Got Guts? Don't Leave After School

Something was off. Although the Chakra aura was similar, it wasn't my Chakra!

After thinking for a while, the Nine-Tails decided to test Kushina.

"Great Fox?"

Kushina was pulled into the consciousness space, where she saw the Nine-Tails tightly bound by Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Kushina had yet to figure out how she had gotten in.

"Kushina, I smelled the Chakra aura of one of my kind on that brat Yagami Chiyue."

"Are you trying to trick me again?"

The moment Kushina heard that, she planted her hands on her hips and pointed at the Nine-Tails. "Grandma Mito said that tailed beasts are all evil, and I can't believe a word you say.

"You must be trying to trick me into undoing the seal."

Nine-Tails: "..."

When the hell did I ever trick you?

You say tailed beasts are evil, but humans are the evil ones!

I was sleeping at home. Who did I provoke?

Then Uchiha Madara suddenly showed up, pointed his Mangekyō Sharingan at me without a word,

and forcibly turned me into a Summoned Beast to attack Konoha.

Then Senju Hashirama beat the living daylights out of me and sealed me inside Uzumaki Mito.

How was I evil from beginning to end?

"Brat, you humans are the most evil creatures of all!!"

The Nine-Tails no longer cared about Chiyue. It felt that Kushina was slandering it.

"Ahhh! I'm going to eat you!"

Enraged, the Nine-Tails began to go berserk. The Adamantine Sealing Chains tightened continuously as it tried to bite Kushina to death.

Kushina curled her lips. She was not afraid of the Nine-Tails at all.

From her initial fear to now, Kushina had gotten used to the Nine-Tails' bluster.

It looked fierce, but it actually had no real ability—at least not while sealed.

"I knew it. You're trying to trick me. How could Chiyue possibly have a tailed beast's Chakra? You're obviously talking nonsense."

"You can't fool me, Nine-Tails."

"Pfft~~~"

The Nine-Tails nearly spat out blood. It roared in frustration, "Brat, I'm going to eat you!! You're the evil creature! You're going to make me mad!"

The next second, Kushina was kicked out of the consciousness space.

The little girl firmly believed that the Nine-Tails wanted to deceive her and find a way to make her undo the seal so it could escape.

Do you think I, Kushina, am that easy to fool?

Trying to trick me? No way.

I haven't even been in contact with Chiyue. How could he possibly have the Chakra aura of a tailed beast?

Hmph, the Nine-Tails is such a big liar.

Sure enough, tailed beasts are all evil.

Chiyue himself had never expected that even the faintest trace of scent would not escape the Nine-Tails' dog nose.

All he could say was that foxes truly were canines. That nose was ridiculously sharp.

"Students, our class has four new transfer students today. I'm sure you all already know."

The fourth-year teacher clapped her hands and said, "Now, let's invite these four students up to introduce themselves. Please welcome them with a round of applause."

The oldest, Uchiha Mikoto, stood up and introduced herself.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Uchiha Mikoto. I was held back from fifth year. Please take care of me from now on."

A round of applause followed.

The upper-year students were no strangers to Uchiha Mikoto. Most of the class gave her a warm welcome.

Only a small number remained unmoved, and some even looked at Uchiha Mikoto with unfriendly eyes.

"I'm Yagami Chiyue. I skipped up from second year."

After that brief introduction, Chiyue sat down directly.

As for hobbies and the like, Chiyue had no interest in talking about such useless things.

"I'm Minato Namikaze. I also skipped up from second year. Please take care of me from now on."

Compared with Chiyue, Minato was much more polite.

Chiyue was not worried about any campus bullying. Anyone who had tried to cause him trouble had suffered at his hands.

Besides, Chiyue feared nothing.

If they wanted trouble, they had better be ready for a beating first.

I welcome you to come find me anytime.

"I'm Uzumaki Kushina. Like Chiyue and Minato, I skipped up from second year. Please take care of me in the days ahead."

Of the four transfer students, one was obedient and well-behaved, another seemed all right, and of the remaining two, one was an outstanding troublemaker while the other was someone the Hokage had asked them to look after.

She could only hope they would not cause any major trouble in class.

"Today's lesson is outdoor shuriken throwing. Check your Ninja Tool Pouches. Those without ninja tools may borrow some from me. Gather at the training ground in ten minutes."

"Hmph!"

After the teacher left, a group of students stared coldly at Chiyue, who was sitting beside Uchiha Mikoto.

Minato immediately grew tense.

Was there going to be a fight?

Should I step in?

"Uchiha Shikabane, don't glare at me like that. If you've got the guts, challenge me. You're always welcome. If you don't have the nerve, crawl away now. Otherwise, I'll block the gate after school!"

They were obviously old enemies.

The kind who had tried to bully Chiyue, failed, and gotten bullied in return.

"Don't get cocky! Who's afraid of you?"

With his embarrassing past exposed, Uchiha Shikabane could not save face and shouted stubbornly.

Seeing that there was drama to watch, the entire class stopped and looked over curiously.

"That's enough."

Uchiha Mikoto stood up with the commanding air of a big sister and stopped them.

"Shikabane, what happened before is already in the past. Don't bring it up again, all right? If you lose, you'll only embarrass yourself."

"I'll give Mikoto face today and let this go."

After thinking it over, Uchiha Shikabane decided to leave first, lest Chiyue really block him at the gate after school.

"Who was that guy?"

Minato asked quietly.

Chiyue placed his hands behind his head and leaned comfortably against the wall as he explained, "An annoying Uchiha. When we were little, he tried to bully me, so I smashed a hole in his head with a rock."

"Huh?"

Minato was stunned, and Kushina was dumbfounded as well.

"And you're still talking about it."

Uchiha Mikoto poked him on the head with a slender finger, none too pleased.

"You were only three back then. How did you dare smash someone on the head with a rock?"

"He was two years older than me and had a bunch of helpers. Of course I had to strike first. Otherwise, I would have been the one getting beaten."

Chiyue was not the type to take a beating. If you wanted to bully him, he would beat you up!

After starting school, Chiyue had blocked Uchiha Shikabane at the gate and beaten him up a few more times before he finally behaved himself.

Yet after only a year, his skin was itching again.

Some people were simply born asking for a beating.

They felt uncomfortable all over if no one beat them up.

He had decided. He would block the gate after school!

If you've got guts, don't leave after school. See you at the gate.