The Swirling Tides

Chapter 8: Naruto Returns!

TIMESKIP: Three and a half years from the previous chapter.

More than three years have passed by since the day Natsumi came to Konoha, and it could easily be said that her life had taken the turn for better when she was saved by Naruto and Nina.

Konoha | Uzumaki Compound | Natsumi's Bedroom

Natsumi was lying on her heart shaped bed covered with silky red sheets, cuddled in between her younger sister Kasumi and Kushina. She was wearing a very light and comfortable black night gown. On both her sides Kasumi and Kushina were lying in their almost transparent nightgowns and black lingerie.

Kushina was on Natsumi's left side, with Natsumi's head resting on her right hand as if it was a pillow, and her left hand around her daughter's torso to keep her close. Kasumi was pressed against Natsumi's back, her breasts massaging Natsumi's back and right arm circled around her elder sister's waist.

Ever since she moved in with them after Naruto saved her, they have been sleeping in her room so that she doesn't feel alone while sleeping. Natsumi blushed and shivered slightly when the younger redhead's hand slid a little too downwards in her sleep and then tightened around her, pulling them closer together. It didn't help that her face was pressed against Kushina's breasts...

Personally she thought they did this to humiliate her, but no matter how much she protests to this practice, they wouldn't budge from their positions. And they both always wake up an hour after her.

She whimpered. "Kaa-chan, Kasumi-chan, please wake up! I-I'm having trouble breathing in here..."

Kushina's eyes opened a fraction, to peek, and then closed again. She proceeded to smother her golden haired daughter with a smile on her face. "We still have time..."

Kasumi stirred a bit, before trying to bury her head in Natsumi's back again. "Mhmm... five more minutes Onee-chan, please... you always wake us up so early..."

"Yeah, I'm still tired..." Kushina supported her younger daughter.

Natsumi grumbled. She was really getting used to them both sleeping with her. It was the same every day. 'They think I am some kind of teddy to hold when they sleep, but teddy doesn't need to breathe, I do!

I feel so used...'

To further her misery, Kushina and Kasumi tightened their cuddling unconsciously around the blond girl. 'How did I even survive this every night for about three and a half years...? I just feel grateful that Nina-chan doesn't join them in here... And why the hell do I always wake up at four a.m.?'

Even while she was thinking all this, somewhere deep inside, she was very grateful for the attention and closeness her sister and mother always showered over her. She had been ignored and lonely for the first ten years of her life, the most she got to talk was when she was learning how to speak.

She was smart, incredibly so - but that wasn't something she had been grateful for before she was reunited with her family. The only contact with people she got was when she was being taught to do something. 'Most likely to increase my value when sold...' she thought with a grumble.

Since she learned everything fast - that contact was minimized too. Even then, that contact was rarely physical, but right now it was really physical...

She took a moment to think about how her life had progressed since she came to Konoha. It had improved a lot yes, but that was mostly because of the Uzumaki family. 'MY family...' she smiled inwardly.

She wouldn't admit it in front of Kasumi and Kushina but she was very happy for all that they did for her. 'If I admit it to them, they will increase it even more, and I don't think I can survive that! But I will die happy...'