34 Before the War (2/2)

*plakk*

”Ouch! It hurts, Ma.”

”You, don't stop training yet, dattebane! Don't you want to join the war later and protect your friends?!” Kushina gave naruto a punch on his head as she saw Naruto was being lazy.

”Ma, ma, calm down, Kushina. Naruto have just learned Nine-Tails Jinchuriki mode. Even Kurama says that Naruto still needs times for adaptation with him.”

”You too, Minato! You are pampering Naruto too much. He needs to train more. Hmph, if Naruto trains harder, he will surpass you all sooner.”

”Cough, cough, isn't it you that pampers him too much. You even feed him like a child before...” Minato was coughing weakly as he heard Kushina's words. He then muttered weakly under his breath, in fear of Kushina might heard him. Bee watched them while he was rapping weakly as he was afraid to attract Kushina's anger.

”Besides, our location have been revealed to 'him' now. Fortunately, you could quickly sensed that sharky guy, or he may steal more intel from us, Minato.”

”I didn't expect that Kisame of Kirigakure could hide inside Samehada perfectly. His chakra and Samehada's was melded like one. It is really hard to differentiate if I can't sense his ill-intent with Nine-Tails Jinchuriki mode before.”

”Who is 'him', Pa? You and Ma look really strange when you say it.” Naruto asked suddenly, as he looked at Minato and Kushina curiously.

”He is...our enemy, Naruto. This Great War is initiated by him.” Kushina and Minato looked at each other after hearing Naruto's question. Minato then answered him with a complicated expression.

”No need to think that much, Naruto. He is our enemy. Besides, Sasuke will defeat you later if you don't train harder. My son will not lose to Mikoto's son, fu fu fu.” Kushina said, assuring Naruto as she then switched the topic.

”He he, now, Sasuke looks a lot calmer that his family is back.

But, to think that Nagato-san's Rinne Rebirth Technique before could also resurrected you all, Pa, Ma. Even Jiraiya-sensei, Asuma-sensei, Hinata's uncle and the previous Hokages got to be resurrected. Nagato-san is really amazing isn't he. Unfortunately, he is dead now that Jiraiya-sensei is back. Sigh...”

”...” Minato and Kushina glanced at each other silently as they didn't refute Naruto nor agreed with his words.

”Now, now, let's continue the training. Minato, you will train Naruto better, right? Do you want to train harder or do you want a punishment for both of you later?” Kushina was smiling warmly as she looked at Minato and Naruto, breaking the silence.

The two people shuddered after seeing her warm smile. Somehow, they felt that her smile was an opposite to her punishment instead. As the warmer her smile, the harsher her punishment might be. They nodded furiously as they then continued the training with Bee.

..... .....

In the mansion inside Avalon, Rafi looked with complicated face at Konan, who was sleeping calmly. Karin was beside him as she muttered something under her breath, while looking at Rafi with anger and looking at Konan with wariness.

”Good, she would wake up soon now.”

”Isn't that good? You could get another woman in the mansion now, huh.” Karin said with jealousy tinged in her voice.

”...it is not like that. Although I do somewhat hope for it, but she...” Rafi said with a vexed expression.

”Ohh, so there is also a thing that could make you have that face.”

”Anyway, thank you for taking care of her before, Karin. I am going to bring Konan back to Amegakure.”

”Eh, you really won't take her into the mansion??”

”Who do you think I am, Karin?!” Tick marks appeared on Rafi's face as he heard Karin.

”You are a lecher aren't you.” Karin said innocently as she looked at his face with a strange smile.

”Cough, I am not a lecher...”

”Of course, you are...”

”Right?!” Rafi said as he nodded satisfiedly.

”A wicked lecher.”

”Cough, cough, well, I'll just be going now.” Rafi was speechless upon hearing Karin's teasing, as he also couldn't refuted her. He silently reminded himself to 'punish' Karin for that, later. Rafi then come out from Avalon quickly, and teleported to Amegakure.

After arriving in Amegakure, he silently snuck on Pain's Tower and found that no one was there. The place looked so deserted without any sign of life as it was left behind, after the death of Nagato. Having found a clean bedding, Rafi put a sleeping Konan carefully on it. While he was somewhat guarding her from anyone that might came, Rafi spoke with the system in his mind silently.

'[Claire], can I use the summoning ticket on it? It can still be considered a summoning character right.'

[...It is possible. However, because its nature is closer to a tool, Host will need Points in order to integrate it with Host and removing the limiter on it.]

'Can I summon it with my current Points now?'

[...yes. However, the plan for the Rinnegan need to be postponed.]

'Lack of Points, eh. Are there any other ways to get Points, [Claire]? If I just depend on the Quest Tab, my Points may always be low if I can't finish the quests.'

[Host could get more Points if Host exchanges natural resources or fine weapons and tools from outside the System into the System. Host could acquire more Points by exchanging higher rank resources or weapons, and inversely lower Points for lower ranked ones.]

'...'

*twitch*

'Hm, she is about to wake up eh.' Rafi thought as he looked at Konan beside him, who was moving slightly. After he looked at her sleeping face with care, he then teleported away as he muttered under his breath slowly.

”Farewell, Konan.”

...

”He is gone, huh...” Several seconds after Rafi teleported away, Konan opened her eyes slowly as she was sighing a bit.

”To think that Karin is also with him, he is thoroughly a lecher. But, Karin should have noticed that I have woken up sometimes before. Why didn't she say anything to him?” After pondering for a bit, Konan still couldn't came up with another explanation beside that Karin was still wary of her. Although, she wanted to know whether Karin was wary of her as a shinobi or as a woman. But her intuition told her, that it was especially the latter that Karin was wary of.

'Hmph, you think it will just end here, Rafi. After what you've done to me before, now you just put me away in here. Just you wait! And Karin too, fu fu...' Konan thought calmly as she decided her next course of actions.

Meanwhile, after Rafi was back in the Akatsuki's hideout, he summoned and integrated 'it' to his left hand successfully. It was surprised at first when it was integrated with Rafi. As it didn't sense any familiar energies around that its world should have. After knowing that it was being summoned on another world, it revealed an excited feeling as it wanted to meet new opponents and having fun in journeying another world with its new Host.

When it was checking its partner's condition, it was surprised after knowing Rafi could used all of its abilities, including the one it sealed before. He then hoped that Rafi could also went to his original world, to settle the score with his life-long rival. As it felt that Rafi was the best Host he had for all the times in its existence as a Gear. Strangely enough, when Rafi asked him about its previous Hosts, it didn't know about 'him', much to Rafi's surprise. But, he still remembered its other Hosts and its previous battles clearly.