Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 430 A Family of Three Reunited

A house located in the center of Konoha.

"Ding-dong."

As the bell rang, Aokiji went out to greet him, and a boy with blond hair stood at the door.

"Godfather, you were looking for me."

Aokiji led Naruto to a sofa, patted it, and gestured for him to sit down.

Naruto obediently sat down.

Aokiji smiled warmly: "Have the villagers and classmates been giving you the cold shoulder lately?"

Naruto shook his head: "No, ever since they found out I'm the Fourth Hokage's son, everyone seems to be extra polite to me, and even a little guilty."

Aokiji nodded slightly: "That's good. I have a gift for you today."

Naruto asked excitedly, "What gift? Is it to teach me ninjutsu?"

Aokiji said enigmatically, "No, this is a very special gift."

Naruto became even more excited upon hearing this: "A special gift?"

"Yes, but before that, I need to talk about something."

Let's talk?

As Naruto was wondering, a pair of scarlet eyes came into view, and his gaze became unfocused.

The spiritual world.

Inside the enormous cage, a huge orange fox was imprisoned. It was glaring at the uninvited guest with a look of utter hatred: "It's you, you bastard..."

Facing the Nine-Tails' ferocious appearance, Aokiji shrugged and said casually, "Don't be nervous, I mean no harm. I'm here to discuss something with you."

Nine-Tailed Fox was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and gave him the order to leave: "Hmph, I have nothing to talk to you about."

Aokiji said to himself, "I hope you'll stop interfering with Naruto with your chakra."

Nine-Tails thought he was going to say something, so she snorted, her attitude very clear: Who do you think you are? Why should I agree to your request?

Aokiji, confident and certain, said, "I'll give you a reason you can't refuse."

Nine-Tails said unhappily, "That's quite an arrogant answer."

"If I'm not mistaken, you must be incomplete right now."

The nine-tailed fox's eyes widened in fury: "What are you trying to say?"

"I can help you get your other half back. Besides that, I can also remove the sealing jutsu placed on you, and I guarantee that no one will dare to mess with you again. Of course, your true freedom will only come after Naruto passes away."

Nine-Tailed Fox stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief.

Aokiji teased, "Is it because the stakes I offered were too high that you're too excited to say it?"

"..."

Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Xiao Wu.

"Little Five?"

"It is the Five-Tailed King Mu."

"That guy?"

"One of the reasons that guy was willing to help me back then was that I promised him I would set all of you tailed beasts free."

"Hmph, what a busybody."

"How about it? I think the offer I've made is quite generous, and you hardly have to do anything."

After thinking for a moment, Nine-Tails reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I promise you."

Although he was annoyed by being led by the nose by this arrogant guy, as Aokiji said, it was a reason he couldn't refuse.

Aokiji stepped forward and easily released the Four Symbols Sealing Technique that had been placed on Naruto.

Nine-Tails still felt like it was dreaming. It walked out of the cage and looked at the human in front of it in surprise: "Aren't you afraid of me...?"

"I'm scared, of course I'm scared."

"Then why..."

"What I'm afraid of isn't that you left Naruto on your own, but that I'll never be able to trust you again."

"What do you mean?"

"I am very strong. Controlling you with my eye power would not be difficult. At worst, I can just seal you back. However, after that, I'm afraid I won't trust you anymore."

"You're really annoying me."

Kurama didn't want to admit it, but what Aokiji said was true. If it were her, she wouldn't believe him again after being deceived once: "But I don't dislike him."

Aokiji smiled and said, "Then wait a moment while I return the other half of the Nine-Tails to you."

"etc……"

Nine-Tails looked shocked.

Did it hear that right? Returning its other half to itself??

Before Nine-Tailed Fox could ask any further questions, Aokiji disappeared from the spiritual world, leaving it, a bewildered fox, behind.

Aokiji withdrew from the spiritual world and said to the blond youth beside him, "That's enough. I've reached an agreement with Kurama."

"Isn't this too hasty?"

Minato said worriedly.

"Don't worry, even if Kurama breaks its promise, I can easily control it with my eye power," Aokiji replied confidently, his Mangekyou Sharingan wide open.

"Oh well……"

Minato walked to his sleeping son, squatted down, extracted the Nine-Tails from his body, and implanted the other half of the Nine-Tails into Naruto's chest through his hand.

After a while, Minato removed his hand from Naruto's stomach.

Aokiji asked, "Is this alright?"

Minato replied, "Yes."

Aokiji nodded and pointed his sword: "Then I'll break the genjutsu on Naruto and wake him up so you can all have a good reunion."

Upon hearing this, Minato and Kushina felt uneasy. They had passed away after giving birth to Naruto, so their reunion was naturally nerve-wracking.

Aokiji dispelled the genjutsu, and Naruto slowly woke up. He vaguely heard someone calling him, and although it was an unfamiliar voice, Naruto felt a strange sense of familiarity.

He slowly opened his eyes, and through his blurry vision, he saw three faces: two men and one woman. One of them was his godfather, and the other two were strangers. "Where am I...?"

Before he could finish speaking, the blond man and the red-haired woman hugged him tightly, their eyes filled with tears, calling his name repeatedly.

Aokiji introduced them, "Naruto, these two are your parents. You should get to know them."

Naruto looked completely bewildered: "My parents?"

Aokiji gave a brief explanation and left the scene, allowing the family of three to have a proper reunion.

Orochimaru appeared out of nowhere, following behind Aokiji: "You really are a good person, arranging this scene on purpose."

Aokiji said self-deprecatingly, "I'm not exactly a good person. Being a good person would restrict your actions."

Orochimaru asked, "Now that we've dealt with all this, are we going to Kusagakure next?"

Aokiji replied without hesitation, "Of course."

Orochimaru laughed, "The Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique requires self-sacrifice. Will the caster agree to that?"

Aokiji smiled sinisterly: "If we don't agree, then we won't allow him to have a say."

"You're really domineering."

"I've said before that I'm not a good person."

As the two were talking, Izumi, the secretary, ran over: "Hokage-sama, where have you been again? Didn't we agree that you were going to sign something today?"

Aokiji waved his hand lazily: "You can just sign it for me yourself."

Quanmei said angrily, "How can this be?"

"Why don't you go on another date with Itachi, and then come back for my signature when I get back?"

"Waiting for you to come back?" Izumi's expression froze, her mouth twitching. "Hokage-sama, where are you going again...?"

He had never seen a Hokage like this before. He was never in the office. Izumi felt like she was becoming the Hokage herself, spending all her time reviewing documents.

"Alright, that's settled then."

Regardless of whether the other party agreed or not, Aokiji leaped into the air. The huge phantom that appeared behind him solidified and used his palm to support the falling Aokiji. Orochimaru followed closely behind and leaped into his palm.

With her arms outstretched, the Soul Flame took off from the spot, the force of the wind it generated causing Izumi's hair to flutter wildly.

The Soul Flame was enormous, flying above Konoha, and quickly attracted the attention of the villagers, who pointed at it and exclaimed in surprise, "Look, what is that thing?"

Other villagers might not recognize him, but Nara Shikaku recognized him at a glance.

The fire of the soul?

This thing can actually fly?

That's way too exaggerated.

Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, he cried out, "Oh no—!"

The Soul Flame is Aokiji's eye technique; in other words, since this thing flies in the sky, it means that Aokiji is also on it.

Nara Shikaku silently prayed that Aokiji wouldn't cause any trouble.

Aokiji killed the daimyo and declared himself king. No one knows what the consequences will be. The right thing to do now is to be cautious and not provoke trouble.

But considering Aokiji's personality, that's probably difficult.

(End of this chapter)