"Maybe…"
"Sensei, this kind of thing is still… still too early for Kage-kun!"
Hinata's face was completely red as she hurriedly interrupted Yuhi Kurenai.
'What if… what if because of sensei's words, that wicked kunoichi from the Hidden Cloud Village managed to get her hands on Kage-kun's body. That will be terrible!'
'But even though that female ninja from the Cloud Village is an enemy, and even just now tried to launch a sneak attack on Kage, why does he keep her around?'
'Could it be… because…'
Hinata silently lowered her head and looked at her own chest, which was still developing and not even as big as Kurenai's.
'If the Kage-kun in reality has the same preferences as the one in my dream…'
Then she understood why Uchiha Kage would keep someone like Samui, an enemy, by his side.
Because that pair of weapons on her chest were the most formidable she had ever seen.
Even the her in the dream might not be able to compare…
'Maybe no one in this world can surpass that woman?' [T/N: Tsunade: 'Are you sure?']
"Although the matter of having children is indeed a little early, there's nothing wrong with telling Kage in advance, right?"
Yuhi Kurenai didn't quite understand why Hinata interrupted her.
"Don't you want to give birth to seven or eight of Kage's children in the future?"
"I…"
Let's not even talk about the dream, but in reality, she and Kage were still perfectly innocent.
'What on earth is sensei saying?'
Hinata was utterly defeated by Kurenai's words and started steaming from the top of her head, unable to say anything more.
"What about you? Are you already fantasizing about having kids with Hinata?"
After turning Hinata into a steam girl, Yuhi Kurenai teasingly looked at her precious student.
"Didn't expect… sensei would have such a strange idea, revitalizing a clan through childbearing."
'Isn't that something I jokingly said to cheer up Sasuke before?'
'How come even Kurenai-sensei is thinking like this…'
"H-How is it strange? T-This is a very normal thing… even my father…", Rather than being misunderstood by Uchiha Kage for having feelings for him, Yuhi Kurenai was more afraid of being seen as a "weird sensei."
'I am not weird at all!'
She just… wanted to fulfill her father's dying wish, and while at it, give this naughty disciple a little push to revitalize the Uchiha clan.
"So that means sensei also wants to have seven or eight?"
"No! When did I ever say I wanted to have seven or eight with you…"
'It will be best to have a boy and girl, maybe twins, that will be enough. Three will be nice too. Hmm… five at most.'
'Any more than that…'
Yuhi Kurenai felt she couldn't afford to raise them.
"I never said sensei would be the one giving birth to my kids."
"I…"
"Sensei, after what happened at the hot springs, now you want to have kids with me too?", Uchiha Kage also looked at the flustered female teacher with a teasing expression.
Looking at the seductive charm, panic, and the faint glimmer of anticipation deep in Kurenai's wine-red eyes, Uchiha Kage couldn't help but recall the time in the dream space.
When he pinned that NPC Kurenai, who always acted like a newlywed wife asking "bath first, dinner first, or me first", against the wall and supported her from behind, her expression as she looked back at him, was exactly the same as now.
'Speaking of which, the Kurenai-sensei in the dream space didn't have any scars on her stomach. Which means the NPC and the real person aren't the same.'
Knowing that, Uchiha Kage felt both relieved and a bit disappointed.
But since they weren't the same, then from now on he could act a little more freely.
"Sensei, didn't you say we'd go eat together?", Seeing the two steam girls, one big one small, and a zoning-out Uchiha Kage, Shino, who had been silently playing the role of background lighting, had to speak up and break the weirdly awkward silence.
Otherwise, if they kept standing here, they'd probably still be stuck by nightfall.
"Oh… right!", Yuhi Kurenai, snapping out of the awkward and shy moment, gave Uchiha Kage a fierce glare.
'Who said this guy is dense…'
'This naughty disciple not only bullied Hinata, but can even leave me speechless.'
"It's always sensei who pays. Today, let's have this guy treat!"
'Time to pick a fancy restaurant and bleed this naughty disciple dry.'
'If he runs out of money later… I can just make more bento for him.'
Although she was still worried sick about Hinata's love troubles, that didn't stop Kurenai from having her own little plans.
"Umm…"
Just as Team 8's four members were about to head to a restaurant in Konoha, a somewhat unexpected figure came chasing after them.
"Please wait a moment."
"Dad?", Hinata, upon seeing her father's figure, also snapped out of her steam girl mode.
"Hiashi-sama, what's the matter?"
Seeing that it was Hyuga Hiashi who had stopped them, Yuhi Kurenai's tone was a bit indifferent.
Back in the Hidden Mist Village, her impression of the Hyuga clan head wasn't that great.
"It's like this. I'd like to invite all of you to my home. After all, as Hinata's father, I've never…"
"Dad!"
'Could it be that dad wants to assess Kage-kun again, calling him to the house?'
Hinata glared at her father, slightly angry.
"It's not what you're thinking, Hinata…"
'My daughter is scolding me again!'
'This is actually the second time she's scolded someone in her life!'
Hiashi even felt a little proud.
Of course, if the person she scolded both times weren't him, and both were for the sake of protecting that boy named Uchiha Kage, he'd probably be even happier.
"What happened last time in the Land of Water was my fault, and as Hinata's father, for something so worthy of celebration like her promotion to chunin at this age, I thought it appropriate to invite her classmates and sensei over…", Whether as a father or a high-ranking jōnin and head of the village's top clan, Hiashi planned to ease his relationship with Team 8.
Especially with a certain Uchiha Kage, who might very well be his future son-in-law…
"That's all?", Hinata seemed a bit unsure.
'What's gotten into father today, being this gentle?'
"Yes, of course, also regarding the attack during today's chunin exam… I don't think it was just a power outage or some minor trick by the Hidden Sand Village."
Considering Asuma had been controlled by genjutsu, Hiashi thought this matter needed to be discussed properly with Kurenai and Uchiha Kage.
Not to mention, he had just heard from his clan subordinates that ANBU and Root were brawling inside the Hokage building.
'Something is definitely off with Konoha.'
He felt as if a giant hand was manipulating things behind the scenes.
"Alright then, I haven't visited the Hyuga clan in a while either. Thank you for the invitation."
Yuhi Kurenai also felt that today's events were rather unusual.
———
"Orochimaru… as long as you don't keep an eye on him, he'll exploit a loophole."
The events at the chunin exam site were quickly reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
'However, that young man Uchiha Kage really handled things well.'
'He didn't tarnish Konoha's reputation, nor did he overly offend the 'Kazekage.''
'What a good child.'
"Jiraiya hasn't returned from the frontlines yet?"
"Not yet…"
The ANBU ninja in charge of communication paused before relaying Jiraiya's words.
"Lord Jiraiya said there are indeed signs of movement from the Hidden Sand Village toward the Fire Country border. To protect the border, he…"
"He doesn't plan to come back, huh?"
What protection. What he wants is an ambush, to wipe out the incoming Sand shinobi and then counterattack to seize the Sand Village.
'That guy thinks he's clever, thinking if he doesn't return, he won't have to follow orders?'
Hiruzen let out a cold snort in frustration.
"Lord Jiraiya… did say something along those lines," The communication ninja instinctively toned down Jiraiya's exact words.
In truth, Jiraiya had been quite blunt.
"That kid's always like this, so stubborn."
'Bold and infuriating when he should behave, overly cautious when he shouldn't.'
Hiruzen shook his head, deciding not to worry about Jiraiya for now.
Once he subdues Orochimaru, Jiraiya will naturally fall in line.
That's how it works, one force restrains another.
However, now comes the problem, 'How am I supposed to deal with Orochimaru, that once obedient and now utterly rebellious disciple?'
After the communication ninja left, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the two rare items on his desk.
One was the treasure left to him by 'Tobirama-sensei', the Future Notebook.
The other was the Mangekyo Sharingan he had just acquired from Danzo, belonging to Uchiha Shisui.
"Should I use the power of Kotoamatsukami?"
After tucking the Future Notebook close to his body, Hiruzen turned his gaze to Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan.
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