Chapter 263 - Cap 241: Hybrid

"You have become much stronger than I thought, Sakura" - Kurama murmured while he rubbed his stomach to be able to appease the pain of the impact - "Now I only want to know one thing... How did your punch hurt me when my body is practically as hard as the hardest diamond in the world?"

"The power of an angry woman?" - Sakura answered while she tilted her head because she was sincerely curious about the reason too - "Anyway, we better leave that for another moment... Now what I want is to know about how Tsunade-sama is"

"She's fine she's perfect," responded Kurama as he shook his head. "The babies are in perfect health too, including the youngest, Kazumi-chan.

"So, the girl's name is Kazumi-chan..." - Sakura murmured with a smile while she felt with surprise how her daughter started to move in her arms - "Sarada-chan?"

The little girl with black locks slowly opened her eyes and observed the surroundings in confusion, only to start crying when she noticed that many people were unknown to her - "BUAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

"Okay, those are good lungs," hissed Kurama as he covered his ears. He had to admit that Sarada seemed to have inherited her mother's vocal cords - "I just hope she's not like you when you were a kid"

"Ok, I admit that those were not my best years, but I was not so bad either" - responded Sakura with shame.

"Daughter... allow me to disagree" - answered Mebuki while she denied with the head - "As your mother, I love you in each one of your phases, but when you were a girl, your screams were so strong that you could sing Opera and it would be heard even in Kumo"

"Ok, that is an exaggeration in all its rules" - shouted Sakura with irritation, only to be embarrassed to notice how her screams had scared her daughter who now was crying with more intensity - "I am sorry!"

Mikoto only shook her head while a small smile appeared on her face.

"Kaasan, you have to know how to stop my daughter's crying" - said Sakura while she looked at Mikoto.

"From what I see, she is not hungry" - said Mikoto while she looked at her granddaughter.

"And even if she was, there's not much she can eat" - answered Kurama, only to feel how his stomach looked like it was about to explode from the impact of the pink-haired girl's punch - "Ugh..."

"You've deserved it this time," said Mikoto as she shook her head. "You should treat a lady more nicely, Kurama-kun"

"Tousan!" - exclaimed Naruto as he ran in her direction.

"Naruto? What are you doing here? - asked Kurama in surprise because he knew Naruto was still in Uzu.

"Kaasan brought me! - exclaimed Naruto with a huge smile.

"Huh? Sarada calmed down" - said Sakura with surprise while she looked at her small girl, only to notice a detail that left her in a somewhat awkward situation.

"Gya ~!" - the small Sarada was observing the young Uzumaki that had just arrived.

". . ." - a deep silence invaded the place while everyone looked at Sarada and then at Naruto.

"?" - Naruto looked around in confusion because he noticed how everyone was looking at him - "What happened? Did I do something wrong?

"Naruto..." - said Kurama as he looked at his firstborn son - "Could you hide for a few seconds?"

"?" - Naruto looked at his father in confusion, but still followed his instructions. With one quick movement, he disappeared from the scene.

"BUAAAAAAAAAAAAA" - only to have Sarada's cries echo again in the Uchiha mansion.

"You can come back, son" - said Kurama as he shook his head because he knew that things would become awkward for the Uchiha clan and Uzumaki in the future, at least much more awkward than it already was.

"Oh, boy, Sasuke-kun won't be happy about this..." - murmured Sakura with a forced smile on her face.

"Is there anything wrong with my children?" asked Kurama with a scowl when he heard this.

"You know very well that it was not that to which I meant" - responded Sakura while Sarada followed with the look of the young redheaded boy.

"This is fun, Tousan!" - exclaimed Naruto with an enormous smile when noticing how Sarada was following him with the glance.

". . ." - Kurama and Sakura only sighed while they saw how the small girl extended her hands as if she was saying that he should carry her.

"Calm down, this can't be so bad" - said Mebuki while he looked at the redheaded young man and his daughter - "Sarada-chan is just a little girl... I am sure that things will calm down when she grows up"

"Abu ~!" - Sarada smiled as she grabbed the red-haired boy by the cheeks.

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"I feel like I missed an important event..." - murmured Kushina as she sighed with regret.

"Don't worry, just a little more and we'll finish with the last clan" - answered Tsume as she entered the Inuzuka clan's residence.

"Are you sure this is a good idea? - asked Kushina as she looked at her friend.

"Don't worry, I don't plan to weaken my clan even though I am no longer part of it," Tsume answered calmly as she instructed one of the maids to call the council for a meeting. "What I am looking for is for the Inuzuka clan to flourish I am thinking of using this opportunity to create a second Main Branch, one that will use another type of canid race and thus have a different specialization"

"Another race?" - Kushina asked in surprise because she never thought to hear that Tsume wanted to revolutionize her clan.

"Exactly" - she answered while indicating to another servant to go to the kennel and bring the puppy that was in home 8B - "Normally we use Ninken with wolf blood because not only are they much wilder and stronger, but they also have much sharper senses... but the dog that I want to take Uzu to breed is a little different"

"Different? In what way?" - Kushina asked curiously, only to open her eyes when she noticed the peculiarities of the dog the servant had brought - "Tsume..."

"I know..." - Tsume smiled as she picked up the dog and puppy - "Don't you think it's a breed that fits well with the new direction Uzu is taking?

"These new Ninken may fit in with Uzu" - answered Kushina while she shook her head when she took the puppy and noticed how this one not only had his ears standing up as if he was always attentive but also had a long fluffy tail - "How did you achieve this?"

"If I'm honest, it was an accident," answered Tsume as he stroked the hair of the a.d.u.l.t dog. "I didn't even know foxes were canines"

". . ." - Kushina was only silent because the new Ninken was the perfect mix between a normal Ninken and a fox. Not only did it have the power and capabilities of a normal Ninken, but it also had the cunning and speed of a fox.

The a.d.u.l.t dog was slightly smaller than a normal Ninken, but unlike its original variant, these hybrids had much longer legs and a much thinner and more aerodynamic body structure. In addition to these characteristics, the coat of the hybrid Ninken was orange while the pup was silver.

"Tsume-sama... the council is ready to talk to you and Kushina-sama" - said the maid as the two women nodded.

"Okay, I want you to take care of these two for now" - said Tsume as he nodded and walked with Kushina to the room where the elders were gathered.

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"Very well, Hinata..." - said Hiashi as he smiled at his daughter - "I never thought I'd see the day when you'd take control of the clan"

Neji nodded at the words of the current leader of the Hyuga clan because he, too, thought the same thing.

"Technically I'm not doing it because I'm only taking a few Hyuga," replied Hinata as she gave them a slightly embarrassed smile.

"That doesn't change the fact that you will be their leader," replied Hiashi with a smile, "And it honestly doesn't sound like a bad plan, does it, Hanabi?

"Why can't I go with Onee-chan?! - exclaimed Hanabi in annoyance as she heard her father say that she would stay in Konoha.

"I'm sorry to tell you that you can't go," replied Hiashi as he shook his head. "First, you are too young to leave home, secondly, your training is not over yet"

"But!" - exclaimed Hanabi in annoyance. She did not want to part with her Onee-chan, nor did she want to stop seeing Kurama now that he was moving in with the others of the Uzumaki clan.

"I'm sorry Princess, but this is a final decision" - replied Hiashi.

"I hate you, Tousan!" - exclaimed Hanabi as she ran to her room.

"I am sure you will understand me in a few years" - said Hiashi as he shook his head when he saw his youngest daughter's reaction, then looked at his nephew and finally at his daughter - "I am sure you two will also understand my feelings when you have your own families".

". . ." - Hinata blushed like a tomato when she heard this because the image of a not-too-distant future appeared in her mind, while Neji just shook his head, although if you looked closely enough, you would notice how the boy was with his slightly flushed cheeks.