Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor any of its characters.

AN I know you're all frustrated that there hasn't been a new chapter of Underwater to sate your MinaNaru needs. So, I will put up cut scenes to keep you from attacking me.
This is a request from a reviewer who has asked me to put up MinaNaru scenes. Read at your own disgression. Spoilers are possible, but if you're that desperate for more MinaNaru, read ahead~~

Warnings:
AU
MinaNaru
Timetravel
ANBU!Minato
Jounin!Naruto

Summary: It was official. Naruto now knew that God hated him. After all, why so much bad luck? But, Naruto finds that being slingshot to the past is by far the least of his worries... especially when an enamoured teenager by the name of Namikaze Minato is vying for his attentions!
Rather one-sided MinaNaru, shounen-ai, timetravel, AU

Underwater: Teaser Scenes

Interrupted Confession

By BlueRedemption

There was an obvious change in the winds, and the area all around them seemed to give off a hint of a familiar earthy smell that Naruto immediately attributed to the 'scent of oncoming rain'. He could literally feel the heaviness in the air, and above them, the clouds - which had previously been white - had changed into an ominous grey.

Abruptly pausing in his trek, Naruto was quick to glance toward the direction of the sudden sound of rolling thunder as it grumbled up in the skies, signalling an incoming storm. He grimaced unhappily when he finally felt the beginning of tiny pinpricks of water. One landed on his bottom lip, and he swiped his tongue at it unconsciously, tasting it. It was drizzling.

Wait, scratch that.

More droplets pelted parts of his exposed skin, coming down faster at an odd angle, gradually intensifying each passing second.

His companion jerked his head to the left, "This area is known to be dangerous during rain. We have to take shelter." The ANBU captain cautioned.

Naruto frowned edgily, "But, shouldn't we get back to Setsuna-chan as soon as we can? She'll be worried about us." He began to protest, unhappy about leaving their client who they had already been apart from for more than necessary. He was cut off by the other blonde shaking his head in disagreement.

Minato turned away from him, sneering at the mere thought of the girl who seemed to have a penchant for clinging onto Naruto's arm like a helpless damsel. "She will be fine. Risa and the others are with her. Our presence won't be needed." The taller teen assured in a tone that conveyed the feeling that he was completely unrepentant at the prospect of ditching their client. "I saw a deep indent in one of the rock features over there yesterday; we can take shelter under the overhang." Minato quickened his pace towards the location, knowing that the disgruntled younger jounin was right behind him.

It wasn't long before rain suddenly seemed to fall from the heavens in bucket loads. The cold water, although repelled somewhat by their jounin vests, started to seep into the dark blue standard jounin uniforms they wore beneath it. It began to change the material's shade to a black colour as it soaked up the liquid and began to get heavier – sticking to them like second skin.

"We need to get to the shelter fast!" Naruto called, raising his voice over the roar of the gale that was starting to pick up and the sudden crack from a lightning strike hitting the ground not far from their location. The torrential rain had started to obscure their vision, and anything further than several feet away had become increasingly harder to see by the minute.

"We're almost there!" Spotting the expanse of rock, Minato signalled for the tanned shinobi to head towards it.

They hurried beneath the outcropping of the gigantic rocks, taking refuge within the large pockmark on its side. It wasn't deep enough for it to be a cave, but it provided area for at least five people to sit or stand beneath it with plenty of room to spare.

The two shinobi sat down atop two small boulders that were situated beside each other, waiting for the rain to slow.

"Damn, I didn't think it would suddenly rain like this." Naruto confessed, a wry grin settling on his face as he stretched out his legs, resting his weight on the palms on his hands which were pressed against the sides of the boulder he sat on. "It sure puts a damper on our mission! Ah well, I'm sure the sun will come out in a little while, anyway. When do you think it will stop?" When there was no response from his companion, Naruto gazed at the taller boy beside him. The young shinobi prodigy's eyes were partly shadowed by his damp hair. A few stray, limp blond locks were sticking to his wet face. "Minato?"

A worried frown crossed his face, something was definitely up with the other teen. His keen eyes took note of the tense posture of the other young man, observing how the fair teen wrung his hands fleetingly before letting out a deep, sighing breath.

"It doesn't matter if the rain never stops." Minato's voice was barely above hushed whisper. Naruto moved closer, straining to hear him because what he had said was almost made inaudible by the vicious pitter-patter of the rain that continuously fell.

Naruto raised his eyebrows at that, wondering if he had heard right. "Eh?" He garbled out unintelligently.

The young ANBU captain raised his head slowly, his eyes finally catching Naruto's azure gaze and holding them in a meaningful manner, trying to convey something. The Kyuubi container frowned apprehensively. That action alone indicated that whatever his young father was going to say, it was something significant; something very important. "It doesn't matter… if the sun never comes out." The prodigious captain continued.

Now the time traveller was very troubled, even alarmed, at the odd sentences. Did the other blonde hit his head or suffer some sort of mild concussion in the previous scuffle? He couldn't quite recall if he had, but the teen in front of him looked to be in perfectly good health from what he could see. "Minato…What-" He stopped himself from saying anything further when the other pushed on, clearly very adamant to continue. Naruto's mind started racing, frantically struggling to make some kind of sense as to what the other shinobi was trying to say.

"It doesn't matter … even if the world ended now…"

A shiver ran down Naruto's spine before he could compress it. There was something … something so intense lurking in those deep, emotional sapphire eyes of his young father. The flickers of unidentifiable emotions reflected in his eyes were impossible for Naruto to distinguish, but he knew that it was definitely important. A strange feeling started to settle uneasily in the pit of his stomach as he wondered why Minato was acting so oddly. Something in the back of his mind was also nagging - telling him that he didn't want to know what Minato was going to say. He mentally frowned, torn between the two emotions warring inside him. A large part of him was curious, wanting to know what the slightly older shinobi would say. Yet, there was a feeling that said he didn't want to find out and it would be best if he stopped this... conversation, or whatever it was.

The atmosphere was tense; trepidation was almost palpable in the air. The shorter teen fiddled and shifted, unable to keep still.

"Naruto, even if the world ended now… it wouldn't matter." Minato's voice rose slightly, there was a slight husky overtone as he ploughed on, "It wouldn't matter… because …" His voice wavered and cracked vaguely. The fair-skinned teen swallowed audibly, obviously finding it hard to continue. Yet, through it all, he stubbornly held Naruto's gaze steadily as he pressed on. From his peripheral vision, his could see that Minato's hands were violently shaking, before he curled it tightly into fists. Whatever it was he was trying to express was evidently taking up a lot of the ANBU captain's full reserve of energy and courage.

"Because you, Naruto… You're by my si-"

"Naaaaaruto-kuuuun!" A new voice successful drowned out the remainder of Minato's sentence and forced all of the younger blonde's attention away.

A short distance away, barely visible in the rain was the slender figure of their charge, waving enthusiastically as she eagerly ran through the rain with an umbrella, heading towards their direction.

Naruto grinned brightly as jumped up to a standing position and waved back, quickly forgetting whatever Minato had been trying to say. "Oo! Setsuna-chan! I'm glad to see you're okay!" He called as she approached. "What are you doing here?"

She was quick to latch onto him like a leech to freshly wet skin, clearly unbothered by the fact that the ninja was soaking wet. "Naruto-kun," She sniffled, amethyst eyes watery, "I was worried about you, so I asked the others to come with me to look for you."

He laughed cheerfully, patting her head. "Hey, come on! We promised we'd be back, and I never break my word! That's my way of the ninja."

"What were you two doing?" She suddenly asked suspiciously, realizing that the team leader, Minato, was behind the blonde she was currently attached to. "Are you taking shelter from the rain together? If you are, you don't need to - I bought a spare umbrella. It's in my bag, let me get it! Naruto-kun, you can share with one with me!" She simpered smugly.

"You're so thoughtful!" Naruto complimented the young girl who blushed prettily.

Taking her spare umbrella out from her bag, Setsuna cheerfully handed the miserable-looking ANBU the pink item.

"No, thank you." He declined with an obviously forced smile as he turned slightly away from them, getting up from his sitting position.

Naruto blinked, "Are you alright? You should take the umbrella, you'll get soaked." Concern tinted his inquisitive tone.

Minato shook his head, "It's fine. I need to cool my head, anyway. I'll see you both later." He responded crisply before running back out into the pouring rain.

"Did I… interrupt something?"

Naruto looked just as confused as she did, "I'm not sure." He replied honestly.

AN There you have it. One of Minato's many failed confession scenes planned for Underwater. As to where this confession scene is situated in the actual time line of my story... Teehee, I'm sure you can guess. I'll happily post more Underwater cutscenes if I garner enough interest.

Review if you crave more MinaNaru cutscenes :)