Chapter 253 - Cap 237: I want to have as many as Tousan!

Time continued to advance and it was not long before Tsunade finally gave birth and the truth about the children's fate was known.

The Uzumaki group had not had any news about Kurama and Tsunade but not having any news was good news.

Kushina had allowed the [Hyperbolic Time Chamber] to be used more than once by the different villages because the price they had paid was too much for just 100 people, not to mention that Akatsuki could attack at any time, and they would need all the help they could get.

"I wonder when Tousan will come back..." - mumbled Naruto with boredom but opened his eyes in surprise when he noticed how Izumi's fox ears came out to play as she ran at full speed towards the dining room because that only meant one thing - "Tousan is back!"

"!" - Mikoto opened her eyes in surprise when she saw her daughter running towards the dining room, so she took out a small talisman and injected a little of her chakra so that it started to glow slightly - "We have a code A1... I repeat, we have a code A1"

"A1? Which one is that?" - the voice of Tayuya was heard from the talisman - "Orgy?"

"Shut up, you idiot!" - exclaimed Kushina and from the tone of her voice you could tell she was upset - "A1 is Izumi-chan feeling Kuro-chan!"

"Oh... I almost nailed it" - snorted Tayuya just to make the talisman turn off.

"I swear to God that girl doesn't learn..." - murmured Mikoto as she walked calmly to the dining room.

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"Daddy!" - exclaimed Izumi as she stroked her head on her father's c.h.e.s.t - "I missed you!"

"And I missed you too, Princess," said Kurama with a smile as he saw everyone coming together. "It's good to see everyone is well"

"Yes... though I wish it were the real you, Kuro-chan" - replied Kushina as she shook her head.

"As I expected from you, Kushi-chan" - said clone Kurama - "I'm sorry I can't see you myself but the Boss is busy at the moment"

"What's going on? Does it have anything to do with Tsunade-san?" - Mikoto asked with concern.

"You could say that" - answered Kurama while shaking his head - "The matter is simple, one of my brothers is helping Tsunade-chan to finish the last preparations while the Boss is investigating Oto in the hope of finding something..."

"Tell me the percentage has increased" - said Kushina seriously.

"80%" - answered Kurama while releasing a sigh - "That was the maximum we could get"

"It's pretty high," Kin said in surprise.

"Yes... but I still fear for the worst" - answered Kurama seriously - "That's why Boss went himself to Oto... because it was possible that Akatsuki was still in the area and did something against us"

"How long have you been looking?" - Kushina asked with a scowl when she heard this.

"More than a week," replied the Kurama clone as he shook his head, "but let's leave that for another time, now let's go to Mount Myoboku, I'm sure Tsunade-chan will be happy to see you again.

"Tousan?" - asked Naruto as he looked at his father's clone - "What's Mount Myoboku like?"

"It's a beautiful place, and it's where the Toad Clan lives," answered Kurama as he stroked the hair of his firstborn son - "You'll soon see for yourself, so save your questions when we get there"

"Un!" - Naruto nodded with a smile as he watched everyone holding hands to quickly disappear in a red flash that made him unable to do anything but close his eyes. When he opened them again, he noticed how he was now in what appeared to be a spring surrounded by mountains.

"Welcome to Mount Myoboku," said the clone of Kurama as he looked at the girls.

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"Nothing..." - murmured Kurama with neutrality as he continued to search the surroundings - "Damn Akatsuki... they could have killed that son of a bitch Orochimaru when I didn't need him anymore..."

Kurama could only sigh with regret because in the surroundings he found only the destroyed remains of the laboratories that Orochimaru once used - "From the level of damage, it is obvious that the technique was one of the Rinnegan... but from what I could see, Pain, or rather Nagato, did not have enough power to continue fighting..."

Kurama narrowed his eyes when he mumbled this because there was only one other possibility, and that was that someone from Akatsuki had managed to either awaken the Rinnegan, or steal it from Pain, and honestly, both options were equally bad.

He shook his head before continuing to look around with the slightest of details in case he had missed something, only to let out another sigh and see that there was nothing that would help him.

"Maybe I'm thinking ahead and 80% is more than enough... but..." - murmured Kurama as he shook his head - "That's not enough to keep me calm..."

Kurama took one last look around before disappearing from the site and reappearing in another area of Oto.

"This feels like playing cat and mouse but without knowing who the mouse is" - murmured Kurama as he felt the area with his eyes closed and noticed how among all the rubble, there was a hidden staircase - "Bingo...".

Kurama quickly ran in the direction where he had felt the ladder and destroyed all the garbage blocking the entrance, only to feel his heart pounding - "Please... let there be something that can help Tsunade-chan..."

He knew the odds were extremely low but hope was the last thing he was missing.

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"Ne ~! Daddy ~!" - said Izumi with curiosity.

The three little Kitsune were on top of their father who was now transformed into a huge nine-tailed fox because they had begged him to show his 'true' appearance.

"What's wrong, Musume?" - asked Kurama as he looked at his little princess who was on top of his nose.

"Can we also transform ourselves into giant foxes? - asked Izumi curiously as her eyes shone like stars.

"Hmm..." - Kurama was thoughtful for a moment - "I'm not sure but it's quite probable, I mean, you are my children, the kits of the great Kyubi, not Kitsune... although it will only be with a tail, after all, our tails demonstrate our power".

"Oh..." - Izumi was a little depressed when she heard this because she wanted to have nine tails like her father.

"Easy, my little girl... you'll be able to get your nine tails, it's just that you'll have to train" - said Kurama as he looked at his little girl, only to notice how Naruto started to move in the direction of his little sister - "What's wrong, Naruto?

"Is it true that we can have nine tails?" - asked Naruto with emotion.

"As I told your sister, you will if you train hard enough," responded Kurama with a smile. "That's why you have to be strong, my little prankster"

"I will be much stronger because I want to have nine tails like Tousan!" - exclaimed Naruto with emotion.

"That's the spirit, Naruto" - smiled Kurama as he watched the third of his little ones walk towards their brothers - "Ryu?

"Tousan... can I ask you a question?" - asked Ryu with sorrow.

"Sure, son," answered Kurama as he nodded carefully.

"Don't you mind if we don't get the nine tails as you do?" asked Ryu with fear because he didn't want to disappoint his father.

"Why would I mind?" - asked Kurama as he looked at his little boy with affection - "Ryu, son... I would never be disappointed with you because, for me, you are the most important person in the world... no matter what you do, you will never disappoint me because you are my greatest pride"

". . ." - Ryu smiled when he heard this while feeling great relief.

"Easy, Ryu," smiled Naruto, "I'll be strong enough to defend you in case you don't get your nine tails"

". . ." - Ryu was silent for a few seconds before nodding - "Thank you, Naruto Nii-san"

"Nishishi! You don't have to thank me, I'm your big brother and I must protect you!" - exclaimed Naruto as he embraced his green-haired brother.

"Ok, I think that's enough" - Kurama slowly took the children with his tails and lowered them carefully where their mothers were - "Ok, I'm leaving, I have to go and inform the Boss that everyone is here"

That said, Kurama disappeared in a smokescreen.

"Where is the clone of Kurama?!" - exclaimed Shima as he came running at high speed.

"He just disappeared," responded Kushina in surprise. "Did anything happen?"

"Tsunade! Tsunade is about to give birth!" - Shima exclaimed as she looked around - "The clone who was helping Tsunade said he was going to inform the original but Kurama-chan still hasn't shown up anywhere!"

"!" - The Uzumaki women opened their eyes in surprise as they started running around like headless chickens - "Where is Tsunade-san?!"

"In the spring" - answered Shima with discomfort as she noticed how everyone was looking at her, only to see the women disappear in all directions.

". . ." - Kushina could only slap her forehead as she let out a sigh when she noticed how the women had left her alone with the children - "They didn't even ask in which direction the spring was..."

"That doesn't matter! I need help with the delivery of Tsunade!" - Shima exclaimed as she took Kushina by the hand and led her away, which ironically was the only direction the women had not gone.

Kushina quickly created a clone to accompany the children while she was busy with Tsunade; today would be a long day.