Elite Rank Salamence

On the way over, he had proudly told Kushina about it, only for her to roll her eyes and call him a show-off.

Naruto soon noticed someone watching him. He followed the gaze and found... Dad?

When Minato saw that Naruto had caught him peeking, he immediately flashed a bright, sunny smile.

Naruto froze for a moment, then gave him a huge smile in return. Naruto did not know how to get along with this father of his, while Minato was essentially becoming a father for the first time and did not know how to get along with Naruto either. So after exchanging smiles, the two of them simply froze there.

Kushina set down the shopping bags. After waiting a few seconds without seeing Minato bring his things over, she turned around in confusion and saw the father and son standing there grinning foolishly at each other.

Kushina was speechless. What were these two doing?

Kushina knew that Minato probably did not know how to interact with Naruto. Though she found it a little silly, she did not stop him. Instead, she silently took the shopping bags from his hands and carried them into the kitchen.

"All right, honey, you're done here. Go have tea with Fugaku."

Kushina called out before following Mikoto into the kitchen.

"All right, Izumi, you should go play games with Itachi and the others too. Kushina and I are enough for the kitchen."

Mikoto smiled and patted Izumi's delicate shoulder.

"It's fine, Aunt Mikoto. I don't really like playing games. I'll stay and help you."

Izumi replied with a smile.

Mikoto was about to say something, but Kushina smiled. "All right, Mikoto. If Izumi wants to stay and help, let her. The three of us are just fine. The women can cook, the children can