Uchiha Kage no longer wanted to leave.
'However, Isn't the Kurenai-sensei in this reality a bit too lacking in boundaries? Why does she always want to… stick to me?'
'Doesn't she know that I already have two wives? This is forcing me to do something unfaithful to Kaguya and Mikoto.'
Uchiha Kage originally didn't want to be an evil Uchiha, but it seemed like someone was always pushing him toward the "abyss" of evil.
"F-f-first kiss?", Kurenai Yuhi only heard the first half of Uchiha Kage's teasing.
'This guy also… also haven't kissed anyone before?'
'That's great…'
'Ahem, but well, that makes sense. Hinata is so shy that she definitely won't take the initiative to do such a thing. As for that underdeveloped blonde-haired brat Ino, he probably has no interest in her either. Besides, he is still so young, so it is normal that he hasn't kissed another woman before.'
'Ugh…'
However, just thinking that Uchiha Kage's lips hadn't been taken by Ino and Hinata yet, the sense of guilt in Kurenai Yuhi's heart instantly skyrocketed to the highest level.
"I'm sorry, at that moment I really just lost control, I didn't mean to… Wait a minute. I almost got distracted by you! You still haven't explained why that woman was wearing your jacket!"
Coming back to her senses, Kurenai Yuhi finally grabbed onto the key point again.
"Her clothes were damaged, so I lent it to her. What's wrong with that? Haven't you always wanted me to be a gentle person?"
Crap, now he felt a little guilty.
He hadn't expected that casually mentioning "first kiss" would make the female ninja in front of him react so strongly.
Uchiha Kage really wanted to add that it was just the first kiss of that day, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.
"That's it?", Kurenai Yuhi suppressed her suspicions for now.
Right now, her mind was full of the joy and guilt of having stolen this guy's first kiss, and she didn't have the energy to think about anything else.
"Mm, if there's nothing else, then I'll head back—"
"I told you to stay. You'll spend the night here, and Hinata will stay too!"
"Ah…"
Hinata never expected that, apart from soaking in the hot spring, she would also have to sleep together. Now, she had completely turned into a steam engine.
Steam was continuously rising from the top of her head.
"Hmph, moving us to such a nice inn was one thing, but then placing that female ninja in the room next to ours… Don't think I don't know what that old pervert Genshi is scheming!"
If she guessed correctly, that shameless Kirigakure female ninja would definitely try to sneak into Kage's room tonight.
Kurenai Yuhi saw through it all at a glance, so she decided to cut it off at the source. She wouldn't let Uchiha Kage go back to his room.
After all, tonight was their last night in Kirigakure. Once tomorrow arrived, they would set off back to Konoha.
Not a single opportunity could be left for that seductive female ninja.
'She is already so old, at least ten years older than Kage, and still wants to prey on a younger man… How shameless!'
———
"So that's how it is… The Uchiha clan now only has two people left…", After finalizing the alliance with Konoha, Genshi had Mei Terumi stay behind to review the major events of the past two days.
Seeing his female disciple become all radiant and happy the moment she talked about Uchiha Kage, he was a little worried at first. But after thinking about it, he felt that this might not necessarily be a bad thing, "If you can make him stay, then in the future, Kirigakure might surpass Konoha."
Such a genius, and the last descendant of a great clan. If he could arrange for Mei Terumi and Kage to be together, it might even become a legendary love story spread across the ninja world.
Besides, who knew when that lunatic Sharingan ninja would come to cause trouble in Kirigakure again? If they had Uchiha Kage's combat power to help, they wouldn't have to worry about the Three-Tails situation anymore.
"Teacher, I… how am I supposed to make him stay?"
That red-eyed female teacher and that white-eyed girl guarded him so fiercely that she had no way to get involved.
Besides…
She still had the pride of a woman.
Mei Terumi was very happy that Genshi actually supported her, but when she thought about how indifferent Uchiha Kage was to her, she became dejected again.
"This kind of thing… kids with thin skin might not agree, so we'll go directly to Konoha's Hokage," Genshi handed over a personally written document along with the alliance agreement to his female disciple in front of him.
"The alliance with Konoha is of great importance. I will have you personally go to Konoha. At that time…", Since they were forming an alliance, they couldn't keep it a secret. This matter had to spread so that all the other great ninja villages knew.
"Teacher, this! I…", Mei Terumi didn't mind the alliance agreement itself, but the document written by her teacher.
What was this about "the future Mizukage hopes to form a marital alliance with the Uchiha clan"? Could this even be written in a national document?
This wasn't a diplomatic letter between countries—it was basically her marriage contract.
However, it didn't seem… completely unacceptable.
"Don't be shy. Some things have to be fought for yourself. As your teacher, this is all I can do for you."
"Yes… T-thank you, teacher…", Even with Mei Terumi's usual bold personality, when she personally took her marriage contract in her hands, she couldn't help but blush all over.
'But… if I go ahead with this first and inform him later, what if he doesn't agree?'
Teacher was right. Before the document reached Konoha, she had to try her best.
'That guy definitely has feelings for me too. Otherwise, he wouldn't have saved me time and time again before.'
Thinking back to how she had been securely caught in his arms while dealing with the Three-Tails, feeling that warm embrace, a surge of courage welled up in Mei Terumi's heart.
'Tonight, I'll try sneaking into his room! I refuse to believe he'd still say he isn't interested in me!'
———
"Hinata gets embarrassed way too easily."
It had only been a short while since she was convinced to soak in the hot spring, and she had already fainted in the water.
She floated on the surface, still wrapped in her snow-white towel.
"Everyone is wrapped in towels, and there's mist covering the water, so you can't see anything at all..."
Yet, her reaction was still so extreme.
With no other choice, Kurenai Yuhi carried the dizzy, spiral-eyed Hinata back to the tatami in their room and tucked her under a blanket.
"But now, this has backfired instead."
Because the towel had floated up, the unconscious Hinata had naturally appeared before the two of them.
And this guy was really calm about it...
Not even a trace of an unsettled or embarrassed reaction from seeing a female peer in this state.
Turning her head, Kurenai glanced at Uchiha Kage, who had also just stepped out of the hot spring, a long towel wrapped around his waist. She examined his physique while inwardly grumbling.
This disciple of hers was quite well-built. His arm thickness, collarbones, and abs were all pretty sexy. His skin was also quite fair, but just the right amount—not too delicate, still carrying a masculine charm.
'If only I could touch and feel it...'
'Ahem! what am I even thinking?'
She had already fantasized about him in her dreams.
But something was a little strange, this was supposed to be the first time she had seen his upper body fully, yet he looked exactly the same as in her dreams.
"Hmph, did you do something to Hinata in the water?", To cover up her own embarrassment and the awkward atmosphere, Kurenai decided to shift the blame first.
"It was obviously Sensei who said something to Hinata while changing, wasn't it? Otherwise, she wouldn't have blushed before even stepping into the hot spring," Uchiha Kage had indeed done something small under the water.
Hinata was just too adorably flustered.
Once she got into the water, she wanted to approach him but didn't dare to, wanted to move away but was reluctant. So she just kept circling around in place.
So, Uchiha Kage couldn't resist teasing her a little. He gently nudged her small foot with his own under the water, curious to see how she would react.
He never expected that with just that tiny touch, the Byakugan girl would go down like she had been struck by a Lightning Release jutsu, rolling her eyes back and fainting into the water.
As for why he himself wasn't particularly affected by little Hinata...
Because in his dreams, he had already seen the mature version of her countless times.
Looking at her younger self now, Uchiha Kage mostly felt like he was just verifying things.
For example—
Just like the Akatsuki's Konan's ring name, that place had indeed always been absent, even in the dream NPC version of her.
Everything else was pretty much the same as in his dreams, just smaller for now.
Uchiha Kage was referring to her height.
"Either way... it's still your fault."
Kurenai had only wanted Hinata to be a bit more proactive. Who knew she would be this embarrassingly shy?
While adjusting the pillow for the unconscious girl, Kurenai also fanned her gently. She was genuinely worried this foolish child's head might have overheated. She had fainted, yet her face was still so red.
'Such a hopeless student.'
'It seems that, in the end, I will have to step in myself as the teacher.'
"Sensei, do I really have to sleep here?", Looking at the three futons laid out side by side on the tatami, Uchiha Kage wasn't quite sure what his female teacher had in mind.
'Could it be...'
'Is this because she still hasn't fully recovered from the Three-Tails' attack, so she wants me to stay nearby?'
For Kurenai's generation of shinobi, the trauma of a Tailed Beast attacking the village was something they could never completely erase.
However, looking at Kurenai, who was also only wrapped in a towel, kneeling by Hinata's bed with her back to him, Uchiha Kage felt even less inclined to leave the room.
Not to mention those smooth, overlapping, fair and damp thighs, and the bare, sockless, slightly raised pale feet due to her squatting posture.
Not only were her arches beautifully shaped, but even the faintly blushed soles of her feet were completely exposed to his view.
Utterly tempting.
If he really had to sleep here tonight, Uchiha Kage thought it would be best to take the middle futon.
"Of course, you—", Noticing Uchiha Kage's gaze seemingly sneaking peeks at her, Kurenai's face quickly flushed crimson.
She even forgot to finish her sentence.
But she was, after all, a mature kunoichi. Not a helpless, overly shy girl like Hinata, who would get so embarrassed she'd pass out.
After quickly composing herself, Kurenai hurriedly stood up from her half-kneeling position, clutching her towel tightly to prevent any risk of it slipping or exposing anything.
"You take care of Hinata for a bit. I'm going to change."
'So, my body is enough to get his attention after all...'
'At least he isn't the completely indifferent type.'
Feeling both shy and a little pleased, Kurenai handed over the task of fanning Hinata to Uchiha Kage before quickly slipping behind the folding screen. She dried herself off while changing into her sleepwear.
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