Teizawa stared at the woman glaring furiously at him from beneath the covers, only half her face visible. His mind was a complete mess.
"Yugito? What are you doing here?"
His voice sounded strangely unsteady.
He couldn't understand how Kumogakure's Two-Tails jinchūriki had ended up in his bed.
Yugito tried to speak, her face turning bright red, but she couldn't get a single word out.
Her lips could move, but her throat felt as though something had blocked it.
No sound emerged.
She couldn't move her body either.
Her chakra had been sealed, and her tenketsu had been locked down.
She couldn't even lift a finger.
All she could do was glare viciously at Teizawa with those purple eyes.
If looks could kill, Teizawa would have died eight hundred times over.
Watching her reaction, Teizawa suddenly realized what had happened.
Her chakra had been restrained, and her tenketsu had been sealed.
She couldn't speak or move.
But he hadn't done any of this.
He had only just returned and hadn't touched a thing.
Damn it!
Wasn't this woman supposed to have been captured by Obito?
Everyone believed the Akatsuki had taken her.
Darui had been beside himself with worry.
Kumogakure had probably already erupted into chaos.
Had it not been Obito?
Then who was responsible?
A bold suspicion entered his mind.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
Three steady, unhurried knocks.
Teizawa pulled the blanket over Yugito before walking to the door.
He opened it.
A face identical to his own appeared before him, complete with that same infuriating grin.
It was his sand clone.
"Surprised? Didn't see that coming, did you?"
The clone's voice sounded exactly like his.
Even the tone was identical.
Teizawa gave him a cold smile.
"What exactly happened?"
"I'm just a pile of sand. What would I know?" the clone replied. "Read the memories yourself."
With that, the clone handed him a specimen container.
Floating inside was a scarlet eyeball.
Three tomoe marked its surface.
A Sharingan.
Kakashi's Sharingan.
"Mission accomplished!" the clone declared.
Teizawa accepted the container without another word.
He reached out and touched the clone's shoulder.
The moment they made contact, the sand clone dissolved into countless grains, scattering through the air like dandelion seeds carried by the wind.
Like a shadow clone, the sand clone transferred all its memories back to the original when released.
Countless images immediately flooded Teizawa's mind.
On the wasteland outside Amegakure, the clone had been wearing an Akatsuki cloak and a spiral mask.
After removing the Sharingan from Kakashi's eye socket, he had been preparing to leave when Yugito appeared before him.
Her golden eyes were cold and guarded.
"Kazekage-sama..." Her voice was sharp as a blade. "Don't you think you owe me an explanation?"
The clone hadn't attempted to explain.
He knew there was no explanation she would believe.
His only option had been to subdue her as quickly as possible, seal her chakra, lock down her tenketsu, and bring her back to Sunagakure.
Then he had placed her in the original's bed.
Teizawa didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
What kind of ridiculous situation was this?
His original plan had been for the clone to secretly steal Kakashi's Sharingan and frame the Akatsuki for it.
Who could have guessed that Yugito would appear out of nowhere and catch him red-handed?
To protect his identity, the clone had been forced to bring her back as well.
Now Obito had been left holding the blame.
Kumogakure undoubtedly believed that the Akatsuki had abducted Yugito.
Once Darui returned and delivered his report, the Fourth Raikage's infamous temper would probably cost him several more desks.
For Teizawa, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Having the Two-Tails' jinchūriki in his hands gave him another valuable bargaining chip.
Besides...
He had already gotten a good look at her.
Yugito had quite the figure.
Teizawa turned around, locked the door, and walked back toward the bed.
Yugito was still curled up beneath the covers.
Only half her face was visible, and her purple eyes remained fixed on him.
She looked like a leopardess trapped with nowhere left to run.
Her body was trembling slightly.
Whether from rage, fear, or cold, he couldn't tell.
Teizawa sat beside the bed and looked at her.
"You saw something you weren't supposed to see."
His voice was quiet.
Yugito bit her lip.
She couldn't answer even if she wanted to.
"I never planned to capture you. You're the one who stumbled into this."
Teizawa paused.
"But now that you're here, you might as well settle in."
"Sunagakure may not be as prosperous as Kumogakure, but you'll be treated well."
Yugito's eyes reddened.
She was the Two-Tails' jinchūriki of Kumogakure.
She was one of the Raikage's most trusted subordinates.
She was an elite shinobi who had survived countless battles.
She wasn't supposed to cry.
Yet tears still welled uncontrollably in her eyes.
She wasn't crying because she was afraid.
It was humiliation, frustration, and the despair of being held helplessly in someone's grasp, as easily as an insect between their fingers.
Teizawa remained beside her for a moment, thinking.
"However..."
He suddenly spoke again.
"For security's sake, the only person I can truly trust with this secret is my own woman."
He rose and climbed onto the bed.
Yugito's pupils abruptly contracted.
Her mouth opened, and a hoarse roar finally tore its way out of her throat.
"You... You wouldn't dare!"
At some point, she had managed to force open several of the seals.
Her voice was raspy and shrill, piercing the silence of the room.
A moment later, her body began to glow.
Dark blue chakra surged from within her and danced across her skin like flames.
It was the chakra of Matatabi, the Two-Tails, cold and ferocious.
Yugito's pupils narrowed into vertical slits.
They were no longer human eyes.
They belonged to something far older and wilder.
The eyes of a Tailed Beast.
Cold, detached, and filled with bestial fury.
"Cat eyes..." The corner of Teizawa's mouth rose as interest flashed through his eyes. "I've never been with a catgirl before."
"You!"
Yugito was overwhelmed by fury and humiliation.
She struggled violently beneath the covers.
She had planned to wait until the seals loosened further before escaping, but she hadn't expected him to harbor such intentions toward her.
She had no choice but to resist before it was too late.
A tail of dark blue chakra emerged behind her, its tip flickering with ghostly flames.
Two furry ears appeared atop her head, matching the color of her hair.
She resembled a cornered cat with every strand of fur standing on end.
The chakra surrounding her boiled violently.
From a distance, she looked like a blue flame given human form.
Teizawa, however, showed no sign of backing down.
Excitement gleamed in his dark eyes as he lunged forward.
"Let go of me!"
Yugito's furious, frightened voice echoed through the room.
The bed shook as she fought desperately against him, sending a pillow tumbling to the floor.
Dark blue chakra flashed through the darkness like ghostly fire, flaring and fading as the struggle continued.
"You bastard! Get away from me!"
Her furious shouts gradually gave way to desperate pleas.
Then the room fell into darkness, leaving what followed behind closed doors.
(End of Chapter)
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