"Humph!"
The Soul Lotus·Ari·Yin-Kurama snorted at Kushina's words, angrily saying in a delicate voice, "It's all because of your deadbeat husband who handed me over to this bastard."
"Couldn't beat him, couldn't escape, what do you expect me to do!"
Since being handed over to Shishou by the Fourth Hokage, Yin-Kurama's life had been miserable. It was either being devoured for its chakra or on the way to being devoured for its chakra. Any resistance was met with immediate punishment, making life unbearable.
Kushina, looking at Yin-Kurama, now turned into Ari and appearing somewhat pitiful while angry, pursed her lips. She recalled the last time she saw Yang-Kurama in Naruto, which had also turned into a golden-haired, sexy figure. This made her suspect it might be Shishou's peculiar fetish.
However, remembering what Yin-Kurama had said, Kushina finally believed Shishou's earlier claims.
"Sigh." With a sigh, Kushina looked at Shishou and said, "Tell me, how did you communicate with Minato?"
Putting the aggrieved Yin-Kurama back into the bottle, Shishou began recounting his encounters with the Fourth Hokage. Of course, he left out details about Mikoto, the prophecy, and his identity, only mentioning how the Fourth Hokage entrusted him with taking care of Naruto and Konoha.
Finally, Shishou looked at Kushina and said, "So, you and Naruto were entrusted to me by the late Fourth Hokage."
Hearing Shishou's shameless words, Kushina gritted her teeth in anger. She couldn't believe Minato would say such a thing.
Then she angrily shouted at Shishou, "Naruto can't even afford ramen, and this is how you take care of him!"
Shishou shrugged.
"If you want to see how Naruto is doing, go see for yourself."
Hearing this, Kushina became conflicted. She glanced at her tiny body and then narrowed her eyes, saying, "Take me to see Naruto, I agree to your terms!"
After all, with her body being so small, he couldn't possibly do anything to her.
Shishou, hearing her words, smiled brightly and extended his right hand to her.
"Come on."
Seeing his extended hand, Kushina bit her lip, flew onto his hand, and stood on it. Looking at the fairy-like Kushina standing on his palm, Shishou smiled.
As long as Kushina agreed and took the first step, he had plenty of ways to make her comply in the future.
With a light laugh, Shishou disappeared from the spot with Kushina.
"Let's go see our son."
Kushina: "..."
...
At the Konoha Ninja Academy.
Shishou appeared on the rooftop near the academy with Kushina.
"Look, there's our son."
Pointing at Naruto training in taijutsu on the field, Shishou said to Kushina.
"Go to hell!"
Kushina glared at Shishou, standing on his palm and looking in the direction he pointed. She immediately recognized Naruto among the crowd. She couldn't mistake that head of golden hair.
Shishou pointed to the people around Naruto and introduced them to Kushina.
"That's Kiba Inuzuka, he's very close to Naruto, the heir of the Inuzuka clan."
"Those three little ones, you should know them, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio."
"..."
After the introductions, Kushina watched Naruto play around with Kiba after their taijutsu training, smiling genuinely.
"Naruto has grown so much."
"And he's made friends, he looks so happy."
Seeing Naruto happy reassured Kushina.
Looking at his clone with Hinata and Ino, Shishou heard Kushina's words and smiled, "He's now the little prince of Konoha, fitting in with the clan heirs and having a great time."
Little prince?
Kushina looked at Shishou in surprise.
"Didn't you say Naruto was hated and ostracized by the villagers? How did he become the little prince?"
Shishou laughed, "I always keep my promises. I promised the Fourth Hokage I'd take care of Naruto, so I did."
"So I made sure he integrated with the clan heirs."
"After some time, Naruto became friends with them."
"Also, because of the Nine-Tails incident, the Akatsuki organization targeted Naruto, so the Third Hokage took him in and looked after him."
"Because of the Third Hokage's actions, the villagers' attitudes towards Naruto changed."
"That's how he became known as the little prince."
Hearing this, Kushina scratched her head, feeling a bit overwhelmed. The information was too much for her to process, especially since she had been sealed for so long and was unaware of the current events in the ninja world.
Sorting out her thoughts, Kushina asked the two questions that concerned her the most.
"How did you get Naruto to integrate with the clan heirs?"
"What is the Akatsuki organization? Why are they targeting Naruto?"
Shishou smiled, pointing at his clone, "That's actually my clone, and my identity is Naruto's classmate, Shishou Aburame."
Kushina had already formed a bond with him, so he couldn't hide this from her. It was better to tell her directly.
Naruto's classmate, Shishou Aburame...
Kushina's pupils contracted, looking at Shishou in disbelief.
Naruto is only eight or nine years old now, and as his classmate, you managed to win over Miko Miroku and now have designs on me?
What kind of monster are you?
Seeing Kushina's shocked expression, Shishou said, "Due to certain reasons, I dreamed of the future of the ninja world. In that dream, which felt incredibly real, I experienced many things and learned many secrets of the ninja world."
"That's how I knew about you and the Fourth Hokage being inside Naruto."
"Because of these experiences, I matured early. You can consider me an adult."
Shishou's explanation was essentially the story of his past life, which he had also told the Fourth Hokage.
Hearing this, Kushina looked at Shishou in surprise, "You can foresee the future?"
The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku also had the ability to foresee the future through dreams, as Minato had told her. But even the Great Toad Sage's visions were vague.
Having such vivid and detailed visions was something Kushina had never heard of.
"Sort of."
Shishou nodded noncommittally at Kushina's question.
Suspiciously, Kushina looked at Shishou and then asked, "What is the Akatsuki organization? Why are they targeting jinchuriki?"
Hearing this, Shishou continued, "The mysterious man who attacked you during childbirth and released the Nine-Tails to wreak havoc on Konoha is actually a member of the Akatsuki."
"And you should be familiar with his name."
Hearing that the culprit behind her death and the one targeting Naruto was a member of Akatsuki, Kushina's anger flared up. She looked at Shishou and asked sternly, "Who is he?"
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