Bab 177: Road to Ninja Part 2
"SAKURA-CHANN???" Naruto was shocked seeing his family picture, which had the image of his marriage with Sakura and the two kids, Azami, and the boy.
However, there was one more thing that scared him.
The picture frame next to the one he held had Sakura wearing the familiar red Haori.
Seeing this, Naruto immediately ran towards the window.
All he could see was five stone faces on the mountain,
Naruto slowly observed each face.
However, He could only recognize four of five faces.
1st Hokage - Senju Hashirama
2nd Hokage - Uchiha Madara
3rd was one he couldn't recognize.
4th Hokage - Uchiha Obito
And the Fifth one was his wife in the current timeline, Haruno Sakura.
("That isn't the only problem Naruto,") Kurama suddenly spoke.
("What?") Naruto was confused.
("I can sense another me,") Kurama said.
("Another you?") Naruto asked.
("Yeah, he seems to grumpy, probably sealed up,") Kurama explained.
("Did you find out who he is sealed within?") Naruto asked.
("Yeah, looks like your mom's a jinchūriki,") Kurama explained.
("I see…") Naruto was extremely happy at the thought of meeting his mother again. He wasn't surprised since Kushina was the jinchūriki before Naruto was born. Seeing that Obito became the fourth Hokage, looks like his dad succeeded in sealing Kurama back within Kushina during Naruto's birth in this timeline.
("Speaking of the Hokages, I wonder who the third one was,")
("I wasn't able to recognize him at all,") Naruto thought to himself, following which he turned around to see if there was anything that would give him more clues to his current situation he was in.
Soon his eyes landed on another family picture.
It seemed to be recently taken with four people in the picture being his mom, dad, and his son and daughter together. Naruto was shocked to see his fifty plus year old dad. Minato's hair was a bit shorter. His face was more mature. The over all look was completely different to what Naruto expected. This was because Naruto was always used to seeing the 24-year-old version of his dad, be it the photo in his house, or the current reanimation Minato. The fun fact being that he was mentally and physically older than Minato, yet he was his son at the same time. On the other hand, Kushina didn't seem like she had aged much compared to how she looked in her late 20's. This was due to her abundant life force due to the Uzumaki bloodline.
Naruto smiled, seeing that his children got well along with his parents, the same went for the next picture, which had the two with Sakura's parents as well.
Naruto then turned towards the wardrobe in the room.
"Let's see what else I can discover…" Naruto murmured, following which he opened the wardrobe.
Inside were his clothes off which two, in particular, caught his eyes.
"An Akatsuki robe?" Naruto was confused.
He then looked at the robe next to it,
He then spotted a symbol with a few words on the left chest of the robe.
"Lightning Delivery…" Naruto read the letters which had Minato's custom kunai as the background.
"Delivery?"
"Could it be that I work as a delivery guy?" Naruto asked himself.
"Wait, there's the Akatsuki robe also right?" Naruto looked at the Akatsuki robe he had on the other hand.
"Dad!"
"Hm?" Naruto looked at the door to see Azami entering the room.
"Dad, brother has set the table," Azami informed.
"I see," Naruto put back the clothes into the wardrobe, following which he descended the stairs.
At the dining, Naruto saw a wide spread of food.
"Wow," Naruto blurted upon seeing the neatly laid out food.
"I know, right. Brother is cool,"
"he cooked everything by himself," Azami said.
"What?" Naruto was shocked.
"Let's eat while its hot, dad," The boy calmly stated before sitting down.
Naruto stared at the two before slowly sitting down at the table and grabbing his chopsticks.
…
The three ate together in the silent room.
"So what did you guys do today?" Naruto asked.
"I aced shuriken practice," Azami said.
"wow," Naruto patted her gently.
"What about you?" Naruto asked the boy.
"Nothing exciting, just D-Rank mission again," The boy said calmly.
"That's not true," Azami interrupted.
"huh?" Naruto turned towards Azami.
"Brother went to Sister Ayame and asked if he could make deliveries as your stand-in," Azami explained.
"Eh??" Naruto was shocked. ("The delivery thing turned out to be true!!!!") Naruto screamed internally.
"It's nothing much,"
"I just wanted to help grandpa out," The boy said as he proceeded to eat casually.
("Wait, help grandpa?")
("My dad's in on this too?") Naruto was confused.
"Dad?" Azami called out.
"Hm?" Naruto looked at Azami.
"There's this girl in my class…"
"She doesn't befriend anyone…" Azami said slowly.
"…" Naruto listened silently.
"Dad,"
"What should I do?" Azami asked.
"hm…" Naruto thought for a moment.
"That's uncle Sasuke's daughter," Naruto's son gently reminded.
"I think everyone avoids her because she looks scary,"
"or at least that's what everyone says," Azami pouted.
("Wait a minute!")
("Didn't this happen to Azami in the past because of her eyes as well?") Naruto was surprised.
("Looks like Sasuke's daughter is in trouble this time,") Naruto thought.
"Hey, Dad,"
"What should I do?" Azami asked.
"What you should do?" Naruto asked.
"mm," Azami nodded.
"Are you scared of her?" Naruto asked.
"Azami is not scared of anyone," Azami said with a proud expression.
"I see,"
"Well then, you just become friends with her," Naruto said.
"Just become friends?" Azami asked.
"Yeah," Naruto said with a smile.
"But dad, she always turns away from me," Azami complained.
"Hehe,"
"She's probably shy on the inside and doesn't want to show it," Naruto said, thinking back to the problems Azami faced in the past.
"So don't give up,"
"Just keep asking her to be your friend until she gives in," Naruto said with a smile.
"I will ask her," Azami said with a cheered up voice.
"There you go," Naruto took another bite of his food.
He then looked at the boy.
"Where do you two go when your mom and I are out?" Naruto asked.
"…" The boy looked at Naruto.
"Do you drop by my dad's place?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah," The boy responded.
"We are going there tonight since mom's not coming until late," Azami explained.
"I see…"
At this moment, the boy wad finished eating.
"Leave the dishes to me, dad," The boy said.
"Nope, you leave it to me," Naruto got up from his seat.
"…" The boy stared at Naruto.
"We'll go to my parent's house once I am done," Naruto said in a firm tone as he headed towards the kitchen.
"Wow, dad, you made up with grandpa and grandma?" Azami asked.
"…" Naruto was surprised.
("What does she mean by made up?")
("Did we have a fight or something??") Naruto was confused.
By the time he was having these thoughts, Naruto's son already started to wash the dishes.
"Wait for me," Naruto also ran in to help.
Azami, on the other hand, sat on the kitchen platform, watching the two do the dishes at a rapid pace.
The boy looked at Naruto with a light smile.
Naruto, on the other hand, was so engrossed in washing the plates that he had hardly noticed the smile.
But to the boy, the moment he spent with his dad was precious, seeing that he rarely met him at home.
Soon the two were done washing dishes, whereas Azami sat by the entrance.
"Dad, brother, are you two done yet?" Azami asked.
"Yup"
"We are here," The boy and Naruto answered at the same time.
"Yeah, let's go,"
"I can't wait for dad to meet them," Azami said, reminding Naruto once again that there were problems that his original character of this world had to face. But what was this problem exactly? There was only one way to find out.
Naruto and the other two were on their way.
Naruto and the boy strolled while Azami was in front of them skipping all the way in happiness.
("Its really hard to not know his name, damn it!") Naruto cursed this awkward situation he was in, but he would soon have to find out.
Soon, the trio arrived in front of Minato's and Kushina's house. Naruto was surprised, it was the house he and his dad was living in the current timeline, but it seemed to be at a different location for some reason.
*Ding-Dong!*
Azami pressed the doorbell.
Soon, the door opened, and a red-haired woman came into view.
"Azami!"
"Hanato!" The woman called out the duo's names.
("Hanato, finally I got his name…") Naruto thought, but at the same time, he was busy staring at his mom's change from the last he had met her from a few months ago at the time he broke the seal once again. Although, he had seen Kushina in the photo, it was completely another thing for him to see her in reality.
Kushina's skin seemed to almost form wrinkles, but to a significant extent, she still maintained her youthful looks. To be honest, one wouldn't be able to notice much difference from her late twenties to her current age. This was mainly due to the Uzumaki bloodline's abundant life force.
Kushina hugged her two grandchildren tightly; however, a moment later, her gaze shifted towards Naruto who stood far out in the back.
"Kids, go inside,"
"Granny needs to work out a bit," Kushina said in a low voice.
*sh!* Naruto shuddered almost feeling like being in the middle of an ice storm seeing his mom's change in expression.
Naruto had almost forgotten this feeling since the last he had experienced this kind of anger from his mom was when he refused to eat with his parents calling them fake in the Limited Tsukuyomi.
"let's go," Hanato said as he gently pulled Azami's hand.
"Brother, is dad going to be okay?" Azami asked.
"Who knows?" Hanato asked sarcastically.
Azami silently stared at Naruto as she followed Hanato into the house,
"Hanato, don't leave me here…" Naruto whimpered in a low voice, helplessly staring his son going into the house with his daughter.
Hanato gave a sly smile as he closed the door.
("Good luck dad…")
*Door closes*
("DAMN!!!!!") Naruto exclaimed internally.
("Good luck Naruto,") Kurama smiled from within.
("Damn you Kurama,") Naruto shouted, seeing Kurama vanish into the darkness in his inner psyche.
*crk!*
Naruto felt goosebumps, hearing something like bones crack.
He then looked towards Kushina who was slowly walking like a zombie towards him with a powerful intent that glowed in red.
"MEN…MA…" Kushina spelled out Naruto's alternate reality's name one by one.
"Yes…" Naruto's voice quivered in fear as he shrunk back like a prey meeting its predator.
"You really have the guts to face me, after all, you have done don't you?" Kushina asked.
("What the hell did Menma, Fucking do?") Naruto asked himself.
"W-wait, I can expla-"
(Bang!) Kushina smashed Naruto into the ground.
"Explain what exactly?" Kushina asked.
"I-I…" Naruto was stuck since he didn't have any clue about the situation in the first place.
Suddenly, Kushina hugged Naruto tightly.
"You idiot,"
"You should have come home sooner," Kushina said suddenly as she increased her force in hugging Naruto while also silently crying.
"I, uh…" Naruto suddenly felt a teardrop on to his shoulder.
"I'm home…" Naruto said as he hugged her back.
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