Yay! Chapter 26! It may be a little short but I hope you like it anyway. I actually enjoyed writing this one, especially the ending. You'll see why hahaha.

Chapter 26

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. These girls have information on everyone and everything. I don't know how but I think it has to do with the man in the cloak."

"I want these two girls. I want to go and find them. Try to figure them out. When the time is right let me know and we will get them. I want to be there personally."

"Yes. . . Madara-sama."

~Normal POV~

"I decline." Tsunade said with a straight face. Alasia and Joe looked at each other then back at Tsunade.

"You said the same thing when I asked you out." Jiraiya said with a strained smile.

"Uh! What's going on! I thought we were going to bring her back to check on Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei's health! Yet you asked her to be Hokage and she declined!" Naruto yelled.

"Don't worry so much. She is the only person who can be the 5th Hokage." Jiraiya said.

"She was the one who helped win the war with her techniques back in the day." Alasia said.

"She is the granddaughter of the 1st Hokage as well thus the position is appropriate for her." Joe added.

"See? Also if she became Hokage, she would have to go back to the village and look at those two. This was a decision made by the top members of the leaf." The toad sage finished.

"Jiraiya, this kid seems to be worse than your last apprentice in terms of looks, speech and intelligence." TSunade smirked.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean!" Naruto yelled.

"Aw come on! First off, they look exactly alike! Maybe Naruto's eyes and not as narrow as his but they are the exact same color! And seriously, the blond spicky hair, it's a dead giveaway! Speech and intelligence . . . I'll give you that but only because of his circumstances growing up." As Joe talked, she would point to his eyes and ruffle Naruto hair.

"Hahaha It is hard to be compared to the 4th because he really did have the talent to become a top rated ninja." Jiraiya chuckled.

"Yeah! He was smart, reliable, and handsome like me too!" Naruto added. He had a spark of excitement when he talked about his hero.

"Damn right he was handsome," Joe mumbled. Alasia looked at her with a smirk and raised her eyebrow. "Don't say a word." Joe threatened.

"But even the 4th died quickly. He gave up his life for his village." There was a pause. Jiraiya, Naruto, Alasia and Joe all glared at the woman. Shizune gave her teacher a nervous look.

"Life isn't like money, it can't be gambled that easily. Whoever puts it at risk is a fool." Alasia quickly put a hand on her friends arm, silently telling her to stay calm. She also look over at Naruto, seeing him reacting the same way.

"My grandfather and the 2nd both concentrated on bringing peace to the village. As a consequence they both died in the middle of their dreams like loosers." Alasia's grip titend.

"You've changed a lot Tsunade." Jiraiya said. His voice held a hint of sadness. "Well, I'm already in my fifties. People change." She replied. "It is the same for Sarutobi. No wonder he died." Naruto and Joe were both shaking with furry. Alasia tried to make eye contact with Jiraiya to warn him but he wouldn't look her way.

"Being Hokage is shit. Only a fool would do it." In a split second Alasia grabbed hold of Joe, barely keeping the girl off of the woman in front of her while Naruto threw the food of the table and jumped up only to be held back by Jiraiya. Naruto was violently shaking with rage as was Joe who also had tears in her eyes. Tsunade didn't even flinch.

"LET ME GO!" Naruto yelled. "I can't forgive anyone who says bad things about our hokage, especially the 4th!"

"Damn straight." Joe choked out. "I knew two of those men you demeaned personally. Minato was a dear friend of mine and Sarutobi was like another grandfather. Both the 3rd and 4th deserve respect for what they have done. If Alasia wasn't holding me back right now"

"Joe" Alasia interrupted with a warning glare.

"I don't know how the 4th could be a 'friend' of yours. You had to be like 5 years old when he died."

"Well maybe if you didn't abandon the village you would know!"

"Joe!" Both Jiraiya and Alasia yelled.

"That's it! I'm going to kick her ass!" Naruto cracked his knuckles.

Well Tsunade took up Naruto challenge. They all left the bar to take it outside. Tsunade stood at one end of the street while Naruto faced her on the other. Everyone else was on the sidelines, watching.

As you can guess, Naruto lost big time. Tsunade beat him using one finger. Naruto tried to use rassengan but it didn't work. This leads into Tsunade talking crap about how it was stupid to teach it to Naruto and how he will never be able to do it and Naruto claiming that he can in three days. Then the big bet between the two is made. Naruto has one week to master it. If he does then he gets the infamous necklace from Tsunade but if he doesn't then she gets to take all of his money.

Over the next few days, Naruto trained, Tsunade thought over her options while remembering the past, Jiraiya waited, and Alasia talked to Joe. She was reminding her friend that Tsunade had been through a lot. As Joe remembered the woman's story, she felt guilty for yelling at her.

On the 6th night while everyone was sleeping, Joe went to find Tsunade and talk to her. She eventually found her sitting on a balcony on one of the Hotels.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted the other day. It was uncalled for."

"What, did Shizune or Jiraiya tell you my poor sob story?" She sneered.

Joe took a deep breath, calming herself down. "No actually. You see I know a lot of things about quite a few people that you wouldn't even imagine. Alasia reminded me about your background. Listen I'm not here to tell you that I pity you or anything because that's not what you want or need to hear. . . Just remember those feelings of wanting to protect you village. Also do you really want to help the man who wants to destroy the very thing they died protecting? Just food for thought. Oh and one more thing. . . I hear that the third time is the charm." With that, Joe gave her a smile and a wink then left before Tsunade got a chance to say anything.

The next day, many things happened. Naruto woke up after being found passed out on the ground by Shizune. Jiraiya found the two. He could barely move because Tsunade had drugged him while they were drinking the night before. ( that happened before her talk with Joe) Joe and Alasia met up with the three and Shizune and them told what had happened with Orochimaru as they left to find Tsunade.

"Come on Tsunade! God I hope you make the right choice." Joe whispered as she ran in the tree tops with the group. Alasia heard her. Coming up to run next to her friend she asked," Did you talk to her last night?"

"Yeah. I tried to help her see clearly but I don't know if it worked."

"Don't worry. I'm sure everything will be okay." Joe gave her a look that said 'how could you be so sure'. Alasia smirked. "Just because things are changing a little doesn't mean the people are going to drastically change all of a sudden." Joe visibly relaxed. "Good point."

When they got to the spot of the meeting place, all that was left was rubble.

"Whoa, looks like Princess Tsunade went wild." Jiraiya laughed.

"See Joe, I told you." Alasia smirked.

"Yeah, yeah"

"This way guys!" Shizune called. Tonton (for those of you who forgot it's the pig) led the way.

~With Tsunade~

Over in an open field, Tsunade was fighting Kabuto in a battle of medic techniques while Orochimaru watched. Kabuto proved to be a formidable opponent. Tsunade was starting to get tired. Kuabuto wasn't too much better himself. Both were injured. Kabuto had severed some of her muscles in her arms and abdomen so Tsunade wouldn't be able to use her strength. On the other hand, Tsunade had sent electricity through Kabuto's nervous system making it hard to move.

"Don't think with that level of technique . . . you will be able . . . to defeat me!" Kabuto charged toward the blond when all of a sudden, a cloud of smoke appeared, stopping the boy in his tracks. When it cleared, the rescue party was there, standing between Tsunade and Kabuto. Tsunade was widened in surprise.

"Long time no see Jiraiya." Orochimaru hissed.

"Yo, you haven't changed at all. . . those wild eyes." Jiraiya retorted.

"Hey creeper! How's the penis?" Joe yelled out. Orochimaru eyes got wide, not the surprised wide but the 'psycho I'm gonna kill you', wide. Alasia smirked at his reaction.

"Let's get this started shall we?" Alasia cracked her knuckles.

"Let's" Joe answered with a smirk.

So how was it? Who is ready for the fight! I know I am! hahaha please review! I love to read your comments!