I Don't Own Naruto!

Senju Legend Chapter 4

Uzu no Kuni, a small country located at the coast of Hi no Kuni. The small island once contained one of the powerful Shinobi Village in the Elemental Nations; Uzushiogakure. Its ninja were revered for their fūinjutsu, to the point that it made them some of the most feared shinobi in the world. The head shinobi clan of the village was the Uzumaki Clan, distant relatives of the Senju Clan. Even the Shodaime Hokage married an Uzumaki woman after Konoha was founded, and it brought Konoha much closer to Uzushiogakure. The woman was not any Uzumaki, she was the daughter of the Clan Head, and a known prodigy of the clan; Uzumaki Mito.

It was also because of Uzumaki Mito that the Shodaime gained an upper hand when he was fighting Uchiha Madara. At the time of the cataclysmic battle, the leader of the Senju and the Uchiha were almost equal in strength, with the Shodaime being stronger by a tiny margin. Madara, seeing the tide of the battle was tilting against his favor, he deciding to use his trump card. He summoned the most powerful of all bijuu; the Kyuubi no Kitsune. The beast was truely incredible, the power it showed was apocalyptic. With a swipe of one of it's tails, it could level mountains and valleys, and send tsunami to the coasts.

The Shodai of Konoha was known as the most powerful Shinobi of his time, and he had proved his power when he managed to defeat Uchiha Madara as well as take control over the Kyuubi during the battle. It took everything the man had, and his Will of Fire had lasted through the battle and diminished the hatred caused by the Uchiha. Even though the Uchiha man was defeated, Hashirama still had to deal with the Kyuubi, as it will eventually wake up from it's slumber created by the Shodai.

Knowing that she had to help her husband, Mito took advantage of the moment that the Kyuubi was unconscious, and sealed it within herself using the Shishō Fūin. Creating and becoming the first junchuriki of the Kyuubi. The crisis was finally over after the sealing of the Bijuu, but it laid behind scars. The area which the battle took place was spit asunder, and will be known for the future generation as the Valley of the End. A place where a never ending river flows, just like the battles that will never end.

At the time, the Elemental Nations were slowly but surely settling into multiple Countries with their own Shinobi Villages. The Uzumaki established their village within their namesake, Uzu no Kuni. Despite being in two seperate nations, Konoha and Uzu kept very close relations with each other. Konoha had even included the Uzu symbol within their Shinobi symbol, as well as their Shinobi flak jackets.

During the Second Shinobi World War, Uzushiogakure was targeted by Iwagakure, and Kumogakure due to their skill with Fuinjutsu. It ultimately was destroyed by the two nations. Any survivors of the village were scattered among the world, forever in purgatory.

The people of Uzushiogakure were noted to have notoriously long lives, so it gained the epithet "The Village of Longevity". Mito Uzumaki was no exception, she was born with naturally strong like force, which was furthur complimented by her being the Kyuubi Junchuriki. After the death of her husband, Mito had stayed in Konoha, taking care of her children, and later on grandchildren.

Mito loved her family deeply, the death of her son and daughter-in-law had devastated her. They were still very young, and was forced to leave behind their children. Tsunade was only a newly enstated genin at the time, and Nawaki was merely a toddler. Mito was the only family they had left. She was naturally very proud of her granddaughter when she made a name of herself by contributions in the war. But the death of Nawaki was the last hit she could take. Nawaki was only a genin when he died, he was filled with dreams and ambitions that she really believed he would accomplish. Deciding that she needed to leave Konoha, she decided to visit her now destroyed homeland. The Sandaime really didn't want her to leave as she was a very important figure in Konoha, but Sarutobi still had major respect for the wife of his sensei, so he ultimately let her go. So, in over fifty years, Uzumaki Mito, return to Uzu no Kuni.

Tsunade and Jiraiya were both walking through the village in silence. Each thinking of a solution that would be best for everybody in the current situation. Tsunade knew that Uzu no Kuni would be a very safe place. Everybody in the elemental nations thought that Uzushiogakure was destroyed, but that was not entirely true. About fifteen years ago, her grandmother, Uzumaki Mito set out to find the ruins of Uzushiogakure. She had sent Tsunade a letter containing information of what she had found. When Tsunade read the letter she was very surprised, there were survivors. Tsunade always knew that the Uzumaki was not exstinct, but figured that everybody had ran away from Uzu no Kuni. According to her grandmother's letter, the village was mostly destroyed but there was a single Uzumaki family that had survived the battles and stayed in the village, trying to repair their home.

The family only consisted of four people. A father and a mother, their son and his fiance. The parent were retired Shinobi who were too old to fight in the war, they survived because they were shielded by some large debris that hid them from view and wasn't heavy enough to kill them. The two younger ones were seasoned Jonin of Uzu. They had fought in the frontlines gallently, and it was by a miracle that they had survived. At the time, a Kumo shinobi launched an A-Rank raiton jutsu straight at the two, they both wanted to shield the blast form the other, the result was that the both took the hit and spreaded to damage of the jutsu evenly amongst the two of them. The damage spread was not enough to kill them, but it did knock them out at the time, thinking that the two was dead, the enemy had gone to pursue other Uzu shinobi. Unfortunately, the raiton chakra of the jutsu had caused the two to suffer enormous chakra network damage, and they were unable to mold chakra ever again.

When Mito arrived at the destroyed village, she was detected by a seal that was setup by the remaining Uzumaki. Within minutes she was greeted by a ready for battle family. Despite being unable to use chakra, there were still some fuinjutsu that are open to the two jonin, and the older couple still had some of their skills from their prime. After calming down and explaining to the Uzumakis who she was, they were overjoyed to know that there was still Uzumakis willing to help their homeland. Mito had already been in Uzu for over fifteen years already, trying to salvage what was left of their culture and fuinjutsu.

Both the Sandaime and Jiraiya knew that it will be a safe idea for Tsunade to have her baby in Uzu, not only was it geographically secure, she would also have Uzumaki Mito there to help her in case of need. Tsunade knew that her grandmother would be overjoyed if she knew her lovely grand-daughter was having a baby, and would welcome her and Jiraiya with opened arms. Not to mention that Tsunade herself really missed her grandmother. After her parents died, it was her grandma that took care of her and Nawaki, to her, Mito will always be that loving and gentle soul.

"Jiraiya-kun, I think we should go to Uzu no Kuni during my pregnancy", whispered Tsunade, making sure that no one was within earshot.

Jiraiya nodded as he answered, "Uzu no Kuni is certainly the number one choice at the moment", said Jiraiya a matter of factly. "It would also be great if your grandma would get to meet her great-grandchild." said Jiraiya with a lightened expression. Tsunade nodded as Jiraiya continued, "Hime, we must leave Konoha during your pregnancy, that much we know. Until we establish enough power that will intimidate Kumo, we must not allow an internation dispute to happen between us."

"Okay...lets go to Uzu no Kuni."

Jiraiya, Tsunade and Sarutobi had sent a messenger bird to Uzu no Kuni yesterday. It should be arriving at the destination very soon as it takes only one day by flight to get to Uzu no Kuni. The letter was sealed by Tsunade's blood, meaning that only a relative of Tsunade could open it. Tsunade and Jiraiya were already packed and ready to leave, they are just waiting for a reply. A mission file was also created by the Sandaime stating that he is assigning Senju Tsunade and Namikaze Jiraiya a S-rank long-term mission that will take about a year to four years depending on circumstances.

Initially, the Hokage didn't want two of the remaining sannin to leave the village for that long, but the extra three years will eliminate any sudden risks that would come up pertaining the Senju heir. There are only a handful of people in the village that knows about Tsunade's pregnancy. Excluding Jiraiya and Tsunade, only the Hokage, Kakashi and Shizune knows. Kakashi and Shizune had been contacted by the Hokage and were told to keep the pregnancy a secret. Shizunce being the one to confirm the pregnancy was not surprised by the fact of the baby, but she was enlightened when she was told the dangers of the child will have his is identity was leaked.

Kakashi on the other hand was very surprised by the pregnancy, he didn't think his Dad and Tsunade would have a child so soon. On one hand he was also very happy because the child would be his little brother or sister, something that he had always wanted, but on the other hand, he can't follow them to Uzu no Kuni. The village right now really needs high level shinobi inside the village to induce fear into potential enemies and to carry out high rank missions to show the world that they still maintain their strength. Kakashi knew that it was his duty as a Konoha Shinobi to stay in the village, but he didn't want to lose his family again, even though is was only for four years.

Jiraiya was also uncomfortable leaving kakashi by himself in the village, but he knew there was no other way. Kakashi and his relationship and grown into one of real father and son. They often trained and talked to each other, sometimes Kakashi would tell Jiraiya his stress and pressure caused by constant ANBU missions, which Jiraiya had a lot of patience for and would have insightful advice for his son. Both were afraid that their relationship would deteriorate as time goes by.

It was eight o'clock at night, and Tsunade was already alsleep. She had a busy day, she had to assign many new jobs to the current hospital staff, as they have to take over what she had to do. She also left Shizune a bunch of scrolls that contained advance medical ninjutsu that she developed, hoping that Shizune will continue to progress as a medical ninja.

Jiraiya was at Tsunade's side, brushing a stray strand of hair away from her face and stroking her still flat stomach, which was coverd by a white nightgown. Jiraiya was very excited about the baby, even though he has Kakashi and had taken care of the three Ame kids, this would be the first time he would take care of a baby. His kid might be the Child of Prophecy he has been looking for his entire life, after all, being the heir of the Senju clan and the child of two sannin, their child undoubtedly would be very powerful. A slight nudge from Tsunade broke Jiraiya out of his thoughts as he looked down to see the beautiful brown eyes of his lover staring back at him. He could look into those eyes for the rest of his life a not get tired of them. In fact he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Tsunade.

"Sorry, did I wake you hime"

"Yes, but it okay, I love waking up to you", said Tsunade with a smile as she leaned up to kiss him.

Returning the kiss, Jiraiya thought to himself, 'I need to ask her now." Breaking the kiss, Jiraiya stared deep into Tsunade's eyes, slightly suprising Tsunade.

"Is something the matter honey?"

"Tsunade-chan...when we arrive at Uzu no Kuni...will you marry me?" asked Jiraiya nervously, slightly afraid of her answer.

Tsunade was stunned to say the very least. She wasn't expected that, she knew that Jiraiya would one day ask her to marry him, but she didn't know that it would be so sudden. 'Is it because of the baby...does he feel obliged to marry me', thought Tsunade vulnerablly. But as she thought the situation over, she knew that Jiraiya wouldn't want to marry her just because of the baby, he loves her, she knew that he would ask her no matter what. Looking back at Jiraiya, she saw that he had on a sad and regretful expression, knowing that he might be thinking that she'll reject him, she quickly blurted out, "YES".

"Huh...", was Jiraiya's intellegent response.

"Yes...I would love to marry you Jiraiya-kun:", said Tsunade with the largest smile she could muster.

Jiraiya's face broke into a huge grin as he hugged her furiously while chanting, "Yes, Yes, Yes."

Smiling, Tsunade kissed Jiraiya again, effectively calming him down from his high. Tsunade slowly disrobed herself and proceeded to straddle his waist. "And now this is for celebration, and for you waking me up". Their room would have moans and grunts echoing within its wall for hours to come.

The next morning Jiraiya was the first to wake up, noticing that Tsunade was still sleeping, he decided to just lay there to gather his thoughts. Jiraiya's thoughts drifted to Kakashi,. He knew that the boy was strong physically, but was fragile mentally. After the loss of his biological parents, Kakashi had to try very hard until he managed to open up to people. He also had taken a huge blow when Obito had died, now that he needs to be seperated from his family, he might be unable to take it. Jiraiya knew that he needed to talk to Kakashi, so with that thought, he decided to go to Kakashi's room.

Kakashi was staring at the ceiling of his room. For a boy of fourteen, he had a very plain bedroom. It had light yellow walls with several pictures hanging on it. There were pictures of Konoha, and various sceneries. Several ones that stood out were that picture of Kakashi's biological father Sakumo hugging his pregnant mother Hitomo, it was the only picture Kakashi had of his entire biological family as his mother died at childbirth.

There were several bookshelves that was filled with ninja scrolls and bingo books. Though discreetly hidden between several encyclopedias were several adult magazines that he enjoys studying, as well as a series of books that his adopted father had written before he started dating Tsunade; Icha Icha Violence, which he read almost everynight.

Laying on his blue twin sized bed, Kakashi was thinking about what his life would be like when Jiraiya and Tsunade left. Sure, after his change of attitude he make much more friends than he had his entire life. People like Sarutobi Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai and Shizune were very nice to talk to, and Maito Gai, despite his idiosyncrasies, was a very good friend and a strong sparring partner. For the last month he really enjoyed living with his adopted family, it was the first time in his life that he had a complete family, but unfortunately like all things at some point it must end. Kakashi's depressing thoughts were interupted when he heard somone knock on his door.

"Come in", said Kakashi with his recently developed carefree voice.

The door opened to reveal Jiraiya. Almost immediately Kakashi shut off all of his negative emotions off of his face. But Jiraiya managed to catch a glimpse of his true feelings.

"Hey gaki, how are you feeling", asked Jiraiya with a caring voice.

"I'm fine Tou-san". Kakashi had started to call Jiraiya Tou-san for a few weeks now, it no longer felt like that he was betraying his biologocal father, Kakashi knew that his birth father would want him to have his own family.

Jiraiya smiled when he heard Kakashi call him his Tou-san, he always liked the feeling of being a father. Though he is slightly put off that Kakashi is once again hiding his feelings of others. "Kakashi...I'm sorry." said the man making Kakashi look up at him. "I know its a bad time to leave you alone in the village, but I want you to know that you will never be forgotten or unloved. I am your father and I will always be there for you and love you, and the same thing goes for Tsunade. She might not say it out loud, but she really likes being your mother-figure, and she truely cares and values you."

Kakashi felt his defense weakening, 'Is he serious, maybe I won't lose this family after all.' thought the young man, and it was then that he felt something wet drip down his face. Kakashi reach up to touch his face and only then did he know that he was crying. He hadn't cried since the death of his father, as he thought of crying as a sign of weakness and fragility. Jiraiya was also surprised to see Kakashi cry, as he has never seen the boy cry, but he was also glad because tears will help release some repressed feelings of Kakashi. Jiraiya slowly approached Kakashi to give him a fatherly hug.

"Its okay, you will always have a family, you have a father, a mother, and a soon to be born brother or sister." Kakashi proceeded to nod into his fathers shoulder, feeling surprisingly relieved. It took about five minutes for Kakashi to calm down. The two began to have some small talk, now feeling much better than before, and it was then that something caught Jiraiya's eyes, it was a few familiar side book covers of Icha Icha Violence. "Oh ho ho, what do we have here", said Jiraiya teasingly as he walked toward the bookself to retrieve the books he wrote.

Kakashi's face burned up as his father caught him reading those books. He tried to tell an excuse but nothing comes to mind, his masked-covered mouth just moved up and down with nothing coming out. "I see you are enjoying my beautiful masterpieces of art, and seeing the condition of the books you read them a lot."

"I...I...ugh"

"Hahahaha, don't worry gaki, it is normal that a kid your age would want to read this genre of books. It might be even worst for you since you get to look at those kunoichi in those tight form-fitting ANBU pants", said Jiraiya with a perverted grin that he rarely had anymore.

With a sigh Kakashi gave up finding an excuse, he was a growing boy in puberty with crazy hormones appearing out of nowhere spontaniously. "Yeah, I really like those books...by the way...ARE KASUMI AND NATSUKI GOING TO MAKE IT AS LESBIANS?!"

Jiraiya had on a straight face as he heard what Kakashi ask, and soon a grin appeared, and finally he erupted into a fit of laughter. "Oh Kami hahaha, I bet you really want to know if those hot lesblian beauties would have sex right?" Kakashi nodded furiously as he burned up. "Well I don't think I will continue these book anymore as I already have Tsunade, and since most of the inspiration from the books are my personal experiences, I won't have any inspiration, because I don't want your mother to kill me." Kakashi was dissapointed that the Icha Icha series is discontinued, but was suprised that the book were based on his father's personal experiences.

'You mean that the stories were based on your life." asked the young man with aew in his voice.

"Ohhh yeah, I met some beautiful woman when I was traveling, hehehhe."

"Wow, you're the man Tou-san, but it sucks that you can't continue the series."

"It is true that I like writting, especially those books, but Tsunade is all I need for the rest of my life...you would understand when you find that special girl of your life." Jiraiya said with a faraway look, before his face adopted a grin as he continued. "Hey...I got an idea...how about you continue the series for me?"

Kakashi choked on his own spit as he heard what his father said. "WHAT?"

"Yeah, I am sure that you will have your own stories to tell as you work in ANBU, afterall, there is nothing like adrenaline filled mission as foreplay right?" said the man with a chuckle. "I will contact my publisher about you tommorow, Oh you are gonna do great!"

"Wait Tou-san are you sure?"

"Yes!"

Kakashi ultimately agreed to Jiraiya's offer. He was personally very excited about it, he had never really looked for a girlfriend but he was always a fan of the fairer sex. And after the was adopted by the former super-pervert, he has developed a somewhat inner-pervert himself. He doesn't want to use girls like some men does though, despite his pervert tendencies, he has a lot of respect for women. That was why he could date Rin, he really didn't see her in that light, he didn't want to play with her feelings. Starting tommorow, he might start flirting back to some girls he admired, just for research.

Mito Uzumaki was living in a small house she and her remaining Uzumaki built toether. The older couple goes by the names of Hiruko and Hikari Uzumaki, and their son is named Hiroshi Uzumaki, who married Tomo Uzumaki. During the fifteen years they were together they managed to recover most of Uzushiogakure's scrolls and Jutsu. About ten years ago, Hiruko died of old age at 77, with Hikari following a few months after at 75. Hiroshi and Tomo were from the Uzumaki clan, thus they should have strong life force and longevity. Unfortunately, after being hit by that raiton jutsu that destroyed their chakra network, their life span were shorten considerably, Hiroshi died of natural cause a few months ago and Tomo was taken when she gave birth to a healthy girl just a few days ago.

It seems that Tomo only had enough willpower to last until she gave birth, but she spent the last of her willpower during child-birth, she died a few moment after she first laid eyes on her beautiful daughter. They both had thought of a name for the baby girl before the died; Kushina, Uzumaki Kushina. The baby already had hints of Uzumaki red hair, pale skin tone, and a pair of beautiful violet eyes. They had left Kushina to the care of Mito, a task which Mito had instantly agreed to, but she knew that she doesn't have a long enough life to watch the girl grow up, she must bring her back to Konoha.

Uzumaki Mito was carrying little Kushina in her arms as she got ready to pack up her belongings and head to Konoha, but it was at that moment she sensed something approaching. Standing on guard she waited for the object to come into view, she relaxed when she saw that it was a messenger bird. And she was also very suprised that it was from her Grand-daughter, as she hadn't heard from Tsunade for a few years already.

The elder quickly opened the letter attached, as she thought that it might be an emergency. Once again suprised that it was protected by a blood seal, she quickly swiped some of her blood over the seal. Finally getting her hand on the letter she began to read, a smile graced her face as she read it, and it only got wider as she read, and at the end she was estatic, Tsunade was having a baby with Jiraiya. She always wanted those two to be together as she knew that Jiraiya truely loved her grand-daughter and now she would have a great-grandchild. To make things even better, they want to come to Uzu during the pregnancy, even though the reason was because of danger, Mito was very happy that Tsunade would come to Uzu. Mito honestly did not want to leave Uzu, but for the sake of Kushina she must, but because Tsunade was coming, she could tell her to bring more supplies and resources so they can stay a while longer.

As if sensing her happiness, Kushina started to giggle at her surrogate great-grandma, making her look even more adorable. "Oh, Kushi-chan is also happy right, you are going to be great friends with Tsunade-chan's baby." Mito happliy said to the baby as she formulated a reponse to Konoha. She stated that she would be more than happy to have her grand-daughter live with her again, and that she needed more resources and supplies, so Mito gave them authority to access the Senju Clan Account, as she was still the clan head.

Attaching the message to the Konoha messenger bird, she let it fly back to Konoha as she anxiously awaited for her grand-daughter and grand-son-in-law's arrival.

Sarutobi was brooding in his office. On his desk were several stacks of paperwork, each one was about three feet tall. The Hokage usually only gets one stack of paper that high in a single day, but it was the day that the civilian council found out about the long-term mission Jiraiya and Tsunade were assigned.

The Civilian Council had always been the cause of many headaches for the Hokage and the Shinobi Council. Since the establishment of Konoha as a Shinobi Village, civilians had been an important part of society. Since the civilians compose of over haif of Konoha's population, the village would have to account for their opinion as well, hence the development of the Civilian Council. At first, the civilian council were only allowed to partake in matters that only affects the civil matters of the village. That has changed ever since the Second Shinobi World War, the sudden deaths of several clan heads caused constant distress within the village. The Nidaime Hokage, Senju Tobirama was forced give more power to the civil council so that they can help take care of the internal matters of the village while the Shinobi was at war.

After the war, the Shinobi Clans of Konoha took a long time to recuperate. It gave more than enough time to the civilian council to find loopholes and excuses to maintain their grasp of power. It has been fifty years since then, and the civilian council has become more and more corrupted and powerful, so much so that they could affect the entire Konoha Economy at will, causing all the shinobi wages and pays to stop. They have even learned a way to used the shinobi of Konoha to earn money.

The Sannin are known Kage level shinobi throughout the Lands. It is because of the Sannin that mutiple enemies have refrained from attacking Konoha. It is because of their reputation that many Daimyo and Minor Village Leaders that would pay a tremendous amount of money to hire any one of the Sannin.

This was also the reason that the Hokage was buried in paperwork. The Civilian Council Members would take advantage of their influence in Konoha to help certain Daimyo or Leaders pass their mission request directly to the mission assigning faculty for a substantial amount of cash.

After the defection of Orochimaru, the council members only had Jiraiya and Tsunade left to asign missions to, which increases the demand between each council member. That had already caused conflicts between several civilian families that own seats on the Civilian Council. Now that the Hokage have assigned the two remaining Sannin on a long term mission, the Civilian Council Members will no longer be able to maintain their usual cashflow, which may cause several families to be ruined due to the habit of heavy expenses that they have developed through time of wealth.

Despite having to dealing with mountains worth of paperwork, this whole dilemma have benefited Konoha after all. In the near future, Konoha would have a Senju Clan Heir, one that might very well revive the Senju Clan in Konoha. The Civilian Council would also lose quite an amount financial power, leaving them vulnerable to the attacks of the Hokage and shinobi Council, which, if succeeded, might gain back some of their authority back.

As Sarutobi is begrudgingly grinding through his paperwork, he was interupted by Hikari knocking on his office door. The Sandaime let out a breath of relief as he beckoned her in.

"Hokage-sama, I received this scroll form the messaging department, It was carried back by your personal carrier", stated Hikari.

Sarutobi let out a breath of anxiety as he is handed the note. "Okay...Thank you Hikari-chan, you are dismissed." Sarutobi waited until his assistant was outside until he slowly opened the envelope. It has been over fifteen years since he's even heard from his sensei's wife. Sarutobi began to read the letter attached to the scroll, as he read he was very glad that Mito had managed to rebuild a bit of Uzushiogakure and had even developed a bond with the survivors, despite their early death. Finally at the end of the letter, he was very glad that Mito had gladly agreed to their proposal. Sarutobi sent a few ANBU to retrieve Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Shizune and Kakashi were having a nice meal together at a newly opened ramen stand; Ichiraku Ramen. The owner Teuchi was a kind and talkative man, one that would make customers return with good will.

"I've got to say Teuchi, your ramen is certainly the best ramen I've ever had", said Jiraiya as he continued to slurp on the broth. "The noodles and broth are both complimenting each other perfectly, truly amazing."

"Yes I agree, I am usually not a fan of ramen because of the oily broth, but your ramen is very light and your broth is very refreshing." said Tsunade with a smile. "I will definitely come back for more". finished the Sannin as Kakashi and Shizune nodded in agreement.

"Thank you for your kind compliments Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade-sama", said Teuchi with a smile. "I am very glad that such famous shinobi like yourselves enjoy my food."

The four customers just smiled as they finished their ramen. A few sudden chakra signatures suddenly appeared behind Tsunade and Jiraiya. Looking back, they found an ANBU team looking for them. "Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade-sama, Hokage-sama has requested your audience."

Tsunade and Jiraiya pretty much can assume that this was regarding the reply of Uzushiogakure. "Hai, we will be there shortly", replied Tsunade as the ANBU team nodded and left. The two Sannin payed for their meals than left for the Hokage office, leaving Shizune and Kakashi alone.

Shizune sighed and suddenly had on a sombre expression as she saw her sensei and her sensei's fiance leave. She could safely assume that the meeting was pertaining their leave. Even though that Shizune knew that leaving the village was the best bet for the two sannin, she could not help but feel leftout. Tsunade had become a mother-figure for her throughout the years and she doesn't want to be alone again.

Kakashi seeing Shizune's sudden miid change decides to ask, "Are you okay Shizune?"

Shizune looked up a little at the ANBU member and hesitantly replied. "I just feel like that I am losing my family all over again". Sombrely replied Shizune as she peered her sight from Kakashi.

Kakashi sighed as he put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Shizune, I know exactly how you feel, Jiraiya has become a full father-figure for me, and I also feel like I am losing my family right now...But Tou-san reminded me that we will never be alone, they will return in a few years, they will not forget us or stop loving us, so you don't have to worry."

Despite feeling better after his words, Shizune decided to express her feelings more. "Thank you Kakashi, but I still don't like be alone for the few years...It makes it even worst when I'm all alone in my home...with no one there to welcome my return or ushering my goodbye." Shizune felt tears well up in her eyes as she spilled her feelings.

Shizune was broken out of her sobbing as she felt someone wrap their arms around her frame. Looking up she saw that Kakashi was hugging her, tempoarily forgetting her saddness Shizune blushed, 'Kakashi is Hugging me!' Shizune started to breath heavily as she let the boy continue to hug her as she gripped on his uniform. Over the years Shizune had spent more time with Kakashi, mostly on mission with she as the medic of the team. She had healed him on multiple occasion, and she must admit that she was attracted to him.

"Shizune you still have your friends. I can tell you from experience that it is not good to keeps one's emotions at arms length, doing that would just slowly put one further into their own loneliness." Kakashi suddenly came up with an idea. "Uh-h, um...Shizune?" Kakashi nervously caught Shizune's attention. "How a-a-about you move i-in with m-me", finished Kakashi with a nervous expression.

To say Shizune was shocked was an understatement, she would have had a million guesses and she would have never guessed that. "I have no ulterior motives, I just thought that the both of us could benefit from this. It would seem like that we are still living with family. I would be there to welcome you home say tell you goodbye, and you could do the same for me", followed up Kakashi. "So how about it?"

Shizune was contemplating the implications of living together with Kakashi. Sure there might be rumors that will start, but it would be better than living alone in that big apartment. And Kakashi was right, it would be like living with family again, as their currently relationship was that similar to that of a brother and sister. "I might need to think this over...but I like I would really like it if we live together.", It was then that the two teens noticed that they were still hugging each other. Faster than lightning they seperated with Kakashi with a little blush and Shizune with a face that resembles a tomato. Teuchi had on a grin while he looked at the two shinobi, indicating that he might have heard what they said.

The young ANBU stood up and cleared his throat. "I have a mission, I-I'll see you later o-okay?", asked Kakashi.

"Hai", whispered a red Shizune as Kakashi used shunshin to leave the area...a soft smile decorating her face.

Tsunade and Jiraiya had arrived at the Hokage Office about ten minutes ago. In that time the Hokage had showed them both the letter that Mito had sent them. Jiraiya was very glad that Tsunade was right about the fact that Mito would be happy to have them. He was also surprised about the deaths of the few Uzumaki survivors, it is quite a shame for such a powerful clan to dwindle down to such feeble numbers. All that was left of the pure blood Uzumaki were Uzumaki Mito, and Uzumaki Kushina. Tsunade and their child were only part Uzumaki.

Tsunade was saddened by the fact that some of her remaining relatives had died. But she was also quite glad that Kushina was born before her mother's death. That means the Uzumaki Clan still had a chance of surviving, Kushina might also be a great friend for her child.

"Sensei, how much time would it take for you to gather to resources Mito-sama needs." asked Jiraiya.

"It would take one day for me to gather the food and raw materials, so you two can leave the day after tommorow."

"Hai, we will leave the day after tommorow then."

"Dismissed" Tsunade and Jiraiya nodded and started towards the door.

"Enjoy your paperwork sensei", remarked Jiraiya as he left, making Sarutobi scowl at him and Tsunade giggle.

It has been a day since Tsunade and Jiraiya recieved Mito's letter and they had gathered all the material Mito requested. Jiraiya had sealed all the material into various scrolls, making it much easier to travel. Both Tsunade and Jiraiya were very excited about the trip. Tsunade would get to see her beloved grandmother after many years, as well as visit Uzushiogakure. Jiraiya was also very happy because it was during this trip that their baby will be born. They would officially be a family. Being an orphan himself Jiraiya always wanted a family to call his own, and he would finally achieve his dream.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune and Kakashi were having their last moment together for the next few years. The two Sannin were very suprised when Kakashi told them that Shizune would be moving in with him, even though Kakashi explained his reason to them, it did not stop Jiraiya from teasing the hell out of him. Saying things like, "Don't do anything I wouldn't", or, "Be sure to use protection". Tsunade also made sure that he didn't do any inapporpriate to her surogate daughter by threathening to castrate him with a spoon if she had become a surogate grandmother when she came back.

Of course during the whole conversation, Shizune just remained quiet and constanly blushed at their phrases.

It finally came the time for the two Sannin to leave. Each giving Kakashi, and Shizune a hug, they set out their journey to Uzu no Kuni.

'Come back safely and soon Tou-san, Kaa-san', Kakashi prayed.

'I wish you have a happy and health baby Tsunade-sama', prayed Shizune.

The End!

That was the fourth chapter of Senju Legend, and I hope you all liked it. :)

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