Minato is quite romantic; even on a business trip, he didn't forget to bring Kushina some local specialties.
Carrying beautifully wrapped gifts, Kazashiro walked side by side with Kakashi, who had unknowingly grown a head taller than him, on the streets of Konoha.
"Hey? Isn't this Kazashiro? It feels like ages since I've seen you. Come visit the shop sometime!"
As she passed by the dumpling shop, the proprietress, who was tidying up ingredients in the kitchen, caught a glimpse of Kazashiro and hurriedly dropped what she was doing to come to the door.
"Yes, definitely, I'll take Asuma and the others with me!"
After waving goodbye to the proprietress, Kazashiro's mood visibly improved.
One of them even started joking about the two little followers behind him.
"Your tracking skills are terrible! I wonder what you've learned all this time~"
Kazashiro's voice clearly reached their ears, and the two figures hiding behind the telephone poles instantly froze.
A moment later, Yamato was forcibly keeping a straight face, poked his head out and grabbed the bewildered Kabuto Yakushi.
"Lord Kazashiro (Brother Kazashiro)," the two little ones greeted him obediently.
"Seriously, what are you doing following me?" Seeing through Yamato's seemingly calm but actually panicked facade, Kazashiro's playful side emerged, and he wanted to tease the little guy a bit.
Yamato began to organize his thoughts.
He had sneaked out while Danzo was away, and on the way he accidentally spotted Kazashiro. He wanted to recognize him, but he was afraid that Feng Bai would tell Danzo on him, so he awkwardly followed behind him.
Then he encountered Kabuto Yakushi who was also passing by by chance.
The two of them, looking so fresh and innocent, ended up meeting under the same telephone pole, only to be exposed by Kazashiro.
Kabuto Yakushi was also flustered. He had only seen Yamato acting suspiciously and was curious about what the other was doing there. He never expected to run into Kazashiro, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.
How should I answer? X2
The two little ones were caught in a dilemma.
Then Kazashiro pinched their cheeks on either side, and they received his unique greeting. "Alright, stop making things up, let's go."
Anyway, seeing Yamato's embarrassed expression made it all worthwhile.
After tossing the local specialties to Kakashi, Kazashiro took the hands of the two little ones on either side and headed towards the Minato residence.
Wait, why the Minato family?
"Minato and Kushina are already married?!"
The Kazashiro howled sharply.
"Yes, what's wrong? I thought you already knew that Obito and I both attended their wedding."
Kakashi, whose ears were ringing from the noise of Kazashiro, reached out and picked at his ears.
"Is that so...?"
That makes sense, considering Mikoto is already pregnant, and Kushina must have already married Minato.
After mentally berating himself for his somewhat depleted IQ, Kazashiro changed the subject:
"Oh, it's been a long time! Let's have a get-together at Minato's house today. You two are in for a treat, getting to taste Kushina's cooking."
This is a good excuse to postpone my meeting with my husband, Deng.
Plans are in place.
"Kushina- nee?"
The two little ones tilted their heads, pondering this name they had never heard before.
They actually preferred the dishes Kazashiro, especially Yamato.
Since Kazashiro left, all he can eat are the custom-made meals from the Root.
Ultimately, he wasn't Danzo's biological son, so naturally he had no way of tasting Danzo's cooking.
"Since we're having a get-together, why don't we invite Lin along too?"
Kazashiro then thought of his other two teammates. It seemed that Obito had left the village, so only Rin was left.
"You idiot, shouldn't you have asked Kushina- nee first?"
Kakashi looked at Kazashiro and made a decision on his own, and was somewhat speechless.
"What's the big deal? Kushina- nee loves excitement, in fact, she'll be very happy with my arrangements."
Kazashiro puffed out his chest confidently and solemnly made his promise.
The result is--
"Kazashiro, you bastard!"
Watching Kushina's hair rise like flying chains, Kazashiro resignedly closed his eyes.
Oh my god, what did I do to trigger the "Bloody Tomato Mode"?
Kazashiro, who thought he was going to be beaten to a pulp by Kushina, was suddenly pulled into a tight embrace by Kushina.
"You brat, you left the village without even telling me! Honestly!"
"Well..."
"What? You think you're right? Don't forget I'm your Sealing Jutsu teacher! Honestly, you don't seem to have grown much taller while you were gone?"
"Well..."
"Um, Kushina- nee, it seems like Kazashiro is rolling his eyes." Seeing that Kushina still had no intention of letting go of Kazashiro, Kakashi weakly reminded her from the side.
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I got a little too excited."
Upon hearing Kakashi's reminder, Kushina belatedly released Kazashiro and apologized to him with a look of remorse.
"Oh my god, I think I saw Mom!"
[Isobu: I think I see Six Paths- sama too.]
Both the man and the beast wore expressions of relief, as if they had just escaped a disaster.
Within Kushina's consciousness space, Kurama, who was bound hand and foot, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Is this feeling... that of Isobu?"
Although he was eager to find out, Kushina bound him too tightly, Kurama couldn't break free no matter how he moved.
"That damned Kushina, how dare she treat me like this!"
Seeing that all nine of his tails were carefully bound by chains, Kurama was in a terrible mood.
They should have done more while Kushina was weak, at least they should have wiped out the entire Hidden Konoha Village!
Kurama, who has spent decades of his life in the shadow of the Uzumaki Clan, deeply misses his life before he met Madara.
Back then, I was carefree, living a blissful life of eating and sleeping.
As a result, he encountered Madara Uchiha and was inexplicably led by him to fight Hashirama one-on- Hashirama. In the end, Hashirama forcibly sealed Hashirama, citing "Nine-Tails, your power is too great."
Knock on, shall I knock on?
I'm the one being pinched by the Dafo's hand!
It's me!
Whose power is simply too great?!
However, regardless of the circumstances, Hashirama died not long after that battle.
It's impossible to tell whether this is Ban's fault or Kurama's fault.
But judging from the strength with which Mito controlled herself...
The other party must be holding a grudge against me.
Recalling the past, Kurama's resentment materialized and slowly merged into Kushina's Chakra.
Sensing the strange movement of the Nine-Tails within her, Kushina, who was asking Kazashiro a bunch of questions, frowned, closed her eyes, and entered her consciousness space. Without saying a word, she delivered a powerful slap to Feng Bai's face, made of chains.
"Behave yourself, Nine-Tails!"
Kurama:???
[Isobu: Hmm? That's strange. For a moment, I sensed Kurama's presence, and he seemed rather aggrieved.]
[Kazashiro: Oh, perhaps it's because the one standing in front of you is Kurama Jinchuriki.]
[Isobu: Oh... that doesn't make sense either. How could that fearless Kurama possibly feel wronged?]
[Kazashiro: Hiss... Maybe you should ask Kushina on the other side.]