TSUNADE
Kakashi headed out to Shikamaru, Choji and Ino next.
Naruto decided to go the Hokage's after some ramen.
Tsunade was sitting there going over battle simulations, trying to find any way possible she could avoid loosing her ninja. But alas there was no such way. It wasn't possible not to loose ninja, there would be blood on both sides but if her plan wasn't carefully carried out most of it would be on their side. And there was no way the village could be saved with all their best shinobi out on missions. Maybe this was their plan? Get all our Jonin and Chuunin out on mission. They knew the Genin wouldn't be able to stand their ground. Remarkable as they are, they'd stand no chance against the waterfall after all they're a shinobi village too.
Then what? There has to be a way. I can't let Kakashi and some Genin throw away their lives. What kind of Hokage would I be? I can't go myself either, the village would be left behind in total chaos, with the wiser shinobi outside it would be completely open to attack. It would be like provoking the others who've kept quiet for a long time to attack. No I can't do that either.
Why did I ever choose to be Hokage? I'm not made for this.
Wake up Tsunade you idiot! This is no time to be moping for yourself!
Right! So then what? What? What can I do!
This is getting no where. I'm sorry Kakashi, I really am. It's the only way. She sighed miserably.
If only there was another way… If Jiraya were here… It would be so much easier.
Tsunade spaced out to old times.
Orochimaru. Jiraya. Tsunade. The three great Sannin. We were once friends. A bond greater than any. But time impairs every bond. It's sad. We would have been so great. The three Sannin of the Leaf. I wish things were better.
I wish you hadn't gone Orochimaru; it would have been so uncomplicated and easier. Sometimes I miss you. And then my conscious kicks me hard and makes me snap back to reality. It's hard. Thinking that someone who you thought you knew so well could just, just walk away and change so much. She sighed. A tear glistened in her eye. I wish you would have forgone your desire, it was foolish. And now look where we stand, once friends now two people who would kill each other if presented with the opportunity. Where did we loose it? Why did we loose it? Was it only your mad desires or was it me somewhere as well?
How stupid of me to think about those times. That was a different lifetime. This is a different world. A more real one…
With real problems. Kakashi… you will be missed and considered a great hero. You name will be infamous in the Leaf for eternity. But that doesn't give you your life back does it?
I'm sorry.
I mean it.