Inside the Moon.
Bedroom of the Otsutsuki Castle.
"Now, I don't even know how to face Kushina."
Tsunade lay beside Shishou, drawing circles on his chest with her finger, looking conflicted.
Shishou grabbed Tsunade's small hand, gave it a gentle bite, and laughed:
"Just like before."
"Before we were sisters, and now we're still sisters."
Tsunade glared at Shishou, thinking angrily, 'Does he really think the two types of sisterhood are the same?!'
With a deep sigh, Tsunade recalled how she left Konoha in anger and never expected what would happen later.
By the time she learned about the Nine-Tails incident and returned to the village, Kushina had already passed away, filling her with regret.
Curious, Tsunade looked at Shishou and asked, "Kushina died during the Nine-Tails incident. How did you bring her back?"
Feeling Tsunade's gaze, Shishou smiled:
"On the night of the Nine-Tails incident, Kushina sealed her soul inside Naruto."
"Technically, she didn't really die; she was just sealed."
"Plus, I happened to acquire a special insect egg that can help reconstruct a body, so Kushina was able to come back to life."
"If it were a case of someone who had truly passed on to the Pure Land, a real resurrection wouldn't be possible."
Shishou knew that the Rinne Rebirth could bring someone back to life, but the cost was too high, and he hadn't mastered that ability yet.
The only other option was the Edo Tensei, which was not truly resurrection but more like borrowing a body.
Hearing this, Tsunade couldn't hide her disappointment.
The death of Nawaki was a permanent pain in her heart.
Then, Tsunade looked at Shishou and said:
"Even so, you're still incredible."
"Before this, I never thought Kushina could come back to life."
With that, Tsunade sat up, removed her stockings, and wearing Shishou's shirt, walked towards the bathroom.
After avoiding it for so long, it was time to face Kushina.
Watching Tsunade, Shishou raised an eyebrow and rushed into the bathroom just as she closed the door.
An hour later, they emerged from the bathroom, leaving Tsunade wishing she could bite Shishou to death.
Not long after,
Tsunade met Shizune and Kushina, who had already been brought back by Shishou, in the Otsutsuki Castle's living room.
"Tsunade-sister."
Kushina hurriedly flew over to greet Tsunade as soon as she saw her.
Shishou, seeing this, sat down beside Shizune, holding her in his arms, and watched the reunion between Tsunade and Kushina in silence.
"How are you adjusting to your new body?" Tsunade asked, examining Kushina's transparent wings with concern as she hugged her.
"It's okay... Tsunade-sister, you really haven't changed at all..." Kushina said, snuggling against Tsunade's curves with a smile.
Such a scene could dazzle any man, even Kushina herself.
Seeing Kushina still the same as before, Tsunade raised her finger to give her a flick on the forehead.
Kushina, seeing this, quickly covered her forehead in fear.
Tsunade's flicks were not something to take lightly.
Seeing Kushina's reaction, which was just like when she was a child, Tsunade chuckled, letting her go, and then carefully observed her.
Looking at Kushina, now only 1.2 meters tall and resembling a student, Tsunade felt nostalgic.
"Kushina, I never thought I'd see you looking like you did when you were a kid."
Kushina smiled and said, "I never thought I'd see you wearing a cheongsam and black stockings, Tsunade-sister."
Hearing Kushina's tease, Tsunade blushed.
She would never have worn such things before.
"I see you're itching for a fight!"
Tsunade glared at Kushina, pulling her out of the living room to have a private chat.
"Tsunade-sama..."
Seeing Tsunade and Kushina leave, Shizune was about to follow but was pulled back by Shishou.
Lying on the sofa, Shishou smiled at Shizune:
"They want to talk privately. Why would you go be a third wheel?"
"Come give me a massage. My back feels stiff from sleeping in a bad position."
"Massaging is tiring, you know," Shizune muttered, sitting beside Shishou and starting to massage him obediently.
Enjoying Shizune's service, Shishou said with a smile, "Should I massage you instead?"
Blushing, Shizune shook her head, "I don't want Tsunade-sama and Kushina to catch us."
Shishou only knew one type of massage, and it took a long time.
"So you do want it."
"..."
...
After the initial awkwardness, Tsunade and Kushina returned to their close relationship.
However, they never mentioned anything about Shishou, both keeping a silent agreement.
In the following days,
Shishou, Tsunade, Kushina, and Shizune lived together in the Moon's Guanghan Palace.
Yes, Guanghan Palace was the name Shishou gave to the residential area inside the moon.
During these days, due to each other's presence, Tsunade and Kushina deliberately kept their distance from Shishou to 'maintain propriety.'
Shishou, seeing their self-deception, merely shrugged and said nothing.
He knew they needed time to adjust to this sisterly relationship.
Besides, with the obedient and lovely Shizune by his side, he didn't feel bored at all.
Another few days passed.
With Shishou's help, Tsunade and Shizune successfully awakened the power of Hashirama. Because they had been away for too long,
they asked Shishou to send them back to Konoha and promised to help take care of Naruto.
Tsunade originally wanted to ask Kushina to return with them.
However, thinking of her identity, Kushina shook her head and refused.
The return of someone thought to be dead would only cause trouble for Konoha.
Tsunade understood this.
"Shishou."
After being sent back to her home in Konoha, Tsunade called out to Shishou, who was about to return to the moon.
Shizune glanced at Tsunade and Shishou, then left to give them some space.
She then ran to the window and watched them secretly.
"What's up?"
"Are you planning to run away again?"
Shishou hugged Tsunade's slender waist and looked at her face with a smile.
Tsunade shook her head, wrapped her arms around Shishou, and kissed him.
"I asked the Great Slug Sage about the Six Paths recently."
"She said that mastering Sage Mode to its peak allows one to barely fight against someone of the Six Paths level. Is that true?"
Although meeting Kushina caught Tsunade off guard and made her want to punch Shishou,
her main concern was still the Six Paths Nagato that Shishou would face in a few years.
Compared to Shishou's safety, everything else was unimportant.
Tsunade couldn't bear the thought of losing the one she loved most again.
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