So I have to admit, I was somewhat disappointed with Kishimoto's portrayal of Naruto as a father at the end. So here you have it, what I believe would be a normal day in the lives of the Uzumakis. Enjoy and review! If this one is good, I may do one for the Uchihas.
It was a bright and sunny day in the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Naruto Uzumaki, the Seventh Hokage, had just finished his paperwork early, and was eager to get home to his family.
First, there was his wife. His beautiful wife that he could now say that he loved with every fiber of his being. Of course, being the dense idiot that he was, it took him a while to get with her, but ever since, it has been an amazing marriage. And did he mention that she was an amazing mother as well?
That brings his thoughts to his firstborn, Boruto Uzumaki, or Bolt, as his son liked to be called. Sure, their relationship was a little rocky due to his busy schedule as Hokage, but that didn't make him love the boy any less. Bolt reminded him so much of himself at Bolt's age. The pranks, the little dattebasa quirk at the end of his sentences, everything. The boy was almost the spitting image of him. With blonde hair, blue eyes, and whiskers, the boy really looked like and acted like his father in every way. The complete opposite of his adorable little sister.
Himawari Uzumaki, a complete mix of her parents. While she possessed the indigo hair of her mother, she had her father's facial features. Her personality was akin to her mother's, as she was quiet, caring, and considerate, but more outgoing like her father was than her mother. Of course Naruto was dreading her growing up and becoming a knockout like her mother, but he was assured for now that the only men her heart belonged to were his and her brother's.
"Honey, are you here?" Naruto asked as he entered the front door of the Hokage Mansion's residence area.
"Papa!" A young girl, no older than 4 yelled as she dropped from her mother's arms and into his.
"Hello my little princess! Have you been good today helping Mama?" Naruto asked his daughter.
"Mhhmm! Mama and I have done chores and visited Uncle Neji's grave again today!" She squeaked.
Naruto frowned slightly at the mention of Neji, but quickly smiled as his wife entered the room.
"Oh, hello Hokage-sama, you're home early today." Hinata said with a wink.
"How many times have I told you, I'm still your Naruto-kun, not Hokage-sama?" Naruto asked, flustered with his wife's antics.
Hinata had matured into a brilliant woman. No longer was the stutter that impaired her speech when she was younger, she was now a confident, bold, and loving woman thanks to her years spent with Naruto.
"I'm just teasing you dear," as she pecked his cheek, "How was work?"
"Ah, it was fine. I distracted Shikamaru long enough to use Shadow Clones to fly through my paperwork so I could come home and see my amazing family."
"Oh, is that so? Then would you mind going to pick up the missing member of our family from the Academy? I'm sure he'd be thrilled to have his father pick him up." Hinata said, practically begging Naruto to do so.
"Bolt, eh? Of course I'll go get my son. Hima, would you like to come with me to get your big brother?" Naruto asked his youngest.
"Yes! Let's go get big brother right now!" Himawari exclaimed. Naruto chuckled. The girl sure did love her brother.
"Alright then, hang on." Naruto told her, and he flashed out of the house with his daughter in tow.
Hinata smiled as they vanished. It was good that Naruto was getting some time off to spend with his family, she knew that Bolt would enjoy it.
As Naruto arrived at the Academy's entrance, he could see the next generation of shinobi playing. All of his friends had had children around the same time, and now he could see them all growing up together as they had when they were younger. But who in the world thought that Shino Aburame would be teaching them as Iruka had taught Naruto's class?
There was Inojin Yamanaka, the son of Sai and Ino. Shikadai Nara, son of Shikamaru and Temari. Chocho Akimichi, daughter of Choji and Karui. Sarada Uchiha, daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. And Rock Lee's son whose name he couldn't recall.
"Papa, where's big brother?" Himawari asked, tugging on his sleeve, indicating that she wanted to be let down.
"That's a good question princess, let's go ask his teacher, shall we?"
Naruto strode into the Academy, not without gaining the attention of the kids, and he then entered the classroom to find only Shino.
"Shino! How's it going? Teaching the kids everything they need to know? Speaking of kids, do you happen to know where my son is?" Naruto inquired, shaking the Aburame's hand.
"Hello Naruto. It's strange that you're here, but it must be because you got off of work early. As for your son, Bolt should be outside playing with the others." Shino said, motioning to the window.
"Well that's strange, we didn't see him as we came in…should we go look again Hima?" Naruto asked, but his daughter was already going to search.
As she was running towards the entrance, she was grabbed and taken into a closet as she eeped and her mouth was covered before hearing a hush from none other than her blonde haired brother.
"Shhh! Himawari, what are you doing here? Where's mom?" He asked in a hushed voice.
"Bolt! Mama is at home." She replied.
"But if you're here, and she's not, then that means…" He trailed off.
"Yup! Papa came to pick you up and I came with him!" She said excitedly.
"Dad's here?! I was gonna pull a prank on Shino-sensei but forget that! Let's go find Dad." Bolt said as they rushed out of the closet to look for the Hokage.
They found him in the schoolyard still talking to Shino and looking for the both of them now.
Bolt crept up behind his father, who noticed by the way, and leapt in for the scare.
"Boo! Gotcha Old Man!" Bolt laughed as Himawari giggled at her brother's antics.
"Good try kiddo, but I knew you were there way before you even got to me! And whaddaya mean "Old Man?" I'm not even 35 yet!" Naruto said.
"Aww, how'd you know?" Bolt asked with a hmph as he crossed his arms and pouted.
Naruto motioned to his eyes, as the orange circles around them faded and his eyes returned to their natural blue hue.
"Dad, Sage Mode is cheating too! I'm not even a ninja yet, you have to make this fair for me!" Bolt complained.
Naruto laughed at his son, this was definitely a more light-hearted moment between the two of them since he had taken office as Hokage.
"Sorry son, but when you'll catch up to me in no time and I need to raise my score now before you completely trample over me later! Anyways, your mother is waiting for us at home with dinner and I'm sure you're hungry for some ramen like I am." Naruto said, and both Bolt and Himawari's eyes widened at the mention of ramen. They had both inherited his love for it.
"Ramen? What are we waiting for, let's go?" Himawari said, surprising both father and son as she took their arms and dragged them towards their destination.
The reached home in no time, Himawari begging Naruto to teleport them home so they could get their ramen as soon as possible, and he couldn't possibly say no to his daughter.
They appeared in the living room, somewhat startling Hinata, but she quickly recovered and greeted her entire family.
"Hi Bolt, how was school today?" She asked her son.
"Sooooooo boring Mom! Shino-sensei talks like a robot and it's not like I don't already know that stuff!" Bolt said.
While Bolt may have been almost identical to his father, there was one thing that he did better than him in, his studies. It's hard to fail a history class when your father uses the past to tell bedtime stories.
"Alright then Bolt, if you know so much, what was my first C-rank mission?" Naruto quizzed the boy, he hadn't told his son about this story for nearly 2 years.
"Come on Dad, that's an easy one. You went on a mission to the Wave to protect a bridge builder from a guy who was a Seven Swordsman from the Mist. You went with Kakashi-sama, Sakura-san, and Sasuke-teme." Bolt recalled.
"I've taught the boy well Hinata-chan, he even calls Sasuke teme!" Naruto said proudly, but Hinata merely rolled her eyes.
She prepared the dinner table as her family gathered around it and she then served her now "famous" (as dubbed by Naruto) ramen to her husband and children.
"Mama, your ramen is the best! Can I have another bowl please?" Himawari said, giving her famous puppy eyes as she politely asked for more. Not surprisingly, she was the first one done with her first bowl. Naruto had learned to slow down while eating, and Bolt wasn't that fast of an eater, but my, her daughter had also gained her father's voracious appetite.
"Of course you can dear." Hinata said as she gave Himawari more.
Naruto and Bolt both shot each other a look of amazement, Himawari may have just broken her record of downing a bowl of ramen in 4 seconds.
After dinner, the Uzumakis had decided to watch a movie and to end their night. Of course, Hinata let Naruto put the kids to bed, his favorite part of any day.
Himawari was first, as she was younger, and she needed more sleep.
"Goodnight princess. Make sure to dream about your papa and brother. Nothing else. Promise me?" Naruto said.
"Yes Papa, I promise. I love you!" She said, hugging Naruto and planting a sweet kiss on his cheek.
"I love you too Hima. Sleep tight." He said, lying her head down into the pillow and kissing her forehead before exiting her room.
Bolt was in the living room, talking to Hinata, as Naruto approached them.
"Finished putting Hima to bed dear?" Hinata asked, and Naruto nodded while smiling.
"Seems like it went well." Hinata acknowledged his grin.
"That it did. Bolt, buddy, you ready for bed?" Naruto said, lifting his son up.
"I dunno Dad, I'm still pretty awake…I might need another history lesson before I'm ready to sleep." Bolt said.
"Alright, alright, let's go." Naruto said, and Bolt bolted into his room, decorated red like the lining of his outfit.
"So what do you want to know tonight?" Naruto inquired.
"Hmmm…how about…how you and Mom fell in love?" Bolt decided, and Naruto looked at him in surprise.
"Uh, sure buddy, but why? Aren't you a little young to wonder about love?" Naruto asked, turning the tables on his son.
"Umm, well, uhhh…" Bolt started, sweating.
"Is there by chance a girl you like?" Hinata asked, entering the room.
"Mom! Well, maybe there's this one that I find sorta different…" Bolt stated.
"Oh? Well don't keep us in the dark, tell us who." Hinata pressed.
"Dad, you have to promise not to freak out!" Bolt said immediately, pointing at his father.
"Of course son, I'll always support you." Naruto said truthfully.
"..a" Bolt said, in the quietest voice his parents had ever heard from him.
"We didn't catch that Bolt, who did you say?" Hinata said.
"…chiha." Bolt grumbled.
"One more time son." Naruto said, pretty sure of what he'd heard.
"Sarada Uchiha, okay?! She's weird and all, but she's smart and pretty too and it's confusing!" Bolt exclaimed.
Naruto stayed silent, so Hinata jumped in.
"Oh, you like Sasuke's daughter? Bolt, you're growing up so quickly! Naruto, what do you think?" Hinata said, lightly tapping her husband's shoulder.
"What? Oh, um, that's great son! I'm just going to have a long talk with teme later…." Naruto said the last part to himself.
"Anyways, the story of how your mother and I fell in love. Well, first, let me say that I was pretty dense when I was your age. It's good that you're aware of your feelings already. But that's beside the point." Naruto said.
"Let me start, dear. When I first met your father, he stood up for me against some bullies, even though he didn't know me. I thought that it was very admirable that he would stand up for me." She said smiling.
"During our days at the academy, I always watched him from afar, and I admired him even more because he always had that 'never give up' attitude." She continued.
"I didn't really notice your mother until our first Chunin Exams, where she gave me some medicine after my fight with her teammate at the time. She actually cheered for me during that fight even though she won't admit it." Naruto said, lightly jabbing his elbow into Hinata's side while she shot him a look. They also decided to leave the part about Hinata almost dying at Neji's hands too.
"So skip ahead a few years to my battle with the Akatsuki's leader, Pain. I was almost doomed until your mother stepped in and confessed her love for me which left me shocked and gave me the power I needed to win." Naruto remembered, leaving out the less gruesome details.
"However, your father was a bit of a jerk and didn't say anything to me right away after everything was said and done. In fact, he waited to return my feelings when we were in the middle of a war." Hinata said, smirking at her husband, who had his jaw opened wide.
"Anyways! I decided then and there that Hinata was the most important person to me and after the war was over and everything had settled down, we decided to date and eventually got married. Then came along you and Hima soon after." Naruto finished, holding his wife's hand as he ended the story.
Bolt took all the information in and smiled at his parents.
"So, does that help any with Sarada?" Hinata asked.
"I dunno. Girls are weird. Except for you and Hima, Mom." Bolt said, and both of his parents laughed and they told him their goodnights, love yous, and left his room for him to sleep.
And then there were two.
"So I was a bit of a jerk, huh?" Naruto said, recalling what his wife had told Bolt.
"Naruto, you know what I meant. But what matters now is that we're together, that we have beautiful children, and that you're an amazing father and husband." Hinata gushed.
Naruto blushed, but soon moved in to hold his wife closely.
"You know, you're a fantastic mother and wife yourself, Hinata." Naruto said slyly, with a fox grin on his face.
"Shut up and kiss me." Hinata said.
And so he did.
Don't you tell me that Naruto doesn't love his family Kishimoto! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this little story and that you'll review and let me know if I should do one about the Uchihas? Thanks!