Naruto Part I

Chapter 2: Distrust

The next day becomes tense between the two younglings: Naruto and Kushina. He tries to interact with her only to be given the cold shoulder. In the evening inside their compound, he would try again only to be pranked by her whenever he enters her room unannounced. For those days that had been repeated, the parents grew weary of their daughter, and has stated they raised her than this. She turns her head in defiance which irritated them saying that she was grounded. On that day, Naruto had already learned of her pranking habits, and has already adapted to them.

He verbally but calmly snaps at her that he can handle anyone outside of family grounds. If it's his family who badmouth him, then he will not acknowledge them; namely Kushina. She felt hurt for unknown reasons, her parents are only saddened by the way she acts. She decides to enter into the extra spare room where Naruto resides in. She tells him that she cannot trust him to be a family unless he defeats her in a duel when she is of age.

That way, she can take back all she has said and done to finally accept him as her new big brother. A sentiment the boy returns to her as well with a twinkle-like smirk in his ocean eyes. She blushes because he has the prettiest eyes she had ever seen but covers it up with an indignant snort. Kushina turns away back to her room unaware to the both of them, their smiling mother is by the corner satisfied that each of them are taking their first step in building bonds as siblings.