Hey guys, before I continue the story, i would like to give you a bit more infos about Kaori the main character.

In this story, she is 22 years old. She is Tsunade's daughter. Her father was Tsunade's former lover, Dan. But he passed away before Tsunade even knew that she was pregant. This explains Kaoris looks : I'd imagine her looking very much like her mother, except her blue eyes, that came from her father.

Kaori was born in Konoha and grew up there until she was 14. After the Uchiha incident, for (yet) unknown reasons, Tsunade thought it would be better for Kaori to leave the village for a while. That is why Tsuna and her daughter used to travel a lot, and visit many places together. Since she was Tsunade's pupil, Shizune went with them. That also explains the deep friendship between Kaori and her. Those trips were quite painful for Kaori, still full with memories about the village and the Uchiha accident. But we will see how this accident affected her a bit later.

Kaori is a Jounin, who used to be trained by Tsunade herself. She inherited her strenghts, and her medical abilities.

If I were to describe the relationship between Kaori and her mother, I would say that is it definitly… special. Kaori is Dan's legacy, which explains Tsunade's « crazyness » towards her. When it comes to her daughter, Tsunade can be a lot overprotective and often very intense.

So yeah I think for now, that's all you need to know about her. If some things aren't clear, don't worry, everything will eventually unfold with the story ;)

*sound of a bottle hitting the table* « Ahhhh, this Sake is really the best ! » said Tsunade while whiping her mouth with her hand. It was late in the afternoon. The sun started slowly to go down, spreading a beautiful red light all over the village. The two women were sitting in a little pub, in the center of the village. Kaori smiled « I brought you some Sake from abroad. ». Tsunade laughed « You know your old mother so well ! ». The two of them were sitting there since quite some time, talking about everything, making Kaori realize how much she missed being here.

Her trip started six months ago, when a representive from the Marines came to Konoha. The Marines are an organisation of over a hundred different countries. They are powerful in their military capacities and their influence. Kaori's mission was to leave with the representive to Marinford, the biggest Marines base in the entire world, in order to discuss the terms of an possible alliance. No decision was made yet, her stay was purely diplomatic. Her role was to find out more about this organisation before Konoha could give it it's trust.

Tsunade's tone changed « I know you will give me a complete report, but still, I have to ask : what do you think of them Kaori ? ». The young woman hesitated, before speaking up slowly « Their organisation is more powerful than we could have imagined. It sure would have its advantages to join them, since there are more and more pirates in our seas, but… ». « But ? » asked Tsunade. « I'm just not sure if we can trust them. We have to give it some more time, in order to find out more about them. ». « What made you feel that way ? ». « I don't know I'm not sure yet. But something tells me, we don't know half the things we should about the Marines. Before we take a decision, we have to be sure about their real purpose ». Tsunade's eyebrows went up « Their real purpose ? »

But before Kaori could answer, a man's voice says loudly « Ooooh isn't this our little Kaori ?! ». The young woman turned around, and saw two men. The one who talked was older, tall, with great white hair, smiling happily. The other was a younger man, in his late twenties, with grey hair, wearing a mask. She reconized both of them immediatly. « Uncle Jiraya, Kakashi ! Long time no see ! ». She stands up and hugged Jiraya soflty. He looked at her with affection « You kind of grew. Travelling does you good ». Kaori smiled and turned to the other man « How have you been, Kakashi ? ». She could see that he was smiling under his mask « Fine, how about you Kaori-sama ? Did your trip go well ? ». Kaori laughed « For the last time, stop calling me Kaori-sama ! Call me just Kaori ! ». Kakashi laughed nervously « Hahaha, I'm sorry ! Kaori. ». Both men sit down with the two woman. The rest of the time was mostly smalltalk. Jiraya, as usual, was talking about his travels and books, and Kakashi was, as usual silent.

When the night fell completly, Kaori stood up : « This was nice but I will have to go now ». Tsunade and Jiraya didn't even listen, they were both fully red, sweaty and chuckling like little kids. Kaori sighs once more. Kakashi stood up as well : « I will leave with you. I got things to do on my own ». The two of them stood up, and, after saying good night to Tsunade and Jiraya, leave the pub. Once they reached the street, Kakashi turned to Kaori « Kaori-sama, aren't you going home ? Your house is that way, remember ? » « Of course I remember, baka ! But I got one more person to see before I go home and rest. ». Kakashi smiles : « He will be very happy to see you. He was waiting for you. ». He came closer to her, his eyes softened : « I'm really happy to have you back here. I was afraid things might not go so well. ». Kaori chukles : « You were worried about me ? ». She could see Kakashi blushing under his mask. « I-I have to go now. Have a good night. » « You too, Kakashi ! ». And on that note, they parted ways.

Kaori walked slowly down the streets. It was a little weird to see Kakashi again, after what happened before she left… She thought she would get over it with that trip, but she realized, nothing's changed. *What am I going to do about that ?* , she thought. Then, she arrives in front of a house door. *Well, no matter what, I'm about to have a great time back here* . She smiled, and softly knocked on the door : « Naruto ? I'm finally back ! ».