Senju's Heir

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Senju's Heir

Emotions ran rampant in Tsunade's mind. She stared into his jewels for eyes, and wondered if he'd find it weird if she tried to get a closer look at them. She reached for him as her bottom lip started quivering, but the child just kept staring with those innocent, beautiful eyes.

She had decided then and there that tears were unbecoming of them.

"Um," she mumbled, a pathetic start to a first impression. An explosion in the distance warned her Jiraiya wouldn't be able to hold the hundreds of Anbu agents by himself. She shook her worries away and decided to be frank. "Look, there's no time to explain but I have to get you out of here!"

When the child did no more than stare further, Tsunade was tempted to tug on his cheeks and hug him until his little blond head popped like a cherry. Considering her strength, that was probably not so farfetched.

"Get up!"

"A-ah, yes!" Naruto didn't know why, but he did as he was told and instantly stood erect. His small body trembled as he wiped away the tears over his eyes. "Um, what's going on? Who are you, lady?"

"That's not important!" Tsunade picked the boy up and carried him like a sack of rice, her mind arguing that his question wasn't just important, it was critical. Still, she did her best to ignore that side as she scurried through the corridors and directly to where she could hear Jiraiya blasting walls and chanting Jutsus. "And he's the one who said we should be gentle...!"

"Ow...!" Naruto whimpered and ruffled one lip over the other. "Don't run so fast...!"

"What?!" Tsunade stopped and sat him down. She instantly brought her hands forward and started hunting for injuries. "Are you hurt? Did those bastards do something to you?!"

"No, I..." He blushed, his legs curling and his hands rummaging right above his crotch. "Um... I need to use the..."

Naruto's words stooped too low for Tsunade to make sense of them. "What...? I can't hear you."

"I need to go..."

Tsunade frowned, "Go where?"

"To go!"

"Go where!"

"The bathroom, geez!"

"Oh," she probably looked very foolish right about now. After locating a bathroom where Naruto could do his business, Tsunade waited outside the door whilst tapping her fingers on her crossed arms. "This is ridiculous... Needing a bathroom break during a battle against one of the most powerful organizations in the world... You really are your mother's son..."

"Tsunade-sama."

No shinobi was skilled enough to get within one hundred feet of her without her knowledge, so Tsunade believed. But apparently, as she dropped into her stance and saw who had called her, such honed senses seemed to be easy prey for this man's skill. Fifty feet down the hallway stood Kakashi of the Sharingan.

"You've made a really scary name for yourself, Kakashi. Your technique has improved drastically, too." Tsunade didn't need him to take that obscene mask off his face to know it was him. She smirked, the bones in her hands adjusting as she clutched them fiercely. "But you're still no more than a toddler compared to me."

"I am well aware," Kakashi removed his animal mask and held it next to him. "Are you sure this is the best for Naruto, Tsunade-sama? Even if you do make it out of here, you know well the consequences you will face with Konoha against you. Are you willing to lose it all just for him?"