Chapter no.80

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Minato wasn't doing anything to hold the tears back anymore, as they fell from his eyes and soaked the paperwork below. Kushina had released her chains and was now sobbing into her hands on her knees, her legs had given out just as Naruto said his parting words. He had made it perfectly clear that he didn't see them as parents, nor would he ever.

Natsuki was hugging her knees as she cried into them. Naruto had only reminded her just how far away he was from the rest of them. If he didn't even see their mother and father as parents, the what exactly was she to him? Narumi was stronger than this, she knew it. She was able to hold back her emotions, but on the inside she was a wreck. She would never be forgiven.

Jiraiya could only look at the family with pity in his eyes. He could not see why they were so obsessed with making Naruto part of their family again. It was obvious to him that particular ship sailed a long time ago.

It would be a long night for the Uzumaki-Namikaze family.

Uchiha Household

Naruto had just walked through the Uchiha compound and had been congratulated by all of the Uchiha children who now lived there. Apparently the announcements for the chunin exam tournament had already been relayed to the village. He must have been at the Hokage Tower longer than he thought.

All of the Uchiha now lived at the compound. Just after the massacre, they were placed in the orphanage for a small amount of time because Mikoto was deemed mentally unfit to take care of them, the only reason she was able to stay with Satsuki was because Naruto was there too and she was old enough to take care of herself. However, Mikoto recovered fairly fast thanks to Naruto's constant comfort and had gotten all of the children out of the orphanage. They were still fairly young, but Mikoto had taught them how to take care of themselves and they were given apartments in the district to live in. No matter how great of a mother Mikoto was, she couldn't take care of so many children at once.

Naruto was standing in the doorway to the living room, staring on with a look of amusement on his face. Following his line of sight, Satsuki and Haku could be seen talking quite animatedly about what had gone on during the preliminary matches.

"-I loved when you used your Hyoton to turn that shinobi from Oto into liquid! It was so beautiful!...I wish I could do things like that." Satsuki ended with a cute pout on her face.

Haku sweatdropped at the girl's actions. This was strange right? "U-Um people are usually terrified of me after I do something like that...you're a strange one aren't you Satsuki-san?"

Satsuki shrugged, "Eh I have to deal with seeing people have their flesh melted off their bones on a daily basis, something like what you did seems pretty tame to me."

A shiver ran down Haku's spine, which was odd since she was a Hyoton user. Her body was always naturally cold, in fact she couldn't remember the last time she felt any kind of warmth.

"You're team worries me Satsuki-san."

"What! I love my team there the best! We've all been friends forever!" Satsuki whined childishly.

"Ah that's why I came here actually. I wanted to speak to Portgas-san, but it seems he's not here at the moment...I could always come back at another time if it is inconvenient for you or your mother." Haku offered politely.

Naruto had expected the girl to come by at some point. From what he knew Hyoton was quite rare, even in the Yuki clan. Very few of them awakened it but they all excelled in the use of Suiton and Futon, the two base components of Hyoton. That being said, seeing someone who used such powerful ice techniques in Konoha of all places must have interested the girl greatly.

Naruto was more willing to answer her as opposed to the Hokage and his family. She had reason to be curious while they only demanded answers about his abilities. He was still a bit irritated about everything that had gone down since the preliminaries ended. The elder ravenette decided it was time to make his presence known.

"Oh? You were looking for little old me Haku-chan?" Naruto teased from his spot in the doorway.

The sudden voice cause both female genin in the room to jerk their heads toward the door. Satsuki's smile grew a little wider at the sight of her Nii-san and rushed over to engulf him in a hug, she had wanted to go out and celebrate their victories after the second stage ended but that opportunity was taken away from her by the Hokage. She would make sure to ask him about that later.

The reaction that Naruto found amusing was Haku's. The girl's face turned beet red when she caught sight of him. Many people called him shameless and improper for walking around half-naked all of the time, but he did enjoy when girls had reactions like this. She seemed so cute and innocent blushing up a storm and trying to look away, nobody would even suspect that she killed two people only a few hours ago.

"I didn't expect you to come and see me so soon." Naruto told her, after which he turned to Satsuki. "Satsuki, why don't you go to the kitchen and help Mikoto-chan with dinner. I'm sure Haku wants to have a private discussion."