Wild
Rumors spread through the village, of a wild boy who lived in the forests, who was capable of killing large bears, felines eat men and snakes large enough to devour an adult. Hundreds of fictitious rumors circulated throughout the village of Konoha.
The first news of that wild child was carried by a genin girl who had returned from a mission and observed with her own eyes like several bears at the same time with only her fists.
The second was by an old fishing man, who always fished in a lake far from the village. This old man saw how a boy came out of the same sea with a large dead fish, it was almost three times its size, even so the wild child as if it were nothing, took it by the hand and dragged it to an unknown place.
And so there were several sightings of that wild child, some lied to have seen him and created fictitious stories of the fierce behavior he had. Lies of course.
From those ridiculous rumors, they did not really attract the attention of the hokage, who believed that it was a fantasy of the naive villagers.
The granddaughter of the first hokage did not agree with that and believed that this child existed, she had not seen him but was sure that he existed.
Hidden from her parents, who did not believe it was real either. Tsunade, went in search of that boy, who could possibly be his age, although rumors of some people said that he seemed to be between 7 or 9 years old and she was only 4 years old.
Unsupervised she left her home and went looking for the forest outside the village, where she was said to live.
Once she was able to distract the guards, backpack on her back, she ran into the forest to find the wild boy.
I looked almost everywhere and there were no results, it was getting late for Tsunade and very soon she would have to retire to her house, then she saw a bit of smoke coming out of a cave and she went to see what was produced.
Once at the entrance of the cave, she was surprised by what was inside.
A lot of animal bones; bones of what looked like giant bears, snake skins so long they seemed endless, and among other types of animal remains.
In the middle of everything, a fire of considerable size and what was heating was a huge piece of meat.
If her suspicions were true, Tsunade was sure it was the home of the wild child, but it was not inside, it was surely hunting another animal for food. She decided to wait for him in hiding, but before she even hid, she felt that they were watching her.
- Do you want some?-
The granddaughter of the first hokage, felt a huge chill and scared began to turn little by little. But for her peace of mind, she only observed a tall boy, with a black polo shirt that marked her great slim musculature, matching black pants and was barefoot.
What most attracted her attention was the crimson red hair, which was so long to her neck, her face was perfect, without baby fat and well aligned. And the golden eyes that emanated tranquility, made her lower her guard.
"Wh-who are you?" Tsunade nervously asked.
"My name is Yuchiro and you" Yuchiro introduced himself, a little surprised to see who the brat was. In the anime they showed her as a child and that's why she recognized her.
"Tsunade, are you the wild child?" The blonde girl asked, hoping her answer was yes.
- Wild child? - Yuchiro wondered if he called him that, he had heard that kind of name a few times, but he thought it was only for the moment - apparently yes
"Yes, I found the wild boy!" Tsunade triumphantly raised her hands in the air.
"Do you want to eat?" Tsunade saw Yuchiro pointing at the meat that was being heated by the flames. But then she remembered that she was late.
"Excuse me but no, it's late and my parents sure are worried about me" Tsunade denied.
"I understand, it is night, you want me to return to the village, the dark forest is not a game" Yuchiro expressed, Tsunade found the offer very tempting, since it was dark and surely she would get lost or worse a wild animal would attack her. But with Yuchiro's protection it would be perfect to get home safely.
"Okay, help me." Accepting her help, Tsunade saw the wild boy drop to her knees.
"Get on," Yuchiro said.
At first Tsunade looked doubtful, but seeing that this was going to be a unique opportunity, she ignored the red-haired boy and climbed onto his back.
-Well, hold on-
Tsunade was a little stunned, from the speed at which Yuchiro took off, he looked like one of those ninjas she saw in the village.
Then out of curiosity while waiting to get to the village, he sniffed Yuchiro's hair a little and he found it fascinating that it smelled so good, being distracted by the good smell, he didn't realize that Yuchiro was feeling him do that.
The redhead ignored that and ran to the village, near the door, Yuchiro put the girl down.
"This is where I leave you," Yuchiro spoke, looking at the girl.
"So, thanks for bringing me, before I go, I can know how old you are" that was Tsunade's question, which he would brag to his friends for knowing.
"4 years," replied the redhead.
"Impossible, you are taller than me, much taller" Tsunade compared his size to Yuchiro's, giving himself that the difference was a head and a little more.
"What can I say, it's part of my genetics." Yuchiro didn't care much for the girl's surprise.
Tsunade stopped comparing his height and looked at the boy, he seemed to be alone, very lonely, then an idea occurred to him.
"Hey, do you want to come with me? I assure you that my parents could make you stay at my house, what do you say?" Tsunade offered him support.
"Thanks, but no," Yuchiro said and turned to enter the forest.
Tsunade saw him go, she wanted to stop him and take him by force if possible, because of how stubborn he was. But he just sighed, he still wasn't strong enough to do it. And before leaving he yelled.
"Will I see you again, Yuchiro ?!" Shouting his question, Tsunade can only see that the redhead turned to see him and then nodded with a small smile and then disappeared.
"Honorable granddaughter, what are you doing here, your parents are worried, we will come with them immediately" one of the guards observed the granddaughter of the first hokage, who was supposedly missing.
Tsunade said nothing and allowed herself to be carried home.
When Tsunade got home, she was assaulted by the embrace of her mother and father concerned for her health, she appreciated their concern and then told them about her adventure.
I speak of the wild child, how she found him and knew him, his great strength and speed, how he brought her back to the village and how he was his age.
Her parents at first did not believe her, plus Tsunade's mother who always believed that her daughter had a mind like her grandfather, so imaginative. But the one who did believe her word was her father and asked if she knows the way to the home of the wild child.
Tsunade gave the information of his whereabouts, the cave where he lived.
Since her father was strong enough to make that fool understand that she should live with them, that outside where she could be in danger.
The next morning her father went to look for her, I waited an hour for her to return empty-handed.
The father affirmed that in the cave there were traces that someone lived in it. And that it was just as her daughter had described; lots of animals, a dead fire and among other things. But apparently the boy had left that night.
Tsunade was discouraged when she found out about that, but not so much because Yuchiro promised that they would see each other again.
Her mother still believed that everything was in her head and she didn't care, she knew she existed.
That same day, Tsunade's father told his daughter that he would start the academy in a week and that she should prepare for it.
That made Tsunade happy, since she could finally become strong and with a lot of dedication she could kick her butt and bring Yuchiro home.
The week passed with some teachings from her father, what the life of a shinobi is like and how she should strive. He gave him the advice he always gave him, have the will to fire.
Her mother was happy for her daughter and knew that she would become a great kunoichi.
The first of classes arrived and Tsunade arrived at the academy happy, a little annoyed at waking up early but nothing that could not fix a good breakfast.
The ninja academy, made by her great-uncle, tobirama senju, the second hokage, where children of clans and some civilians could join the ninja forces and where they would learn what it takes to be. It was a large building, full of students willing to learn, mostly children of famous clans, uchigas, senju, hyuga and more important clans.
Tsunade looked at the door in front of him and heard noise inside, surely his classmates and since it was early, he entered without knocking and looked at several boys his age.
The most striking were a white haired boy with strange red marks in his dark circles arguing with an ordinary boy with brown hair. I also notice the boy sitting next to him, he was very pale but seemed calm.
He saw that there were many children with Uchiha and Akimichi characteristics, like Nara.
Then further down I see a very familiar crimson red hair. Tsunade's eyes widened in amazement at the sight of the "wild child" sitting at the back of the room.
His golden eyes looked at Tsunade, who for some reason felt his heart race a bit, ignoring that feeling he went to sit with Yuchiro.
"Yuchiro-kun, it's good to see you again" Tsunade greeted.
"It's also good to see you, Tsunade," Yuchiro replied, "do you want to sit with me?"
"Yes, I have a lot of questions you have to answer," she said threatening him with her raised fist.
Yuchiro found it funny and just smiled.