However Naruto did not sense any hostile intent and so he gave the man a grin, "Well thanks but it was nothing really. I just happen to be totally cool and amazing at this kind of thing."
"Indeed," The man seemed amused but Naruto could not really tell. The blond watched as the bandaged man walked up to him and looked out at the village. "Tell me boy, did you mean those words back there?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow, "You know, if you're going to talk to me the least you could do is give me your name…"
"Ah, my apologies Uzumaki-san, my name is Danzo," The now named man looked towards him.
"Well it seems you already know my name," Naruto looked at him and decided that since he had no hostile intent he could sit back down. "Since you were up here spying on me I take it you wanted to talk."
"You are quite perceptive." Danzo looked at the boy, "It seems your academy records are greatly biased towards you."
"No no those were actually pretty accurate, I was an idiot back then." Naruto grinned, "Amazing what six months of actual training can do."
If Danzo was surprised by that information though he did not show it, "I was wondering if you would be interested in helping me to protect this beautiful village. I have a need of strong individuals who are willing to do what is necessary to get the things that need to be done, done."
Naruto stared long and hard at the man before speaking, "From the sounds of your speech it sounds like you're offering me a part in a branch of a military, your military. And if you're asking me when I'm alone like this then that means you do not have the Hokage's approval. I've read about you in some of the history books I've read." He took a moment to shudder, even if it was his clones doing it the memories were still torture. "You are Shimura Danzo, former commander of Root, a branch that was separate from the standard military and did not answer to the Hokage, though Root was 'supposed' to be disbanded a long time ago."
Danzo's one eye narrowed just a bit, "I see you're able to come up with a few sound theories when only given a few facts."
Naruto shrugged, "It's a skill. I'll tell you right now that I have no interest in joining your forces. However I won't tell the Hokage about them either, since I can tell that you are at least sincere in your desire to protect Konoha. I would however, suggest being more careful with whom you try to recruit next time."
With those parting words Naruto left within a Shunshin.
"Hmmm…Uzumaki Naruto, you are a most interesting character. I will look forward to seeing what you do in the future."
Naruto sighed as he finally got into his room. He would not admit it to anyone who asked but he was tired. The mission to find Tsunade had been like all the other missions he had been on, more trouble than it was really worth.
Not particularly caring enough to actually get undressed the blond shinobi simply flopped down on his bed where he decided to sleep for at least sixteen hours and spend time with Kyuubi in his mindscape.
(Sixteen something hours later…)
Naruto groaned as he heard a knock on his door, though it was more like a loud banging then anything. Grunting Naruto got up and made his way out of his room and over to the door. When he opened it, it was to find one Higarashi Tenten staring him down with an intense glare.
"Erm…hey Ten-chan, can I help you?"
Tenten's mouth became a thin line, "You left, you left without saying goodbye."
Naruto took a small step back as Tenten took one forward. Oh great, not again! What is it with this girl and getting angry at me? "Well I-"
Tenten did not seem interested in listening to what he had to say as she stomped into the room and began making him back up, "Not only did you leave but you left on a mission to find Tsunade-sama and you didn't even tell me!"
Uh oh. Naruto knew he was in deep shit now, "Well just to be square, I didn't even know I was going to be looking for her until like, two days into the mission."
"That's not the point!" Tenten poked him in the chest, making him take a step back. Unfortunately, his couch was right behind him so when he tried to take a step back he ended up falling backwards onto the couch. Now that it seemed to stop the bun haired girl in her tirade as she moved around the couch to glare at him upside down, which was actually kind of comical, "Give me one good reason I shouldn't turn you into a pin cushion!"
"Uh…because now you get to see your idol every day?" Naruto spoke in a questioning tone.
Tenten looked at him for several long minutes before sighing, "Honestly Naruto-kun, what am I going to do with you?"
Realizing the danger had passed for the most part Naruto sat up right on his couch, "I'm not sure what you're implying Ten-chan."
"No of course not," Tenten chuckled a bit before sitting on the couch. Before he knew what was happening the bun haired girl was right next to him with stars in her eyes. "So what's Tsunade-sama like? I bet it was so incredible being with such a powerful and strong kunoichi. Did you get see her do anything amazing? Do you think you can introduce us?"
"Uh…" Naruto leaned slightly back as Tenten continued to pound him with questions that he had no answer too, mainly because she was asking them so quickly he could barely keep up.
"Ten-chan you need to slow down!" Naruto tried to get her to stop talking, "You're talking too fast."
Tenten realized what she was doing and blushed, "Sorry Naruto-kun, I'm just so excited that Tsunade-sama is here."
She won't be excited once she learns that baa-chan is nothing but an old drunk, Naruto decided to keep that thought to himself so as not to ruin the poor girl's pre-concept notions of her hero.
"Well how about later I introduce you to her," The moment Naruto said that he instantly regretted it as Tenten got hearts in her eyes.
"You would do that for me? Really? Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" Tenten latched onto Naruto's neck and began to squeeze the blond-haired boy, who soon enough began turning blue.
"Oh thank you so much Naruto-kun, you have no idea how much this means to me, I…Naruto-kun?" Tenten looked at her blond-haired companion to see him passed out with a blue face and swirls in his eyes. "Naruto-kun!"
Tsunade sighed as she sat at her desk and rifled through some papers. There was so much for her to do. She had to deal with the estimated casualty ratings, damage reports, re-familiarizing herself with the shinobi of the village and set the village budget as well as relegate missions for the ninja. That's not even going into all the meetings she had to go to since they still needed to deal with the Suna situation.
As she was leafing through the piles of paper work her eyes landed on the recommendation sheet for the Chunin Exams. Picking it up her eyes scanned it and she felt herself smirk.
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