caused by his father's death and remind him of the human element of being a ninja.[17] Minato gave his team a bell test upon its formation in order to teach them the value of teamwork.[18] Minato often held back less against the prodigious Kakashi than with Rin and Obito so they couldn't obtain the bells without teamwork. Unfortunately, Kakashi realised this, but only used Obito and Rin as a means to an end to obtain the bells. Nonetheless, he passed them because they accomplished the goal of the test by working as a team. Although he did encourage them to improve their teamwork afterwards, a message that Obito and Rin took to heart, but fell on deaf ears with Kakashi.

During a mission into Kusagakure to destroy the Kannabi Bridge, Minato transferred leadership of the mission