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The six participants sat down and waited for their first bowl's to arrive and Kiba had no idea that little Aka on his shoulder was shivering in fright from Kuraiya's chaotic and invisible aura.
Kuraiya seeing the bowls being delivered, felt his saliva difficult to keep inside himself, Kuraiya picked his chopsticks only for them to be slapped down by the person that brought the bowl over.
His rage started boiling from the sheer disrespect, but when he saw the person pointing at the others, he understood, [damnit, hurry it up, I can't stand waiting any longer.]
When the others all got their own bowl's, he was about to grab the chopsticks again, only for them to be slapped back down, Kuraiya seeing this glared at the person, causing them to step back.
'Cough' "please wait until the announcer tells you to start", the person whispered and Kuraiya grunted in annoyance.
-let the feast begin-
"Finally", Kuraiya picked up his chopsticks again, but it was so fast no could see it, 'slurp', "next".
The entire crowd stared in disbelief at the sheer speed Kuraiya ate the ramen, only for another to say it the next second, "next please", everyone turned to see Hinata wiping her face burping once, clearly unbothered by their gazes.
"Ah.. yes.. right away, we'll bring the next bowl's", rock lee next to Kuraiya, shouted "this is youth!".
Both Hinata and Kuraiya were going through their own bowl's at an astonishing speed, not far behind them was Choji, while Kuraiya and Hinata were on their tenth, Choji was on his seventh.
And when Kuraiya was waiting for the next one to appear, he gazed up at the clock with only an hour left, "hmph, will this even be enough".
Half an hour past and Kuraiya and Hinata were still keeping pace with each other, both were at their twentieth as for Choji, he was on his sixteenth.
When the last bowls came, both himself and Hinata stopped at seventy two bowls, both coming to draw, he turned to face her slightly exasperated, [she actually tied with me.., incredible, I must reward her later.]
Hinata hearing him speak about reward to himself, turned to face Kuraiya who was smiling at her, she quickly looked down with a red face, she was clearly overthinking what the reward could be.
The announcer somewhat stumbled when coming onto the stage.
-it seems we have two winner's, as they have the same amount of bowl's eaten, we can only declare it as a tie-
Kuraiya stood up and stretched, he came over to Hinata's side and whispered into her ear, "you did well to tie with me, how about I stay with you tonight as a congratulations".
Hinata listened and her face went red again, it didn't stop her from nodding though, "un..", throughout the match and even now, Naruto would sometimes glare at Kuraiya a few times.
-ahh.. sir can you stay seated, we want a photo, of the participants and then the two of you-
Kuraiya nodded and he went back to his seat, on the rooftop, Goku put his hand on his head, "ahhh.. I guess none of us won the bet, to think it would be a draw".
"Indeed, to think she could keep up with a Saiyan, it deserves praise", Vegeta was deeply shocked inside as he praised Hinata.
'Snap'
Kuraiya covered up his eyes from the flash of the camera, [damn.., what was that.. a solar flare or something.]
The announcer waved to the both of Hinata and Kuraiya to stand next to eachother, but Kuraiya stood over Hinata instead, leaning down as he placed his chin on her shoulder, with his arms wrapped around her.
The announcer was about to protest, but seeing the glare he was getting from the both of them, he could only relent in secret.
'Snap'
"Do us another one, I want her to take it back", Kuraiya spoke to the man behind the camera and the camera man nodded, he didn't care he understood what he meant.
'Snap'
Hinata looked up at Kuraiya while biting down her lip, [if I wasn't pregnant, I'd definitely pounce on you when we return.]
Kuraiya walked over to the camera man, waiting by the guy's side for the picture to come through, after a while it was finished, upon taking, he went back to Hinata and passed it her, "it's a gift for keeping up with me, my gluttonous wild girl".
Hinata's lips twitched, [he's always so strange with his words.], she shook her head and took it from his grasp, she stared at it for a moment and smiled, [I'll keep this close to me, from now on.]
Kuraiya bent down and turned around, "hop on..", he didn't finish his sentence as she already jumped, "so eager", he stood up and walked over to Terumi, who was rubbing her stomach, "it's about time, I'm starving", she pouted at the two with frustration.
"I'll take you for some BBQ, how about it", Terumi nodded and the three walked away, in the distance, a girl of 13 was biting her finger nail in annoyance for seeing how close Hinata and Kuraiya were being as she was hiding in the shadows, "damnit, it's so irritating, I'm gonna go and take it out on brother Neji, no need to fret over this, damnit, I can't handle it anymore".
She ran away, intending to release her inner stress on an unprepared Neji at home, as for the three who were heading towards the BBQ restaurant, they were suddenly stopped by an angry Kiba.
He pointed his finger at Kuraiya angrily, "it's you.. the bastard that upset Hinata back then.. right", Kuraiya frowned then looked up at Hinata, "did I upset you?", Hinata shook her head, "no.. I don't know what he's talking about".
Kiba hearing her deny it, refreshed her memory, "have you forgotten Hinata, when we went out on missions, you would always be down, it has to be him if not, who else!".
Kuraiya hearing Kiba raising his voice at Hinata instantly flew into a rage, his hair started flinging around crazily, "you little mutt, watch your tone or I'll kill you".
Hinata feeling Kuraiya's increasing energy, tried to calm him down, "honey, don't worry, it's alright..", Terumi sneered at Hinata, she licked her lips as she stared at Kiba, "I can get rid of the evidence, handsome".
Hinata hearing Terumi encouraging Kuraiya to go through with killing, turned to face Kiba with an angry glare, Kiba feeling multiple death stares, took a step back, but he didn't fully back down.
"I remember what you're talking about Kiba san, but he has never upset me, so please leave", Kiba gripped his fists tightly, he was about to retort, but seeing Hinata's eyes glowing blue, he finally left while grinding his teeth.
Terumi wiped her lips, from the boil release that was permeating from her mouth, "shame.., that brat is lucky", Kuraiya was still heaving in rage, he put down Hinata and disappeared, "Kuraiya!".
Hinata shouted for Kuraiya, then she turned to Terumi, "Terumi.., please help me, I can't let him do this", Terumi raised her eyebrows, then she showed a smile, "then you'll owe me a favor, how about it".
Hinata nodded frantically and the two also disappeared, when they reappeared, they saw Kuraiya lifting Kiba off the ground, gripping his throat tightly, "haaah.. haghhhhh!".
Hinata saw the crazed gaze in Kuraiya's eyes as he slowly started yelling loudly, "Kuraiya!, stop!", Hinata ran over and hugged him from behind, Terumi appeared by his side as well holding out the outstretched arm, "handsome, I'd prefer it, if we just go and eat, can you please stop".
Kiba who was flicking his feet around passed out quickly from the force he was being choked from and Kuraiya hearing their voices came back to his senses, he let go of Kiba in distain, dropping him to the ground without saying anything.
He closed his eyes then slowly opened them, "haaaaah.. thanks, let's go eat", [what happened to me just now, did I really lose control of myself again, my protective state is truly frightening.]
Kuraiya's eyes went to the two, who were on him, "sorry.., I lost control just now", Kuraiya turned back to face Kiba's unconscious state and he was about to raise his foot, until he was pulled away by the two.
"You can forget about what just happened, you owe me a meal remember," Terumi sneered inwardly, [I'm only doing this for you Hinata, if not, I'd have let him stomp on that brat.]
As for Hinata herself, she gazed back at Kiba with slight killing intent behind her eyes, [he almost made him lose control, how dare he!.]
When they left, Madara who hadn't left with the three he was with, jumped down off of the roof, he gazed at the boy on the ground, with the same disdain in his eyes, "scum, you should know your place in front of other's stonger than you, why don't I make sure you do just that".
He picked up Kiba and opened up his eyes, his purple rinnegan glowing slightly, "pathetic, so you have feelings for the bosses woman, let me help you get rid of such thoughts", he dropped Kiba to the ground after finishing his own memory wipe and he returned to follow Kuraiya secretly.
But just as he was about to leave, he turned to see the original size of Akamaru glaring at him, "what do you want to do mutt, I suggest you keep this matter to yourself, unless you want to see a massacre", Madara's lips raised into a smile, as his purple rinnegan glowed, scaring Akamaru back, "hmph".
Half an hour later, Kuraiya, Hinata and Terumi went back home, as for Kiba he woke holding his head in confusion at the moment, "what happened, why am I outside, wasn't I heading home after that tournament just now", he stood up in confusion and went back home.
(You're lucky Madara didn't do anything else, except for the memory erasure, though it can be broken with a Yamanaka mind probe technique, but I doubt they'll know, due to it being Madara or unless they wanted to make him braindead)
On the way back home, Kuraiya was oddly quiet and it caused Hinata to speak to him, "are you alright", he turned around with a blank expression, before it returned to normal, "I.. I'm fine, nothing to worry over".
Terumi saw his expression and she also spoke, 'tut', "you're worried about going berserk aren't you", Kuraiya turned to face her with an awkward smile.
"Can I not be, I don't even know if I'll be able to help myself one day, if..", he looked down and saw Hinata squeezing him in a hug, 'sigh', "I get it, I won't worry you", he placed his hand on her head, then turned to Terumi again, "and you, stop teasing me, you know I can't punish you right now, but that doesn't mean I can't after that".
He pointed at her belly and her cheeks flushed in anticipation, before she shook her head, "alright.., I'll stop, there's no need to be like this and you Hinata, why are you being so quiet, you're not thinking about getting back at that brat are you".
Hinata turned her head from Kuraiya's body to see Terumi slightly, "I have no comment, I just want to be with..", she immediately went back to her earlier position without continuing her sentence.
And the atmosphere swiftly changed from it's earlier silence to a vibrant one, "alright let's go, the weather isn't suitable for staying out long".
Kuraiya rubbed Hinata's head again as she jumped onto his back, she wrapped her arms around his neck and stared at him for a while, then whispered into his ear, "you're sleeping with me tonight, no take back's".
"Hmph, do you think I will do that", she pinched his waist clearly irritated by his reply, "I was joking, calm down", Terumi seeing their lovey dovey moment, decided to bump herself into the fold and she wrapped her arms around his arm.
When they arrived back at their residence, they saw Anko and Temari seated at the porch eating dango sticks, they looked like they were in a gang with how they were seated, until they saw the group walking towards them, they quickly went into a different mode, sitting normally.
"Act natural", Anko whispered into Temari's ear, before sitting upright, [we didn't even do anything, ah.. nevermind, we secretly went out for these sticks, after saying we didn't want to go out.]
Kuraiya ignored the two, clearly amused, watching the three walk past them without saying anything, made them feel as if they were invisible causing slight irritation from Temari.
"Hey! Don't ignore me!", she shot up and quickly left Anko alone, "eh.. wait, where are you going, didn't we agree to keep watch", Anko clearly annoyed about being left alone, also followed.
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Early next morning.
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Kuraiya slid out of the bed like a worm, due to it being crowded, after a quick wash he went to find a place to relax, he frowned for a moment and he murmured to himself, "where's Kushina, she's been rather absent lately".
After looking around and still not seeing her, he decided to expand his search and finally found her in his secret man cave, only to see her in the game room with black bags under eyes.
"What.. why are you not sleeping, you look haggard", Kushina turned to Kuraiya, "what, is it already morning, but it doesn't seem like much time as passed", Kuraiya's lips twitched, knowing full well that's what gaming does.
He walked over to her to see what she was playing, only to freeze after seeing the screen, "yo.. you're into this stuff", Kushina's cheeks flushed slightly, before she turned the game off.
Kuraiya tapped her shoulder with a weird smile, he leaned down and whispered to her, "too bad, he isn't alive, or else we could do that", Kushina instantly stood up eyes sparkling, "I can use shadow clone and transformation jutsu, won't that be better".
Kuraiya pointed to her belly and she became deflated, "agh.., how could I forget..", she looked back up towards Kuraiya and continued, "after I give birth, can we haaaah.. do it.., haaah.. no, we have to".
Kuraiya seeing her expression of eagerness, couldn't help but feel strange, [why do you sound so eager to want to see that scene, won't you feel embarrassed.]
Kushina tilted her head slightly, "I'm hungry.., can you make me something and about why I want to do it..", she breathed in heavily once before becoming serious, "that bastard should see it for real one day, so why not practice doing it beforehand".
Kuraiya rubbed his chin after beckoning her to follow, "it would be funny, no.. it'd be hilarious", "right, you're the CEO and I'm your secretary.. hehehaha".
When the two went to the kitchen, he turned to face her after prepping the food, "you still haven't told me, why you hate him", Kushina who was drinking tea also gazed at Kuraiya.
"Uhm.. oh that, he promised me a lot of things, but failed to even keep one of them..", she looked at the table in deep thought, "he promised to help the Uchiha but did nothing, he promised to get rid of the Anbu watching over me instead it only increased, he promised..", "alright.. I get it, no need to list them all".
Kushina lifted her gaze back up, "un, he promised me a lot, only to fault on them all, but I had no one else in the village except Mikoto and him, only he was the one I was ever allowed to come into contact with", "like a caged up bird", Kushina stared at Kuraiya for a moment.
"Yeah.. like a caged bird...., hahahaha, but with you, it feels amazing, so big, 'cough', I mean I can roam around freely, without any care or worry and those games are amazing", Kuraiya scrunched his eyes with amusement, watching her wipe her mouth that secreted saliva.
Behind a door, Tsunade stood listening to their conversation, "was her life that bad when I left, no wonder she doesn't listen to me anymore", Tsunade sighed and walked inside to join them.
Kuraiya turned to watch her walk over, "you're up early, you usually stay in for a little longer, you hungry, I'm already cooking something", Tsunade nodded and sat next to Kushina.
"Sorry little Kushi, if I'd known..", Kushina put down the tea cup, then replied coldly, "don't apologize, it happened and now I'm here, no need to feel indebted or something, I originally thought I was doing something noble, only to rethink it over and find it utterly repulsive, grandma Mito had so much freedom and I thought I would have the same thing..".
When Kushina said Mito, the two went quiet for a while, then Kushina looked up at Kuraiya with expectation, "Kuraiya..", "no.. Kushina, she had a wonderful life already, it'll be disrespectful to bring her back", Tsunade nodded and she even glared at Kushina, [damn brat, were you just suggesting, for my husband to tame my grandma, I take back my apology, you're completely crazy.]
Kushina felt Tsunade's hatred stare and she started a fierce contest with Tsunade.
'Tap'
'Tap'
"Food's ready, can you two stop, your chakra is flaring", Kuraiya gazed at the two before seating himself in front of them.
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King kai quote - to be my student, you must first pass a test and that is.. to make me laugh, I won't take on a student without a sense of humor.
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