Neglected Child

Chapter 30

Naruto's POV:

The sound of toads croaking is what welcomes me as I slowly regain my consciousness along with the sight of blurry darkness and a feint silhoette of far away trees.

The feeling of something wrapped around me and the feeling of leaning onto something is still present along with the sound of breathing and heart beating.

Wait, breathing? Heart beats?

My vision slowly returns as I look down to see arms wrapped around me, bare of any sort of sleeves or clothing.

Wait, arms?!

"You are finally awake Naruto."

I jumped from the sudden voice, hitting my head onto something hard, wincing on the sudden contact. I heard Yondaime baka groan a bit, so I guess I hit him somehow.

He removes his arms that were embracing me, getting the sign that I wanted to get away from him. As I got away, I noticed that my masks were removed, probably to help me breath properly.

"Sorry, I did not want to wake you up so I did not move."

He says as he shot an apologetic smile towards me. His smile is visible thanks to the Moonlight shining over the forest.

"How long was I out, Yondaime sama?"

I saw his smile waver a bit but returned to it's previous state not even a second later.

"The sun set happened an hour ago, so I believe it has already been two hours since you passed out. I guess I don't deserve to be called "dad" by you huh?"

He lets out a dry chuckle as he ran his right hand over his long blonde hair.

"No,"

His smile dropped as all hope disappeared from his eyes.

"Not yet."

He stared at me, surprised by my words, his eyes brimming with hope as his mouth hung open from the small shock.

"Why? Why would you give us a chance? We were horrible to you?"

'Yes why am I giving them a chance? They did many horrible stuff, neglected me for something I do not know, and practically abandoned me to the mercy of the villagers. Why?'

"I don't know myself. But, if there is a reason, it is probably because I believe in second chances. Or probably because somewhere deep down I still want to be a part of your family, as Naruto. To feel what it feels to have a Mother's love, a Father's protection, and a brother's support. I am willing to give you a second chance, to form bonds with me. But don't expect it to be easy, it is going to take a long time for me to let you in my lives after all that you have done. I do not want to be called your son yet, and don't epect me to call you, Kushina sama, and Menma as dad, mom, and brother."

I let out a small chuckle.

"But I don't mind Mito calling me nii chan, she has not done anything to make me mad at her. I guess that is one out of four huh?"

He lets out a small chuckle, as he got up from his kneeling position, visibly limping. His legs are propably asleep from not moving it for so long.

"I understand, shall we re - introduce ourselves to each other?"

"Sure."

"I'm Namikaze Minato, former Fourth Hokage. Nice to meet you"

He says as he extends his right hand.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, ANBU Commander. Nice to meet you too"

I say as I grabbed onto his right hand with mine, and gave it a little shake. He let out a small laugh, probably thinking how childish our little act seems to be.

I did not notice that I was smiling at the whole exchange.

And so, we headed back towards Ma and Pa's home, still maintaining distance between us. When we arrived, Menma is already asleep and Pa is asleep beside him. Ma is probably asleep in their bedroom, poor Ma, sleeping alone in their bed just because we are present. I looked towards the small table to see an assortment of food that is visible thanks to the lone candle that is present.

I shunshined towards the table and squat infront of a plate, Yondaime sama doing the same after, as we ate the food graciously prepared by Ma.

Non of us minded that we were eating topless, since basically it is how we had been since day one of training. It is already day nine.

After eating the food, which now taste normal, which should not be, we washed the plates and went to bed, not minding if our stomach acid would rise and cause discomfort.

Morning came quicker than I thought. At five a.m., I rose from my temporary death and decided to try the capabilities of my sage mode. Who knows how much it could amplify my chakra output onto a single jutsu. I mean, yesterday's jutsu was amplified but I want to conduct a test, like how long does it take before it runs out or how much more can I amplify the natural chakra output onto my jutsus, since I believe that it is only amplifying it a bit when I used it yesterday. There are so many potential.

But alas my peaceful train of thought is interupted by a hyperactive red hair.

"So, are you really my brother?"

"Your forgotten memories returned didn't they? You saw my face, that was the factor to get your memories back. Anyways, calm your tits, it is five in the morning and I would not want to be called your brother by you just yet. Although I may not hate you, you still ignored my injuries, so there is still ill feelings towards you."

"If you are not angry, then what do you feel towards me?"

"Jealousy. You got it all, all that I wanted at a young age. Undying attention, praises and Yondaime sama's protection against the villagers. You got many encouraging words from Kushina sama and Yondaime sama, you got many people to help you from a young age, and you did not worry about being left when your family went off on a business trip or vacations. So in a way, I am jealous of you, I envy you, but don't worry, we could form bonds and I could call you my brother again, if I see it fit."

I say walking away from him. Knowing him, it would take an hour to process whtever the fuck I told him.

Let us see what path my decision has opened. This is not what I was planning but I will forge my way through this decision.