Chapter 72 - Operation Snake Beater Phase 2 

Ren woke up early in the morning like usual, but different from the other times, this time he felt a weight pressing on his body, so still a little sleepy he opened his eyes to check and what greeted his sight, was a head full of red hair on his shoulder and part of her naked back while the rest of their bodies was covered by the sheet.

'Holy....that wasn't a dream, I really did that, now what do I do? How do I treat her? What do I say?' while Ren.exe was crashing, and a screen with error 404 was appearing in front of him, the situation in general and Karin's body heat, caused a natural reaction in Ren.

And Ren's movement, woke up Karin who then opened her crimson eyes and looked at Ren and smiled, then she hugged him closer and said "Good morning dear" and Ren awkwardly replies "G-good morning too Karin, are you ok? Did I hurt..." but Karin stopped him with a kiss and then said "Thanks for worrying but last night was perfect, even if hurts at the beginning, after a few minutes it was amazing, now let's move we have a hideout to attack a some people to free"

Then after another kiss she got up from the futon, and once again showed her naked form to Ren, then she took her yukata and dressed herself then she went out, and while looking at her Ren thought 'Why do I feel that she is the male...' then he shrugged his shoulder and moved to start his day, first he went to the bathroom to wash himself then he moved toward the meeting room, but in the hallways he met with Dosu who just came back from training, "Good morning Dosu, are you ready for today?" and Dosu looked at Ren and said "Yes I'm ready..." then from his bandaged face a grin can be seen nad he continues "By the way, congratulations, hope that you had fun"

And Ren "What do you mean?" and still grinning Dosu "Do you remember that sound is kinda my speciality, if a girl enter your room, and then all the sounds vanishes, it is easy to do 1+1" and just as Ren showed an embarrassed face, a flash come from the direction of Peri, 'And so my walk of shame, ends up in my Wall of Shame, now that I think about it, I should use one of the free room downstairs to make a Room of Shame...hmm food for thought'

Then he kept moving and went to the meeting hall, and starts the briefing "Good Morning Everyone, so thanks to Karin info, we now know the position of another big hideout of Orochimaru, the Northern Hideout, is a grander hideouts in terms of size. It is one of the hideouts that Orochimaru used to conduct his human experiments with the cursed seal, and is located in the Land of Earth, our objective is the same as last time, kill the guards and destroy the cursed seal on the prisoners...."

Then Karin interrupt "Wait, among the prisoners there is Jugo, an individual with repressed maniacal urges who becomes homicidal when he snaps, and he willingly became a prisoner of Orochimaru in order to find a cure for his murderous impulses, but Orochimaru extracted fluids secreted from his enzymes in order to create his cursed seals,"

And Ren says "Well I'll deal with Jugo, now what is important is...who want to come, as this time we are sure that Orochimaru isn't there, technically I alone can do this, so everyone can do what he wants"

The first to speak was Zabuza "If I'm not needed then I'll go back to Kiri and help Mei while receiving from her info on others targets" then Haku "Then I'll go to the Land of Frost, I heard that there are some powerful Ice Jutsu there, so I'll be away for a while but call me if you need", Peri just gave him a thumb up, and Dosu "I heard of a strange place in the Land of Silence, it could help me in creating a new Jutsu, I still feel not strong enough", and Karin said "I'll follow Ren, after all I have nothing to do"

Ren then nodded and said "Good, so Me, Peri and Karin will go to the Northern Hideout, while you guys are free to train and relax, but keep your eyes and ear open for info on Hollows or other danger that the hidden village won't care for" then Ren turn to Karin and offer her a protector with the number 4 and a bellflower on it and says "Now I officially ask you to join the Baransa, the number 4 represent the 4th division of the Shinigami, there where the one in charge of Support and Healing, and the bellflower signifies, those who grieve are loved"

And Karin without thinking took the protector and said "Of course, now let's kick some bad people ass!" then Ren, Peri and Karin went to change in their Shihakusho, Karin choose to use her protector as a necklace then when they meet up outside she said "By the way, I never asked but where are we?" and Ren replies "We are in the Land of Whirlpool, to be more precise where once stood Uzushiogakure, in some way you are back home"

Hearing that Karin opened her eyes wide, moved by Ren's words, then she jumped on Ren and hugged him while say "Kyaaa, of course this is my home, by the way Dear, how many children do you want?" and Ren "C-C-Children that is too soon" but Karin in a coy voice replies "I do not know, you did a good job last night..."

And Ren "Eeeeh, please stop joking and let's concentrate on the mission for now, we have some people to save and a snake to weaken, so do you remember the hideout exact position?"

And Karin return in her serious mode and says "Yes it is more or less, 900 km north-west of Iwa, in an isolated mountain range, in fact all the mountain range is the hideout" and Ren says "Okay, now I will teleport us to the Land of Earth then, we will move on foot, ready?"

And after receiving a confirm from both Peri and Karin, Ren use once again the Bakudō #87. Sentan Hakuja (Thousand-Coil White Snake), a long, white piece of cloth is spun around to incorporate Ren, Karin and Peri within its coils. As the cloth tightens, with a white flash, it teleports the targets to the hideout Ren built in the Land of Earth.