CHAPTER 69: MORE QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS

“How are you feeling?”

Riku was looking down at his mother. She was resting, laying down on an operating table. Her eyes were closed and it was clear from the expression on her face that she was checking how she was feeling herself.

“The drain on my chakra is… not that bad.”

“Any discomfort, any-”

“Riku, I taught you. I know perfectly well if my body is well or not.”

“Excuse me for worrying about my mother's well being, Hokage-sama.” he answered in a huff.

That brought a small happy smile from the blonde. She raised herself and sat at the edge of the table. Slowly, she opened her eyes revealing two red blood irises with three tomoes in each, spinning in a circle around the pupils.

“That’s interesting.”

“What is?”

“Chakra. I can see chakra in colors. And everything is so… slow and detailed.”

“I see… Actually I don’t and call it kekkei genkai bullshit.” he made her snort.  “Do we need to modify your time perception training?”

“No, I don’t think that will be necessary.”

“Alright. What happens if you channel more chakra into them?”

Tsunade was curious too and checked that out. The three tomoes expanded and changed shape to form an eight petals flower. Riku found them both beautiful and eerie.

“Mangekyo Sharingan confirmed. Kakashi said-”

“I know what he said.”

“Are you going to keep acting like a woman 50 years older than what you look? Because if you are, I’m leaving.” There was no way she could miss the annoyance on her son’s face. Sharingan or not. Acknowledging that she was behaving irritatingly, she didn’t apologize but made him stay.

“I appreciate your concern, don’t get me wrong.”

“But?”

“There is no but. I do, period. As for the abilities… I think I can control time? Like slow down or speed up an object I look at? Who did you say those eyes belonged to?”

“Uchiha Mikoto. Itachi and Sasuke’s mother.”

“I knew she was an S-rank kunoichi like Kushina but I didn’t know that-”

“Surprisingly, no Uchiha advertised they had it. And again, kekkei genkai are bullshit. Now if you don’t mind, I’d like to test something.”

He brought his hands up, right before her eyes and began channeling his medical chakra for the Iryoken. With the sharingan Tsunade was able to see all the ins and outs of how his chakra behave when he used it for his taijutsu style. She had tried in the past but she was never able to quite get how it worked. Now she could. She was under no illusion that should she use the Iryoken her result would be as good as Riku’s, his chakra was way purer than hers for that.

“I know the Iryoken. And by that I mean, I’m sure I could use it properly now”.

“But not to the same efficiency, I suppose?”

“No, I don't think so.”

“Perhaps I could work on a seal that would purify chakra. Add them onto your wrists and ankles, next to the one for Mokuton.”

“I actually don’t need those ones anymore.” the Godaime revealed proudly.

“Then I’ll remove them. Or do you want to try for another elemental release?”

“Hmm… Explosion is out since I can use my fists and feet. Something long distance?”

“Magnet or storm release then. Since your main is lightning, it may be easier for you.”

“Storm it is. It’s faster and more piercing.”

“You’re really out for the Raikage, aren’t you?” he replied with a teasing smirk.

“I’m going to bust his lightning armor next time I see that asshole!” she replied with a gruff tone. Her fight with the man at the kage summit really left her bitter.

“Sure, sure. Now back to the topic at hand. Putting aside the fact that the sharingan automatically fills you with knowledge of the abilities of its mangekyou’s state, nothing about the Rinnegan?”

“No. Neither knowledge nor a feeling. Nothing.”

“Then there must be something more than just the combination of Uchiha and Senju blood. Obito said that Madara used Hashi-ji’s cells to unlock the rinnegan decades after implementing them. Perhaps it’s Hashi-ji that was the catalyst. Should we mix them with… Sasuke’s? He’s the only Uchiha we have an abundance of cells, no?”

“It’s worth a shot. In the meantime…”

Tsunade made a few hand seals and she used a genjutsu to hide her new eyes by making them look like her previous ones. Her originals were safely stored inside Tsunade’s own BoS.

She got off of the operating table to stand on her feet, stretched, then began to leave the room, Riku following her.

“Ino’s birthday is in a week.”

“And?” she asked no understanding why he was telling her that.

“And she asked for a threesome.”

“I thought you already… with Anko. And Karin and Hinata.”

“She did but not with you.”

That revelation made Tsunade stop walking abruptly on the spot. She looked at her son with wide eyes which were quite shocked but also disbelieving.

“Me?!”

“Yep. First she wants to watch, then join. Can’t really blame her, mom. You’re utterly gorgeous.”

“That’s… I…”

“You can say no. She’d be disappointed in missing sucking on your tits but not upset.”

“... That fiancee of yours is really…”

“I know, mom. Believe me, I know. Yet, how she had not read a single book of Jiraiya is mind blowing.”

“She just… wants to watch us? And suck on my breasts?”

“Oh, she wants more than that but she’d be satisfied with just that.”

“... I’ll think about it?” she replied not sure of herself.

Riku nodded, not having expected a direct answer from her. Or at least not one which wasn’t an outright ‘no’. He started walking again to get out from his Botib (the operation having been done in secret from everyone, including the elders and Hiruzen) when his mother grabbed him by the hand and began leading him to the second floor.

“I want to test the perfect memory of what the sharingan sees.”

“And the best way is sex?” he inquired as she pulled him inside one of the bedrooms.

“I don’t know but that is something I want to remember forever. The most precious time with my son. Plus, I’m horny.”

When Tsunade became a sage and rejuvenated her whole body it came with a few side effects. One of them was her libido going to the roof sky high. She did her best to hold it most of the time but apparently, right at this instant she couldn’t or simply didn’t want to. Riku closed the door with his foot and Tsunade was on top of him in an instant. At her demand he used the Time Seal to speed up the time so she could be entirely satisfied but also ready to go to work immediately if she needed to when she exited the Botib. He had put it in her own secret lab inside the Hokage Monument so no one would bother them. As such, once outside they went back home for dinner.

Riku’s heart almost melted when he saw Karin breastfeeding Kamiko and Hinata, Toka. Ino had Hitomi in her own arms and was playing with the seven months old quite happily. He couldn’t help himself but think that Ino would be a great mother and had no problem imagining her with their own child like that.

Hinata and Ino had come back from their sleepover at their parents. Riku didn’t want them at the manor if something went wrong during Kamiko’s birth. The former had plenty of stories to share about their daughters. How Hiahsi was caught on all four with both Hitomi and Toka on his back playing horsey by his own daughters and nephew and shocked the living daylight out of them. The girls seemed to love Neji’s hair the most, always grabbing them and not letting go. He nearly blew a gasket when they ended up in their mouths. Still from Hinata’s own mouth, Hanabi had laughed so much that she was rolling on the floor holding her stomach. She laughed a lot less when her nieces found her amusing and signaled with their tiny hands to their uncle Neji that they wanted to join too. More than happy to get away from the two hair eating monsters, he nearly teleported with how fast he moved to Hanabi and let the girls down. Quickly, Hinata’s little sister was covered in drool and her laughter was transferred to Neji who ran away when she activated the Byakugan. He knew better than to mess with the firecracker of their family without an exit plan in mind.

“We should have a family gathering. A barbecue, maybe? The weather is too nice to be scooped inside.” suggested Riku out of the blue.

“I love that idea.” exclaimed Ino, who got up with Hitomi and went to kiss her man.

“Me too.”

“I’m for it but not before I get rid of all this fat.” said an unhappy Karin.

“Karin, it could take months!” Hinata exclaimed.

“I’m ready.” Riku heard in his ears. He tuned out his redhead and bluenette and turned his head around. He saw Ino on her toes with a mischievous gleam in her eyes and stars.

“Ready? What…”

She looked down at Hitomi in her arms then back at Riku.

“I thought you wanted to…”

“I know what I said and I changed my mind. I can see how happy they both are and  you still have fun with Hinata. I’m pretty sure you’ll still have fun with Karin too once she can.”

“Ino, it’s not about-”

“I know. But… I have this little one in my arms and I want that. For me. For us. Not because you still have sex with the others while they’re new mothers, not because my mother is hounding me for it. I… want my own baby, sucking at my breasts, to hug and carry, to love and care.”

“It would be better if we wait.”

“What? Why? You had no problem with Karin-”

“It’s not about that. War is coming and-”

“Even more reason. With how strong you are I doubt you’ll die but I’m not. I’m an above average kunoichi but not to the point of taking whole groups by myself. I only truly shine with Shoka and Choji. Without them the odds of…”

“Enough. I don’t want to speak about that. If you want a baby then we’ll have a baby.”

He didn’t snap at her but almost, making her recoil a bit.

“Riku if you don’t…”

“It’s not that I don't want to. It’s not that I’m upset about.”

She thought for a brief moment that it was about the timing that crossed her mind but she realized that he interrupted her when she was going to say that her odds of surviving a war were low without her teammates. His indirect but violent display of care and infection brought a smile to her face. She went on the tip of her toes again and gave him another kiss.

“Marriage first.”

“I know. Your father will skin me alive if we’re not the next and before I breed you.”

Karin had declined marrying him while she was pregnant and most importantly to her, before Ino. The Yamanaka was the one to accept her dating Riku and who convinced Hinata to agree to it too. She wasn’t in a hurry either. She was engaged with Riku and was about to birth their child, it was enough for her. At least for now.

“Breed?” she said with an eyebrow raised questioningly but an amused smile. She didn’t dislike the use of the word. If anything she quite liked the concept.

“Of course, breed. Girls and women get knocked up. Little cumslut like you get bred.”

“Keep talking like that and you can be sure that my father will skin you.”

She had whispered sultry in his ear. The lust was evident in her voice but also in her eyes. When Tsunade got back from the kitchen with a glass in hand, Ino took it, drank its content, handed her Hitomi and dragged Riku to her bedroom. Before Tsunade could say anything in protest she heard her future daughter-in-law say ‘I’m getting bred’ and saw her scampered away with her son. The frown on her face was replaced by a happy smile instantly. Tsunade would never admit it but she loved Ino the most. Not as a daughter-in-law, that honor went to Hinata, while Karin was like her own daughter since they had the same temper. Ino? She saw her as the friend she wished she had while growing up. One that she could have had a wild life with. There was no heiress during her time at the academy and most girls didn’t dare to approach her because of her status. The one who did, she lost them during the second and third war. Now with her status as Hokage she couldn’t really connect with anyone of her sex. Karin looked at her as her sensei and mentor, Hinata as a mother-in-law but Ino as a friend with whom she could have fun.

‘And a potential sexual partner.’

Chasing the thought away quickly, she joined Hinata and Karin with Hitomi in her arms. She couldn’t wait until they were old enough so she could teach them gambling. She hoped that the next grandchild would be a boy though.

The next morning, Ino took Hinata, Karin and the children and went to visit her mother to speak about the wedding. Yesterday has been a safe day so she knew for sure she wasn’t pregnant despite the copious amount of sperm Riku had put inside her womb but the quicker she was married the quicker she could get bred without worrying about how to diffuse her father anger towards Riku if she was unwed but with child.

Riku went with Tsunade to the Hokage’s private training ground and tested her new eyes. It wasn’t that difficult to get used to the speed up perception, using her new jutsu: Amenominakanushi however was.

With her right eye she sped up anything, with her left, she slowed down anything. The worry that Riku had was damage to the eyes. They would be useless if by the time Tsunade got the hang of it she’d be almost blind. As such they began to research the possibility of healing the eyes. The mystical palm didn’t work but Karin’s, Riku’s chakra and her own healing chakra reinforced by nature chakra did.

It not only lessened the strain but reversed all the damage.

She tried, like Kakashi did, to read the Uchiha tablet but didn’t uncover anything new. It didn’t contain much. Only the secrets of the Uchiha clan, the way to get the Mangekyou sharingan and its ability to control tailed beasts and the infinite Tsukuyomi would be the Uchiha’s salvation. Riku doubted the truth of the latter, there was no way a genjutsu could do that in his opinion. If it was possible the Uchiha would have tried to use it long before Konoha was even built.

“Honestly, I think something is fishy with that part for many reasons. Chief of all is, what could the rinnegan reveal that is more important than that? There is the ten-tailed sure, if Obito is to be believed but event that is not as important. It’s just part of the process.”

“I wish I knew because it worries me to no end.”

Without any ideas from his mother or from anyone else really, Riku was stuck with that enigma. The only thing he could do was to find a way to recreate the rinnegan which meant more work in the lab.