NARUTO A DIFFERENT BEGINNING EPISODE 1
(This is basically AU. The what if scenario on if a few things played out differently and Minato and Kushina survived and raised Naruto. This starts at the point Kushina finds out she's pregnant and i'll let the small difference's show themselves as you read the story. Cue the soundtrack from when Kushina tells Minato she's pregnant please lol)
Kushina Uzumaki or rather Kushina Namikaze has just returned home from her visit with the doctor. Eager to tell her husband the wonderful news. She didn't have to look far since she already heard the sound of him mixing the ingredients to bake something in the kitchen. Minato Namikaze being the great Shinobi that he was with his sharp hearing heard his wife coming in and asked. "Welcome home Kushina. How'd it go? Is everything ok?" He asked as he continued to stir the mixing.
"Yeah. I'm actually great. The doctor said...well how do you do you feel about...having a baby?" She asked while trying to give him the hint on the good news. Where at this point is where he poked his head out in confusion.
"Hmm? A baby?" Kushina couldn't hold her excitement any longer and spouted out.
"Yeah! I'm gonna be a mother, ya know!" She said with excitement in her voice.
"A mother? And i'm gonna be a father?" he said in shock at what she just said.
"A mother, ya know!"
"I'm gonna be a father."
"A mother, ya know!"
"A Father!" He repeated back to her as they both ran to each other and hugged laughing with joy. "Kushina, this is...this is...this so...so..." Minato being so excited he can't even finish his sentence.
"Amazing! I know! We're really gonna have a baby!" She said as Minato kissed her and in the passion of their kiss he realized he dropped the bowl. The sound snapped them back to reality.
"Whoops. Hang on." he makes the hand sign for the shadow clone jutsu and the clone cleans up the mess while the real Minato carries Kushina to their bedroom. Their passion whisked them away to bliss and happiness. After two hours of love making they both laid in bed naked as Minato kept his right hand over Kushina's stomache.
"you know there's nothing to feel yet."
"I know but I can't help it. We're really gonna be parents." Minato said as the thought of being a father plagued his mind. The next day they both looked around their house to see what changes needed to be made. "hmm, ok we'll make this room the nursery I just gotta move some of this stuff to a new location but yeah with a little paint job we can definitely make this work." Minato stated as Kushina agreed and chuckled at how her husband was quick to get things ready. It moments like these that showed that even the Yellow Flash, The leaf village's hero, The fourth Hokage can be excitable as a child sometimes.
"Hey Minato." Kushina called as Minato turned and listened. "Do you think maybe you can see if Jiraiya can track down Tsunade for me? I want to tell her the news myself." She said. Minato wasn't surprised to hear this request. After all much like Tsunade helped become the Shinobi she is today and had that sister relationship with her from the first day they met. Needless to say Tsunade was the annoyed older sister always pulling Kushina out of trouble and lecturing her, and helping her with boy troubles till she decided to leave due to the death of Dan.
"Sure thing. I'll have a messanger toad find him in a bit." Kushina could see how excited he was. She can't blame him either. After all he was raised in an orphange not knowing his family. Only thing he knew and was told by the Third Hokage was that his Mother didn't think she was fit to raise him. He promised himself on that day he will never let his child grow up alone like he did. Time passed Tsunade cam to the village in Kushina's third month of Pregnancy despite her dislike for the village but for Minato and Kushina she was willing to make an exception. Her and Shizune were surprised to see and hear the news but were happy for them. Kushina asked Tsunade to stay and be the only to deliver the baby. She was almost gonna say no but Minato managed to change her mind. He was never sure as to why but he always had someway of getting Tsunade to help whenever he needed it. They then asked Tsunade to be the godmother of the baby. She was in such shock but felt honored that she accepted. Jiraiya was told through messenger frog. He came back to the village just a month before the baby's due date. At this time Minato was caught up in Jiraiya's book. Tales of a Gutsy Ninja. Jiraiya noticed and slapped his back and caught him by surprise.
"Ohh~, so you were reading my Tales of a Gutsy Ninja? But it's my first published work. The sentences are childish and I didn't do a good job."
"No, I don't think so. This tale is wonderful."
"oh?"
"Each chapter reads like one of your legendary exploits. It's almost like an autobiography." Minato said.
"But...it didn't sell at all. For my next one I think i'll add some sexy elements to spice it up a bit." Jiraiya said in a disappointed tone since he wasn't happy about the way the sale for his book went.
"The main character of this book. I thought his determination to never give up was really cool. He's a lot like you sensei." Minato said.
"Y-You think so?" Jiraiya asked since he didn't actually think anyone let alone his own student would like the book.
"So I was thinking...I really hope my unborn child can become a ninja just like this main character. Which is why i'd like your permission to name my son after your him" Minato stated with a sincere smile on his face completely catching Jiraiya by surprise.
"Whoa, Whoa! Are you sure about that? It's just a random name I came up with while eating some ramen." Jiraiya tried to explain.
"Naruto." Kushina said as she came out of the kitchen. "I think it's a wonderful name." She said as she put a hand on her stomach nodding in agreement with her husband and stood next to him.
"Kushina..." Jiraiya looking surprised by her acceptance of that name especially when he already has bad rep with her after peeping on her a few times before she married Minato. Then he chuckled and blushed in embarassment "Geez, I guess this means I get to be his Godfather, but are you sure about this?"
"Of course. You are my Sensei and a great ninja who possesses the true talent of a ninja. There's no other like you." Minato said as he and Kushina gave their approval of Jiraiya being Naruto's godfather. Tsunade had come back from the blood bank at to help her get over her fear of blood. This was something she knew she needed to do if she wanted to deliver the baby. She showed signs of getting better and tonight she has made a full recovery. She was willing to celebrate till she saw Jiraiya and instantly put up her guard since she can't trust him enough to not sneek a peek when she least expects it. Minato explained how they Jiraiya was now the official god father and Tsunade let it go since she knew out of all people Jiraiya was the one Minato respected the most. Neither her or Kushina can understand why but they knew Jiraiya was a good person deep down...they just wish he wasn't such a pervert. At that note Jiraiya stood up for himself
"I resent that! I am not a pervert!"
"Then what are you then!?" Tsunade asked
"I'm a super pervert!" Jiraiya said proudly with his usual pervy grin and gave thumbs up.
"That doesn't make it any better!" Tsunade yelled as she threw a tea cup at him. "I'm telling you right now! As his Godmother if I see that he so much as shows a sign of perversity I'll give you a worse punishment than when I almost pummeled you to death." Tsunade threatened with her fist clenched.
"and as Naruto's mother I fully support her punishment." Kushina said with a grinning smile as she also clenched her fist. Minato and Shizune both had sweat drops as they watched this. The next month went by, Jiraiya had left to travel again but promised he'd be back in time for Naruto's birth. The day of Narutos birth was almost here. The Third Hokage and his wife Biwako came into their home and explained about how the Kyuubi almost escaped and told how Kushina will give birth in a hidden location. Minato, Tsunade, and Shizune went ahead to prepare everything while Kushina and Biwako followed behind them at a more leisurely pace. After talking to Mikoto and seeing Sasuke her thoughts drifted to how her other friends were about to or already have their own families. Tsume who now has two kids, Hiashi's wife Saya whose due to give birth in december, Yoshino with her first child just recently born. She feels Shikamaru is too much like his father. Only cries when he's hungry but mostly sleeps. Her thoughts are interupted by Biwako.
"you know you giving birth is supposed as secretive as possible and are supposed to avoid as much contact as possible."
"I know. Sorry." Kushina said with her usual grin.
"At any rate I don't wanna hear you screaming like crazy if your labor pains kick in."
"Got it." Later in the evening inside the cave she is to give birth in. "OH MY GOD IT HURTS, YA KNOOOOOWWWW!" Kushina as she felt the pain of giving birth and could also feel the fox escaping.
"Is she alright?" Minato asked worriedly Biwako was aboutto reply but Tsunade beat her to the punch. Literally, she punched Minato in the back of his head whenever she feels he had his idiotic moments.
"Moron, she's giving birth and trying to keep the fox back! Of course she'd be in pain." Tsunade said as she focused back on retrieving the baby.
"But Aunty...I've never seen her in this much pain before." Minato said worriedly. Tsunade twitched at being called Aunty. She never did like being called that but Since seeing Minato for the first time he's always referred to her as such but she let it go this time.
"Honestly, this is exactly why men can never give birth. Now stay focused on the seal Minato!" Biwako Told Minato. Meanwhile outside the Anbu guarding the cave were killed silently. As the masked man made his way into the cave. Kushina's screams continued till finally a loud crying was heard. As soon as Kushina heard the crying she felt her own tears falling. She couldn't believe it. He's finally here. Tsunade looked at the little life she brought into the world. This boy was her godson, one who can go to her if he need to talk to her. Looking at him he reminded her of her brother nawaki. She smiled and was glad she took the offer of delivering Naruto into the world. She then passed him on to Shizune and Biwako who began clean Naruto off before wrapping him in his red blanket. Tsunade wiped her tears of joy from her face which didn't go unnoticed by Minato and looked back at his son.
"I can't believe it...I'm a father. Naruto!" Minato said in his excite to get a look at him.
"Don't touch him! The mother sees him first." Biwako said firmly as she walked past him where Minato pouted at not getting to see him yet. Biwako showed Naruto to Kushina. Tired as she was she smiled.
"Naruto. I finally get to meet you." She said with a happy voice despite being tired.
"Alright, you two will have time bond after one more detail is handled. There, there" Biwako said as she tried sooth Naruto as he continued to cry.
"How you doing Kushina?" Minato asked as he, Tsunade and Shizune looked at her.
"Tired." She replied happily.
"Thank you, Kushina." Minato said to her with the happiest face she hasn't seen since he confessed to her and returned his love and when they got married.
"Minato." She replied happily ready to cry again. Tsunade and Shizune said nothing and let the happy couple enjoy their moment. Minato then slams his fist into his right palm.
"Alright! I know you just gave birth Kushina but I need you stay with me a little longer till I reapply the seal." Minato said as Kushina nodded. He was preparing the hand signs till the four heard Biwako scream. "Biwako!" Minato yelled as all four looked to see a masked man now holding Naruto who was still crying.
"Fourth Lord Hokage, Tsunade Senju. Step away from the Nine tailed Jinchuuriki or the boy can die at the tender age of one minute." He threatened as he pointed a Kunai at Naruto. Minato, Tsunade, and Shizune stood still. Any unnecessary actions could get Naruto killed.
"Who is this man? He not only defeated the Anbu hired by Sarutobi Sensei but he by passed the barrier surrounding this place too." Tsunade said in her thoughts.
"I won't ask again. Move! Or do you not value your son's life." the masked man threatened. Minato then notice the fox trying to escape with the seal still incomplete. "Don't try anything."
"Wait just stay calm." Minato said.
"Oh, i'm very calm!" The masked man replied as he threw Naruto up in the air and was ready to stab him.
"NARUTOOOOO!" Kushina yelled in her concern as Naruto cried but Minato caught him just in time.
"Shizune!" Tsunade ordered as Shizune threw her threw her poison tipped senbon needles but to their surprise they went right threw the man and Minato took a note of that.
"when plan A doesn't work always have Plan B ready to go." He said as he saw Tsunade aim her fist at him and went threw him as well he took that chance to dash as he used his teleportation technique to separate Kushina from them. Minato seeing that looked shocked as well Tsunade and Shizune.
"Kushina...KUSHINAAAA!" Minato yelled.
"Minato calm down. We have to get Naruto to a safe place then focus on getting Kushina." Tsunade told him. Minato breathed in and out as he tried to calm down.
"Aunty, Shizune hold on to me." He said as he used his Hiraishin to transport them to the second house Minato built for him and Kushina. He settled Naruto in their bed. "Ok Naruto you stay here with your godmother and Aunt Shizune. I need to go save your mother."
"Don't worry. we won't let anything happen to him." Tsunade said as she watched Minato flicker away and looked at Naruto. She drifted to her own thoughts. "Naruto you remind of Nawaki. So did your father. You look so much like him."
"Lady Tsunade?" Shizune called out and Tsunade blushed not realizing she was peaking out loud. "What do you mean by all that?"
"It's nothing really..." Tsunade replied obviously trying to hide something. "Look Shizune there are somethings about me that are better left unsaid, ok?" She replied. Shizune agreed to her request. In the meanwhile Kushina had already had the Kyuubi removed was under the masked man's control. He had just ordered it to kill Kushina but she was saved by Minato.
"Mina..to?" Minato nodded and smiled at her. "Is...is Naruto safe?"
"Yeah. I took him to a safe location. Aunty and Shizune are watching him." Minato told her.
"Thank goodness." Kushina replied as Minato saw she was getting weaker. "Listen Minato that man plans to attack the Leaf with the Kyuubi. You have to stop him." Minato heard her then looked at the masked man. Minato was always known to have a calm demeanor but he had an angry look that no one not even Kushina has seen in his eyes. He looked at the masked man with an extreme intent to kill him. He then teleported away.
"Flew away again. Oh well. Time to destroy the leaf." he said. Minato had returned with Kushina in his arms and Tsunade could tell from the looks of her as to what happened.
"Minato...why?"
"Nevermind that." he said as he laid her next to Naruto. "Stay here with Naruto." He said as he watched Kushina struggling just to move her arms to hold their son.
"Naruto..." was all she managed to say as she tried to hold him and she started to show tears through her smile. Minato looked at her and could see she was slowly slipping away. He had promised to always protect her and now here she is slowly dying before him. Tsunade and Shizune noticed the sad and anguished look on his face as they heard him pop his knuckles just by making a fist with them. As he went to get his Kunai and Hokage jacket. "Minato thank you. Good luck."
"I'll be back." Minato said as he swiftly put on his Hokage jacket.
"Minato...leave Kushina to me. I may be able to help her." Tsunade whispered. Minato was surprised to hear it.
"Can you really?"
"I can. You go protect the village. I'll get to work on Kushina." Tsunade said.
"Right." Minato said as he teleported away putting his trust in Tsunade.
"Alright Kushina I need you to lay still for me." She said as Kushina slowly nodded.
"Lady Tsunade you can't..."
"It's alright Shizune. She hasn't died yet. At the most i'll lose ten years of my life using the jutsu." Tsunade said. When Kushina heard this she was about to argue. "and don't argue with me Kushina. This is my choice. Starting right now i'm putting my life on the line to protect this village and I'll start by making sure my godson has his mother in his life. No more running away." She said as she began to use the jutsu she learned on her travels. The life restoration Jutsu. Shizune then put her hands over Tsunade's to help. "Shizune!"
"I want to help her too Lady Tsunade. With my chakra to help this should lessen the amount of life energy you lose. Don't worry about me. After all this my choice too." Shizune said. And Tsunade didn't argue back since that'd only be hypocriticizing her speech. Kushina felt her strength returning but kept hold on to naruto. Not wanting to let go cause he was put in danger after only just being born. In the meanwhile Minato handled the situation with the Fox attacking the village. At the moment he was fighting the masked man.
"Are you Madara Uchiha?" He asked.
"Madara Uchiha? Maybe but he's already dead so I don't see how." He replied as he put on his long chained hand cuffs as he charged at Minato. Minatos attack went through the masked man again but he was able to evade the chain with his Hiraishin. "i'm starting to get his attack pattern. He'll wait till the last second to attack. It's a gamble but the first one to strike first wins the fight." Minato said as he charged at the man and threw his three pronged kunai. And saw it go through. This was the moment where everything is determined.
"Now I've got you" but then Minato flickered away and he was behind him.
"Rasengan!" he yelled as he hit his back with it and marked him with the hiraishin seal. "Hiraishin level 2." Minato said as the masked man tried to get away but saw Minato in front of him and got stabbed with his Kunai.
"Damn it! He must've marked me somewhere." He said in his thoughts. Then he noticed Minato placing another seal on him.
"Now the fox is no longer under your control." Minato said as the masked intended to make a last ditch effort to escape.
"This isn't the end. I have other methods and the fox will eventually be mine."
"Sorry to disappoint, but there's one more seal I placed one there. As of right now you can't access any of your chakra. And I don't intend on letting you get away with everything you've just committed against this village, putting my new born son in danger, and most of all making Kushina suffer like that." Minato said as he flickered behind him. "Whoever you are under that mask this is your end." Minato said as he slit his throat and let him bleed to death. "I'll let the Anbu deal with you when this is over." He then flickered to where the fox was and was preparing to summon Gamabunta till he heard
"Ninja Art! Bringing down the house Jutsu!" A giant Toad with twin katana's was on top of the Fox.
"Sensei!" Minato called out in joy to see his Jiraiya arrive when he did.
"Hey Minato! So, is he healthy?" He said in a jokingly tone. Minato knew this was his way of handling a serious situation.
"Yeah. He's as healthy as can be."
"Minato!" Minato and Jiraiya turn to see the Third Hokage Sarutobi calling him. "How did this happen?"
"No time to explain." Minato said as Sarutobi grabbed on to him and used Hiraishin to transport themselves away from the village. Minato pulled the ladies and Naruto out in time as the Kyuubi fell down. "Damn my chakra is running low. I used too much in my fight with that man."
"Minato we need to seal the fox again." Kushina said. And he saw she was as good as new as she formed a barrier with her chakra chains.
"It's too much chakra to seal. An eight trigram seal would be effective but I'd have to split the chakra in half." Minato explained. "I'm low on chakra and I don't want to leave you and Naruto but this all I can..." Minato was knocked out by Sarutobi.
"You've done what you can Minato. I know what you plan on doing." He said.
"What do you mean old man?" Jiraiya asked as he got up from falling. Sarutobi explained Minatos plan to them and how instead of Minato he will be the one to do it. "Kushina I know this isn't what you want for Naruto and there's no denying he will have a hard life even with you and Minato watching over him. Do all you can to raise him right." Kushina nodded as she cried at the old man's words and was scared at what her own son will be facing in the future. Jiraiya was preparing the key formula for the seal. "Tsunade be strong. A time will come when you must tell them everything you kept inside for so long. As you saw he's grown into a fine young man." Tsuande nodded at his meaning.
"No need to give me last words old man. You've been an awesome teacher. I'll see ya around. Give my regards to your wife when you see her." Jiraiya said with his usual grin even though this was the hardest thing for him to watch.
"Minato I know you'll probably be angry at me for doing this in your stead but this is my choice. You are still young and have a family to look after. Enjoy every bit of it that you can, because for a shinobi especially for a kage life can be all too short. This my last act as Hokage. I entrust you to keep the villages will of fire going. Good bye. Fourth Lord Hokage, Minato Namikaze." Sarutobi said as he performed the hand signs. Kushina stood in the ceremonial pedestal with Naruto sleeping on the pedestal.
"GRRRR Curse you, Kushina! You and your clan! I will not be sealed again!" The Kyuubi yelled as he struggled to get free of the chains but to no avail as he felt half his chakra taken out and sealed in Kushina. She winced a bit.
"Even though it's only half it's still great enough to hurt like this." She said in her thoughts. The other half with the Kyuubi's body was now about to be sealed in Naruto.
"NOOOOO!" with that last yell the Kyuubi was sealed. Naruto felt the sudden surge of power along with that sudden yell and started crying again. Kushina regained her composure and grabbed Naruto.
"Shh shh shh shh, it's okay Naruto. It's okay." she said in a calm tone. Minato then woke up and Jiraiya was next to him.
"Guess I should explain as to what happened." Minato nodded yes as Kushina walked to him with Naruto in her arms as everyone gathered and Jiraiya explained it to Minato. Needless to say Minato wasn't happy about the turn of events. "Look Minato I know you're upset but you know as well as anyone here this the Shinobi life style, but don't forget the old man made this choice. Nothing we said would've changed his mind anyway."
"Minato. I didn't want him to do it either but I'm grateful to him." Kushina said. "Because he gave us the chance to watch Naruto grow up. He'll need us now more than ever since we can't keep the fact the Kyuubi was here and just suddenly vanished a secret. It doesn't matter how everyone treats me but I want to at least keep Naruto safe." As she said that the other Shinobi showed up looking at the area that was damaged.
"Lord Hokage, what happened here?" An Anbu asked.
"Call an emrgency meeting of the village council. I'll explain there. For now take Third Lord Hokage's body and inform Asuma Sarutobi." Minato ordered.
"Yes Lord Hokage." He said as all Leaf Ninja began to work. Minato still had one more thing to check on and had Jiraiya follow him. They went and found the masked man's body and started examining it before anyone else took notice of it especially Danzo. They both knew this was the kind of situation he would take advantage of.
"What do you think?" Minato asked.
"With everything that happened and seeing as this guy got to do all this damage and slip through the barrier. Naturally one would assume Madara Uchiha. But it's not for certain since his name is often used as an alias to strike fear in people. No way to know for sure. Whoever he is took extreme measures to make sure we never know. He had his own seals set in case he died. First is the mask. No way to remove it with out it blowing us off with a ten mile radius explosion. Any other attempts to examine his body will have the same result or worse." Jiraiya explained.
"What kind of man would go this far to hide his identity? There's no way know if he's even related to the Uchiha clan since he was clearly using Sharingan."
"I do see your point. He probably wanted to known as that. As No one. Like you told me already this man obviously had some dangerous ideology. No way to know if he even had accomplices in some organization. So we'll have to keep our wits up while just pretty much living our day to day lives. Looks like I got more work to do along with keeping my tabs on Orochimaru. Let's at least seal the body away till we can properly dispose of it." Jiraiya said as he pulled up a scroll to seal the body away. "let's go. Don't wanna be late for this meeting, right?"
"Right." Minato said as they took off and head for the Hokage tower. Once there all sorts of questions broke loose on the civilian council side even more from Koharu and Homura. Minato calmed everyone down and told them exactly what happened. Koharu and Homura weren't happy how the young Hokage went on and told them how Kushina was the Jinchuuriki. The civilian Council insisted on both Kushina and Narutos Deaths. Kushina didn't care what they said about her but she wasn't about to let someone threaten her baby. Just then her friends tood by her. The heads of shinobi clans and their wives stood by Kushina and Minato. Minato was sure at least some of them would turn on Kushina but to his surprise here the are. Tsume then spoke.
"Here's a tip for you guys. Never go threatening Mother's child. You may just lose your life for it." Kushina was tearing up again because she was so happy to have such good friends. Danzo didn't say a word since he knew getting Naruto in his ROOT was impossible right now and Beyond that was Minato passing a law that banned everyone from ever speaking of what really happened less they wished for an immediate death. They returned home that night and Kushina was nursing Naruto on their bed. And boy was he Hungry. They finally got him into some baby clothes too which just a full body orange baby pajamas. Once finished she began to pat him on the back so he could burp before sleeping. Minato watched at how natural she was at it. After burping him they then tucked him in in his crib which was just next to their bed.
"Good night, my little Naruto." Kushina said. "I love you."
"Good night son." Minato added with the same love in his voice as Kushina. They then went to sleep and and were ready to face what the world was gonna throw at them. As expected things were rough in the beginning. People giving Kushina death glares and talking behind her back about wishing her gone or dead along with Naruto. It didn't phase her much though. Mainly cause she knew who her real friends were and that's what mattered. Saya, Hiashi's wife had just given birth and after sometime to recoup Kushina and her friends which consisted of Tsume, Mikoto, and Yoshino visited her to see her new born daughter Hinata. Mikoto Left Sasuke with Itachi and Fugaku, Tsume brought Kiba and Hana along. Yoshino also had Shikamaru in her arms since she knew Shikaku would be napping with him. Kushina had Naruto with her as well since Tsunade and Shizune were getting the medical core back on track and Minato was handling his Hokage duties. Jiraiya was back on the road keeping hie tabs on Orochimaru and keeping his "research" going for his next novel. Hana was playing with her rambunctious little brother while Yoshino let Shikamaru sleep in her arms till he was ready to eat. Saya offered her friends to share Hinata's room while they were there to let the babies sleep if they wanted to. Kushina took her up on that offer since Naruto fell asleep as they got there. They all looked at Hinata and awe'd a bit. Saya let her sleep next to Naruto while they were hoping to get a quick picture of her sleeping. Then Kushina pointed out something when they found the camera.
"Guys look, look." Kushina whispered as she signaled them to look. They awe'd even more seeing Hinata cuddled into Naruto with her litte blush. Naruto still sleeping like nothing was wrong. "quick Saya take the picture."
"Alright i'm on it." Saya did just that and took another one for Kushina and gave it to her.
"This is so cute~." Kushina said. At that moment Shikamaru felt the need to cry cause he was hungry and in turn caused a chain reaction with the other babies in the room Kiba followed, then Hinata, and Naruto followed not long after that. The mothers took their babies trying to calm them down.
"Oh, Shikamaru. You are definitely your father's son." She said as she began to feed him.
"There there, Hinata. It's ok. It's ok." Saya's soothing voice was enough to calm Hinata down and let her sleep again. "you know it's funny. Hiashi always seems to have trouble with Hinata at first."
"Oh yeah?" Kushina replied as she held Naruto and gave him his Pacifier.
"But I know he's trying his best to build a bond with her. I know it's not easy being the head of a clan and being a father. He's actually jealous at how Minato makes it look easy." Saya said.
"Easy? No, if anything it's the opposite for Minato. In that whole first month Naruto would just cry every time Minato held him. I guess that was his way of letting him know he was still tense about holding him. But after some practice and learning how to sooth Naruto he got it. I'm sure Hiashi will get it eventually." Kushina said as she chuckled at the image of Hiashi panicking with a crying Hinata in his arms.
"If your wondering I actually had Hizashi record some of his Panicking moments with Hinata" Saya said.
"Saya how you can be so kind and caring while at the same time devious is beyond me." Kushina said with a sweat drop on her head while Saya kept her usual smile.
"I guess I owe it to hanging around you, Mikoto and Tsume so much." Saya chuckled.
"Hey, talking about the old days." Tsume said.
"I don't think we're that old Tsume" Mikoto said as they all took a seat.
"Says you who went ahead and got pregnant at eighteen." Tsume said as she laughed.
"You weren't exactly any older then I was when you were pregnant with Hana. At least I didn't get drunk when it happened." Mikoto replied with an evil like chuckle.
"Oh~, so you wanna go there now huh?"
"Alright let's leave it at that you too. Lord knows you don't want Hana confused as to what you're referring too." Kushina said. Their day went by smoothly with their talks of their days at the academy and expected each other to end up with a different kind husband especially Yoshino of all people for her to marry it had to be Shikaku. She loved him, she knows that much but sometimes she wonders how she even puts up with him since he's sometimes worse than Shikamaru. All that can be expected in their lives is the simple peace they are enjoying for the time being.