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Kushina still stared at tsunade awaiting an answer, tsunade put her hand on her forehead, "alright alright, just take a seat there".
She sat down immediately and impatiently, "hurry it up, I've got something to do.. nevermind, I won't tell you".
Tsunade gritted her teeth, [was she always this rebellious, back then she was always listening, but now..]
Tsunade's hand that was hovering over kushina's arm, froze, "you're.. pregnant".
Kushina hearing this prompt her chin up, "good good, that's all I needed to hear, I can't lose too, hmm.. Tsunade who are they?".
"You finally noticed them, that's kakashi and Naruto", kushina knitted her brows for a while, before nodding, "I see, well I gotta head back, I'm gonna tell him personally that we've succeeded".
She jumped up excitedly and ran away, tsunade felt stupor'd, [is something wrong with her brain, it's like she's completely thrown aside her past life.]
(She's not wrong, kushina did exactly what she's thinking.)
Kushina who was running back to the sajuu residence, froze midway and turned back to the hokage building, "sorry Naruto, but you're apart of my bad memories, I don't want to see your face, it reminds me too much of that person".
She turned around and started running back to the sajuu residence, with a smile on her face.
As for tsunade, she just stared blankly at the opened door as did kakashi, Naruto broke the awkward silence, "uhm, why are two acting like this, is that lady someone special to the village or something".
Kakashi slowly turned to face Naruto and he was about to tell him her identity, but tsunade beat him to it though, "that was.. that was your mother".
"Huh?.. Ahh?.. What?.., but she was..", "yes.. she's younger.. but it's her", tsunade butted in again.
Kakashi finally let out his surprise, "lady hokage, but wasn't she..", "dead.. yes.. but you did see her alive and well, did you not".
Kakashi's pupils dilated, his eyes stared intently at Tsunade for a moment, [Rin.], the thought past his mind like a fleeting hope.
As for Naruto, his brain was spinning wildly, "gra.. Granny Tsunade.. didn't you just say she was pregnant, does that mean I'll be a big brother".
Tsunade gritted her teeth for a moment, [damn brat, if you call me Grandma once more, I'll skewer you into mince paste with my wood release.]
She breathed out slowly, "I guess so.. is that really the only thing you care about", Naruto scratched his cheek, "uhh, well.. no.. not really, if Mom's happy.. that's good enough".
He felt strange saying that, but he still showed a smile, he even felt a slight excitement for being an elder brother.
He knew the moment he saw kushina, she was someone close to him, plus with Tsunade's word's, he chose to believe it right away.
As the group were all in their own thoughts, two people ran into the room, Tsunade's eyebrows kept furrowing.
"It can't be, right", tsunade muttered to herself, the two froze at the door, it was Ino and Sakura, they held their mouths and stared at tsunade with their own meaning.
She understood and shooed away the two guy's, they nodded and quickly left the room.
"Alright, you both want me to check on the two of you right, come and take a seat", they nodded and sat down obediently.
After a quick check up, tsunade sighed, "you're both two weeks", the two of them showed smiles, causing tsunade to scoff at them.
They didn't care about Tsunade's dismissal, they just stood up and quickly left the room, after they left, tsunade rubbed her brows together.
"I should've just kept him all to myself, even if I'd be unable to move around, at least then I wouldn't be so stressed out, but it isn't so bad those kid's of his, mean a lot to me", she sat down and stared out of the window.
She was interrupted again, when the door opened slowly, when tsunade saw the visitor, she wanted to shoo them away aswell.
Pakura walked over to tsunade with a serious expression, she was frowning like she always does, it'll only soften around kuraiya, which annoyed tsunade.
"Let me guess, you wanna check up too", pakura nodded before sitting down, without waiting for tsunade to say it.
Upon hearing successful news, pakura's face showed a small smile, before she quickly covered it up.
Pakura stood up and left the office without thanking or saying goodbye to tsunade, when she left, tsunade muttered again, "I should ask them for a payment, from now on".
Tsunade thought it was gonna end there, but no, another one came in soon after Pakura left, [didn't I leave the residence and why are they all coming to me, agh!, Isn't there shizune, what's she doing.]
It was Mabui, she was fiddling with her dress nervously, tsunade just pulled out a snack she had hidden and she started eating it watching the scene in front of her.
"Take a seat, mabui", she nodded slowly before taking a seat, after a few minutes, tsunade spoke, "you're a few week's".
Mabui just stared blankly at tsunade for a moment, [what's up with her.], She stood up and bowed before leaving.
A few hours later, as tsunade was about to rest, the door opened and in walked terumi, her face was showing a discontent appearance.
She strode over to tsunade and she covered her mouth, "look at you, all alone and working, you know I was just with kuraiya for..".
Tsunade butted in with inpatience, "just be out with it, stop trying to show off in front of me".
Terumi narrowed her eyes for a moment, "fine fine, I want you to do a check up on me, just to make sure, I want to know, if the results are positive", Tsunade snorted before beckoning her to sit.
The two, after terumi sat down were glaring at each other, the room went cold quickly, tsunade spoke in a dangerous tone, "you're two weeks.. too".
Terumi heard the last bit, because she paused as she emphasized 'too', the room went colder quickly, until terumi stood up and she was deciding to leave the room.
She opened the door and turned back to face tsunade, "at least, I'm carrying a child, heh", she quickly left after saying this.
Tsunade clenched her fists tightly, before she muttered to herself, "damn wench".
She couldn't have any rest, because a few minutes after terumi left, mikoto walked inside, "I want a check up, make it quick".
Tsunade who was cleaning the seat, terumi was sat on, looked back with an annoyed expression, "sure.. just sit there", she spoke through gritted teeth as she stared angrily at mikoto.
Mikoto ignored her annoyance and sat down, after a while, tsunade spoke while covering her forehead with her hand, "you're also a few week's".
Mikoto didn't wait, she stood up quickly and left the room, tsunade was speechless at the speed she left.
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Late at midnight.
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Tsunade was about to head back home from the day's work, only to be stopped by Hinata, who appeared out of nowhere.
The two stared at each other for a while, until tsunade finally spoke, "you want me to check on you, don't you", hinata nodded without any delay.
And the two re-entered the room, after some time inside and upon finding out she was also pregnant, Hinata's face showed a smile.
Tsunade was about to leave the room, but Hinata stopped her form doing so, "ahh!.. wait!..", Tsunade turned around only to find her hand firmly grasped.
Tsunade's stressed heart immediately melted away, "why don't we go eat, you just finished today's work right".
Tsunade hesitated for a moment, before she nodded, "sure, but you're paying, you're family is loaded after all".
Tsunade pulled her hand out of hinata's grasp and walked out, only to bump into kuraiya.
"You're here too", she saw as kuraiya quickly turned his gaze away from her scrutinizing, [I shouldn't say I was bringing the others here, because they were throwing up, she'd get angry about it, the only option is to say sorry by paying for a meal to make up for it.]
Tsunade turned back to see Hinata looking at her innocently, Tsunade sighed before saying, "I see, so is it you who's paying".
She saw kuraiya turn back to face her gaze, he nodded and replied, "you must've been stressed out, it's on the house".
Tsunade walked over to kuraiya and smelt his scent, not smelling any wrong doing, she smiled, "alright, let's go then".
The three came to the ichiraku stall, for another heart attack meal.
Teuchi seeing his arch nemesis appear, immediately started prepping for the ingredients, while pushing his daughter to the front so he can handle the rest in the back.
Ayame widened her eyes seeing the brute appear before her again, she puffed out her chest already awaiting the challenge.
But to her surprise, she saw kuraiya completely ignoring her, he was helping the two next to him taking their seats.
Tsunade smiled, feeling kuraiya's hands on her shoulders, it wasn't long until she spoke up, due to the long silence.
"I want two bowl's of beef ramen", "I want five pork ramen bowls please", hinata next to her spoke up as well, already eager to fill herself with food.
Ayame just nodded absentmindedly, soon after, the bowls appeared.
'Gurgle'
Tsunade turned to face kuraiya who was salivating from the smell, she sighed and said to him, "just order your own meal".
Kuraiya turned to face Ayame, "I'll have 10 bowls".
Ayame finally spoke to him, "you should try the dipping noodles, along with the ramen", kuraiya shook his head.
"It'll take too long", he sat in-between tsunade and Hinata eyeing Hinata's bowl with greed.
"Just get me five bowls of pork and five of beef", Ayame sneered before leaving the group.
Tsunade after seeing the two next to her eating like crazy, couldn't help but swallow, "hey! get me a few more bowls, I don't care what flavor they're", she slammed the table almost shattering it, in her excitement.
Teuchi in the back, was wiping the sweat on his face, "coming right up!".
The group of three ate to their heart's content, just before leaving, tsunade glanced at kuraiya with heat in her eyes.
Just as they were preparing, Teuchi came out of the back with a smile, "hey brat, in two weeks we're starting the tournament, I'll be waiting for you to arrive, I hope you join it, I want the whole village to see you win".
Kuraiya nodded with a smile, "I'll be there".
Tsunade turned to hinata and whispered into her ear, Hinata froze, turned to face her with an incredulous expression then said, "why? I thought you were coming back".
Tsunade smiled at Hinata, before nudging her, "we're not coming back tonight, so go back alone", she put her hands on her waists, glaring at her.
Hinata gritted her teeth, [how dare she speak to me like this.], she thought about it for a moment, then she decided to accept.
She huffed, then walked over to kuraiya, she pulled him towards herself, and she started to whisper in his ear, once she was done, she smiled at Tsunade with a victorious smile as she was walking away.
Tsunade turned to kuraiya, waiting to hear what she said to him, only for her to hear nothing.
She didn't wait either, she grabbed his arm and stormed off.
The two weren't being secretive either, she pulled him straight to a motel, when they arrived tsunade didn't glance at the receptionist, so kuraiya just threw a pack of ryo at her.
When the two arrived inside the room, she saw kuraiya pull out a stack of playing cards and dice.
Her breathing quickened and she stared at him in bewilderment, "you up for a round", he raised his eyebrow waiting for her response.
Tsunade scoffed, waffed her hair with her hand and sat down, "sure, I swear I'll win this time".
The two didn't play a round but hundreds, tsunade looked aggrieved, she grabbed kuraiya's hand's, "just let me win one, just one".
After some more time, kuraiya was indeed trying to let her win, but she still lost massively.
Tsunade finally gave up and slouched onto the bed, she knew he was trying to let her win, but her damn luck wouldn't allow her to gain even one upper hand.
Tsunade leaned forward, only to feel a hand on her cheek the next, she instinctively fell into it, she opened her eyes and stared at kuraiya.
She raised her hand and placed it onto Kuraiya's hand on her cheek, kuraiya himself just smiled and he pulled her towards him.
He whispered to her in a sorry tone, "sorry I didn't mean to stress you out today, the others all threw up and you know how I am about it".
Tsunade scoffed lightly, "enough with the sorry's, we're sleeping here tonight, so lie-down".
She didn't wait for him to respond, she just pulled him up under the covers for some sparring.
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Early next morning.
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Tsunade awoke and saw kuraiya with the covers wrapping over him, as he was sleeping on ceiling.
Tsunade's lips twitched, "no wonder, I was so cold, he's sleeping on the ceiling again, won't he be covered in dust".
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GT Vegeta quote - what do you think?.. do you.. notice.. anything different?
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