Perhaps the sense of ceremony had worked.
Not long after the wedding, Minato Namikaze came rushing over to share the good news with Yanbai.
Mikoto was already showing with her second child, and Kushina's pregnancy had come at just the right time.
Indra and Asura were cursing each other out even over their births.
Yanbai had been prepared, so his reaction was fairly subdued.
Minato Namikaze scratched his head and smiled. "Teacher, could you... help me think of a name for the baby?"
"What? You've read so many books, yet you can't come up with a name yourself?" Yanbai looked at Minato Namikaze seriously. "Will the baby take your surname? How about Namikaze Optimus Prime? Or Namikaze Might-Shaking-Heaven? Namikaze Galvatron? Namikaze Decepticon?"
Minato Namikaze: "..."
Those names carried far too much pressure. He feared his child wouldn't be able to live up to them.
If the child failed to become a powerhouse, a name like that would make him a laughingstock!
Minato Namikaze didn't want his child burdened with such enormous pressure from birth.
Seeing Yanbai's earnest expression, Minato Namikaze almost would have believed him if he hadn't known his teacher's personality so well.
Yanbai was clearly teasing him...
In the end, Minato Namikaze could only give a wry smile and say he would go home and discuss it with his wife.
Yanbai watched him leave with a smile.
Why did Asura's reincarnation have to be named "Naruto"?
In any case, Yanbai didn't care what course the will of the world took.
He wouldn't deliberately force Minato Namikaze to give his child that name.
This version of Minato Namikaze was Yanbai's student, not Jiraiya's.
And Jiraiya was an erotic novelist. There didn't seem to be any connection between them, so... would Minato Namikaze still name his son "Naruto Uzumaki"?
Perhaps