Infiltration turns deadly

"Pervy sage, do you have to go alone?" Natsuko said, Jiraiya had informed her and Tsunade of the Akatsuki he wanted to look into. Pain, from the hidden rain village. Natsuko, who'd decided to keep her hair in a high ponytail with a pale blue ribbon tied around the hairtie, her black headband with the leaf symbol wrapped around her forehead.

"Hey don't look so down, Tsunade, Natsuko, I'll be back before you know it. Somebody's gotta do it, right?" He said and Natsuko looked away, the three of them sat in the hokage's office, Natsuko walked over to the desk, opening one of the drawers as she rummaged through it. Before grabbing something and shutting the drawer once more

"Contact me if you need help, I'll be there." Tsunade said and Natsuko shoved a small piece of what looked like jewlry into his hand, Jiraiya took the offered piece of cloth, turning it over,

"Natsuko is this what I think it is?" He asked and Natsuko shrugged

"I don't know what you think it is, so it might be?" She said, as Jiraiya fastened it around his wrist,

"It has my jutsu formula for flying raijin inscribed on the inside, if you get into trouble, tap it against the ground, or something. I'll teleport you back to the leaf immediately in that case. Hopefully.. Hopefully it won't be needed." She said looking away, Jiraiya grabbing her in a hug, catching Natsuko by surprise,

"Awww, Natsuko, you and Tsunade do care about me. I'm touched." He said as he also grabbed Tsunade into the hug,

"Shut up old man." Natsuko said, though did nothing to stop the hug, infact she held on tighter.

"Come back alive Jiraiya, or I'll kill you." Tsunade said and Jiraiya laughed, waving the two of them off as he walked out of the office.

"He'll be okay, Natsuko." Tsunade said as she sat in the office the next week, Natsuko bit her lip, putting her papers down. her hair down in two french braids down her back, a pale blue ribbon tied into both braids. As she wore black leggings, a black crop top, her dark green chunin vest with her hokage cloak, Tsunade wearing her light green overcoat overtop her gray kimono top paired with her black leggings and sandals, her blonde hair in it's two pigtails at the base of her neck.

"Y-yes, I know. But Naruto is going to blame me if something happens to him. If he uses the bracelet, we need to be prepared for the worst.. And um by us.. I mean you, you know. Cause I don't know any medical ninjutsu.. I can sew someone back together… probably.. Actually, you probably shouldn't trust me with that." Natsuko said looking out the window,

"Hm, hey, I've been wanting to ask you, what's with the ribbon in your hair?" Tsunade asked, and Natsuko hummed

"Well, most of the rogue ninja I met, are usually guys. How humiliating is it for them to loose to what they think is a weak little girl. That and um.. Naruto got them for me for our birthday last year. So I want to make sure I wear them." Natsuko said grinning, before looking at her bracelet that'd begun to glow,

"What's that mean?" Tsunade said and Natsuko looked at it a moment

"You ready to heal him, it's urgent." She said before using flying raijin to teleport Jiraiya directly to the office, Jiraiya and an elderly toad appeared in the office. Jiraiya's lef arm was bent at an odd angle, and blood was coming from his mouth, though he grinned when he saw Tsunade who began to heal him. Shizune coming in to help, the two rushing around,

"So you must be Natsuko girl." The toad said, and Natsuko looked over, her eyes glazing over

"Lady Natsuko? Are you okay?" Shizune said, Natsuko looking over towards the black haired girl,

"The hidden rain… is a lot farther than I thought." She said, before fainting onto the carpet in the hokage office

"She'll be okay, she just used too much Chakra on that flying raijin." Shizune said as she grabbed Natsuko holding her on Shizune's back as the two (Tsunade and Shizune) Helped Jiraya and Natsuko to the medical ward.

"Your throat was crushed, it took some time to undo the damage, but you should be good in a few days. Your arm was trickier, there were bone fragments splintered all over, but I removed them so your arm should also be normal in a few days. But as the head medical ninja, you are forbidden from participating in missions while you heal at least." Tsunade said, Jiraiya nodded, his gizo falling against his bare back, as he gestured with his arm not in a cast at the curtain

"Oh, Natsuko's fine. She just used up too much of her chakra. She should wake up tomorrow or so though." Tsunade said, before shaking her head

"Usually it's Sakura who faints." she said