Naruto Uzumaki gritted his teeth as he landed heavily on a thick tree branch. His left arm smacked against his chest, sending a wave of splintery pain through his body. He braced himself as he jumped to the next available limb, grimacing once again as he landed. On his right he heard Kiba land, for once on only his feet on the same tree branch. The Inuzuka boy had an injured Akamaru curled up in the crook of the elbow while he supported Shino on his back. Looking in any direction one could see his injured comrades moving slowly in a formation designed by Shikamaru. To the left was the aforementioned boy, nursing a shattered shoulder and fractured arm. Behind he could hear the labored breathing of Neji who had shattered his sternum jumping in front of a blow meant for Ten-Ten. Kakashi traveled beside Neji, monitoring him while carrying a comatose Choji. Naruto had lost track of the distance he had traveled, even the direction, he just followed the three people in front of him, forging through the endless forest while listening to the sound of pain around him. In the end only three people had stayed at the hideout, and his mind was so hazy he couldn't remember who it was. Even the people in front of him had not identity, only flashes of colors and grunts and groans identified them.
Things had gone horribly wrong from the second the team had entered Orochimaru's hideout. Shikamaru's carefully constructed formation had fallen apart, all of his plans lost in the ambush that waited for them within those walls. If he remembered correctly it had started when the ANBU members of their team had made it through on of the false walls meant serve as an escape route for Orochimaru. Loud smoke charges filled with rotten scents had gone off, blinding all the senses. Then while they were blind and helpless, some how blocked from the strongest ninja with them, the assault began. Phantom blows began hitting, punch were dealt by enemies that were never perceived. Thirty seconds of this passed before Kakashi used a wind style jutsu to blow the powerful smog.
The real battle began quickly. Shikamaru wasted no time capturing one of their enemies. Kiba set on that ninja while the others set on the other five, however it seemed these ninja were not human. No jutsu worked on them twice, their skin was hard as marble and undamaged regardless of the force of the attack. After Choji fell the demons backed off and left them alone. The ANBU came stumbling from the fake wall, they were injured, but barely. The leaf ninja quickly picked up incapacitated and went back to the camp they had established at the beginning of the mission.
The ANBU and Kakashi had bound and set maladies, secured bone and treated the unconscious as best they could before sounding word back to Konoha of their defeat. The time they had spent waiting for the reply had been insufferable.
The news they had received when the hawk returned with the message had been wonderful. Kakashi had quickly organized them into groups, people to stay at the base, people that had to be carried people that could carry others, and people who could only walk on their own. They had rested for a few hours and eaten, then they had started off toward Konoha, leaving the three ANBU at Orochimaru's base.
Naruto pitched forward as he landed on a tree limb, almost falling off of it before he managed to balance himself. Shaking his head, the blond boy regained is focus, looking ahead and finding Lee, Gai, Kurenai, Ten-Ten, and Anko ahead of him. Uzumaki decided not to think of these things and instead to just focus on moving forward.
Two days later Naruto bounded out of the tent he'd been sharing with Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, and Lee. His arm and a few other injuries hade healed quickly leaving him in perfect health while others of the group were just beginning to regain their basic motor functions. He swaggered across the forest floor, threading his way past tress to the fire pit that Kakashi was warming his hands over to fight off the morning chill. Naruto sat down on a log next to his mentor. " So when do we move out today?" He asked eagerly.
"I don't know yet. Choji just regained consciousness last night. We'll give him awhile to regain his ability to walk and let the others rest up for awhile." Kakashi answered.
"Could I start ahead, with Azuma, Lee, and Ten-Ten, so we could reach the village quicker and bring back aid and supplies?" Naruto asked.
"No Naruto, if you did that we would have no defense against an attack or ambush."
"Alright then." Naruto mumbled and stood to trudge back to his tent to lay down and rest more.
Naruto grinned as he charged ahead of the rest of the group. Kakashi had, after a few hours of incessant pestering, allowed him to take Lee and Ten-Ten and go ahead. When questioned by Azuma the Copy Ninja simply told him that the three of them would nag him into insanity, so he had allowed them to go.
That didn't matter now though, all that mattered now was the green blur darting ahead of him while a pink dot jumped beside shim, then sped ahead. Naruto took both challenges and dodged around the two and raced ahead, bouncing eagerly from tree to tree.
Tsunade languidly rose from between Shizune's thighs, withdrawing her fingers from the warmth within her. Those fingers quickly found their way into her attendant mouth, where they were suckled clean. The blonde smiled and kissed her way up Shizune's belly to her breasts. She kissed her way along the conical peaks to the rubbery pink points of her lover's nipples. The brunette smiled and bent her head to kiss Tsunade. The Fifth Hokage allowed Shizune to flip her naked body into a prone position on her back with her legs spread wide. Her loving attendant settled on her belly with her face between Tsunade's thighs. She meekly extended her tongue to touch the outer labia of Tsunade's vulva. The blonde stretched out and grasped the back of her lover's head pulling it closer to her intimate parts. Shizune moved even closer, her hands moved to Tsunade's thighs and spread them apart farther pressing most of her face into the Hokage's pussy. Her tongue began to move quickly and heavily across the lips. Tsunade gripped Shizune's hair and twisted it in her hand. She gritted her teeth and threw her head back as her hips bucked forward she began to grind her pussy against Shizune's face as she licked almost fervently. Tsunade moaned as her attendant nipped playfully at her engorging clitoris. Shizune shifted the focus of her tongue directly to her lover's clitoris as she slid a tensed finger smoothly inside of her.
"Granny Tsunade!" The abrupt yell jarred Shizune away from Tsunade. Naruto's clamoring footsteps resounded through the building as he ran for the door into her secret room. The two of them scrambled apart, looking for the clothes that were lost in the dark room.
"Fuck!" Tsunade cursed under her breath. "Naruto, don't-" Her shouted warning was cut off by the door busting open and the boy in the orange jumpsuit skidding to a stop among the bottles on the floor.
"I need you to commission a few people to come back-" Naruto's quick, flustered speech died away as he looked over to the Hokage and discovered her current position. Tsunade had wrapped a blanket around Shizune and pushed her behind her. She had risen into a sitting position with one hand cupping her private regions but leaving her breasts uncovered. "What are you doing?" Naruto almost screamed in his surprise.
"Shut the door and keep your voice down." Tsunade snapped, instantly becoming authoritative even in the nude. Naruto quickly complied, while Tsunade crawled under the blanket with Shizune. "Now that you've seen this you'll probably want to tell others what you have seen. Put simply, don't or I'll have your career and defame you as a lying rebel. The civilian of this city are not accepting to what Shizune and I were doing. If word got out there may be unrest and revolts against the shinobi leadership. Do you understand?" Naruto nodded. "Now what do you want?"
"I need a couple people to come back with us, Ten-Ten, Lee and me, to help care for the wounded. We figured now that we're closer, it would be easier for us to get aid in. They'll have stopped to camp by now in the spot we had agreed on. If we leave within the hour we can catch them in the morning. Now I have a question on a personal level."
"Well you can take Sakura and Ino with you, they're both pretty accomplished in they're training, so they should help you out enough to get most of the people at least mobile. You might as well ask your question."
Naruto nodded. "Thank you. I want to know how long you've been doing this."
"Naruto, I've been like this for a long time, but before this moment I didn't really have a reason to be. I just had to smooth talk this one, and now I realize that I want now what this one has been trying to give more for a long time."
Looking perplexed Naruto nodded and added. "Okay I'll go now." Naruto turned and walked out the door, quickly moving to his task of fetching Sakura and Ino to keep his mind from the thought that had long been circling it.
Tsunade smiled as she turned back to Shizune. She kissed the brunette on the forehead. Her attendant wordlessly snuggled, her pink cheeks fading back to their natural color. "I'm sorry." Tsunade apologized. "Have you recovered from the embarrassment yet?" Shizune nodded and smiled a bit. "I love you" Tsunade added affectionately but with conviction, effectively silencing her attendant with her shock.
"I think we should just go to sleep." Shizune managed, snuggling close to Tsunade.
"Yeah, I agree we should sleep before someone else comes in." Tsunade agreed and snuggled down, almost instantly falling asleep. An hour or so later Tsunade was awakened by someone pressed their lips to her ear and whispering quietly but fervently.
"I love you too."