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Splendid Times with Kushina and Minato
After reconciling with Kushina and Minato is when Tetsuya proceeded back to the restroom to take off his disguise outfit. Along the way Tetsuya apologized to the people working at the tea place about being disguised as one of their workers. Once he got back into his regular outfit Tetsuya went back to the table where Minato and Kushina were sitting. Suddenly, a waiter showed up and asked Tetsuya what he wanted to order. "Oh I will have a cup of tea." Tetsuya responded to the waiter's question. Then Tetsuya went ahead to apologize to Minato and Kushina on lying about the service and tastiness of the tea. "It's ok Tetsuya. We understand why you had to do that." Minato responded back with a smile on his face.
Upon receiving the cup of tea is when Tetsuya proceeded to say, "So what have you guys been up to?". Tetsuya took a sip of his tea while Kushina responded to his question by saying, "Minato and I have been busy helping out people here in the village, you know. Also, we just got done remodeling our house. Oh by the way our house is just a few doors down from Lord Third's house in case you ever want to stay with us or to check it out. How long are you going to be around here for?" Immediately Tetsuya was surprised that Kushina offered him to stay at her and Minato's house. However, this is something that did not take Tetsuya long to give an answer about. "For about four more days, Kushina. I don't mind staying with you and Minato during the rest of my visit. Just that my things are at Lord Third's and I should head over there to grab them. If that is ok with you guys?" Tetsuya stated with an honest look in his face. Minato then replied by saying, "It is completely fine with you staying by us, Tetsuya. Our house is completely clean since the remodeling that Kushina mentioned happened about a week ago."
Once Tetsuya stepped out of the tea place, he had noticed that Hiruzen was standing there the entire time. "So, you must have heard everything I said just now?" Tetsuya asked Hiruzen out of curiosity. "Yes I have Tetsuya. You do not have to apologize to me for about switching staying arrangements. I am relieved that you got to reconcile with Minato and Kushina. Go ahead to get your things." Hiruzen responded to Tetsuya's question. Then Tetsuya proceeded to thank Hiruzen for understanding and went on his way to get his things from the Sarutobi residence. Upon repacking his things to head towards Minato and Kushina's house is when Tetsuya thanked Biwako for letting him stay the night at their house. Tetsuya promised before leaving the Sarutobi residence that he will see Biwako and Hiruzen one more time during his trip.
"That is a nice duffle bag you have there, Tetsuya. Here let me show you around the house and the room that you are going to be staying at." Minato greeted Tetsuya once he got to Minato and Kushina's house. Halfway through the tour of the house is when Tetsuya said, "I like your house a lot, Kushina and Minato. It looks twice as better than the apartment complex that I reside in now." "Why thank you, Tetsuya. In case if Minato forgot to tell you that your room is going to be on the second door to the left of this hallway. Anyways, I better go into the kitchen and start making dinner. It's going to be my famous special dish, you know." Kushina said with her head peeking out of the hallway. Tetsuya had a smile on his face after getting through the tour and unpacked his things in the room where he was staying at. "Wow it has been a very long time since I last had the Kushina Special. This is a very spacious room for me to put my things onto the side. Oh, crud I got to remember sometime later tonight to contact Yuki or else she might get concerned in why I have not done so. That reminds me I should tell both Kushina and Minato about Yuki sometime before I head back home. Knowing my luck, it could happen tonight but you never know." Tetsuya thought to himself once he got settled into the room.
Then after settling his things into the room where he was staying Tetsuya walked towards the living room and sat on the sofa nearby the hallway. Minato who was sitting in a dining room chair reading a paper said, "Tetsuya, have you heard of the term cell phone before? The reason I am asking is that the village here just recently added telephone towers that include this new device. It's in an article of this paper that I am reading right now." Immediately Tetsuya remembered that he placed his cell phone in his room. "Of course I know what a cell phone is, Minato. You see I own a cell phone myself and it is laying in the bedroom at the very moment. It's very surprising to me that the village just decided to upgrade its telephone service to include cell phones. In the place where I reside at now they have had that kind of phone service for almost two years now. I will show you and Kushina what my cell phone looks like after dinner." Tetsuya responded with a smile on his face. Kushina who was just put the finishing touches on the special dinner said, "Dinner's just about done. So, the both of you need to wash up. You know."
It was in that moment when Tetsuya took his spot in the dinner table and had a bite of the Kushina's Special. "Hmm…this is very good, Kushina." Tetsuya said with a smile on his face. Kushina had a smile on her face upon hearing Tetsuya's response to the taste of her famous dish. After eating dinner is when Tetsuya went back to his room to grab his cell phone and put it in his pocket to proceed back into the living room. Once Tetsuya arrived in the living room is when Kushina and Minato took a seat on the sofa opposite to where he was sitting at earlier. "Thank you for the wonderful dinner, Kushina." Tetsuya said his thanks regarding dinner. "Your welcome, Tetsuya. My famous special was not that bad considering it was the first time in a long while since you had some of my cooking. You know." Kushina responded back.
Kushina then proceeded to ask with a curious tone in her voice, "Tetsuya, since you asked me and Minato earlier today on how we were doing. I am going to ask the same thing to you now. How have you been doing, little brother?". Immediately Tetsuya started to get a nervous look on his face before giving a thought on answering Kushina's question. "What's wrong, Tetsuya? You seem to look nervous." Minato asked out of concern. Tetsuya then responded to Minato's question by saying, "Nothing is wrong with me, Minato. Just that I am getting nervous on how to answer Kushina's question.". Then after taking a few deep breaths is when Tetsuya had thought of a decent and honest answer to Kushina's question.
"I have been doing good lately. You see I went to this academy for three years and graduated from there a couple of days ago. I made a few friends along the way that trust me very well. Other than that, the afterlife for me has been happy for me. The phone I was telling Minato about has pictures from my graduation on there if you guys want to take look at them now." Tetsuya responded to Kushina's question before pulling out his phone and placing it on the table. Minato was amazed to see Tetsuya's cell phone since he was interested about it earlier with reading the paper. Then Tetsuya pulled up the graduation photos from his phone and handed it to Kushina.
After through looking the photos is when Kushina and Minato had started to wonder who was the girl that was in most of the pictures even in the ones with Tetsuya in them. "It was very nice of you to let us see these photos, Tetsuya. However, I am wondering who is the girl that was in most of these photos?" Minato asked out of curiosity. Tetsuya started to blush a little and got nervous upon hearing the question. "Minato, I don't know if that was a good idea to ask Tetsuya that question. Because you got him all nervous now. You know." Kushina said out of concern. It was in that moment when Tetsuya got all calm again and took in a deep breath. "It's ok, Kushina. Minato has every right to ask me that question. I will be completely honest with the answer which I am about to tell you guys. The girl's name is Yuki Sakagami and more importantly she is my girlfriend. I love her very much and have been going out with her for three months now." Tetsuya responded back without any hesitation in his voice.
Kushina and Minato were shocked at first to hear about the news but had smiles on their faces a few seconds later. Then Kushina started to ask a few questions towards Tetsuya about Yuki. Tetsuya responded all of Kushina's many questions and ended it by saying, "You don't have to worry about it too much, Kushina. I know you are my older sister and had been looking out for me. Yuki is overall a very nice person based on what I told you just now.". "Tetsuya, how did you meet Yuki and fall in love with her?" Minato asked out of curiosity. Tetsuya had a smile on his face since he figured out the right way to answer Minato's question. "It is a long story to explain everything. I hope you guys don't mind the long explanation." Tetsuya addressed to Minato and Kushina before answering Minato's question.
Then Tetsuya proceeded to tell the story about his encounter with Yuki and how he fell in love with her to Kushina and Minato. "Wow that is a very interesting story, Tetsuya. It is amazing to even hear a tale of my little brother finding true love. You know." Kushina said in response to Tetsuya's story. "It was a very good story that you told us there, Tetsuya. Now it has got me thinking of how proud I am that my best friend has found someone who loves him." Minato said in response on Tetsuya's story. Upon hearing the responses is when a tear started to drip down Tetsuya's eye while proceeding to say, "Thank you both. That makes me very happy to hear those words." Immediately Kushina responded by saying, "Tetsuya, I want to know if Yuki sounds like the kind of person you described to me and Minato. You know."
It was then that Tetsuya suddenly remembered to contact Yuki and proceeded to say, "Well you are in luck, Kushina. I had almost forgot to call Yuki until you said that. If you and Minato are curious to what Yuki sounds like. Then I am going to put her on speaker phone." Kushina then said with a little chuckle in her voice, "That is perfect for us, you know. I hope Minato does not panic by anything you might say." Then Tetsuya picked up his phone from the table and getting ready to dial Yuki's number. "Kushina, I'll promise not to panic on anything Tetsuya says. We are just observing that is all." Minato said with a smile on his face.
Once Tetsuya dialed Yuki's number and put his phone settings on speaker is when he placed it back on the middle of the table. Then Yuki's voice came out from the phone saying, "Hello Tetsuya. I was just about to call you. How has your trip been so far?". "It is going very great. I got to reconcile with my sister and brother-in-law today. I am that their house right now if you were wondering where I am at." Tetsuya responded back. "Well I am very happy for you. Even though it's been a couple days but I am missing you already, Tetsuya." Yuki said with a calm tone in her voice. Then Tetsuya started to realize how much he misses Yuki. "I miss you too, Yuki. So how is everyone doing?" Tetsuya asked out of curiosity. "They are all doing good over here. Mom and Dad have been getting steady business here at the bakery. As for Shia, well she has been hanging around with me and keeping me company while you are away. So, have you told your sister and brother-in-law about us yet, Tetsuya?" Yuki responded with clarity in her voice.
Kushina and Minato noticed the smile Tetsuya had on his face before he answered the question. "Yes I have told them about us, Yuki. They were happy with it after I told them everything. Oh by the way, you are on speaker. Heh-heh." Tetsuya responded with a chuckle at the end. Yuki then proceeded to get nervous with a sigh proceeded to say, "Tetsuya, you know how nervous I got when you said that. A lot nervous. Are they saying weird things about me?". "*sighs* I promise you they are not saying weird things about you, Yuki. Listen to me, did your sister ever say anything weird to me the first time I met your family?" Tetsuya said in a reassuring voice. "Shia did not say weird things about you, Tetsuya. I am sorry for the assumption. I did not mean to hurt their feelings and if that did happen then I am sorry for that as well." Yuki said in a sentimental tone. "It's alright, Yuki. I know that you did not mean to do that. Besides my sister and brother-in-law are smiling about the whole thing." Tetsuya said with in an assuring voice.
A few seconds later is when Tetsuya knew that it was getting close to time for Yuki to get off the phone. "I know it's getting late and better let you go then. Tell everyone over there I said hello. I will call you before I get on the train in four days from now." Tetsuya said in a calm voice. "I will tell everyone that you said hello. Ok I am looking forward to the next call from you. Have a good time with your sister and brother-in-law? Don't do anything reckless alright. I love you, Tetsuya." Yuki responded back. "Don't worry I will not do reckless things for you. I will have a good time with my sister and brother-in-law. I love you too, Yuki." Tetsuya said with confidence in his voice. Then after Tetsuya and Yuki said goodbye is when he ended the call.
"Good Yuki does sound like a really nice person and she does care about you, Tetsuya. It was very nice of you to reassure her that we never assume weird things about people unless they tick me off especially. You know." Kushina said under observation of the phone call. Then Minato stated his observation of the phone conversation by saying, "All I got to say is that Yuki sounds just like Kushina said a nice person that highly cares about you and loves you a lot, Tetsuya." Immediately Tetsuya had a smile on his face and felt completely happy on the observations. "*yawns* Well I am planning on heading to bed now. I hope the next couple of days with you guys will be fun." Tetsuya said before heading to the bedroom he was staying. Then Minato and Kushina said, "Good night, Tetsuya. See you in the morning."
Then the next four days were filled with fun times as Tetsuya got to help with Kushina and Minato doing volunteer duty in the village. Before midday on the fourth day is when Tetsuya packed his things in the duffle bag and started to walk towards the train station. However, Kushina and Minato went with Tetsuya to send him off on the train not before the Sarutobis tagged along. Upon reaching the platform where the train heading for home is when Tetsuya proceeded to hug everyone that followed him. Then Tetsuya proceeded to say, "Thank you for making this visit great for me. I got to do the many things I promised that I would. If you guys ever want to come and visit me. I do not mind it at all since I have space in my apartment for a couple of extra guests. Well I better get on the train before it starts departing." Not even taking a step onto the train is when Kushina stopped Tetsuya to hug him and said, "Is there any I can contact you? Minato and I had a great time with you here, you know. We would want to visit you again very soon and maybe meet Yuki. I love you, little brother. Contact me as soon as you get home, ok.". "Here is a piece of paper that has my apartment phone number and cell phone number. You can always contact me at any time and same thing applies to Minato as well, ok. I will call you when I make it to my destination. I love you, Kushina." Tetsuya said to Kushina giving her his contact information. With that Tetsuya stepped on the train to head back home and a big smile on his face. Tetsuya then messaged Yuki to tell her he was leaving the train station and to meet him at the final train stop.