[He winced himself at Kushina's reaction, her words. He's... not really sure why she was given a new starter pokemon, why it was something different. Why it was a fox.

He eased his hand free from hers, extending it towards the Vulpix instead as he turned and crouched down. There was a small smile as the little fox bumped his head up against Minato's hand, eager for any kind of attention, but the expression didn't stick around for long.

How could he ask her to accept having another fox forced into her life?]

I don't know.

[Maybe this world had a worse sense of humor than he imagined. Maybe Vulpix decided it wanted to stay by her side to help her come to terms with the things that had happened before she arrived.

His fingertips curled in gently behind Vulpix's ears, scritching, petting.]

If you really don't want to keep it... Think about it for a few days, at least. Naruto has one on his team as well, they're fire types, quite useful.