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goodbye was just for awhile

Date & Time: Sunday evening, February 12th, about an hour after Kushina's post
Location: The bank.
Characters: Uzumaki Kushina (

fervidity) & Uzumaki Naruto (

obstinates)
Summary: A reunion.
Warnings: Happy tears?

[He didn't really pay much attention to everything he was told. The only thing on his mind was finding a way back home. After all, there were important reasons he had to be back there. This place was keeping him from those reasons, and he didn't like that at all.

But he was stuck. For now.

He should have paid attention though. That way he could have visited the bank earlier and had time to explore -- and find some ramen -- rather than stand in line.

And were he not currently dozing while leaning against one of his own shadow clones, he might have seen a certain someone on the network...]

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[Naruto wasn't the only one that had the directions go in one ear and out the other. Kushina remembered bits and pieces of what she was told but she had been focusing more on the questions that formed in her mind with every bit of new information that was fed to her.

After finally figuring out how her weird computer/phone/thing worked, she had managed to gather a small piece of information: where the bank was.

The line was pretty long and at the sight of it, she can't help but release an annoyed sigh as she walked to the end of it. It figures she would be the LAST ONE. She peers over the heads and stands on her toes, seeing how long she would have to wait.]

...Who are all these people?

[All she can do is wait so she moves back onto her heels, knowing this would be painful because as much as she had trained herself to be more calm and level-headed, the Uzumaki blood in her was boiling and making her pretty impatient to get things going.]

[Naruto's roused as the clone pokes him in the side, letting him know the line is moving. Slowly. He rubs his eyes and peers in front of him, grumbling to see that he still has a way to go. Did everybody have to go to the bank at the same damn time?

This won't do. His stomach is growling and he's already pissed at being somewhere he shouldn't be.]

Alright! Moving up to the front, let's go, y'know!

[And he's off, moving up through the line. Of course, the other patrons don't like this one bit, and it isn't long before he's struggling with a few NPC security guys as they drag him towards the back of the line.]

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? I JUST GOTTA GET MY MONEY AND I'LL--

[It's at that point that a flash of red-hair makes it easier for the guards to drag Naruto out.

It shouldn't be possible, yet it's unmistakable. He'd never forget that hair even if he only saw it once in his entire life. And he'd never forget that face -- after all, it's his face in a way.

And he reaches out, pushes, stretches his arm out, fingers moving to just touch her... even if she's a figment of his imagination.]

Nnnhh... mom...

Edited 2012-02-13 09:04 (UTC)

[What's that sound? She peers around someone curiously as some guards drag someone off. Her eyes narrow slightly at the troublemaker and something clicks in her mind, brought on by the spiky blond hair

and the orange and black outfit

the voice.

No, it's not possible. She shakes her head, rubs her eyes, and her hand reaches for his on its own. Now she's starting to think this is a dream. Did dead people dream?]

Naruto?

[Yes. That's her face. That's Minato's hair. That's Uzumaki loudness and everything else she had seen in that short moment they had. Her eyes sting as she reaches for him more desperately in return and her fingers brush his.

He's real.]

Naruto!

[The guards push her away. Suddenly, Kushina is furious as they drag Naruto away, keeping her from him - keeping her from her son. Her place is lost in line as she takes after them, grabbing two handfuls of the guards uniform and tossing him away roughly with an angry shout.]

Let go of him!

Edited 2012-02-13 09:34 (UTC)

[Naruto ends up on his ass, staring up at the scene -- completely terrified. Moms are scary, really scary. Kushina probably makes Shikamaru's and Kiba's moms look like wimps.

He laughs nervously.]

Eh, eheheh! It's alright! You guys can go back to guarding the bank or whatever now. Nothing wrong here! Don't worry, I won't cause anymore problems, y'know!

[They don't call Kushina the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero for nothing. Annoyed and shooting both Uzumakis VENOMOUS GLARES, the security guys exit stage left.

And Naruto rolls up to his feet and dusts himself off as he stands in front of Kushina.]

M-Mom?

Edited 2012-02-13 19:46 (UTC)

[Kushina isn't afraid of them so she glares right back with all her poison until she deems them a suitable distance away. Nobody was rough with her boy without her saying something about it.

At Naruto's call, she freezes again and turns to look.

For one, she's speechless. This shouldn't be possible. On one hand she was dead while Naruto was living and breathing and had just defeated the Kyuubi and finally learned what had really happened during his birth. She was able to move on for a lot of reasons; Naruto was happy and Minato was waiting for her.

Yet she was here, standing in front of her son as if none of that had happened.

A shaky hand reaches forward, aimed for his cheek before it drops back down to her side to curl into a fist.

Finally, she smiles. It's a sad, happy, angry, and excited smile.]

Naruto.

[Naruto subtly leans forward on his toes as if pulled towards her hand by gravity. Her hand drops too fast though, and he blinks a few times in confusion. Then she smiles and says his name, and he can't hold back anymore.

He shoves himself forward into a tight hug, and well, the only way to describe it is -- he jabbers on.]

Mom, I knew I could see you again somehow, y'know. Just 'cos you had to go and everything, I knew I'd still get to see you. I didn't know how, but I knew I would. So much has happened since I got to talk with you and I wanna tell you all of it, but heh... it's just so great to see you again. I saw your hair first! It's like how dad found you, mom! I still remember the story you told me! I remember it all, and I've been working really hard to make you and dad both proud, working to change the whole world. It's all 'cos of the love you both gave me, y'know. I can do it 'cos of both of you and ero-sennin and everybody and just--

[And there doesn't seem to be an end in sight anytime soon.]

[Her eyes widen as Naruto barrels forward but she catches him, just the same. Her arms wrap around him and there's not much to do but listen.

Not like she minds. In fact, the last time they met she had been the one that was talking the whole time. It was due time for Naruto to do some of his own.

She's overwhelmed. By Naruto and by her feelings. It had to be a dream, she tells herself; because she had never had this kind of luck. Which reminds her, if she's dead then...]

...Yeah. I want to hear it all, Naruto.

But why are you here? I mean, I'm- [A beat.] I'm supposed to be dead! I don't know about all these other people but-

You're alive and you're going to be the Hokage! You can't be...

[She trails off, brow furrowed.]

What?

[He leans back but refuses to dislodge his arms from around her. Looking up at her, he gets what she's talking about and then shakes his head several times quickly.]

Me? No way. I'm not Hokage yet, which means there's no way I can be dead. Just a little while ago I was fighting and then I ended up here with everybody else. You're here too, so if I'm alive -- you're alive, y'know.

[Maybe he was right? But Kushina distinctly remembers the night of October 10th and the feeling of dying. She had been fighting it back as-

Her hands wipe away the tears that had gathered in her eyes and she looks at the ground.]

Either way, we have to find a way to get you - get us home. Get everybody home.

[And then looks up. Just a short while ago, she had finally met her grown up son and had to say goodbye too quickly.]

Until then, I want to hear everything about you, Naruto. Before, I had to help you fight the Kyuubi and tell you the truth but we have time now! I don't know how much but I'm not letting this kind of chance go to waste.

[Naruto nods. He'd already started working on that. Itachi was going to look for a way, and Naruto spoke with Martin who said it should be as easy as just reverse summoning.

And since Kushina was here, living and breathing, he was taking her with him no matter what.]

Don't worry, mom. We've got all the time in the world now, y'know.

[He finally pulls away from her to rub the back of his head and grin wide.]

Ehhh, maybe we should get back in line.

[As much time as it took to find that way home, at least.

She nods.]

Right.

[And then leads him to the back. Regularly, she might have complained at having to start over and wait for a long time again but she doesn't mind too much with Naruto next to her.]

So? Tell me everything, ya know!

[He doesn't mind either. All he does is stand next to her, grinning stupidly over towards her. Despite being stuck somewhere he shouldn't be, he still had a reason to be happy. He gets a second chance to have a mom.]

Ummm, I dunno where to start. There's a lot that's happened since we talked and I fought with Kurama...

Kurama...?

Huh?

[Oh yeah! Nobody else knows his name. Naruto nods and points to his stomach.]

The Nine-Tails. That's his name.

Kurama is the Nine-Tails' name?

[On instinct she looks down at her own stomach but then remembers she doesn't have it anymore.

A small, nervous laugh escapes her.]

Kurama, huh? I guess I always just thought he didn't have a name since he's just a bijuu...

[More importantly-]

Wait a minute. Did he tell you his name? Are you two-

Talking?

[Naruto presses his hand to his stomach and looks down.]

That's the thing. He's not just a bijuu. None of them are, but nobody really got that -- 'cept me, I guess. And Octo-dude. They're just like us. They have feelings and stuff, and they want to be acknowledged. Kurama's just like that.

[Then a grin up at Kushina.]

Yeah, I guess we're talking. He's my teammate. He helped me out against that masked guy. We kicked ass, y'know. Fought the other jinchuuriki.

The Nine=Tails wanted to be...acknowledged?

[It sure didn't seem that way when he was attacking them and aiming to kill Naruto. Even after Tobi's control over him had been broken.

Now he was helping Naruto?]

But, Naruto, jinchuurikis are there to keep their beast at bay. How can you two be teammates when Nine=Tails has always hated being locked up? Even if you understood his feelings, I don't get how he could just cooperate like that.

I don't think that's what jinchuurikis are for.

[He furrows his brow a bit. Sure, that's what jinchuuriki were for in the current shinobi system, but that just means jinchuuriki and bijuu are tools. Naruto can't accept that answer, which means he can't accept that jinchuuriki are just containers.]

Kurama probably hated being locked up because everybody treated him like a tool. [A shrug.]

Nobody even bothered to figure out his name. I kinda know how that's like 'cos... a lot of people used to just look at me as the jinchuuriki -- a tool. I dunno if I get Kurama's feelings and I dunno why he'd help me out like he does, but I know that I won't treat him like a tool because he's not one. I'll do my best to save him and all the other bijuu from the shinobi system.

Edited 2012-02-14 04:04 (UTC)

[Of course they weren't just containers; they were people with feelings. A container, a sacrifice - that's what the world considered them as. He couldn't change that.

Right?]

But that-

That's not your job! When Minato said you were the 'child of prophecy', Jiraiya-sensei didn't say anything about saving the bijuu too! And even if that's true, that's too much of a burden! I agreed to making you the Nine-Tails jinchuuriki, and that you would be the one to bring peace to shinobi. That we would have faith in you. But it's already so much!

Why do you want to save them too?

[It's not too much, not in his mind. He just looks at Kushina.]

'Cos I know how it feels to have everyone think you're just a monster.

[!!!

...

Her eyes water, her nose stings, eyes dropping to the ground. She knew it; knew that his burden would be heavy. He didn't have someone there to love him and as much as he reassured her, she could only imagine how hard it was for him.

The line had started moving again, but they had not moved with it. They remain standing in one spot.

She ought to beat everyone half to death in Konoha for thinking her son was a monster.]

You're not anything but you, Naruto. All those people who thought you were anything but that don't know what they're talking about.

And if you really think the bijuu should be saved too...then they're lucky to have a friend like you, ya know!

[The tears make his brow furrow again. He wasn't sad about any of it. All that turned him into who he was, the person who was capable of changing the shinobi world.

He finally smiles to show her that he's completely fine and doesn't blame anybody no matter what.]

Eheh, don't worry mom. I know. It's because of you and dad and everything you gave me that I'm able to do this, y'know.

[Had Minato changed her again? This is the second time she lost an argument. Mostly because she doesn't think it's right for her to bicker with her son. Not right now. In any case, she still doesn't think he should be carrying all of this on his shoulders.

She believes in him desperately, so she knows he CAN do it. But she wanted to support him too. Now she can, right?]

Yeah...

[Her eyes finally lift and drift toward the line and she notes they're...away from it again and some people had taken their spot.

Okay, she was NOT waiting that long again.]

Dammit! Hey, move over! We were here first, ya know!

[And she tugs Naruto along with her.]

[Once again, he's terrified. She tugs him easily, and all he does is stand there, eyes wide open. He actually minds his manners for once. After all, he knows how scary Kushina can be.]

Y-Yeah. We were here first.

[There's some indignant shouting but nobody messes with the redhead. They had seen the way she had tossed the bulky guard aside like he weighed close to nothing. They only glare.]

Alright, this time we have to make sure to pay attention.

Anyway, tell me something else about you! Anything.

[What else should he tell her? He rubs the back of his head and ignores the glares from the rest of the people.]

Anything? Uhhhh, my favorite food is ramen, heh.

[She blinks before laughing.]

No way! Mine is too, ya know!

[Whoops.]

Kheheh, salt ramen, to be exact.

[So he got that from her too? He grins wide.]

Eheh! Hopefully we can find some around here, y'know?

[Then he jams his hands in his pockets. There's a confused look on his face for a moment as his hand hits something in his pocket, and he pulls out his room key.]

Oh yeah. It's my key. I'm in room 201, y'know.

Room 201?

[Why did that sound familiar? She pulls out her own key and stares at the number there.

201.

A huge smile appears on her face.]

Mine is too, ya know!

[That makes Naruto blink for a few moments before smiling wide too.]

Hey! That means we get to stay in the same room, y'know! We get to live together!

[Which means they get a chance to be a family, a chance Naruto never had.]

Alright!! I really wasn't expecting any of this at all, ya know!

[Treasuring this key forever. Staring down at it. Having her son here was...sort of nice but she never expected to be living with him too.]

I know I'm supposed to be dead but...I can't help but be a little happy.

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