Nine-Tails: Why Was This Happening?

"Hashirama! Are you challenging me again today?"

"Madara! Bring it on!!"

"Izuna and I will be waiting for you this afternoon!" Madara gave Hashirama a cold look, then turned and left.

"Dave, your uncle's going back to rehearse! I'm definitely beating him tonight!" Once Madara left, Hashirama lost interest in the Claw Machine as well. He said goodbye to Dave and headed off.

Seeing that the two bastards who had beaten him up were finally gone, Little Nine-Tails, lying on Dave's head, finally lowered the hair he had been using to hide his little face.

"Why aren't you keeping your head down anymore?" Dave asked with a grin.

"Hmph! I, Nine-Tails, would never lie down when I could stand!" Little Nine-Tails puffed out his tiny chest and declared this with haughty pride.

"Hahaha!" Dave burst out laughing but didn't call him out.

"Brat! You! What are you laughing at? Stop laughing!!" Little Nine-Tails' face instantly flushed red, and he hurriedly grabbed little Dave's hair with his claws as he shouted.

A short while later, Little Nine-Tails and Dave finished tussling.

"Brat, what did they mean by dancing?" Little Nine-Tails asked after a moment's thought.

"Uh... well... that's hard to explain... If you want to know, go take a look this afternoon." Dave wiped the cold sweat off his face. Every mention of dancing brought that rear view in black stockings back to mind...

"Fine." Little Nine-Tails nodded. He had spent half the day wandering around the village with Dave, and it had been pretty fun.

Take that slap he had given Hashirama earlier... Although he was still a little shaken, now that he thought back on it, it had felt so fucking good! One of these days, he needed to give that stone-faced bastard Madara Uchiha a slap too. Yep!

If Dave had known what Little Nine-Tails was thinking, he would have been utterly dumbfounded... You little bastard, you remember the treats but never the beatings... The only reason you got away with slapping Hashirama was that he was good-natured and didn't hold it against you. And now you want to slap Madara? Holy shit, would even three extra doses of courage be enough for you?

"Let's go. I still have class this afternoon, so let's head to school first," Dave said with a smile.

"Class? What's class?" Having grown up wild without receiving any Education whatsoever, Little Nine-Tails had no idea what a class was.

"Class... uh... that's something truly terrifying..." Dave remembered that kindly Old Father face and shuddered violently...

Could you imagine what it felt like to have that kindly old father give you a Love stare every so often during every single lesson?

Shinobi Academy

"Old Father, sorry I'm late. Uh... Uncle Izuna??? What are you doing here?" Holding Nine-Tails, Dave hurried to the Ninja Academy at a run, hopping along the way. He had just lowered his head to apologize to his Old Father, only to look up and find Izuna standing at the front of the classroom instead.

"Haha, I don't usually have much to do back at the clan. I heard Tobirama was teaching at the Ninja Academy, so I thought I could give it a try too. And here I am," Izuna said with a smile.

"Uh... oh, okay..." Dave paused, then nodded in bewilderment.

"All right, don't just stand there. I haven't started yet. Come on in." Izuna smiled and beckoned to Dave, amused by his adorable, dazed expression.

Dave hurried to his seat with Nine-Tails in his arms...

"Wow, Dave, you brought Kurama to class too! Huh, what's Kurama eating?" Tsukimi's face lit up with joy when Dave, whom she had been longing to see, arrived. Seeing the little fox in his arms made her even happier.

"Eek! You scary little girl! What are you doing here?" Kurama had been eating some pastries they had bought on the way when he heard Tsukimi's familiar voice. Remembering what had happened that morning, he shuddered violently...

"Huh? This is a school, and I'm a student here. Of course I have to come here for class!" Tsukimi said with a smile.

"Ooh, Kurama, what are you holding in those cute little paws and munching on?" Tsukimi asked, finding the sight of Kurama's little mouth constantly chewing utterly adorable.

"! Dave! Hold these for me! Whatever you do, don't let this little girl snatch them away!" Nine-Tails hurriedly handed his pastries to Dave and motioned for him to put them away. In his tiny body, he had no way of resisting the little girl in front of him.

"Pfft!" Tsukimi burst out laughing at Little Nine-Tails' frantic expression.

"...Tsukimi, say ah~" Dave smiled helplessly at the little Nine-Tails' anxious face. Then he took one of the pastries the little Nine-Tails had just handed him and held it up to Tsukimi's lips.

"Mm!" Tsukimi blushed and smiled softly, then slowly opened her delicate little mouth. Dave popped the pastry inside.

Watching from below, Little Nine-Tails was completely dumbstruck...

He felt his thousand-year-old worldview and values come crashing down... I might not be human, but you two are real beasts...

Little Nine-Tails: A fox just got force-fed lovey-dovey crap by two humans. Any suggestions for killing them both? Oh, and the male is my Jinchūriki. Waiting online. Urgent.

"Awooo!! Brat! Why did you give my pastry to that horrible little girl?!" Nine-Tails howled indignantly.

"What does a little fox like you need so much food for? Here, Tsukimi, let's ignore him and keep going. Say ah~"

Fuck, I'm not human, but you two really are beasts.

Standing at the front of the classroom teaching, Izuna caught sight of the two lovebirds over there... and immediately felt royally pissed off...

He had heard about Dave and Tsukimi from his older brother. He didn't think it was a big deal either. Besides, the boy was Dave, the wonderful kid who had brought him back to life. Why couldn't they make an exception for him?

Most of the clan rules passed down over hundreds of years had already been broken anyway. Yes, his brother Madara Uchiha had broken about half of them himself...

He had also heard that the two children got along especially well and were deeply in love... But... getting along is one thing... being in love is another... We're in the middle of a fucking class!!!

Have you considered the feelings of the teacher working so hard to teach you?! You! You! You're an absolute disgrace!

As for the Nine-Tails...

He lay on Dave's feet, staring blankly with vacant eyes. Who was he? Where was he? What was he doing? What had he seen? Why was he here?

All these questions, seemingly welling up from the depths of his soul, plunged Little Nine-Tails into deep contemplation... Why... why...

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