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Hinata finally stood up after the meal and she grabbed kuraiya's arm before pulling him away from the group.
When they were a certain distance, she whispered into his ear, "we're leaving, I want to go back home", Hinata bit down on his ear, sending kuraiya in a frenzy on the spot.
He looked around making sure no one saw it, before he nodded, "alright, let me go get Gine and we'll go back", Hinata watching him walk away, frowned.
[Be quick.]
Kuraiya who went to pick up Gine, heard Hanabi asking her questions, while she was stroking Gine's hair, "did you dye your hair, it's glowing gold".
Gine shook her head, "no, this is super super saiyan", she scrunched her face in annoyance, Hanabi seeing her expression stopped messing around.
Kuraiya finally walked over and patted Gine's head, "we're heading home, let's go back", Gine looked up, like seeing her savior.
She turned back to Hanabi and stook out her tongue, before flying onto kuraiya's shoulder.
Hanabi went silent the moment kuraiya appeared, her lips quivered, as she was about to speak, kuraiya had already left.
The moment he left, vein's appeared around her eyes, she watched him disappear into the distance with Hinata and Gine, the moment she could no longer see him, she turned to face Neji with an aggressive stance.
Neji had no idea what was happening, he took a step back before raising his own hands, in a defensive posture.
"What are you doing, stop.. stop coming closer", due to hanabi training harder than usual, she already reached just under Neji's strength.
So when she raised her hand and flung towards him, it became a equal exchange, "why are you attacking me, aghh!", Neji finally felt angry, and he retaliated with the same fervour.
Kuraiya and Hinata had no idea what was happening back at the hyuga residence, they had already returned back home.
When they arrived, Kurenai who had been outside with Anko, watched as they went inside.
She was currently in a garden she had started growing a few years back, with the help of tsunade, she got rare flower seeds for the garden.
Anko who was sat down drinking tea, turned to follow her gaze, "heh, someone's jealous", Kurenai turned around glaring at Anko, "don't even start, or I'll throw into my illusion space".
Anko immediately went quiet, sulking to herself in secret, kurenai soon after continued to cut and water the petals as if nothing had happened.
As she was doing so, she muttered to herself, "I should go see him later, right now might not be good time".
Anko who was sulking pricked up her ears, [so she's going for him later, huh.], Anko smiled slightly, before hiding it with the cup as she stared at Kurenai.
Kurenai who was watering the flowers felt the gaze on her, her eyes shifted to Anko again, only to see Anko avert away, as if she wasn't thinking about anything at all.
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Later that day.
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Kurenai was in kuraiya's mancave again, it's become a habit not just for her but the others as well.
She was sat down on a soft couch, it was so soft she didn't want to move, currently, she was watching Tsunade and Shizuka playing with each other.
"Aghhh!, nooo!, even on this damn thing, I always lose, aghh!, screw it, I'm going to the hokage office", tsunade stood up, heaving with rage.
She quickly stormed out of the room, then slammed the door shut, kurenai and shizuka heard tsunade shouting as she left, "I'm gonna make the whole village know what losing feels like!, you underling's just you wait!".
Kurenai's mouth opened slightly, she turned to shizuka then spoke in a low tone, "I think you went a little overboard, those Ninjas are gonna have a headache now".
Shizuka didn't say anything, she just stared at Kurenai before replying after a long silence, "the controller is there, are you interested, or are you to chicken to handle me".
(Shizuka has turned into an actual gamer)
Kurenai paused for a moment, she was staring at Shizuka blankly, "I.. no I'm going to see kuraiya", kurenai decided to just leave and not get involved.
Shizuka shrugged, "fine", shizuka's lips lifted, before she completely ignored kurenai all together and she started to play the game again without any care.
Kurenai already got up, stood at the door, only to give shizuka a strange gaze as she left, [she's so into these games, it's kinda frightening.]
When kurenai left, shizuka finally turned to the door, her appearance quickly changed into Anko, she was showing a smile.
"Tsk, I should hurry up and leave, or else I'll be noticed by the other's for changing into other people", Anko stood up and did a quick escape.
As for Kurenai she was already on her way to find Kuraiya's whereabouts, and shizuka who was with kuraiya at the moment was spotted by kurenai.
[What? Wasn't she in the game room, why is she here.], Kurenai turned back to the mancave with strange eyes, [was someone impersonating shizuka, but who would be so empty handed and free to do such things.]
Before kurenai could think about it any further, she heard shizuka giggling so she turned back to face the two, she saw kuraiya tickling shizuka as he kept pushing her into the living room.
"No stop.. hahaha.. no.. you're being to rough.. ahahaha", kuraiya finally stopped and picked her up by the waist.
"I can't help myself, especially when you act like this, it's too tempting, to not pass up on", he spoke before placing her against the wall.
Kurenai thought this was a good time to interrupt, as to not cause one of his kids to accidentally seeing him act like this.
"Ahem, doing this here, is a little inappropriate, isn't it", the two turned to kurenai before they slowly realized what she meant, kuraiya froze for a moment before surveying his surroundings, "ah, you're right, I wasn't paying attention, my bad".
Shizuka pouted as she grabbed kuraiya's arm, "then let's go into a private room and finish where we left off, I may not get another chance on a later date", Kurenai hearing this walked over to them.
"I don't think that's a good idea, it may be hurtful for the child", Kuraiya hearing this went into a protective state, Shizuka stared at Kurenai in disbelief, as if she found her arch nemesis.
Kurenai turned her gaze away from Shizuka feeling a little guilty about interrupting their lovey dovey moment, but she was waiting for her turn for awhile now, even she has her own greed after all.
Shizuka saw the greed in Kurenai's eyes, so she gave up on keeping kuraiya to herself, "alright", shizuka tapped Kuraiya's chest and stood up, she pushed by the two.
Then, just as she was about to leave, she turned around to face kuraiya and Kurenai, she didn't say anything, she just winked at Kurenai before leaving.
Kurenai breathed a sigh of relief, [thank kami, she isn't like the others, else, I'll already hear yelling down my ear.]
She turned to face kuraiya who was standing still, looking like he had lost something, he frowned for a moment, then his gaze fell on kurenai.
"What's up, want me to stay by your side for the rest of today", kurenai nodded almost instantly, when she heard kuraiya say this.
Kuraiya scratched his head, stared for a while, then continued to add, "well then, I'll stick by your side, so choose what we'll do for the day, I'll leave it for you decide on what to do".
Kurenai rubbed her chin in deep thought, "why don't we go and grab a meal, then head to the yamanaka flower shop".
Kuraiya nodded, "sounds good, umm", kuraiya's face scrunched, kurenai seeing him act like that asked, "what's wrong, is the last part bad".
He shook his head, "n.. no.. it's nothing like that, let's go now, shall we", he grabbed her by the waist and walked away from the household with Kurenai.
On the way out, Kurenai spoke, "I heard Asuma passed away on a mission a few days ago", kuraiya nodded absentmindedly, "mm, I heard about this from Ino, it should've been done by the Akatsuki".
Kurenai thought to the scene she saw in the Naruto series, she sighed before beckoning Kuraiya to take her to a place to eat.
[I guess some things wont change, does that mean what Tsunade said is true, should we get involved for certain things to ensure we have advantageous allies in the future.]
Kuraiya rubbed his chin, thinking about where to go, he had already forgotten about what Kurenai was talking about, [I guess sushi ain't so bad, I'm kind of in a mood for it.], He quickly thought of a place to eat, he turned to face Kurenai.
"How about we eat some sushi", Kurenai just stared blankly at Kuraiya, she nodded and the two walked to the nearest sushi restaurant.
The moment the two sat down, kuraiya ordered the meal with some alcohol, Kurenai was a bit apprehensive about having a drink, but kuraiya used some sweet words to convince her.
Reluctantly she accepted, it wasn't long until their meal arrived, the moment Kurenai saw Kuraiya taking a mouthful of wasabi her eyes widened.
"Hey.. don't", kuraiya just smiled at her, "don't.. too late, it's not bad, here eat this", he passed her a sushi roll soon after, almost like he hadn't even eaten the wasabi.
Kurenai just shook her head before eating the sushi, the moment she looked away from kuraiya and turned back to face him, he had already downed three bottles of sake.
Kurenai's mouth opened slightly, [is this Tsunade's temptations, she must've had a massive effect on him, for him to drink like this.]
Kuraiya turned to face kurenai, seeing her expression, he decided to tone it down, "sorry, here have some for yourself".
When the two finished with their meal, they left the sushi restaurant and they headed towards the yamanaka flower shop.
Kuraiya's eyes were a little red, his cheeks flushed slightly, Kurenai seeing this decided to hold his arm.
"Seriously, did you have to drink that much", "can't.. help it.. I'm used to it, if I don't do it, it might get stolen", kuraiya muttered under his breath for only her to hear it.
[It's definitely Tsunade.], Kurenai instantly thought of Tsunade as the culprit, it didn't take long for them to arrive at the flower shop.
Upon entering, the woman behind the counter, with brown hair and red eyes stared at them, specifically at kuraiya, who's frame was unnatural for an ordinary person.
Kurenai spoke up, "hello, Mrs Yamanaka, I want..", the woman behind the counter waved her hand, "don't call me Mrs, call me Hyume, you know I hate it when I'm called by that scum's last name".
Kurenai's just nodded, "can I look around for some flower seeds, I'm thinking of expanding my garden".
Hyume nodded, "this way, mm, just place him on that chair, he doesn't look like he can stand properly".
Kurenai placed kuraiya on a chair and followed behind Hyume.
As they left the front door to the flower shop opened, kuraiya turned to see who it was, he soon raised his hand, "ah.. look who we have here, come, let me give you a hug".
Ino who had just entered stared at kuraiya speechlessly, she quickly looked around the shop, when she did not see her mother, she sighed in relief.
[Thank God mother isn't here.], she walked over to Kuraiya, she was about to tell him to leave, but he already pulled her towards him.
"Wait.. if my mother sees this..", it was already to late, Kurenai and Hyume came back and saw this scene, Hyume just stared for a moment.
Ino feeling a cold feeling, turned her head to the side, the moment she saw her mother, she kept tapping kuraiya's shoulder, "kuraiya, let go, my mother".
Kuraiya turned to face where she was gazing, he let go, but the moment he did, he fell to the ground.
All three just stared at kuraiya face plant, Ino tried to explain, "mom, this..", Ino paused, seeing Hyume pulling out a photo.
Ino paused further and Kurenai walked away from Hyume sensing something approaching, the moment Kurenai saw the picture she opened her eyes wide.
(It was basically two photos in one, one of him flying and the other next to a bunch of kid's)
"Let me see his face", Hyume told Ino to turn his face towards them, Ino who froze looked down and obediently listened.
The moment Hyume compared the images, she gazed at Ino, she sighed, before beckoning Ino to come to her side.
Ino herself just walked over with her head down, Hyume turned to face Kurenai, "take him inside".
Kurenai obediently listened as well, all four went into the main house.
The moment kuraiya was placed onto the couch, Hyume was about to yell, but the ground around them started shaking, it was Kuraiya, he was gazing at Hyume with hostile eyes.
Hyume swallowed in fear, Ino stepped in front of Kuraiya, "No! She's my mother!", Kuraiya closed his eyes again and the atmosphere quickly went back to normal.
Kurenai slapped her forehead, she completely forgot how protective he can be, she smiled bitterly at the two.
Hyume finally understood, why the Nara clan was so scared of this individual, they had a meeting a few weeks back about this person, mostly because of Nara Shikaku seeing him obliterate an entire clan.
He was a little scared of speaking about it, but when he saw him with Tsunade, he felt it was appropriate to tell the other's, to not offend him.
Hyume fell onto the couch, her legs were shaking from the earlier pressure, "I see, did you choose him, or did he choose you", she gazed absentmindedly at Ino.
Ino turned away from Kuraiya and she replied with slight bewilderment, "I.. I.. I chose him", Hyume closed her eyes.
Hyume shot her eyes open, [hahahahaha, when the Nara clan hears this, I have a feeling they'll be extremely jealous.], she coughed and smiled at Ino.
"Ahem, I see, then I won't get in the way of your relationship, just make sure, to care of yourself", Ino just opened her mouth, she kept going between the two.
Until a smile appeared on her face, she put her hands on her waist, "well, it's to be expected, umm, well".
She gazed meaningfully at Kurenai, who was standing to the side, Kurenai raised an eyebrow, she nodded and left the room.
The moment Kurenai left, "what!", Kurenai turned back to the room due to the shout, she leaned her head against the door.
"How far are you.. am I gonna be a grandma", Kurenai understood what was going on, her face instantly showed jealousy, [if mother and father was still alive, it sure would be nice.]
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Evil GT Goten quote - oh.. but I am your son.. father.
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