The Love of Parents

Seeing Naruto cry like that, Kushina Uzumaki pounded Minato Namikaze with her fists.

"It's your fault, your fault, your fault!"

"My fault, my fault!"

"Naruto, do you want us to help you control the Nine-Tails out there? Then we could stay and talk a while longer," Kushina Uzumaki said.

"It's okay. I'll control the Nine-Tails myself!"

"Good!"

Minato Namikaze looked at Naruto with pride in his eyes.

"You must have lots of good friends and teachers, Naruto! Without them, you couldn't have grown into the person you are today!"

His Chakra couldn't watch over Naruto all the time. Most of the time, it lay dormant.

"Yeah! I know Sasuke, Teacher Ye, Kakashi-sensei..."

Naruto Uzumaki couldn't wait to tell Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze about every friend he'd made and everything that had happened to him.

The two listened quietly, smiling with pride.

"It sounds like Teacher Ye is very important to you," Minato Namikaze said. Naruto couldn't go more than a few sentences without mentioning Uchiha Yoru!

"Yeah! He takes me to Ichiraku Ramen all the time, and he even let me stay at his house! He's been so good to me!"

"It's a shame we'll never have the chance to thank him properly," Kushina Uzumaki said wistfully.

At that, Naruto Uzumaki's spirits sank.

"Can't you stay? I could come see you often!" Naruto Uzumaki said.

"We could—"

"Kushina, we no longer belong to this world."

Kushina Uzumaki seemed about to say more, but Minato Namikaze quickly stopped her.

He knew the Uzumaki Clan had Forbidden Techniques that could bring the dead back to life. But the dead were gone. Better not to disturb the peace of the living.

"Naruto, our Chakra is almost spent. Goodbye, Naruto!"

Naruto Uzumaki rushed forward and hugged Kushina and Minato, sobbing. But he