Chapter 105 - Cap 96: Skunks

"Thanks for the clothes," said Tsume as she looked at how she was now wearing a brown yukata. "By the way, you have to tell me where you bought it because it's so soft to the touch"

"Later I'll tell you where it is" - the redheaded man nodded - "Can you walk?"

"Of course... I don't..." - sighed the woman as she shook her head - "Still a little uncomfortable"

"Good thing I have this," nodded the young man as he pulled a wheelchair from his seal.

"I'm not going to ask why you have that thing in your storage seal," said Tsume as he gazed at the Uzumaki.

"It's better to be safe than sorry," nodded Kurama as he helped Tsume to sit down.

"Speaking of problems... what did you do with Jiraiya after we left him in that state?" - asked the Inuzuka woman.

"I left him a small gift after tying him to rock" - said Kurama with a smile - "Don't worry, I left a clone to protect him in case something bad happened to him"

"That's a relief," sighed the woman. Jiraiya may be a pervert like no other, but that didn't mean I wanted him to have a hard time - "Hmm... I'm sure Kiba must be wondering why I'm not there yet."

"Then let's go," nodded the redhead.

* * * [Meanwhile with Jiraiya] *

"Ugh... where am I?" - muttered the Sannin as he looked around. The last thing he remembered was that he was heading into the forest of death to speak to Kurama, after which everything was white.

"Hello, Ero Sennin," said the clone Kurama when he appeared in front of the white-haired man.

"Gaki?" - Jiraiya asked, only to open his eyes as he remembered what had happened after finding the redheaded man in front of him - "Right! You were riding Tsume-san!"

The redhead's eyebrow twitched when he heard this. Technically I wasn't wrong but it wasn't the exact context of what happened.

"How did it end?!" - exclaimed Jiraiya - "Did you f.u.c.k her? How did it feel? Did you grab those big tits? Did you stroke that big ass? Give me some data!"

Jiraiya shot one question after another and in the process, caused Kurama's eyebrow to twitch more and more, to the point that a vein started pulsing in his forehead.

"Do you know Ero Sennin? You should be grateful that I am a Kage Bunshin...because if the boss was here, he would have tortured you in the worst possible way" - said Clon Kurama with annoyance - "Although this can be solved because when I disappear, everything you said will be transmitted to the original"

"Wait! You don't have to disappear!" - Jiraiya exclaimed in fear.

"Right... I don't have to disappear" - the clone nodded. With the chakra he had, he was sure he could continue to exist for at least a year - "But where would be the fun in that?"

"You know? You're much more cooperative than the old man's clones," Jiraiya said with a scowl.

"It's because unlike them who were treated like slaves, we don't go out to work many times" - replied clone Kurama while shrugging his shoulders - "Not to mention that after we finish our missions, we have 30 minutes to do whatever we want, as long as we don't get the boss in trouble, of course"

"Anyway, I think that was a lot of talks..." - said the clone - "Now I'm going to tell you what's going to happen"

"Will you let me go?" - Jiraiya asked with a smile.

"Nope~" - the clone smiled - "This's what will happen... First, you'll be trapped on that rock until 5 AM tomorrow, don't try to escape because the rope has a timer seal when it detects you're trying something stupid, the timer will be increased by one hour"

"Second, you don't have to worry about the dangerous animals that inhabit this forest coming and eating you," continued the clone as he pulled out a small bag. "This bag has a repellent that will keep all the animals away, with the clear exception of one... which is, I won't tell you that because it wouldn't be fun, although I promise it's not lethal"

"Somehow, I feel that it would be better if he killed me" - said Jiraiya as he felt something extremely dangerous approach.

"Well, that would be it..." - said clone Kurama - "Good luck~!"

"Wait for a second!" - exclaimed the Sannin, only to see the clone disappear in a cloud of smoke - ". . ."

* * * * *

Time continued to advance and Jiraiya was beginning to get bored. He was still tied to the stone as he watched the sky change color, but his expression changed when he heard something move from the bushes.

"I hope it's nothing bad..." - muttered the Sannin as he prayed that the animal that was attracted to the repellent was a rabbit or something similar.

Slowly, a small black nose peeked out from the bushes, causing Jiraiya to sigh in the process, but his expression changed when the animal's head showed. It was somewhat similar to a ferret, only completely black with a white stripe running down the center of its head to its nose.

Jiraiya began to sweat when he noticed the presence of his new friend, who had come out completely, showing a small black animal with a white line running down the tip of its nose to its tail.

"H-Hello, little friend.. what are you doing here?" - asked Jiraiya as he looked in terror at the little animal, who only gave him a confused look - "W-Why don't you go back the way you came? I'm sure your family must be worried about you"

The little animal seemed to understand him because when he finished talking, he disappeared from the scene.

"Safe..." - mumbled Jiraiya, only to freeze when he noticed that the little animal was now accompanied - "Y-You brought a friend..."

"?" - the two little skunks, looked at Jiraiya with curiosity as they approached them.

"D-Don't come closer!" - exclaimed the white-haired man, not knowing that he had screwed up.

"!" - The small animals were surprised at the Sannin's outburst and only looked at him with eyes full of fear and fury.

"Okay, that wasn't my best idea..." - said Jiraiya, only to notice how the skunks were raising their tails and seemed to be aiming at him - "Wait! It was just a joke!"

But for his bad luck, the animals just continued their attack.

"ARGH! My eyes!" - roared the Sannin but his expression changed when he noticed how the attack had also reached his mouth from screaming - "Shit! My mouth, my tongue!"

The animals seemed to be scared again because the moment they finished their first attack, they attacked again.

"Oh my God! Somebody put an end to this suffering!" - Jiraiya shouted as he felt his world distorting because his senses were being invaded by the foul smell of skunks.

* * * * *

"What did you do to him to make him scream like that?" - Tsume asked as he heard Jiraiya's scream in the distance.

"I only helped him to become one with nature," said Kurama with a smile.

"I feel that things are not so simple... tell me... what did you do to him?" - asked the Inuzuka matriarch again. She was curious because Jiraiya only screamed like that when he was caught by Kushina or Tsunade.

"If you want to know so much, then I'll tell you." - Kurama only shrugged because honestly, it wasn't a big secret - "I left Jiraiya trapped on a rock with a rope that has a Timer Seal that will be deactivated tomorrow at 5 AM along with a repellent that makes all the animals go away except for a little friend"

"Who would be that... little friend?" - Tsume asked in annoyance as the redhead was dividing the answer into parts.

"Skunks," replied the ginger.

"Pardon?" - asked Tsume as she felt she had misheard.

"As I said, skunks," said Kurama, "you know, those little black friends with the white line running down the center of their backs.

". . ." - Tsume was silent as she felt a chill run down her back.

"Is something wrong?" - Kurama asked in surprise.

"I'm sorry..." - sighed the Inuzuka woman. "Let's just say I don't have good experiences with these animals"

"What happened?" - Kurama asked with a scowl.

"You see, when I was on a mission during my days as Chunin, I had to check the ground for traps, but without realizing it, I stumbled upon a rock," Tsume said, "In my defense, the place was full of knee-high weeds, and the area seemed to be completely deserted"

"Anyway, as I was saying," continued the woman, "I tripped and ended up falling in front of a group of skunks... I don't think I need to tell you what happened"

"It's not necessary, I can understand" - the redheaded man nodded. It didn't take a genius to understand that the smell of a skunk's attack was already 'lethal' to humans, now it amplifies that destructive power to a person who has the senses of a dog - "My condolences, Tsume-san"

"Don't mention it..." - Tsume muttered. She still had nightmares about the smell of skunk.

"We'd better get back..." - said Kurama as he moved the wheelchair out of the forest of death because it looked like the Inuzuka woman was going to have a panic attack.