Bloody Habanero

Inside the Senju Compound, Liuxia was carefully straightening Kushina Uzumaki's clothes and combing her vivid red hair. Just then, Nawaki's impatient voice came from the doorway. "Time to go! Liuxia, Kushina! We're going to be late for school!"

Hearing that, Liuxia sped up and quickly finished tidying her up. He looked at Kushina in the mirror, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile, "There! Kushina is still the prettiest little princess today!"

Kushina blushed and lowered her head shyly. "Thank you, Big Brother Liuxia!" Then she and Liuxia left the room together.

"Liuxia, you're way too slow! I've been waiting out here forever," Nawaki complained as soon as he saw them.

"Sorry, Big Brother Nawaki. It's all my fault..." Kushina lowered her head again, embarrassed. Liuxia stared at Nawaki in exasperation. What did that roughneck know?!

"Ah... It's fine! Ahahaha! It's not your fault, Kushina. It's all Liuxia's fault for being so slow! Come on, let's go. It's your first day of school, after all! Of course you have to look your best!"

Liuxia rolled his eyes at Nawaki, then smiled faintly and took Kushina's hand. "All right, we're here now, aren't we? It's Kushina's first day of school, so we can't be late." With that, the three of them headed to school together.

The sun shone brightly along the way, and a gentle breeze brushed their faces, putting everyone in a particularly good mood. Liuxia and Nawaki chatted as they walked, while Kushina quietly held Liuxia's hand and enjoyed the lovely moment.

They soon arrived at school. Along the way, they ran into many classmates, and Nawaki greeted everyone enthusiastically, introducing his little sister.

Unlike Liuxia, who had the quiet, reserved air of a handsome young man, Nawaki had always been lively, cheerful, and something of a jokester. He got along better with their classmates, but when it came to popularity among the girls, Liuxia won hands down.

After all, who wouldn't like a gentle, handsome, powerful, yet quiet young man like Liuxia? The boys looked at the red-haired girl with curiosity, while the girls were already feeling envious and jealous.

"Ahhh! Why does she get to hold Liuxia's hand? I want to, too!"

"Count me in!"

"I would also like to..." (A burly man had somehow joined them.)

With so many eyes fixed on her, Kushina soon began to feel uncomfortable. The girls' heated stares especially frightened her.

So she moved even closer to her beloved Big Brother Liuxia. Why not Nawaki? Come on, when someone as perfect as Liuxia was right there, why choose a straight-laced jokester like Nawaki?

After giving Kushina a few instructions, the three of them split up and headed for their classrooms. As Liuxia watched Kushina's retreating figure, he suddenly seemed to remember something important and quickly formed Hand Seals.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Poof!"

With a quiet shout, an identical copy of him appeared beside him. Liuxia turned to Nawaki and scratched his head. "Sorry, Nawaki. I've got something to take care of today, so this Shadow Clone will go to class with you!"

"Hey, Liuxia, what is it? Why are you in such a hurry? Hey! Wait for me! Take me with you!"

Nawaki called out in confusion, but Liuxia had already run off, leaving only his dashing figure behind.

At that moment, Liuxia's brotherly protectiveness was burning like a raging fire. He remembered those hateful brats from the original anime, who had dared to bully his adorable little sister, Kushina!

Just thinking about it made him clench his fists, eager to charge into the classroom and beat those guys up. And that blond brat, too—he'd seen someone being bullied and just stood there grinning... The more Liuxia thought about it, the angrier he got! They'd better know their place this time, or he'd make them regret it!

Fueled by the power of his own ranting, Liuxia soon reached the tree outside Kushina's classroom. He settled in and began carefully watching what was happening inside. (All right, really it was just his overprotective brotherly instincts at work...)

"Everyone, settle down! We have a new student in Class A today. Kushina, why don't you introduce yourself?"

Kushina was nervous in the unfamiliar surroundings, but she took a deep breath and prepared to introduce herself.

Just then, however, she noticed a few people pointing at her red hair and whispering. Anger surged through her, and she raised her voice without thinking. "I'm Kushina Uzumaki, dattebane!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Kushina realized that her anger had made her blurt out her usual catchphrase. Embarrassed, she covered her mouth. But when she saw that her classmates' attitudes hadn't changed, the anger in her heart flared even hotter.

"I'm going to be the first female Hokage in this village!" she declared, her voice firm and forceful.

The classroom erupted, and her classmates began chattering among themselves.

Just as the room grew noisy, a handsome boy with blond hair and a sunny smile stood up.

"I want to become an outstanding Hokage who's recognized by the villagers, too!" His voice rang out clearly, as if conveying his resolve and conviction to everyone.

Watching this from outside the window, Liuxia gritted his teeth so hard they nearly cracked. He even forgot to curse out the rude brats from earlier. So this was Minato Namikaze!

Oh, you little punk. You never stepped in when people were getting bullied, but then you swooped in when you saw an opening! This was the greatest village in the Ninja World, for crying out loud! How could someone kidnap the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki right out of the village without anyone noticing?

It didn't take much thought to figure out that those old geezers had to be behind it! Even if Minato didn't know, those old ghosts were certainly scheming!

They didn't care at all about the Jinchuriki's physical or mental well-being. All they ever did was use so-called "bonds" to keep people in line! Those hateful old men were rotten to the core. One day, they'd pay for it!

Just then, as Minato was sharing his dream with the red-haired girl he admired, he suddenly felt a powerful sense of hostility. At the same time, the Third Hokage, who was using the Telescope Technique to observe Kushina, couldn't help shivering.

"From now on, we're calling you Tomato! Hahaha..."

"With that chubby, round face and red hair, you really do look like a tomato!"

"How could a tomato ever become Hokage? Hahaha!"

As soon as the bell rang, a few brats crowded around Kushina, pointing at her and making fun of her. One of them even reached out to grab her red hair, while Minato stood by doing nothing, watching like it was a show.

Liuxia was just about to step in and teach those clueless brats a lesson, letting them experience the Iron Fist of an overprotective big brother, when he saw that Kushina didn't let them grab her hair as easily as she had in the original anime. Instead, she quickly slapped the reaching hand away.

"Only my brother can touch my red hair! And who are you calling a tomato, you bunch of ugly creeps?!" Kushina shouted furiously, then swung her fists and sent the brats flying one by one.

"If anyone calls me Tomato again, I won't let them get away with it!" Kushina warned, glaring at them. (Liuxia silently cheered her on: That's right! Hit them hard. Give them a good beating!)

She then whipped around and glared at Minato, who had been watching from the sidelines. "What's so funny?" Her words startled him, and he immediately turned away, not daring to look over again.

(Liuxia was secretly delighted: Nicely done, sis! I'll give you an extra helping tonight!)

And so, the famously hot-tempered, fearsome Bloody Habanero finally made her grand entrance!!!!!!!