Author's Note: Hey guys, so I'm here with a new story that I've been thinking about for a while. In this chapter, there's not that much action because I want you guys to get an idea of how each character is like, but don't worry, the next chapter will have more action than this one you can bet on that. So with that,
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, One Piece, or any other anime.
Summary: Naruto was born as a triplet with his two siblings, Naruko and Menma, containing the Yin and Yang halves of the Kyuubi. With their father, Minato Namikaze, being preoccupied training their older sister, Mito, who was a Chunin, and their mother, Kushina Uzumaki, being tasked with making sure his siblings gain some control over the Kyuubi's chakra, Naruto is left alone to train himself, which he himself prefers. Taking the path of the sword, he promised himself that he would do everything in his power to protect those close to him, even if it meant death. Strong/Smart/Fuinjutsu using/Mature/Santoryu Naruto
Chapter 1: Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze and his New Siblings.
6 years ago
In the Village Hidden in the Leaves, on the day October 10 on a Full moon, there stood, in all of it's glory, the 9-Tailed Demon Fox known as the Kyuubi destroying anything in it's line of sight.
It's tails were said be able to create tidal waves, destroy mountains, and create earthquakes. Right now, it was proving one of those theories as it's tails smashed against the ground, causing earthquakes to occur.
No one knew where this beast came from and how it was even here in the first place, aside from a few, but they knew that if they didn't stop it from rampaging, they would all die. So ninjas rose up to try and stop this monster, to protect their village and the people within it. There were the sounds of shouting and explosions down on the battlefield.
"Hold the attack and wait for the Fourth Hokage!" a shinobi yelled.
The shinobi all around started reaching into there back pouches and withdrawing kunai and threw them at the beast, but to no avail.
"It's not working! What do we do it's getting closer?!"Another shinobi yelled.
As soon as he said that there was a yellow flash that stopped all actions to see what the flash was.
"It's the Fourth Hokage!" The previous shinobi said.
Another ninja noticed there was someone next to him and gasped.
"Look, it's also the Third Hokage, right next to him!" The ninja said.
All the ninjas cheered, thinking, with the two Hokage, they're sure to be able to defeat this beast once and for all.
There stood a 5'11 man on a giant toad with golden hair and two bangs that covered each of the man's face. He wore shinobi attire that consisted of a long blue-sleeved shirt with a dark green sleeve-less vest that had a lot of pockets over it. The most noticeable feature of his clothing was the white trench coat with flames that were at the end of the coat and a kanji in the middle that stood for "Fourth".
Next to him was another man, who was at a height of 5'3, wearing light combat attire, consisting of a black jumpsuit, mesh segments over the lower portions of his limbs, and a green gauntlet that covered much of his right arm. He also wore an armored hood with a bandanna-like forehead protector over this, tied with two long straps. Across the back is the kanji for "fire" (火, hi).
These were the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash, and the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the 'Professor' and 'God of Shinobi'.
"Everyone great work! Now, stand back! The Third Hokage and I will deal with this. Go and help the citizens and try to stop the fires." The Fourth shouted. The ninjas obliged to their leader's orders knowing that if anyone could beat the beast, it was the two hokage.
Minato stared at Hiruzen with sadness in his eyes.
"Lord Third," Hiruzen looked at Minato, "are you really sure you want to do this?"
Hiruzen just gave Minato a reassuring smile.
"I'm sure, Minato. I believe it is time for the next generation to handle things from here on out and I can't think of a better person to lead that generation other than you."
Minato closed his eyes, not wanting tears to come out, and clenched his hands. He unclenched his hands after a couple of seconds, and reopened his eyes to show they were burning with determination.
Minato nodded his head to Hiruzen and they looked towards the Kyuubi.
Everything after that happened occurred so fast.
Minato teleporting directly over the Kyuubi with Gamabunta squashing him, which he then dismissed Gamabunta and teleported the Kyuubi, Hiruzen, and himself to another location.
Minato disappearing and reappearing again with Kushina, who was holding three bundles colored orange, yellow, and red, this time in his hands.
Kushina was a 5'5 woman well-known for her beauty. She had a slender, but feminine build, fair skin, violet eyes, fiery red hair — a common trait among the members of the Uzumaki clan — that fell down to her waist with strands that framed both sides of her face and a black clip that parts her hair to the left, keeping it out of her eyes. She was wearing a high-collared, sleeveless blue blouse under a long, loose-fitting tan dress. She also wore a wristband that was dark blue on her left wrist and shinobi sandals that was lavender.
Kushina creating a Fuinjutsu Barrier and holding the Kyuubi down with her chains.
Minato preparing the Eight Trigam Seal and placing the orange and yellow bundle on the alter.
Hiruzen using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and sealing the Yin Half into the yellow bundle and sealing the Yang Half into the orange half, before he collapsed to the ground, dead.
After that day, Minato informed the village of how Hiruzen sacrificed himself to seal the beast into his two children, Naruko and Menma Uzumaki-Namikaze, stating that they were heroes for keeping the Kyuubi at bay. This made everyone in the village build a statue in honor of Hiruzen and treat the two as if they were celebrities.
Now: 6 Years after Kyuubi attack
Behind a nice 2 story house that looked like it could fit 3 families, the Uzumaki-Namikaze family of five can be seen outside doing various things.
The first family member was a boy, who looked no older than 6 and was at a height of 3'6, with spiky golden hair, violet eyes, and 3 whisker marks on his cheeks. He was wearing a plain white shirt with the Uzumaki Swirl on the front that was on fire, blue shorts, and blue shinobi sandals. He was currently sitting in lotus position, trying to hold up a leaf with his chakra.
This was Menma Uzumaki-Namikaze, Jinchuriki to the Yang Half of the Kyuubi and second born child to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
The next family member was a girl, who looked the same age as Menma and was at a height of 3'5, the average height for a 6 year old, with long smooth golden hair tied into two ponytails, deep blue eyes, and 3 whisker marks on his cheeks like Menma as well. She was wearing a yellow shirt, dark blue shorts, and blue shinobi sandals. She was currently trying to reach the top of a tree with his feet using chakra.
This was Naruko Uzumaki-Namikaze, Jinchuriki to the Yin Half of the Kyuubi and third born child to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
The third family member was also a girl, who looked about 5 years older than them and was at a height of 5'0, very tall for her age, with long red smooth hair that reached the middle of her back, violet eyes, high B-Cup breasts, and a figure that would make most women jealous. She was wearing a dark red shirt with a black ANBU-like vest over it, black shinobi pants with a white bandage wrap around the right ankle, and black shinobi sandals. She was currently sparring with her father, Minato, with nothing but Taijutsu.
This was Mito Uzumaki-Namikaze, first born child to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki and prodigy at the same level as Itachi, who was also a Chunin like her.
The last two members are of course, Kushina Uzumaki, who was watching the progress of Naruko and Menma, and Minato Namikaze, who was sparring with Mito.
While they were all training, a young boy, who looked the same age as Naruko and Menma and was at a height of 3'8, taller than the average 6 year old, with short spiky red hair, dark blue eyes, and dragon-like pupils was watching them all train with a small smile in his face from inside the house. The boy was wearing a crimson red T-shirt, black shorts, and black shinobi sandals.
This was Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, the youngest born child of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
Despite Naruto not being able to train with his family, he loved his family and was happy for his siblings.
He was a smart child and understood why his parents needed to concentrate on his other siblings.
Last year, his parents took them all into the living room and explained what occurred on the night of the Kyuubi attack. Naruko and Menma, of course started to cry, causing Kushina and Minato to console them with Mito watching from the sides staring sadly at them. Naruto, though, didn't cry and grew determined to help and protect his siblings in anyway, even though they were technically older then him.
After that, Kushina told the two that she would help them control the Kyuubi's chakra so that they wouldn't have to worry about harming anyone, making them smile, and Minato told Mito that he would train her harder than before to make sure that she was prepared for the world and, if Naruko and Menma lose control when they're not around, to calm them down.
Naruko and Menma noticed that they left out Naruto and asked about it. Minato and Kushina looked sadly at them then to Naruto before they explained to him that they couldn't train him as much as they would the others because for the reasons explained before.
They knew how Mito, Naruko, and Menma would react so they weren't surprised when they started to yell at them and state that it wasn't fair to Naruto.
What they all didn't expect was for Naruto to give them a small smile, that showed no sadness at all, and say that it was ok.
Mito tried explaining to him that it wasn't alright for them to get training, but he didn't. Menma and Naruko nodded in agreement to her words, wanting to train with their brother too.
Naruto felt happy that his siblings cared for him that they would try and argue that what Minato and Kushina were doing was wrong, but he didn't want his parents to feel worse than they already did so he told them that he understood why they needed to be trained more than he did and that he actually preferred training alone.
Kushina and Minato, surprising him as well, also said that it wasn't right for them and asked why he wasn't complaining at least a little.
Naruto shook his head in disbelief, but you could see on his face that he was genuinely happy.
After spending a lot of time convincing them that it was alright, his parents and siblings finally relented, hesitantly. Though, Minato asked Naruto if he needed anything at all, he shouldn't be afraid to ask.
This made Naruto, who was about to decline, pause before he thought about it.
He remembered reading on about the other hidden villages and the famous shinobi that resided there. His interest was piqued when he read some information on a Shinobi from Kumo named Killer Bee, who was the Jinchuriki to the Hachibi and used 8 swords to fight his enemies.
Naruto, deciding the path he wanted to take, asked if he could have a sword.
Although Minato and Kushina were slightly worried about Naruto harming himself, they thought that it would be a great idea and Kushina gained a huge smile as she thought about the perfect sword.
Kushina quickly rushed out of the living room and came back with a white sheathed sword, gaining the family's attention. She held the sword in her hands for a long time, just staring at it, before she smiled and nodded, sticking it out to Naruto.
Naruto's face that day was the face of total awe and excitement as he took the sword from his mother's hands. When he unsheathed it, Naruto couldn't help but be even more in awe at the beauty of the blade itself.
Menma and Naruko, who had stars in their eyes, were shouting things about how Naruto got such a cool sword and complained that they didn't have one, while Mito stared impressed.
Naruto asked his mother what the sword was and she told him that was from her grandfather, who was the leader of the clan at the time, and told him that with that sword, her grandfather was able to cut down several enemies within seconds.
Naruto couldn't believe he had such an amazing sword in his hands and, in a rare moment of showing excitement, hugged his mother, thanking her profusely.
Kushina, of course, hugged him back saying your welcome while Minato watched the scene with a smile and his siblings grinning.
Mito asked their mother what the sword's name was and she answered,
"This sword's name, from what I was told, is Wado Ichimonji."
From that day on, Naruto became the owner for Wado Ichimonji and was a dedicated swordsman.
That didn't mean he neglected training in other fields as well.
After he received that sword, Minato and Kushina gave him several scrolls on Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and more importantly, Fuinjutsu and Kenjutsu.
He spent the whole year starting that day reading and training himself as hard as he could.
He did push-ups, sit-ups, bench presses, lifted weights, and, after being proficient enough in Fuinjutsu, running with gravity seals.
Naruto started training in Shape transformation and chakra control, where he mastered tree walking and was starting water walking.
He went through katas from several different types of fighting styles.
Started practicing his calligraphy and by the end of the year, was a level 5 out of 10 Seal Master on the Uzumaki scale, showing his Uzumaki blood.
More importantly, Naruto trained his swordsmanship by studying on other swordsmen and swords women from the other hidden villages, mostly concentrating on Killer Bee because he promised himself that day that he would create his own type of swords style that would surpass all others.
Everyone knows how Uzumaki's are with their promises so you can easily bet that Naruto will do just that.
Naruto looked away from the window when he saw that they were heading in. Looking around his room, he found Wado Ichimonji and strapped it to his left hip.
Another thing about Naruto was that ever since he got his sword, he was never seen without except when using the bathroom.
"Guess it's time for dinner."
Uzumaki-Namikaze Dinner Table
As everyone sat at the table with Kushina in the kitchen getting the food, Menma laughed as he pointed at Naruko, who was covered in dirt and leaves, with his left hand.
"Look at your hair, Naruko! You have so much leaves in it!"
Naruko growled as she glared at Menma with her hair floating in the air, similar to how Kushina's hair when she's angry.
"Shut it!" She smirked as she remembered something, "At least I'm not still trying to keep a leaf on my forehead, unlike you."
Menma stopped laughing and glared at the smug looking Naruko.
"Hey, that's not my fault! Mommy said that it would be harder for me because my Kyuubi half was more," his face grew confused, wondering what the word his mother used to describe his Kyuubi.
Minato smiled and decided to fill in the word for his son.
"The word is 'potent', Menma."
Menma's face brightened up and smiled at his dad.
"Yeah! That's the word! Thanks, Daddy!"
Naruko looked in between Menma and their dad before she gained a frown, not liking that Menma was getting so much attention.
"You're just making an excuse."
Menma lost his smile and frowned at Naruko.
"No I'm not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!
"Am not!"
Before Naruko could yell out her reply, Menma and Naruko shivered as they suddenly felt really cold.
They robotically turned their heads, while sweating, to the seat adjacent to where Kushina would sit next to Minato, who was also sweating nervously and chuckling.
Mito smiled a creepy smile as a dark purple like aura surrounded her.
"If you two don't stop arguing, I will take action and trust me, you won't like what I'll do."
Menma and Naruko shivered and started hugging each other while nodding.
"We're sorry, Mito-Nee."
Mito nodded in satisfaction and the aura disappeared, making Minato, Menma, and Naruko release a sigh of relief.
Menma and Naruko blinked and realized that they were still hugging. They immediately leg go of one another and let out an 'EW!', causing Mito roll her eyes at their childish antics, but could see a smile on her face.
Minato chuckled watching all his children acting so carefree. He heard the sound of a door closing from upstairs and when he heard footsteps getting closer, his smile grew.
Looking towards entrance, Minato greeted his youngest child.
"Hello, Naruto. How was your day?"
Naruto smiled kindly at him and sat next Mito, who ruffled his hair in greeting.
"My day was good, father. I'm getting better with using my sword. I think by the next year or so, I should have a grasp on the basis for my sword style I'm creating."
Minato gained an interested look and Mito looked curiously at Naruto.
"What type of swords style are you creating, Otouto?"
Menma and Naruko looked across the table to Naruto, excitedly waiting for his answer.
Naruto chuckled, thinking that if anyone saw this, they would think that he was the older one out of the three.
"I want to keep it a surprise, but I'll give you a hint. I will be using multiple swords in this swords style."
This got the whole family wondering and guessing how much swords Naruto will use.
Minato even thought that Naruto somehow was able to recreate Killer Bee's 8 swords style, but thought it was unlikely because he didn't witness it first hand.
Menma and Naruko started having crazy imaginations of Naruto growing extra arms and using 9 swords.
Mito was the most reasonable as she guessed that he would be using 2 swords.
Before they could think about the idea some more, Kushina walked in holding a tray of steaming hot Ramen, which they served when it was a special occasion.
She placed it on the table and gave a big grin.
"Dinner is served!"
With that, everyone dug into their dinner without delay.
Naruto, in the middle of eating, paused and asked,
"Not that I'm complaining or anything, but why are we having ramen today?"
Everyone literally chocked in the middle of eating their ramen and when they cleared their throats, Naruko stared in disbelief at Naruto.
"How could you forget, Naruto? It's our birthday! We turn 6 six today, remember?"
Naruto had the decency to look sheepish and if you looked closely, you would see a small pink blush on his face.
"Sorry, it's just I was so into training I guess I forgot what day it was today."
Minato also added his own input.
"Also, we're also celebrating the defeat of Kyuubi, so after we're done eating, we're all going out to join in on the festival and when we come back, Your mother and I along with some others will give you our gifts."
Menma let out a loud 'Hell yeah', where he was later hit in the head by Kushina, who said not to curse, Naruko did something similar, but didn't curse, scared of getting hit, and Naruto grinned.
After they finished their ramen, the Uzumaki-Namikaze family went to their respective rooms and changed to their yukata.
Kushina was dressed in a white kimono with pink ribbon, Mito was dressed in a dark purple kimono with a yellow ribbon, and Naruko was dressed in a yellow kimono with a blue ribbon.
Minato was dressed in a white yukata with red sash, Menma was dressed in a orange yukata with a yellow sash, and Naruto was dressed in a red yukata with a black sash that also held Wado Ichimonji on his left hip.
Making sure they had everything one last time, the family of 6 left their house and joined in on the festival.
As they walked in the streets, people of the village greeted them, with Menma, Naruko, and Naruto being congratulated a 'Happy Birthday'. Many teenage boys gazed at Mito lustfully, but were prevented from doing anything by killer intent or KI from Minato and Kushina as well as their girlfriends, sisters, and mothers slapping the back of their heads.
When they reached the area with the stands, Minato and Kushina allowed them to go have fun and meet back at the top of the Hokage Monument to watch the fireworks.
Menma and Naruko immediately ran from the group and spent most of their time having competition in each stand, trying to best the other in the festival games, such as dart throwing, fish catching, and etc.
Mito sighed, deciding to follow them, to make sure they didn't cause too much trouble.
Naruto, like his siblings, decided to visit some stands, but unlike them, he visited stands that sold some food, clothing, and stuff like that.
Naruto walked away from a stand that sold some fish balls, thanking the owner of the stand, who gave him some extra fish balls for his birthday.
He smiled as he enjoyed the sweet yet salty taste of the fish balls, but was startled when he felt something bump against him.
Looking down, his left eyebrow rose in curiosity when he noticed it was a girl, who looked no older than 4, in her hands was a paper bag that was steaming, which he deduced to be bread inside the bag.
The girl backed away from him and looked slightly scared, but she literally froze when he heard a yell of what sounded like an old man.
"Get back here, you little thief!"
Naruto brought his head up from the girl, who still stood there frozen, and saw that it was in fact an old man around the age of 50-60 running towards there direction.
Naruto placed his left hand on the girl's shoulder, causing her to jump, and asked her a question.
"Did you steal that?"
The girl looked straight into his eyes and he saw pain and fear in her eyes. The girl didn't even answer him and just brought the bag closer to her chest.
Naruto sighed and turned in the direction of the old man at the same time said man reached them.
The old man was glaring at the little girl and was going to yell at her, until he noticed who was next to her.
"Namikaze-sama! I didn't notice you there!"
Naruto yet again sighed at being addressed with 'sama'.
"It's fine. Please, just call me 'Naruto'."
The old man replied in an excited tone,
"Of course, Naruto-sama!"
Naruto just accepted that was the best he would get and decided to get back to the problem at hand.
"Can you tell me why you were chasing this girl?"
The old man regained his scowl and glared at the girl, who shrunk trying to hide herself behind the bag in her hands.
"This little girl came to my shop and when I was with another customer, she grabbed one of the bags of bread that was meant for someone else and ran away."
Naruto now confirmed that the girl did indeed still the bag and decided to solve the situation.
"How much was this bag?"
The old man looked confused, but answered.
"Well, Naruto-sama, one bag of bread would cost just 500 yen."
Naruto took out the price for the bread and gave it to the old man, shocking him and the little girl.
"Here, now, you don't have to chase this little girl anymore."
The old man tried to argue with him, stating that he couldn't accept it, but Naruto convinced him that it was alright.
The old man, after thanking Naruto profusely, left back to his shop.
When he was gone from his sights, Naruto looked backed down at the awed looking girl.
"Now, can you tell me why you had to steal this bag of bread, instead of paying?"
The girl decided to answer Naruto because after Naruto paid the food for her, she saw him as a nice guy.
The girl looked down in shame while she answered,
"I don't have any money and I was really hungry."
Naruto already figured that out and so he asked more specifically.
"Why don't you have money? Don't you have any parents here with you?"
The girl looked even more depressed than before.
"I don't have a mommy or daddy. They died when I was a baby."
Naruto noticed her state of clothing which was just a large rag and felt incredibly bad for the girl and said,
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that."
The girl heard how bad Naruto felt and she looked up quickly, shaking her head.
"No! It's not your fault! Don't be sad!"
Naruto stared, surprised, at the girl's sudden shout before he chuckled.
"I forgot to introduce myself," Naruto stuck out his right hand, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze. What's your name?"
Th girl looked smiled, happy to see he wasn't sad, and answered,
"Hi Naruto, I'm Mitsuki!"
Naruto smiled as he thought the name 'Beautiful Moon' matched the little girl, who looked really cute with shiny black hair and bright amber eyes.
"That's a beautiful name, Mitsuki."
Mitsuki blushed cutely because that was the first time anyone ever complimented her for her name, but gasped as she realized something.
"Oh no! I forgot!"
Naruto wondered what made her gasp and asked her about it.
"What's wrong, Mitsuki?"
Mitsuki looked apologetically at Naruto.
"I'm sorry, Naruto, but I have to go. My friends are waiting for me."
Naruto breathed a sigh of relief after he discovered it wasn't life threatening and smiled kindly at her.
"That's alright. I was actually done looking at the other stands so why don't I go with you?"
Mitsuki smiled brightly at Naruto.
"Sure!"
Mitsuki then grabbed his left hand with her right hand and started to drag him with her as they ran through the crowd of people, who were watching the whole scene with smiles on their faces, thinking how nice of a boy Naruto was.
By the time they stopped running, they reached an alleyway and the sight that met Naruto's eyes made him feel so sick.
4 children, 3 boys and 1 girl, in the same rag-like clothing were seen sitting around, looking absolutely miserable. They all looked the same age as Mitsuki and that was the thing that made Naruto feel sick, that 5 four year olds were living on the streets instead of in an orphanage.
When Mitsuki yelled out a 'Hey Guys!', the children lost their looks of misery and gained looks of hope as they saw the bag of bread in her hands.
They quickly rushed to them and Mitsuki started to divide the bread equally amongst them and herself, each one getting 2 bread for themselves.
Naruto watched as they ate and saw how happy they were to have something to eat, even though it was just bread.
This made Naruto feel even more bad for them and his eyes grew determined to help out these kids anyway he could, despite himself being a child as well.
Mitsuki, after she and the rest of the other kids finished their bread, realized she never introduced Naruto and quickly got the other kids attention.
"Guys, I want you guys to meet the guy who made it all possible for us to have food," the kids perked up and she motioned to Naruto, who they never noticed until now, "This is Naruto. He bought this for us and he didn't want anything in return! He's a really nice guy."
Naruto smiled kindly and waved.
"Like she said, I'm Naruto and I don't think I really did that much."
Mitsuki shook her head side to side.
"No, you really helped us. If it wasn't for you, I would probably be in big trouble."
Naruto sighed, deciding not to argue. He knew he would never win an argument with a girl.
Mitsuki smiled seeing that he accepted her thanks and turned to the others.
"You guys should introduce yourselves too."
They nodded and the first to approach him was a boy with black hair and green eyes that showed intelligence.
The boy politely bowed and stuck his hand out.
"I'm Daichi. Just Daichi. I don't really know who my parents are, but that doesn't bother me. Thank you for your help."
Naruto accepted his thanks and shook his hand.
Daichi stepped back and the next boy to approach him had brown hair and equally brown eyes.
The boy didn't seem to be the type with manners, and that showed with his sloppy bow and him scratching the back of his head with his left hand and a blush on his face.
"I'm Genki. Sorry, I'm not used to being so proper, but yeah like Mitsuki said, thanks."
Naruto chuckled as Mitsuki scolded Genki for introducing himself in such an improper way.
Naruto watched as the last boy walked up to him.
The boy had black hair like Daichi and bright blue eyes.
When the boy looked up at Naruto in the eyes, he brought his head back down with a blush and bowed.
"I'm Kiyoshi. Thank you for you help."
Naruto told him that it was no problem in a soft tone, seeing as the boy seemed really shy.
The last of the group who didn't introduce themselves walked up.
She had long dirty blonde hair and, surprisingly, grey eyes.
She had her head down, with her hair casting a shadow over her eyes.
Naruto was about to ask what was wrong until she took him by surprise and hugged him, shocking him slightly and making him freeze.
He broke out of his shocked state when he felt her shaking and his shirt to get damp.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…"
Naruto concluded that she was more emotionally in pain than the others and that this was probably the first time that anyone has helped them.
Looking at the others faces, he saw how they looked sadly at the girl currently hugging him.
He hugged her back, telling her comforting words, and when she finally calmed down, the girl backed up and wiped her tears away.
The girl gave him a small smile with a blush, embarrassed that she lost control like that and said,
"Sorry about that, but I really am thankful for you helping us. I'm Kokoa, by the way. Even if you feel that you didn't do enough, you did more than anyone that we've met."
Naruto scratched his cheek with his left hand in embarrassment.
After all the introductions were done, Naruto watched as they talked about how great it was to finally eat and how they laughed enjoying just talking to each other.
His eyes grew determined as he remembered that he planned to help these kids. Looking inside his wallet, which he had within the left side of his yukata, he noted, thanks to the allowance he got from his parents, that he had enough money to buy food for a family of 10. Having parents like Minato and Kushina, it's not surprising with the amount of money that he had.
He, unlike his siblings, saved his allowance money, not really knowing how to spend it, until today.
Gaining their attention, Naruto gave them a big smile.
"How would you all like to have fun at the festival? Play games? Get new clothes? Eat? Of course, it'll all be on me."
They looked at him in awe and shock before Mitsuki said,
"You can't do that, Naruto! We're happy enough with the bread that you bought for us. You don't have to do this for us."
The others also agreed, but Naruto shook his head and his face grew stoic, slightly scaring them.
"You're right I don't have to," he lost his stoic appearance and regained his smile, "but I want to. So what do you say? Just so you know, I won't be taking a no from any of you."
The stood silent until Kokoa started crying tears of joy with a big smile on her face that was followed by everyone else.
Naruto grinned.
"I'll take that as a yes?"
They gave out a big cheer and left to enjoy the festival.
The first thing that Naruto did was take them to a store and bought them all the clothes they wanted. Luckily, the owner gave him a discount, not just because he was the son of Minato and Kushina, but also because he also helped them out when a couple of teenage boys around 13 was causing a ruckus.
Naruto thanked the owner for his services and he then took the kids to a hot spring, making all the kids incredibly happy at finally getting clean, with Kokoa's hair turning a shining blond after getting rid of the dirt in it.
They then finally joined in on the festival, enjoying all the food being served. Genki really lived up to his name as he was laughing and running around, having competitions with Daichi and even the shy, Kiyoshi. Mitsuki and Kokoa were calmer than them, but were also laughing in joy.
Naruto watched all this in the background, glad to see the kids enjoying themselves.
Although, it wasn't long before Kokoa and Mitsuki noticed him just watching and practically dragged him to each stand, forcing him to join in on the fun.
He looked at the smiling faces of Daichi, Genki, Kiyoshi, Kokoa, and Mitsuki and could say without doubt in his mind that this festival was the best festival he ever went too.
Naruto, after a couple of hours having fun, noticed that it was about time for him to meet up with his family, but he didn't want to leave the others.
Suddenly, he gained an idea and he grinned.
"Hey guys!"
Everyone looked at him, wondering what he wanted.
"I have to go meet up with my family to watch the fireworks. You want to watch with me?"
Everyone looked really excited and Mitsuki looked up at Naruto.
"Can we really?!"
Naruto nodded and they jumped for joy.
Naruto lead them to the top of the Hokage Monument and heard the voice of his father.
Minato noticed Naruto finally arrived and waved at him.
"Naruto! We're over here!"
Naruto turned his head and saw that they were all sitting on his father's head, making him roll his eyes, but there was a smile on his face.
He waved back and quickly approached with the others behind him.
Minato smiled at Naruto, glad to see that he made it, but noticed 5 children behind them.
"Oh? Who are they, Naruto?"
Naruto was about to answer, but Genki sudden shout interrupted him.
"Wait, your dad's the Hokage?!"
Naruto blinked but nodded.
"Yeah didn't you guys know?"
He didn't hear an answer, but when he saw that awe and shocked look in their faces, he got his answer.
Naruto shook his head and turned back to address his amused father with a big smile that he rarely saw on Naruto's face.
"Father, I'd like you to meet my friends."
Minato sensed that was the truth, but could tell there was more to that.
Naruto also saw that his father knew there was more so he gained a sad smile before mouthing a 'I'll tell you later', causing Minato to nod.
Naruto turned back to the others and motioned to his dad.
"This, as you guys know, is the Fourth Hokage, but also my father, Minato Namikaze."
They, not surprisingly, showed respect and bowed to him.
After they each introduced themselves to Minato, Naruto told them to talk to his siblings and mother while he talked to this father, which they did, albeit hesitantly, nervous to see how the Hokage's family would react to them.
They lost their nervousness, though, when Kushina's, Naruko's, and Menma's energetic and kind personality greeted them and welcomed them in like family.
Both father and son smiled, enjoying the faces of joy on their faces, before Minato turned to Naruto.
"So, Naruto, I can sense that you're telling the truth that they're your friends, but there's more isn't there?"
Naruto nodded solemnly and explained the situation to him.
"They are some orphans I met during the festival. I originally met them through Mitsuki, who was stealing some bread, which I later paid for. Father, when I saw how incredibly happy they were just receiving bread like a child does when receiving several gifts, it broke my heart. No child should go through what they're going through," Naruto glanced to the side, watching the laugh at the antics of Naruko and Menma, "I brought upon myself to bring even more happiness to them and in the short time I spent with them during the festival, I can say without a doubt that I'm close to each one of them as close as I am with you, mother, Mito, Naruko, and Menma."
Minato watched as Naruto stared back at him, right in the eyes with a burning fire of determination.
"Father, I have just one wish. I know I might being a little selfish, but will you grant me this wish? I won't ask for anything else, I promise."
Minato smiled and said,
"It's ok to be selfish, Naruto. After all, it is your birthday along with Naruko and Menma so you can ask for anything you want. So, what is your wish?"
Naruto didn't even hesitate.
"Can we adopt them into our family? We have a lot of room in our house. Mother likes to cook a lot so with more mouths to be, won't she be happy? Also, Menma and Naruko will enjoy playing with them? If this causes a problem, I will take full responsibility for it."
Minato was utterly speechless at the length's Naruto would go for these kids, but the more he thought about it, he smiled as he realized that this was what made Naruto, Naruto.
Minato didn't see any problem with adopting them because he was also an orphan like they were so he could understand what they were dealing with. The only problem was that they also needed Kushina's approval.
Hearing loud laughter, Minato turned his head and saw Kushina was the one who was laughing as she talked to Mitsuki and Kokoa.
He was now 100 percent sure that Kushina would approve.
Minato turned to Naruto, who was anxiously waiting for his answer, even if he didn't show it.
"Sure, Naruto. We'll adopt them. I'm sure your mother will be ecstatic, knowing her personality."
Father and son chuckled as they agreed about that.
Kushina noticed them chuckling and saw that the fireworks were going to start so he called them over.
"HEY! Naruto-chan, Minato-koi! The fireworks are about to start! Come on!"
Minato and Naruto followed her order, not wanting to face her wrath and quickly rushed over.
Minato sat by Kushina and Naruto sat all the way to the left by Mitsuki, who smiled up at him.
Looking over Mitsuki, he saw Daichi, Genki, and Menma sitting together, easily getting along, and Naruko, Kokoa, and Mito talking and commenting on how cute Kiyoshi was, causing said boy to blush, getting teased even more, but was having fun nonetheless.
The sound of an explosion got his attention and he looked up at the sky, seeing several colors go off in the sky.
Staring at the sky in awe for a while, Naruto turned his head right to look at the faces of his family.
He turned back to the sky with only one thought in his mind.
"I swear that I will get stronger and do everything in my power to make them happy and protect them with my life."
