Chapter 128 - Tsunade's Dilemma
[a/n: I'm having writer's block. Can't even think of what to write. I am thinking of taking a break. Is it okay?]
The next day at 5.am in the morning, Tsunade woke up and looked around the room.
"Hmmmmmmm, this isn't my home." She said as she rubbed her eyes.
*Yawn*
She yawned and was about to leave the bed when she got a terrible headache.
"Ah fuck." She muttered as she used a bit of chakra and a green glow appeared on her hand.
She pressed her hand against her head as she felt the dizziness slowly going away.
'Heh, healing is useful when you have a hangover.' Tsunade thought as she rolled on the bed.
"Anyway, this room. Isn't this the secret room that Shizune and I made?" She questioned as she looked around carefully.
"Yep, this is the room. But didn't I fall asleep on the desk in the office?" She asked herself again.
"Hmm, let's go through the memories."
'First, Shizune suggested that we drink sake. She will pay for the cost of the sake so I agreed. We drank and talked about many things. After that, I fell asleep. And, then, I heard some noise? What the hell? I didn't even know that.
Anyway, I got carried and then I arrived here. That's all.' She thought as she closed her eyes and was about to sleep again.
However, she suddenly realized something.
'Oh fuck. I am very familiar with that voice.' Tsunade said in her mind as she finally remembered something.
'Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! How? What? Why! Why did I say that?' Tsunade shouted in her mind as she sat up straight.
'Ahhhhh! How will I face him in the future?!' Tsunade was in a crisis.
Tsunade decided to calm herself down as she took in deep breaths.
"Let's think logically. I am a 54 years old lady who is ol- young. My face and body still look youthful. No, let's act shamelessly. I will act like I don't remember anything that happened yesterday." Tsunade said with a huge smile.
"There's nothing that will go wrong. I'm sure of it."
[E/N: Tsunade is in denial :]
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[30 minutes later]
"Tsunade-san, do you like the food?" Ayame asked as Tsunade nodded.
"Thank you for inviting me." Tsunade said as she bowed.
"Ah, it's fine. It's an honour to have the Hokage appreciate my food." Ayame said as Tsunade was still thinking about what happened.
After dealing with her hangover, she went out to eat breakfast. There, she met with Kushina and Mikoto who were out to buy ingredients.
They invited her for breakfast and she declined the offer at first. However, the two insisted and she had no choice but to accept it.
Currently, only the wives and Akihiko were awake while the others were all asleep. They usually woke up at around 6.30 am.
They were all eating Ayame's handmade ramen right now. Normally, eating ramen for breakfast would feel weird but if it was the ramen Teuchi or Ayame made, it was okay to eat them at any time.
Tsunade avoided eye contact with Akihiko while Akihiko just had a smile on his face. Tsunade was getting irritated since his smiling expression looked as if he was mocking her.
'Something happened between them last night.' The wives already made a conclusion. They looked at Shizune who was having a smug face.
Izumi decided to ask them.
"Akihiko, Tsunade-san, did something happen between the two of you?"
"No. Not at all. Nothing happened." Tsunade denied immediately while Akihiko grabbed his cup of tea and drank it slowly.
After drinking it, he started talking.
"Well, after Shizune told me that Tsunade had something to tell me, I went to the office. There I saw her sleeping on the desk, beside dozens of sake bottles. I just carried her to a bed in the office."
"There's a bed in the office?" The wives were all amazed.
"It was a secret room though. After I laid her down, she suddenly opened her eyes. And then she looked at me and said, 'I-' ".
Tsunade suddenly jumped up from her seat and covered Akihiko's mouth with her hand. Her face was slightly red as she coughed.
"It is a bit embarrassing. I said, "I will become the king of gambling."" Tsunade said but the wives didn't believe her one bit. But they already knew what she said.
They could easily connect the pieces.
"Yeah, right." Shizune said with some giggles.
Tsunade's eyebrows twitched.
'Fuck. Now, I can't act like I don't know about what I said last night. My body just moved by itself.' She thought.
She just continued eating just like everyone else.
After they finished eating, Tsunade decided to leave.
"Thank you for the breakfast." Tsunade said as the wives all invited her to come again next time.
"Shizune, we will only drink 5 bottles of sake maximum." Tsunade said as Shizune nodded.
"Yes, Lady Tsunade."
Shizune didn't mind it. Her plan was already completed last night.
"Then, I'll get going now. There are lots of errr… paperwork to do." Tsunade said as she said farewell to the family.
She left as Akihiko and his wives decided to take a walk. They chatted and then stopped near a grassy part of the Uchiha Household which was to the most top right area.
Shizune didn't follow them since she had to prepare for her work.
They laid on the grass and talked about the fun memories they had before. Very wholesome. After a while, they returned to the main house since the others are going to be awake soon.
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[Meanwhile]
Jiraiya, Guy and Kakashi were all sitting next to each other at Ichiraku.
"Teuchi, you opened the shop early today." Jiraiya said as he took his bowl of ramen.
"I opened at this time for more than 10 years now." Teuchi said as he served Kakashi and Guy their ramen.
"Ah, is that so?"
They started eating and Kakashi asked Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya-san, when will the new Icha Icha Paradise book be published?"
"After my auto-biography."
"Ah, Naruto told me that it was full of bullshit."
"*Cough* *Cough* That kid, he learned bad manners from Akihiko."
"Hmm? Akihiko has very good manners. I have known him since he was a little kid." Guy joined in the conversation.
"Yeah, he's a good kid." Teuchi commented as they all continued the conversation about Akihiko.
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The day went on like usual. Akihiko trained Naruto, Sasuke and Konan. The kids were taught by the mothers and then, they played.
Itachi also played with the kids and he coughed many times but he managed to hide his disease. After training, Akihiko also played with the kids.
[In the afternoon]
Akihiko teleported to the Hokage office together with Kisame, who was still weakened and bound by the fuinjutsu.
"Yo, Tsunade."
Tsunade was being professional since this was during work time. She was a Hokage, a leader of a village.
"Please enter the room through the door next time."
"Sure. Anyway, another Akatsuki member." Akihiko said as he showed Kisame.
"Nice! Good job! Now, there's only one Akatsuki member left who hasn't been dealt with." Tsunade said as she stood up from her seat.
"I'll bring him with me though. I still have some use for him."
"Doesn't matter. I trust you." Tsunade said as Akihiko continued.
"The last Akatsuki member is not simple. He managed to escape after entering the Uchiha Household to capture Kushina." Akihiko said as both Tsunade and Shizune were surprised.
"Huh?!"x2
"The Uchiha Household was attacked?! And he managed to escape?!"
'Well, it's because I decided to let him escape but..'
"Yeah." Akihiko answered as Tsunade nodded.
"Thanks for informing me."
"No problem."
"Lady Tsunade, may I ask Akihiko about what you said yesterday?"
"No." Tsunade replied bluntly as Shizune was holding her giggle.
"Well, I will leave now. Tsunade, I will remember what you said yesterday." Akihiko left after that.
Tsunade blushed a bit before she stared at Shizune with a slightly annoyed gaze.
"Shizune."
"Yes, Lady Tsunade."
"You set me up, didn't you?"
"Eh, I do not understand, Lady Tsunade. Right, TonTon?"
"Oink!" (Yes!)
"You traitor!" Tsunade has a grave look on her face.
"Oink! Oink! Oink!" (You left me at home and didn't let me out!)
The two bickered for some time, a human and a pig.
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"Big Sis! Big Sis! Are you going somewhere?" Hanabi asked with curiosity as Hinata was trying out all the clothes in the wardrobe.
It was strange for her since Hinata mostly wore plain clothes.
"Mm. Hanabi, what should I wear between these two?" Hinata asked as Hanabi shrugged.
"I don't know."
"Should I just wear a kimono?"
"Yeah, that's good!" Hanabi really liked kimonos. They were beautiful.
"Thanks, Hanabi." Hinata said as she patted Hanabi's head.
"No problem. But where are you going, Big Sis?"
"I'm going on a date with Akihiko."
"Ah….." Hanabi widened her mouth in surprise.
"What? Is there anything wrong?" Hinata asked with a slight curl in the corner of her mouth.
"Nothing, Big Sis! Good luck for today!" Hanabi said cheerfully as Hinata nodded.
"Thanks."
"Hehe, your welcome."
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[Meanwhile]
The kids were sleeping peacefully in their room. They had cute smiles on their faces and they often rolled around on the bed. They were also drooling from time to time.
Konan was in the kids' room, looking at the kids and supervising their sleep so that nothing happens. It wasn't really needed since Akihiko and his wives already made necessary preparations for situations like those.
Konan just wanted to look at the kids' sleeping faces. They were very cute after all.
Nagato and Deidara already left the house and went to their own destination. Nagato was heading to Amegakure to pay respects to his parents at their grave and go back to where his childhood was.
Ayame was talking to others about her new Rinne-Ramengan. The others were quite surprised.
Meanwhile, Naruto was in his room having a good afternoon nap.
Jugo was playing with the three bears, the snake pet and Nyanta. He liked animals after all.
Karin was following Sasuke around but Sasuke didn't complain. He was now heading towards Itachi's room to have a good talk.
When he got closer to the room, he heard violent coughing noises.
He immediately ran and opened the door. Itachi was there coughing out black blood and his face was very pale.
Itachi had widened eyes and he wasn't expecting Sasuke to see him right now.
"Huh?"
(End-)
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