The first day of team 7's journey was quite bland and boring. Boring in the sense that they weren't ambushed by any Bandits or met any Rogue Shinobi in their way.
Given team 7's track record of being attacked or ambushed by Bandits, they were expecting the same thing to happen in their Mission.
Unfortunately, nothing like that happened, and by the end of the day, Team Seven stopped next to a river to spend the night.
The area next to the river had a big open space where they could take out the wooden house.
"Alright! Let's stop here for today." With Kushina's orders, everyone stopped.
Naruto did not waste any time in taking out all the necessary supplies.
He took out everyone's bags, foldable tables and chairs, cooking utensils, and dry wood for the campfire. Naruto even brought spices, some dry meat, and even some vegetables.
Seeing all of this, the girls were left speechless. "Are you here for a vacation?" Sarada could not help but ask.
Hanabi and Sakura remained silent, but they also had the same question.
A shinobi is supposed to stay hidden outside of the village. However, what Naruto was doing was the complete opposite of what they were taught to do outside of the Ninja Academy.
"I just want our journey to be as smooth and enjoyable as possible," Naruto said with a smile.
Since he can carry so many things in his storage scroll, why not take full advantage of it?
"Naruto is right." Kushina sat on the chair and stretched her arms.
"I was the one who told him to bring all the vegetables and dry meats since I plan to cook for everyone." It was Kushina's idea.
"You girls might remember that during our last mission together, I said that since I lost to Naruto, I was in charge of cooking. Since I could not fulfill my promise at the time, I will do it in this mission. Just relax!!"
"But sensei, if we don't hide ourselves, there is a chance that we might be attacked by Bandits. What if some enemy Village Shinobi attack us when we have lowered our guard?"
"Sakura, what you all learned in the Ninja Academy is applicable to weak Shinobi. But we are team 7. With me being here, why are you all worried? And who the hell would dare to attack my students in the Land of Fire?" Kushina asked the last part in a cold tone. Her Crimson Hair floated like octopus tentacles.
Seeing this, Sakura and Hanabi felt pity for the Bandits who were going to attack them in the future.
"We are strong enough to ignore the rules. Besides, I am sure Naruto will protect you all here." Naruto was busy setting up the campfire so that his mom could cook.
But hearing Kushina mentioning his name, he stopped and added. "If you girls are feeling uncomfortable, I can create a giant dome covering a 1 km area. The giant dome will be strong enough to block even A-rank Jutsu. Not even a worm will be able to enter the dome without my permission." Although Naruto has never tried this before but he was sure he could make it.
This was one of the Crystal Style's abilities. In his world, it was that woman who did this.
"There is no need," Hanabi replied in Sakura's place.
"Yeah!! It would be a bit excessive."
"We can just take turns to watch during the nighttime."
"Girls, if you want you can fill the wooden buckets with water and clean yourself in the wooden house." As a woman, Kushina understood just how much women valued cleanness.
As expected, none of the girls rejected her offer. In fact, Sakura was going to ask Naruto to take out the wooden house so that they could take a bath.
Seeing this, Naruto created a clone to take out the wooden house.
"Sensei, why don't you join us?" Hanabi asked. Since they were all girls, there was no problem.
"You can just leave a clone to do the cooking." Kushina wanted to refuse. The reason she suggested this whole bath idea is so that she can spend some private time with her son. But now, her plan had been ruined.
She was in an awkward position. Since Hanabi even went so far as to suggest creating a clone to do the cooking, Kushina did not have any strong excuse to escape taking a bath with the girls.
"Alright!!"
Sakura, Hanabi, and Sarada, each carried two wooden buckets and went to the river to fill the buckets with water.
"It seems your plan has failed," Naruto said while chuckling.
"Hmph....!!" Kushina snorted. She did not hide her displeasure.
Naruto looked at the girls. Seeing them chatting and laughing by the river, he stood up.
Kushina was peeling a potato when Naruto grabbed her left boob and gave a firm squeeze. Through her clothes, when he pinched her nipples, she let out a lewd moan.
Ah.....!!
As soon as she realized what she had done, she instantly covered her mouth while glaring at Naruto. She quickly looked back.
Sigh!!!
'Fortunately, they weren't watching.' Kushina sighed in relief.
But she still glared at Naruto for doing something like this. But he just shrugged.
"Don't do anything naughty."
"Yet.....!!" Hearing the last part, Naruto smiled. He felt his dick hardening a little.
The thought of having sex while hiding from his teammates was really exciting. Just the thought of it made his dick twitch.
After a while, the girls were done.
"Do you want hot water? We can heat it over the fire for you." Kushina asked.
"I prefer the cold river water." It was Summer, so everyone preferred cold water.
"Me too....!!" Hanabi and Sakura agreed with Sakura.
"Alright, let's go!!" Kushina was the first one to enter the house.
"Naruto-kun, you're not allowed to peek?" Hanabi playfully said before entering.
"I don't mind if it's you...!!" Sakura mumbled something in a very low tone that Naruto did not hear anything. But Sarada, who was behind her, heard her.
After Sakura entered, Sarada stopped at the entrance. She turned around and glanced at Naruto. "Don't look." She said in a very cold tone, almost as if jealous of what Sakura said about Naruto.
But Naruto sat in front of the campfire, looking very confused about her words.
'I have no interest in peeking.' Naruto thought to himself. He wondered why the girls thought that he would peek.
He wasn't a pervert like his master.
Yes, he was interested in them, but he wasn't going to act like a creep or pervert. 'I am a very righteous Man.'
It seems the Village Hero has forgotten that in his previous world, he landed a punch on Kaguya, seeing one of his perverted Jutsu. It seems he has forgotten that he is the inventor of the infamous Sexy Harem Jutsu.
"What are you thinking?" Kushina's clone asked him.
"Nothing! Just some random stuff." Naruto said while staring at the campfire.
Kushina's clone glanced at the house before looking at Naruto. "You know, you should do something about these girls."
"What do you mean, mom?" The Crimson Haired Uzumaki asked with a look of confusion.
"You know that they all love you, right?" To which Naruto nodded. He has been aware of their feelings. After all, ever since he started living with his mom, he has learned many new things that no one in his old world bothered to teach him.
"You should respond to their feelings," Kushina advised him. The rest was on his shoulders. Regardless of what her son wanted, she was going to back him.
"I know! But I just don't know where to begin and whom to begin with." Naruto was surprised when Kushina began rubbing his hair.
"Don't worry, just follow your heart and be sincere with them. I am sure every one of them will understand." Naruto thought for a few seconds before nodding his head.
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'Man, I kind of miss Konan. I wonder how she is doing.' Naruto wanted to see Konan, but he knew that this wasn't possible at the time.
Acho.....!!!
"Konan, are you alright?" Nagato asked. This was the first time he had seen Konan sneeze.
"I am fine," Konan replied in a cold tone.
"How is everything going in Hidden Rain Village?" Nagato asked Konan. Since he was always staying, he did not know about the outside world. It was through Konan that he obtained all the information.
"Just as we planned," Konan replied in an emotionless tone. This was a completely different Konan from the Konan that Naruto had met. This Konan was colder and more brutal.
"We have been able to suppress the news of Hanzo's death from leaking. But I do not think we can suppress this news for too long. After all, other villages are constantly trying to send their spies to the Hidden Rain Village."
It was extremely difficult to find all the spies or stop them from getting any valuable info.
"Our preparation is nearly complete. Just try to hold on for a few more months. After that, the Akatsuki will reveal itself to the world." In place of Nagato, another man who 100% looked like their dead friend said these words.
"Alright!! I will try." After Hanzo and everyone related to him was slaughtered within a single night by Nagato, the hidden Rain village fell into his hand. But he, using the powers of the Akatsuki, suppressed the news. The village's bottom-level Shinobi did not even know that Hanzo was dead. They were just following the orders that came from the top.
"Have you found the Location of the Nine Tails?" Nagato asked. The Nine Tails disappeared when the 4th Hokage died.
"I am not sure!! It's difficult to gather information from Konoha. If Orochimaru hadn't betrayed us, then maybe we could have extracted information about the location of the Nine Tails." Konan said in a cold tone.
"How about using Itachi?" Konan suggested.
"No need!! I have asked him about this matter, but he does not know anything."
"I suspect that the Nine tails was separated into two. One was sealed within Kushina, and the other part was sealed somewhere else. Maybe within the 4th-Hokage himself." For years, everyone has been suspecting this but there hasn't been any confirmation.
In this world, after this incident, any information regarding the Nine Tails was suppressed. The Hokage and others spread the rumor that the 4th Hokage had sealed the Nine Tails in a mysterious place forever.
"Kushina is the only lead we have now. But it will be very difficult to catch that woman." Everyone knew just how terrifying her Fuinjutsu powers were.
"Besides, she very rarely leaves the village."
"Your information is outdated, Konan," Nagato said.
"I have learned from other members that her son has recently returned to the Village. It was as if her son mysteriously appeared in this world. We did not find any trace of his previous location."
"I have a strong feeling that the Nine-Tails is either within Kushina or within her son named Naruto."
"The probability of the Nine tails being sealed within Kushina is very high since the Host cannot survive the extraction, but she is still alive, which means that..."
"Kushina has the nine-tails." Konan completed Nagato's sentence.
Still, all of this was just speculation. There was no concrete evidence. Someone needed to go to Konoha and verify this information.
"How about we send Itachi for this mission? He knows Konoha better than any of us." Nagato nodded, agreeing with Konan's suggestion.
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