6 Ch. 6

--Zach POV--

Time dragged while in jail. With nothing to do except exercise and eat shitty prison food. But hey, it's only a matter of time. But luckily during this time, I managed to get rid of my spare tire and the various fatty deposits around my body. I had formed a nice set of muscles all over my body. I was in the best shape I have ever been in, and I have to thank that shit head Ryan for this.

But that's all in the past, I've built a bridge and gotten over it. Better not to dwell and make my life living hell by dwelling in the past. Lately, I've been reading more books, it alternated between some Naruto Mangas to learn about the world she came from and more advanced forms of programming.

Any day I should be getting out of here. In the manga, I've only gotten to the point where Naruto and Jiraiya went off to train for 2 years. Sitting there daydreaming about all the different things that would be possible in that word I suddenly heard banging at my cell door.

Corrections Officer: "Inmate Briggs, pack your things you're leaving!"

Zach: "Oh hell yeah! Take that 30 days in. I lasted longer than most of your contestants!"

Jumping down from my bunk I started to gather my personal belongings and passed down the food and snacks I had to my cellmate. We watched each other back this whole time so why not reward him the best way I know how! With my belongings in my hand, I followed the CO out to be processed out.

Leaving the prison, I was finally able to wear normal clothes again. But the first thing I did was put my even longer hair into a ponytail with my prized possession hairband. After that, I hailed a cab and made my way over to my storage unit. Unfortunately, I didn't have my truck anymore due to having to sell it to pay for everything.

Reaching the storage unit I opened it up to see everything that I had to my name, which wasn't much. I grabbed the trash bag with my clothes in it and brought it to the cab and went back for my computer. It was a decent little Alienware laptop that I had bought a couple of years back. Yeah, yeah Alienware sucks, but I could finance it through Dell and I wanted something fancy!

Getting back to the cab I sat in the back down in the back seat.

Zach: "Hey boss is the Wondering Inn still around?"

Cabbie: "Yes sir, is that where you want to go?"

Zach: "Only place left to go, I'll go there for the time being."

With that, he took me to the Inn. Where I paid him and grabbed everything I owned. Walking in felt a bit nostalgic, I went to the front desk to rent a room. After I got that settled and somehow managed to get my old room. I put my clothes down and set up my laptop, the first step to starting anew is getting a job.

About 2 hours later of sending out my resume, and checking my emails I went to a torrent site and started to pirate the Naruto Manga collection, and all the movies and anime. How could that one night with a woman that had the name and look of one of the characters made this much of a difference to me? Over the last couple of months, I started to even doubt myself and thought that it was a cosplayer. But I quickly dismissed the doubts, looking on the bright side it brought me a new hobby of enjoying the world that Masashi Kishimoto brought to the world.

A couple of hours after fiddle farting around on the slow internet due to my downloading I started to get calls from the companies that I put in. I thought it was weird because people never call right after you put in applications. Picking up my phone I hit the answer icon.

Zach: "Hello this is Zach speaking."

Company Rep: "Hello Mr. Briggs, I'm calling in regards to the resume you've sent us."

Zach: "Yes sir, what can I do for you?"

Company Rep: "Well I want to let you know that it has been denied. I'm not supposed to mention this but it looks like you have been blackballed in this town. So expect more phone calls like this."

My throat constricted and chest started hurting, how could a little fight have this much repercussion? Why are people so spiteful? While wallowing in self-pity I kept getting phone calls back to back, literally repeating the same thing over and over. I started to break, the fresh start I had planned just got smashed to pieces like it was nothing.

After the 4th call, I decided to just turn off my phone and retreat from the world. I went in and took a cold shower just to try and get out of my funk. That didn't help too much, so I got dressed and decided to go down to the bar and drink my sorrows away.

As I arrived downstairs at the bar I noticed that it was a lot less busy. I guess that after the newness wears off everyone goes back to their old haunts. Easily finding a spot at the bar I took it and ordered myself a strong drink to which I downed it like frat boy shotguns a beer. I proceeded to do this well into the night.

--Tsunade POV--

Finally arriving in the town where the Inn that I met Zach in I started to get butterflies in my stomach. Wondering if he would still remember me, how he will react to the news I have to share with him. In all honesty, I felt like I was a little girl again. But at the same time, I was scared of the rejection and what would happen if he doesn't accept that this is his child.

My mind kept racing as my body was on autopilot towards the Inn. Stopping at the front door and not moving, just staring at the entrance. I felt a gentle hand placed on the small of my back, and it brought me out of my stupor.

Shizune: "Lady Tsunade, it's going to be alright I'm always here with you."

Tonton: "Oink oink!"

Mustering up my courage I entered the building and made my way to the bar to see even if he was there. As I entered the bar I scanned the room and saw him at the bar almost half asleep in a severely drunken state looking severely defeated. This can't be the same man I met all those months ago, it just can't be him. I looked and saw the hairband that tied his hair together and knew it was one of mine. This is the same man, how can he be in such a state! Storming over to him with balled fists I was ready to let him have it.

Tsunade: "What do you think you're doing being in a state like this?!"

He looked up at me but it felt like he looked through my not even noticing who I was.

Zach: "Sh-look lady, tonight'ssh not a good sh-night. Go botherr shhomeone elshe."

By this time I started to lose my cool, he will not just brush me off like this! He did this to me and he's going to have to take responsibility! So I pointed to my belly ready to read him the riot act.

Tsunade: "Look you did this to me so you have to take responsibility!"

His eyes focused on where I was pointing and gave it a deadpan expression.

Zach: "Sh-look lady, I didun make sh-you fat. Sh-you did that all sh-on sh-your own, sho how about sh-you take responsibility for sh-your own sh-actions."

Did this asshole just call me fat?! This is what I've been swooning over for the last 3 months!? Balling up my fist I pulled it back and just laid one on him right across the jaw. It sent him flying a good 5 feet, and I could see Shizune pumping a fist out of the corner of my eye. She was next I promised myself. I started to stalk over to Zach and give him the beating of his life just to sober him up and have a nice heart to heart talk. Giving a devilish grin thinking of the beating I'm about to administer someone appeared right in front of me startling me. I couldn't sense this person, I didn't even know he was around, and that never happens. Stunned for a second I got into a defensive stance ready for everything. He just stood there for a second looking back and forth between Zach and me before fixing his gaze on me.

Mystery Man: "Lady Tsunade Senju, we have a lot to talk about."