Naruto's Tailed Beast Cloak

Kushina's Sealing Space.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's Love Nest.

Anju and Minato Namikaze watched Kushina outside through the television in the living room as she taught Naruto how to use the Clone Technique.

"Say, Minato, aren't you going to cause some trouble for Sunagakure?"

"I want to, but Kushina won't let me."

"Say, Minato, have you considered that the ones who plotted against Kushina might not have been Sunagakure?"

"Impossible!"

"Fine, fine. Then, Minato, could you investigate the Third Hokage and the others?"

"No! There are too many ninja around the Third Hokage."

"..."

Anju no longer held out any hope for this die-hard loyalist of the Third Hokage.

Just then, someone else appeared on the television screen.

A masked ninja.

"Lady Kushina, the Third Hokage wishes to see you."

Anju looked at the Anbu ninja, then turned his gaze to Minato again.

"See? The Third Hokage still hasn't given up on killing your wife."

"Anju, don't talk nonsense. The Third Hokage isn't that kind of person. That last mission must have been Sunagakure's scheme."

Anju did not waste any more words on Minato and immediately transmitted his voice to Kushina.

"Refuse him. Say that you haven't recovered from the poison from your last mission, that you don't know when you'll be fully healed, and that you need leave."

After hearing Anju's words, Kushina said to the Anbu ninja, "Go back and tell the Third Hokage that the poison from my last mission hasn't been fully purged, so I still need some time off."

"Lady Kushina, the Third Hokage..."

"Did you not hear me clearly?"

A Tailed Beast Cloak appeared over Kushina's entire body. The Anbu ninja said nothing more and vanished with a Body Flicker.

If he did not leave now, was he waiting to get beaten up?

Kushina had even beaten up the Fourth Hokage. She had also kicked down the door to the Third Hokage's office.

Making this woman angry was not a good idea.

Very soon, another Anbu ninja arrived with a new order from the Hokage.

Kushina was granted two weeks of leave.

Moreover, she was assigned two Special Jonin and one Jonin as teammates, implying that Kushina would soon receive a new mission.

The three companions had only been temporarily assembled. They all came from minor ninja clans, and it was Kushina's first time working with them.

Although the mission would not begin until two weeks later, the Third Hokage had also given all three of them leave.

The three, who had initially been somewhat unhappy, became grateful to Kushina as well.

They knew that their clans supported Kushina's bid for Hokage, and they supported it too.

After all, Kushina stood head and shoulders above the younger generation of Konoha.

There had originally been Uchiha Shisui as well, but after Shisui's Mangekyo went blind, Kushina became even more outstanding.

Kushina merely met the three of them, exchanged a few words, and then they went their separate ways.

After returning home, she saw Naruto standing at the door with an excited expression.

"Mom, are you going on another mission?"

"Brat, you're happy that your mom is going on a mission?"

"No, that's not it! I learned a new ninjutsu today!"

"Really? Let me see."

Kushina guessed it was the Clone Technique. Her son's talent had been improving more and more lately.

"Look!"

Tailed Beast Chakra spread across Naruto's entire body.

Clearly, a Tailed Beast Cloak was about to emerge.

Kushina stared blankly at her son.

He was five years old??

And he had already mastered the Tailed Beast Cloak?

At that moment, a small green sphere appeared in Naruto's hand as well.

"Wait! Naruto!"

As soon as Kushina finished speaking, Naruto had already tossed out the little ball.

The little ball floated lightly upward, then accelerated in the direction Naruto had thrown it, growing larger as it flew.

Smack!

A green ball blasted a small hole through the wall of Minato and Kushina's home in Konoha. After piercing the wall, the green ball effortlessly expanded once more and directly blew the entire wall apart!

Yes, blew it apart!

This was the Compressed Air Bullet Kurama had developed for a flying monster.

It began as a tiny sphere, then gradually expanded after being fired from the monster's mouth. Once the Wind Attribute Chakra and Yang Attribute Chakra inside the ball lost their balance, or both diminished to a certain extent, it would explode.

This also limited the amount of Chakra in the sphere. If there was too much, maintaining the balance between the two would become even harder.

Naruto's green ball had only barely achieved balance. In Kurama's eyes, its power was nothing impressive, but Kurama had clearly forgotten that once Naruto put on a Tailed Beast Cloak, he was stronger than any low-level ninjutsu.

Turning around, Naruto had just wanted to receive Kushina's praise when Kushina, also covered in a Tailed Beast Cloak, grabbed him and gave him a sharp flick on the forehead.

"You little brat, tearing up the house! If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never learn your limits!"

As for Anju, after something like this happened, he simply played dead~

If Kushina called for him, he would just pretend he had not heard.

Naruto's house-wrecking antics had naturally been seen by some Anbu, Root members, ordinary civilians, and shinobi as well.

Rumors that Konoha's hero's son had also become the Nine-Tails spread throughout the village.

The Konoha civilians were frightened out of their wits by this.

Back during the Nine-Tails' Rampage, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had sealed the Nine-Tails back into Kushina. But not many people knew that Naruto was also a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

This time, Naruto's Tailed Beast Cloak could not be concealed, naturally exposing the fact that he too was a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Seizing the opportunity, Danzō began spreading propaganda without even consulting the Third Hokage, claiming that Naruto had been bewitched by the Nine-Tailed Demoness, accepted the Nine-Tails' power, and had already become the Nine-Tailed Fox himself.

That immediately caused ordinary civilians and civilian shinobi to erupt.

Originally, Kushina had only been accepted by Konoha because she was guarded by the hero's son.

Now, Kushina had gained fame and accomplishments, and was even a Hokage candidate. She had basically shed her original status.

Yet merely tempting the hero's son into accepting the Nine-Tails' power was enough to overturn all of Kushina's previous efforts.

The day after the incident involving Naruto's Tailed Beast Cloak.

Hokage Office.

Shimura Danzō looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with delight written all over his face.

"Hiruzen! That brat really gave us an assist this time. I was still wondering how to bring Kushina down, and he handed us such a perfect excuse. Now we can even save the cost of hiring Akatsuki."

"Danzō, why did you spread those rumors without asking us first?" Sarutobi Hiruzen looked deeply troubled.

He knew Kushina well. It was fine to target anyone else; even when people plotted against her, she had never pursued the matter afterward. But making a move against Naruto might produce the opposite effect.

"What, Hiruzen! Are you afraid? Would Kushina really dare act inside the village? As long as we ruin her reputation in the village now, she'll be nothing to worry about."

"Danzō, we still need to proceed with hiring Akatsuki. Let this matter cool down for now. Do not publicize it excessively anymore; it is not suitable to provoke greater conflict at this time."

"Hiruzen! If we don't immediately strike at Kushina's reputation now, won't we be missing a golden opportunity?"

"Danzō, I am the Hokage."

"Hmph!"

Shimura Danzō left with a dark expression, casually slamming the door behind him. Bang!

The door to the Hokage Office was once again left crookedly hanging at an angle.

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura also clasped their hands to the Third Hokage before leaving.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was miserable. "Sigh, Naruto is Kushina's chain. If you throw that chain to the beast while the beast is still there, all you'll do is let the beast run off with the chain."