As he got downstairs he quickly explained what he was doing to Mina and Eiji who were standing at the bottom of the stairs wondering what all the commotion upstairs was about.
As her mind began working, tears welled up in her eyes and pushed of her spot and ran down the stairs at great speed. As Naruto said goodbye to a teary eyed Eiji and Mina, Naruto felt two arms wrap around his shoulder and hold him in a tight grip.
"You are not going anywhere. This is your home. This is where you belong," Kushina said in an uneven but firm voice. While she held onto her son she pushed a small flow of chakra in her wedding ring where a small Hirashin seal was located.
Naruto took a deep breath and tried to fight out of her grip but her grip just got tighter and tighter. Seeing no other way to get out of it, he used the Kawarime with Eiji who suddenly appeared in Kushina's grasp.
Naruto quickly went towards the door and was about to open it but stopped mentally cursed when he heard his father's voice.
"Kushina what's wrong? Why did you call me here?" Minato asked as he appeared moments before beside his wife and saw her teary and pained look.
Kushina sniffled and looked towards Naruto. "Naruto's moving out. I'm trying to stop him, but I need you to help convince him. Help me get him to stay Minato!" she cried as Mina, Eiji and Mito all stood to the side just watching their parents and older brother.
Minato looked surprised and looked over to Naruto who had his back to him and had his hand on the door handle.
"Naruto," Minato said softly as he took a step forward. "It does not have to be like this. We…we can figure something out. If its space you want then we can find a way around it. We don't want you to leave our home. Not yet at least. Your mother and I….we are sorry, sorry for the loneliness we put on you for five years but as you can see we are not quite ready to let you go yet."
"Please Naru-chan," Kushina said calling him by his old nickname, "Please stay with us. Stay with me." She whispered the last part but Minato and Naruto both heard her.
Naruto stood there a minute not saying anything before he slowly turned his head just enough that they could see his left eye.
"I'm not the little boy that needs to coddled anymore and I have been taught how to look after myself since the day after the fox attack. Neither of you helped so I learned on my own or from those that were willing to help me. Now I want to branch out on my own and become my own person with my own life away from home." he said before his eye narrowed. "You owe me that much." he said as both Minato and Kushina flinched.
Neither Minato nor Kushina answered at first as they played it over their minds. While Kushina was still set on him staying with them, Minato's mind however was thinking something different now. If his eldest child and first son wanted to leave the nest then maybe they should let him. He needed his own space and needed time way from his family though mainly Minato and Kushina. Just maybe giving Naruto his own space could help build that lost bridge between them and their son.
Minato sighed before he took a step back. "If you want to go then I won't stop you. But know you are always welcome to come home. You will always have a home in this house," he said as Kushina looked at him in shock while Naruto looked at him before giving a small nod and a very tiny smile as if saying 'thank you' to him.
"No, this is his home. I don't want him leaving us just yet," Kushina said but before she could get close to Naruto Minato's arms wrapped around his wife halting her.
"Let him go Kushina. He's ready," Minato said but felt his heart break when he heard his wife's sobs.
Minato watched as Naruto finally pushed the handle down and walked out of the door before gently closing it behind him.
Letting out a small cry, Kushina wriggled out of Minato's grasp and ran upstairs and into their bedroom, closing the door behind her as she cried and sobbed as her eldest left the home at only thirteen.
As Mito and Eiji went back into the kitchen and wiped their noses, Minato walked upstairs to comfort is wife before he had to leave to go back to his meeting.
As he did he never noticed his youngest child bolt towards the door and slip out. With Naruto
Taking a steady breath as he set foot out of the door, Naruto began to walk forwards away from the house he grew up in when he heard the door creak open. He sighed thinking Kushina had gone after him but instead felt two smaller arms wrap around his waist.
Looking down he saw Mina holding him tightly with tears trailing down her face. "Don't go. I don't want you to go away." she hiccupped out.
Naruto felt his heart break when he saw the state she was now in and could not help but feel guilty. Getting down to her level, he hugged her close and felt her put her face into the crook of his neck.
"Mina-chan its time for me to head out on my own; however I will still be around. I will still see you everyday if you want and we will still have dinners together. But I have a life away from home now," he said but Mina didn't look any better as she clung to him desperately.
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