Uchiha Yū did not chat with him any further. His consciousness returned to his body, and he looked at the sleeping Naruto. Naruto's chakra was still far too terrifying; even with medical chakra, his body was struggling to endure it.
Warm green chakra enveloped Naruto and called him awake from his slumber. Naruto, who had not said a word the entire time, now looked at him with some fear.
Ever since Kushina's death, Minato Namikaze had protected his only family member well, keeping him under his wings so that he had never experienced any of life's evils.
"Don't worry. I'm Minato's friend."
Half-crouching on the ground, Uchiha Yū withdrew the frightening aura around him. The feeling was like a spring breeze, easing the tension between them.
To prove that he was telling the truth, Uchiha Yū said with a faint smile,
"You should know that there's a meditation cushion beside Minato. That was specially prepared for me."
At the same time, Uchiha Yū took out a pendant that Tsunade had once given him.
He hung the pendant around Naruto's neck and tucked it beneath his clothes, then rubbed Naruto's head as he said,
"Little Naruto, I was the one who gave you your name, and I was there when you were born. But I've never given you a proper gift. This is very precious to me, and now I'm giving it to you."
As the torch was passed on, Uchiha Yū regarded him as his junior. The item was not expensive, but its symbolic meaning far surpassed its value.
"The pendant is really pretty..."
Thanks to the abilities brought by the Nine-Tails, Naruto could use a portion of them. He could sense the goodwill emanating from Uchiha Yū, an emotion like the kind Uncle Nawaki and Aunt Reiko had.
So