After me and pervy-sage left the inn we immediately set off to find this Tsunade woman. Along the way pervy-sage finally taught me the jutsu he promised to teach me if I came along. Apparently the jutsu is called the rasengan and it was created by the fourth hokage himself.
The whole time we were looking for Tsunade, even though I did my hardest not to show it. I couldn't help but feel horrible. All I could think about was sasuke and how it was my fault he got hurt. I was also lecturing myself to try and teach myself to never stand around and watch as the people I care about get hurt or killed. Even the damn fox insulted me on it but I didn't respond or fight back because at the time I thought that every horrible thing he said about me was true.
After a while Jiraya stopped in front of a tavern and said "hey how about we stop and get a bite to eat." Naruko looked at the place and said "what are you talking about? This is a tavern." "Yeah so what?" Jiraya said. "Are you trying to be a bad influence on me or are you scheming something? In case you haven't noticed I'm under age" naruko said. "You idiot I'm not scheming anything alright. Just have a snack and stay out of the grownups way" Jiraya said walking into the tavern. 'Asshole' naruko thought following Jiraya.
Once they entered the tavern Jiraya immediately saw the woman they've been looking for. "Tsunade!" Jiraya shouted. Tsunade stood up and said "Jiraya! What the? Why are you here?" "Finally. I've been looking everywhere for you. I should have known you would be in here" Jiraya said walking over to her.
Naruko on the other hand was extremely shocked. Jiraya told her that Tsunade was an old lady but the woman she was looking at didn't even look a day over twenty-five. 'That's Tsunade⦠an old lady? Right pervy-sage, I should have known better' naruko thought.
Jiraya and naruko sat down at the same table as Tsunade, her assistant Shizune, and a pig named Tonton. After a bit of awkward silence Tsunade pulled out a deck of cards for a card game. She then asked why he's been looking for her. Jiraya immediately said that the village has chosen her to be the next hokage, much to naruko and Shizune's surprise.
'So that's why pervy-sage was sent to find this woman? Then why did he want me to come along? This is something he could have done by himself' naruko thought. After a bit of talking Tsunade revealed that the person who killed the third hokage was orochimaru. 'Orochimaru killed the third hokage⦠that bastard! I swear to god the next time I see him I'll kill him' naruko thought mad.
Naruko had so many questions but she decided to keep her mouth shut and see where Jiraya and Tsunade's conversation was going. After Jiraya asked if she would except the position, Tsunade was silent for a bit she then said "I decline."
"Y'know it's kind of funny I remember you saying those very words the first and only time I ever asked you out" Jiraya said with a smirk. 'Oh my god is that all he can think about right now' naruko thought annoyed.
After a bit of talking Tsunade started to mock the hokage that came before, especially the third hokage, which pissed naruko off. She really wanted to jump on the table and punch Tsunade in the face. Although she did her best to restrain herself, her tries ended when Tsunade said "playing at hokage. Count me out. It's a fools game."
Naruko jumped onto the table to try and attack Tsunade when Jiraya grabbed the back of her jacket to stop her from doing so. "I'm not gonna let her sit there and make fun of the old man, no way in hell. I don't care if she is one of the legendary sannin. I'll knock that sneer off her face!" Naruko shouted.
After a bit of silence Tsunade looked naruko dead in the eyes and said "are you challenging me? You've got guts and nothing else. Let's take this outside kid." Naruko agreed then all of them went outside.
"One of the legendary sannin taking on a snotty nose genin. I should be ashamed of myself" Tsunade said. "Who are you calling snotty?" Naruko said mad. Tsunade held up one finger and said "you see this one finger? It's all I'm gonna need to take you down. Well what are you waiting for kid?" "Don't. You. Ever. Underestimate me!" Naruko shouted then rushed at Tsunade to try and attack her only from Tsunade to easily knock her back and knock off her headband.
Naruko was staring at her headband. "Hey kid" Tsunade said. Naruko looked at Tsunade and said "what?" "One question before you pass out, tell me what makes you so touchy about hokage?" Tsunade said.
Naruko honestly didn't know what to say. She didn't know why she wanted to be hokage especially since she has more important dreams like avenging her family and all the people who lived in the village as well as rebuilding the village of light but her childhood dream of becoming hokage had always stuck with her.
Unsure of what to say naruko just told Tsunade what she would have said if she was still a little kid. "It's because unlike you that's my goal. Just watch someday I'll be hokage. Remember this, to be hokage that is my dream" naruko said.
Tsunade was shocked at what naruko had said. She remembered that her boyfriend and little brother had said the exact same thing. Seeing that Tsunade let her guard down, naruko took the opportunity to form an incomplete rasengan and rushed at Tsunade.
Tsunade easily avoided it by making a crack in the ground. After a bit of silence Tsunade looked at Jiraya and said "Jiraya are you the one who taught this little kid the rasengan?" "Well of course I did. I'm her teacher aren't I? What of it?" Jiraya said.
Tsunade scoffed and said "you and the fourth hokage are the only one's who can use that jutsu. What's the point in teaching it to someone who can never master it? You old fool. Giving her false hopes like that, filling her head with stupid ideas, making her think that she could actually be hokage someday."
Naruko stood up and said "I'll show you who's stupid. Give me just three days and I'll have that jutsu down flat." Tsunade, surprised, said "watch what you say kid. I might just hold you to it." "I said it and I never go back on my word, that's my ninja way" naruko said.
After naruko said that, her and Tsunade ended up making a bet. If naruko could master the rasengan in one week Tsunade will admit that she's wrong and naruko is worthy of becoming hokage. She'll even throw in her necklace but if naruko doesn't master the rasengan in a week Tsunade get's all the money in her wallet.
