Yo! Sorry it's taken me so long to update! I'm a bad, neglectful procrastinator :'( actually I should be working on a book report for my English class right now but, as I've said, I'm a procrastinator and I wanna get a new chapter up. So here it is! And thank you so much to everyone! Your support is really keeping me going! I'm not gonna start naming people anymore though. It's a lot of typing and I'm lazy. Gomenasai! But seriously, arigato! You guys are the best! I love you all!

Tsunade: Akemi doesn't own Naruto. Or anything Naruto related.

Akemi: Sadly.

Tsunade: Oh shut it ya brat. If you owned Naruto the whole thing would've died out in the first month.

Akemi: …You're mean…

Sakura: Shishou, don't be mean just because you don't have sake, umm…Akemi-chan…?

Akemi: on it…

Thoughts

Inners Thoughts

Flashbacks

Jutsus/Bloodline Traits (Sharingan, Byakugan, etc.)

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Tsunade POV

Sakura didn't bother to knock. She never did, never needed to. My surrogate daughter was always welcome and came and went as she felt the need. And she came often, a fact that pleased me greatly. I smiled when I saw her, and then glared at the Uchiha brat. I told myself I'd try to be civil towards the Sharingan wielder but had already failed miserably.

"Uchiha, as much as I'd love to see your bright and cheery face, I need to speak with Sakura alone for a minute. Trash the place and die. I already had to deal with most of that paperwork; I don't want to do it again." My eyes narrowed and my scowl deepened before I grasped Sakura's shoulder and led her to my private quarters. I sat her down and pulled out her medical chart to add notes to later while she pulled off her shirt and chest bindings.

"Shisho-" She began.

"Hush, Sakura." I glared at her as I spoke. "I'm checking on it whether you like it or not." I ignored her sigh and examined the light pink seal.

It's changed color again. It was not unlike the seal to change color as it needed strengthened. Or to change color to indicate when it had been. The color changes weren't noticeable to Sakura; she saw it every day so she barely noticed any differences. The only time she ever noticed was when it changed color completely. I jotted down some quick notes before turning my attention back to one of my two favorite girls.

"The seal has weakened slightly… or the curse is stronger." I told her, my hand started to glow in its usual blue-green light. She just nodded.

"Just get it over with shishou." She said. She grimaced when I placed my hand to her chest but within seconds became as unreadable as Uchiha Itachi. It went on for half an hour. I knew that he would be getting antsy but he'd just have to wait. Sakura came first. The only time she wouldn't, would be if the village was in danger. And even then, she'd still be a top-priority person. I moved my hand away and observed the color.

Amber. I recorded the new color in her medical file; smiling lightly, remembering when she stated it was one of her favorite colors.

"Sakura-chan, why do you have so many amber-colored objects? Your guestroom is nearly covered in amber and cream colors." Shizune asked her.

"Because amber is the color of Shishou's eyes." She answered with a smile. "Everything about the people I care about reflects in my life."

"That explains the blue and chrome kitchen." I smirked, thinking of the perverted sensei and the loudmouth Kyuubi vessel. "And all the paintings."

"And why the furniture is dark brown and the dishes are almost white." Shizune added. "Dark brown for Neji's hair and the purple-white for Hinata's eyes!"

"Yeah I guess it does…" Sakura looked mildly surprised. "I never thought about that. I just decorated the kitchen without much thought. Looks like I'll never escape my boys, even if I wanted to… And Neji is a good training partner as well as a good friend. And speaking of Hinata," She said with a devious grin. "I'm tired of seeing her pine after Naruto-baka without him noticing one bit."

I smiled fondly at that memory. Little did I know those words would lead to a plan successful in getting Naruto to fall for Hinata. Now here we are two years later and their relationship is stronger than anyone would ever think!

HEY YOU! REALITY CHECK! OUR DAUGHTER IS STUMBLING TOWARDS THE DOOR!

I snapped back to real life with Inner Tsunade's screams. Sakura and I always shared the common bond of an inner personality which made us closer than I thought possible with anyone other than Shizune. Inners were our true thoughts and feelings, amplified slightly. It made sense for us to have them. Sakura and I have been suppressing our emotions and such for years. They became another being inside us.

"Sakura!" I hollered. She kept walking. My daughter was going to get herself landed in the hospital doing this! Before I was even half way to her, Uchiha already had his Sharingan out and was holding her to him.

"W-when… how?" She stuttered.

"Hush." She slumped against him and he picked her up bridal style, holding her to him.

"Uchiha, you have some explaining to do." I said. He nodded. "When the hell did you get the Mengekyou Sharingan?"

"A year ago. Juugo went insane from the curse. You can figure it out from there." I nodded, sat at my desk, and sighed, holding my fingers to my temples.

"HYUUGA! SHIZUNE! GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE NOW!" I yelled. Shizune and a masked Anbu with long chocolate colored hair were in the room in an instant. "Hyuuga, take Sakura home and send me Uzumaki Naruto." He nodded and took Sakura from her ex-teammate. Uchiha handed her over in a slightly reluctant manner.

"Shizune. Sake. Now." My voice was low and even to myself I sounded terrifying.

"H-hai Lady Tsunade!" She bustled off and returned moments later with my booze and a cup. I poured myself a glass, downed it, and repeated twice before settling with one to sip on while waiting not-so-patiently for Naruto. Said idiot burst into my room moments after I poured my sixth drink.

"TSUNADE-BAA CHAN! WHY'D HYUUGA NEJI JUST POOF INTO MY GODDAMN HOUSE AND TELL ME TO GET OVER HERE?!" He screamed. "HINATA AND I WERE SLEEPING GODDAMNIT!"

"…It's the middle of the day dobe."

"Shut up teme! I was tired, and your little wannabe girlfriend panicked and kicked me where the sun don't shine. I'm not in a good mood. Her face looks a lot better now that Hinata-chan got to her." Sasuke raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"Naruto, quit shouting." I sighed at my surrogate son. He was so much like my ototo, exactly how I always pictured my son. "And don't you call me 'baa chan' until Hinata starts popping out my grandkids."

A strange look passed over his face and I looked at him in horror. Oh. My. Gami. Hiashi was going to kill him!

"Naruto! You didn't!"

"No! Well… not yet." He gave me a small, nervous smile. "I'm proposing tonight and from there…" He blushed and grinned. I smirked.

"Good luck kid. You'll need it when you confront her dad."

"Already did. He was surprisingly ok with it… He even complimented my mom's ring. Thanks for holding onto it after the third died."

"You kidding? I like you kid. Of course I'd keep it for you and your parents." I smiled at him before going back to business. "Anyway, Sakura didn't look pissed off when she came so I'm going to guess the interrogation went well. I'd rather he not go back to a cell considering her good mood. In the meantime, until I know more, you are to take him to get some real food and walk around the village." I gave the Uchiha a hard look.

"After his chakra is bound that is." He gave me one of the most pissed off looks I've seen in a while. I just ignored it. "I'm letting you off easy brat. If it weren't for the fact you matter to my son and daughter I'd be leaving you to rot in a cell some more. Now let Hinata bind your chakra and everything will be fine." Hinata stepped into the room from the hall where she had been waiting for Naruto. She nodded obediently and walked cautiously up to Sasuke."

Byakugan

She whispered as veins appeared around her eyes. The remaining Uchiha didn't budge, even as the Hyuuga heiress sealed his chakra away. He did glare at her with what I'm sure was one of the scariest glares he could muster at the moment.

"Hey now teme, don't look at my girlfriend like that. You hurt her, I hurt you." Naruto warned.

"Hn."

When Hinata was done, she deactivated her Byakugan and walked over to Naruto who wrapped his arms around her waist and lovingly pecked her on the lips. I smiled at my adopted son and his fiancée-to-be. Hinata cuddled herself against his side contentedly and looked over at me for further instructions.

"Hinata, you are to find Yamanaka Ino and have her check on Sakura." She nodded.

"Again?!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Yep." I answered his with a sigh. He ran a hand over his face, as exasperated at Sakura's antics as I was, and pouted at his loss of time with Hinata. "Naruto, take Uchiha around. Get him some actual food, prison food is slop. Make it ramen; I'm sure going to Ichiraku will bring back fond memories." He perked up instantly.

"YAY! RAMEN! LET'S GO TEME!" He ran out, pulling a laughing Hinata by the hand and hauling a scowling Uchiha out by the back collar of his shirt.

"Ha. Take that Uchiha." I said with a smirk. I knew he would hate going there. I poured myself another glass of sake and grinned for a few minutes. Then Shizune came in.

"Tsunade-sama. You need to do paperwork"

"Bah! There's so much of it! They're trying to kill me! Death by boredom and carpal tunnel!"

She shook her head as I went on with my mini rant while pulling out my pen and looking over the unfinished papers and reports and signing off on them. Shizune picked up the already finished ones and left me to my work.

"Bring me back more sake!" I called before continuing with the required torture that supposedly came with the position of being Hokage. I grumbled and drank my way through the pile of scrolls, praying to get it done soon and see my overly exhausted daughter soon.