The Legend of the Kyubi

A new day had arrived in Konoha and Kurama was getting up with a smiling Anko by her side.     

"We haven't been alone for a long time, Foxy-kun," said Anko as she stretched.     

"I know" - replied Kurama with a smile as he looked at the beautiful purple-haired woman.     

"Oh, I was forgetting," said Anko as she opened her eyes, "Kimimaro said they would be back tomorrow, so it looks like the mission you gave them has been completed"     

"I see..." - nodded Kurama - "I wonder if they found any clues about the location of Akatsuki's central base..."     

"I'm surprised Itachi doesn't know where it is," said Anko as she frowned.     

"It's because the leader of Akatsuki is someone who takes precautions," responded Kurama with a scowl. "Whenever they want to enter the central base, Pain, the leader of Akatsuki, transports them directly to the place... he even forbids them to go around the base without his permission"     

"Ok, that's being paranoid" - said Anko while shaking her head - "Although that same paranoia is what has made them hard to find..."     

"Anyway, let's just wait for good news from Kimimaro when he comes back" - answered Kurama while he squinted - "If he didn't find anything, I guess we'll have to count on Jiraiya... as bad as the idea sounds..."     

Oh, and I didn't know how bad the idea was...     

* * * * *     

". . ." - Kurama only gave the white-haired Sannin a neutral look when he finally found him nowhere else but the hospital - "Really. "     

Jiraiya responded with a forced smile as he felt the temperature of the room drop rapidly.     

"Five minutes..." - said Kurama with neutrality - "You could stop being a pervert... For just five minutes!"     

"Oops?" - Jiraiya just played innocent but quickly apologized when he felt Kurama's aura becoming more and more erratic.     

"I don't know what to do with you, Jiraiya... - said Kurama coldly - "You were supposed to leave tomorrow after Kimimaro came back and had no news from Akatsuki... and now you won't be able to get out of bed for 4 days... Four fucking days!"     

"Relax, I heal fast" - replied Jiraiya with weakness.     

"Four days with your crazy regeneration!" - roared Kurama as his gaze sharpened - "Listen to me, Jiraiya... I'm going to make this clear to you... if you don't control yourself until we find Akatsuki's central base... I swear that you will be the first living proof of Kushi-chan with her new seal... one that she has been busy with after Sasuke asked her for a seal for those guilty of repeated acts of voyeurism or ****, and let me tell you it's not pretty..."     

Jiraiya paled when he heard this as he nodded quickly.     

"Well... I hope you keep in mind what I told you..." - said Kurama before retiring.     

"Crystal!" - exclaimed Jiraiya in terror.     

Kurama said nothing more, he quickly left the room.     

* * * * *     

"Well, now that the Jiraiya issue is resolved, I guess I have some time to spend," - said Kurama as he walked out of the hospital.     

"Oh? It's good to hear that" - said Mabui with a huge smile as she walked along with Samui and Yugito.     

"Girls? did you come to see the others?" - asked Kurama with surprise when he saw Kumo's girls in the hospital although after thinking about it for a few seconds, he quickly came to the reason for their presence in this place.     

"Yes... it's good to see that they are recovering quickly thanks to Tsunade-sama's care" - answered Mabui with a smile - "But let's leave that for another time, I heard that you had some time to spend"     

"Exactly," Kurama nodded calmly, "Why? Do you need anything?"     

"Exactly," Mabui nodded as her eyes glowed slightly, "I wonder if you would be so kind as to accompany us to a certain place..."     

"Hmm... I have no problem" - answered Kurama as he shrugged - "Where do you want to go?"     

"I don't know what it's called, since Anko-san only gave me the address" - answered Mabui while looking at the redhead.     

"Okay, I'm regretting having accepted now that I know Anko is involved in all this" - said Kurama as he sighed.     

". . ." - Yugito just kept silent as she looked at her friend - "I'm sorry but I have some things to do so I won't be able to go with you"     

"Huh? Really?" - asked Mabui in surprise because she never thought her friend would back down.     

"That's right," nodded Yugito as she ignored Matatabi's screams.     

"Okay?" - Kurama could only watch in confusion as Yugito left under the surprised gaze of his two friends - "Anything I need to know?"     

"You will find out when we get there," answered Mabui as she turned around so that he could not see the slight blush that adorned her cheeks.     

". . ." - Kurama only shook his head when he saw this but quickly shrugged. He hadn't felt any evil or bad intentions from the girls - "I guess we better go wherever we have to go..."     

"Ok" - the girls nodded as the 3 of them walked off to an unknown destination.     

* * * * *     

"Somehow I saw it coming..." - said Kurama with a neutral look on his face.     

The reason?     

They were outside a somewhat familiar building.     

"Really?" - asked Kurama as he looked at the two Kumo girls - "Although now at least I know why Yugito quit"     

"Can you blame us?" - asked Mabui as she looked at the redhead - "I've been waiting for this for a few years and Samui..."     

". . ." - Samui was only silent as she looked away.     

"Okay, I understand... but this is a bit of a rush," said Kurama as he grabbed the bridge of his nose - "We've only been engaged for how long... a few weeks?"     

" With even more reason!" - exclaimed Mabui with a smile - "Now we can get to know each other better"     

"Technically there is nothing wrong with what you say... but something doesn't seem to fit," responded Kurama as he rolled his eyes.     

"Are you going to come in or not? - asked Mabui as she pointed at the sign of the building that read 'Motel'.     

Kurama was about to answer him when he noticed how a familiar aura appeared in the area.     

"Hmm? What are you doing here, Kurama, Kumo girls?" - asked Kurotsuchi as she looked at the familiar people - "And where is the Jinchuriki girl?"     

"That's what we should be asking ourselves," answered Kurama in confusion because he never thought he'd see the Iwa girl in this place.     

"It's a shortcut to get home," answered Kurotsuchi as she shrugged. "It's the only way to get to the mansion on time... but let's leave that for another time... What are you doing here?"     

"Isn't it obvious? - asked Mabui with a funny smile on her face - "We are about to challenge Kurama-kun to a little duel..."     

"Challenge Kurama? - asked Kurotsuchi in confusion - "In what?"     

Samui was only silent when she noticed that the Iwa girl was confused about the situation - "You don't know where we are, do you?"     

"The hotel zones? - asked Kurotsuchi while tilting her head - "Although I feel that the owners are a little stupid because of the way they wrote the names... everyone knows that you write 'Hotel', no Motel..."     

". . ." - this time it was not only Samui who was silent but also Kurama and Mabui.     

"Did I say something wrong? - asked Kurotsuchi as she frowned.     

"No" - the other three denied.     

"Anyway, they still don't tell me how they are going to challenge Kurama," said Kurotsuchi as she gave the girls a curious look.     

"We are going to challenge him in his domain" - answered Mabui with a small smile because she came up with a good idea - "Think about it. what better way to show your superiority if you defeat him in what is best?"     

"!" - Kurotsuchi opened her eyes in surprise as she felt she had arrived at an answer.     

"Mabui..." - Samui murmured but remained silent when she noticed her friend's look.     

"Ok, I'm in... I'm going to challenge you too, Kurama" - said Kurotsuchi while her eyes shone slightly.     

"I'm sure you don't understand the whole thing, Kurotsuchi" - said Kurama with a scowl.     

"I just have to defeat you; I don't need to know more" - answered Kurotsuchi with a provocative tone - "But it seems that you don't want me to challenge you... don't you have the balls to accept?"     

". . ." - Kurama frowned when he heard this as his eyebrow trembled slightly. He had been irritable with ease since fighting Kakuzu and Hidan, so now he exploded easily.     

"I see I hit the nail on the head" - said Kurotsuchi with disdain - "I guess it's my victory"     

"Ok, I'm in" - said Kurama when he couldn't take it anymore. His eyes slowly glowed with great intensity as the girls felt a heavy aura surrounding them - "I didn't want to do this because I felt it was too hasty... but I think you took it as a sign of weakness...".     

Kurama slowly walked into the facility in silence as he directed the person in charge to tell the girls the room number when they were ready.     

"I feel that I made a serious mistake but there is no turning back," said Kurotsuchi seriously as she walked into the building.     

"You don't know what a motel is? - asked Samui.     

"No," denied Kurotsuchi.     

"Do you know the term 'Love Hotel'?" - Samui asked again.     

"Wa!" - Kurotsuchi blushed when she heard this - "Why do you ask that?!"     

"Because Motel, it's the same as Love Hotel"