Three days had passed by, Tetsuya's family was all packed up and ready to head out for their beach trip. Yuki suggested that she, Tetsuya, and Yumi would leave for the beach after they got done eating up breakfast. By the time breakfast was finished and cleaned up, Tetsuya grabbed his and Yuki's bags while Yuki opened the door for her family before she could lock up the apartment.
There was nothing but excitement coming out of Yumi's face from the time she left the apartment until she saw both her mother and father stop at the front of the sandy dunes of the beach. Then Yumi with her bag in her hand followed her parents all the way to a nice-looking beach house just a few feet away. This put a smile on her face after stepping inside the beach house upon realizing that it is going to be the same one which her family reserved for the entire week.
"So, sweetie. How do you like this beach house?" Tetsuya asked out of curiosity.
"It's nice and very close to the beach, Daddy." Yumi replied with a smile on her face.
"That's good to hear. Why don't you go unpack and play out on the beach for a little while, ok?" Tetsuya asked while rubbing Yumi's head.
"Ok, Daddy. I'll go do that right now." Yumi answered as she found an empty room to unpack and change into her swimsuit.
Yuki, who had just changed into her swimsuit and unpacked her things in another room volunteered to watch Yumi while she played out on the beach. However, before Yuki stepped outside to watch Yumi, she stopped Tetsuya from entering the room that she put her belongings in so she could try to talk to him.
"Tetsuya, my love, will you come out and join us?" Yuki asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, I will, Yuki. Just that I will be out there in a couple of minutes." Tetsuya replied with a sigh under his breath.
"If you're planning on looking for your parents out here like we were talking about the other night. Then I wish you the best of luck, my love. Try to come back soon, ok. I love you alright." Yuki stated as she started to sense Tetsuya's motive.
"Thank you for understanding, Yuki. I love you too. I promise to not be back late on my search." Tetsuya stated after giving Yuki a hug and kiss.
So, Yuki went out on the beach to watch Yumi play while Tetsuya walked around to begin the search of his long-lost parents.
Tetsuya's search took him about two miles past the beach house where he, Yuki and Yumi were staying at until he notices a pier on the left side of where he had been walking. Upon further glancing at the pier, Tetsuya notices a bench on the very end of the pier about a half mile from where he was standing and two people sitting on the bench. Then Tetsuya decided to walk up towards the end of the pier to notice that the two people who were sitting on bench earlier suddenly got up like they were expecting his arrival. The first person that got up from the bench was a woman with red hair but not if Kushina's and the second person was a tall male with narrow red hair like Tetsuya's.
"It looked like Kushina didn't do that bad of a job of what we entrusted her right before coming up here long ago, my dear." The man said to the woman standing next to him.
"I guess so...honey. But it's hard to believe that the man right in front of us could be our son. Is that really you, my young son, Tetsuya Uzumaki?" The woman asked Tetsuya who was beyond speechless since he couldn't believe what was standing right in front of him.
"Yes, it's me your son...I have waited so long for this moment, you know." Tetsuya replied with tears running down his face before embracing his long-lost mother and father.
"You are our son, Tetsuya. We're sorry for abandoning you along with your sister at very young age." Tetsuya's mother and father said in unison.
"It's ok. Besides Kushina watching over me was a great thing and she did a great job at it which I am thankful for to this very day. So that I can deal with." Tetsuya said after he wiped the tears off his face.
"So, what's your sister been up to?" Tetsuya's father asked out of curiosity.
"Hmm...well she lives not too far from me. Also, she got married to a kind guy who appreciates everything she does, and they have a kid that's fully-grown but lives in a different area. But I do see Kushina on a regular basis. If you want to see what I am talking about then you and Mom should come by for a visit sometime." Tetsuya replied with an honest tone.
"That sounds wonderful, son. I think your mother wants to ask you something." Tetsuya's father said with a calm tone.
"What about you, Tetsuya? Do you have a family like Kushina?" Tetsuya's mother asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, I do. I have a wonderful wife named Yuki and amazing daughter named Yumi. They are over there playing on the beach just about two miles from here if you want to meet them. Because I planned on being around here for a week as a family trip not that long ago. Anyway, my wife is a head cook at a noodle shop in the major shopping district and my daughter is a school student. As for me, I am a on-and-off manager of the bakery that my wife's family owns." Tetsuya replied with a smile on his face.
"That is wonderful, sweetheart. Me and your father really do want to meet your family." Tetsuya's mother said with a smile on her face.
"That would be great. Can tomorrow work for you and Dad? Reason I'm asking is that I just got reacquainted with you guys and had a busy with traveling." Tetsuya asked out of curiosity.
"That will be fine for the both of us, Tetsuya. Well we better get going now." Tetsuya's mother said before she and Tetsuya's father left the pier to head back to their home which was on the other side of the pier.
Tetsuya began to walk away from the pier with a huge smile on his face after reuniting with his mother and father. While on the way back to beach house, Tetsuya was seeing how majestic the waves were along the beach shore line and notice that Yumi was coming towards his direction with a towel covering her.
"Oh, hi, sweetie. How did you like the water?" Tetsuya stated after hugging Yumi.
"It was cold, Daddy. I convinced Mommy to play in the water with me even though she didn't want to at first. After that I got to play in the sand. When Mommy told me to dry off after I got done playing, she told me to come and find you because dinner was on its way here." Yumi replied with a smile on her face.
"I'm glad that you had fun out there today, sweetie." Tetsuya said with a smile on his face even though he was looking at the pier.
"What is it, Daddy?" Yumi asked out of curiosity.
"There is something that I want to tell you, sweetie. Well it's that..." Tetsuya replied with hesitation in his voice.
"Mommy sort of told me while we were playing earlier, Daddy. About you trying to find Grandma and Grandpa? So, how did your search turn out?" Yumi asked out of curiosity as she noticed Tetsuya's facial expression turned into shock.
"It turned out that your grandparents are indeed here. They were sitting on that pier bench earlier. Sorry if I'm tearing up a bit, sweetie. It's that..." Tetsuya replied as tears started to come down on his face a bit and Yumi wiped them off.
"I understand, Daddy. So, does Mommy." Yumi stated once she and Tetsuya made it back to the beach house.
Upon entering the beach house, Yumi escorted her father to where her mother was sitting at before heading off into the room she was staying at to get some clean clothes for her post-bath. That was when Tetsuya explained to Yuki the entire conversation he had with Yumi about the encounter with his parents and it was all smiles for Yuki to hear everything.
Before the conversation could continue, a knock was heard on the front door which indicated that the food Yuki called to be delivered had arrived. Then just as Yuki was placing the food on the table, Yumi had just got out of the bath and headed straight for the dining room to join her parents.
"Hmm...this is delicious." Yumi stated after taking the first bite of her dinner.
"That's good to know, sweetheart." Yuki said in response after eating half of her dinner.
"What's the matter, Daddy?" Yumi asked out of concern.
"It's nothing, sweetie. I'm okay. Don't forget to discard your plate and utensils in the garbage over there." Tetsuya said with a calm tone while looking at the beach.
"Alright, I will do it. Good night Mommy and Daddy." Yumi said once she took her last bite of dinner, placed her plate in the garbage, and gave her parents goodnight hugs before heading off to bed.
"Tetsuya, my love. I hope we don't dinners like this every single night we're out here." Yuki said with a queasy look on her face.
"It shouldn't be and speaking of that, Yuki. I hope you don't mind this, but my mother and father want to stop by for dinner tomorrow night. So, this would be the opportunity per say to have one decent dinner." Tetsuya said while putting his hand behind his shoulder.
"That's okay with me, Tetsuya. You're not in trouble or anything for that since you said it in advance instead of last minute like most people do, you know." Yuki said with a smile on her face.
"Oh, you're right." Tetsuya said with a smile on his face.
Tetsuya got up to place his and Yuki's plates in the garbage before looking through the window to see someone sitting there alone by a fire pit. Then Tetsuya decided to step outside to see who it was sitting by the fire pit on the beach only to see that it was his mother and he decided to sit next to her.
"What are you doing out here alone, Mom?" Tetsuya asked out of concern.
"Oh, Tetsuya, sweetheart. I just come out here to think on many things and if you're wondering yes your father knows that I do this." Tetsuya's mother said in response.
"Did you have anything to think about on this night?" Tetsuya asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, and it was bothering me a little since we talked back at the pier earlier. You see, sweetheart, me and your father were informed about what happened to you recently by the Ultimate Gatekeeper and he explained to us how you were looking for us once but forgot all about it. Then a person who had ties to the village we had you and Kushina transfer to told me and your father that you would be around here so that was why we knew the pier was the perfect spot to meet-up with you. Your father sensed that was troubling me when we left earlier, and I figured if you came out here to listen what I said just now." Tetsuya's mother replied with a sigh under her breath.
"Mom, thank you for being honest with me. To tell you the truth, I sometimes have a hard time explaining things that are bothering me even to my own wife. I don't know if that's a bad thing or not." Tetsuya said in a calm tone.
"Oh, Tetsuya. I believe that if you hold in a problem for too long it shows how insecure you are as a person and that's something your father told me a long time ago. So, it seems you picked up that quirk from me my bad." Tetsuya's mother said after nudging him.
Then Tetsuya smiled before looking to see that Yuki was coming outside from the beach house. This made Tetsuya feel a little nervous on how he was going to introduce Yuki in front of his mother. Tetsuya's mother noticed what was going on and decided to stand up to walk a few inches away from the fire pit.
"Yuki, this is my mother. Mom, I want you to meet my wife, Yuki." Tetsuya stated the introductions after he got up from the fire pit area.
"It's nice to meet you, Yuki. Tetsuya was telling me good things about you." Tetsuya's mother stated after shaking Yuki's hand and hugging Yuki.
"It is nice to meet you as well, Mrs. Uzumaki. There are many good stories that Tetsuya can tell you about me." Yuki said after greeting herself to Tetsuya's mother.
"So, I'm guessing meeting my granddaughter would have to wait until tomorrow. But that's ok for people at her age she would need to get all the rest they need." Tetsuya's mother said while looking at the stars.
"You know, Mom. There is one thing I can tell you about your granddaughter right now and is that she has red hair just like me. But she is really looking forward to meeting you and Dad tomorrow. Wouldn't you agree, Yuki?" Tetsuya said with a smile on his face.
"Yes, she is. The best thing I can say about Yumi is that she is kind and very caring towards others." Yuki said with a smile on her face.
"Yumi, hmm...that is a lovely name. Hardly hear of such names like those around here anymore." Tetsuya's mother said in response.
"Why thank you, Mom. The name had a beautiful meaning behind it when me and Yuki picked it about a week before she was born." Tetsuya said in response.
Yuki was starting to get tired and headed back to the beach house; but not before saying good night to her mother in law and husband. Then Tetsuya's mother had a smile on her face towards her son which caught him off guard.
"Your wife is a very nice person, Tetsuya. She impressed me very much." Tetsuya's mother said with a smile on her face.
"Thank you, Mom. To be honest with you, I don't know what she would do without me." Tetsuya said with a calm tone.
"What was your wife like before she met you, sweetheart? It's ok with me if you don't want to talk about it." Tetsuya's mother asked out of curiosity.
"Well, Yuki was outgoing and had a lot of friends who looked up to her. However, there had been an incident just around three years before I met her. She had spent her birthday with her family on that day and decided to take her younger sister shopping but by the time they had got done with the excursion her sister collapsed. This made Yuki secluded from everybody to where she lost her friends and her demeanor was on the dumps." Tetsuya replied with a sigh under his breath.
"So, can I ask what got her out of the seclusion you were mentioning, Tetsuya?" Tetsuya's mother asked with great interest.
"Meeting me, Mom. You see I had been on my way to a class one day and she had been standing there not knowing what to do so I gave her some advice which helped her move onward to the school. Then I sat next to her at lunch on that fateful day since she was alone, and I started talking to her which made her feel happy for the first time since that incident. As time passed, my feelings for Yuki were blossoming like crazy especially on that day but decided to hold off on telling her until her birthday which had been a couple of weeks after that encounter. Yuki's family had me come as a surprise guest on her birthday, but I had to hide and when that happened is when I felt at peace since Yuki put her seclusion to rest on that night. Once I popped in as the surprise and proceeded to leave for my residence, that was when I had the courage to pour out my feelings to Yuki. Are you ok, Mom?" Tetsuya said before noticing his mom was getting ready to tear up.
"Yes, it's just that was one of the best love origin stories I've ever heard, Tetsuya. You did a great job in saving someone and made them feel loved. I am proud of you." Tetsuya's mother said in response.
"Thank you so much, Mom. What was you and Dad's love story like?" Tetsuya asked out of curiosity.
"Well umm...sweetheart, I met your father when we were children and as you probably know most of our clan were sealing experts or even had to be taken away from the home village to become a vessel of some kind just like what happened to your sister. Sorry to get off track there but where was I oh yes, one day I had picking up some flowers in the field about a few feet near the Eddy Village border and some guy was pestering me to head back but I refused so he ends up knocking me out cold. The next thing I remember is when I come back to I see a boy about my age that was holding the same flowers and later revealed to me that he was the one who beat up that guy who was pestering me." Tetsuya's mother stated in a little nervous tone.
"The boy that handed you the flowers back and dealt with your bully. Was that?" Tetsuya asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, it was your father. I would never forget how he helped me like that, and it was because of this is what made me fall in love with your dad." Tetsuya's mother stated with a smile on her face.
Tetsuya had a smile on his face when he heard the response from his mother and noticed the ripple effect of the waves had caused the fire pit to go out. This caused some concern for Tetsuya, but his mother placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry about getting more firewood, sweetheart. Because I am about to head back home." Tetsuya's mother said in a reassuring tone.
"Ok, Mom. Have a good night. Thank you for letting me talk to you out here. I love you." Tetsuya said as he hugged his mother.
"I love you too, my son. It was a pleasure to have you come out here and talk to me even introducing your wife to me. Good night. See you tomorrow." Tetsuya's mother said right before she left the beach.
Then Tetsuya walked back inside with a smile on his face to see Yuki sitting in the lounging area with two cups of water. Once Yuki noticed Tetsuya was in the lounging area she had a curious look on her face.
"Sorry, if I took a long time out there after you came back in here, Yuki." Tetsuya said after taking a sip of water.
"Oh, that's ok, Tetsuya. I'm not mad just happy for you is all that you wanted to catch up with your mother. So, how did she think of me?" Yuki asked out of curiosity.
"My mother was very impressed by you actually on how nice and respectful you were towards her." Tetsuya replied with a honest tone.
"I'm really glad to hear that, you know." Yuki said with a smile on her face.