CH 11: Primary Colors [4]

Tsunade entered the building escorted by the mother-slaves, who began to eat her with their eyes. They were captivated by the swagger of those firm buttocks with each step she took. On the other hand, the Sannin watched the place with curiosity, since after saving Kushina's life after the Kyūubi's attack, she left the village in the company of her favorite student, Shizune Kato. When she left, they were still located in another domicile and therefore the new house of Kushina and konan, caught his attention.

"And where is Shizune, Sensei,"kushina said, discreetly looking at the narrow waist of her teacher.

"I'll explain in a moment...".

tsunade finally entered the house after the brief tour of the garden and the first thing she saw was the little blonde sitting on the wide sofa, smiling softly. The boy looked cute with those marks on his cheeks and he really looked like his father with those blond hairs, although the features of his face were extremely similar to those of his mother.

On the other hand, Naruto observed tsunade with marked curiosity. He knew who she was through Kushina's memories, but it was one thing to know and another to see such a spectacular woman live. Granddaughter of Mito Uzumaki, she had Uzumaki ancestry and that was another reason to assimilate her into the clan, plus she would surely know where her grandmother's grave was, a secret jealously guarded by the higher ups of Konoha....

He already had her in his sights to hunt her down in the future, but now she was presenting herself on a silver platter. And that was an opportunity he was not going to let slip away, since the woman was famous for leaving the village for years without even saying where she was going.

"Good morning," naruto greeted politely, as he discreetly put away the list they were working on just moments before.

"Well, the last time I saw you, you were a baby..."tsunade sat next to the boy with curiosity "How have you been?"

"Who is it?" Naruto entered in his role of a 5 year old boy, looking with pretended naivety at the woman.

"This is Tsunade-sensei, son" Kushina assumed her role perfectly "She is very dear to me and in fact you already know her, but you were just a cute little baby when you last saw her".

"That's right son," Konan added smiling, backing up her partner, "Not to mention that she is one of the strongest Kunoichi in the world, Tsunade-sama is an amazing woman and Ninja".

"Really?" naruto replied in surprise, "Wow, you're great!"

"Well, just a little bit..."tsunade was in a good mood with the compliments received "And speaking of something else... Don't you think it's about time for dinner?"

"Ramen...!" shouted naruto with sincere enthusiasm.

"Let's have dinner then," said the housewives with a big smile and perfect synchrony.

Those were the moments when Naruto could stop seeing himself as a being conceived to avenge and rebuild an almost dead clan and be a simple 5 year old boy. The moms, too, could assume that role for a moment and rest from their dedicated work, even if they did not dislike at all to be the devoted and faithful slaves of naruto.

The dining room table was soon ready and the three girls got ready to eat with the little boy, who, as always, sat flanked by his moms, while the famous Sannin sat on the other side of the table to face the family.

"Then tell us, Tsunade-sensei"Kushina stopped eating for a moment to start talking "Why did you come to visit, is something wrong?"

"Well..."The woman stopped her delicious food for a moment to answer her student "What happened is that..."tsunade looked slightly embarrassed "I came to hide from the collectors for a while".

"Oh Tsunade-sensei, you don't change..."kushina shook her head while she wiped her master's mouth devoutly with a napkin.

"I don't see what's wrong with that," replied tsunade, amusedly angry.

"Don't worry, Tsunade-sama," Konan said as she gave her master a glass of water to drink from, "You can stay as long as you need."

"Well, I guess I'll take your word for it, Konan," tsunade looked curiously at Kushina and konan's treatment for the boy.

Tsunade could understand the devotion with which both women cared for the little boy, since she had come into their lives in the middle of hard emotional losses: Minato for kushina, Nagato and Yahiko for konan. Perhaps they both saw the child as the successor of the three and that was why they showed him so much affection, besides the fact that he was painfully similar to him....

And as they finished eating and picking up the table, she got to thinking, as she kept a dark secret that no one knew....

Minato Namikaze was an orphan who became the most feared Ninja in Konoha during the Third Ninja War. But he wasn't really as much of an orphan as people thought. The famous Kūnoichi (Tsunade) had as a boyfriend a Ninja named Dan Katou during the period leading up to the Second Ninja War and during the conflict their relationship deepened, which culminated in her pregnancy in the middle of the conflagration, a period in which she dedicated herself as long as her bulging belly allowed her, to train the medical Ninja of Konoha.

It was the happiest time of her life, since she would have a child with the man she loved and despite her youth, since her baby would be born when she was already 19 years old, she felt full and fulfilled despite being in the middle of the war... However, fate was cruel to her and her beloved boyfriend died during an ambush near the village.

Her life simply took a complete turn and with the loss of her most beloved one, everything ceased to matter to her, even her once beloved son. Perhaps because she was immature or because of the trauma of Dan's death, but she felt unable to cope with the responsibility of being a mother....

She made the decision to abandon that blonde baby like her, as soon as she gave birth to him, leaving him in the Konoha orphanage and making her own medical report, in which she informed the world that her son had not survived the birth, which no one questioned, since everyone knew what the death of the father had meant to her and no one had the courage to delve into the matter.

When the war ended, she abandoned herself, falling into alcoholism for years. Everything seemed to indicate that it would end extremely badly....

However, her former sister-in-law, Shizuka Katou, approached her to ask her practically on her knees to take care of her little daughter Shizune, since her beloved's sister was terribly ill due to complications resulting from the numerous wounds she received during the war and the death of her brother made her fall into a state of depression almost as deep as that of the Sannin herself...

And that made Tsunade react, as Shizune would eventually be Dan's last remaining blood family, as he and Shizuka were once a pair of orphan refugees from the Fire Nation who eventually made Konoha their home. He then made the decision to fulfill his sister-in-law's dying wish....

Ironically, Shizune was the same age as her son, whom she did not care to see after abandoning him. At that moment she thought it would be best to take care of him as well, so she decided to retrieve him from the orphanage....

But reality hit her again head on.

Tsunade organized a test for the children of the orphanage under the pretext of conducting research for a secret project and since she was a war heroine, no one even tried to question her approach. It actually consisted of conducting an interview with a group of thirty children among whom she made sure that her son, a little blond 6-year-old who had tousled hair the same color as hers and had inherited his father's intense blue eyes, was the last one. The reunion with the fruit of the love she felt for Dan was perhaps one of the most painful moments in her life....