Chapter 82 - Cap 75: I was expecting something bigger

"Well... Now that we're talking about business... how about we talk about one last thing?" - Kurama asked with a smile on his face.

"Anything else?! Why don't you just ask me to give you my job as Hokage?!" - Hiruzen exclaimed angrily.

"I do not wish to take over Konoha," said the young Uzumaki as he shook his head. "This information is important to Konoha"

"I am listening," said Hiruzen as his gaze sharpened.

"The thing is simple... Keep your eyes on that Genin called Kabuto" - said Kurama seriously - "That guy has a deep smell of snake..."

"You say he's with Orochimaru?" - asked Hiruzen as he squinted.

"I can't assure you of that," said Kurama as he shrugged. "I can only tell you that he has the same smell like him... that is why I am warning you about this when he is still under your eyes..."

". . ." - Hiruzen started thinking for a moment - "I'll take your opinion into account and I hope you'll come to the meeting that's organized in a few hours"

"A meeting?" - asked the red-haired young man.

"As the leader of the Uzumaki Clan, you have the right to enter the meeting" - said Hiruzen as he shook his head - "Before you say you are not really from Konoha, it does not change the fact that you are living in the village, not to mention that there is a law written by my sensei Hashirama that the leader of the Uzumaki Clan may participate in the decision making"

". . ." - Kurama was silent for a few seconds but still nodded - "Ok. . . I'll come the moment I'm informed."

"I guess we've already spent too much of our time," said Hiruzen as he shook his head. He was about to leave but turned around and looked the boy directly into his different colored eyes without being able to say anything to him.

"At least now we can talk," muttered the redheaded young man as he watched the Hokage retreat. Honestly, Hiruzen was not a bad guy, it was just that the situation had been bad enough to leave them on opposite sides.

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Karin, Kushina and Kin, were walking towards the Uzumaki house. Mikoto had retired with his son and the other Genin had returned to their various homes. Anko, Kurenai, and the other Jonin had returned to Hokage Manor because they had been informed of a meeting.

"So... ...you are Kurama-sama's mother? - Karin asked as she saw the beautiful Uzumaki woman before her.

"I suppose?" - In all honesty, Kushina was a bit confused about this. She gave birth to Naruto but he merged with Kurama and another boy, giving birth to another entity, which was not directly related to Kushina, but she raised him, even though she was now pregnant by him... was confusing in more ways than one.

". . ." - Karin and Kin were silent when they heard the woman's answer but decided to put it aside.

"By the way, Kushina-sama" - said Karin with surprise.

"Only Kushina... I feel old when I am treated as 'sama'" - smiled the beautiful matriarch Uzumaki.

"Okay..." - Karin nodded. "May I ask who the father is?

"!" - Kushina was surprised for a few seconds to see how perceptible her new member was.

"You are pregnant?!" - Kin exclaimed in surprise.

"Shh!" - Kushina quickly covered the two girls' mouths. She didn't want other people to hear about this because she didn't have a partner to say it was his, so this only left one person as a possible perpetrator and that was none other than her 'son'.

"We'll talk about this when we get home," Kushina said seriously as she watched the two young Genin girls nod.

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When they arrived at the house, the girls were surprised by what they saw.

"I was expecting something... bigger..." - said Kin as she looked at how humble the Uzumaki home was.

"That's what your mother told me!" - exclaimed Kiba with a smile on his face but he paled when he heard what he said - "I- I didn't mean that!"

"I'm sorry Inuzuka-san... but you dug a hole and jumped into it without even thinking..." - said Karin as she shook her head.

"Someday I'll get it right!" - exclaimed Kiba as he ran out with tears in his eyes.

"Okay... that was weird..." - Kushina muttered as she shook her head. She knew that her friend's son was a bit erratic but she never thought it was like that - "Ahem! We'd better go in... then we can talk without worrying."

"Okay" - the two girls nodded as they decided to ignore what had just happened.

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"Sorry, I'm late!" - exclaimed the redheaded man as he entered his home, only to hear in the distance how the three girls inside were laughing non-stop.

"I suppose it is good that Kushi-chan is happy with the new members," Kurama nodded but quickly remembered something - "But the house is getting too small for all of us..."

Kurama slowly walked to the living room, only to slow down his steps when he heard Kushina speak - "And this picture is from when he was 2 years old... I have to admit that he grew up quickly because he looked like he was 4..."

"Aw~! Look at those cute hairy ears~!" - said Kin with a little laugh as he looked at the boy's pictures.

"I have to admit that he looks like a teddy bear," said Karin with a smile on her face.

". . ." - Kurama quickly ran to the place where the three women were, only to see how Kushina had taken all the pictures from when he was a child.

"Hello, Kuro-chan~!" - Kushina said with a smile as he watched the newcomer - "I was just showing the pictures from when you were a kid to our new guests.

"Why are you doing that?!" - exclaimed the young Uzumaki as his face turned red like his mother's hair - "I told you not to do something like that!"

"So where's the fun in that?" - Kushina asked with an innocent look.

Kurama only sighed as he shook his head - "Anyway, someone will come looking for me to attend a meeting"

"Really?" - Kushina asked in surprise. She never thought her lover would get out so soon.

"Relax, it's a simple matter" - smiled the redheaded man as he walked to his room. He needed a shower after being in the Forest of Death for so long.

"Etto... Kushina-san?" - Karin asked curiously.

"What is it?" - asked the matriarch Uzumaki.

"Kurama-san is the father isn't he?" - Karin asked seriously as Kin and Kushina were surprised.

"Why do you ask?" - Kushina said with a slightly forced smile.

"Because the chakra I feel in your belly is similar to Kurama-san's" - answered Karin seriously.

". . ." - Kushina could only sigh when she heard this - "You are as sharp as an old friend of mine called Misaka. . ."

"Okaasan?!" -exclaimed Karin in surprise.

"Okaasan? Are you the daughter of Misaka-san?" - Kushina asked in surprise.

"Yes..." - Karin murmured with regret.

"Oh..." - Kushina only sighed when he remembered that the woman had died a few years ago - "What was she like?"

"She... was the kindest and most loving mother a person could have..." - Karin murmured as she remembered her mother.

"Do you want to know some things about her?" - asked Kushina with a smile on her face.

"Like what?" - Karin asked in reply.

"How about I tell you what she was like as a child?" - said Kushina as a small smile appeared on her face.

"Wow Wow Wow!" - Kin quickly interrupted the conversation between the two redheads. She knew this was rude but she couldn't ignore the information she had just heard - "What happened to Kurama being the father of the baby inside you?"

". . ." - Kushina again sighed when she heard the girl's question but this time she didn't change the subject - "Yes. . . he is the father of my baby. . ."

"Aren't you his mother?" - Kin asked in surprise. Honestly, it was not uncommon for the Clans to practice i.n.c.e.s.t to keep the blood pure, more so knowing that the Clan is on the verge of extinction.

"The circ.u.mstances of Kuro-chan's birth... are a bit difficult to explain, so I will not go into detail," Kushina said as she shook her head. "I will only say that by accident, he and I are not related by blood, so technically we are not mother and son, at least on a genetic level..."

She would not explain further as she knew that they would not understand even if she told them everything in detail, after all, all this was too complex, especially the part where the subject of "God", reincarnations, the past of the Bijuu, came in. Just remembering all that, made her head hurt a little.

Karin was about to ask something else but stopped when she heard the knock on the door.

"We'll continue later" - said Kushina calmly as she walked towards the entrance, only to see how Itachi in his Anbu outfit, was there in silence - "Itachi-kun?"

"Karasu, Kushina-sama" - corrected Anbu.

"I'm sorry..." - apologized the beautiful redheaded woman - "Have you come to inform Kuro-chan that the meeting is about to start"

"Affirmative, Kushina-sama," nodded young Anbu.

"Okay, I'll inform him right away," Kushina nodded.

"Thank you..." - That said, Itachi withdrew immediately.

"That boy takes his job too seriously" - denied Kushina as she went back inside the house.

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