A Noble Sacrifice: Tsunade's Vow

Wave Goodbye

By: MikeJV37

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Author's Note: This is an idea by Brainman I took up. This fic will be WAY out of my normal comfort zone, there will be none of my usual exaggerations or 'sexual anomalies' shall we say. While the main feel will be serious/drama, there will be action... ESPECIALY in the first few chapters... I will have humor, a lil bashing of various characters, some mushy family moments, and eventually some lemons... I just can't leave those out. I'll try to grab you by the throat and make you love this fic... I hope. Please R&R or I'll go to your house and cry on your bed. Oh, I don't own any of the registered Naruto characters, only this fic.

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===Oct 9, 7:22 PM, Wave Country, Empty House===

(3 years after the Kyuubi Attack)

"We could stay in a hotel Tsunade-sensei, we lost them weeks ago." The brunette girl said, clutching a pig to her ample chest. Despite being with the legendary kunoichi, she didn't like staying in abandoned buildings, especially when her Sensei and mother figure was more drunk than normal. She didn't fully understand it, but she knew why her Sensei would drink so heavily around this time every year, as well as 2 other days, 1 of them in particular she didn't like to think about.

Tsunade turned to her young apprentice with a cold glare and said something so badly slurred even she didn't really know what it was as her brain was drowning in sake strong enough to knock the average man out cold with a single shot... besides, her body was on autopilot anyway. She tipped the bottle she was holding and drained it, tossed it away, her overdone throw caused her massive right breast to fall out of her gray top as she never wore anything under it, turned staggered into the nearest bedroom and flopped face down on the bed, her breast visible to her side on the bed.

Shizune sniffled, holding back her tears. To most what Tsunade said was gibberish, but she'd learned to understand her perfectly, and what she'd said hurt. "You do have the right Tsunade-chan, I am lucky to be your apprentice... but I'm not a prissy, know-it-all little bitch that needs a good fucking... I just want to help you." Shizune said sadly then Tonton wiggled in her arms. "You stay here and guard Sensei, there's a store down the block, I'll get us something for supper before it gets to dark... and I know she didn't mean it." Shizune said, put Tonton down and after checking to be sure it was clear slipped out the door.

===7:44 PM, 1 Block Away===

"He's not gonna be happy, there's not any good looking girls around here anymore. The women ain't good lookin enough, and the only girls left ain't even got tits yet, and ya know he likes 'em to have a nice rack." A large bald man said.

"I'm tellin ya, I got a feelin... I can smell it, there's some sweet virgin pussy around here... there, across the street coming out of Takaro's! I knew if we watched the old guys store we'd find one... fifteen, sixteen years old, nice body, whoa, jackpot, lil sluts packing D cups, I'd bet my balls on it!" The leader said with a sadistic smile.

"We grab da girl here boss?" A third man said.

"No ya idiot, she screams and we'll have to deal with the cops, did'ja forget the Boss doesn't own this place yet? We follow her, if she's some heiress or something they could run to one of the shinobi villages for help... you wanna be the one to tell him you brought the cops, Daimyo, or worse, a bunch a fucking ninja's down on him?" The Leader said strongly.

The 2 men with him paled and shook their heads no.

"Remember the rules, we follow her, make sure she ain't anyone that'll be missed or can cause trouble, then we grab her, any others she's with that look good, and then kill the rest and take 'em to Gato, you know he gets first dibs on any hot young pussy."

They nodded then followed their leader after the brunette girl.

===7:51 PM, Abandoned House===

"Come on Tonton, the kitchen doesn't look too bad, I got you some fresh..." Shizune said then froze when she heard several whispered male voices outside the door, focusing on them as best she could she quickly knew they weren't just chatting there by chance, they'd followed her. She cursed herself for not paying attention, then a chill when down her back when she heard them mention kidnapped, passing her around once their boss was done with 'the busty little cunt'. She knew they couldn't be shinobi they were too sloppy, and while she was a trained Genin, her lack of experience in situations like this had her terrified, and with Tsunade passed out cold she was helpless... and if they saw her breast out... she swallowed the lump in her throat as a tear ran down her cheeks. She had to protect Tsunade, as powerful as she was, they could use her as a hostage, and she knew in her heart Tsunade would take any abuse herself to protect her, but she couldn't do that, they might kill her anyway or take them to their boss first, who may be a shinobi or have a way to neutralize Tsunade's chakra. "I'm sorry Tsunade-sensei... I love you." Shizune said, and flashed through the hand signs for a Genjutsu and cast it on the doorway to the bedroom so it looked empty.

Just as she finished the front door burst open.

===Oct 10, 8:33 AM===

"Nnng... turn that damn light off..." Tsunade grumbled and cracked open her right eye slightly then snapped it closed when the sunlight flooded in on her foggy brain. "Shit... morning already... Shizune! Oh Kami... that was a mistake." Tsunade whispered and waited a few moments, but didn't hear anything. As bad as she felt and as foggy as her brain was, there were certain things she counted on... she had the worst luck in the world, good people die, and Shizune was her annoyingly reliable conscience whether she wanted her to be or not, and that set off an alarm in her head. she rolled on her back and sat up on the side of the bed, grumbled in annoyance as she tucked her breast back in, then closed and tightened her shirt, then her nose picked up an all too familiar scent that sent adrenaline flooding through her body obliterating the remaining alcohol. It was hours old but she'd know it anywhere... blood! She ran into the main room, her eyes scanning the room as only someone of her level could, not even the tiniest detail was missed. running to her right towards the kitchen she slapped aside the 900 pound couch like it was nothing, sending it crashing through the wall. She froze in her tracks as the whole image came into view. Groceries were scattered on the floor... next to Tonton who'd been cut in half, she dropped to her knees shaking her head slowly, she pulled a scrap of cloth from Tonton's mouth and sniffed it, the blood on it was human. "No, no no no no no no... don't do this to me again, not her..." Tsunade said, then her expression turned stone cold. "I will not lose another person... I'll find you Shizune and save you... and not even Kami will stop me." Tsunade said in an icy hard voice, stood and left the house... the front door blown off the hinges by a touch of her hand. Her first stop was her only clue, the name on the bag of groceries... Takaro's.

===8:46 AM, Takaro's Grocery===

The door flew open, almost knocked off the hinges. Behind the checkout counter the owner, Takaro, was filled with fear, the air so thick he could barely breath, then he saw her. A blonde woman with her hair in 2 ponytails, gray shirt and green jacket over a huge chest, black pants and what looked like a blue diamond tattoo on her forehead, she headed for him the moment she saw him, her face filled with rage on a level he'd never seen before, but she wasn't showing it, which made her even scarier how someone that mad could hold it in. "M,may I help you?" He said, nervously.

Tsunade looked at the man, noting the name tag on his shirt not hidden by the apron, his black hair streaked with gray. He was probably around her age and in good shape, but obviously no shinobi. "Last night a girl came in here, five-five, short brown hair, friendly, nice smile, white trimmed black shirt and pants." Tsunade said calmly, but there was a hard edge to her voice that warned of a very violent death if you didn't answer.

His mind raced a moment. "Hai, I remember her, she only got vegetables, she was especially interested in how fresh the..."

"Cabbage was." Tsunade interrupted. "I'll only ask this once, I even think you're lying to me..." Tsunade said coldly, then grabbed the counter with her right hand and casually ripped the ton of wood and other things from the floor where it was nailed down a moment ago. "I'll get upset." Tsunade said and casually set it down. "Was, she, followed."

He swallowed a big lump in his throat as the kanji for gambling on the upper left part of her jacket shoved a memory into the front of his mind. "Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin." Takaro asked nervously.

Tsunade smiled coldly and nodded.

"Dear Kami..." Takaro said then his eyes darted around as he thought hard, focusing on every detail of the girl's visit and everything he saw after she left. "Streetlight!"

Tsunade's right eyebrow raised slightly, but noticeably.

"Three goons usually hangout around here looking for... girls. Last night they were across the street, they left a few minutes after she did, in the same direction." Takaro said.

"Names." Tsunade said coldly.

"I, I don't know their names... but they work for Gato, the Shipping tycoon, he's running Wave into the ground, extortion, murder, kidnapping, slavery, you name it and he's into it." Takaro said.

"Where's his headquarters?' Tsunade said coldly.

"Warehouse district, Pier Seven... it's the biggest Warehouse, you can't miss it... but it's heavily guarded, there's always at least fifty men there, not counting the dozen mercenaries he uses as his bodyguards. They're all heavily armed. You may want to hurry... he has a huge cargo ship docked that leaves at noon, it's always loaded down with cargo, none of it... legal." Takaro said.

Tsunade smiled. "Good... and if this is a set up..." Tsunade said coldly, turned and left. Looking around a moment she found the ocean, leapt to the roof and blurred across the rooftops until she reached the warehouses. It didn't take but a few seconds to spot her target. "You better be alive Shizune... please, just come back to me alive and I swear I'll clean up my life... just please, don't leave me alone, I need you, and I'm sorry for everything I ever said to you." Tsunade said sincerely, holding in her emotions.

===9:02 AM, Warehouse District, Gato's Office===

"Boss, there's a woman out front that's looking for the girl we picked up last night, she wants to talk to you in person." He said.

"She armed or wearing a metal plate with a symbol on it?" Gato said.

"No, but I think you might wanna see her... she's got the biggest fucking Juggs I've ever seen in my life... bitch could breast feed the whole damn town by herself." He said.

Gato's eyes got big for a moment then he smiled. "Send her in... and have the boys ready, if she's as big as you say, I want her. Oh, have the girl cleaned up and brought down, but stay in the back room until I call, she may have some money I can scam first."

He nodded then turned and left the office.

Gato called in 2 of his biggest mercenaries to reinforce the 2 with him already, to boost his image and maybe take her himself.

===9:15 AM===

Tsunade walked into his office, he was a little man with a big ego, the guards were normal mercenaries, no threat at all... then she glanced at the far door when she felt it, Shizune was there, and she almost lost her composure when she felt how weak it was. If they'd been beating her she would of drained most of her chakra by now to hold on, but as talented as Shizune was, she didn't have the skill or chakra reserves to properly heal any major injuries, especially to her organs. She had to hurry. She saw this, Gato, staring at her chest, she knew that perverted stare all too well, she'd seen it since she was 9 years old and her breasts had the first of several, explosive, growth spurts. "I know she's here, I want her back." Tsunade said calmly, but coolly.

"What is she to you?' Gato said.

"I'm in charge of her safety, that's all you need to know. Lets cut to the chase shall we... how much do you want?" Tsunade said.

"She's a spunky lil bitch, but a great fuck..." Gato said and saw the busty blonde woman tense up a moment. "A girl like her could make me a lot of money, but I'll cut you a deal... $400,000 and I wanna fuck those tits." Gato said with a perverted smile.

Tsunade clenched her fists hard, cracking her knuckles, then reached into her shirt, pulled out an envelope and tossed it on the desk. "It's just over $300,000, give me the girl and I can get you another three within a week." Tsunade said, holding in her emotions. As mad as she was she didn't want a fight, she was sick of killing and death.

"You must think I'm stupid. This'll keep her alive a week while you bring me six, an even million and you can have her back almost good as new. Try anything and she's dead." Gato said confidently.

"I want to see her before I agree to anything." Tsunade said very strongly.

"Bring her." Gato said.

Tsunade heard a faint buzz, then the far door opened, standing there, held up by the shoulders, was Shizune. She knew with a glance and her posture where they'd beaten and probably tortured her... and she knew they raped her. Her eyes were glassy, they'd broken her. "I want to check her for injuries, if she's seriously injured you won't leave this room alive." Tsunade said, the second part coldly.

Gato glanced around and nodded to his men. "She's been roughed up, but she'll live. You don't go near her until I get my money. Try it Juggs... and you'll join her."

Tsunade reached into her shirt and lifted out her necklace. "Do you know what this is?" Tsunade said.

"A cheap necklace." Gato said.

"This is the Necklace of the First Hokage of Fire Country, any Shinobi village can confirm it." Tsunade said.

"So what's it worth?" Gato said, curiously.

"To any shinobi village... about ten times what you are. Give her to me and you can have it." Tsunade said with a straight face.

Gato's eyes got big as saucers. "That little jewel is worth that much?"

"If you knew who he was you wouldn't ask. As much as this means to me, she means more, do we have a deal?" Tsunade said.

"If it's worth that much, how'd you get it? You aren't a ninja are you? I don't want Konoha sending assassins after me to get it back, I've heard how those hidden villages operate." Gato said.

Tsunade's face twisted in disgust. "I'm not with them, you couldn't pay me enough to even go near that fucking village." Tsunade practically spat out venomously.

Gato smiled, he knew hate when he saw it, just mentioning Konoha disgusted her to her core. "Deal. Gimme the necklace and you can take the girl."

Tsunade removed the necklace and held it in her right, motioned them to bring her Shizune. Once they did she scooped her up in her arms bridal style and with a flick of her wrist tossed it to him. "I never want to see you or your goons again." Tsunade said coldly, turned and left the office..

"No... not worth my..." Shizune said weakly after they were out of the office and starting across the Warehouse floor.

"Shut up Shizune, it's my fault they grabbed you... you're the only family I have left. I promised your Uncle I'd watch out for you. I couldn't live with myself if I lost you because I was too caught up in my own shit to protect you. What they did to you last night is unforgivable, and if it takes the rest of my life I'm going to make it up to you Shizune. Why couldn't you just run, I can take care of myself, and even if they did rape me I can take it, I've survived worse... you're just like Dan, you know that... too damn noble for your own good. I'm not worth protecting."

"NOW!"

Tsunade stopped in the middle of the floor when she heard Gato yell then they were surrounded by at least 100 armed men, more pouring in every second.

"Ya know Blondie... I was thinking that you must be important to someone, either friends, or an old enemy. I really don't care which, but I'd bet I could find someone that would love a bitch with juggs like yours... but before that you need to be trained how to obey and please a man." Gato said from the doorway to his office. "Besides, I already have plans for the little bitch, so if you'll hand her over we'll keep your beating to a minimum and just fuck you into submission... I think two hundred men should be enough to break you in." Gato said, signaled with his hand and the doors were closed.

"I'm only going to ask once... let us go and I'll let you live. You don't know who you're dealing with." Tsunade said coldly, her back still to Gato.

"Look out behind you!" Shizune yelled with her remaining strength.

Tsunade spun around to see a steel pipe splatter Shizune's head, spraying the girl's blood, small bits of her skull and brain on her face. As the man followed through on his swing Tsunade saw her apprentice die in her arms just like Dan did, Shizune's final words still ringing in her ears. Shizune fell limply from her arms as she went numb from shock... when he swing back at her chest she grabbed the pipe in her right hand, which didn't budge a millimeter.

"Get her, but I want her alive!" Gato yelled.

Tsunade swung the pipe into his chest sending him and it flying across the Warehouse and through the wall almost 200' away, then whipped off her green coat and laid it carefully but quickly over Shizune as she kneeled. The huge mob still over 20' away on all sides. "You sacrificed yourself for me like you're a damn Hokage... I finally understand Sensei, and I'll do everything in my power to honor you Shizune." Tsunade said solemnly then stood facing Gato.

Gato watched through the opening in the crowd, the blonde woman seemed to rise in slow motion, like some monster in a movie, and when she raised her head and looked at him, what he saw froze his very soul in fear.

"You're dead." Tsunade said, never in her entire life had she been so mad. Every ounce of emotional pain, sadness, loss, every negative emotion that she ever felt filled her entire being at once... and she was going to unleash all her pain on the people that had taken Shizune from her.

What Gato heard her say was so cold, so devoid of humanity it seemed to come from death itself, no human could of said that. He'd been threatened before by crime bosses bigger than him, even S-Rank missing nin, but that woman beat them all, he was terrified, he knew he was going to die.

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End Chapter 1