Chapter 354 - Extra 10: Foxhunting Season #2 (3/4)

"They made it!" - Jiraiya exclaimed excitedly - "The Cherry Blossom team girls were saved from a tragic fate at Naruto's hands!"

"Ironically, we're all relieved that little Naru-chan escaped even though they should have captured him" - replied Reika as she sighed, though she wasn't the only one because many onlookers sighed as they saw how the little red storm had passed through unharmed.

"Wait, we have a new image!" - Jiraiya exclaimed as he looked towards the screen - "And it's none other than Izumi-chan!"

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"I think it's this way..." - Mikoto said seriously.

"How do you know?" - Shizune asked curiously.

"Mother's instinct" - Mikoto answered without thinking as the other women nodded - "Believe me, a mother senses when her baby is around..."

"Really?" - Shizune asked as she tilted her head in confusion, only to be surprised when some bushes started to move, revealing the head of a small orange fox with black spots - "Oh, it was true..."

"Wu!" - The little fox exclaimed before turning around and running away.

"I'm sorry, princess... but you won't be able to escape from your mother" - said Mikoto as her eyes sparkled.

"Wu!" - little Izumi cried out in terror at the sight of her mother's wild look as she felt tears gathering in her eyes. She had never seen that kind of expression on her kind mother before, that's why she was shocked and terrified at the sight of those red eyes.

"Don't run, Izumi-chan!" - Mikoto exclaimed as she chased her daughter through the forest - "It's for your little brother's sake!"

"I have to admit, she's giving it her all..." - Shizune said as a bead of sweat ran down her cheek.

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"She did it!" - Jiraiya exclaimed after seeing how Mikoto had managed to catch Izumi-chan after 15 minutes of chasing - "Team Uzu takes the lead with 5 points!"

"Mikoto-san showed us that she has enormous conviction" - nodded Reika with a smile.

"I'd say enormous l.u.s.t" - said Jiraiya, only to feel his wife smack him in the face - "Ugh..."

The spectators could only let out a laugh at the comedy that was unfolding in front of their eyes.

"Wait, we have a new image!" - Jiraiya exclaimed, only for his face to turn as pale as that of his deceased teammate, Orochimaru - "God have mercy on your souls because Team Kick-A.s.s is about to face the red menace!"

"According to what we managed to find out from Naru-chan's words, he's been looking for Tayuya-chan" - Reika said seriously as she watched Naruto's eyes glow slightly through the forest bushes, giving him a gloomy appearance for a child of such a young age - "Let's see how things develop, after all, there wasn't much time to prepare something as dangerous as a super-joke!"

What Reika didn't know, was that she would soon swallow her words.

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"Don't you guys have a bad feeling?" - Kin asked as she looked around the surroundings in fear.

"No, I feel it too" - Kurenai answered seriously as she looked at Anko - "And such it seems that I'm not the only one..."

"You can't be so... A're" - said Tayuya, only to notice how she was falling after taking a wrong step - "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

"Tayuya!" - Kin exclaimed, only to widen his eyes in terror when he heard a familiar laugh - "Shit, it's Naruto-chan!"

"Hello" - said Naruto with a smile as he looked around - "Nishishi ~"

"Ouch, shit, this place is full of paint!" - Tayuya roared as he tried to climb up the wall, only to slip - "Little red monkey! Wait! Why is there a camera down here!"

"It's for everyone to see my prank!" - Naruto exclaimed as he made a hand seal.

"I swear I'm going to kill you when I make it up there!" - Tayuya roared.

"I recommend you go up from the north side" - said Naruto with an innocent look on his face.

"As if I could follow your instructions!" - roared Tayuya as she tried to climb up the south side, only to notice how it was without that sticky substance that hadn't let her up - "Just wait for a second for me to make it up! As soon as I get my hands on you, you're going to wish I never climbed out of this f.u.c.k.i.n.g hole!"

"Let's see if you can say the same thing when I'm done with my prank" - Naruto replied as he made a hand seal - "Kai!"

"Huh? Why is the wall opening?" - Tayuya asked in surprise, though his expression changed when he saw a cannon appear from the hole - "Oh, shit..."

"Fire!" - Naruto exclaimed as the cannon shot out a huge amount of feathers.

"Shit, I got a feather in my mouth!" - Tayuya shouted angrily, only to fall back into the paint - "Damn red monkey!"

"Kaasan told you not to say bad words in front of me" - Naruto said innocently as he moved closer to the hole's opening so he could look at his artwork - " So, what do you think of my latest prank, Tayuya Nee? I call it, peac.o.c.k style."

"I swear I'm going to kill you when I capture you, you little red monkey!" - Tayuya roared as she climbed up the north side.

"I think you forgot one little detail, Tayuya Nee..." - Naruto said with a huge grin as he saw how the pink-haired woman was halfway to being able to climb out - "How can you be a Peac.o.c.k without your fantail?"

"Oh god, tell me it's not, what I think it is..." - Tayuya said in terror as behind her a hatch opened - ". . ."

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"The prince of pranks is merciless!" - Jiraiya exclaimed as he let out a laugh at Tayuya's new appearance - "I have to admit that Naruto's pranks are good, as long as you're not the one on the receiving end of them..."

"I have a bad feeling about the words Naru-chan said..." - Reika said as her expression changed when she noticed how the hatch behind Tayuya opened - "Oh... I think we're about to see something terrible."

"How terrible?" - Jiraiya asked, but his expression changed to one of absolute terror when he saw how it all unfolded, after all, the poor pink-haired woman's scream was heartbreaking - "Ugh..."

All the viewers could do nothing but put their hands on their butts when they saw the scene so graphically on the screen, after all, Tayuya now had a fantail attached to her a.s.s.

"Shit, that was wild even for Naruto..." - Jiraiya said in fear because he didn't want to experience something as scary as having a stick buried in his a.s.s.

"We'll report this to Kushina-sama..." - Reika said with a frown - "This was too cruel..."

"Let's just hope that Kushina will manage to stop him from pulling this kind of prank..." - Jiraiya muttered, only to widen his eyes in surprise - "Are you kidding me?"

"Gotcha!" - Anko shouted as she grabbed Naruto by his tail.

"Ah!" - Naruto could only let out a squeal as he felt his s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e part being grabbed - "It hurts, Anko Kaasan! Let go of me!"

"Sorry little prankster, but you went too far this time" - Anko said with a frown as she looked the little fox in the eyes - "Now we'll go talk with your mother about what you just did because I'm sure she'll be happy to hear about it."

"Ugh..." - Naruto could only groan in pain as his tears pooled in his eyes.

"Anko managed to capture 5 points!" - Jiraiya exclaimed as he looked towards the screen - "Although it wasn't an easy battle because one of the participants of Team Kick A.s.s died... We will never forget your brave sacrifice!"

"Team Anko is positioned next to Team Kushina in the first place!" - Reika nodded with a smile as she saw how Anko was lecturing the little orange fox - "That means there is only two prey left, Ryu-chan and the top prize, Kurama-sama..."

"The images again are changing" - Jiraiya said calmly as the image of a small fox that was calmly underwater, appeared on the screen - "Interesting, as you would expect from Ryu, the smartest of the three little Uzumaki."

"Naru-chan is not far behind in terms of intelligence, the problem is that he uses all his intellect on how to make better pranks" - Reika added, only to notice how the images again changed - "Oh? It looks like team Kumo is close to the top prize."

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"Maybe this way?" - Yugito asked as he looked around, only to notice how a small orange firework appeared in the sky - "I guess that means someone managed to capture Naruto-chan?"

"I'm surprised that's the case, more so knowing how sneaky our little prankster is" - replied Mabui seriously - "That means there's only Kurama-kun and Ryu-chan left..."

"More than enough to win this event" - said Samui calmly while frowning because she felt that someone was watching them - "Someone is nearby..."

The Kumo girls, frowned as they didn't notice anything, only to continue their journey, not noticing how a small squirrel was watching them from a nearby branch.