Chapter 3: The Uzumaki Family

A/N: Once again thanks for reading and following my story even though this is my first one. Guess I forgot to mention that, but that's beside the point. But even though the most basic plot will be from the original canon there will be incredibly significant differences. One of them being in this chapter. Enjoy!

"Finally! We can go on that vacation I spoke about so many months ago!" Minato exclaimed to Kushina who just giggled at how excited he was to finally go on vacation. It's been about eight months since the Kyuubi attacked and Naruto was born. The reason why they haven't gone yet is because even though Tsunade agreed to be in charge of the village while they were gone, she said that she would have to reestablish the medical corp, in the leaf after she got over her fear of blood of course. Jiraya couldn't have done it because he had to keep tabs on Orochimaru who moves around a lot.

"Calm down Minato, your paperwork load won't get any lighter just because you're going on vacation." Tsunade said in a lecturing tone. "Paper what? All I can think about is getting a few days to spend with my family." Minato replied with an ear to ear smile.

"Will you promise not to teach anything bad to Naruto again?" Tsunade asked smiling remembering the story Kushina had told him just a few days ago. Minato could only sweat drop as he recalled exactly what she was talking about.

(Flashback)

Six months after Naruto was born he had already learned how to say his first word and he repeated it over and over. Kushina had went out to get some groceries while Minato was watching Naruto. Unlucky for Minato, Narutos first word was "Mom", so he was determined to make Naruto say dad at least once.

"Come on Naruto say dad" Minato told to his 6 month old son. "Mom!" was all he got back "Please Naruto, please say dad." Minato asked again getting a little upset. "Mom!" once again was all he got from the rambunctious infant.

"Say dad! Dammit!" Minato almost demanded Naruto. What Naruto said in return was something different, he didn't exactly like it though. "Dammit!" Naruto yelled with excitement. Kushina then walked in and said "Hi my little Naruto-kun how was your day?" Naruto then said with all his little might "Dammit!" Kushina was surprised and angry as she asked "Naruto who taught you to say that?" At this point Minato was already soaked in his own sweat as he knew exactly what Naruto was going to say. "Dad!" little Naruto said while pointing at his father. "Oh... did he now?" Kushina asked as little Naruto was clapping his hands and laughing. Kushina put Naruto down and then Minato began to being beaten to death.

"Why Naruto? Why?" was all Minato could think as he took the pounding Kushina was giving him.

"You humans are so amusing..." The Kyuubi thought as he chuckled and watched the hilarity.

(End Flashback)

"Why did he have to learn how to say Dad right when he needed to blame me for something?" Minato sweat dropped mumbling under his breath.

"It was your fault Minato, if you were just patient with him that wouldn't have happened." Kushina said smiling innocently.

"Yeah yeah... can we go now?" Minato said with slight annoyance. "DON'T HAVE AN ATTITUDE WITH ME BECAUSE OF YOUR SELF INFLICTED PAIN!" Kushina yelled at him with her hair swaying making it look like she had nine tails.

"Yeah self-inflicted my butt... how could someone hurt themselves that much with just their fists?" He thought to himself in a sarcastic tone. "Well anyway bye Tsunade-neechan good luck!" Minato said happily.

"Goodbye you two! Be safe out there okay?" Tsunade said back as she waved goodbye to them. She then turned around and headed over to the hokage office pulling out a bottle of sake, she then saw Shizune.

"You're not going to do any of the paperwork are you Lady Tsunade?" Shizune asked as she sweat dropped at the usual antics of her master.

"I'm glad you know Shizune" Tsunade said nonchalantly.

After about an hour of walking at a civilian's pace Minato and Kushina finally reached the town where the inn they mentioned was. Kushina who was pushing a stroller with Naruto in it asked Minato, "Where is the inn at, because you know I don't really leave the village all that much?" Minato then replied "Well technically the inn is not really even in the town it's right at the edge because there is a hot springs right next to it." Minato replied with a smile. All of a sudden they both heard a bunch of people panicking and an explosion coming from one of the houses in the town.

"Kushina, go to the inn with Naruto quickly! I'll be right there!" Minato demanded of Kushina as she just nodded and did what she was told. Minato quickly went to investigate the explosion and it was a house engulfed in a huge flame.

"What happened here?" Minato asked a random civilian as he was watching the fire happen.

The civilian replied in a very panicking tone "I'm not sure what happened all I heard was an explosion and the entire building was on fire. I think there's people still inside!" Minato held his breath as to not inhale any smoke and quickly dashed into the building, in hopes of finding a survivor. He found a little girl was about 3 or 4 years old passed out in the corner of the living room. He grabbed the girl and hiraishinned out of the building. He gently set the girl down and asked the civilians to tend to her until he was done. Minato then flashed through some handsigns and said "Water Style: Water Wall!" and doused the flames.

"Was this the work of a shinobi or was the fire a natural cause?" Minato thought to himself "Maybe when the little girl recuperates, I can ask her what happened." "Is she all right?" Minato asked a civilian who looked like she was a doctor.

"Yes She's fine, she just has a few burns and needs some rest, other than that nothing serious has happened to her." the doctor replied to Minato after tending to the girl. "Wait a second..." the doctor looked at Minato with her eyes narrowed. Then she opened her eyes in excitement and joy saying "Oh I know you! You're the fourth hokage!" All of the civilians that were present looked at him with amazement and surprise. "What's someone as important as you doing in a place like this?" she continued.

"I can't tell you why I am here, but no need to fear nothing bad has happened to force me to come here." Minato said rubbing the back of his head smiling. "But it doesn't really matter why I'm here right now, what's most important to me right now is the safety of this little girl, with her home destroyed I will take care of her for the time being, so please." Minato said and motioned the doctor to step out of the way so that way he can pick the girl up. He looked at her burned face and thought "Wow she actually looks like a baby version of Kushina. I wonder..."

When Minato got to the inn carrying the little girl, he saw Kushina standing outside with Naruto with a relieved expression knowing that her husband was safe. Then she realized that he was carrying a child and asked "Who's that little girl your carrying?"

"She's a survivor from that burning building, I decided to take care of her until she's able to return to her parents." Minato answered. "You don't mind do you? Besides, she looks like a miniature you Kushina." he added with a smile.

"No not at all, what you're doing right now is the reason why I love you Minato, you're so caring of other people." Kushina said with undying love.

"I Love you too Kushina." Minato replied with a heart warming smile that made most women hearts melt. They embraced one another and kissed each other lovingly.

A few hours later the little girl finally woke up, confused as to where her current location was. She sat up from the bed she woke up from and noticed she was covered in bandages. She then remembered what happened to her to put her in that state as she began to cry. Minato and Kushina heard her crying and ran into the room concerned for her. "What happened? Are you hurt? They both asked simultaneously. She continued to cry and managed to sob out "My mommy" and she couldn't continue any further as she continued to cry more. Minato and Kushina just grabbed the girl and comforted her while she cried constantly saying, "You'll be okay, you're going to be just fine, let it all out." After she was done crying she fell asleep again.

"What do you think she meant when she said 'My mommy'?" Kushina asked Minato

"I think I've got a pretty good idea on what she meant." Minato said with sad eyes.

...

About another hour later Minato and Kushina were still in her room looking after her until she woke up. When she finally woke up she asked them "Who are you?"

"I'm Minato Namikaze and this is my wife Kushina Uzumaki, we're the ones who took care of you while you were unconscious, we really want to help you as much as we can, so can you please tell us about your mommy?" Minato asked with a warm smile to try and show that the girl was safe with him.

She nodded and turned to Kushina then saying "You look like my mommy." Kushina was shocked to hear those words come from her. "Could it be? There's still some of us left?"

Kushina then smiled and asked "Then your mommy must be a beautiful lady" Kushina said with a cocky grin. Minato just chuckled at Kushina's antics, the girl also let out a soft chuckle. "Can you tell us your name please?" Kushina continued.

"Aika Uzumaki" she said very softly. Minato took on a shocked expression while Kushina's face lit up so brightly it could be called blinding.

"I'm an Uzumaki too ya know!" Kushina said proudly and Aika looked at her happily knowing that there is someone who is like her mother. "But first..." she continued. "Can you tell us what happened in that fire?" Kushina asked softly and sadly knowing this was a very sensitive subject.

"Okay..." Aika said as she looked towards the floor very sadly.

(Flashback)

Aika was playing with a few toys that she had while her mother was making lunch for her.

"Aika, I'm making some miso ramen is that okay with you?" Her mother asked. Her mother was about the same height as Kushina, she had dark red hair almost purple that looked pretty disheveled that extended to the back of her knees. She also had dark purple eyes and a rather slim face. She also had a very fit body as if she was an active shinobi.

"Yes mommy!" Aika shouted back at her mother excitedly because miso ramen was one of her favorite foods.

All of a sudden a masked man warped into the house and held a kunai to the neck of the women and asked "Where is she?

"I don't know who you're talking about." The women replied as she struggled for breath.

"You know exactly who I'm talking about, where is your daughter Aika? If you don't tell me where she is I'll kill you and if she's hiding in here I'll just destroy this house." The masked man demanded.

"I'll never tell you where she is!" She exclaimed towards the man.

"Really?" the masked man asked then he sighed. "Such a shame, looks like ill have to just kill both of you then. He then jumped back and casts a few hand signs. "Fire Style: Giant Fireball Jutsu" the man yelled as it created an explosion and the house was now burning down with the two still inside.

"MOMMY!" Aika yelled out frantically looking around for her mother. Just then a wooden beam fell and was about to crush Aika until her mother pushed her out of the way. When she looked up she saw her mother crushed under the beam, no longer alive and a man in a black robe and looks like he had a mask jumping away leaving her to die. She was about to pass out from inhaling the smoke until she heard, "Aika... I will always love you." And with that, she finally blacked out.

(End Flashback)

"That's all I can remember, but now I have nowhere to go." Aika said sadly starting to tear up.

"That damn masked man again! Why is he always trying to kill someone and their family? I swear the next time I see him, he won't get away so easily!" Minato exclaimed angrily because he almost knew the pain of losing the most important people to him because of the same masked man. "But don't worry Aika, you can always come with us. We would be happy to take care of you." Minato said with a warm smile.

"Yeah, I can't just leave behind a fellow kinsmen like that ya know!" Kushina said excitedly as she knew where this was gong.

"Are you sure? I don't want to bother you." Aika said sadly

"Don't worry you could never be a bother to us. I'm sure you'll get along just fine. We'll even help you become a shinobi if you want to, so that way you can protect the people you love with your own two hands ya know!" Kushina exclaimed.

Aika then looked up and smiled widely and hugged the both of them. "Thank you so much Kushina-san, Minato-san" They both rubbed her head and smiled. "You're welcome Aika" Minato said. "From this day forward we're gonna be your parents, and we'll take care of you no matter what we'll always be there for you ya know!" Kushina said proudly as they embraced for what felt like an eternity.

"I Think Naruto's gonna love you." Minato said to Aika.

" .To? Who is that?" Aika asked.

Kushina laughed and said "No sweetheart that's our son, your soon to be little brother. We'll take you to him come on."

She had taken Aika to the Room where she and Minato were sleeping in at the inn and Naruto was already awake.

Naruto saw Aika and immediately got excited. Kushina lifted Naruto and handed him to Aika. Naruto grabbed and pulled on her hair which he did to Kushina and Minato a lot which showed that he liked her. "See I told you Naruto would love you." Kushina said proudly knowing that they would have a good sibling relationship.

"If I become a ninja like you said, can I protect him too? Aika asked already feeling a strong bond between her and Naruto.

"Of course you can, that's what being a shinobi is all about. We're going back to the leaf village in a few days but I guess we can buy you some new clothes before then." Minato said smiling rubbing the back of his head. Aika continued to look at Naruto and then gave him to Minato, and embraced both of them once more.

"Thank you Mommy, Daddy."

A/N: Yeah Naruto is going to have an older sibling. I feel like this will be another obstacle for him to climb over because his parents are alive. I feel like I needed to add another family aspect to Naruto's life as some people know a relationship with siblings is always different if it's a sister or a brother. But why did the masked man need to get rid of those two? Maybe we'll find out. Next chapter will be a time skip of when Naruto is going to the academy. Thanks for Reading! :)

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