All Thanks to You

by Cosmic Sky

Sometimes Tsunade looked back on how she'd taken the mantle of Hokage. Naruto was the reason why she held the position, and why she could say she'd found herself again. He was the reason she was able to walk forward. He was the reason she could believe in herself again. He was the reason she could feel something in her heart she hadn't felt in ages. A feeling she couldn't run from.

Hello, everyone. Welcome to another story of mine, this an explosion of a persistent plot bunny I've had for about a year. The pairing in question has been on my mind for much, much longer. Tsunade is undeniably one of my favorite characters in the series, and hands down one of the most beautiful. Just a little over ten years back when I first discovered this site I read a story featuring her and Naruto (amongst several other ladies) that stuck in my mind. Reading that story caused the pairing to stick in my mind, and my pull toward it to grow as I've grown more comfortable with these kinds of pairings, I realized I want to give this couple a shot thus here we are. I hope you all enjoy the story!

I do not own anything.

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All Thanks to You

Chapter 1

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When Tsunade heard the first crack of thunder, she felt an immediate urge to go to Naruto. She knew him to be the type to train through a storm-she'd known Jiraiya to do the same, as well as herself. Training in the rain was not anything new for him, or any ninja, but when one pushed themselves as much as Naruto did, a word of caution was to be heard. Tsunade had a feeling such a thing would fall on deaf ears with the spiky-haired ninja, yet she still found herself entertaining the idea. She just couldn't help it; when it came to Naruto, she felt that rush of protectiveness. Ironic considering she often argued in his favor about venturing outside of the village to the elders who'd preferred to keep him cooped up. After assuming the Hokage mantle, she could say she understood the feeling.

It was a bitter thought to think that someday Naruto would have to tolerate being cooped up in one place, namely an office if he ever achieved his dream. Being Hokage was a bureaucratic job, far more restrictive than being a ninja taking on missions and whatnot. Adjusting to that wasn't going to be easy, but Tsunade was confident Naruto would be able to do so. He seemed to pick up anything he put his mind to, a fact that she was all too aware of. It was one of the traits about him she admired from the bottom of her heart.

Her feet rose and carried her from their little resting area, an umbrella held above her head to shield her from the rain that eventually fell. Before long, it was a full-on rainstorm, yet Tsunade walked on undeterred.

In seemingly no time at all she was there, hidden amongst the trees but close enough to watch the Leaf's strongest and most infamous genin continue his training amidst the pounding rain. It was a minor inconvenience to him, which she totally expected. Rain, shine, or snow, Naruto would keep at it until he collapsed, or someone came down hard on him to get him to stop. In this position, she had a feeling she'd have to do just that, but Tsunade was content to let him keep going for a little while longer. Especially given his opponent.

One look and she was able to tell he wasn't just sparring against a shadow clone, albeit there were plenty of those flying around, as customary of his fighting style. Really, Tsunade was inclined to say he'd mastered the jutsu more so than her great uncle Tobirama, who'd created it in the first place. Not an easy feat, especially given the two were as far apart as the earth and the sky. Really, every time Tsunade thought about it, she couldn't help but smile in admiration.

There was a part of her that argued success might have been built into him given his parentage, but that would have been a disservice to Naruto. Especially given he had absolutely no idea who his parents were.

The overhead flash of lightning and crack of thunder seemed to be the heavens reminding her of that, and voicing their displeasure. Honestly, she didn't blame them. She was treated like royalty, scratch that, Tsunade knew she was royalty, as far as the Leaf was concerned. So was Naruto, but that was knowledge that'd been kept to the upper echelons of the village. If he found out, would he take the news well? Would it cause all the love had for the village to turn into bitterness?

What the hell are you talking about? Come on, get real. You know him, you know how strong his love for the village runs. If there's one thing he has already, it's that. It's something that would make Minato and Kushina proud of him. That pesky voice of unease and pessimism was silenced and buried. It wouldn't be heard from again for a while, or ever. At least regarding Naruto.

He and the double were fighting at an even pace, throwing punches and kicks at one another with all the fervor of a real fight. It was a real fight, one between two opponents with the exact same move set, which made it twice as interesting. As some said, the greatest enemy one had to fight against was themselves. For ninja, that saying could be taken literally. For better, and worse. Watching him, Tsunade would say it was the former for Naruto, as she could see him thinking fast to counter every combo his lighter-colored opponent was throwing at him. There were all moves he'd used himself at one point or another. It was forcing him to think of new strategies, as well as maybe realize what the holes in his current one were.

It was easy for her to tell him apart from his double, the bright orange of his jacket stood out to the almost mustard yellow of his counterpart. She smirked looking back at how contrary to his father, he vastly preferred orange to yellow. He seemed to have a slightly greater fondness for red, fitting given his personality was far more akin to Kushina's.

You'd be proud of him, having grown up into such a young man. Tsunade thought watching him masterfully avoid a barrage of punches and kicks launched from his alternate self. Her keen eyes saw the smile on his face, pride pumping through his veins as he avoided the flurry of attacks that would have brought down the sturdiest opponent. Granted, he was still at somewhat on the defensive. The slew of clones came at him again, all ready to pummel him into the now thoroughly soaked ground. Far from panicking, Tsunade merely waited to see how he'd respond to it. She knew Naruto and she knew he would come up with something. What did ended up surprising her.

He reached into his kunai pouch; though he pulled out a blade, it wasn't the one she thought it would be.

The blue pulse of chakra stood out amidst the downpour. A moment later and she heard the sound of the dozens of raindrops being cut as the chakra blade moved through the air. The clines exploded into puffs of smoke, which were likewise cut in half thanks to his attack. A single, powerful cut that brought with it a gust of wind that blew those clones not in the line of the blade back. Naruto made a complete revolution, giving her a better look at the chakra blade he had gripped in his hand.

"Shikamaru," she immediately deduced. A smile grew on her face as the imagine of the lazy but genius ninja had likely passed along a gift to Naruto, one his late sensei would have probably been happy about. Tsunade entertained the possibility that had Asuma not died, he would have given Naruto a pair of his chakra blades himself, maybe even helped him wield them. Alas, that wasn't how things ended up. Still, she wasn't going to mourn what could have been, it didn't look like Naruto was. With his new weapon in hand, he charged the clone, and with a weapon it didn't quite seem to have an answer for.

Being a semi-emotionless puppet, the clone didn't emote too much. If it were a perfect replica of Naruto, it would have been quite vocal in how it felt about the blade. As for the real deal, he very much had a smile on his face showing how happy he was to have a leg up on his opponent, not that Tsunade blamed him. Still, she felt like calling out to him to tell him not to get overconfident.

She was proven right when the alternate Naruto fell back while throwing something at the real one. In the rain, Tsunade saw something trailing the handle. It took a decent amount of restraint on her part not to yell to alert Naruto. Not only did he not know she was there, this was part of his training. The only time she'd intervene was if she felt like it was going too far.

His arm swung out, knocking the kunai off its trajectory while slicing bits of it off. Unfortunately, he should have dodged. Tsunade saw the glow of the paper bomb attached to the end, as did Naruto. Cursing, he jumped backward, actually making it clear of the explosion. But he'd taken his eyes off his opponent.

He was behind him, coming at him with a kunai. Spinning on his heel, he met his double, blade to blade, but that too was another diversion. Tsunade saw the familiar glow of the Rasengan blow away the smoke from the explosion. Four clones, two spiraling chakra spheres between them, both heading straight for Naruto's exposed backside. No doubt he heard the familiar swirl of his own attack, each second it drew closer to him.

"Rrrrgghh!" A fraction of the immense chakra within him exploded into the chakra blade. Tsunade saw the explosion of energy grow it a good five feet. The shape was wild and jagged, pure power that was barely contained, but more than enough to overpower the double he'd been struggling with. He shoved him off, and then spun the weapon around, smashing it into the pair of Rasengan that were heading for his back. She threw up her arms and watched as the two spheres grinded against the chakra blade. Rain flew out in all directions as the clash unleashed fierce winds in all directions.

Naruto gnashed his teeth as he found himself on the receiving end of his favor attack, but he wasn't deterred. His blade held, as did his arm. Though his back was turned to her, she could picture his face bent in concentration as he pushed back against the attacks. The chakra blade roared against the Rasengan as it steadily began to push back against them. Naruto gave a resounding shout followed by a massive push with his arm. His chakra blade made ripped forward, cutting through the Rasengan and the two pairs of clones. The breakthrough released more fierce gales that temporarily blew the rain back up toward the sky. Even from several meters away, the trees and bushes shook from the shockwave.

It was gone as quickly as it came, but Tsunade could have sworn she felt the reverberations linger in the air. Naruto stood up, breathing hard but victorious. He took a moment to look down at the chakra blade he'd used to achieve his victory, undoubtedly realizing how useful it could be.

Just as she turned her gaze back to the yellow-clad double, Naruto sensed movement from him and promptly readied himself. Tsunade herself was curious what the doppelgänger's next move was going to be. Formed from part of Naruto's chakra, and part of his psyche, it no doubt was going to have adapted somewhat. Especially to avoid another bloody gash across its chest. A puppet it made have been, it still bled just like a normal person.

It turned out to be smoke bombs. Tsunade immediately knew it was a diversion, one that Naruto easily cut through with his chakra blade. As she quickly saw, that was only part one of the diversion, part two came with what was hidden amongst the smoke bombs, a flash bomb. Tsunade averted her eyes to the resulting burst of light, almost as luminous as the lightning flashing overhead.

The sound of Naruto's surprised screaming and grunts of pain forced her to fight through the flash to look. He'd ended up in the sky, launched there by his doppelgänger. It formed a clone of its own, which jumped off its back to launch him further into the sky with another punch. In a puff of smoke, there was a new litter of clones, forming a chain with Naruto at the end of it. She'd heard, and seen this technique of his-a human whip made of shadow clones. One of Naruto's favorite tactics, and it was used against him. He was slammed into the water-soaked ground twice before he regained his wits. Acting swiftly, he slashed at the clone holding his legs; though he freed himself, he was still several feet in the air.

Tsunade didn't believe he knew any chance to take advantage of his aerial situation. One of the perks of Wind Style was the ability to achieve a limited form of flight or levitation if one knew the right jutsu. Last Tsunade checked, Naruto didn't, though she kept herself open to surprises-that was one thing he did know how to do.

Back on the ground, the duplicate began spinning his shadow clone chain with a rotational speed she was surprised by. She quietly noted Naruto could do the same thing, possessing similar levels of physical strength. Knowing a windup when she saw one, her brown eyes remained ready for when the shot was fired. Her readiness rewarded her with the sight of a clone being launched like a rock from a sling. Its speed was impressive, covering the distance between it and Naruto nearly in the blink of an eye. In that same time, the latter had formed a shield of clones, which he stood atop of. He leaped from his impressive human shield, launching himself at the duplicate with his chakra blade alight. Seeing him coming, it decided on a new tact.

Once more, she saw the glow of a Rasengan. It smashed into the chakra blade at titled angle. This time, she saw the deviation immediately. The duplicate reached forward with its free left hand, grabbing Naruto's wrist, and wrenching him to the ground. Tsunade watched the chakra sphere as well as the chakra blade were dispelled; Naruto gasped in both surprise and pain. Then, he was screaming as the twisted its arm into a hold that she knew could leave it dislocated at best or broken at worse. Alarm quickly rose in her throat, but she forced it down.

Not yet, give him a chance. He's been in these situations before! He can break out! She furiously told herself.

Naruto was wracking his brain around what to do, she could see that on his face, and practically hear it in his strained voice. If he had her titanic strength, freeing himself would have been easy. Crazy as it was, she knew that was a path he could take, but it might not be the one he wanted for fear of the consequences.

"Hey, you're not the only one who knows how to use bombs." That confidence in his voice, it made Tsunade smirk as she knew he had a plan. Despite the pain in his right arm, he quickly reached into his kunai pouch and pulled not smoke bombs, but a paper bomb. The grin on her face became strained as she realized the loud-mouthed genin was about to play it dangerous, but Tsunade rarely expected anything less rom him. Still, she felt that seizure of worry as she watched the bomb's spark continue to tick down-the rain didn't douse it, wouldn't douse it.

The duplicate realized it, as well as noted the proximity to the incoming blast. While it may have had a shard of Naruto's personality, it was still overwhelmingly its own being-and that came with a large degree of self-preservation. Wide-eyed, it let go, and in that short interval, Naruto rolled away as well. Both vanished in the resulting explosion, but Tsunade was content with the knowledge that Naruto had managed to free himself. Of course, it'd been through such a daring tactic, but again, it was just what she'd have expected from him. Equally expected was the immediate follow up assault he launched into. The real McCoy laid into the duplicate while their clones brawled with one another until they all vanished into puffs of smoke. Tsunade wasn't focused on them though-her eyes were squarely on the real two fighting it out. Despite the tightened lock his right arm had been in earlier, Naruto was using his right arm just fine. The undeniable proof came in the brutal right hook he drilled into his opponent's face, launching him across the field.

As the duplicate rebound from the attack, Tsunade got the feeling this sparring match had reached its endgame. Her suspicions were confirmed as the bruised copy formed a familiar hand seal, and from it came two clones. Her caramel eyes widened and her heart skipped a beat as she came to recognize the shape that'd been described to her. It was the last thing she expected to see, but her eyes were not lying to her, though she wished they were.

"Dammit, Naruto! How powerful did you make that damn doll!" She was a second away from stepping in when she heard, and felt, the familiar swirl of another mass of power. Turning to her right, she saw the real Naruto forming a Rasengan of his own, two clones and a similar-shaped Rasengan forming in his palm. Though nor it, nor the duplicate's, reached their full shuriken shape, she could see the makings of them around the central sphere. That was on top of the slight ringing in her ears and the way the rain was caught in the wind current. Despite the worry, borderline panic, she felt, Tsunade had to admit it was an oddly beautiful sight. The water was forming a miniature vortex around the Rasengan in a manner that couldn't have been possible without the application of wind nature chakra. Both fighters held miniature storms in their hands, and they were about to clash to see which one was stronger.

While Tsunade felt a little more at ease, she still felt that spark of worry waiting to erupt into a full-on fire. Naruto wasn't using the Rasenshuriken, but she was still nervous regarding its "prototype" being used instead. Would it yield the same blowback damage as the complete technique? Begrudgingly, she accepted she was about to find out.

It was like two compressed tornadoes slamming into each other Her coat flapped in the wind as did the greenery around her. Any closer and they'd have been torn to pieces like the countless raindrops that continued to fall on the two, as well as the ground beneath them. Tsunade half-expected a cut to appear somewhere on her face or sleeves from the two clashing gales. She supposed she might have been a safe enough distance, but with the amount if chakra Naruto was putting out, she wouldn't have been surprised.

Her eyes remained locked on the real Naruto. Every second he pushed forward, his Rasengan growing bigger and stronger with each passing second. Her heart struggled to keep pace with the shredder-like whirl of the attack as it overpowered its counterpart. It seemed like an eternity, yet in reality, Tsunade knew it was just a few seconds shy of a minute. With a final roar that rivaled the thunder overhead, the storm in the genin's hand overwhelmed its opponent. The doppelganger let out a fear-filled shriek as it was caught in the attack, vanishing in the whitish-blue maelstrom that was slammed into its chest. Tsunade looked away a second time, but her ears heard the shredding sound, the shredding of flesh, air, and earth. When she finally looked up above her arm, she saw a trail of sliced up earth leading into the woods, a blast of wind annihilating several trees. Her eyes immediately moved back to the original blond-still standing, and still holding up his right hand in attack position.

His fingers twitched, but there seemed to be no greater signs of damage.

"Hehehe, nailed it." He laughed.

"Yes, you did, but dammit, couldn't you have used another jutsu besides that one?" Her feet had carried her to his side before her brain had even realized what'd happened. Tsunade didn't bemoan the subconscious action-the fight was technically over with so she could finally intervene.

"Gah! G-G-Grandma Tsunade!" His shock was short-lived, particularly since he saw the way she was more impressed than annoyed with him. Even she could feel the smile on her lips despite the concern she nagging at her. "Heh, so, what do you think?" he questioned immediately realizing she'd been watching his match.

"Better than the scrappy brawling you used to do when you were a brat. Then again, you've still got that reckless streak. I may just have to accept that's never going to change about you."

"I knew I'd be able to escape that bomb blast. Besides, I've taken worse, you know."

She could have argued that point, but Tsunade chose to let it go. There was something more important for her to focus on, and she made that clear.

"H-Hey, G-G-Grandma!"

"I told you to stop calling me that." Her eyes never left his hand, which she'd grabbed in an immediate examination as the rain pelted the both of them. Tsunade hardly cared about it, her entire focus was on his arm.

"Uh, I…I, um, the Wind Style: Rasengan doesn't have the same drawbacks as the Rasenshuriken. I tested it." His voice sounded surprisingly sheepish.

Tsunade still didn't look up from his arm. "I'll be the judge of that."

"I mean it! Seriously, it's safer than the Rasenshuriken!"

Something drew her to look up at him and meet his eyes. There was a fraction of the determination he was known for there, but it was softer. He was trying to comfort her, and the more she found herself looking into them, the more Tsunade found herself believing him for whatever reason. That acceptance slammed headlong into something else, something that left her sighing in self-conflicted frustration. "Just come back to camp so I can take a better look at you. Unless you've got another one of those dolls you'd like to play with."

In one look, she realized he had more than one of those dolls. Who it was in the likeness of, she could only guess. Perhaps another member of Team Seven, or one of his friends. Regardless, he shook his head, affirming that she wouldn't be finding out via another sparring match. While she was sure he'd be able to fight and win it, Tsunade wanted to alleviate her worries first; thankfully, Naruto was willing to accommodate her. But first, he ran to retrieve the doll he'd been sparring against. Or what was left of it.

Tsunade silently surveyed the damage done to the area where his Rasengan had ended its trail of destruction. Indeed, like a wind bomb had gone off, but undoubtedly smaller compared to the large-scale impact crater a full-powered Rasenshuriken had left. It was her hope that Naruto wouldn't be throwing anymore of those in the near future, but she had a sinking feeling he would.

But this wouldn't be that day. Nor any of the next five days on this trip. She'd make sure of that, and she was going to make sure he didn't end up hurting himself on a mission where she was looking after him. Tsunade had made that silent promise to herself and to him when they left the Leaf Village those three days ago.

"See? I told you!"

"Yeah, yeah, forgive me for wanting to be thorough. I know how much of a daredevil you are." She paused, mulling over if she should have left it at that. "It's what makes you who you are, Naruto, and it's partially how you've gotten this far." There was her answer.

His mouth stretched open but not a word came out of him. It closed and a look of awe-struck contemplation came over him. She smirked at the sight of it, refraining from bringing up how it wasn't like she was totally immune to complimenting him. He earned praise from her more often than he realized, she just preferred to have him realize it fifty-percent of the time. "Do you…think that's something about me I need to change?"

She shook her head. "No, Naruto. Maybe rein it in, but…don't lose it completely. You wouldn't be you if you weren't pushing the boundaries." That boyish smile she'd come to cherish returned to his face, albeit it was a tad different. He'd grown up a little from that mouthy little brat she met just a few years ago. Though he was still mouthy, he was a touch more mature as a truly battle-tested sixteen-year-old, one who'd survived encounters with S-Rank criminals. Criminals who were after him and those like him. They'd already taken down several of his fellow Jinchūriki, yet he was still here, having survived multiple capture attempts. Sure, some of it was luck, but the last one had undeniably been due to his skill. The skill he'd obtained through blood, sweat, and tears, just like a true ninja.

"He'll be protected enough, and I'll be protection enough for him."

Two of the Leaf's most important individuals protecting each other. Fanciful, almost fairy tale-like, but Tsunade knew it was far from ideal. The elders, as well as several jonin, had made that clear, but they'd all relented once she made it clear she was standing by her decision.

Thus, it'd been the two of them setting out for the Land of Tea, a relatively simple and easy journey to meet with the feudal lord, as well as stop and see a couple of old faces along the way. Tsunade was quite away Naruto and Team Seven had quite an adventure a few years back helping out Boss Jirōchō. As per usual, it'd turned into quite an adventure, but the mission had ultimately been a success, just as she hoped it would be.

Tsunade's joyful reminiscence was soured as she remembered that was also the last mission that Team Seven had undertaken as a semi-hole unit. Afterwards came Sasuke's defection. She kicked herself for not realizing it just before she went to bed, but it was too late to back out of it. At least, that's what she told herself. If she wanted to, she could have called up someone to accompany them to help keep Naruto's mind off the memory. Choosing not to had left her somewhat nervous as she readied her things and set out with the blond genin from their home village. Tsunade knew Naruto was thinking about it, he'd talked about how happy he'd be to see Boss Jirōchō and someone named Idate, the racer she believed they were hired to bodyguard. She hoped Naruto would focus on that instead of what'd came after the mission.

In a sense, she supposed she'd been right. Naruto had found other things to focus on, like training. Little surprise there.

His jacket lay folded up on the side, warming up by the fire. She'd have asked him to take his pants off considering those had gotten soaked as well, but she figured she'd look at his arm first. Naruto seemed ready to grumble about it, but followed through on her instructions.

To her relief, there'd been no cellular damage to his arm. It seemed that she only had to worry when he used the full Rasenshuriken, not its weaker but still powerful prototype form. Granted, his arm had still accumulated several cuts due to clashing against a similar jutsu. Few people could get close to a lethal whirlwind of blades and not get a cut or two. With the thunder and rain pound outside, her mind wondered to the Third Raikage, whose legendary endurance made even lightning's natural weakness in wind nature chakra seem insignificant. Secretly, she prayed Naruto never had to face an enemy of that caliber.

But if he did, would you have faith in him to win? Questioned an inner voice. It surprised her, though she refused to let the shock show on her face. Perhaps because she was focusing on something else, the lean muscle the spiky-haired blond had developed during his training. He was far from having arms as thick as tree trunks, but as she examined his outstretched arm, Tsunade acknowledged he'd indeed gained a bit of muscle throughout his training. She also spotted a few faded scars. She imagined he probably had a few more across his body, but thankfully none around his chest area. Her heart rang with sadness remembering that evening he'd been brought in from the failed retrieval mission. It wasn't a puncture wound as usually came with a lightning-enhanced jab, but Naruto's chest had been a hair's breath from being caved in.

"Uh, hey, Grandma? You okay?" His voice was a thunderclap in their tent, right in front of her. Blinking, she looked up and found herself staring at his concerned face. "Uh, if it helps, I feel fine."

"Y-Y-Yes, you feel it, and apparently you are." She affirmed. Just what she needed, being lost in thought like that.

"Were you…uh, you were thinking about when I came back from my…" Words failed him as sorrow overtook his eyes.

Tsunade wasn't sure which she hated herself more for, getting so lost in thought or bringing up one of his worst memories.

"Hey, it's alright! It's long gone, not to mention I've taken tougher blows since then!" His words were an attempt to uplift her, but Tsunade felt like she had a pair of shackles fastened to her legs. Seeing that, he pounded his free left hand against his chest. "It hurt a lot when I woke up, but I knew if it weren't for you and the other medics, I'd have been a lot worse off. Not to mention you saved Choji."

A stiff chuckle was her first attempt to play it all off. "I sent you all out there, so damn well I did my best to make sure you all pulled through alive. Even a failed mission can have a glimmer of success if everyone comes back alive. I especially couldn't lose any of you, one of the best generation of genin the village had in a while." In their held gaze, they exchanged a smile, but it was brief. Tsunade's eyes drifted back to his chest. That'd been the second time she'd looked at damage done to his chest. Mercifully, that time had been less severe than when Kabuto severed the muscles around his heart. How poetic that both had came at the (literal) hand of a pupil of Orochimaru…and both were people Naruto once counted as his friends.

"Um, I…I can't promise I won't get banged up like that again, going after Sasuke." Again, his voice shook her like thunder, albeit at a softer volume.

Sighing, she hung her head in defeated acceptance. "Naruto, I figured that out a while ago. If Jiraiya couldn't get you to drop it, then I sure as hell know I probably won't have much luck. Even if I am your superior. That never seems to stop you." She half-wished he'd wipe that stupid, cute grin off his face. Another part of her didn't mind seeing it. "But still, Naruto…"

"I know, I know, just…" The pain flashed on his face like a bolt of lightning. When it dissipated, it didn't' leave darkness, only a burning determination that made her heart quicken when she saw it.

That quicken pace led her to speaking, the words coming from her heart rather than her brain. "I won't ask you to give up. You never give up, I'm just asking you to be a little…self-conscious. You have people that care about you, a lot. That includes me, Naruto." Her hand tightened on his. Especially me. I already lost two people I love, I don't think I could survive a third.

"Hey, I…" Something changed in him seeing her eyes. It dawned on her their eyes were staring straight at each other, and there seemed to be something different about it this time. Tsunade couldn't look away from his cobalt-blue eyes. Looking at them reminded of the blue sky that everyone loved, not the angry gray and black that stretched across the earth. There was always something nice about seeing a splash of blue sky while a storm was raging. Though there was certainly that with Naruto, looking upward brought her eyes to his hair, golden-yellow like the unseen sun. Clear skies and sunlight, two things Tsunade had to admit she would have loved to see.

Or perhaps she was seeing it, all condensed in the boy who'd reignited hope in her heart.

Light, he's the light of the village, the light of the future, and…my light.

She wasn't looking away, she couldn't bring herself to. Her eyes were glued to his face, and he hers. Staring back at her was the face of a young man, not a child as she'd met years ago, nor the boy that the village elders needed to be coddled and hidden away in the village. Naruto was too bright a sun to be hidden away from the world, especially a world that probably needed him. Maybe not as much as she needed him.

Several things occurred to Tsunade seconds after making that realization. The first was she'd still been holding Naruto's hand in hers. His warm, sun-kissed skin felt good in her palms, too good. Though she noted she probably should have pulled away, Tsunade didn't, she found she couldn't. Equally so, she found she couldn't break eye-contact with him. Compounding that issue was how aware she was of how close their faces were. Not close, but the few inches of space between them suddenly seemed wrong somehow. A nagging voice in her head told her to do something about it, to erase it. Behind a wide-eyed stare, she violently shouted the voice down. To her internal frustration, it wouldn't go down so quietly. Not helping things was the thumping of her heart and heat in her cheeks.

No. No! No, absolutely not! No! Her conscious mind shouted over and over again. The violent shouting match all took place behind her unwavering stare.

With near herculean effort, she finally tore her eyes off his. Following that, she removed her hands from his. Her heart was still beating at a heightened rate in her chest, but that she could handle. " A-Alright, y-your arm's good."

"Y-Yeah, I…told you that before, but…thanks for the checkup." Out of the corner of her eye, he saw him looking between his arm and her hands. Was that disappointment on his face? "I know I need to lay off of the Rasenshuriken, but I…still want to put all the chakra nature training I did to good use." His face a little as he continued. "Especially since Asuma-sensei… Shikamaru gave me that chakra blade. He dropped it off while I was recovering in the hospital. I decided to practice with it as a way of honoring Asuma-sensei."

"That was a noble thing, not to mention smart." She responded. "Those blades of his are useful weapons, especially for wind nature users like yourself. Heh, you could use a few more options besides brawling and throwing out a Rasengan."

He laughed at the little jab, probably having it thrown at him a couple of times before. "Yeah, well, it's gotten me pretty far. Still, I know how to think ahead, just a little. Aside from that, I…thought it was pretty cool when Asuma-sensei showed me what the chakra blades could do when combined with nature chakra. Hah, it's actually find of funny looking back at myself and wondering what good they were when we had ordinary blades."

"That was the mistake made by several shinobi, particular those who fought swordsman of the Cloud, Mist, and the Sand." Tsunade stated. Old, wartime memories crossed her mind. They weren't the worst, but she wouldn't call them fond. "Learning how to apply chakra to weaponry was one of the first techniques ninja came up with, and one of the most useful in battle. It's an age-old technique, but you know what they say, sometimes you can't beat a classic."

"Yeah…but sometimes you can improve on it." He retorted with a grin.

Far from getting angry, Tsunade laughed in good humor. "I'll give you that. You've taken the Fourth Hokage's jutsu and improved on it in a way he'd be proud of." Especially since you're his son. He'd be nothing but proud of you. In fact, I've got a feeling Minato would have helped you in improving it himself if he'd lived. The what-if made her heart ping in regret, but she shook it off just as quickly. She wasn't going to dwell on what-ifs, she'd done enough of that. "I heard that Asuma could grow his blades to the point they were practically five-feet long, think you can manage that?"

"Sounds like it's worth trying! I'll definitely give it a try! Man, I can't wait!" His excitement was neutered as a thought crossed his mind. "Uh, Grandma Tsunade, are there any other chakra swordsmen in the village? Or strong wind nature users?"

While the answers came to her, Tsunade was reluctant to give it to them, namely the second one. It recalled a face that she'd do everything in her power to keep Naruto away from. Whatever he might be able to learn from that old war hawk, it wouldn't be worth it. Not to mention it'd result in a disaster that would haunt all of them, especially her. "I suppose I can…look around to find some ninja swordsmen in the village. If you want to learn how to fight with a blade, you could just ask Kakashi. He used to fight with a chakra saber, you know."

He looked to his right hand with a thoughtful expression. "I heard something about that, though…I kind of wonder how it stakes up to Kakashi-Sensei's Lightning Blade. That's…what I kind of want to test myself out against."

She immediately knew he was thinking about Sasuke's Chidori. Maybe he'd also been thinking of him when he chose to practice with the Wind Style-Rasengan. Both jutsu were the prototypes to stronger and more refined techniques. At least Naruto had the power of the wind on his side.

"You know…if you want to test yourself against a lightning user, I could make some time for you on this trip."

"Huh?"

Smirking, she held up her hand and allowed her chakra to manifest as arcs of electricity around her fist. The same fist he knew could demolished boulders, buildings, and people in a single strike. And he'd felt a couple of times when she reached a breaking point with his stupidity, or witnessed the same with his master. Naruto stared at the sparks like he'd never seen lightning before. Tsunade took a great deal of joy in his reaction, leaning back on her elbow with her hand still raised. While her pride had been stroked, she wanted to see if it could be further heightened by closing her fist and increasing the electricity.

At some point, he picked up his jaw from off the ground. "I never knew you had a lightning nature like Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke."

"You haven't seen me fight since we squared off with Orochimaru all those years ago, and you were unconscious for the last stretch of the fight. Not that I used my lightning nature then." She boastfully explained.

"I wish I hadn't been out though. I'd have loved to have seen you fight." His voice became quieter toward the end. Naruto averted his eyes from hers after a split second of mutual contact. Anything else he might have said was reduced to undecipherable mumbles barely above a whisper.

He'd still given her something to think about. Tsunade found herself thinking about it a lot. She found that she enjoyed the thought of Naruto seeing her in battle, even gawking at her. While her battle against Orochimaru wasn't exactly her proudest display, it was one she looked back on with pride. It was her first battle as the Fifth Hokage, her first fight where she truly reclaimed her soul. It'd ended in a victory that was bloody, but well worth it. And it wouldn't have been possible without Naruto being there. He'd been such a pivotal part of the fight that without him, they very well would have lost that day, and she shuddered to think about the ramifications of that. More importantly, she found herself shivering in fear at the thought of him dying.

It'd been him that inspired her. Overcoming her fear of blood, freeing her from the constricting depression she'd spent the last two decades in, and reigniting the Will of Fire inside of her. Naruto had done it all.

Once more, she found herself staring at him, her eyes filling with a strange affection she consciously rejected in recognizing. Eventually, she suppressed that feeling, but that wasn't the same as eliminating it. Tsunade found she just couldn't do that, not without potentially making a scene. Given they were for the moment confined to their tent with a storm raging outside, she didn't have the luxury of walking out and clearing her head. Her fortunes didn't improve as the stormy day turned to stormy night, although the storm did light up a little. Perhaps by morning it'd be gone and they could continue the road. Their destination was after all only a couple hours' walk from their current location.

They'd sleep a decent chunk of those hours, or at least Tsunade would try to. Her eyes couldn't help but linger back to the genin slumbering just several feet from her. The sight of him stirred something in her heart after she'd pushed it all down hours before.

Tsunade turned her back to Naruto, shutting her eyes as tightly as possible in an effort to force sleep. "Just let it go. Just let it go, dammit." She told herself in a hushed voice that was lost to the continued rain outside.

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Boredom was going to be the biggest threat Naruto dealt with on this trip. He knew that from the start, but he decided to face it head on like he usually did. Besides, it wasn't like this was the first time he'd battled boredom. Honestly, he couldn't count the number of missions he'd been on when he was bored out of his skull; in the end he'd toughed it out and made it through. Naruto knew this time would be no different. He hoped. The last thing he wanted to do was screw up in Tsunade's presence.

He knew he wasn't the most diplomatic person, less so when he was bored. Naruto knew he tended to do some stupid and ridiculous things when he was bored. People had told him it wasn't exactly a trait he could carry with him if he wanted to be Hokage. As he got older, Naruto came to realize they were right, but he still struggled to keep himself contained. One way to look at it was part of him growing up-that's how everyone had worded it when he agreed to this trip. They'd further tried to butter him up by telling him the trip might not be entirely dull. He'd taken some steps to ensure it wasn't by bringing some things to keep himself entertained (or distracted).

Then, there was the simple nature of who he'd be spending the next week with the woman who'd once disrespected the position, and the people, he valued most.

Naruto had to admit, looking at her, he found himself questioning how there was ever a time he believed her unworthy of the Hokage hat.

Their talk in the tent after his training had stuck in his mind long after they arrived in Chiyoda. Sure, he shoved it to the back of his mind, but Naruto knew it was still there, and he didn't know what to do about it. His first impulse was to believe it'd quietly go away, even if he and Tsunade were going to be stuck together for the next several days. No sweat, that's what he thought.

"Naruto? Naruto, are you ready to go or not?" There was a sliver of impatience in her voice, but he hardly cared about that. If he didn't stop stare, they were probably going to run late.

That was going to be a problem since he found it hard to stop staring, and gawking at the formal yet stylish blue kimono that replaced her usual green jacket and gray blouse. His jaw hung slightly open, just as it would have a day before when she jumped in after his sparring match concluded. The sight of her rain-drench form was quickly replaced by what he saw before his eyes as he came out of his room. Naruto was surprised to find the floral pattern of her kimono fit her surprisingly well. He never knew she had anything like that in her wardrobe; for that matter, he knew very little about her wardrobe. Suddenly, he found himself wondering it consisted of besides the everyday clothes he already knew of.

White flowers adorned the bottom half with an intermix of dark blue leaves that perfectly accented the former. Naruto also felt like they were a nice reminder of the fact that she was the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, a position she'd excelled at despite skepticism, including his own. In addition to those, he spied bright orange flowers on the sleeves. The sight of his favorite color made him feel a little happy that it was somewhere on this beautiful dress of hers. She must have noticed his gaze as she stretched both her arms out giving him a better view of them. In looking from one arm to another, he noted the dark golden string on her black and light purple obi. Definitely a stark contrast to the simple and small gray sash she wore with her usual outfit. Simply everything about her kimono was a stark contrast to what the Fifth Hokage usually wore. That included her face.

Is she…blushing, again? Naruto saw it clear as day, yet he still felt himself struggling to believe it, to accept it. A small part of him cautioned that any second he was going to get whacked on the head, as was customary of these sorts of things. To lessen the odds of that, he should have kept his mouth shut. "I…I…blue looks good on you." That plan went out the window fast.

Instead of getting angry, Tsunade smiled, and it made her blush grow. "Green's always been my favorite color, but…I'd say blue is a runner up. I wore a little more of it when I was younger." She answered in a happy voice. Naruto immediately tried to wrack his brain around when or where he'd seen her wearing blue.

One of the photos of Jiraiya had of her popped into his mind. Looking at it, then looking at the woman in front of him, Naruto saw little difference between them. That said, he'd quietly acknowledge that the latter looked older…and prettier than the former.

"So, what do you think?" Came her proud, boastful voice. Blinking, he realized he was getting lost in his own thoughts, which wasn't a good idea since they had a meeting to get to.

His usually bravado went up near immediately. "Looks better than what you usually wear." Naruto subconsciously braced himself for a blow to the head, but seconds passed during which it never came.

She smirked. "Heh, guess I'll take what I can get, especially since we're pressed for time. Now, come on, let's get going."

"Yeah." He quietly murmured and started walking beside her. Just keep your eyes forward and don't say anything stupid. Just do that, just do that.

"You look better than average yourself, Naruto." Came Tsunade's rather affectionate voice.

Surprised, he turned to her, eyes slight wide. They remained widen seeing her laugh at his awe-struck response. Had he intended to be so close to her? What the hell kind of perfume was she wearing? Was he looking over every detail of her face? Trying to engrain it into his memory? Was it because this was the happiest she'd looked in who knew how long? Naruto knew he liked seeing the people he cared about happy, and that obviously included Tsunade.

In an effort to calm himself, he looked down at his own outfit. He too was dressed in a kimono, a men's kimono, of course. His trademark orange with a few black highlights. Nothing fancy like hers, but a piece of formal wear none the less, exactly what was needed for the up incoming meeting with a feudal lord. "Thanks for not making me-"

"Ditch the orange? You know, it's become kind of iconic by now., The Leaf's Orange ninja." She declared.

His excitement was short-lived, as evident by his grin morphing into a pout. "Jeez, talk about a lame nickname."

"Keep being you and maybe people will come up with something better." She replied in a sing-song voice that gave way to more amused laughter.

Normally, Naruto would have continued to pout for the rest of the way, but something killed the urge. That something was Tsunade's face, happy and vibrant, laughing even if it was at his expense. What she said had overshadowed that, "Keep being you and maybe people will come up with something better." Naruto had been on the receiving end of a lot of jokes and wisecracks, but he'd also been given his fair share of compliments. Despite their typical interactions, he had a strong feeling that Tsunade's words had been the latter. It made his heart do an unseen dance in his chest, something he tightly kept to himself.

"Please, protect Lady Tsunade."

Between the two of them, Naruto knew she was the stronger one, but he was a Konoha shinobi and she was his Hokage, so keeping that promise was in many ways his natural duty. Given their personal history, he had a personal investment in keeping her safe. For all their back-and-forth bickering, she was someone deeply important to him. She was practically the closest thing he had to a mother.

That's what he thought to himself as he stood and sat beside her throughout the meeting. Not just a Leaf shinobi but a surrogate son to the most powerful woman in his village. To be blunt, Naruto would say she was the most powerful in the Land of Fire, figuratively and literally, a thought that was shared with the Lord of the Land of Tea and several others. Even if the truth was a little murkier, that seemed to be something everyone agreed upon. It didn't stop some from taking pot shots at her when they could get away with it. That included leering at her.

Naruto found that was the hardest thing to deal with. Though he should have seen it coming, that didn't make dealing with it any easier. He really, really didn't like the way some of the men in the room were looking at her, or trying to make passes at her. It made him grateful when the feudal lord or someone else called them out on it. The sight soothed the brewing storm within him, though Naruto still questioned how it came to be.

Inevitably, his eyes drifted back to Tsunade. She remained poised and dignified throughout the whole thing, never breaking her stride as Hokage. Naruto knew she'd seen and heard everything, but she hadn't let any of it shake her. Knowing her, he concluded how lucky those guys were that they'd gotten off with a tongue lashing instead of a fist or kick.

Come to think of it, I've gone this whole trip without any of those myself. Hah, by now I thought she'd have at least knocked me around once like Sakura usually does. The absence of such a thing had reminded Naruto just how much he appreciated not being hit for his screw-ups. More so since the person he was with had physical strength that far exceeded Sakura's. Not that one would know that looking at her, and boy, could a person look at her. The sun could set and the moon could rise without anyone knowing, or caring, while their eyes were on her. Naruto certainly felt that way. He used to believe he could only feel this way for Sakura, but looking at the older blonde, he quietly admitted to himself she had her beat. By a mile.

Is this how I'm supposed to feel for her?

The question struck him like a kunai. For a moment he looked around to make sure the feeling was purely metaphorical instead of physical. Amidst his search, his eyes fell back on Tsunade, still speaking with confidence and dignity. Naruto found himself entranced by her speech. His heartbeat returned to a quickened pace, just as it had in the tent when she was treating him after his training. As much as he wanted to deny it, Naruto had a feeling that it wasn't a coincidence. Coupled with the question, he suddenly wished he was far away from the pig-tailed blonde as possible. Being around her was making his mind go to places it usually didn't go. At least not with those involving her. That place was usually reserved for Sakura.

Trying to clear his head, he tore his eyes away from her and looked around the room. A quick survey of the situation should help take his mind off it.

He was situated to the right of the feudal lord, diagonal from Naruto, but he could see him clearly enough. The unchanging look of nervousness, potentially even downright panic on his face stood out like a sour thumb to Naruto. It'd be one thing if the brown-haired man had that look as the meeting progressed, but Naruto realized he'd looked that way from the moment he and Tsunade had arrived. This wasn't about negotiations not being to his liking, so far, everyone seemed pretty pleased with the deals and contracts being discussed.

Wait a sec, He felt a little stupid for not realizing that look on his face. Naruto had seen it dozens of times before, it almost always led to trouble.

Luckily, the goateed man sensed his eyes on him; when he looked to Naruto, he made sure to stare back at the man with a hardened yet pleading gaze.

Whatever it is, tell me. I can help. It was tough to keep his mouth shut-it was something he always struggled with. That's arguably what made him try so hard, along with the fact that "the adults" were still talking. If he made a scene, it'd make Tsunade look bad. More than getting hit or yelled at, Naruto realized he just didn't want to make her look bad. Such a feeling conflicted with his desire to get this man to tell him what the hell was going on. Or about to happen.

His brown eyes widened with horror, then realization as Naruto held his gaze. Anticipation amassed within him as the man slowly looked to his right. Following his gaze, he did the same. The older man nodded, then mouthed something that Naruto just barely made out. If it weren't for Kakashi-sensei forcing him to learn to read lips, he wouldn't have been able to decipher it.

He threw all caution to the wind to act, the one thing he knew he was good at. "Everyone, get down!" His hands moved into position as everyone in the room was, justifiable, caught off-guard by his shouting. Half a dozen plumes of smoke went up, and from them came a dozen clones, each grabbing a person sitting in the room and shielding them. Despite the heat of the moment, he was able to think clearly enough to assign two to the feudal lord.

Amidst the chaos, he heard a voice he knew all too well. "Naruto!" Hearing it, he turned to his left expecting to see Tsunade's face contorted in anger. No such thing, the moment their eyes locked he realized she knew. She understood him. Despite his numerous clones, she was moving to him; just as he was trying to shield everyone else, she was trying to do the same for him.

"Tsunade!" he yelled back. She was reaching for him, but he was faster. Upon feeling her in his arms he pulled, trying to get her as far away from the wall as possible. He did so just as it, and the wall, went up in flames. It was exactly as he'd feared, but at least he knew it was coming-and he'd been able to do something about it.

Everything went up in flames, a roaring blaze that overrode the shocked screams of everyone in the meeting room. They were all thrown off their feet by the explosion, but Naruto had put a decent amount of chakra into his clones. They'd be able to take the brunt of the blast before dispelling. He heard them groaning signaling their continued presence. Then there was himself, arms wrapped tightly around the woman he was supposed to be bodyguarding. He could at least say he was doing that part right, he hoped.

The smell of smoke and fire entered his nostrils, completely overwhelming any perfume Tsunade might have been wearing. Equally changed was the look of her face as she raised her head. Flames danced around them painting them and everything else bright shades of orange. For once, he wasn't happy to see it, not until he looked straight into Tsunade's eyes.

They were closer than they'd ever been to him, closer even than their "fight" after the battle with Orochimaru. The comparison was temporary as he found himself lost in her caramel-colored eyes; thanks to the fire around them they appeared to be miniature flames that he became lost in. Naruto felt himself becoming deaf to the mayhem around them that came in the aftermath of the attack, but he was oddly okay with that.

Even as he sat up, he kept his arms held around her waist. She in turn had hers resting on his shoulders, not to mention not she kept on staring at him with a shocked, almost flushed look on her face. He couldn't tell if it was because of the bomb blast or something else, like their positions; it was rather compromising, and it'd have been talked about if it wasn't for the chaos still raging around them. The voices in his ears grew louder, practically trying to remind him of what was going on. Naruto chose to focus on that in order to survey the devastation wrought by the

Half the clones he'd created were gone while the other half were on the verge of vanishing. Still, the injuries of the dignitaries were minor, including the feudal lord. The old man was lying on his backside, coughing and wheezing while his aids scrambled to him.

"Hah, he's alive." Naruto sighed in relief.

"You saved them all." Tsunade cut in. Looking back at her, he found himself once again stunned by her beauty, even as she looked away from him to the others. A moment later she looked back at him, and she smiled. "Naruto, you saved them all."

Just as he was about to respond, smiling himself, a myriad of voices cut through the chaos. "What in the hell happened!"

"W-W-What do you think, Satoru, it was an assassination attempt!"

"But by who?!"

Over the flames Naruto heard the sound of wood cracking. Tsunade heard it as well. They exchanged a look then stood up, ignoring the damage done to their clothes.

"That doesn't matter, for now, we all need to get out of here!" She shouted. Her voice boomed with authority that at the moment exceeded that of everyone else's. Recognizing that, everyone obeyed without arguing. It made the evacuation go a whole lot easier. So did Naruto creating a slew of clones to carry the injured.

Mr. Goatee had survived the blast, albeit he was bleeding from the right side of his face and arm. "Hey, you're going to be alright!"

"N-N-No I won't! I-I-I'm sorry! I-I-I didn't want to do it, b-b-but I had no choice! M-My daughter and son-in-law! I-I-If I didn't t-t-then…t-then…" He was practically falling apart in his arms. Naruto knew if his clone wasn't carrying him the guy would probably collapse onto the floor and just let the fire take him.

"Tell me what happened when this is over with." He simply said. Their conversation was lost to the chaos, which was probably a good thing. "Wherever they are, don't worry, I'll save them."

---

"…He…said he'd save them. He…he said that with such determined look on his face."

"A look that made you believe him. A look that somehow, someway, put you at ease, filled you with confidence."

"Y-Yes, i-it was the most absurd thing given the situation."

"Yeah, he tends to have that effect."

"D-D-Does he?"

Smiling, Tsunade put her cup down. "You have absolutely no idea. It's really remarkable. He's not the type you'd expect to be so dependable, but he is." And that's what makes him such an incredible ninja, such an incredible man. She mentally added. Something told her that he might have already come to realize that.

If Naruto wasn't sniffing out people in trouble, it was them somehow finding him. The latter was proof that whoever that person was, their fortune hadn't run out just yet. That's one way Tsunade looked at it, and it might be how Hiromoto Agatsuma did as well. Just when it seemed all hope was lost, he ended up sitting in the same room as the one person who'd move heaven and earth to help him, and manage to succeed, all within seconds of the assassination plot he'd been dragged into about to unfold. It was nothing short of a miracle, although Tsunade wouldn't give all the credit to Naruto. Some of it was owed to the man in front of her taking the chance to trust Naruto in the heat of the moment.

Despite that, she found herself thinking back to Naruto and his incredible ability to win over people. This was probably a new record for him.

He'd wasted little time in telling her where he was going once she, Lord Ayataka, and his entourage were safely out of the building. Hiromoto had all but confessed to the assassination plot while Naruto took off, proclaiming he'd rescue his family. The old retainer threw himself onto his hands and knees as he confessed to his part in the Fukita Family's little power play. From there, it'd been an avalanche of recovery and arrests; Tsunade played her part in the former. Despite Naruto's efforts, several had been injured, but she was there.

"You guys are in good hands trust me!"

"Hey, Naruto! Be careful!"

"Come on, you know me!"

"That's why I'm warning you to be careful!"

She knew he'd be alright. He'd faced far worst than some power-hungry corrupt family. Even if they had hired ninja with them, she was supremely confident that Naruto would be able to handle them.

"Y-You have that much faith in him? B-B-But isn't the boy only a genin?"

"He's that same boy that managed to take down a full-fledged ninja hired by the Wagarashi Family a few years back. Don't underestimate him."

"I heard he also took down one of the members of the Akatsuki. If he's willing to take on the Fukita for free, I say let him."

It was amazing how quickly they consolidated around Naruto. More of his unique charisma, and with a bunch of people who under normal circumstances probably wouldn't have given him the time of day. What circumstances could do to a person, as she knew all too well. She also knew that sometimes, the worst circumstances could breed the most incredible results, the spiky-haired ninja she and Hiromoto had been discussing for the last several minutes was testament to that.

Even after saving his daughter and son-in-law, Naruto pleaded for him not to be punished. Tsunade had put in her word as well. Between the two of them, as well as his years of service as well as his forced cooperation, Hiromoto had gotten off free. She remembered the bright beaming smile Naruto wore as the proclamation was made.

"N-N-N-Naruto Uzumaki, I-I-I d-d-don't know how to thank you for this! Words can't express what you've done for me!"

"Hey, you don't need to do anything! I'm just happy I was able to help, that I was able to save everyone! That's all that matters to me."

"I've heard many stories of Konoha Ninja, but that boy…he's unlike any I believe I've heard of in quite some time."

"You're damn right about that, but again, that's part of what makes Naruto unique." She took a big swing of her sake, the sweet taste further empowering the fond memories she recalled of the genin. "He's the future of the Leaf village."

"I can see that, or rather, I've seen it for myself." Hiromoto's eyes diverted from hers as he also took a sip of his sake. It seemed to mask his next words, but enough Tsunade couldn't hear them. "I've heard it as well, from you. You're quite fond of him, Lady Tsunade."

"Heh, suppose I am. He's the reason I even took up the position of Hokage." She confessed.

"I never knew that." He replied with genuine shock. Of course he didn't know, it was a personal story that'd been kept relatively private, even within the Leaf Village. She wondered if the story would ever spread. Part of Tsunade hoped not, yet a part of her hoped it did. Surprisingly, she found she didn't mind people knowing just how much Naruto did for her. She would probably say it was more than words could describe. "Lady Tsunade, if I may, it sounds like you care a great deal about this boy. You want to see him succeed, perhaps succeed you."

"That is his dream." She affirmed. And I want to see it come true. I really, really do. Thinking about that reminded of her of how painful his absence was. It wasn't like she wanted to order Naruto to stay with her. He was young, he had things to do.

He could be seeing other people. People his age.

The stray thought hit her like a speck of dust in her eyes. Immediately, she rubbed them, hoping that would wipe away the intrusive thought, and all the others. When she found it wasn't that easy, she turned toward the rest of her bottle. Tsunade knew she had to remain self-conscious not to get herself drunk, but she needed something to distract herself from these persistent feelings that weren't going to go away.

When Hiromoto chose to depart for the night, she felt like that was a greenlight to drink herself drunk. She promised him she'd, once again, give Naruto her thanks. Tsunade felt like she'd been doing that for the past three days, not that she found herself bitterly complaining about it. If anything, she felt happy that Naruto was getting more recognition for what he could do, and the sort of person he was.

The sort of person that she cared deeply for, loved even.

"Love…" she repeated in the emptiness of the hotel room of theirs. Images of Dan and Nawaki danced through her mind, albeit one lingered longer than the other. It wasn't Nawaki's, it was Dan's. "Love," Tsunade repeated, this time a little louder. Try as she might, the image of her little brother couldn't come into focus, even worse, Dan's image was slipping away. Replacing it was something else-someone else. "No." She shook her head in growing defiance as her heartbeat grew in her chest. With it came the increasing dominance, of that third person she'd come to associate with that four-letter word. To her horror, it wasn't platonic or familial. The more she shook her head, the more she tried to drink, the more she realized the sort of love she felt was…different. Not the love one felt toward a surrogate brother or even son.

Heart drumming in her chest, she stood up and began pacing. A constant one-word rebuttal continuously drowned on in her head, yet Tsunade found it was powerless against the rising tide within her. She couldn't let it overtake her, she knew that much. There had to be something, anything that could help her stop it! Her eyes fell on the half-finished bottle of sake still lying on the living room table. Had she gone through it recently or gradually while Hiromoto had been visiting? Either way, she noted how she'd found her salvation.

Tsunade didn't bother with a cup, she just took the whole bottle and started drinking. The familiar taste of alcohol filled her taste buds as it rushed down her throat. In a few seconds she'd finish off the whole bottle, then it'd be onto the next one. Contrary to her belief, her hope, Tsunade knew this half-empty bottle wasn't going to do it. She was going to need something more, perhaps something stronger. Something strong enough to make her forget about the way the sixteen-year-old genin with her made her feel something she hadn't felt in-

"Tsunade! Tsunade! Tsunade!"

A combination of the yelling and a firm hand ripping the bottle away from her; she'd like to say it was more of the latter that got her to look up and stop, but that wouldn't have been accurate. Even with the liquor seeping into her system, Tsunade was coherent enough to recognize Naruto's voice. Despite what she wanted to tell herself, her body reacted on instinct, her head spinning toward him.

He was concerned, and for good reason since she'd been chugging down a bottle of sake seemingly without a moment of hesitation. "N-N-Naruto," she called. Embarrassment shot through her and overrode the encroaching effects of the alcohol. Tsunade internally cursed wishing he'd arrived just a couple of minutes later, then she'd have been fully intoxicated; granted, he'd probably have returned to her either in the throes of a drunken stupor or hungover. "I-I…I thought you were out with that f-f-friend of yours."

"I just came back." She could tell. Sweat poured down his brow as a clear indicator he'd physically active. Given the speed of the runners the port families trained, she didn't doubt he'd gotten a hell of a workout. Despite the sweat, he wasn't panting, perhaps because he'd taken some time to catch his breath. "Are you okay?" he asked in a perfectly concerned voice.

Quick, dammit, think of something! He knew she was a heavy drinker, so a lie probably wouldn't be too hard. "I got a little overly enthused with the sake. That's it."

Contrary to her assumption, Naruto didn't buy it. He saw his hesitancy to believe her on his face. It actually made her nervous, worried. The only thing worse than facing Naruto's stubborn determination in battle was when he turned it on people's emotional state. Such a skill was a bitter irony, he could be the denser than solid steel, yet spontaneously become as introspective as a seer. Of course, it was just her luck that this seemed to be one of those times.

For a double douse of irony, that amazing perspective ability was something about him she liked, dare she say…even found attractive. Especially as it was being used on her.

His expression moved between open and veiled concern. Surely, he knew something was wrong with her, but coming right on out and saying it didn't seem to be an option. Either for a reason pertaining to him or her-concern for her. Still, he ended up speaking.

"I…um, well…there's something I wanted to show you." He looked away, exposing an unmistakable pink tint on his whiskered cheeks. "I-It's not important! Seriously, now that I think about it, it's-"

"Naruto," she spoke in as steady a voice as she could manage. "Just show me." It was a sliver of common sense that told her it probably wasn't a good idea to drink herself into a coma that night. Did that make going to whatever it was Naruto had in mind a better idea? Naruto, the very person she'd been drinking to forget about? It was an idea doomed to backfire on her in some way, yet Tsunade found herself agreeing to it.

The frustration, shock, worry, and even excitement blinded her to the fact that Naruto had called her by her name without any honorifics or nicknames attached to it. At least until they were out the door and raced across the rooftops.

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Naruto kept on wondering if he could back out of this. He felt like that would have undoubtedly been the smart thing to do, but he wasn't known for making smart decisions. At least not multiple ones in a row. Something told him this was going to be the one that broke the positive stretch he and the Fifth Hokage had shared over the last week. Despite the regret, Naruto pushed on, adamant that he wanted to do this.

Tsunade kept pace with him, never falling behind as he guided her out of the city and into the hills near Chiyoda. Given their speed, it was a short run, but an enjoyable one, at least he thought so. At least Tsunade wasn't stumbling behind him. He recognized he'd came back at just the right time, any later and he'd had a drunken Hokage on his hands, which was one of the last things he wanted to deal with on this trip. That didn't mean he hadn't prepared for it, he'd packed his own supply of hangover medicine just as Tsunade had. Hopefully it wouldn't be needed tonight, either by her…or by him.

"We're almost there!" he called as he kept his eyes forward, or ahead as he continued to ascend.

"What is it you want me to see, Naruto? Just tell me!" she called back.

Despite the nervousness, he looked back at her with a smile. "It's a surprise." Grinning, he quickly raced up toward the summit, knowing he had her attention. The sound of her footsteps told him she was close behind him. That meant she practically arrived at the summit simultaneously to him. His eyes cackled with joy as he looked out to the sight now familiar to him, meanwhile, hers widened in utter amazement at what she saw.

Chiyoda was a big, prosperous city, and it lay stretched out before them, a lake of light in a sea of darkness. Bright, brilliant light beneath the moon, decorated with its own luminous bodies. Regarding the latter, they were out in full force and in clear view, creating an undeniably spectacular sight. Despite being high enough they could look out over the city, the moon and stars were still so very far out of reach, though that added a certain charm to them.

At first, she was stunned, but her shock gave way to jubilant awe as she stood up and admired the view for all its splendor, just as Naruto had when he first saw it. Her expression was akin to his, only better.

She was more beautiful than the stars above. Though she was back in her regular clothes, that hadn't diminished her beauty in his eyes. Naruto wondered if anything could. Sure, there was the possibility of what she really looked like, but he found himself not at all bothered by that fact. He should have been, but he wasn't. Additionally, he should have been looking out at the city or the stars, but he wasn't-he was looking at her.

And she turned around and noticed him. "Y-You're supposed to be looking out there, n-not at me." Her voice was, of all things, flustered. Even more, there was a pink tinge to her cheeks that he couldn't help but take note of. "Naruto, this view is…it's incredible. Thank you. All the times I've been to this city and I never realize it was here. Hell, I never came up here. I was always too busy down there in town, drinking and gambling." Sorrow turned her smile into a frown, one that felt like it could cover the whole of the sky. "I'd have spent my whole life doing that. Drifting from place to place without end. I…I would have done nothing but keep running away."

Jiraiya and Shizune had told him the stories, and then there were some he'd heard from others. Admittedly, some weren't exactly flattering, but Naruto recognized the woman beside him had been at the lowest point of her life. He knew something about that. "I…tried to do that too, it seemed like it was the only way to make it go away." He offered.

Tsunade shook her head, choosing to sit down with her knees pressed against her chest. Naruto joined her. The summit had more than enough space for the two of them to take up that position, though he noted how close they were. He could reach out and touch her if he wanted to, and Tsunade could do the same.

"You were stronger than me though, you managed to stop running. You found the courage to face forward and keep at it, no matter what life threw at you."

It was Naruto's turn to shake his head. "I had help. A lot of help."

She laughed, a tender sound that rode the nightly breeze caressing them. "That's fine, Naruto. If anything, you seemed to have helped the very people who've helped you. Brought out the best in them, even." Just as he looked to her, the pink tint on her cheeks grew, and she quickly looked away. So close to her, Naruto saw how intensely she seemed to be focusing on the horizon. She wasn't just admiring the view-she was trying to look anywhere but his face. While hurt, Naruto would say he was more curious than anything.

"Tsunade," he called. Usually he attached "grandma" to addressing her, but not this time. It just didn't feel right for some reason; were it any other time, she'd probably have been pleased with that. At the moment, she hardly seemed to notice.

"If it weren't for you…I wouldn't have been able to act in the aftermath of the bombing."

Naruto had taken off before he could fully survey the damage. He knew while no one had died nor were critically injured, that wasn't to say people hadn't been hurt. Luckily, the world's greatest medical ninja had been there. Most importantly, the revived greatest medical ninja the world had ever seen.

He still remembered how despondent she looked when they arrived on the outskirts where she'd taken her fight with Orochimaru and Kabuto. Naruto had heard Shizune and Jiraiya tell him how bad her hemophobia was, but seeing it was something else entirely. Wide, fearful eyes, clenching herself while shivering, and utterly helpless, far from the arrogant but strong woman he'd met days before. She was in no shape to fight, but even if she was he'd have fought regardless. Still, seeing her in that way…Naruto would be lying if he didn't admit that it added extra motivation to him, not that he wasn't already motivated enough.

Tsunade raised her hands and stared at them with a near nostalgic look. Who was she thinking of? Who was she wishing she could save? "If it hadn't been for you, who knows how many lives would have slipped through these fingers."

"As much as I like the praise, the real credit lies with you…Tsunade." He tested the waters, and once again she hardly reacted to his use of her name. "You never let your skills get rusty."

"If I had, I'm sure a whole lot more people would have been in trouble, including Kakashi and Sasuke." A short laugh about the what-if transpired between them. "I studied up from time to time to keep my skills sharp, even though I never considered using them. Not for anyone unless it was the most dire circumstances." Her hands curled as the look of nostalgia changed into something harder. Naruto was the recipient of it as she turned to him. He was speechless by the intensity of her stare, as well as the beauty it brought out of her. Or, in his eyes, more beauty. "When you were lying in front of me, that wasn't just one of those times, it was the first time I truly, from the bottom of my heart wanted to heal someone. Not to mention for the first time in years I…I…" Suddenly, shame colored her eyes, causing her to look away.

"Tsunade," Naruto called again. "Whatever it is, you can tell me."

"You inspired me, Naruto. You rekindled whatever the hell was left of the…no, that's not right. You reignited the Will of Fire in me after it'd burnt out long ago." She confessed without looking at him.

"It hadn't gone out completely." He voiced back. Though quiet, the intensity of his words caught her attention. She looked back at him with a bewildered expression. "You turned down Orochimaru's offer. You fought him with everything you had. No matter how low you thought you'd sunk, there was still something in it there. Something that the Third Hokage fostered, something that…a part of you that still wanted to honor him, your brother, and your lover." He smiled as her confession grew. "Sure, it may have deemed, but I don't think that fire ever went out."

As his words sunk in, tears began to form in the corner of her eyes. Crying wasn't something he'd ever seen Tsunade do, albeit he knew she was fully capable of it. Naruto knew she'd shed a lot of tears over the pain and heartache she'd endured.

Still, she had the ability to smile, and she did smile, even as those fears fell.

"If it weren't for you, it might have gone out, Naruto. A part of me…considered taking Orochimaru's offer, but I kept thinking of you. I watched you train over and over again to master the Rasengan, to do what I said was impossible. What I thought was impossible, all with the same determination as my loved ones. You…" her face fell as more tears slipped from her eyes. Naruto reached forward to wipe them away, but she did so herself. "Like I said, you rekindled that fire in me…and without it, I know I would have been lost to the darkness." She lifted her head, and even with the tears, she looked beautiful.

Naruto took a moment to admire it, bask in it. Something warm fluttered through his stomach, a feeling he once only got with Sakura, but he recognized this was different. It was stronger and more intense. "You…saved me too, ya' know. If you hadn't saved me that day, I'd have died."

"I was so scared. You lying in in front of me, dying before my eyes while I watched." She shivered in terror at the memory. It wasn't one Naruto was fond of himself, nor the beast within him.

"You saved me." He said.

"For the third time…I was about go lose someone I loved."

"But you saved me, Tsunade."

"I-"

Finally, he fell back on old habits-letting actions speak for him.

His hand shot out, grabbing her left and placing it against his chest, right over his heart. Tsunade gasped, both at the sudden motion and the intensity of his eyes as he stared at her. "You saved me, Tsunade! You saved me and you've been a great Hokage!"

"T-That's all because of you! Because you inspired me! You continue to inspire me, Naruto! You're…you're someone that I-"

Again, actions spoke over words. Impulsive actions fueled by his emotions, in this case a raging maelstrom inside of him that swept him up and left nothing in its wake.

"Hmmm~!"

The kiss was sudden, his lips lunging toward hers. In seconds, Naruto realized what he'd done, but it was beyond his ability to stop. A hundred things rushed through his mind, but he focused on only one thing-kissing Tsunade felt absolutely amazing. That was the reason why he couldn't stop, even if she tried to force him off, he didn't think he'd be able to tear himself away. Faintly, Naruto realized she wasn't trying to push him away; she was kissing him back.

He was kissing a woman, on the lips. The realization struck him with the subtly of a dumbbell, yet he felt himself lost in a strange haze of awe and euphoria. Naruto found he liked being there, and based on the sweet moans Tsunade made, she was there as well and enjoying it like him. They were both enjoying it, the two of them sharing a kiss beneath the moon and stars. The still functioning part of his brain noted how romantic it seemed, like something out of a movie or a book, one which two of his perverted teachers would have been reading, or writing in one of their cases.

Somewhere amidst the kiss, he got the idea to take it a step further. Naruto opened his mouth and pushed his tongue out, briefly meeting an obstruction; it gave way a heartbeat later, allowing him to push forward. Something equally wet and fleshy met his tongue-Tsunade's. Electricity raced up his spine, sending his brain into a tailspin that was just barely contained within his skull.

It might have been for the best the kiss ended then and there. Any longer and it might have spun out of his head. Naruto felt it continuing to do rotations, meanwhile, he panted like he was an hour back in time. His heart beat at a thousand paces a second in his chest, perhaps faster as he stared into the wide-eyed brown orbs of the Fifth Hokage. She was in a similar state as him, right down to the fiery cheeks.

"N-N-Naruto," she gasped. He'd never heard her sound so disoriented before.

He should have said something, but his mind was elsewhere. Though his eyes held her gaze, they eventually moved down to her lips, those pink lips that'd been attached to his. The desire to recreate that connection burned within him.

Seeing it, Tsunade acted quickly. "B-B-B-Back! L-L-L-Let's go back to the hotel! N-N-Now!" The commanding tone of her voice was lacking, but it was enough to bring back a flicker of self-consciousness to him.

"R-R-Right, o-o-okay." He whispered with a sheepish nod. The good news was he hadn't been smacked upside the head or launched off the mountaintop, or joined the stars. Naruto began his descent wondered if any of those things would still happen, but to his quiet relief, none did.

Tsunade didn't look back at him, but he somehow knew she was still blushing from the kiss.

What he knew for certain was the desire to kiss her still burned within him. The thought of them returning to their hotel empowered the urge; each step they took toward their destination left it growling and barking, like a chained-up beast waiting to be set loose. For the life of him, Naruto feared what would happen if it was unleashed, yet he couldn't deny he partially wanted to see what would happen if it was.

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There was something in the air between them, that much they knew well before they closed the door. It'd been a silent trip back, that unspeakable something having stolen all the words they might have said to one another. All they had were their voices, dozens of things shouting and whispering in their ears alongside the roar of their nonstop thumping hearts. Not even when they passed the door and discarded their shoes did the sensation leave them. What quieted were their minds.

Tsunade's back was to him as they stood in the living room. This was it, Naruto realized that and so did she. There was still several hours left in the night, and another two days to their trip. They could spend all that time pretending the kiss didn't happen, or they could stop beating around the bush and face this head on.

"When you came in, I was thinking about you. I thought drinking myself drunk could make me stop." She made the decision for the both of them.

Naruto immediately detected the regret in her voice. "Tsunade,"

She shook her head while still refusing to face him. "I shouldn't have been thinking about you that way, Naruto. You're young and I'm-"

"I don't care." He interrupted.

She wished he hadn't used that tone. "This isn't something to joke about, Naruto! You're sixteen for Kami's sake and I'm over twice that! I'm-"

"Like I said, I don't care! I…I took you up there because I realized I feel something for you, something I thought I only felt for Sakura! When I was told that was a popular place to take the person you love, I didn't think about her, I thought about you, Tsunade!"

"That's just because I'm-"

"You're the strongest woman I know…and the most beautiful. I don't care if it's just a transformation, you're still…you're still drop-dead gorgeous." In sighing he took a moment to steady the white-hot emotions ripping through him. There was no plan for this at least not one he'd made. Naruto was making this entire thing up as he went along, and he had no idea where it would end up. All he knew was he had to do what he always did-give it his best. "I call you grandma all the time, but…I do think you're beautiful. You are beautiful."

It was genuinely impossible to recall how many times she'd been told that, but this time was different. Tsunade felt it down to her bones. The way her body shivered and her heart thundered in her chest with joy. Elation. Relief almost. There was only one person whose heartfelt praising of her appearance made her feel this way, and the fact she was feeling it for Naruto confirmed what she'd desperately been trying to run away from.

Her arms wrapped around her. "Naruto…" His name was all she could get out.

"Tsunade," he called. "Do you-"

"I've been trying to think of you as a little brother or son, but dammit, I can't! I just can't because I see too much in you to say I love you like family! I tried to forget it, deny it, but-"

"Then don't do it! Don't deny you love me like a woman does a man!" His voice filled the room with its increased volume.

"Dammit, Naruto, will you stop and-" He didn't stop, not until he was right up on her. His arms wrapped around her and pulled her in close, their lips colliding as she processed what was happening. A second kiss, and just as surprising. Euphoria flooded her, but this time she had a little more self-control. She knew it was wrong thus she tried to push him off, but Naruto wasn't letting her go. As much as she tried to muster up the strength to push him off, Tsunade found she just couldn't do it. That sweet feeling of bliss was rapidly spreading through every corner of her body, not helped by Naruto pushing his tongue into her mouth. Tsunade felt her legs go weak, such a cliché, but it was happening to her.

She hadn't been kissed like this in decades, not since Dan died. Flings and one-night stands couldn't compare to how he kissed her…except how Naruto was currently kissing her. He was…he was…he was…

Incredible. Answered a corner of her mind.

Sensing her waning resolve, Naruto intensified the kiss. How was he so good at this? How was he making her mind turn to mush in the same way Dan's lips did?

Because you love him. You love him the same way you loved him. Like he said, you love him the way a woman loves a man. Answered a remarkably clear-sighted version of herself. Tsunade gawked at that woman, yet she stood before her, calm and dignified despite what was happening to her. Including the unmistakable something poking at her loins.

It's just the two of us here.

No one will ever know.

No one has to know.

Just us…just us.

They separated, once more breathless. Naruto's tongue was slow to leave her mouth, not that Tsunade entirely minded. She was practically held in Naruto's arms by the time the kiss was finished, her legs still feeling wobbly beneath her. For a woman of her stature to be in such a position, but whatever embarrassment she might have felt was kneecapped by a simple realization. Held in Naruto's arms, she was only a woman being offered love, by someone whom she realized she loved as well.

Such a revelation led her to closing the gap between them for their next kiss, the third one. Naruto was caught by surprise, but happily leaned into it. The kiss became intimate immediately, the two of them now consciously engaging in it. Tsunade's hands curled against his chest, taking up fistfuls of his jacket while his slowly clawed at her backside. Such closeness led their bodies to being squished together, her breasts and his manhood, both clothed. Naruto and Tsunade were faintly aware of the squeeze, and it fueled the lustful fire that'd erupted from the sparks between them. They weren't blind to that fire; it was hard to be as they felt it scorching them down to the bone.

"A-Ahhh~! N-N-Naruto!" The breaking of the kiss was spontaneous, even if it was perhaps approaching its endpoint. On instinct, Tsunade wrapped her legs around Naruto's waist; doing so made her all the more aware of the erection growing between his legs. "W-W-What are you-"

"The bedroom, right?" He'd read her mind, or rather, he'd read the mood correctly. The fierce look in his blue eyes was a match for the one in hers.

Her face aflame, she simply nodded, finding herself at a loss for words. Holding her by the bottom of her legs, he carried her to the bedroom. As she knew, he certainly wasn't lacking in physical strength, though it wasn't like she weighed an excessive amount, even with her breasts.

Knowing the short distance between the living room and the bedroom, Tsunade acted. There was a near desperation in her as she kissed Naruto, like any second this would all disappear and she'd wake up in bed, alone and saddened. He kissed her back while carrying her, his tongue flicking against hers as she tried to probe his mouth again. They got into a short duel that brought them playful amusement. It ended in a drew thanks to them reaching their destination. She felt her back touch the bed; Naruto loomed over her with a positively predatory look in his eyes the likes of which she'd never seen.

The fox was coming out, and she was its prey.

He descended on her lips with hunger, and Tsunade happily greeted him. Kami, kissing him felt like a desperately needed douse of medicine, or even an addiction. Had his lips always tasted this great? Did it always feel this good to have another body on top of hers?

It didn't matter that Naruto was still growing, he was already reasonable tall for his age, taller than her, even with her heels. As she'd seen, he was also fairly muscular beneath his black jacket and t-shirt. The desire to see that muscular body manifested within and rapidly took hold.

Naruto had a similar desire himself. The more he kissed Tsunade, the more he felt her breasts squishing against his chest. The biggest breasts he'd ever seen, the biggest in the Five Great Nations. He felt them as he greedily devoured her lips, it helped strengthen his already stiff member. A rising voice called for him to quit messing around and do it, see them, take them, borderline claim them. Without hesitation, he listened to it.

Breaking from the kiss, he grabbed Tsunade's haori and shrugged it off. She seemed to help her as her hands went to her obi, but Naruto had different plans. It could be said he was more direct, grabbing the folds of her blouse and pushing them aside. The whole thing came undone easily, and out came her mounds, two globe-sized tits that were the envy of women everywhere and the desire of men everywhere, including him. He was awarded a rare privilege that many would have died for.

Tsunade watched his hands reach for her breasts. Based on how he was still gawking at them, it was a subconscious move. There was something slightly intriguing in that, and something majorly arousing in feeling Naruto's hands finally make contact with her boobs. Tsunade released a quiet moan of content-it'd been ages since she'd felt a man's touch on her prized mounds. She was glad it was Naruto's hands doing the touch, they were soft, warm, and firm, a perfect three-way combination.

"Ahhhh~ Ahhh~" She sounded off. "Ohhhh~" Waves of bliss spread throughout her body, and to think Naruto wasn't even trying. Though her eyes were closed, she felt his touch. It was that of a novice, but one with talent that she looked forward to seeing nurtured. "M-More, N-Naruto~ P-Please, m-m-more." Tsunade called.

He panted while picking up the pace. "So big and soft…man, they're better than I imagined."

"S-So y-you d-d-did…think about touching them." She managed to whisper. Instead of anger, she had a smirk on her face.

Naruto returned it while intensifying his hold on her breasts; he was well and truly groping them, sending untold waves of pleasure through the older blonde's body. The sounds she made thrilled him in a way no other one had. "Of course I did, what guy wouldn't think of touching your boobs. Groping them and having their way with them." As he spoke, he did exactly that, and he took his time doing so. It rung moan after moan out of her. "They're amazing."

"D-D-Damn right they are." Tsunade affirmed while feeling the continued liquification of her mind. She'd been flat-chested growing up, but finally in her teenage years she started to develop. Waking up to her rapidly growing chest had been some of the highlights of her youth, even in times of war. Not to mention there were certainly times she was happy for the attention they brought her. "Ahhh~ Ahhhh~! N-N-Narutooo~!" If she were in her right mind, she'd wonder if he'd been taking lessons from Jiraiya. That old pervert certainly knew how to cap a feel, and that's exactly what Naruto was doing. Granted, Tsunade didn't mind him doing it, she was rapidly growing to love the sensation of Naruto's hands on her mounds. It'd been ages since she'd felt a man touch her in such a way, and Kami, was Naruto doing it. And doing it right.

Naruto felt the urge to kiss her again hitting him hard, it conflicted with his enjoyment of her voice. The passionate, lust-filled moans was unlike any second he'd ever heard her make, but he'd quietly imagined it. He'd dreamed it a few times, amongst others. As the saying went, it couldn't compare to the real thing, which included her face. Crimson streaked across Tsunade's cheeks as he continued to fondle her breasts. Her beautiful caramel brown eyes were half hidden beneath her lashes, constantly opening and closing as he induced wave after wave of pleasure within her. The pink lips he'd kissed several times already constantly belted out hot moans that filled him with euphoria and pride. They reached down into his already harden groin; Naruto could practically hear it screaming for release from the prison of his pants. His mind flashed with the image of him sandwiching his cock between her watermelon-sized moans…and driving it straight into her womanhood. It was hard to say which one he found more enticing.

With a pounding heart, he chose to silence her. The kiss was wild and vigorous, his groping continuing all the while. Tsunade's hands shot up and fell on his backside, pressing him against her, her legs followed suit. If there was ever any found that she wanted this, it was officially gone. Shredded by the wind and burnt to cinders.

"Hmmmm~! Hmmmm~! Hmmmm~!"

He'd have smirked if his mouth wasn't being ravaged by hers. It was clear she enjoyed kissing him, lot. A whole lot. While he gave back, he thought to the forehead kiss she'd given him borderline four years ago. That seemed like such a lifetime ago, yet he recalled it with perfect clarity. He always did as it was a moment that stuck in his mind. Now, as he kissed her on the lips and shamelessly groped her breasts, Naruto began to wonder if that was when his infatuation with her began. He certainly took it as a motherly gesture and cherished it, but somewhere down the line the desire for more manifested. Not just another kiss, but he wondered what one on the lips would be like. The fact that his first kiss had been…best left undiscussed, only furthered the curiosity he'd felt.

Tsunade was the first woman he'd kissed, and she was the first woman who's boobs he'd seen, and was now having his way with. The most beautiful kunoichi in the world, and she was his.

Her hands snaked their way up to his head, were they dug into the backside of his skull. Naruto could barely pull away to inhale thanks to her hold. Ultimately, he took what air he could and went back to kissing her. Tsunade's tongue was ravenous, but so too was his. It was the sequel to their mountaintop kiss, and this one was better than the first. That included the duel of tongues, but this time Naruto put more effort into winning it. She put some effort of her own into it, though it was wild and disoriented. It made it easy for Naruto to seize the advantage, and that was something he realized he enjoyed having. He also enjoyed this sense of domain he had over her.

As he continued to grope her breasts, he came upon something that drew his attention. Her nipples were hard, hard and ripe for some loving of their own. Though he intended to give them that with his mouth, he wanted to enjoy kissing Tsunade a little more. So, he resorted to a trick he'd picked up from his perverted sensei, and a few other places.

"AHHH~!"

It could be said he won as he was the one in control, and grinning like a fool while the busty beauty beneath him contorted in pleasure. Her scream rung through the room, making him glad that they had a private suite all to themselves. The perks of traveling with the Hokage.

Seeing Tsunade's pink lips stretched open, her erotic scream echoing in his ears, was one of the many incredible perks of being the Fifth Hokage's lover. Grinning, Naruto showed Tsunade the benefits of having someone like him as a lover.

Just as she felt her scream begin to die down, it started up again, courtesy of Naruto's fingers. They were, he was, far too skilled at this to be a first timer. Tsunade again wondered if Jiraiya had taught the boy more than just jutsu and chakra control. Either that or he was just a natural at it. What remained of her rational functioning mind decided she liked the latter idea better.

Rational? You're having sex with a sixteen-year-old genin! Letting him play with your chest like it's a toy! Explained that same rational side in a moment of self-deprecation, comedic self-deprecation. Whatever shame she might have felt was buried under the ever-increasing waves of erotic bliss that Naruto brought her. It reminded her of Dan, this sense of euphoria that she hadn't felt in years. Maybe some of it was the long absence of it.

"AAAAHHHH~! AAAHH~!"

Her hands shot for the sheets, grabbing them in a tighten hold. Naruto twisted her nipples while sucking in a breath. The looking in his eyes as their eyes met, it sent hot shivers down her spine. Tsunade only had a second to take it in as the twisting turned into pinches, they brought another wave of scream-induced bliss crashing down on her. She was half aware of her hips thrusting up, and Naruto's thrusting down. Their pelvises met; coupled with the nipple pinching, Tsunade felt herself cum just a little. Then, it became more as Naruto simultaneously thrust his hips and pinched her nipples.

Tsunade had never wanted to be out of her clothes as much as she did then. Her pants and undies felt tighter than ever.

"N-N-Naruto!" she cried out feeling that old yet feeling moist between her legs. Her vision was wild, but she saw him move. Tsunade watched his mouth descend toward one of her tits. "Ohhhh~! Ohhhhh~!" H-H-He finally got around to it. She absent-mindedly noted. Of course he was going to suck her tits. No sex with her could pass without at least an hour or so being devoted to her breasts, at least that's how it'd been in the past. In this case, Tsunade was more than happy to let that be.

Naruto left his mark on her right-side tit after several minutes of biting and sucking. He was marking her, and after he'd finished marking her. When she got the time to, she'd have to take a second to observe his handiwork, on her right tit, he moved to her left. She howled again feeling the bite of his teeth and the whip of his tongue against her harden nipple. The shock translated all the way down to her pussy, which tightened in further ecstasy. Tsunade knew she would have been fingering herself if she wasn't already moaning and screaming. Naruto worked his fingers on her kiss-marked right tit while his mouth went to town on her left. Again, she'd admire his handiwork when they were finished, but she recognized that wasn't going to be for a long time.

Minutes seemingly bled into hours, at least that's what it felt like for Tsunade, and Naruto. He honestly felt like he could spend the rest of the night toying with her breasts, but a voice was calling for him to do more, to have more, to see more. With a shudder, he pulled away and looked at his lover's waist. His hands reached out, grabbing at the hem of her pants only to stop at the last second.

Breathing hard, he looked up. His hesitation gave Tsunade a minute to catch her breath, something she realized she sorely needed. For the first time in perhaps an hour, she was able to keep her eyes open for longer than a couple of seconds. What she focused on were Naruto's sky-blue eyes, silently asking her for permission.

She was touched at the gesture, as evident by her reddened cheeks. Granted, she was already blushing, so it was hard to tell. "G-G-Go ahead, Naruto," Tsunade said.

Nodding, he undid the zipper on her pants and pulled them down. They flew off to the side, leaving her in her black undies.

The sixteen-year-old stared in awe at the large stain in the center of them. A moment later he gave a wolfish chuckle. "Woah, so all it took was me sucking your tits to get you off, Tsunade."

"I-I-I'm not that easy!" She hastily defended. A mixture of pride and embarrassment fueled her words. "I-It's because I haven't had a man touch me in years!"

"You mean it's not because I'm just that good?" He challenged with a cocky grin. As she readied a response, he shot his hands to her now exposed thighs and rubbed them. Whatever Tsunade was about to say dried up in her mouth-what came out was a hot moan. It continued as he ran his hands over her flawless legs. "Your honeypot, Tsunade…I'm going to taste it." Contrary to his words, he started with her navel, planting soft kisses around her bellybutton. She jumped and moaned, clearly pleased with the gesture. With a pounding heart, he gripped the straps of her black undies and pulled them down, exposing her womanhood. Naruto's jaw visibly dropped as he saw the small patch of blonde hair above the leaking snatch. His nose immediately picked up the sweet aroma of feminine juices, which indeed leaked from her silt.

Because it'd been so long since she'd lain with a man, Tsunade felt embarrassed. At the very least she'd kept her pussy shaved in case something…happened. Now, she was grateful she had.

Naruto's slack-jawed expression was one she took as a good thing, though that nugget of worry still rested within her. Slowly, she whispered, "W-W-What do you t-t-think, Naruto?" She felt her heart pounding in her eardrums as he looked up at her. His whisker-adorned cheeks were as red as his mother's hair.

His hands firmly rested on her now naked hips. "You're…you're fucking beautiful, Tsunade." She smiled, and he took the time to smile back at her. Tsunade knew he was telling the truth, and it pleased her greatly. So too did it when he literally dove into her pussy with his tongue blazing.

"OOOOHHH~! OOOHHHH~!"

"Mmmmmm~! Mmmmmmmhhh~!"

"N-N-aruto~! N-Narutooooo~!"

Her legs wrapped around his head as the ecstasy-filled lightning bolts hit her one after another. It was all so fast and sudden, she was helplessly caught in the storm without any sort of protection. As the wind and rain and lightning slammed into her, Tsunade realized she liked it that way. Arms spread out, she let it bear down on her.

She had to wrap her legs around him, and later her hands as well. They dug into his golden spikes while her book shook from the nonstop lashes of his tongue. Each one made her body quiver, every second she felt herself coming closer to a complete orgasm. Tsunade knew it was what she wanted, but she also wanted this moment to last forever.

"AHHHH~! AAAAHHHH~! OOOOOOHHHH~! N-N-NARUTO, KEEP GOING! PLEASE, KEEP GOING~!"

"HMMMMMMMHHH~!"

He went faster alright, and it brought Tsunade closer to the edge of orgasming. Any second she knew she was going to topple over the edge. Her heart raced so fast she could have sworn it was on the verge of bursting out of her bouncing chest. She caught glimpses of them when she looked down; they were so massive she couldn't see Naruto's spiky hair between her legs, not unless she raised her head. Tsunade didn't have the strength for that, it was all going toward holding off her impeding orgasm. A task doomed to fail, and it did.

"AAAAAAAHHHH~!"

Tsunade felt her eyes roll back into her skull as her first orgasm in years hit her like a meteor. Her womanhood exploded and from it flowed out everything. Pent up stress, yearning, and a sense of accomplishment that she'd managed to charm a man into eating her out. Not just any man, but the best young man in the Leaf Village. That thought was carried by the sound of Naruto's pleased moan as he drunk her cum while it gushed over his face. Tsunade squeezed her thighs around his head, yet he remained attached to her, drinking down her cum as it gushed out. There was no stopping him as he lapped up her nectar, a near endless supply, also a private one.

It would be his to savor.

The Jinchūriki pulled away with a face splattered with cum. "That was…holy…shit…fuck…" His words were lost on Tsunade, who lay flat against the bed with her arms out. Tears fell from her eyes while her chest rose and fell, the twin mountains that were her breasts rising and falling with each breath. He could see how dazed she was, and something about that aroused him. All the more, his cock hardened and stressed against his pants. "Tsunade," he called.

She finally registered his presence when he was centimeters from her lips. Quickly, she leaned up and took him in a kiss, not caring at the residual taste of cum on his mouth. Tsunade had found kissing and licking it up was a great cleanup method. To aid in that, she rolled the two of them over. For the first time since they returned, she was on top, and naked to butt.

Using her new position, she kissed and licked up all the cum that lingered on her teenage lover's face. Given how hard she came, there was a lot of it. Naruto moaned and laughed at her antics. Smirking, she planted soft kisses on his cheeks, though she occasional glided over to his lips. The kisses there were short and tender, leaving him wanting more. Giggling, she pulled away whenever he leaned in for such. With a lustful gaze, she shook her head, silently telling him to be patient.

"Now, it's my turn, Naruto." She whispered.

Like him, she moved fast, unzipping his jacket and doing away with it, along with his shirt. That lean yet muscular body she'd seen lay before her, coated in a thin sheen of sweat similar to her own. Tsunade ran her hands over it while subtly leaning forward. Once she was within range, Naruto took her lips. Laughing, she intimately returned his advance, all while feeling up his chest and abs to her heart's content. Truly, he had a body fit for a heroic warrior, and she was happy to have it to herself. The same went for him, his hands roamed her naked backside, even reaching down to her ass. Feeling his touch down there, Tsunade seductively thrusted her hips against his. He groaned, but the fire in his eyes flickered bright with eagerness-he returned the favor.

She could only imagine how hard he was beneath his pants. Just as quickly as she imagined it, she realized she didn't have to imagine anything. Not anymore.

Breaking from him, she crawled down to his waist, where a massive orange tent stood up. Panting, she undid the zipper and pulled, making sure to grab at his boxers as well. It and his pants came down, joining her clothes on the floor.

Finally free, the manhood of the Leaf's Jinchūriki stood up toward the sky. All eight inches of it.

"Holy…shit…N-N-Naruto, y-you're…y-you're…God, you're…"

He basked in her pleasant shock. "Hehehe, yeah, I'm…big, I guess. Bigger than you were expecting?"

She was too stunned to answer, and honestly, she wondered if any woman could in her position. Eight inches of man meat, twitching man meat. Her nose detected the faint whiff of pre-cum, which began leaking out of his tip as she stared at it. Naruto may have maintained more self-control than her, but not by much. Any more and she'd have made him cum as she had. Tsunade made a note to toy with his cock so one day he'd cum in his pants, a move she'd enjoy making him do, especially if one day he got particularly mouthy with her.

Speaking of mouthy, Taking the base of his cock with her hands, she leaned forward. At first, it was a simple peak, then it turned into a deep and passionate kiss. Her pink lips soon came to devour the first quarter of Naruto's cock. Tsunade ran her tongue across the twitching member. His voice pierced her ears, the rising groan, then yell as his body shook with the same ecstasy hers had.

"T-T-Tsunade, t-t-t-this feels a-a-amazing!" he cried.

Smirking, she took in a bit more of his cock. Of course it felt amazing, this was his first blowjob, and it was by her. She knew of her nickname, especially the lewd innuendo it bore. People sometimes asked her how true it was. A handful had found themselves missing several teeth and nursing broken jaws, seeing them had gotten others to drop the question all together. Only a few men got an answer. If Naruto had ever wondered about it, well, he had his answer, and he was undeniably enjoying it.

Having given him a good first start, Tsunade pulled away, a bridge of saliva connecting her lips with Naruto's cock. She savored the sight before glancing up, preparing to speak to Naruto.

"GLUURRRK!"

She never got the chance.

"I-I'm sorry but don't stop, Tsunade! Don't stop!" It was ironic for him to say that as he couldn't stop. He couldn't stop his hips from thrusting upward, pushing his cock deeper into her mouth. Nothing had ever felt this amazing, so addictive. As such, the battle for control was lost as soon as it began.

Not that Tsunade minded. "Mmmmmmmm~! Mmmmmm~!" The sudden hard thrusts were enjoyable rather than off-putting. Tsunade knew she could suck a cock, especially one as eager as Naruto's. As he began pounding away at her mouth, she raced her tongue along his fast-moving rod while sucking it with her pink lips. She wanted to make every moment of this memorable and enjoyable, for both her and Naruto. Based on their shared moans, she was succeeding. Hah, I haven't lost my touch. Tsunade thought with dreamy pride. Naruto's cock twitched inside her mouth as she continued to suck it. She knew an orgasm was coming, a powerful one at that. While it didn't feel like much time had passed since they started, Tsunade knew her oral skills were still as sharp as they had been.

Sensing his approaching orgasm, Tsunade took in more of his cock. Her actions came just as Naruto made a powerful thrust, practically pushing his cock into the back of her throat. Pressing down on it triggered his orgasm.

"AAAAAHHHH! T-TSUNADE!"

That pre-cum turned into a full out stream, splashing against the roof of her mouth then racing down her throat. Tsunade's eyes widened as she immediately savored the slightly salty taste. It was different from Dan's, but that wasn't a bad thing; Tsunade found she rather liked it, and she could get used to it. Maybe a little addicted, even. As she gulped down Naruto's erupting seed, she felt the tingle between her legs signaling her own mini-orgasm. The feeling of having Naruto's cock in her mouth made her long to have it lodged inside of her, to feel his masculine juices pumping into her womb. That said, she settled for gulping it down like the fine beverage it was.

She would whole-heartedly say it was better than the finest sake, and she'd tasted the best the world had to offer.

Tsunade made sure to swallow it all, an old skill she was glad she still retained. Every drop of Naruto's orgasm, she swallowed, and she made sure she heard him. The younger blond watched her gulp down his seed, shot after shot until he had no more left. At the moment. Simply watching her remove her cum-soaked lips from his cock had him getting hard again. More so when she smiled.

"You know, I think I may have found my new favorite drink, Naruto." She teased. His cheeks flared as she shot a wink his way.

"Any chance you'll end up becoming an addict?" he jokingly asked.

"Heh, I think I might. Really, I'd challenge any woman not to with a cock like yours." She answered. They shared a short but hearty laugh. At the end of it, Tsunade drunk in the sight of his erect cock. It was back to full hardness, which was good for her. "Naruto," he snapped to attention. "What I'm about to give you is an incredible rare privilege. It's something you've earned, so…I hope you enjoy it." Taking hold of her breasts, she stretched them out so there was a little space between them and his cock, now positioned between them. Smiling, she looked up at him, at his wide-eyed, shocked expression. "Come on, you've dreamed about this, haven't you?"

"…I have."

"Then consider this a dream come true." For the first time in years, she pillowed a cock between her breasts. "Ahhhh-"

"OOHHHH~! T-T-Tsunade, t-t-this feels amaaaaazing~!" Naruto yelled.

Grinning, Tsunade drove her point home while caressing his cock with her breasts. "You've got the biggest boobs in the Five Nations! Damn right it fucking feels amazing~!" Every man dreamed of feeling up her breasts, and of course, they dreamed of having their cock sandwiched between them. Truth be told, Tsunade enjoyed it herself, the feel of something hard and warm being cemented between her mounds. With Naruto's cock, it was everything she liked about a titfuck. The fact that she was Naruto's first time made this even better.

He was screaming his lungs out, and for good reason. No man could stay silent while getting their cock pumped by her breasts, and that certainly went for this teenager who'd never been with a woman before. She added to his (and her) enjoyment by kissing the tip of his cock. Despite his incredible size, just enough of his member poked out for her to have some fun with her mouth.

Naruto felt himself riding the winds of heaven. Nowhere were they stronger than around his cock, caressing and kissing it with divine tenderness. He never could have imagined anything could make his cock feel this good, not even a woman's lips or breasts. Sure, he'd listened to Jiraiya, but a part of him doubted how much of it was true. Now, he not only knew how true it was, but he also knew why he'd been so fixated on his blonde teammate. Somewhere in Naruto, he felt a ping of regret for stealing her away from his mentor…but he wasn't stopping. He wasn't going to let her go. Especially when she was giving him so much love. Not the parental love he'd yearned for, but the romantic love he'd always wondered about. That love squeezed and kissed his cock with vigor, leading him to shut his eyes and arch his back.

"AAAAAHHH!"

The scream reverberated through the room, just as her voice had. His cock erupted in another shower of semen, but this time instead of just her face, it splattered all over the Fifth Hokage's breasts. The same breasts that'd brought him to orgasming so hard. They were indeed heavenly, and now they were splattered with his cum.

Just barely having the strength to sit up, he watched Tsunade pull back as his orgasm subsided. Yet again, his cock began to regain its decreasing hardness thanks to the sight before him. Shooting him another wink, Tsunade began cleaning up the mess he made of her face and chest. Her red-colored nails scooped up cum from both, then disappeared into her mouth. She sucked it like a lollipop, clearly showing some experience with putting on a show. That was especially evident when she lovingly pushed her breasts up so she could lick the cum off of them.

Watching her pink lips suckle her own mounds made Naruto cum a little. He watched the sight with an utterly bedazzled expression while his cock shot a sprinkle of cum into the air. The fact it fell back onto his cock didn't bother him either.

Even when she finished, he could have sworn there were still splotches of cum on her chest. She looked up to him with glittering eyes and a lovely smile. "Did you enjoy that, Naruto?"

"I-I-I…I…" The word enjoyed didn't seem strong enough to describe it, so he fished around for something better. Though he wouldn't say he find something that still covered it, he found one that was close enough. "I fucking loved it, Tsunade." Well, maybe two.

She threw back her head in laughter, slightly shaking her breasts as she did so. He joined her, leading to their joyful voices to fill the bedroom. It was different than the loud, sex-fueled screams that'd been doing that for the last hour, but it still spoke of the jubilant mood. It was about to reach its apex as the couple locked eyes with one another.

"Naruto," Tsunade called in a hushed voice.

His cock stood straight up, as hard and ready as it was when she'd removed his pants. Except now slathered in saliva and cum thanks to their lovemaking. It'd make it easier for it to slid into Tsunade's equally wet snatch.

He held her hips as she positioned herself above him. "I'm ready…and I want this, Tsunade."

"So…do I." Her heart was aflutter with nervousness. It felt like her first time with Dan all those years ago; compared to now, that was practically a lifetime ago. Here she was in a seemingly new life with a new lover that seemed too good to be true. Looking into Naruto's serious yet loving blue eyes, she once more acknowledged it was, and how fortunate she was to have been given another chance at love.

Down she came, his manhood sliding into her pussy with incredible ease. Despite that ease, Tsunade felt every centimeter it moved up until it was fully inside of her.

"HAAAAH!"

"OOOHHH!"

His first time being in a woman, and her first time having a cock in her in over three decades. For the both of them, words weren't enough to describe how good it felt.

"Haaaaahhh…yes…I…forgot how good this can feel." The older blonde moaned as she rapidly adjusted to the massive girth now firmly inside of her. Tsunade felt her walls immediately tightening on Naruto's cock. His hands rubbed gentle circles against her hips, a prelude to what would be his first thrust into her. "Ahhh~! Ahhh~! Yes~! God, YES~!" She shouted.

Naruto thrusted again, and again. Those few seconds he first entered her were incredible to say the least. Then he started thrusting into her pussy. It was sudden, an impulsive move, but after the first thrust he was consciously doing it. The results became immediately evident in his lover crying out for more. Her walls, already tightening around his cock, constricted around it even more. Smiling, Naruto continued to thrust into her, slightly harder while holding her hips. He watched her face contort into pure blissful agony while her boobs bounced. The urge to take one of them was strong, but he held it off to keep admiring the sight, and keep thrusting up into her. Each thrust heralded a scream that echoed in his ears; if he thought her voice sounded sexy before, it was nothing compared to the sound of her riding him. He lifted the busty woman up then brought her down against his hips, producing the loudest scream yet.

Tsunade had forgotten this. She had well and truly forgotten how good it felt to have a man's cock in her, pounding her, driving her to sexual Nirvana. After Dan died, she never thought she'd feel this way again, but she heard herself, she heard the loud cries of heartfelt bliss as she rode Naruto. He held her with a tight but warm grasp, watching her like she was a goddess. She was his goddess, and he was her savior.

"N-NARUTO~!" She cried out.

"Fuck! Fuck! T-Tsunade, you're so tight and warm around me!" His pace had definitely accelerated compared to when he'd started. It was both conscious and an instinctive response to her ever-increasing pussy. Naruto thought snakes could put the squeeze on their victims, they had nothing in Tsunade's cunt, but instead of pain he was finding nothing but pleasure in the pressure. It was heaven, yet somehow it got better with each passing second. "AAAAAHHH~! AAAAAHHH~! I'M LOVING THIS, TSUNADE!"

"ME TOO, NARUTO~! GOD, MORE~! GIVE ME MORE! HARDER! FASTER!"

"YOU…GOT IT!"

His cock rushed straight up, smashing against her core. Every part of her body shook in searing-hot ecstasy. She tightened her hold on his shoulders while the hot shockwaves radiated through her body. Long before they could dissipate, they were strengthened as Naruto delivered another hard thrust, further rattling Tsunade. Her walls tightened even more around his raging penis, yet it never stopped in its maniac thrusts. It was single-handedly reminding her what it felt like to be occupied, and by her ancestors, was it a wondrous feeling. Tsunade would dare even say it might have felt better than when she was with Dan. Naruto had a certain vigor to him that was leaving her seeing stars. She held onto him as he turned his cock into a piston inside of her. Tsunade threw back her head and shouted again, her voice screeching across the bedroom and out into the rest of the apartment. The memory that this private suite was sound insolated came back to her, and it made her grateful for the boon.

When she rolled her head back, she saw the fiery glow of Naruto's eyes. Without hesitation, she leaned forward and took his lips in a searing kiss, which he eagerly returned. His hands on her hips and hers on his shoulders as she rode him, a classic yet perfect and intimate position. Tsunade loved it and she had a feeling Naruto would come out of this loving it as well. Their lips slammed into one another only to violently lash against one another. There was no drive to win, only an urge to feel one another in every way possible, a task they rapidly succeeded at, yet that didn't stop them grinding their tongues against one another as they did their hips.

Only the need for air forced them apart, and even that felt like it would only be temporary. They inhaled as much as they could while they were apart. Tsunade eyed his mouth, but Naruto had different plans.

"AAAAHHHH~!" His mouth attached to her breast like a magnet, sucking it while he maintained his body-shaking thrusts. Tsunade moved her hands from his shoulders to around his neck, holding him against her. "YEEEEESSSSS~! THAT'S IT, NARUTO~! KEEP GOING~! KEEP GOING~!"

"DAMN RIGHT I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING!" He yelled having momentarily broke away from her tit. He came back at it with a vengeance. It was a level of sensual multitasking he'd never done before, but he was managing it, succeeding at it to be precise. Naruto didn't know how, he just followed his instincts, which included a roaring voice inside of him to make the buxom woman in his arms scream. To make her cum. To make her feel loved in a way she deserved and he could provide.

"AAAAAAAHHHH~! N-N-NARUTO, I'M GOING TO…I'M GOING TO…I'M GOING TO CUM~!"

"ME TOO, TSUNADE!" Came his response having alternated to her other breasts. He did so again after seemingly several minutes, during which Tsunade held back her orgasm just as he did his. They knew they couldn't do it for long, but it was fun to try. Every lick and bite he made on her tits brought her closer, as well as every thrust of his cock into her. Tsunade did the same for him, squeezing him with her arms and cunt.

"NARUTOOOOO~!"

"TSUNADEEEEEE~!"

The Fifth Hokage's walls exploded seconds before the genin's member exploded in another torrent thick, hot cum that shot straight into her womb. It painted her insides in a new, steaming hot shade of white just as her vaginal walls did the same. Her eyes rolled back into her skull as the unimaginable, long-thought lost bliss of a true orgasm crashed into her. It lifted her up and swept her away to heaven. Naruto was there with her, riding the same wind. They held one another in their arms as it carried them away, eyes meeting with their lips following soon after.

Naruto had never experienced anything like this, he'd never known sex could be this amazing, but he suspected part of it was because he did it with the most beautiful woman in the world. A woman he felt a near maddening desire to keep in his arms. He kissed her with that same fervor, all while his member continued to shoot thick ropes of semen into her pussy. How joyful it felt to fill her up.

Likewise, Tsunade felt the joy of being filled to the brim as well. When some semblance of vision returned to her, she saw stars dancing across the ceiling. Sparks danced across her skin, especially where she felt Naruto's body pressing against hers. Inevitably, that included the entire front side of her body, but most importantly her cock-filled pussy. Fire radiated from it to the rest of her. As her eyesight fully returned to her, she looked deep into Naruto's eyes, those blue orbs that held such promise, and now love, for her. Panting, she closed the distance between their lips, entering a new kiss.

It ended with her leaning against him, content in his arms. Tsunade felt like she was out of breath, yet she couldn't remember the last time she'd had this feeling of fulfillment. Feeling so safe, warm, and happy in a man's arms, it'd been far, far too long. How happy she was that the ability to experience such a thing hadn't left her. Dragging her head up, she saw Naruto staring at her with those warm, though significantly more heated, eyes. In a single glance, Tsunade knew he wanted more, he had more in him. That youthful vigor of his was something to be admired.

Well, he's an Uzumaki. He's never going to be lacking in terms of stamina. The statement of fact made her tremble with excitement. For years, she'd known that, but given their newfound relationship, that little trait of his had taken on a new light.

Blind to her thoughts, Naruto put his inherent gift to good use. "I'm still, I want more, Tsunade." Instead of waiting for a reply, he flipped the two of them over.

The loss of his cock was immediately felt, and mourned. Tsunade stared up at Naruto, seized by the sudden aura of assertiveness and even primality he suddenly gained. In seconds of her contemplation, the emptiness of her pussy was remedied.

"HHHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHH~! N-N-NARUTO~!" Had his cock gotten bigger, somehow?!

"RAAAAAAAAHHHHH! I'M GOING TO FUCK YOU AGAIN, TSUNADE!" Before he'd even finished speaking he was at it, thrusting into her at the same breakneck speed he was at before. There was no working his way up, not that Tsunade minded that. Far from it, in fact.

"D-D-DO IT, NARUTO! PLEASE, DO IT~! DO IT~!" Regaining her wits, or whatever was left of them, Tsunade wrapped her arms and legs around him. The resulting embrace felt downright magical, and then there was the ram-like way he pushed his cock into her pussy. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH~! N-NARUTOOOOO~!" Not only was he faster, but harder as well, two things Tsunade liked.

"GGGGAAAAAAAHHHH! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!"

"NARUTO! NARUTOOOOO~! NARUTOOOOOO~!"

It was the hardest, fastest, and deepest fucking she'd ever experienced, beating out even Dan. His image was a flash in her mind, then he was gone completely. She clenched at her new, current lover, who was pounding away at her like his life depended on it. Tsunade would almost say he was pounding away her memories of her first love, making space for him and him alone in her heart. She surprisingly accepted that with eagerness. This rough fucking was something she liked. Trying to synchronize with it was a borderline impossible task, but Tsunade tried. In doing so, she felt the already sky-high bliss heighten.

I can't…I won't…I want to…I want to… "…Love you, Tsunade." Naruto heard himself growling. "I want to…I WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL LOVED!"

"I DO, NARUTO~! I ACCEPT YOUR LOVE~! I ACCEPT ALL OF IT, AND YOU'LL ACCEPT MINE, RIGHT!"

Feeling fire in his veins, he pulled back, nearly pulling entirely out of the Sanin's cunt. He hovered over her, eyes glaring down on her and her alone. Tsunade reached up with her hands, caressing his thickened black whiskers. His red eyes didn't scare her in the slightest, even if they had left her surprised. With a resounding shout, he thrusted his hips forward, smashing his cock into her womanhood. 'I DO, TSUNADE!"

He pounded at her without restraint, pushing his penis straight into her core and cumming then and there. Tsunade screamed in orgasmic bliss as her womb was filled with his cum for a second time. It didn't stop Naruto. He didn't stop thrusting as he shot thick ropes of cum into her; it was like he said, he still wanted more, and he knew Tsunade did as well. She'd accepted his love and he'd accepted hers, so he gave her all that he had. Each and every thrust was filled with his roaring, fiery orange love for her, a love he wanted her to cherish for the rest of her life.

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That ends Chapter One. There'll be another chapter to wrap things up, but that's all for the first one. I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it. Took me a hell of a long time to do it, but I finally did it and can cross it off my bucket list. This one's been a long, long time coming as I've grown to like this pairing more and more over the years.

The duplicate/doll Naruto was sparring with at the beginning was from the cursed doll side quest from Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. As an avid gamer and Naruto fan, I had a lot of fun playing the Naruto games and I enjoy including elements of them in stories. While writing that first segment I kind of focused in on how, understandably, Tsunade rarely fought, and the one time she did fight Naruto was unconscious. Curiously, according to certain sources, the person Tsunade wants to fight most is Naruto.

I hope you all enjoyed this incredible long first chapter. The next and final one should be up in a few weeks, after Labor Day as I've got other things to do. Let me know what you thought, and have a nice weekend!