With Yugito
Yugito smiled as she stood before Nibi, her friend. She had just recently taken out her evil side and felt much better for it. Now she just had to fight Nibi for that more powerful connection she wanted with Nibi. She knew she could already control Nibi and her chakra, but a better connection to each other might be good for them both.
"Alright Nibi-chan are you ready to see how much I've learned?" Yugito asked and Nibi smirked as she was released from her cage. The female bijuu walked out and grinned like mad at her container.
"Don't think I"m going easy on you just because I'm your friend," Nibi said and Yugito nodded knowing exactly how this was going to go down.
"Then bring it Nibi," Yugito said while her real body was sitting in a meditative pose with Bee, C, and Motoi watching her.
With Team Samui
Naruto and the others were currently resting in a field no far from the place where they were supposed to meet up with Jiraiya. They were all talking about what they had been up to around the week that they didn't see each other. No one had anything real exciting to talk about, but Naruto. Everyone was shocked when they heard what he did over on the island. It sounded so unreal, but they all trusted Naruto so if it happened to him then it really did happen. Besides, in the shinobi world there are a lot of strange things.
Team Samui's break lasted for about another half an hour before they all packed up their things and started to move out. They were at the edge of Shimo no Kuni and Yu no Kuni. Jiraiya said in the mission that he would be waiting for them between the border of Yu no Kuni and Hi no Kuni where there was a little town for small rest stops.
"You'd wonder why he couldn't get a Konoha shinobi to do this," Omoi said making the others nod in agreement with him, but they tried not to complain about it too much.
"Well it gets added to our mission record so let's not complain here. So Samui how long before we even get to the meeting point?" Karui asked turning everyone's attention to the blonde. Samui took out the map and read it over for a few seconds before closing it back.
"We're at least a day away from it. If we went without a break then we could get there by nighttime. Is that alright?" Samui asked and everyone agreed with their chunin leader not seeing any arguments.
"Cool," Samui said and everyone shot off for the meet up point deciding that having to get there in a hurry was the best way to go. So for the entire day they all ran trying to keep the energy they had and the amount of chakra they had intact. It wasn't often known or mentioned, but Team Samui's stamina when they were together was quite extraordinary. Maybe it was their youth or something like that, but they didn't seem to mind at all. In truth no one knew why they were rushing, but they just felt that this would be a good time waster.
Nighttime, Edge of Hi no Kuni
Team Samui sighed as finally made it to their destination. They weren't even all that fatigued, at least Naruto wasn't. Samui, Omoi and Karui were a little tired, but they quickly got over it. The four say a small town and started walking towards it. Naruto opted for them to get dinner and some drinks making the other three look at him.
"Do you think we have the time to go get something to eat Samui-neechan?" Naruto asked and Samui would've said no, but they made some pretty good time so she relented and nodded.
"I suppose we can eat. It's not like Jiraiya-sama has anything to do I guess," Samui said and everyone entered the town. It was small so it wasn't really registered on the official map, but it was still there nonetheless.
"Yay food! I'm starving," Karui said making Omoi roll his eyes at her.
"Yeah you might just eat the entire store out of its food," Omoi said getting a smack on the head from both Naruto and Karui at the same time while Samui shook her head.
"In any case I can pay for everyone so let's stop at that place," Naruto said pointing to a small little stand between two medium buildings.
"I suppose we can eat there," Omoi said the the four sat on the seats laid out for them. Soon a man came up while he was wiping his hands.
"What can I get for ya?" He asked and everyone looked at the menu. No one decided to be picky about what to eat so they all got the most delicious sounding thing on the menu.
"I want beef rice," Karui answered.
"I'll take a small drink. I'm not really hungry at the moment," Samui said shrugging her shoulders.
"I guess I'll just have what Karui's having," Omoi said having some beef rice also. Naruto looked at the menu with a slight smile on his face.
"I'll take a Katsudon, beef rice, and a medium sized miso ramen," Naruto said making everyone stare at him incredulously.
"You got it Gaki. Give me a minute," the man said and everyone waited for their food. It took about 20 to 30 minutes, but everyone got their food as their mouths drooled. Samui took her drink in her hands and simply savored the taste of it while the others ate their food.
"So where is this guy anyway? I mean how are we going to find him?" Omoi asked his team, but Samui and Karui had no answer to him him. Naruto however, simply grinned while he ate his food.
"It's simple Omoi. We're going to a hot spring," Naruto told him and everyone raised their eyebrows at their friend and little brother.
"Does this place even have a hot spring?" Karui asked and the man nodded.
"We sure do missy. It's not famous like the others, but it's very decent. Lots of men and women go there," The man stated and Naruto grinned. Oh yes, this would work out just fine for everyone.
Naruto paid the man for his team's food and everyone left with a better mood. They were still slightly tired, but Naruto dragged them all towards the hot springs for some reason. It really baffled the three as to why the blonde would want to go to a hot spring so much.
"Naruto we have to find Jiraiya-sama so why are we heading to the hot spring?" Omoi asked and Naruto gave an ear-splitting grin. He turned to his three confused teammates and chuckled.
"You're all about to learn something about Jiraiya-oji," Naruto said as they came up to the hot spring, but they didn't go inside rather they walked around it and before long they all heard giggling of some kind. Naruto sighed and pointed upwards with his finger. Karui, Omoi and Samui looked up and the sight of what they saw made them widen their eyes and sweatdrop at the same time.
"Hehehe oh yes this is good research right here. Naruto won't be here until tomorrow so I'll have some time. Oh look at the curves on that one," the famed Jiraiya said while Omoi, Samui and Karui felt their respect for the guy drop dramatically.
"He's a pervert," They all said and Naruto took out one of his swords. He might have been edgy with it, but Naruto could still use fuuton chakra to a moderate degree. He channeled chakra to one of his swords and smiled. He quickly slashed at the tree making fall as Jiraiya fell into the women's side of the hot spring. All the four could hear after that were the loud noises of women screaming and shouting while Jiraiya got the stuffing beat out of him.
After his beating Jiraiya walked out rubbing his face while he saw Naruto smiling while the others glared at him. The toad sage chuckled nervously while Karui stomped on the ground with her foot.
"We ran all the way here to save time, we're tired and you have the gaul to be a pervert? Is this a joke?" Karui asked and Jiraiya rolled his eyes at her.
"Show some respect little girl. I wouldn't expect you to understand the brave passions of the male heart" Jiraiya said while Karui dropped her jaw at the sheer audacity this guy had.
"Well in any case now that we've found you would you mind letting us get some rest before we look for Tsunade Senju?" Samui asked not really caring for the situation anymore. Jiraiya nodded and took them to the motel he was staying at while Omoi turned to him.
"So tell me, why do you need us to help you find this lady? Shouldn't this be Konoha's problem?" Omoi asked and Jiraiya chuckled as he grabbed Naruto into a small hug.
"Well for two reasons. One is that I wanted to see Naruto and wondered how he was doing. Two, is that Naruto needs to know about his last distant relative that I know," Jiraiya said and Naruto widened his eyes. He, Samui, Omoi and Karui turned to Jiraiya and the old sage nodded answering their unasked questioned.
"What do you mean my distant relative?" Naruto asked and Jiraiya chuckled. It seemed that everyone forgot their tiredness while Jiraiya explained.
"Well Naruto I don't know all the complete details as even some information is kept from me, but you know that the Uzumaki were a clan right?" Jiraiya asked and Naruto nodded. He knew that as Mabui had told him when he was a little younger.
"Yeah I know about that. What does that have to do with-,"
"Well you didn't know this and not much of Konoha knows it either, but the Shodaime had an Uzumaki for a wife. I think her name was Uzumaki Mito, your mother's mother. So you and Tsunade are related. I don't think she knows it either. Besides we have to find her so that she can assume the position of Hokage. Sarutobi-sensei stepped down so we need another one," Jiraiya said while everyone pointed.
"Why don't you do it?" They asked and Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. He suddenly laughed and held his stomach in his hands while everyone wondered if they said something funny.
"No way am I staying behind a desk all the time. I have to explore," Jiraiya said while everyone sighed
"So you're just looking for her just so you don't wanna own up to your responsibilities? Not cool," Samui said shaking her head while the others silently nodded agreeing with their leader's words.
"It's not like that. Give me some credit. I have a spy network to run," Jiraiya said to them while Karui shrugged her shoulders.
"Why not give the job over to the most capable jonin? I think they might do well for your spy network," Karui suggested and Jiraiya scoffed.
"Are you insane? I don't have the time to show some random jonin how to manage a spy network besides no one manages one better than me," Jiraiya told them, but Omoi only cross his arms over the other.
"You really need to give the job to someone younger, maybe like that guy with the grey-ish hair. What was his name? Kakashi-san right?" Omoi asked and Naruto nodded. Jiraiya looked at them all incredulously. How could they be so nonchalant about such things. Granted Jiraiya knew about Kakashi's potential in lots of things as a shinobi and it really sounded like a good idea.
"Sigh, alright let's say I did have Kakashi run the spy network he's also a jonin-sensei to three other kids. Who would teach them?" Jiraiya asked and Naruto instantly smiled.
"That crazy snake lady. I think her name was Anko. She seems real good and she could teach them a lot especially that Sakura girl," Naruto said and Jiraiya hated it that they made so much sense.
"Besides that you're getting old Jiraiya-oji maybe you should be the Hokage and start acting like a real person," Naruto said and Jiraiya sighed and rubbed the back of his head.
"It's late. Let's go to bed," Jiraiya said as he passed them all. Everyone looked at each other and nodded as they followed him to the motel. No one had said anything that night as everyone slept quietly.
Back In Kumo
Two figures were currently on a mountain top looking down at the village. They stared at it impassively while one person turned to the other.
"You know it's a real surprise that the Kyuubi jinchuuriki would be here. I guess Konoha's lost its touch," the person said while the other simply didn't say anything.
"It hardly matters at the moment Kisame. We are here to get the Kyuubi jinchuuriki now let's go," the man said and the now revealed Kisame nodded in agreement with him.
"You got it Itachi-san," Kisame said as the two shunshined out of sight and into Kumo.
Next Morning
The sun was already high in the sky as the group of five continued to walk towards the town where Jiraiya had told them where Tsunade was likely. He had heard from a source that she was around and this might be their only chance to find her, but while they were doing that Jiraiya decided to find out how everyone was doing in the time he hadn't seen most of them, mostly Naruto.
"So you guys are staying out of the village for three months because of a long list of mission requests given to you?" Jiraiya asked and the four nodded.
"Yeah it seems a lot of clients asked for us specifically so we're going to be going down this list completing missions. It just shows how awesome we are dattebayo," Naruto said making Jiraiya chuckle with a nod. Other than the relative catching up, no one had anything to really say so most of the walk was done in silence and while everyone rested Team Samui would practice their skills and try to correct themselves in formations to which Jiraiya would offer his help with their training and the four were more than glad enough to take it since they could gain valuable experience from it.
The team had also tried to persuade Jiraiya to take the position of Hokage, but the old sage just wasn't ready to actually try it and he wouldn't be convinced either, but take away his perverse nature and Jiraiya was a great guy who could definitely lead the village if he wanted.
"How long are you guys going to keep this up?" Jiraiya asked and Naruto smirked as he patted the old man's shoulder.
"Until you go with it," Naruto said before he motioned for Jiraiya to lean to the side. Jiraiya did so and Naruto whispered in his ear.
"Just imagine all those laws you could create. You could peek in the hot springs and no one would be able to stop you since you can't hit the Hokage. Heck you could have the entire female shinobi force to yourself as Hokage," Naruto said and Jiraiya widened his eyes. If he could say anything about his godson it was that the blonde really knew how to make something interesting.
"That's the best idea I've ever heard!" Jiraiya yelled in thought while Naruto felt like he just hit the proverbial gold mine. Samui, Omoi and Karui watched the expression and could only wonder what the blonde had come up with.
"Naruto you make an outstanding argument," Jiraiya said and Naruto's face gleamed with delight.
"Well I try, but we'll talk about that later so where are we going?" Naruto asked and Jiraiya took out a map. It was a bit more updated that Samui's. It had the list of towns that weren't on Samui's map at the moment.
"Well alright we didn't have anything to talk about before so what should we talk about now?" Omoi asked and Naruto grinned.
"We'll play a small game. Who is the strongest shinobi in all the world?" Naruto asked and everyone wondered what type of game this was.
"Umm Otouto why are we playing this game?" Karui asked while everyone turned to him.
"Well traveling should be fun and I guess games are fun dattebayo. And Nee-chan if you have any other ideas on how to pass the time I'm open to it," Naruto said making Omoi chuckle at her while Samui had an amused grin on her face.
"Touche Otouto," Karui said and with that said everyone participated in the game while Jiraiya looked at the map.
"She should be in Tanzaku town so we'll search there," Jiraiya said as he watched the four play their little game to pass the time.
One hour later
Jiraiya and Team Samui were currently looking at Tanzaku town and smiled or rather they would have if Jiraiya wasn't looking at the rest of the team.
"I told you that the Yondaime of Konoha is the best!" Naruto yelled while Karui shook her head.
"You're just saying that because he's your father. The most powerful shinobi was the Sandaime Raikage," Karui returned while the two glared at each other. Samui and Omoi sighed at them. It was also embarrassing to say that they got into the game also for about twenty minutes when it started, but began to lose interest after a while.
"Look guys there both great shinobi. Does it matter who's the strongest?" Omoi asked while the two glared at him making Omoi gulp as he shrunk under their gazes.
"I don't wanna hear that from you mister 'I think the Sandaime Kazekage was a great person'," Karui said while Omoi rubbed the back of his head.
"Well he was a great person until he disappeared. Don't come at me for thinking that," Omoi said as he shrugged his shoulders. Karui huffed and turned to see Samui looking off in the distance.
"And Samui said our Yondaime Raikage. How nice is that?" Karui said and Samui just shrugged her shoulders not really caring, but she did find it all amusing even if she didn't show it.
"Are you four done?" Jiraiya asked and everyone nodded. The toad sage pointed to the town and smiled.
"Somewhere in there Tsunade lurking around. I want you all to find her," Jiraiya said before Naruto raised his head.
"What does she look like?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya slapped himself on the forehead for not telling them what she looked like and nodded.
"She's a blonde, has a diamond on her forehead. It's not hard to see her," The sage said and everyone nodded. They immediately paired off and let with Naruto and Samui going one way while Omoi and Karui went the other way. Jiraiya shunshined off to go and look by himself.
With Naruto and Samui
The two blondes were walking around the town for a little while and checked around the local stores and shops, but couldn't find any woman who looked like what Jiraiya had described to them.
"That's another shop that's a no-show Samui-nee. Anywhere else?" Naruto asked and Samui sighed while looking around as all people conversed with each other.
"Hmm maybe we should try some place else. Jiraiya said that she's also known to gamble and drink so we should check the bars and local gambling places around here alright little brother?" Samui asked and Naruto nodded in agreement with her. Seeing as they had a plan, Naruto and Samui checked all the local bars, but couldn't find her. To that end they decided to find all the local gambling joints.
This had gone on for half an hour making Naruto more than a little frustrated.
"Kuso where the hell is this lady?" Naruto asked and Samui patted his shoulder.
"It's alright little brother. We still have one more place to go to," Samui said and Naruto simply went with whatever she said as they searched the last place they figured she could be in.
Naruto and Samui walked into the gambling place and looked around they saw there were many people in the room. They looked around, but it wasn't hard to find her anymore.
"Tsunade-sama isn't that enough!" someone said drawing Naruto and Samui's attention to the noise.
"Aww but I'm just about to win," a blonde woman said and Naruto grinned like mad. He and Samui quickly approached the woman grabbing her attention.
"You're Tsunade Senju aren't you?" Naruto asked and the woman pointed to herself while the person who appeared behind her seemed to be her assistant or companion.
"That's me. What do you want brat? By the looks of things you two are Kumo nin. So what do you want?" She asked and Naruto sighed.
"Let me rest for a minute I was looking all over this crappy town for you," Naruto said to her and Tsunade raised an eyebrow.
"Why were you looking for me?" She asked before held up his hand.
"Samui-nee make sure she doesn't go anywhere," Naruto said vanishing in the Hiraishin making Tsunade and Shizune widen their eyes.
"T-That was t-the-," Tsunade started, but she wasn't able to finish her sentence while Samui gave an unnoticeable smirk. Leave it to Naruto to stun one of the Sannin with the Hiraishin.
Instantly, Naruto came back with Jiraiya and pointed towards Tsunade making the two Sannin gasp.
"I found her Ero-oji. Are you happy now?" Naruto asked making Jiraiya have complete shock written all over his face. Tsunade had the same as the two yelled.
"Tsunade!"
"Jiraiya!"
Shizune watched the interaction between the two as she slipped next to Samui and Naruto.
"Hi I'm Shizune Kato. Who are you?" Shizune asked holding out her hand while Naruto shook it and proceeded to introduce himself and Samui to the now revealed Shizune Kato.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze and this Samui-oneechan," Naruto said making Shizune and Tsunade, who broke her shock from seeing Jiraiya, gasp like they almost couldn't breathe.
"You're Minato and Kushina's kid. Jiraiya, what's this all about and why is he wearing a Kumo headband?" Tsunade asked the toad sage and Jiraiya sighed. He knew Tsunade wasn't going to like this so he motioned for everyone to leave the casino and headed off to a quiet place.
While they walked the group also met up with Karui and Omoi who introduced themselves also. As soon as they were far enough away from too many people so they told Tsunade about what happened to Naruto and why he ended up in Kumo. Needles to say, Tsunade was extremely pissed off as she slammed the wall behind her making it crumble to the ground.
"Who...did...it?" Tsunade asked and Jiraiya shrugged his shoulders making Tsunade even more irate than she already was at the moment.
"We don't know. Sarutobi-sensei called off the search years ago. He was just happy that Naruto was alive," Jiraiya said and Tsunade nodded. She looked at the four chunin watching them talk before Tsunade turned back to Jiraiya.
"Well I guess this isn't a social call so what do you want?" Tsunade asked and Jiraiya scratched his cheek making everyone a little tense.
"Okay bottom line, Sarutobi-sensei is too old to assume the Hokage position so-,"
"Jiraiya-ojisan is going to do it," Naruto said making everyone gasp while Jiraiya froze with his mouth agape from what Naruto just told them. Tsunade seemed stunned at what she just heard.
"He's going to do it? Wow for some reason I thought it would be me," Tsunade said and Jiraiya snapped out of his frozen state before trying to smack Naruto on the head to which the blonde sidestepped each attempt.
"You damn brat I said I don't have the time to do the job," Jiraiya said and Naruto grinned before standing next to Tsunade.
"But you're the one who told us that you were looking for Tsunade to tell her the good news," Naruto said and Tsunade gazed at Jiraiya before smirking.
"I didn't think you had grown up so much Jiraiya," Tsunade said as she felt like her world had turned upside down. Oh well, stranger things have happened to her. She could be talking with Orochimaru about doing something stupid like healing his arms so he could destroy the village. Yeah right.
Naruto and Jiraiya continued to go back and forth in the conversation about Jiraiya and him becoming the Hokage which to everyone was funny as hell.
'So now that you've told me what are you going to do?" Tsunade asked and Jiraiya sighed.
"I was hoping you would come back and...support me," Jiraiya said not seeing another way out than a lie at this point. Tsunade sighed while Shizune watched her master while she held a pig named Tonton in her arms.
"Im not going back to Konoha Jiraiya. It's too much of a pain to try and go when I still hate that place. After what happened to with Nawaki and Dan I could never go back," Tsunade said and Jiraiya narrowed his eyes. Naruto raised an eyebrow at the two names, but figured that they were two people very close to Tsunade. They must've died or something like that.
"Tsunade why are you still fussing over that necklace. You say you aren't superstitious and yet you think that necklace is cursed," Jiraiya said and Tsunade traced her finger over the green piece of jewelry.
"Well it doesn't matter so I'm leaving. Let's go Shizune," Tsunade said, but Naruto threw a kunai past her and Hiraishin-ed in front of her making Tsunade narrow her eyes. She soon gasped as Naruto held her necklace in his hands while he looked it over. Tsunade quickly looked at her neck and saw her valuable necklace in his hands.
"This? Cursed? Wow you're all weird dattebayo," Naruto said before he dodged a punch from Tsunade.
"Give that back brat!" Tsunade yelled as Naruto leaped up to a wall and grinned like mad.
"Is that anyway to speak to family Baa-chan?" Naruto asked and Tsunade raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean family?" She asked. As far as she knew she didn't have another family still alive that she knew about.
"What are you talking about? How are we family?" Tsunade asked while Jiraiya tapped her shoulder. The blonde woman gritted her teeth and balled her fists as she turned to her friend. Jiraiya whispered in her ear for a few minutes while Tsunade visibly calmed down.
"Oh that family. Man it's been so long that I actually almost forgot about Mito-baachan's side of the family," Tsunade said in thought before glaring at Naruto.
"Why do I have to be family with this hyperactive, knucklehead?" Tsunade asked before Karui yelled out at her.
"Hey! That's my Otouto you're talking about!"
Tsunade turned to her and raised an eyebrow. She looked nothing like Naruto so maybe it was adoptive or something like that. Man this day was getting weirder and weirder for her.
"Well you won't mind if I wear it will you Tsunade-itoko?" Naruto asked wearing the necklace. Tsunade narrowed her eyes before she balled her fist again. He was so much like his mother that it wasn't even funny.
"Little brother what are you doing?" Samui asked and Naruto jumped down and bowed.
"Sorry Samui-nee, but I think Tsunade-chan is kind of sad for not going back to Konoha," Naruto said and Tsunade narrowed her eyes.
"What did you say brat?" Tsunade asked and Naruto turned to her.
"Why are you running away? You're a fuckin' shinobi. You should act like it!" Naruto said to her and Tsunade narrowed her eyes again. She and Naruto gazed into each others eyes sending death glances at each other.
"You really wanna fight me brat? Don't get cocky just cause you can use the Hiraishin from you're father," Tsunade said and Naruto scoffed at her.
"I'm a fine shinobi Tsunade-itoko. I could beat you fine without the Hiraishin," Naruto said and Tsunade chuckled at him.
"Would you stop the 'cousin' crap? Man I hate brats who don't know there place. Alright you can have the necklace if you get even one hit on me then you can have it without using the Hiraishin," Tsunade said and Naruto grinned he quickly took off the necklace then threw it to Omoi.
"Naruto is this really necessary?" Omoi asked and the blonde quickly grinned before looking back.
"Of course it is. Come Tsunade-itoko and show me how good you are dattebayo," Naruto said getting into a fighting stance while Tsunade held up one finger.
"Alright then little itoko I'll teach you some manners in the family. This finger is all I need," Tsunade said as the two squared off. Naruto grinned as he crossed his fingers.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto yelled making five clones. Tsunade raised an eyebrow at the clones before grinning. So he could do that too? Her family was just full of surprises wasn't it?
The blonde charged at Tsunade while the older blonde slammed her finger into the ground causing a crash throughout the streets. All the Narutos widened the eyes, but they quickly reacted and grabbed the real Naruto throwing him into the air. Tsunade watched him go into the air while Naruto took out one of his swords.
"Try harder Tsunade-itoko," Naruto yelled as he added raiton chakra to his sword. The blonde quickly bit his thumb and smiled.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu," Naruto yelled and instantly a fox appeared next to him. Naruto and the fox landed on the ground a few feet from Tsunade and glared at her while the fox spoke.
"Greetings Naruto-sama. How may I serve you?" The fox asked and Naruto smiled.
"Combine your katon chakra with my raiton chakra please," Naruto said and the fox nodded. They both did a single handsigns and yelled.
"Yūgō: Honoo no Mai( Fusion: Blaze Dance)," Naruto and the fox yelled as they sent the fire and lightning combo at Tsunade. The Sannin widened her eyes before she jumped into the air dodging the rolling fire.
"He doesn't hold back does he?" Omoi asked while Karui chuckled at her little brother's impulsiveness.
"Would you hold back against a sannin?" Karui asked and for a few minutes Omoi was silent and didn't want to say anything.
"I hate it when you're right," he replied making Karui laugh while Samui gave an amused smile.
"Hey brat you could've killed me!" Tsunade yelled and Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Oh come on Tsunade-itoko. You're a sannin and you should be used to this," Naruto said as he ran at her. Tsunade chuckled and slammed at the ground again. Naruto widened his eyes as he tripped on the debris, but he looked up to see Tsunade's finger to his forehead.
"A long way to go brat," Tsunade said as she flicked him, but to her surprised Naruto poofed out of existence making Tsunade go wide-eyed. She quickly looked around, but didn't see the blonde anywhere. Tsunade narrowed her eyes before she felt a sharp pain on her side. She saw Naruto grinned as he kicked her. Tsunade skidded back a few feet and Naruto stopped.
"That's game Tsunade-itoko," Naruto said and Tsunade huffed before she pouted and got to her feet.
"No way a genin could get a hit on me," Tsunade said and Naruto chuckled while he took the necklace form Omoi.
"Who said I was a genin? I'm a chunin Tsunade-chan. You simply underestimated me," Naruto told her while Tsunade stared at him blankly.
"Hmph, fine take the necklace," Tsunade said, but then Naruto walked up to Tsunade and smiled.
"Aww come on Tsunade-chan. How about I take you to get something to eat? Besides it's rare that I get to see another family member," Naruto said and Tsunade relented.
"Fine, but you're paying brat," she said to him and Naruto nodded as the two walked off.
"So Jiraiya-sama are you really going to be taking the job of Kage?" Shizune asked and the old toad sage sighed. Now he really wasn't sure. He remembered when he said no to the council members simply because he didn't want or like the hassle, but now that Naruto and his friends told him to own up to responsibilities he felt they might be right. In truth giving the spy network to Kakashi or maybe even someone like Asuma or Gai wouldn't be such a bad thing. Okay, not Gai, but still.
"I don't know Shizune. I'll have to think about it," Jiraiya said as they all walked off.
Back in Kumo
The two figures sighed as they looked around before they appeared in a vacant area.
"Man where is this kid? Are they hiding him?" Kisame wondered while Itachi thought it over. Both were members of a group called Akatsuki and its mission was to gather all the bijuu and bring the world to 'peace'.
"Maybe they are, but even of that. We have guests," Itachi said and soon two figures came onto the ground before narrowing their eyes.
"And what do you two missing nin what with our village?" Darui asked going for his sword while the other one next to him was grinning.
"Does it matter? Their not leaving," Atsui said grabbing his weapon also.
"Well well it looks like we've been spotted. Why not tell us where the Kyuubi jinchuuriki is and save yourself the trouble?" Kisame asked taking his sword off his back. Darui and Atsui narrowed their eyes before the former sighed.
"And what would you like to know about Naruto? Not that I'll tell you, but you should know that you're not going to find him," Darui said and Itachi narrowed his eyes.
"What you say doesn't matter. We will have him," Itachi said while Atsui stepped forward.
"You're not getting my little bro. Besides in case you noticed, but we sent word to our Raikage already so if you don't want to get hurt I suggest you guys haul ass," Atsui said before Darui pulled him back.
"Be careful Atsui. These guys are S-rank shinobi. You're still a chunin so you'd better be quick and not like you usually are," Darui said to him making Atsui's eyebrows twitch.
"Fine fine. Man you're so unfair," Atsui said while Darui went sighed and rubbed a hand through his hair.
"Well let's get started or this will turn dull real quick," he said as he went through his handsigns.
"Suiton: Urufu no Dai Abare( Water Release: Wolf's Rampage)," Darui yelled as he was lucky that they were standing near a small mountain spring so he could use his jutsu. The water soon turned into multiple wolves that we sent charging at the two Akatsuki members making them dodge. Itachi took out a kunai and stood to his feet.
"You will tell us were Naruto is," Itachi said before Darui rolled his visible eye.
"Naruto this, Naruto that. Man how dull are you to target fourteen year old boys?" Darui asked as he charged at Itachi while Atsui backed him up.
Back with Naruto and the others
It was currently nighttime and everyone was sleeping in the motel, well almost everyone. Naruto sighed as he got up and left his room. He had paid for Tsunade's drink and his food. Everyone had a good time for what seemed like an eternity to the blonde, but he was happy that everyone else was happy. He might have had a small gratitude for it.
Naruto walked out of the hotel and into the woods. He saw a small stump just under the moon and glanced at it, but what he was interested in was the person on the stump. He was looking at Tsunade who seemed to be in some deep thought.
"Tsunade-chan why are you out here? Couldn't sleep could ya dattebayo?" Naruto asked and Tsunade turned her head to see her now known distant cousin or nephew looking at her.
"Hey brat. Isn't it past your bedtime?" Tsunade asked mocking joking. Naruto chuckled and sat next to her before handing her the necklace.
"If it means that much to you then you can have it back. I'd rather not upset my first known relative even if our family connection is quite...extensive," Naruto said and Tsunade chuckled. She looked at the necklace for a second before lightly smiling and pushing Naruto's hand back confusing the blonde.
"Forget it Naruto-oi. You won it and that's that. In truth I've when you wore it I was slightly thankful that you did. You were the only one to wear it besides Dan and Nawaki," Tsunade said while Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"Who are they?" The blonde asked and Tsunade looked up at the moon.
"My lover and my brother. They both wore that necklace and died. They both had dreams of being the Hokage and now Jiraiya is taking it. How weird. So what's your dream?" Tsunade asked and Naruto chuckled. He placed the necklace back on around his neck and smiled.
"I'm going to be the Raikage of Kumo," Naruto told her and Tsunade chuckled.
"Raikage? You? Yeah right, you'd have a better chance of me going to Kumo myself than you becoming Raikage," Tsunade said and Naruto narrowed his eyes into a small grin.
"So why don't I just take you there?" Naruto asked and Tsunade raised an eyebrow.
"Hey Senju or Uzumaki you are my family Tsunade-chan," Naruto told her and Tsunade chuckled with a small nod.
"And just so you know that whole 'Tsunade-itoko' thing is a bit weird. I don't not sure if I'm your cousin or not, but in the interest of age just call me Aunt," Tsunade said and Naruto nodded. He had no problem with that at all.
"Alright Tsunade-obachan. I'll simply take you back to Kumo," Naruto said and Tsunade rolled her eyes.
"It's not that easy brat, but if Jiraiya's the Hokage then I think that would be alright. I'll go back to Konoha and besides it might be fun to live in the mountains," Tsunade said and Naruto nodded. It really was since the mountains were perfect for chakra control.
"Tell me, it was me who was supposed to be the Hokage right?" Tsunade asked and Naruto slightly gulped.
"How did you know?" Naruto asked and Tsunade lightly chuckled while the wind began to blow giving the two blondes a nice feeling breeze.
'Well Jiraiya's reaction to your words were one clue while I knew he wouldn't try so hard to find me so it wasn't hard to figure out, but I never thought that he would seriously be thinking about doing the Hokage position. My reasons for not being Hokage are simply personal. Ones that I don't want to share right now," Tsunade said and Naruto grinned before laying down on the ground.
"It's alright with me if you don't want to tell me. I just like to think that as Raikage I'll get to protect what's important to me. To give my life to someone and hope they live to see another day. That's the kind of Raikage I'm gonna be dattebayo. It's like you with your medical skills. If someone needed you and you weren't around they would die and people would be sad so you save them and let their loved ones be happy. That's how I see it," Naruto said and Tsunade widened her eyes. She snorted before lightly laughing. She had never heard of an analogy between being Hokage and being a medic.
"You're too wise for your age you know that brat?" Tsunade asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"Meh, Mabui-oneechan taught me most of this stuff so I can make something out of it if I need to," Naruto replied and Tsunade nodded.
"Well I wouldn't be able to take you to Kumo for another three months though," Naruto said and Tsunade raised an eyebrow.
"Why not?" she asked wondering if there was going to be a problem, but Naruto waved it off.
"Oh it's just that Samui-neechan, Karui-neechan, Omoi and I were given a long list of missions since we took the chunin exams and lots of people recommended us so we're traveling around. In fact this was our first mission," Naruto said and Tsunade mouthed something, but Naruto wasn't sure what it was.
Soon the two blondes got to their feet and walked back to the motel. Naruto stared at Tsunade a little longer before the older blonde turned to him.
"So tell me do you have a girlfriend?" Tsunade asked suddenly making Naruto chuckle.
"Why? Are you jealous Tsunade-obachan?" Naruto asked before he received a slap across his head.
"Hmph, yeah right brat. Like I would be jealous of you," Tsunade said and Naruto chuckled before he closed his eyes.
"Yeah I do have a girlfriend. Two actually and I love them both. One is Yugito-chan and the other is...Mira-chan," Naruto said coming up with a fake name for Kyuubi that the bijuu noticed. Tsunade chuckled as she opened the door to her room.
"You really are Minato's son. I remember when Kushina had to beat them all off with a stick, but that good for you. See you tomorrow. I'll tell Shizune the news I guess. Hopefully when Jiraiya becomes Hokage he might actually do some good. Contrary to what you believe Jiraiya really might do some good. He's a pervert, but he knows the times to get serious," Tsunade said and Naruto agreed. He knew that for a fact, but it was just fun to tease the guy.
Naruto went back into his room and smiled as he sat on his bed. He had been out for at least an hour or so. He wasn't sure.
"I'm assuming that Mira is a fake name for a rather sexy looking kitsune woman that is attracted to a blonde young man?" Kyuubi asked while Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"How did you know?" Naruto asked in mock shock while Kyuubi chuckled.
"It's simply my business to know. Now then, rest your head on that pillow and get in here so I can have some quality time with you," Kyuubi said and Naruto slightly gulped.
"Umm Kyuubi-chan is this up for a small discussion?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi shook her head.
"You. Seal. Me. You. Kiss. NOW!" Kyuubi ordered and Naruto sighed. He really had such a bossy girlfriend, but he didn't mind it in the least. He rather found out that he might've been attracted to it in a way. Nevertheless the blonde fell asleep as he entered his mindscape where he was sure he got assaulted by his vixen. He knew only one thing. He would be so tired tomorrow morning.
KG: I seriously don't know if you would consider Naruto and Tsunade cousins or anything like that as I'm not sure. If they are then I'll keep it that way. Right now I don't know. That's all I've got for now.