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Third Person POV
Konoha, 43.
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The following morning, the Namikaze family went their separate ways.
Each one had a place to go.
Minato headed to a village building, while the rest of the girls went to the center.
At the Senju clan, Tsuna appeared with Hikari beside Kushina. They came to visit together, while Tsunade, Nawaki, a girl, and little Yamato were already waiting for them in the middle of the clan courtyard.
Tsunade did not fail to stomp her foot when she saw her daughter finally coming to visit her.
"Mother, we saw each other a few weeks ago. You're not upset because we didn't come yesterday, right?" Tsuna said as she approached cautiously, knowing that her mother was already a little irritated precisely because they hadn't gone to visit her the day before, when they arrived in the village.
Obviously, they had been organizing the house and visiting Konoha after such a long time.
"You think that's an excuse? I wanted to see my granddaughter. I heard that yesterday you walked around the village. Who stayed taking care of the children?" Tsunade demanded.
"We left clones at home after they fell asleep, and it stayed like that the rest of the night until we returned," Tsuna explained to her mother.
"You could have left her here, or them. Where is the other one?" she asked, curious despite the demanding tone.
"Next time we'll leave Hikari and Itachi with you, mother," Tsunade said, looking at Kushina, who couldn't help but laugh softly. "As for Mikoto and Itachi, she is with the Uchiha clan. Her father sent a letter inviting us to meet his grandson. Hanabi is with her as well," Tsuna added.
"Well, sister, I think we should be happy that your daughter is finally back in the village. Senju blood still prospers," Nawaki said, scratching his head, trying to calm the mood. His sister certainly made things difficult, but that was her personality.
"I suppose you're right. Well, welcome back," said the older blonde, taking the child into her arms as soon as she gestured for her daughter to hand them over.
"Look at you... You remind me so much of your mother when she was a baby too..." She smiled, kissed their forehead, and then turned to her daughter, kissing her as well, leaving Tsuna a little uncomfortable with the sudden display of tenderness. Tsunade did the same with Kushina, who only smiled broadly.
Tsuna looked at the two children after greeting her uncle. "Who is the girl?" she asked.
"Your father's niece, Shizune. Your cousin," Tsunade replied, rocking Hikari in her arms.
This made Tsuna widen her eyes in surprise. She was almost the same age as Yamato, while the two children looked at them curiously. Still, there was a glimmer of admiration in them. "She's grown so much..."
"It seems she knows us," Kushina laughed and looked at the girl. "Have you heard about us?" the redhead asked in an innocent tone.
The girl nodded quickly. "You are Kushina Uzumaki… or now you must be Kushina Namikaze." Kushina gave a thumbs-up in confirmation, and that encouraged the girl to continue. "You have a bounty in the Bingo Book of 300,000,000 ryō. They say you are the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki and the wife of the strongest man in the world," the girl said.
"Shizune, watch your manners. You don't talk about someone's bounty like that," Tsunade scolded, while the girl stared at her, seeming hesitant, before nodding.
"You are certainly well informed," Kushina laughed, delighted at being considered the strongest woman in the world by children.
'Tsk.' Kushina couldn't help but hear the fox clicking its tongue inside her.
'Did you hear that, Kurama? I'm the strongest woman in the world, dattebane!' Kushina shouted at the fox, while Kurama simply went back to sleep, not wanting to hear it.
Shizune said something similar to Tsuna, while the blonde was also curious. Even without speaking directly about the Wood element, she was known as the Iron Fist, for punching giant creatures and even bijū with her bare fists, in addition to being extremely versatile in medical skills, comparable to her mother.
They talked for a while until Tsuna, realizing she would no longer be able to take her daughter, who was in her mother's arms, turned her attention to little Yamato, asking about his training.
After listening for a bit, the boy gave a demonstration and simply created a medium-sized tree in the middle of the Senju courtyard. Tsuna then turned to her mother.
"Maybe I should talk to Minato. I can train him," she suggested.
Tsunade looked thoughtful, but nodded. "I don't see why not. You are more suitable than I am to teach him…", she admitted. Her daughter had already surpassed her, and it would be much easier to teach a Mokuton user with another Mokuton user.
Yamato didn't think it was bad to have someone known as his mistress, but he was still unsure, thinking Tsunade's daughter might be just as strict as she was. Still, nothing stood out as a sudden change of master, especially since he was already used to the harsh training Tsunade gave him.
Seeing the conflicted look in the boy's eyes, Tsuna revealed why it would be better for her to teach him. "Look at this," she said, before making a simple hand seal, and something appeared beside the medium tree Yamato had created.
Suddenly, ten new trees burst from the ground, rising upward, each twice the size of the one the boy had created. Tsuna herself showed no visible effort, unlike the boy, who had needed to concentrate a great deal to create his tree.
Yamato was clearly shocked by that, looking first at Tsunade and then at Tsuna.
"Well, that never stops being surprising," Nawaki commented from the side, laughing.
"Well, with that, the matter is settled. Your training will be with my daughter from now on, since she offered," Tsunade said.
Yamato still seemed frozen, staring at the trees.
"Is it true that Yamato joined the academy?" Tsuna asked, while Tsunade began to report on the boy's training, and then they went inside to eat something and continue the conversation.
At the Uchiha clan, Hanabi accompanied Mikoto so she wouldn't be alone in a clan that had expelled her, even though her father had officially offered an invitation. Still, it was clear that everyone there was watching them, especially Mikoto, with caution.
"It's her... Mikoto Uchiha has a bounty of 200,000,000," they whispered softly.
"Have you heard about her eyes?"
The gazes never stopped following them. Even housewives and children who were heading to the academy watched them with a certain admiration. Despite Mikoto maintaining that more indifferent posture typical of an Uchiha, there was still a different gleam about her.
"I never thought I would enter the Uchiha core and be treated this way," Mikoto commented.
Hanabi walked beside her, analyzing everything carefully, looking for any hostile glance. Her eyes saw more than before; she could feel the state of the people around them in relation to them, something Minato had taught her to differentiate, since he also possessed this kind of ability. She could see who would be hostile, among other things.
"Most of them truly admire and respect you, some are afraid of you. Maybe cautious..." Hanabi commented.
She had easily identified all the auras within the clan. There were some elders who seemed to show a certain restrained anger upon hearing about Mikoto's arrival. Nothing escaped her eyes.
The two headed toward Mikoto's father's house, ignoring the comments. The man was already in the courtyard, waiting for his daughter.
An Uchiha ninja, a jōnin, appeared beside the clan leader and knelt down. "Mazu-sama... I have come to report..." Mazu didn't even need to listen to immediately recognize that ninja as a subordinate of one of the elders. So he interrupted him.
"I already said that no elder will be allowed to come to my house while my daughter is here," Mazo said in a firm tone. It wasn't the first nor the second time that subordinates had been sent to convey the elders' wish to meet Lady Mikoto.
This caught the ninja by surprise, who immediately nodded before withdrawing.
'Those old men… when Mikoto declared that she would marry outside the clan, they expelled her immediately. I had no choice. Mikoto had to leave the clan at that time...' Mazo thought.
Now, however, after she demonstrated power capable of standing up even to the late Third Raikage, the blind and greedy elders wanted, somehow, to benefit from Mikoto.
Mazo understood very well the power his daughter represented. Clearly, the elders would be willing to open their arms to welcome her back, or even allow her to continue as a Namikaze, as long as she was also loyal to the clan.
The ninja world functioned through power, and whoever possessed it dictated the rules. But he had not called his daughter to seek any loyalty. He only wanted to meet his first grandson. He did not have much time left to live, and in a few months he would pass the clan leadership forward and retire for good, becoming a clan elder until his death.
This also made him reflect on the last meetings; everyone seemed to be in despair: even the elders were considering placing Mikoto as the clan leader in Fugaku's place, as long as her son with Minato was recognized as the heir and, in the future, married a Uchiha within the clan.
It was not a simple decision. Even those who supported Fugaku seemed more inclined to this idea after hearing about the power Mikoto had demonstrated in the battle at Uzushiogakure.
The Uchiha clan had never been as privileged within the village as it was now. Despite the contradictory feelings toward Mikoto's husband, they needed to admit that Minato's actions had also benefited the clan. The Uchiha occupied a position on the council that they had never held before, and their name had once again become feared by the world.
During the Second Ninja War, the clan had not had much prominence. That changed the moment Mikoto faced Kumo head-on, alongside the Uzumaki.
Beside his daughter, as Mikoto approached passing through the gate of his house, was the Hyūga girl, who possessed eyes clearly different from normal. He had noticed this since the first day, and there had also been an internal discussion within the clan about it. Her eyes were special, far more than a simple abnormal Byakugan. He could feel that just by observing them once.
'This is an evolution of the Byakugan… it seems those eyes can also evolve,' he thought, and everyone must have had that thought; he could imagine that the Hyūga clan must be in chaos right now...
Thinking about that, Mazu couldn't help but think of a certain blond ninja who was clearly behind the evolution of the Hyūga girl's eyes.
Minato had always been a great mystery to Mazo. He had learned too late that, since Mikoto was only a seven-year-old girl attending the academy, that boy had already been influencing her to awaken the Sharingan. Today he understood that. Not all the Uchiha together possessed the knowledge that that boy had about the clan itself, which was extremely bizarre. Mikoto reached the peak of the Sharingan even earlier than Madara according to the legends.
The three-tomoe Sharingan had been only the first stage that Mikoto developed. Then came the Mangekyō, something his daughter had demonstrated in front of him when she released that yellow skeleton during an argument between the two of them at the northern camp during the war.
Many Uchiha had seen the skeleton inside the leader's tent, with an immense and terrifying chakra, but Mazu told no one what had happened there, hiding his daughter's Mangekyō Sharingan and only expelling her from the clan so she could live in peace. After all, if the elders had known at the time, they would not have left her alone, as they did by merely expelling her.
This made him think about what could have happened, because it would certainly be the Uchiha clan that would suffer if that boy acted against them with more anger than the last time. He had killed only one elder at that time to calm things down, but if the clan had done something more drastic… What would they have done if they had known about Mikoto's true eyes back then? Even Mazo couldn't help but shudder when imagining what would happen to the clan.
In any case, he couldn't help but show a proud glimmer in his eyes as he looked at his daughter standing in front of him. She was considered the most powerful living Uchiha.
His eyes then went to the little boy.
"So this is little Itachi?" he asked, as she approached. Minato had given him the name and talked about the boy.
"Yes... Father, it's been a long time," Mikoto gave a small smile.
"Good. Let's have some tea. Is it alright if we stay alone?" he then said to the Hyūga girl. He wanted some time with his daughter.
Mikoto looked at Hanabi, who nodded. "Go. I'll make sure no one bothers you. Talk to your father," Hanabi said.
Mikoto nodded, grateful to finally be able to talk to her father.
They went into the house, and Hanabi stayed outside. Her eyes began to pierce through walls and houses until they found a certain blond walking through the village. She couldn't help but open a mischievous smile.
The blond boy stopped and looked at her, even though he was almost a kilometer away. Minato narrowed his eyes at Hanabi and, soon after, smiled.
Hanabi simply stuck her tongue out at him before her eyes went even further with her gaze.
'Damn, that girl is looking under my clothes...' Minato said, showing no embarrassment about it. He was clearly being harassed by those feminine gazes. He just shrugged and moved on, returning to where he was headed.
A house with a large plot appeared ahead. There were, unsurprisingly, two people wearing green jumpsuits, training.
The first people Minato would visit that day would be the Might family. With both of its shinobi members overflowing with the power of youth, as always.
Minato moved forward. He had several people to visit that day. First, he would visit Duy and Guy alone. Then, he would go to the orphanage, where Kushina also wanted to meet the people there.
She had always maintained a good relationship with the director and the children, and she also used to visit the orphanage when Minato was at war, before she received Kurama and was confined within the Senju clan.
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Raccoon Here:
I don't want to sound annoying in these chapters by talking about how incredible all the members of the Namikaze family are, but I think everyone's reactions are inevitable, sorry if this seems a bit annoying.
I want to do just one more chapter about the people of Konoha, with Might Duy, the orphanage, and even the academy children. Maybe I'll do this last one differently, talking about the class where Yamato, Obito, Rin, Guy, and many other important members of Konoha are, but only if you want it.
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