Chapter 178 - Cap 165: Senjutsu

In the end, the child was named Ryu and Kurama was banished for all eternity from the option of naming his children, which left him devastated.

"I think it's time we let the others know that it's all over," Kurama said regretfully as Hikari nodded.

Those present entered the room one by one as they carefully watched the newborn Uzumaki.

"What's the little one's name?" - Kushina asked curiously as Naruto slowly raised his head in the direction of his brother.

"Ryu... Uzumaki Ryu..." - Hikari replied with a smile as she looked at her baby yawning.

"Ryu... sounds like a name that doesn't come from Kuro-chan" - said Kushina with a small smile.

"Hey!" - exclaimed Kurama in annoyance - "Izuku is a great name!"

"Of course it is, Kuro-chan... of course it is" - snorted the redhead as she looked at her husband.

"Bua!" - Ryu started crying and in the process, waking up the other two little Uzumaki.

"Uh... I think someone's hungry..." - said Kushina as she tried to calm her baby.

"If that's the case, then the boys better get out of the room," added Mikoto because now that Hikari was b.r.e.a.s.tfeeding, her b.r.e.a.s.ts were huge. If they were at the same level as Tsunade's before, but a little smaller, they were now much bigger than Blondie Senju's.

"Congratulations on the new Uzumaki" - said the boys as they left, but not before giving Kurama a look.

* * * * *

The days continued to pass for the Uzumaki family and Hikari was finally discharged with her baby. In celebration, the Uzumaki mansion celebrated for two full days.

Kurama used as much time as possible to learn Hiraishin so that she could return home whenever she wanted, and the time she had left over was used to spend time with the three babies.

Jiraiya stopped by the mansion to inform him that all the preparations were ready to start his training with Senjutsu and that he could go whenever he wanted.

When the girls heard this, the first thing they did was to take it and not release it for a week, with the exception of the 3 women who had given birth.

* * * * *

Today was the day that Kurama would leave again for his training trip and the girls were watching him leave in silence.

"Remember that you can call me with the Hiraishin if anything happens" - said Kurama seriously.

"Don't worry, we will if something happens" - smiled Kushina as the others nodded - "Now go, the sooner you finish the training, the sooner you can return to Konoha and live with us"

"Ok..." - nodded the young redheaded man as he invoked Gamakichi to inform Pa and Ma to summon him to Mount Myoboku - "See you, girls"

"Good luck" - exclaimed the girls as Kurama disappeared into a smokescreen.

"I hope it's not too long..." - whispered Kushina as she watched her baby.

"I think so too... I don't think I can resist for long without a good f.u.c.k..." - replied Tayuya, only to be knocked out by a Kushina clone - "Seriously... you should take better care of your vocabulary now that there are going to be children in the house"

"Kushina-chan... I think the sermon comes first and the punishment comes later..." - said Mikoto as she shook her head. Something told her that this would become a recurring theme from now on.

* * * * *

"I see that you are done with your business in the human world, Kurama-chan" - said Shima while looking at the red-haired boy - "Now that your mind is free of worries, your training will be much safer"

"I agree with Ma, now that you are calm and your mind is serene, we can finally continue with the training" - said Fukasaku seriously - "I am going to be honest with you, Kurama... the training we are going to give you is not only the one that gives the best results, but it is also the fastest, although at the same time it is the most dangerous".

"What do you mean?" - Kurama asked as he frowned.

"That as you train, you will be on the brink of death," Fukasaku replied seriously. "I know it sounds stupid and you should take it easy, but your body makes it impossible to practice basic Senjutsu because of your corrupted chakra"

"With so many corrupted Chakra in your system, it's almost impossible to harmonize your Chakra and natural energy..." - Shima nodded - "If I had to tell you how long it would take you to complete your training, I could tell you it would take years, decades or even centuries"

"That's why we decided to use the most extreme method" - said Fukasaku - "Even though you may not be able to purify your whole chakra, so you will have no other choice but to abandon that part in order to harmonize with the Energy of Nature".

"The problem with that, is that we don't know what kind of consequences it will have" - said Shima seriously - "Never before has someone with such corrupt energy tried to practice Senjutsu"

"That's why we ask you to think carefully about whether you want to do this training or go to the safe practice of basic Senjutsu" - added the old green toad.

"I'm going for the first option," replied Kurama seriously. "No pain. no gain"

"Okay... come with me," Fukasaku nodded as he jumped to the north.

Kurama followed calmly, only to see a spring with strange green water.

"This is the spring of the sages, this is where the Natural energy is so concentrated that it becomes liquid" - said Fukasaku seriously - "Only people who have Senjutsu chakra inside them can go in and out unharmed because anyone else who does so will turn to stone until they achieve complete inner balance of energies".

"I understand what I have to do... I have to go into that spring and train in my stone state" - said Kurama seriously - "How long is the limit?"

"Six months" - answered Fukasaku - "After six months the change is permanent and even if you master Senjutsu, you can never go back to how you were before"

"I see..." - Kurama nodded as he jumped without a second thought to the spring.

"Wait, you idiot!" - exclaimed Fukasaku in surprise but remained silent when he saw the boy turn to stone - "That idiot... now we just have to wait for him to make it... although seeing that Hashirama gave him some of his Senjutsu chakra, I don't find it necessary to keep giving him insects to increase his affinity with the Natural Energy of the world..."

"I see that the gaki has already begun its training..." - said Jiraiya as he looked at the statue of the redheaded man seriously - "And I hope he succeeds or my life will be over..."

Jiraiya was completely sure that if he returned to Konoha with a statue of Kurama, his only path would be one full of thorns and pain.

"Have confidence in the boy..." - said the old toad - "I'm sure he'll give us a surprise... not for nothing he's the one Ojiji-sama talked about"

"Then that confirms it," nodded the Sannin as he sighed silently.

"We'd better leave that for another time, now we have to start your training or that boy will leave you behind," Fukasaku smiled as he looked at the man who had lived with them for years - "Or would you rather have your student surpass you completely?"

"Okay, come on... I have a reputation to uphold," Jiraiya said seriously. He had enough of the disdainful expression Kurama gave him when they talked about the variety of things he had taught him.

* * * * *

"And that's my report..." - said white Zetsu calmly.

"I'm not surprised that Danzo did that," said Tobi as he burst out laughing. "I'm surprised you didn't report this to us sooner, though"

"It's because the state of Konoha doesn't affect our plans in any way," Zetsu responded calmly

"Right... Konoha can be at ground level and nothing would happen..." - Deidara nodded calmly.

"A pity that so many rewards have disappeared..." - sighed Kakuzu sadly.

"All those souls would have been an awesome sacrifice for Jashin-sama... a real shame..." -Hidan sighed.

Itachi, for his part, only remained silent. After capturing Roshi and Han, he managed to get all the information about Konoha, only to hear that his hometown had been hit hard by Danzo's ambitions.

Zetsu continued his story while the other Akatsuki members remained silent - "And again he disappeared towards Mount Myoboku..."

"What shall we do now, Leader?" - Sasori asked seriously.

"Nothing..." - Pain answered seriously.

"Nothing?" - The Akatsuki members only frowned when they heard this because they did not expect this response.

"After capturing the two Iwa Jinchurikis, the other Villages are on high alert," replied Akatsuki's leader. "The Suna Jinchuriki is the Kazekage, the two Kumo Jinchurikis are firmly guarded, the Sanbi is reforming after the death of the Mizukage Yagura at the hands of the resistance, the Rokubi is missing, the Nanabi is hidden somewhere in Takigakure, and finally the Kyubi. ..sincerely it is the most dangerous and at the same time the most difficult to capture... that is why we will prepare... during these next 3 years we will keep a low profile in order to get all the possible information from the Jinchurikis that we can use against them"

". . ." - the Nukenin were silent as they nodded in approval of their leader's words.

"That will be all... you are dismissed," said Pain as he watched the holograms of his companions disappear one by one.