A Noble Sacrifice: Tsunade's Vow

A Cleansing Wave of Blood

By: MikeJV37

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===Oct 10, 9:16 AM, Wave, Warehouse District, Pier 7 Warehouse===

She'd spent almost her entire adult life around death, she'd grown up during the last Great Shinobi War and spent most of her time up to her 30's killing or watching friends die, she had more blood on her than most shinobi villages and hated death with a fiery passion that dwarfed all others. She knew loss on a scope that few people in the world could even comprehend... but that was before they took Shizune from her. "Forgive me." Tsunade whispered then flashed through a series of hand signs for a jutsu she'd created years ago, but never done. There was a small chance it would kill her, but she didn't care. "SEAL RELEASE!" Tsunade exclaimed as they closed on her. The diamond mark on her forehead glowed and the purple seal appeared on her forehead, then she flashed through several more hand signs for the second part of the jutsu. "CHAKRA RELEASE: REINFORCEMENT!" Tsunade exclaimed powerfully as the purple lines of the special seal spread down her face, covering her body, arms and legs. Just before they reached her she screamed as all the chakra stored within the seal flooded back into her body, but unlike her Creation Rebirth jutsu this didn't heal her, it put back all the chakra she had stored, which quadrupled her current reserves and released a blast of chakra from her body that knocked everyone within 10' of her off their feet. Calling up all her pain and anger she charged headlong into the group in front of her. Normally she hated blood, she even had a fear of it, until a minute ago... now she was going wash her soul clean... the old Tsunade had to die, she was going to drown her in a lake of blood and let it drain into the ocean. Normally when she hit someone with all her power they were shinobi and the impact splattered their head, caved in their chest and/or sent them flying, this time she was pumping massive amounts of chakra into her arms and instead of clubs, her fists cut through the men like a chakra enhanced scythe thru wheat.

Gato watched in horrified fascination at the sight before him. He knew now she had to be a former shinobi, he just wished he'd handled her differently because she was defending the small area around the girl's body, what had him too scared to even look away was the fact that she was cutting down his men by the dozen. He'd called all his men to beat and rape her into submission, over 200 of them... and it wasn't going to be enough, when she finished gutting his men like fish... which is what she was doing, taking off heads and limbs, or cutting them un half, with her bare hands. If he didn't know better you'd think she was using a sword, but she wasn't. Scariest of all was the look on her face, the more men she slaughtered, and it was a slaughter, she was covered in blood from head to toe like the floor, the more her expression turned to happiness, she was enjoying it, like a kid with a new toy, she was reveling in the carnage. It only took her 10 minutes to turn over 200 armed men into 30 tons of bloody meat... then she turned to him with a smile that would of scared the devil himself. She started toward him like a demon made of blood, it dripped from every part of her body, the only thing not red was her eyes and her teeth showing from that terrifying smile. He happened to glance at the dead girl near her, there was a circle around her of clean floor, like something was keeping the blood away from her. He turned and ran back into his office, locking the door behind him in what he knew was a futile gesture.

Stopping in front of it, Tsunade grabbed the wall, tore it off and tossed in aside. She walked up to the desk he was cowering behind and held out her hand. "Necklace." His hand shaking she watched him toss it to her, she caught it and put it back on. She pushed the desk aside, lunged forward and grabbed the small man by the collar of his expensive suit and jerked him off his feet. "Do you have anyone else here or on that ship?" Tsunade said in a deathly cold voice.

"F,f,f,f,f,four, on ship... th,three girls and a woman... one of the girls is special for s,some reason, they insisted she be restrained a certain way... they didn't say why... oh, and the woman has these manacles with red lights on them, they glow when she struggles. , spare me... I'll give you anything you want, just please don't kill me." Gato said.

'Hmm, sounds like chakra restraints, and the special girl either has a Bloodline-Limit or...' Tsunade thought, then walked him to his desk and slammed him on it face down, his legs hanging off the edge. "You have any friends or partners I should know about? Tell me the truth and you might leave here only crippled."

"No, no one will come looking for me if business stops... I'm not big enough yet, I just got set up here two years ago." Gato said.

"That's all I needed to know." Tsunade said, then released her right hand from his back where she was holding him down, then smiled sadistically, and drove her right fist through Gato's clothes and up his ass almost to her shoulder, a moment later she yanked out her arm with Gato's still beating heart in her hand. She stood there with a smile of satisfaction on her face as she watched Gato and his heart stop moving and die, then dropped it on the desk next to him before walking back out into the warehouse. Tsunade flashed thru a series of hand signs then slapped the floor. "SUMMON!"

There was a huge puff of smoke and it cleared moments later to reveal a huge slug that flinched a moment later.

"Shizune is dead, and I might be too by the end of the day. Guard her body and clean up this mess, I don't care how... just don't damage the office, it may have something important in it." Tsunade said and headed for the dock.

===5 Minutes Later, Inside Gato's Ship===

Her hands locked in those damn chakra manacles which were chained to the wall above her head, her luxurious, long red hair was filthy, her beautiful silk dress long since shredded, and not even allowed the small dignity of her panties, her legs spread and ankles chained to the steel wall. Her once firm, beautiful FF cup breasts now hung from her chest badly bruised, her lush, manicured patch of silky red hair on her mound was filthy and matted, half of it missing, and she'd been sexually violated more times than she could remember, but they hadn't broken her, but even her iron will had limits and she was 1, maybe 2 sessions away from breaking and telling that little bastard what he wanted to know before she was sent to... him, and either executed or made a slave, assuming her few allies didn't save her. Then she'd felt it about 15 minutes ago, a chakra signature that dwarfed even a Kage, never in her life had she encountered such power, and as best she could tell... it was from maybe quarter to half a mile away. Was it another Jinchuuriki like the girl, she wondered? It had to be, there was no other explanation for that kind of power... then the entire wall of her cell was ripped off and tossed away, the door on it still locked.. She gasped at what she saw. Standing there was a woman almost completely covered in blood, her hair and clothes were soaked with it. She'd never begged in her life, but without access to her chakra she was dead if this woman wasn't here to save her. "Please help me... I'll do anything you want... even fuck you, just please help me." She said submissively, she hated doing it, but she had no options left, it was her life or her remaining dignity.

She laughed, almost maniacally, then started toward the nude redhead.

She swallowed nervously when the bloody woman laughed, crossed the room and she tensed up a moment when the woman raised a hand toward her head... she thought, then her face changed to shock when the woman crushed and ripped off her chakra manacles like they were nothing, then remembered how the woman had come in. "Thank you." She said as the woman broke the manacles on her ankles, the steel bent like wet clay in her hands... no one was that strong... except. "Tsunade... of the Sannin?"

"Hai... Gato and his men are dead, I killed 'em all... who are you and why did they want you?" Tsunade said firmly.

"Mei Terumii, of Mist. The Mizukage wants me dead because I have two Bloodline-Limits, anyone that has one is killed." Mei said.

"Where are the others? I'm running out of time, help me and I'll make sure you get anywhere you want to go." Tsunade said with a finality to her voice.

Mei picked it up in her voice, she sounded like she didn't expect to live through the day. "Hai, I owe you for saving me." Mei said then winced slightly.

Tsunade eyed her quickly, she'd totally missed the bruises. "First..." Tsunade said, held her hands in front of Mei's chest and they glowed green.

Mei watched, her smile getting bigger as not 2 minutes later she felt incredible, like they'd never touched her... then she noticed the incredible amount of chakra Tsunade was putting out and saw a clear spot on her forehead where what looked like a purple seal was. "Are you... dying, it that what that seal is doing?".

"Come on, show me where they are... I can't afford to tear this ship apart looking." Tsunade said strongly.

Mei flinched, then nodded.

===27 Minutes Later, The Dock===

Tsunade had gotten Mei and the 3 girls off the ship, 1 of them a Jinchuuriki, along with a pile of boxes of useful cargo crates after checking the cargo manifest. She looked at Mei. "The Mizukage huh?" She said and Mei nodded. Tsunade walked to the edge of the pier by the end of the ship, cracked her knuckles and neck, then grabbed the back corner of the huge cargo ship, lifted it out of the water, ignoring the gasps of shock by the small audience, turned it toward the ocean, did the calculations quickly, then with a roar hoisted it up and back and threw the massive ship like a 100,000 ton javelin. It disappeared over the horizon a few moments later.

Mei noticed the direction. "Where did you throw it?" Mei said, slightly nervous, she'd NEVER seen such incredible strength.

Tsunade laughed. "To its destination."

Moments later in Mist, 92% percent of the corrupt shinobi would die in the most incredible event in their History... including the current Mizukage. How a cargo ship fell from the sky would baffle the people of Mist for years to come.

Tsunade leapt off the pier into the water and a few moments later leapt out and landed near the others. They gasped at the lines covering her face, chest and arms, then followed her into the warehouse where they saw a huge slug who seemed to be cleaning a spot on the unusually shiny floor and over to a body with a green coat draped over it, when they got close it was apparent it was a girl in her mid teens. They suddenly stared at Tsunade as she shook a moment, her chakra dropped dramatically as the lines withdrew back into the diamond on her forehead, then she dropped to her knees and just emotionally fell apart over the dead girl. The huge slug dispelled, looking almost sad. They watched her for over an hour until she seemed to collapse from exhaustion.

===Later===

She slowly awoke, the sun in her eyes she moved and then groaned, her entire body was sore, she hurt in places she hadn't even touched in years.

"Are you okay?" A woman said.

"Dammit Shizune leave me alo..." Tsunade said then turned her face down into the pillow and sobbed briefly.

"Was that her name... Shizune?" The woman said.

Tsunade shot up to a sitting position, her left arm shot out and grabbed the throat of the woman near her, adrenaline flooding her body, as was a growing rage, and did it in the blink of an eye. "Who are you and where am I... try anything and I'll rip your fucking head off." Tsunade said in a bone chilling, dead voice.

"I'm Tsu,Tsunami... you're in my house. Please, I meant no harm, your friends are downstairs." Tsunami said, terrified.

"Where's Shizune's body?" Tsunade said in that same dead voice.

"Downstairs... wrapped in blankets... please I'll take you to them... I won't hurt you, please I'll tell you everything, just please don't hurt me Tsunade-san. The woman, Mei, told me who you are." Tsunami said.

Tsunade pushed down her anger, turned her head and focused all her senses on the woman, she was no kunoichi, and the look in her eyes was that of a caring person, she doubted this woman even capable of cruelty. She released her and sighed heavily. "I'm sorry, wait in the hallway, I'll be out in a minute." Tsunade said calmly.

"There's a bathroom at the end of the hall, to the left, I'll wait downstairs, dinner is almost ready, you and the others are welcome to stay and join us for dinner." Tsunami said.

Tsunade nodded. "What time is it, and is it still the Tenth?"

"Almost six-thirty, and yes it is, you were asleep all day, Mei and the girls refused to leave you." Tsunami said then turned and left the room, shutting the door behind her.

Tsunade flipped off the sheets, turned and put her feet on the floor, spotting her sandals by the door. "Dammit Shizune why'd you have to be so damn noble... that ass hole couldn't of hurt me and you'd still be alive. Now what the fuck am I supposed to do?" Tsunade said, then laughed a few moments. "You have to help those girls Tsunade-sensei... that's what you'd say, you never could refuse anyone in need..." Tsunade said then suddenly sat bolt upright as she had a Epiphany. "I ignored your pleas when I had you in my life... it took your death to get through to me, but you finally did it Shizune. From now on I'm going to do everything in my power to honor you and everyone I ever lost." Tsunade said, reached into her inside shirt pocket and pulled something out she hadn't seen in years, her Leaf hitai-ite. "After I clean this place up I'm going back and clean house, I have a few promises to keep."

===6:42 PM, Tsunami's House===

Tsunade came downstairs, and as soon as she stepped out into the open the 3 girls she'd saved from the ship that morning rushed her with hugs... and it almost made her cry with joy they reminded her of 3 little Shizune's. "Okay brats knock it off, saving your butts made me hungry, so show me to the table... and you can introduce me to our hosts who are laughing at us right now." Tsunade said then rubbed the 2 smaller girls heads.

"Sorry Tsunade, they've been anxious to thank you all day and insisted on hugging you at least when you got up." Mei said with an amused smirk.

"Its okay... Mei, right?" Tsunade said and saw her nod. Sitting at the table, smiling like idiots, was a man who looked to be in his mid to late 20's, spiky black hair, muscular build, white trimmed black shirt and a white headband. Tsunade caught the glint off a finger, a ring... and it matched the ring Tsunami was wearing, her husband most likely. The older man at the end of the table had similar features to Tsunami and was older than her, probably in his 60's she figured... he kinda reminded her of her old Sensei. "Okay girls sit down. Tsunade." She said with a small nod then sat next to Mei.

"Tazuna, Tsunami is my daughter, this is her house." Tazuna said, though he didn't actually stare he couldn't stop glancing at the blonde's incredible cleavage.

"Kaiza, Tsunami-chan's husband and a fisherman. A pleasure to meet you Tsunade-san." Kaiza said politely and nodded.

Tsunade smirked. "You've heard of me, I hope it was good, I don't have the best reputation in some places." Tsunade said, her instincts told her he wasn't from Wave. "You aren't from Wave Country are you?"

"No, I lived here and there, I moved to Wave a few years ago, fell in love with Tsunami and decided to settle down, Wave is well known for it's great fishing. I'm sorry for your loss." Kaiza said, the last part solemnly.

Tsunade nodded, she could tell he meant it. "Thank you."

"Tsunade... on behalf of the entire village I want to thank you for freeing us from Gato, I know you didn't do it for us and I'm sorry for your loss, but I was asked by the Mayor to find out what you intend to do now, we'd like you to stay. I'm a bridge builder, and was making plans to build a bridge to Fire Country that would of freed us from his control. It would of taken a few years for us to start, but with Gato dead we can start sooner, there's something we need though. Since you freed us from him and he has no wife or children as far as we know, the entire town feels you deserve everything he had." Tazuna said.

This shocked even her, she hadn't expected this. She figured Gato was probably a multi-millionaire, maybe a billionaire based on the ships and property he seemed to own.

"Tsunade, before you decide anything, I went through his office, there were several scrolls in his safe. I haven't checked them... but I believe they're Summoning Contracts. I also found papers that would legally give you control of his company and personal assets. According to the records I found... he was worth about five Billion." Mei said.

All the adults gasped in shock, including Tsunade.

"Lets eat first, then I'll decide what to do." Tsunade said.

===8: 02 PM===

"Now that everyone has a full stomach... thank you, and I doubt I'll be able to get rid of you three..." Tsunade said.

"Four." Mei interrupted. "I'm not going back to Mist, if I'm right about what you did, I don't need to, my friends should be able to handle it until I can send a message to them. I'm staying here with you, I owe you for everything you did for me." Mei said.

Tsunade sighed. "Fine, they could use a big sister I guess. Okay you four, names and ages." Tsunade said.

Mei stood and moved into the line with the girls. "Mei Terumii, twenty."

"Konan, nine." Konan said with a smile.

"I'm Fuu... I'm five." Fuu said shyly but happily, holding up 5 fingers.

"Tayuya, I'm five." Tayuya said strongly as she stuck out her flat chest.

Tsunade inwardly smirked, the little redhead was a fireball, she could see in her eyes. The green-haired girl with the demon sealed in her was shy and cautious, she'd obviously taken some abuse because of her guest. The oldest girl with the blue hair with a paper flower in it was most likely an orphan that's lived on her own a while, but still had a genuine smile on her face. They had no where to go, and that tugged at her heart, she had to help them. "I'm Tsunade Senju, I never thought I'd say this... but from now on, we're family." Tsunade said, stood from her chair, held out her arms, sighed and waved them in for the hugs she knew were coming.

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End Chapter 2

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Author Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter and the special guests. Since their official histories are unknown, I took some small liberties with them as to how they got to the Countries where each was found. As to Konan do NOT tell me that's not how it happened... THIS IS FAN FICTION, I CHANGED THE FACTS, so don't expect to see Akatsuki. Many things will be different... see how 1 small event can alter the course of everything else in the world. Don't expect the Akatsuki to show up later, or at least not the group you know if they do, it's still undecided if they'll exist in some form.