The Byakugan Princess of Konoha

After Kaguya Otsutsuki devoured the fruit of the Divine Tree, the power of the Divine Tree instantly gained the upper hand, which is why she awakened the Rinnegan with nine tomoe.

That's why Shukaku was too scared to come out when he sensed that Hinata possessed both the power of the 'Otsutsuki' and the 'God Tree' in the Forest of Death.

But as Gaara and Hinata got closer several times, Shukaku finally sensed it.

Hinata's power is actually still very weak.

Then there's nothing to be afraid of!

"Oh hahahaha—"

Gaara let out a wild, unrestrained laugh, it was unclear whether the laughter came from Gaara himself or from Shukaku within him.

Hinata and her six companions approached Sasuke. Sasuke looked at Hinata and asked, "This guy is acting a bit strange, what should we do?"

"Blind eyes!"

Hinata focused her chakra on her Byakugan. Without turning her head, the Byakugan's vision penetrated the Bagua seal within Naruto and saw the Nine-Tails in the sewers.

Hinata had already discovered the cracks in the Eight Trigrams Seal during her match with Naruto.

Hinata took Naruto's hand.

Naruto's face immediately turned bright red, and he looked at Hinata shyly, saying, "Hinata, what's wrong with you...?"

Hinata ignored Naruto and said to Sasuke and the others, "Come here, all of you, hold hands!"

Although somewhat puzzled, Sasuke and the others still held hands and joined Hinata and Naruto.

Hinata whispered, "Calling the little fox, calling the little fox! Please... lend us a little bit of your power!"

In the sewers, Kurama sensed Hinata's eye power and immediately roared in fury, "Bastard! It's you!"

Hinata blinked and said cutely, "Little fox, don't be angry yet! Can you lend us some of your power? We're going to fight Shukaku."

Please! I beg you!

"We can just use the shadow clone technique!"

Cuteness overload activated!

Nine-Tailed Fox: "..."

Who should we attack? Shukaku?

Is that the fat raccoon cat that's yellowish-brown with purple markings and that keeps calling itself "stinky fox"?

'boom--'

In an instant, a surge of chakra flowed from Naruto's body, and the crimson fox cloaks on Hinata, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kiba, Lee, and Shino instantly ignited.

"cut!"

Kurama gave a haughty snort, then closed its eyes, no longer wanting to pay attention to Hinata.

Hinata smiled and said, "Thank you, little fox! I'll come visit you again sometime!"

That arrogant Nine-Tails is no match for the Moe-type technique; it obediently lent out its power.

Of course, it's also possible that Hinata beat it up before!

In short, Kurama is very honest!

On the other side, Shukaku, the entire tanuki, was in a terrible state.

I think I ran into that stinky fox, and... there were a lot of stinky foxes.

My jinchūriki... could he be surrounded by that stinky fox?

Sage of Six Paths, I want to report you! That Nine-Tailed Fox is cheating!

Shukaku: Should I let my Jinchuriki be killed by the opponent? Wouldn't that make me free?

Actually, if it were any other tailed beast, Shukaku could very well have beaten Gaara to death.

But the Nine-Tails is different.

Kurama (the Nine-Tails) once offended Shukaku, and in a way that was thorough.

The Nine-Tailed Fox said: The power of the tailed beasts is arranged according to the number of their tails.

Ok!

Shukaku also admits that Kurama's power is the strongest, but I, Shukaku... am definitely not the weakest.

But the key point is that the Nine-Tails, which was once in its complete form, only had eyes for the Eight-Tails.

The other seven tailed beasts were no different in Kurama's eyes.

They're all weaklings.

Nine-Tails thinks it's the strongest, Eight-Tails is next, and who cares about the remaining seven weaklings? Let's just rank them like that!

Gaara let out a sharp, piercing howl: "Kill them!"

Feeling the surging chakra within their bodies, Sasuke and the others were instantly stunned...

"This is……"

Hinata explained, "This is the hidden power within Naruto; we're just borrowing it for a bit."

Naruto scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "Speaking of which... if this is the hidden power within me, then why can you use it, but I can't?"

That's right!

Hinata and the other six all have the Nine-Tails' cloaks, but Naruto, the pure Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, has not received even a tiny bit of power from the Nine-Tails!

Hinata patted Naruto on the shoulder and comforted him, "Maybe Kurama just hates you! But if you can become friends with Kurama, maybe it will lend you its power!"

Naruto nodded in strong agreement and hid to the side to call for Kurama.

"Shino! Protect Naruto!"

Hinata called out, "Everyone! Let's go!"

In fact, even before chasing Gaara, Hinata had already thought of a way to deal with him.

I'll act cute and borrow some power from the Nine-Tails.

With the Nine-Tails' chakra, even rookie genin like Shikamaru, Shino, Rock Lee, and Kiba can unleash tremendous power.

If Kurama (the Nine-Tails) refuses to lend it, then we'll have to let them retreat first.

Fortunately, although the Nine-Tails is a bit arrogant, it can't resist the power of its cuteness. And since it heard that it was going to fight the little tanuki, it was relatively easy to talk to.

Then, I won't be able to give Aira the chance to fully transform into a tailed beast.

If we can just use the same method we used to fight the Nine-Tails to send Shukaku back, Gaara will be trapped.

Then, we'll bring Gaara back to Konoha and exchange him for some money with Sunagakure...

Chapter 100 Konoha's Genin

Just how powerful is the Nine-Tails?

In the original story, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Hiashi Hyuga donned the Demon Fox cloak, but managed to deflect the Ten-Tails' tail with a single, empty palm strike.

The power of Kurama's chakra lies not only in its quantity but also in its quality.

Hinata's strength, even without using Sage Mode, is only slightly weaker than Hiashi Hyuga's.

Their weakness lies in their mastery of soft boxing techniques and their lack of practical combat experience.

If Hinata, on top of possessing the Nine-Tails' chakra, were to use Sage Mode chakra...

Let alone Gaara in his incomplete form, even if Shukaku in its complete form appeared, Hinata would still have a fighting chance.

"Let's go!"

Sasuke quickly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"

A massive fire dragon attacked Gaara, simultaneously obscuring his vision.

"Ughhhhhh—"

Gaara was screaming madly; he was almost completely out of his mind.

Just as Gaara was about to jump into the air to avoid the Great Fire Dragon, he found that his body was completely unable to move.

His shadow had already become intertwined with Shikamaru's shadow.

A scorching fire dragon attacked, and Gaara took the hit head-on from the Great Fire Dragon.

Hinata's figure followed closely behind the fire dragon as she rushed towards Gaara. Gaara struggled violently, and with the power of Shukaku, he finally broke free from Shikamaru's Shadow Technique.

Shikamaru's strength is still somewhat weak. Even with the help of Kurama's chakra, he is only at the level of a Jonin!

As the fire dragon dissipated, Gaara immediately spotted Hinata charging towards him.

Wielding his now-dusted right claw, Gaara attacked Hinata with a frenzied expression.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

The cry of Chidori rang out, and Sasuke appeared behind Gaara. Chidori thrust out, and Gaara's sand-transformed right arm was instantly torn off by Chidori.

"Good job!"

Hinata focused her chakra on her Byakugan, her gaze passing through the seal within Gaara's body, and saw Shukaku sealed within him.

He extended a finger and pointed it at Gaara's abdomen.

This time, Hinata's eyes showed no change, but this finger strike contained the powerful energy of the Nine-Tails.

Somewhere inside Gaara's body...

Shukaku could sense that the chakra of a certain stinky fox was surging towards him through the gaps in the seal.

Shukaku struggled frantically, channeling all his chakra to resist this force.

"Awoooooo!"

Gaara has become Shukaku's right eye, staring intently at Hinata.