Chapter 51: New day

**Chapter 51**

Sakura slept deeply beside him, one arm loosely curled near her face, pink hair messy across the pillow. The marks he had left on her skin the night before were still visible in the soft morning light—faint bruises on her hips, the lingering redness on her breasts and ass. Kael watched her for a long moment and felt a quiet, satisfied certainty settle in his chest.

Finally. I made her submit to me.

A familiar blue screen flickered into existence.

[Side Quest : Tame Sakura ✓]

[Reward: 5th tail unlock]

Kael blinked at the new category. He focused on the explanation that appeared beneath it.

[Side Quest: Quests with no time limit. Completed when you make a woman submit completely to you.]

So that was the difference. The main quests came with deadlines and specific wording. Side quests were broader—true, lasting submission—and carried their own rewards.

The 5th tail unlock pulsed softly in his vision. He accepted it without hesitation. A low, heavy warmth spread through his chakra pathways, settling somewhere deep behind his ribs. The ceiling of his power had risen again.

He thought back. He had only ever drawn on the Nine-Tails’ chakra once—during the fight with the snake beast while healing Samui. Even then it had been instinctive and limited. In the anime Kurama had talked constantly, argued, mocked, eventually cooperated. In this life the bijuu remained silent. No voice in his head. No sealed rage pressing against the bars. Something about that absence still felt wrong, but he pushed the question aside for now.

Kael pulled up the full list of what he currently held.

[Shadow Clone Jutsu, Rasengan, Transformation Jutsu, Sexy Jutsu, Nine-Tails Release (limited to 5 tails), Mind Bender, Invisibility (Duration: 20 minutes), Biology Change]

A solid set of tools, yet he had barely scratched the surface of most of them. Shadow clones and Rasengan saw regular use. The rest sat mostly idle. That needed to change. From now on he would start incorporating them deliberately instead of waiting for emergencies.

Morning light had fully filled the room. Kael slipped out of bed, pulled on a pair of pants, and went to the small kitchen. He made pancakes—simple, a little uneven, but edible. The smell of batter and butter drifted through the apartment.

Sakura stirred. She sat up slowly, blinking, then froze as the memories of the previous night crashed over her. Her face turned red. She clutched the sheet higher against her chest and stared at the doorway like she was considering an escape route.

Kael walked back in carrying two plates and set one in front of her.

"There’s no use being shy now," he said. He leaned down and kissed her, slow and deliberate, until some of the tension left her shoulders. "Eat."

They ate in relative quiet. Sakura kept glancing at him between bites, still flushed, but she finished the food. When the plates were empty Kael stood and stretched.

"I need to stop by my parents’ house. You heading home?"

She nodded. "Yeah. I should."

They left the apartment together. The storm from the night before had passed, leaving the streets clean and the air cool. They walked side by side without hurry. A few minutes later Sasuke appeared at the next corner, hands in his pockets, looking like he had been out for an early walk of his own.

He slowed when he saw them.

"Seeing you two together is weird," he said flatly.

Kael gave an easy shrug. "Yeah. We ran into each other."

Sasuke’s eyes flicked between them once more, then he fell into step on Sakura’s other side. Internally he felt a quiet relief. During the mission he had seen them together—had watched long enough to know it was not innocent—but on the return trip nothing further had happened. At the picnic Naruto had openly claimed Ino. Sasuke had told himself the mission incident was a one-time thing born of stress and proximity. He still carried his own unspoken feelings for Sakura, feelings he had never known how to voice. Seeing them walk together now stirred something uncomfortable, but Naruto’s casual explanation let him push it back down.

As the three of them continued along the street, Kael’s hand drifted behind Sakura. He gave her ass a slow, deliberate squeeze through her clothes. She did not push him away. She only kept her eyes forward, cheeks faintly pink, while Sasuke remained unaware on her other side.

Farther down the road they crossed paths with Team 8. Kiba raised a hand in greeting, Akamaru barking once from his head. Shino offered a small nod. Hinata stood slightly behind them. Her eyes met Kael’s for only a second before she looked away.

"Hello," Hinata said softly.

The groups exchanged brief, polite words. Then Hinata adjusted the strap of her pouch.

"I... have some work to do. Please excuse me."

She turned and left without lingering. Kael watched her go, then glanced at the others.

"I need to head off too. See you later."

He gave a short wave and split away from the group, leaving Sakura, Sasuke, and Team 8 standing together in the morning light as their conversation continued without him.

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