Cap 192: It can't be that much
Cap 192: It can't be that much
"Do you think we'd send for you just to play a joke on you?" - Hiruzen asked as he rolled his eyes at Tsuchikage. "The damage is as bad as the information we sent you"
"Ugh..." - Onoki only sighed with regret as they passed by the shopping area that was now destroyed.
"If it makes you feel better, we were planning to renovate" - said Hiruzen as he watched Onoki's eyebrow tremble slightly - "Okay, I'm sorry about the joke but I had to do something to take that melancholy expression off"
"Yes... and now there's an expression of unbridled rage" - answered Onoki with neutrality - "Now we'd better go to Kakashi's brat... so we can get this over with quickly and I can punish that idiot Kurotsuchi"
"Okay," Hiruzen nodded.
* * * * *
"How do you feel, Onee-chan?" - Naruto asked as he looked at a tense Kurotsuchi.
"Fine I guess," sighed the Iwa girl as she shook her head. "It's just that my grandfather is coming to pick me up today..."
"Uh... does that mean we can't play anymore?" - asked Izumi as her eyes began to fill with tears.
"I-I'm not sure..." - said Kurotsuchi almost immediately when she saw that the pretty little girl was about to cry - "But I promise I'll come and see you often"
"Yey~!" - Izumi couldn't contain her smile while Naruto laughed like a little fox.
"You're mean, Izumi-chan" - said Kurama while he burst out laughing - "You shouldn't have controlled people like that"
"Boo Boo" - Izumi stuck out her father's tongue while her brothers laughed.
". . ." - Kurotsuchi was only silent when she saw that the little Uzumaki girl had deceived her - "One can no longer even trust children..."
"That's Miko-chan and Kushi-chan's fault" - answered the older redheaded man as he looked at his little ones - "They were the ones who taught her how to use her skills, and even I suffer from time to time"
"Kurama-sama" - said one Anbu as he appeared in front of the redheaded man and the Iwa girl - "Kakashi-sama asked me to escort Kurotsuchi-sama to the Hokage mansion so that she could talk to her grandfather"
"Ugh..." - Kurotsuchi only sighed ruefully as she nodded weakly at the news that her executioner was finally in Konoha.
"Okay, we'll go right away," the Uzumaki man nodded as he created three clones to bring the children home.
"Remember you promised to come to see us~!" - said Izumi as she disappeared with her brothers in a red flash with the Kurama clones.
"Ugh... okay..." - sighed the Iwa girl again - "A promise, is a promise"
"Admirable" - the redheaded man nodded as he saw how the girl decided to accept to come and see the children even though she had been 'forced' by a trick of his little princess.
"As I said, a promise is a promise," Kurotsuchi answered seriously. "If one cannot keep them, then one has no value as a person"
"As shinobis, we should use deception instead of sincerity," said Kurama as he looked at the girl.
"Only when we are at work," snorted the Iwa girl. "If one has to be deceiving everyone to live, then one is nothing but a trash"
Kurama said nothing more, he just took the girl by the shoulder and then disappeared in a flash of red.
* * * * *
"Let's recap, you'll pay 90% of the debt in the next 3 years without interest" - said Kakashi while squinting - "While your granddaughter, Kurotsuchi-sama will work in Konoha to pay the rest"
"Exactly" - Onoki nodded seriously - "She has to learn that her actions have consequences and I can't always save her troublemaker's ass... great, now I sound like one of those lazy Nara's"
A small smile appeared on Hiruzen's old face but he quickly made it disappear because he did not want to disturb the annoyed Tsuchikage any further.
"I understand, I have no problem with that" - Kakashi nodded as he reviewed a document - "Although I want a new clause left... if Iwa cannot pay in 3 years, then Konoha will have the right to ask for an interest that does not exceed 1% of the current debt per month"
". . ." - Onoki frowned when he heard this but still nodded. He was confident he could pay off the debt especially if he used the money his family had accumulated over the years, after all, he couldn't just spend all of Iwa's money on his granddaughter's mistake.
"Ok, we have come to a mutual agreement," Kakashi nodded as he handed him a document for Tsuchikage to read.
After a few minutes of careful reading, Onoki signed the document and put his stamp as Tsuchikage.
"With this, the problem is solved," said Onoki with a scowl as he took out a storage seal scroll. "Inside this scroll, there are 7,500,000,000 Ryo"
"I didn't know you'd come prepared," said Hiruzen in surprise.
"Believe me when I tell you that it hurts me to use my family's money" - said Onoki with discomfort and pain as he handed over much of the fortune his family had accumulated - "But it's the only thing I can do when it was my stupid granddaughter who made all this mess"
"Hey, old man! Who are you calling an idiot?!" - exclaimed Kurotsuchi, who had appeared with Kurama.
"To you, you fool!" - roared Onoki as he leaped up and grabbed his granddaughter's ear firmly.
"It hurts! It hurts, damn it!" - Kurotsuchi shouted as she was dragged to the ground because her grandfather did not have the most prominent size.
"How much pain do you think I'm feeling right now?!" - Onoki roared with fury - "Don't you know all the trouble you caused me?! Don't you know how much money I had to spend to get you out of this shitty situation?!"
"It can't be that much" - muttered the Iwa girl.
"It can't be that much?!" - roared Onoki as his face turned as red as an apple - "It was 10,000,000,000 Ryo! Ten thousand fucking million Ryo!"
". . ." - Kurotsuchi opened her mouth but no words came out as she felt her body freeze at the number.
"Congratulations, Kurotsuchi! Because of your fucking anger issues, I had to spend most of the family fortune we'd accumulated over five generations!" - Onoki exclaimed as he glared at his granddaughter.
". . ." - Kurotsuchi maintained her silence as she felt her mind drift further and further away from reality.
"But things aren't over yet," continued the Tsuchikage. "Iwa still has to pay 2,500,000,000 Ryo, of which you'll pay 1,000,000,000 with manual labor here in Konoha as punishment for all the damage you've caused"
"Oh..." - that was the only thing the girl could answer right now because she didn't know how to react. Her mind was on autopilot right now.
Onoki decided to stop looking at his granddaughter for a few seconds and concentrated his eyes on the redhead next to her - "Uzumaki Kurama... it's all your fault..."
"Sure, I was the one who started all this shit, old man" - answered the redhead with disdain - "I was the one who chased the other one through all the Elemental Nations... don't play the victim, Onoki, all this is a consequence of your actions, if it wasn't for you attacking me when I went to check the situation of the two missing Jinchurikis, none of this would have happened"
". . ." - Onoki sighed with regret because the redhead was right.
"Anyway, my work here is done so I'm going to go back home," Kurama said as he looked around. "I haven't been able to spend any time with my family because of all these missions, one after another... really, I'm not even part of this village for you to be sending me so much, Kakashi"
"I'm sorry Kurama but you are the most capable shinobi in Konoha right now" - said Kakashi with shame because he knew he had been using the redhead too much - "Not to mention that all those missions have a relationship with you in one way or another"
"I know, I'm a fucking problem magnet but that doesn't mean I have to be solving them every fucking second" - said Kurama angrily - "What does one have to do to spend a little time with your loved ones without some asshole coming to destroy Konoha!"
"Hey!" - exclaimed Kurotsuchi as she reacted to the ginger's insult.
"I only hope that you will at least give me a day or two to spend with the ladies and children" - sighed the ginger.
"Okay, I will try my best not to bother you for two days, though I make no promises," said Kakashi as he shook his head.
"Don't even tell me," sighed the redhead. "By the way, how long before Tsume-chan returns?"
" She' s scheduled to return today," replied the present Hokage. "I also plan to give her a little break after all the work she's done.
"Thank you, I suppose," replied the red-haired Uzumaki as he disappeared in a red flash.
"I only hope that nothing bad happens in the next few days," sighed Hiruzen because he noticed how tense the young redhead was with so many missions without rest.