Ok so iv been reading up on Narutos past and hence his family out of pure boredom for the past hour or two and a question came to mind. Is Narutos mother really dead ?? according to all my sources, she is only PRESUMED dead because other characters refer to her in a past tense, but could this not apply if she simply left the village. Suppose she had her son, Minato was dead and Sarutobi had sworn to Minato that oath thing about Narutos safety etc. etc. Now they named Naruto with the last name of Uzumaki so as to protect him from his fathers enemies, suppose Kushina decided that it would be safer for her son if she left aswell, plus as they did not want Naruto to learn of his heritage before he was old enough, hence removing Kushina from the equation would greatly reduce the risk of him accidently finding out. Now im not saying this is definantly so but is there not a chance that Kushina Uzumaki is still alive somewhere ?
anyways like to hear your opinions















