The Gift of the Moon [Naruto]

Paranoia

Tsunade's P.O.V:

"Jiraiya what are you doing here?" I asked my old teammate, suspiciously.

"Don't act coy Tsunade" he scolded me, being unusually serious rather than his normally goofball attitude "I'm sure you've heard about what's going on in Konoha"

"Danzo being a traitor... are you even that surprised? He has always been a power-hungry extremist" I scoffed taking a big sip directly from my sake bottle "That does not explain what you are here for? It is not about making me a Hokage that's the honor of the clan slayer not anymore Uchiha. Not that I would have accepted either way"

"Enough Tsunade!" I was startled by his glare "Listen to me for once in your life princess. A great hero of war ended up being a traitor, children had been kidnapped for years under the nose of the Konoha Force and been brainwashed, the Hyuga Clan had a coup d'etat, Orochimaru is dead, one of the biggest enemies of our village ended up being the greatest ally and our future Hokage, for the first time in ninja history four villages are bonding in an alliance. Tsunade this is not a joke! I know that you suffered a lot during the wars, but you are not the only one. We all suffered! Stop being a child and woman up! Konoha needs you, not to be a Hokage or to heal people. But to the head of the hospital, directing the staff from behind the scene away from blood and to teach the young minds of the Academy about healing ninjutsus. Also, to be an elder... alongside sensei and I"

"The head of the hospital? Teaching people about healing ninjutsus? An elder? Has Konoha already lost their minds?!" I scoffed, snorting humorlessly "Having a ninja that has abandoned the village and is incapable of being near blood, be the head of the hospital and near the future generation of ninjas... sensei is getting old for sure"

"Watch your mouth Tsunade! He is still your Hokage, not to mention that he is the only reason why you are not a missing nin. He still trusts you..." fed up with Jiraiya defending sensei I cut him off.

"Like he trusted Danzo and Orochimaru?! What a great example of trustworthiness?!" my tone dripping with sarcasm "The same people who killed my brother and had my last living relative tortured... yeah, he really knows where to put his trust"

"Tsunade..." he sighed, angering me as I noticed the pity in his voice. I don't want to be pitied "Yeah, sensei screwed up. I get it. But he is trying to fix things... and in a brighter point in Konoha there's your last living relative waiting for you"

"It's not that easy Jiraiya..." I sighed tiredly, no longer having the strength to fight.

"Not many things are Tsunade. How long will you continue running away? There's a little girl in Konoha who had lost her whole family but still fought to gain a new one... maybe you should try that" he advised me softly "Tsunade you have a month to get back home... or Konoha will be forced to put your name under the list of missing leaf nins"

My eyes widened at his words. I would have never expected that, there's no way that Konoha would have the last Senju as a missing nin. My family had had two Hokages and were the ones to fund our village, the pride of the leaf... then again I am no longer the last remaining Senju.

I did not even acknowledge Jiraiya when he left, too immersed in my thoughts.

Sonja Yue... no, Senju-Kaguya Yue. A village girl that came out of nowhere after being missing for a year. She caused Danzo and Orochimaru's demise, helped the success of the Hyuga coup d'etat. A girl that knew nothing about ninjas comes back with a chunin level after being held by Orochimaru. There's no way that an twelve years old girl was capable of doing all that? Something's terrible wrong with all of this.

I still have contacts in Konoha and they tell me things. About how everything fell perfectly on place, there was no doubt... that never happens. I am still surprised that never picked up on it, maybe because they were so occupied with all the changes going on and trying to protect the village while in one of their weakest moments. They needed an outside point of view, someone who cares about the village but has not the necessary involvement to be blinded. I have no doubt that Orochimaru and Danzo did what they did, but they are not careless, all that proof was placed there to be found. They were set up.

But by who? By Senju-Kaguya? Impossible, she is too young and has not the resources. Who else wanted the head of Danzo and Orochimaru? Who would help such a young girl with all this deceive and well placed plan? Who... Akatsuki! Danzo was the one helping Hanzo all along and Orochimaru had betrayed them. Not to mention that the sudden need to make peace treaties or how easy it was to recover Itachi. Now it all makes sense! Amegakure is in the middle of the five big ninja nations, they were the ones who suffered the most during the big three ninja wars. Being the ones to have a peace alliance with all five hidden villages would make them the land where no man fights, the place where peace and treaties are discussed and held.

It would also explain how Senju-Kaguya escaped. There's no way that the Amekage, someone so strong and capable, would have let her escape... he must have captured her and convinced her to play along. It would also explain the fact that Senju-Kaguya would have come up with the idea of returning Kisame's sword to the Mizukage. The Amekage must have known that he would have Konoha by returning Itachi and with Konoha comes Suna, with a girl from a fallen and exiled clan from the Mist he had an opening to three of the five great hidden ninja villages.

Goodness! This is a disaster! All until now it's good, if anything it's for the benefit of all involved. But what else did he put Senju-Kaguya to do? I need to fix this. I can't trust this information with anyone else. Konoha had bought her innocent act, they all see her like a victim that had brought clarity into the dark. A hero princess that can do no wrong. I have to deal with this personally.

"Shizune! Pack your things we are going back!" I yelled.

"Where to?" my student asked, entering the room.

"To Konoha!"