The atmosphere was extremely tense as Naruto bit his lip in frustration and slight despair. He uncertainly looked onto the field and at the predicament he had placed himself in. Oh why was Kami-sama torturing him with his mistake at the moment!?
"You know Naruto-kun, if you don't move I'll be an old lady by the time your done." Shiroi lazily said, as she stared at the blonde who was practically sweating under the stress he was under. "Dang it!" Naruto frustratingly said, as he continued to muse on his next move.
"Oh for the love of Kami-sama just make a move gaki." Jiraiya shouted in a exaggerated manner, as he stared down at the game of chess the blonde and his lover were having.
It had been an entire year since Naruto's first mission, and the night where Naruto and Shiroi became true lovers. After that night, Jiraiya had immediately went into 'pervert' mode. And asked for the specifics of the night. Naruto had merely blushed, and a glazed look entered his eyes, while Shiroi had a devilish smirk on her face. And the next morning their neighbors were complaining about noise's that night.
Jiraiya didn't know what exactly happened, but they must have gone all the way, and for nearly all night, seeing as nearly the entire neighborhood was somewhat complaining about noise's the entire night. Jiraiya couldn't stop giving Naruto a grin for an entire day... Which annoyed Naruto to no end, but he dealt with it.
Since than, Shiroi has made it a point that she wouldn't go to sleep unless it's with her favorite blonde in the bed with her. So now Naruto and Shiroi have always shared a bed, never being away from each other unless the blonde was sent on a mission.
Seriously if the two weren't inseparable before, well they were practically glued together now. They had no problem displaying public affections as well, holding hands, making out, a bit of groping here and there. All while having innocent looks on their faces. (Jiraiya still didn't know how they could have such innocent faces when they groped each other.)
And than there were the marks that Jiraiya saw on both Shiroi's and Naruto's neck. When he asked what they were, Shiroi quickly explained the concept of the 'mate mark' as she called.
The mark had several features, the first was obvious. It let people konw that they were taken and that both Shiroi and Naruto belonged to each other forever.
The second was that it made them both a little bit stronger, and Jiraiay confirmed it when all of Naruto Jutsu and his strength and stronger by a small margin... Even Shiroi with her already monstrous strength got stronger! That slightly frightened the old sage. Seriously with her natural strength she almost as strong as Tsunade. Now her strength was truly on par with Tsunade.
Jiraiya was a bit glad that the silvery white haired vampire didn't train with them. If she had there was no doubt in his mind that she would be a true juggernaut.
The last and final thing the mark did was connect them in a sense. They would be able to feel each other's emotions and sense each other thoughts. Not like mind reading, but more like they could get an idea of what they were thinking. Also the mark connect their lives in a sense. If one dies or is close to death in a sense, than the other would instantly feel it.
And should they die the other will die with them. In a sense it took the meaning till death do us to the freaking trash can and dumbed it in a dumbster. Seeing as they would die together and be together even in the after life. And finally, the mark let live just as long as their mate. Meaning if one of them was immortal, than the mark would make so that the other would live just as long as their mate.
That made Jiraiya snort a bit. He knew the life span of vampires were as long as at least two hundred years. Not to mention the Uzumaki clan were famous for their incredibly long life span, being able to live for at least four hundred to five hundred years. The healthier the Uzumaki is the longer they live.
The oldest Uzumaki ever recorded was said to have lived for seven hundred years before he finally died.
So Naruto could live for a good long time, not to mention with the Kyuubi constantly keeping the blonde's body healthy, the blonde achieved in a sense what Orochimaru always dreamed of. Immortally, with the only way of dying being in battle. Jiraiya told Naruto and Shiroi of this. The two were naturally both shocked beyond belief.
Naruto was disheartened seeing as he would outlive all of his friends. Shiroi sensing the blonde's turmoil, comforted him, and said that she would be by his side no matter what.
Naruto appreciated Shiroi's words and brightened up when he realized that Shiroi would live just as long as him.
Jiraiya despite the fact that his godson was basically Immortal, was happy for the blonde. However he quickly turned serious and claimed that this should be a closely guarded secret, because should some like Orochimaru hear of this, than they would stop at nothing to kidnap the blonde. Both Shiroi and Naruto grimly agreed and never brought up the topic again.
And of course we can't forget the blonde's training. After three months, the blonde finally did it... He completed the Rasengan, and that made Jiraiya proud of what the blonde achieved. Their were two version's of the completed Rasengan. The first was the Wind style: Rasengan.
the technique looks fairly similar to an ordinary Rasengan except it has four small white blade like protrusions surrounding it, making look like a mininature the concept of a completed Wind Style: Rasengan would be the rotation and power of the Rasengan, and Naruto's wind-natured Chakra Condensed into a stablesphere
Jiraiya immediately labeled it as a KinJutsu. The reason was simple, not only did it attack on a molecular level, it damaged your own hand, though it was a slow process, it would eventually destroy your ability to use Chakra. Jiraiya, along with Shiroi forbade Naruto from using the Jutsu, unless he somehow found a way to throw it.
Naruto was a little disheartened by this, after all, it was a original technique he created, and now he couldn't even use it. However when given the idea of throwing it... The blonde began to think and eventually decided to put the idea to the test.
Two months later, he proudly looked upon his newest version of the Rasengan. His newest and his most powerful Jutsu, the Rasenshuriken.
The Rasenshuriken was a larger version of the Wind style: Rasengan. The Rasenshuriken was almost exactly like the the Wind style: Rasengan except not only was it larger and a bit stronger, it could also be thrown, also it lager spinning white blades madly spinning around made it look like a giant shuriken. hence the name Rasenshuriken. Another feature was that the blades themselves could expand.
The blonde gave his new Jutsu a test run, and was pleased with the results, he immediately showed the fruits of his labor to Jiraiya and Shiroi, and the reactions were as he expected.
Jiraiya looked utterly shocked, before a look of pure pride erupted from his face, he patted Naruto on the back and warmly said he did an excellent job.
Shiroi however, looked both amazed and incredibly happy for the blonde. She gave Naruto a deep kiss, that lasted for several minutes. They quickly separated after they heard a perverted giggling, when they turned around they saw Jiraiya writing in that damn note book of his.
Shiroi and Naruto merely looked at each other, before they began to beat the perverted into a bloody pulp and burn that precious notebook in front of him.
The perverted hermit cried out in despair at the lost of his notes... However unknown to both Shiroi and Naruto, the notebook they burn was merely a fake one the Jiraiya switched with at the last second.
Shortly after his completion of his Rasenshuriken. The blonde took on more missions, however the missions were not as interesting as he hoped. The missions were either B-ranked, or a high level C-rank. They mostly consisted of destroying some bandits, dealing with low level missing-nin.
To put simply Naruto got bored of those missions after six months. He couldn't really complain, after all at least he got missions to do. He would go crazy just sitting around just waiting for something to happen. So he just silently completed his missions quickly so that he could spend time with Shiroi. That was his routine.
Wake up, train, do some missions, and than spend most of his time with Shiroi. On some occasions... He would enter his mind-scape, and speak with the Kyuubi.
Of course the Kyuubi was a bit hostile with him. But over time, with his visits the Kyuubi began to warm up to him if only slightly. Though Naruto thought that he and the Kyuubi became pretty good friends, something that Kyuubi repeatedly denied. Though the giant demonic fox couldn't help but be glad that the was right in his observation.
The Kyuubi did think of him as a friend, and the son he never had... Not that he would ever admit it. He was the kling of the Bijuu dammit! He had a reputation to uphold! If his siblings found out about his relationship with the blonde than he would be a laughing stock!... Well... The Hachibi and the Nibi would be happy for the fox... but the others! They would never let him live it down!
Which was why the giant overgrown fox always made sure that the blonde would never mention their relationship with the other Jinchuuriki.
The blonde was a bit confused, but reluctantly agreed to the Kyuubi's terms. As a show of thanks the Kyuubi offered to upgrade his hidden blade.
Confused, the blonde asked how the hidden blade could be further upgraded. The Kyuubi explained that the hidden blade could be upgrade with various adaptions. As an example the Kyuubi upgraded the blade so that a metal hook would extend from the bracer should he flick his hands to the left.
The blonde tested it out, and to his surprise, a hook shaped blade extended. The blondes mind went spiraling with limitless possibilities at what he could do with the hook blade.
He even tried out one of his ideas, when he was on a mission dealing with some bandits. He had to admit, spinning around and grabbing a bandit with his hook blade, and than flinging them across the field was awesome!
Kyuubi thought it was hilarious. And Altair merely pulsed in confusion at why Kyuubi was howling with laughter when that happened.
The blonde's training in KenJutsu had been getting along splendidly, Jiraiya estimated that he was at least mid-level Kage in KenJutsu. His TaiJutsu was low-level Kage, however it was his NinJutsu that was truly amazing, despite the fact that he only knew his own versions of the Rasengan and the limited Jutsu he got from Uzushiogakure. The blonde was high-level Kage, because of the power he could place in the Jutsu.
The had also began to experiment with various weapons along the journey. He didn't like some weapons, some he liked, but never saw the point in mastering, seeing as they were really useful in battle.
One weapon he enjoyed, and had begun using, was the rope dart. the Rope darts consisted of long ropes about 3–5 meters long, with metal darts attached to one end. A dart was thrown with the opposite end of the rope anchored to an object, or held in one's free hand.
There were many ways to use the rope darts, either he could use them to literally drag an enemy to him if there to far, or pulling them off trees so that they won't have the higher ground. However, Naruto's favorite way of using the rope dart, was hanging an enemy from a tree or any other position. Kyuubi greatly enjoyed that method, if the happy-go-lucky megawatt smile he had was anything by.
The last and final weapon the blonde loved, was the crossbow. He took off some bandit he randomly killed. He saw the weapon and gave a test run... He was pleased with the results, and promptly kept it, he only used if a target was to far to hit with his throwing knives. He sealed all of the ammunition for the crossbow into a seal on the weapon.
And a auto reload seal on it. Basically it allowed him to shoot a crossbow, all he had to do was channel Chakra into the seals. And there you have it, an arrow would appear from the storage seal, while the auto reload seal would reload the crossbow for him, that way he wouldn't have to use his hand if in a battle.
The blonde had also gained a reputation. People didn't know who he was underneath his hood, but the main thing that made him identifiable was the gray colored robes he wore, and the fox images on his bracers respectively, and of course his sword Altair. Seeing no other sword had an eagles head as a pummel, and eagle wings as the guard.
The nick name everyone had come up for the blonde was the Fox Assassin. Because of the fox-like grin he would give his clients, and the whiskers on his cheeks. The nickname, pleased the Kyuubi. Altair pulsed in agreement as the nickname suited his wielder.
During some of his missions the blonde had encountered some aspiring swordsman, mainly rookie Samurai. When they saw Naruto with Altair, they immediately proclaimed that a sword such as Altair shouldn't be in the hands of a unhonorable Shinobi. And thus tried to forcibly take the blade.
That ticked Naruto off. He wasn't give Altair to a bunch of low-level swordsman. So he promptly handed their asses to them without so much as drawing Altair,, since he didn't think they were worthy of gazing upon Altair's sliver blade. Altair pulsed in agreement, as it didn't want the blood of foolish swordsman to stain it's blade.
After an entire year of missions, training, and weapons experimenting. Jiraiya thought it was time to teach his young apprentice strategy. So for a few weeks he taught the blonde strategy, and how it could save you and your comrades lives. Of course the perverted hermit knew that Naruto was the kind of person who made up plans and tactics on the fly.
But one day, it wasn't gonna cut. Which was why currently our blonde antagonist is playing Chess against his lover.
"Hey fuck you ero-Sensei! Playing this game against Shiroi-chan is fucking difficult! Dattebayo!" Naruto shouted in frustration.
"Or maybe your just an idiot." Jiraiya stated as he smirked at his student.
Naruto fumed for a moment, before he returned his attention to the board game when he heard Shiroi clear her throat. Shiroi gave Jiraiya a warning stare, silently telling not to rile up her blonde lover, and unofficial husband.
Jiraiya merely huffed, but gave a nonchalant shrug. He turned his attention back to the game of Chess, when his godson moved his knight in a position that would let him capture Shiroi's king, should she moved her own knight.
Not a second after Naruto make his move, did Shiroi strike...
"DAMMIT! KAMI-SAMA WAHY!?" Naruto wailed, as he stared at board game. It was inconceivable! How was this possible!? Shiroi now had her pawn right into his knights path, now the only thing he could was move his king and a pawn. However it didn't matter, because if he moved his king in any direction, than Shiroi would ultimately capture the king.
In a nutshell... He fucked on all sides.
Oh what could he do!? either way he lost! He had never felt so utterly defeated. Wait! Maybe he could... "Ha! Beat that Shiroi-chan!" Naruto stated with a grin crossing his features. The reason? He had just placed his pawn in a position to capture one of her knights.
However his expression turned into utter despair when Shiroi merely moved her other knight to capture his king."Checkmate Naruto-kun." Shiroi said, a victorious grin crossing her face.
"NOOOOOOO!"Naruto wailed. "I just died a little bit inside." Naruto muttered. Shiroi had a deadpanned expression on her face, wasn't he taking this a little... To seriously?
Jiraiya merely frown lightly. "Oh come on gaki. It can't have been that hard." He stated.
The blonde merely glared at the toad Sannin. "How about you try playing her in Chess! Dattebayo!... Damn that verbal tick!" Naruto shouted.
Jiraiya smirked slightly "Alright gaki, move aside I'll show how this game is really played." He cockily said. Naruto merely huffed before he stood from his chair, and let his perverted teacher take his seat, while he reset all of the pieces. After that the battle of minds between Shiroi and Jiraiya began.
Four minutes later, a defeated Jiraiya stared at the game in pure disbelief. "No! How is this POSSIBLE!?" The author of Icha Icha exclaimed as he gazed upon Shiroi's bishop capturing his king.
"NO! I refuse to believe this!" He yelled, as he shook his head in denial. "I win ero-Jiji. Deal with it." Shiroi stated. Naruto merely gave Jiraiya a look of understanding, after all Shiroi had just basically handed their asses to them on a silver platter in the Chess game.
Jiraiya wailed in despair for a few moments, while Shiroi gave a small sweat-drop. Seriously weren't they taking this to seriously?
After wailing in despair for a few moments Jiraiya suddenly stood straight, with a grin on his face. "As you two know it's been two years since our journey." Jiraiya began.
Both Shiroi and Naruto silently looked at the perverted sage, as he spoke. "Naruto. You have learned much during our training trip, and I must say I could be more proud of you than I am now."
The blonde puffed his chest out in pride, as he gave his teacher a look of appreciation, for his training and guidance.
The white haired hermit turned now turned to Shiroi "Shiroi... Despite the fact that you never really expressed an interest in learning Shinobi arts, and instead focused on mastering what you already knew. I can't help but feel a sense of pride as I look upon you." He stated.
Shiroi gave him a beaming smile, before she contently placed herself at Naruto's side. Instantly Naruto wrapped his arm around her waist. Jiraiya smiled at action, before he spoke. "I'm proud of you both, and I'm happy for the both of you. And now we only have one more year of this trip together." He stated.
Both lovers contently smiled at Jiraiya. Even Kyuubi cracked a slight smile on his face, however it was quickly wiped away. He was the king of the Bijuu... And kings didn't smile... They smirked, with that in mind Kyuubi gave a smirk... Though it resembled a smile more than anything. It was a scary, huge, demonic smile, but a smile nonetheless. Even Altair pulsed in both contentment and happiness.
However all of their smiles instantly disappeared with Jiraiya's next words. "Now if only you two could give me more inspiration, by getting... 'Active' tonight." He leered.
Both Shiroi and Naruto looked at each other, before they glanced at Jiraiya... And they silently came to an agreement. They cracked their knuckles and slowly and menacingly stalked towards the perverted hermit. Jiraiya nervously chuckled. "T-To much?" He asked. His only answer was two fists coming towards him at breakneck speeds.
Kyuubi merely shook his head at their antics. "Humans are so fucking strange." He concluded. Altair pulsed in agreement.
While our favorite blonde and his lover were beating the perverted hermit, and shortly after speaking about how to finish the rest of their final year on their journey.
Let us take a visit towards Konohagakure. The streets were bustling with life as dozens of villagers, mingling about. Selling their items, haggling with others, working deals, and of course gossiping about latest news and somewhat.
However one individual stood out from the rest. Her short bright pink hair was a dead giveaway as to who the girl was. Her bright green eyes looked at the village with a contentment expression. To those who do not know who this girl was, she was Haruno Sakura. Naruto ex-teammate, and former crush.
The recently promoted Chunin had just got her shift at the hospital done. And now she chose to just wonder around until she found something to do. She appearance had hardly changed, with slight changes you would notice. But you wouldn't really notice unless you actually looked closely. (I'm pretty sure everyone knows how she looks in Shippuden.)
After several minutes of wondering, she sighed as nothing caught her interest. However her ears perked when she heard the voice of her childhood friend Yamanaka Ino. "Hey Sakura." Ino greeted as she stood in front of her childhood friend with her hands on her hips.
"Hey Ino how's it been?" The pink haired girl greeted with a smile.
"Hmm, a bit boring but other than that not much else." Ino shrugged.
Sakura gave a slight grin "Yeah it has been pretty boring around here hasn't it? It kinda makes me wish back for the old days, back when..." Sakura stopped herself saying more, seeing as she was still a bit sore about the subject of her team.
Ino seeing Sakura become disheartened, quickly changed the subject. "I heard Hinata is still acting... Strange."
Strange was an understatement. After several weeks following Naruto departure for his training journey, she had become snappish for some strange reason. And every time she saw something in a silvery white color, she would snap and just destroy in a fit of rage.
Everyone became wary of the Hyuga after that. However a year earlier, she again went into a fit of rage and destroyed dozens white colored objects. Ever since than, she had become snappish when something white was related... And a lot of things were white these days.
Nobody knew just why she would go into a fit of rage, but they wisely chose not the mention anything white near her.
"I wonder what's wrong with her." Sakura stated with a slight frown. Everyone was worried about the Hyuga, but they couldn't do anything since she was always fine unless she saw something white, or as so far even resembled white hair, than she would go into a frenzy.
"I know, I asked my father to speak with Hiashi-sama about Hinata, but Hiashi-sama merely said that he didn't know what was making his daughter so angry." Ino said with a frown on her features.
They quickly changed the subject into something else. They spoke about the latest gossip in the village, the missions they've been on, their training, and of course the latest fashion.
Than Ino randomly brought up the subject of a certain blonde whiskered face blonde.
"So how do you think Naruto's doing?" Ino asked.
"Naruto?... Hmm, he's probably training with Jiraiya-sama to get stronger that's for sure." The pink haired girl said with a chuckle.
"Yeah your right. You know it's strange, I actually miss my fellow blonde." The platinum blonde haired girl said.
"Yeah in a way I miss him to." Sakura agreed.
"So, do you think he got handsome?" Ino stated with a grin crossing her features.
Sakura raised an eyebrow "Ino. This is Naruto we're talking about. Even if he did become a bit handsome, I bet he would still be the same old knuckle headed Naruto from the academy days." Sakura deadpanned... Poor Sakura you have no idea how wrong you are.
"Oh come on Sakura. People change especially after two years. come to think of it does't he have one more year of training left?" Ino asked.
"Hmm, I just don't see it Ino. And to answer your question, yes he does have one year left of training." Sakura stated.
"I do know one thing." Ino began "If Naruto is as handsome as I believe him to be, than I am so going for him." She finished.
Not a second after she spoke that sentence, she felt an oppressive aura engulf her. She felt cold and helpless, almost as if her very soul was being slowly and painfully being forced out of her body in a agonizing manner. She wanted to curl up into a ball and cry, but she couldn't even move. The entire world around her was shut out. The only thing she could hear was her breathing.
Visions of her death came to pass, and each one more gruesome and bloody than the last. Regaining some of her motor functions, she could only slightly lift her head. And she caught a vision of pink slitted eyes, glowing a menacing pink color. The eyes glared at her with a feral rage so hot that she could feel her skin being melted off.
She suddenly heard a voice, and the tone of the voice told her she had done something incredibly stupid. SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE DID!
"He is mine." The voice hissed out. Ino swallowed a lump in her throat, the voice was female, and it spoke in a tone so cold that her entire body even her bones were chilled to the core.
"W-What?" Ino stuttered in a small and fearful voice.
"HE IS MINE!" The female voice yelled.
"W-Who is y-yours?" The platinum blonde fearfully questioned.
Flashes went through her mind. Flashes of a girl with silvery white hair and pink slittd eyes. Flashes of how the girl first met Naruto, their time together, their first date, the day they became a couple, a glimpse of the night of when they became true lovers. And the time they spent together after that night.
"He is mine." The voice dangerously hissed.
Ino gulped "A-Are y-you t-t-talking a-about N-Naruto?" She stuttered. Ino only had one thought going through her head at the moment. 'Just what the fuck is happening!?' She thought. She heard the voice almost purr in approval of her answer.
That's when she realized that whoever this voice belonged to... It belonged to the girl in the visions.
She can't lie... She noticed how happy her fellow blonde was when he was with the silvery white haired girl. And she saw how the girl was equally happy with the blonde. And somehow, the girl was able to project a astral mind projection of her mind and placed into her mind. Somehow, the girl either heard or felt Ino's words. Meaning this was all very real.
But it was also a manner of minds. Ino felt a bit of her confidence return, after all she was a Yamanaka. And Yamanaka specialized in mind techniques, so this should be a piece of cake... Right?
"You... Speak as if Naruto was a possession." Ino stated, even if it was bit hypocritical. Eerie silence was Ino's answer, it was the calm before the storm. Despite the feeling of impending doom, Ino continued.
"I don't know who you are exactly." Ino began "But you speak as if Naruto were a item, do you even really love him?" Ino finished. She knew she was stepping out of line, after all she saw the visions she saw how happy the girl and the blonde were.
But poor Hinta had a crush on the blonde since the Academy. She only said she would go for the blonde a test run of sorts. If Ino would truly fall in love with her fellow blonde than all bets were off. And if the relationship didn't work out at all, than she would break up with him as gently as possible.
Unfortunately for Ino. Astral projection of Shiroi did not like Ino questioning her love for Naruto at all.
Ino uncertainly looked around not sensing anything. After several moments, she thought astral projection just left.
But her breath hitched in her throat as she felt a malicious aura behind. If possible, Ino felt more cold and helpless than she did the first time. She fearfully and slowly turned her head behind her.
And the astral projection of Shiroi was glaring at her with a feral rage in her eyes. Her mouth was set into a vicious and furious snarl, revealing her lengthening fangs. How dare... That platinum blonde question her love for Naruto!? She felt her rage increase as the words echoed in her mind. She loved Naruto more than anything, and yet this... SLUT! Dare say she didn't love him!? Oh Shiroi will enjoy breaking her.
"I am going to break you." The astral Shiroi hissed.
Ino leg twitched, and that was all Shiroi needed as she suddenly lunged at her with the intent to tear her head off her shoulders.
Ino saw her fangs gleam, and she screamed.
"Ino! Ino!" Sakura shouted before she slapped her childhood friend across the face.
"S-Sakura?" Ino stuttered before she frantically looked around the area. All she saw was the faces of other villagers gazing at the two Kunoichi worriedly. Ino looked back at Sakura, to see concern in her eyes.
"Ino... What happened? You just suddenly froze up for a moment than suddenly collapsed and screamed." The pink haired girl said.
Ino gave one final sweep of the area, making sure that the girl wasn't there, before she gave Sakura a nervous smile. "I'm f-fine Sakura. Just had a strange daydream is all." She said, hoping Sakura would take the hint.
Sakura gave Ino a skeptical look, after all yoou just don't randomly in the middle of the street. But she relented however when she caught sight of the pleading look she was giving her. "Alright Ino. I guess if your fine." She couldn't continue speaking however as Ino suddenly shot and gave her a grateful smile.
"Thanks Sakura! I'll see you later." She said, before she quickly left. She wanted to speak with her father about what happened... And if it were really possible to have mental abilities like she just witnessed.
Sakura watched Ino walk away with a look of worry, and concern. She sighed, once Ino wasn't in her sight anymore. She looked up towards the sky, only to see it darkening somewhat. Night was slowly coming, and the sun was just setting over the horizon. With nothing else to do, the pink haired female decided to head home.
Though she couldn't help the feeling that Ino was hiding something important. She only hoped it wouldn't cause any problems... Poor Sakura... Again you don't realize just mistaken you are. It will be a problem... Just for certain people.
Tsunade watched the sun set over the horizon with a blank face. She had by some miracle managed to finish her paper work, and now she was waiting for Jiraiya's first report in two years.
It was an agreement they made. Jiraiya would send her a report of Naruto skills in two years thus she would be fully aware of how powerful her surrogate son was. And than the perverted sage would teach Naruto strategy for the last year. And now the female Hokage would finally get the report of how powerful Naruto was.
She couldn't stop the feeling of anticipation welling up inside her. She would finally know how strong her surrogate son was after two long years.
How long has it been? Since she last saw the blonde's bright and warming smile? How long had it been? Since she last felt this motherly instinct threaten to override her?
Shizune was like one of her children as well. But the female brunette was at least twenty-five. As such she couldn't let out her mother instinct with Shizune as she was a grown woman.
However Naruto was another story all together. He wasn't even eight-teen yet, as such he was still somewhat of a child. Meaning it was okay for her to act motherly with the younger blonde.
A smile crossed her features. That brat... even when he wasn't here, he could still cause these mother feelings to well up inside her. A small poof of smoke caught her attention. She turned her head, only to meet with the messenger toad known as Kosuke. "Hey. Are you Senju Tsunade?" Kosuke asked.
Tsunade merely nodded her head.
"Message from Jiraiya." The red toad stated as he handed a scroll towards the busty blonde.
Tsunade accepted the scroll with a nod of thanks. The toad blinked, that was the first time someone had thanked him when he delivered a message. It felt nice being appreciated dammit! Messengers deserved some respect as well! Kosuke gave Tsunade short your welcome before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Tsunade eagerly opened the scroll to read it's contents. Half-way through her eager expression turned into disappointment.
The letter stated that he would explain all about Naruto's abilities in person a year from now, as he believed it would be best. Seeing as both of them knew that some messages from from her desk had been mysteriously disappearing and being replicated and than ending up back in the desk.
Tsunade knew they were replicated seeing as the hand-writing was never the same. Tsunade suspected Danzo's ROOT to be responsible, but she couldn't get any evidence. Danzo was a slippery motherfucker that was for sure.
However the end of the note caught her attention. Naruto got a future wife? She blinked once, twice, and a third time. Before a massive grin erupted from her face.
Naruto her surrogate son had finally given up on Sakura! She had always thought that Sakura was all wrong for the blonde, seeing as she almost constantly berated him on almost every occasion. She kept her opinion to herself however, as she knew the blonde was more stubborn than anyone.
Trying to convince Naruto to do something he didn't like was like trying to get a fucking brick to talk. It was impossible! (Believe me I tried lol!)
But this Shiroi apparently got Naruto to forget the pink haired girl, and he had fallen so deeply in love with her that he completed most of his training and missions so quickly so that he may spend time with her. And the girl returned his feelings quite eagerly as well.
She hadn't seen two people this in love since... Minato and Kushina.
A nostalgic smile came upon her face. Hearing about the two, made her remember Kushina, Minato, and Dan, the man she had fallen in love with.
One thing was for sure. Tsunade couldn't wait to meet Shiroi.