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"Well shit." Tsunade thought to herself upon seeing Jiraiya and his group. As she knew that her teammate was not just here to say hello if the fact that he had brought Kakashi and some brats with him was any indication.

Jiraiya said to her "Hello Tsunade-hime, how have you been?"

Tsunade said irritably "Cut the crap Jiraiya, I know you're not just here to catch up, if Sensei wanted something he would have sent an ANBU." As Jiraiya's group looked down sadly at the mention of the deceased Hokage.

Jiraiya then explained "About that…" as he tried to figure out a way to break to her but then decided not to sugarcoat it as he finished "Sensei is dead." He finished sadly.

While Tsunade had heard about the attack on Konoha by Suna and Oto, the news that her sensei was dead was something she had not heard yet. "How did it happen?" She couldn't help but ask as a sad look appeared on her face.

Jiraiya said "He used the Reaper Death Seal fighting Orochimaru and sealed away himself, the snake, and Hashirama who the bastard revived with Edo Tensei." As Tsunade's expression darkened upon hearing her grandfather's name.

She then asked "Why are you here then? I doubt you came all this way just to tell me this." As Jiraiya sighed upon hearing this before saying "We want you to become the next Hokage." seemingly dreading the answer.

The three genin among the group looked on in anticipation there was no way she would turn down a chance to become Hokage right? That was their thinking until Tsunade rejected it flatly "I refuse." as the three genin looked on incredulously but who could blame them after all there were many who had tried and failed to gain the Hokage's position so for them it just didn't seem possible that someone might reject it.

That might have been the end of the conversation but Naruto then asked "Why won't you?" Tsunade replied "Because it's a fools dream, unlike money, life is not traded so cheaply." as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Naruto gritted his teeth but held his tongue at that statement before Tsunade continued "Only a fool would take the Hokage's position."

This was a step too far in Naruto's eyes as in his anger; he went to try and punch her only to be held back by Jiraiya as he shouted "Let me go Ero-sennin, who does this old hag think she is disrespecting the Hokage." as Jiraiya sighed at his student's antics, Tsunade then asked irritated "Who's the brat Jiraiya?" looking at her old teammate as Naruto shouted at her while still being held back by Jiraiya "The names Naruto Uzumaki; believe it!" Tsunade then said condescendingly "Well he's falls short of your last apprentice." Jiraiya simply replied "Well it's hard for anyone to match the Fourth Hokage." as he finally let down Naruto who had calmed down enough that he wouldn't do anything rash; though he was still glaring at Tsunade along with his teammates as while they didn't know the Third Hokage or any Hokage really like Naruto did, they had enough respect for those who took the position and those who had served the village in that role that they wouldn't stand for someone disrespecting them.

Tsunade then decided to say one more thing "Even the Fourth Hokage died a fool." At that remark even Kakashi was glaring at her alongside the genin as Naruto then said shaking his head "Come on Ero-sennin this washed up old hag isn't fit to be Hokage." Tsunade's eye twitched at that remark but didn't say anything until Sasuke decided to add his two cents saying "So this is the last of my clans great rival; I honestly can't say I'm impressed." staring her down with his sharingan; at this statement Tsunade said lowly "You brats wanna take this outside." Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other before nodding as Naruto said "Bring it."

Sakura tried to de-escalate the situation saying to her teammates "Come you two she isn't worth it." as Tsunade apparently took offense to that saying "I'll take all three of you on." as Shizune asked "Tsunade-sama isn't that a little excessive?" in an attempt to calm her teacher down. Tsunade instead of replying to her instead walked outside the bar with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura following suit as the other adults could only sigh exasperatedly.

Outside the casino, Tsunade taunted the three saying "I bet you won't even be able to land one hit on me even if I only use one finger." Sasuke taunted back with a smirk "A little presumptuous that you think we won't be able to land one hit; if you're lucky, you'll only get hit once." as Kakashi could only put his face into his palm and sighed out "Unbelievable…" before rubbing his temples at his genin team's recklessness.

Unbeknownst to either party they had someone watching from afar. This someone was wearing a cloak that covered most of their features but two things were discernible; one they had dark red hair, two the more identifying feature was a Kumo headband. The figure got up and ran off in a different direction, the only thought in their mind being "I have to tell Yugito-sensei." as they raced off towards Yugito however due to their position on the building they were watching from, they only saw Tsunade and the three genin not Kakashi, Jiraiya or Shizune.

Back at the casino; Tsunade and the three genin were finishing up glaring at each other when Naruto decided to make the first move and threw a kunai at Tsunade who dodged it with ease, Naruto along with Sasuke charged at her Kunai in hand as Sakura threw some shuriken over their heads to keep Tsunade busy as their opponent lazily dodged the shuriken she threw. Naruto and Sasuke finally closed the distance enough to attempt to strike Tsunade only for her to point towards Naruto's head and flick as the force generated created a small dust cloud as Sasuke and Sakura looked on in shock. Expecting to see an unconscious Naruto laying once the dust cleared Tsunade said smugly "That'll teach the brat about disrespecting me."

However upon the dust settling the two sides expressions switched when they did not see an unconscious Naruto as Sasuke and Sakura began to smile and Tsunade looked on in shock. Tsunade then had to dodge a barrage of shuriken from Sasuke as Tsunade was still trying to figure out where Naruto had gone off to, she got her answer, in the form of an incomplete Rasengan to her back courtesy of Naruto who had used the Hiraishin to get out of the way of Tsunade's attack and sneak up behind her. The jutsu at this level could incapacitate most chunin if aimed correctly; unfortunately for the three genin Tsunade was way past chunin level as she used her fist to punch Naruto in the gut who then fell to the ground clutching his stomach. Tsunade then with great speed punched Sasuke into the ground knocking him out before she went over to Sakura who attempted to throw some more shuriken and kunai at her in an attempt to defend herself; Tsunade grabbed one of the kunai mid air and used the blunt end to knock Sakura out.

Just as Tsunade was about to gloat she heard Naruto groaning behind her; as she looked behind her, she saw Naruto attempting to get up. She said to him "Don't, you'll only make your injuries worse." Naruto still got up anyway before coughing out "This isn't over yet and I'm pretty sure you used more than one finger." Tsunade was secretly impressed because she used enough force to incapacitate a high level chunin and here was a genin who was still able to stand after taking that level of punishment not that she would admit it, she then asked him "Why are you so determined to win this fight?" Naruto replied "Because it's my dream to become Hokage."

Tsunade recoiled a little upon hearing this as an image of a brown haired boy followed quickly by an image of a long white haired man overlapped over Naruto as she stared in disbelief at him. Naruto quickly used her distraction to his advantage as he quickly threw a kunai with a hiraishin tag at her. Tsunade caught this kunai on instinct, when she did however Naruto used the Hiraishin to appear right next her another incomplete Rasengan in hand as he went to strike Tsunade in the side with it however she grabbed his wrist as he attempted to do so and threw him over her shoulder and onto the ground as Naruto attempted to get up again she said to him "You attempted to use the Rasengan on me again didn't you." Naruto replied "Yeah, what of it." Tsunade then said "Let's make a bet then." He asked her "What kind of bet?" Tsunade took a quick breath before saying "If you can master the Rasengan within a week then I'll come back and be Hokage, if you lose however I not only get the all the money in your wallet, you'll also give up your dream of being Hokage, deal." Naruto while unsure about potentially giving up his dream said "Deal." after saying that Tsunade then went to heal Naruto and his teammates only to freeze when Naruto coughed up some blood. Tsunade froze up and then robotically she turned to Shizune and asked her "Heal them please." as she walked away a little paler than usual as her student got to work healing the three genin with Jiraiya quickly paying for the damages before going off to make sure she didn't do something stupid.

Elsewhere in Tanzaku Gai

After one of her students had confirmed that their target was here. Yugito was with her three students as they finished planning out how to complete their mission. "So have you three memorized the plan?" She asked her students to make doubly sure that few things could go wrong as possible. "Hai Yugito-sensei." the three of them said before nodding at Yugito. Yugito looked confidently at her students after all even if they were still genin, they should be able to complete this mission since they all had a decent amount of experience under their belts, she was confident that her students would be able to complete this mission. That confidence however was about to be shaken by one of her students combination of overactive imagination and pessimism.

Said student a boy who had dark skin and white hair said "What if our target manages to kill us and capture Yugito-sensei, then Konoha creates a new Jinchuriki and declares war on Kumo, and as a result the Raikage is captured in battle and execu…" only for a fist to crash into his head followed by a yell of "Damnit Omoi, stop doing that!" As Omoi groaned in pain and looked at his teammate "Why Karui?" He complained as his teammate who had a similar complexion and dark red hair said "When you stop doing that I'll stop hitting you." As the two of them got into an argument, Yugito's third student, a girl with blonde hair, pale skin and a large chest said calmly "Would you two stop fighting, it's not cool." as Yugito decided to step in saying "You two should listen to Samui." as said student smiled while her two teammates ceased their arguing. After that the three of them went off to start preparing for tomorrow when they would complete their mission.

Yugito, while grateful that the argument was over, couldn't help but think that something was going to go wrong tomorrow, like she had forgotten to take into account one or more factors in the plan. While she didn't discard that possibility she mostly thought that thinking was due to nerves as she went for a walk to calm herself down.

Back with Kakashi's Team and Shizune

As Shizune finished healing an unconscious Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura after their ordeal Kakashi said to her "Thank you." Shizune shook her head and said to Kakashi "It's no problem." before saying "Have them get some rest and they should be good as new." Kakashi who had noticed Tsunade's aversion to blood couldn't help but ask Shizune "Does Tsunade have hemophobia?" Shizune sighed at Kakashi's observation but answered "Yes Lady Tsunade has had hemophobia ever since the death of her lover." Kakashi nodded upon hearing this as Shizune then noticed that Jiraiya wasn't with them and asked Kakashi "Where is Jiraiya?" Kakashi told her "He went off to pay for the damages of that fight and is now trying to make sure Tsunade doesn't do something dumb as well as tell her the rest of what has happened to Konoha during the invasion."

Shizune sighed in relief at the fact that someone was looking out for her teacher while she was healing these three genin though she did have some questions of her own for Kakashi about these genin as she asked "So this is your genin team, last I heard that you had yet to pass one?" Kakashi answered her question saying "None of the teams before them had ever recognized the true meaning of the test." he then continued "They recognized the true meaning of the test and passed as a result." Shizune then had a question pertaining to Kakashi's pink haired genin, Sakura if she remembered correctly, as she asked "What does Sakura specialize in? From the looks of it Sasuke specializes in ninjutsu as does Naruto who also uses fuinjutsu so what's Sakura's role on this team?" Kakashi looked down before admitting "Right now Sakura doesn't have a specialization on this team and admittedly I have failed to do much to correct that." Shizune was about to ask what Kakashi meant by that before the two of them heard a groan as they turned their heads to the source they saw that Sakura was getting up while rubbing her head.

Kakashi asked his student "Are you alright Sakura." at that she said "Other than my aching head I'm fine." She then asked Shizune "You know Iryojutsu correct?" Shizune nodded before Sakura asked her "Do you think you could teach me how to use Iryojutsu please?" Shizune didn't see any reason why she couldn't teach her though she looked at Kakashi for approval who simply said "I don't see any reason why she can't, she has some of the best chakra control I have ever seen for someone her age and she is incredibly intelligent as well." Shizune nodded before asking Sakura "Why do you want to learn Iryojutsu?" Sakura answered without any hesitation "Because I'm tired of being useless, I'm tired of not being able to help my teammates in any way and I want to change that." Shizune nodded in approval and said "Very well we start tomorrow but for now get some rest." as Sakura nodded before going to sleep once again and Shizune went off to find her teacher.

The Day After - In a clearing just outside Tanzaku Gai

A day had passed since Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke had been defeated single handedly by Tsunade and the three of them were training hard. Naruto was currently using 30 shadow clones to assist himself in learning the Rasengan, Sasuke was now working on the fire jutsu that Jiraiya had given him Fire Style: Smoke Cloud with Kakashi giving them pointers as well as any assistance they would need and Sakura was working with Shizune to do a basic exercise before she learned any Iryojutsu the exercise was to separate a mixed pile of multicolored sand and separate them into their own individual colored piles within a time limit.

Naruto was currently trying to finish the third stage of the Rasengan though he was incredibly frustrated after all he had gotten the first and second stages relatively easily. The third stage of the jutsu was when the user attempted to stabilize the jutsu by containing it. But it seemed containing the jutsu wasn't nearly as easy. As Naruto sat down in order to rest and think about what he was doing wrong; he and his group didn't notice some figures hiding in the trees near the clearing.

In the treeline near the clearing Yugito and her team were waiting for their chance to kill Naruto as quickly as possible and then make a getaway before his companions could catch them though the chances of that were becoming less and less likely after all the longer they stayed in hiding the higher the chances got of them getting caught before they could conduct the attack. It also didn't help that one of what looked like two jonin level shinobi was Kakashi Hatake there was also the chance that those Akatsuki guys would show up again if they stayed here too long. Yugito made her decision, she and her team would strike now as she prepared to give her team the signal she heard a voice that had been strangely silent as of late, the voice said "Kitten be careful that genin houses my brother." Yugito asked her mentally "So he's a jinchuriki like me is that why you have been unusually quiet as of late Matatabi?" the now named Matatabi said "Yes that is exactly what I'm saying." Yugito was about to mentally reply when she noticed Naruto looking in her direction before he ran off towards the center of the clearing, towards his companions as Matabi told Yugito "Looks like Kurama told him of my presence and by extension your's." at that Yugito acted quickly as she fired off a Fire Style: Mouse Hairball after she had done that a mouse made of blue fire raced past Naruto before exploding right in front of him as Omoi, Karui, and Samui raced towards Naruto in order to cut him down before his companions could intervene. Naruto wasted no time as he threw a kunai with a hiraishin tag at Samui though she dodged by moving to the side as Naruto realizing that he would have to fight it out pulled out two kunai and prepared to fight off his attackers until the others could back him up. As Naruto's two kunai clashed with Omoi and Karui swords he realized his fatal mistake as he was in a similar situation to the one he put Neji in during the chunin exams where he had to defend himself on all sides and couldn't let up for a second lest his opponents get the upper hand and kill him as Samui was finally upon him kunai in hand ready to finish him when a he heard a shout of "Dobe get out of the way." Naruto looked to see a fireball heading his way he used the Hiraishin to get to the kunai he had thrown at Samui earlier. Omoi and Karui quickly used the Substitution jutsu to swap places with sticks in the clearing while Samui got hit in the shoulder by the fireball.

As Samui screamed in pain, Karui raced to her side in order to get her teammate away from the enemy as Karui looked at her comrades injuries which luckily for her didn't hit anything vital but she was badly burned in the shoulder as Karui attempted to drag her teammate away she had to dodge several shuriken that had been thrown by Sakura who had brought Shizune and Kakashi with her. Kakashi had already his sharingan and was readying a jutsu while Shizune had put herself between Sasuke and Naruto and the Kumo team.

Yugito realized that her gamble had failed so she needed to get her team out of here quickly. So she fired off more Mouse hairballs as 4 flaming mice made their way towards Naruto and Sasuke intent on killing them. Sasuke and Naruto threw kunai at the burning mice, managing to hit them causing them to explode. This bought Yugito time as she raced towards Samui in an attempt to get her student away from the Konoha ninjas only to have to break off her rescue attempt in order to dodge a Chidori from Kakashi. Kakashi then asked Yugito "What are Kumo ninja doing this deep inside Hi no Kuni?" Yugito was about to tell Kakashi to go to hell when a voice cut her off saying "I believe I can answer that question." Both sides turned to see the source of the voice as they saw who it was. To the Konoha's teams shock and the Kumo teams terror the source of the voice was Itachi Uchiha and he was accompanied by a blue skinned man with what looked like a shaking sword on his back; both were wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them. Sasuke began to seethe with rage at the sight of his older brother as Naruto and Sakura looked at their teammate worriedly. Kakashi, Shizune and Yugito who were at each other's throats a moment ago now had their attention solely on the two Akatsuki members. Karui and Omoi taking advantage of the Konoha shinobi's distraction put themselves between the two S-Rank shinobi and Samui.

Itachi then answered Kakashi's earlier question by saying "They were here to kill Naruto." As his companion remarked "So these are the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi and the Nibi lets hope they put up more of a fight than those chunin did." as the blue skinned man grinned displaying his shark like teeth.

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Author Jutsu List

Reaper Death Seal - Performing this jutsu will allow the user to summon the Shinigami to seal anything away but this will cost the user their own life; any souls that the Shinigami takes will not go to the pure realm but will instead be sealed inside the Shinigami's stomach forced to fight for the rest of eternity.

Edo Tensei - This jutsu allows one to revive the dead at the low, low price of any ethics or morals as the requirements for this jutsu require someone to commit the crimes of grave robbing as a DNA sample is needed for the jutsu, and murder because of the need for human sacrifices.

Hiraishin - The mastery of this technique had made the fourth Hokage a legend as he teleported and moved so fast that his enemies gave him the moniker "Kiiroi Senko or the Yellow Flash" this technique uses multiple seals in order to allow the user to teleport from place to place anywhere where the matrix is located. There are however downsides to this technique as the user becomes extremely disoriented and dizzy due to the constant movement and change in surroundings meaning that if the user was not used to the aftereffects of this technique then they could easily become a sitting duck.

Rasengan - This technique is considered the pinnacle of shape manipulation and is one of the techniques that made the Fourth Hokage so famous. This technique is devastating if it connects and that's not even considering the rumors that the technique is incomplete.

Fire Style: Smoke Cloud - Yet another OC jutsu as far as I'm aware; this jutsu allows the user to create a cloud of thick noxious black smoke which can be used to create a smokescreen or if enough chakra is poured into the technique incapacitate a large number of people through oxygen deprivation.

Fire Style: Mouse Hairball - This Jutsu creates one or several mice made out of blue flames that run up to and attach to their targets before exploding though the mice can be detonated prematurely if they take a hit before reaching their targets.

Substitution - One of the basic techniques taught at the academy this jutsu allows the user to switch places with a nearby object or person though using it on a person often requires more chakra than it is normally worth.

Chidori - The original jutsu of one Kakashi Hatake as the user uses their lightning chakra in order to concentrate electricity into their hands. The high speeds involved with this jutsu result in tunnel vision but this can be counteracted with dojutsu like the sharingan.