Tsunade, The Healer of Superheroes (Naruto X YJ)

Chapter 4: Pain, Pain, Go Way

Bruce's POV:

3 days later

Dick and I were trying to catch a drug dealer named Fague. We followed him to an illegal underground bar and started to storm up the place, looking for him.

When we caught him, I saw something that caught my eyes. I saw a little girl at the bar section, looking at us with a sheepish expression. And not just any little girl. It was Tsunade!

What was she doing here?!

I told Dick to go ahead and take Fague to the police station and that I'll meet him back home. He looked confused, but nodded and dragged Fague to the station.

I walked towards a drunk Tsunade. "What are you doing here?" I asked her in a dark voice. It was non threatening, but my voice had worry in it.

I noticed that the caramel colored liquid in her glass was a Brandy.

She scoffed and had a sarcastic smile. "What do you think one does in a bar? They drink and that's exactly what I'm doing. It's not like I could drink in a legal bar with my age." She answered back while drowning another glass of the Brandy.

I narrowed my eyes at this. "I gave you enough alcohol to last you at least a month just a little over a week ago. What happened to those?" She couldn't have possibly...

She gave me a disinterested look while pouring herself another glass. "Oh, those? I drank them all." And she immediately went back to drinking.

I was shocked. How could one girl drown so much alcohol and not be dead yet?! "Are you trying to kill yourself?!" I growled as I was pretty sure our doctor knew what over drinking can do to you.

Tsunade's POV:

Chakra is really useful when you want to drink a large amount of alcohol as it burns most of it away.

Bruce's POV:

She only smirked back. "Please. This amount is not enough to make me even lose my balance. I know how much alcohol I can hold, so don't get your panties in a twist, okay?"

I pinched the bridge of my nose. A little girl who can drink more than me. That's not a good sign, is it?

I thought over in a made my decision. I grabbed her arm. "Come on. It's a bad idea to let our doctor to stay here, right? Let's get going."

Tsunade looked down and sighed. It had sadness in it. "A doctor, huh? To think that I'm a doctor again..."

I looked at her in interest. "Were you a doctor before in the past?" I was curious to know what I don't know about her. This mysterious little girl.

She had this faraway look in her eyes. "Never officially with my age. I've saved many people, but in contrast...I've also failed to save many people...people I cared about." She yanked her arm away from me and immediately began to drown herself in more alcohol.

"I've lost many friends and loved ones. Even though I'm a doctor...I'm a big failure." She laughed bitterly as she set her head down on the counter and looked at her glass.

I looked at her pained expression. I wonder what kind of experience she went through...she looked like she's gone through hell and back several times.

I'm far from naive. I knew that anyone in the medical field has a huge burden on their shoulders. When they fail to save a life...it's the same feeling as when a heroes fails to save a life.

The guilt is immense. We all know we can't save everybody, but it still weighs deeply in your minds and pierces your soul.

It hurts to know that someone her age has felt that guilt.

She kept on talking and I let her. She needed to let some of it out. "And when I tried to run away from it all...the one person I thought was too stubborn to die...died...at the hands of someone I once thought of as a friend. I'm a coward. A. Big. Fucking. Coward."

Now I was very concerned. Her eyes...they're beginning to look older than mine, and trust me, that's not a good thing.

Is this why she drinks so much? To drown her pain? To forget her problems? That's it.

I forcibly took the bottle and glass away from her. She glared at me. "What the hell do you think you're doing?! Give it back!" She stuck out her hands, waiting for me to give her back the Brandy.

I glared back. "No. Drinking is not going to solve your problems. Someone of your age shouldn't even be drinking in the first place. It slows down your brain growth."

I softened my eyes. "I'm pretty sure there are other ways for you to move on from the past. You may have failed to save many lives...but don't forget the lives you have saved. Don't forget you made a difference."

"You saved both the Green Arrow's and the Flash's life. Without them, the Justice League would've severely weakened and many powerful villains would've taken advantage of that and from what I've seen since I've known you, you are no failure or coward. You are Tsunade Cale. The Justice League's doctor. Take pride in that."

Tsunade's POV:

My eyes widened as I felt tears at the corner of my eyes. Wow...Batsy really knows what to say...

For a moment there, it looked like Hiruzen-sensei with his fatherly smile, trying to cheer me up. Sensei...I wonder if this is your reincarnation who just hasn't gained his memories yet.

Ha! Sensei as Batman. Now that's something worth laughing at.

Bruce's POV:

Tears flowed down her face in a never ending stream as she smiled wistfully. She stood up and started to make her way towards the exit. I smiled as I knew she wouldn't be binge drinking anytime soon.

I knew she would still drink though.

Before she stepped out into the night, she stopped in front of the door way, but didn't look my way. Only forward. "You know, Batsy...you'd make one hell of a parental figure." And with that, she disappeared with a closed door.

I smirked. Yeah, I make one hell of a parental figure...just not in a good way. There's no way I can handle another kid.

To be continued...