Rejoining Konoha but with two conditions! and an emotionally devastating blow...

"So what's your choice Steel Will Claire?" Hiruzen narrows his eyes dangerously.

"I have two conditions..." Claire gazes into Hiruzen's eyes not losing the staring contest.

"Name them!" Hiruzen says narrowing his gaze even more.

"1... I will still take on bounty hunter missions whenever possible... 2... I want to create an organization! I shall call it the Mercenary Union! It will be where Mercenaries and Bounty Hunters can enter and feel safe! There will be requests from all across the elemental nations and no one in Konoha has the right to halt their activities! They will be allowed to come and go! This is my dream! I will devour anyone who gets in the way of my dreams..." Claire turns into a wolf the size of a 4x4 Truck with Hair black as night and eyes red as blood... She lets out a long howl and then growls at Hiruzen.

"You want some?" Hiruzen calmly takes out some dried squid and waves it before Claire's nose while eating his share. Claire chomps at the dried squid and devours it in one bite and now has an expectant look in her eyes as if she is asking for more making Hiruzen chuckle he gives in and gives the whole bag to Claire.

Claire turns back into a human...

"So what is your answer Hiruzen?" Claire narrows her eyes dangerously and her wolf eyes make it all the more intimidating.

"I can fulfill the first condition but the second one is somewhat problematic... It conflicts with the interests of the Village... It could take away the village's Income... I would need to discuss it with my advisors and the council and clans..." Claire gives an animalistic growl at this.

"Those fat sheep only care about lining their own pockets! The Clans will also disagree! Danzo is the worse of them all! I will kill Danzo and those two old fools!" Hiruzen summons Monkey King Enma in an adamantine staff form and strikes at Claire for threatening his friends. Claire opens her mouth wide and bites down on Enma causing cracks to spread across the staff.

"They are scum! They are a cancerous Tumor upon the village! You know this! You are a sentimental fool!" Claire says while applying more pressure with her jaws making Enma scream in pain.

"..." Hiruzen sends a blast of bloodlust at Claire which only provokes her to apply more pressure.

"You know I'm right!" Claire glares at Hiruzen.

"Be that as it may... I can't do anything... You are right... I'm too soft..." Hiruzen gives a defeated sigh and unsummons Enma. Claire's jaw strength which is a combination of human and Wolf was just too powerful...

Her bite force is immense in her human form as it has over 800 pounds of force per square inch... And when in her wolf form she bites harder than a Saltwater Crocodile... She can bite a person in two! She is indeed a Wolf person... She underwent a forceful evolution... And Now is an apex predator in both forms... She is more wolf than human... And that makes her more dangerous than humans...

"I will create the Mercenary Union whether those corrupt fools agree or not! Don't stop me Hiruzen! I will devour you!" Claire growls and it sounds just like a wolf's growl and her nose scrunched up like a wolf too.

"...I won't try to stop you but I won't stop others from trying... Now put this on!" Hiruzen throws a new Headband at Claire she catches it and stares at it for a while.

"Please come back... I can't go on without you! It... Tore my heart when you left..." Tsunade has tears in her eyes hoping that Claire will put the headband on.

Claire sighs and ties the headband on her upper arm below the shoulder... "Alright..." She gets up and walks away ignoring Tsunade... She just doesn't know how to continue... Is it even possible to get back together?

Tsunade smiles... 'There is still a chance we can be together again! Maybe not now but a chance is still a chance! I won't let you leave ever again!' Tsunade starts remembering how she always woke up seeing Claire asleep on her chest and how they gave their first to each other... She starts remembering all the good times when they were happy and deeply in love!

Jiraiya has a bitter smile... 'Well, there goes my chance... Now it's impossible for me to have a romantic relationship with Tsunade!' Jiraiya walks away as well with sagging shoulders.

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"We found them... But we lost little Jack..." Derek says sadly.

"RAHHH" Claire starts destroying the surroundings in utter rage throwing a tantrum... Hot tears flowed down her face.

"They will pay... I will skin them alive and stitch their skin back on inside out! I will pull their teeth out and rip their nails off! I will poke their eyes until they are full of senbon! I will make them drink Acid and then cut their fingers off with scissors!" Claire roars while saying things that come straight out of a horror story.

And since she was an RN in her past life she is more than capable of skinning someone alive and stitching their skin inside out without them dying... She can make sure they survive long enough to feel every moment of their suffering... No one can survive being skinned alive and then have their skin stitched on inside out... But they can survive long enough to feel this kind of torment. She will make sure that his comrades watch as he suffers... And when it is over... She will summon her pack and they will eat Nakayama Shiro and then they will devour his comrades alive one by one. Shiro has just earned a terrible enemy...

Hiruzen grimaces at that... 'Which horror story did she come out of!?' He shakes his head and heads to the command tent to talk to Jonin Commander Sakumo.

Tsunade has a worried look on her face... 'She and Jack must have been really close...' And indeed they were... They were the best of friends... He was there for her when she was at her lowest... He was there all the time when she no longer saw colors or her reflection... He was there through the good and bad. He hunted prey for her so she could eat he was there to wash her body when she stopped bathing he was the one to be there for her when no one else was. Not just anyone would go that far for someone else.

Claire is sitting against the tree with her head lowered as she opens a bottle of Sake and lights a cigarette... She wants to drink and smoke away the pain of losing a part of her pack... And not just any member... It was her most trusted friend...