There was a fair skinned girl standing in front of me with brown eyes and straight blonde hair that parts above her forehead.
Her hair has shoulder length bangs that frame her face, and the rest reaches her lower back, kept tied in a high ponytail that swishes when she moves. She has a slender but curvaceous frame, above average height for her age, and the most important part that I have been noticing for the past few years is her noticeably large breasts, which started growing at an alarming speed much to my approval.
Now this girl, who I have no doubt is the most beautiful girl I have laid my eyes upon in my entire existence, was standing in front of me while poking my chest angrily and looking up at my face because of the ridiculous height difference.
"What do you mean you do not want to?" Tsunade asked me, her voice sharp and her cheeks flushed.
"It is just too early, Tsunade," I replied calmly, keeping my hands in my pockets. "Maybe some years later we could try, you know."
"No!" She crossed her arms under her chest, which was not helping my focus at all. "We are already old enough. And do you know what I hear from other girls my age?"
"No," I replied tiredly, already knowing where this was going.
"They are already living together with their husbands, and they will have children soon," she said, and I raised an eyebrow at her.
"We already live with each other, and the boys told me that it is too soon even for them. And angel, who knows what will happen in the future? It is not safe to have a child right now." I explained it calmly, hoping she would understand, but the look on her face told me she was not buying it.
"We aren't officially married and live with each other, and I do not care about your boys! This is our life. Why should I care about what others say? I want a child, and it is no one's business what we want." She paused, her teeth gritted. "And why are you so concerned about the future? What do you think will happen in the future? It has already been eleven years of peace. What are you afraid of?"
I took a breath and counted to five in my head "You are a matriarch. You should know that the relationships between Konoha and the Kagero Village of the Land of Mountains have been going to shit lately. The GMA are at a constant cold war with Ninjas and suppress them, the Daimyo is barely restraining himself to just attack. And I have speculated that soon there will be a great war between all the villages. Having a child now would just put them in greater danger, and with how fucked up this village and their policies are, it will not help our situation either, my angel."
I finished my little mantra in my head so I would not get angry for no reason, because the last thing I wanted was to make her sad. She already looked frustrated enough.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked again, and I rubbed my forehead in annoyance.
It had been a while since conversations like this started between us. She wanted a child, and honestly, I wanted one too. But this was just not the right time for that kind of responsibility when there were still so many things I had to do.
"If a war happens, what will happen to the clan kids?" I asked while looking straight into her eyes.
"They will be forced to join the academy by their clan elders to contribute in the war," she muttered sadly, looking down at the ground.
"Exactly," I replied with a nod.
"But..." She hesitated, her hands shaking and her face turning red from what I assumed was embarrassment.
I always felt that there was something more to this matter than what the eyes could see, but I could never put my finger on what it was. Now I had a feeling she was about to tell me.
"But?" I raised my eyebrows.
Silence took over the room we were in at the Senju mansion. Tsunade stood there shaking while her head released smoke out of embarrassment, and I had no idea why until she finally exploded.
"I JUST DO NOT WANT TO STAY A VIRGIN, YOU DUMBASS!"
She shouted it frantically, then quickly ran out of the room, leaving me astonished and completely bamboozled. I stood there alone, staring at the door she had slammed behind her.
And it was at that exact moment that I knew.
She was craving my dic–
"Damn."
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An Hour Later in Mito's Room/
"You sure you want to go?" Mito asked me while holding a huge scroll in her hands. The room was quiet, lit only by the afternoon sun filtering through the paper screens.
"Yea," I replied with a nod.
"Well, I am curious about why you want to meet her and make a contract, but that is not my business, right?" She said with a smile that told me she was definitely going to make it her business later. I just nodded in response.
She opened the scroll, which was filled with the names of previous summoners, all from the Uzumaki clan. Then she pointed at a vacant untouched part of the white sheet. "Write your name here with your blood."
I nodded, then moved my arm forward and manipulated the skin and muscles of my index finger to create a small hole. A single droplet of blood came out, and I used it as ink to write my name in kanji.
"Quite the ability you have there," Mito said with interest, watching my finger heal itself almost instantly.
After I finished writing, my name glowed for a second, and then, with a puff of smoke, a small slug appeared in front of me and Mito.
It was predominantly white in color with three blue streaks running vertically down the middle and sides of its body, from its head down to its tail. Its optical tentacles had a slight tint of grey, and it had two smaller tentacles on either side of its mouth.
"Greetings, Mito-sama," the slug said in a calm and beautiful voice that reminded me of someone. A huge evil grin spread across my face, clearly disturbing both Mito and the slug, who trembled a little.
"Lady Katsuyu, you are here. Welcome," Mito said gently.
"Yes, Mito-sama, and thank you." The slug turned its head slightly and said reluctantly. "May I ask, is he the one who wants to be my summoner?"
"Yes, you can take him to the Shikkotsu Forest and let him meet your main body," Mito replied politely.
"Okay, Mito-sama." The slug turned to me. "Can you please tell me your name, young man?"
"Hatake Garou," I replied calmly.
"Hmm, okay then, Garou-san. Are you ready to meet my main body?" she asked, and I nodded. She slithered toward me and slowly climbed onto my shoulder.
Katsuyu became tense for a split second when she reached my shoulder but quickly composed herself before anyone noticed a thing.
I turned to look at Mito before we were reverse summoned. "Where is Tsunade?" I asked.
"She is in her room, murmuring to herself in embarrassment. She seems quite desperate, and..." Mito paused, narrowing her eyes at me.
I looked back at her in confusion, narrowing my own eyes. "And?"
"I want to spoil my grandkids before I pass away, so when will you give me your children?" she asked bluntly.
I raised an eyebrow in slight surprise. "I will not even ask how weird that sounded coming out of your mouth. Can we please go, Katsuyu?" I said and dodging the topic entirely.
"Hai, Garou-san," Katsuyu said in her soft voice.
Then a very foreign energy surrounded my body. I gave a quick salute to Mito, who was still giving me dissatisfied looks, and disappeared with a puff, Katsuyu still on my shoulder.
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I opened my eyes and was greeted by a mystical bamboo forest. Sunlight filtered through the slender bamboo shoots, casting a soft golden glow that bathed the forest floor in warmth. The stalks swayed gently in the breeze, their rustling leaves creating a soothing feeling that settled deep in my chest.
"It is beautiful," I complimented, taking in the fresh air that somehow felt lighter than anything in Konoha.
"Thank you, Garou-san, for the compliment," Katsuyu said, her voice tinged with happiness. "You can follow me now to meet my main body."
She climbed down from my shoulder and slithered away, and I followed closely behind, looking around at the forest. There were smaller Katsuyu slugs everywhere, along with unique animals I had never seen before, some of them looking at me with curiosity and wariness.
We traveled some distance into the forest, and I noticed the air getting fresher but heavier at the same time. Large slugs of all sizes started appearing around us, and every single one of them was staring at me for some reason. It creeped me out for a second.
"When will we arrive?" I asked impatiently but still calm.
"Another minute, and we will arrive Garou-san," she replied softly.
I nodded and kept walking until we came across a wall that mirrored my reflection and the surroundings perfectly.
"So?" I said with my arms crossed.
"We continue forward," she replied.
She slowly went through the wall, which made a soft boing sound before she disappeared. I was surprised for a second but still followed, stepping through the strange barrier.
As I crossed the wall that felt cold for a moment, my eyes instantly fell upon a slug so massive that it made my brain hurt just trying to process its size.
If the previous slugs were the size of buildings, and some were even as large as the Empire State Building... this one dwarfed them all completely. It was the size of 5 Burj Khalifas or maybe more, and standing in front of it, I looked like a literal ant.
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My senses went haywire.
My whole body broke out in goosebumps, and then my monster armor covered my skin on its own, as if acknowledging the presence of someone truly powerful. My claws extended, my teeth sharpened.
Katsuyu, the main body, looked down at me. Some birds flew over her massive head, looking like specks of dust in comparison.
"Oh, how interesting," she said. Despite her enormous size, her voice was still soft and warm to the ears.
I did not reply.
I just stared at her with my fists clenched hard, and my pride taking a hit that I did not appreciate.
'Her presence... I can feel it is larger than Kurama's by a lot, clearly Six Paths level even though I haven't felt what a Six Paths level feel like but Katsuyu is one for sure.' I thought in irritation.
It was the same feeling I got when I stood in front of Mito, when I stood in front of that old fox in his cage. The feeling of being small and Insignificant.
And I hated it.
Because besides beating some academy kids and having some good spars with Dai and that one time with Mito, I had never won a real fight. Either my opponents were unfairly strong for the current me, or they were so weak that it did not count.
There was no in between.
'If I attack her, I am sure I would be dead without even doing anything significant to her body. Like an ant biting, but still an ant and nothing worth bothering with.' The thought made me clench my fists harder.
I looked down at my claws, then back up at the massive slug. I took a breath and forced my body to calm down. My armor receded, and my base form settled back into place.
"Hoho, a feisty 'man' you are, are you not, Garou-san?" she said teasingly, but I was not in the mood to waste any more time.
"Can you check my body and see if you can find anything strange and wrong about me?" I said, my voice much calmer.
"Hmm, no beating around the bush then. I will do so. And honestly, I was tempted to do so from the start without you asking, but can you answer some of my questions later?" she asked.
"Yes," I replied.
She nodded her massive head, and then a tentacle stretched out toward my forehead.
The moment it touched my skin, a green aura surrounded my body for several minutes. It felt like I was lying under a warm blanket in my room while snow fell outside the window, a fire crackling in the hearth.
It felt comfortable and safe.
Then she removed her tentacle aftwr around 15 minutes and she stood there quietly looking at me.
Moments passed and she still didn't speak.
"So?" I asked, crossing my arms. "What did you find?"
"Hmm, Garou-san, you have no tenketsu and no chakra inside of you. That is a great surprise, one that makes me remember something in the very far past..." She paused, her voice trailing off.
"Remember what?" I asked, my eyes narrowing.
"Something that's forgotten by everyone except very few." She replied softly as if reminiscing.
"But, I also remember the humans that lived long ago, before the Sage of Six Paths..." She hesitated, and I did not interrupt her. "You are not a human, are you, Garou-san? Or at least not fully."
I stared at her for a long moment. She was looking at me with keen interest, like a scholar who had just discovered something very big.
"Yes, you are right. I am not a human." I kept my voice nonchalant. "But can you tell me if you found anything wrong with my body?"
As a very sensitive being, I could feel that she was gentle and soft in a way I had failed to see in any other creature. I did not think she would cause me harm, especially since she had already known I was not a human before we even came here.
"Hmm, I will ask questions later about that matter, then. As for what I found about your body, besides the chakra problem, I only noticed some small but bright dots all over your body," she said.
I frowned immediately, 'She couldn't sense thr SEAL on me? Then how the fuck am I supposed to fix that bullshit if even someone of her level can't sense the SEAL?'
"Can you tell me what those dots look like?" I said.
She put a tentacle under her nonexistent chin in a thinking manner.
"Worlds," she said.
The End.
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