Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too tsundere

Chapter 112 Parent-Child Relationship

Satsuki slowly opened her eyes. It was the familiar ceiling... to be precise, the ceiling of the Japanese-style room where she often stayed at home.

Outside the window, the faint, melodious chirping of birds could be heard—the unique calls of early morning.

She slowly sat up, the blanket covering her slipping off her body. Almost subconsciously, still groggy and dependent from just waking up, she unconsciously uttered the name of the person she most wanted to see at that moment.

"Naruto……"

"Oh, you're awake?" That familiar, incredibly reassuring voice immediately came from not far away. "Did you sleep well? Did you have any nightmares?"

Hearing the sound, Zuo Yue turned her head and saw Naruto sitting cross-legged on the tatami mat not far away, leaning against the wall, reading a rather thick novel. The title on the cover was—"Battle Through the Heavens".

Zuo Yue vaguely remembered that this was one of the books on her father's bookshelf in his study.

Upon hearing that she had woken up, Naruto naturally closed the book, casually placed it on the tatami mat beside him, and then stood up and walked over.

"Because you fell asleep while walking outside yesterday, we had to carry you back here first."

He explained, "You didn't eat dinner last night, are you hungry? Get up and wash up first, I have something to show you."

Satsuki then fully regained her senses and realized that the room she was in was the Japanese-style room next to the living room where she and Naruto had spent the previous afternoon warming themselves by the fire, drinking tea, and chatting, and not her own bedroom.

This realization made her heart leap into her throat again, a wave of tension and panic washing over her. He...he didn't take me back to my room? Then...did he go in? Did he see...that...?

She cautiously raised her eyes and tentatively called out softly, "Naruto..."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Naruto stopped and looked at her, his expression completely natural, showing no sign of anything unusual or teasing.

Looking closely at Naruto's unchanging and ever-open expression, Satsuki's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, and a feeling of relief welled up inside him.

It seems... he probably never went in...

She quickly lowered her head to hide her embarrassment, and mumbled softly, "N-nothing..."

While she was still dazed and slightly guilty from just waking up, she found that Naruto had grabbed her hand without saying a word and pulled her up with a little force.

"Alright, stop daydreaming and get up!" Naruto said with a sly smile. "There's a 'surprise' waiting for you outside."

Seeing Naruto's expression, which clearly concealed a secret, Satsuki became even more puzzled. However, she did not have any intention of breaking free. Instead, she obediently let Naruto take her hand and lead her step by step out of the room and into the living room.

Then--

A voice, so familiar and gentle, that she thought she could only hear in her dreams for a long time, entered her ears clearly.

Good morning, Satsuki.

Zuo Yue's pupils suddenly contracted, her eyes widened abruptly, and she froze in place as if she had been frozen in place!

That voice… she knew it so well! It was her mother's voice!

She looked incredulously toward the dining table in the living room—and there, two people were sitting!

The parents she thought were still unconscious in the hospital, and even those doctors had declared might never wake up, were Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku.

They seemed to be waiting for Satsuki to have breakfast together. Father Fugaku sat there, his eyes not as sharp as usual, but rather showing fatigue, and his face looked somewhat haggard and pale.

As for her mother, Mikoto... although she wore the gentle smile that Satsuki knew best, her reddened and even slightly swollen eyes silently told the story of the crying she must have gone through after waking up.

Zuo Yue was completely stunned, her brain instantly overloaded, unable to process the information that was beyond her comprehension.

She instinctively gripped Naruto's arm tightly beside her, and whispered to him for confirmation with extreme uncertainty.

“…Naruto…can you…can you see it?…That is…?”

“Yes,” Naruto replied with absolute certainty and reassurance, “Uncle and Aunt are back. Welcome home.”

“But…the doctor said yesterday…they…how could this be…” Zuo Yue still couldn’t believe it, the huge shock made her incoherent.

"Maybe it's a miracle, but it doesn't seem so... Anyway, let's go over there first. If we go and check it out ourselves, we'll know whether it's an illusion or a dream, right?"

Naruto almost blurted out, "Even without me, you won't be alone." But when he thought of the crazy surge in bond level last night, which even exceeded the system's limit, he swallowed it back.

Zuo Yue was filled with confusion. She cautiously walked forward step by step.

Seeing her daughter's cautious and fearful expression, as if the scene before her was about to shatter, Mikoto felt a pang of heartache. She could no longer hold back and reached out to tightly grasp Satsuki's cold little hand.

She conveyed that real, warm touch. She didn't say anything to comfort her, but simply gazed at her daughter with incredibly tender eyes, silently telling her that it was real, that Mom was here, and Dad was here too.

The familiar warmth and strength of her mother's palm, and the undeniably real tenderness in her mother's eyes, though filled with heartache, exhaustion, and sorrow, finally shattered the last vestiges of uncertainty and fear in Zuo Yue's heart.

The huge rock that had been pressing down on her heart, almost suffocating her, suddenly fell to the ground and shattered without a trace!

Instead, she was overwhelmed by a tremendous joy and the ecstasy of regaining what she had lost!

"……Mother!"

With a tearful cry, Satsuki threw herself into Mikoto's arms, as if trying to melt into the warmth of what she had lost and found again.

Once again, because of her parents, Satsuki burst into tears. But this time, her tears were scalding hot, filled with an outpouring of immense relief and joy.

She cried so intensely that even Fugaku, who had always taught her to be strong and patient, didn't frown at all. He simply watched his youngest daughter silently with his eyes, which looked slightly weathered after experiencing great changes, his eyes filled with heartache and guilt.

Seeing this reunion, Naruto's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. The guilt in his heart also dissipated, replaced by a heartfelt sense of relief and satisfaction.

That's great... Finally... Even after the night of the massacre, Zuo Yue still has her parents by her side and doesn't have to bear everything alone anymore...

However, just as this warm and touching atmosphere reached its peak, Satsuki, who was crying loudly in her mother's arms, suddenly stopped crying without warning.

She abruptly lifted her head from Mikoto's embrace, almost with a panicked, desperate urgency, as if grasping at a straw. She turned her head sharply, her gaze sweeping rapidly across the surroundings, finally settling precisely on the figure that had been standing quietly not far away—

She looked at Naruto.

Before Naruto could even wipe the satisfied smile off his face, he was suddenly met with a gaze from Sasuke.

This sight caused his body to freeze instantly on the spot.

because……

Satsuki's eyes, which had just been filled with the joy of reunion and tears, were now filled with... panic!

what happened?

Naruto was filled with confusion and a sudden sense of unease. A pure fear was gripping Sasuke's heart, even overshadowing the immense joy of his recent reunion with his parents.

Is she...scared?

Satsuki was indeed afraid. When her parents appeared before her unharmed, the "uniqueness" that had driven her to the brink of despair suddenly vanished, and a deeper fear gnawed at her heart.

If her parents return and everything "returns to normal," then what about her desperate, almost begging dependence on Naruto yesterday? Where is the foundation of that "promise" that pulled her back from the brink of despair?

She was afraid that this only "foundation" supporting her would be taken away!

She feared that if she lost that extreme situation where "you are indispensable," she would also lose the "qualification" and "reason" to stay by Naruto's side and monopolize all his attention.

Under the puzzled gazes of her parents, Satsuki gently broke free from her mother's embrace. With her head down, she slowly walked towards Naruto.

Finally, she stopped in front of Naruto, still not daring to look up at him, only murmuring in a faint, almost inaudible voice, her words chaotic and helpless. "Naruto...you...I...I, what should I do..."

She slowly raised her hands and gripped Naruto's sleeves tightly. Then, under her parents' increasingly astonished gazes, she suddenly raised her head and cried out in a desperate sob.

"Naruto...please...don't go!"

When Naruto met her eyes, which were completely washed by tears and filled with panic and pleading, he clearly understood the deeper question that was left unspoken.

'Will you still want me? Do I... still have a reason to stay by your side now?'

She was afraid. Afraid that Naruto would think "mission accomplished" and "crisis resolved," and thus take it for granted that he would leave her. She was afraid of losing this newly acquired, precious, and unique connection.

------

(One update this morning, three updates this afternoon. In the next chapter, Bie Tian's mouth will continue to spit fire.)

Chapter 113 Awakening

Let's rewind a bit.

In fact, Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha woke up one after the other shortly after Naruto's shadow clones left last night.

When the power of the Mad Diamond to heal everything completely erased all their wounds, their consciousness finally broke free from the shackles of darkness.

What they recovered first was their last memory before the fragmentation, the chilling betrayal and despair, the moment when their own daughter, Uchiha Itachi, to whom they had poured countless efforts and hopes, mercilessly killed them.

The intense emotional shock, especially for Mikoto, was overwhelming. Recalling how her beloved child had burned her with those ominous black flames, she was instantly consumed by heartbreak and grief, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

After a brief moment of bewilderment and shock, Fugaku quickly forced himself to calm down. While comforting his grief-stricken wife, he looked around—at the familiar hospital environment and the incredible, complete recovery he had experienced.

But those eyes had lost all their sharpness, leaving only the vicissitudes, weariness, and a deep sorrow that came with experiencing great changes.

Based on limited clues and his last memories, he quickly and accurately deduced the general situation.

First of all, the Uchiha clan was not truly wiped out. The mysterious leader of the [Jin] organization, the man with incomprehensible power, pulled them back from the brink of death.

He even used a bizarre, unheard-of ability to "create life" to create a realistic fake death scene, fooling everyone and completing this "fake genocide" act.

but……

Even though most of the clan members survived, the Uchiha clan located in Konoha Village was, in effect, extinct.

The [Jin] organization went to great lengths to save those people, and they would never easily let them return to Konoha. As for those clansmen who were saved, after learning the truth about the "extermination," they have probably already completely lost faith in Konoha and themselves as clan leaders, and are now alienated from the community.

He, Uchiha Fugaku, was no longer the head of the Uchiha clan, the most powerful clan in Konoha.

He is now merely one of the few Uchiha survivors in Konoha, a "survivor" who has lost his clan's foundation and political power.

There's also the issue of strength...

Fugaku sensed it; in those eyes, which contained immense Yin Release power, there was only emptiness.

The Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes, which symbolized the supreme power of the Uchiha clan and was awakened with immense pain and responsibility, had completely disappeared with its unique chakra fluctuations.

At this moment, what rests in his eyes is nothing more than a pair of healthy, well-sighted, but utterly ordinary eyes.

It seems... after the leader of the [Jin] organization saved me, he not only healed my injuries, but also... took my Mangekyou Sharingan. Then, using his incredible ability, he regenerated a pair of ordinary eyes for me.

This discovery did not cause much of a stir in Fugaku's mind. He was not the kind of person like Shimura Danzo who had a morbid obsession with power.

For him, the strength of his power was more of a tool and bargaining chip to realize his family's ambitions and protect his clansmen.

And now... there are no more tribesmen he needs to lead...

And now... no one will force him, encourage him, or expect him to launch that blood-soaked coup anymore...

These eyes, which once carried so much weight and expectation, that power... has now become utterly useless to me.

Fine... since he wants it... let him have it...

Using these eyes, which are no longer needed, to repay the heavy debt of gratitude for saving his life, and... the debt of gratitude for saving most of his people's lives... perhaps, is the most appropriate thing to do.

After making this decision, Fugaku felt that the last thread of connection between himself and his past power had quietly broken off.

In the end, all that remained in his heart was the relief of surviving the ordeal, the uncertainty about the future, and the heavy sense of responsibility as a father and husband to protect his remaining family. He looked at his weeping wife in his arms, and finally turned his gaze towards home—where their youngest daughter, Zuoyue, was.

Under the horrified gaze of the medical ninja, who looked as if they had seen a ghost and were filled with the shock of "This is absolutely impossible!", Fugaku and Mikoto, who had just woken up, were forced by the hospital to undergo an extremely detailed physical examination.

The test results shocked all the medical ninjas involved—the severe injuries and strange burns that should have been fatal to the two had completely disappeared, and all their physiological indicators had returned to healthy levels, except for some slight weakness and mental fatigue.

After confirming the facts several times and finally having to accept this fact that defied common medical sense, the hospital allowed the two of them to leave, still full of doubts.

As they walked out of the hospital, the couple knew that the Third Hokage would likely summon them soon to inquire in detail about the "Night of the Clan Massacre" and the reasons for their "miraculous survival."

But for now, they put aside all the annoying politics and interrogations—what they wanted most was to return to their perhaps shattered home and confirm their youngest daughter's safety.

However, when they rushed home with heavy hearts and gently pushed open the door to the Japanese-style room, they were met with a scene that was completely unexpected—

Their daughter, Satsuki, did not cower in a corner crying or be overwhelmed by fear as they had imagined.

She lay peacefully asleep in the neatly made bed, her breathing steady, a rare tranquility on her face. And not far from her, a blond-haired boy she'd only met a few times but knew all too well…

Naruto Uzumaki was sitting against the wall, his eyes closed as if he were taking a nap, but his posture clearly showed that he was watching over the sleeping Sasuke.

Fugaku and Mikoto instantly understood what was going on.

It seems that... during the time he was unconscious, Naruto was the one taking care of and keeping their daughter company.

Fugaku felt a complex and indescribable emotion welling up inside him.

After exchanging a few polite words and expressing his gratitude, Fugaku thought that Naruto must be tired after guarding him all night, so he tactfully suggested that Naruto go home and rest first.

However, Naruto refused without hesitation, his reason simple and direct: "I promised Satsuki I would stay with her until sunrise tomorrow."

This made Fugaku's feelings even more complicated. Later, after settling the still-sleeping Satsuki and preparing to rest for a while, Fugaku clearly heard his daughter, even in her sleep, occasionally and unconsciously whispering a name in a dependent and reassuring tone.

"Naruto……"

Ultimately, with such extremely complex and indescribable feelings, Naruto Uzumaki stayed overnight at the Uchiha clan head's residence.