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"Damn it, the genjutsu did not work. Fuck, this Sharingan is not mine. I cannot fight like this." The man in the mask said as he covered his bleeding eye with his hand while standing amid the burning forest.

"Uchiha Shin... I thought you were a friend." Minato said. He appeared beside Shin and was about to punch him from a close distance.

"Fuck don't bug me. The plan failed. I need to get out real quick." Shin said as he caught Minato's punch with his hand.

Shin then quickly grabbed Minato by his throat and pulled him towards himself. As Minato's life was inclined to the inside while falling towards Shin, Shin kicked Minato's stomach.

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[Warning! The host's second template is awakening]

[Warning! The host's second template is awakening]

Yukan's mind was filled with notifications like this while standing far from Kushina, looking at Kurama trying to kill her.

"...Fuck everything." Yukan slowly mumbled as he disappeared again but, this time, he ran fast enough for it to be considered teleportation.

Kushina opened her eyes slightly, only to see Kurama's nail only a few inches away from her body.

'At least I lived my life with my love...But my children, not seeing them grow might be my only regret. I hope Yukan keeps them safe...' Kushina thought in her mind as she accepted her fate of death and smiled while closing her eyes again.

"No way, you at least need to see our children grow up." Yukan suddenly appeared in the place and broke Kushina away from the altar.

His shoulder had instead received all the injuries and was stabbed, torn away by Kurama's nail.

"...Stay here," Yukan said as he gently put Kushina down nearby, giving her body the support of a tree.

'Hey, can she survive using the all-healing pill?' Yukan asked the system in his mind.

[Of course, she can. But that is if you had 36% of the total pill. The host is left with only 14% of it]

"Alright, I've got other ways too.' Yukan said. His shoulder's wound had already been healed due to his templates.

He took out his sword from the system subspace and blocked Kurama's paw the second time. This time, he stopped it with his sword.

Yukan held his sword straight up as he continued getting pushed back by Kurama's nail.

'Hmm, now if I go straight for killing Kurama, the village will be safe but, Kushina won't be and... killing Kurama won't be easy.' Yukan said in his mind as he looked down on the ground and saw the marks of his feet which were made when he was pushed back by Kurama's paw.

'If I just take Kushina away, she'll die for sure. Hmm, even if I seal Kurama, Kushina's current body won't be able to bear the stress of getting a tailed beast sealed inside herself. Then there is Kurama's mental resistance too. There is no way he won't resist... Wait! There actually is one way.

'System, how long does Kushina have?'

[With the nine-tails out of her, she only has approximately 10 minutes left with her]

Yukan had a physical fight with Kurama for a while in which, he took information from the system continuously, defended Kushina and dodged a few beast bombs.

"Alright, it's approved. I'll start now," Yukan said as he put up his fingers. A black and golden coloured rectangular seal slowly appeared in his hands out of nowhere.

[Slave-contract (One-use)]

[Upon using this on someone, the servant has sworn undying loyalty to the applier]

[The only way to escape a slave contract after it is activated is to burn your soul]

[Requirements to activate: Physical touch (Any part of the body)]

'Alright. I mean, it's damn easy.' Yukan said in his mind as he looked at Kurama.

He smiled and dropped his sword. He winked once and let Kurama's nail stab his stomach completely.

Kurama's nail went through Yukan's stomach but, Yukan just continued smiling and touched Kurama's nail with his hand.

"Gotcha bitch." Yukan said as he put the slave contract on Kurama's body.

[Does the host want to use the slave contract on the nine-tailed beast?]

[Yes/No]

'Yes'

As Yukan said yes and gave a green flag to the system, Kurama's body glowed in white light.

Kurama backed down and took out his nail from Yukan's body.

'He's not like a dog but,... at least not hostile anymore' Yukan said as he looked at Kurama slowly closing his eyes and lying nearby.

"Hey, don't touch her. I'll be back soon." Yukan said as he pointed to Kushina and walked towards her.

"A-Are you alright, Yukan?" Kushina asked as she slowly raised her hand.

"Oh, of course, I am. What do you think-" As Yukan was saying, he was interrupted by a sharp slap on his cheek.

"Your body does not say that at all," Kushina said as she pointed towards Yukan's stomach.

"Ohh yeah, I forgot about it... I'm feeling a little dizzy. Damn no, no-not right now..." Yukan fell in Kushina's lap while saying and closed his eyes while lying there.

Kushina looked at Yukan as a drop of tear trickled down her face. She kissed Yukan's cheek as she said, "Sorry kids, daddy and mommy are leaving early." Kushina wiped her tear and smiled while looking towards the village and finally, a few seconds later, Kushina too fell on Yukan's body.

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-4 minutes later-

'Hmm, is everything over?' Yukan said in his mind as he opened his eyes again.

[Host is left with only two and a half minutes if the host wants to save his wife]

The system notified Yukan about how less of time Yukan was left with.

"Healing power is good, at least I can still save my family," Yukan said as he slowly removed Kushina from him and put her back up against the tree.

"Y-You're up? Y-You were fine? But I saw-" Kushina was surprised as she saw Yukan standing in front of her. It's not that she did not like her husband standing finely in front of her, it's just that she was too surprised to find out that someone survived after that kind of injury. Kushina was about to leap forward and hug Yukan while sitting down but, she was stopped by Yukan.

He held her shoulder and stopped her from jumping forward.

'Too much physical activity might not be good for her...'

"Shh. Alright, hey babe, I'll be back real quick. You... Just count till 10." Yukan said politely as he knelt on his knees and kissed Kushina's forehead.

Yukan stood back up and said in his mind 'Alright system, we've got only 1 minute. Use the skill [Thought acceleration] [Steel Strength] and [Half-awakening]'

[Half-awakening] was a skill Yukan got after he almost awakened a few moments ago. The skill was pretty self-explaining so, Yukan did not wait for days to start using the skill in combat.

[Host does not have sufficient chakra]

'Ughh, use my life force' Yukan said. His face started to disfigure a little. He did not get ugly like a monster. Rather, Yukan got a little taller, his shoulders broadened, and his face started looking even more dangerous and blood-lusted than ever. Yukan slowly tilted his neck to the right before he disappeared from sight again.

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A/N: 2 more chappies and we end with this arc. This was kind of the thing I was the most excited about in this story, hehe. Thanks for reading, even if it was till here, guys. Love y'all.