Naruko parried a punch from Jiraiya by pushing his arm up. They really kicked up the training on the way, due to Naruko's determination to get much stronger. While her Taijutsu was very powerful when fighting her opponents, Jiraiya wanted to teach her a more forceful and aggressive Taijutsu, just in case. He was also teaching her any wind, fire, earth, and water jutsu that he knew. He didn't know too many lightning style he taught her about his hair jutsu, Needle Gizo.

After finishing their spar and Jiraiya telling Naruko what she could improve on, they made their way into a village for food. They had been following rumors to this point and Tsunade was said to be in this town but they were hungry as of the moment.

They walked into a food place, making light conversation before Jiraiya abruptly stopped and pointed at a woman with blonde hair. "Tsunade!" He yelled.

(Serious Music)

"So let me get this straight? The village wants me to come be the Hokage?" Jiraiya nodded and shrugged. "Geez, it feels like a reunion, with that snake contacting me earlier today." Naruko eyes widened and she slammed her hands on the table. Her pupils turned to slits.

"That bastard is here!?" Naruko growled out and Tsunade frowned.

"Orochimaru? Yeah, he asked me to heal his hands." Naruko glared at her and Tsunade cocked a brow, not intimidated in the slightest.

"Did you?" Tsunade shook her head.

"No, he gave me a day to think about it. He said he would revive my old love Dan and my brother Nawaki." She shrugged, not showing her emotions. "I haven't decided if it was worth it yet." Naruko shook her head.

"Don't! Listen… Lady Tsunade… I know it's not my place but to bring the dead back to life is a sin. I'm sure Dan and Nawaki wouldn't want to be revived at the expense of Lord Third's death being in vain." Tsunade frowned and looked down at the table, taking another swig of Sake.

"Well… I am going to meet him tomorrow. I'm going with Shizune and Shizune only. You guys can return to the village, the Hokage's job is cursed, it's a fools job." Naruko felt her anger boil. "Everyone who takes that job dies, and for what? To protect a bunch of people that they don't know?" Naruko growled and slammed her hands on the table again.

"Shut up!" She screamed. "Grandpa Hokage and my dad were Hokage! They did their best to protect everyone in the village because once you become Hokage, the whole village becomes your family! My name is Naruko Uzumaki and I am going to be Hokage! Whether I have to take the title from you or some other old freak!"

Tsunade stood up. "Let's take this outside!" She yelled and Naruko followed her outside, not particularly wanting to fight one of the sannin but not willing to back down. "I am going to slam you to the ground with one finger brat!" She yelled and Naruko dashed at her, taking a more aggressive approach to this one.

Naruko struck at her but her hand was pushed down by a single finger before that single finger impacted on her forehead. Naruko rocketed backward into the wall with a bruise on her forehead. Naruko stood up with a growl and began to spin chakra with both hands, forming a familiar jutsu.

She dashed at Tsunade again but Tsunade caught her wrist and turned her chakra into electricity, making Naruko's nerves twitch and she dropped the jutsu before Tsunade flicked her in the forehead again.

"Are you serious Jiraiya? She is much too young to be using that jutsu! Minato didn't even master it until he was twenty five!" Naruko stood up and growled at her.

"I mastered it in a month!" Naruko yelled and Tsunade frowned.

"Bullshit." She looked at Jiraiya and he nodded. Naruko growled and this relatively surprised Jiraiya as he rarely saw her lose her cool.

Naruko dashed at Tsunade and channeled all the chakra she could into her fist, releasing it like an explosion. Tsunade caught the fist and her eyes widened as she felt herself sliding back a bit just from the force of the punch. Naruko then began to throw these punches rapidly and Jiraiya watched in amusement as Tsunade dodged the anger filled punches with little to no effort. Tsunade smirked and jumped back.

"Tell you what brat, I'll give you until the time after I refuse Orochimaru-teme… three days. If you can manage to impress me, I'll come with you." Tsunade's smirk broadened. "I'll even throw in, my necklace." Naruko grinned and distantly remembered the beginning of the match with Neji as she held her hand out toward Tsunade.

"Count on it Granny." Tsunade ignored the comment about her age and kept her smirk.

"Shizune. Lets go, We're meeting the snake tomorrow and I want an early start." Shizune responded quickly, following her with a small 'yes'. The disappeared from sight and Naruko sighed.

"Geez, what an actor you are." Jiraiya said and Naruko grinned at him. "I can see why you would be good for the ANBU… I haven't seen acting like that since Itachi Uchiha." Jiraiya said, scratching his head and Naruko nodded with an emotionless stare.

"Well… I guess after the meeting with the snake she will be going back with us. I believe it should be easy to impress her, you could probably just use a small hiraishin seal." Naruko shook her head.

"No. I need a sword… Hiraishin is my trump card, I try to use it as little as possible. I haven't mastered it either so I could just end up making a fool out of myself. I am going to show her some 'Fox Arts' with my sword and see how she reacts to that. Hiraishin takes too much chakra since I don't have a great feel for it yet."

"I thought you said that your sword didn't make it through the invasion." Jiraiya said with a cocked brow, curious. Naruko nodded and sighed, she pointed at a store with decorative katanas for sale. She looked through her wallet for a moment and nodded to Jiraiya.

"I can get one from there." Naruko said and he shrugged. They walked into the store and looked around. Naruko ended up getting a cheap one as she wouldn't be using it a lot. "Let's go get some rest, I have a feeling that we are going to have to assist her tomorrow." Jiraiya nodded and they made their way back to their motel.

The next day came and sure enough Naruko and Jiraiya were awoken by the feeling of an earthquake. It was definitely Tsunade. Naruko and Jiraiya both grinned and ran out, toward where the rumble was coming from. Naruko felt her gut wrench as she thought about the mature blonde. She had only met her less than twelve hours ago and she didn't want her to be hurt. She had grown attached pretty fast.

Tsunade was breathing heavy in front of Kabuto who had a snake like smirk as he took a food pill and Orochimaru was just smiling behind him with his arms in bandages. "Need some help Tsunade-sama?" Naruko asked and she landed beside Tsunade with Jiraiya close behind her.

"I told you not to come!" Tsunade said and Naruko shrugged, unsheathing the sword on her back and looking at a smirking Kabuto.

"You damn traitor. Tsunade-sama, Shizune-san, Jiraiya-sensei, handle the snake. I will take care of Yakushi." Tsunade growled but knew it was smart. "Have Shizune help you." She said and Naruko nodded, never taking her eyes off of Kabuto.

"Lets go!" Jiraiya yelled, forming his students signature jutsu and jumping at Orochimaru. Tsunade followed close behind.

Naruko kept a cold gaze focused on Kabuto.

"Poor poor naive Naruko. Fighting me won't be like fighting another Genin, i'm on the level of your jounin sensei, if not better." Naruko's face didn't change and she didn't speak up for awhile.

"Shizune-san, would Lord Hokage like to capture him or shall I take his life?" Shizune shivered at Naruko's careless voice as she said this.

"Do what you must." Shizune said and Naruko nodded. She jumped at Kabuto and did a mid air sideways barrel roll, spinning with her sword and slashing at Kabuto who parried the heavy strike with his Kunai. She kept up her assault and Kabuto's eyes widened as he received a small cut on his cheek. Her blade never touched him. She was using chakra in her attacks.

Kabuto wasn't great at Taijutsu but he was good enough to block her attacks. He slashed up, trying to at least cut her but she spun swiftly around the kunai. Kabuto smirked as she had fallen right into his trap and he spun, kicking her in the gut. She rolled back and narrowed her eyes at him. He may not be very skilled in taijutsu but he was an experience ninja.

Naruko sheathed her sword and got into a stance Kabuto had never seen before. Kabuto watched her and he rushed her this time. Naruko internally smirked but kept her cold gaze on him. Shizune hadn't moved yet, knowing Naruko wanted to fight him by herself. Kabuto stabbed at her with his kunai and Naruko didn't move, instead she grabbed his wrist and twisted it, making him drop the kunai. She caught the kunai and spun, stabbing him in the arm. Kabuto grimaced but his eyes widened when he felt her chakra flare and a ball of chakra formed in her other hand that he wasn't paying attention to.

She slammed the ball of chakra into his gut and his coughed up blood as it tore away at his stomach and sent him spiraling back into a large rock. He had already begun healing himself but he was aching heavily so he ate a food pill to restore his chakra that had been torn away from him by the ball of chakra. He stood up slowly and glared at Naruko. She was gone however. She appeared in front of him and he jumped back up onto the rock.

"Fox Art: Illusionary Trickster." She muttered and she turned into white and red petals. The petals rushed at him and each one cut deep like a knife. There were also thousands of them. He screamed in pain and when they stopped he opened his eyes. He was unharmed but not for long as Naruko slammed her open palm into his back and turned her chakra into electricity, practically destroying his nerve system much like Tsunade had done.

Tsunade was still punching at an avoiding Orochimaru and Jiraiya was looking for the perfect opportunity for an earth release.

"Orochimaru-sama!" Kabuto yelled and to Naruko's surprise he got up and jumped to Orochimaru's side, biting his thumb and weaving hand seals. Naruko's eyes widened at the seals and she bit her thumb as well with a yelled she did the same seals and slammed her hand down.

"Summoning Jutsu!" They yelled together and Naruko stood atop Amarath looking at Manda and Orochimaru."

"Amarath-chan, don't let them escape!" Naruko yelled and Amarath nodded. "Give me some fire!" Amarath's cheeks grew big. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" Naruko yelled and Amarath unleashed at torrent of blue flames that grew much larger with Naruko's wind.

"A fusion jutsu!?" Tsunade yelled and she saw Naruko glance at her with a smirk. Tsunade smiled back before performing the summoning jutsu as well with Jiraiya.

"Oil Bunta!" Gamabunta complied and spat a massive stream of oil that Jiraiya lit ablaze with a fire jutsu.

"Acid Slime!" Tsunade yelled with Shizune by her side now and Katsuyu spat out a ball of acid into the fire.

The snake shed its skin however and dashed away from the battle. Naruko growled under her breath but knew she couldn't catch him.

They burst into smoke and they were gone.

"Oh man… I was hoping for a snake skin wallet." Gamabunta said and Jiraiya laughed.

"A new sheath would have been nice, mines getting worn." Speaking of. Naruko's decorative Katana was broken. It couldn't take the illusionary trickster art.

She would have to see if her new sword was ready when she got back.

"Sasuke-kun. You will come to me. This mark signifies the beginning of your path to revenge against Itachi Uchiha." Orochimaru said above a screaming Sasuke. He then burst into smoke, signifying that he was a shadow clone. Kakashi landed next to Sasuke in a panic, his eye widening at the sight of the mark.

-Short Chapter I know but it is necessary for the furthering of the plot-