Meeting Wandering Miko!

After the Academy, Kazutora left the class and walked to his house. Amidst his walk, Kazutora sensed someone following him and he used sensory technique.

'It's Hina and Hana,' he thought in his mind and then turned around in an alley. A few moments later, two girls appeared at the entrance of the alley and looked in with a frown on their faces.

"Why are you two following me?" They jolted as they heard a whisper in their ears and turning back, they saw Kazutora looking at them with a half-smile.

"Uh! Eto," Hina stumbled on her words and Hana moved in front of her.

"She wants to talk to you about something and I want to ask if you could help me in practicing today?" Hana asked with a thoughtful look on her face and Kazutora looked at them for a moment and then shook his head.

"Not today, we can do it two days later. I am a little busy today, so I won't have time."

"Mm, I heard that you are working in Konoha Hospital. I want to become a Medical Nin so can I follow you?" Hana asked after thinking for a moment and Kazutora thought and then nodded.

"Meet me in front of the hospital at six. Hina, is the talk important? If yes, then I can hear for some time or we can talk later without worries."

Kazutora said while looking at Hina, who shook her head.

"Then, let's tomorrow at Academy. You two should go to your house and not move around here. See Ya later,"

Saying this, Kazutora waved his hand and he disappeared from the place. Hana looked at the empty place with wide eyes as she didn't even see how Kazutora disappeared. As for Hina, since she hadn't used Byakugan, she also didn't see anything, and they could only look at each other with astonishment in their eyes.

Leaving the place, Kazutora went back to his house, and he sensed Tsunade in her room. After washing his face and hands, he knocked on the door and said, "I am coming in."

"Hmm,"

A hum was heard and when Kazutora entered the room, he saw Tsunade lying on the bed while holding a PSP in her hand and a straw in her mouth connected to a sake bottle.

Kazutora rolled his eyes at her, and he felt that he had done a bad thing by introducing the world of ACG to her.

"My chakra-related teacher is someone from ROOT," Kazutora said without beating around the bush and Tsunade froze at his words.

She paused the game first and then drank the whole bottle in a go. When she was done, she looked at Kazutora and said, "Say it again."

"What was that?" Kazutora asked wondering what Tsunade was thinking for gulping the whole battle, but a serious look on her face made Kazutora take back the next words.

"My teacher is from ROOT. I have been paying attention to her for the past seven days and I am sure of it now."

"Who?" Tsunade directly asked about their identity instead of asking how Kazutora found her, and Kazutora grinned at her words because he was happy that she didn't ask how and why.

"It's Nono Yakushi, but she seems a bit different from that usual ROOT Ninjas. I have sensed the chakra of others, and I can say that she hasn't lost her feelings and emotions."

Kazutora said after thinking for a moment and Tsunade rubbed her chin with a thoughtful look on her face. She felt that she had heard the name before, and then she remembered seeing the file in the Hokage office.

"Nono Yakushi, the Dean of the Orphanage?" She muttered as she remembered the details, and Kazutora nodded at her.

"Yeah, Kabuto Yakushi said that she is dean and I also heard from this that a man wearing bandages visited their orphanage."

Hearing this, Tsunade remembered the report that ANBU made to Third Hokage about Danzo visiting the orphanage and it was before the Academy started.

She didn't remember reading Nono's file in the list that Third Hokage gave her, and it means that she is a new addition to the teachers.

"Old man, what kind of game are you playing?" Tsunade murmured and Kazutora looked at her with a surprised look on his face.

"Did you also guess the same thing?" He asked and Tsunade looked at him and answered, "You mean that Old Man is aware of this, and he put her there on purpose?"

"Yeah, I think Third Hokage wants you to deal with Danzo and then get Teacher Nono under you. Since she is different from others in ROOT but still a member of ROOT, she must be special or have some special talent.

"If it wasn't for the chakra of the curse seal on her, I wouldn't even notice and just think of her as a woman who likes playing and teaching children."

Kazutora said with his eyes flickering and a thoughtful look appeared on Tsunade's face.

"You complete this gym; I will be back in a minute. You should be able to break the curse seal, right?"

"I need to study it first," Kazutora said while taking the PSP from her and he saw that it was the fourth gym, the grass-type one and Tsunade didn't have any good fire.

"Meh, at least should have kept a flying Pokemon. The HM fly later is quite useful in this gym. I don't understand what's good with Squirtle. Charmander is the best starter in Kanto and even Bulbasaur is good because of 'Leech Seed'."

"Shut up and just complete the gym. I will choose what I like," Tsunade said with an annoyed look on her face and she wouldn't say that she chose Squirtle because it's water type and reminds her of her granduncle.

"You can get Kingdra and Gyarados later. What's the point of taking Squirtle?" Kazutora muttered and he first decided to catch a Pigeotto and an abra. Psychic would also be good as many grass types are poison-type in Kanto.

Tsunade left the house, and she looked in the direction of Hokage's office. Instead of confronting Hokage, she plans on meeting Nono at the orphanage, and she uses transformation techniques to change herself.

A few minutes later, she sneaks into the orphanage, and she senses Nono in her voice.

"So, you really are a member of ROOT,"

Nono, who was writing her report, heard a whisper in her ear and her expression changed. She didn't move as she felt a cold touch on her neck, and they were in an orphanage which made things worse for her.

Tsunade looked at still Nono and she inwardly nodded. She struck the back of her neck and knocked Nono unconscious.

Placing her on the chair, she locked the door and her eyes fell on the reports she was writing.

"Hmm, reports about students, talent, personal relationships, habits and potential."

Tsunade murmured a few words she could read, and the rest were written in a script she didn't understand.

 However, she could see that they were used by members of ROOT as she had seen the script before.

Tsunade then looked around the room and she opened the cupboard and the other places to check for something. She didn't find anything that could be used as evidence other than the scroll, and she looked at Nono on the chair.

A frown escaped her lips when Tsunade noticed someone had entered the Orphanage and they were walking to this room.

From the chakra reserves, she could say that the one who was coming was an adult, and she opened the lock on the door.

When the person entered the room, she struck first and held the neck of the ninja. Before they could do anything, Tsunade used chakra to choke him and then knock them unconscious.

Tsunade took out the mask and then opened the mouth to check the tongue. Not finding the curse seal on the lip, Tsunade looked at the mask and understood that he was a member of ANBU instead of ROOT.

She felt a pain in her neck as she understood that she had become part of something troublesome.

"Let's wake Nono first and see what she has to say," Tsunade murmured and it didn't take long for Nono to wake up.

She looked at the unfamiliar person in front of her and then her eyes fell on the other guy lying in the room.

"Are you working for both, ROOT and ANBU?" Tsunade asked but she didn't receive an answer from her. So, Tsunade removed her transformation and Nono's eyes widened at her real appearance.

Now she understood why she was caught, and looking at Tsunade in front of her, Nono knew that even if she revealed a few things, it wouldn't do anything to her.

Just as Nono was about to say anything, Tsunade stopped her and asked, "Why didn't you attack back at the start? I don't believe that it's because I struck first."

Nono looked at Tsunade with a confused expression on her face and she asked, "It's because I couldn't."

"Sigh, cut this bull shit, will ya'? You did because the children in Orphanage could be harmed, right?" Tsunade said while using chakra to pressure her, but Nono didn't say anything.

"Tch! I warned Danzo to not mess around but he still sent someone from ROOT to the Academy. Not only that, the one who has your surname must also be a member of ROOT."

Tsunade said while rubbing her head and a glint flashed in her eyes. From what Kazutora had told her, Nono likes children a lot and the one named Kabuto should be her favourite child.

Nono's expression changed at Tsunade's words, and she heard words that stunned her, "I said to Danzo that if I found any ROOT Ninja near the academy, I will take action before talking. I wonder what reaction the leaders of different clans would be when they found out that Danzo sent ROOT Ninja as a Teacher."

"No, wait a minute," Tsunade said with a dramatic expression on her face and she continued, "Danzo is known for sacrificing one for others, and he thinks of ROOT as his tool."

"In the scenario where all the clans, I and even Third Hokage are pushing blame on him, what will Danzo do? I believe that you are aware of it more than I am."

Nono looked down at Tsunade's words and she knew that Danzo would abandon the tools as soon as they couldn't be used. She will be killed for making a decision like this, and even the kids in the orphanage will be affected because of this.

Tsunade looked at the silent Nono and a smirk formed on her face. Even though she didn't like this situation where she had to threaten someone using kids, she knew that without her interference, in the game between Danzo and Hiruzen, she and the kids in the orphanage would suffer.

'Damned Bastards! Again, using others to harm each other,' Tsunade thought while cursing in her heart and she crouched down.

She put a finger on Nono's chin and lifting her face, she said in a low voice, "Nono, you don't want the children in the orphanage to suffer because of you, right?"

Nono's eyes lost the light she had in her eyes when she heard the words, and she whispered, "Tsunade-Sama, I didn't expect you to be the same as others."

"What nonsense? Do you think I want to use those kids' lives to threaten you and ask you to work for me?"

"Isn't that so?" Nono said and Tsunade groaned at her words. She rubbed her forehead and a moment later, she said, "You should know that Old Man already knows that you are a member of ROOT, but before me, he said that he would make sure that the teachers of the Academy won't be involved with anyone in the village."

"This means that as soon as your identity is lost, you will be abandoned by Danzo, and the only option you will have is to serve as a member of ANBU. But, will Danzo let you go? I am sure he will come to you again and say to work for him even though he had abandoned you."

"After all, you have a weakness, just like me, and this makes many things difficult for both of us."

Tsunade showed a sad smile on her face and Nono froze at her words. This was one of the reasons why Tsunade didn't want to return to the village as even though she had heard of the dark side of the village, she didn't see it on her own.

This was her method, or she should say that it was her cowardice that she wanted to keep the Konoha as pure land in her heart, just like it used to be when she was a kid, and it was to make sure that she wouldn't be completely disappointed and cut off all relation with Konoha.

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