Chapter 74

After Naruto descended on the world, he was immediately teleported to one of the Hiraishin marks he had placed in Konoha.

After teleporting in Konoha, he went over to Tsunade to find out what had happened while he was gone.

As he approached Tsunade's room, Shizune noticed him. Shizune asked curiously, "Tsunade-sama was looking for you yesterday, but she couldn't find you. Where have you been?"

Naruto replied with a smile, "I had a few things to do so I was in seclusion."

"Okay, Tsunade-sama will want to see you, go inside right away." Shizune said.

Naruto nodded, then knocked on the door, and when he heard a confirmation sound from inside, he opened the door and entered.

Tsunade was momentarily embarrassed as she looked at Naruto entering, but soon recovered herself and said in a stern voice, "Where were you yesterday, Naruto Uzumaki?"

Naruto understood that she was a little angry, but he didn't understand why she was angry. Is it because he left unannounced or because he left unannounced after that certain night?

"I had an emergency to resolve. I couldn't inform you because I had to leave immediately. I'm sorry, Tsunade-chan." Naruto said.

"Chan?" Tsunade muttered as her eyes twitched.

"Anyway, we'll talk about this later, we have a more important matter to deal with now. I called you yesterday because I want you to act as my bodyguard for our destination." Tsunade said seriously.

"Where are we going?" Naruto asked.

"The five kage summits will take place. You are obviously one of the strongest people in the village. Also, since you know Hiraishin, we can escape by teleporting away in possible danger." Tsunade said.

"I see, when are we leaving? Also, do I need to hide my identity?" Naruto asked.

Tsunade thought for a moment, then said, "The other kages shouldn't know that you're a Jinchuriki, so you'd better hide your identity. Since we have a long way to go, we must be leaving in a few hours."

"Will it be just the two of us, or will someone else come along with us?" Naruto asked.

"How many people can you teleport with yourself?" Tsunade asked.

"Without any preparation, just by touch, I can teleport with myself and three people." Naruto said.

"Good, then we'd better take someone else with us. All right, Sakura's coming with us. You tell her the news." Tsunade said.

Naruto's eyes twitched involuntarily when he heard the name Sakura and said, "Please think again, Hokage-sama."

"So who do you recommend?" Tsunade asked with a grin. Obviously, she was making fun of him, after all, she had read the reports of their last missions.

"Actually, we don't need anyone else while I'm here, but still…" Naruto thought.

"I recommend Hinata, since she has a Byakugan we can spot a possible enemy attack in advance. She's also very good at defense." Naruto said.

"Okay, come back with her in two hours. Then we will set off." Tsunade said.

Naruto nodded and squirmed for a while as if he was going to ask something. Tsunade was also embarrassed, thinking they would talk to him about that certain night they had.

Naruto said with a moment of courage, "Can I get out the window? I always wanted to try, but I never got the chance."

Tsunade's head suddenly fell and slammed into the table, then she said shyly, "You can come out."

Naruto quickly opened the window and walked out while smiling.

Tsunade's eyes twitched as she stared after him.

***

Three people were walking on snowy ground and they were wearing thick cloaks to keep themselves warm. These people, of course, were Tsunade, Naruto, and Hinata.

"It's almost time, we'll be arriving shortly." Tsunade said.

The trio had been walking for a long time. But they had finally arrived at their destination.

"Hello, Hokage-sama." He, who old man with a bandage on his head, said.

"Hi, Mifune-sama." Tsunade said.

"Let me escort you inside." Mifune said and then started walking inside.

After the Konoha team followed him, they entered a room. Inside the room, there were 5 chairs arranged around the table.

While Tsunade went and sat on one of the empty chairs, Naruto and Hinata went to where the guards behind her should have stood.

Four chairs were occupied and so was only one person left who did not come.

Sitting on one of the chairs, Mizukage Mei's eyes landed on Naruto as soon as he entered. Of course, she still recognized who he was, despite all the change disguises.

Naruto was currently wearing a different mask than before. Also, his body looked even stronger than before.

When Hinata sensed someone staring at her lover, she quickly turned to the owner of those eyes. Then she saw Mei blink as if in greeting.

Hinata realized that she was Naruto's lover, the Mizukage he had told before.

At that time, the last person expected came in accompanied by Mifune.

After a burly, blond-haired man sat in the empty chair, Mifune had it brought himself a chair and sat across from all Kages.

"Now that everyone is assembled, we can begin. This meeting is held at the request of Raikage and Tsuchikage." Mifune said in a serious tone.

"Some people only come to their senses when their tail is stepped on." Tsunade said. Because she and Gaara had already been saying for a while that they wanted to meet constantly. But the others did not accept it.

"Let's not be disrespectful, Hokage-sama." "Tsuchikage, whose name is Onoki, said.

Tsunade said sarcastically, "How does it feel to have your village destroyed by an organization you use all the time, Tsuchikage-sama?"

Onoki grit his teeth in anger. Because a week ago, his village was destroyed by a group and they had lost the last Jinchirikuyi they had.

"There's no point in arguing, Hokage-sama. Please let's calm down." Mei said with a friendly smile. Actually, Mei wanted to be as close to Tsunade as possible, because she hadn't just come here for a meeting.

Raikage clenched his fist angrily, "Why did you refuse to tell me about Itachi?"

"Ha? Everything about him is already written in the bingo book. There is no further information to be given other than that. If you really want to, you can go and ask him yourself." Tsunade said.

"Ahem* Now let's get to the point. Our topic is the Akatsuki organization that threatens all villages." Mifune said after giving a fake cough to draw attention to himself.