In Amegakure, a month after Naruto and Hinata's wedding, Kaguya and Konan decided to relax together in the sauna.
"I'm glad to be back in Amegakure. It was a nice experience spending some time in Konohagakure, but there's no better place than being in your own home." Konan muttered, stretching. Her body covered by a towel.
"If you keep stretching like that, you're going to tempt me." I said, looking at the bead of sweat running down her forehead and onto her exposed thigh.
She was sweating from the steam of the sauna.
"I think I'd die of suffocation if we did it in the sauna." She replied amused.
"Well, aside from a small increase in temperature, I don't feel much here. If I want to take a hot bath I need to immerse myself in my volcanic dimension to feel anything." I said, jealous. My body had become extremely strong and resistant to this kind of mundane things.
"Whenever you want we can switch." Konan said jokingly.
We both laughed for a few seconds before changing the subject. "I think it's time for me to visit Orochimaru. I should be done with the errand I gave him last time."
"You've given him more time than agreed upon," she said, now in a more serious tone, remembering that I gave her a time limit at our last meeting.
"I've been busy. The children must be prepared to be transferred here, to Amegakure."
"You've done so much for Amegakure, I can never thank you enough," Konan said, slowly approaching her and kissing her.
"I know a way…" I slurred my words as I said it.
Konan and her smiled before exiting the sauna. The two quickly headed to their room.
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Orochimaru's lab was still as sinister as ever. Although Orochimaru had made some minor changes since her last visit.
As she entered, she was greeted by a series of narrow, dark hallways leading to various rooms.
The rooms are filled with scientific experiments, advanced medical equipment, and ninja technology. Orochimaru uses the lab to conduct illegal research and genetic experiments. Unfortunately, since Yamato was sent to watch over him, he hadn't been working as hard as he'd like.
He still seemed to dream of immortality, though he had taken a break, or maybe that's what he made out to others.
Peeking into a room, she immediately closed it, feeling disgusted by what she saw behind the door. Hundreds of chambers where Orochimaru kept his spare bodies.
Orochimaru had developed a body transfer technique that allows him to prolong his life. It seems that she was now using clones to increase her lifespan, and not the bodies of other Shinobi with more talent than her own.
It was a nice change in the right direction. She wondered how long this change would last.
She felt, behind the same door she had closed, a liquid life form creeping stealthily under the door, trying to catch her off guard.
She stopped hiding her Chakra and expelled it outwards, directing her killing intent towards the hallway, causing the entire laboratory to shake.
The liquid life form, Suigetsu, returned to his physical form and jumped away from Kaguya when he realized that she was not his opponent. When it seemed that he was about to attack her with his sword, Kubikiribōchō, left her pinned to the ground and prostrated himself before her, trembling.
"Please do not kill me. I am a simple ant that deserves to be ignored by you and your greatness." He said, trying to get out of the mess he had gotten himself into.
Orochimaru quickly appeared when he sensed her Chakra signature in the lab. Suigetsu ran up to him and hid behind his back, smiling sneakily, knowing that she was safe now.
"Oh. Kaguya-sama, it's a surprise to see you here." Orochimaru said with open arms and a smile that annoyed her.
"You know why I'm here, don't waste my time." I replied. I wasn't in the mood to play her games.
He wanted to get this over with and go home to Konan. Delta had also asked him to visit her to play a video game, apparently he had taken a liking to them.
His day was very busy today.
"Of course. Follow me here." he replied, leading her along.
He glared at Suigetsu before walking behind Orochimaru. Suigetsu took this as his chance and ran off.
Arriving at the room where the children were supposed to be, she saw them in a simulated unconscious state, on metal stretchers. Some tubes were connected to their bodies, giving them the nutrients necessary for their survival.
She decided not to comment on it and looked at him with a frown. "Get them ready. I'll bring my people to take them away."
With that said, I opened a portal from which Delta emerged, accompanied by two Elite Jōnin from Amegakure and six Chūnin. Konan had prepared them for this moment.
Orochimaru looked at Delta for a few seconds before looking away and starting to wake up the children. He had been surprised by the Rinnegan on her forehead, identical to Kaguya's.
Unlike Kaguya, Delta didn't hide it.
As for Kaguya, she hid it for a silly reason. She simply hated the idea of looking like Tien Shin Han from Dragon Ball.
I was surprised when, one of the many children, a short girl around two or three years old, possessed Rinnegan in her left eye. That was what I was looking for. These children will become the future of Amegakure.
"She's coming with me." I said, stopping one of the Chūnin who took the little girl by the hand.
The girl walked towards her and stared at her, showing her little hand for her to grab. She had already delved into Orochimaru's mind and memories to try to find out if he had done anything to these children, fortunately, nothing of what she thought happened.
Certainly, Orochimaru had been surprised when one of the children awakened Rinnegan. He even thought of hiding her and keeping her.
He eventually gave up on the idea of doing so, remembering that he could jeopardize his deal with Kaguya if she found out.
As for the girl, the little girl possesses a striking childlike beauty.
Her hair is snow white and falls in soft waves to her shoulders. Her eyes, large and expressive, reveal a fascinating duality: in her left eye, the Rinnegan, with its multiple concentric purple circles. On the other hand, her right eye shows the Sharingan, with a single tomoe rotating around its pupil. Her Sharingan suddenly disappeared, revealing her black iris, like any other Uchiha.
Her face shines with a charming innocence. Her cheeks are chubby, full of childish fat, with a turned-up nose. Her smile, contagious and full of joy, reveals two small teeth peeking out, adding a playful touch to her face.
Her baby teeth hadn't fully grown in yet.
She also wears a colorful and comfortable childish dress. Orochimaru seemed to have provided them with everything they needed until he came to pick them up.
I smiled back and took her small hand, though she pulled away and grabbed my pinky, making me laugh at her action.
When everyone returned to Amegakure except for the two of them, I made my smile disappear and looked at Orochimaru, pulling out a small vial from the bottom of my pocket.
"We're even," I said, tossing it to him. I then picked up the girl and the two of us dove into the portal.
Orochimaru immediately set out to investigate Ōtsutsuki's DNA, and was quickly shocked when he noticed no changes to the human DNA. Orochimaru slammed the vial against the wall when he realized he had been tricked.
Did he really think Kaguya would keep her end of the deal? Not with someone like him.
The saying goes, "Don't make deals with the devil." And currently, in this world, the only demon-like existence, was Kaguya.