Chapter 49: Tsunade is back, the third is happy

Fugaku was totally surprised and couldn't believe his eyes for a moment.

— THE WINNER IS UCHIHA MOKA! LET'S WELCOME HER TO THE CLAN! FROM NOW ON, SHE WILL BE ONE OF US! TO LIVE AND DIE WITH THE UCHIHA CLAN!

He immediately announced the winner and welcomed Moka to the clan.

— Now, everyone please leave the avenue!

Fugaku was content with how things turned out, although it was somewhat of a disgrace that an Uchiha with a sharingan lost, that only talked a lot about the potential of Moka. Even the elders who pressed for this confrontation were wearing smiles thinking about the prospect of the new genius.

No one but Fugaku noticed the abnormality.

— Moka, please come with me. 

What she did was not something a little girl could come to have contact with, so he was worried about where she learned it and who taught her.

Moka, intelligent as she was, knew exactly what was passing by the head of Fugaku, but she was not worried, everything was going according to plan.

They both walked one after another until they reached the house of the head of the clan.

— Oh! Are both of you back? How did it go?

— Can't you listen to the noise everyone is making?

— Haha I've prepared something to celebrate, come in!

Inside, Mikoto receive them with a smile on her face. She stayed to prepared dinner, if Moka won, then they would celebrate, and if she lost, they would console her. That was the plan!

She had taken great care of Moka in the past year, and by now, Mikoto was already loving her like a daughter. So he she listened that Moka successfully pass the test, she was incredibly happy.

— Tell us when it's time to eat, we'll be in my office.

— Ok! 

Mikoto responded and went back into the kitchen with a smile.

Along the way, Fugaku did not say anything. When they pass thought the door, he finally sorted out his ideas.

— First, congratulations.

— Thanks Uncle!

— *Sigh* Now, can you tell me what was that?

— What?

This was not Moka pretending to be dumb, but that she was really asking for confirmation, after all she could not see the thing from the perspective of the leader of a clan. She was now some kind of gifted who can think like a Hokage.

— About those two techniques, where did you learn them?

— Oh!

She was surprised, she thought that Fugaku would only ask about one of them, but for him to notice the uniqueness of the taijustu… She was told not to underestimate anyone, but now she was a little clearer about the insightness of powerful people.

— Well, an onee-san taught me when she was passing by the place where I used to live.

— An onee-san?

— Yes! Well, it was not her, but a friend I made! He as very kind to me, and when he saw my greatness, he taught me! But he said he had to ask his master for permission.

— And that was the onee-san you told me?

— Yes! She was extremely beautiful!

— Uh! Can you describe her a little for me?

When that question came, she was ready. She saw clearly how Fugaku had his sharingan openness all the time, but there was no necessity to be afraid! After all, she would not lie!

— Ok! She was blonde and very young! And her breast were very big!

— Wait! Wait!

Fugaku immediately told her to stop, just by that description he already had an idea about who could it be. But he denied that idea again and again in his mind. He just could not believe that she would that a disciple, or something akin to that.

— Let me ask you something. Did she go to a casino?

— How did you know? Actually, they had to leave because there were people going after them.

Alas… Fugaku shook his head, there was a headache growing at a rapid pace.

— So, he was a disciple of her? 

— Ah? No, she just taught him things. And he was closer to a black-haired girl.

'So, it was Tsunade indeed. And I guess the black-haired girl was Shizune. Well, that's good. If it was known that one of the three sannin took a disciple outside of the village, there would be a huge problem.'

Thinking until that point, he disactivated his sharingan with relief.

— Can you tell me about what you did?

— Of course. The taijustu is called NAGARE (flow) and the finger technique is called SHI NO NAMI (wave of death). The first can't be said to be a taijustu, it's more like a way of fighting, because there's no defined movement, it's more like a concept. If you advance, I go back, if you go back, I advance, but it's much more subtle than that.

— I see…

Fugaku could already observe that from the little encounter earlier. How Moka accoupled herself to her opponent, she made herself be a part of him. In no moment did she dodge the attack, just like the name indicated, she just followed the flow. It was an incredible way of fighting, one that could take her to the top.

It was not and invincible technique by any means, after all, if someone was faster than her, she would not be able to react, or if someone was capable of altering his own flow, then the fight also would be over, although the difficulty of the later was much greater that just winning by brute force.

Anyway, Fugaku knew everyone has a flow in the way the move. A was of fighting that takes advantage of that is terrifying.

— And the other?

— Shi no nami? The concept is pretty simple, I just have to gather chakra in my fingers, and when I make contact with the enemy, I release them in the form of waves inside the body.

— But that's not all, right?

Fugaku was clearly how, although her opponent seemed to be okay, it would not be surprising that the insides of him were a mess.

— Yeah! I have to use at least three fingers, when I release the chakra, I have to do it in a way that when they collide with each other inside the body of my opponent, they react and generate and even grater force.

Basically, shi no nami was a justu that used the principle of resonance of waves, the same one that makes it possible for superwaves to exist in the ocean.

/AN: for those who are still confused, it's the same priciple that Shiba Tatsuya used to defeat Hattori. /

— I see…

— Yeah! The more fingers you use and the more chakra you input, the more potent the jutsu, there's no limit!

— But there are a lot of factors to consider.

— Yeah! That's why Shan is still alive.

— So…

— Yeah, It's an incomplete technique.

Lite thought about it, but could not use it to its full capabilities. After all, waves change depending on the material through which they propagate. 

A body is something that changes all the time in a fight, not to mention that depending on the part of the body, the structure of the muscles and bones is different.

— Then…

— Yeah, it's as you guessed. Only the sharingan can take this jutsu to the peak.

Fugaku could not express the emotion he felt, a jutsu only for the clan was something so precious that every clan in the ninja world could not wait to have, even if it's just one more, even if it's of the worst grade. Not to mention, this was practically as S rank jutsu.

It's on the same level as the rasengan of the fourth. And like it, it still has no nature manipulation included.

But after all his emotions, he cooled down. He did not forget the original possessor of this technique, if he wanted to use that jutsu, he would have to buy it. When his thoughts caught up, he was depressed again, who knows where would Tsunade could be now?

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In the principal door of Konoha, three people could be seen, two women and one kid. One of the women was blonde and her chest was something capable of stopping wars if used well. The other two were black-haired.

After many days of traveling, Tsunade, Kokoe and Lite finally reached Konoha. They took their time to let Lite experience life, after all, as an outsider, he would not be able to move so freely in the village. 

— Tsunade-sama, Hokage-sama has been waiting for you.

As soon as their figures were recognized, one of the guards hurried out to greet her. She was not surprise, after all they made no effort to disguise their traces along the way. If ambu could not notice her then that would be a problem for the village.

— Very well, I'll go immediately. They'll come with me.

Tsunade entered the village, her mood complicated. While she came back during Obitos's attack, that was a special situation and she could not stop to think about various things.

Now, however, she was walking in normally. Watching everybody passing by her side. Kids were playing, uncles and aunties conversing or selling things.

'Yeah, it's not so bad'

Now she knew various thing. Compared to the past, she was stronger. 

'I'm happy to be back.'

So, the three walked side by side to the Hokage office.

Along the way, they received various glances from all the people. 

'Well, I guess this was to be expected.'

No one recognized her at the beginning, but little by little, more and more people knew who she was. It was then that the question about who were the woman and kid accompanying her were.

And so, they reached to tower. There, Tsunade saw one of the two "advisors" of the third.

— Tsunade, so you came back.

— That's right.

— *Sigh* Sarutobi is waiting for you.

'I really hate that old woman.'

They continue to walk and soon reached the door of the office.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

— Come in!

There, after so many years, she saw her sensei. Compared to the past, his hair was white and the energy that he once boasted as the most powerful kage of his generation was no more.

Remembering all the good and bad times of the last years, she could not help but enter in a short period of reminiscence. However, she woke up quickly, now was no time to think about useless things.

— Tsunade! It's good that you're back!

He said with genuine happiness. That feeling was properly transmitted to her.

'It would be so good if everything could have stayed like in the past…'

— Yeah… Hello old man. I came to visit.

— ? Just to visit?

— Yeah, I have some business and can not stay for too long. 

— *Sigh* Tsunade, I hope you know that I cannot allow that, right?

Well, she obviously understood. It was good enough that she was not declared a missing ninja after so many years of disappearance. If she wants to come and go as she pleases, well, it's a little impossible.

— Don't worry. I'll just be away for two years at most. Then I'll come back. I can even take back my old position in the hospital.

— …Are you serious? 

— Yes!

— …Let me think about it.

The village has done well when she was away, and there's no pressing matter to force her to stay. If she gives her word and is even willing to work again, then that means that her sickness has been cured. That only can be good news.

— So, won't you tell me who those two are?

— Good day, Hokage-sama. My name is Kokoe Senju and this is my son Lite Senju.

The one to introduce was Kokoe, as the older one, she has some responsibilities she can not escape from.

— …Senju?

The third immediately turn to see Tsunade. 

— Tsunade, can you explain what this is about?

— It's just a surname. I plan to leave this kid and his mother in the village. This is just a way to prevent some mummy from doing something stupid.

— Are you aware of what constitutes if you give an outsider your surname?

— Don't worry old man. I've known this kid since he was born. And he's adopted as a secondary member.

— …Did you really take a liking to that kid?

— Well, it was Shizune. She saved Kokoe and then you can imagine the rest.

— I see…

— Yes, you don't have to worry about them. And I think you will be very pleased with the kid.

— Oh? 

— I can assure you, this one will be someone great if he's well nurtured.

Sarutobi listened with great attention. He had no doubts about the capabilities of Tsunade to detect if someone was hostile to the village, even more so if they spent so many years together.

Moreover, when he heard about how strong the kid was, his eyes lit up like a pair of beacons. If there's something he really loves is talent. 

He was resigned when the kid Jiraiya bought back was taken by the Uchiha, but now those feelings disappeared with a puff.

— Well, how long will you stay here?

— Not much, maybe a month. 

— Good, then you can go now and rest. We'll talk again later.