I finally updated! I just want to tll you that if you want this story to continue DO MY POLL! Please!
It was seven, and Tsunade was getting ready to meet her, Ami was her name. Tsunade still didn't believe what she was going to do, well, she could always beat Jiraiya and the girl to pulp, fact which was her greatest comfort. She chose to wear her hair up and western clothing: a little black dress, a set of necklace, earrings, and bracelet, all with small diamonds (being Hokage and a Senju did have its advantages when it came to jewlery), and high heels. When there was nothing else she could fix, she disappeared with a puff of smoke, reappearing outside Jiraiya's house, which was just outside the village. Jiraiya was one of the only people, besides her, and some powerful clans in the village who did not live in an apartment. She looked at the house; it was the first time she was there; she only knew where it was because she had been told. It was not what she had imagined, it was definitely bigger, and it was much more traditional than she would have thought Jiraiya's house would be. She approached the delicate front door door and knocked. Why was she doing this again? She didn't have to put herself through this… yeah, that would have worked half an hour ago, but now she was in too deep.
Tsunade heard footsteps inside the house, and Jiraiya appeared, wearing western clothing too. He was not wearing anything as formal as her, but he certainly looked good. He was wearing a band-aid on his nose, something Tsunade would have found hilarious under any other circumstances. He smiled, looked at her and said "Wow, Hime, you look beautiful! Thank you so much for coming, now, won't you come in?"
He was not wearing any shoes, so she took hers off at the entrance of the house. The inside of the house was a fusion of traditional Japanese and modern architecture; nobody would have known a shinobi lived there. Jiraiya led Tsunade to a dining room, where there was a low table and three tatami mats. Tsunade did not know what to expect any more, she was just wondering when she would meet the girl.
Jiraiya must have noticed something because he said "Hime, I really thank you for coming, I know how hard it must have been for you to believe me when I told you it was not what you thought. Would you like me to call her now, or would you rather wait a while longer?"
"Jiraiya, sometimes I hate you, do you know that? Call her now, to get this over and done with once and for all."
Jiraiya laughed and said "Ami, honey, can you come here for a minute? We have a visitor!" in a louder voice so it would be heard in the rest of the house
They were silent, the only sound was that of approaching light, fast footsteps, then the sliding-door opened and, to Tsunade's amazement, there appeared not a young woman between her twenties and her thirties, but a five or six year old girl. The family resemblance to Jiraiya was evident: her hair and eyes were the same color as his, though her hair was straight and her eyes were proportionally bigger than his. She also had the red marks under the eyes, and her smile resembled her uncle's. The girl smiled and ran to Tsunade and sat down beside her.
"Hi, I'm Ami, you are Tsunade, right?"
Tsunade was dumbfounded, she could only nod
"Uncle Jiraiya has told me a lot about you. He says you are the woman he…"
"…Ami, what did I tell you?" Jiraiya interjected
"Oh, right" said Ami, and to Tsunade she said "He told me not to tell you what he told me in the morning"
"Oh," said Tsunade, who was now recovering from her shock "what did he tell you?"
Ami opened her mouth but Jiraiya said "Ami, honey, now that Tsunade is here why don't you show her how you put the band-aid on my nose?"
"All right! You'll love this, Aunt Tsunade! Do you mind if I call you that? Because that's what you're gonna be if you two get married, so I better start practicing!" said Ami, not giving any of the grownups a chance to answer before she disappeared into the house.
"Hime, you just met my six-year-old niece and only relation Ami." Said Jiraiya "She can be a bit intense, but she's a very sweet girl, and I'm the only family she's got."
Tsunade had fallen into shock again after Jiraiya had mentioned family. "Where are her parents?" she asked "and I thought you were an orphan.
"So did I, until one day I decided to learn more about my family, and finally managed to track my parents down. When I finally met my father, he told me that my mother had died" Ami returned with the band-aid and sat down beside Tsunade to listen to the story "He told me my story, they had had me when they were very young, and they had had no means of keeping me, so they decided to give me up for adoption, they thought I would be better off. My mother died some years after, and, some years later, he married someone younger than him. I met my father and his family when I was thirty years old, and back then, he had a five-year-old daughter, Ami's mother. I did not keep in touch with them except for the occasional greeting cards sent. About fifteen years ago, I got the news that my father died. The letter had been written by my sister, and in it she also told me that she had become a shinobi, following my example. About six months ago, I got another letter, this one telling me that my sister had died in a mission, and that she had a daughter. They didn't know who the father was, and I was her only relation. They were asking me if I wanted to leave her in an orphanage or if I wanted to keep her with me. I was abroad with Naruto, so before we returned to the village, we went to pick her up and take her with us, and now here she is; right, Ami?"
"Yep" The little girl nodded emphatically "Now, Auntie, Tsunade, let me show you how I put the band-aid on Uncle Jiraiya's nose!"
She crawled up to Jiraiya and pulled the band-aid from his nose, making him wince, and put the new one in its place.
Tsunade laughed "Ami, has your uncle told you what kind of ninja I am?"
"Well, I heard him telling some guy who came here, I don't remember who it was, I wasn't allowed to say hi, that you were a…"
"No, Hime, she doesn't know what kind of shinobi you are" interrupted Jiraiya, turning pink, and putting his hand behind his head "Ami, when I'm talking to grown-ups, you shouldn't overhear, okay?"
"Ok" said Ami innocently, with a scowl on her face
"Ok, whatever, I really hope I never get to hear the end of that sentence" said Tsunade to Jiraiya, raising an eyebrow and not wanting to know, and to Ami she said "Ami, I am a medic ninja, I heal people."
"Oooooh" Ami said, opening her mouth into a wide o
"Want to see?" she asked. Ami nodded, so Tsunade pulled the band-aid from Jiraiya's nose, making him wince again, to reveal the bruise which hadn't gotten better with the band-aids. She noticed that his nose had been broken even though she had not meant it to break. Tsunade concentrated green chakra in her hand and placed it on the nose, which immediately recovered its original color and shape.
Ami was even more impressed with Tsunade now "Wow, how do you do that?"
Tsunade smiled "I do it with great chakra control and lots practice over the years", she said, remembering the time in which it had mattered the most but she hadn't been able to do it. Her smile faded and thoughts started to fill her head.
"Hime," Jiraiya took her hand, which had been lying on the table, and that brought her back. She smiled, but he knew her mind was still somewhere else.
"Ami, why don't I go tuck you in?"
"Please, Uncle Jiraiya, I'm not sleepy! And it's only eight!" said the little girl, stifling a yawn just afterwards.
"And eight means bedtime, Ami, come on, you are tired and you have a big day ahead of you tomorrow, remember? Tomorrow we go finish the adoption process and then we can go enroll you in the Academy" said Jiraiya.
"Oh, right," said Ami, while yawning openly this time "but if I'm going to bed, I want Auntie Tsunade to tuck me in!" she smiled at Tsunade, who was only following the conversation with half of her attention.
"Honey, why don't we leave Tsunade alone and I go tuck you in?" said Jiraiya, knowing that she needed to be alone.
"Why? I want you both to do it!" insisted Ami, now crossing her arms and pouting
"Honey, please, Auntie Tsunade will tuck you in at some other time, come on, let's go" Jiraiya said, smiling inwardly at saying Auntie Tsunade, remembering all the names he'd called her.
Tsunade came out of her reverie "It's fine, Jiraiya, I'll go with you," she quickly said, with a slight apologetic smile on her lips. They got up and went to the inside of the house. Ami's room was painted with a blue wash, and the bed was made of dark wood. It was a mixture between a bedroom and a playroom. The bed was in the middle, the wall opposite the door was lined with shelves made of the same dark wood which had toys and books. On the floor there were two coloring books and two sets of crayons.
"Ok, I'll go put my pj's on and brush my teeth. You two wait here and no yucky scenes while I'm away, okay?" said Ami very seriously
Jiraiya laughed, and Tsunade nodded, smiling. While Ami put her pajamas on, Jiraiya took Tsunade's hand. "Don't think I have forgotten this morning, Jiraiya no baka, you still owe me certain explanations" she said, not in her sweetest tone, but leaving her hand in his.
"And you'll have them, all in due time, Hime"
"Fine, I trust that I will"
They were silent for a while, both immersed in their own thoughts. Jiraiya was the first to break the silence, "Hime, are you okay? I know you were thinking of him back there at the table, I want to know that you're all right with this" he said, looking down at her.
She looked up at him and nodded "Don't worry about that, Baka-chan, I am a big girl, I know what I want, and I want this. Jiraiya…"
"Hi! I'm back!" said Ami as she entered the room; the conversation between the two grownups interrupted "Uncle Jiraiya, will you read me a story?"
"Ami-chan, we have a visitor, why don't we read a story tomorrow night?" said Jiraiya.
"Come on! Please!"
"Ami, remember what I told you this afternoon about when we had Tsunade here?"
Yes I do, but pretty please read me the story!" she whined "Please, Auntie Tsunade, tell him to read the story!"
So, I finally pdated this thanks to someone telling me to do it. I had it almost ready for a long time, I just hadn't known how to finish the night... so I didn't! The next chapter will have the story and some other things. IF YOU WANT THIS STORY TO CONTINUE DO MY POLL! IF YOU DON'T IT WILL BE DISCONTINUED! Hope ypu like it and pretty please review ^^
