Beating The Odds
Chapter 12: Mission: Find Tsunade
By: MikeJV37
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----July 21, 11:02 AM. Naruto's House----
Anko stood next to Jiraiya as she watched the end of the scene. Tenten stood near the couch to her right side, sitting on it from her right to left, was Hinata, Temari and Kankurou, standing in front of them was Naruto. He'd just told the two Sand nin that they knew about the invasion, that Suna was involved and that he contained Kyuubi No Kitsune. Kankurou had taken it better than she expected, but was very worried about his safety for a few minutes, understandably so considering his little brother. Temari was an entirely different story.... and problem. While she recovered physically from Hinata's special Jyuuken technique, she'd been changed forever. She really felt sorry for Temari and what she'd been through, it was nothing short of extreme torture. Her brilliant strategic mind had been destroyed basically down to the foundation. She wasn't stupid, she still knew who she was and everything she should, but she was a slave to her own desire for sex and to please Hinata and Naruto. The old man had already set up daily sessions with Kurenai and Inoichi to restore her as best they could. Temari's clit had been enlarged by the jutsu, her nipples were permanently erect now, and she was hopelessly in love with and devoted to Hinata and Naruto, her mind's way of coping with what she'd been through was to emotionally latch onto the two most prominent people in her mind and basically rebuilt her mind accordingly to protect her sanity. Kankurou felt as bad for his sister, in his own words she was a hard-ass bitch that needed to loosen up a little, but he didn't want this, she didn't even yell at him anymore. Almost as bad off was Hinata.... once they'd seen the full extent of what her technique did to Temari, she'd cried her eyes out for over thirty minutes, and promised she'd do everything in her power to help Temari get strong again. Naruto felt bad, and promised to help Temari too, but he'd handled it very well, like a seasoned Jounin would, but she'd known him since he was five and he'd survived more hell by then than most Jounin had. If there was a way to help Temari be a strong, independant kunoichi again, he would. Even before he'd killed Orochimaru he'd helped her deal with her issues.
"Do you agree to those terms Kankurou?" Naruto asked calmly.
"We can't help her in Suna, as next oldest it falls to me to decide what's best for our family...." Kankurou said solemnly, sighed and patted Temari's shoulder, she turned and smiled happly at him. "Have the papers drawn up and sign them, she may of been a bitch, but she's my sis and I love her. I'll talk to the Council of Wind and make them see reason, Suna will not assist Sound in a War with Konoha. With Orochmaru dead Sound is no longer a threat to us, when he writes the treaty.... ask him to take our cooperation into account, as the son of the Kazekaze and current Head of the oldest family in Suna, I offer my apology.... if I may ask, I won't mention any of this to him, but can you really beat Gaara without killing him?" Kankurou asked calmly.
"Hai, I promised Hinata and Temari...." Naruto said.
"You sure did Naruto-sama." Temari interrupted happily.
Naruto smiled at her. "I sure did Temari-chan.... I'll save Gaara from himself, I know what he's been through."
"Come on Naruto, We need to drop Temari off at the Hospital, Inoichi is waiting for her. Kankurou needs to get back to Suna and we need to get ready.... we're leaving at noon to find my old teammate. She'll be tough to track down and it'll be near impossible to bring her back, even for you. We'll need every second we can get if you three are going to compete in the finals, and Sakura will need the time to recover and retrain." Jiraiya said seriously, something he rarely did.
"He's right Naruto, we need to get going, come on brats. We'll do everything we can for her Kankurou." Anko said.
----July 28, 10:41 AM, Outside Tanzaku City----
"Are you sure she's here Naruto?" Jiraiya asked.
Naruto smiled. "Hai.... call it a feeling, but I know she's here. Uh, I forgot to ask.... what does she look like?"
Anko, with Hinata and Tenten, rolled her eyes and sighed. "Naruto you baka, you mean we've been on the road all this time and you never asked what Tsunade looks like..... and I thought you were smart."
"Oops." Naruto said, smiled and rubbed the back of his head with both hands. "Hey, why didn't you say anything pervy sage?"
Jiraiya just smiled. "Not my job brat."
Naruto sweat dropped.
"Now, as to what she looks like.... that depends on her age." Jiraiya said and saw the confusion on their faces. "Tsunade has a special jutsu that lets her change her appearance so she looks like herself at what ever age she wants, from teenager to grey-haired old woman."
"Oh just great.... NOW you tell us that, she'll be impossible to find!" Naruto exclaimed and threw his arms up exasperated.
Jiraiya didn't even flinch, just gave them a big perverted smile. "Actually.... she'll be really easy to find. There's a few things you need to know about Tsunade...." Jiraiya said and chuckled. "First, she has an apprentice named Shizune, a pretty brunette in her early twenties, she has a pet pig she always carries with her. Tsunade might of changed it, but I doubt it.... she has long blonde hair she usually wears in two ponytails, her favorite outfit is black pants, grey shirt with a big black belt, and a green jacket."
"If she's still wearing that outfit it shouldn't be too hard to find her." Anko said.
"In case she's not, there's three things about her that make Tsunade stand out..... first, she has a wicked temper and could level that castle with a single punch, so don't upset her. Second, and this is part of what will make her so easy to find.... she's addicted to strong sake and gambling .... and she always loses, her luck is as bad as yours is good Naruto...."
"Well that makes it easy, Jiraiya and I will check..... wait a minute, you said three things would make her easy to find, what's the third thing?" Anko asked suspiciously, she knew that smile on his face, but hoped her hunch was wrong. "Spill it Jiraiya, what the last thing about her she doesn't change that'll make her easy to find?" Anko asked seriously and glared at him.
"Her body." Jiraiya said then saw them glaring at him, and smiled. "Fine, but you made me tell you.... she has the biggest breasts you've ever seen in your life!" Jiraiya said with a huge perverted smile.
Thud. Naruto turned and smirked.... Tenten had fainted. "Hinata-chan, stay here with Tenten-chan, but move off the road to the trees. We'll go into Tanzaku and look for Tsunade. When Tenten wakes up join us.... how long should we look Anko-sensei?"
"Three hours, then we'll break for lunch, I've been here for a couple missions, there's a place called The Pretty Lady on the first block inside the gate on the left, they serve good sake and damn good dango.... don't smirk at me like that Naruto, we all have our little vices.... we'll meet there and trade information, if you find her before then use your communicator to call us, Jiraiya may be the kage of perverts, but he's also one of the Sannin and knows her better than we do.... so our info is accurate, which means I don't want one of us to confront her alone just in case.... that especially means you Naruto-kun, promise me you'll call us if you find her.... and damnit I know it'll be you no matter how we do this." Anko said.
Naruto sighed. "Hai, Anko-sensei.... I promise."
Naruto, Anko and Jiraiya took off for town, and once inside they split up, Anko went left, Jiraiya right, Naruto straight down the main street. Ten minutes after they split up Hinata and Tenten arrived at the the gate and went in together. They all stopped at every bar and casino they came to and asked about Tsunade by description, every regular and employee remembered seeing her there repeatedly within the last month.
----11:54 AM----
"PERVERT!" A woman screamed in a very powerful voice, then there was a loud smack then a crash.
Naruto stopped when he heard the scream, then saw a big man in a white suit fly through the wall of some little casino head first, across the street and crash into a fruit stand. He was only about twenty feet away so he ran over t the man to check on him. He was out cold and had a rapidly swelling red imprint of a fist on his face, his nose smashed flat. "You want to join your friend?" Naruto heard a woman yell from across the street, stood, turned and his jaw dropped. Standing in the new doorway, fists on her hips was a woman he figured had to be Tsunade, she fit Jiraiya's description, and a younger woman stepped up behind her from inside, carrying a pig. 'The clothes are right, she looks about thirty.... definitely has a temper, and from what she did to this guy she has to be a kunoichi.... and her tits are huge! Hannah-chan is a double H cup and she'd bust one of Hannah's bras if she tried to put it on.... she HAS to be Tsunade!' Naruto thought, stepped away from the crowd into the nearby alley and pushed talk on his hidden communicator as he watched them talk to an older man about the damage, the owner he figured.."I found a casino on the main street, center of town, she's with Shizune and it looks like they're headed west for a part of town I heard some people call the Red Zone. I'm following her." Naruto said.
Click. "Naruto, stay hidden and don't let her see your hitai-ite, if she knows Leaf nin are looking for her she'll vanish and we won't find her again for a couple weeks at least." Jiraiya said seriously.
Naruto thought a moment, took out a hankerchief folded it up and tied it around his forhead to cover his hitai-ite, then removed his ninja pouches and put them in his backpack. "That'll do it." Naruto said, smiled and followed Tsunade openly, like he was headed in the same direction.
----11:19 AM, The Coin Purse Casino----
Naruto waited until they seperated, followed Shizune until she was alone, then slipped in front of her. "Shizune?"
Shizune was caught off guard and tensed up a moment. 'How did he sneak up on me like that?' "Who are you?" She asked cautiously.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki from Konoha, a friend of mine is seriously injuried, I was sent to bring Tsunade back to heal her. If Tsunade doesn't come back then Sakura-chan will never be a kunoichi again, and I refuse to let that happen. She's coming back to Konoha if I have to kick her ass and carry her back over my shoulder." Naruto said firmly as he looked up into Shizune's eyes.
Shizune looked into the blonde boy's eyes and shuddered slightly, something told her, to her shock, that he could actually do it . 'I haven't seen such determination since.....' Shizune thought and swallowed hard, unable to even think his name. "Hai, I'm Shizune.... Sarutobi sent you so you must be a ninja."
"Hai, and I am. I have friends outside and would rather do this the easy way.... but I doubt she'll listen to me, Jiraiya-sensei said she doesn't like Konoha, but didn't say why. Will you help me or try to stop me? I really hope you help me, I don't want to hurt anyone or destroy this city fighting her." Naruto said seriously and briefly clenched his fists.
"I believe you Naruto, and I truely want to help you, but I can't go against...." Shizune said then froze in shock when her breasts were grabbed, firmly but not painfuly, she was pulled down into the most intense kiss she'd ever felt in her life, and felt her hardening nipples get pinched and rolled through her shirt. Something filled her very being, a warmth she'd never experienced and lost all will to resist.... then the kiss was broken and her breasts released. She looked downward at Naruto's smiling face with a huge contented smile. "I..... uh, what did you do to me Naruto-kun?" Shizune asked dreamily.
"Call it a special ability I have.... it's like a bloodline-limit. Will you help me Shizune-chan?" Naruto said with a big foxy smile he knew would just melt her heart. He hadn't lied to her, he did leave out was that special kiss he gave her was a gift from a Celestial Deitity usually referred to as Lady Luck, he just called her Lady-chan. He didn't need to grab her breasts, that was just his own personal addition.
"Oh hai. Naruto-kun, I'll help you any way I can." Shizune said happily.
"If she lost a bet, would she honor it regardless of what it was.... even coming back to Konoha with us?" Naruto asked.
"Hai, she'll usually run out on a money debt from gambling, but she'll never welch on a personal bet, if you want her to go back to Konoha and heal your friend.... that's what you have to do." Shizune said calmly then smiled at Naruto.
"Thank you Shizune-chan, go back to Tsunade but act like nothing happened.... I'll join her at the table in a few minutes.
Shizune nodded, then bit her bottom lip nervously. "I can't believe I'm going to say this.... but can I kiss you first.... and squeeze my breasts again?".
Naruto smiled and nodded. When Shizune kissed him he repeated his special technique, then she left.
In Naruto's mind Kyuubi had a huge smile that literally went ear-to-ear. 'Now that was smooth.... kid's a natural.' Kyuubi said to himself.
'You're welcome.' She said in Naruto's head, unheard by him.
Kyuubi turned and saw Lady Luck standing inside his cage, leaned casually against the bars, smiling. 'You keep being a good boy and I may see what I can do about improving the view in here.... maybe a nice forest.'
Kyuubi smiled and gave her a polite bow of respect. He'd come to respect her, he even liked her, she was the only person, he could talk to on his own level, immortal to immortal. He liked Naruto and his friends.... especially the girls, but they weren't immortal or thousands of years old. Besides.... being good seemed to get him access to more beautiful women than being bad, and if there was anything stronger than his desire to kill and destroy.... it was sex, so if he had to be a 'good guy' sealed in Naruto he could live with actually enjoyed being good now.... not that he was going to tell anyone.
----8 minutes later, Casino Poker Room----
Naruto walked out to the table where three people were playing, one of them Tsunade.... Shizune standing behind her.... and took the only open seat, which was on Tsunade's right side. When their hand ended, Naruto casually took out a fat roll of bills in ten-thousand ryu denominations, peeled off twenty, put the roll away and put them on the table. "Chips."
The other two players were stunned, Tsunade was almost drooling and already planning a private game with this high roller. "You don't belong at this table...." Tsunade said calmly as she put her hand over the bills. "Let me take you to the second floor, that's where real players like us belong." Tsunade said with a seductive smile and subtle lean forward to show a little more of her massive cleavage.
Naruto saw right through her little trick, he could tell she was an expert at this, but compared to him she was a rank amateur. Without even a hint of emotion he looked at her, glanced at her cleavage not even trying to hide it, and gave a subtle nod. "Could be interesting.... lead the way." Naruto said smoothly, stood and followed Tsunade and Shizune towards the stairs. "She with you?" Naruto asked casually and nodded at Shizune.
"She's my friend, her name's Shizune, I'm Tsunade." Tsunade said.
"Nice to meet you Shizune.... name's Naruto." He said casually as they reached the stairs, followed them up, down a hall to 'Room 7' which had a small sign on it that said 'Available'. He saw Tsunade remove it and enter, followed by Shizune who he followed in. The room was large, about twenty-by-twenty, and very well furnished with all the modern luxuries. "Nice place."
"One of the best Casino's in Fire Country. Shizune would you bring us some sake and snacks." Tsunade said with a smile then took a seat at the heavy Oak table and took out her entire bankroll, $476,300.
"Hai, Tsunade-chan." Shizune said with a smile then turned and headed for the small bar/kitchen. She knew Tsunade normally didn't do that, but she knew Tsunade's greed had overwhelmed her common sense, she wanted to impress Naruto so he'd bet big. 'I'm sorry Tsunade-chan, but this has to be done, I hope you'll forgive me.' Shizune thought.
----1:37 PM, Yama's Hotel, Room 22, Across the street----
Jiraiya stood near the bed, Anko to his right, Hinata and Tenten sat on the side of the bed facing the wall towards the Coin Purse Casino. In Hinata's lap was Gamakichi. "What's happening?"
"He just lost another hand.... he's got a hundred and thirty-two thousand left of his first roll." Gamakichi said, then paused a moment. "Gamachibi said she's falling for it, they'll be done in about an hour then we can head home, mission accomplished."
"I wish I could watch this." Jiraiya said, almost depressed. "All that money and he won't share it with me."
"Because you'd spend it on sake and bimbos." Anko said with a smile.
Rested again, Hinata activated her Byakuugan once again and looked into the room. She could of looked through their clothes too, but wouldn't do that, she'd promised Naruto she'd never do that "Naruto-kun just took out the other roll of bills, the big one, and bet it and the rest of his money.... Tsunade is staring at it." Hinata said and giggled.
----Back in Room 7----
"That's bigger than the first roll! I.... I can't cover that bet." Tsunade said nervous and a little sad.
'Now I've got you.' Naruto thought. "Too bad, I thought you were a real player, you must have something of equal value to bet?" Naruto said with a subtle hint of dissapointment in his voice and was sure he let Tsunade catch him looking at her cavernous cleavage.
Seeing the biggest score of her life about to slip away, she started thinking fast and saw him looking at her breasts with a lot of lust. 'No, I can't.... but damnit that's a huge fucking roll of cash, it has to be ten million at least. They way he's playing there's no way he could beat my hand.... I can't believe I'm going to do this, but I can't let the chance to turn my luck around just get away.' Tsunade thought. "I have something I can bet I never offered anyone else...." Tsunade said seductively, put her cards face down on the table and gently pulled open her grey shirt a couple inches.
----2:14 PM, Outside Tanzaku's Main Gates----
Jiraiya, Anko, Hinata and Tenten watched Naruto walk out.... followed by Tsunade and Shizune, Ton-ton in her arms.
"Long time Tsunade-hime." Jiraiya said.
Tsunade froze, turned and looked at Jiraiya with the most intense, hate-filled scowl you've ever seen, her full ki suddenly directed at him. "YOU SICK, PEVERTED SON OF A BITCH I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS!!!!" Tsunade roared, raised her right fist and lunged for Jiraiya to take his head off.
Jiraiya froze, NEVER in his life had he seen Tsunade so angry, he had no doubts that this time she WAS going to take his head off as she'd repeatedly threatened to do over the years. The only thing he could do was shut his eyes, for once he was too scared to move. He heard four female gasps......then a moment later heard a light smack of flesh hitting flesh in front of his face. When he didn't feel any pain or light headed he opened his eyes and saw a very familiar sight, Tsunade's fist an inch from his face, then he saw the rest.... Naruto was standing next to Tsunade, her right wrist firmly in his hand and a look of utter shock and disbelief on not just Tsunade's face, but the others.
Tsunade winced and dropped to her knees, her wrist still held tightly in Naruto's hand. She looked into Naruto's eyes and felt something she hadn't in many years.... fear. "I'm sorry Naruto." Tsunade said humbly, after what had happened in the room she couldn't stand the thought of having Naruto mad at her, she'd been fully humbled by him, and though she'd tried everything to get out of her bet, even sleep with him, he'd flatly refused to, she was going back to Konoha wether she wanted to or not.... and she didn't.
Naruto released her wrist. "Please don't do that again Tsunade.... as much as I like you, respect you and need your help.... I can't let you do that. If you can't act like a respected Sannin I'll strip you down to your panties, tie your hands and feet with your clothes, put you over my shoulder and carry you back to Konoha, humiliated and disgraced."
Jiraiya eyes got big as the mental image and reached for his notebook in his jacket.
"Forget it Jiraiya, that goes for you too. Now are you two going to act lke respeted Sannin or little kids?" Naruto said sternly.
Tsunade traded glances with Jiraiya, they were thinking the same thing.... 'I just got talked down to and humbled by a Genin.' "You're right, I was acting like a little bitch.... but there's no way I'm going to get stripped and carried back to Konoha like that. I'll honor my bet and heal your friend, I'll even behave, but I want everyone's promise that what you just saw here never happened. He may be a litle brat.... but he earned my respect in a way I never thought anyone could, deal?" Tsunade said firmly.
Everyone nodded.
"Thanks.... Baa-chan." Naruto said with a smile.
"Not one word Jiraiya.... or else." Tsunade said very sternly the instant Jiraiya started to react to what Naruto had called her. She didn't like it much, but she could live with it, even learn to like it. "Come on, let's get this over with, I'm not looking forward to seeing that place again."
End Chapter 12
