AN: DAMN, that was a long ass wait for this huh? I apologize for that, but writers block, plus a part time job, kills my writing ability. Anyways, there's only a few things to deal with before I get into this new chapter. "Dman303," I have said this repeatedly, I update when I can! If you don't like that then turn around and find a different story to read! "jashua144," What is it with people and Tsunade? I mean seriously. And to top it off I have said that it was the FINALIZED harem list…So no additions! "sevae," pay attention to what I write, I usually explain motives when I believe that it's a controversial decision…like I knew that one was going to be. Lastly "lucifur321," *sweatdrop* Not my fault, I lost all my correct spellings when my comp got wiped by that virus, so don't "Duuuuuude" me. Well that's it for now, time to start the show.
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Tsunade Retrieval Arc: Part 3: Meeting the Slug and bet
A Street in Crater City: Five minutes after the end of the last chapter
Vergil and Jiraya, followed by Kurotsuchi and the henged Satsuki (both of whom were mildly annoyed at the sword user, however when he explained that he knocked them out to give himself freedom to fight as he needed to as well as leaving Itachi alive for Satsuki to kill they forgave him for the most part…Provided he paid for a shopping spree), strolled down the main road in Crater City. Now this road was the main one, not because it connected to the main road through Fire Country, because of all the bars, restaurants, and other such necessities…In a Ninja Village it would be called a Merchant district, but as this was a civilian city it was not.
It wasn't five minutes later that Naruto noticed two disgruntled men complaining about a "blonde drunk with freakish strength" who had kicked them out of their usual spot in the Willow Tree Bar. Correctly assuming that the person they were complaining about was Tsunade, he informed his companions, and they sped off towards the bar at a low gennin speed.
As such they arrived at said bar, which was at the other end of the city, less than five minutes later. When they walked in Jiraya instantly was able to recognize his teammate and her apprentice, both of whom were relatively relaxed (veteran Shinobi are never fully relaxed, they are always prepared to react as necessary)…However the descendent of Sparda decided not to take any chances, an erected an invisible version of the barrier he used against Itachi and Kisame but keyed to only not let Tsunade and her companion leave.
After doing that he decided to pay more attention to the conversation between the two Sannin…And was mildly annoyed by the blonde's attitude, until she insulted all the past Kage…Including his father. Now while he might not care as much about being Hokage anymore, or even have too much affection for his deceased father as the two never formed too strong a bond, he still respected the strength that the men and women who gained the title of Kage had.
As such he decided to speak up: "Are you sure this is who Konoha needs in the position of Kage, Jiraya? After all, she seems to hate the position with a passion, as well as being foolish enough to insult every single Kage in the history of the Elemental Nations."
Jiraya was stunned by the brazen disrespect his companion showed for one of their village's most famous figures, and was about to apologize for him so that Tsunade (who even when drunk had enough strength to kill someone if she went all out) wouldn't knock his head off…
But it was too late, Tsunade's legendary temper quickly reared its head (and caused her to shatter her sake saucer with her grip): "What the fuck did you just say brat?"
The silver haired swordsman snorted, despite Jiraya's hidden frantic signals to shut up: "What, are you deaf as well as foolish? I said you were foolish to insult every single Kage in the elemental nations with your disrespectful mouth."
The busty med nin roared in anger: "THAT'S IT! OUTSIDE BRAT! I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU TO A PULP!"
Vergil smiled coldly as he rose, apparently this woman was not only foolish but arrogant to believe she could defeat someone she knew nothing about power wise…Something that he would readily exploit: "Are you sure you want to do that foolish one, after all you're drunk as a skunk."
That, combined with N. Vergil's earlier "disrespect", was enough to make Tsunade throw a punch at the unconcerned swordsman's head. However Tsunade's target merely turned his head just enough to dodge the fist before countering with his sheathe to her stomach.
Normally such a blow would do nothing to a higher level ninja except maybe cause a bruise…But Naruto was anything BUT normal to people of that day and age, combined with the fact that the sheathe was made of the same materiel as Yamato, as such Tsunade went FLYING through the nearest wall from the blow, stunning the other occupants of the room.
While everyone else was gaping at the new female shaped hole, the silver haired youth calmly strode towards the hole, which he mentally cut into pieces in such a way to make it look like the wall had simply collapsed, and then through the large gap in the wall to face Tsunade.
After walking out of the hole he made, he calmly leaned against part of the wall that was still intact while he waited for the busty med nin to stagger to her feet and shake off some of her drunkenness. To her credit it took less than a minute to do so, while not blazing fast it was faster than most could do after being hit with the equivalent of having a one hundred ton tank dropped on them from over three hundred feet, and once she was up Vergil clapped sarcastically in recognition of the fact that she was still conscious enough to do that.
The sound of the clapping was enough to reignite Tsunade's explosive temper, which had been momentarily dosed by the hit she received…And she charged with all the speed and strength she had, intending to knock the swordsman's head from his shoulders.
While to most her speed would be impressive, to Naruto it was just too slow, and he lazily tilted his head to the side before delivering a knee to her gut faster than anyone could react. This blow, delivered with all the speed he could use but only a fourth of his strength, sent her flying once again…This time she smashed into the castle five minutes outside the edge of town, early destroying part of the castle from the speed and force she was launched with.
While he waited, N. Vergil ordered a bottle of water and a small order of teriyaki beef to keep himself occupied meanwhile everyone who actually recognized and or knew that it was her was stunned by the thoroughness of the beat down she was receiving at the hands of a relative unknown.
By the time the battered and bruised form of Tsunade had returned to the area almost ten minutes later, the silver haired youth had already finished two additional bottles of water and three extra orders of teriyaki beef and was more than ready to beat the arrogant blonde down some more.
However a lot of the fight had been knocked out of Tsunade, not enough to make her not confront him, but enough to make her think cool headedly. As such when she came back she opened her attack with a barrage of kunai, followed by a shadow kunai jutsu; before tossing out a few earth wall jutsu to give herself some room to protect herself and to attack from.
Unfortunately, while that would normally be a decent opening for a high class shinobi fight, Naruto would have none of that, and quickly vaporized the entire system of trenches and the kunai with a lightning fast draw and sheathing of his blade. As soon as he finished that move he leisurely paced over to Tsunade, who was using whatever she could to slow him down while trying thinking of something to stop him…Only for every method to be destroyed with minimal effort.
By the time he had finally cornered her fifteen minutes later, Tsunade was running on near empty (tossing around hundreds of jutsu, healing yourself, using chakra to enhance your abilities all of that drains chakra reserves quickly unless you're a Jinchuriki or have a bijou's reserves) and had run out of ideas. Fortunately for her, Vergil didn't consider her an enemy or a real threat, and merely wanted to get her to apologize for her earlier disrespect.
Tsunade, when Naruto asked her to apologize for what she said, did so with great reluctance only the fact that her foe was a lot stronger than her forcing her to agree…When the young man sheathed his sword, her vindictive side remembered that Jiraya had introduced him as a semi-apprentice, as in he mostly just corrected problems if need be and gave a move or two for him to try and learn; as such she decided to speak up: "Oi, gaki, how about we make a bet?"
Jiraya was going to speak up to stop her, but a look from the silverhaired swordsman's friend and fiancée shut him up VERY quickly. The young man raised an eyebrow as he responded to the very busty medic's question: "What did you have in mind?"
The blonde-pigtailed woman smiled briefly as she responded: "Jiraya said he had been teaching you some jutsu off and on, is that correct?" Here she paused, until she saw Vergil nod slightly: "Well then if you can learn the Rasengan in one week, I will go back to Konoha without a struggle, but if you don't you'll give me every scrap of money you have."
The descendant of Sparda chuckled: "As amusing as that could be, I would gain nothing from such a bet."
That brought her up short while her mind searched for something to offer, and soon enough she hit upon her necklace…Despite the fact that she believed it cursed, it was the only thing that might potentially equal the money she might get.
As such, and with a slightly hesitant voice, she spoke up: "If you win, I will give you my necklace…Which is an heirloom of the Senju Clan worth more than every casino in Gambler's Paradise."
Vergil thought for a second, while he wasn't short of money by any means (as he had been paid the bounty on Orochimaru and given access to the Namikaze accounts before he left) a gem of such great worth would make a fine gift for someone he cared about or just a nice fall back for his clan if the economy crumbled (a shinobi must always be prepared to take care of himself, and have contingencies in place).
And so with those thoughts in mind he answered: "Very well Tsunade-san, I accept the wager. Come on Jiraya, you have a jutsu to teach me."
With that said the four shinobi left the two medics alone to make it to their hotel.
Chapter Complete!
So here is the final Harem: Anko, Kurenai, Koyuki, Nevan, Satsuki Uchiha, Naruko, Fem-Kyuubi (Probably going to go with Kira, but if any of yah have suggestions, I'd like to hear them), Fem-Garaa (name suggestions that make sense please), and Kurotsuchi.
I'll update as soon as possible.
