Filthy Gamer in Narutoverse

by Little Merger

Tired of one bad choice in the personalization of his trait, Kaye, now Kai, logically planned his suicide for a better chance of reincarnation to get rid of the curse that his trait had almost become. Now, Kai is in a world where people breathe fire and fart thunder! *** Warning: I’m still playing with the idea of a female and submissive Orochimaru and if you don’t think fem Orochi

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Instead of the large training ground, Kushina and Kai sat across from one another in their backyard with a large scroll spread in front of them marked with a black inked seal that resembled the Uzumaki swirling emblem loosely and other marks spread around it in straight lines.

This was none other than the four-symbol seal that kept Kyubi inside of Kushina.

Both of them continued to look at the seal until Kushina frowned, "I still don't understand how that B managed to control his Jinchuriki. According to information from Third Hokage, Kumogakure's seal should be weaker than the four symbol seal but... ours is perfect. Even if there are times that Kyubi's chakra leaks into my chakra pathway, it's more of a natural cause than anything else since I could be considered a fraction of a tailed-beast..."

When it came to Fuin, Kushina simply had none of her usual carelessness and kept a serious expression Even Kai continued to stare at the Four Symbol Seals.

Tailed beats were a matter of great interest and the publicly strongest tailed-beast slept right by his side every night and sometimes even got dry-humped by him through Kushina so it was natural that Kai wanted to extend the limits of his knowledge regarding them.

"Wait... have we considered the fact that maybe B from Kumo managed to come to an accord with Gyuki and become this... Perfect Jinchuriki BECAUSE of his imperfect seal?" Kai inquired.

Kushina frowned again. This was an idea that Kai had provided earlier, too.

"You really want me to try and just talk with that monster? I don't think Tailed Beasts can be tamed in that manner."

'Nobody thought an Uzumaki could be tamed, too,' Kai rolled his eyes internally and shook his head, "If you're worried about any accidents, don't you already have your kekkei genkai? The Adamantine Sealing Chains? I mean, that Jutsu is devastating and it's coming from me," He inquired.

Letting out a distressed groan, Kushina pursed her lips, "That was only because of Granny Mito that I could even seal Kyubi. I've even yet to start practicing with my chains since Granny said to master the inheritance as much as I can before anything."

Kai nodded and hummed.

"So? How about we both go? I've always wanted to see a tailed-beast!"

Not managing to instill any assurance by grinning in excitement as if this was a vacation, Kushina looked away and muttered nervously, "I don't know... Kai-chan. How about we just let that monster rot while nailed onto a ball of rock?"

Kai blinked.

"Come again?"

"Well, that's how Granny Mito set it, Dattebane. Kyubi is chained against a giant boulder greater than its own size with its tail nailed into the rock..." Kushina muttered.

"Oh... well, now I can understand why Tailed Beasts like to rage. We are the real monsters, huh... who would have thought..." said the Dragon Sennin who specifically asked a Kumo shinobi if he had a family and then killed him after the poor soul affirmed the fact.

Adopting a more reserved but assuring smile this time, Kai looked at Kushina sincerely, "Hey, I promised to protect you and that's beyond any clan seals. So, trust me. Even if you go berserk, I'll stop you easily."

"I'm strong in that state... very." Kushina frowned.

However, she saw Kai's pitch black eyes suddenly morph to pale yellow irides as his pupils turned into slits with a grin marking his lips, "Oh, great. I am strong, too... very much so."

Sighing softly, Kushina nodded, "Fine, dattebane... but if things go sideways, you'll be responsible!"

"Sure."

"And in that case, for my emotional distress, you must promise to marry me after Mikoto!"

"Oh, you don't need to include this in the situation," Kai shrugged, "If you really want, I'll marry you tomorrow and consummate it even before. How about now?"

Kushina scoffed, "Rotten Kai-chan..."

"Fuck that, I'm the one always spoiling you," Kai snorted, "Better this way, I suppose. I can always spank you to discipline you from now on."

Kushina's eyes widened and she groaned in frustration when she recalled how Kai laid a claim to her buttcheeks this morning.

But with the banter helping her escape the bouts of nervousness, Kushina and Kai soon began to set many seals around the backyard, and then instead of actually entering into her consciousness here, Kai used Hiraishin to bring Kushina into the more durable Uzumaki Training chamber.

And finally, Kushina silently lay on Kai's lap while closing her eyes and he did so, too. He didn't need to use any specific jutsu but let his chakra interact with the Four Symbol Seal that appeared on Kushina's abdomen under her clothes and she quickly allowed his entry into the world of her consciousness connected to the seal itself.

--

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Kai opened his eyes and looked around in amazement. He had to admit, the rather dignified pale-golden world. There was no platform but Kai still stood on something invisible but paid it no heed. Consciousness worlds tend to be trippy in this manner. Looking around and still not finding Kushina anywhere, Kai used a bare minimum of chakra to use his empath's skill and found a literal ball of furry hatefulness and bloodlust 'below.'

"Layers of consciousness, huh..." Kai hummed loudly and began to slowly descend after manifesting more of his chakra into Kushina's system. In fact, this was a slightly indirect Genjutsu of sorts, too. The realization only made Kai smile as it affirmed the fact that he could still learn a ton of new things at any given point.

Soon, he felt he had entered deeper into Kushina's mind but the world failed to look anything different than gold and white. It was warm and comforting. But the sight of a redhead looking around with a hint of panic while wholly ignoring the struggling orange ball of fur with red-slitted eyes glaring in her direction made Kai purse his lips.

Yeah, he was becoming more and more sure that the problem in 'controlling' a Tailed Beast lay more in the general upbringing of Shinobi itself.

No self-respecting war deterrent of a beast would ever listen to a shinobi if nailed onto a ball of a giant rock as if cosplaying a religious figure in an ill-humored manner!

"Kai-chan!" Kushina quickly 'felt' something and looked up to find Kai descending and then sighed with a smile, "Stupid, how did you get lost in the consciousness world?"

"Bitch, I'll bitch-slap you out of your own consciousness," Kai instantly cussed, "You left me stranded elsewhere!"

As he said so, Kai also felt a hint of 'mockery' in the titanic beast whose mouth was wrapped by pale, phantom-like adamantine chains.

Not the least bit affected by his words but choosing to stick her tongue out in a silent rebellion, Kushina waited for Kai to fully observe the situation.

"So... why don't you just let Kyubi move around freely?" Kai finally questioned.

Deadpanning, Kushina uttered, "Because my chains seal its chakra and if I do that, it will soon erode the Four Symbol Seals with its evil chakra and kill me, dattebane!"

Before Kai could even sense Kyubi's chakra from miles away, he looked at Kushina strangely, "Evil Chakra? There's no such thing like that."

"That monster is evil and its chakra is evil!" Kushina pointed out.

Shrugging in response, Kai looked at Kyubi once again, his pitch-black eyes meeting the beast's bloodshot red orbs.

"Say... Kushina..."

"Yeah?"

"I didn't think foxes can look so damn good. Not as great as Cinnamon, I'll admit but..." Suddenly shuttling towards the beast, Kai touched its torso, "This fur is damn too smooth and comforting to touch..."

Kyubi suddenly struggled harder as a globule of red chakra emerged from the point of contact and covered Kai's body.

"Kai-chan!" Kushina gasped but then fell stunned as the red cloak of chakra dissipated from around Kai who pulled back and rubbed the back of his head, "Thank you for more chakra?"

He already knew how to refine chakra, share it, siphon it if the need comes, and even store it in his Strenght of Adamantine Sage Seal to mix it with nature energy... so, he barely felt fazed when he easily removed the pure malice in the chakra almost instinctively.

Kushina's lips parted while he felt the beast's emotion stagnant out of the perpetual hate, pain, and bloodlust.

"I see, I think I'm starting to understand the situation here..." Kai looked at Kyubi while returning to Kushina's side.

"You do?"

"Yeah," Kai nodded, "The only reason why you enter into a berserk state even a few times is because of the chains in contact with the Kyubi."

"What do you mean?" Kushina frowned.

"Well, emotions can charge chakra. It's a very special state but it's possible. Because your own chakra is in contact with Kyubi for so long, it would sometimes provide similar feedback to your chakra pathways. To be precise, Kyubi's chakra can simply NOT slip into your system but its emotional charge can infect a part of your chakra system at times through the Adamantine Sealing Chains. It's just a simple case of chakra feedback. Like, the strengthening of the physique has a positive effect on the amount of chakra and vice versa. Stuff like that."

Kushina frowned deeply while Kyubi stopped struggling against the chains and the nails digging into nine of its furry tails that Kai admitted he wanted to sleep on at least once.

"So? How can we—"

"The answer is the same thing I keep telling you," Kai shrugged, "Keep on fearing the poor fox and it'll hate ya. Didn't you experience the same when a few of the cunts in the village fear you just because of the nature of your strength?"

While Kushina fell into a daze, Kai's expression practically glowed, "But... still. Kyubi, you look fucking impressive. I mean, your stature and all. Hey, you were defeated by Hashirama Senju, right? And you were IN Mistress Mito... did you watch Hashirama Senju use his 'wood style' on Mistress?"

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Kai's question suddenly pulled Kushina out of her daze and in return, sent Kyubi into a daze. Feeling Kyubi's sheer ridiculous emotion and a hint of unlikely embarrassment, the youth's gaze glimmered in mischief and he spoke mindlessly, "Don't tell me... did Mistress Mito use Wood-style instead?"

Kai wasn't expecting any response. The question was purely 'filthy' since Nono had tainted him in her color as much as he had tainted her in his. Yet... Kai saw Kyubi's eyes. Those large-slitted red eyes revealed a hint of... uncomfortable affirmation.

"What... the fuck...?" Kai muttered. All three parties fell into a daze.

This was not how Kai expected his first meeting with the strongest tailed-beast to come to a pass...

He, at least, expected an epic clash of some sort where he would be defeated despite all his strength and gain motivation to grind even more...

But damn...

Senjus are down bad!

Now Kai couldn't wait to 'train' his Sensei...

Or... ask Mistress Mito about her adventures. He was purely curious, nothing more. Maybe... leak this to Nono, too. She'd have a field trip forming an illusion of a young Mito on the God of Shinobi...

"Too much to do..." Kai whispered and then blinked before clearing his throat.

Shaking his head, Kai smiled broadly, "Kyubi, give me some time. I'll get you out of this cage, yeah? My name you ask? Dragon Sennin Kai."

His gaze grew somewhat ferocious, a bit beastly, like Kyubi's itself.

"Believe me, I get why you must hate Kushina or even Mistress Mito. I'll help you vent it all out. Think of me as your... I don't know? Future best bud? We can even play catch if you want. Hey, maybe you'll be the other Bro. Anyway,"

Kai's frivolous grin reflected over Kyubi's wide red eyes, "I'll make sure to devour all that hate and then use it for myself instead after freeing you. And don't you dare compare me to God of Shinobi or Mistress Mito... I'm better. More than you'll ever find in anyone else."

Kai didn't know why Kyubi blanked out but before he left, he also questioned, "Just a quick question... do you see and feel whatever Kushina sees and feel? Cause it may just make things a bit awkward in a few years."

His laugh was only cut off by a blushing Kushina who finally 'threw' him out.

Her violet gaze fell on the silent Kyubi as she averted her gaze and muttered, "Sorry... I never considered that I was hating you for no reason... dattebane..."

She disappeared promptly, too.

After what felt like hours, Kyubi finally came to be.

'Devour my hate... be my friend... bro? Better than that Senju whose Sage Mode has HIS shadow and that redheaded bitch who's the bane of my entire existence... hehe... if that's true... I'd welcome the challenge anytime...'

The furry giant closed its eyes and fell entirely silent... before feeling someone spank its buttocks!

Grrrr*

It struggled against everything once again.

It felt everything and his anger towards Kai was no less this time around!

A/N: I don't wanna spoil anything but the series of chapter in the coming days titled Revolutionary will most certainly have more 18 content but the focus will be more on the extended exploration of concepts of chakra that may as well be considered fannon largely. But I really like exploring this kind of stuff since I do that in all the other fics, too. Anyway, I just felt that a bit of note to explain my intentions may just come in handy later on~

Alternate Title: Kyubi Feels Everything

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The first day of the intended three-week 'vacation' had yet to end and Kai wanted to try something his clone had finally completed. Special 'partners' were needed for this task. So, after Kushina decided to take an early nap after all the training since the Uzumaki Princess really had nothing else to do, Kai prepared himself and walked up to the Senju Manor.

Konan was visiting Shizune again, Kai noted, that the dark-haired relative of comatose Dan Kato had received personal attention from the village as the Kato family was only allowed to stay in the village after their Spirit Transformation Jutsu was deemed a kinjutsu and could no longer be spread to others. And even if it had nothing to do with the dark-haired girl who also happened to be a victim, her situation was more similar to Kushina's when she became a Jinchuriki.

The girl was an orphan and her cousins now made sure to make her life hell due to their parent's 'annoyance' at both Dan and Shizune.

And even if she only felt obligatory at first, Konan had started to keep the dark-haired girl more company during Academy and find time to train basic jutsus with her, slowly spreading the influence of the grind.

Nagato was in the hospital, apprenticing under one of the lead surgeons.

Yahiko was with Mikoto and her team.

Nawaki was training in one of the Senju Grounds, too.

But all this mattered little to Kai. He was just excited at this moment. The point was... the partners he wanted to share THIS success with happened to be alone.

--

Puff*

As much as Tsunade would have wanted to berate her rude guardian for barging into her office when he could have just teleported to the couch he had marked, her and Nono's attention was fully focused on a small plume of smoke over a miniature storage scroll that soon revealed a normal porcelain wine flask corked shut. 'Tamer' was written over the surface of the flask facing Tsunade as she raised her brows curiously.

If this interested Kai, then it certainly must be a curious item but not anything better given his tendencies.

"And? What is this tamer?"

"Yours," Kai grinned, making Tsunade narrow her gaze and Nono shake her head for a good reason. As much as she enjoyed his pranks being his bro and all... they were currently—

"I have to sanction the combat-related exercises for many iryo-nins. I have to daily keep up with the various transactions of the clan AND have to go through their reports. So, I am busy and I do not appreciate being disturbed until it's actually the time to drink."

Now, if Kai was an ordinary asshole, he would have been long stretched out by all kinds of arguments he entered with Tsunade daily based on his own actions most of the time. But he was no ordinary asshole. He was a size king—

'Maybe comparing myself to anus isn't the best... damn Sakumo. But Size King... now I understand why no Akimichi Clan member used this moniker.'

Unfazed by her impatient tone, Kai spoke with a smile, "If it was something ordinary, I would've waited. But this cannot wait. I've named this concoction— Tamer. And I promise you, Matriarch, a drop of it will not only tame you but make you BEG for more!"

Leaving a lot left to be desired in his phrasing knowingly, Kai tapped the corked wine flask with an eager grin, "If, of course, you want to pussy out of it like everything else, say, that training..."

With her amber irides revealing more and more surprise until it all devolved into a cold rage, Tsunade cracked her knuckles, "Fine, I'll drink this poison. And then, I'll crack your head—"

"I'd prefer the mode of weapon your thighs then," Kai shrugged.

Seeing Tsunade even more riled up since she did tolerate Kai a whole lot more than Jiraiya but also never appreciated his cultured retorts, Nono hummed, "I'll bring out the cups..."

"Oh, and we'll need to dilute it..." Kai added, "Not water. Bring Sensei's Blue Rice Sake."

"Don't you dare!" Tsunade's nostrils flared but Kai interjected, "Sensei... believe me. In matters of getting you out of your clothes, I never joke. This WILL be worth it."

'For me,' Kai and Nono added in their hearts while Tsunade frowned and ignored the lurid pass at her once again while focusing on the jar-tagged Tamer.

"Really?" She inquired as if deciding on a mission that was more valuable than an A-rank.

Kai emphasized each word, "You will beg more of it."

Snorting, Tsunade gazed at him calmly, "We'll see. But I see the most valuable potential of gambling right here. Should I not beg, then what?"

"Tsunade-sama, you could tame Kai instead. Ever since the thought of Orochimaru-san and Kai got in my head, I want a part of it made a reality..." Nono chimed as Tsunade and Kai frowned.

The Senju Matriarch's gaze focused on Kai as she muttered, "I do love the tables turned but if I win, I'll push that moment until you're a bit older."

When Nono and Tsunade expected Kai to avoid the bet entirely lest he truly adopts the moniker of Size King, he grinned, "Fine by me. Should you beg, I'll mark your ass as I did with Nono, Mikoto, and Kushina. While I'll still be your guardian, that ass will be my property."

Tsunade's frown deepened and she grew hesitant. She only ever won one gamble. But... she only bet because she always remained confident and nothing instilled more confidence in her than drinking. Heaving deeply, Tsunade felt her throat parch slightly and remarked, "Then I'll change your stakes. If you lose, say goodbye to sitting on a chair 'cause your ass will be my property instead, Legacy Guardian."

Kai nodded, "So both our asses are on the line."

"Hmm."

"To be used in any manner," Kai remarked for confirmation's sake.

"Come out of your fantasies runt," Tsunade snorted, "And what part of owning something do you not understand?"

"Nothing," Kai sighed and smiled, "I just wished I had invited the rest of Sannin to immortalize the event but I suppose Nono would do."

"Hey!" Nono scoffed.

With everything settled and put on the line, Nono went out to get cups while smiling happily. Sometimes, even the usually smart Tsunade and Kai would fail to realize her schemes.

She just made two of the strongest shinobi bet their asses with a single statement and would get the first seat view to anything that may happen with her own ass intact.

Sometimes... her own genius terrified her.

--

Kai smirked as the trio sat in the seating area of the office with cups, a sake bottle, and his concoction already set over the table in between then.

Raising her brows, Tsunade questioned, "So? Want to tell us what kind of poison are you going to use to kill us?"

"Poison to kill the second-greatest Iryo-Nin? Now that would be a shame," Kai shook his head.

"Second greatest?" Tsunade narrowed her eyes.

"Haven't you heard? The Dragon Sennin is better than the Legendary Sannin. At everything." Kai smiled and matched her gaze, "But this won't kill you and I assure you, it won't burn our throats just to intoxicate as quickly as possible. You two will love it."

Snorting once again at the cheeky reply, Tsunade focused on the bottle as Kai took this chance to pour it for everyone. The sake 'cup' looked like smaller plates instead that could hold a lot more alcohol since Kai did want to dilute the Tamer.

Once Nono and Tsunade saw their cups filled to the brim, they raised their brows but waited to see how Kai intended to dilute his concoction.

Letting his fingers curl around the head of the porcelain flask, Kai pulled out the cork gently and Tsunade instantly took an audible sniff while closing her eyes. But smelling nothing, she frowned and opened her eyes only to find Kai and Nono looking at her strangely.

"What?" Tsunade pouted.

"The alcohol I brewed comes from Hashirama Senju's legacy, that Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art," Kai chuckled, "Even the scent of the alcohol is converged and only Senjutsu Users can smell it more naturally. So, you get it now? This is the Sake of Sages!"

Tsunade's eyes widened briefly but then they grew more expectant and watched as Kai gently tilted the jar onto the large cup filled with alcohol and let a translucent drop of amber liquid fall into the pool of Blue Rice Sake.

Nono and Tsunade watched with a wondrous gaze as the pale amber droplet suddenly made the cup of blue rice sake boil. Seeing the contents of the cup bubble up, Tsunade was of the mind to wait but Kai continued to let another droplet enter his and Nono's cup, too. Their Sake began to 'boil'.

"Let's drink. Believe it or not, the Tamer is currently purifying one of the purest kicks on your shelves— the Blue Rice Sake. You'll enjoy this."

Not speaking anything more, Tsunade and Nono picked up but only drank once Kai gulped it down entirely. With their lips somewhat dry, the duo finally did the same. Instead of sipping it, they gulped it down.

As they set their cups on the table, Nono and Tsunade looked confused. In fact, they did not even feel the usual Blue Rice Sake at all. It was as if they drank water instead which was just a little bit warmer. But before they could voice their opinion or demand a butt as a price of one's arrogance, their breathing hitched slightly.

A current of warmth bubbled in their stomach but unlike any kind of discomfort in the stomach, this warmth began to spread and caress them. Their spines felt a jolt and their backs straightened as they gripped the handrest of the couch while biting their lower lip and leaning their heads back.

Kai could empathize. Even his clone had the same reaction but... at the moment, due to his clones, his tolerance had already been heightened. Those shadow bastards of his own self really drowned themselves in the pure unadulterated pleasure that thoroughly ravaged the bodies.

The Alcohol was only called Tamer by Kai out of whim.

The unknown creator of this recipe called it one thing— Somarasa.

Under Kai's intense and expectant stare, Tsunade's and Nono's backs continued to arch up slightly and their lips finally parted to issue relieving gasps before they opened their eyes and looked at the empty cups. Sweat began to build over their forms which looked more prominent on Tsunade due to her kimono top that exposed her damp cleavage as the duo then stared at Kai with a somewhat glazed look.

"More..." Nono licked her lips.

"Indeed," Tsunade narrowed her eyes, a natural flush that would only appear after a dozen of cups of sake already began to develop over her cheeks.

"Hmm, then beg," Kai smiled, making Tsunade's expression shift.

"What? That wasn't part of the— son of a bitch!" Tsunade instantly scowled in the middle of the sentence and glared at Kai despite the haze covering her amber hues, "You tricked me!" She growled.

Smirking in reply, Kai nodded. Now... why wouldn't he trick her?

"If you really like it, just beg for it. Oh, by the way, I won't ever share this if you don't beg and we never did have an explicit time limit to the bet," Kai grinned, "But I remember you saying you had work, right? I won't disturb you anymore."

Kai specifically barged in when she was working just to annoy her into something stupid. Like many of his plans, Kai didn't know what to gain this time but the spirits of asses blessed him with Tsunade's butt this time around.

Truly... sometimes, his genius terrified him.

Staring at her roguish Legacy Guardian who had yet to even fully grow, Tsunade's gaze gained unbridled bloodlust as she stomped on the table and latched her hand onto his collar to pull him up, "I've had enough of your nonsense!" she hissed, "I'm not some hussy you can constantly screw around with, understand?!"

Blinking innocently and again, barely fazed, Kai muttered, "If you think you can pull back from the bet, be my guest. I'll still never share this treat until I finally get what I want, too."

Annoyed at his brazen words since he never really skipped a chance to try and lay the 'pipeworks' for his harem, Tsunade growled in front of him with her other fist clenching.

"And just like a fucking kid, you believe that you can get everything you want?" She scowled.

"Hell, no. You taught me better," Kai shrugged, "if this doesn't work either, I'll think of something else. Anyway, unlike Jiraiya-san, I happen to be more... moral. Let's just say that for now. And the only way I'd NOT want you is if you decide to marry someone else."

Tsunade narrowed her eyes, "Fine, I'll find a man soon enough."

"Great," Kai smiled, "I'll be sure to share this toast with a few special guests at your wedding," he waved the Somarasa in his hands.

Tsunade's lips twitched, "Just because I'll find a man later... doesn't mean I will not drink this today..."

Letting Kai go and under Nono's amazed stare, Tsunade knelt against the table and lowered her head, "P-please... let me continue drinking this beverage... I beg of you. And... I'll pay with a part of my body indefinitely..."

Kai looked at Nono and she looked back at him.

It... worked?

'IT WORKED!!' Kai had to use every bit of his willpower to not burst into an excited squeal of joy as he looked at Tsunade who finally raised her head sourly.

"So?" She barked.

"Let's have a toast for your ass!" Kai chimed.

--

Drenched in her own sweat but failing to feel the least bit uncomfortable with the pool of warmth that constantly kept her spirits high even when she felt quite drunk— a strange combination where she just wanted to get even drunker, Tsunade lay on her bead with her buttcheeks officially 'marked.'

Kai may have considered Tsunade to be annoyed by the day's events but with everyone gone, she finally rolled onto her bed and pressed her face into her pillow. Her muffled chuckle began to ring soon after.

Annoyed?

Far from it.

Kai, the fool, handed her the golden chance.

You don't get to be as influential in every aspect of life as Tsunade and not learn a few things after having relationship crashes where the ex-boyfriend colludes with the enemy shinobi village.

Tsunade didn't have a 'choice.' Everyone knew that she loved alcohol— one of her most known 'weaknesses.' Now... even if there may be a political shitstorm later on despite eventually leaving the position of the matriarch, Tsunade would just be fulfilling her part of the deal.

'Heh...' She sat up, 'Refuse a stubborn guy enough time and even he'll forget his own value... but I suppose I did lower my own value by begging. Worth it. What would I even do with my sorry ass alone? Now I have the best alcohol, shinobi, and possibly a chance at family... Sucker!'

She smirked while looking idle. Indeed.

She lost nothing.

She may have lost the bet, but she won the war that has been going on in their relationship for years now.

Sometimes... her genius terrified her!

"Hmm..." pushing her hand into the back of her mattress against the wall, Tsunade finally pulled out a tiny bundle of black fabric that unraveled to be somewhat crumbled lace panties with a slit on the underside.

The fabled crotchless panties that Kai and Nono never found... it was simply hidden in plain sight.

"He does own my ass and now holds the right to dress it in any manner, right?" She smirked. She did reveal an annoyed expression when Kai 'ordered' her to wear this tomorrow but... if she was averse to men, she wouldn't have dated Dan. But a shinobi's life rarely presents opportunities as great as Kai and now that he'd hooked himself in, Tsunade intended to reel hard... even if it meant risking her 'poor' body which couldn't wait to see what he had in mind.

'And our training starts tomorrow... of us three Sannin, only I never got the chance to master Senjutsu... I hope I don't get snake eyes or a toad's nose...'

Alternate Title— Tsunade-Same: Love is War; Kai vs Nono vs Tsunade: Whose Genius is the Most Terrifying?

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Well, I deeply apologize but for the moment, I feel that just writing three fictions is my limit. Else, the thought of four of these works just drains me of my motivation.

I tried, I really did. But I can also see that it's not working. For now, I am going to focus on Naruto, Quest Maker, and Paradise. Maybe, after one of them finishes, I will re-write one piece or not, maybe, in between, I may take a break from other works and post something new to refresh myself. Maybe it will be pokemon fic? Reverend Insanity Fic? Boku no Hero fic? Or even original. But I have decided to only work on 3 fics at once.

Again, I apologize... really. Nobody wanted to see Bro D. Hanma in the war of marineford more than me.

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Tsunade made sure to free herself for the day entirely and started her morning a bit late. She had an appointment with Kai later in the noon but that didn't mean she couldn't take this chance to sneak in rest for herself, too. She'd heard Kai call her the Defiant of the Grind but she cared very little for it. She just didn't like to pour her entire self into a task not worth her time, that's all.

Brushing her teeth after freshening up and then taking a shower, Tsunade walked out naked without inhibitions with the towel wrapped over her head to dampen her wet hair. Seriously gazing at the black panties and hesitating just a bit since she was no longer drunk, Tsunade gritted her teeth and slipped them on herself.

Admittedly, she only bought this out of curiosity. The civilian side of this world constantly makes various amazing pieces of fashion whether it was for public or private moments. But then again, one could argue that a seriously depraved one may as well use these panties for a public 'event.'

Pursing her lips since this wasn't exactly comfortable due to her crotch still feeling breezy and the fabric of the underside now bordering her lower lips, Tsunade continued to wear her usual remaining clothes. Kai simply had the right to her hips. Nothing more...

Although...

Taking off her kimono top again and undoing the bandages around her breast, Tsunade ruffled through her drawers and finally pulled out the matching bra she'd bought at the time, too.

'Should I just wear the set? Could be... interesting...' A smile unconsciously kissed her lips as her imagination truly couldn't be contained at this point since she had somewhat explained details about Kai.

Mikoto isn't exactly the unsocial kind and is used to chatting with whom she considers the soon-to-be accomplices...

--

While Mikoto certainly had her team and missions to tend to, Nono and Kushina stuck around till afternoon while training with him as his clones were off with Minato and Tsume, too, training.

Like Tsunade, Nono had a day off today itself and she spent her time understanding more about Kyubi inside Kushina since they didn't spend more time in training but trying to find measures in mediating between Kushina and the fox in a manner that doesn't blow her consciousness to pieces.

Nono, seeing that there were two seal experts, suggested the most obvious choice, "Why not seal Kyubi's chakra?"

"Because it already is," Kai replied, "Inside Kushina is a sealed Kyubi. That's how the seal itself looks. What we need to actually find is a way that doesn't put Kushina in harm's way and I just realized we can do something... in fact, it may just help all of you but drawing the seal will take some time."

He frowned and traced his chin, "The main problem by itself should be the composition of Kyubi's chakra." He had already experienced the malice given form through chakra.

But surprising the duo, Kai stood up abruptly and smiled, "Oh, well, Kyubi can wait for me to play nice with it. I... hehe, have to train with Sensei~!" Not waiting for the duo's response, Kai disappeared for the time was nigh.

As he vanished on them, Kushina pouted and scoffed, "Kai-chan is getting even naughtier..."

"Can't blame him," Nono smiled and adjusted her glasses, "If I was in his shoes, I would have been even harder to control... hmm, well, since I am free until evening, would you like to help me compose a draft? Jiraiya-san and I often exchange ideas over letters."

Shocked, Kushina gasped, "You talk to that pervert?!"

Looking at the redhead, Nono smiled, "Jiraiya-san has been a good inspiration, not in anything perverted, I mean. Most of the time, I get to learn about various things that can attract a shinobi's and even Kunoichi's attention. But... I do like to critique his drafts, too..." Losing the practiced composure on her face since she truly knew how to attract anyone's attention largely much less Kushina's, Nono smiled and narrowed her gaze, "You know... even if we're too young for anything 'burdensome', since we've seen it and heard Mikoto last night, too... how about I help you learn a few things from a literary perspective."

Cautious of Nono since the blonde was dangerous in more ways than her combat proficiency, Kushina leaned back slightly and stared at the girl in front of her seriously.

"What do you mean?"

"For instance... I was going to send a draft about a story where the female lead has lived with her lover for many years but fears that she won't be able to keep his attention for a long time and tries to learn a few things..." Nono continued to summarize a situation that made Kushina feel she'd witnessed it somewhere. But huffing, she crossed her arms, "If it gets too boring, I'll practice fuinjutsu instead."

"Sure," Nono shrugged, "It's not like we have anything too pressing at the moment... unlike Tsunade-sama."

"What's that supposed to mean, Dattebane?"

--

Tsunade looked around. The task of finding an appropriate location for the training fell on her and she couldn't just hope to enter the Uzumaki Training Chamber within Kushina's own manor since her other guide revealed that this training would be especially effective in an open region.

But the Senju Grounds wasn't the best place to train this. If possible, Tsunade wanted to keep her further training a secret for as long as possible and as many individuals as possible.

So, Tsunade found herself wandering the Forest of Death soon. It was a restricted area for most but slipping into this location was easy for her. Finally, she stumbled upon a moderate clearing with a stream passing through. It was a scenic spot, not that she cared... but her training guides, BOTH of them, did say it was better to try and find 'good' spots for training. So, beating up the giant koala bear and letting many chakra beasts know there was a new order around here, Tsunade idly waited by the stream.

Bored out of her mind not long after, Tsunade sat down, unfurled a tiny storage scroll, and unsealed a tray with a large sake jar, two cups, and a tiny porcelain flask already present.

Her amber pupils instantly lit up and her smirk widened.

Best Day Off ever!

--

Kai marked more than just Tsunade's left and right cheeks. He also discreetly marked her shoulders so that he doesn't directly appear in the middle of some private business, physically, that is. But when he appeared behind Tsunade who was totally buzzed out yet keeping her awareness that only made her want to drink more, Kai couldn't help but voice out his surprise, "Sensei? Weren't we going to train? And... where is Lady Katsuyu?"

Exhaling a tired groan, Tsunade slumped sideways and then giggled, "Hnn... can't we train tomorrow?"

Maybe Tsunade did it on purpose but if something truly did annoy Kai except getting his emotional spectrum fucked sideways then that would be lazing when it was the time for grind. He admitted Tsunade's current appeal had shot through the roof with how her ass was practically staring at him as he wondered if she truly dressed up to his demands...

BUT.

Grind and Time wait for no man!

Looking at Somarasa already halved and 23 empty jars around... Kai clicked his tongue. He was almost sure he could get laid should Tsunade drink more. After all, the Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art seemed to be created by a rather frivolous individual. From the taijutsu that resembled a drunken fist to even manipulating nature energy to create a lust-charged environment, all pointed out that the creator... or rather, the unknown Sage was an eccentric disaster. Even Somarasa increased the body's hormonal activity to a certain extent and large consumption of this drink would benefit the body over a longer period.

So... it was kind of a magic potion that caused boners and increased strength if consumed a whole lot and that's what Kai intended to do since lifting weights had started to lose their meaning.

And from that very experience, Kai believed he could totally lay one of the three hottest Sannins. The first one, of course, being Jiraiya whose manly charm and large pockets fell plenty a hoes.

"Sensei..." huffing, Kai walked around Tsunade and crouched in front of her face, "Come on, don't do me like this. I was really looking forward to this training!"

Somewhat dazed, Tsunade giggled and then slurred, "Oh, really?~ Just training?"

Her full lips widened to a knowing smirk as she sat up somewhat to lean towards Kai's face and blew against his lips, "Why don't you stretch me, big boy? Cause now I really won't train~!"

Kai was confused for a second... wouldn't the training only benefit Tsunade? He just wanted to have experience in teaching sage mode to others that did not involve ingesting questionable drugs from a snake.

So, her reluctance to train was largely unreasonable.

But then again, Kai never placed the term reasonable next to Tsunade Senju.

Rolling his eyes, Kai suddenly squished Tsunade's cheek with a deadpan as she yelped and glared at the boy similar to Kushina but really just let him use the Mystical Sage Palm Technique to help her digest all the processed nature energy in Somarasa beneficial to the body and crotch.

Losing all her buzz at an increasing pace, Tsunade's mood soured somewhat and she finally pulled back, "Fine, fine... you win. We'll train..."

"Was that so hard?" Kai grinned, "Now, lie down, removed your trousers, and let me penetrate you!"

"Excuse me?!" Tsunade's eyes widened in shock and anger.

"With nature energy, of course," Kai smiled, "Did you forget the nature of our training, Sensei?"

She scoffed, knowing full well that boy was just playing with her words, and grumbled inwardly. Again, Somarasa didn't delude the mind. But... as it turns out, Tsunade couldn't use drinking as an excuse for anything more when it interrupted the training and while it annoyed her to no end, she did manage to once again confirm that Kai wasn't just interested in her for... well, all that Senju cake, as he comments offhandedly at times. And this made her simmer down somewhat.

If even one of the most talented individuals in her life expected her to grasp something then she simply could not disappoint these expectations...

"Whatever," scoffing, however, Tsunade gave a nasal hum, "I suppose I can let you witness that mastering nature energy is just a simple feat. We'll... drink later. To celebrate this achievement, of course."

"Sure," Kai smirked, "I can give you a post-training stretching at that time."

Her eyes narrowed but not the kind of woman to regret her own moves or she would have long stopped betting, Tsunade shrugged, "We'll see."

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Kai greeted a miniature light blue slug with darker green stripes with a smile, "You're here, Lady Katsuyu! Finally, we can get started."

The tiny, palm-sized portion of the slug that Tsunade had summoned let out a sweet, squeaky tone, "Indeed, Tsunade-sama did brief me on the situation. Although many creatures can sense and wield nature energy by combining it with Chakra, they often fail to balance it and the feedback from such unstable chakra is often seen by users turning into a part of nature in various elements. So, even if I am incapable of providing my own senjutsu chakra since it is highly toxic in nature, I can surely assist in Tsunade-sama managing to achieve balance in it."

Kai nodded but didn't brag about mastering Senjutsu Chakra. To be honest, it was done largely by the instinctive reactions of the unknown Kekkei Genkai introduced within him. What he did take credit for after gaining Sage Transformation was that he had mastered many variations of normal jutsu in senjutsu. Not to mention, as Katsuyu remarked, she was far more experienced with Senjutsu so Kai's presence meant molding Senjutsu into something familiar to Tsunade's chakra signature and then slowly releasing it within her. Meanwhile, Katsuyu would absorb all the senjutsu chakra from Tsunade's system by remaining on her shoulder should the situation take a turn for the worse.

Taking a deep breath, Kai sat in front of Tsunade and extended his hand toward her breasts.

"The fuck do you think you're doing now?" Tsunade raised her brow and questioned coolly without any overt reaction and, more than happy to keep his own suspense, Kai didn't use his empathy skill and gave a cheeky grin, "Well, I have to introduce Senjutsu Chakra somehow so that you can finally get a feel for it, right?"

Inwardly alarmed due to the situation of her clothes, Tsunade managed to keep a calm expression and slightly swatted his hands away, "You can introduce the senjutsu chakra through other means. You don't get to have any fun after harshing my mellow."

"Aww, so I could have had fun a few minutes ago," Mocking a sigh and adopting a pitiable expression, Kai shook his head and then reappeared behind Tsunade with his tone turning casual once again, "Oh, well, your loss, Sensei." His hands were already pressed against her upper back as he muttered, "But don't slack. Just think how bad it'll look if you couldn't even manage to grasp Senjutsu as quickly as me."

Snorting, Tsunade closed her eyes, "Keep on yapping like this and you'll turn out worse than Jiraiya."

"Good, I truly would have surpassed all the Sannin then," Kai hummed as it once again annoyed her. Not having actually brawled with Kai seriously, the difference in their strengths has remained ambiguous but Tsunade truly would hate it if he surpassed her in every way... this early.

'Hey... I'm wealthier. Maybe, I'll just employ Orochi to beat some sense into him while she can use the money to fund her research...'

Tsunade couldn't keep on this track of thoughts as Katsuyu muttered with a hint of surprise, "Tsunade-sama... it's coming. And even if humanely gentle... please prepare your body and mind."

"My mind—?"

Tsunade's expression contorted slightly. She, of course, was well-versed with the experience of sharing chakra. It's a common sight and sensation during wars, especially amongst Iryo-Nin who can achieve the act through the mystical palm technique.

What Kai was doing happened to be similar. It was just another use of Mystical Sage Palm. In fact, Kai could use this healing method to even kill someone by overwhelming a shinobi's chakra network with nature energy but he digressed. Senjutsu Chakra is simply too precious to be used in such a manner.

What Tsunade could not have imagined was the mental load.

Kai's senjutsu had two sources— Sage Transformation and Sage Mode. He could use the former to achieve the latter but the difference between the duo was quite... less and he could also use Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art to enter Sage Mode instead of transforming directly. It's just that, despite the same physical boosts, the Sage Transformation also provided better use of the body and Kai preferred it more. Being a Dragon, that is.

And because of the transplanted Kekkei Genkai that affected the mind if not careful due to the senjutsu chakra enhancing the body's activity most irritatingly, a similar effect was borne by Tsunade.

Biting her lower lip, Tsunade felt a bout of irritation over her skin without any external symptoms, her chakra pathways trembling, and a wave of heightened reaction to everything which only made the itch worse and that annoyance began to grow intense exponentially! Her shoulders began to tremble and for a second a somewhat eerie and quiet growl escaped her lips. Her eyes reddened at a breakneck pace and before she felt she would end up doing something just to relieve herself, maybe tearing her skin off, the chakra within her system began to leave her system as Katsuyu's voice echoed, "Unlike normal chakra, Senjutsu Chakra simply cannot be absorbed, even I can only disperse it or help manage it to a certain extent... there has only been one individual to do so but he has disappeared for thousands of years. Now that Tsunade-sama has gotten a natural sensation of Senjutsu Chakra, she must focus on nature energy and try to absorb it."

Still taking deep breaths, Tsunade didn't turn back but questioned with her forehead matted in sweat, "That was wild... I didn't know Sage Mode can make your body feel so much more receptive..."

"Sage Mode isn't like that... only those individuals with the same Kekkei Genkai as the one transplanted to me can feel like this," Kai chuckled, "But it is wild, I won't lie. Every time I'm in Sage Transformation... it really feels like walking on the edge. Good thing I can tame risks so easily."

Opting to not comment further on his words, Tsunade simply sighed, "Great... all I have to do now is sense Nature Energy. I'm ready for my reverse summoning, Katsuyu."

"Yes," Katsuyu agreed and the trio disappeared in a puff of smoke.

--

As one of the three great unexplored regions known to be the stuff of legends, the Shikkotsu Forest held a great deal of mystery that Kai wanted to explore. This was his first travel into the mystical forest entirely layered by the overlapping canopies of giant trees with luminous flowers, plants, and insects lighting this personal world of lush greenery.

As Kai looked around, Katsuyu spoke up, "Like Mount Myoboku and Ryuchi Cave, Shikkotsu Forest has a greater concentration of Nature Energy and its own affinity. The overconsumption of nature energy here will turn the practitioners into trees and plants of various kinds... that glow."

This made Kai's and Tsunade's eyelids jump in surprise and they looked around once again. This beautiful region straight out of a fairy tale was one giant graveyard of horrors...

The duo exhaled simultaneously as Tsunade closed her eyes, "All I need to do is keep calm and sense Nature energy from what I felt before, right?"

"That's what Hashirama-sama achieved the moment he stepped into Shikkotsu Forest," Katsuyu affirmed, "And taught the same to a few beast clans of the forest."

Tsunade hummed and closed her eyes, "I know you'll be quick to bore, too... how about I stay here with a part of Katsuyu and you look around with another part of her? You haven't signed a contract with her so it's not like you can enter Shikkotsu Forest anytime...—"

"Ah, I just marked this spot," Kai's voice made her lips twitch... she did forget about his Hiraishin for a second.

"But train hard, Sensei. I'll look around."

"You don't have to tell me that," Tsunade retorted calmly as she had a newfound admiration for the youth who managed to tame such violent reactions from his Kekkei Genkai.

"But I did. I mean, it would be a shame if your butt turned into a tree... I just won it, after all..." Kai's words threatened to make her mind impatient once again but suddenly feeling a pat on her shoulder, she heard the boy speak, "I say we give you another chance. Want to bet how long it will take you to master Sage Mode?"

Opening her eyes and glancing at him with almost stars in her eyes, she questioned eagerly, "What's the stakes?"

While she expected Kai to ask her out if he won, his words made her eyes widen, "If I win, you let Nawaki pick up your slack by the end of this year."

"What? Why the hell?" Tsunade frowned as Kai huffed, "If I really want to see you miserable, I'd rather have that by you being a drunk and an addicted gambler. Not to mention... when I do become the Hokage, I'd need more than one Paper Bitches, too..."

Snorting, Tsunade considered his words seriously. Oh, she knew it for a fact that being the matriarch was more of a hassle than anything... but she didn't know if Nawaki was ready. She wasn't too, when she got into the position, although, she was a Jonin by that time. Nawaki was still in the early stages of chunin and training hard alongside the missions.

But... at that time, when she took the role, the Senju Clan was on a path of decline and instability due to outside forces. At the moment, the clan couldn't be any stronger yet... her experience at being the Matriarch for so long made her realize that it wasn't prudent to bet on something circumstantial.

"I'll let Nawaki become the Patriarch after he is ready or you become the Hokage, whatever happens quicker," Tsunade stated.

"And help with all the paperwork," Kai added. He was aiming for Hokage to have fun and screw around without anyone trying to hold down his jock, not to bury his head into paperwork instead of Nono... Kushina... or anyone at that time.

"We'll see," Tsunade narrowed her eyes and questioned, "If I win... I get as much of that 'Tamer' of yours as I want."

"Well..." Kai looked down over to his waist, "Did you hear that?—"

"I meant the alcohol," Tsunade deadpanned.

"Fine, it's called Somarasa, by the way. So... how long will it take you to master Sage Mode?" Kai inquired with a bright grin.

"You provide with the time limits," Tsunade replied calmly.

"Heh... well, you're setting the table for all that paperwork by asking me this so... two weeks. If you haven't mastered Sage Mode in two weeks, I win~!"

Tsunade shrugged, "Alright, two weeks it is. Now go on, look around if you want to."

Reluctantly tearing his gaze away from Tsunade, Kai picked a direction and began walking away as Katsuyu divided herself into two smaller halves and one of them scurried off to Kai before climbing up his shoulder, too.

As he left, Katsuyu whispered, "I feel bad for tricking Kai-san like that..."

"Trick?" Tsunade pouted, "Nah... he knew it was simple with this."

As she spoke, five shadow clones popped into existence with all of them summoning a portion of Katsuyu on themselves, too. Meanwhile, glancing in the direction where he left in, Tsunade muttered, "The little bastard really wanted to skip on dates and seal the deal..."

And all the Katsuyu and her clones knew it for a fact that Tsunade did not mind that. But if there's a bet, she would try her hardest to win it!

"Let's get started!" Tsunade smiled broadly, "And then, the best Alcohol will be ours! Its brewer, too!"

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Kai didn't need to stay in touch with Tsunade since Katsuyu had a telepathic link with all of her portions but this by itself interested him greatly. Unlike Jiraiya's famed Toad Summons from Mount Myoboku and Orochimaru's serpentine summons of Ryuchi cave... Katsuyu was a whole another level of mystery. A mystery that Kai wanted to unravel. After all... he had to start from somewhere, right? And he had no clue how to enter the other two mysterious locations except for the two other sannins.

Before that, however, Kai's body began to shift as flame-like glowing patterns layered his skin and caked him into another layer of darker brownish skin which had a coarse texture. The skin itself molded to form scale-like patterns around his forearms and calves while his usual shot hair grew out till his shoulder and turned blue-grey. Even the sclera of his eyes turned midnight and his irides now grew yellow that surrounded dark slitted pupils. A pair of tiny horns also molded from his skin above his forehead and grew darker at the tip while being as hard as a dense chakra alloy. The only thing that didn't change was the steel-blue circular mark in the center of his forehead.

Though heavily surprised, Katsuyu kept her voice low and complimented like usual. Truly... despite being one of the most terrifying beasts to ever live, Katsuyu was the cutest, "Kai-san, your Sage Transformation really is a sight to behold. Although dragons are a myth even to creatures like us who have mastered senjutsu... but your aura holds a certain magnificence."

"Like Hashirama Senju?" Kai was quick to question with a smile as he looked around, not the least bit disoriented by his body growing a tad bit bulkier and taller in this state.

"Hmm... no. Hashirama-sama's Sage Mode was quite conserved in nature. He, after all, attuned himself to the surroundings completely. If I had to give human professions to both of your Senjutsu modes then... you would be considered a fierce warrior and Hashirama-sama would be considered a fierce monk."

Kai chuckled, "I'll take that... anyway, the Nature Energy around here truly is nothing compared to Konoha's situation." And that's why he wanted to take in as much nature energy as possible and seal it in the Strength of the Adamantine Sage's seal. Even if the nature energy absorbed is greater than the chakra within the seal, Kai can balance it out later whenever he wishes. Meanwhile, in this state, Kai was also significantly stronger and could prepare for any weird senjutsu techniques from the denizens of this forest.

"Lady Katsuyu... can I ask about your real body's size? Sensei said even she can't summon the entire of you with all of her chakra unleashed."

The fleshy antennae of the slug twitched as she whispered, "Um... Tsunade-sama told me to not reveal my size so easily and claimed that a lady must keep a few things secret..."

'You're a slug though... wait... if Kuromaru can transform into Tsume... can Katsuyu transform into a chick, too? Fuck... hold on... Kuromaru is a male. If he actually transforms into Tsume... does he still have a dick in that state? Holy fuck... what have I stumbled upon? First Bimborochi... then Slutsuyu, and even Tsumale...'

His expression grew weird as he muttered, "Yeah, no problem about that. I intend to live for many years so I'd probably annoy you just enough to learn the truth eventually."

If slugs could have an expression, then hearing his blunt words, Katsuyu would have revealed one such expression but this wasn't her first interaction with Tsunade's apprentice and Kai wasn't the only 'quirky' one. There was another bespectacled girl no less 'quirky' than him.

Not lingering on the size of the lady, Kai continued, "Lady Katsuyu, Sensei also told me that Hashirama Senju brought back a sage technique from Shikkotsu Forest... are there more of that good stuff?"

"You learned how to brew Somarasa from that, did you not?" Katsuyu questioned and Kai nodded, waiting for her to elaborate, "Indeed, when Hashirama-sama stepped into Shikkotsu Forest by accident, he eventually made way to the sacred shrine of the Monkey Clan. This also started the contractual summoning relationship between the Monkey Clan and the Sarutobi Clan. It is within this shrine protected by Enma and his clansmen did Hashirama-sama found the only piece of the lost knowledge to the first Sage..."

His eyes widened momentarily as Kai questioned, "You mean the legendary Sage of Six Paths?"

"Ah, I see the misunderstanding. Kai-san... the Sage of Six Paths isn't the first sage... the First Sage came and disappeared far before my existence but if legends are to be taken for granted then this Sage... taught Old Grandpa of Mount Myoboku and the Old Snake of Ryuchi Cave."

'Okay... this is even more awesome then,' Kai's smile grew wider, "Let's check it out!"

"Surely, you must be joking, right?" Katsuyu voiced her surprise, "If entered into their territory uninvited, the Monkey Clan would try to kill you in any manner possible."

"Oh? Well... are there any other fun locations I can loiter around in? Come on, this is a legendary location. See? That tree has the face of a terrified deer and the face is glowing! You can't find it elsewhere."

Kai pointed out. He wasn't too eager to mess with Sarutobi's loyal summoners and risk his straight rise to the position of the Hokage... he can screw them up later for fun. But he didn't want to waste his first trip into this forest, too.

Katsuyu inquired with slight hesitation, "Last time... Hashirama-sama requested the same of me but was thoroughly disappointed when I brought him to the valley of flowers that bloom all year round. So, by fun, Kai-san... do you mean sightseeing or... some harsher locations?"

Kai deadpanned, "Of course, the flowers."

Katsuyu's antennae grew straight and in sage transformation, he could sense the intent from senjutsu chakra so he knew for a fact that Katsuyu was excited.

But she quickly deflated as Kai added, "We can brawl with bears and tigers, if any, after collecting a few flowers. I'm sure... hmm, wait... I think only Mikoto will like that. I'll catch a few fish for Kushina for her ramen, and, I don't know... draw two animals doing it for Nono and Tsume."

--

"I didn't know Bulls could speak so smoothly," Kai muttered while sitting on the head of a hill-sized scarlet-skinned Bull with four grey horns over its head as the defeated bull with loud, huffing pants could answer barely, allowing the 'measly' youth to continue, "I mean, your accent is impeccable, Mr. Bull. It was a good warm-up, too. Really liked how the tip of your horns are the point of attack for long-range fire senjutsu."

"Huff, I'll hand it to you, human... you're strong. If you hadn't contracted with Katsuyu-sama, I would have wanted to form a contract with you."

"Oh, Lady Katsuyu isn't my summon," Kai smiled. There was another reason he chose Sage Transformation at the moment.

Beasts talk.

And there is a possibility that beasts from this forest are contracted to the outside world in various other shinobi villages. So, Kai didn't want his real face to be exposed.

"Really? Wonderful. I accept your—" Kai interjected the fallen bull promptly while slapping the top of its leathery head, "The hell I'm contracting your weak ass. I already have one of the most awesome summonses."

Technically... Tsunade never did remove that contract summon she had with Kai. It was largely due to the trust he'd accumulated and he didn't want to break that trust by summoning Tsunade when she was in her shower. Instead, he can use Hiraishin and drop by any time of the day.

Leaving the disheartened bull, Kai skipped away once more and looked around curiously. He had already collected a few stalks of flower and had encountered the bull soon after.

"Kai-san, did... you sense Scarlet Bull and rush towards him?"

Alright... he didn't encounter the bull by surprise but... targeted the poor soul to just test the general level of the beasts with senjutsu chakra they absorb instinctively.

Make no mistake. Among many of the chakra beasts he sensed, those with Senjutsu were rare.

"I did?" Kai blinked in surprise, "Damn, I must be far better shinobi than I let on, huh."

Katsuyu felt speechless for the umpteenth time today.

Anyway, Shikkotsu Forest really was a great, calming location with several challenges should he really look for them. For instance, that bull had the parameters of an Elite Jonin but could be taken out by actual Elite Jonins of the shinobi villages due to difference in techniques and the fact that most elites in a shinobi village are simply one of the most efficient killing 'tools.' They aim for the kill, not for the fun of sparring.

However, even after exploring a lot of regions and discovering quite a few territories of chakra beasts with Katsuyu's help and his own senses which reached drastic fifty kilometers in radius, he found none of the beasts mating. He did catch a few fish, however, and sealed them into his storage scroll promptly.

After five hours, Katsuyu finally notified that Tsunade had paused the training and intended to continue tomorrow. In these few hours, Kai also questioned Katsuyu about her ability to connect her consciousness with every part of her body, and this time she was quite vocal about it.

This ability stemmed from Hashirama Senju's variation of the clone technique— The Wood Clone Jutsu. The God of Shinobi could use Senjutsu to not only bolster his body but also his mind which made him quite a tough cookie even for the strongest known Uchiha— Madara. Anyway, this positive feedback to the mind allowed him to eventually share consciousness with his clones and become 'one' despite being 'many.'

If that wasn't one of the more written descriptions of god in his old world... then Kai didn't know what was. The God of Shinobi really personified the old saying!

Anyway... Katsuyu also said that Wood Clones inspired Hashirama's younger sibling— Tobirama. He also happened to be a tough cookie for Uchiha for completely different reasons. Anyway, the Shadow Clone's ability to retrieve experience, and memories through remaining chakra was formed through studying Wood Clones.

After being called back, Kai reappeared at the spot where Tsunade was training and found her completely exhausted and drenched in sweat. Still, noticing the eagerness in her gaze and chakra intent, Kai didn't speak or question much at the moment for his Sensei, like him, would be quick to brag the moment she recovers and after bidding farewell to the adorable portion of the slug, Kai returned to Tsunade's bedroom with the Slug Mistress... only for Tsunade to deadpan.

"Why the fuck is my bathroom marked by your Hiraishin formula?!"

Needless to say, Kai thumped his chest with a broad grin, "Of course, to keep my property neat and clean!"

Tsunade's hand latched on top of his head as he'd returned to his normal state since he hadn't formed a senjutsu version of Hiraishin yet.

"That's not what I asked," Tsunade glared at him before blinking and then pulling back, "Ehm... and I don't need to wash up at the moment. It's time for a drink..."

"Is that why we're back? You're not truly tired?" Kai couldn't believe the potential Tsunade had for grind when she remarked, "Tired? I could go for hours. But that's no reason to cut off on drinking!"

Her smirk was as proud as Kai's when he would say something debauched.

Maybe... the duo did share a few things in common.

Kai sighed and muttered, "What a waste... well, I could certainly drown my sorrows with a few drinks. Let me bring Nono—"

"Just the two of us," Tsunade snapped, and then traced her chin after crossing her arms, "I mean... no point in interrupting her during the rare few days she gets to be free, right?"

"Ah," Kai nodded in understanding, "Nono would understand that... I mean... we still have the training to do after drinking," his smile grew and Tsunade's smile weakened, "The stretching you wanted in the afternoon, I mean."

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Noticing her eager smirk as he let a drop of Somarasa into the cup filled with sake otherwise, Kai couldn't help but wonder if he had the same love for the grind as she did for booze.

'Nah...' The competitive spirit he was, Kai soon rationalized, 'My affair with the grind still remains the hottest.'

But that didn't stop Tsunade and Kai from gulping down the contents as content sighs soon escaped their lips and they leaned back over to the head of the bed with the tray of alcohol having set on Tsunade's mattress itself.

"Heh," Tsunade suddenly smirked and as Kai expected, he didn't need to ask about the results of her training... with her clones if his senses didn't lie to him, she began the short tale of her progress after years she'd spent on other things, "You wouldn't believe how easy it would be for me to win the bet, brat. You sorely underestimated me this time around!"

Kai long knew about Shadow Clones and its benefits for those with outrageous chakra reserves much less whole different storage for it like Tsunade. So, he hummed in a non-committing manner and shrugged, "We'll see. If Sage Mode is that easy to master, Orochimaru wouldn't have been plagued for years, and my mind wouldn't have tried to lead a rebellion against my control for the first few times I transformed."

Tsunade blinked and realized that there was some merit to his words and grew a bit worried. While she was far from balancing Nature Energy with her chakra, she was already beginning to notice some positive effects. For instance, Tsunade was quick to realize through her years of experience that mastering Sage Mode needed a few prerequisite conditions from the user itself when it came to the parameters of the mind and the body. While slowly dabbling with nature energy was working well with her astonishing Chakra capacity, Tsunade now wondered if the results would diminish over the duration and if would she need to work even harder.

But when she felt the same warmth spread over to every corner of her body, Tsunade's eyes widened incredulously and she growled, "You're tricking me again!"

Kai was absolutely surprised by the outburst and he looked at her with a stunned stare while he let the somarasa drip onto his cup continuously.

Noticing that his cup was filled with the extremely rich concoction, Kai quickly stopped and looked at Tsunade with confusion evident on his face, "Sensei? Did you get drunk already?"

"You want me to win!" Tsunade snapped, "This Somarasa... I just felt it easing the digestion of nature chakra in my body... Who the hell do you think you're pitying at?"

Kai's lips parted and he refuted bluntly, "YOU wanted to drink! What the hell are you pointing fingers at for? If anything, I didn't even think about somarasa helping you until now, and believe me, the effects aren't so great that you'll master sage mode by just getting drunk!"

Tsunade frowned and she looked at the boy suspiciously, "So... you really want me to lose and work for you?" She admitted that while she hated being bossed around, she hated being the decision-maker even more despite her talent for it. Not to mention... she simply had a gut feeling that Kai would be the kind of boss who would just leave everything to anyone under him and chill... which simply meant no change in her position and life indirectly.

"Win or lose," Kai shrugged as he passed her the cup with diluted somarasa, "I'd have you on my desk eventually, Sensei. The bet's just here to make things quicker."

"ON your desk?" Tsunade raised her brows and repeated his words once again.

"Your large... wisdom would be absolutely appreciated," Kai nodded with his gaze briefly descending as she deadpanned.

"Wisdom, huh?" Narrowing her gaze after downing her cup once again, she let her gaze linger on Kai's cup that was filled with somarasa and she voiced out her doubt, "Can you really soldier through that kind of kick?"

"Only one way to find out," Kai shrugged, not even thinking of having an indirect experience from a clone but instead more than willing to try it out himself.

Before he could do so, Tsunade held his wrist and stared at him seriously, "You shouldn't go too hard... lemme try!"

Scoffing, Kai pulled his hands away but the Slug turned out to be clingier as her smile widened while she felt pure relief coursing through her body, letting her blood flow quicker, and overall relaxing her knots, "I just thought of something... hmm, consider it a new technique I have decided to bestow on you for... winning my ass and even making me, of all people, train once again."

Kai looked at her curiously, "A new technique?"

Tsunade knew of his weakness well. Dreams and Grind.

Looking around for a bit, Tsunade hummed loudly, "It's something you'll grow to enjoy with a sloppy drunk like me."

"Sloppy?" Kai scoffed and muttered, "You've been drunk a hundred times and I've only seen them once," his sidelong glance falling on her covered assets but the somewhat loose and plunging neck of her kimono top failed to hide away the deep and ravishing cleavage that constantly made Kai want to 'test' a few things out.

Chuckling, Tsunade pulled the boy closer out of a sudden with one of her arms around his neck until the side of his face pressed into her left breast only for him to wonder at the 'sensation' that why didn't Tsunade bandage her bosom like usual.

But he was soon pulled out of his thoughts as Tsunade took the cup from his hand and gulped the entirety of it in one go!

"Sensei, have you gone crazy?!" His eyes widened but before he could make her spit all of it out, his shock shot through the roof, and then he just wholeheartedly presented sincere gratitude to his luck for Tsunade leaned down with her lips tugged into a short smirk and followed up by pressing into his lips. Before he could fully get a grasp on the situation, her tongue slipped into his somewhat parted lips, and then he began to taste somarasa still held in her mouth!

Well... this wasn't the kind of dilution he had in his mind but as Tsunade said, this was a new technique.

And he let his back fall onto the mattress as Tsunade stayed on top to share it all with him, Kai found his hands coiling around her waist in a matter of seconds. While he could infuse chakra into the kiss, he wanted to enjoy the sensation of this alcoholic exchange instead.

He had no thoughts of infusing senjutsu chakra into a kiss though. That would actually be poisonous instead.

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Quick to use the few tricks he'd grind out with Mikoto and not just eager to stick it in should he get the chance but appreciate the woman he'd come to admire and simultaneously feel annoyed with due to her lack of grindset, Kai had his hands run up her arms instead of undoing her clothes. Eventually, even after sharing the ridiculously effective sage alcohol that even had Kai almost feeling limp much less Tsunade, whose not only face but the sides of her shoulders and surely many other parts were flushed. He could feel her body's temperature rise dramatically, not as great as his. Their bodies quickly perspired and it would have been uncomfortable for the duo if not for the fact that they didn't want this to end.

And however did their fingers interlock with one another— no one would know. Their eyes closed at the sensation of the pleasure and relief brought not only by each other but also by the somarasa.

It wasn't until a good few minutes did Tsunade choose to pull back but instead of moving away, she instead chose to cozy up to her apprentice and rest her head on his chest sideways. She could hear the beat of his heart. Feel his bulge pressing against the crack of her ass. And she even found his arms naturally hugging her... something she didn't expect from a grind freak like him. But then again... Tsunade found that it was better to have lower expectations at times only to be blown away later.

After all... she had higher aspirations with Dan and look where that got him.

"That technique... is good," Kai finally let out a heavy breath as he stared at the ceiling with a noticeable flush over his cheeks, too. He still reeled from the effects of the processed nature energy within the portion of a somarasa.

"Hmm..." splayed on top of him with a rather sweet smile which she didn't even know that graced her lips, Tsunade whispered, "I'm the Sensei for a reason. And my mouth is trained in manners you can only hope to imagine..."

More than happy to take up on that provocative tone, Kai responded with a snicker, "Isn't that just an empty brag? If I can't imagine it, how would I come to care for it... at least, I deserve a taste of your skills, don't you think so?"

Honestly, Kai knew that Tsunade barely had any experience in actual relationship stuff so she was just as lost as him and Mikoto but one can easily train their mouths. Just stick something similar in your mouth— Not the kind of grind Kai was too keen on delving into... but should a day come if he's desperate for SP...

Tsunade's sneer and mocking words pulled him out of his thoughts, "Deserve?" she quipped, "The only thing you deserve is being a good, well-tucked, punching bag. God! I still cannot believe..."

"What?" Kai inquired.

Shaking his arms off and sitting up slightly, Tsunade looked at Kai with a somewhat complicated expression despite her lack of soberness, "I'm almost 40... physically. Actually, after the first incident, I stopped keeping a count of my age itself... you know, to feel better but this... kind of feels weird."

Kai could understand where Tsunade was coming from. He may have made out with Kushina, Tsume, and Nono by the side but... that was only to check one thing— Did he even feel attracted to them?

No doubt, they were beautiful... but a bit too young. He could become a screw-up and think that it won't matter physically but even if he WANTED to be with them, he was wholly uninterested in them that way at the moment. That's why he could even bathe with them without acting like a truly perverted fool. Even his biological reactions in the morning were just that— Biological. He admitted that he got massive boners for Mikoto and Tsunade, even for Nono in the Genjutsu world but the only reason he didn't push away Kushina and others because of his own past and origins was that it would be wholly unfair to them and besides... he did want a harem. Nobody said it was going to be easy and maneuvering around his own moral compass, as little as it was, came easy for Kai.

Revealing a look of understanding, Kai nodded, "I suppose... you should feel weird." Before the drunk Senju took this the wrong way and decided to cave her fist into his skull promptly, he added, "But... how do I put this..." Kai frowned, "Would it help if you used the Body Transformation technique to look younger?"

Since Tsunade's body transformation shifted the actual physical body itself, she looked thoughtful while still over him as he continued, "I like you this way more, no doubt. But Mikoto and I have had a few moments and it's just the best when we both can enjoy it. And... if we really click it, you know, seriously," he emphasized that last part, "We'll have all the time in the world to grow."

As if this wasn't convincing, Kai added, "And through Danzo, we already proved that we can recover youth... not to mention... I really want to be the first to take out the TEEN you..." His smile broadened, "I've heard from others in the compound that you were even more ill-tempered than Kushina and ate way more than her. I'd love to give you a few filling treats~!"

'And, he's back,' Tsunade rolled her eyes but found herself barely fazed at the moment... since he did raise some good points.

But...

"Isn't it kind of cheesy?" Tsunade sat up and moved away before practically slumping her shoulders, "Even I'd be embarrassed with what others would say..."

Kai sat up, too, and rubbed the back of his head but his expression froze as he heard Tsunade mumble.

"And I even wore those panties you and Nono had been looking for... with a matching bra... You know, the size would never fit the teen version of me."

'Oh... yeah, I did forget I asked her to wear that...'

"Kai... what the hell are you thinking?" Tsunade narrowed her eyes as she found his stare practically glued to her crotch.

"Huh? Oh, forget what others say and what I said a few moments ago. I just want to see those panties!"

"?!"

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Tsunade was first stunned at the teen's reply then she averted her gaze and muttered, "Don't wanna," the flush on her cheeks could be due to Somarasa's effect of her own embarrassment but no one aside from Tsunade would know as she added, "I specifically remember you owning my ass... so if you order me..."

If Kai wasn't truly keen on seeing the 'teen' version later then hearing such an 'openly' conspiring reply made him affirm his desires as he grinned, "Lose the trousers, Sens— Tsunade."

He pulled the tray closer to himself and stored away everything but Somarasa. For others, a large quantity of the beverage would be lethal but Kai was already feeling hooked to it and decided to down a gulp of the undiluted one as Tsunade bit her lower lip and brought her hands closer to the waistband of her dark pants. She shuffled in front of his gaze to lower the fabric and pull it out from under her ass while feeling a distinct sense of feebleness.

The kind she enjoyed at the right time. The kind she would only let herself feel of her volition.

Bringing the bunched-up pants over to her knees, Tsunade leaned back and raised her calves slightly, and slowly pulled them away. His gaze was already fixated on her slender and smooth thighs. Her musculature was evident under the supple and creamy skin as he leaned forward with desire flickering in his eyes for the prize. His lips parted for yet another 'command.' A command she'd been waiting for from the moment she woke up today and wore 'them.'

"Part your knees, Tsunade," He whispered softly. His voice was now low but gained a rough husk Tsunade was never aware of. Although the order was straightforward, when it came to a pass, Tsunade still looked a bit hesitant.

Maybe she wanted someone to coax her. Gently. But at this point, with a massive raging boner and a prized ass and cunt that was only hidden by pressed thighs, Kai looked into Tsunade's hesitant amber orbs and spoke with a smirk, "Now."

She blinked as he leaned ahead and snuck another kiss on her pretty lips. No one would leave such a chance, after all! Her eyes widened slightly as she, too, leaned into the kiss. Her body reacted on its own now that she decided to 'teach' Kai her techniques. Her thighs, too, parted as his weight made her slowly but gradually lie down. One of his hands kept stroking her cheeks warmly during the kiss while the other one held Somarasa without any intentions of letting go.

Finally, as they lay down, with Kai on top this time, he pulled back and smiled, "On another thought, maybe we should start from the top, right?" His gaze lowered onto her breasts that almost plopped out of her kimono but were barely contained by her illicit underwear. She finally exhaled a hot sigh and whispered, "You only own my bottoms."

"That's right," He chimed, "So pull that top away, too."

Why the hell would he care if he owned her or not? His lustfully charged black pupils only showed how he was looking forward to a positive reply and biting back the urge to 'show' the youth his place by denying his urges any release, Tsunade found her hands against her belly belt as she slowly untied it.

With the darker belt undone, the front of her kimono quickly came off loose but remained stuck to her drenched flesh. Her packed breasts parted somewhat and eased down as more air flowed into her lung with each breath. Meanwhile, Kai caught sight of the black fabric peeking out from the inner edges of her parting top. However, despite opening up quite a bit, her voluminous, large breasts still presented a damp cleavage that glimmered at the slightest reflection and looked all the more ravishing.

Tsunade held her soaked top under his heated gaze, her own heart thumping madly. The situation did not ease her. Her own emotions about everything did not ease her. Even if she rationalized that Kai would eventually grow and maturity in their world was only one kill away, she still felt uneasy. But then, Tsunade was also forced to recall the morning when she checked on Mikoto after her first night in adulthood.

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"Hmm, you're physically fine, as you tested yourself. And your clan's and Lord Second's Jutsu that the damnable brat used certainly held upto the task," Tsunade nodded as Mikoto blushed fiercely while sitting up from the bed in Tsunade's lab within the hospital.

"Sensei, why do you have to be so blunt every time..." she pouted, causing Tsunade to chuckle, "What? You two can fuck each other but I can't talk about it?"

Not letting Mikoto delve too deep into a bout of shame, Tsunade adopted a stern expression soon afterward and spoke, "But... this also means you're willing, right? With your situation, that is. Although he is young, he'd grow up fine unless he is hunted by the Kages or a team of Elite Jonins who only lack the title of a Kage itself."

Mikoto nodded with a somewhat complicated expression before she sighed and then smiled rather light-heartedly, "I've just come to a realization that I planning for his goals and my place in it is important... but he just has a knack of banding others together against him for his own fun. So, I think... it should be fine. And I don't really feel uncomfortable around Kushina and Nono... How should I put this..."

Looking a little hesitant, Mikoto wryly scratched the back of her head, "I feel that he is honest. To the point that he waited until I felt ready... and believe me, Sensei... he was pent up. But that's the main issue, too... Kai-kun isn't anything like your medical journals described sexual acts or how Kyo-san spoke of intimate moments..."

Frowning, Tsunade scowled, "What do you mean? If he tried some shit he learned from Jiraiya or someone else, I'll—"

"It's nothing like that," Mikoto shook her head and blushed. Her head lowered somewhat and her tone descended to whispers, "He... just wouldn't rest... In fact, I'm sure, a few hours in, he just took a break for me and after he's done everything for me, I, too, feel compelled to reciprocate. But after tonight... I just felt that maybe... maybe not being alone would actually help me more than him..."

Tsunade blinked in surprise.

She knew that Uchiha's are inherently proud because Senjus are not that different aside from added compassion, thought the Senju arrogantly. But... to see one of the most talented Uchiha Kunoichi who could possibly seduce any clansmen acting in such a relieved manner made Tsunade wonder...

She wondered if his dreams were truly laughable, or if the ones laughing at said dreams were the laughable ones.

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She peeled off the kimono too in from of his gaze, revealing a black cupless bra that kept her tits naked and held them together. Her light pink, glistening nipples already poked out as she gulped and looked at him.

He looked far from calm. His gaze was as eager as his body and lips that leaned down onto her. His gaze fixated on the pointed toppings of the largest pair of hills in Konoha with all the intentions to mount them. His hot breath lingered over her nipples, causing her to stifle a gasp. Her fingers clenched into the panels of her top and her legs squirmed up, causing Kai to shift slightly and naturally have his knees flanking her waist and pinning her down with his hands soon pressed next to the sides of her face, making sure that Tsunade held his gaze now that he regained a few his wits. Only now did he set Somarasa away.

"Tsunade," Kai couldn't help but call out. The woman didn't even have to put too much effort to look stunning despite her somewhat disheveled locks matting her sweaty forehead. His dazed call was answered promptly with Tsunade muttering softly, "I ain't running... so?"

Her glazed pupils, flushed face, and puckered lips made her look comely.

"Hmm," he nodded, his mind somewhat buzzing, filling him with ideas upon ideas. Making him relive his fantasies as he would only imagine such a situation back then. He'd kissed her already, but her lips left him wanting more. Not to mention the rest of the adventure he must map one step at a time, or rather, one pump at a time. His left hand continued to support his frame as he brought the right one to graze Tsunade's cheek gently, making her lean into his palm slightly. He didn't stop, however.

His palm traced her neck, opening up and gently coiling the fingers around it without exerting any pressure. The pace of Tsunade's breathing sped up for a moment and for various reasons, too. It would be too easy for him to deal with her at this point. Too easy to snap her neck.

She trusted him with her life but such a vulnerable position did make her want to act. Her hands were clenched tightly as she stared deeply into his gaze as he did to her.

His lips pulled into a wicked grin. After all, he sensed something else. She feared for her life very little. Even now, she readily placed her life into his hand, and Kai felt that he wouldn't be any different. In a world of shinobi, people desire such trust from others and themselves paradoxically so. What he felt more than fear was abject desire.

His hand finally put some pressure and he leaned down over her left breast. Still keeping his eyes upturned and meeting her gaze, he parted his lips and finally pulled her left nipple into his mouth after giving it a perfunctory lick. She mewled softly. His choke was not the least bit harsh but still firm. Adopting a glare, Tsunade rebuked Kai with her gaze alone but alas, it fell to blind eyes as pulled back and fully brought out her left breast from the bare confines of her bra.

His lips plastered onto her slightly larger pink areola and his tongue flicked against her nubile nipple within the prison of his mouth as Tsunade bit her lip and groaned. His right hand no longer gripped her neck. Instead, it reached down to pinch her right nipple and fondle her right tit, causing Tsunade to shiver with the sound of her soft breathing growing louder and louder. And for some strange reason... Kai felt extremely experienced in handling her assets.

Why was that strange?

Because Tsunade even knew the schedule of his clones much less him and none of them should have such a level of experience!

Alternate Title: Kai's Hands are Rated E for every Cup Size!

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Kai didn't have many skills that could be considered solely sexual in nature. In fact, he didn't even use that scent-based skill from the Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art.

Yet, as he pulled back, Kai found Tsunade glaring at him indignantly. Her body splayed back, her hands no longer clutching her clothes and her hips bucking up ever so slightly as his gaze finally fell on the soppy, drenched crotchless panties that revealed her drooling pair of lips.

All that... with just working her breasts.

Truly...

[Gusty Shinobi's Relieving Tactics] was unstoppable in certain areas. Admiring his handiwork because he admitted to never having 'worked' this much on Mikoto than to have chosen to pound her instead, Kai felt the urge to take it to the next step.

Picking up Somarasa's flask, Kai grew thoughtful for a second, making Tsunade who had been on the edge for a while to speak up, "W- What're you going with that?" A natural slur adorned her tone as she brought her right arm over to her face and groaned, not feeling any 'better' since she'd been denied relief at its point of exit itself. She was sure that her room already had a heavy scent by now but being inside barely made any difference to the duo.

Uncorking Somarasa with a smirk, Kai snickered, "I'm going to do you a favor, of course. You taught me something and it's my turn to teach in return."

Tsunade just stared at him with lust-addled eyes peeking through the arm covering her forehead. Unlike Mikoto, Kai couldn't help but compare that Tsunade was really sloppy and somewhat selfish. But then again, he didn't really give her that much of a chance to pull out the big guns herself.

Coiling his free arm around from under Tsunade's knees, Kai flipped her legs over till her hip was pulled up, her back flexed, and her feet past her head. Her breasts squished back, too, while Kai leaned forward and saw how easy it was for Tsunade to stare at her own dripping pussy now. Her lips parted in surprise but when he expected her to act coy and defiant, she frowned instead, "This 'new' technique wouldn't involve you dripping Somarasa over my pussy and eating me out... would it?"

As if aware that this was what Kai intended from the beginning, her lips pulled to a weary smirk and remarked, "That's cute, brat..."

Kai's lips twitched and then he scoffed, "Play tough till you can... Now I'll see what I won during the bet."

His gaze drifted away from Tsunade's eyes and fell on Tsunade's ripe ass staring him in the face. His free hand caressed her cheeks before letting his finger idly rub her soppy vulva. Every time he pressed the fleshy mound, more of the juices would leak in thin squirts as they began to drip down onto her breasts that only slid further back and collected between the confines of her cleavage and neck. A soft moan escaped her lips as she gazed at her apprentice intently. Her eyes never left the sight of him curiously prodding her up, pulling his face close and then parting his lips to lick her. His hot tongue inevitably slipped into her tight, wet folds.

Bringing up the somarasa, Kai tilted it onto Tsunade. Instead of pouring a powerful concoction down without any thought of consequences, Kai let it trickle slowly instead. It gently fell onto Tsunade's exposed cunt with lace black panties still clinging to her hips, making her breathing cut short as Kai began to lick at a quicker pace. Pulling back and lapping her entrance itself made her quivering nubbin at the crest of her labia all the more erect as he seemed the most intent on cleaning everything.

Her breathing grew louder and so did her moans alongside the wet sound of Kai slurping and eating her out. Her ass shuddered and her back bucked up into her face with her insides shuddering and clenching violently.

She was close and he knew it as he stopped dripping the sage's beverage and coiled her arms around the base of her thighs to get a good grip and push his face down. Unable to bear it any longer, a loud moan rolled out of Tsunade's mouth, her head pulled back and her amber orbs grew dazed. The lids of her eyes quivered, pulling down to half distance while her ass throbbed and continued to try and push against Kai as he enjoyed the result.

This, right here, was a prime Senju drink. From the strongest and the most endowed Senju Matriarch at that! Like hell, Kai would waste it.

Pulling back only after a few minutes, Kai wiped his mouth and took a deep breath while still in a lustful daze, Tsunade took quiet breaths.

She could think, despite her state. Her thoughts, however, centered only around one thing which resulted in the realization of how thoroughly she was fucked!

Once she did recover slightly, Tsunade rolled sideways and adjusted herself to sit up. Her gaze lingered on the equally silent Kai who gave her the time to recover before she whispered while touching her sticky hair, "I need... to wash up."

"Oh? You could clean up after—"

Tsunade raised her brows and questioned, "If you think... you can really take my virginity without any official connection much less a date... you're a fool."

She stood up while Kai chose not to follow and stared at her back. Of course, he would have pressed on, not for the real stuff but at least a form of reciprocation if he didn't feel the urge still within Tsunade, too. As she reached out for the door to her bathroom, Tsunade looked back slightly, "Well?"

Wearing nothing but a pair of drenched panties, Tsunade looked stunning from the back despite her disheveled tresses and Kai smirked quietly, "I guess... we really should go out tomorrow."

Scoffing, Tsunade retorted, "And what of our bet? Wasting time will not get me closer to mastering Sage Mode in two weeks."

Slipping out of the bed while storing the beverage in the storage seal placed on his palm, Kai shrugged, "Lucky me, then. I'd win the bet, after all."

She narrowed her eyes before pouting slightly and entering the bathroom, "F- fine... I suppose I'm talented enough to master sage mode despite the distractions."

Kai would have pointed out that to master Sage Mode, she needed to overcome distractions and not give in to them... but hey, as he said, it was good for him. Why drop a hammer on his own foot?

He entered the bathroom, too.

While they didn't do anything worth mentioning since it would take a lot of 'shots' to relieve him if Mikoto's words were to be taken at a face value, they didn't deny each other a bath where Tsunade was 'disgruntled' to be the one against Kai as she so quietly let her head rest on his shoulder in the bathtub.

{A/N: For those who were expecting Tsunade to just do it... unlike Mikoto who is even engaged, this is a new step for the two of them. And by now, the experience taught Tsunade that it's better to put things off just for a few weeks if not months to have better, solid results. I could have followed the hentai route in this work as I do in Paradise of Infinity and a bit in Stop it, Bro~, but after giving others so much character... I just didn't want to waste it.}

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The next day, after sleeping over at Tsunade's itself, Kai found himself being stared at by the mistress, the hoe, and the bro as he returned in the morning. Not to be the one to downplay himself most of the time, Kai was happy to announce that he got a date with Tsunade which received a mixed reception. Mikoto looked a bit thoughtful, Kushina pouted— grumbling about how she should be the one to go eat ramen with him, and Nono had only one question that pulled everyone's interest.

"D- Did you see Tsunade-sama in that Treasure?"

Sitting down and thanking Nono's clone who served him a bowl of cereals, Kai smirked smugly, "Oh? Do you mean the crotchless panties? Well... it came with a matching bra, heh."

Their eyes widened as Nono inquired frantically, "Come on, tell us in detail."

Adopting a serious expression, however, Kai refused, "No... can't ruin the surprise for you guys. Maybe you'd see them, too~!"

And they didn't need another pervert to interpret what Kai meant given his lurid smile.

But it would be a lie to say that others weren't curious, especially Mikoto, who shared the bed with Kai.

Since Kai was late today, he couldn't focus on his personal goals of making elemental versions of the Revolving Heaven and instead started the day with sparring and sending his clones to Minato and Tsume as usual.

He could have Minato and Tsume in the spar, too, but Minato and the clone needed to figure out the problem of the elemental versions of the Rasengan which would help a great deal with the elemental versions of Revolving Heaven, and Kai also wanted to learn more about the Inuzuka Clan's Hiden based on how they manage to enter into a sync with their Ninkens.

This was, of course, to find a way to incorporate Cinnamon into his own fighting style. Out of everyone, Cinnamon has been with him the longest and knew him even if she couldn't voice her thoughts. Again, this may not work out in the end but who's seen the future?

Kai only knew the grind.

If he was battered down by rejections and a grim future, he wouldn't have been with Tsunade last night or Mikoto before.

The one thing to note during the spar was Nono breaking out of her usual routine. It's rare when she wanted to learn ninjutsu aside from the iryo nin and a few supportive ones desired by all Shinobi. But... when Kai realized that she wanted to learn the Super Beast Imitating Drawing to gain a better depth in Yin Transformation, he was all for it. She already had an amazing imagination so he couldn't wait for what she'd come up with.

After the spar and individual training, they left for their duties except for Kushina.

Kushina and Kai had something even more important to do now...

But they were interrupted shortly after they began.

Sidestepping, Kai avoided the blunt Kunai aimed at his neck and smacked the masked grey-haired punk who was probably half his age or lower.

He had heard of this boy...

The punk who wasn't fitting well with Mikoto, too, despite her obvious strength.

Kushina frowned as she rolled up the parchments of seals the duo was working on and looked at the infamous rebel— Kakashi Hatake.

"So..." Kai looked around and noticed Mikoto not too far, making her way back to their garden with her team as he smiled, "You're Sakumo-san's kid, right? I remember taking away your toys just to see you cry. Of course, you wouldn't remember it."

Kakashi narrowed his eyes and reverted from his aggressive stance before claiming quietly, "I became a chunin a year later... but I intend to become the youngest Jonin!"

"Hmm," Giving the kid another glance, Kai shrugged, "Alright? What would be the point? You'd still be weaker than me when I was nine."

With his dark irides glinting in confidence, Kakashi raised his Kunai, "Even after being a Jonin, why would you not accept a team? My father said a shinobi like you comes rarely decades. Others aren't qualified!"

"For what?" Kai chuckled and shook his head.

"To make me a better Shinobi!"

"Pfff!" Kai couldn't hold it any longer as Mikoto, Yahiko, and a pink-haired girl named Anya arrived at the scene.

The dark-haired Uchiha Princess looked absolutely pissed while Yahiko had despair flickering in his gaze due to his teammate's antics. Even the pink-haired girl looked exasperated.

"To make you a better shinobi?" Kai reiterated, "Aside from the Academy, nobody has the need for that. Shinobi don't get paid to teach unless ordered by the Hokage through a mission... so count your lucky stars that one of the best Kunoichi still hasn't given up on you and transferred to another team. Cause you know what? My Sensei was way scared to teach me compared to Mikoto teaching you."

Kakashi looked a little stunned while Mikoto shook her head, "There's no need to lay it in too heavy... and Kakashi, you'll be completing 15 D-ranked missions for this stunt alone."

Although his lower face was covered, Kai could still assume Kakashi's expression falling while he himself smiled even wider, "Oh, D-rank missions... lucky you."

The worst thing was... everyone around Kai knew that he wasn't making fun but was genuinely envious of their ability to complete D-rank missions since... he was no longer allowed to participate in them.

After all... he was getting in the way of the earning of genins which became a real economic concern for the village for a few weeks.

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With Kakashi's disruption overcome, Kai and Kushina sat down to their task once again. She unfurled the parchment with a frown developing between her brows and her violet orbs still managing to hide the awe she felt. From the sidelines, Kai explained casually the first thing that came to his mind.

"Jinchuriki is the shell. Every seal needs a shell. Sometimes it's a body part, a scroll, a weapon, or even abstract concepts. In your case, not only your flesh but your chakra network, which means, the source of your chakra— Flesh AND Spirit is a shell to contain the Kyubi. Why? Because Kyubi possesses the same attributes, flesh, and spirit, that is. Four Symbol Seals— Sealing flesh with flesh and spirit with spirit. Of course, your Adamantine Sealing Chains increase the potency of the seal by many times which makes you less volatile than a usual Jinchuriki except Hachibi's who managed to form an accord with his tailed beast."

Kushina nodded quietly and looked over to the second passage scribbled on the parchment. Like doctors and medical professionals, it was hard to understand a sealing master's handwriting if you didn't know the profession yourself. So, to others, the parchment may just be a string of unintelligible letters but Kushina still chose to cover it when they were interrupted by Kakashi.

"So? What do we do? Like everything, we first discover our needs. You need to come to an understanding with Kyubi. That is established. Now, we discuss the 'HOW.'" Kai looked thoughtful, almost lost in his own world as his mouth worked on its own, "Given the malice in Kyubi's chakra, we just cannot let it out of the chains, too. It may not want to hurt you but sometimes things aren't based on will. Its chakra may be considered evil to the simple-minded but it's a simple case of it being harmful to others and nothing more."

Not caring that he indirectly insulted Kushina, who promptly pouted and huffed at being called a simple-minded Kunoichi, he droned on, "So, we have now established that to come to an accord with Kyubi, we need to deal with its chakra first. But if siphoning chakra was so easy, everyone would have done it. No. Chakra follows the will of the user. Absorbing and refining chakra, as we share through Mystical Palm Jutsu, can be done because of our will. Kyubi will NOT share its chakra knowingly from the looks of it. What to do?"

He looked at Kushina with a roguish smirk, "We take that chakra anyway. If it will not give us, we will snatch it. So, I believe that we will make some progress... or maybe even risk any hope of coming to terms with Kyubi by finding a way to snatch, store, and possibly 'purify' Kyubi's chakra... but there's a problem..."

"What?" Kushina inquired, "It seems simple, dattebane!"

"For me, yes. I could try this. I may succeed... but... should this come from me?" Kai frowned and wondered, "For better or worse, you're the Jinchuriki. Not me. Just like I would be the one to try and mend my relationship with you guys should we argue and fight, and not send an outside instead... I think that a Jinchuriki must be the one to tame... no, most likely, form a deep, cooperative relationship with the tailed beast. We already know someone did this."

"But..." A little hesitant, Kushina questioned her own abilities this time, "What if I'm not up for the task?"

Kai shook his head, "I don't know. What I do know is that there are several Jinchurikis but none of them managed to achieve what the Jinchuriki of Eight Tails did. Surely, it was anything but just keeping the beast sealed. If this fails, we'll only have to try something else."

He smiled further, "Besides, it's not like you've got much to worry about. Third Hokage may stop you from leaving but I may do otherwise after taking the position... heh, of course, for certain favors once you've all grown up~!"

His wink made Kushina give him a sidelong glance and she scoffed, "You're the first pervert who'd demand sexual favors from his girlfriend..."

His expression froze for a second, "Wait, I'm your boyfriend?"

Kushina looked equally confused, "Are you not? We kiss a lot, sleep and bathe together, and even go on dates..."

Kai traced his chin, "Huh... a fiancee, a girlfriend, and now Sensei... things are looking up, just like my little—"

--

"— War Weapon?" Hiruzen frowned and questioned, looking as stern as ever. There were reasons for this, of course. First, the news. Secondly, the messenger.

Observing the white-haired man with thin and short red stripes marked under his eyes who wore an ensemble of green and red with his chainmail peeking through the neck, Hiruzen couldn't help but frown, "You mean the current B of Kumo that replaced Blue B?"

Jiraiya, adopting to stand instead of taking a seat, nodded and continued with the report, "Well, during my travels... I encountered him. B, I mean. Not directly, of course. A's son who is yet to be given a name brought B to an establishment... and we may have been divided by a thin wall."

Hiruzen's expression darkened somewhat. Jiraiya encountering B and the Raikage's son was less than ideal but the fact that Kumo was even allowing their Jinchuriki into such establishments solidified the fact that they were unconcerned by the notion of B losing control of the Eight-Tails and that, too, with the realization that their seal was of a lower quality than the one drawn and brought up by Mito Uzumaki for the nine tails.

Jiraiya's report, however, also made Hiruzen question the obvious, "What were you doing in the brothel frequented by A's son?"

"Missionary," Jiraiya responded with a straight expression, making Hiruzen's expression even bleaker. Chuckling at his own joke, Jiraiya added, "I'm kidding Sensei! I'm the man whose Make Out Tactics will make big waves in the literary community after the spectacular failure of the Tales of the Gutsy Shinobi! Of course, she was cowgirling my—"

"I've heard enough," Hiruzen scoffed in ill-temper, making Jiraiya casually step closer to the table while feeling the gazes of the hidden anbu members sharpen. Uncaring, the man sat on the edge of the Kage's table and grinned with a hint of joyous sarcasm, "Sensei, Biwako-san acting cold again, eh? Want me to help you? My tactics have helped plenty!"

{A/N: Kai would agree to that.}

Yet, not minding Jiraiya's words, Hiruzen uttered a groan and rubbed his wrinkled forehead, "It's not my family but irresponsible shinobi like you!"

The Hokage would argue that he hadn't been on better terms with his family than now but that was a conversation lost on Jiraiya and instead, the man berated, "You cannot imagine how much I had to persuade Sakumo so that he finally accepts a team with your 'chosen' one. With you vouching for Minato, I expected you to take him under your wing... sigh, thank the sennin that Kai keeps busy with Minato and they make daily progress."

Jiraiya sighed but remained silent until Hiruzen waved his hand and all the Anbu members left.

"Taking Minato... under my wing would do him worse. I don't want—"

"He's already a man," Hiruzen cut his student off, "A distant Uzumaki civilian working in one of the brothels saw to that. Not to mention, he created an A-ranked Jutsu that is the peak symbol of shape transformation but I assume Minato kept in enough contact with you to share the news. I don't want your excuses. Team Sakumo is free for the next three weeks. If you have any travel plans, delay them. For the next three weeks... you will see to Minato's training and maybe assist Kai, too, in anything he may need to return the favor he did to your apprentice."

Groaning, Jiraiya found no way to resist the order but he did question, "Sensei... am I imagining it, or are you being even more generous to Kai? What if he asks me to teach him Sage Mode? I—"

"Then teach him," Hiruzen shocked Jiraiya, "He's the Dragon Sennin... the reason why you returned and yes, he's that strong. Sakumo confirmed him. Without your sage mode, Sakumo can take the three of you Sannin alone and he admits that Kai isn't worse... so Kai's claim to be a rival to the three of your abilities is not an exaggeration."

Jiraiya's lips parted in surprise.

As if this wasn't enough, Hiruzen continued calmly, "And you have another mission aside from teaching Minato, and Kai should he ask of you. During their mission, Team Sakumo discovered two extraordinary specimens... But the village's major research team is incapable of fully operating on them. I want you to meet with the two individuals who can actually make a breakthrough about these specimens since..."

"Since you disappointed Tsunade gravely and Orochimaru prioritizes his own work before your needs?" Jiraiya completed Hiruzen's sentence with a smirk, "Damn, Sensei. Only I turned out just fine, huh."

"Leaving the apprentice you chose yourself for your own selfish whoring... I wouldn't consider you of all people to have considered growing out just fine." Hiruzen retorted and made Jiraiya huff, "You forget that I'm the only one after Senju-sama to have mastered Sage Mode!"

"From your reports... I wouldn't consider it being mastered, right? Sensei's Brother could achieve and control it without any help..." Hiruzen pointed out.

Grumbling, Jiraiya stood up from the desk and walked towards the exit in a large and loud stride as Hiruzen smirked from behind and called out, "Remember to keep in contact with Tsunade and Orochimaru."

"Yeah, yeah... I'll ask them out for a couple of drinks. Oh..." Jiraiya suddenly turned and looked back, "Nono wrote to me that Kai finally got into an agreement with the Uchiha... does that mean I can try and build me Harem, too—"

"Sure," Hiruzen shrugged, "As long as you can wipe off the blemishes to your reputation, make the women you wish with agree with your needs and aim to achieve a position of nobility, I don't see why not. Of course, as you would understand more than most, it is hard to... make two Kunoichi, especially experienced, give up the control in the power dynamics."

Jiraiya deflated and then caught something, "Kai... is aiming for nobility? Aside from the position of clan heads... there is only one position known to be considered a nobility."

"Good for the village then," Hiruzen remarked and turned his face to view over the village outside of the window, "If your report is true... then Kumo will really be the one to start the war this time around. None of us knows the might of the Perfect Jinchuriki and we need stronger and smarter individuals on the chair of power."

Jiraiya nodded and left soon after.

Alternate Title: The Return of Gutsy Shinobi

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"Don't keep on gawking!" A rude, somewhat sharper voice made Kai snap out of his reverie as he looked up at the fair-skinned blonde teen no older than Mikoto with her hair wrapped into a ponytail and two long tresses framing the side of her somewhat round and blushing face. She wore a half-sleeved cream-pink top and green skirt over her black spats and a pair of usual shinobi sandals adorned her feet.

"No... I mean, I heard that your growth spurt was really exaggerated... but to think you're flatter than Konan while still so much older..." His words made Tsunade, or rather, Teen Tsunade's expression grow worse as her hands latched out and held his collars before shaking him, "Shut the fuck up! Or I'm leaving!"

Kai pursed his lips but still couldn't stop himself from smiling. Holding Tsunade's wrists and causing her to stop, Kai nodded, "Heh, you even act cute~! Tsunade, I really should have been born around your time."

With her blush growing prominent since, Tsunade, for all intent and purposes did become a teenager physically to a certain extent save for a few crucial organs, she couldn't help but avert her gaze and slowly let go of his collars and muttered, "Even Nawaki would laugh at me... if he found out I really agreed to take this form and go on a date with you."

Kai shrugged. His hold shifted from her wrist to smoothly around holding her hand, making her heart thump as she also recalled what they did last night, while he responded, "You can always beat him. I bet he'd be scared of you more now than how you looked yesterday."

But more focused on her hand in Kai's hand, Tsunade couldn't help but keep on glancing at it and then looked out from the open door of her mansion. It was already evening and this time, Nono and her clone would entirely keep track of the day's final report... and although Kai would have agreed to be stealthier, Tsunade wanted to date 'right.'

Again, Kai looked at her and sighed, "If you don't want others to know... I don't mind. We can see each other secretly for however long you want... You know, I'm young, I can wait."

Hissing and glaring, Tsunade berated, "Don't remind me how young you are!"

"Would it help if I say I'm more mature than my physical age? 20 years or so?" He grinned.

"No. That's like an 80-year-old coot saying he's young at heart and dipping his wrinkled toe in an academy student's stuff..." Tsunade scoffed and no doubt about it... she got him there. But heaving deeply, Tsunade bit her lip, "Let's go... if Mikoto can damn well firm herself against her clan and want a freer marriage... then I want things to go my way, too."

"That would be?" Kai inquired. He was greatly interested in Tsunade and like last time, with Mikoto, was willing to make it work should she have some desires of her own. After all, it paid off greatly with Mikoto in the end and they weren't even married yet.

"Of course, to be with a man with my held high!" Tsunade mumbled and then gave him a sidelong glance, "Although... it would take a few more years..."

Deadpanning, Kai glared in return, "Bitch, I made you cum in the bath, too, last night!"

Revealing an equally infuriating expression, Tsunade brought her free hand and pulled his cheek, "Who are you calling a bitch? Hmm? Don't forget, I'm your sensei!"

Grinning and suddenly pinning Tsunade on her doorstep, Kai pressed his lips against her until she let go of his cheek. Finally pulling back and looking at the blushing woman, Kai whispered, "Tsunade who's well above a decade older is my Sensei... you... I own your pretty little ass that wore nothing under those tights and even worse, I'm holding your hand. If you aren't my bitch, who is?"

Scowling, Tsunade held back the urge to headbutt him and puffed her cheeks, "Your mother's the bitch who gave birth to you. Now move it... I'm still having second thoughts... don't make me cancel it."

"Hmm~ Sure," Kai walked out with Tsunade as she prepared herself for the ruckus their date today might create.

--

"J-Jiraiya-san?" A meek, somewhat unsure voice attracted Jiraiya's attention in a hall filled with white lab coat-wearing medical professionals. Looking back, Jiraiya found himself staring at a healthy, hesitant, red-haired youth whose pale white skin had long shifted to a much ruddier reddish hue. Not as red as his hair, however. With his neck-long hair combed back to some extent which freed his face, Nagato looked quite different from his days in the Land of Rain.

"Nagato?" Jiraiya smiled, "We haven't seen each other in a long time, huh? Look how you've grown... hmm, here, take this."

Shuffling through his backpack, Jiraiya took out a book as he spoke outright, "I've come to hear from my pen-mate that Minato shared my 'inheritance' with you, Kai, Nawaki, and Yahiko-kun. Hmm, here, this is going to be published in a month but I can always make concessions for a fellow shinobi who finds more worth outside the missions. Keep up the good work."

As Nagato blushed after recalling the inheritance left in the way of several lewd magazines while holding the questionable book granted by Jiraiya, the youth was wholly touched as Jiraiya's free hand patted his head before the Sannin questioned, "You wouldn't know why Tsunade only left her clone in her lab, do you? I met with the clone but she wouldn't speak a thing about it..."

Shaking his head, Nagato revealed his lack of knowledge regarding the matter, "Although we live in the same mansion... we don't really get much time to meet with Tsunade-sama aside from breakfast... although..."

Noticing the youth's confusion, Jiraiya raised his brow, "Hmm? What is it?"

Scratching the back of his head, Nagato muttered, "Usually, Tsunade-sama would mix sake into her cereal bowl with milk but... today she was smiling a lot. And didn't add sake... We, at least, I, heard Tsunade-sama shouting weirdly at night, too... but when I got out of my room, Yahiko held me and Konan back. I think Konan knew something? Not that she said anything this morning... I just think this is all a bit strange... maybe you should ask Kai-san. Boss and Tsunade-sama drink every night with Nono-san."

Jiraiya blinked and nodded. "Yeah... thanks, Nagato-kun... off you go. I wouldn't want to hold back the next rising star of Iryo-nin."

Blushing, Nagato shook his head, "I just want to help... but... thank you for this book."

Nagato left after a moment but Jiraiya stood rooted in the center of the hall with the daze still arresting his mind.

Weird screams...

Happy morning...

And the last and the most important part.

Content to the point of lack of alcohol...

He gulped.

He sweated.

And he found his mind thinking the horniest shit it could. After all, professionals have standards! What if he was enjoying cowgirl... and so did Tsunade?!

Without a second thought, Jiraiya rushed out of the gates of the hospital as he felt his suspicions turn true when he recalled the tight-lipped clone of the Senju Matriarch.

In reality, his clone had already left to check up on Kai's clone and Minato. Even without Hiruzen providing a detailed report, Jiraiya knew a lot. For instance, he knew about Kai's growth spurt while mimicking the strength of a hundred seals from keeping in contact with Minato, and even if Hiruzen hadn't informed him, Jiraiya still knew about Minato getting laid due to Kai taking him to the best in town.

So, Jiraiya did want to stop and check in on the real Kai he found sitting beside the window seat of the personal room presented by the Red Duck Restaurant... But he was more pressed to find Tsunade and ask what was what! He didn't expect himself to ever get down with her. He may be a fool in other's eyes but a man must be self-aware enough to learn sage mode. At least, Jiraiya wanted to shake the hands of the lucky dude... if he was still alive. Or she. Let no one say that the Great Toad Sage Jiraiya discriminated against two women in love. If possible, he'd want to watch that!

--

Kai blinked and mumbled, "Huh?"

"What happened?" Sitting beside Kai as she dipped the piece of meat into the spicy red sauce, Tsunade promptly ate the treat and closed her eyes with a comforting groan escaping her lips. Seeing a rather open reaction, Kai couldn't help but feel a little more attracted to this version of Tsunade as he replied, "I just saw Jiraiya-san running past with an expression as if he found his dick was chopped off and now haunting him..."

Remaining oblivious to the haunting description of it, Tsunade leaned in towards him while smiling, "My clone from the hospital dispersed. Jiraiya's trying to find me and Orochi to have drinks. Looks like he just returned and most likely will share the news he found from traveling around... and maybe carrying out a few tasks Sensei could have asked him. Come on, say Aah—"

She brought the chicken close to his mouth and even though he felt weird about how outgoing Tsunade became once she beat the Jonin of the clan who had the 'audacity' to not hold back his laugh when seeing the young version of her moving in the streets with Kai and claimed that she may have lost another bet... Kai just felt this was natural.

This Tsunade matched Kushina in temper and diet. Beating others was their staple exercise.

That's all.

Eating from her hands since she was gracious enough to do so without even being asked to, Kai soon realized his folly as Tsunade grinned, "Aw~ Did you like Big Sis feeding you? You know, I used to feed Nawaki for some time until he learned how to hold chopsticks."

Her mischievous smile only made Kai grin broadly in return, "Well, go on then, feed me. My hands can be used for holding something far superior to chopsticks~!"

His left hand caressed her thigh and she glared at him.

"Can't you not have the last laugh?" She growled, a little annoyed.

"Hmm... Nah, you gotta work hard to have the last laugh. If I just 'give' it, that wouldn't be exciting. Besides, we aren't going to spend the entire evening here, right?"

Looking a little reluctant, Tsunade retorted, "Do we need to leave... It's not that I care about others for now. Beating anyone who laughs is just so much simpler that I should have thought of it first thing... but it's not like we always get to eat such a lavish spread."

Although they could afford such a lavish diet... it will no longer be lavish if they eat it regularly. Then, it would just be a regular diet. As such, many high-earning shinobi refrained from getting too comfortable until they retired... IF they lived that long. Even now, the highest number of retired shinobi belonged to the Senju and then the Hyuga. The former was asked by Tsunade to protect the clan when they were facing a crisis and the latter just didn't go on that many risky missions.

"Well... to be honest... I had something planned."

Raising her brow, Tsunade couldn't help but assume, "Can't even wait for a few more dates?" A smug smile reached her lips.

"I can wait for years. A man can be as patient as his grind, but that's not the point... I know you never got around to dating others. Me, too. Actually, going out with Nono and Mikoto helped the most alongside Jiraiya-san's manuscripts... actually, a date can be a lot more fun if you put your mind to it."

"And what do you have in mind?" She queried, a little happy internally to see that he was putting in the work... since what he said was the truth. She had little clue on how to make a date more fun since their life was pretty much restricted to loss, strength, and bloodshed.

"It's nothing that great... but it would be relaxing. After all, you should also see why the woman who... 'died' hired me before even understanding my unparalleled genius." His dirty smirk was all she needed to somehow realize what he was on about.

But call her a curious Senju that inherited her Granduncle's nature somewhat as she nodded slightly and then retorted, "Although... I wouldn't consider you an Unparalleled Genius... Madara Uchiha, Second Hokage, Grandpa, and people like Grandma are the only ones on that list... oh, and Second Tsuchikage."

Scoffing, Kai shook his head, "Well, they clearly never met me... aside from you know who. But I guess, I could contend with her, too."

"Yeah, you could contend with the woman who generated fifteen tailed-beast bombs and laid wasted to an army of ten thousand that also had a Jinchuriki... I doubt that. At the moment, she's the second force of nature after Grandfather's and Madara Uchiha's time..." Tsunade's tone dripped with sarcasm but...

This only inspired Kai.

'That's it! Second Nature!'

Unknowingly, Tsunade did the opposite of her claims. It was true that Kai could not generate fifteen bijuudama... but it would be fine if he can displace or defend them, right?

Alternate Title: Date Doesn't Stop Grind!

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Chapter might get delayed today cause I have to go out and meet my friend. He's about to leave for a job in a foreign country and wants to hang out so it might take time. I don't post on sundays but this day's chap will come in early morning Sunday IST.

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"Hmm... you're a clone, too?" Jiraiya sighed at the realization as Tsunade's clone look unbothered with her nose buried into the pile of paperwork alongside Nono finding out any mistakes she could find before the said papers could be set on Tsunade's desk for finalization. As the clone only nodded and Nono took the time to go out of the office and return with a tray in her hands with a glass of water, Jiraiya looked thoughtful and sat down, "I won't disturb you but you don't mind me borrowing Nono-chan for a moment, right? I need her experienced gaze to look over my new work."

Scowling, the clone looked up, "Can't you do that later? The day's work is almost done, just a few dozen approvals are left."

The thing is, Shinobi follows a strict structure that only the exceptional can break out of. But this also meant that most shinobi and civilians part of the clan need approval for most of the things they desire. After all, their security grew even more strict after Dan's infiltration but not the kind of leader to let her followers bear the brunt, Tsunade took on the responsibility of the resulting paperwork.

"It won't take long, I promise," Jiraiya grinned and pressed his hands together to request, "Please! After all, if there are any last-minute changes, I must contact the publisher as quickly as possible!"

Huffing, Tsunade returned to her work while grumbling, "You and your smut... tch. Fine, Nono, be quick about it."

With a pleasant smile, Nono agreed quickly, "Yes, Tsunade-sama."

She then sat across from Jiraiya and practically snatched the book from his hand with eagerness marring her usually calm and competitive gaze.

Flipping through the first few pages, Nono's attention soon completely focused on the story of the new protagonist instead of Naruto from the Tales of Gutsy Shinobi. The story started slow and on a more mature theme that questioned the moral dilemma of a partner only cheating on his significant other because he was scared for his own life should he try to break things off the right way... but maybe... just MAYBE, the protagonist was truly scared because he cheated on his significant other with her mother...

Before she could continue, Jiraiya idly inquired, "So? Nono-chan, what is going on with you guys?" His gaze was unfocused as he flipped through a book of his own. After all, a good writer must be a good reader first— that's one of Nono's beliefs.

{A/N: Sadly... I'm a shitty reader... suggest works similar to cambrian and jordin pls!!}

Not particularly interested in the question, Nono replied half-heartedly, "Oh, just you know, after Kai's and Mikoto's engagement, we're just trying to adjust."

Interested in this more than the great nations and villages conspiring against one another, Jiraiya leaned forward, "Huh, Kai-kun really did it... Does it feel weird? Sharing a man, I mean. Of course, I understand from your letters that you have yet to share him but... is it, at all, similar to a man sharing his woman?"

While Tsunade already felt a vein pop over Jiraiya's question, Nono adjusted her glasses and accepted the culture in its raw form while leaning forward and revealing an interested look.

"It's hard for me to... assess such a feeling. I haven't entered into any other relationship so I can't just compare what I have with Kai... Mikoto, and Kushina, too, for that matter with others. I'd say one thing though... kunoichi like us can adapt easier around one capable shinobi working for what he wants... than multiple shinobi trying to adapt around a single kunoichi. Although, I would praise the shinobi's and kunoichi's skills to manage such a dynamic in both instances."

Jiraiya pursed his lips and fell into deep thought.

"Tsunade, you think I could form a harem?" He suddenly turned to look at his former teammate as she scoffed, "A harem of whores maybe. Hey, not only would they share you, you'd get to share them, too, for a pretty dime at that."

Jiraiya's lips twitched before he snorted and crossed his arms, "You say that about me? The most handsome of the Sannin? Then what about you? The matriarch of the Senju and still without a single lover!"

Since Jiraiya had basically sped here... he didn't take the chance of fully observing everything. His words made Tsunade give a smug smirk instead, "Without a single lover you say? I—"

"She is indeed without one," Nono interjected with a smile, the eagerness that once flashed in her gaze was now replaced by witty coyness once again as she looked at the clone and her smirk broadened. But Tsunade gulped instead and glared at Jiraiya, "Fuck off! Ask all that from the original. Let me be with my tasks!"

Jiraiya clicked his tongue and looked at Nono, "So close."

"Does it matter? You started with the wrong person," Nono shrugged. Her attitude and words only made Jiraiya chuckle, "Well, that's true. I won't bother you guys. Read it freely and give me feedback in a few days, right? Oh, and tell Tsunade that I and Orochi would be waiting for her in the same spot tonight for drinks."

Jiraiya left quickly as Nono just stared at the slightly sweating clone who was saved from fucking up big time.

Jiraiya was good at forking out information... and even if the truth won't be hidden anyway since Tsunade did beat up anyone who laughed, Jiraiya would find it should he take some time to loiter around in Senju Clan. But that doesn't mean they should be making it easy for him.

"Do I get some free time to save you from this mess, Clone-sama?" Nono chortled as Tsunade scoffed, "Just get back here. Read Jiraiya's work in your free time."

Nono pouted and returned to the desk.

--

The evening soon settled into beautiful dusk. Filled and feeling quite happy after how much she enjoyed her time with Kai, including his witty and cheeky remarks, Tsunade found herself sitting on top of her grandfather's head on the Hokage Rocks. Three large portraits of the three Hokages carved into the large mountain covering a side of the Konoha and watching over the villagers— a structure of pride and honor, an irony to the true nature of shinobi and kunoichi who are molded in deceit and raised to be despicable just to survive.

"Man... what a village, huh..." Tsunade smiled in contentment, "I used to come here. In this body, exactly, too. I would watch over the village. I met Dan right here. And now here we are... with conflict of villages still going on." In the end, her smile receded somewhat, "I... just can't imagine if the conflict would have lasted if Grandpa kept all the tailed beasts instead of handing them out..."

Every authoritative figure knew of the distribution of the Tailed-beasts. To put it simply, to end the conflicts, the First Hokage sought to capture all the nine forces of nature and then pimp them out to various villages to balance the strength of the villages. Of course, things didn't go exactly as is but that was the general gist of it.

Sitting beside Tsunade, Kai enjoyed the somewhat dry wind grazing his face. The year was close to an end. A few months and another year would start. His thoughts, however, remained in the present. The things he could achieve. But he was happy to share his thoughts when Tsunade turned to look at him, "What do you think? Was Grandpa... right? You aim to be the Hokage. Even if just for shit and giggles, it would do you good to have some political understanding."

Humming audibly, Kai let his gaze wander over the village. He could see the long line in front of Teuchi's store, he found his clone with Minato forming another rasengun, and Tsume jogging with Kuromaru and another clone of his while wearing weighted accessories. What surprised him was a woman stop Sakumo who walked alongside Kakashi but soon the man shook his head and left. Probably rejecting a prospective thirsty hoe after his ass.

"I could probably find so many faults but really... I don't have the heart to judge their circumstances. I mean, I'm with you. Senju's gem. I've mastered their legacy in its entirety. And, last but not the least, give the man a break. He died after doing so much for the village but all he got in return was people questioning his decisions. Not to mention a stupid cunt who somehow found his stem cells right on the doorstep out of nowhere..."

Tsunade pursed her lips as Kai gestured to look forward with his chin while a sincere and relaxed smile touched his lips, "Remember when Mito-sama asked me about my ambitions and I said I wanted a Harem?"

"I happened to be there," Tsunade scoffed.

"Well, it changed a little. I just don't WANT it... I also want to be able to live. I can't do that with wars happening at the whims of Kages..."

Leaning forward and cupping her cheeks, Tsunade smiled, "You know that wars happen because of the Lord of the Lands instead of Kages of Villages, right?"

Sneering, Kai chuckled, "Spare me the political bullshit. Do you think Kages don't use the conflict between the daimyos as an excuse to further their own heritage by plundering others? Makes me wonder at times... are the Daimyos controlling the villages or is it the other way around."

"Something tells me you don't focus on it too much," Tsunade smirked.

"My time is spent better on the grind," He shrugged.

"Still doesn't answer how you aim to end wars and live with us?" Tsunade questioned only to find Kai grinning broadly and staring at her silently.

Blinking, Tsunade soon blushed and groaned, "A fucking slip of my tongue, don't act smug!"

"Hmm, just waiting for your tongue to slip a bit more... you know, down." Kai laid back and laughed, "You won't believe my way of ending the war even if I tell you. Think of it as my second dream. Heck, even the First Hokage's act of sharing Tailed-beasts is saner!"

Curling her legs up, Tsunade pressed, "I would place my life in your hands on a battlefield. Me trusting your ambitions pale in comparison. Go on, I'm all ears," she let her gaze linger over his form before lying down next to him and staring at the sky.

"I..." Kai whispered and Tsunade's eyes soon widened.

"There's no jutsu for that!" She blinked.

"I'll make it," Kai shrugged.

"Others won't agree... you know, it really is an insane thought... to the point I may not even be reacting as I should be!" She huffed.

"Or, you just believe your loyal guardian at this point that he could just achieve this, too," Kai turned his body to face her, "More than that... how are you feeling? Still afraid what others would say?"

"Afraid?" Tsunade turned to look at him, "I think, by now, even Sensei got the news. Tch, I guess I can't ruin my image further by breaking things up. So, unfortunately, I'm stuck with you."

With his gaze turning cocky, like his smile, Kai retorted, "You fool! You thought that would bother me? One man's misfortune is another's fortune!"

Pursing her lips, she leaned forward slightly and pecked his lips, "You're an asshole, my legacy guardian."

"No need to butter me so much, Tsunade-sama. I've heard that compliment many times~!"

She soon sighed, "Well... I won't be able to drink with you guys tonight since Jiraiya returned."

Kai nodded, "Yeah... but let's do this again the moment we get free time. And... remember, you only have two weeks for that bet."

Sitting up, Tsunade shook her head, "I would have kept playing... if we didn't go out today... or did what we did yesterday. Of course... I've come to like you. And I don't ask for much. I'll even follow you to the Hokage's desk and work under you eventually. All I can think is... if..." she looked hesitant slightly and averted her gaze with a prominent blush, "I want to have kids, someday... but I never want them to experience what I did. So, work hard. If I find you lacking..."

"You'll replace me?" Kai chortled.

"No," with a roguish smirk, Tsunade's body began to grow older while she locked her gaze with him, "I don't replace easy. Instead, I'll rally the 'troops' and whip you into shape."

"Understandable," Kai nodded, "I guess... I'll have to even surpass your grandfather."

"That's the least of expertise you need," Tsunade chuckled and left earlier than him.

Finally, alone, Kai closed his eyes and rested for the time being. He just felt too relaxed after having stated his goals to Tsunade, at least.

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The next day, Kai didn't return to the Uzumaki seal chambers but to the Shikkotsu Forest itself. He figured that it would do him good to keep on absorbing nature energy and storing it within the Seal on his forehead would only do him good. Creating two clones that now had the task of reforming his other elemental jutsus into Senjutsu Variations, Kai himself began to think deeply about the elemental variants for the [Revolving Heaven] and even [Rasengun].

Both of these were purely based on chakra. One was used for attack and the other one was used for defense. And Kai stubbornly wanted to keep it that way. However... he got inspiration yesterday from Tsunade. Her words were completely different from what he gained.

His mind only focused on two words.

Second Nature.

For Revolving Heaven, the defense was surely its main objective but denying its second nature— offense, was an arrogant mistake from his side. It delayed him for two days now, but Kai was grateful to have caught this mistake of his own so quickly.

Meanwhile, for Rasengan, the defense was its secondary nature. In fact, it was a more pointed defense that could reflect weapons and attacks, too.

But for Kai, the elemental variation proposed a tiny stream of SP. An income that he would not let go of no matter how little. If possible, Kai would squander all the ryo in his wallet for SP but that wasn't possible. SP could only be derived from his own grind.

The answer to the elemental variations, for Kai, remained within this inspiration itself— Second Nature.

This made the water nature transformation for the two jutsu a lot more complicated but instead of putting it off and turning his attention to a different element, Kai took the challenge head on! He wanted it. His gaze revealed a deeply engraved need for something interesting and he started to think over things.

Water. Its main property aside from 'wet' could be buoyancy. But it wasn't useful in these two jutsus. Kai knew of the ice nature transformation found in Kiri but that was an elemental Kekkei Genkai not under his grasp. But that didn't mean Kai couldn't try and gain understanding from it. From ice, Kai understood that he could also include 'cold' and even 'reflection' as the property of water. Thinking for even longer, Kai felt that his answer lay in these four properties.

Now, he must find the one that fits 'defense' and 'offense.'

A chakra-charged kunai can easily pierce a dome of water. It would be effective against fire attacks but Kai knew how to form a spiral of water and thus, he would gain nothing new— and no SP. Similarly, buoyancy was out of the question, too. The 'cold' was not compatible with the nature of these two techniques since adding temperature to a chakra...

Kai paused and backed up.

What happens when you just try to lower or increase the temperature of the chakra alone? No elements, just the temperature?

He had mastered a jutsu named [Freeze Wave] that allowed Kai to push the chakra to a lower temperature and then freeze any liquid element present outside of his body. But what is its effect on a human? It's nature in defense and attack.

Just like 'Cold', 'Reflection' also presented interesting speculations and with a wide grin, Kai got down to business. Now, he wasn't a masochist, but to understand the nature of the jutsus he's creating, he must have untainted raw data and honest feedback.

So, without a second thought, Kai created another shadow clone with the barest of chakra possible. Although Kai had great reserves of it and had even more of it within his seal... he must never forget his roots and keep himself in check with chakra expenditure.

The moment he started the tests using rasengun since constantly creating a larger and 'bigger' range of attacks using Revolving Heaven was less than effective, Kai found the familiar notification of skill forming, and much to his pleasant surprise, this was a skill not formed before. The data would be extrapolated and Kai knew he was on the right track. After all, this data was all the things he DIDN'T know about a technique related to water nature transformation and would further his grind over the element.

--

There were a few techniques like shadow clones, regular clones, body flicker, replacement jutsu, and the kind that were based on chakra alone that did not provide a skill at all. An acceptable result since the only thing that changed was the base chakra and Kai had already mastered the said base through [Sage Transformation] and [Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art.]

However, to his surprise, the skill that Kai didn't expect to give any result based on the noted discoveries provided a skill!

[Sage's Scalpel (2/5): Coats the hands in a controlled amount of senjutsu chakra that can dissect the physical and metaphysical aspects of the body without excessive bloodshed or chakra leakage. Reduce senjutsu chakra wastage by 1% for every level. Reduces senjutsu chakra consumption by 10% at every level. Senjutsu Chakra Consumption: 752/min.

Next Level: Perform this jutsu for 23/13000 minutes or 60 SP.]

From the looks of it... he could operate directly on the chakra pathways using this technique! Talk about being a fatal doctor! What an S-ranked Jutsu!

That wasn't all.

He had three more incomplete sage arts variants of elemental jutsu. The thing was, the lower level of skill but their repetitive nature was not lost on his trait, and to level up these skills with levels under 5 Kai needed to put in the same amount of effort that he would have to do for a dozen of levels.

But clones made life simpler. To the point, Kai was willing to activate the seal on his forehead and create a few more clones that started the grind assigned to them.

Meanwhile, Kai viewed the beauty of his tests.

[Frost Rasengun (1/5): Creates a concentrated spiral of chakra over the tip of the finger while shifting the temperature of the chakra to colder without limits. Increases the mastery of water stat by 2% at every level. Reduces Chakra Consumption by 10% at every level. Chakra Consumption: 14500~??

Next Level: Perform this technique 13/480 times or 60 SP.]

Two S-ranked Jutsus! And it was as the skill described. Kai could lower the temperature to an unimaginable degree. Being chakra, it did not directly affect the surroundings except for a layer of frost mist that would develop directly around the jutsu... and when Kai used it... and his clone dispersed, for the first time in ever, he had to grit his teeth and crumble on the ground as he experiences his skin, muscles, bones, organs, and even his cells 'freeze' layer by layer... or at least, he felt it.

This skill was disastrous. In fact, it was easy to hurt oneself if the Rasengun turned to Rasengan or an even greater sphere of chakra since it would surely interact with the body of this user. Being made from one's own chakra, the effects would be minimized but they surely would be present.

Anyway, Kai couldn't wait to meet with Minato instead of sending a clone.

Why?

Because Jiraiya was back and Kai wanted to see what else he could learn. Of course, with five of his incomplete skill slot filled... after such a long time, Kai was still eager all the same.

He had almost forgotten this sense of progress.

Of course, should others know of his thoughts, they would curse him black and blue.

--

"Damn!" Jiraiya had a wide grin while Kai felt the man's complicated emotions as easily as he would see his own reflection over the surface of a calm pond, "You really struck the big leagues, huh?"

Minato sat not far away, scribbling something, most likely an errand seal he suddenly thought of while Kai knew well to respect the Toad Sage by not playing around the bush and accepting his complicated emotions. Who didn't know about the crush this man held for Tsunade?

Grinning in reply, Kai shook the 'eager' Jiraiya's hand and waggled his brows, "Right? Did she tell you herself or play around the bush?"

Observing the 'kid' whose height and level of gaze was similar to his own at this point, Jiraiya didn't even feel when his smirk turned into a bitter grin, "Oh, she announced it once filled with five jugs of sake... Hah... man, and you've grown up so much! Really makes me hate your guts and admire you nonetheless. Not to mention, I can't thank you enough for taking care of my apprentice..."

Jiraiya took his hands back and laughed, "But if I keep talking about it, I'd regret even returning. I heard the problem you and Minato encountered with his Jutsu, Rasengan. I'm here for a few weeks, I'll try to clear it."

Kai shrugged, "I already did, though," while he kind of felt awesome with how Tsunade did announce their relationship, he pulled his attention to something else and stared at Jiraiya, "Did... you see Orochimaru, too, yesterday?"

Nodding casually, Jiraiya inquired, "I did. What's up?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to learn a few Jutsu from him," Kai shrugged while understanding that Jiraiya was much like him and remained clueless about Orochi because one thing Kai was sure about the snake-like Bimbo was that she would have certainly tried to hint Jiraiya too about her changes just for her own kicks. Orochi might claim that she was cautious... but Kai knew a 'fun-loving' son of a gun when he sees one.

"From him?" Jiraiya raised an eyebrow before grinning, "Stop that! You need to focus. Believe me, when you hear the few tips I have to impart... you'll remember me forever!"

Cringing, Kai scoffed, "I'd rather not... besides, I'm an iryo-nin. I understand what you want to 'impart' and more." The youth was humble enough to understand that the information-based technique that most likely originated from Jiraiya helped a lot but he hadn't lost his mind. It was very likely that Mikoto wouldn't even want to sleep with him after she finds out that Jiraiya blessed her fiance with the eldritch information of perversion...

Visibly deflating, Jiraiya turned to look at Minato who wasn't that far off but didn't even participate because he wanted to utilize every second to lower the gap between him and Kai, "Then? He's hard to move when he gets like that...'"

Kai looked at Minato, too, and looked thoughtful, "Jiraiya-san, did you know I got a bounty?"

Evading the knock on his head, Kai heard Jiraiya grumble, "You bet I did. Stronger than the Sannin? Konoha's Dragon or should I call you Dragon Sennin?"

"Dragon Sennin, of course," Kai smiled as Jiraiya deadpanned.

Finally rolling his eyes, Jiraiya questioned, "What about your bounty?"

"Since I've already called myself a Sennin... why not teach me the real stuff? Ever since my body grew, so did my reserve for chakra and I've got this, too," Kai pointed at his forehead where Jiraiya observed the circular steel-blue mark and remarked, "And what 'real stuff' is that you want to learn?"

Letting his excitement simmer down, Kai smiled slightly while biting for the prize, "The Sage Mode... you know it, don't you?"

The corner of Jiraiya's eyes twitched as he questioned, "Sensei will have my head if something happened to you of all people! You can't learn something like that just because you want to..."

"Why can't I learn it just because I want to?" Kai inquired with a curious expression.

"Because... you could die!"

"I could die in any number of missions or the war that we won through technicality but you don't see me, Hokage, or anyone else whining about it," Kai smirked, "Just test me out. Senju Legacy has something like that but I can't start it unless a Sage helps me... always makes me wonder how the first Sage even came to be."

Jiraiya looked conflicted and Kai couldn't blame the man. After all, not many knew that Kai mastered not one but two sources of Sage Mode. Although their primal enhancements remained the same, Kai's knowledge and control of Senjutsu Chakra and the ability to develop the Sage Art variants of the regular ninjutsu and genjutsu were connected to [Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art.]

In fact, even Tsunade and Orochimaru only knew about the Sage Transformation.

Sighing deeply, Jiraiya still shook his head, "That knowledge isn't mine to share... but I can ask for you. Give me a few days. The ones who taught me slumber often during autumn..."

Kai nodded, "Thank you."

The duo just sat down after a while as Jiraiya began to excitedly describe his adventures as Kai just happened to be the rare few who would listen, pose questions, and even joke with him without the usual judgment like others.

Only after having a blast of a discussion did Jiraiya move forward slightly and blinked, "Oh, right. You said you already solved the problem of making an elemental version of Rasengan."

Kai nodded and calmly explained, not the least bit worried about the information being used against him. After all, just 'knowing' was not the same as performing the said process, and he did want a favor from Jiraiya so unwilling to sour their relationship over a tiny aspect of knowledge he possessed, he replied, "Back then, we kept the elemental aspect to its primal nature. For instance, for the element of wind, we formed the Rasengan to mimic wind itself. The result was expected, the Rasengan blew away. We should have used its second nature— cutting force that is enhanced with Wind Chakra."

Jiraiya frowned and revealed the wealth of experience he possessed and noted something that Kai only realized after using a similar technique.

"Wouldn't it hurt the user? It's like holding a ball of rapidly spinning blades..."

Kai nodded and smiled, "One problem at a time. It's hard as is to turn a perfectly shaped chakra jutsu by adding nature transformation only after."

Jiraiya then frowned harder and agreed, "Yeah... you two have a lot to train..."

His expression soon eased a bit and he looked at Kai, "No point worrying about it now, as you said. Sensei and Sakumo-san himself think that you're already an Elite Jonin... how about a spar? Just Taijutsu. How about it?"

Kai raised his brow and inquired, "Want me to lose the weighted accesories or not?"

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at the obvious provocation.

Alternate Title: Manly Acceptance of Loss!

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"You've got to be kidding me. Trying to screw around with Jiraiya was already dangerous but you want to try and mess with Sensei?" Tsunade whispered as she met Orochimaru a bit early near the entrance to the Village Academy. Like yesterday, Orochimaru looked the 'same'— manly with slightly sunken cheeks and a slightly thicker pair of lips. Looking over at Tsunade, Orochimaru hummed, "Why not? I want to see if Kai's and Jiraiya's obliviousness to such an easy hint is shared by Sensei, too. And even if caught, it's a revelation that only changes my value in the village and for the better at that— Being the Second Sage and all that after Jiraiya."

"And what will happen if Sensei finds out your ill deeds and consider you a stronger threat than assets?" Tsunade frowned.

"What misdeeds?" Orochimaru inquired with a blank expression.

Tsunade pursed her lips. She was well aware... of a few things Orochi most certainly did while working with or for Danzo. Things that did save Orochimaru's life largely... and the things Tsunade chose to ignore. Although Orochimaru remained rather honest and made it clear that she hadn't experimented for quite some time since Kai's constant help made such actions redundant, the thought of it would make Tsunade a little uncomfortable. As if this wasn't already morally complicated for her... Tsunade also recalled two 'captives' in her prison and finally issued a defeated sigh.

"It's hard to keep such a moralistic approach, right?" Orochi quipped while brushing 'his' locks behind his ear in a rather feminine manner, "As a friend and colleague... I suggest you loosen up. A bit. In the end, it's all about understanding our goals and the limits within which we want to work to achieve those goals."

"This advice didn't help me before and it wouldn't help me now," Tsunade groaned slightly, "I wonder... if I should just think of retirement? A few decades short though..."

Orochimaru smiled and walked alongside Tsunade into the Academy before making their way up to the Hokage's office, "If you wanted to retire, you wouldn't be here. Certainly... you're as interested in those two specimens as I am, right? The Headless Jashinist and the Cerberus?"

Tsunade pursed her lips while steering away from the thought of how most of her decisions lately had turned out to be largely hypocritical.

She had, of course, heard of the valuable 'materials' Team Sakumo had liberated from Kumo's facilities and while the two were busy with their work, just enough to not readily approach Hiruzen to be tasked with handling this, they also wouldn't deny the invitation that came through Jiraiya last night.

"If I were you..." Orochimaru spoke up as they reached the door to Hokage's office, "I'd worry more about you instead. You did declare Kai... hmm, what was the term you used? Ah, I remember now— Yours to mount. Maybe should have been less drunk before announcing in such a sickeningly sweet manner... but Sensei would know of it by now. I can only wonder what sort of plans he might concoct for the child that has not even yet arrived~!"

Tsunade blushed slightly. In her defense, Jiraiya really laid in heavy to find out who the lucky 'mount' was and she answered in kind. But... even if Tsunade felt the slightest bit guilty last night after recognizing the sheer defeat in Jiraiya's expression, she also firmed her heart even more. If she faltered at such moments... what use is her life and experiences?

"Shut your hole," Tsunade scoffed and knocked on the door.

"In what manner should I seal mine? Apparently, you seem more experienced with more... 'organic' matter. All I can shut my hole with tends to be... inorganic and cold to touch."

Deadpanning at the Bimbo who didn't lose her sense of nasty humor but only seemed to grow on it, Tsunade was forced to swallow back the curse she itched to violate the bitch with as Hiruzen's voice from the other side of the door permitted them to enter.

--

Seeing Tsunade and Orochimaru sit down across him silently, Hiruzen decided to observe them a bit longer. He hadn't seen them for quite some time. Even months, by his standards, reached that level. After all, Orochimaru and Tsunade were elites of the village. Valuable assets that surpassed others due to being similarly talented as they are in battle outside of roles of conflict, too.

Although it had only been days since Hiruzen let the number of researchers of the village onto the two marvels of nature, he understood quickly that this wasn't a task up their alley.

He may not be a researcher, but he employed every one of them and knew of their academic capabilities and all of them were raised under the wider umbrella of theories brought forward by four individuals.

The first two happened to be Mito Uzumaki and Tobirama Senju. The two weren't Iryo-Nin but remained researchers of their own class.

After them came Tsunade and Orochimaru. Mito Uzumaki's special Kekkei Genkai which allowed whoever to recover their chakra should they bite into her flesh was one of the greatest inspirations behind a jutsu that reduced their casualties in the second war— The Mystical Palm Technique created by Tsunade. And Orochimaru's work happened to be of a wider array, like Tobirama Senju.

Since Hiruzen had these two, he found no need to waste the time of other researchers on a task that these two could do in a smaller period.

But... after a moment's observation, he found Orochimaru looking a little strange. He couldn't precisely pinpoint it but... in his eyes, Orochi just looked a bit healthier than usual.

'Maybe he made some breakthrough in his situation with Ryuchi Cave? Just as well...' Hiruzen contained any stray thought and nodded at the duo, "You two look well... might I say... fulfilled?"

He looked at Tsunade with an expectant gaze, causing her to scoff, "Nothing happened, Sensei. Keep it in your pants."

Oh, Hiruzen knew about Tsunade and Kai a few minutes after they stepped out of the Senju Compound yesterday.

Shrugging at her response, Hiruzen replied, "You can't blame a Sensei to look after his apprentice's best interests."

"Right... best interests," Tsunade narrowed her eyes, "Why did you call us here, Sensei?"

Tapping the desk for a second while considering his options, Hiruzen finally decided to skip the 'talk' with Tsunade. It was more of a guideline as to how she could provide a more positive outlook for her relationship with others since public image did matter to a matriarch but from what he'd heard, Tsunade was satisfied with beating humored shinobi to order so maybe this new approach could work, too.

"Team Sakumo raided a facility publicly known as a Peace Keeping operation by Kumo within the Land of Hot Water. Only three individuals affiliated with this facility managed to escape due to certain reasons but Team Sakumo managed to procure the center of operation from that location. If I knew how things worked I would have given you a detailed description of how these two specimens existed but the fact is... I don't. And that's why the two of you are here. Take a look at this..."

Pulling out a thick binder from one of the cabinets of his desk and setting it on the table, Hiruzen waited for Tsunade to go through it while Orochimaru peeked into the pages from the sidelines curiously. As they read, Hiruzen noticed their expressions subtly shifting.

"How long do you think it would take you to understand the source of their..."

"Immortality?" Orochimaru inquired and completed Hiruzen's sentence, causing the man to nod.

"It's not immortality, as far as I've read. The dog cannot move because its entire body is now covered by its head and even that freak in captivity can be 'killed' through, maybe, malnutrition. After all, it only seems that his body is capable of..." Tsunade frowned and began to mutter under her breath. Honestly, Rinnegan was just too tough to 'crack.' Just when Tsunade felt she found something... it would turn out to be a wrong clue. Of course, the easier way would be popping those eyes into her sockets but that only allowed her to wield the mysterious dojutsu, not understand it. So, Tsunade found herself more attracted to the new project as it would give her a break from Rinnegan.

Seeing Tsunade already consumed in her own thoughts, Orochimaru looked at Hiruzen and answered while keeping her tone casual, "It's hard to form an estimate. The team of fifteen researchers that compiled this result obviously knew what they were doing but many theories of chakra and its applications elude us to this day. THIS situation is one of them."

"It's acceptable if it takes you years. But these two individuals cannot leave the confines of the Intelligence Department. Yamanaka-kun tried to read their minds but only succeeded in finding bits and pieces. He concluded that the memories held in each head are not shared and any past information is hard to gather. In the case of the other one... his mind and memories are locked by an unusual seal."

Orochimaru looked a little thoughtful while Tsunade closed the binder and commented, "I can work within the TI department's research lab but I want my privacy. Even if you hand this work to both of us, I'm sure that others won't just sit back. They'd research on their own to win your approval for higher grants, I think. Or there could be wayward informants from Kumo or Iwa, too. If we get closer to this... most likely a forbidden jutsu, I don't want others knowing of it, like my Iryo-nin."

Hiruzen agreed readily, "If you two feel that working alone is fine. It's alright. Should you require any help, ask for it. For the next three years, you'll have priority assistance but after that period, I would need results, too. Be reasonable with your requests, of course."

This was basically Hiruzen allowing Tsunade and Orochimaru into the village's fund management to a certain extent. It didn't matter to Tsunade that much but for Orochimaru, this was quite the boon!

As they left after making necessary arrangements, Orochimaru nudged Tsunade's shoulder and smirked, "See? Even Sensei didn't find out."

Rolling her eyes, the blonde matriarch scoffed, "Whatever. At least, I get to spend my time away from paperwork now."

"That you will. What I'm thinking is if I should ask Kai to assist us?"

Tsunade pursed her lips and kept her glare on Orochimaru who only chuckled slightly, "I dare say that seals are his specialty. And maybe... this research can help me finalize the Jutsu I've been trying to form."

"The Jutsu that will help you learn all other Jutsus?" Tsunade questioned, already aware of Orochi's ambition.

"That's what I hope..."

Alternate Title: Namesake of a Mount

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Two weeks had flown by in a blink of an eye ever since Team Sakumo returned to Konoha. With their schedule settled, everyone made progress in their own way no matter how short said growth was. Of course, for Shinobi who had Shadow Clones, could bear the mental toll of its shared experience, and had enough chakra to spam it just enough every day... 'short' time was just something to be compensated for with more clones.

In fact, with his recent grind that made him more in tune with the elements, or to be precise, his chakra in tune with the elements, Kai stopped sleeping altogether. For him, sleep was only a luxury he partook in daily for the lack of a truly exciting grind, and anything that furthered his mastery of elemental nature transformation simply happened to fall under the right category— exciting.

Kai silently stared at the result of his hard work. Well, he wasn't ashamed to admit that he did use the Sage's Adamantine Seal to release quite a bit of chakra and further the grind by using Shadow Clones at a drastically high pace. In layman's terms, this is where F2P met P2W.

Within the once beautiful Shikkotsu, a small portion was now utterly decimated including the glowing corpses who couldn't adapt to the nature energy present in this location for the long run.

[Frost Rasengun (5/5): Creates a concentrated spiral of chakra over the tip of the finger while shifting the temperature of the chakra to colder without limits. Increases the mastery of water stat by 2% at every level. Reduces Chakra Consumption by 10% at every level. Chakra Consumption: 7250~??]

[Shurikengun (5/5): Creates a concentrated spiral of chakra over the tip of the finger while sharpening the chakra using wind nature transformation without limits. Increases the mastery of wind stat by 2% at every level. Reduces Chakra Consumption by 10% at every level. Chakra Consumption: 7250~??]

These two Jutsu, aside from the number of sage arts variants, happened to be Kai's 'great' accomplishment. Frost Rasengun would even 'kill' the very nervous system of the one attacked but... Shurikengun was a different beast in its own right. And at the moment, Water and Wind Style Rasengan were the only elemental variations he mastered. In fact, when it came to water, there was still the second nature of 'reflection' that intrigued Kai but even with his clones, he could only do so much.

Meanwhile... Fire, Earth, and Lightning were harder and in that order itself. He would start with fire nature transformation of the Rasengan but he had also encountered another problem...

These techniques were to be used in the Revolving Heaven technique... but Kai couldn't use it less he dies himself. Using the Frost Revolving Heaven would freeze and break his own existence and chakra pathways... and the Shurikengun would tear off the very cells of his body since he would be surrounded. He could save himself from this fate with his impeccable chakra control but... the truth remained that the moment he is attacked, there would be a moment of fluctuation. Even Jonins would be hard-pressed to make use of this weakness but Kai would rather not leave it to luck and think of a way to offset the situation...

Truly, this was the first time he had a Jutsu that was too powerful for his own good. And this practically made Kai salivate over the remaining nature transformation...

"Shouldn't forget Yin and Yang release too..."

All this grind benefited him greatly. His income for SP had seen better days but if things go well... he'd have more sources of SP relatively soon.

{A/N: I'm not going to cover the word count by spamming sage arts variants for ninjutsu and genjutsu. Instead, I'll form a different information page for Sage Art Variants for both, ninjutsu and genjutsu. The main change is that senjutsu ones are just stronger in a different realm. Remember Jiraiya putting Pain in Genjutsu? That level.}

[Name: Kai

Age: 14

Title: Senju Legacy Guardian

Gamer Traits: Skill Tree; Sleepless Gamer

Rank: Jonin

Hit Points: 100%

Stamina: 100/100% (46.1/min)

Senjutsu/Chakra: 302522 (83550 86435250%) (2747/min) (785 800250%/min)

Physique: 462 471/1000

Mental: 529 533/1000

Perception: 432 447/1000

Water: 24 34/100%

Wind: 21.4 33/100%

Fire: 20.7 21.1/100%

Earth: 20.7 20.9/100%

Lightning: 20.9 21/100%

Yin: 40.3/100%

Yang: 40.1/100%]

[Skill points: 2282 2327 ]

[Reduction of Chakra Wastage: 100%]

[Reduction of Senjutsu Chakra Wastage: 52%]

One of the more interesting Sage Arts that he managed to grind out through clones was the variation of Groundmole Jutsu.

[Sage Art— Earth Travel (10/10): Lets the user meld in and travel into earth quickly and then appear out from a designated region. Reduce Chakra Consumption by 5% at every level. Senjutsu Chakra Consumption: 560~???]

No, he had heard of a technique from Kiri that could allow users to mimic water itself as their Kekkei Genkai but this wasn't it. It was as if the ground accepted him and allowed him to phase through with his chakra seeping in and making way itself. A bit of yin and yang nature was mixed with this sage art, too, but this was convenient as hell! Yet... the path of grind already dictated a much more useful jutsu— Hiraishin.

This also made him a little sad.

He had mastered Uzumaki Legacy left with Kushina and the seals he was devising with Orochimaru had been paused, too, because of her other research granted by Hokage. Still, this didn't mean Kai was too backed up. Just this much grind was nowhere near enough. He had been in this world for six years and even now... he had barely managed to cover his bases from a single village...

And there were four other recognized 'major' villages...

Not to mention the independent Land since the Second War— Land of Whirlpools and Uzushiogakure...

Smiling, Kai couldn't help but mutter, "I dread the day where I have nothing new to learn for years..."

Shaking his head, Kai skimmed over his stats and realized that he was still in the 'growth' phase. Ever since he gained this kekkei genkai, his physique and perception grew naturally. Of course, given his current strength, this passive growth was less than notable but it existed and showed its worth under intense training. In comparison, his mental stat grew much slower. Yet, he was satisfied with the knowledge that most B-ranked and even some A-ranked Genjutsu couldn't faze him. It wasn't just due to his high stats... but also the fact that this was achieved by putting oneself into many genjutsu and he thus, gained a knack for it.

Choosing to end the session for the moment, Kai decided to take a break.

...

Like hell, he would!

Just because he was currently stopped by the elemental versions of the Rasengun did not mean he didn't have anything else. In fact, he chose to preside over a much more intimate training with his closest partner.

"Hmm... let's see... Animals in Shikkotsu Forest and great summons like the Sannin's can talk. So... maybe we should start from there?"

Kai looked at the skinny, white sweetheart wrapped around his index finger who let out a soft, serpentine hiss with her flickering tongue and closed her eyes.

Cinnamon could surely understand him, that he knew. But he wanted more. Again, it was not from the perspective of strength. Cinnamon simply happened to be the only one that could remain under his sleeves and interact positively. To a shinobi, such a treasure was hard to find. If stuff like Ninken was easy to use in conflicts then every clan would be like Aburame and Inuzuka but it isn't. And from his perspective, Cinnamon could be the unlikeliest failsafe should something even catch him off guard.

He had come to understand more about the Inuzuka culture over the years and even picked a thing or two from them but unlike the ever rowdy clan of humping sons of literal bitches, the Aburame clan was secretive even by Kai's standards. Everyone knew of their hiden that allowed insects to form hive within the clan members but... it wasn't easy to ascertain if it was the insects themselves that agreed to not kill the host or the other way around.

One of the mysteries Kai would like to eventually look into.

Aside from Cinnamon's situation, Kushina's wasn't any better. She trained a lot knowing she would have to be the one to extend the 'olive branch' to Kyubi given the situation while also developing another seal alongside Kai based on the Four Symbol Seal that can ease the tensions between Kushina and Kyubi... after all, the poor ball of fur was crucified upon a giant boulder!

"Maybe Senjutsu Chakra could help you, too?" Kai wondered idly, "The three summons come from notable locations steeped with nature energy. But... how does that allow them to speak human is hard to understand. I could consult Orochi... or Katsuyu...

But I've been to Shikkotsu Forest... maybe I can try and enter Ryuchi Cave this time?"

Kai frowned slightly.

The request of 'learning' Sage Mode from Jiraiya was still upto nowhere. According to the lecherous sage, the one within Mount Myoboku who should give the green light for it is still slumbering... Honestly, Kai only wanted to see what other uses of natural energy he could find from this venture but at the moment it seems he could start with Ryuchi Cave.

He could go ahead and infiltrate the Monkey Clan of Shikkotsu forest for the temple they'd been guarding to not blow his identity as the invitation would require him to come clean to Hiruzen about his actual strength. But if he is found out, again, that would cause some friction which Kai would rather not encounter since he could try other options first.

As Kai spent time with Cinnamon, he tried to incorporate her into various other jutsus but again, she was far from being part of his core skills.

As for the said core skills, Kai began to eventually think of a more efficient combat method that could end opponents easily. In essence, it was a style not unique to him but possibly the most compatible with him and Hiraishin fit right into this alongside [Chakra Scalpel] and [Sage's Scalpel] Jutsu.

As for others, Kai had yet to give them a thought.

Heck, even the Sage Arts learned from Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art wasn't all that useful to him. They made him stronger, yes. But they lacked the natural finesse with which Kai could finish his opponents.

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Tsunade hadn't mastered Sage Mode in these two weeks. But it didn't matter to her that much. After all, the bet had been voided and both of them also came to realize how making their actual relationship goals a bet would do them more harm than good. While Kai's age still felt a bit of a complication in Tsunade's eyes, she soon realized that Nawaki would, at the very least, need a few years to grow into an experienced Shinobi and by that point, Kai's situation would grow better, too. So, Tsunade was more than happy to take things slow despite their fun the one night much to Kai's chagrin.

To be fair, he did mind this somewhat. When a woman as ridiculously sexual as Tsunade denies more intimate touch... it's hard to not show your frustration. But balancing the situation was a much more tomboyish and 'smooth' Teen Tsunade that made Kai's evening interesting. Unlike the mature Tsunade, this younger version of her just had the perfect excuse to blend in with Mikoto, Kushina, and Nono... but clearly, the news of her somewhat acknowledged relationship with Kai did salt Nawaki's onions.

As if Kai cared. Nawaki may be his brother-in-law someday... but screw that. If Kai actually felt 'weird', he would have tried to 'respect' Yata, too, who happened to be his father-in-law— one of the many in the future, he hoped.

Tsunade did and that was her concern alone since she realized too that there were a few things she simply must meet head-on and one of them just happened to be a slightly embarrassed brother whose major complaint was not having a companion. Most of it, however, stemmed from Nawaki's envy and desire for Kai's skill. Not a new revelation, that's for sure, but again, it's not a situation that could be dealt with easily...

A good thing Jiraiya was still here. Nothing better than the path of a special 'grind' for a somewhat sour heart to vent that Jiraiya could arrange quickly enough.

Despite focusing on a much more interesting subject, however, Tsunade did now dawdle with her training... and a drive for strength didn't make her this disciplined.

Sure, in their world, might make right is the general consensus and Tsunade would definitely have experienced terrible things if she wasn't as strong as she is and this understanding SHOULD cause her to be naturally disciplined... but she wasn't.

She loved to gamble and drink, and waste her time. Lie around under a particularly toasty and warm winter afternoon sky. Pawn off her work to Nono. She truly gave the name Slug Princess a whole different meaning and the truth was Katsuyu was much more disciplined and hard-working ironically.

The Blonde Interim Matriarch had just come to realize that she... wanted praises. When she was young, she wanted praise from her Sensei and Granduncle. In her teen, she looked up to her parents before their eventual demise. For a little while, Tsunade also admired the 'Late' Mito Uzumaki...

But much to her embarrassment, she wanted someone else's praise. Not recognition, mind you. Tsunade simply didn't care if others acknowledged her skills after all the things she'd done... and as vain as it was... the 'praise' she wanted seemed to transcend the realms of just practice.

"Hmm? My my, if I didn't know any better, I would have thought Tsunade charmed you with more than her looks. To think someone who pounds little girls soar every morning would take the time to compliment Tsunade's hair..."

Orochimaru narrowed her eyes as Kai almost choked on the drink offered by a dark-haired toddler whose pupils remained slit-like akin to a serpent or Orochimaru. The boy was none other than Orochimaru's success in transplanting the Kekkei Genkai to another and forming a forbidden technique out of it since the failure would end in death... and any success would guarantee a talented seedling that would most likely rise to the level of an Elite Jonin.

'Phrasing, cunt,' Kai scowled while Tsunade bit her lower lip and remained silent. Nobody asked Kai to just suddenly notice her hair worn into a ponytail reminiscent of her youthful years rather than twintails... but she was glad nonetheless he did so.

"Want... some?" The little boy turned to look at Cinnamon who let out a soft hiss, causing the boy to shrug.

"Mitsuki, you may go and study," Orochimaru smiled as the boy nodded again. As the kid left, Kai couldn't help but question, "Didn't you name him Cinnamon Jr.?"

"I suppose..." Orochimaru smiled gently but her words were anything but kind, "If I am to treat a talented youth as a confidante and raise him... I must treat him as a human than a pet. The name of a pet would certainly not be beneficial in the long run. I wonder how Mitsuki would measure up to you as he grows."

"Well," Kai hummed, "Don't be too hard on him when he eventually fails to live to the glory that my name has become... But... why am I here?"

"Did you not ask me to visit the Ryuchi Cave?" Orochimaru smiled.

"I did. I want to see if Cinnamon can learn something, more notably, human speech. Or a sense of telepathic link." Kai could do something similar but it only worked well with human brains. It was a variant of the Yamanaka Clan's hiden... but when he tried it on Cinnamon, the results were barely any better than the Beast Chatter technique. Kai quickly understood that as long as Cinnamon doesn't know a way to convey her wants and needs through a medium other than emotions... he'd remain stuck on this stage.

Orochimaru nodded, "Well, you know me, Kai-kun. As brilliant as I think you are... our relationship has always been of mutual benefit. And we could argue... that the benefit I provided through Sage Transformation is greater than you have reciprocated with."

Matching her smile with a confused, almost dazed stare, Kai blurted, "Ya mad?"

Tsunade had to stifle her chuckle as Kai still kept his confused expression, "What I am providing is way more. If that Jutsu is completed, you WILL achieve your goal of learning as much as you want without being barred by things like funding and whatnot. If anything, you're in my debt. Possibly, forever."

Not losing her cools and instead revealing a broader smile, Orochimaru replied, "A debt of a lifetime... I guess that is one way to look at it."

"That's the only way to look at it," Kai scoffed and asserted. Tits may be good and all, but Kai was a man of reason and while he may have 'accidentally' goggled at Orochimaru's assets as she leaned forward, he committed to his task of keeping the shrew wench under his thumb... or so he hoped. But snakes are known to be slippery. They coil. They strangle. And they're certainly vicious. Not Cinnamon, she's a sweetheart... but the other snake had all the charm and none of the white-scaled pinky-sized snake's innocence as she licked her lips ever so slightly.

"If that is so... I should be a sincere debtor and find ways to pay off my debt, is that right? For a lifetime, I suppose, since this is a debt that shall remain till you or I remain."

"Fuck no," Tsunade interjected with a scowl, "Flirt around elsewhere and let me tell you, this is fucked up!"

She pointed and waved her index from Orochimaru to Kai, only for the former to giggle, "Oh, Tsunade. That was no flirting. I'm not a smooth talker like Jiraiya when it comes to whores or wives in need... nor am I like you who could land a budding talent," she emphasized the last bit with mischief clear in her eyes that made Tsunade purse her lips before continuing, "All I have is my knowledge that I would certainly wish to share with a like-minded individual. A life of work. A life with little rest but sweeter ones nonetheless. And maybe, a life of accomplishment where we only lament our intellect that has far surpassed the era and wholeheartedly wish for others to... catch up."

If this wasn't the hottest take on flirtation then Kai didn't know what was. The talk of grind was smooth over Bimborochi's lips. Her gaze remained locked with Kai's as he gulped slightly. And... Tsunade's caught something from the corner of her eyes.

"I... can't believe you got a boner from that!" She exclaimed, her hand smacking the back of his head with reproach evident in her tone as Kai broke out of his reverie and noted he wasn't in a Genjutsu...

"Well... I mean, don't blame me for this. My reactions are honest... it's the other party that's all messed up..." Kai grumbled under his breath.

Bad boner... but... honest.

Anyway, Orochimaru shifted the conversation soon and spoke, "I can take you to Ryuchi Cave but the risks are truly great. I don't know how the Sage will react to my survival and... your existence so adopt a disguise. And I can agree... that in the grand scheme of things, we both would need each other's expertise so we can dispense the coy act. We've hit a bit of a snag in our research and I know Tsunade wouldn't ask you for help... but try and deal with it herself before showing the result and maybe get a pat or two on her head."

Tsunade's lips twitched and vowed to master Sage Mode. Not for praise. But to beat the shit out of the Bimbo in front of her.

Truly, it's simple things like bets, booze, and vengeance that got Tsunade's motor running.

"My help? With that Cerberus and Headless Freak? Sure. When do I start?"

--

With there being three years at the very least until the duo needed to provide some results in researching the two specimens, Orochimaru and Tsunade found it completely normal for Kai to take his time, too. And that he did. Instead of rushing into things, he went through the data collected by the other researchers and then the verification of the said data by Orochi and Tsunade...

Now, he could troll them and conduct the same thing all again just to verify their verification but... why do that? It's a low level of troll and instead of actually getting a rise out of the duo, he'd get mocked instead.

The Major Aspect of Trolling Arts was to annoy others. Not give them a sense of superiority by doing something stupid.

But Kai did find himself in the wonderful company of the Second Priest of this Jashin Cult— Fukushu.

"And you just got captured by Kumogakure's shinobi?" Kai questioned one thing after another after removing the shackles from Fukushu's limbs as he already had Hiraishin seals planted on the man and let him feel a bit cozier. The fact that Fukushu couldn't be killed in a normal sense made other researchers including Orochimaru almost orgasm at the thought of exploring a living body from within and dissecting it in hundreds of parts...

But Kai digressed from such behavior and Fukushu had shown himself to be sophisticated yet crazy enough to recognize another fellow that shared some similarities.

"That's all they could do," Fukushu shrugged as he looked around the plain cell and found many items that could be used to murder someone... but Kai was quick, something Fukushu realized during their first encounter. And... Fukushu happened to be the only individual outside of Konoha to know of Dragon Sennin's true Identity.

"And you like to eat humans? That's what they fed you, too?"

"No, I just ate out from my playmate. You call it Cerberus," Fukushu blinked, "But I have been baptized by Jashin-sama's nutritional cannibalistic diet, yes."

Kai nodded and continued without revealing any disgust if he felt it, "Have you met your Jashin-sama?"

Smilingly, Fukushu nodded, "I don't need to see my savior. He resides in my heart."

"He?" Kai raised his brow, "Jashin is a man?"

"He can be anything," Fukushu replied calmly and finally initiated a question of his own, "Are you going to cut me open and waste your time replicating Jashin-sama's wonder?"

Kai smiled instead, "Seeing how you're receptive to genjutsu, can starve to death, and can be melted to death, too, in my opinion... I'm not here to replicate anything. Maybe complete it..."

It was pretty easy to understand that Fukushu's 'immortality' was nothing. Kai could still 'kill' the man in a hundred different ways. After all, death is nothing but the decay of the body and the eventual passing of the soul... and Kai COULD just extract the said soul... This is also where Kai felt that the key to this Jashin was.

This was a jutsu alright... but just the kind that seemed to connect soul and consciousness to the body in an even more intimate manner. So, Fukushu wasn't a 'better' human in terms of physical sense... he was just different. A variant with more pronounced strengths and weaknesses.

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Barely able to cover his excitement, Kai found himself at the peak of the tallest tree in the Shikkotsu Forest. He'd be leaving for another mission tomorrow since their break would come to an end but the last week's grind and research with Fukushu and the Cerberus had brought quite a bit of growth to Kai's understanding of Chakra. It wasn't enough to be considered anything new compared to the vast pool of knowledge he had already achieved but he did manage to devise a seal that could start things not only with Fukushu but may as well be a step needed for Tsunade to finally have a breakthrough with Rinnegan and even for Kushina's jinchuriki problem... even Orochimaru's goal.

What he developed was a key.

But as exciting as it was, Kai just pumped more for the skill he mastered. Adopting his Sage Transformation since that was his go-to sage mode when compared to the Rock Egg Monkey Sage Mode, Kai licked his lips and jumped down.

His clones had remastered a few wind nature jutsus into Sage Arts.

Whoosh*

Before his fall impacted the ground, Kai's body came to a standstill. His breathing eased down as he let Senjutsu Chakra elementalized as wind nature seep into his surroundings and gained control of an aspect of nature around him using less Senjutsu Chakra.

Still two meters from the ground, Kai continued to 'stand' in the air. He could fly using Essence Transformation and taking the form of a number of birds but... this was different. This skill was inspired once he tried to remaster Wind Release: High Jump but the Sage Art turned out much differently, in the same manner as [Sage Art— Earth Travel.]

[Sage Art— Air Stream (10/10): Releases a stream of wind from the pores of the body with enough senjutsu chakra to interact with the wind around the user. Chakra consumption reduced by 10% at every level. Current Consumption: 100~???]

Well, his clone completed the grind, and Kai just wanted to try this on his own. Shikkotsu Forest was saturated with nature energy so this technique would use less chakra compared to the shinobi villages and the elemental nations. Of course, this was just one of the skills as his SP, too, grew by several points.

With a hearty smile, Kai soon began to jog in the air, backflipping even when he could just stand sideways, too... simply making the air his territory brought plenty of advantages to him, and even if he later isn't in his Sage Transformation, he can always just chose to not doll himself up with this menacing form and adopt to manipulate Senjutsu Chakra without it. After all, Sage Transformation fully integrated Senjutsu Chakra into his body for growth in his raw parameters but that didn't mean he couldn't control the chakra otherwise by now.

--

"So? What's going on?" Tsunade inquired as she found Kai's lab neatly organized and without a single clone— a rare sight. Since both of their labs were under the Senju Manor, Tsunade would visit the lower wards and watch Kai's clone try and emulate Byakugan only to fail constantly...

But he finally had a breakthrough. An important one at that.

Gently scooping the single Sharingan they looted from Danzo's eye socket, Kai set the scarlet eye into a rather gigantic transparent cylinder that was as high as two meters and filled with light yellow nutrition liquid. A pattern of the seal was already drawn on the floor over which the cylinder was placed as Kai questioned, "Sensei, you remember when I told you that Danzo stole the Second's Reports? How Tobirama Senju would loot the dead Uchiha off of their Sharingan to study them?"

"I do," pulling a chair, Tsunade decided to sit down and let Kai explain whatever he wanted.

"Well, Tobirama Senju worked more on what we already knew. To be precise— The existence of Chakra is present in every cell, every wave of emotion, and even intent. In layman's terms, Chakra is that concept that is the answer to everything that is mysterious."

Tsunade nodded.

"Tobirama Senju believed that the key in an Uchiha awakening a sharingan is related to their emotions. An Uchiha, in an extreme emotional state, be it anger, lust, obsession, or anything else... releases a wave of chakra from their brains as it would release hormones. This chakra is the presentation of their emotions and interacts with the bundle of nerves around the eyes before awakening sharingan. That's why the Clan was once considered a Clan that Loves too Much... good for me, I snatched their princess."

Tsunade deadpanned at the last bit as Kai just had the skill of making every situation about his move and smiled, "Tobirama Senju also believed that to be true for every Dojutsu... but he's wrong. Byakugan doesn't rely on emotionally charged chakra from the brain as all Hyuga possess it. I've come to realize that Byakugan has just a sprinkle of nature energy... and their bodies."

"Their physique?" Tsunade frowned.

"Yeah, putting Hizashi in a genjutsu was easy enough when he was helping me in 'training' to repay the favor of making him an elder. The Hyuga may not be as sturdy as Senju or Uzumaki but... they are stronger than the average. Byakugan is a Kekkei Genkai... that stems from their bloodline and doesn't need any emotional distress. It makes this Dojutsu more efficient even if less versatile than Sharingan. Not to mention, their social problem stems from outdated traditions, unlike Uchihas who need to battle their inner demons since Sharingan charges emotions ever so slightly. Again, it only enhances their most basic emotion and desires."

Shaking his head, Kai muttered, "Loyal becomes blind... confused becomes lost, anger becomes terror... attraction becomes attachment."

"So? What of it?" Tsunade failed to understand the reason for the monologue even now.

"What of it? Everything I said... can be understood by Chakra. It can explain what we cannot understand. For instance... this Sharingan. How can I measure what kind of chakra was needed to awaken it? If Tobirama is correct, then different emotions must have differing effects on the awakening. There are TOO many variations to be recorded!"

Grinning, Kai's gaze bore into Tsunade's amber orbs, "What if... we had a new language? A language that would converse in chakra?"

Tsunade's lips parted slightly before she shook her head, "What you're saying is even more complicated. Every bit of this 'language' will be unique. Let's take twins for instance. Even though twins look the same, they will not be considered the same in this new—"

"Yeah," Kai smirked, "Everything and everyone will be unique. No two things will be alike... but that's what everyone would think at the surface. Chakra is still controlled. It's still under our control..."

Tsunade's eyes widened as she caught onto what Kai was trying to imply.

"That... that's only in the legends..." She whispered as Kai spoke softly, "I believe... this could be the first step to the fabled Creation of All Things... that Rikudo is said to have shaped this world from."

Tsunade still remained too stunned to speak as Kai turned to look at the Uchiha eye, "Danzo killed Kagami Uchiha and robbed both of his Sharingan. One of these eyes had lost its light and you questioned me about it... The truth is, the Uchiha clan also had some crazy fuckers like the Second Hokage who pushed their knowledge and abilities beyond what was expected of them and in the end, they created a Forbidden Jutsu... Izanagi. It's a technique based on Creation of All Things that implant a Genjutsu over the real world."

"To be precise, it implants a different result within a certain duration after the technique is used which will result in the loss of vision. Let's say, we're fighting with me using this technique. You end up killing me... Izanagi will shift the reality to the conclusion— my survival."

"Is that what he used to escape from Yata?" Tsunade inquired as Kai nodded, "But enough about the husk in our prison. All I've managed to figure out right now is to convert an entity without sentience into chakra itself. The seals under the cylinder are not for that, however, they are there to maintain the chakra formed out of a substance."

"So, why use a Sharingan? It's valuable research material," Tsunade pursed her lips.

"Because I'll be motivated to research the next step if something as valuable as a sharingan is just caught in this incomplete research," Kai giggled and pressed his hand against the surface of the cylinder before a large seal spread on its surface from his hand!

[Chakra Origin Seal (9/25): Turns the selected non-sentient targets into a mix of unique chakra. Reduce Chakra Consumption by 2% at every level. Current Consumption: 19870~??

Next Level: Spend 560000 Chakra or 25 SP.]

Despite the tremendous consumption, the technique was still classified as an A-ranked Jutsu, and under Tsunade's amazed gaze, the eye began to slowly dilute and turn into a mist-like milky white form still in a spherical shape with a violet undertone. The chakra seemed unaffected by the nutrition fluid as Kai huffed and smiled in satisfaction.

"Maybe we can use this to finally start more research about Fukushu, Cerberus, and the Jashin God he keeps chatting about," Tsunade called out from the side as Kai nodded before revealing a knowing smirk.

"Alright, what do you want?" Tsunade rolled her eyes as she saw this. This technique may not be too valuable to others but this could build a new foundation for the village! Of course... even if Kai had managed to 'discover' this language of chakra... now they must find ways to 'read' and understand it.

Like a code.

"Hey, why do you assume that I won't just present this technique to you out of the goodness of my heart?"

"Would you?" Tsunade gave him a sidelong glance.

"Nope."

"Then... what do you want?" Tsunade smirked as Kai traced his chin before shrugging, "I don't know... I expected to ask something but who knew my life is so awesome that even I am content for the time being."

This was not a response she expected from a being as greedy as him but... she noted the sincerity in his voice and added, "Then figure something out. Even if you do give us the technique, it's useless until we manage to form a technique that deciphers this 'new' language we've been weaving for ages so you've got your work cut out for you after you return from your next mission."

Kai nodded, "Yeah... damn, didn't even feel how three entire weeks just sped as I managed to form a revolutionary technique for the very chakra itself..."

Tsunade scoffed but this time even she couldn't refute his words. After all, if what he said is the truth then this technique was a shard of something much grander.

Alternate Title: A New Rikudo

A/N: Alright, I had two main addition to the lores of naruto in this ff which I will replicate over to Paradise of Infinity in its naruto arc. One of the lore was chakra being a vault of language that transcends body, mind, and the spirit. Again, I still find Naruto's power system one of the best just because of chakra. Its like magic and ki combined.

The second lore will... well, I'd like to keep it close for now. For one, it's still WIP and two, it will be more for world-building than anything as I did in quest maker by changing the back story of the Dragon God entirely.

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"So? Is everyone damp, moist, and lubed?" Sakumo inquired with a smile as the trio of his young teammates just froze due to how inappropriate the dignified Elite Shinobi sounded only for him to add, "Because our mission is cut dry for us!"

"Either Suna or Iwa," Kai shrugged as Tsume looked at him, "I call Suna!"

"Is this really even a bet?" Minato inquired as Sakumo sighed, "Of course, it's Suma. My station for the missions related to that Village now feels unending. But it's not a mission as simple as you think..."

Kai gasped, "Don't tell me... we're trying to find some white-haired child in one of the Desert Tribes?"

"What?" Sakumo gaped in return, "No, we're being sent to broker peace with the village and are tasked with verifying the desires of Sunagakure."

Minato understood the mission and instantly felt heavy in his heart while Tsume blinked and questioned bluntly, "What the hell does that mean?"

"It means," Kai chuckled, "Team Sakumo is tasked to see if this is a trap or not. Hmm, just as well. No other team has two elites..." He looked at Sakumo and then at Kuromaru who kept wagging his large furry tail, "Cinnamon and Kuromaru, of course."

Bark*

Hiss*

Cinnamon's soft hiss could be heard from under his dark-grey sleeves.

Sakumo smiled and sighed softly as Kai checked his mission.

[S-Ranked Mission: A Sanded Alliance

Summary: Sunagakure has notified the village's upper echelons of their intentions of putting their bad blood in the past and forging a new future together. Confirm its validity and return alive.

Rewards: 60 SP

Failure: Death]

'Wow... simple enough.'

Team Sakumo left soon as their Team Leader chose their moment of safety closer to the village to relay more information about the high-profile individuals of Sunagakure, their skills in brewing poison that rivaled the greatest Iryo-Nin 'publicly' known— Tsunade, and their craft in puppet arts which made them quite dangerous in their home territory.

Puppet Art was not some secret technology. From Chakra Strings to clasps and other trap devices that moved a puppet and made them dangerous were known to all other shinobi villages. The truth was that Sunagakure's unforgiving environment also provided unforgiving poison which just worked too well with the puppets— a resource that other villages did not have. Not to mention the fact that other villages just couldn't branch out their resources devoted to puppet arts since they had their own projects while anyone interested in puppet arts in other villages simply never reached too high of a level to speak for the cause.

Kai did want to learn because crazily enough, this provided him with the second 100-level skill like [Study of Chakra Weapons] but without the necessary tools, Kai couldn't create a puppet and his clones were otherwise occupied despite him spamming them constantly... and that's why, knowing full well that each village would have their individual strong points that he would rather learn than not, Kai decided to keep true to his motto— One step at a time.

He'll eventually get around to learning other village's skills... he made sure to work towards that when he created the [Chakra Origin Seal.]

Being neighboring countries with their borders shared, Land of Wind and Land of Fire had a good trading treaty despite their Shinobi Villages being anything but cordial. So, Sakumo and others adopted a disguise, rented a carriage, and started their travel. Of course, they did cover most of the distance before reaching one of the border towns protected under the name of the Daimyo and then took to the road.

Many shinobi teams used this route and snuck away from the teams of guards posted on the border under the administration of the Samurai. Of course, Sakumo being one of the most infamous shinobi of Suna knew better. Multiple scout teams from Konoha are stationed at the border at all times around the country but to retain the integrity of the mission, not even these individuals were told about Team Sakumo. While Sakumo and Kai knew how to restrain their chakra, Tsume and Minato did not which made Kai slap Minato's wrist, Kuromaru's back, and Tsume's ass with a chakra suppression seal— the paper tag kind which they could remove at their own convenience.

Successfully entering the Land of Wind after going through inspection of the border guards and distributing purses of Ryo to the guards on both the side of the border since every country did decide to come together under the unification of corruption, Team Sakumo proceeded to the nearest trade town and switch their carriage from a horse to the one pulled by camels.

Once they left the said town which was more of a large storage unit with many traders conducting business with one another, Sakumo eased, "Well, I think three days to enter Land of Wind is a good enough time. Now that we've checked off most in the checklist for our disguise, how about resting in the Oasis Town of Spring?"

Knowing that his team would need more information, Sakumo smiled, "Well, there's a healthy chance that we might be killed so enjoying a town before that is never a bad option," As his team of 'youngling' who had their entire life deadpanned somewhat, the brown-haired middle-aged disguised shinobi revealed a light-hearted smile, "Oasis Town Spring is one of the wealthiest border towns and control a small network of 'oasis' which is just a channel of water commissioned by Wind Daimyo from Suna. Others may not be aware of it but the 'drought' in this town was because I killed all the stationed shinobis... really nice bazaars though."

"Sounds good, maybe I'll find some of the infamous poisonous herbs," Kai shrugged with a smile as Minato questioned, "Sakumo-san, I've been told that Iwagakure is isolating Sunagakure to grow themselves... is this call for the alliance because of that?"

Chuckling in response, Sakumo questioned, "Did Jiraiya tell you that?" He traced his chin, "Well, it's not just Iwa hunting on Suna. It's true that Iwagakure suffered major losses during the second war but time and blood wait for no shinobi. If this alliance... turns out fine, I suppose we'll be having another war."

"Woah? Just like that?" Tsume barked a gasp as Sakumo shrugged, "Just like that."

"Hey, I've got one. What's one thing similar between a war and a failed marriage?" Kai grinned as his eyes brightened.

"What?" Tsume eagerly questioned while leaning forward as Kai chuckled, "Body count."

While Minato and Tsume looked a little confused, Sakumo touched his chin with an almost enlightened expression as he muttered, "You're... not wrong..."

"That or it can usually be avoided by bigger and heavier blows..." Kai completed.

--

"Heh, so? How do I look?" Tsume questioned with an off-white turban around her head, a red vest over the light, almost see-through full-sleeved white top, and a pair of baggy brown trousers. Kuromaru, too, wore a turban to prevent heatstroke if Kai didn't cool their surroundings often.

"Well... you fit right into it," Kai mused and nodded, "Yeah, looks good."

"I feel that this isn't a life-threatening mission at all..." Minato smiled but his eyes betrayed his nervousness. He was from the batch who killed to graduate and was the only remaining apprentice of Jiraiya but still with even Sakumo admitting their chances of death, Minato felt a little scared.

Noting his expression, Sakumo didn't assure the youth but spoke honestly instead, "If you do want to survive your missions... always fear the outcome. I know that's how I survive," he then looked at Kai, "You, on the other hand..."

"What? This was the best one I found in the bazaar," Kai pouted with a tiny red hat over his head as he looked uncaring of the heat and the dangers of the mission. His torso was covered only by a purple fabric sleeveless vest, a brown wrapping around his waist that extend to baggy off-white trousers.

If it wasn't for Minato and Sakumo on their camels who had dispelled their transformations, no one would have expected them to be shinobi. But then again, they were long within the scope of suspicion as they traveled closer and closer to Sunagakure.

"Nothing," Knowing well enough to let the other powerhouse of the team remain in his own tune than smother his strength and mannerism, Sakumo sighed and continued the way.

"So? Why haven't we been attacked yet?" Tsume questioned and this attracted Minato's attention, too.

"Because we're not close enough that they can assure our retreat negligibly... or they intend to honor their invitation," Sakumo replied, "Remember not to aggravate the elders Suna unnecessarily. Unlike our village's new policy about elders, Suna follows old customs and the elders possess quite a large portion of power. Not to mention... one of them is known to be one of the strongest Puppet masters of the village who happens to hate me."

They had heard about this for the umpteenth time...

Sakumo really did a number to families situated in Suna...

The team came to a stop as two lone figures formed out of the sand. Even if the team didn't see them form, they still stopped a minute ago as Kai did sense the stunning amount of chakra from the old man on the left.

The other man was bald and somewhat lenient looking if not for a tattoo of a green dragon on his head, one of whose claws were marked over his right eye as he wore a brown tunic without any overt shinobi attire and had his hands behind his back the entire time.

"Sand Clones," Kai whispered for Tsume more than Minato and Sakumo. A variation of Earth Clones that could break down into 'sand' but won't move with the wind or the dunes. Kai knew the technique, too, but sadly it never granted him a single SP... again, maybe another element's clones will? He'd look into it once freed of his current grind and duties.

Meanwhile, seeing the duo, Sakumo adopted a far more severe expression and remained silent yet this alerted others, and they watched the duo cautiously, too.

Noting the lack of response from the other side, the bald man smiled and spoke in a distinctly heavy voice, "With Iwagakure using every means in the book, I cannot trust the loyalty of the administration of the village with your arrival and the matters I hope to discuss with you. You may return to the Hokage with my sincerity."

As he said this, the tattooed man set a scroll on the dune, and then both of the men disappeared with a puff of smoke.

"That was..." Kai looked at Sakumo who took a deep breath, "The Second Kazekage and Ichibi's Jinchuriki..."

"Kai, check if there's any trap on the scroll," Sakumo ordered as he continued to keep a look around. With a hand seal, a shadow clone was brought to existence who appeared beside the clone and picked it up. From his hand emerged a seal to detect the contents of the scroll and after familiarizing himself with everything, he tossed it towards the original while dispelling itself.

Catching the clone and accepting the memories, Kai handed the scroll to Sakumo, "It contains a head. A sacrifice from their own ranks... or most likely a competitor that was growing too 'dangerous.'"

Sakumo accepted the scroll and nodded, "Looks like our mission has come to an end. Let's return."

'A vacation and the easiest 60 SP ever!' Kai cheered internally!

But then again, in his current state, most missions may as well be a vacation.

Alternate Title: Kaladin— The Enemy of Dry Panties. {I know how it sounds in hindi... still going with it, lol.}

A/N: At first, I had planned all this grand deliberation where Team Sakumo would enter Suna and have a confrontation with Chiyo, meat Sasori, and whatnot... but then I realized, a smart kazekage would not trust old begrudging elders when looking for an alliance based on his own merits with the enemies so I chose a much more anti-climatic manner that also served to keep the Kazekage mysterious... and maybe play at the plotline that he dies to assassins?

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Hiruzen unsealed the scroll in front of Team Sakumo to let them see the 'price' of their work and remove the last bits of naive innocence in them if it still remained even now. With the puff of smoke from the unfurled scroll as Kai felt all the other anbu hidden in the ceiling tense for a second, a decapitated head now decorated the Hokage's office.

The cut of the head's green hair about the same height as the head suggested that the individual had long hair which was cut short in one fell swoop and around his pale face, the green locks extended to orange tips. The man's hollow gaze directly fell on Team Sakumo while Hiruzen watched everyone carefully and found the team unfazed. Nodding in satisfaction, he continued, "This man is one of the Elite Jonins of Sunagakure— Pakuda of the Scorch. You can say that Konoha 'forced' Suna to eliminate a figure but really, this was something the Second Kazekage implied of us to request in his initial contact. This, however, cements the thought of an alliance. Good work."

[Earned 60 SP.]

Taking a moment, Hiruzen chuckled, "I suppose this mission turned out to be less than exciting but that's a fortunate thing. Enjoy the next three weeks of a break. Minato-kun, Kai-kun, stay for a moment, I have a message from Jiraiya."

Tsume and Sakumo left as the remaining duo waited. Rummaging through his drawers, Hiruzen took out a toad-headed metal cylinder used to contain scrolls and took out a scroll from it. "The Sage of Mount Myoboku may not necessarily be an ally but Jiraiya is the only known shinobi to ever get in their good grace. As such, his sage mode is of utmost importance but he is bound by gratitude and their faith to not reveal its inner workings and threaten the relationship he's managed to establish with one of the three Legendary Locations. Before leaving, he wanted me to tell you that the Sage is in an unusually long hibernation but his first order of action will be to ask about your eligibility to learn the technique."

Handing both of them a scroll each, Hiruzen added, "This is a simple exercise he recommended for you two to perform regularly."

Minato and Kai accepted it and waited for Hiruzen to dismiss them.

"Hmm... Kai-kun, that technique... how far have you come along with it?" Hiruzen questioned and keeping true to the vagueness of the question while realizing he meant Hiraishin that he gifted him a month ago, Kai nodded, "I'm almost done. I suppose a week more and I can at least get it working but using it in combat will still need some time."

Raising an eyebrow to that, Hiruzen complimented, "That's quick. Most cannot even understand the bare start of it..."

"Thank you," revealing a light-hearted smile, Kai added, "It's just that I also wanted to pursue other jutsus."

Chuckling at the response, Hiruzen looked at the duo, "I heard. Helping each other develop jutsus is fine but make sure to integrate them well in combats. After all, heavily chakra-consuming jutsus can end a life just as quick as the tip of a kunai."

The duo nodded, making Hiruzen remark, "Alright, I have something to discuss with Minato-kun. Good work, Kai-kun."

Kai left promptly, leaving Minato, Hiruzen, and the anbu members alone.

"Minato-kun, there is something else I'd like for you to develop while working on your own techniques and Jiraiya's homework," Hiruzen hummed and took out a familiar scroll, "This is a reward for all your hard work and results until now."

Minato reached out for the scroll and once he held it, Hiruzen remarked, "It's a technique I gifted Kai-kun and belongs to the Second Hokage. But I believe that you will master this technique, too, in time. If you have any issues, you can consult Kai-kun about it."

Minato nodded, "Thank you, Lord Third."

"Don't be," Hiruzen chuckled and shook his head, "Every Shinobi understands that 'investments' are made with the hope of beneficial returns. Of the current generation, only you, Kai, Kushina, and Nagato have shown more than unusual interest and talents in fuinjutsu."

Minato blushed slightly and accepted the praise while Hiruzen suddenly questioned, "What do you think of this?"

"I beg your pardon?" Minato looked confused.

"This transaction with Sunagakure," Hiruzen inquired, "I wish to know your response."

Looking a little conflicted, Minato grew quiet and only spoke after Hiruzen's insistence on the matter, "I... would not have given up any power of the village... just because they were threatening to me and not the village."

"Some may say that the threat to a Kage is a threat to the village," Hiruzen smiled.

"I didn't think like that," Minato spoke honestly and shook his head. Accepting the boy's response and after a few more casual inquiries about Jiraiya, Hiruzen dismissed the boy, too.

'Hmm...' he narrowed his eyes and mulled in silence. He just didn't think of sharing Hiraishin with Minato out of a whim. In fact, Hiraishin was a technique shared with other talents in the past INCLUDING Jiraiya and Orochimaru but they never mastered it or managed to come any closer to understanding Space-Time Ninjutsu. Even in the current generation, this was a technique not so easily taught to their Jinchuriki and Hiruzen believed that Nagato did not have the necessary mindset to master this despite his talents and good nature.

That left Minato with Kai revealing that he was making good progress and Hiruzen deliberately provided this technique to Minato due to the blonde's dynamics with the Dragon Sennin of Konoha.

First, Hiruzen believed that this staple technique of the Second Hokage was distinctly dangerous, and no one individual should have it. If Kai masters it, there must be a Minato to restrict it.

Second, With how Rasengan and its variations were working out between Kai and Minato... Hiruzen hoped for the two to make something else out of Hiraishin. Maybe a variation of it. Maybe a better technique. But something more. They could use another Space-Time Ninjutsu, after all.

Sighing and contemplating... Hiruzen wondered if he was overworking Kai. The youth may just be pushing himself by not only helping Tsunade and Orochimaru with their recently gained research but also sending out clones to Minato and Tsume to spar every day during their breaks...

'And... then there is the fact another batch is going to graduate... there will also be our other priority in Suna... and the situation with Uzu as yet another war draws near us... I'm getting too old.'

Hiruzen shook his head and resisted the urge to rummage his pipe out and take a puff of relieving narcotics...

Being sober really was a bad decision.

--

Kai gazed at the milky orb of chakra in silence— for hours, contemplating how to step forward. It's been a week since they returned from Suna. Like usual, a meeting for clan elders is called, some of them attended by Tsunade, too, only if specifically called by Hiruzen else it's just the usual reports on the weekly growth or changes of the village.

The exercise that Jiraiya left was nothing other than a meditation practice and a diet that would make a shinobi barely susceptible to nature energy... which was just useless to Kai at the moment.

One thing to note this week was that Nono was called as a special genjutsu teacher for the day in the Academy since her prowess was known to the three elders largely due to Hizashi once being a regular visitor to the Senju Compound and the fact that Genjutsu was noted to have a decline in interest amongst the current academy students... which just may be the cause of their deaths later down their lives.

And that's what Nono did as she skipped the first day of teaching by trapping not only the students but also the chunin teachers into a Genjutsu while waiting for someone to realize that she wasn't really acting like a clutz but rather sleeping with her head lowered... None broke out of it...

Which really proved to be quite the headache for the Elders and Hokage as they realized the means the current era's Genjutsu Mistress had accomplished. This also made many look at the frightening potential that all the youths of the current era held, more so than the previous generation which held the Three Sannins, Fugaku Uchiha, and Sakumo Hatake.

What Kai did not expect to do by the end of this evening after a fruitless contemplation to advance [Chakra Origin Seal] was to spend time with Mikoto. Well, THAT part was fine... the troublesome thing lay in the form of 7 kilos of babbling little poop machine waving his tiny arms in the crib.

"Tell me again... why did I have to come and take care of Sarachi?" Kai frowned with an annoyed expression as Mikoto looked more pleasant than ever to see her betrothed look so troubled and replied, "Because it is expected of you to take care of your brother-in-law."

"No... I can assure you, no one expects THIS from me..." Kai huffed and pushed the crib slightly to let it swing.

"Well, I do. Who's going to look after our child when I go to missions?" Mikoto smiled, causing Kai's eyelids to jump in surprise, "You think about it."

"I mean," folding the laundry, Mikoto answered, "Someday, right? But we can afford to wait... honestly... given our situation, we should plan it carefully so our entire time isn't just filled with taking care of babies."

Kai settled down and looked at the smiling and squeaking Sarachi, "Don't get me wrong... he looks pleasant to the eye but all that changes when he soils his diaper... maybe our child will force me to develop something similar to a self-cleaning seal?"

Mikoto smirked, "Ah, who would have thought YOU to think of our child."

"Hey, given how we've been humping like rabbits despite the seals on our bodies, that 0.0001% chance might just occur, you know," Kai scoffed. Leaning onto his back and pecking his cheek, Mikoto whispered, "Well, then you better prepare to marry me because I'm not going to be a mother before becoming a wife."

Turning around since Sarachi may have had his 'lunch' but Kai hadn't, he pecked her neck slightly and grinned, "Of course, I will. What kind of man do you think I am?"

"The kind who isn't easily satisfied?" Mikoto raised her eyebrow as Kai scoffed, "The kind who you all are more than satisfied with."

"Well then, you better keep looking after Sarachi. You could use a break," Mikoto smiled.

Surprised, Kai questioned, "Sensei told you?"

"That you kept on looking at your research for hours unblinkingly with a roster of clones and creeping her out, yes, she did," Mikoto whimsically played with the strands of his hair and combed them back as she added, "So, this was easy to arrange since Kyo-san and Father wanted some privacy and they can't really trust others easily."

"There are better distractions than this," Kai remarked, "Sensei and you could really come up with something better," his tone couldn't be more suggestive. Blushing a bit, Mikoto poked his cheek, "Let's give this a shot first. Taking care of a baby is new so it already did distract you well enough."

Kai groaned and reluctantly let Mikoto pry herself out of his grip so that she could complete her chores while he turned to Sarachi and stared at the infant who, in return, stared back unflinchingly.

Extending his hand, Kai decided to use Sage's Palm to boost the sucker's immunity and metabolism to leave Yata and Kyo with one big surprise in the boy's diaper later on and smiled slightly.

It was then a thought hit him.

'Isn't Orochimaru already taking the role of parent for Mitsuki...? Damn, this could be a grind, too. The best dad? Strongest Dad? Harem Dad? Nah, the last one is too weird. Oh, I got it, Dad Sage... Sennin Dad...'

Alternate Title: A Lovely Distraction; Nono Remains a Menace; The Stare of Kai and Clones; The Dad Title Predicament; Hiruzen Laying Strong Administration and Decisions

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For the last two weeks, all Kai decided to accomplish was practicing his fuinjutsu with senjutsu chakra. There was a notable increase in the quality of the seals but it never provided a new skill as the seals seemed to perfectly blend in with Senjutsu Chakra... and this was the only reason why Kai waited to practice the fuinjutsu before finally deciding to use staple skills like Hiraishin in his Sage Mode. What Kai found was the fact that aside from the greater quality of the seals, he controlled them... as if they were a part of his body.

Fuinjutsu, for the most part, are like 'switches.' You lay them and activate them and wait for the intended purpose to be achieved. For instance, a sealing fuin would activate and seal an object within the predetermined host or vessel. With Senjutsu Chakra... Kai was 'forced' to experience their nature. To be more precise, his chakra didn't flick a switch but entered the pathway itself and this... Kai realized, was an indirect 'application' of the [Chakra Origin Seal.]

But as if the world just wanted to be more complicated with its mystery, there were a few seals that almost intimidated the grind out of his grasp.

The Space-Time Seals such as the sealing ones including the Strength of Adamantine Sage and the Hiraishin.

The Chakra Origin Seal itself.

And more unorthodox seals such as the four symbol seals, spirit seals, and the kind.

Really, what remained simple were the kind of seals in tune with explosive seals...

For instance, whenever Kai used the storage seal, he felt his control over the seal greater than ever, he noted that no fuin shinobi without the ability to manipulate Senjutsu Chakra will manage to unravel it... and he felt his mind 'tickle' with instinctive knowledge which was irritating.

It's similar to his Kekkei Genkai.

Kai felt the application of space-time ninjutsu through his skin and mind even when he 'activated' the seal on his forehead in his Sage Transformation but he couldn't 'understand' it. It was instinctive. And this sensation was wholly unappreciated... why?

First, he never got a skill because, again, the seals were the same, and the knowledge of how space-time nin worked remained the same. His trait never provided a skill for 'sensation.' But... Kai felt a greater mystery within it. Something that he wished to master...

But that was it. Another mystery. Another grind.

Finally... there was something else Kai wanted to experience and he needed a sacrifice for that.

So, when he was called for another mission and realized the importance of it as they were meant to escort Hiruzen himself... Kai felt distinct that he may get a chance to hunt a sacrificial lamb earlier than necessary.

--

Sakumo led a team of masked Anbu members that surrounded Hiruzen who was dressed in his Hokage attire consisting of a large gown-like white robe and a top, flattened hat with a fiery red pattern. Taking charge of the rear was the rest of Team Sakumo who kept a serious expression.

[Rank-A Quest: Glorified Escort

Summary: Being the leader of Shinobi Village, the Hokage does not need protection but he shall task one nonetheless.

Reward: 25 SP

Failure: Death of the Hokage.]

Kai viewed the mission and shrugged. It was a somewhat simpler mission once again but they weren't briefed on where they would be going. Given the secrecy and the recent happenings, Kai had to assume this was something related to the budding alliance with Sunagakure but instead of taking the route to Suna, the escort moved in the direction of the Land of Rain instead.

It was a shorter journey and with their only limits being remaining discreet, reaching the Land of Rain was a day's task but setting a disguised camp on the border, the Hokage ordered everyone to rest for the night which translated to guard the region and just as Kai readied himself to do the same, he was called into Hiruzen's tent.

Now, Kai was prepared to tell Hiruzen to go to hell if his palate shifted from Danzo to Kai's own younger and juicier booty... but before that erring conversation came to a pass, Hiruzen, still in his Hokage attire, questioned, "What do you think of the Second Kazekage sacrificing Pakuda of the Scorch?"

Kai blinked and recalled the poor head that the Kazekage provided to verify his sincerity for this matter. Taking a moment to consider the situation since political matters are more convoluted than the sealing formula of Hiraishin itself, Kai frowned, "I think that the seal on the scroll could be better, Lord Third."

Nodding and understanding the meaning of Kai's response, Hiruzen refined his question and posed, "What do you think of the Second Kazekage sacrificing Pakuda just because that man could challenge him for the title?"

"That wasn't something Lord First or Second would have done if I have correctly assumed their natures from the tales with which Sensei wore my ear off in her drunken stupor," Kai responded, still not willing to truly step into this murky pond of misguided interpretation.

Staring at the youth for a moment, Hiruzen questioned, "If you were the Hokage, would you have done it if it meant an alliance with another major power?"

"Since I want to be better than all the previous Kages... no. It seems redundant," Kai shook his head and was much more comfortable with a hypothetical.

"Redundant?" Hiruzen inquired.

"If I am a kage stronger than the God of Shinobi, I would not fear those lesser of me and could protect the village entirely. If I am a kage smarter than the second, I will understand that I am already strong and fearing a potential mutiny that would only result in other like-minded individuals showing themselves is to be celebrated." Looking at Hiruzen, Kai gave a cheeky smirk, "If I am a younger kage than the third, I'd have years to strengthen the village."

Snorting a chuckle at the last bit, Hiruzen nodded, "But you don't fulfill any of those conditions because you're not a Kage."

"I'm not," Kai shrugged.

Letting out a nasal hum, Hiruzen asked, "Have you learned Hiraishin yet?"

"I have."

"I have a mission," Hiruzen informed, "Because of your circumstances, it's a mission you won't be forced into. But if you accept it, only success will be accepted. Failure will result in exile from the village if not death from the enemies."

Kai raised an eyebrow while mulling silently.

"What is the mission?" Kai questioned.

"I cannot reveal the details until you accept it," Hiruzen shook his head with a stern expression.

'Most likely an assassination... if the failure will only lead to exile... it means an S-ranked mission. Now... who would require such a level of threat in our immediate situation? Could it be...'

Kai nodded, "I will do what needs to be done, Lord Third," he agreed with a determined look.

Hiruzen's tone grew softer as he tossed a scroll toward Kai, "This is the map of the route the Kazekage's escorts will be taking— Iwagakure's present. I'm sure by now Kazekage will have the information on my route, too."

Kai's lips parted for a moment as Hiruzen continued, "There is no doubt an attempt for my life would be made tonight. An attempt at Kazekage's life is expected. Maybe one of us will die or to the joy of other villages, we both will. That is why, I believe, Shamon would have brought his successor with him and his will known to his guards... as did I."

Hiruzen's gaze bore in Kai, "But if you fail, Sakumo will take the role. I wished to call Sakumo beforehand but... the differences in your age are independent of your skills in this situation."

Kai couldn't help but frown, "Then what about the Alliance?"

"It will continue as expected. The other villages will not sit still and see two experienced Kages join hands. But an alliance is something I want to see come to fruition and... some price must be paid for it. And one of our's death might delay the inevitable third war for a few more years since a balance will be achieved for a while," Hiruzen took out his pipe and inhaled the contents while closing his eyes, "The mission details are all there. You leave in three minutes."

Kai looked at the scroll and nodded. Walking out, Kai didn't stop as he unfurled the scroll before skimming through its contents and activating the self-demolishing seal on it. Once he left for quite a huge distance, he formed two shadow clones that promptly adopted the transformation of a thin strand of hair and then disappeared using Hiraishin, accurately finding themselves on Tsume's and Minato's shoulders each.

As he said, if he can protect, why won't he? Minato is a good grin partner and so is Tsume... in a different sense. Sure, he might act coy and save them only if their life is in fatal danger and not minor injuries like getting crippled... since it's fair game here. But it's the thought that counts, right?

But Kai also had to think of the implications of him assassinating a Kage-level figure. Oh, he did not doubt his success. But... the aftermath would be a mess... if he was in colder terms with Hiruzen— the opposite of which will finally pay off.

[Rank-S Quest: Price of Alliance

Summary: Assassinate Shamon, the Second Kazekage of Sunagakure to deal a major blow and weaken the village to force them to be dependent.

Reward: 60 SP

Failure: Exile from Konohagakure.]

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Kai didn't expect the location marked by Iwa to be precise since... it's an enemy village but damn! They must really have their claws into Suna, Kai thought, because the map couldn't be more accurate. So, by all means, the informant within Konoha's rank must also have prepared for his life to forfeit since this was, as Kai put it bluntly, a high level of snitching.

The meeting for the alliance would be held in 'secrecy' within a town close to the border of the Land of the Rain so the distance between the two Kage's escorts was not as great as expected.

Kai arrived here in a matter of a dozen minutes and observed from distance. Already in his Sage Transformation, since a regular sensor wouldn't notice anything 'part' of nature and donning a terrifyingly humorous red octopus mask, Kai 'melted' into the ground using [Sage Art: Earth Travel] and silently took note of the number of puppets hidden in the coarse tent with a bald figure silently sitting on his knees and calves over a thin pillow with candles lit around him.

Now Kai was sure that this man was respected in his village. Maybe a lover or two on the side. A passion project, too, since Second Kazekage was one of the greatest Puppet Masters.

But this was no battle.

Just with the virtue of his own grind and Sage Mode, Kai was stronger. More than any of Kage's imaginations. And he didn't intend to appear or enter into a grand discussion.

This was no battle.

Shamon's eyelids trembled, his senses honed by multitudes of battles screamed but when he felt a hand on his back, his vision shifted... it turned alongside his neck quietly as the last thing the Second Kazekage saw was a red octopus mask with extended circular lips.

The candles around him didn't flicker even once and remained calm as if the large figure did not disturb them. The peals of flame remained peaceful, and so did Shamon's body as his soul remained sealed within his corpse and in the next second, his body was sealed in a scroll.

Giving the puppets around a look, Kai silently disarmed the traps and stored all of them. They wouldn't be of use now but someday they will...

Once he was done, Kai took out another scroll and unsealed a dead body— Yes, he had a scroll of corpses.

Finally, he filled the place with a large number of explosion seals on the tent itself.

Melting back into the ground and returning to a distance, Kai willed and the seals suddenly interacted with their surroundings—

Kaboom*

A dust mushroom rose as many shinobi rushed forward. Of them, Kai noted a green-haired young girl similar to Pakuda in more than the color of their hair alongside a young and sharp-looking youth who raised a massive wave of iron... dust?

Kai raised an eyebrow and smiled.

'New things... nice~!'

[Earned 60 SP]

Alternate Title: A Shinobi's Way of Death; Unnecessary Monologue is the Enemy of Assassination; Strength is to be Used

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"Hahahaha, catch me if you can!" A brown-haired girl gave a toothy smile, revealing that she lacked her front two teeth as she ran away with another girl chasing after her. Sky rarely cleared near the border of the Land of Rain— more than the constantly raining country, at the very least. So, the villagers would take the chance to come out more under such pleasant circumstances.

And it was pleasant indeed.

[Earned 25 SP.]

For Kai, at least.

Contrasting to the sunny and boisterous environment outside of one rundown dingy hut on the outskirts of the village, the interior of it was quite... gloomy. The pressure itself was exerted upon the masked individuals as it revolved heavily the most around two individuals.

You may think it would be the old man in a large canopy-like hat with a red flaming pattern and a sharp-eyed, tan-skinned youth in a similar white robe with an equally wide hat— No.

Two individuals who stood behind the only two seated individuals across the table watched each other. The masked man, standing tall with his defining feature— a white ponytail, stared at a hunched and masked old woman who was a head or two shorter than him. Oh, how Kai would want to wear his octopus mask...

BUT...

There were two obstacles.

First, that would give his identity as the Dragon Sennin of Konoha to others including the shinobi of Konoha.

Second, he wasn't stationed in this dingy little meeting place.

Only Sakumo tagged along with Hiruzen while the NEW Kazekage was tagged along by an advisor of his. It was very clear by now that this individual was already expected to take up the mantle should anything happen to the Second Kazekage, as Hiruzen predicted.

And while his real body stuck along with Tsume and Minato, his clone stuck along with Sakumo in his shadow as a very tiny version of his own. Again, others couldn't really sense sages due to their ability to naturally blend into the surroundings instinctively.

Adopting his usually calm and peaceful smile, Hiruzen commented in an ostentatiously sincere tone, "It's regretful for the Second Kazekage to pass away... in his sleep."

At least, that's what he'd been informed by the Third Kazekage sitting in front of him... to an Old Kage, older than the Second Kazekage, who had yet to pass in his 'sleep,' too.

The youth still wet behind the ears narrows his eyes at the comment yet keeps to his silence. He'd been informed... to be prepared for the worst, after all. And being one of the best in the village meant acquainting himself with the worst side of this occupation despite his young age.

"Kazekage Shaku," Hiruzen let his hum drift in the damp ditch as if he couldn't see Chiyo's glare from under her mask while Sakumo had a much more severe disposition. That old woman herself was an elite but... Shaku, too, was dangerous. They've heard reports on him.

Not only of his uncanny pioneering talent in chakra but also his nature.

"I'm sure you know why we're here," Looking the youth in the eye, Hiruzen states in a flat tone, "Iwa is breathing down your neck but no matter their harassment... they will NOT attempt to destroy a shinobi village privately... even if they can," this earns the old man a sharper glare from the youth and there it was... the ability to remain calm despite brewing a storm within. This is why Shaku is dangerous despite his unheard abilities.

But Hiruzen continues without feeling the least bit worried, "It shifts the balance. No Daimyo will sleep well knowing that a subordinate dares step into their 'level.' Make no mistake, we are shinobi. A tool. What happens when the wielder of tools finds out that the said tools are... how should I put this in easier words..." the old man narrows his eyes when Shaku moves slowly and takes off his wide hat before ruffling his dark-blue spiky hair till they looked like a controlled mess. Two thick bangs framed his sharp oval face and he commented calmly, "What happens when the swordsman finds out that the handle on the sword was an illusion... and it was a blade entirely from the very beginning? That is simple. That sword returns to the furnace just as the shinobi-kind will fall into the furnace of war... until so little of us remain that we become useful tools once again."

Sakumo glanced at the youth for once and then turned to look at Chiyo.

But... Hiruzen's gaze grows intense by the second before he nods as approval grows more recognizable in his gaze.

"It seems we can truly discuss why we're here then. The conflict of shinobi kind is not only amongst ourselves but with those who are easily threatened by us and for good reason. Although, the latter conflict is a silent one."

The old man also reaches out for his hat and sets it on the table.

"We want to retain our strength," Shaku begins, "The weakening of Suna is beneficial to all but Suna. The Wind Daimyo gets to keep us in check. Iwa recovers some of its strength after losing most of its lower forces against Uzu spectacularly. Due to constant skirmishes, Konoha is most definitely pleased to see us fall further and so are the other villages."

Hiruzen just nodded through Shaku's monologue— courtesy to a newbie and all. But Shaku soon approached the main point.

"As you said, no power in this world will sit back and watch Iwa destroy another Shinobi Village. Not without a war. It's a good reason, after all... almost anything is passable during wars," a ghost of a smile flickered over Shaku's otherwise stoic face, "I... and the Late Second Kazekage realized that Iwa's actions, more than sapping our strength, is to cause a war... We are merely the tool to quicken the process. Their aim lay within your village... unlike what they threatened last time. Now, the Land of Whirlpools is understandably touchable. After the war, their business boomed once again and they are a full-fledged country of the same rank as the Land of Fire..."

Unable to hold himself any longer, a soft chuckle escaped Shaku's thin lips, "Everyone can see that after Uzu is Konoha... you guys barely lost anything in the second war. Even your own Daimyo wouldn't mind seeing a few of your best dead. And if rumors are to be believed, a rather popular Dragon joined your ranks not long ago. You need an ally now more than ever. Suna, too, needs an ally. We don't have to like each other. Caution against each other is, most definitely, advised, but just the name of an alliance will delay things for quite a bit."

Shaku stares at Hiruzen without any manner of weakness and grows silent. He is done speaking and understanding this, Hiruzen leans back on the wooden chair of his which creaks given its poor condition.

"You say we need to be allies... but why is that? Konoha already has allies without names. If we flank Sunagakure, we are Iwa's allies. And even if that action will bring another war in a matter of days, it's just better for Suna to go extinct than Konoha."

Shaku nods and replies, "But you will not stand for it. Your reputation as Professor is widely known and we are prepared to make a very lucrative offer."

"My reputation..." Hiruzen repeats and begins to chuckle softly. Shaking his head, Hiruzen resisted the urge to drone on how he was also reputed to not give his family any time, sink into narcotics and let his throat pal roll over him BUT Hiruzen has grown. Surely, this lesson came quite a bit late given his age but what matters is... he is no longer the same Professor who kindly reminds his students of the syllabus.

He is the professor who deals in lessons— Lessons of Life.

So, shocking Chiyo the most since she was the oldest in the meeting and privy to Hiruzen, the old man adopts a rather cold smirk and shakes his head, "How is that an alliance? Based on my reputation? If that is your best bet for your village's survival then I am disappointed. And you killed off Pakuda of the Scorch for something so silly..."

Before the opposing party could refute it, Hiruzen continues with a remarkably cold demeanor, "You cannot hope to consider an alliance based on equal value. Not after Pakuda's 'sacrifice' and... the Second Kazekage's sudden, unfortunate demise. The Second Jinchuriki of Ichibi is old, too. Too old, in fact. You may use Konoha's name for appropriate compensation, that much I will grant, but an alliance is not possible."

"You mean to subordinate us?" Shaku made the point Hiruzen played around with, "The other villages, no, even the Daimyos will not stand for it. If you just want war—"

"I do not enjoy war," Hiruzen clears his throat as stifling chakra began to leak from his very being. His chakra wasn't that high. His reserves are a bit higher than Sakumo and young KNOWN talents like Fugaku and the current Uzumaki Jinchuriki who are blessed with strong bodies, but his chakra would pale in comparison to the likes of Tsunade.

Still, as things are, his reserves are the highest in the room, and chakra filled the area. It was quite a bit of expenditure for something as simple as an act of intimidation but Hiruzen manages to get his point across when he remarks quietly, "But Konoha is not going to be strong-armed into disadvantageous situations due to the notion of war. If you want to spread the rumors of the alliance, go ahead. I expect 5,00,000 Ryo and 2 A-ranked Wind Style Jutsu known to your nameless Clan."

Shaku's gaze, for the first time, shifted and his eyes widened which elicited Hiruzen to chuckle.

"Did you think I'm not aware of the clan bred by the First Kage of yours? It's a nice idea to not have a last name. However, it's an open secret to other kages that this role in Suna is not as democratic as believed but a monarchy. The First Kage, Reto, was the Second Kage Shamon's first brother. And Shamon is your uncle, or, I believe, WAS your uncle."

Seeing Hiruzen dismantle his secret family line known only to the likes of advisors such as Chiyo made Shaku more stifled than the heavy chakra itself. But... Hiruzen spoke the truth. The Sunagakure was ruled by a monarchy of a clan that has no name. In fact, their Jinchuriki—

"Not to mention your Granduncle housing Ichibi," Hiruzen hums softly.

"Insubordination is not an option," Shaku states firmly and cuts off whatever Hiruzen was about to speak as the difference in the duo finally showed. Of course, there were a few well-kept secrets that would make Hiruzen equally flustered but the difference is the fact that Shaku was privy to none.

Still, reigning his anger within, Shaku leans forward and touches his hat, "I believe we can still enter an actual alliance. This was an idea... from Shamon. Your reputation for advocating peace, indeed, is not enough. But... what if Sunagakure supports your claims by... let's say, opening the village to another one?"

Sakumo's and Hiruzen's gaze shifted for a second. Indeed... they were a peace-loving bunch with their hands so red that no sin can turn it any darker... but if it is possible to keep their children's hands from turning equally red...

They are willing to, at the very least, hear the notion out.

Alternate Title: Nameless Monarchy of Suna; Only Danzo Gets to Manhandle Hiruzen—; The Red of Peace

A/N: Alright, where do I begin? First, I think that only Konoha truly follows giving the position of Hokage to a somewhat more suitable successor. Other villages are blunter about passing down this power to their children while Suna can be a bit hidden about it? I mean, Rasa, Gaara, and Shaku have magnet release but I don't think it's a bloodline limit as much as it is learned. Boruto's new magnet release user and the other guy in the war who used large shurikens showed that much. And, I have something possibly cool (?) planned to explore other villages since Konoha is almost done save for one, particularly op Kinjutsu.

Second, the name Shaku for the third comes from Jishaku which means magnet according to Google Translate, and also has a hidden tribute to Shukaku— The First tail magnet and wind-style beast.

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"Chunin Exams? That sounds dumb, right, Alpha? It should be merit and the ability to survive that gives us the position of Chunin and NOT some exam—" Before Tsume could spiral out, Kai pats her head and ruffle it just rough enough so that she lets out a cute groan instead of nonsense from her mouth and comments, "Relax, you're already a Chunin. No one's asking you to give a theoretical exam."

They did not escort Hiruzen back. Instead, Sakumo used the job well done to bring his team for another impromptu vacation and this time it was a scenic waterfall where they camped.

Sitting on a log and waiting for their fish to fully cook under the glimmering starlit night, Sakumo smiles and adds, "Kai is right. But so is Tsume. The Chunin rank has always been a watershed. It's a level of strength that makes up most of the force of a village but the idea is... beneficial. As the young Third Kazekage said, this idea opens up the villages to outsiders. Spectators from every level of the hierarchy will be able to view the skills of our genins."

Minato finally couldn't hold himself any longer and questioned, "Why? Revealing skills to so many... would be counterproductive."

Sakumo shrugged, "Everything in life has its merits and demerits. We make decisions when certain merits outweigh demerits."

Now Kai was in that meeting, too, unbeknownst to his team leader but it IS expected of his nature to be sarcastic and question these decisions... so he does it, "What are the merits?" He picked up one of the metal rods spit-roasting the fish and handed it while hot itself to Tsume who, understandably just pulled out the fish itself instead of touching the hot pipe which barely affected Kai.

"The merits are— no, thank you, I like it a bit more cooked," Sakumo holds the metal spike from Kai easily, pulls out another fish, and hands it to Minato before placing the spike above the roast, and continues, "The merits are transparency. Others get to know what Shinobi are capable of. What they pay for. We are tools, that is an undeniable truth. But Hokage and the Kazekage believe that the Chunin Exams could be... something the world of Shinobi need. It's a sport. The exams, I mean. It's a simple concept but in our world... shifting the usual sport of blood to the actual competition may have unpredictable changes."

"Some would expect shinobi like us to NOT look forward to risks that cannot be predicted," Kai smirks while chewing on his fish.

"The current prediction is a war on Konoha... could things get any worse?" Sakumo gives a like-minded smile, too.

"So, Sakumo-san, how does this competition works? What are the criteria to become a chunin for the new genins?" Minato inquires, too, while Tsume watches and eats quietly. She's already a Chunin. The rest of the suckers who have to go through theoretical exams have nothing to do with her!

"The details are yet to be confirmed. First, Sunagakure needs to compensate us enough to pull Konoha into an alliance with them. That's the kind of thing you guys are better off not knowing," Sakumo chuckles and finally picks up his fish that was roasted too well... crispy black.

"Would you look at that?" Sakumo smiles earnestly, "This is the condition of half the Suna forces... burnt and dry."

Kai purses his lips. Let no one think he was a racist... because that is kind of the same thing Sakumo unintentionally may have played at here.

'Would you look at that... from bad puns to bad racist jokes... Some may even consider it a growth. A very bad kind, of course...'

--

The matters of Chunin Exams were of no consequence to Kai... at least, at the moment. He is no Kage and the job's responsibilities did not haunt him just yet. Besides, Sakumo was right about one thing, an actual sport can do wonders. It was truly a 'small' concept with a large shift in the paradigm. However, since this matter was known only to Hiruzen and Sakumo... and will most likely be passed on to the Uchiha-Hyuga-Aburame Advisors, Kai kept the information close to himself.

The grind was already laid down for him.

The Chakra Origin Seal.

In fact, this seal was quite a big deal but Kai always knew to take one step at a time and not let greater worries and long-sighted plans mess up his current groove. For instance, he wasn't worried about what would be after this seal or how to TRANSLATE chakra into something they could understand. Screw that noise. He just wanted to grind his skills and maybe against Mikoto... if she wasn't out for a mission.

Team Mikoto, due to one White-haired menace was not allowed any field missions but after he'd been set somewhat straight, Kakashi has grown calmer... relatively, mind you. Kai could empathize, with one genius to another, that is, Kai knew that Kakashi would feel that the world should follow his whims.

Too bad, the world followed his own whims instead.

If it did not... he wouldn't have scored another date with Tsunade this evening. But still, Kai entered his lab. The nutrition fluid with Kagami Uchiha's sharingan turned into a sphere of chakra that remained still and the other clones dispersed themselves at his command.

Taking a sigh and accepting the memories and experience of the grind, Kai looked around and settled a scroll onto an oak table next to many other opened books that he and his clones went through.

Poof*

The Scroll was unsealed and let out a headless body. The head, of course, was given to Hiruzen. But Kai kept the body. That's where the main 'stuff' lay and NO, he did not mean that...

Forming another seal, a puff of smoke appeared on Kai's hand and soon he held a glass tube.

Silently, Kai placed the tube next to the body and formed yet another seal.

All these seals... came from Kushina's inheritance. The moment Kai formed this seal, a ghastly blue flicker rose from the headless corpse of the Second Kazekage that Kai swore sincerely was burnt and destroyed in the explosion he created.

Controlling this flicker of blue with his Senjutsu Chakra, Kai stored it in the tiny glass tube and then set it aside for a moment.

Then, he picked the body and brought it to the nutrition cylinder that held the sharingan turned into pure chakra using the [Chakra Origin Seal]. Summoning a larger nutrition tank, Kai set the body inside and then formed another chakra stabilization seal.

"Let's see what a Kage's body looks like as pure chakra..." Kai mutters and then pats the transparent cover of the nutrition chamber. The body of the Second Kazekage 'dissolves' at a pace visible to the naked eye but instead of disappearing, it leaves a bluish phantom of a male body without a head.

This body is mapped out by various thin 'veins' that are bundled into seven different spots.

"Eight gates... of them, one is in the head and cannot be seen here but to think I would be able to make the chakra coils visible to the naked eye using this... truly amazing," Kai gasps in amazement. This is an achievement even for him! Chakra coils cannot be 'seen.' They can be felt with chakra or viewed through Byakugan but not like this...

This is something new and exciting.

Kai walks over to the tiny glass tube and smirks while forming yet another seal.

"Sealing the soul and... turning the soul into a spiritual consciousness. Were the Uzumaki really always a peace-loving bunch?" Kai knew the answer to the inheritance Kushina was still on her way to mastering as much as she can.

The pale blue flicker in the tube began to take shape and looked like a specter of the Second Kazekage— Shamon!

But...

"Hmm?" Kai frowns the moment he observes it and then looks back at the body turned into chakra.

'Mother... fucker. Uzumaki Clan really got THAT close to forming something similar... wait, no. My skill is extrapolated BECAUSE there is nothing written present. But is all Uzumaki inheritance written?' Kai had no way to confirm that and... the more he looked at the ability to seal the soul and form spiritual consciousness... the more he came to realize that the step of forming everything into a chakra may not be as BIG as he considered.

Sighing softly, Kai crushed the tube promptly and let the Second Kazekage die in peace, in the soul, at least. He just did all that for the grind for his current skill and nothing more. The man had not offended him in any manner and Kai didn't think of raiding the fallen's consciousness. Again, he had done things worse than this, but this wasn't an order from any superior and he could just be himself.

Besides, Shamon has successors. His skills have not died out and Kai will have his chance at learning more at an appropriate time.

{A/N: Again, this is no act of charity but Kai's own mind seeking new knowledge at his own pace. If I really made him the kind that loved to spread himself out and stretch thin then this novel would not have lasted this long.}

And just like that, Kai picked up the fallen glass shards and turned them into chakra... and then a pencil, and then a few books. He even went ahead to form clones and turn THEM into chakra... but the moment he tried it, the clones dispersed themselves and his chakra rushed back. Again, he could only turn anything non-sentient into chakra and tried to find a loophole using clones but that did not work.

Alternate Title: A Moment's Honor; Simple Grind is the Best Grind; Correction, Grinding Mikoto is Best

A/N: As you can somewhat understand, I'm not just keeping Uzumaki alive for fan hype. Their skills even in Canon and the barest bit of their treasures which include the mask of the Shinigami can be used for so much more lore. Hope I can unravel it in a savory manner~

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"Could you keep your hands to yourself?" A sharp voice berated Kai but... damn that voice! If he COULD keep his hands to himself, he would. Since he COULDN'T, he didn't. Letting out an exhausted sigh and keeping her giddiness to herself, not knowing that the monster constantly fondling her ass through the thin layer of her spats was privy to her emotions more than she realized it.

Adopting a more youthful hairstyle from her past and tying her thick blonde tresses into a high ponytail, Tsunade kept her hands clenched while leaning her washboard chest and cheeks against a smoother glowing tree. In Shikkotsu Forest, this is a grave... but fuck it, the two were eager to meet each other after a few days itself.

'Young' once again since they decided to try dating her in various stages of life except when she was just too young, Tsunade glared back at the imp while feeling the folds of her crotch turning damp a bit and she had no doubts that it would show since... she was 'ordered' to keep her ass naked under the outermost layer... given she lost it to a bet.

And he caught on.

Still on his knees with his thumbs splaying her lower lips open, Kai DID hold back from tearing her spats away and sticking in. Unlike Mikoto, Tsunade did want it slow. And the busty blonde had no intentions of giving it to the moment itself and just do it. Just one Dan was enough to make Tsunade cautious in these matters even if the other party was someone she admitted to trusting her life with.

"Hoh~ Tsunade, looks like you missed me, too!"

"Is that how you treat your Sensei?!" Tsunade scoffed in return and demanded, "And is that how you planned the entire evening?"

More than confused, Kai reluctantly stood up and let go of her tight little ass as she turned around and stared into his eyes.

"I did? I thought you had something planned. You were the one who wanted to come here... I'm just filling the blank moments with happy memories," he smirked at the end of it.

"Oh, well, maybe I'm luring you to stall," Tsunade suddenly developed an impish smirk, too, and then Kai's eyes widened. After all, in just that moment, Kai no longer grasped Tsunade's emotions or her presence while she still stood in front of him. The violet diamond seal on her forehead turned verdant green, her amber irides shifted to gold yellow, and straight, dark green patterns spread from her eyes and marked her face from the end of her jaws to the start of her hairline.

{A/N: Similar to how she releases her seal in the war but green and instead of intersecting, it just remains straight completely.}

As she was taking her sweet time, Tsunade reassessed the force she was trying to mess with since Kai did not take more than a moment to enter his Sage Transformation, unlike her current skills which finally allowed her to adopt Sage Mode... but not as quickly as she'd like.

"You... got it?" Kai muttered in an amazed tone. After all, Tsunade is a physical force to be reckoned with and in this state, she's even more dangerous.

Keeping her hands crossed behind her back and leaning forward somewhat, noting the fact that her bust would be pressed against him if she was in her actual form, Tsunade smirked, "Surprised?"

Really, the cheeky minx was only looking for some well-deserved praise. After all, she may have used Katsuyu's help to finally learn how to control Senjutsu but it still needed quite a bit of talent and practice. Not to mention... the bonus she was hopeful for finally did arrive after interacting with nature energy.

"I am..." Kai blinked and then smiled earnestly, "It's good! Really! Now I know how we can spend our evening!"

Just when Tsunade was having her hopes high... just when she was thinking how to reciprocate for the one night that kickstarted their relationship since Kai's mouth and tongue was just too persuasive... she was forced to understand that her disciple and lover could be denser than a chakra ore at some moments when he grinned, "Come on! I'll teach you how to change and form the Strength of Adamantine Sage, the seal on my forehead, I mean. It'll help you even store Senjutsu Chakra, and Tsunade! Heh, I'm the master this time!"

She just blanked out. Sure, it sounded good and all...

BUT... she needed to reward him... and ehm, maybe... just maybe... get a reward that did not include a lecture on seals from a guy more than half her age?

Tsunade's eyes widened as Kai unsealed a rather thick scroll...

'Damn, I can't even concentrate now...' She whined internally and still couldn't speak up honestly.

As they got down to it, Kai also had a few questions about Tsunade's sage mode. The first and most important one being... how did she perceive the nature around her and IF she felt a shift in her physical being...

And the answer both surprised Kai but also was to be expected. It was becoming increasingly clear that Hashirama... had something weird going on to the point that his stem cells can create wooden monsters and the effects of senjutsu on his legacy...

--

Now aside from the usual grind including researching Fukushu and Cerberus, Kai had two important choices. Now, these two options were truly unusual and his experience suggested that if he picks one, for some time, he will be quite busy with the individual directly related to the choices.

After forming Chakra Origin Seal, Kai had enough inspiration to go ahead and assist Kushina and Orochimaru.

The former needed a seal that freed her from the constant threat of blowing up like a chakra nuke.

The latter needed a seal to finalize a special jutsu, most likely a forbidden one, which shall help her master many things to come.

The choice, in the end, came easy for Kai. He cared for Kushina quite a bit just as much as she fussed over him and he needed to know that she would be able to form a better bond with Kyubi inside of her without its negative chakra leaking into her system. And with that goal finalized, Kai got down to it.

Aside from the daily routine of his clones with Minato, Tsume, and Nono— not Mikoto since she had yet to return— Kai had a few clones, like usual, master the sage variants of the normal jutsus he possesses. Finally, he himself got down to three things.

Chakra Origin Seal.

Various second nature of elements on rasengun and trying to implement them on the Revolving Heaven Technique, too. And of course, developing a seal with Kushina during the afternoon.

It's in times like these that the ability to remain fine without the need for sleep came into a clutch.

Kushina, of course, was quite dissatisfied with the lack of her beefcake in bed with her for the night but she had grown... somewhat, mentally. Besides, she wasn't into having a clone in the absence of her guardian so Kai didn't even think of offering it. To be fair, he himself wasn't that crazy about the idea of an individual clone of his shacking up with someone else. Some rights should remain with him alone... or the jutsu he planned after his current responsibilities are taken care of.

The first thing he mastered was the Chakra Origin Seal... and he was proud to say that many trees that once were some other living organism in Shikkotsu Forest were now a mass of chakra...

[Chakra Origin Seal (25/25): Turns the selected non-sentient targets into a mix of unique chakra. Reduce Chakra Consumption by 2% at every level. Current Consumption: 12116~??]

Aside from Frost Rasengun and Shurikengun, Kai finally got something for the lightning attribute.

Like wind nature whose second nature is cutting, Lightning nature also has the effect of 'crumbling' things. But, in medical practices, Tsunade had developed Body Pathway Derangement that used lightning nature to affect the nerve endings in the body. The Sage Variant of this Jutsu was similar, too. Truly, most of the sage variants of a jutsu were just more enhanced versions of it, that's all.

But this wasn't the point.

Aside from 'Crumbling', Lightning nature had other less-than-explored effects. Another instance would be Tsunade's father forming the [The Lightning Network] which forms a web of electrical impulses that records data from one location and shares it with the other in codes. This Jutsu made Tsunade's father the clan's spymaster before he was assassinated by Danzo. In fact, the electrical nature was being used to promote the growth of the appliances of the common folk, too.

In this wide variety of applications, Kai managed to bring another spectrum to lightning nature.

[Railgun (5/5): A highly charged chakra compressed into a spiral state that rejects the surrounding at an accelerated pace and travels in a straight line while generating substantial heat in the process. Increases the mastery of lightning stat by 2% at every level. Reduces Chakra Consumption by 10% at every level. Chakra Consumption: 7250~??]

Unlike Frost Gun and Shurikengun, Kai adored this Jutsu. First, the former two would actually hurt the user if they are not careful during the process itself. Second, each of the former two techniques had a distinct signature to it. Frost Gun would reduce the surrounding temperature and the Shurikengun would leave a keen noise in its wake.

Compared to them, Railgun was quieter. It was quicker, too, unimaginably so. And yes, it left a sonic boom AND also charred and distorted the air around it but by the time the enemy registers it, they'd be most likely dead.

Yet, his greatest accomplishment this week, almost by the end of the year, was not the grind for these two techniques, no...

"We did it..." Kushina whispered and looked at the final length of a rather substantial scroll with god knows what was scribbled on it.

"Yeah..." Kai muttered. He did not doubt that they would form something but Kushina did surprise him. Or maybe... he was simply not up to date with her current abilities. After all, she had stopped boasting about every little accomplishment she made a long time ago... since Kai mastered the inheritance meant for her. Instead, she just doubled her efforts silently alongside training in water and wind nature transformation jutsu and it paid off today!

"It's beautiful..." Kushina still looked dazed and mesmerized only to be jolted awake by Kai's words, "Right, let's get you naked and prepared."

"W-What?" Kushina stammered with cheeks flushing while Kai snickered and poked her cheek, "Not for that, silly. For the seal. Someone has to prepare it for you. Let's get Sensei included. We'll need someone looking out for us and clones wouldn't cut it. After all... you can't hope to mess around with Kyubi in a half-assed manner."

She pouted but eventually agreed.

"Fine," Crossing her arms, Kushina soon grinned, "Heh, when I become a perfect Jinchuriki, I'll kick your ass for comments like these!"

"Believe me, if you become a Perfect Jinchuriki, I'LL get to kick not only your ass but Kyubi's, too. And then I'll spank what is mine!" His hand struck her bottoms quick enough to make her yelp and then glare at him in annoyance.

Only at times like these did she wish Mikoto to be present so she'd get the brunt of it, too.

Alternate Title: Railgun is Here; The Master of Bottoms Aim For Fox!

A/N: At first I thought of just bringing the vanishing rasengun instead... but fuck me. How can the creator of naruto NOT understand how dumb Vanishing Rasengan is? Like fuck! They have dojutsu that trace chakra. It's not invisible to their eyes but apparently it is? So I just chose Railgun copy for more destructiveness... believe me. I know I said that Kai will not even use most of these Jutsu but he grinds them because that's his nature... but he will need all the strength he can have and NOT for Kaguya. I ain't just planning world building around one horny rabbit waiting to get pumped.

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It would be a lie to say Kushina didn't feel nervous. The pit forming in her stomach and the sensation of her heart almost dropping is hard to ignore, even for a usually cheery girl like her.

"You'll be fine," Tsunade sat next to Kushina and tucked her in. The task of forming a few seals on her body was done so there simply isn't any point to lay naked.

Looking over at Tsunade, Kushina regathers her wits and nods with determination, "I'll tame that sucker 'tebane!"

"I'm sure you will," Tsunade cracks a wry grin, too, but it's hard to hide the worry in her gaze. It wasn't hard for her to take a break from her usual research once Kai explained what they were upto. And she does fill all the criteria to protect her disciples in their weakest state.

"Here, use this if the chakra in her system goes out of control. It can seal it temporarily and stall for enough time," Kai hands over a paper seal to Tsunade and then matches her gaze with a question, "What?"

"What?" Tsunade barks in return, "Excuse me if I'm worried for the two of you—"

"Wait, you're worried?" Kushina gasps and interjects, "Let's just put this off. I'm kind of nervous, too, now—"

"Relax," Surprisingly, Kai smiles and chuckles in reply, "If you want to put it off. We will. If possible... don't let fear cloud your judgment. Instead... let it keep you cautious. Facing the strongest tailed-beast will not be any simpler when you're older, too..."

Clicking her tongue, Kushina cast an even more worried glance over to him, "But... I mean... what if—"

"I'm going to be there right next to you for a reason. Besides... we didn't just develop our seal to hurt you. We did it to help you..."

Kushina grows silent for a while and Tsunade pats the girl's head finally.

That calms her nerves as she reluctantly looks at their busty Sensei and musters mutedly, "Shouldn't... you guys still prepare for another host i-if something happens to me?"

Tsunade's expression drops a bit but forcing a smile, the blonde Senju comforts Kushina, "Stop being silly, will you? Nobody is fighting the Ninetails. You guys are just changing the location so that you can get a better understanding of your other half."

"Then why did Kai give you a chakra-suppressing seal—" Before Kushina could question any longer, Kai sticks another paper seal on her forehead and the redhead's eyelids instantly drop down while the girl falls unconscious.

A little blindsided, Tsunade looks up at Kai only for him to shrug, "What? Do you think we have all day? Besides, I've sworn to protect her, not hear her nonsense over something so simple. As they say, the best way to teach swimming is by drowning the student."

"Sure... because swimming is not so different than UNSEALING A FREAKING BIJUU, RIGHT?!"

Kai blinks and nods, "Yeah? Anyway, the room is covered by chakra seals, too."

They were in one of the Uzumaki Training Chambers whose seals were fine-tuned by Kai and before Tsunade could continue to berate Kai, he closed his eyes while placing his hand on Kushina's stomach through the blanket.

--

"How could you just throw me here?!" Kushina's indignant snarl made Kai snicker and raise his hands in surrender, "I did? That's crazy! You just slept—"

Huffing through his rather open lies, Kushina glares at him with her violet orbs only for him to sigh and add, "My intention is not to hurt you but... it's time you face the truth, right?"

"What truth?" Uzumaki Princess demands while still floating in a golden world and crossing her arms.

"That Mistress Mito's death traumatized you?" Kai hums and exhales softly, "To be precise... you aren't afraid of Kyubi as much as you're horrified by the idea of going through the same things as Mistress Mito..."

Kushina grows silent in response and then lowers her head.

"Not all Shinobi can become a weapon... dattebane..." Kushina whispers weakly. She loves training. She loves seals. She loves Kai, too. She doesn't mind killing. But...

She just couldn't become a weapon.

"I just... don't want to be used..." Kushina whimpers softly, "Every time I see Hokage... I'm just reminded of what Grandma Mito went through."

Kai could absolutely feel Kyubi's mocking gaze. Yeah, the tailed-beast knew about Mito, that much Kai understood. But... Mito did cast a shadow over Kushina. It wasn't all that much. In fact, from a perspective, it was good. At least, Kushina wasn't as trusting of Hiruzen as the other Uzumaki of the village.

But this left Kushina with a sense of worry for the future... that she felt she was living now.

"You don't have to be a weapon," Kai shakes his head, "That edge is not for everyone. If you actually were a weapon, I doubt we'd even like each other."

This jolts Kushina somewhat but she still keeps quiet and hears him out, "And Kushina... hey, look at me," he whispers softly. His voice isn't categorized as soothing in any manner but Kai still holds her chin up and lets his gaze fall deep into hers.

"You don't have to fear Kyubi, too. Because, at the end of the day, it's not a monster. The individuals who can become the perfect weapon... no matter how weak... are the real monsters of this world. Kyubi... if I have to guess... is like you—"

His words cause the giant beast nailed to the floating boulder to struggle against its chains but Kai continues calmly, his voice being the only thing that filled her senses, "Kyubi is just trapped... like you. Now, it's up to you to either fear it... or kick its ass and show who's the real top dog in your consciousness."

"Pfft—" Kushina suddenly burst out laughing and hugs Kai, her body wrapping him completely and might he add, naked.

But it was of no consequence here. This is her world, after all.

"I really thought you were going to tell me to make friends!" Kushina wheezes as Kai scoffs, "Friends? Please! You tame beasts, isn't that right, furball?"

Kai looks past Kushina and matched the vertical pupils of the Kyubi surrounded by its crimson irides.

"Hmm... but we have to set 'that'..." Kushina hums.

"Yeah..."

--

Tsunade sits idly. Many thoughts occupy her mind. A part of her is still celebrating her gains after becoming a Sage. Another part of her worries for Kushina... and then, finally, a more 'arrogant' part of her wants to kick Kyubi's ass herself. Yeah, she was drunk on the power she got but... it's hard not to. She'll need some training and a good dicking down— No, no! No! A good kicking down! KICKING down!

Nothing like a defeat to curb the arrogance of new strength and while it is certainly strange... Tsunade did believe that Kai's lethality could overcome her pure strength. In essence, he is just a bad match-up for her... and certainly BAD in things that mattered to her, too... in a good way.

Yet, a strange thrum of chakra pulls Tsunade out of her wet dreams and she looks over at Kai and Kushina. Sensing the source of it, Tsunade pulls the blanket up slightly and unfazed by Kushina's naked form underneath, Tsunade observes the spiral Uzumaki seal on the flat of her stomach appearing and four pillars of scriptures began to mark her body. Before things could change any further, an overlaying seal formed by Kai in preparation for things finally activates, and the scriptures suddenly combine into a single length that dissects Kushina into two halves and stop right in the center of her forehead.

Tsunade admits that Kushina looked somewhat ghastly at the moment. Meanwhile, Kai's head still bobbed down at times.

"So... this is the seal they developed? What's so crazy about it?" Tsunade hums and observes quietly.

--

Drip*

A clear drop of water suddenly woke Kyubi and it readies itself on its fours. Realizing it had gotten free, the beast looks around for a moment. Nine of its tails waves around and the sensation of freedom... well, relative freedom does fill its heart and soul with relief. Yet, it doesn't move easily.

After all, the beast of chakra knew something is up. It is now in a world of relative darkness but the clear water around it reflects dull gold and stains the walls around it in a similar manner. The moment it tried to jump up and overcome the length of these walls, it deems the task impossible due to a familiar force keeping him in check.

The Four Symbol Seal.

It's one of the strongest seals in existence that could only be infected somewhat by the pure malice in Kyubi's chakra and nothing more... well, it has not found any other weakness to the seal yet.

Remaining quiet instead of showing aggression since there is nothing to roar at but dull walls and an everpresent layer of water that barely reached the tips of its claws, Kyubi begins to move forward.

Why forward?

Why not?

As it walks, the sound of its steps fills the large, dull hallway in an unending echo. The walls on both sides remain the same as much as it walked and soon, the beast gave in its frustration.

"Where are you?!" Its rough, feminine growl fills this strange region and causes multiple ripples to spread out into the layer of water underneath it!

No answer graces its question and growling under its breath, it moves once again. Straight... Straight all the way.

But there is no end to the construct of this seal. The beast realizes that soon.

"This is a... Genjutsu," it snarls under its breath, and a massive fluctuation of chakra shudders through its being but... nothing changed except for a whisper to graze past its huge furry ear.

"You're almost correct. It's Yin-based, but not a genjutsu," It knows the source of the voice, and its growl rumbles, "Kai... show yourself to me. I will tear you first for all the humiliation I have felt!"

"Humiliation? What the hell are you talking about? I didn't nail you to a boulder."

Now it could not admit that its bottom is spanked every time Kushina's is, right? It certainly would not admit that a Jinchuriki affects the tailed beast just as the opposite is true. The only difference is the degree to which the two parties affect one another.

"Where are you?!"

Roar*

A savage roar fills the area but... its calls remain unanswered and it doesn't take long for Kyubi to realize that THIS is much worse...

"Ready to talk?" This time, the voice is younger... sweeter in a sense. But it filled Kyubi with unending hate.

"Kushina! You think these walls will stop me?!"

Not limiting itself any longer... Kyubi unleashed all its chakra but the next second it felt its heart shudder. It has experienced this before.

All of its chakra seeps into the walls of the seal, yes. Kyubi expects this to infect Kushina's chakra coils and make her go berserk...

But!

The walls absorb its chakra.

And nothing more.

It was as if the chakra is MEANT to be released and absorbed in this location...

--

"See? I told you, this will work," Kai grins at Kushina as the two 'watch' Kyubi while still in a rather luxurious golden world.

"Then why did you give Sensei that seal?" Kushina pouts while Kai shrugs, "That's called being cautious. Now... the easiest part is done. It is free to a certain extent... I'll wait for you outside... good luck."

Kushina heaves deeply and then smiles but it's clear that she's still nervous. Seeing this, Kai finally sighs and remarks, "I didn't want to say anything but... want to make a deal?"

"What deal?" Kushina grows interested instantly.

"You manage to become a Perfect Jinchuriki... then I will have no need to be your guardian..."

Kushina frowns and shakes her head, "Nope, I want you to be with me—" she soon realizes what he means and then blinks while flushing slightly, "Oh... hmm... I guess... if you're THAT insisting..."

Thinning her lips and looking away, Kushina curls her fingers and elicited Kai to question something.

"Why aren't you still wearing your clothes?"

Kushina blinks and looks down at herself. A long seal divides her body from her navel to her forehead but the seal around her stomach was slowly disappearing and reaching up to her forehead. Blushing heavily, Kushina responds, "Because! I'm still naked outside... and it's not like you haven't seen me already."

"No," shaking his head, Kai responds, "I mean... you control this world. Your avatar here can still use chakra and stuff... so, why not just dress yourself—"

"Just get out already dattebane!" Kushina shouts with a flush and throws Kai's consciousness out.

Alternate Title: Kushina's Truly a Hoe; Kyubi's Spanked!

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"Hey~ still not talking?" Finding it rather easy to take a break in the morning since one outraged redhead seems to be in need of some comfort while Nono left to buy them breakfast, Kai leaned forward to keep spooning the being wrapped in a blanket completely. Her muffled reply only made him chuckle further.

"Shut up! How could you NOT tell me that? I cried for days!"

"Well... by the time I got to know about this, you were already accepting that she passed away," he smiles and pries away the top of the blanket to reveal her disheveled red hair of a nest. Brushing her hair away, Kai's smile broadens as Kushina was already facing him.

Her petite form easily nuzzled against his chest and her pout was the most inflated he'd ever witnessed.

"Knowing that she was alive didn't make things any easier. Not to mention the fact that she..."

His words fail to escape his lips which picks at her interest and she snarled softly, "Want to complete your words?"

"Well, I suppose... she implied that she wanted a piece of my action? I could be wrong—"

"Grandma said what—"

Kai covered her mouth with a frown and promptly pinned her onto the bed before sitting on top of her.

"And that is why some things are kept from you, idiot!" Kai hisses softly. Although their room was pretty soundproof, she needed to control her tongue a bit more.

Squirming under him and impishly licking at his palm to make him pull his hand back, Kushina scoffs, "Fine! I won't talk about it! I won't talk about anything, dattebane! Just talk to Sensei, Nono, and Mikoto when she arrives, or bark with Tsume for all I care! Go on! Go to Grandma Mito and do whatever weird stuff you are into! You're just the worst!"

Kai exhales a snort and gets off of her. They rarely do have disagreements, nothing a bowl of ramen wouldn't solve, but Mito did dote quite a bit on Kushina. And... well, the actual party to blame was nowhere to be found so that's how Kai found himself facing the heat. It was certainly strange for Kushina to be ACTUALLY angry with him and now that he was experiencing it, Kai just found the sensation... irritating, to say the least.

"You know what, sure. Don't talk to me. Focus on Kyubi instead and tame it. You'd at least get to leave once in a while once you've gotten things a bit under control."

Oh, he was informed of what Mito did. It was somewhat similar. She, too, stored the Yin half of the Kyubi in her strength of hundred seals but unlike them, she didn't make any further changes aside from basing it on four symbols seal.

Kushina sits up and stares at Kai for a few seconds. And then, with a snort, she throws a pillow at his face, "So you'll really just leave me for them?!"

"Ugh... come on!" Kai groans in reply, "I'm not leaving you! This is so stupid!"

"There you go again, calling me names!"

"I'm not calling you stupid! I'm calling this situation stupid! If you're angry at Mito... just take it out on her when you see her!" Kai huffs and throws the pillow back at her face.

Letting out a quiet 'oof', she clutches the pillow but then blinks in surprise, "I... can go see Grandma?"

"Once you show Hokage you and Kyubi are not on hostile terms and are manageable, sure. I'll help you get the mission and even tag along with you," Kai shrugs and then relays his standing mission due to Uzu, the completion of which will grant him the title of Hokage.

The information came as a surprise but Kushina... found herself calming down a little.

"Oh..." she mutters and then looks at him thoughtfully, "Um... sorry... I mean it. It's just... you can be such an ass!"

Deadpanning, Kai lets out an exasperated sigh, "You're damn right. At least, you're being angry for the right reasons now instead of things I had nothing to do with. So? Hungry?"

Kushina averts her gaze and pouts, "I don't wanna leave this bed... just for today..." she glances at him and bats her eyelashes as if trying to convey something with the coy look on her face as he chuckles, "Well, I'm already late for training with others... so might as well... hmm, maybe cook ramen with Nono and bring it here in the bedroom for everyone?"

Looking away as she leans into her pulled-up knees, Kushina agrees in a low tone, "If that's what you want... You don't really listen to me so I can't change your mind, can I?"

Smirking, Kai leans forward and kisses the top of her head, "I genuinely want you to rest. Trying to take on Kyubi without any tricks won't be easy and you need an honest cooperation so... just stay here. Laze a little. You know what, I'm not leaving the house today at all."

"Really?" Kushina perks up instantly.

"Fuck yeah!" Kai scoffs, "If anyone else wants something from me, then can come to our Pad. Besides, it's been a long time since we just spent time playing around instead of training."

Kushina's eyes practically sparkle but suddenly slumping back onto the mattress and covering herself with her blanket, she lets out a muffled grunt, "Sure... But you should go down... Ramen won't cook itself."

Intending to laze just as much, Kai simply wears a shirt and uses Hiraishin to enter the kitchen and wait for Nono to return.

As he left, Kushina pulls her head out of the blanket with her cheeks flushed and a somewhat cheeky and foolish grin plastered over her lips.

--

The Next Day.

Kai kept his word and lazed. Mikoto would return by the end of the week which is a few days away. But he didn't intend to stay in the bed the next day. So, taking up his Sensei on her invitation to Shikkotsu Forest, he arrived at one of the three legendary locations and found Tsunade leaning against one of the trees with her eyes shut and arms crossed under her large bandaged bosom. His arrival was quickly noted as the woman was in her Sage Mode but Kai was quick to note the shift in her usual violet diamond seal as it was now circular instead.

"You changed it," Kai grins only for Tsunade to scoff, "Of course, I did. Or did you assume that I wouldn't be able to?"

"You're the Sensei, of course, you know better," Kai shrugs and Tsunade opens her eyes, groaning somewhat, "Am I, now? You've stopped treating me as a Sensei, lately. Just an observation."

Gasping as if she had uttered something heretic, Kai questions, "Did I? When? My god! To think I would reveal such a behavior..."

As her glare sharpens, Kai finally snickers and rubs the back of his head, "So? Sensei? Why did you call me here?"

"I've noticed something else... my body. As we noted from the reaction of grandpa's cells in Danzo... even my body is getting younger. The Body Transformation technique now also affects my organs and hormones, which means that I can retain my youth however I wish... you know, according to data, I'm back at my intended age now."

"42?" Kai questions.

"Fuck off," Tsunade growls in annoyance, "27."

She whispers... feeling a little bit complicated again but the next second, her height begins to recede and so does her bust. Her grey, low-cut kimono top, sarashi, and her pants drop down her body as she sticks her somewhat petite form up with hands akimbo. A rather furious blush covers her cheeks and neck as she snickers impishly, "But screw that. I'm 17 now!"

Kai grins, too. He's just gratified that Tsunade was more accepting of their situation because he understood that it was more complicated on her end. It was the same case as him with Nono, Tsume, and Kushina.

Letting his gaze rest on her naked form out in the open, Tsunade looks a little hesitant and then adds, "There is also something else..." she bends over to pick up her top and dons it loosely, much to Kai's reluctance.

"There is something else I want to show you..."

She mumbles under her breath.

Yes, aside from her body reacting astonishingly positively to Senjutsu Chakra that boosted her immune system to high heavens, increased her physical and mental resilience by many folds, and even, well, naturally granted her the key to eternal youth from the looks of it, she had gained something far too notorious.

Holding her hands together, interlocking her fingers, Tsunade puts strength in her voice as her verdant green irides glow with chakra, "Wood Style: Hut!"

Creak*

Tumble*

Thick roots and branches tear out of the ground around Tsunade and fashion themselves into a rather neat hut. Their originally rough appearance smoothens out and gives off a sense of master craftsmanship.

Walking out of the hut slowly, Tsunade thins her lips wryly and hums, "I guess... I really am Hashirama Senju's grandaughter, huh..."

Kai, meanwhile, watched the show of Mokuton with his parted in shock.

Fuck eternal youth...

THIS is crazy!

"How... ehm, when did this happen?"

Kai walks over and touches the wooden surface only to feel it drain his chakra ever so slightly and not just regular chakra— senjutsu chakra, too.

"It's just a passive drain... I guess? I'm still not good at it. Maybe I can control it better later..." Tsunade informs as she notes Kai's expression shifting slightly and adds, "It happened while I was marking myself with the Strength of the Adamantine Sage... I could distinctly sense myself connected to the trees and you know... common sense dictated my next steps. Learning a few jutsu left by Grandpa was easy once I got the hang of mixing Water and Earth Jutsu."

"Only water and earth?" Kai questions incredulously. He, at least, expected nature energy to be involved but Tsunade nods nonetheless, "Senjutsu Chakra works the best with it, yes... but it really is an elemental Kekkei Genkai, nothing more. Like the Ice Style of the Kiri. If I have to say, after obtaining this Kekkei Genkai... what made Wood Style so feared wasn't this element... but Hashirama Senju himself."

Kai accepts things as they are. After all, he didn't have any elemental kekkei genkai but with Tsunade having it... he could finally confirm his suspicions, "This Wood Style... is it like the Iryo Ninjutsu where we need to have a specific proportion of Yin and Yang nature in chakra?"

Tsunade smirks slightly, "That's exactly how it is. My body can instinctively form this balance and ratio of chakra... but I suppose... I could try and teach someone?" Her eyes narrow down, "For good compensation, of course."

Kai blinks in surprise, "I see... well, when you meet Sensei, tell her that I need to speak with her."

Rolling her eyes, Tsunade instantly pulls Kai into the hut as he gasps, "Right in the morning?! That's quite— ooh~ I guess I'll shut up!"

Poof*

A sound of a plume of smoke bursting into the hut echoed as the door shut itself up.

Alternate Title: Tsunade REALLY Loves Wood

A/N: I know of theories where the wood style could be a mix of earth water and yang or nature energy but that would make it a Kekkei Tota instead of Genkai... and something tells me that Yamato ain't talented enough for the former. And there is only one confirmed Kekkei Tota. So, as I wrote, Hashirama Senju made the wood style rise in notoriety and not the other way around. Besides, Hashirama is already special being an incarnation and all so he would have been feared even using basic earth style and stuff. I suppose, the only special thing to wood style will be suppressing and draining chakra, like the Adamantine Chains of the Uzumaki.

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