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The Cost of Salvation

-Chapter 4-

-Making a Splash-

-Last time-

'How is he… he was in… huh?' One could practically see the question marks floating around the Hellpup's head as her gaze went from the infant snuggling her to his crib all the way on the other side of the room and back again. She couldn't see anyone else, nor did she smell any new scents, so as far as she could tell nobody else had come in the room since the nice lady left. However, that was impossible, there had to have been someone, it's not like the baby crawled out of his crib, across the floor, and into her bed all by himself.

…Right?

"…Fuck it." Loona grumbled to herself as she laid back down, wrapping Naruto up in a hug as she went back to sleep. She was too tired to care how it happened, she could worry about it in the morning.

Had she stayed awake just a few seconds longer though, she might have seen the Hellphone peek in through the doorway to snap a picture with a soft click.

-And Now, Four Years Later-

Many things had changed within Naruto and Loona's bedroom over the years. For starters, in place of a baby crib and dog bed for the duo, there were two stylishly carved beds; one queen-sized and the other a large twin. The once bare wooden floor was covered in thick black carpeting and a large TV sat opposite of the beds with a bunch of game consoles, controllers, and other such stuff messily piled up around it.

The walls were covered with posters of different movies, games, etc. while various toys and dirty clothes littered the floor, and a desk sat in the corner with a computer and a few half-chewed up bones.

Click* Hello all you dumbass fucks, this is Katie Killjoy of 666 News for the early morning report, that is assuming anyone is even awake at this god forsaken hour!]

And of course, there was an alarm clock, situated on a little nightstand sitting perfectly between the two beds.

[For the weather today we're expecting it to be hot as all-]

A loud crunch filled the air as a furred hand slammed down onto the poor timekeeping machine, smashing it to pieces in one fell strike. Said hand then slowly retracted into a big pile of blankets that was piled up atop the smaller bed with a grumble.

"Hate that bitch…" The heap shifted around a bit before it was shoved aside as a half awake and very grumpy looking Loona sat up.

Like the room itself the hellhound had changed over the years, having grown nearly twice her original height and her hair reached all the way down to her lower back. Yawning, Loona shoved aside the rest of the blankets to reveal her plain baggy grey and black pajamas while she grumbled something foul under her breath.

Her feet sank Into the lush carpeting as she dragged herself out of bed, grunting when her spine realigned with a satisfying crack, before shuffling across the room over to the bathroom.

"Stupid mornings…" the demonic canine mumbled as she idly flicked on the lights when she passed through the doorway, her face scrunching up from the sudden glare searing into her pupils. Much like the rest of the mansion, their personal bathroom was quite spacious and luxurious, tiled in blood red and porcelain white tile. On one side was what could modestly be called a pool rather than a bathtub made of black marble and a walk-in shower surrounded by frosted glass while a vanity sink elegantly carved from pure mammon mahogany with a large round mirror took up the other.

Upon reaching said sink, Loona stared at her reflection in the mirror dully before grabbing a large brush and slowly dragging it through her messy mane of grey hair.

At the same time, she opened her jaws wide and bared her teeth for some reason, revealing dozens of razor-sharp teeth, the most notable being her canines which were crowned in pale gold that glowed softly. Her reason for doing this was soon revealed when two tiny golden chains extended from behind her and wrapped around a pair of toothbrushes sitting in a cup by the sink.

Lifting them up, a third chain squeezed some toothpaste onto each brush before they were raised up to mouth level. However, only one actually went into Loona's mouth, vigorously scrubbing the pointed teeth while she brushed her hair.

The other brush Instead went over to the hellhound's shoulder, where the sleepy face of one Naruto Uzumaki peeked out with a yawn, revealed to be riding on his pet's back the whole time. The whiskered blonde had grown from the wee babe he'd once been, now just a few inches shy of three feet tall and dressed in pajamas just like Loona's.

His eyes were bleary as he rested his chin on his ride's collarbone and his arms, once hidden amidst the folds of her shirt, coiled around the demon dog's neck. The chains turned out to be coming from him, extending from the blonde's shoulder blades to the brushes, working seemingly by themselves while he dozed.

"Too early…" he mumbled out tiredly, nuzzling against Loona's neck while said hellhound, with her tail wagging faintly, grumbled in agreement as she kept brushing her hair, then her fur, and finally Naruto's hair.

Nothing else was said between the two as they silently went about their morning rituals, from finishing up brushing to Naruto helping Loona file her nails. Eventually the whiskered blonde climbed off the hellhound's back so they could both undress as they headed over to the bubble filled tub, courtesy of Naruto's chains once more.

"Geronimo!" Naruto exclaimed as he eagerly dived into the soapy water, sending it splashing everywhere…

"Hey! Watch it!" Including onto a less than amused Loona, who glowered at the energetic child as she wiped suds off her snout.

Said boy giggled sheepishly while scratching the back of his head with an apologetic smile. "Hehe… Sorry, sis."

"Yeah, yeah, you say that every-Cannonball!" The hellhound suddenly cut herself off as she jumped several feet straight up and came crashing down in the water. The resulting splash was so large that its wake carried her laughing adoptive brother clear to the other side of the tub and drenched nearly the entire bathroom at the same time.

Popping back up to the surface, Loona shook the water out of her eyes before snickering at the sight of the mess she had caused.

Naruto laughed some more as he looked at the suds covering the floor. "You take the messiest baths, sis!"

"Normal baths are for losers," Loona declared in an almost smug tone before sputtering when her little bro splashed her face. "Oh, it is ON, little man!"

-Elsewhere-

In a personal office on the other side of the mansion Kushina could be found seated behind a large grandiose desk, sorting through stacks of paperwork that littered its surface. The kunoichi turned hellfox hadn't changed much over the years aside from her choice in clothes, having switched her dress and apron to a black business tux.

She was in the middle of flipping through some documents in a manilla folder that was stamped with the image of three heads clustered together in flame when her gaze drifted to a small monitor built into her desk. Said monitor showed a live feed of her children, and she was just in time to see Loona playfully throwing handfuls of bubbles at Naruto while the blonde fired back using the shower head hose.

Laughter and splashes echoed out as Kushina couldn't help her own giggles at the sight of her two little ones bonding. She had to remember to thank Lilith again for buying Loona and allowing her to adopt the girl into her and her son's life. Not only had Naruto gotten a loyal (if at times rather violent) protector out of it, but also a loving sister.

It still amused the hellfox how Loona would act so tsundere when she and the others were around, but then be more open to Naruto's affections as the little brother when she thought nobody was around. Charlie (bless her) had taken to placing some hidden cameras around the mansion for whenever Naruto and Loona would be left by themselves.

An understandable safety precaution considering they lived in literal Hell, not to mention the princess had lost any and all trust in her father after the fateful day her and Kushina met. The fact it meant Kushina could record all the adorable antics of her godson and his fluffy older sister for future teasing was just an added bonus for Hell's Princess.

"Oh, they grow up so fast," she mumbled to herself, giggling again while she watched Loona disappear under the water before popping back up behind Naruto and tickling his armpits, making the boy squeal in laughter.

The demonic vulpine quickly hit the mute button though when she heard a creak, sitting up straighter and straightening up the papers on her desk. By the time the door swung open and Vaggie walked in with a food laden tray in hand Kushina was once more nose deep in documents.

"Spying on the chiquitos again, are we?" Sadly, her attempt at business casual was for naught as the moth like sinner demon saw straight through her little charade. A snort escaped Vaggie's lips at the sheepish look on the busted redhead's face.

"How do you always know?" Kushina asked back with a pout, before perking right back up when Vaggie set the tray down, revealing a large stack of pancakes. She didn't even have to ask to know it was made by her quote "master" unquote considering they were all shaped like cute little bears with an egg and bacon smile on top.

"Because you're just that predictable, Astuta," Vaggie stated amusedly, making the fluffy redhead grumble under her breath as she started munching on her breakfast. Taking a seat across from Kushina, the X eyed demoness picked up some of the completed documents and curiously thumbed through them. "Business looks like it's going good."

"About as good as it usually is, seeing as profits are up nearly seven percent since last quarter," the hellfox replied.

You heard correctly, Kushina had gotten into the corporate game over the last few years by starting up her own business.

Part of it was so she could have her own financial independence, not wanting to have to just mooch off Charlie for her entire time in Hell. She had to think of both her and her children's future after all. And the other part was to help said demoness with her dream by bringing in much needed funding for running her future reformation hotel.

Turned out that, despite being the daughter of Hell's King, the Princess wasn't exactly as loaded as one would have expected. Now, that wasn't to say she didn't have any cash to throw around as she did get a hefty sum each month from her parents as an allowance. But it was simply nowhere near enough to cover all the various expenses that her plan would require; especially since a good chunk of it was already being spent spoiling a certain godson of hers.

Setting the documents back down, Vaggie grabbed a magazine that was sitting on the desk and looking at a cover which had a picture of Kushina and Lilith. The pair were clinking wine glasses while standing behind a table covered by various bottles of alcohol, all bearing a red swirl symbol. The text 'Whirlpool Co brand Liquor and Booze, quality good enough for royalty at a cost you can afford' was emblazoned across the page in brilliant gold lettering.

"Not even in business three years and yet you're already dominating the market," the moth-like sinner muttered with an amused sigh as she flipped the pages, finding that almost each one was covered in various ads from Kushina's business. Everything from beauty products to home repair, all under the same company name and logo. "How in hell did you pull this off?"

"Oh? You want me to tell you? I thought you wanted to figure that out for yourself~?" Kushina pointed out cheekily, making Vaggie roll her eyes with another sigh.

The grey-haired demoness had been trying to figure out the hellfox's secret to success for months and had been determined to find the answer on her own. The biggest conundrum was the fact everything Kushina sold was of immensely higher quality than basically anything else being sold (not really a high bar considering the majority of Hell's products could be accurately summarized as 'cheap greasy knockoffs'). At the same time though, it was also WAY more affordable; usually being half or even a third the price as all the regular crap being sold.

It just didn't make sense how she could make things so good and sell them dirt cheap while still turning a profit. And yet somehow, all the foxy woman was doing was profiting, with the money rolling in almost nonstop ever since her first product (Home-Brewed Sake) hit the shelves.

Had It been anyone else, Vaggie would be convinced that there was some kind of scam going on; but she knew Kushina well enough to know that the woman would never be involved in such things.

"And I admit defeat, so just tell me already," the X-eyed sinner muttered, even holding her hands up in mock surrender for added emphasis.

"Well, there's the obvious fact I don't actually have to pay most of my staff seeing as they're all me," Kushina said between bites while passing a stack of papers off to a clone of herself that appeared in a puff of smoke. The duplicate was then enveloped by another puff which soon dispersed to show the clone now looked like a succubus version of Kushina dressed in a green work uniform that had Whirlpool Co's emblem across the back before it vanished in a static blur. "As you already know, most of the work is handled by my Shadow Clones overseen by Blood Clones."

"Yeah, yeah, after you tweaked the spells-I mean jutsu so that they only send back memories if they want to or are dispelled forcibly. But that seriously can't be the only part of it." Cutting out the wages would certainly save more than a few souls, but that was still a rather small part of the overall costs Vaggie could think of.

"Naturally, although it does play a bigger role in it than you probably think," the redheaded demon fox stated with a smirk, finishing off the last of her food and handing the tray off to another clone. "With my clones, I don't have to worry about insurance, getting embezzled, call outs, labor shortages, or any of those other little nags that slow down business. They can cover everything from getting the materials I need and making the products I sell all the way to delivering them to the stores to be sold. And then there are my seals, of course."

While she spoke, Kushina pulled out a blank sheet of paper and a bottle of ink from a drawer before laying it out across the desk. Dipping the tip of a claw into the ink, she quickly dragged it across the sheet in swift but deliberate motions, creating several intrinsic designs within a few moments.

When she was done, the redhead placed the now empty inkwell onto the first design and tapped paper, causing the glass to disappear in a puff of smoke. She then tapped it again, making the bottle reappear in another puff.

"With these, I can have entire shipments fit in the palm of my hand," she taps another seal which starts sparking wildly, "or I could use them to power up my factories," another seal was activated that transformed the ink itself into a small puddle of pure water, "and even clean dirty water. And all of that's just the tip of the iceberg."

''…Okay, now I'm starting to see it.'' Vaggie's one regular eye kept getting wider and wider as it made more and more sense to the Sinner how her girlfriend's vassal was able to make such profits.

By sealing the shipments and carrying them by hand, her clones wouldn't need things like trucks, gas money, or storage spaces. Plus, she could avoid all sorts of fees and taxes that everyone else had too for moving things between rings. She could generate her own power thus no electric bills, and with the cleaning seal she could pump water right from the source instead of through the overpriced plumbing companies.

In layman's terms, Kushina had successfully sliced out most of the usual expenses that would have dragged out her earnings. All while having a totally loyal workforce that was guaranteed to never be short staffed as long as the foxy businesswoman herself was around.

"And that's not even accounting for my recent land purchases in-" Kushina began to say, only to be abruptly cut off by the loud ringing from the redhead's hellphone. Raising a brow, she pulled the device out and glanced at the screen…before immediately sighing upon seeing the Caller ID. "Augh, this baka again…"

"What's wrong? Got another stalker or something?" Vaggie asked jokingly, making Kushina roll her eyes before answering the phone.

"What do you want this time, asshole?"

[Ah, ah, ah, I wouldn't take that tone with me, ya broad] a male voice spoke on the other side, oozing with confidence and mirth yet with an edge of deadly seriousness. [After all, we've got business to settle.]

"As I've told you a hundred times already, I would sooner jump in a lake of molten lead than ever do any kind of business with the likes of you," Kushina stated with a deadpan spreading across her face when the demon on the other end of the call just laughed mockingly.

[Well, ya shoulda thought of that before coming down onto my turf without paying the proper tributes. You owe me a lot of overdue 'protection' money lady.]

"Which I am never going to pay you; or have the piles of dead goons I've sent back to your doorstep not gotten that message through your thick skull?" the hellfox asked rhetorically, earning yet another laugh from the caller.

[Oh, you say that now doll, but I've got a little bit of…leverage over here that-]

"Let me guess, you've just kidnapped my head distributor in Greed, have them all snuggly tied up right beside you, and are planning to barter their life in return for the aforementioned protection money?" Kushina abruptly cut the man off while twirling a lock of her hair around a finger.

[I… Uh… Yes… But how the hell did you-?]

"Because that was exactly what I was hoping you'd do, you predictable dumbass," she cut in yet again, her prior annoyance suddenly melting away as her lips curled into a smirk. "Goodbye Knolastname. I will enjoy the peace and quiet that you being gone will bring me. Katsu."

[Kat-wha-?] There was an abrupt loud *Boom* followed by a continuous long tone, signifying that the call had been dropped, until Kushina hit the hang up button.

"…Do I even want to know what that was about?" Vaggie asked with a raised brow, making Kushina shrug as a giggle slipped past her muzzle.

"Just a little annoyance that needed to be taken care of," she stated before standing up, creating yet another clone that took her place as she stretched. "But I think that's enough business talk. We should probably go check on the little ones before they flood the bathroom again or something."

"As long as Charlie hasn't joined in yet, we should be fine."

Almost as if on cue, there was a distant sound of crashing, splashing, and laughter echoing out through the mansion.

"I just had to open my mouth…" Despite her words, a smile spread across Vaggie's lips as she followed Kushina's lead.

-End Chapter-

-Omake: Whirlpool Kombat: Kushina vs Lilith Part 2: Winner Kushina-

A bloodied and beaten Lilith barely stayed standing as an unharmed Kushina cracked her blood cover knuckles.

[Finish Her!]

Faster than one could blink, Kushina crossed the distance between her and Lilith, ramming a fist into the succubus queen's gut hard enough to launch her several feet into the air. Several golden chains erupted from the Hellfox's back and coiled around her opponent's limbs, waist, and neck, keeping her suspended in the air.

"Kinjutsu…" Holding up her hand, Kushina slowly started to close it as the chains tightened, making Lilith's face turn red. The redhead then clenched her fist completely, completely ripping the queen of hell to pieces, raining down blood and viscera all over. "Jikkō no rensa."

Kushina dispelled her chains as she turned and walked away, leaving Lilith's torn off head laying atop a pile of her own guts.

[Kushina Wins! Flawless Victory! FATALITY!]

-Omake End-