Ch.23
"I wanna see Hinata! She has birthday party!" Naru declared as Kushina did her best to bathe the girl. "Party has games and cake!"
"That's why we're cleaning you up sweetie." Kushina told her daughter while wiping her down.
"But I thought bath for fun…" Naru mewled, as if realizing bathtime wasn't just for fun.
"So, why do I have to come? We're leaving most of the babies behind with Kisa and the nannie's." Kurama grumbled as she worked on her hair.
"Because you haven't spent time with our friends in a week and this is the perfect excuse to pull you away from the babies after you went Turbo Mom upon discovering you can sprout limbs and body parts." Kushina smirked at her wife, who blushed.
"Hey, if you could have four extra arms, you'd do it too!" Kurama has been multitasking like a demon, using multiple arms to handle the horde of Uzumaki babies, even growing extra breasts to feed up to six at once or to be milked ahead of time, like she did this morning for the party.
"But the twins and Naru's birthday didn't need you literally juggling them." Kushina scolded.
"They had fun birthdays." Kurama grumbled as she crossed her single pair of normal arms and sprouted nine fox tails as a joke. That was the other thing. She could have actual tails now, not just her hair acting like tails. Her powers over her Dolls was growing by leaps and bounds.
"More uppies?" Naru asked with a foxy look.
"No." Kushina sternly stated, getting pouts from both her wife and child. "Now put those away."
"The dicks or tails?" Kurama teased.
"Both, you cheeky tart." Kushina huffed with fond exasperation.
"Dicks!" Naru blurted and Kurama guffawed while Kushina paled with horror.
"Now look at what you've done!" Kushina shrieked and chased her wife with Naru laughing and repeating the naughty word.
=Fox=
"Eee~!" Naru cheered when she met the other kids. Hinata was so cute in her pink kimono!
"Naru! You pretty!" Kiba said before Sasuke and Shino pushed him.
"Ew!" Naru stuck her tongue out at the boys.
"You are pretty!" Sasuke affirmed and Naru blushed as red as Hinata this time.
"Hey, I said that first!" Kiba whined and bapped Sasuke's leg from where he was on the grass.
"Naru is pretty." Hinata whispered almost too quiet to hear.
"Very." Naru heard before she fell asleep.
=Fox=
Naru jolted awake, dirty, tied-up and in a sack. She squealed through her gag, realizing Hinata was next to her! Hinata groggily awoke before realizing what was going on and tried wiggling her hands free. Naru helped her, barely getting the ropes off. Hinata began using Junken to strike their kidnapper through the sack, causing them to fall and drop the two bound children.
"Hm!" Hinata cried into her own gag as she hopped to her feet and began untying Naru in a hurry as their abductor quickly approached! Then, they froze at the sound of an echoing growl and the men turned to see Apha behind them.
"You said the Uzumaki would be late!" The injured man shouted.
"They are! This is just one of their leader's Dolls." A bandaged man said with an eye roll.
"Get away from my daughter!" Hinata's tou-chan roared when he appeared next to the fox.
"Tch, this mission is a bust, time to-."
"I am sorry for the disturbance on this special day, Hyuga-dono, but this plot could not have been handled otherwise." The bandaged man spoke. "Kurama-dono, may you calm your Doll? We cannot kill these two without creating an international incident."
"Attempting to kidnap a Clan Heir has already done so, Danzo." Hiashi snarled. Naru remembered the 'dumb' foxes her ka-chan had made, this must be one of them to not talk.
"Yes. One in Konoha's favor. If we kill them we give Casus Belli to Kumo. I am capturing them for holding and further negotiations. They are POWs." Bandage man told them.
"Danzo is right, we must keep them alive. Even if I want to do the same for the attempt of kidnapping on my daughter." Fox-tou-chan said when he appeared, he looked really scary.
"Th-the Yellow Flash." One of the men said before he peed himself.
"Th-then the rumors were true!" The other man smelled bad! Ew, he pooped himself!
"Eugh! Come on! Have some dignity! ANBU! Take them away and make sure they get cleaned up!" Fox-tou-chan ordered and several masked people like her nannies appeared.
"So you knew of this, Danzo-san?" ka-chan asked when she appeared. How do they do that?! Naru was mystified at how all these people can just show up out of nowhere!
"Yes, but only fringe evidence and unknown targets. We got whiff of the plot a week before the Kumo delegation arrived. Anko-san wanted to crack down on the operation immediately, but took my advice for the plot to initiate. By then we had more proof and knew the target location. We've had four blocks covered in all directions to apprehend them and this counter operation was approved by Minato-sans and Hituzen." Bandage man spoke a lot.
"I do not appreciate my family being used as bait, Shimura!" Hiashi hissed and Hinata looked more scared for some reason, so Naru wiggled closer and nuzzled her, which for some reason, made Hinata turn really red!
"Understandable. Believe me when I say we had wanted to intercept them soon when we learned you had invited the Kumo Delegation to hold the talks in a tertiary building of your compound." Danzo said while the stinky men were restrained and taken away by the masked people. "Now then. Kurama-dono. I am to understand you have dialogue with the Raikage's brother regularly?"
"B-kun? Yes, he's actually quite wonderful when you get to know him." ka-chan said with a smile before wincing. "Oh…shit." Naughty word! "Fine, I'll see what I can do about this to get talks started." ka-chan sighed and then the dumb fox bit through the stuff binding Hinata and Naru. "Are you okay girls?"
"Hinata is all red!" Naru stated worriedly and Hinata just buried her face in her hands.
=Fox=
"B-kun." Kuina suddenly stated in a grim tone and B, who had been in the process of performing another song for his girlfriend, winced at realizing his chocolate-skinned red-haired beauty of a lover was currently Kurama and she was pissed.
"B, your woman okay?" B's brother asked from the office. "The only time I hear you stop your 'flow' is when something serious happens." A said, emerging and looking down at his receptionist who had her head on her desk with her ear muffs on to weather his brother's lyrics. They were getting better, but it was still a trial of patience.
"Bro, I wanted to introduce you to my girl; Kuina, but…she's Kurama right now."
"Raikage-dono, explain why your delegates just attempted to kidnap the Hyuga and Uzumaki heirs." Kurama demanded firmly with her eyes red and slitted, her nine braids flowing as if in water and otherwise exuding a menacing aura that A recognized thanks to his brother.
"Uh, how did you know?" A asked in bafflement as he braced for battle, but since this was his office, he didn't have his special chakra-conducting gauntlets on. "B? Why are you spilling state secrets?" A demanded chidingly, knowing his brother would not betray Kumo…willingly.
"Bro, did you not know? I filed a report with I&I." B huffed with a pout, arms crossed and all.
"...Oh." A scratched at his head with irritation at himself for forgetting something this important. "Yeah, I remember that report. I almost had a heart attack when you informed the department that there's no hope of hiding surface-level knowledge from Konoha, even if we had her removed, so I pardoned her. I utterly forgot Kuina-san was also the Kyubi."
"Well?!" Kurama demanded as 9 fox tails sprouted from her rear and her hair shrank to shoulder-length rather than butt-length.
"Whoa, babe! That is hot!" B declared and Kuina's face flushed, but she managed to maintain her glare on A.
"Eh, we had an opportunity to get another Jinchuuriki and deny a potential enemy theirs and get two massively sought after bloodlines. Kumo is a melting pot of cultures, races and Bloodlines, we don't poach just for military purposes, but to keep broadening our society. I didn't directly OK such an op, but some of my department heads obviously would. Great, more paperwork." A groused with a bitter frown. "Well, you caught them, do what you want with them, sanction us, whatever. We'll pay reparations. It's business."
"My daughter, is business?" Kurama asked dangerously and B rapidly did a 'neck-slice' gesture behind her with desperation along with a 'shush' gesture.
"Eh, it's how the ninja world works." The Raikage said as he turned to walk back to his office. "I did authorize an op to nab a girl with an Ice Bloodline from Kiri that is wandering with one of the rogue Seven Swordsmen. Pretty sure it will fail too, but have to try. Kumo is founded on the belief that diversity is key, the moment we stop growing our society, we stagnate."
"Then fucking ask in negotiations! This isn't the past! The world will not get better without us willing to put down our blades and take up our pens." Kurama growled, having followed A into his office with B and A sat down, even kicking his feet up on his desk.
"You sure that will be the case? My men found a wrecked base on our border yesterday morning with Konoha nin found in varying states of decay. Iwa got to it by their markings slashed into it. The only reason I think it was Konoha was the gear in the base. Seals that nobody can rightly understand yet work far better than what they should be doing when tested. Your county is holding out its blades." A declared before retrieving a bottle from his desk and taking a sip.
"Yet we are trying to use our pens, unlike you, clearly." Kurama had winced, but A could tell there was more there. Dread, despair. "A, Kuina is her own person, the one making chakra conducting weaponry and other goods for Kumo. Treat her well, unlike how those Iwa have treated mine." Then, the aura was gone, the tails and fox ears, which he had ignored until now, also vanished. Then, another person was left behind. "Hi, I'm B's girlfriend. Nice to meet you."
"Hello, your master is quite a frightening beast." A told Kuina.
"Eh, she's less a master and more like my mother. She literally created me and then aside from some directions, left me to live my life and just checks in with me. So, I see you're the one who specially ordered the lightning gauntlets." Kuina commented upon looking at the display rack behind the Raikage and A blinked. Oh yeah, B did mention he was in good with the smith…
=Fox=
Kurama tried to keep her dread at bay as Naru and Hinata returned to the party, the children quickly bouncing back from the incident. Kurama noted that Hinata was a blushing mess around Naru. It was too early to tell for sure, but that Hyuga girl may be gay. Kurama found it funny for the uptight Hiashi to have a lesbian daughter. They were still too young and Hinata might just be awed by Naru, but it was a funny idea.
"Honey? What's wrong?" Minato asked his wife, having decided Hiruzen can do his job this time.
"Have there been any reports on Shikazu?" Kurama whispered, trying to keep the fantasy of Naru dating Hinata and being so scandalous with the Hyuga to keep her mood up.
"No and that's worrying. They missed check-in a couple days ago, so scouts have been sent to verify what's wrong." Minato answered with a resigned, sad sigh.
"The Raikage just mentioned that his men found a destroyed hideout containing ninja with Konoha gear on their border." Kurama informed her lover with tears prickling her eyes. Minato didn't say anything, he just gently hugged her to his side and Kurama fled to the seal before she could break down in tears. "I-I'll just wait until tomorrow, maybe Zuzu got away,"
=Fox=
He didn't.
Shikazu, his entire squad of operatives, were confirmed KIA by both Konoha scouts and B when asked by Kuina. He even brought her to his autopsied body to prove it with blessing from A so long as she did not destroy the…body.
"I-Zuzu, he can't." Kurama felt her heart tearing in two before unbridled rage flooded her. Iwa, they did this! They took her husband! She jumped to the Dolls she had in Iwa, but they rejected her?! She tried further and further out from Iwa, but still, her Dolls betrayed her! They wouldn't let her take control, find and butcher her husband's killers! Eventually, she was only able to inhabit Hurama or Dolls in the opposite direction of Iwa.
Their reason was sound. She would be burning important intel agents for brief, meaningless satisfaction. "Minato!" Kurama raged at her lover due to her Dolls were rejecting her. "I want to attack Iwa! I need to find the ones that killed Zuzu!" Kurama twitched with her anger as she ran through the house, preparing to leave.
"No." Minato intoned, coldly, firmly, with finality, causing Kurama to freeze in shock. "You would merely be perpetuating the Cycle of Hatred. You would be killing someone beloved by someone else as much as you loved and cared for Shikazu. They, in turn, would seek vengeance on you and Konoha, killing more of your family and friends, inviting you to do the same again."
"You humans do this all the time!" Kurama argued in rage.
"If we don't stop, we always will. As painful as it is, you must understand. Would Shikazu have wanted you to do this? Would he have wanted you to be mired in rage and obsessed with vengeance? Or, would he have wanted you to remember him fondly and raise his children with love, rather than them remember you as a hateful miser and continue your vengeance?" Minato demanded with firm calm.
"I can't just let this go unanswered!" Kurama seethed as she stared Minato, the Hokage, down. Although he was not acting Hokage, Hiruzen has made it clear whose policies he's enacting.
"You won't, by being there for our family." Kushina countered the vixen by pulling her into a hug.
"ka-chan is angry?" Naru whined before hugging Kurama's leg. "ka-chan scary angry."
"ka-chan should be scary when she's angry, honey. If people aren't scared when you're angry, you're doing it wrong." Kurama idly replied and then closed her eyes. "I am returning to the Seal. I need to be alone. My Dolls can clearly network without me now and even use my power remotely, so I won't be leaving you all high and dry."
"ka-chan?" Naru whimpered before Kurama vanished into the seal to cry.
=Fox=
When Kurama left the seal, she found Hurama was heavily pregnant. "Huh?!" She then reviewed Hurama's memories…two years of memories…she was in a depressive slump for two years?! She truly loved Shikazu, the pain was still raw, but not overwhelming now.
"Kurama, I've got breakfast going, two eggs or one?" Kushina asked from downstairs and Kurama gulped, remembering the night with Minato that got her this heavy. It was such a romantic night of a honeymoon the three had. Of course, Hurama, just as much of a preggo fetishist as Kurama, had tried to get as pregnant as possible. She was six months with quints.
Again. "How about six?!" Kurama called back and, unlike Hurama who was slightly more limited, Kurama was able to flood her body with demonic chakra, which she noted was much easier than before, to get her out of bed and on her feet. "With all these brats in me, I've gotta eat for six, so one for each of us!"
Kurama waddled to the door and blushed when her tits brushed the sides of the doorframe before her belly did! Holy fuck, Hurama abstained from reducing her bust! She had to have fucking O-cups~! Each tit was the size of a single baby full term pregnancy belly~! Kurama moaned lustfully and bit her plump lips with desire for her own body. Hnng~!
"Wait? Kurama, you're awake?" Kushina yelled before she rushed through the house to the vixen and watched with awe as the bloated baby and dairy farm waddled down the hall towards the main area of the main Compound house, which had the kitchen, dining and living rooms. "Oh wow. Good thing nobody is visiting."
"I'm not naked." Kurama huffed and then Kushina casually flicked a fox ear on top of her head. "Oh, yeah…" Kurama looked behind herself, seeing nine tails above her waistband wiggling freely. "I didn't even notice that."
"Well, maybe I can convince you to reduce your bust." Kushina huffed.
"Not a chance! At least, until I give birth. Then I will so I can get back to normal activities." Besides, she could have epic tits like these whenever and be detachable for convenience.
"Fine, fine, but Minato and I don't find you looking like a bloated whale, well, sexy. Hurama is beautiful, don't get me wrong, but it's just hidden by all that boob." Kushina scowled as she poked Kurama's O-cups.
"You simply don't appreciate the beauty of my breasts enough." Kurama huffed playfully and gave her vast valley of cleavage a hug, making so much overflow against her fingers and arms.
"You almost suffocated Minato last time you had sex." Kushina deadpanned and Kurama chuckled at that memory.
"But it was hot and he got even harder from the smothering." Kurama claimed.
"...Damn it, we figured you were too pleasure drunk to remember." Kushina pouted.
"Hurama was, I can view her memories with eidetic clarity. Anyway, I will get a reduction, my way. I can just repurpose the mass in extra limbs, remember?" Kurama reminded her wife and sniffed the air. "Is something burning?" Kushina fled back to the kitchen. "Too easy~."