Chapter 16: Gratitude

"Are you saying it's true? The person you just mentioned, is he really our future child, Uzumaki Naruto!" Uzumaki Kushina said excitedly!

After entering the house, the two sat down on the sofa in the living room, and Minato told Kushina everything he knew one by one!

Kushina felt that today was the day with the greatest emotional fluctuation in her life!

When she first heard that she and her husband were killed by Obito, Uzumaki Kushina was somewhat incredulous. Obito had the same goal as her—to become Hokage—and Kushina had taken care of Obito like her own younger brother! Obito was such a kind person, yet he actually became an enemy of the whole world!

However, when she learned about Naruto's childhood encounter, Kushina, like Minato, felt deep guilt toward Naruto!

But when she learned that Naruto saved Konoha from Pain, she felt very happy. Because of the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, Kushina had lived in misery and war every day during her childhood, so she knew very well the pain of losing her country and family. Such an experience made her crave a peaceful and stable life. Therefore, her goal when she was young was to become the first female Hokage of Konoha and protect her village. Unfortunately, she didn't achieve it in the end.

When Minato talked about Naruto reaching reconciliation with Kurama, persuading Obito to turn back, and facing Uchiha Madara and Otsutsuki Kaguya, becoming a hero of the ninja world! Kushina gradually changed from happy to proud and arrogant. Having such a son, she was proud and arrogant enough!

Later, when talking about the arm-severing battle with Uchiha Sasuke, and the life-and-death battle with Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Isshiki, and Kurama's sacrifice, her emotions slowly turned to sadness again. The strong enemies of the ninja world came one after another, and those who could fight these powerhouses were basically Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. Fortunately, she had pulled Uchiha Sasuke back to the right path at the beginning, otherwise, Naruto would really have to fight alone!

Finally, when talking about Naruto's sacrifice, Uzumaki Kushina finally couldn't help but shed tears. Naruto was truly a good child, possessing such a tragic childhood yet able to move forward firmly toward his goal, changing others one after another! Even this ninja world, this child was excellent beyond their imagination!

Thinking of this, Uzumaki Kushina touched her stomach and said softly: Thank you, Kurama, thank you for always helping Naruto by his side instead of us, and saving him when he was in danger. I am really grateful. Perhaps I had many unfair misunderstandings about you before, and here I formally apologize to you!

"Heh, no need. I didn't do this for you, but for your son, Naruto, who eliminated my hatred. He is different from you. From the beginning, what he thought of wasn't suppressing me, but becoming friends with me, and in the end, he succeeded! He is my friend, my partner, so you don't need to thank or apologize for him," Kurama said inside Uzumaki Kushina's stomach!

Evidently, Kurama still had opinions about Kushina's attitude toward him before.

Evidently, Kurama was a Reborn. Regarding this point, Minato and Nara Shikaku had long since thought of it. Even the boss of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Uchiha Obito, was reborn by Naruto, so it would be too unreasonable if Kurama, who was his partner, and the eight Tailed Beasts who became friends with him were not reborn.

Uzumaki Kushina didn't expect Kurama to actually reply to her, and her sad mood improved quite a bit.

"In any case, I am really very grateful to you. I hope we can become good partners like you and Naruto in the future! And if Naruto is born in the future, I hope you can continue to help him and take care of him, okay?" Uzumaki Kushina said.

Kurama didn't answer, just gave a cold snort.

"Really, can't you just reply whether it's okay or not! Kurama has such a bad temper, yet Naruto was able to reconcile with it, he's really amazing!" Seeing Kurama ignore her again, Kushina couldn't help but complain.

Namikaze Minato smiled awkwardly to the side and didn't reply to Kushina's question.

"I'll listen to you this time. This child will be called Uzumaki Naruto, it's decided, I won't change it no matter what!"

Uzumaki Kushina said:

"Please take care of me from now on, Naruto. I will accompany you by your side with your father in this life. I will watch you all the way and support you from behind."

After finishing, she touched her stomach gently with her hand, and then she turned her head to Namikaze Minato and said:

"Let's go out and celebrate on such a happy day today!"

"Alright!"

Minato also agreed and said: "But where should we go to celebrate?"

Regarding the question of celebration, Minato was clearly not very good at it and could only ask Kushina.

Kushina thought for a while and said:

"Then let's go to the Ichiraku Ramen shop that Naruto often visits to celebrate!"

Kushina grabbed Minato's arm excitedly and continued:

"To be honest, our family didn't have a proper meal together in the future. Taking advantage of this opportunity today, let's go to Ichiraku Ramen together to properly celebrate that our family has a new future!"