Chapter 13 - Perseus vs Medusa

"I suppose that Hiruzen-sama will be happy to hear that there is a new user of Mokuton" - Iruka smiled, not knowing that the one mentioned, was pulling his beard while cursing the paperwork and all the talks he would have to receive from the shinobis clans - "Why?! Why not just outstanding?! Why didn't you use Suiton, Doton or Futon ?!"

Kurama felt where Hiruzen was, looked into his eyes and gave him a joking smile.

"He did it intentionally!" - The Hokage was gnashing his teeth when he saw the redhead's expression but it changed to a funny one when he saw a woman approaching the boy.

"He ~! Let's see how you escape this Kukuku ~" - Hiruzen thought, with an evil smile when he saw who that person was approaching Uzumaki - "Ugh! I now act like Orochimaru ..."

The woman slowly approached the redhead without him noticing because he was in his ideal world after seeing the expression of shock on the spectators' faces but this began to change when they began to tremble in horror.

A hand landed on his shoulder and a bad feeling began to sprout from his heart - "Ara ~? Foxy-kun ~! It's been a long time since we last met ~ No ~?"

Kurama began to tremble, a cold sweat ran down his back. For the first time in his young life, he was knowing what true terror was.

Hearing that voice, which was quite familiar to him, he turned his head to see its origin. She was a beautiful woman with purple hair and was smiling but what was seen in her beautiful brown eyes was not happiness, but a cold that made the redhead tremble even harder.

"Ara ~ Foxy-kun ~! This is not the meeting I expected ~" - Anko said with a happy whole, but Kurama couldn't feel any kind of joy in her expression - "Hmm ~? Why are you shaking so much~? Are you sick~?"

"A-A-An-Anko ... c-c-c-c-chan .... e-et-to ... h-how time has passed, N-No?" - Kurama said with a nervous smile, gathering all the value acc.u.mulated by 4 Uzumakis generations.

The redhead was trying to find a solution for his current problem, he could not escape it, at least not in its base form, so he would have to free all his tails to be able to achieve it but this would expose his appearance to the whole village.

At this time, Kurama could only think - "In the worst case I become Nukenin ..."

Anko's expression had not changed at all, she just looked at Hiruzen and said - "Hokage-sama, I think he is a spy so I ask permission to take him to IT ..."

"You're kidding right ?!" - Kurama thought - "What kind of excuse is this?! Who the f.u.c.k is going to believe it ?!"

Hiruzen was pretending to think and then looked at the redhead with an evil smile. Kurama felt he was sunk in the stinkiest and darkest of shits - "Permission granted!"

The redhead looked at Sarutobi, lifted his middle finger and said - "Ero Jiji, pray that I will not come back alive because if I do, Biwako Baba will know that you use Kage Bunshin to do your job while you read Icha Icha ... "

The Hokage was red with shame, not only his wife would know about his hobby in the office, but also all the clan leaders. The men gave him a thumbs up, the old man still had his gentlemanly instincts, instead, the women began to speak quietly among themselves.

The Uzumaki last looked around, made a military pose and said - "Remember me as a Hero ..."

When he finished saying his words, he released all his tails and used a Shunshin to disappear from the room. Anko didn't hesitate any second and chased him out.

"It was an honor to meet you" - the men thought while the women shook their heads.

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Several Konoha shinobis could feel an aura that they had thought they would not see in a long time. They were trembling at the thought of how the Kyubi had returned to get revenge against them but after a few seconds of terror, they realized that nothing had happened.

"Foxy-Kun ~ Why are you running from me ~?" - said the beautiful purple hair woman having lost sight of her goal.

Kurama running as fast as possible, throwing non-lethal Jutsus against Anko, after all, he didn't want to harm her, but to stop her. But nothing was enough to get rid of the Medusa, in fact, this increased her euphoria more, she was like a snake hunting a mouse. Anko had a predatory look while following Uzumaki without losing sight of him - "Foxy-kun ~ you can't escape from me ~"

The redhead could only curse when he saw that his mother had trained Anko too well.

"A-Anko-chan Why don't we better sit down and talk like two civilized a.d.u.l.ts?" - Kurama said with a little hope but it was destroyed and without mercy.

"Of course Foxy-kun ~! But when I'm done with you ~!" - She said with a euphoric smile.

"How is it that Anko-chan became SO Sadistic! He used to just settle for playing with my ears all night long!" - Uzumaki thought as he escaped - "I swear by my Uzumaki Blood that I will beat up the bastard who recommended it to the IT! Is that it or I will destroy what he loves most!"

At that moment on the other side of the village, a silver-haired man wearing a mask that covered his mouth down and an eye covered by his forehead protector felt a cold run down his back. He was pretty sure that his precious Icha Icha collection was in grave danger.

Returning with Kurama.

The redhead was cornered because he unwittingly took a bad turn and caught himself.

"Give up Foxy-kun ~! You can't escape from me ~!" - Anko said while l.i.c.k.i.n.g her lips - "Why don't you accept your destiny and receive the punishment that will give you the s.e.xy Anko-chan ~?"

"Why don't we talk quietly Anko-chan?" - Kurama said as he backed away.

"Nope ~! You left without telling me ~!" - Anko said with a serious tone, then smile again - "So you deserve a punishment ..."

"* Sigh ~ * I guess I'll have to fight, right?" - Kurama said resigned to his destiny - "Fight with everything you have, Anko-chan because I will have no mercy!"

That is what he said but he did not believe what came out of his mouth.

"* Sob ~ * It hurts me what you say Foxy-kun ~" - Anko cried falsely as she got closer and closer to the redhead.

"Ok! Okay! Sorry! I know I didn't say goodbye, nor did I let you know but I had to go out to train!" - Uzumaki said as he looked sadly at purple hair - "I feel the danger I am slowly approaching but with my current strength level, I will not be able to help my loved ones! It is even possible that I will lose them! AND I CAN'T ALLOW SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO YOU! I CAN'T ALLOW ME TO LOSE MY LOVED ONE AGAIN! "

"Wait ... again ?!" - Kurama thought, he felt something come back to his mind, they were two memories.

In the first, there were 9 strange animals in front of an elderly man. He wore a white robe with 6 black magatamas on the neck and 9 on the back, had gray hair, two horns came out of his forehead, his eyes were purple and seemed to have multiple spirals around the iris. The 9 beings were sad, their father was giving them the bad news.

"Children ... my children ..." - said the man - "Do not be sad ... you knew that this day would come ..."

"I can be strong ..." - Said the man - "But there is always something or someone that can beat you and in my case ... it's time ..."

The man closed his eyes for a moment while the 9 animals listened to him with tears in their eyes.

"I only regret not being able to finish my dream of bringing peace to the world" - The man continued - "The little time I have left, I will use it to give instructions to the clan ... I just hope Ashura continues with my will ..."

"Father ..." - Said a small orange fox with nine tails.

"Kurama ... son ... come closer" - The man said as the fox approached him - "You are the strongest of the nine, and I know that you and your brothers fight frequently, but ... please take care of them ... they are your family..."

Kurama nodded his head and then returned to his position with his brothers.

The old man looked at each of the nine beings and said - "My children ... please protect humanity. They are clumsy and are just taking their first steps in the Ninshu ..."

"I can feel the d.e.s.i.r.e to use it for their benefits ... but... I can also feel how some want to use it for the general good ... "- The wise old man had a smile on his face, you could tell he was not worried about the reduced number of days in his life. -" It's fascinating to see how they can be so contradictory ... "

"My children ... this will probably be the last time we meet ..." - Said the sage before leaving, leaving the nine beasts crying in sadness - "Please ... be happy ..."

In the second memory, there was a child with bloody hands, his face was blurred. the only thing visible ... were the tears coming from his empty eyes and running down his cheeks.

In front of him were two people, one was a man and the other was a woman. They were surrounded by the flames because the house where they were was catching fire and the boy was looking lost, not knowing why this happened.

The couple on the floor had all the bloodied clothes and there were no signs of life left in them. The boy did not know what to do, nor did he have the d.e.s.i.r.e to do something ...

Suddenly steps were heard and the boy turned to see what it was, in front of him was a man with scars on his face - "Look! The bastard is still alive!"

"Kill him fast! Let's finish with all this shit!" - Said a voice from the hallway - "Remember the Boss does not want any survivors! With that, we will show that no one can attack his son, or us, even if it is self-defense!"

The boy finally knew the reason for all this, suddenly he was overwhelmed with anger and sadness. His mother ... his father ... they had been killed just because he hit the son of a trafficker who was bullying him. They killed them just because he had defended himself.

"Mother ... Father ... I'm sorry ..." - Said the boy with tears in his eyes - "It's all my fault ..."

The boy was crying but stopped when he felt a pain in his stomach, he had been stabbed. The little one looked weakly at the thug who was laughing - "Bad luck little bastard ..."

"I'm going to give you some advice for your next life ..." - said the man with scars - "Be careful because there are people who are better not to provoke ..."

The boy fell to the floor while his eyes became blurred, he could feel his blood running, the pain was fading but his sadness grew with each passing second.

All his life he had endured the blows and mistreatment of the other children because of his weak structure but one day he couldn't take it anymore and defended himself against the worst enemy of all. The poor little boy did not know that the father of the child he hit was a trafficker known for being vindictive and that he would end up in such a situation.

He just wanted to be able to go back in time to continue resisting all the blows and mistreatment. He would do it with p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e if he could be with his family again.

The boy let out a small smile full of sadness but it didn't last long because he started coughing up blood - "* Cof Cof ** Sigh ~ * ..."

"If only I lived in a world of shonen anime ... where everything can be ... solved with friendship ... where one can have the power to protect ... their loved ones ... where ... the ... bad never wins ... "- Said the little while crying. He tried to smile but couldn't - "If ... I could ... choose ... it would be ... Naruto ... * Cof * Despite all his suffering... he kept going on ... * Cof * without parents. ... without a clan ... the whole village hating him ... but ... he ... always fight with a smile ... * Cof * I ... would have liked... to be his friend ... "

"Mother ... Father ... I'll see you ... soon ..." - Those were the last words before he completely lost consciousness.

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Kurama could feel his emotions starting to get out of control when he remembered something he wished he hadn't done.

He felt all the sadness mixed with the pain of the two memories growing out of control. His chakra began to swing erratically. He was starting to be in Berserk state, only this time it was much worse.

Anko could see the change in Kurama's expression and how he seemed to be suffering.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" - A cry of pain came out of the redhead as it began to transform. Orange hair was beginning to grow on his body, his hands and feet were transforming into claws, his face was gradually changing to a fox face and his size began to slowly increase.

Kurama was transforming into the Kyubi.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - The redhead could feel the physical pain but he didn't care, it was nothing compared to the emotional pain he was feeling right now.

"Naruto ... no ... Kurama-kun! Please answer me! Don't scare me!" - Anko shouted while trying to get Uzumaki's attention but had no favorable results. Kurama was ignoring her, the pain he felt was as great as the emptiness of his heart.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!" - The redhead was beginning to lose control, at the moment his conscience faded, he would begin to cause destruction all around him.

"Kurama-kun! Foxy-kun! Calm down! You still have your family! I am your family! Kushina-san is your family! Please ... Don't destroy your family!" - Anko was desperate, now she felt the guilt of having cornered him in such a way that she seemed to have released something that was sealed - "Please Foxy-kun ... Please wake up!"

Anko tried to approach Kurama but he attacked her without thinking twice but thanks to the fact that she was still somewhat conscious, her attack failed shortly - "Go away ... Grrr ... Go... Away!!!!!"

Anko saw that the redhead was fighting desperately not to harm her so he bet everything and threw herself at him.

Upon reaching her side, she hugged him with tears in her eyes and kissed her lips that were taking the form of a snout - "Kurama-kun I wanted to tell you this for more than four years ... I love you ... please don't leave me ... please ... be yourself again"

"I know it's strange that a woman loves a child ... but you're someone too important for me to lose you" - Anko said as the tears kept running - "Please ... come back ..."

Uzumaki's mind was blank, he had received a double critical blow from the purple hair.

Kurama was trying to regain control of his body but the anger was starting to get out of control again.

"Foxy-kun ..." - Anko murmured as she hugged him tightly. She was feeling deep pain as she was resisting the impact of Kyubi's energies at point-blank range.

"ROAR!" - Kurama could only roar as he watched as the girl's face was increasingly pale. With all his effort, he tried to calm his energies that gradually began to return to their original state.

"I know you can do it ..." - murmured the purple head while still releasing it but gradually lost its strength.

Kurama clenched his teeth as he tried to resist even more because he knew that if he didn't, Anko would suffer.

"You can do it Kurama ..." - the boy thought as he tried to breathe to relax - "If you can't control yourself now ... how will you protect those you care about?"

"Resist the pain and you will strengthen!" - he roared in his thoughts - "Only then can you defend yourself!"

Slowly the boy's body began to shrink and return to the way it was before.

Kurama was resisting the d.e.s.i.r.e to fall unconscious because the pain he felt in his entire body was too much. With all his might, he looked up and noticed how the beautiful purple-haired woman was smiling at him - "You made it ..."

"..." - Kurama said nothing, just smiled back.

"Foxy ... kun?" - Anko asked in pain but only received silence - "Foxy-kun ?!"

Kurama remained unanswered, after all, he was unconscious because of the great pain he was feeling.

"I have ... to take him to the hospital ..." - the girl murmured as she tried to move, just to feel her body start screaming in pain. She had received all the negative energy from the Bijuu and was now receiving the consequences - "Shit!"

Slowly the girl tried to move once more but stopped when she felt a lot of chakra signatures approaching her location - "..."

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