Chapter 70 - (Time Skip) (1/2)

In a white space without any visible walls, Naruto stood with his normal black Kung Fu outfit. Dragon stood behind him with his own black and white Tai Chi Kung Fu outfit. His top was white and his pants were black.

”How are you feeling? Are you sure you are up for this?”

”i know i probably can't beat him. But i wanna see how strong i have become these last 3 years.”

Dragon didn't allow Naruto to fight the nine tails until he was at least 9 years old. And he had finally reached 9 years old i few weeks ago. So now was the time for him to test his mettle.

”Okay. But before that! There is something i need to tell you.” Dragon kneeled down to Naruto's eye level. He put his right index finger on the seal on Naruto's stomach.

”Imbued inside this seal is some chakra from your birth parents. Their chakra will activate when we release the 9 tails from it's cage. but i can stop this.” Dragon noticed the quick swirl of emotions surfacing inside Naruto's eyes.

”if i allow them to activate you will meet your birth parents. So this choice is now up to you. This is why i wanted you to wait to fight him. I wanted your emotions to be stable for this very moment. And i feel that you are now mature enough to make this decision yourself.”

”My... Birth parents? I don't know.” He felt like every existing emotion striking on his heart as fast as lighting and disappearing just as fast.

”Do you think I'm ready?” He looked up at the man he knew as his only parent.

”If i didn't think you could handle this, i would not have allowed for this to happen. i would have made you wait for a few more years.”

”I don't feel any longing to meet them. I don't feel hate or love towards them. I don't know what i would say when i see them.”

Naruto had grown a lot in these 3 years. And he looked more mature then before. But at this moment he reverted back to the lost and confused kid Dragon picked up from the orphanage 6 years ago.

”Thinking about what to say beforehand is an impossible thing to do. The right words will come to you when you see them. You should not worry about saying the right or the wrong things.”

”Do i have to meet them? I don't feel ready to meet them yet.”

”You don't have to do anything you don't want to. I can put their leftover chakra in a pocket dimension outside the seal and you can then call upon them when you feel ready to do so.”

Dragon was fully aware that he is amazing at spoiling his kids. because he is who he is, he can give them everything they need and want.

He knew that he needed to start balancing that aspect of his life. Or his children would grow up to be spoiled nobles that had enormous egos and plenty of misplaced arrogance.

”I came here to challenge the nine tails and i really wanna do just that today. I want to wait a few years before i meet my birth parents. I want to wait till i feel ready to do so.”

Naruto stood there in his Kung Fu outfit and clenching his fists in frustration. He felt the frustration build up because of the difficulty in making this kind of decision.

He wanted to meet his birth parents someday but he felt angry and frustrated about the fact that he didn't know when that day would come. He just knew it wasn't today.

”It's okay, Naruto. But i would recommend you hold on to that anger. It's going to help you in this fight. Use that anger to fuel your attacks. Anger is a very powerful emotion if you can control it.”