Kushina held her cheek as a red mark began to show and it began to sting. Minato got up and went to his wife. When he did Tsunade stood over the two of them glaring down at them with her hazel eyes making both feel rather small.
"You both really don't see the damage the two of you have been doing to him do you? Just because you two idiots have not seen it does not mean no one else has seen it." She said surprising both of them.
"I have seen you ignore Naruto for the good part of the last three years. The last few years were not as bad but it still happened. I noticed it, Sarutobi sensei noticed it, Shizune, Mikoto, hell even Mikoto's kids and Naruto's friends saw it. I wouldn't be surprised if other shinobi or even civilians began to see it."
"If that's true then why did no one say anything?" Minato asked a little angrily but backed down at the glare Tsunade was giving him.
"No one said anything because Naruto asked us not to. He got in his head that you would finally see what you were doing and that you would finally start paying attention to him, yet you never did. In fact it got worse to the point that he even started feeling like he was a stranger in his own home."
By now the down Kushina was doing her best to stay together but it was evident in her eyes that she wanted to start crying.
"All he ever wanted was for the two of you to notice him, to teach him how to be a shinobi like all the other parents in the village and the other villages do. You two are suppose to be two of the villages best, You are suppose to be setting an example for the younger generations and you are suppose to look after this village."
Tsunade's glare intensified and picked them both up by their collars and brought them close to her face.
"How are you supposed to do that when you can't even see when your oldest child is in pain? Whether you want to admit it or not, you two have failed Naruto."
She then dropped them to the ground and walked out and slammed the door behind her.
As she left Kushina and Minato just sat on the ground with emotionless faces as Tsunade's words began to hit them as Minato's eyes widened in shock while Kushina put her hand to her mouth muffling the sound of her sobs.
Home
Naruto didn't stop as he arrived into his home and went up the stairs, not listening to the sounds of his siblings welcome him home.
He went to his room and slammed the door shut as he threw his chunin flak jacket against the side of the wall.
'The nerve. How dare they think that I'm lying to them. They really can't see what they have done wrong can they?' He shouted in his mind as his anger got too much and he punched the side of the wall making a fist sized hole in the wall.
His breathing was a little ragged as he dropped down onto his bed as he just stared up at the ceiling allowing his eyes to get a little red ad a letting a few tears stroll down his cheeks.
As he laid back he heard his door open and heard little footstep coming towards him. He already knew who it was by the footsteps.
He looked over to see Mina standing there with a few crayons and a piece of paper, no doubt wanting Naruto to join her in some coloring.
"Hi Mina-chan. You want to do some drawing?" He said sitting up but Mina's looked at him with a tiny crease in her brow.
She then shakily and with a bit of help from Naruto got on the bed and waddled to Naruto and put her hands forwards to his cheek and to his surprise began wiping away the tear marks. "Naru no cry." She said squeakily as Naruto gave her a little smile and put her in his lap making her giggle a little.
'I wonder how much you understand Mina-chan.' He thought as he put the piece of paper on his bed and took the blue crayon from Mina to her delight and together began drawing pictures on the paper together.
When Minato and a still teary eyed Kushina came home they had tried to speak with him but Naruto quickly left the house and made his way to Hiruzen's where he planned on spending his dinner and evening, not being able to look at his parents right now.
A Month Later
Naruto strapped his sword to the side of his hip as he began making his way out of his room and to the training field where he would be meeting up with Itachi and Anko to get some morning sparring done.
It was early morning so the only person who was up was Minato who had already embarked to his office while Kushina was still asleep as was his siblings since it was a Saturday.
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