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[All she can do is look at him gravely. It was easier than bursting. She remembers, of course. How she made him promise and he just repeated the same words she used for him with an extra wink and grin.]

You are his father and I'm his mother. As his mother, I'll find him if he's in Luceti. Even if I have to lift and look under every rock or break that barrier with my own fists.

[She knows Naruto will be fine but she's not sure about herself. She's not sure if she will be fine -- she could put on a brave face and move forward with determination but if Naruto never came back?

At least... she could be thankful for the time they spent together. She was happy for that, like she told Kakashi. That she got to see him as a grown up young man, no matter how much she still saw him as that little bundle snoozing his way through their last moments. There couldn't be any regrets left now but deep down she was still in pain. Years of hiding emotions was good for one thing.

Not breaking down.

Outwardly, she moved to the front door with purpose and shoved her feet into her sandals before opening the door.]

Did you put your Hiraishin into his sealing formula like you did with me? Can you teleport to where he is? Can you sense him?

[Her last question is the one that ultimately gets to him because he can't sense Naruto's chakra. Yes, he did put his Hiraishin into Naruto's sealing formula and that fact is the one making his heart clench right now because if Naruto's still here in Luceti, it'd be easy for him to just teleport to where he is. Wherever Naruto must be in, he's definitely beyond the barriers of Luceti.

Minato's brows visibly furrow, a clear change to the mask of calmness he's trying to emulate. Naruto's not here and this conclusion is the one he's afraid to jump into earlier just because he's again too late to do anything about it.

What good is his renowned title when he's always running late?]

I can't.

[The words come out void of any emotion despite his serious expression, if not laced by a subtle hint of bitterness for being useless beneath the powers of the Malnosso. One hand balling into a hard fist, Minato shoves his own feet into his sandals too as he follows Kushina.

He doesn't say anything further than those two words, knowing fully well what they indicate.]

[He doesn't need to say anything. Besides, she already has a feeling Naruto is now in a place they can't reach no matter how much she wills herself. But Minato's negative response and tone alarms her, causing her to slow down and look at him and his expression.

Without a word, she grabs his hand and continues walking into Luceti in the dead of night.]

We'll keep looking until we can then.

[The gesture makes Minato blink in surprise as if he's unaware he's doing a hero complex thing - putting everything on his shoulders again. Her hand on his snaps him out of his reverie, though, and mentally scolds himself for treading down that path when he's supposed to be her pillar of support.

To agree on what she just said, Minato forms a smile as he tightens his hold around her solid hand.]

Alright. I think we'll be able to search faster if I use my Hiraishin.

[For a moment, some life returns back to Kushina at the mention of them using Hiraishin to search.]

When you use it a lot with me it makes me sick.

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[Her admittance earns a lopsided smile from him. Well, that's something new even if he already has a hunch that might be the case.]

Is that so? Then, perhaps I won't use it a lot this time.

[They can always do some old-fashioned tree-hopping.]

[Or even more old-fashioned parent searching until they can't move.

There's a pause. Hiraishin would make the search go more quickly.

I can handle it.

[She just might vomit. NBD]

[His smile vanishes as it's replaced by concern when he glances at her.]

Are you sure? Granted, Hiraishin will make the search faster, but not exactly thorough.

[She wants to be thorough. Her expression pinches together as she reaches a dilemma.]

Yeah, I'm sure. I don't want us to separate.

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