Dialogues are in italics for easy understanding.
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Chapter 02: Enter Harumi Uzumaki
Minato and kushina were in for another shock. They finally met their son after five years of being dead and the gods who were kind enough to give them a second chance to be there for their family. They were in high spirits to make up for the five years gap and were even more motivated when they met naruto at a park. But it didn't last long when they found out that there is a member missing.
Kushina was worried. Any mother would be, if their child is missing. But hers was special. Her mind went blank. Tears were rolling down her cheeks.
Minato was worried too. He was worried about both narumi and the village. It has been bugging him ever since naruto mentioned this bad incident. Its true that his son was missing but as hokage, the village matters a lot to him. he saw kushina crying. he really didn't know what to tell to console her. So asked naruto for more information. " naruto, what was that bad incident.?" Asked minato.
Naruto said " I am not supposed to talk about this. I also don't know much. You should ask JiJi."
"I see. I will ask hiruzen" said minato. " what am i thinking. Naruto is only five years old. How did I even expect him to know anything. Even if he did, it must have been a traumatic experience. It would only be worse for him" thought minato. That was when he realised he should be more careful. After all, being a father is new to him and it is different from being hokage.
Minato turned to kushina who was still crying. "Kushi- chan" he said placing his hand on her shoulder. It must be really hard on her. Seeing her in that state, he himself felt guilty for whatever that has happened.
"I am sorry kushi-chan, it seems like all I did was mistakes. I didn't listen to you and I selfishly sacrificed naruto that day for the sake of the village and looks like the situation is worse than ever. We left our kids all alone in this world . if I had saved you that day, narumi wouldn't be in this position right now. I was a failure as a hokage, as a father and as a husband" said minato. There were tears in his eyes. he couldn't control them. When he knew he is going to have babies, he always thought to protect the baby and kushina and keep them happy. He just blamed himself for what all happened to his family.
"minato, please don't say that." Said kushina in a breaky voice. She hugged him. She didn't know what else to say. Seeing minato cry like that, it hurt her a lot. She realized what pain he must be in. she felt bad not being able to do anything in this situation. She always thought she was the one who understood minato the most and she always helped him in from his misery be it obito's death or rin's death. Both were hard on minato and she was always there comforting him. she only cried even more feeling so helpless.
Suddenly, naruto came flying and hugged both of them tightly. This brought minato and kushina out of their thoughts. They totally forgot naruto was there. they saw naruto was crying really hard too.
"I completely forgot naruto was here" kushina thought in her mind. " Naruto" she said trying to console him.
"Mom, dad, please don't cry. It really hurts to see you like this" said naruto.
He continued "I am not a genius and smart like narumi. I don't understand a lot of things. Even now I didn't understand many things from what dad said. But I understand pain. Its true I was alone in this village. Not only me, narumi and harumi also, all we wanted was our parents. I am so happy that you came back." Said naruto.
Minato and kushina were astonished at what naruto said.
Naruto continued "Narumi promised me that he wouldn't die. I am sure he is alive and will be back someday. I believe in him. that's why I wanted to work hard for his sake and become strong to protect harumi. I wanted to become a hokage just like the fourth hokage so that everyone in the village will acknowledge me. That's my dream"
He continued "besides, jiji was there for me. Everytime he visits me at the hospital, he always say sorry for not being able to protect me. But I cant really blame him. he is the hokage and he is very busy. So I am really happy. So don't worry about me." He finished.
Both minato and kushina were surprised and were really happy when they heard naruto. what more does a parent need to be proud of your kid.
"looks like its us who are getting consoled" said kushina with a little smile. She hugged naruto and said "Thank you naruto. I am so happy"
Minato felt slightly relieved too. He was really proud of his son. It the same feeling when naruto was born. From the time his kids were born, he felt proud being their father.
After a few minutes, they all were relaxed and gone back to their happy self.
" It is getting really late. Naruto, aren't you sleepy ?" asked kushina.
"No. not net. I want to tell this to harumi right away. Lets go to JiJi's place" replied naruto.
"But its around midnight. Is it alright to disturb them. I think we should go tomorrow" said minato. He was always polite and is not the type to trouble others.
"its fine its fine. I am sure jiji's hasn't slept yet. Harumi too. So lets stop wasting time and go" said naruto. starting to get restless.
Minato realised his son has inherited his wife's personality too. "alright lets go. What do you think kushi-chan?" asked minato. Kushina nodded her head in approval.
They arrived at sarutobi's door step. Of course minato and kushina were in henge. they had a hard time explaining it to naruto though. Kushina rang the bell and in a few seconds sarutobi opened the door.
When he saw naruto, he was shocked to see him injured. "Naruto, are you alright.? What happened.?" Asked the third.
"its nothing jiji. Don't worry. We are here to see harumi and you" said naruto.
"what's hurry. Its so late at night. And who are they.?" Asked sarutobi.
"I would appreciate if we could go inside and talk. It's an important confidential issue" said minato.
He noticed how close naruto was to that woman. He knew naruto better than anyone in the village and he wouldn't trust anyone so easily.
He let them in and they went to his office. Minato had requested harumi's presence. Sarutobi called out for harumi and she was on his way.
Kushina was so excited to meet her daughter. The last time she saw her was as a baby. And she was so cute too. There were thoughts raining in her mind but was inturrepted when the door lock turned and the door opened.
The door opened and a little girl with red hair entered the room.
Kushina so happy because ahe looked exactly like her when she was her age. It was a carbon copy of her. Minato was also appalled by harumi's appearance. It reminded him about kushina when she was at the academy although harumi's a lot younger now.
Harumi entered the room and when she saw naruto, she immediately rushed to him. "naruto, you are injured. Are you alright? We must treat it soon" said harumi.
When she said it, it totally took him by surprise. He voice was so kind and polite. It was as if seeing kushina in a way he could never imagine. Of course he like kushina the way she is. That's what makes him love her more amd more.
"I am okay. There is somebody here who wants to see you" said naruto pointing at his parents.
At this point sarutobi wanted answers. Real answers. It started to get suspicious. " who are you both.? I don't ever recall seeing you both in this village. What business do you bith have with naruto and harumi." Asked sarutobi. How wondered how they knew about naruto and harumi being siblings.
Minato gave a signal to kushina and they released the henge jutsu. When the smoke cleared, sarutobi was totally surprised.
"Do you recall seeing us, hiruzen" asked minato with a smile.
"Minato! And kushina too..! how are you…" said sarutobi. Words stopped coming from him. he wanted to say but he couldn't. he was surprised .
Harumi had the same reaction naruto had. It seemed like a magic for her. And when she saw the red haired woman, she noticed that she looked just like her. She heard sarutobi say kushina. That must be her name. And she knew pretty well the guy next to the woman. It was the fourth hokage. She wondered what is going on. She looked at naruto who was just standing there like he knew them.
"Hello there haru-chan. You are really beautiful." Said kushina.
Harumi wondered how that woman knew her. "Th-thanky you. You look pretty yourself. But who are you.? I don't know you." Asked a confused harumi.
"why don't you guess haru-chan" said kushina.
"Yikes…This again" thought minato. He saw the same expression on naruto's face. He saw naruto tell something to his sister. "I bet he warned her about kushina" thought minato.
Harumi was no longer confused. She could tell they were related. "are you perhaps my mother" asked harumi in her usual kind tone.
"Yatta… totally right haru-chan" kushina went on to hug her. "see that minato. She found out" she said. "in case you are wondering haru-chan, he is your father" she said.
"No, he has naruto's hair and his face resembles narumi's a lot. So its not surprising" said harumi. " And also, I have been praying to god everyday to be able meet you both so I am just happy to see you. Did god give me my wish" She asked.
Kushina remembered what the gods said that they merely answered her daughter's prayers. "You are right haru-chan. The gods made your wish come true." She said " So haru-chan, tell us what you like and don't like"
Harumi thought for a minute and she answered. "I like flowers and I like naruto and narumi and I like JiJi. And I want to become a medical ninja when I grow up"
"Medic ninja.?" Naruto Kushina and minato asked at the same time. "Why" they asked.
"I want to heal everyone" she said childishly.
Sarutobi can't believe his eyes. "Minato, is that really you..? how is this possible..? I don't understand." Asked the third.
Minato nodded his head and explained everything about the gods and that they are fully alive now. Sarutobi was amazed to hear the story and the kids fell asleep in between.
While minato explained everything , kushina was looking at the kids sleeping soundly on the couch.
"its really good to have you back minato.. a lot has happened in this village during your absence." Said sarutobi.
"Naruto mentioned about that. And narumi too. What really happened.?" Asked minato.
"Right now in this village, there are only two uchiha alive" stated sandaime.
"WHAT !" was the reaction from minato and kushina. They were holding back since the kids were sleeping.
"who are those two.?" Asked kushina.
"Mikoto uchiha and her son sasuke uchiha. They are the only two alive in this village." Said sarutobi. Sarutobi went on to explain rest of the story to minato. They finally finished after hours of talking.
"I see. So that's what happened." Said minato. He never thought something like that was happening.
"Minato and Kushina, that night the security in the village was weakened and there was chaos and panic in the village. During that time narumi was taken away. Jiraya is out there searching for him. I want to apologise for both narumi and naruto. If I had done a better job everything could be avoided. I am sorry" said sarutobi.
"Don't say that. What happened to narumi was unfortunate. And you took care of harumi for us. We are really greatful for that." Said minato. " I must have been hard for you. So please don't apoligise." He said.
"Yeah.. even naruto told us that it wasn't your fault and you really like him a lot. You've taken care of haru-chan like your own granddaughter. We are truly greatful." Said kushina.
"Thank you." Said sarutobi. He felt relieved. "Your old estate is kept as it is. I believe you'd want to move in. before we started talking, I asked the Anbu to move naruto's and harumi's things there. we'll reveal to the villagers tomorrow." Said sarutobi.
With that, minato and kushina left sarutobi's place carrying their kids. They sprinted across the town fast and from there they walked to their estate under the moon light. Minato carried naruto on his back and kushina had harumi.
Minato noticed that naruto was sleeping soundly and he took a grip of minato's jacket. " he is so light"
said minato. This moment was precious for minato. He is carrying his son to his house. He decided that from today, like this he will give a lot more happiness to his son and his daughter. " From today, we'll be there for them in everything they do and help them grow up. I am gonna spoil them as much as I can" said minato with a smile. A tear fell down from his eyes. it was tears of joy.
Kushina was happy herself carrying a short version of her. At first she felt so proud and happy when she met and talked with naruto. next when she met harumi she felt even happier. "You bet. They both are cute kids. They have grown up a lot without us. Naruto will be so handsome just like his father and haru-chan will be so beautiful with her kind and loving face. I cant imagine myself being like that." said kushina.
"True. Although naruto has my hair, he looks a lot like you and even got your personality. And haru-chan is fully like her mother. From what haru-chan said, I guess at least narumi looks like me" said minato.
Hearing narumi's name, kushina felt a bit sad. " I feel sad for narumi. He is the same as naruto, such a young age. I couldn't even imagine how frightened he must be. All alone in some place with bad people." Said kushina.
Minato can easily understand kushina's feelings. He also feels that he is missing narumi already. But what naruto said earlier was also true. "As parents, we have to trust our children that they will be alright. I promise that I will try my best to find him. A mother can never stop worrying about her children I understand but we have to do our best for naruto and harumi." Said minato.
Kushina smiled at minato. She knew she could always relay on minato. "Yes I trust them. Earlier naruto said that narumi was a genius. I bet he is full and full like his father..he he he" she said.
Finally Minato was able to see a smile on his wife's face. They reached their estate and the Anbu captain was waiting for them.
"Its hard to believe but it is great to have you back Yondaime-sama" said the Anbu captain. "All the things have been moved in and we were able to only clean one room." He said.
"thank you. That will be more than enough." Said minato.
The Anbu left and minato entered the estate. His wife followed him. they put naruto and harumi on the double bed which was clean. They covered them with blankets.
Kushina was watching them sleep peacefully while minato cleaned the other room fast. She helped him clean and they finished cleaning the room and kitchen. Kushina noticed the Anbu stocked up the refrigerator with some food. They returned to the living where naruto's and harumi's things were kept. Kushina was inspecting each boxes and in one box there was a photo frame.
"Minato.!" Said kushina in a loud voice.
" what's wrong, kushi-chan, the kids are sleeping." Came minato wondering what's wrong.
"Look" kushina said showing a photo frame to minato. Minato took the frame and saw. It was a photo of naruto harumi and narumi. It was taken not long ago. So they got to see how narumi looks.
"He really does look like me. But he has red hair. Only naruto has yellow hair. Both narumi and harumi have red hair." Said minato.
"looks like naruto is special.." said kushina. "Now lets go get some sleep… it was a long day" she said.
Minato agreed and they both went to bad. Kushina seemed tired as she slept fast. But minato was up thinking about what all happened today and he felt happy. Suddenly he remembered what the old sage once told him, that he will be blessed with a leaf, a flower and a thorn.
"If harumi is kind and lovable as a flower and naruto was strong willed and a protector like a leaf, then, what does thorn mean…" he thought and he fell asleep.
Next Chapter: Enter Uchiha Sasuke
(A/N)
Harumi Uzumaki- Age Five
There is a better place for me to explain the uchiha massacre so i didn't explain it in this chapter.
As you all read, Uchiha mikoto is alive in this story.
Please review. I hope you all like my story. Thank you for your support.
