Naruko's deep consciousness...
"The moment has come for you to control the Nine-Tails' power, Minato... So I included my Chakra in the Sealing Formula as well, because Minato hoped I could help you..."
"I sealed the Nine-Tails inside you, Naruko, and left you 'half' of its Chakra because I believe you can control this power... because you're my child..."
Naruko: "Hee hee hee..."
"Naruko, are you listening...?"
"Luckily, Mom is a beauty."
Naruko held her head.
"Thanks, Naruko. Although your hair is like your father's, you actually look like me."
"Mom's hair is so beautiful, and it's such a straight, vivid red. I wish my hair looked like yours too..."
"Hehe... Naruko, you're the second person to compliment my beautiful hair."
"Huh? Who was the first...?"
"Of course... your father."
"..."
Minato Namikaze smiled.
"So... how did Dad and Mom meet?" Naruko asked curiously about how her parents had encountered each other.
"That's a little embarrassing..."
Kushina's cheeks flushed slightly.
"When I was still a Genin, I had just moved here from another village, so I didn't know much about Konoha... When I met your father, we were both still children. My first impression of Minato was... that he looked like a sissy. He didn't seem reliable at all..."
Minato Namikaze: "Haha... haha..."
"On the day I first moved here, during class at the Ninja Academy, the teacher asked us to announce our dreams for the future. So people wouldn't look down on me, I said I would become Hokage... and the first female Hokage at that."
"That's just like my Mom. You have the same presence as Grandma Tsunade."
"Grandma... Tsunade?"
"Mm."
Naruko nodded.
"Grandma Tsunade is the Fifth Hokage, and she's also the first female Hokage."
"Is that so? Lord Tsunade..."
*Has she overcome her knot in the