Chapter 122: Revolutionary (18)
Tsunade hadn't mastered Sage Mode in these two weeks. But it didn't matter to her that much. After all, the bet had been voided and both of them also came to realize how making their actual relationship goals a bet would do them more harm than good. While Kai's age still felt a bit of a complication in Tsunade's eyes, she soon realized that Nawaki would, at the very least, need a few years to grow into an experienced Shinobi and by that point, Kai's situation would grow better, too. So, Tsunade was more than happy to take things slow despite their fun the one night much to Kai's chagrin.
To be fair, he did mind this somewhat. When a woman as ridiculously sexual as Tsunade denies more intimate touch... it's hard to not show your frustration. But balancing the situation was a much more tomboyish and 'smooth' Teen Tsunade that made Kai's evening interesting. Unlike the mature Tsunade, this younger version of her just had the perfect excuse to blend in with Mikoto, Kushina, and Nono... but clearly, the news of her somewhat acknowledged relationship with Kai did salt Nawaki's onions.
As if Kai cared. Nawaki may be his brother-in-law someday... but screw that. If Kai actually felt 'weird', he would have tried to 'respect' Yata, too, who happened to be his father-in-law— one of the many in the future, he hoped.
Tsunade did and that was her concern alone since she realized too that there were a few things she simply must meet head-on and one of them just happened to be a slightly embarrassed brother whose major complaint was not having a companion. Most of it, however, stemmed from Nawaki's envy and desire for Kai's skill. Not a new revelation, that's for sure, but again, it's not a situation that could be dealt with easily...
A good thing Jiraiya was still here. Nothing better than the path of a special 'grind' for a somewhat sour heart to vent that Jiraiya could arrange quickly enough.
Despite focusing on a much more interesting subject, however, Tsunade did now dawdle with her training... and a drive for strength didn't make her this disciplined.
Sure, in their world, might make right is the general consensus and Tsunade would definitely have experienced terrible things if she wasn't as strong as she is and this understanding SHOULD cause her to be naturally disciplined... but she wasn't.
She loved to gamble and drink, and waste her time. Lie around under a particularly toasty and warm winter afternoon sky. Pawn off her work to Nono. She truly gave the name Slug Princess a whole different meaning and the truth was Katsuyu was much more disciplined and hard-working ironically.
The Blonde Interim Matriarch had just come to realize that she... wanted praises. When she was young, she wanted praise from her Sensei and Granduncle. In her teen, she looked up to her parents before their eventual demise. For a little while, Tsunade also admired the 'Late' Mito Uzumaki...
But much to her embarrassment, she wanted someone else's praise. Not recognition, mind you. Tsunade simply didn't care if others acknowledged her skills after all the things she'd done... and as vain as it was... the 'praise' she wanted seemed to transcend the realms of just practice.
"Hmm? My my, if I didn't know any better, I would have thought Tsunade charmed you with more than her looks. To think someone who pounds little girls soar every morning would take the time to compliment Tsunade's hair..."
Orochimaru narrowed her eyes as Kai almost choked on the drink offered by a dark-haired toddler whose pupils remained slit-like akin to a serpent or Orochimaru. The boy was none other than Orochimaru's success in transplanting the Kekkei Genkai to another and forming a forbidden technique out of it since the failure would end in death... and any success would guarantee a talented seedling that would most likely rise to the level of an Elite Jonin.
'Phrasing, cunt,' Kai scowled while Tsunade bit her lower lip and remained silent. Nobody asked Kai to just suddenly notice her hair worn into a ponytail reminiscent of her youthful years rather than twintails... but she was glad nonetheless he did so.
"Want... some?" The little boy turned to look at Cinnamon who let out a soft hiss, causing the boy to shrug.
"Mitsuki, you may go and study," Orochimaru smiled as the boy nodded again. As the kid left, Kai couldn't help but question, "Didn't you name him Cinnamon Jr.?"
"I suppose..." Orochimaru smiled gently but her words were anything but kind, "If I am to treat a talented youth as a confidante and raise him... I must treat him as a human than a pet. The name of a pet would certainly not be beneficial in the long run. I wonder how Mitsuki would measure up to you as he grows."
"Well," Kai hummed, "Don't be too hard on him when he eventually fails to live to the glory that my name has become... But... why am I here?"
"Did you not ask me to visit the Ryuchi Cave?" Orochimaru smiled.
"I did. I want to see if Cinnamon can learn something, more notably, human speech. Or a sense of telepathic link." Kai could do something similar but it only worked well with human brains. It was a variant of the Yamanaka Clan's hiden... but when he tried it on Cinnamon, the results were barely any better than the Beast Chatter technique. Kai quickly understood that as long as Cinnamon doesn't know a way to convey her wants and needs through a medium other than emotions... he'd remain stuck on this stage.
Orochimaru nodded, "Well, you know me, Kai-kun. As brilliant as I think you are... our relationship has always been of mutual benefit. And we could argue... that the benefit I provided through Sage Transformation is greater than you have reciprocated with."
Matching her smile with a confused, almost dazed stare, Kai blurted, "Ya mad?"
Tsunade had to stifle her chuckle as Kai still kept his confused expression, "What I am providing is way more. If that Jutsu is completed, you WILL achieve your goal of learning as much as you want without being barred by things like funding and whatnot. If anything, you're in my debt. Possibly, forever."
Not losing her cools and instead revealing a broader smile, Orochimaru replied, "A debt of a lifetime... I guess that is one way to look at it."
"That's the only way to look at it," Kai scoffed and asserted. Tits may be good and all, but Kai was a man of reason and while he may have 'accidentally' goggled at Orochimaru's assets as she leaned forward, he committed to his task of keeping the shrew wench under his thumb... or so he hoped. But snakes are known to be slippery. They coil. They strangle. And they're certainly vicious. Not Cinnamon, she's a sweetheart... but the other snake had all the charm and none of the white-scaled pinky-sized snake's innocence as she licked her lips ever so slightly.
"If that is so... I should be a sincere debtor and find ways to pay off my debt, is that right? For a lifetime, I suppose, since this is a debt that shall remain till you or I remain."
"Fuck no," Tsunade interjected with a scowl, "Flirt around elsewhere and let me tell you, this is fucked up!"
She pointed and waved her index from Orochimaru to Kai, only for the former to giggle, "Oh, Tsunade. That was no flirting. I'm not a smooth talker like Jiraiya when it comes to whores or wives in need... nor am I like you who could land a budding talent," she emphasized the last bit with mischief clear in her eyes that made Tsunade purse her lips before continuing, "All I have is my knowledge that I would certainly wish to share with a like-minded individual. A life of work. A life with little rest but sweeter ones nonetheless. And maybe, a life of accomplishment where we only lament our intellect that has far surpassed the era and wholeheartedly wish for others to... catch up."
If this wasn't the hottest take on flirtation then Kai didn't know what was. The talk of grind was smooth over Bimborochi's lips. Her gaze remained locked with Kai's as he gulped slightly. And... Tsunade's caught something from the corner of her eyes.
"I... can't believe you got a boner from that!" She exclaimed, her hand smacking the back of his head with reproach evident in her tone as Kai broke out of his reverie and noted he wasn't in a Genjutsu...
"Well... I mean, don't blame me for this. My reactions are honest... it's the other party that's all messed up..." Kai grumbled under his breath.
Bad boner... but... honest.
Anyway, Orochimaru shifted the conversation soon and spoke, "I can take you to Ryuchi Cave but the risks are truly great. I don't know how the Sage will react to my survival and... your existence so adopt a disguise. And I can agree... that in the grand scheme of things, we both would need each other's expertise so we can dispense the coy act. We've hit a bit of a snag in our research and I know Tsunade wouldn't ask you for help... but try and deal with it herself before showing the result and maybe get a pat or two on her head."
Tsunade's lips twitched and vowed to master Sage Mode. Not for praise. But to beat the shit out of the Bimbo in front of her.
Truly, it's simple things like bets, booze, and vengeance that got Tsunade's motor running.
"My help? With that Cerberus and Headless Freak? Sure. When do I start?"
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With there being three years at the very least until the duo needed to provide some results in researching the two specimens, Orochimaru and Tsunade found it completely normal for Kai to take his time, too. And that he did. Instead of rushing into things, he went through the data collected by the other researchers and then the verification of the said data by Orochi and Tsunade...
Now, he could troll them and conduct the same thing all again just to verify their verification but... why do that? It's a low level of troll and instead of actually getting a rise out of the duo, he'd get mocked instead.
The Major Aspect of Trolling Arts was to annoy others. Not give them a sense of superiority by doing something stupid.
But Kai did find himself in the wonderful company of the Second Priest of this Jashin Cult— Fukushu.
"And you just got captured by Kumogakure's shinobi?" Kai questioned one thing after another after removing the shackles from Fukushu's limbs as he already had Hiraishin seals planted on the man and let him feel a bit cozier. The fact that Fukushu couldn't be killed in a normal sense made other researchers including Orochimaru almost orgasm at the thought of exploring a living body from within and dissecting it in hundreds of parts...
But Kai digressed from such behavior and Fukushu had shown himself to be sophisticated yet crazy enough to recognize another fellow that shared some similarities.
"That's all they could do," Fukushu shrugged as he looked around the plain cell and found many items that could be used to murder someone... but Kai was quick, something Fukushu realized during their first encounter. And... Fukushu happened to be the only individual outside of Konoha to know of Dragon Sennin's true Identity.
"And you like to eat humans? That's what they fed you, too?"
"No, I just ate out from my playmate. You call it Cerberus," Fukushu blinked, "But I have been baptized by Jashin-sama's nutritional cannibalistic diet, yes."
Kai nodded and continued without revealing any disgust if he felt it, "Have you met your Jashin-sama?"
Smilingly, Fukushu nodded, "I don't need to see my savior. He resides in my heart."
"He?" Kai raised his brow, "Jashin is a man?"
"He can be anything," Fukushu replied calmly and finally initiated a question of his own, "Are you going to cut me open and waste your time replicating Jashin-sama's wonder?"
Kai smiled instead, "Seeing how you're receptive to genjutsu, can starve to death, and can be melted to death, too, in my opinion... I'm not here to replicate anything. Maybe complete it..."
It was pretty easy to understand that Fukushu's 'immortality' was nothing. Kai could still 'kill' the man in a hundred different ways. After all, death is nothing but the decay of the body and the eventual passing of the soul... and Kai COULD just extract the said soul... This is also where Kai felt that the key to this Jashin was.
This was a jutsu alright... but just the kind that seemed to connect soul and consciousness to the body in an even more intimate manner. So, Fukushu wasn't a 'better' human in terms of physical sense... he was just different. A variant with more pronounced strengths and weaknesses.
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Title: Tsunade— Kai's Dress-Up Darling
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