Cap 130: Lies! Filthy Lies!
Cap 130: Lies! Filthy Lies!
"It's good to see you again, Kushi-chan" - smiled the redhead but quickly embraced the excited Uzumaki matriarch - "But next time, don't repeat this... you know very well that you are not in a position to run against something at full speed"
"I'm sorry... I was just excited," muttered the Uzumaki woman as she deactivated her Henge, showing that she had a slightly large lump in her stomach, demonstrating the progress of her pregnancy.
"How did you know about my return?" - Kurama asked in surprise.
"Blood Resonance," Kushina replied as she smiled at him.
"Of course... I'm an idiot" - sighed the young redheaded man as he shook his head - "Come on, I want to tell you some things about my mission too"
"Okay, I'll call the others," Kushina nodded firmly.
* * * * *
"How bad is Hiruzen-sama, Tsunade-sama?" - asked the Head of Konoha General Hospital.
"His situation is critical, but it is nothing I cannot solve" - answered the Sannin of the Slugs - "Although I will need some time to prepare what is necessary... one or two days to be more precise"
"Is there anything we can do to help you?" - a nurse asked.
"I want you to get me all these ingredients and give me access to the lab," said Tsunade seriously. "Shizune will tell you what to do with the ingredients when you have gathered them"
"Hai!" - exclaimed the two medical officers as they left the room to give instructions.
"Old man..." - mumbled Tsunade as she shook her head - "Pakura... I'm going to start your treatment right away, I want you to go and find Kurama-kun because I need to talk with him when you come back we'll start"
"Ok," Pakura nodded firmly as she thanked her again.
"Right, I forgot," said the large-breasted blonde woman as she handed him a scroll and a note. "That scroll will get you to Uzumaki Manor, and on the note, you will find the location of the place"
Pakura said nothing more, she left immediately so that she could carry out the woman's orders.
* * * * *
"And that is what happened," sighed Kurama as those present fell utterly silent.
"One more thing that makes me hate that bastard," roared Anko angrily as her blood boiled like magma. She knew her former teacher was a bastard but she never thought he was that much of a bastard.
Kushina kept her eyes closed as she sighed with regret - "At least you were able to break Kabuto's soul..."
"Not that I'm not happy to hear about that bastard's death, but I feel it would have been better if you had killed Orochimaru" - said Kin seriously.
"He couldn't do it that way" - responded Kushina with neutrality - "While it was Orochimaru who controlled everything from the back, it was Kabuto who carried out all his instructions and in the process, played with Dan's soul..."
"If I killed Orochimaru, Menma or Kabuto would revive him with the Edo Tensei, which would make him even more annoying" - added Kurama coldly - "If that happened, we would have a pseudo-immortal madman"
". . ." - those present were silent when they heard this.
"The only good thing that came out of this is that first, you cut off one of the heads of Orochimaru's organization, but you also prevented him from healing his hands" - said Kurenai - "Although we now know that that organization has a third head... one that could be more dangerous than Kabuto's from what you told us"
"Namikaze Menma..." - murmured Kushina with conflicting emotions. While she hated Minato and Midori, she couldn't say the same for Menma, who was her son and wasn't to blame for anything, but now...
"I agree... that boy Menma seems to be much more insane than all of us put together" - said Kin seriously.
"Hey, we're not crazy!" - exclaimed Kurenai in annoyance.
"Keep saying that and maybe you'll believe it" - snorted the ex-girl from Oto - "All of us here are in love with a 1000-year-old entity that has the body of a 15-year-old but chronologically is 12 years old and at the same time has the soul of a 20-year-old person... sounds fucking crazy to me"
". . ." - the women present were silent because they did not argue to defend themselves from that hook to the liver.
"But all jokes aside, what Kin says is true," Kushina nodded seriously. "Menma is dangerous and now that he has Orochimaru to guide him it will get worse"
"We'd better change the subject" - sighed Mikoto - "We still have to talk about that boy that the Kurama-kun clone brought"
"Kaguya Kimimaro, leader of the Elite Force of Orochimaru, the Four of the Sound" - said Kin seriously - "The last member of the Kaguya clan of Kiri, a clan known for its thirst for blood and desire to fight relentlessly and most loyal soldier of the Snake"
"I made a deal with him," said Kurama calmly. "He practically offered me his soul to live and save two people"
"Guren and Yuukimaru," Kin replied as she nodded, "Kimimaro was the only man in Oto who did not play for the other team, and Orochimaru allowed it because his body would not withstand the 'action' he or the others might give him..."
"The same disease that's killing him saved his life... ironic..." - Anko said as the others nodded.
"But if he said he offered you his soul, then he's telling the truth" - continued the former Oto girl - "Kimimaro is someone kind and of firm conviction, he never breaks his promise when he does"
"I can hear some jealousy" - said Kushina with a smile.
"I'm not interested in him, it's just that the few women who were in Oto were jealous of Guren bragging about having a straight relationship," sighed Kin as she shook her head, "Not to mention that he was the most sought-after man for us... although there weren't many options..."
"Anyway, I offered to help him in exchange for his loyalty because I was surprised at how he was when we fought" - continued Kurama while the ladies nodded - "Although I'll ask Tsunade to check it out when she' s done with the old man and Pakura"
* Knock knock *
"I guess I'll go and see what it's about" - said Anko while wearing a Shunshin so she could appear at the door and open it calmly, only to see that it was a woman in her thirties - "Yes?"
"My name is Pakura and I need you to call Kurama-sama... Tsunade-sama needs his presence" - said the green-haired woman with neutrality.
"Okay, I'll inform him right away" - Anko nodded as she disappeared from the scene, only for Kurama to appear after a few seconds - "Tsunade needs me?"
"That's right," Pakura nodded but her expression changed when she felt someone approaching.
"Pakura-sama?!" - exclaimed a female voice.
"!" - The latter tensed when she heard this voice because it sounded strangely familiar. Slowly, she turned and looked at the girl, only to feel the dark memories coming to her - ". . ."
"Pakura-sama! It's me, Temari!" - the girl exclaimed excitedly. She never thought her idol was still alive.
It was strange how Pakura and Tsunade had so much in common. They both lost everything and ended up in a deplorable state, both being treated like idols by the kunoichi of their respective home villages and both holding a grudge against their place of origin.
"Pakura-sama?" - Temari recoiled when she noticed the hatred and anger that was present in the woman, who slowly approached Temari - ". . ."
"Pakura... step back..." - hissed Kankuro as he invoked his puppets - "I don't know what happened to you but I won't let you do anything against my sister"
"Kankuro! There's no way Pakura-sama will try anything against me!" - Temari exclaimed, only to see the woman come at her with a kunai in hand - "Impossible..."
"Pakura..." - said Kurama as he held the woman's hand, who seemed to have been in a frenzy because she did not hear him at all.
"RASA! YOU BASTARD!" - roared Suna's ex-kunoichi as she tried to free herself from the redhead's grip - "I'm going to kill you!"
"Pakura-sama..." - Temari couldn't believe her ears. She had returned to Konoha so that she could thank the Uzumaki Clan for helping her brother Gaara who was now the Kazekage and Suna in general, but she never thought she would see her idol, her target as a kunoichi, the woman she admired most, only to see her attack her madly - "What happened..."
"What happened? What happened?!" - Pakura roared - "You know very well, you fucking Suna hypocrites!"
"I gave my life for you, I gave my youth for you all! And how do you repay me?! Sacrificing me like a fucking sheep!" - continued the woman as she vomited blood. Her atrophied Tenketsu was beginning to fail even more with the rising blood pressure.
"Impossible! How can we possibly sacrifice her?!" - Temari exclaimed - "We were informed that you died from an Iwa ambush!"
"Lies! Filthy lies!" - roared Pakura - "Rasha decided to sacrifice my body to Kiri so that they could try to decipher my Kekkei Genkai in exchange for help against Iwa!"
"No!" - Temari could not believe that her father had done such a stupid thing.