A new problem

Darui woke up the morning after. He didn't remember what happened last night, but somehow he felt much more confident. Even the Fourth Raikage commented when seeing him:

"Darui, you look more like a true man now!"

These words made him frown. It felt like he had forgotten something very important, but no matter how many times he jogged his memories, nothing surfaced.

Meanwhile, two females, one adult and one child, were passing the border of the Land of Lightning.

"There are few ninjas who can use genjutsu, let alone a sound-based one. Mastering that kind of skill at such a young age... Tayuya, you are a genius."

"I only hope that I can be useful to Orochimaru-sama."

"And he should praise you more frequently..."

Suddenly, Tsunade stopped. Tayuya asked: "What's wrong?"

"No... nothing."

That was a lie: A very big change was happening.

Inside Tsunade's womb, a zygote, formed by her egg cell and Darui's sperm, has completed its journey from the fallopian tube to the womb. When it arrived, it embedded itself into the uterus wall and began to absorb nutrients. Tsunade was familiar with that sensation - after all, this was the third time a new life formed inside her body.

Tsunade signed. Unlike the previous two, she couldn't leave this child to the father. But she was not in the conditions to raise a child herself.

Well, I still have nine months ahead. Maybe I'll think of a solution in time.