Chapter 18: Reunion

Chapter 18: Reunion

Iwagakure

Naruto and Tsunade just left the Tsuchikage's Mansion and went home to pack for their mission. Both went through their thoughts about meeting with Orochimaru and Sasuke.

"A meeting with Orochimaru, I wonder if he will recognize little old me," Tsunade thought with a grin. Naruto was also in his own thoughts over the mission.

"Man why do I have to meet with the teme? He has the blessing of all of Konoha even after his betrayal," Naruto thought to himself. As the blonds walked through the village back to their house, both looked at the other and smiled.

"This is going to be fun, I can't wait to beat the crap out of the teme," Naruto said to Tsunade. Tsunade nodded with a smile.

"I can't wait to show Orochimaru the new me," Tsunade said to him. Naruto smiled for two reasons. One, for the reaction the two would get from him and Tsunade, the second, from knowing he would use his new jutsu on the teme. As Naruto and Tsunade entered the house they saw everyone sitting at the table eating their food.

"Everyone me and Naruto are going to be gone for a few days, we have a mission," Tsunade told them. Everyone looked at them then back at their food.

"So what type of mission is it?" Jiraiya asked curious of the details. Naruto smiled as he held out his thumb.

"It is an S-rank mission," Naruto said to them. Everyone became wide-eyed and spit out their food. Kiba looked at Naruto.

"Why do you get an S-rank mission, what about us?" Kiba said with a finger of accusation. Tsunade smiled.

"It's because we know the assailants personally," Tsunade said to them. Kiba backed away and sat down, muttering things like 'lucky bastards' under his breath.

"So who are you going up against?" Hinata asked. Naruto and Tsunade's smile wavered as they wondered if they should say. Everyone looked up from their meals in angst.

"So who are you going to be facing?" Neji asked. Everyone nodded their heads in anticipation. Tsunade breathed a sigh as did Naruto.

"Orochimaru-,"

"-and Sasuke," They said to the group. Everyone turned silent as they processed the news. Jiraiya immediately got up in protest.

"No way, out of the question, you both can't do that, not by yourselves," Jiraiya said in anger. Naruto and Tsunade shook their heads.

"We are the only ones who can Jiraiya," Tsunade said in defense.

"Let someone else do it, you both could die," Shizune said to them. The thought of losing Naruto and Tsunade was too much to bear for her. Tsunade sighed.

"Shizune, I am a sannin and Naruto-koi is a jinchuuriki, we will be fine, we aren't going to die," Tsunade said to them. Naruto gave them a reassuring grin.

"I will never let my Hime die, I swear it," Naruto told them. Tsunade blushed at the comment.

"And I am not letting Naruto-koi die, I swear it," Tsunade said to them. Everyone sighed as they nodded. Shizune and Jiraiya reluctantly nodded.

"If you die, I will bring you back and will show you how much being dead a joy," Shizune said to them. Both nodded and went to their room to pack. As they packed, they got on their battle clothes and went out of the house.

Gates of Iwa

Naruto and Tsunade headed to the gates of Iwa. As they passed by they said goodbye to the gate guards. Both smile as they walked out of Iwa.

"Well Naruto-koi, are you ready to track down a snake and-," She was interrupted by her blond.

"-and an emo Hime?" Naruto asked. Tsunade laughed at the insult to Sasuke.

"Yes Naruto-koi, and an emo, let's go," Tsunade said to him. Naruto nodded. He gave her a quick kiss and the two left for their mission. Some of the villagers waved them goodbye and good luck on their mission. To everyone the group of Konoha had made the village more lively. Everyone was a lot more cheerful and even took more training seriously. The village itself wasn't so uptight anymore. People were actually starting to have fun thank to the Konoha group. Naruto had made the most of an impression on everyone there. Sure everyone now knew he was the son of their most hated enemy, but they saw Naruto for himself and not just the Yondaime's kid, so no one held any prejudice about him.

4 hours later

Naruto and Tsunade were jumping through the trees at great speeds. Each was enjoying the feeling of the new body that they had. It seemed relatively easy to use. Not many difficulties as far as motor function and chakra control. Everything was working perfectly. As the group got up to a town near Kumo, they took the time to gather any info they could get out of people for their quarry.

"Hey Tsunade-chan, let's go into that bar, maybe we can get some info, and it will be like a mini-date," Naruto told her. Tsunade looked at the place and nodded.

"Alright, let's go, Naruto-koi," Tsunade said as they stepped inside. As they sat at a table, both eat some food as they listened to people talk. They were especially interested in one particular conversation.

"Okay, that weird snake guy has asked us to bring the package, we deliver it 15 minutes," a man said to his friends. Everyone nodded in agreement and got up to leave. Naruto and Tsunade smirked.

"Well it seems we have found our snake hime," Naruto said to her. Tsunade formed a smile and nodded.

"Well let's not keep our victims waiting, let's go Naruto-koi," Tsunade said to him. Both got up and ran after the men making sure to keep their presence hidden. After 2 hours of trailing, Naruto and Tsunade stopped about four trees away from the meeting spot.

"You ready Naruto-kun?" Tsunade asked. Naruto smiled.

"I'm always ready Hime," Naruto said to her. Both got ready for their fight.

25 minutes later, no snake or emo.

1 hour later, still nothing

"Damn how long does it take for that damn snake to show up?" Naruto asked. Tsunade nodded her head.

"i don't know, Orochimaru, and he is never really late," Tsunade said to him. Both decided to wait a bit longer.

25 minutes later

As both were about to leave, a shadowy figure came into the distance. He was over to the group to see the bandits in the correct spot. He walked over to the three men along with a man who was quite tall. He had black hair and who an attire similar to the sound ninja 4 that Naruto had faced before. Naruto looked at the man.

"I-Is that Sasuke?" Naruto wondered. Tsunade wondered the same thing. Naruto was still mentally 13, so Sasuke should have still been 13 also or at least 14.

"Maybe he went through some enhancement when he went to Orochimaru?" Tsunade wondered. Naruto shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh well we will find out later, let's get ready," Naruto told her. Tsunade nodded. Orochimaru and Sasuke went down as they saw the men.

"Kukuku, so it the delivery was a success?" Orochimaru said to them. The men scoffed.

"We wouldn't be here if it wasn't," One of them said to him. Orochimaru laughed.

"No I guess not, here is your money," Orochimaru said with a large sum of cash. The men drooled over the money. One of the guys tossed as scroll to Orochimaru and he in turn tossed the money. Each grabbed their respective rewards and looked up.

"Pleasure doing business with you," They said to him. Orochimaru smiled.

"Oh I regret to inform you, I am quite the cheater," Orochimaru said as he sent some snakes from his arms and devoured his contractors. Sasuke smiled as he picked up the money.

"Now Orochimaru wasn't mean?" Sasuke asked. Orochimaru chuckled.

"Now now Sasuke, betrayal is always around when someone least expects it," Orochimaru said o him. Sasuke nodded.

"You have a point, now take me to get some more training," Sasuke ordered. Orochimaru slipped out his tongue and laughed.

"Very well Sasuke let's go," Orochimaru said as they turned to leave.

"We will be more than happy to help you with that training," someone said causing the two to turn around. Orochimaru and Sasuke looked to see a twenty-three year old woman along with a nineteen year old man across the field. Sasuke smirked.

"It seems we have eavesdroppers," Sasuke said to Orochimaru.

"It would seem so," Orochimaru responded. Tsunade and Naruto chuckled.

"Nice to see you again Sasuke," Naruto said to him. Because of the age difference, Sasuke had no idea who the blond was.

"Do I know you?" He asked. Tsunade smiled also.

"How you been doing pedophile?" Tsunade asked. Orochimaru seething.

"I don't know you-, HEY I AM NOT A PEDOPHILE," Orochimaru roared. Naruto shook his head.

"Aww hime you pissed of the teme," Naruto said to her. Tsunade smiled.

"I know, and I enjoyed it," She said to him.

"I am sure you did," He said to her. Sasuke grumbled.

"So who are you two anyway?" Sasuke asked. Both turned to him and smiled.

"I am hurt Sasuke, you don't remember me," Naruto fake cried.

"Orochi, doesn't remember me," Tsunade said as she fake cried also. Soon both laughed.

"Let's give them some hints," Naruto told her. Tsunade nodded.

"Remember this Sasuke, I will be the Hokage someday believe it," Naruto said to him. Sasuke became wide-eyed.

"Dobe?" He wondered. Tsunade looked at Orochimaru.

"Maybe you remember this Orochimaru," Tsunade said as she made a fist of chakra. She punched the ground and caused and earthquake. Orochimaru narrowed his eyes.

"Tsunade," He said to her. Both smiled.

"BINGO, we have a prize for pointing out the obvious, it is your asses getting kicked personally by us," Naruto said to them. Tsunade nodded.

"Yes Naruto-koi, we should do that," Tsunade said to him. Both Orochimaru and Sasuke' mouth dropped to the ground hearing those words.

"NARUTO-KOI!," They shouted. Tsunade turned to them.

"Oh didn't you know-," She paused and gave Naruto a deep kiss shocking Orochimaru and Sasuke.

"Me and Naruto are engaged," Tsunade said to Orochimaru. Orochimaru snapped out of his daze.

"Yeah right Tsunade, but why are two Konoha shinobi all the way out here?" He asked. Tsunade smirked.

"You mean what are two ex-Konoha shinobi doing out here Orochimaru," Tsunade corrected him.

"EX?" Sasuke wondered. Naruto nodded.

"Yep, see this headband, we are loyal Iwa shinobi," Naruto said to them.

"Oh so what are you doing here dobe and how did you get so old?" Sasuke asked. Naruto smiled.

"Answering those questions in that order, I am hear to kick your ass and bring you back to Iwa, next question, I have to thank Kyuubi-chan for this change," Naruto told him. Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"Too bad age has nothing to do with skill," Sasuke said to him. Naruto nodded.

"That it doesn't, but it has nearly everything to do with power," Naruto told him. Orochimaru broke the chat.

"So what about you Tsunade, you call me a pedophile, yet you a fifty-four year old woman is engaged to a thirteen year old," Orochimaru chuckled. Tsunade shook her head.

"That is true, but this isn't a henge Orochi, my mental age is fifty-four, but my physical age is twenty-three, isn't medical ninjutsu the best," Tsunade said to him. Orochimaru gasped.

"Yeah Orochimaru, I found it before you, the jutsu to eternal life, and only I know it," Tsunade told him. Naruto turned to Sasuke.

"Oh and Sasuke, just so you know, because I have the Kyuubi's chakra like this, I am now immortal, I won't die," Naruto told a shocked Sasuke. Naruto and Tsunade sighed.

"Well shall we begin this reunion Naruto-koi?" Tsunade asked. Naruto smiled.

"Whenever your ready Tsunade-hime," Naruto said to her. Both charged Orochimaru and Sasuke as the two snapped out of their thinking and got ready for a fight. Tsunade took out a kunai as did Naruto. Orochimaru took out his sword as did Sasuke. Naruto collied with Sasuke and Tsunade collied with Orochimaru.

"Sasuke, now I am going to show you why you should have killed me back in Final Valley," Naruto said to him. Tsunade looked at Orochimaru.

"I am going to show you, why you should mess with me or Iwa, Orochimaru," Tsunade said to Orochimaru. The ground shook as sannin vs sannin and genin vs genin matched each other.