Chapter 86:- Back to the Village

"Any other things that you want to change?" Naruto asked with a smirk. Fortunately, Shizune wasn't here, so Naruto was able to deceive her in a few areas.

"Not really!! I am happy to work under you, Master." When Tsunade said with a smile, Naruto's heart skipped a beat. Instead of sounding like a mature woman, at that moment, she sounded like a teenager.

'Cute….!!'

Penalties

Failure to uphold any of the conditions of the contract will result in a Fine of 100 million Ryo.

It was just one penalty, but it was enough to shake Tsunade. Even if she's sold the entire asset of her clan, then she won't have enough to pay him this amount.

"Don't worry, I will remain committed to my job," Tsunade said with a smile. And with that, both parties signed the contract not knowing what Tsunade had just gotten herself into. 

"This is a special contract. The contract will bind our two souls." Naruto has used Fuinjutsu to bind their souls.

"Don't worry." Tsunade wasn't worried since there was nothing in the contract she would fail to follow.

"All right, when will you start serving me?" Naruto asked with a straight face. With that, the plan to bring Tsunade back to the village was complete. In fact, Naruto got a much better deal than he had initially expected.

"I have a few things to complete here. I will return to the village 15 days later. I will serve you ten days straight." For some reason, she felt the word 'Serve' had a bad meaning to it. But she decided not to think much about it. 

'From now on, I will just use the word 'Work' instead of using 'Serve'.'

Naruto took the scroll and then left while grinning. "Alright, see you in the village in 15 days. Good night, Tsunade." Tsunade impatiently waved her hand. She then lay down and stared at the ceiling. She was eagerly waiting for Shizune to return with some expensive sake.

As for serving Naruto, she decided to think about it in the future. She had no idea what she had gotten herself into.

Perhaps if she wasn't drunk or if she wasn't in desperate need of cash, she never would've accepted this contract. If her student was here, then she would've pointed out the loopholes in this contract, but fortunately for Naruto, Shizune was out, and he managed to get things done his way. 

As Naruto returned to the lobby of the hotel, they found four three girls waiting for him. Sakura and Hanabi glared at him while Sarada's eyes looked much more colder than usual. 

"Naruto....!!" Sakura was the first one to approach Naruto, followed by Hanabi and Sarada. 

Naruto had left them with his clone. Sometimes, after he left, Hanabi must have found out that this Naruto was a clone, and so they destroyed his clone. 

"Alright, I am sorry. I wanted to explore the whole town on my own. Have you three had dinner yet?" Naruto decided to make it up to them by paying for dinner. 

"Not yet!!" Hearing Naruto asking them about dinner, the girls instantly calmed down. 

"Then let's eat somewhere. It's my treat." Sakura and Hanabi happily followed Naruto. Sarada also followed them. Her face wasn't as cold as before. 

"Are you three done shopping?" Naruto asked. 

"Yes! I bought many pretty dresses for my sister and me." Hanabi couldn't wait to return to the village and try them with her sister. Every dress that she brought for herself, she also brought a duplicate for her twin sister. Since both of them had the exact height and body shape; maybe in the chest department, Hinata was more developed but that was alright. The dresses that she brought weren't tight; they were loose and comfortable to wear.

"What about you Sakura-chan?" Naruto did not leave any girl out of the conversation. Maybe, this was the reason why, the girls felt so comfortable with him. 

"I bought a few new Kimono. I brought one for my mother and another for Ino-pig." Sakura really cared about Ino. 

Sarada was silently walking and listening to everyone talk. Unexpectedly, Naruto turned to her and asked her. "And you Sara-chan?" 

"I brought a few training outfits." From her point of view, this was something that she felt was worth investing. As for buying beautiful dresses to show off, although as a girl, she did have this desire her desire to get stronger was even stronger. 

Hearing this, Naruto did not know what to say. He felt that Sarada was being a bit extreme with herself. 

"Alright, we are here." While coming back to their hotel, Naruto found this nice-looking restaurant. So he brought them here to dine. Naruto would have invited Kakashi to dine with them as well, but he wasn't in the Hotel. Naruto can sense Kakashi's presence on the western edge of the town. As for what he is doing there, only God knows. 

The Next Morning, 

Around 6 in the morning, Team 7 got up and had a quick breakfast before leaving Tanzaku town. It did not take long for them to return back to the village. Around 11 in the morning, team 7 returned to the village. 

They would have returned to the village even faster if they hadn't stopped near a river to train. Training was a very important factor. Kakashi did not have to urge his students to train. Rather, it was his students who told him to stop their journey so that they could train for a few hours. Especially Sakura and Sarada were really motivated to train. 

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Scene Change to Konoha______

"Hinata, meet me at the training ground in 10 minutes. Do not be late." Saying these words, Hiashi left Hinata in the living room and went out of the Mansion. 

These days, Hiashi has been really pleased with Hinata's growth. Hiashi has been witnessing the change in his first daughter. This change was really amazing. Originally, Hinata wasn't considered worthy of becoming the next clan head, but now things have changed. Now, Hinata shined so brightly that she is now considered a prodigy of the Hyuga Clan. She has shadowed geniuses like Hanabi and Neji from their clan. 

'I guess, letting her train under Naruto Uzumaki was the best choice that I have ever made for her.' Hiashi thought to himself as he walked out of his Mansion to find a certain someone who is going to be Hinata's opponent. 

Today, Hinata had a day break. After days of completing many low-ranking missions, their sensei, Kurenai, finally gave them a daybreak. The reason for their break is that Kurenai planned to dedicate this whole day to her special training. After being saved by Naruto a few months back, Kurenai has somewhat changed. She had kind of stopped training after she became a Jonin. She is satisfied knowing her clan's special techniques. She never really tried to expand her scope, but after that incident, Kurenai felt that she should widen her scope and not limit herself to only her clan Jutsu. 

Part of this change in Kurenai was also due to Hinata's influence, which has grown really strong since she decided not to stick only to her clan's Jutsu. 

Although she can train while guiding her students, this diminishes her training productivity. If she were alone and not required to constantly guide her students, she would be able to focus more on her training and make greater progress. Also, Kurenai noticed that her students were beginning to feel burned out from constantly running around the village and trying to complete multiple low-ranking missions within a day. So a break was a must. 

Another factor that motivated her to restart her training is the fact that she wants to be strong enough to protect her students when she eventually takes her students to the outside world.

A teacher must lead by example. 

'I wish I could see Kurenai-sensei train.' Hinata thought to herself as she changed the clothes in her room into her training outfit. 

Acho.....!!!

"Who is thinking about me?" Kurenai, who was training in training 19, asked herself. She was all alone. Right now, she was trying to learn a simple Earth-style Jutsu that anyone can learn. 

'Let's not get distracted. I want to learn this Jutsu within today.' Kurenai went back to training. 

"I wonder when Hanabi will return." Hinata thought while looking out of the window. While thinking of Hanabi, she could not help but wonder about the Man who had completely changed her life. 

He had influenced her life so much that today, Hinata is a completely different person. She has become a confident woman who wouldn't let anyone bully her. She has become confident enough to hold her ground even if the odds are against her. 

'I wonder how Naruto-kun is doing? I really want to take a few Missions with Naruto-kun.' This way, they could spend more time. 

'I can't wait to hear what new things Hanabi will tell me about Naruto and their journey.' Every time Hanabi completed her mission and returned home, she would spend hours telling Hinata everything that happened in their journey. Hinata also loved listening since the story also involved Naruto. 

10 minutes later!!!

"Hinata, are you ready?" Hiashi and a few other elders were standing on the sidelines. The elders were here to watch Hinata. They wanted to know just how much Lady Hinata's power had grown. It was because of the elders that this sparring match was being conducted. 

"Hinata, do no hold back. Give your everything to defeat this man." Hiashi also wanted to see just how powerful his daughter had become. 

Hinata silently nodded her head while glancing at her opponent. Her opponent was someone from the Branch house. He was a 29-year-old man with white eyes and long black hair. He was also wearing the Jonin vest of Konoha. He was one of the Jonin of Konoha. 

Letting Hinata face Chunin was useless since Hiashi could tell that his daughter would pretty easily defeat them. So Jonin was her perfect opponent. 

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