Onegai! Tsunade-Hime
Chapter 9: Ninmu (Mission)
Tsunade sighed ask she looked at her team who was gathered at the bridge. It has been a long and very stressful week.
Day 1
Team 7 was supposed to gather at the bridge. Sasuke arrived first, followed by Sakura who gave an excessively cheerful "Ohayou! Sasuke-kun!" followed by a glomp.
Sasuke gave an irritated grunt as a reply.
"Ohayou Sakura-chan, Sasuke-teme" a weak voice called out to them. The two turned to the source of the voice, finding something wrong since said voice was supposed to be higher in terms of volume.
They were greeted with the sight of a battered Naruto, he was sporting bruises and a black eye. "Naruto….What happened to you?" Sakura asked, not because she liked him or anything, just that because he was her teammate.
"Nothin'" Naruto replied even though it was obvious that there was something. Seeing that Naruto wasn't going to say anything, Sakura decided to drop the matter.
Tsunade gave a wave as she joined the trio "Yo"
"Ohayou" the three genin replied.
"We have a mission today" she said while holding up a scroll "It's from a mister Miyagi"
"Yosha!" Naruto cried excitedly upon hearing the words mission "I bet it's a really cool mission! Let's do it!" his other two teammates looked at him, obviously not sharing his enthusiasm.
Tsunade frowned at Naruto, who thankfully did not notice. She nearly blushed after recalling the events that transpired this morning.
Earlier this morning…
She was having a dream about her getting together with the undeniably hottest ninja during her time, Hayabusa Ryu.
"Oh, Ryu-sama" Tsunade cooed as she gazed upon the masked visage of Ryu.
"Tsunade-chan" he responded then slowly pulled his mask off, revealing a face that would, in her time, make any kunoichi melt on the spot.
"The truth is, Tsunade chan ever since I saw you, there has been this feeling I can't stop it's the feeling of wanting to be close to you" Ryu said huskily all the while caressing Tsunade's cheek. To which Tsunade responded to by placing her hand over his.
"Oh Ryu-sama" she said excitedly. She then moved in to capture his lips.
Meanwhile Naruto had just woken up to the sight of approaching lips. He was about to shout but Tsunade's lips covering his remedied that. Naruto's eyes became the size of golf balls but he slowly started to return the kiss I don't really understand but it feels…kinda nice He thought, he immediately retracted this thought however as he saw that Tsunade was in the process of waking up. Panicking, he quickly tried to break the kiss and escape from Tsunade's vice like embrace but it was useless, Tsunade's superhuman strength made sure of that.
It was at this point that Tsunade woke up and she quickly noticed two things: Naruto was in her bed and that he was kissing her or vice versa but that was not the point. Quickly breaking the kiss, she grabbed Naruto and threw him across the room causing him to crash into the nearby wall.
After recovering, Naruto felt a chill go down his spine as he saw an extremely furious Tsunade. Veins were popping up on the side of her forehead and she was emitting a red battle aura. "she was emitting a red battle aura. "Naruto no" she started then looked up "BAKA!" after which mayhem followed.
An old man in a nearby apartment "Damn kids" he grumbled then immediately went back to sleep.
Back to the present….
"This the genin team Miyagi ask for?" the old man who was dressed in a simple shirt and short combo asked Tsunade.
"Hai, I'm their sensei, Tsunade" she replied with a bow. "You have a task for us?" she asked
The three genin had serious expression on their face.
What could it be? Sakura thought
I bet it's a super-cool mission! Naruto thought excitedly while slightly jumping up and down, bubbling with energy.
Finally, a chance to test my skills, now if only these two were not here Sasuke thought.
Miyagi led them to a house "Here is where Miyagi have you do tasks" as he gestured to the house. "Wait here while Miyagi get tools" the old man said.
He came out a few minutes later while carrying a bucket, some rags and a brush. "You" he said while gesturing at Sasuke "You follow Miyagi" he then led Sasuke to a fence. He put the bucket down then opened the bucket, revealing it to be paint. He then dipped the brush in the paint and handed it to Sasuke, who looked at it questioningly. "First you paint fence" Miyagi said after a moment of silence. Sasuke suppressed a facefault then grudgingly started to get to work, sloppily making strokes on the fence.
Miyagi approached him again and said "All in wrist" Miyagi said while grabbing the brush "Up, Down, long stroke" and proceeded to paint the fence "Up, Down" he repeated. He then handed the brush to Sasuke who attempted to imitate what Miyagi had done "Bend your wrist. Downstroke, you bend. See? Good" Miyagi cryptically offered and then left, leaving a grumbling Sasuke.
"Oh and don't forget to breathe!" Miyagi decided to add as an afterthought .
Miyagi came back a little later and pointed to Sakura "Your turn". She was led into the house and handed here two objects that looked like bongos.
"Ano…Miyagi-san, what do I do with these?" Sakura asked raising said objects in question.
"Funny you should ask Sakura-san" Miyagi then stepped over to Sakura, grabbed one of the "bongos" and placed it on the floor. "Right circle, Left circle" he said while moving the sanders in circular motions. "Whole floor, right circle, left circle. Don't forget to breathe"
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAND THIS ENTIRE FLOOR? GO TO HELL YOU OLD FART! Was shouted by Inner Sakura. The real Sakura however restrained herself and all that can be seen from her was that her left eyebrow was twitching. Knowing that it would be useless to complain, she grabbed the sanders and got to work.
Naruto had been patiently waiting for his task and was relieved to see Miyagi come out of the house and approach him. He was not only bored but being alone with Tsunadewas kin of awkward for him right now.
"All right" Miyagi started "Your turn" he then led Naruto to a room with a big square object in the middle that was covered by a cloth. "I have most important task for you" he said then removed the cloth, revealing an onyx table.
Naruto was amazed, although why somebody would make a table out of onyx was beyond him. He could not help but be captured by it's beauty and depth. Deciding to feel it, he ran a hand across its dark surface finding it to be rather dusty.
Miyagi then applied some kind of chemical on the rag and then placed the rag on the table "Now Naruto-san do this.." and then he made a circular motion with his right hand after which was followed by his left hand that was also holding a rag. "Do you understand Naruto-san? Wax on" motion with right hand "Wax off" and then followed by the left hand "Do this until table is sparkling" and with that, he left.
Naruto only groaned in response This is what I'm supposed to do? He asked himself. Maybe I'll get something better if I finish faster he thought and then made a Kage Bunshin to help him in his task. It's going to be a long day Naruto thought before getting to work.
Day 2
Tsunade looked at the assembled genin "Today, we will be figuring out your weaknesses and how to correct them. But first, a little exercise." She then approached a tree and started to walk up its' side, eventually coming to a stop and hanging upside down from a branch.
Naruto's eyes widened "UOOOOOOOO How'd you do that Sensei?" he questioned excitedly while jumping up and down. His companions, well, Sakura was surprised while Sasuke maintained a blank expression.
Tsunade dropped from the branch and landed on two feet. She then threw three kunai near the three genins' feet "Channel charka into your feet. Then run up the tree. Remember, too much or too little will result in not sticking to the tree. Mark the spot that you reached before falling. Begin!"
It was a few hours later and Sasuke and Naruto made repeated attempts to climb the tree. Naruto made a mark with his kunai and once again fell to the ground Kuso! I gotta do this if I wanna become the next Hokage he thought.
He then looked up and saw Sakura who was already sitting on the highest branch on the tree.
"Good work Sakura you can take a break now, the rest of you, continue" Tsunade said It seems she has unbelievable charka control but little stamina and charka capacity, I'll wonder if…. She thought as she watched Sakura take a seat at the base of a nearby tree
Sakura was panting when she plopped down at the base of the tree. She looked up to see Naruto approach her "Ne..Sakura-chan do you have any hints on how to do it" he whispered.
Sakura seemed to consider this for a moment before replying "You only have to concentrateand find the right amount of Chakra Naruto"
"Un, thanks Sakura-chan!" he replied before going back to the tree
Sit was almost night time when the two had reached the top of the trees that they were trying to climb.
Naruto and Sasuke dropped to the ground "Good work everyone" said Tsunade "That's all for today, Dismissed" and so the day ended.
Day 3
Tsunade looked at the aftermath with a twitching eye How did it turn out like this? She thought while slapping a hand on her face.
A blue haired teenager was hauling what looked to be severed tentacles into a nearby trash can. Sakura was mopping a green, grimy substance from the floor, while Naruto and about 5 Kage bunshins were sweeping small pieces of what looked to be skin and other parts that could not be identified.
Sakura spoke up "I can't believe that such things existed" she said then shuddered, thinking back to the creature they encountered. It was notable that there were several tears on her clothing.
"Yeah" replied Naruto, replied as he recalled the events. That led up to the current situation.
They had been asked to report to a Miko Mido for their mission that day. Turns out that the mission was to arrange and clean out said woman's storage house. The house was of pretty decent size and had been located in the outskirts of Konoha.
They met with said woman and were led to the separate storage house and started to move objects around at the directions of Miko.
"Ne Sakura-chan what do you think this is?" Naruto said while holding a small seal case with an intricate engraving on the cover in his hand. Sakura looked over Naruto's shoulder and stared at the seal case.
"It's beautiful" she said in awe and reached out to touch the seal case. She never got to touch it though, because Naruto whipped around, nearly hitting Sakura in the process and called out to Sasuke "Oi! Oi! Look at this, Sasuke!" he shouted excitedly.
Sasuke just continued doing his task and replied "Shut up Dobe"
Naruto was about to shout something back was cut off as he felt a chill go down his spine.
The temperature in the room dropped considerably as Sasuke felt a chill go down his spine and watched as a shape rose from the ground.
The shape turned out to be a humanoid and had tow horns on its' head. Its' face possessed two slanted eyes and a mouth that sported rows of sharp teeth. Most noticeable however were the many writhing tentacles attached to its' back.
"It's been so long since one of us has been summoned" the creature stated in a demonic voice "So your target this tiiiiiiiiiiiime" is chimed with manic glee.
The tentacles on the monster's back attacked towards Sasuke's direction. Sasuke immediately pulled out a kunai and started hacking the many tentacles that were attacking him, scattering the appendages on the floor .There were too many however, and Sasuke soon found himself with his arms and legs bound.
Where were Sakura and Naruto during this period of dire need? Well it turns out that the tentacles seem to be able to operate without the monster having to command them to. While the tentacles were busy with Sasuke, the main body was dealing with the duo of Sakura and Naruto.
Naruto flew backwards into a stack of boxes due to a strong punch from the monster. Sakura threw a shuriken which only bounced off the monster's surprisingly hard skin. The monster moved with a speed that belied its' size
and grabbed Sakura in a firm grip. It brought its' face closer to Sakura's "You look like a tasty little thing" it said licking its' lips in anticipation.
"Get your filthy hands off of Sakura-chan!" was shouted as Naruto or should I say Narutos burst from the pile of boxes and started to head for the monster.
The monster used two of its' tentacles and batted away the offending Kage bunshins and then used one tentacle to grab the real Naruto and hold him up by the neck.
It was at this point that Sakura noticed Sasuke who was struggling in his bonds but what shocked her was that he had been stripped down to his boxers. In any other time she would be drooling but then it dawned on her what the monster planned to do.
Thankfully though, a kunai cut through the air and imbedded itself in the monster's eye.
The monster turned to the source and found Tsunade, disgust clearly etched on her features. "What the hell do you think you're doing to my students?" Tsunade shouted.
"The monster pulled out the kunai from its' eye and said "Looks like another tasty one has appeared" and then straightened itself "I'm going to enjoy doing yooooooooou!" it said manically. Then launched its' tentacles at Tsunade.
Tsunade jumped and threw several kunai, severing the tentacles that held Sasuke and Naruto. The two mentioned quickly recovered and then started attacking the monster. Tsunade landed beside the monster, who was busy fending off Sasuke and Naruto. Tsunade grabbed it's arm and pushed near the elbow joint,breaking its' arm, causing it to howl and pain and effectively releasing Sakura. She maintained her hold on the arm and swung, throwing the monster out of the storage house's and into the courtyard of the house. .
The monster landed in a heap and righted itself it roared and once again launched tentacles at the approaching group of Tsunade, Sasuke and Naruto.
Tsunade threw a punch that tore into the monster's thick hide followed by Naruto who used his Kage bunshins and tipped the monster over. The Naruto clones then launched the monster into the air where Sasuke was already making handseals. Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu. The stream of fire met the floating body and the monster met the flame and gave one final scream before dying.
Sakura ran out of the storage house just in time to see the burnt corpse of the monster hit the ground.
After placing what he swept up into the trash can, Naruto turned to an approaching and fully clothed Sasuke "By the way, Sasuke" he then paused a grin developing on his face "I swear I saw you smile when that thing held you. Is there something we should know about?" he said then giggled.
"Shut up Dobe" Sasuke replied. He then turned to an equally shocked Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun is-is that why you…" Sakura trailed off.
"…" was the only response she got as Sasuke started to walk away from the Mido house and back towards Konoha proper.
"Anyway, since this mission is officially over we will be heading back to Konoha now" Tsunade said.
"I'm sorry for the trouble and thank you again" a beaming Miko said.
End Day 3
After that mission, Tsunade started to notice a pattern After that it was that manga-ka who wanted to make a manga about Naruto, then after that crazy guy that used strings, What the hell has happened to Konoha? Tsunade thought to herself because after meeting the people that now resided within Konoha, she wondered if Konoha was better off at war.
Now here she was, about to receive what might be another mission involving some nutcase. She and Team 7 were waiting for their assignment when Naruto spoke up "Oi jii-chan" while pointing at the Hokage "Give us a tougher mission! The ones you've been giving us so far are not fit a the future Hokage!"
"Show some respect when in Hokage-sama's presence!" Sakura shouted before her fist met Naruto's head.
"So.. you want a tougher mission?" Sandaime said after taking a puff of his pipe. "This should be suitable enough" he said while handing Tsunade a scroll "C-rank all you have to do is escort Tazuna-san back to his home in wave country"
After saying that, an obviously drunk man entered "This is the team that's gonna be escorting me?" he slurred then brought his face closer to Naruto's
"They're just a bunch of snot-nosed brats " he said
"Nani?" Naruto shouted after seeing the look on Tazuna's face.
"Anyway, we will be taking this mission" Tsunade said while restraining Naruto.
"All right, meet at the East gate in 30 minutes" Tazuna said.
"Hai" Team 7 replied.
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