Chapter 93 – Rescue Mission – 2
Within a few minutes, I caught up with Tsunade.
We had put a safe distance between ourselves and Kusagakure before stopping in a secluded clearing.
Tsunade laid the red-haired girl on a clean blanket and continued channeling medical chakra into her depleted body. I kept watch on the surrounding forest while the treatment took effect.
Gradually, Karin stirred. Her eyelids fluttered open. For a moment she stared at the canopy above in confusion, then her gaze shifted to me.
"Wow!! Am I dead?!" she blurted but her voice was still weak. "And a hot guy is here to pick me up?!"
Tsunade let out a soft laugh and gently patted the girl's head.
"You're not dead. We rescued you from Kusagakure."
Karin blinked several times, taking in Tsunade's face, the forest, and the complete absence of Grass-ninja. She pushed herself up on her elbows and winced slightly.
"Rescued…? You're not from the Grass Village?"
"No," I answered while stepping closer. "I'm Alex. This is Tsunade. We came from Konoha specifically to find you."
Karin's eyes widened behind her glasses. "Konoha…? Why would anyone from Konoha care about me?"
Tsunade's expression softened, though one hand still rested lightly against her own lower abdomen and did a small adjustment to the plug that was keeping my cum sealed inside her pussy.
"Because you're an Uzumaki," Tsunade said. "My grandmother was an Uzumaki. That makes us blood relatives. I wasn't going to leave a member of the clan rotting in a place like that."
Karin stared at her for a long moment, then looked back at me.
"My name is Karin," she said finally. "Karin Uzumaki."
I nodded. "We already knew. Your chakra signature is unmistakable. Tell me about other. Was there anyone else? Other Uzumaki besides you?"
The moment the question left my mouth, Karin's face fell. The earlier spark of energy dimmed, replaced by a quiet sadness.
"…No. Just me. My mother…" Her voice cracked. She hugged her thin arms around herself. "They used her like a bloodbag. Whenever someone got injured, they would make her heal them by biting her. Over and over. She never refused because she didn't want them to hurt me instead. Eventually her body couldn't keep regenerating fast enough. They… they kept using her until there was nothing left. She died right in front of me."
Silence settled over the clearing.
Tsunade's jaw tightened. A dangerous light flickered in her amber eyes. I felt the same cold anger rising in my own chest. Using an Uzumaki's life force as a disposable medical resource was already monstrous; forcing a mother to endure it until death while her child watched was beyond that.
"They made you take her place afterward, didn't they?" Tsunade asked. Her voice was low and controlled, but I could see the dangerous aura from her.
Karin gave a small, bitter nod. "I could sense chakra and heal the same way. So they kept me. I was useful. That's all."
Tsunade reached out and rested a steady hand on the girl's shoulder.
"Not anymore. You're coming with us to Konoha. No one is going to use you like that again. You have family there."
Karin looked between the two of us. Her eyes were still wet, but something like fragile hope was beginning to surface beneath the grief.
I glanced at Tsunade. Even while she spoke those reassuring words, the subtle tension in her posture reminded me that every shift of her weight still pressed the plug deeper, keeping the thick load from the forest locked inside her.
The contrast was almost lewd. The legendary Sannin was offering safety to a traumatized Uzumaki girl while privately carrying a load of cum inside her pussy.
'I will deal with that later.'
Right now the priority was getting Karin fully stabilized and moving farther from Grass Village territory before any pursuit could organize.
"Rest a little longer," I told Karin. "Once Tsunade finishes the first round of treatment, we start heading toward the Land of Fire. You're safe now."
Karin wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and managed a small, shaky smile.
"…Okay. Thank you… both of you."
The anger over what the Grass-nin had done to her mother still burned in all three of us, but for the moment it was overshadowed by the simple fact that Karin needed to be safe.
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….
Tsunade did all the treatments she could do in the short amount of time. Finally. Finally, Karin was out of danger. And we were ready to continue the journey. But before that, I crouched down so I was closer to Karin's eye level.
"Listen. Once you're recovered and strong enough, I'll train you personally. When the time comes, if you still want to go back to Kusagakure and make every last one of those bastards pay for what they did to your mother… I'll help you. You'll have the strength to do it properly."
Karin's red eyes widened. The raw grief was still there, but something sharper flickered in her eyes.
Tsunade nodded firmly while still resting a gentle hand on the girl's shoulder.
"You're not alone anymore, Karin. The Uzumaki and Senju are connected by blood. My grandmother was Mito Uzumaki. She was one of the strongest kunoichi of her era. I will give all the inheritance to you. You will get strong enough to take revenge soon."
"Also, there's another Uzumaki woman living in Konoha right now. When you're ready, you can meet her."
Karin absorbed all of that in silence for a few seconds. The tension in her thin shoulders gradually eased. A small, genuine smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"…Really? There's another one like me?"
"Really," Tsunade confirmed. "And she's going to be happy to know she isn't the only Uzumaki left."
Karin wiped her eyes again.
"Okay. I'll get stronger. I promise."
Finally, we set out for Konoha.
The return journey was far slower than the trip out. Karin was still weak, and she was not yet a trained shinobi capable of high-speed travel. We adjusted our pace, stopping whenever she
By the time the walls of Konoha finally came into view, more than fifteen hours had passed since we left the Grass Village. The sky was beginning to get bright once again.
Karin stared up at the Hokage Monument and the village gates with her tired eyes.
"We're here," Tsunade said softly. "Welcome to Konoha, Karin."
The red-haired girl took a deep breath and managed another small smile.