"What, is that very surprising?"
Tōshirō tilted his head, looking puzzled, thoroughly enjoying being a show-off.
"No, you mean, what did you mean by being able to fully transform into a Tailed Beast?" One of the Uchiha members regained his composure and eagerly pressed.
Tōshirō said casually: "Roughly, it means being able to transform into a Tailed Beast and fight freely, just like I did."
"You can even do something like that?"
Everyone looked at Tōshirō in front of them with astonishment.
Although Jinchuriki could borrow the power of Tailed Beasts, being able to directly transform into a Tailed Beast to fight, perhaps only Tōshirō in front of them had achieved it throughout history.
"After all, I have the Sharingan, isn't it normal to be able to do something like this?"
"That's true..."
The Uchiha members wanted further confirmation, their eyes filled with expectation: "Can you transform into that form again?"
Tōshirō yawned lazily: "I'm a bit sleepy today, maybe another time."
He didn't want to turn into the Five-Tails just for people to observe. If he did, he wouldn't get any sleep tonight.
"Alright then, tomorrow you must witness the first perfect Jinchuriki in history."
The more outstanding Tōshirō's performance, the more his clan members felt their future was bright.
"In that case, everyone, you're dismissed."
Tōshirō waved his hand, dismissing his clan members.
His home was destroyed; he couldn't live there anymore.
A blessing in disguise, thankfully it was his own home that was destroyed, not Tsunade's.
Within his mindscape, Tōshirō, who had successfully subdued the Five-Tails, naturally sat cross-legged on its head and complained: "Little Five, why didn't you tell me beforehand, you made me lose my home."
The Five-Tails let out a gender-neutral voice: "I merely suggested it; who knew you'd eagerly unleash the power directly?"
"My fault, then..."
Moving to another house, Tsunade dangled her fair, slender legs: "Now, you should explain everything to me properly."
Tōshirō truthfully replied: "Simply put, while you were bathing, I had nothing to do, so I spontaneously decided to fight the Tailed Beast inside me."
"You won."
Tsunade knew about Tōshirō's relationship with the Five-Tails, and she also knew under what circumstances the Five-Tails would acknowledge Tōshirō.
Tōshirō answered: "No."
Tsunade's tone was tinged with confusion: "Then why would the Five-Tails acknowledge you?"
"Of course, I just gave a mighty roar, and Little Five felt my kingly aura and immediately submitted..."
Tōshirō boasted without batting an eyelid.
Tsunade rolled her eyes, giving him a look of disdain.
As for why the Five-Tails would acknowledge him, the other party didn't explicitly say. Tōshirō, based on his own understanding, gave a relatively reasonable explanation: "Cough cough, actually, I think it was probably just time."
"Time?"
"It's just like a relationship between a man and a woman; when the feelings are there, things naturally fall into place."
Tsunade glanced at him, thought for a moment, and decided that this reason was somewhat reasonable and plausible.
In the mindscape, the Five-Tails listened silently to the explanation, nodding and lowering its gaze.
Tōshirō was only half right.
The Five-Tails' decision to acknowledge Tōshirō this time, even without being defeated, was made after careful consideration.
With Tōshirō's talent, at this current pace, defeating it head-on was only a matter of time.
Rather than being brutally beaten by Tōshirō later and forced to acknowledge him, it was better to acknowledge him now.
This way, it preserved its dignity and also earned Tōshirō a favor, achieving both goals.
Recalling the complete Tailed Beast transformation just now, Tsunade understood what had happened: "So, that's why you could fully transform into a Tailed Beast just now?"
"Yes, pretty much."
Tōshirō was a bit thirsty. He drank half a glass of water and offered the remaining half to Tsunade: "Want some?"
Tsunade was rather thirsty herself and didn't feel uncomfortable because Tōshirō had already drunk from it. She took the cup and drank the remaining half.
Tōshirō channeled the power of the Tailed Beast within him, and a furry white tail grew from his back. He showed it off, wagging it in front of Tsunade: "Now I have Tailed Beast-level chakra, so I won't need to suck chakra from you through kissing anymore."
Tsunade said with a hint of annoyance: "Oh, really? Congratulations."
"Just kidding."
Tōshirō leaned in for an attack.
Tsunade put up a symbolic resistance, then closed her eyes.
Suddenly, she felt a surge of chakra flowing into her body, which made her open her eyes.
After they separated, Tōshirō winked at Tsunade: "From now on, if you don't have enough chakra, just use mine."
With Tailed Beast-level chakra, Tōshirō now had no shortage of chakra.
Tsunade moistened her lips, which gleamed under the light, "You always get to say all the nice things."
Then, she looked at the white tail swinging in front of her: "That white tail behind you, that's also transformed by the Five-Tails' power, right?"
Tōshirō teased: "Want to touch it?"
The tail in front of her was furry and very appealing.
Tsunade, currently in the prime of her youth, unlike the older woman she would become, had little resistance to such cute things.
"What's wrong? Not going to touch it?"
Tōshirō wagged his tail, enticing her.
Tsunade's eyes showed vigilance, and she hesitated: "I feel like you're plotting something."
Tōshirō cried foul: "I'm just returning the favor!"
"Returning the favor?"
"Yeah, think about it, don't I always do these things to you? So, I want to reciprocate."
Tsunade understood. Now she could touch it without any qualms... oh, wait, no: "See? I knew you were up to no good."
"If you're not going to touch it, then fine..."
Tōshirō didn't force it. Just as he was about to retract his tail, a graceful figure approached and grabbed his tail.
The tail felt quite nice in her hand. Tsunade couldn't help but squeeze it, also wanting to see his reaction.
To her disappointment, Tōshirō had no reaction; he just looked bewildered.
Tsunade said: "Why that expression?"
Tōshirō, still bewildered, said: "No, aren't you not interested in my tail?"
"Hmph, besides, even if I don't touch it, you'll still keep doing those perverted things to me later, won't you?" Tsunade said, not wanting to lose out.
That makes so much sense... Tōshirō was speechless. He continued to grow the other four tails for her to play with.
Tsunade took one tail, wrapped it around her neck, and smiled beautifully: "Look, doesn't this look like a scarf?"
Tōshirō hummed in agreement.
"Your tail is so soft. It must be very warm to wear as a scarf in winter."
Tsunade played with it, utterly delighted.
Tōshirō felt a little sleepy, his eyelids drooping: "Tsunade, stop playing. Let's go to bed."
Tsunade pouted and mumbled: "What's the harm? Just a little more."
Tōshirō ignored Tsunade's protest and retracted his tails.
Apparently, his current state consumed quite a bit of chakra.
"Stingy."
"I'll let you play with it next time. Let's go to sleep early today. Tomorrow, I need to properly adapt to this newly acquired power."
Tōshirō explained as he walked to Tsunade, bent slightly, put one arm around her waist, and hooked her leg with the other, skillfully lifting her in a princess carry.
Tsunade yelped: "What are you doing?"
"Going to bed."
Tōshirō carried Tsunade onto the bed, then lay down beside her himself, quite honestly, doing nothing else.
Initially, sleeping chastely beside Tsunade was quite a torment for Tōshirō, but he slowly got used to it.
Tsunade lay beside him, resting her cheek on one hand, while her other hand twirled a strand of hair, teasing Tōshirō's nose playfully.
Tōshirō, with closed eyes, said: "Stop messing around, sleep."
Tsunade puffed out her cheeks, lowered the arm that was propping up her head, and moved closer to Tōshirō like a tiny kitten, finding a comfortable position.
Tōshirō slowly woke up, feeling a heavy weight on his stomach. Without needing to think, he knew it was the fault of a certain clumsy sleeper who had put her leg on his stomach again.
Tōshirō carefully removed her leg, but it still startled Tsunade awake from her sleep.
"Are you awake?"
Tsunade mumbled dreamily, humming in response.
"I'll make you breakfast."
"Okay."
After eating, Tōshirō pulled Tsunade along to train. The place was the usual spot, the Forest of Death, where there were few people.
"Tsunade, step back a little."
Tōshirō reminded Tsunade beside him.
Tsunade stepped aside.
Tōshirō looked, decided the distance was sufficient, closed his eyes, channeled the chakra within him, and transformed into the Five-Tails.
(End of Chapter)
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