Interlude 2: Kurenai's problems
Interlude 2: Kurenai's problems
Everything had been normal until I heard how people began to learn about my relationship with him. I was furious so I asked him directly if he was responsible. To my surprise, he only replied with a "My friends invited me to celebrate after a mission and I commented without thinking about it, I also don't see the problem, so I take away all those who want to approach you".
That day we had our first fight and unfortunately, it would not be the last ... and everything would get worse after that day ...
Flashback
It was a sunny and peaceful day like any other here in Konoha, I had woken up happy. Today Kushina Sensei would show us her little baby, Naruto Namikaze. But all the happiness vanished when I heard her sad words - "I'm sorry Kurenai-chan but I have to leave Konoha with my little one ..."
I was devastated, she had given no reason why she was leaving but as it was, it was obvious that there would be nothing I could do to stop her - "But Kushina Sensei ... If you have problems, you just have to talk to Minato-sama. .. "
"Don't tell me that name!" - my teacher shouted loudly - "I don't want to hear his name ... not after what he did ..."
"Kushina Sensei ... What happened?" - I asked with concern.
"No ... it's nothing Kurenai-chan ..." - she replied with a sad smile - "But I've already decided so I just came to say goodbye"
"Kushina sensei ..." - I said as tears ran down my cheeks. I could not understand why a woman as kind and caring as Kushina sensei had made the decision to leave the village.
"I hope that what happened to me never happens to you, Kurenai-chan ..." - he said as he left the house - "Good luck with your life and I hope that when we meet again, you will have the life you wanted ... "
I could only see how her silhouette disappeared. I wanted to follow her and tell her that I wanted to accompany her but my legs did not react.
"I'm sorry ..." - I said as I froze with a feeling that I had betrayed her trust.
"Kurenai?" - I heard a familiar voice but I didn't feel like greeting him - "What do you want Asuma ..."
"What happened?!" - exclaimed my new boyfriend.
"Nothing, Asuma ... only personal problems ..." - I replied vaguely but it seems that he did not like it. I could tell how he frowned when I said those words.
"Well ... it doesn't matter ..." - he said simply - "I have come to ask if you have seen Kushina-sama"
"?" - I just gave him a confused look.
"Minato-sama said we had to go get her back ..." - Asuma continued while explaining the situation to me - "According to him, Kushina-sama took someone with the talent to be used as a weapon for the village and is that's why he wants it back "
"What?!" - I shouted angrily - "Kushina Sensei just left with her little baby!"
"Exactly ..." - He replied simply - "Minato-sama said that when they tried to seal the Kyubi in their baby, a problem occurred. This made the little one have more chakra and better senses. If he trains well, he could be a great acquisition to defend the village ... "
"You hear what you're saying! He wants to use his own son as a weapon!" - Anger was taking the best of me.
"Calm down Kurenai! It's just a small sacrifice for the good of the village!" - Asuma replied calmly.
"You say that if the son were yours, you would do the same ?! - I asked him with a cold look.
"Yes!" - He answered without hesitation.
"Get out!" - I yelled to leave, what he said broke my heart.
"But Kur ..." - He tried to calm me down but I couldn't take it anymore to see him.
"Get out of here!" - I yelled once more.
"Fine..." - He left with a somber look while I remembered Kushina Sensei's words 'If I don't leave the village, everything will be worse, not only for me but for my little Naruto'.
A lot of tears began to flow from my eyes when I finally discovered everything - "I sorry..."
End flashback
Since that day, something changed in Asuma. He appeared every time I talked to one of my mission comrades. His unhealthy jealousy became increasingly apparent because he didn't leave me any second alone and things got even worse when I discovered that someone was spreading rumors about me sleeping with different men.
I knew that Asuma had heard of those rumors but I did not find myself in the need to explain that they were false because I expected him to understand it on his own but it seems that it was not so. Asuma had become paranoid, to the point that he had forbidden me to meet other men. This caused us to argue again and that our weak relationship was now at a breaking point where anything could destroy it and that situation did not wait ...
Flashback
I had separated from Kurama, the son of Kushina Sensei who changed his name for a reason I still don't know. He had told me everything that had happened with his meeting with Asuma and let me tell you that I couldn't stand my anger when I heard how I had almost killed a poor lady just because I was friendly with him. I couldn't take it anymore, so I went straight to Asuma to face it.
"Asuma!" - I said enraged when I finally found him.
"What's going on, Kurenai? - he simply replied.
"Why did you tell my Genin not to come near me and hurt that poor woman ?! - I said still furious.
"..." - He just kept silent while looking at me coldly.
"You will not say anything?!" - I exclaimed furiously.
"I'm sorry I didn't kill that bitch" - Jonin snorted coldly - "Maybe I was too kind ..."
"Are you listening to what you are saying ?!" - I screamed furiously - "She is an innocent civilian!"
"She is not innocent!" - Asuma shouted furiously - "She is showing kindness towards that abomination that killed my parents!"
"What are you talking about?" - I asked with surprise - "You know very well that Kurama-kun is not the Kyubi!"
"That was not what Minato-sama said" - the smoker Jonin snorted again - "The Kyubi seized his son and that was the reason why Kushina-sama left the village"
"You are insane!" - I shouted with fury - "How do you believe a bastard who not only almost causes the village to suffer a coup d'etat, but betrayed his wife when she needed him most!"
"You are becoming a supporter of the Kyubi, Kurenai" - Asuma said coldly.
"I'm not in favor of anything, I only have common sense!" - I screamed with exasperation.
"I see that now everything makes sense ... I guess Anastasia-san was right" - Asuma murmured as he looked at me - "That abomination must have fuck you like never before in your life, little red-eyed bitch"
"What the fuck are you talking about and who is that Anastasia ?!" - I screamed furiously upon hearing his insult
"You know very well what I mean, Kurenai" - Asuma said with a disdainful smile.
"Do you really think those rumors are true ?!" - I screamed as tears began to run.
"..." - Asuma said nothing, his silence was an answer more than obvious.
"You are a son of a bitch!" - I shouted with fury - "I gave you the opportunity to be something else and you ruined it with your fucking sickly jealousies! That is the reason why I did not want to take the next step!"
"That does not matter Kurenai" - Asuma denied while giving me a half-smile - "Because while you despised all my advances, I could meet Anastasia"
"Then why didn't you break up with me ?!" - I screamed furiously while the tears didn't stop - "Why did you have to go bother my Genin ?!"
"Why? Simple!" - Asuma shouted fiercely - "Because I do not want anyone to approach you! I wanted you for 10 long years and I will not let other bastards touch what belongs to me by right!"
"I'm not a fucking object, Bastard!" I shouted as I gave him a sharp look. The tears were gone and now there was only growing anger.
"You are, Kurenai" - Asuma smiled disdainfully - "That's why you open your legs to every man who speaks to you ... you are an object for their enjoyment"
"I'm not a whore!" - I screamed furiously - "I'm still pure!"
"Yeah... sure ..." - the man snorted - "Keep telling you that"
"By the way, don't expect my father to help you ..." - Asuma said with disdain - "He's been busy all day with that paperwork ... it's been like that since I was kids ..."
"..." - I was silent because I had seen the mountains of paperwork he always had on the desk.
"Goodbye Kurenai ..." - Asuma said with a cheerful tone - "See you soon ..."
End flashback
Like any competent sensei, I tried my best to keep them from noticing even though it didn't work. The girls tried to know about the motive but I changed the subject quickly. Everything had been normal at least until it was lunchtime ...
Flashback
I was going to a normal restaurant because I didn't want to go to Ichiraku with my students but right now I would have liked to be with them - "Asuma..."
"Oh ~? How have you been, Kurenai?" - He asked with a fake smile while the woman looked at me presumptuously.
"Assume-sama ~! Who is this... women~?" - the woman asked with disdain.
"Nobody... Anastasia-san ..." - Asuma said while grabbing her buttock - "Just a woman that I was interested before but then I discovered how it really was"
"Kya ~ Asuma-sama ~!" - Said the woman while flirting with the Sarutobi - "Not here ~! We can't give this view to these simpletons!"
"You're right, Anastasia ..." - the man nodded - "I can't let them see that kind of facet about you, after all, you're the daughter of one of the members of the Civil Council"
The woman only let out a small laugh while the people around only shook their heads. They now wondered how a man like Asuma was a relative of Hiruzen.
The couple quickly walked out of the place and when they passed by the red-eyed kunoichi, he stopped a moment - "Remember what I told you, Kurenai"
"That's how it has to be, bitch!" - The woman said as she passed by Kurenai - "The son of the Hokage can only be with someone of class, not with anyone who has nowhere to fall dead ..."
"Y-YOU!" - I screamed furiously while looking at the woman.
"Hohoho ~! See you later, bitch ~!" - said the woman and then follow the smoker Jonin - "Wait for me, Asuma-sama ~!"
End flashback
It still hurts to remember those memories but I have to be strong, not only for myself but for my team. They need their Jonin Sensei to be someone stable. But there is another problem ... and it is something that happened a little after my encounter with Asuma.
I was training my Genin team and that was when I was stunned by the appearance of the only boy on the team. His hypnotizing movements, his serious expression, his well-defined physique, all those details made him look good. I do not understand the reason but I was amazed by him for a few seconds, the time he realized.
"Do you like what you see, Kurenai sensei?" - He asked me and I answered without thinking Yes.
I couldn't hide the shame I felt, so I ran from the place but when I was about to go see Hinata, my steps stopped and I turned around. And again I watched him silently. My heart was pounding because I was doing something I shouldn't do like a Jonin sensei ... it felt so bad but at the same time great ... it was so conflictive.
Kurama Uzumaki ... son of Kushina Uzumaki and last man of the ancient Clan of the village of Uzushiogakure. The boy who was inside the damn Law, the CRA. The boy who had transformed into the Kyubi no Yoko. He had so many titles that it was impossible to say that he was someone who would have a common life and that made him more interesting in his view.
I quickly shook my head to put those thoughts aside because I felt they would become problematic if I followed that line of thought. I tried to keep my mind occupied in my work but my eyes always deviated from the silhouette of young Uzumaki. It was strange ... as if there was magnetism ...
Perhaps... Am I starting to like Kurama-kun?
No ... that's impossible ... I couldn't be interested in such a young boy ... or maybe?
Again I shook my head because I had to leave those thoughts aside, although the more I thought about it, the more logical everything became.
I never liked my co-workers or the men who asked me for appointments, I even only dated Asuma because he had asked me for 10 years to be his girlfriend ... maybe ... maybe I like youngers?
I'm confused ... it's possible ... or maybe it's just that the boy has all the qualities of my perfect man. I am not sure, I do not even understand my current situation but what I can assure is that I feel a slight attraction to my Genin and that is a problem because it should not be so.
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Chapter Rewritten at least 75%