Naruto looked at Tsunade and the other girl with a smile. Although his grandmother was already over sixty, she looked no older than thirty.
Tsunade merely stared at the blond boy before her, his deep blue eyes like the ocean.
He's practically a miniature Minato. Tsunade thought. She had believed she was alone in this world, that all her family was gone. Now, she discovered that her grandson was standing before her, grinning foolishly.
She flashed past Jiraiya and Shizune, tightly hugging Naruto as she began to cry.
"Naruto!" Tears rolled from her eyes and dripped onto his shirt.
Jiraiya and Shizune watched the scene with smiles on their faces. This was what Tsunade needed most—family.
Tsunade wiped away her tears, though her eyes were still red. She crouched before him.
"Let me get a good look at you," Tsunade said, her voice filled with a pure joy she had not felt in a long time.
Naruto only chuckled softly and scratched the back of his head, just like his father.
"You're too cute!" Tsunade squealed, pulling him into another tight hug. "I bet you have a whole bunch of female fans in Konoha."
"Uh... I'll be right back." Naruto vanished.
Less than a second later, Naruto reappeared with a girl and a little fox. Hinata had been healed and was now asleep.
"Who is she?" Tsunade asked, looking at the girl in Naruto's arms.
"Hinata Hyuga, my girlfriend," Naruto explained, and Tsunade nodded.
"She was kidnapped by Itachi and Kisame. I rescued her, and I want to kill them," Naruto said seriously.
"What are these flames?" Jiraiya shouted, staring at the black flames burning through the rocks.
"Those are Amaterasu flames. They can only be summoned by the Mangekyō Sharingan. No one except the person who summoned them can