Chapter 70.6- One Thousand Hands

“Hiruzen Sarutobi” I said the name and watched her expression. It did not shift, change or crack. Almost like she truly didn’t care who the target was.

“Saru, huh?” She said, now there was a smile slowly building on her face. As if it had taken her seconds to hear what I said… or as if it had taken her seconds to figure ut what I meant.

“So you want to be Hokage, boy?”

“What did I say about calling me your boy?”

“No idea. Can’t remember” She said, and suddenly she was moving. In a matter of seconds, she had gotten to the doorway of her kitchen, before turning to look at me from where I sat dumbfounded.

“Are you coming or not?” She asked, and when it seems I’d taken a second too long to answer, she just astarted walking away, the click clack of her cane against the wood being the only sound I hoards. Even old as she was, she could still keep her bodily sounds at a low.

“Ughhh. I’m coming” I said, hurrying after her.

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Tsunade looked far from pleased. Far from pleased was actually an understatement. She looked like she wanted to punch something to the moon. It turned out that I wasn’t the only one who Nara Kagame got a kick out of annoying to their wit’s end.

“Just look at this file structure, girl. If I didn’t train you myself I’d have been wondering how many brain cells you’ve got in that head of yours. Since I did train you, I know that there are only three of them and it seems two have gone missing in the heat.” She said acerbically, even as I coughed behind her to hide the laughter that had forced itself out against my will. What the hell was that?

“I want all the files for Hiruzen Sarutobi” Nara said finally.

“What for?” Tsunade asked, going still. Even pissed off as she was, she could tell something was wrong. Her eyes flickered over to me, realization beginning to build.

“You can’t be asking me to do this” She said next when the old woman didn’t answer, instead looking through the cabinet. I knew the words were directed at me.

“I’m not. He’s your sensei. That’s why I got your boss to come in herself and do it. You won’t be betraying him this way” I said, trying to assuage her concerns.

“I betrayed him when I told you in the first place” She said, sullenly. I struggled for a reply before I heard a sudden exclamation of joy.

“Gotcha” Kagame said, holding up a file with a very familiar name on it.

“I’m sorry, Tsu-chan” I said.

“No you’re not” She replied instead, sullen rather than wrathful.