Chapter 8

The Slug Sannin Tsunade

"Talking"

Jiraiya day improved a little after Itachi and Kisame had left, Guy had shown up and had taken the unconscious Sasuke back to the Leaf Village. During that night Jiraiya watched Naruto closely, since Naruto had not been quite acting like himself ever since Itachi had left. Finally Jiraiya could not stand it anymore and asked, "Naruto what is bugging you so much?"

Naruto looked over at him then back at the wall of their still intact room, "Itachi-nii-san, is hurting again."

"Itachi-nii-san… he is your brother? But how I know for a fact you are not related to him," Jiraiya said looking at Naruto closely.

"During my first years free of that hell of an orphanage he took care of me, he was my protector. After one of his worse missions he had been watching me, and I had gone up and talked to him. One thing slowly led to the next and we slowly became friend, and then brothers. He would talk to me about anything even some of his missions, while I would play with him cheer him up."

"So in short you two had come to trust each other, then when he killed his family, you knew the reason I take it."

"Yes I knew the real reason; give out by the Hokage and his advisers. After that I never saw him again, he left, fled so he would be seen as the traitor and not his family. And now he is messed up in something worse and I fear for him," Naruto said getting up and looking out the window.

"I see, but there is something else I senses," Jiraiya stated.

"Yes he said you knew what was going on and what he had gotten into. I would like to know since it seems in involves me." Naruto turned back towards Jiraiya and stared at him with a level stare.

"That is something I would rather not review yet, since it is a very dangerous for him if he was ever discovered."

Naruto shocked his head, "I can already know that, and I still want to know. I need to know if it involves me in such a way that he had to hunt me down."

Jiraiya looked at Naruto carefully, "Fine I will tell you, but not here. Once we are back in the Leaf Village and we have a new Hokage, I will tell you what I know."

Naruto nodded, "You better make good on that." After that Naruto sat down on his bed and pulled out a rubber ball and started to work on the Rasengan again.

Then next day Naruto and Jiraiya set out form town in search again, Naruto was working on the Rasengan most of the time. Naruto was almost done with the second set he was able to make the ball burst correctly it did not correctly. It only burst out the front, not all around taking out the entire ball like is should have.

They had been ouch searching for almost a week now, each time they thought they were get close it turned out the lead was fake or Tsunami, the woman they were looking for, had already left the day before. Then they finally came to a town know for its sake and the large castle that had been built at the center. Tsunade was rumored to be there, but Naruto and Jiraiya were still skeptical seeing how much they had been chasing her for the last few day.

Naruto suggested they go and see the castle first and then look around the town. Jiraiya agreed seeing as it was probably the best idea. So they set off Naruto finally got the second step down causing them to stop, as Jiraiya showed Naruto the final step of the Rasengan. That was control, he now had to use the first two steps and have them keep their shape in a small sphere. But as Naruto started practiced for the first time the ground under their feet shock, this caused them to look up and around and noticed a large Snake standing up where the castle should be.

Neither of them said a word and took off at top speed for the snake, both knowing were a giant snake was, Orochimaru would be there too. But as they got half way to the snake it disappeared, meaning the Snake Sannin was probably gone now, but they still did not slow down. As the landed where the castle had been they started looking around for any sign of a fight, they found it.

About 100 feet from where the castle stood they found a few busted stone walls, and a crater. While Naruto thought they might be from a justu Jiraiya told him differently that these were signs of Tsunade. When Naruto asked how, Jiraiya only said she was known for her super strength. Naruto looked at Jiraiya carefully then made a mental note to be more careful of the Slug Sannin Tsunade. After that they started searching the town with renewed vigor, since Tsunade was still in the town not even an hour ago.

At lunch time Naruto stopped looking himself and instead sent out a large group clones to look in his place, while he worked on mastered the third step. He had thought about summoning out his Pokemon summons to help search but in the end he decided not to, since they did not know the smell of Tsunade. He found it was that the third step was easier then he thought, but also harder too. He could quickly form the sphere with his Charka but he had a hard time keeping the Charka in a spherical shape without it blowing up in his face. He was no using his second had to try and maintain the shape correctly but that meant he now had a problem if he got into a fight since both of his hand were occupied with keeping the attack going.

As the day slowly started to pass into night Naruto started to wonder where Tsunade was, it was weird since none of his clones or Jiraiya had seen any sign of her. As it slowly got later at night Jiraiya showed up and said they were going to find a place to eat. Naruto nodded, letting his most recent attempt at the Rasengan faded from his hand. They jumped down into the street from the roof top they were on and entered into the pub that was below them. But as they entered into the Pub Jiraiya stopped in his tracks at once of the occupants, Tsunade and her helper Shizune were sitting in the pub already.

Jiraiya then walked over, "Well hello Tsunade this is quick a surprise."

"Jiraiya, what are you doing here," Tsunade said looking up at Jiraiya. Naruto looked at the women who spoke she was wearing a sleeveless shirt, a green robe; he could not see any lower because of the table. But he did not need to if he was a pervert, which he was not. Tsunade hair was blond and done up in two ponytails and had a diamond like marking on her head, and her breast sizing, he was not even going to try and guest.

"Well I am on a mission to get you," Jiraiya said sitting down at the table by what looked to be Tsunade student. She was wearing a blue robe the covered her most of her body, and in her hands she held a small pig.

"Because the third die, the old fool," Tsunade said bring a small dish of sake to her lips and take a small drink of it.

"You knew how," asked Jiraiya as Naruto sat down by him.

"I don't need to tell you," Tsunade said not looking a Jiraiya but at Naruto now, "By the way who is the kid?"

"Him, he is hopefully going to be my new student. Why do you ask?"

"No reason, I only was wondering. Now why are you here, though I can probably guess why?" Tsunade said taking another sip from her dish of sake.

"In short the Third was plan was going to retire after the Chuunin exams and pick you as his replacement, but he died so the letter never got sent. I am here to bring you back," Jiraiya said looking at Tsunade carefully.

"I, Hokage, you and the old man are both off your rockers. The job is a fool's job, why didn't you take the job?"

"Maybe we are but you are more so, and I don't have anyone to replace me yet to take over my spy network."

"I figured as much and the answer is still no, being the Hokage is still a fool's job, as I said before, now get out!"

But before Jiraiya could reply Naruto had enough, "Hay old hag shut, are you saying the Third Hokage, your teacher was a fool?"

"So what if a brat it is not like it matters to you now does it," Tsunade said with a smirk.

Naruto then turned to Jiraiya, "Let's leave it is pretty easy to see your old friend is not up to the job, let alone worth it. I can smell the amount of sake she has drank since I first entered this place. If we let a person like lead us, well we would have a better chance with Orochimaru leading us then her."

Jiraiya looked at Naruto in shock as he started to walk out the restaurant, only to stop and duck as Tsunade fist shot through where his head used to be. "Well I am worse than that Snake Orochimaru am I?"

Naruto nodded as he started walking again, "Yes from what I see it is true. You think leading the Village is a fool's job, which means your spitting on the grave of your ancestors. You willing attack a genin of the leaf at an attack on your reputation, and you missed hitting said genin too. Which make me wonder if you are even worthy of the title Sannin seeing as I, a genin, dodge your attack."

Jiraiya sighed as he knew what Naruto was doing but he just hoped it did not back fire on Naruto. Tsunade glare at the Genin who was indeed destroying her reputation slowly with fact as she spoke up, "Fine kid how about this we fight and see who is really stronger?"

Naruto stopped at the door and looked back at Tsunade with a smirk on his face as he spoke, "Okay then the rules?"

"We fight until one cannot move, or would be dead, everything is legal." Tsunade said glare and Naruto who was looking very smuggle indeed.

"As you wish I will be waiting outside," Naruto said before leaving followed by Tsunade and Shizune. Jiraiya seeing how this fight was going to end quickly followed, hoping that Naruto would not die. As he walked outside he noticed both Naruto and Tsunade were now about 100 feet from each other as Naruto called out, "I am ready when you are, but know this, I may be a genin but I can still send your drunken butt flying."

"As if kid now let's start, Jiraiya you ref," called back then said noticing Jiraiya.

Jiraiya just nodded not wanted to deal with Tsunade right now, "as you wish, but try and keep it small. Now Begin."

As Jiraiya jumped out the way nothing seemed to happen at first until there was a poof of smoke around Naruto. At first Jiraiya wondered if the Naruto from before was just a clone until the smoke moved reviewing next to Naruto a weird Pokemon. It was yellow in color and had brown cover for it knee wrist and upper body, in each of it 3 finger hands it head a spoon. It head with start shaped with two large mustaches like things hanging down for either side of its mouth.

Naruto looked at Tsunade and smirked asking, "I am going to ask say this one last time. Give up before I prove that right now you are not worth of the title Sannin."

Tsunade only glare at Naruto and his weird summon, "Kid even in this state I will still kid you butt now attack me."

Naruto shock his head and looked at the creature, "send her into the ground with Psychic."

The creature did not moved as it closed it eyes and it two spoon glowed blue. At first nothing seemed to happened, then Tsunade release she was slowly lifting off the ground more and more. Then without warning as she react a height of 10 feet in the air she was slammed back into the ground with such force a few of her ribs snapped, causing her to gasp a little for breath as she rose back up in the air.

Jiraiya and Shizune both looked at Naruto in shock as Tsunade was slammed into the ground again. This creature it seemed had full control over Tsunade at least enough to make her move how it wanted, then as it raised her to into the air again Naruto signaled for it to stop, as he spoke. "Now Tsunade see what I mean, you are not worth the title you hold. You are so drunk, that you cannot fight back against my weaker summons. If I may asked why you have not used replacement Justu yet to escape, don't answer because I know the reason. It is because you have given up, I am not sure on what but you have given up on something and let go off the need to live. As such you are less skilled them me a genin."

Tsunade though, was not able to reply since what he was saying was true. And so she could only glare at him as her body ached from its few broken bones. As Jiraiya spoke, "the fight is over Tsunade is the loser."

Naruto nodded to the creature, "Okay let her go and thanks for the help." The creature nodded and vanished, then without its power to keep Tsunade in the air, she fell to the group in a small pile as Naruto walked off. To the hotel he and Jiraiya were stay at that night not even give the group a backwards glance as he left.

Jiraiya looked at Tsunade one last time and said, "He is right, you know. You have fallen from grace." With that Jiraiya left, leaving Shizune alone to care for Tsunade and her injuries, and her hurt pride.