"Lady Tsunade, Lady Tsunade, something has happened, they need you in the Hokage Office as soon as possible." Shizune shouted as he abruptly entered into the Tsunade's office which nowadays she use it as a home.
Why ? Some might asked, when she got an entire Senju mansion under her name…
Well…she just like Shika was just too lazy to go back to Senju mansion, she rather just sleep there in her office and wait Shizune to bring her food. It was a good life.
Beside not being able to gamble that is, no casino let her in, she still owe too much money in there. But her being a Sannin, they can't outright stopped her from entering, so they always make some kind of excuse to her. As for the money she own, for them its as good as gone.
"Shizune, don't shout, my head is killing me.." Tsunade said with clutching her head, she had a little too much alcohol last night, too happy to see those elders sulking faces.
'That kid sure know how to make life interesting…' A grin form in her face, however, that grin was gone as soon as it came when Shizune again open her mouth. Delivering a news so shocking that her heart almost jump out of her mouth.
"What….!" She shouted, asking her to repeat what she just said, however the answer was same…
She froze in her place and then her mind suddenly went towards a single person.
"Shizune, quickly go and find that Nara kid. Make sure he is staying put, hurry." Tsunade said as she sprung out of her bed, still clutching her head but he rushed to chance her half-dress state nonetheless and quickly ran out to the Hokage office.
Poor Shizune was left there alone with confusion on her face…'Why go and fine Shika in this time ? She wanted to asked but years of serving as a Kunoichi put her mind back to the task allocated to her and before he knew it, he was already moving towards the Nara Compound.
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By the time Tsunade arrive at the hokage Office, the entire place was in a tense environment. Many high level people were there, from Anbu head to the clan heads.
"Tsunade, you are finally here." Jiraiya came near her with solem look on his face, his usual perverse look and childish antics were long gone, right now he was looking very serious.
"Jiraiya, what happened. Did the Anbu find anything ?" Tsunade sounded anxious. Half of the reason why she was sounding like this was what happened yesterday.
"We are not sure, its only up this moraine that Anbu found the two elders dead. There was no clue, no Chakra trace or poison, it didn't even look like a human's work.
The entire place was bloodied and it look like an wild beast got inside and rip them to spreads.
By the bite marks and claws, we think that it was an lion or a tiger." Jiraiya explain the situation. Making Tsunade's heart clench as her mind went to who use beast in the village.
Beside the Inozuka clan and few shinobi like Kakashi, not many do. Except the person who she was suspecting.
"What kind of animal are we talking about, is it like a dog ?" Tsunade asked, since this was Jiraiya, asking a little more suspicion arising questions were fine.
Jiraiya, being the intelligent agent he was, immediately found that Tsunade was hinting at something or someone. his own mind raced and he figure out whom.
However, he didn't voice it, he personally don't believe Shika would do something like this.
Yes, who else have so many beast under his control in the village escape Shika. It was no hard thing to figure that out, especially for him who has spend time with Shika and seen him fighting.
"No… the wound and the claw marks are too big and wide to be cause by dogs, and which dog can take down those two old crooks when 3 world Shinobi wars failed to do so…" Jiraiya reply and even added a little joke to lighten the mood.
He was trying to ease Tsunade's worries, neither he nor Tsunade are fond of those elders, if possible they would like to kill them with their own hands but no can do.
What they now was worried about Shika…
"What do you thing Shikaku… Inoichi did the intelligence core found any clues ?" Asked someone who was in high position.
"No… there was no clue what so ever, the assassination was neat and clean, even if there was any clue then the beast which tear the entire place apart ruin it all." Inoichi shook his head.
"We have to find who did it, do you suspect anyone ?" Someone asked and as soon as whoever it was asked this, many gave a slight glance towards the Inozuka patriarch.
She was there, and due to the nature of the incident, her clan was in the most crutiny.
However, without proof, no one dared to say anything. Just as the situation was getting more and more tense, suddenly one asked this.
"Where is Danzo, something this big happened, he should be here." Asked Jiraiya, he purely did to ease the tense room but what he said struck a chord with others.
They never bother telling this to Danzo becuase he somehow learns what's going on in the village anyway. But him not being here was… suspicious.
"Did someone call for Danzo Sama ?"
"…"
"Go and call Danzo here, he might have some information he wants to share with us…"
So soon an Anby was send to the hidden Root base to call Danzo, only from him to hurriedly run back with anxiety in his tone.
"Jiraiya Sama, Lady Tsunade… Danzo Sama he… the entire root base has been destroyed, we found the entire place bloodied but no dead body was found…
Danzo Sama is nowhere to be found…" Shouted the Anbu to their dismay.
"What did you say!"
"Are you sure what you are saying. Did you go inside to check ?" Jiraiya asked with a little disbelieve in his tone.
He can understand that someone infiltrate the village and kill the Hokage Advisors. That was possible no matter how hard it was.
But to be able to kill someone like Danzo, inside his root base no less… that was almost impossible. In their, Danzo's safety is even better than Hokage in the village.
"Hmm yes Jiraiya Sama,… we checked in upon not getting any news from the Root, upon entering and not getting stopped by Root, we were suspicious and started looking around. The entire place was destroyed and bloodied." The Anbu said with trembling voice, not only Jiraiya but others too were looking at him. The pressure on him was enough to make his voice come out in shaky tone.
And upon sensing that the Anbu wasn't lying, Jiraiya said.
"I am going there,… I have to check it out for myself." Jiraiya said and rushed, and many other shinobi, clan head and anbu alike followed him.
By the time they reach the root base, they all were completely gobsmacked by what they saw.
The entire root base was in ruin, this was the first time they have visited this place, even Hokage himself haven't seen all what this place had to offer before it become like this.
However soon they came back to their senses and they started to look around to find any clue.
Unfortunately they not gonna, Shika remove anything which could be a clue. Zabuza's skills were really good for this.
Tsunade at this time wasn't there, unlike others, she was the only one who didn't went to the Root base, rather she directly went to find Shika. She had a feeling that that kid was involved in this.
She directly went to Shika's apartment, not her first time, many times she had to drag napping Shika from there to the hospital. She now know every hiding place in Shika's apartment...
By the time she reach his house, she found Shizune inside while mountain of books and records in Shika's room. Shizune was furiously reading all the records with her eyes wide.
"Shizune, what is this all. Where is that kid ?" Tsunade asked with contemplation in her voice.
Now she was really having a bad feeling about this. And what Shizune said next solidified her feeling.
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