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Brotherhood

Prologue

"lady Tsunade, Lady Tsunade" a harried young medic nin came running up to where the blond woman had been checking over the latest what seemed like an endless que of wounded survivors.

"What!" she snapped turning to look at the now terrified young man

she sighed ran a hand though her hair and started again

"what is so urgent you come shouting in here when there are wounded to treat, the war maybe over but there is still the wounded to treat"

"forgive me Lady Tsunade but the is a small group that wont let anyone other than yourself near their leader even though he is badly wounded they are refusing all treatment unless its you personally"

Tsunade clenched both her teeth and fists, feeling ready to punch whoever this egotistical moron was all their way back to wherever it was he came from

"where is this idiot from?" she demanded while thinking 'I will give his kage a piece of my mind'

"um .." the nin looked down at his clipboard "Uzushiogakure"

"Uzu..." Tsunade went pale "lead me to him NOW!"

the medic nin jumped and hurriedly led the former Hokage though the many wounded to an out of the way and almost hidden corner. there she found four people, three were stood shielding a forth from view who was laying eyes closed on a cot bed with a field dressing on his head completely covering his hair and another decorating his bare torso

"Stand aside!" she ordered "you asked for me. Well i'm here!"

her glare was fierce and as the Medic nin retreated the three standing guard parted. One. The only female in the group, went to one side of the prone man and rested her hand on his arm

"Sempi" she said to him in almost a whisper "Lady Tsunade is here"

The injured man slowly turned his head and opened his green eyes to look up at her, there was something familiar about those eyes, and his face for that matter. Brushing those thoughts aside she bent down to take a look as his chest wound

as she worked she also felt something familiar in his chakra. It was then all the pieces fell in to place and she reached for the bandaging on his head and reveling that it wasn't a wound it was hiding

"Daichi" she whispered "You... You were dead" she stepped back shocked

"When did you realize?" the injured man smiled back weekly "i was five when Aunt Nanami took me into hiding"

"Gaki"she stood looking down on him hands on "i was the one who helped you into this world and as eventful as that was I wasn't going to forget your chakra signature in a hurry"

"So Uzushiogakure?" she asked conversationally as she went back to heeling him

"We wondered for a time, we found the remains of the village when I was seven" he winced in pain "They were rebuilding and with not many options we settled there"

"Were you planing on returning?" she asked as she finished putting her hands on her hips

"i wanted to as soon as I was able but Lord Jiraiya advised I wait and train more. He said he would bring me back personally"

"Jiraiya knew" she gasped

"Aunt kept in touch with him until she passed a few years back" he said with sadness "where is the Old Toad anyway?"

"gone" she sat abruptly trying to hold back her feelings of her lost teammate

"oh" he sighed and closed his eyes

"will you stay..." there was some hope in her voice "he may need you"

"i saw him Fight.. it was..." he sighed again as he tried to sit up "i don't know if he needs me... I've been gone to long"

he managed to sit up but looked away eyes sad as he reached for a Hitai-ate and fastened it bandanna style to re cover his hair, its symbol a simple spiral

Tsunade turned and started to walk away

"Think About it" she said with out looking back "you are family after all"

She waved a dismissive hand and continued waling away soon disappearing into the busy mayhem of the makeshift infirmary

Note- Thankyou for reading and please leave a review, as an additional note te artwork for the cover is my own work