October 10th.

It had been a long time since the Senju Clan had witnessed such hustle and bustle.

Sounds of hurried footsteps and rushed voices echoed everywhere.

The place was being meticulously decorated, almost giving the impression that a festival was being prepared there, but in reality, all the activity was due to preparations for Naruto's 17th birthday.

Tsunade, leading the staff in the event organization, looked rejuvenated. Although she always appeared young, there was something different now. If before there was a perceptible maturity of an older woman, despite her apparent youth, now she seemed to be, at most, 30 years old.

"I still can't believe Tsunade-sama rehired us," said one of the maids.

"And doesn't she look even younger?" another commented.

"I noticed that too."

Even though many were commenting on this, they were also happy.

Since Tsunade had left the village, they all lost their jobs. However, this time, after her return and taking up the Hokage position, she not only requested them to be rehired to prepare the birthday party for the Village Hero, Naruto Uzumaki but also proposed full-time work, offering even housing if they wished.

It was unbelievable. Many of them were happy. After all, most knew the past of the Princess of the Senju Clan and were aware of her hardships. Having the opportunity to work for her again was something they deeply yearned for.

Surely, Tsunade, with her high level of power with natural energy, managed to hear all the words that were exchanged. She felt particularly pleased with what she heard. After all, who wouldn't like to hear that they look beautiful and appear younger?

The party was scheduled to start at two in the afternoon and it was only nine in the morning.

Naruto, who was preparing to bring his parents back to life, was discussing with them the possibility of doing it now. In particular, his mother wanted to be present on his birthday.

Understand, Kushina had missed all the other 16 years of Naruto's life. She didn't want to miss another birthday of her son. If possible, of course, she wanted to be there, not just as a Torii seal, but physically.

"Mom, are you sure you want to be the fire fox?" Naruto asked again, just to confirm.

"Yes, I'm sure," Kushina confirmed.

"Alright." Naruto didn't press the matter further.

Then, he brought from his mental dimension a scroll of grey lizard skin and broke the seal. It was then that a red fox, 100 meters long and 30 meters tall, with fiery fur and an incredibly elegant figure, emerged.

Naruto's shadow clone launched an attack on the fox's mind, weakening it, then managed to control it.

Hovering, Naruto positioned his hand over the fire fox's head and started transferring his mother's soul into the creature.

*Boom!*

A phenomenon began to occur, signs of a storm so powerful that the thunder made the sky tremble echoed.

Naruto furrowed his brow at the situation but did not overly worry, as one of his shadow clones prepared a formation that prevented any external interference.

"Let's go!" Naruto exclaimed. Immediately, his mother's soul began to be transferred to the body of the fire fox.

Transformations began to occur, the soul of the fire fox resisted strongly but was soon consumed by Kushina's soul using a special technique. In this way, she not only managed to take control of the body of the fire fox, but also fed her own soul, which was not completely whole, since only a part was sealed in Naruto's body.

"Success!" Naruto's eyes shone with joy.

He could feel that the consciousness of the fire fox's soul had disappeared, only his mother's soul remained.

Upon taking control of the body, Kushina, who was in a state of stasis, gave a powerful roar. Immediately, she began to undergo further transformations, metamorphosing into a beautiful young woman in her early 20s.

She had a delicate yet expressive face, fair skin, blue eyes, and long bright red hair, with some strands gracefully falling framing both sides of her face, and a black hair clip holding part of the hair to the left side. She wore a high-collared white suit, with wide sleeves, a dark blue bracelet on her left wrist, and typical shinobi sandals.

Of course, all of this was just a transformation jutsu, and her clothing was made purely of natural energy.

Naruto, who had previously bought some clothes for her, wanted to hand her the sealing scroll with all the clothes inside but was surprised by a warm hug.

"Naruto!" She said, her voice choked with emotion: "I can finally hug you in the real world."

"Mom..." Naruto was also emotional and, dropping the scroll on the ground, returned her hug.

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