Cap 252: ¡Wu wu!

"Okay, that was fun... I really needed that," said Kurama as he looked at his children. He was still tired, but at least now he had a smile on his face when he saw how happy the kids were.

"Nishishi" - Naruto burst out laughing. He had heard from his mother that his father was annoyed.

"Look Daddy!" - exclaimed Izumi as she spun around her axis, only for a smokescreen to surround her body.

*Poof!*

Kurama was surprised when the curtain disappeared and showed a small reddish-orange fox with black tufts on its fur - "Wuu wuu!

"Okay, I'm surprised," said Kurama as he looked at his princess with a smile on his lips. "I didn't think you'd be able to transform so quickly"

Izumi did a half flip, only to fall when she couldn't land properly - "Woo!"

"I told you, you had to practice more," said Naruto as he shook his head.

"Did you know?" - asked Kurama in surprise as he looked at his two sons - "Why didn't you tell me before?"

"Because we decided that we would tell you when the three of us had succeeded in transforming ourselves" - answered Naruto while he and Ryu were surrounded by a smokescreen.

"Wu wu!" - Naruto quickly jumped in front of his sister and helped her to get up. He had the appearance of Kurama when he transformed into his Bijuu form, only when he was a cub. Ryu, on the other hand, was similar to Naruto, only with black marks on his back.

"Ok, I understand... but you'd better get back to normal" - said Kurama as the three little foxes returned to their original form.

"Ouch..." - Izumi was about to cry from the pain, only to feel it disappear as she felt her father's hand in her hair - "Daddy?"

"Don't worry... I'm sure you'll be able to perform that trick soon" - smiled Kurama as he saw his little princess nodding firmly.

"Tousan... When can we get more tails?" - asked Naruto as he tilted his head in confusion.

"As I told you before, it will be when you are stronger," replied Kurama as Naruto nodded.

"I see you've arrived," said Kushina as she watched her husband stand with the children talking at the entrance to the mansion. "'And as far as I can see, something important has happened"

"You won't believe what happened," answered Kurama as he explained what had just happened.

"Really?" - asked Kushina with a smile on her face - "Can I see it?"

"Un! - The three children nodded before turning back into foxes, all before the eyes of Kushina who only hugged them carefully - "Wuuuuu!"

"You are so cute" - said Kushina while hugging the little fox cubs - "Aw, I've never seen such soft and cute little fur balls as you"

"Wu wuwu!" - exclaimed the little ones as they tried to get out of the hands of the red-haired woman.

"Where did you get those cubs, Kushina?" - asked Mikoto with a frown, only to notice a slight detail in one of them - "Izumi-chan?"

"Woo! - exclaimed the little fox with the black locks.

"How?" - asked Mikoto in surprise as she took her daughter in hand.

"How did you know it was her? - asked Kushina as she looked at her clan sister.

"Because it is impossible for a mother not to recognize her child," answered Mikoto seriously as she caressed her daughter's fur.

"Right..." - said Kushina as she hugged the little fox Naruto.

"Okay, I think that's enough, if you keep hugging the children like that, you're going to suffocate them" - replied Kurama as he rolled his eyes - "Now, I want you to put them down, so they can return to their original shape"

"Ok..." - Kushina said reluctantly because she really enjoyed hugging her son.

"Ugh... I almost lost my breath..." - mumbled Naruto when he returned to normal - "Kaasan..."

"I'm sorry, son" - Kushina apologized as she stroked her son's hair - "I just couldn't help myself"

"Just... don't hug so hard..." - responded Naruto as he shook his body.

"Okay, next time I'll hug you more gently," Kushina nodded as she took her son and rubbed him against her cheek - "Well, we'd better change the subject… Tell me how it went"

"It was fun, Kushina mama" - answered Ryu while looking at the redhead - "The people of the village are nice and there are many children to play with"

"That's good to hear, especially since you're finally going to have friends your own age" - smiled Kushina as she saw how the children seemed to be much happier than in Konoha.

"We better go to dinner, remember that tomorrow you have to train in the morning, so you have to go to bed early" - said Mikoto seriously.

"Ok!" - exclaimed the children.

* * * * *

"Ok, the situation is starting to stabilize" - said Ao while looking at the reports given by his shinobis - "With that improvement in the general performance, our level will return to the time it was before the Kekkei Genkai War".

"In fact, we already surpassed that level" - responded Chojuro while he continued helping his paternal figure - "I can even tell you that the clans that had escaped from Kiri, are returning slowly"

"Excellent, that's good" - smiled Ao while he then burst out laughing at how happy he was at this moment. For the first time in his life, he could finally say that he felt fulfilled - "This must be celebrated, call the council, we have to make the necessary preparations".

"As you command, Ao-sama" - replied Chojuro as he retired.

"Finally, finally Kiri is returning to be what it was..." - said Ao as tears of happiness ran down his cheeks - "I wish you could see this, Yagura-sama..."

With the return of Itachi and the revelation of Tobi's true identity, many secrets came to light, like the fact that Obito had controlled Yagura, the old Mizukage and Jinchuriki of the Sanbi to destroy Kiri little by little.

"The revenge of a man in love... is more dangerous than I thought..." - murmured Ao as he sighed with regret at hearing the reason for all this - "And I thought women were vengeful..."

"I guess that's why you're still single and without a family despite your age" - said an older woman as she walked into the office of the current Mizukage - "I guess old habits never die"

"I don't think you have the right to speak, you old hag" - snorted Ao while looking at the woman - "You have lived all your life as director of that damned academy, making all the cadets who pass through those doors suffer with that damned rule of killing their classmates...".

"I did it for the good of Kiri!" - roared the woman fiercely - "I will not allow you to belittle all my efforts!

"Because of your so-called efforts, we have lost a lot of shinobis who could have brought a revolution to our village!" - roared Ao fiercely as he unconsciously activated his Byakugan - "You may think you did the right thing, but the price to pay for your arrogance is the lives of hundreds of our loyal shinobis!"

". . ." - the woman was silent when she heard this because she had no argument to defend herself this time, after all, she knew that, thanks to her orders, many lives had been lost.

"I'm sorry... it's just that..." - sighed Ao.

"No, I apologize too" - said the woman as she shook her head - "We'd better wait for the others to arrive..."

"At least you understand that the actions of your past were not as good as you thought" - said Ao while he closed his eyes - "At least you show that with the change of rules you made since Mei-sama was in charge"

The woman did not respond, she just nodded silently as she slowly closed her eyes.

A deep silence invaded the place while the two waited for the others to arrive.

"Oh? Am I not the first?" - asked a man as he entered the Mizukage office - "Oh, but isn't it Kyoko-sama?"

"Ken, it's been a while since we've seen each other," said the woman named Kyoko.

"Yes... since I had to kill my best friend, so I could graduate..." - said Ken neutrally as the woman shrank from his cold stare - "Okay, I'm sorry about that... it's just that..."

"No, I'm the one who has to apologize..." - said Kyoko as she shook her head - "I'm sorry..."

". . ." - Ken was silent for a few seconds before he let out a sigh.

"It's strange to hear you apologize, Kyoko-sama," said another man as he walked in with five other people, each of whom was a different age.

"That means I'm aware of my mistakes," replied Kyoko as she shook her head.

"I see... it's better late than never" - answered the first man who entered the group - "But well, I think it's better to leave that topic for another time, after all, we haven't come to talk about the past, much less about rules that are no longer in circulation".

"Right, sorry about that, Ao-sama" - said everyone present.

"Okay, let's start the meeting" - said Ao as he ignored everything that had happened during these few minutes.