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Minato Namikaze, Part 7
Minato has a generally infectious personality. When others are stressed, his calm rationality soothes their stresses and balms their anger. At other times, his energetic cheerfulness can drag a smile from just about anyone. He's the guy who gathers a crowd every time he tells a story and never makes anyone feel left out in it. He never does anything without reason, and once he makes a decision to do something he will not dither about following through. When it’s appropriate, he has a serious side and can be very business-like; however, he much prefers to spend his time with a grin on his face. He loves to tease others and harmless pranks are one of his ultimate amusements. He has a generous sense of humor, and can take it as well as he gives it. Part of this is from the fact of being ragged of for having a copy of his own death certificate - having been called everything from Jesus to (in recent years) Harry Potter. He'll rag on himself for things if it'll make someone else more comfortable, especially since he can usually see the humor in his faults and eccentricities.


He’s one of those people who has complete self-confidence, but manages to avoid over-confidence. He also can’t stand to see others upset and will do what he can to get a laugh from them. As a result, he’s not at all afraid to make himself look like an idiot if it means putting a smile on someone’s face. He’s not at all easily embarrassed (when he is, it’s very noticeable by the dark blush across his nose and cheeks, much to his dismay), but he loves to tease a blush from others. His gentle teasing, easy smile, genuine interest in others, and tendency toward dorky petnames has had him labeled a notorious flirt by some, but he’s far from it. In fact, he's actually quite the hopeless romantic. Not to say that he won't stare at the nice body of a passerby if he thinks he won't get maimed for it. But if he flirts, it is very apparent, and he doesn’t ever flirt without the intention of following through if the person is responsive. And he can be very, very persistent. His stubbornness knows very few bounds, which has also gained him the reputation of being hard-headed, but he’s generally smart enough to tell when he should and shouldn’t give up.


He hates lying with a passion, and if he can tell someone is lying to him or someone he cares about he will hound them until the truth is told. The only exception is when he can tell that it’s a difficult personal situation, since people do deserve their privacy and there are some things that aren’t his business. …But he’ll still let the person know that he knows they’re lying, and that he doesn’t appreciate it. For the most part, he's an open book, willing to answer just about any question directed at him. The only two things that he won't tell people at the company are A)the identity of the child he's trying to reconnect with and B)what his former profession was. This will only change if either not telling someone threatens his ability to get closer to his son and telling will change thator if someone figures it out on their own he won't deny it.


He’s slow to anger, preferring to find a rational solution to problems instead of irritating them further. He's frustrated many a person trying to get a rise out of him with his tendency to diffuse things with a joke and a grin. Not to say he doesn't get frustrated at times - he's not a saint - but a few deep breaths and thinking about the problem usually moderates it well enough. When he does get genuinely angry though...he's a force to be reckoned with. As warm as he usually is, he can be incredibly cold. He only gives one warning when someone is overstepping a boundary, and one warning only. If a person continues to push, that is his or her choice, and whether the reaction is vocal or physical he always hits hard. When he does get worked up over something, there are generally only two ways to calm him down. One is potentially dangerous to whoever is attempting it, as his reaction could vary from grateful relaxation to violent retaliation, depending on how much trust he has with that person. The other is to run.