Golden Child

Minato Namikaze

Chapter 2

"MIIIINAAAAATOOO!"

Kimiko shifted from foot to foot, peering up curiously at the large building before her. Kushina had dragged her straight to some house, her's and this Minato's apparently, and then disappeared into said house. It was actually more like a mansion than a house, it looked two stories at least but Kimiko knew it was just tall.

"MIIIIIIINAAAAATOOOOOOOO!"

Cream coloured bricks, rather large with an archway and a picket fence around the lush garden. It was all rather impressive, especially for someone like Kimiko who grew up in a simple orphanage, she seriously expected some waterfall or fountain to pop out of the ground and some butler to greet her.

This 'Minato' who Kushina gushed so fondly about was still a complete stranger to Kimiko, not that Kushina wasn't as well, and she knew next to nothing about him. All she knew was that he was Kushina's fiancé and some big shot shinobi.

"MINATO! GET YA ASS OUT HERE!"

Kimiko tugged on the collar of her jumper, feeling a cool breeze glide in as she waited patiently for Kushina. Apparently this 'Minato' was not home. After a few minutes of nothing but the sound of heels clicking on tiled flooring Kushina emerged, hands on her hips and her face red.

"Jeez, only he would just bugger off without telling me," Kushina fretted, muttering more to herself than Kimiko. "Ya hungry?" She looked down at the child.

Kimiko shook her head dully, "Thanks but i'll pass." 

Kushina frowned a bit but didn't comment on it, "Come on, i'll show you where you'll be staying." Leading off with the little girl trotting softly behind her.

Kimiko could only gape as she entered the house, it was just as lavish as it appeared on the outside if not more. From a white tiled floor, white walls and golden hanging chandeliers it seemed to be a home belonging to some fancy lord.

"Like it?" Kushina cracked a grin, "Minato is good at what he does and the Uzumaki clan is seriously loaded. Remember, what's our's is your's. So ya enjoy, kay?"

Kimiko nodded dumbly, still staring up in wonder at the extravagant house, Kushina chuckled a bit before the two took off walking down the hall.

Kushina had noticed the child wasn't as talkative as when they were in the hospital, not that she was that talkative back then either, but it was still more than what she was now. Kushina was willing to bet Kimiko was actually a friendly girl but when you're that young and go through something like that it's bound to fuck you up.

Kushina could understand how the girl felt, for she could remember the Kumo-nin that tried to take her, almost succeeding, if it weren't for Minato than Kushina wouldn't be here — which makes it almost fate that Minato was the one to find and save Kimiko from a future that Kushina herself once faced.

That's why Kushina was making it her personal mission to make Kimiko feel as at home as she can, to feel like she's safe and not alone — like she's wanted, because she is. Kushina is ecstatic to another girl in the house and another Uzumaki in the village.

Kushina only has to watch out for some people, she has to protect Kimiko from the vultures in the council.

"Aaaand here we are!" Kushina announced, coming to a stop in front of a room.

A simple white door, it was next to the bathroom and across from the master bedroom, down the hall was the kitchen and next to that was the living room. It was practical, in Kushina's opinion. The house didn't actually have that many rooms, they were just big with windy hallways in-between.