Cap 182: I feel like I forgot something
Cap 182: I feel like I forgot something
"I think you are going too far off the mark, Kurama" - said Shikaku seriously. It wasn't that he didn't find the story interesting, but that there were far more important issues than wasting so much time in history classes.
"Okay, I'll get right to the point," the redheaded man nodded as he looked around. "As I said before, only the shell of the beast is not dangerous, but things change when the beast recovers its energy..."
"!" - those present opened their eyes in surprise as Shikaku frowned even more - "Akatsuki managed to find a way to draw the beast from the moon and is now gathering the Bijuu so that they can awaken it once more..."
"Exactly," Kurama nodded. "That is why I said we are in trouble. If they only captured my brothers, things would still be complicated but manageable... but now that they have part of my chakra..."
"They may not come after you, the person who is the biggest obstacle to their plans..." - replied the leader of the Nara clan as a cold expression appeared on his face.
"Right now we can only pray that the chakra they have is not enough for their plans..." - said Kakashi seriously - "If not, there is only one thing we can do... talk to the other villages so that we can create a protective line around their Jinchurikis to prevent these Akatsuki bastards from being able to accomplish their goals..."
"Is there anything else we need to know, Kurama?" - asked Shikaku, who felt that the redhead was holding back some information.
"Nothing else" - answered Kurama as he frowned but his expression changed to one of a surprise when Saiken's chakra was slowly disappearing - "Shit!"
"What is it?!" exclaimed the Godaime Hokage.
"Akatsuki managed to find Saiken, the Rokubi!" exclaimed Kurama furiously as he clenched his teeth. He had not managed to make contact with his younger sister during all his travels because she had ignored all his attempts to find her, so he could never give her a Seal to prevent her extraction - "This is bad... they have the Ichibi chakra, I cannot make contact with the Sanbi, the Yonbi, Gobi and Rokubi are in their hands... and they have a fragment of my chakra... that leaves us with only 3 Bijuu..."
"The Nanabi is missing somewhere in Taki while the Nibi and the Hachibi are in Kumo" - said Kakashi as he frowned.
"I've made contact with Yugito and Killer B, so they're not a problem..." - said Kurama while frowning - "The problem is that Choumei is the only one who can block our connection because he always covers his body with a special powder made from his scales, that's why you could say that he is the safest one, as long as nobody knows about his general location..."
"But it's still a latent danger to know nothing about his Jinchuriki..." - said Shikaku as he sighed with regret - "Do you think you can find the Jinchuriki if we give you the mission?"
"I'm almost sure, after all, we can feel each other at a short distance" - answered Kurama while nodding - "Although this distance is much less in the case of Choumei..."
"Kurama, we have to make contact with the Jinchuriki of the Nanabi to prevent Akatsuki from taking possession of his Bijuu" - said Kakashi seriously.
"I will create as many clones as possible and when I find him, I will teleport with the Hiraishin" - said Kurama calmly - "I am sure that he will contact me if he feels me, more knowing that our brothers are falling like flies"
"Ok, I will leave that matter in your hands," Kakashi said as he looked at the messenger. "As for the request from the Fire Temple, tell them that we will try our best to bring back the son of the Temple Leader, although it will be advisable to prepare for the worst because Akatsuki was responsible for the abduction, by the way. ..tell him that I want him to explain to me why he did not give us information about the chakra of the Kyubi no Yoko inside his son... we would not be in this predicament if it were not for him hiding this valuable information from us"
"Okay, I'll send it right away," said the messenger as he left at full speed.
"That's all for the moment, I'd like the conversation to stay in this room," said Kakashi seriously. "The last thing we want is for the people to know that it's possible that a beast much more dangerous than a Bijuu could appear in the future"
"As you command, Kakashi-sama!" - the clan leaders exclaimed as they retreated, leaving only Kakashi, Mikoto, Kushina, and Kurama.
"Kurama, I would like you to make your preparations as soon as possible," Kakashi said seriously. "Every second that passes is time that Akatsuki can use to find the Nanabi"
"I'll do it right away," nodded the redhead as he disappeared in a red flash.
Kushina and Mikoto decided it was time to return to the Mansion, after all, Kurama would be back in seconds.
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"It's a surprise that you found it so quickly..." - said Tobi as he looked at the dead body of a brown-haired man covering one of his eyes and wearing a light blue yukata.
"Nothing escapes the gaze of a god," answered Pain neutrally. "What about that monk's chakra?
"It's more than enough to get a reaction from the Gedo Mazo... although it seems rather lacking" - answered the masked man.
"So we'll have to go after Uzumaki Kurama?" - asked Pain as he frowned.
"I don't think that will be necessary," Tobi answered calmly. "Our old friend Zetsu discovered something interesting..."
"Just talk, Madara," said the orange-haired man as he frowned.
"Okay, you don't have to get so touchy," snorted the masked man as he shrugged. "As I was saying, Uzumaki Kurama's chakra is so powerful that it can take physical form when his emotions are out of control"
"You still don't tell me anything," said Pain as he looked at Tobi with increasingly cold eyes.
"Calm down" - answered the masked man - "Zetsu visited the first place where Uzumaki Kurama gave his 'trial' and discovered that everything was completely burned, but not by fire, but by his chakra..."
"You say Zetsu managed to get some of that chakra left in the area?" - asked Pain as he opened his eyes slightly in surprise.
"Exactly... it's not much, but after consuming the monk's body, the flame increased by at least 1000%" - answered Tobi - "Making calculations, we only have to get two more chakra fragments to have the necessary chakra from the Kyubi to be able to awaken the Gedo Mazo"
"Make his emotions get out of control" - mumbled Pain while he shook his head - "That's easy... we just have to kill one of his women or all of them... it doesn't matter how many"
"Exactly" - Tobi nodded - "Although the problem is still Uzumaki Kushina, her mastery has increased over the years..."
". . ." - Pain said nothing at the masked man's words, only looked in Konoha's direction with a neutral expression.
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"Let's see... something tells me that Choumei should be around..." - said Kurama as he looked around. He quickly created a huge amount of clones and sent them all over the forest to find his little brother as quickly as possible - "I just hope that asshole doesn't escape or think I'm here looking for trouble... the last thing I want is for him to run and make the situation even more difficult..."
Kurama quickly disappeared in a red flash and reappeared in front of the Uzumaki mansion with a serious expression, though he relaxed as he felt his little princess running to him again - "Daddy!"
"Musume" - the redheaded man smiled as he embraced the girl - "Where are your mommy and brother?"
"They're talking about how Itachi Nii is going to come back~!" - exclaimed the little Uzumaki princess as she pulled out her fox ears and started purring.
"Oh... I see" - the redheaded man nodded as he walked into the mansion - "I have to talk to Kakashi about it though, so I can speed things up"
"Un!" - exclaimed little Uzumaki as she stroked her cheek against her father's.
Kurama's smile grew as he saw how happy his little girl was, but the more time passed, the more he felt he had forgotten something, something that would be a pain in the ass to solve later - "I wonder what it is..."
"Daddy?" - asked Izumi as she looked at her father in confusion, seeing that he had stopped for a few seconds.
"Oh... I'm sorry, Musume" - said Kurama as he shook his head - "I was just thinking about some things"
"Ok~!" - Izumi smiled as she watched Naruto come running.
"Tousan!"- exclaimed Naruto as he jumped over to his father, only to be taken gently by a fluffy tail - "Remember you don't have to do that, my little prankster"