Naruto: The Fourth Hokage Is My Dad?

"You are..."

Hearing Naruto's puzzled voice, Minato Namikaze's heart suddenly tightened.

So it had finally come to this.

The moment they recognized each other.

Thump, thump.

His heartbeat gradually accelerated.

Faster and faster.

After thinking for a moment, Naruto spoke. "Are you... my mother's older brother?"

Minato Namikaze's mouth twitched. "..."

Older brother?

Wouldn't that put them in different generations?

And morally, that did not seem quite right either!

"No, I'm not..."

Minato Namikaze said awkwardly.

"Kushina Uzumaki is my wife."

Upon hearing that, Naruto nodded slightly. "Oh, so my mom is your wife..."

"..."

"..."

"!!!"

"What?! My mom is your wife?!"

Naruto's eyes instantly widened.

"Then, then, then!"

He excitedly pointed an index finger at Minato Namikaze.

"You, you, you're my dad?!"

"That's right."

Minato Namikaze looked thrilled.

He hurriedly nodded.

"The Fourth Hokage is my dad?"

Naruto muttered to himself.

"Yes, Naruto. You are my son."

Minato Namikaze opened his arms and moved in for a hug.

Just then, Naruto punched him in the stomach.

"Cough!"

Caught completely off guard, Minato Namikaze took Naruto's punch head-on.

Pain flashed across his face.

Yet his hands still gently tightened as he wrapped Naruto in an embrace.

"Naruto..."

"..."

After a long while, Naruto's body trembled. "Why..."

"Why did you treat me like this? If you're my dad, then why didn't you let me know anything?"

Naruto's eyes reddened, mist gathering and swirling within them.

Just as the tears were about to fall, Naruto shoved Minato Namikaze away.

He quickly turned around and wiped the moisture from his eyes.

"Do you know what I've gone through all these years?!"

"When I needed you the most, neither of you showed up! I endured all that pain and loneliness by myself, and just when I was finally able to bury you in