Two years have passed since the Nine Tails incident.
Kushina is 18 years old, she is already a young woman in the prime of her youth and, although she is still known as a tomboy, she has some admirers.
The greatest of them, of course, is still Minato, who has tried for so long to get closer to Kushina without success.
Of course, in the ninja world respect is earned through strength, so the reason she now has some admirers is not only her beauty, but also her power.
Having already become a chūnin and spending most of her time in the training grounds, many have witnessed her strength, in addition to the fact that it is known she has completed many missions and has not failed a single one.
At this moment, in the training field, many observe her with respect and curiosity.
Seeing this, Kushina clicked her tongue in annoyance, in front of her a spark appeared and began to stir, turning into a large tornado of fire that surprised everyone.
But soon they noticed that the tornado was transforming into something else, it began to unravel, revealing its true form as a large eastern dragon that headed toward everyone watching her.
"Watch out!"
"Retreat, quickly!"
Some tried to defend themselves, others tried to retreat, but the dragon was much faster in reaching them, however, when everyone expected to feel pain, the dragon simply passed through them, leaving only a faint warmth behind.
"Was it fake?"
The answer came on its own when the dragon crashed into some training dummies, smashing them to pieces and continuing onward into the forest, where it destroyed a long row of trees.
Everyone looked on in horror, believing they had narrowly escaped death, while others farther away from the training field began to laugh.
"Hahaha, watching rookies is always fun."
"Yeah, it never fails."
"Um, what is going on?" asked one of the newly graduated ninjas, approaching the older ones who were laughing from a distance.
"Do not get too close, rookie, she gets annoyed when she is distracted."
"Then why are the seniors watching?" he asked respectfully.
"That is because she is a show off who likes being watched, of course, just do not get close enough to distract her and she will not mind."
"A show off? But…?"
"I know what you are going to say, rookie, you had the image of a distant goddess in mind, right? Let me tell you something.
The name of your goddess is Kushina Uzumaki, when she was brought to Konoha most people teased her because of her hair and personality, and no one wanted to be her friend.
Now that she is strong she has many admirers, so she does not mind being admired, as long as it does not get in her way.
However, every now and then there is a batch of rookies who have no idea and get too close, it is very entertaining."
"She almost killed us and she still thinks we are going to keep admiring her, she is crazy," the young man said indignantly.
The older ninja looked at him with understanding, as if he had seen that scene thousands of times.
"Then you can leave," he replied with a shrug.
Seconds later, the young man climbed onto a nearby branch, watching Kushina train.
But they were not the only ones watching, through a transparent sphere Hiruzen observed all of this while smoking his pipe.
Suddenly the door slammed open as someone barged in.
"Danzō, can you not enter more carefully?" he said, knowing who would come in like that.
But Danzō ignored him and spoke first, agitated.
"Hiruzen, you saw it, right? You must…"
"Kushina will not go to ROOT, we have already discussed this and my answer is still the same."
"Hiruzen, you just saw that fire dragon, a real dragon made of fire, not like the clumsy imitation of the Uchiha that can barely burn a tree and is easily avoided, that single attack was comparable to a summoned beast.
If we can study Kushina and replicate that strange chakra, we could dominate the entire ninja world."
"That energy depends on too many factors, the Uzumaki, seals, the Nine Tails, Kushina's fortunate survival, even the strange power used by that mysterious individual during the Nine Tails incident could be related.
Trying to replicate it would be impossible."
"But Kushina is becoming stronger and stronger, you have seen it, right? Leaving aside her strength, which is growing at an incredible rate, she has the admiration of many young ninjas and even part of the normal civilians.
Something like that should be impossible without great achievements and fame in a ninja war.
It cannot be natural."
"Kushina has been under observation the entire time, Danzō, she has done nothing suspicious, I would bet she does not even know why she is admired," Hiruzen explained.
"That does not matter, with her strength and admiration she is on her way to becoming a second Hatake Sakumo, remember, Hiruzen, a weapon that is not used is only dangerous to its owner."
At Danzō's words, Hiruzen exhaled smoke from his pipe, he knew it was true, but there was a reason they could not deal with her right now.
"You do not need to worry about that."
"What do you mean?" Danzō frowned, realizing what his old friend meant.
"That is right, friction and disputes between the villages have been increasing.
And lately Iwagakure and Kumogakure have been making suspicious moves, it is possible that the Third Great Ninja War is approaching," Hiruzen explained.
"That is a problem. The absence of Hatake Sakumo is already an open secret among the five villages, Orochimaru is distancing himself more and more from the village, added to the heavy losses we suffered during the Second Ninja War, it is clear that we will be the main target," Danzō analyzed.
"That is right. That is why now is not the time for internal disputes, Kushina is a weapon we must use against other villages."
"Fine," Danzō said, leaving the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen watched his friend leave and sighed with resignation, knowing that Danzō would probably plan something anyway.
After watching him leave, he turned to look at Kushina through the crystal ball, but seeing that she was no longer training, he lost interest and returned to other matters.
…
[They are no longer watching us]
"Are you sure?"
[Yes, he has already lost interest]
"That old man, how dare he spy on me? When I am strong enough I will beat him up in revenge," she said, shaking her fist in the air.
"Speaking of that, how strong am I?"
[Name]: Uzumaki Kushina
[Race]: Demon [Level]: 72 (40000/566500)
[Base Stats]:
HP: 10000
MP: 45000
Strength: 1200
Agility: 1000
Constitution: 1150
[Skills]:
Wind Manipulation 50
Fire Manipulation 50
Water Manipulation 50
Earth Manipulation 50
Space Manipulation 10 (50000/240000) Analysis and Learning 50
Lightning Manipulation 30 (10000/250000) Summoning
[Stat Points]: 0
[Skill Points]: 0
During the last two years Kushina continued to practice without rest and level up.
Every ten levels she unlocked a new skill, elemental manipulations are quite easy to level up, so most of them are at the maximum, the only ones that are not are lightning manipulation, which she obtained last, and space manipulation, which is difficult to level up.
Then there is summoning, which allows her to form contracts with non human familiars and summon them, however, the only summoned beast Kushina currently has a contract with is Kurama.
Then there is the skill Analysis and Learning.
In fact, the skills that Kaito can grant to Kushina have to be things that he himself can do, which is why he gave her elemental manipulations, since by resembling chakra they would not raise too much suspicion, however, after giving her five skills of this type, Kaito realized that Kushina does not have much originality, she uses her skills for overly simple things, and even when she has a more complicated idea, she struggles to learn how to do it.
Because of this, he gave her the skill Analysis and Learning, which allows her to break down any attack or movement she sees and recreate it perfectly, while learning allows her not only to copy it, but to understand each part and think about improvements to it. For example, she can see the Uchiha fire dragon, but not only copy the way they shape chakra and imbue it with fire, but also add other parts that make it more powerful.
However, even so, manipulation depends entirely on the user, so even if she knows how to do it, she cannot do it perfectly.
This is because Kushina is accustomed to another energy system, chakra, and how it works, whether it is her mind or her body, she was adapted to this system from birth.
Kaito's solution was to turn her into a demon, although this had some side effects.
"Geez, when you said you were going to turn me into a demon, did you not say that it would only make me stronger? Why does everyone keep following me as if I were the most popular person in the village?" Kushina said, pretending to be indignant.
[Can you stop smiling while pretending to be indignant?
As for that, I had no idea either, but it seems to be due to your demonic rank, you naturally attract weaker demons to submit to you, and although not as effective, it still instinctively attracts non demons as well]
"How did you not notice that? Did you not say you are a demon too? Did you not notice all the people around?"
[…there are simply many people around me, so I do not notice when more get closer]
"How is that possible?" Kushina said in disbelief, "are you some kind of lord with a territory and hundreds of subordinates, maybe even many wives?" Kushina laughed as she said the last part as a joke.
[…]
"You are joking, right?"
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