This image is adorable and whoever made it deserves a prize. I mostly love it because the braids perfectly resemble Minato and Naruto's personalities. Minato is very calm, collected, and organized. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Naruto is all over the place, possibly a little crazy, but he always tries his best.

Thanks for reading.

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She changed her mind, she couldn't do this. But it was too late to turn back now. As she stood at the door of the Namikaze residence, she felt the sweat practically pouring down her face as she knocked. She was hit with a wave of relief as Kakashi opened the door for her. He felt his stomach twist at the smile that adorned her face as he opened the door and blamed it on deciding not to eat lunch so he could stuff himself with as much of Kushina's delicious food as possible.

"Come in, I guess." He motioned for her to enter the building before adding on, "You're late, not as late as Obito, but late."

Naruto felt a crimson blush force it's way up her neck as he whispered in her ear. She could feel her hair brush her face as his nose pushed it aside.

"Naruto, I'm glad you could come. Come into the kitchen, Kushina's been dying to meet you." She heard a voice call from behind her. It was Minato, who looked very strange since he was not wearing his usual flak jacket. She saw a pink apron on one of the chairs in the dining room and almost laughed at the image of him wearing it. A smile spread across her face as she struggled to keep the laugh from escaping.

The smile quickly dropped from her face as she saw a flash of red hair before Kushina was in front of her. She squeaked in surprise before almost falling back. Kushina had managed to grab her wrist and pull her into a quick hug before she could though.

"I'm so glad to meet you, dattebane. Minato has told me so much about you." She then leaned down and whispered in her ear, "I think you might be his favorite."

"Kushina, I think you're scaring her. She's never met you before, remember?" Minato sounded like a parent reprimanding their child.

"I'm sorry, did I scare you?" She asked real worry in her voice at the thought of scaring away Minato's student.

Naruto just shook her head slowly, though, in truth, she had been terrified when her mother had suddenly appeared in front of her.

"See Minato, she's fine." She told him before pulling her into another hug.

Naruto caught sight of Kakashi sitting at the table, a look of pity on his face. She couldn't understand why. She had wanted to be hugged by her mother like this since she knew what a mother was. She imagined this happening every time she came home from a mission, or just when she got back after a long day of training. The thought of that made tears come to her eyes and she quickly excused herself to the bathroom.

"Kurama, why can't I hold in my tears like I used to be able to?" She asked the demon inside of her.

"This is not the war-torn, mature body you are used to being in. You are only nine years old. You are very emotionally vulnerable right now." The fox explained.

"If it's this bad now, imagine what my period will be like." Both of them shuddered at the thought, but the small bit of humor had helped Naruto regain some composure as she exited the bathroom.

As she entered the dining area, she noticed Obito had arrived, and there was a look of complete joy on his face that disappeared whenever Kakashi was looking and was replaced with a sour one.

"Naruto, hurry up, the food is almost ready." Obito gestured for her to sit down, he had a smile on his face that told her Kakashi wasn't looking.

She took the only seat, not at either end of the table, which also happened to be next to Kakashi. She saw the smirk on Kushina's face as she sat down and knew she had planned this.

"Of course she did, she's my mother after all." Naruto thought.

Soon after, Kushina brought a large steaming pot over to the table before setting it down. It was ramen, and the smell practically had Naruto drooling.

"Minato told me ramen is your favorite, Naruto, and since this is your first time over, I thought I'd make it for you," Kushina explained, a soft smile on her face.

"Thank you." She replied in an uncharacteristically soft voice.

"Itadkimasu." They all said before digging into their steaming ramen.

Naruto quickly downed her food before glancing over at Kakashi, whose bowl was also empty, his mask pulled up. It reminded her of the time her, Sakura, and Sasuke had tried to see his face by taking him out for ramen. Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji had interrupted them, denying them even a glance at his face.

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After eating more ramen, and talking for hours, everyone decided it was time to go home. Before Kakashi could leave, Kushina pulled him aside.

"Walk Naruto home." She demanded simply.

He looked at her in confusion. She was a perfectly capable kunoichi who would beat up anyone who tried to do anything to her. She had even evaded Minato-sensei's sensors. He voiced his thoughts to Kushina.

A vein appeared on her forehead as he finished. "He never told me that she was that skilled, so skilled she managed to evade his sensor."

Kakashi simply nodded, hoping this would be enough to convince her Naruto did not need a chaperone to walk her home. Sure, she was an idiot troublemaker, but she could always handle the situations she got herself into.

"You will walk her home anyway," Kushina said, a tone of finality in her voice. He just nodded, knowing she wasn't going to give up and that she would probably follow them, just to make sure he did it. He didn't really even have a choice.

"Fine," He said in an exasperated tone.

After saying all their goodbyes, Kakashi walked over to Naruto.

"We walk the same direction, and no one should walk alone at night, so can we walk together?" He asked. It sounded less creepy than just telling her he was going to walk her home whether she wanted him to or not, but it also made him sound scared.

She didn't seem to catch that though, because she gratefully accepted, choosing to ignore the bright smiles on her parent's faces as she walked out with Kakashi.

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