Chapter 14 Tsunade

Jiraiya is now running toward the commotion as he then found the whole field had been trashed and tree randomly growing out.

"Where is he?" Asked Jiraiya looks around

"Try to look behind you first." Said Naruto as Jiraiya looking back to see Naruto looking at him with an annoyed look

"Oh hey, brat…" Said Jiraiya chuckling dryly

"So… care to tell me about those two?" Asked Naruto as he won't take no for an answer

Jiraiya could only scratch his head as he sighed out. He then said: "Come with me first. I'll explain."

(Itachi and Kisame)

As the two resting on a spot and Kisame said: "Oi you okay Itachi?"

"Yeah… I think I need to rest for a long time." Said Itachi grabbing his eye in pain

"What happened back there?" Asked Kisame

"Using Tsukuyomi on Naruto was a bad idea. Not only he broke it but also inflict damage to me." Said Itachi

"That bad?" Asked Kisame surprise

"My brain feels like it turning to mush. I can't concentrate at all." Said Itachi holding his head down

"I see…" Said Kisame

(Naruto and Jiraiya)

"Akatsuki?" Asked Naruto confuse

"Basically a group of missing-nin who is S-rank like you. I don't know why but they seem to be after the Kyuubi in you." Said Jiraiya pointing at Naruto stomach

"And why… am I… only… know this… NOW?!" Said Naruto pissed

"Well… me and Sarutobi-sensei didn't want you to be worried." Said Jiraiya weakly

A fist connected to Jiraiya face as Naruto said: "Are you and the old man a bunch of buffoons? Oh, what? Did you expected that I won't encounter them in the future or something?!

"Hey. That's why I'm here to train you am I?" Asked Jiraiya

"Yeah… only now. If I haven't trained before, then I'll be sitting duck back then!" Retort Naruto angry

"… Sorry." Said Jiraiya

"Forget it! Just get that Tsunade back and get this over with. Don't want my training time to be interrupted more than this." Said Naruto walking ahead

"Hey wait for me brat!" Said Jiraiya sighed out tiredly

Naruto and Jiraiya arrived at the town where the festival is going on. Naruto then said: "So… what is this Tsunade look like?"

"Well… she is like this I guess." Said Jiraiya bring out the picture

Naruto inspect it as he said: "Isn't she suppose to be your age?"

"Tsunade didn't want to see herself old so she using a special Henge to change into her younger appearance. She even used this trick to escape debt collector too." Said Jiraiya laughing

"And the old man wants her to be the Hokage?" Asked Naruto deadpanned

"Well… she had some problem. But she is the perfect candidate since she is the Granddaughter of the First Hokage." Said Jiraiya

"The First Hokage?" Asked Naruto trail off looking at his Shadow

"Wonder what will happen if she found out you have her Grandfather and Granduncle as your Shadow soldiers?" Asked Kurama snickering

'I'll think of it when I cross that bridge.' Said Naruto

"Hey, Naruto." Said Jiraiya

"What is it?" Asked Naruto

"Listen, how about go and play around? I'll go and gather information." Said Jiraiya

"Not interest. I want to get this over with then I can train." Said Naruto

"… Not much of a fun kid huh?" Asked Jiraiya

"I'll have fun when I don't have to worry about some S-rank nutjob after my ass." Said Naruto

"Okay okay… then follow me first." Said Jiraiya

At the forest clearing:

"Okay. First, do you know Tree Climbing and Water Walking?" Asked Jiraiya

"Yeah. Why do you ask?" Asked Naruto

"Because it related to what I'm going to teach you." Said Jiraiya as he holding his hand up. Chakra starts to swirl around his hand as he holding an orb of Charka up.

"What is that?" Asked Naruto

"This is the Rasengan. The Jutsu that the Yondaime created." Said Jiraiya

"You mean pop?" Asked Naruto surprising Jiraiya

"You knew?" asked Jiraiya

"It's not that hard…" Said Naruto shrugging

"well… anyway, this jutsu doesn't need hand-signs to use it at all. All you need is good control over your Chakra then you can use it." Said Jiraiya

"So that's why you asking me about the Chakra Control exercise." Said Naruto

"You said you want to train right? Then how about learn this jutsu?" Asked Jiraiya as he dispels the Rasengan and brings up a water balloon.

"What is this? Are you a grown man or a kid?" Asked Naruto deadpanned

"This is the process of learning the Rasengan kid. Observe." Said Jiraiya as he rotating the balloon randomly and the balloon then popped

"I see…" Said Naruto grabbing a balloon

"Okay then, now you try. But don't worry, this jutsu took the Yondaime Hokage 3 years to create it. So you don't have to be…"

POP. A balloon popping sound rang out interrupted Jiraiya as he looking at Naruto soaking hand looking bored.

"Do that again." Said Jiraiya

Naruto gets another one as he then popped it again.

"… How?!" Said Jiraiya shocked

"It's not that hard. I saw how the orb rotating randomly so I did just that." Said Naruto

"… Okay. Next is this." Said Jiraiya throw a rubber ball at Naruto

Naruto caught it and said: "So… what now?"

"Pop this one too. Since this is a rubber ball and it doesn't have water in it. It might take some time for you to pop it."

BLAM. A large sound rang out as Naruto holding his ear wincing said: "Ow… this is loud."

"How did you do that?! You shouldn't be able to generate such a large amount of Charka at a short time!" Said Jiraiya shocked

"And?" Asked Naruto uncaring

"Ah… forget it! Here." Said Jiraiya frustrated and throwing him a normal balloon.

Naruto catches the balloon as he looks at Jiraiya confuse. Jiraiya then said: "The final step is taking all of what you have done at the previous two and contain it… like this."

Jiraiya then holding a Rasengan up showing Naruto. Jiraiya then said: "Like this… it will become a small typhoon. Summary, the final step is to contain the power inside this balloon."

"I see… so doing that, the power didn't dispel at the first strike. Instead, the power will keep rotating inside it and keep on grinding your opponent right?" Asked Naruto

"That's right! You seem to get the hang of it. Then let's go. My Shadow Clone had told me that they found info about Tsunade. We need to go before we lose her." Said Jiraiya as he walking away

'Huh? What did he mean by that?' Though Naruto as he looks at his skills list and scrolls down to Shadow Clone

Shadow Clone Jutsu

Rank: C+

A Jounin level Clone Technique. Splitting your Mana equally to the clone making them capable of doing the same thing as the original. The Shadow Clone also linked with the user as to when dispelled, the memory of the Clone also going back to the user as well

"… … WHAT THE FUCK?! WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS?!" Said Naruto angry

"Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you that." Said Kurama chuckled

"GODDAMNIT!" Said Naruto screaming out

"Oi, what are you standing around there for? Let's go." Said Jiraiya

Naruto just close the list as he walking to Jiraiya pissed as he calls out his Shadow Clone as they staying behind to work at the balloons

They arrived at Tanzaku town as they then found debris and rubbles lying around.

"Isn't this… the castle? Why is it turned out like this?" Asked Naruto

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Said Jiraiya asking the people run by "Hey… can you tell me what happened to the castle?"

"A monster appeared that's what! A giant snake just took down the castle! You got to run!" Said the man running away

"Giant snake?" Asked Naruto

"Orochimaru work no doubt. We need to find Tsunade." Said Jiraiya

At night as Tsunade drunken herself at a bar, Jiraiya and Naruto did searching for the day as they going inside.

"I'm a minor." Said Naruto

"I'm not asking you to drink. Just eating normally. Besides, the bar tends to be a good place to gather information." Said Jiraiya

'Or the source itself.' Though Naruto as he saw two names hover in the bar, 'Tsunade Senju' and 'Shizune Katou'

"Fine. I'm starving anyway so let just go in and grab a bite." Said Naruto

They going in then Jiraiya eye landing on a sit.

"Tsunade!" Said Jiraiya pointing at her

"Jiraiya?! What are you doing here?" Asked Tsunade sitting up

"Looking for you of course." Said Jiraiya as he and Naruto walks toward them

They sit down and then order the food. Tsunade then said: "Out with it Jiraiya. What do you want?"

"I'll be frank. Sensei wants you to come back as the Fifth Hokage." Said Jiraiya

Tsunade stop her hand holding chopstick, Shizune looks surprised while Naruto just eat not caring

"So what Orochimaru said is true huh?" Said Tsunade drinks a cup

"I take it that you met with Orochimaru huh?" Asked Jiraiya

"Yeah… he said he encountered a set back when he tried to kill the Third." Said Tsunade

Naruto just smirks at that as he keeps on eating.

"Did he tell you how did he fail?" Asked Jiraiya looks at Naruto

"He said Sensei managed to overpower him." Said Tsunade

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA! So he resorts to lying to protect his worthless pride?!" Naruto laughed out loudly

"Who is this and what did he mean by that?" Asked Tsunade

"He is Naruto Uzumaki and he's the one who forced Orochimaru to retreat." Said Jiraiya

"… Are you pulling my leg? Isn't he just a Genin?" Asked Tsunade as she and Shizune looks at Naruto

"He is. He is the first Genin who became an S-rank Ninja in the Bingo Book." Said Jiraiya

"S-rank?!" Said Tsunade looks at Naruto shocked

"But he's so young!" Said Shizune cried out

"Young… doesn't mean I'm weak." Said Naruto continues eating

"Wait… then why didn't sensei let him be Hokage?" Asked Tsunade

"First of all, he didn't ask. And second, even if he did, I refuse. I have no love for that village to the point of fighting for it. I'm just being Ninja for business only." Said Naruto

"What happened Jiraiya?" Asked Tsunade

"Haiz… the village screws him over big time Hime. Sabotage, rotten food selling, bad product ninja tool… and many things else." Said Jiraiya

"Not to mention the villagers attempted to kill me… twice." Said Naruto dryly

"Twice?! You and Sensei let him go through that… twice?!" Said Tsunade grabbing Jiraiya collars

"Wait wait… that's why Sensei wants you to come back. He's old now and there's no telling who will the council assigned to replace him. If that's happened, then Naruto probably will summons the First and Second Hokage to destroy Konoha." Said Jiraiya

"… What do you mean by that Jiraiya?" Asked Tsunade

"Nice going there." Said Naruto mocking

"Haiz… the truth is, when Orochimaru fighting Sensei, he summoned both your Grandfather and Granduncle. But the weirdest part is after that, Naruto somehow managed to take control over them and using both your Grandfather and Granduncle to force Orochimaru to retreat. Wait… don't you read the bingo book?" Said Jiraiya

"Are you saying… my Grandfather and Granduncle are working under him… right now?!" Said Tsunade points at Naruto

"Well… can't help it I guess." Said Naruto as he swipes his finger up and two Shadows emerge out revealed…

"Grandfather… Granduncle?" Asked Tsunade shocked as well as Shizune

Naruto snapping his finger as he said: "I'll let you talk with them. Hear and decide your decision."

Naruto then pays attention to his meal again and said: "Oh and don't worry. I'll already make sure that the onlookers won't see or hear the conversation at all."

Naruto zoning out as he then received the Shadow Clone resulted in the Final Step training. A popped up then appeared:

Due to an action being repeated multiple time, you have learned 'Shape Transformation'

Due to repeatedly using 'Shape Transformation' multiple time, the skill had been maxed.

'This is… interesting?' Though Naruto

"Maybe you can learn the Biju Dama now." Said Kurama

'Bijuudama?' Asked Naruto

"It's an ultimate skill of the Bijuu. We converted Chakra and Youki together and fire it out. Quite flashy too by the way." Said Kurama grinning

'… what with people around me like flashy and explosive kind of attack anyway?' Though Naruto sweatdrops

"You are the one to talk brat. Your Darkness element is the most destructive and deadliest of all the element. Right now you only have binding type Darkness element magic. The others won't be like that at all." Said Kurama

'Great…' Said Naruto dryly as he then heard

"Alright brat. After talking with my… family, let's make a bet." Said Tsunade

"A bet?" Asked Naruto

"You win, then I'll give you this necklace and go back. If I win, you will quit being a ninja and go with me as well." Said Tsunade seriously pointing at Naruto

"Huh?" Asked Naruto surprise

"Do you accept… or not?" Asked Tsunade

"I suppose. But what kind of bet is it?" Asked Naruto

"What have you teach him Jiraiya?" Asked Tsunade

"I taught him the Rasengan. He's still at the Third Phase though." Said Jiraiya

"Okay then… that's the bet. One week, you completed it then you win. Simple as that." Said Tsunade

"How about one second?" Said Naruto as he holding his hand out forming a perfect Rasengan

"You already did?!" Said Jiraiya shocked

"I used the Shadow Clone as they practice with the balloon repeatedly. They just dispelled the last batch and… here's the result." Said Naruto smirking

Jiraiya could only blab his mouth as he then sinks down mumbled: "Just what is Genius? Minato took 3 years, I took a month and this kid took an hour."

"So… how about changing the bet a little?" Asked Naruto

"What do you mean?" Asked Tsunade

"You're proud of your strength, right? Then how about compete with someone I know." Said Naruto

"Compete in what?" Asked Tsunade

"Arm wrestling. You win, we'll go our different way. You lose… I think you already know." Said Naruto

"… Fine. Then who is this friend of yours?" Asked Tsunade

"One moment. Oi Yukari. I know you're there. Come on out." Said Naruto

In instant, a rift in space tears out as Yukari popped out and said: "You are no fun at all."

"Wait… just where did she come from?!" Said Tsunade surprise as well as Jiraiya and Shizune

"Don't worry. I already separate this place with the rest of the bar. So you don't have to worry about panic at all." Yukari chuckled

'Space-time Jutsu? Just who is she?' Though Jiraiya as before he was ogling at her but after hearing that make him full alert

"Anyway, I heard about this bet of yours. I just contacted Suika and she will be here at the moment." Said Yukari

Another rift then opens up as a little girl appeared as she said: "Oh Naruto. What is this I hear about you making a bet?"

"Don't worry. You win this bet, you will get this." Said Naruto brings out a bottle of sake

Suika sniff it and said: "Woah! This is a good sake! That's for sure!"

"Good… right?" Asked Naruto

"Give me give me!" Said Suika eye shining

"Then win against her first Suika." Said Naruto pointing at Tsunade

"Huh? You want me to compete against a brat like her?" Asked Tsunade pointing at Suika

"A brat you say?" Said Suika as she stepped on the table looking at Tsunade eye

"Yeah… you are just a brat. I could beat you with one finger!" Said Tsunade looks challenging as she stepped on the table as well

"Then let's do this… brat!" Said Suika

The table had been cleared as Tsunade and Suika are in their position. Jiraiya and Shizune could only look tiredly at the scene as Naruto and Yukari just look with amusing.

"Alright. Are you ready?" Asked Jiraiya. The two nodded as he then said: "Then… begin!" as Jiraiya step back

Tsunade immediately pushing Suika back intent to finish quick but Suika just look bored. Seeing her bored look, Tsunade starts to add Chakra but not only Suika didn't bulge but she then said: "oi Naruto. Give me that sake bottle."

Naruto just jugged it toward Suika as she caught it and drink it all with one gulp.

"Ah~! Not like the reward but it's good!" Said Suika happy

Tsunade gritting her teeth at that as she then starts to go full power making the table starts to crack. Suika just smirks at that as she then takes out her sake gourd as she chugging it down happily.

"Okay… I think this had gone long enough." Said Naruto brings out the sake bottle "Alright. You win Suika. Here's yours."

"Really?!" Said Suika excited to the point she accidentally wrested Tsunade hand down destroying the table and the floor beneath it.

"Ah…" Said Suika had just realized

"Ufufufu…" Gigging Yukari as she holding her fan in front of her mouth

"Ah… my bad." Said Naruto scratching his head

"What are you talking about? That was hilarious!" Said Kurama laughing

Naruto just sighed at that as he goes near Tsunade as he pokes her and said: "Oi… are you still alive?"

Seeing Tsunade still downed he then said: "Well then… I guess I won. Back to Konoha, I guess."

"Need help carry her back?" Asked Suika drinking her reward

"Sure. I want to get this over with anyway." Said Naruto

Suika then carry Tsunade over her shoulder as she said: "Oi Yukari. Mind open the way?"

Yukari then waves her fan as the tear in space appeared out as Suika carrying the unconscious Tsunade back.

Jiraiya and Shizune could only look dumbfound as Naruto said: "Oi… are you coming or what?"

The two could only nod as they follow to the tear as it then seals off.

Meanwhile 1 week later:

Orochimaru is now waiting at the meeting spot for hours as his patient start to running thin. He had been waiting for Tsunade as all of his calculation point out that she would never back out of this deal. Even if she did, she will come here to kill him but so far, nothing. Not even the shadow of Tsunade is near.

Kabuto then lands down and said: "Lord Orochimaru. Forgive me to say this. But Lady Tsunade had disappeared. Along with that assistant as well."

"Then where are they?!" Said Orochimaru angry

"I-I don't know Lord Orochimaru. Our latest info told us that she was in the bar at night on the same day we met her Lord Orochimaru. And then, she's just suddenly disappeared and her seat and the ground under it were destroyed." Said Kabuto

"Destroy? Could she be fighting someone?" Asked Orochimaru

"We don't know sir. If she did fight someone or something, then the guests at the bar would know, my Lord. We only know that the seat just suddenly being destroyed." Said Kabuto

"Suddenly destroy? Space-time jutsu?" Mumbled Orochimaru

"We don't know yet Lord Orochimaru. What should we do now?" Said Kabuto

"For now… let's go back. And then… make sure to let the others inform me immediately when they find Tsunade!" Said Orochimaru as he then sinks down

"Yes my Lord." Said Kabuto as when Orochimaru completely gone as he mumbled: "Hmm… I also heard that Lord Jiraiya is here with Naruto-kun. But no matter how strong they are, they can't hide their fight with Tsunade. Could it be Naruto-kun somehow capable of using Space-Time Jutsu?"

In the end, Kabuto had to stop thinking about that as he shunshin back.

Done. In this chapter, Tsunade lost in arm wrestling bet and Orochimaru was being… stood up, is that the right word? Anyway, please PM or Review