Naruto: No, no, Dad, really! At school, they let out this huge fox, and I defeated it all by myself with one hand tied to my back! I even saved that Uchiha kid!
Minato: *snort* That’s my boy!
Kushina: Hey, you two, what are you talking about? No doubt another adventure of the famous Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto: Mom! You won’t believe what happened today!
Minato: Oh, she’ll believe it all right.

Laughter filled the air as the couple doted over their son.

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“Naruto? Wake up, Naruto. You feel asleep.”

“Nghh… what happened?” Naruto looked up dazedly and felt Sakura jostling his arm in an effort to keep him awake.

“You feel asleep, and I thought that was okay, but then you started to cry, saying ‘Mom, Dad!’ What’s wrong, Naruto?”

Naruto tilted his head back and looked up in the sky, taking a moment to bask in the brilliant sunlight streaming across Konoha. He closed his eyes and inhaled slowly. A tear trickled down his tanned cheek, and a faint, sad smile slowly slid across his face, and as he opened his eyes, Sakura saw that they grew distant and dazed. “It’s nothing. Just dreaming of a life I lost long ago.”


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Egad. I was so happy with the idea. So i tried to draw it out, and i twitched quite a bit when I finished the drawing, but I let it pass. As soon as I colored it, I had a mental breakdown and started to cry bitterly, bashing my hands on my desk until they were purple and bruised. Okay, not really.

AND FOR THE JAPANESE, I AM SORRY, FOR I HAVE SHAMED. MY ATTEMPT AT CALLIGRAPHY SUCKED.

*shot*