The guardian chronicles : Nirvana (Todoroki Shoto x Uzumaki Naruto)

Chapter 20

Namikaze Keisuke has been called a fool many times since she took in her granddaughter.

She wasn't dumb. That much Keisuke was certain. Especially since she had been one of the few civilian girls in her family that knew how to read, write and count. How could she raise the demon's child? When the girl took away her child. Those words whispered in the streets of Konoha whenever Keisuke ventured out with Naruto in the streets of Konoha.

The villagers saw those whisker marks and called her sweet Naru-chan, a demon. But Keisuke saw those ruffles of blond hair, resembling the sunshine hair of her deceased husband and his child, and sees Minato and Souta staring back at her. Kushina was there too. She was in Naruto's eyes and face. Both Minato and Kushina had been a good looking couple, so it was just natural that their child would grow to be a looker just like her son feared.

At the age of two, Naruto looked like a little angel and she probably would grow even more beautiful when she reached her teens. Minato had been a good-looking boy and Souta had been so handsome as a teen, always the talk of the village and having so many girls admiring him.

Her husband would probably spoil Naruto rotten if he was here; he always wanted a daughter to spoil.

Tears burned behind her eyes and Keisuke stared at the secret wedding photo of her son with his wife. Light brown eyes flickered to the ground, where Naruto sat on the ground with a crayon on her small chubby hand. Today was her birthday, a day where Keisuke should take her out to enjoy the festival but something nagged in her stomach. Something bad was going to happen today and Keisuke would rather stay at home with Naruto then venture out into a festival, where people might look at her grandchild with hate.

Naruto dropped the crayon, blue eyes focused on her and the little girl pushed herself up from the ground. The little girl's legs wobbled, almost forcing Keisuke to rush to the girl but Naruto puffed her chubby cheeks. Blue eyes flared with determination, reminding her of Kushina and how determined the woman was to impress her.

"Granny, don't be sad!" Naruto tugged on her apron, blue eyes growing wide and hands reaching up to give her a hug. Keisuke smiled, buried her face against the girl's hair and ticked the girl's stomach. Giggles erupted from the little girl, blue eyes twinkling with joy and Keisuke thanked the Hokage for giving her this chance to raise Minato's daughter.

"Silly Naru-chan," she blew against the girl's stomach. "Granny won't ever be sad because today is her precious Naru-chan's birthday. Do you know how old you are, today?"

The girl grinned and held out two fingers. "Naru-chan is two!"

Things would become a concern when Naruto turned four. Keisuke flickered her eyes to the smiling photo of Minato, lips pressed into a thin line and eyebrows knitted together. Just another two more years and then it would be known if Naruto did have a Kekkai Genkai from her father's side of the family.

Keisuke frowned. Minato never inherited the Kekkai Genkai, which was never a big problem in Konoha. Not everyone can activate or inherit their family's Kekkai Genkai. But a person could still be a shinobi as long as they accessed their chakra from a young age...or so her husband explained to his son.

Minato always wanted to inherit his mother's Kekkai Genkai, but Keisuke prayed Naruto never inherited it.

Charmspeak was the Kekkai Genkai of Minato's mother. A strange Kekkai Genkai if Keisuke think about it when she considers the various Kekkai Genkai in Konoha. The power to convince people to follow a certain view? That shuddered her. Politics were not her strong suit, especially shinobi but if the shinobi learn of it then they might just use her precious granddaughter.

Keisuke doesn't want to lose Naruto, not when seeing her draw so many pretty pictures brought a smile to her face. Not when the girl was just so young but already had so many people hating her.