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that's a really short chapter. Sorry. Let me know if you liked it. I'd appreciate that.

Soleira

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Wind rushed across the wide meadow and ran through the hair of the fighting people. Tsunade and Orochimaru were in a fierce battle in which Jiraya and Kabuto could only watch helplessly. Even the great serpent was condemned to watch, for Gamabunta's giant katana had pinned her jaw to the ground, preventing her from moving. Satisfied, the oversized frog looked down at the scaly worm writhing there in pain.

Tsunade, meanwhile, had put Orochimaru in such distress that he was no longer really able to defend himself against the enraged sannin. Relentlessly, her aggressive, hard blows pelted him. When the big snake finally fizzled out, Orochimaru and Kabuto realized that it was pointless to fight against Jiraya and Tsunade any longer. First the gray-haired man disappeared and he was followed by his master, who finally turned to me once more and began to grin derisively.

I snorted and tried to remain unimpressed, although deep down it looked quite different than I was able to admit. Tsunade staggered over to us. Jiraya followed. Shizune, meanwhile, had bent over Naruto and begun to heal the blond. Exhausted, I leaned backwards, not noticing the blonde sannin until she was standing next to me.

„Injuries?" she asked, and I shook my head wearily.

Tsunade sighed in exasperation and bumped my hip with her hand. A pained hiss escaped me and she grinned slightly.

„At least you're not a wimp. Unclench and show!"

Her words didn't allow for a no and so I complied more or less enthusiastically. Carefully, the blonde lifted the fabric of my shirt a little, revealing a laceration. Firmly I bit with the teeth on each other. With so much adrenaline, I hadn't really felt the pain. Green chakra flowed from the hands of the Medic-Nin and let the wound heal. Silently, I fixed my gaze on her concentrated face.

„Thank you, for what you did for me and Naruto earlier, despite not having a real relationship with us. Or didn't know before."

She just nodded, pressed her lips together, and finished healing.

Relieved, I felt over the spot where now only the dried blood stuck, later I would wash that off with water.

Sighing, I straightened up, despite the vehement protest of my legs. Somehow, we had to make it back to the village. And since Jiraya had to support Naruto and Shizune Tsunade, I couldn't just take a nap now. That would be irresponsible to the others. We were all tired. But what mattered now was that everyone made it to the village.

I turned to Tsunade.

„You know. At first, I really didn't think much of you, since you spoke so badly of the previous Hokage. But now, I see how wrong you can sometimes be about a person, this time in a positive way. And because of that, I think you would be a worthy successor to Master Sarutobi."

Disarmed, she looked at me. Seemed to be completely speechless. Jiraya, who had just lifted Naruto, began to laugh.

„I never thought I'd live to see this. A speechless Tsunade."

She gave him a bitter look, which didn't stop him from grinning at all.

„Thank you Tora, and I hope I can live up to your words."

Relaxing, I sat in the hot spring and let myself sink against a rock. The thick smoke rising from it almost completely obscured the bathhouse across the street. Thanks to Tsunade's medical knowledge, my battle wounds were almost completely healed. Of course, except for the ones on my back. I had not yet told the blond Sannin about it.

Somehow, I didn't want to face all the questions that would come up by showing the scars. Probably the only one who could answer me, why they did not heal, was my father himself. And at some point, I would have to face that, too. That much was certain.

„Ahh does that feel good ... a bath like that."

Without me noticing, Tsunade and Shizune had joined me in the hot spring. While the blonde Sannin had closed her eyes, her black-haired companion blinked at me kindly.

My gaze wandered over Tsunade's shoulders, to her collarbone. Diagonally below was a paper-thin scar, which seemed to be the only visible evidence of Orochimarus sword blow. I could not put into words how relieved I was to have survived this fight. I could safely do without another meeting with the two of them. Probably each of us. But it was probably not the last time. Our world was not that big.

A soft dark laugh tore me out of my thoughts. Wait a minute ... somehow it sounded familiar. That wasn't from ...

Suddenly, Tsunade opened her eyes. Furious.

„You've got to be kidding me ... that Peeping Tom ... that miserable ..."

„Wait Tsunade ... soon you'll be Hokage, and you can get back at him, but for now at least take it easy. He's not worth it...", Shizune tried to stop the blonde from her plan to punch Jiraya.

Carefully I got out of the water. The questioning gaze of the two women lingered on me, but the wide grin I gave them before grabbing a towel and making my body invisible said it all.

My goodness. I so didn't care right now that this guy was some kind of sensei of mine. But just chasing women like that. Especially in such a situation was just so perverse that I immediately lost all my respect for that guy.

And since only a simple bamboo fence separated us from each other, the good man had also not really protection from the upcoming. Almost with pleasure I let chakra flow through my body, down into my legs, before I took a run-up and thundered my foot on the chin of the white-haired Sannin. It cracked as he was thrown backwards and fell backwards into the steaming spring. Naruto looked back and forth between my invisible figure and the bubbling Jiraya.

Then he began to scratch his head nervously.

„Well, I guess I'll have to apologize for him. He can be quite annoying and pervy, so just a note for next time."

Tsunade growled angrily. A thick vein had formed on her forehead.

„I've known that guy longer than I care to remember ... and I already have an idea of what's in store for me in Konoha."

Naruto laughed sheepishly.

„Um yeah ... I think I'll go get the lifeguard to take a look at the damage," he said, pointing at the large, slightly smoking hole in the bamboo wall. Oops ... that had been a bit too much raiton chakra. But well, the blow had done its job and put the Sannin out of action for a short period of time.

After the Uzumaki had disappeared around the corner, I slowly made myself visible again and now looked at Tsunade slightly uncertainly.

„Um...do I actually get punished now, for that...I mean...I sort of hit a sensei."

The blonde sannin looked at me dumbfounded before she started laughing out loud. Shizune smiled uncertainly and looked back and forth between the two of us.

„Honestly girl. You're getting more likeable by the second."

I scratched my head, not knowing how to respond.

„Jiraya is an exception..., if that guy comes after you, you have my official permission as a soon-to-be Hokage to smack him twice. A slap from me has to be included ..., if I'm not already on the scene," she laughed.

„You'll have to excuse Tsunade Tora ... she was drinking a bit before and that's why ..." objected Shizune but was interrupted by the blonde.

„Oh, come on ... I'm totally clear-headed. Stop talking such nonsense. Otherwise, I'll end up looking like a drunkard..."

The look she got from the black-haired Medic-Nin in return was priceless. It was like an agreement on the last word.

Firmly, I bit my lips together to avoid laughing. In the alcoholic part, Tsunade and Jiraya were in no way inferior to each other. Talking out of it was impossible.

„So, Tora ... what I've been meaning to ask you since the fight ..."

The blonde sannin leaned forward, leaning a little over the edge of the pool. „Kabuto called you ... the intangible in that fight. Please explain that expression to me."