Chapter 61 - Back on the island (1/2)
”Woom,” Kai and Kari stepped out of the seal back into the living room. Kai sent a message to everyone then shot off.
”Kai wait!” Kari yelled. ”Damn it! I am sorry.”
”What is going on here?” Anko asked from the couch. They both had appeared a little away from her while she was feeding. ”Why do you look so upset?”
”It did not go well.. not at all,” Kari said as she sat down. ”We fought. We have never fought before. It did not go well. I.. I screwed up and he did not take it kindly.”
”It can not be that bad,” Oreo said from the kitchen with Hisa. They both walked in and saw Kari's face. She was actually crying. ”What in the world did he do?”
Kari then explained the argument then what she did and what he did. Then for how close to a year, they barely spoke after that. ”Oh just wow.”
”So the cabin,” Anko said next. ”He made the cabin by hand from his chakra. And you burned most of it down. That can not be the real reason. That seems to small.”
”I would be pissed if I burnt our cabin down. I rather he breaks it bending me over something. Hehe.” Oreo rembered the amount of damage they did inside the place. ”But I would be upset about the lake. I really like the lake. He likes it to.”
”Knock Knock. Bad ladies, bad,” Saresha said appearing. ”Hi, all. So who do I owe for this bout of miserable chakra you call it.” In her hand was a murky gray chakra that you had gathered. ”Your husband is leaking it out while flying over my oceans. Thankfully I got him to stop and stay still.”
”Are you stupid woman?” Saresha said with a sneer. ”Why does he like you so much, I can only wonder. But Kari I understood.”
”Actually she is right. You tend to have his ear more than we do. Well, interpret him better than we do.” Oreo said.
”It is because you all havent been good wives,” Kari said. ”I guess I am in that group now to.”
”I am a good wife!” Hisa said adamantly. ”Have not screwed up since the first time. All though I am mad him and Kimimaro cook better than me Hmph.”
”Ok, maybe not all of you,” Kari said smiling wrily. ”But how much have you asked of Kai. Personal like. Do you know his favorite color? He definitely knows yours.”
”Its...” Oreo said thinking about it. ”I do not know actually.”
”Shit I dont know.” Anko
”Its different shades of blue,” Hisa said. ”Almost all blue, except periwinkle. He does not like that one.” She then got up to get a drink for herself.”
”I know his favorite weapons. And that he really likes water and fire. But not poisons. He hates poisons.” Oreo added. ”It has been busy is all to learn the simple things. Ugh, that sounds bad now that I say it.”
”Wait, if it disppeared what would happen?”
”He would forget you duh. The area is most likely full of his power and contained a memory of you two togethor or something meaningful you inspired. If the cabin disappeared then the place would most likely disappear as well. Along with his memories and feelings for you.” Saresha observed her intently. ”It will be fine. Just new marriage blues is all.”
”Would he forget about Karin as well?” Kari asked.
”No.” Saresha shook her head. ”His feelings for her and the others are different. I told you to be careful just the other day. Then you screw it up! Ugh, I have no idea how to fix this. I hope he does not go devil.”
”Come on it is just an argument,” Pakura said.
”The problem is what she means to him dum dum.” Saresha put her hand up and several different orbs appeared in front of them each. ”Your energy, or ”chakra” as you call it. It has been growing exponentially here. Part because I allowed chakra into this world from him, also because he has been subconsciously sending chakra to you all.”
”That is why I am healthier,” Haruka said. ”But I am not his wife or one of the women he is sleeping with.”
”It is because he wants you to live. Passing thoughts of new gods. The excess power they have passes over to people they want to live. Your chakra just makes it to easy. Although..” Saresha looked her up and down. ”You would make a good woman for him. Same traits as Hisa with a dash of what Pakura has.”
”Why is Oreo's one bigger than mine?” Pakura asked. ”I have known him longer.”
”Yeah but mine is getting small as well,” Chrysa said.
”You two are not close, that is why. The closer you are to him the bigger and stronger it is. That and the closer to you are becoming divine yourselves. It would be wise to raise your chakra like I told you all already. Stop slacking off.” Saresha grumbled. She thought about yelling at them but remember they were new half-gods. 'Enough children for several pantheons. Guess Carn did something right.'
”Hmm, why has mine become so large?” Mastica asked. ”It is just a little smaller than Hisa's.”
”You two have spun a lot more time together recently. You are a horny little thing.” Tsume said smiling. ”I take it also shows how much he can count on us for some things?” Saresha gave her a nod. ”So out of everyone here, he has the least amount of trust in Chrysa. The most in Oreo, then Pakura. Everyone else about the same. Guess medium from the size of it.”
”So it is shrinking because he can not count on me anymore?” Kari asked.
”Wait.. Kai always told you everything right? So you screwed up finally. Hah, that is rich.” Chrysa said laughing at the woman's misfortune. ”Finally you are no longer his favorite.”
”It is not funny child!” Saresha said with a little coldness in her voice. ”If she has screwed up, it means he is weaker. It also means he lost his support for moving forward.”
”He has us,” Pakura said.
”Not all of you can bear the weight. She can. Well, could anyway. It makes no sense. You have already awakened your divinity.” Saresha just kept thinking for a few minutes then stopped once she realized something. ”Are you going to fight in the war with him?”
”Who is going to fight in the war with him out of all of you? The culminating battle that decides your world's fate.” Saresha looked at the raised hands and frowned at that results. ”Oreo, Tsume, Mastica, Hisa, and Hozumi. That will not do at all. Haa, its Pandemonium at work that is why it went so bad. Kai has just jumped to conclusions. I can fix this now.”
”Wait, the final battle of our world. The great enemy he has talked about I take it then?”
”Yes. Kai has already altered the future for you all. Several of you are supposed to be dead already. I am not gonna say who, but if it stays like this.” Saresha shook her head. ”He will die and good bit of you all as well.
”I will not let papa die!” TenTen said coming down the stairs. She had been eavesdropping since Kai first returned. Karin and Kimimaro were with her. ”If Mama won't fight I will. That is why I am training.”
”Her chakra orb is.. massive.” Pakura said.
”So is the other two. About the same as.. Kari's but brighter.” Anko stated.
”I see. That is where his heart is.” Saresha stood up and walked over to TenTen and the others. With a quick tap, they were out cold. ”Do not worry they will not remember this conversation. What three powerful children. They have been raised well.” She handed them off to Hisa to deal with. Who then left. ”Each have one of his aspects already. Glad he placed the seal on them to slow it down. Have it happen more in your world than here.”
”Wait, they have it but the babies dont. Why is that?” Chrysa asked. She finally noticed that they dint appear over the babies. SHe thought it was just because Saresha didnt allow it for them.
”Tch, you do not want to know.” Kari said as she started to shake.
”Haaa, it is because they have no value,” Oreo said getting up and bringing her sons to the nursery. She came back and looked at everyones faces that were blank. ”You had to have known. Babies to him are weak and can die easily. Something that if he looks away from might die. He can turn around and they will be dead from a little accident. That is why there are so many safeguards around them. He spends time with them trying to form some type of attachment.”
”Then why did he try so hard to make sure they lived?”
”Because we care. He did it for us. That and it is expected of him.” Hisa said answering with a smile. ”We matter more than the babies. Because he knows nothing about the babies. How they will act. How they will turn out. Unknown variable. Possible chance to ruin everything if he screw's up with them.”
”That is cold. Monstrous. He should care about his blood. His children.” Anko said as she had trouble wrapping her head around it. She then remembers the people in the village. ”But the people in the clan, he helped them get better and healed them.”
”Remember it was because it was to help him at first. Now he does have genuine affection for him. By nature, most of our kind are like this. You cannot expect him to be the exception to everything.” Saresha answered neutrally. ”Around the time they are 3 it will change. Do not worry about that.”