"I like being nice and friendly, but I don't have any problems with ruling by fear either."
"When you went after the Hyuuga's Byakugan, Konoha never did anything to retaliate. Your actions could have provoked a war, but we swallowed our bloody tears in order to prevent that. Don't forget that you exist because of our precious sacrifices."
-Yamato (Tenzo)-
~Story~
Tobirama looked at the sky above, noting to himself that the middle of the day had passed and it was slowly beginning to turn into late afternoon.
"Are you going to go now?" asked Minato, who had just finished bandaging his ankle.
"Yeah" answered Tobirama. He looked at a certain tree on which Ashura sat, and nodded his head, signaling that they were going. While running, Ashura asked the white-haired kid "Who are you going after?" Tobirama didn't answer immediately. He had been thinking about that the entire time when he took a break earlier. But he still couldn't decide.
"I would really love to fight against Saru—I mean, Hiruzen. But I also want to go against that loud kid. He resembles my brother. And Tsunade… I don't really know. I'm interested to see how strong she is but I'm not that excited I guess" said Tobirama. As soon as he said that, a kunai was thrown at him. He managed to dodge it, making Ashura behind him screamed in horror of being stabbed by the sharp metal. The two boys stopped running, as a figure came out from the bushes
"What a really rude thing to say, Granduncle. I thought you didn't discriminate against women?" Tsunade came, playing with shurikens with her hands
"And I thought you didn't like to do surprise attacks." said Tobirama. A vein popped on Tsunade's head
"Hey! I DO hate petty things like surprise attack, you know. But we can't really call that surprise attack, can we? Not that you had seen it coming, right?" Tsunade smirked, and Tobirama smirked back.
"Right. You didn't even try to hide your chakra, even a little" commented Tobirama. Tsunade shrugged
"You are one of the best sensor type Shinobi I've ever known, so why bother? In any case, I'm bored now" without warning, Tsunade lunged forward, balled her fist, and punched Tobirama, who successfully dodged. Her attack went to a certain tree instead. The tree kind of exploded with a loud sound, and its pieces scattered around
'What the hell?' Ashura took cover behind another tree not far from the blonde girl
'Taijutsu type, huh?' Tobirama thought as he prepared to attack back with his sword. He didn't like to go against women, much less his granddaughter, but he wasn't going to go easy on her either. A fight was a fight.
Tsunade smiled as she saw her granduncle ran toward her. She finally got to have some fun, without fear of being hurt, lose, or die. She gathered her chakra in her fist, and readied herself to throw an extra strong punch to Tobirama.
When their attacks were about to collide, something… no, someone came in between them
"Care to let me join?" the person asked as he swung his big weapon. Tsunade and Tobirama stopped their attack, and instinctively jumpedseveral feet back. They looked at the newcomer, a brown-haired boy
"So you are bored too, huh, sensei?" asked Tsunade, recognizing the figure. Hiruzen smiled widely at both his student and his teacher. "Just being impatient is all" he answered. Tobirama shifted his grip on the sword handle a little, before saying "So, a three-way fight? Or do I have to prepare myself for a two-on-one?"
Tsunade and Hiruzen looked at each other, then back at Tobirama
"No, of course we are not going to go against you together, sensei. That would be too unfair. Not that I'm doubting your skill, but still"
"Didn't I say I hate cowardice? We are going for a three-way fight, of course" Tsunade cracked her knuckles. Then, without a word, the threeof them took a stance, glaring at each other, wondering who would make the first move.
Right before one of them took an action, a figure came from the sky
"DOOON'T FOORGEEETT MEEEEEEE-TEBAYO!"
BOOM
Naruto crashed to the ground, causing dirt to form some kind of smoke. After everything was cleared, he stood up
"Ouch. I shouldn't have jumped here from that distance. It hurt" he winced outloud
"Way to make a flashy appearance, Naruto" commented Hiruzen, shaking his head a little over Naruto's stupidity.
"Well, it's not my fault that you are having fun without me! I was waiting somewhere a little bit far from here, chatting with Kurama to spend the time, and then I felt the three of you gathered together! So I just hurried here" explained Naruto
"To sum it up, you just feel like you are being left out, huh?" asked Tsunade. Naruto flushed a little, but admitted it anyway. "T-that's right! That's why I'm joining the fight, ttebayo!"
Tobirama furrowed his eyebrows, looking at the three successors in front of him "Now, hold on. I did say I wanted to fight you guys, and a three-way fight was alright, but four-way fight? That's just ridiculous" he said. Hiruzen put his hand on his chin "That's right. If it's a fight between four people at once, we would eventually settle with one opponent in the end. It's just like a two-pair fight, which is kinda unnecessary in this game"
After Hiruzen stated that, everyone went thinking. After a while, Tobirama sighed
"Well, I'm It, so I think I get to choose who my opponent is"
"I guess that's right.. so, who is it, sensei?", asked Hiruzen. Tobirama looked at the three in front of him one by one, and his gaze landed on Naruto.
"The war that is supposed to happen in the future... The Fourth Shinobi World War. You were the hero, weren't you?" he asked. Naruto put his hand behind his head, flattered
"You can say so.." the blond kid responded with an embarrassed grin.
"Fight me, then," Tobirama took a stance "I want to see the power of 'The Child of the Propechy'". After hearing the challenge from Tobirama, Naruto blinked several times, and smiled widely
"Sure! I wil—" before Naruto could finish his cool sentence, he felt a tint of a certain chakra from far away.
"What's the matter?" asked Tsunade, a little bit disappointed that Tobirama didn't choose her to spar.
"You guys… did you feel it?" Naruto asked back. "feel what?" now Hiruzen became curious. Tobirama took some steps toward the direction where Naruto was looking at, then he furrowed his eyebrows "It's her chakra. That maid from before" he said, as Naruto nodded. The four hokages looked at each other, and as if they could read each other's mind, they disappeared simultaneously, chasing for a certain black haired lady
On their way toward their destination, they met back with Minato, who was also trying to get there. Eventually, they decided to get Hashirama and Kakashi, too.
"Is she far from here?" asked Hashirama while jumping from a tree branch to another
"Not really. But her chakra only appeared there for a few seconds, and just disappeared. I think we can figure something out if we go there, though" said Naruto. He didn't have any plans, but he wasn't going to just ignore it either.
"looks like we have to postpone our little game, huh, Grandpa? And I was getting excited, too.." said Tsunade. Hashirama only smiled sadly at her, but he already had his share of fun in the game.
"talking about the game.. Where is Ashura?" as soon as that question escaped Kakashi's mouth, Naruto, Hiruzen, Tsunade and Tobirama stopped in their tracks. Cold sweat formed on their backs
'Crap..' they thought
"Don't tell me… you forgot about him?" Kakashi asked again in disbelief. Sometimes their ignorance could be a curse rather than a bliss
"Uh well… it's not like we left him on purpose or anything.." said Tsunade
"Yeah, and.. it's not like he is in any danger" added Hiruzen
"The kid can take care of himself. I think" added Tobirama
"I believe he can find us, or at least make his way back-ttebayo!" finished Naruto. The other three just facepalmed looking at them and their excuses.
"Nothing can be done now.." said Kakashi, trying to let their stupidity go
"I think it's better if we just focus on finding that maid" commented Minato, trying to keep being level headed
"Yeah. We have things to settle with her" Hashirama agreed. Then, they continued their chase, speeding up their pace to make up for the minutes they lost.
After about ten minutes, they arrived at the place where Naruto felt the chakra appeared. It was not a shady place. Not at all, if there wasn't a kekkai guarding it.
"We have to try to get inside" said Hashirama, touching the transparent kekkai
"yeah, but how?" asked Hiruzen as he studied it. The kekkai was not that strong, but it didn't mean they could just went through it either.
"well duh" Tsunade went to face the kekkai. She grabbed her wrist, and smirked evilly. She exhaled, gathered her chakra on her fist, and released it as she punched the kekkai. It cracked, and broke down as she smiled proudly. "We use force, of course!"
The others stared at her, either in awe, fear, or others, and shifted their gaze to the place that was previously hidden by the kekkai. It was a cave with a torch on either side of its entrance.
"So, shall we pay a visit?"
Meanwhile, Ashura
"What the hell… I was trying to make predictions as they told me to… but they went and disappeared all of a sudden.. wait, was it their goal from the start? For me to look for them? Well then, I have got no time to waste! I'll definitely find them before the night comes!"
And yeah, there he went. What a positive kid he was
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I have come back ^_^ School wore me out.. Glad it's holiday T_T
I think I can update more again from now on, look forward to it ^_^
Thank you and please leave a review, as they are the ones that keep me going ^o^/
-NightOfHappyLight
