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~Chapter 2~

~Hokage Tower: Hokage's Office, 11:24AM~

Godaime Hokage Tsunade Senju was working on some paperwork at the moment. These papers she was working on were about the mob that chased after Naruto yesterday, when she first heard about the mob. She was beside herself with anger and worry, Naruto was one of the most precious people in her life, she cared about him just as much as she cared about her assistant Shizune whom she thought of as family.

She would have gone to his home yesterday to check on him but she needed to tell the Konoha Council of what had happened and her intentions on how she was going to deal with the mob. Because of this she was unable to go and visit him. Of course during the meeting she had some problems especially with the civil side of the council. The main contributor of these problems was the warhawk Danzo. Fortunately for her the shinobi side was supportive of her. All of them knew Naruto in one way or another so they always supported him. Because of the split between both sides the meeting dragged on all night and finally ended five hours ago, after which Tsunade immediately went home to sleep. She was too tired to do anything else.

Before she had gone to the meeting she made sure that every member of the mob was found and interrogated. After the interrogation most would be on their way to prison, for the first timers they had sentences no shorter than five years while others who had done this before would be getting longer sentences. The leaders on the other hand would not go to prison they would be executed. She would have had them all executed but she knew that wouldn't go over well with civilian council. So she could only executing the leaders. She hoped this would discourage any further attempts to form mobs but that was not likely.

Along with the paperwork Tsunade was also waiting for Naruto to arrive, She heard from Shizune that he had sent a clone to tell her that he would be coming over so he could ask her something.

Yawning Tsunade stretches as she tries to wake her tired body, while she was still stretching she heard someone knock on her door. Looking at the door she says" Enter!" As the door opens she sees the very person she was waiting for walk in. It was Naruto, he had his usual smile on his face, the one that warmed her heart when she saw it. She felt it made him look even more handsome than he already was. What he wore made him look handsome as well. He was wearing his headband tied around his forehead with a black cloth. He was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt with dark blue pants along with a dark green flak jacket. The very one she gave him when he became a chūnin. He also had on black ninja sandals and a pair of black short metal-plated gloves that had the leaf symbol on them. If she remembered correctly they where a gift from his sensei Kakashi Hatake.

"Good morning Tsunade-chan!" He says cheerfully as he walks up to her desk.

Looking at him all the worry she felt yesterday came rushing back. Tsunade wasted no time, she quickly got up from her chair and went up to him. When she got to him, she hugged him tightly. She wrapped her arms around his neck, she didn't want to let him go.

"I'm so glad you're alright Naruto!" Her voice had a quiver that Naruto noticed, he could tell that she was close to crying.

Naruto hugged her back, he placed his hands on her back. When he hugged her back Naruto felt her buried her head into his neck and nuzzled him. He felt something wet hit his neck as she did, he soon heard her sniff as well as she tried to hold herself back from crying. It was the reason she buried her face in his neck, she didn't want to let him see her cry.

"I'm so glad you're alright." She repeated, her voice broke a little more as she said this. She was losing it, she couldn't hold back her tears any longer. Her worry had been that great.

Hearing this Naruto began to rub her back with one of his hands and with the other he caressed the back of her head. He was soothing her, he didn't want her to cry. He never liked seeing her cry, he had seen her cry one to many times when she had spells of depression. He was there for her like he was now.

As he held her, he could hear her call out to him again"Oh Naruto I didn't want you to see me cry."

"Its alright Tsunade-chan I'm here for you." Naruto says in a soft and soothing voice.

Tsunade continues crying for another minute before she says" I'm know you are but I was just so worried about you Naruto!"

Hearing this Naruto couldn't help but hug her closer. She was one of the few people in his life who cared about him to such a degree. He felt so blessed to know her.

"I'm glad you worry about me Tsunade-chan I really am but you know I can take care of myself."

Hearing this she raises her head to look at him in his eyes before she says" I know you can but when I thought about what could have happened to you! I couldn't help but feel afraid that you might die."

Raising one of his hands to wipe away a tear Naruto says" Do you trust me Tsunade-chan?"

Wiping away the rest of her tears she says" Of course I do" She trusted him with her heart, her soul and her life.

Smiling Naruto says" Then trust me when I say I won't die ever! I mean I still haven't become Hokage yet!" a grin begins to form on her face upon hearing his reply.

Tsunade remembered his goal of becoming Hokage. He was dead set on becoming Hokage, in fact it was his determination to do so that convinced her to become the Godaime Hokage after she was so reluctant at first.

Seeing her smile Naruto says with one of his own." Good Tsunade-chan! You look way prettier when you smile."

Blushing Tsunade wipes away the last of her tears before she says" Thank you Naruto." she then leans up and kisses him on his cheek.

Pulling away from Naruto, Tsunade remembers that he wanted to ask her something.

"So Naruto. Shizune told me that you wanted to ask me something?" She says as he sits down in one of the chairs in front of her desk a while she sits on the edge of her desk.

Nodding to her with a blush Naruto says" Well I was wondering if I could go to the Land of the Waves."

Interested she asks" Why do you want to go there?"

"Well there's something I want to go and get."

"And what would that be?" She asks curiously.

"It's a secret but it is important for later."

"You're not going to tell are you?" Tsunade asks as looks at him.

Shaking his head Naruto says" Nope."

Thinking about it Tsunade soon shook her head before she says" I can't let you go Naruto that country has had sightings of the Akatsuki recently. What if one of them sees you?" concern was heavy in her voice; she didn't want them to find out about Naruto.

Upon hearing the concern in her voice, Naruto again couldn't help but feel happy to know that.

Replying in a soft voice as he stands up Naruto says" Don't worry Tsunade-chan, I won't let them see me plus you know they don't like to stay in one place for too long."

Hearing what he said Tsunade agreed with he said but it was unwise to underestimated the Akatsuki Pushing off from her desk, she looks straight into his deep ocean blue eyes. As she looks into his, he looks into her own light brown eyes. Finally coming to her answer Tsunade says" Ok you can go but you are not going without an escort."

Hearing her reply Naruto's groans a little before he says" An escort."

Nodding her head Tsunade says" Yes Naruto an escort."

"Is having an escort the only way I'll be able to go." Naruto asks as he continues to look at her.

"Yes Naruto that is the only way you'll be able to go." Tsunade tells him.

"Fine so who's my escort?" Naruto asks in a sigh as he sits down in the chair with a childish pout on his face.

Walking back to her chair with a smile on her face Tsunade sits down then looks through a list of ninja. She needed to make this choice with caution, whoever she chose to send with him had to like him. The only problem was not that many did.

'let's see Kakashi…no he is on a mission in the Land of Claws, Sakura…no she training at the hospital for the time being, Sasuke is under house arrest, Team Eight is on a mission in the Land of Rivers, Team Nine is on a mission in the Land of Swamps, and Team Ten is on a mission in the Land of Wind…Wait don't tell me there is no one I can send with hi…Of course! She might do they've known each for a long time so I know there will be no problem.' Tsunade then looks up from her list to see Naruto sitting patently in the chair.

She still found that surprising, he really has changed since he came from his three-year training trip.

"Ok Naruto I found someone who can escort you."

Looking at her Naruto asks" Oh who is it?" his voice held curiosity.

"It's Tsume Inuzuka." Naruto's eyes widen a little at the name. He wasn't expecting Tsume. She wasn't the type to do these types of missions.

"So Tsume will be the one going with me?" Naruto says as he thinks about it some more.

Raising an eyebrow Tsunade asks" Will that be alright with you?"

Nodding his head Naruto says" It's alright with me."

"Good then when are you going to leave so I can tell her?" Tsunade asks as she sees him stand up from the chair.

"Tell her to meet at the entrance to Konoha in the morning in three days and to pack enough for a week at the least." Naruto says heads for the door.

Nodding Tsunade she calls for an Anbu to send a message to the Inuzuka Compound as Naruto leaves…