Chapter 38: Chapter 30
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That night was unforgettable!!! And in every sense, I won't forget this day for sure. Minami was off the chain! Honestly, this night I got such a lot of emotions and feelings that forever imprinted in my memory. What we were doing I haven't seen in any hen*@#, p0₽¹0 or any other such source! I can safely say that every last drop of juice was drained out of me. I never thought Mina would have THAT much knowledge on this! I even asked her how much practice she had in this business, to which I got a surprised look on her face and a short answer which was: "My love, I am a virgin." And she certainly couldn't lie! At least not to me and from this I was completely in a stupor, but I was not allowed to stay in it for long. The whole thing lasted about a couple of hours and then we just passed out. Of course, a child's body was physically unable to do such a thing, so I spent a lot of Soul Crystals on all sorts of potions, not only for myself but also for Mina, and given that both of us had the endurance gene of Uzumaki, the impossible became possible!
Though I still wonder how she had such knowledge in this area. Although, she's been under the effects of the Potion for quite some time and because of that, it's also been a long time since she's done anything like this. Maybe she learnt a theory? But such a big one... Heh, okay. The less you know, the better you sleep. Good thing there were a couple of Clones who could clean up the mess for us, so to speak. My bodies were tired, but I had plenty of chakra, so they didn't think to disperse. And oh boy, it was a good thing I did, because I found Naruto in my room in the morning. It was definitely too early to see that, but it was okay. When I opened my eyes, I felt like someone was trying to wake me up.
- Brother. Brother! Brother! - the first thing that caught my eye was my brother's tear-red eyes. In my half-asleep state, my mind wasn't thinking straight, but the amount of Fox's hateful chakra running through my body made me quickly wake up. Kind of a way to wake up.
- Naruto? What are you doing here? - I glanced at the girl lying next to me with a concerned look. She seemed to be fully covered, with only the pink top of her head peeking out from under the blanket.
- Brother, go back into my subconscious and bring me back too. - Hmm? Did he accidentally come out of his inner world? Strange, it's not like his parents should have allowed that. Maybe their chakra time ran out and Naruto didn't realise it? Or did the little brother want to go back to talk to Kurama? Or maybe something else happened?
- Is something wrong, Naruto? Why are you asking me to go back there? - I asked worriedly, watching my brother's reaction.
- Mum and Dad are calling for you. Hurry up. - He looked more or less normal, I'd even say happy, though the red eyes made him look a little funny. He didn't seem to be showing any signs of anxiety fear or anything like that and he wasn't trying to deceive me either, so what...?
- Calling? Right now? Well, if you say hurry up, fine. - I looked carefully into his eyes and activated my Sharingan. Applying the Technique I, just like Sasuke in the anime, penetrated Naruto's inner world and found myself in a light empty space. Next to me, Naruto stood next to me as before and looked around. I did the same and saw Minato and Kushina standing ten metres away from me. Walking up to them, I immediately responded to my mother's hug and watched my father's soft smile.
- Mum, dad, what's wrong? Is something wrong? - Dad's mouth opened for a second and he was about to say something when Mum interrupted him.
- *Bang!" Kushina hit me hard in the head, and then shouted furiously. - You little, naughty, stupid boy! How could you run away so ridiculously without even talking to your own mother!?!!! - I was a little puzzled by her words. And her actions too. I can't remember a time when she got so angry with me and even hit me on the head. What's wrong?
- Ita-ta-ta-ta. It hurts. - Mum hit me without pity, it really hurt.
- You should be punished for your arrogant behaviour, Duttebane! - Kushina wouldn't stop.
- What's wrong? Did I do something wrong? - she was still furious, so I addressed the question to my father, who was also looking at me unhappily. Naruto, on the other hand, was standing next to Minato at the same time, looking warily at Kushina, as well as at my ridiculous bump on my head.
- How could you leave without a word! Didn't you miss your mother?! - What? So this isn't about Naruto's bad parenting? Leaving without a word...is she about the fact that I left them when I first summoned them? But what's wrong, I still don't understand.
- Heh, Menma. You still don't understand what your mother means? - When Kushina was about to swing another punch, really at my face, Minato stopped her and turned to me.
- I have no idea, what do you mean?
- You could have been with your family when you had the last chance. - My mother's eyes began to fill with tears, though they were already red from crying. Like Dad's, they've been crying all night.
- You mean I left you alone with Naruto? But it was the right thing to do, wasn't it? I had enough time and care from you, and Naruto never talked to you. I wanted you to spend all your time with him, what's wrong with that?
- You're also our Son, Menma. It doesn't matter how big the difference between your and Naruto's time with us is. You should also be here and we should give you equal attention. And haven't you thought about our feelings? Like Kushina, I want more than anything to see my children grow up, and you're so quietly avoiding the conversation. We don't have much time, so we want to enjoy it to the fullest, with both of you. So understand our feelings and don't try to walk away from us thinking it's the right thing to do.
- That's right, I'm-I'm so happy to see you, Menma. - Mum squeezed me tightly in her arms again, not hiding her tears.
- Good, Mum. - I said and returned her hug, and then, as expected, Minato and Naruto joined in this family moment of intimacy. Ha-ah, the whole family's here, huh? I missed it, I missed it so much....
As it turned out, the parents did take a great deal of time to get to know Naruto and familiarise themselves with him until morning. Dad was able to synchronise the time in the real world and the inner world so they still had time, well afterwards they decided it would be about time for me to join in too and instructed my little brother. The family meeting was going very nicely. My parents were asking me about my progress and what happened to Naruto and how he was living, as well as a lot of other things. Of course they didn't like some of it, but I could tell from my mother's simple indignation that they had already heard about Naruto's life at the orphanage from him, and my words only confirmed it. But they didn't want to waste time on such an unpleasant topic and quickly moved on to another, though I could feel the bloodlust and YAKI in my father's eyes for a moment that even I felt a twinge. Minato is terrible in true anger! Even after all these years I admit it, I hope he's not up to something? At one point I told them about my intention to resurrect them, and they stared at me in surprise. My father thought I was just lying to Naruto so he wouldn't be so upset. It was a long conversation, but I could tell that they were okay with it and would be happy to watch their children grow up again, or did they just not believe me? It didn't matter, I had their approval, and I didn't need more than that. At the end of the conversation, Minato smiled and told me that we needed to talk privately, then calmly walked away from Kushina and Naruto, signalling for me to follow him. We got a really long distance away and after a second of silence my father spoke, his face serious.
- Now explain to me, who is this Ryoshi? - When he said that, he showed that he was listening to me.
- He's my perfect Clone. You know Tsuchikage Mu's special technique, Body Division, right?
- That's right. I learnt this information quite thoroughly in the war, but where did you get this Technique from?
- I'll tell you right away, Dad, I didn't steal it, but it would take a long time to tell you how I got it, so just trust me, okay?
- All right.
- Three years ago, I learnt the Technique and split myself up, sending my other half to wander outside the Village.
- You became a Nukenin? At such a young age...though I'm getting tired of being surprised by that, go on.
- I will. Well, anyway, he became very strong and is now known as an S ranked Bounty Hunter. He has learnt a huge amount of Fuin Techniques and is fluent in the Water Element. He also has in his arsenal a Biju-controlled, Three-Tailed.... Listen, Dad? - He had been listening and not interrupting the whole time, but changed his cold expression when I called out to him.
- Hmm? What? - In the middle of my story, something puzzled me and I decided to clarify it.
- Why don't you ask him yourself? And why, knowing that he's also your son, didn't you call him here? - Minato looked at me in surprise at first, but then he frowned and turned dark.
- 'Menma, you said that you know almost nothing about what has been going on with him all those three years of his absence. I sense that he has changed a lot, and not for the better.
- What do you mean by that?
- You haven't been out of the Village much, have you? Even though you've done Missions, it's not the same thing to temporarily leave your home Village and live in another Village, especially in the Land of Grass and Water. Ryoshi...I think he's changed too much and lost his way.
- Are you saying he's become my enemy?
- No, that's not what I mean. Heh, just be careful with him, Menma. You shouldn't trust him completely. And since he is also my son, I ask you to put him back on the right path. You haven't given up on him, but Ryoshi...I hope it's not too late. - Minato was as gloomy as I'd ever seen him. It was as if he had already given up completely and was just hoping for a miracle. He spoke carefully, as if trying to warn me of something. Why was he reacting to him like that, where was he getting all this from? Minato had only seen him once and only heard what Naruto and I told him. Wait, is it possible that--
- Dad, do you know him? - I asked, only assuming it. Minato was surprised at my question, but after thinking for a bit, sighed and began to speak....
- Yes. I've seen him before, and it pains me to realise that he could have changed so much....
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The following weekdays were pretty much the same for me. Well, not exactly the same. I left a bunch of Clones in my world to train Sasuke and Naruto, as well as to train their affinity with the elements. Although, I guess I went overboard on the number of them. Yeah, I probably shouldn't have used Biju's cloak to create Mass Shadow Cloning, because I created the actual maximum number and it was...THREE THOUSAND!!!! I didn't expect this from myself, even though I turned on Three Tails to do it, but still! These Clones have a few more days to train hard. I wonder what will happen when I dispel them...I'd better not think about it and buy the Potion of Supreme Healing right away. Just in case. In case my brain gets fried from so much information.
I went to the World of Invocation, of course, beforehand, having finished all those things that Ryoshi promised me. What can I say about it, it's better not to remember this part of my life, I'm not going to do such a thing next time without reliable political protection, or until I become a real imba able to defeat all elemental countries. On the Monserrat Mountains, Yuame was waiting for me, crying and apparently spanked by the Leader with a prickly cactus smeared with a sharp-acting laxative. Yeah, seeing the marks of a spanking on the charming arse of a grown, sexy woman with a soft, firm size four...just for a moment. Back in my world I picked up Mina and locked myself in our room for two hours!
Phew, now that's a problem. I can't just run back to my world every time I have another 100yak! That's not why I decided to stay in this world for training. Oh yeah, I came to my Calling world for the training that Whitehead was talking about. He's right, though, and I must learn to use my new abilities effectively. That's what I mean about wings. Wings are a Skill, so I'll have to train it myself, so I'll have to stay in this world for a while and train. I quickly forgave Yuame-san without having to listen to her apologies and the reasons why she decided to fight my girlfriend. I didn't have time for that, and I didn't want to go wandering around the worlds because of the extreme excitement of seeing her. It was urgent to pump up and first of all to master spatial manoeuvring, which would clearly add to my strength, as well as my abilities with the Wind Element. By the way, this was something I had already figured out in the middle of training. As it turned out, my wings gave me not only the ability to fly, but also one of the tricks of my Summoning, namely to apply Air Techniques without seals, with just one wing movement! Wind Blades I can launch just by flapping my wing in the direction I want, but so far that was the only Technique I could apply. It wasn't like Slash strikes with a katana. I could literally control the wind around me and use it for attack as well as defence. That's what the Birds of Prey fighting style teaches, so by the end of training I should be able to at least control the wind around me and send huge gusts of the same wind that should cut through everything in its path!
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At this time, the slaveclones left behind are being trained.
The Uzumaki Clan Grounds were very turbulent. At this moment, there were over three thousand Shadow Clones of one of the members of this Clan, and most of them were only thinking of one thing. How to cut through that damn Waterfall! Some of the copies were quietly training children trying to awaken the energy of this world or just throwing Kunai at fixed targets. There were only four of them, and while two of them stood next to the younger ones and smilingly explained to the children how to practice or told them about their first experience, the other two just lay under the trees and relaxed, watching the crowd in front of the high and very wide Waterfall.
- What are they doing? Shouldn't they be starting practice by now? - one of the Clones asked, chewing on a tip of straw he'd found in this forest.
- I don't know, hmm, they look like they're thinking about something. - said another Clone, who had made himself a sort of pillow out of a pile of fallen yellow leaves.
- What are they thinking about? Shouldn't they be practising just to improve their affinity?
- No, as we reasoned a couple of days ago, we should try to isolate the main trait of this Element and try to control it.
- Look, I don't like the looks of them. - The Clone turned his attention to the crowd of his fellow Clones who had changed moods after someone's shouting. The other Clone noticed it too and got a little worried.
- They were up to something...
At the other training ground, there were already three Clones and a cute girl training. Next to them, also under a large tree, there were about thirty Clones lying around. Some of them were sleeping, some of them were reading some books, and some of them were just watching the sparring of three of their fellow Clones and a young Kunoichi. The girl, who looked to be eighteen to nineteen years old, was fighting off the attacks of the three smirking Clones with a pair of Shurikens. But even though the Clones looked cheerful, the girl outclassed them in battle and after dozens of seconds of fighting, was able to dispel her two opponents. The reason for the smirk of Menma's spears, however, was their desperate attempts to get closer to their opponent and, under the pretext of close combat, "randomly" grab the spots they wanted, of course while accidentally dropping their own Kunai from their hands. And not to say that the girl was disgusted by it, on the contrary, sometimes she was amused by such behaviour of her opponents, but she could not respond in the same way, and therefore, at the second attempt of the last opponent in a jump after dodging her attack to grasp the sweet and inviting breasts, the girl let go of her weapon and with a sharp movement embraced the lustful hand of the Clone and threw it over herself, after which there was a characteristic sound *Poof* and the failed pervert dispersed. Taking her Kunai back, the girl turned towards the pile of Clones with a soft smile and waved a few more of them with a thin finger.
- Six more Favourites, please~
The number of opponents grew each time and this time, the girl decided to take on six copies of her Favourite already. If she defeated all of them, she would go to the Waterfall and ask for a dozen more sparring partners for training. The six Clones who had been watching the fight immediately stood up and jerked closer to the charming girl. Mina herself prepared to fend off the attack, gripping her Kunai tighter. The fight began. It was much harder for the girl, but she still held on well, not allowing her opponents to touch the vital points of a person, but they were not only touching her intimate parts.
The most interesting thing, however, began to happen at the Waterfall. A huge crowd of Clones watched the raging water plummeting downwards at high speed with a pensive expression on their faces. Before the training session, they decided to give some thought to how they should proceed. Of course they could just start trying things out as they always did and then pass on the experience to the Original when he returned, but some of them had suggested that they give it some thought and come up with some ideas to improve the effectiveness of the training. Still, one head is good, but a couple thousand..... After five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen, twenty...no one came to any conclusion. Indeed, it seemed that the serum with the Clan Nara gene was defective, otherwise it was impossible to explain how a huge number of copies of a human with enhanced intelligence could not come up with something like this. Eventually one of the Clones, standing in the middle of the crowd and getting pretty pissed off at the loud musings of his fellow Clones, mostly deep "hmmm's", got fed up with it all and walked right out in front of everyone and shouted loudly.
- FUCK IT, LET'S JUST GIVE IT OUR BEST SHOT AND CUT THAT DAMN WIDE WATERFALL!!!!! - The clone was trying to maximise the volume of his voice and get his short sentiments across to the rest of us and he succeeded! Well, or everyone was also fed up with the situation and decided to accept even such a simple plan, and so everyone shouted out in unison and in chorus....
- YES!!! - And literally every Clone easily tore off all the outer clothing, leaving a bare torso and having fed the legs with chakra ran up the makeshift wall standing right in front of the Waterfall. There was a loud noise and the stomping of an entire army. When each of the Clones stood parallel to the rapidly descending water, everything fell silent. They looked at the Waterfall as if it were a real enemy and synchronously put their palms to the water.
- LET'S BEGIN! - came the voice of the very Clone who couldn't stand it and who had apparently already declared himself the captain of this unrestrained crowd. - One. Two! Three!
- HAAA!!! - All the Clones roared and at full power released a concentrated wave of Wind that cut through everything in its path, cutting off the movement of the giant Waterfall and more!
- What?! What the hell is going on out there?! - One of the two Clones relaxing by the trees stared wide-eyed at the crowd of his fellow Clones. The expression on his interlocutor's face was no different from his own. The reincarnated children training nearby also looked in the same direction as their Mentor Clones. Then, everyone in this children's training ground felt a strong gust of wind coming from the direction of the former Waterfall. Minami and a small bunch of Clones also felt that destructive sound and the gust that followed.
- Favourite? What's going on out there!!! - Minami looked straight at the spot where the Great Waterfall had once been, held up under the onslaught of so much training by the Red-Haired Boy. Right now, she could hardly see it because of Wind's blinding eye. After a couple of dozen seconds, everything quieted down and she could make out a large ball of brown smoke rising for reasons as yet unknown to her. Immediately she rushed in that direction, as did the Clones accompanying her. The Clones who were watching over Sasuke and Naruto kept the children from darting that way and tried to protect the younger heirs of some of the strongest Clans in Konoha.
- FUCK!!! - Minami heard the loud shouts of the Clones before she reached the scene and managed to jump back far enough to avoid being scattered. Each of them were shouting different lines with shock and delight, more of a motherfucker, but that wasn't the point. As the girl herself approached, she came just in time for the dust to completely settle and the view to clear. She froze unable to say anything, but then a surprised voice came out of her mouth.
- Ah¥et. - Yep, as gentle as the girl looked, that's exactly what she said. However, from the sight before her, she couldn't say anything else.
And the view was quite impressive. Huge blocks of shattered stones, water splattered almost all over the landfill, and still standing as before was a giant stone structure that resembled something like a cube. But there was something unusual about it. Previously, the hated Waterfall, which had been an insurmountable obstacle for the Clones, had fallen from the top of this peculiar stone building. Now all the water falling from there had splashed on the ground, and the cube of stone itself had become not a perfect cube, but a real rectangle. That's right, the top part of it was broken off and fell to the ground, creating all this chaos and the same rumble that Mina had heard before. It had also broken into many pieces as it fell and covered the entire landfill with huge blocks of rocks. Climbing up to the rectangular cube, Mina could see the perfectly flat surface from the cut. You can see what the Clones had just achieved.
- Um, what the hell? Don't tell me those weirdos just cut through the Waterfall and the entire rock? I'm not right, am I? - Asked one of the Clones who had come along with Mina from a neighbouring range.
- You're basically insulting yourself, but the last part of your assumption does seem plausible. - Squinting at the several thousand Clones celebrating below, another Clone, who had also come with Mina, said.
- L-lovely? W-why are you so casual about this!? - Minami was as shocked as possible by this situation and even formed a seal of concentration shouting out.... - Kai! - ...to dispel the Genjutsu but nothing came.
- Hmm, it looks like the Original forgot to take into account something before he went to the World of Summoning. - Ignoring the shocked girl, the first Clone said.
- With a cool head we can clarify this situation and understand why it happened. So we could understand it, but the question remains: Do we disappoint a couple of thousand Clones who are happy with the work we have done or not?
- L-love, what do you mean? - The pink-haired girl had regained her composure and was not offended by the fact that she had just been ignored, but asked the question in a calmer voice.
- After that Mutation, we seem to have forgotten that Wind affinity could have been added to the list. Usually it's rarely listed in features and can be added due to the use of a Skill, so it's understandable why we didn't notice it. To put it simply, we had increased our affinity with Wind to such an extent that we could consider this training to be over and start thinking about Rassensuriken. But here's the problem, we didn't know that.
- That's right, and because of the mood of this crazy crowd, they put quite a bit of effort into this attempt and as a result....
- Cut not only the Falls, but this rock as well. Heh, in that case... - The clone cast a glance at the cheering crowd below and continued. - ...let them have fun for a while, and then we'll explain it to them calmly.
- Hmm, but what do we do then? Most of the Clones were there to finish this training, so we have a couple of thousand ready to train Clones already finished.
- Just move on to the next phase of training.
- You mean...
- That's right. We create the Rassensuriken. And start training in fire affinity. With so many Clones training such a destructive technique, most of them will destroy each other. Probably half will do one thing and the other half another.
- All right, then I'll take the Fire affinity group.
- Then I'll take the Rassensuriken group. Good luck.
- Yeah, you too. - After saying that, the two Clones jumped off the cliff and waited for the right moment to start reporting.
- Mina-chan, you better not worry about them and quietly continue your training. Let's go? - Another Clone, one of the ones that had arrived with her, approached her.
- Ah, yes. Sorry, let's go. - The group of twenty-eight Clones and one girl (as weird and twisted as that sounds) left the ruined training ground and went back to their training, and the crowd below began to slowly calm down...
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Hokage's office.
- Hiruzen-san, what's the reason you called me in so urgently? - A young red-haired man entered the quiet office.
- Oh, Ryoshi-san, please have a seat. - The old Hokage put aside his pipe and offered the guest a seat, but the Head of the Uzumaki Clan refused.
- I'm sorry, but I understand this is an urgent matter, so I'd like to get straight to the point.
- Hmm, alright. This is indeed a very urgent matter and it requires your direct intervention. It concerns members of your Clan. - The Hokage held out some papers to Ryoshi and waited for his interlocutor to read them completely. It didn't take long for Uzumaki to do so, and after quickly going through what appeared to be a report from several ANBU operatives, he suddenly raised his tone.
- Kidnapped! What does that mean! How could this happen!!! - he slapped the Hokage's desk with force and looked at Sarutobi with an expressive look.
- Calm down, Ryoshi-san. I understand your concern, but at this point losing our cool is the last thing we should be doing. You have understood correctly, Mariko Uzumaki, your wife and Karin Uzumaki, your adopted daughter were kidnapped by Shinobi Kumogakure no Sato a few hours ago.