After the end of the peace talks both the parties left the land of iron full stop thanks to the flying thunder God jutsu of Minato, the three of them I reached the village in only 5 minutes of constant teleportation.
And after Hiruzen returned to the village the war preparation started in full swing.
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Return to the village
Usagi's team was extremely lucky. Due to her master plan the hidden cloud never found any proof against their entire team and due to being the guards of the Daimyo of the land of sea, the hidden cloud didn't dare to do anything in the land of lightning. They did try to ambush them once after they left the land of lightning through the ship. But unfortunately for the hidden cloud their team never caught the ship in the first place. Usagi took care of it before they could even approach them. And since the peace talk between the hidden stone village and the hidden leaf village failed completely, the Raikage became extremely busy in preparing for war and couldn't come to confront the team of the hidden leaf personally. his appearance wouldn't have affected the team that much. Even without Usagi, Might Duy alone was enough to handle the third Raikage. So after finishing their escort mission without any other obstacles, the team of Usagi returned to the Hidden Leaf.
Unknown to them, Tsunade was already on the verge of killing all the village elders and becoming the first rogue sannin of the hidden leaf.
The reason was obvious.
To begin from the very beginning, Hiruzen had planned to return the Jinjuriki of the hidden stone for at least 4 billion ryos. Anything lower than that was not acceptable. The other two elders had also agreed to it. After losing that amount of money the hidden stone will think twice before recklessly breaking the peace treaty and launching a war against the hidden leaf. But the hidden stone was not ready to go above 2 billion ryos. After the second round of the negotiation failed, Hiruzen decided to end it. He understood that Onoki was already planning to break their peace treaty as soon as he got back Roshi.
So Hiruzen denied a third round of negotiation and got back to the hidden leaf village as soon as possible to prepare for the upcoming war.
But then there is another problem. Obviously no one in the higher ups wanted to kill Roshi without taking his tailed beast. And keeping him alive any longer was a liability. Considering all of these things, Hiruzen decided to choose a good Jinjuriki and transfer the 5 tails into the new Jinjuriki.
But there is a problem, Danzo was constantly pushing forward his own candidate. And Hiruzen didn't have anyone to push forward as his candidate. Obviously he didn't want his son to become the next Jinjuriki. But then he didn't have any proper trustworthy candidate in his mind. There were a few names. But he found quite a few problems with them. Kakashi Hatake was a good example. But his current body didn't have enough Chakra to sustain the four tails.
The second option was Usagi. But there is also a small problem. Tsunade would kill him first and then ask questions later. That's why he was actually waiting for Usagi to come back from her mission before discussing it directly with her before telling Tsunade. That way he could save himself from becoming the second Jiraiya.
But everything went to hell when Danzo, being a smart ass, figured out his plan and decided to leak it to Tsunade. Of course he received the first punch which destroyed quite a few bones in his body and several houses in the village. Hiruzen did not feel a bit of remorse. According to him Danzo deserved that beating. For a moment he doubted that the IQ of his friend had taken a sudden drop. Otherwise knowing Tsunade's temper, how could he approach her so recklessly.
But Hiruzen himself had forgotten that no one except for him knew that Usagi is Tsunade's biological daughter.
Unlike Danzo, Hiruzen was not an idiot. The moment he learnt about the Tsunade outburst, he decided to clarify things to Tsunade. After all, unlike Danzo who was still an amateur when it comes to winning others' hearts with words, Hiruzen already had a degree in it.
According to Hiruzen, first of all, Hiruzen had only considered Usagi as one of the potential candidates for becoming the Jinjuriki. It was nothing final. Secondly, many things will be taken into consideration before the final decision.
Hiruzen made his argument very clear. Usagi was one of the best seal masters present in the hidden leaf who could actually suppress a tailed beast on her own. And on top of her immense Chakra reserves and the vitality of the Senju clan, she is also the daughter of Tsunade. And it is not like becoming the Jinjuriki will have no benefits for her. First of all she wouldn't have to participate in any frontline battery once she becomes a Jinjuriki. She will mostly remain in the village and will stay safe from the chaos of the battlefield. And apart from receiving a handsome amount of stipend every month, she will also get the chance to get to know her mother.
As a final bait to lure Tsunade, Hiruzen allowed her to tell her daughter that truth.
Of course all of this will happen with her consent.
After an entire night of sweet talk, Hiruzen managed to calm down Tsunade and saved his ass from getting kicked all the way to the village gate.
Once Usagi's team reached the hidden leaf, Usagi was expecting to get taken away by the T and I department again. But nothing like that happened. Hiruzen personally came to receive her at the village gate and after some small talk dismissed her to get fresh and take enough rest before reporting him at the hokage tower in the evening. Usagi was not even asked for a report as Kuro was stopped by the hokage to do that work.
Usagi didn't complain when she was getting free treatment. As soon as she returned to her apartment, she ditched Shiro to get food for himself and prepared a hot bath. Even though her body had changed fundamentally, it was still very relaxing to soak in hot water.
After preparing the water she took off her clothes and stored them in front of the mirror. She understood very well that she was not a human. But it felt really strange for her to stand in front of the mirror, completely naked and not to feel anything. After her transformation, she has become the most gorgeous woman in the entire Ninja world. But for her, the appearance did not matter. She understood that she had never been so indifferent about her own body. Even when she was young she admired herself in the mirror thinking about the future. Although he didn't have any particular man in mind, she was looking forward to losing her virginity once she became old enough. But now, she felt nothing. It was a troubling feeling. But it also felt very relaxed and calm.
Usagi, who has been mostly living to survive and flourish, has disappeared. The death of Yuji was an eye opener. But now after thinking about her current existence and how she had left her humanity behind, she felt liberated.
After staring at herself for a long time, Usagi entered the bathtub. Due to the mission she didn't have a chance to think about herself. But now, completely alone, she contemplated her entire life upto that point.
Even though she didn't need to fall asleep, the prospect of closing the eyelids and just relax was very calming.
"No more hide and seek..."
Surprisingly around noon someone appeared outside her door. From the Chakra signature, Usagi recognized the person immediately.
"Tsunade ? What is she doing here ?"
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I was not expecting Tsunade to come by herself and explain the plan of the hokage like that. But if that was not enough then her confession that she was my biological mother was really shocking. He just told me that I am your mother and that's it. I didn't ask for any explanation and she didn't give me an explanation.
My answer was simple. "Okay."
She was visibly confused. She was definitely expecting an outburst. But my casual remark caught her off guard. I could clearly understand her emotions despite losing many of my own. She was blaming herself for not giving me a proper childhood. And she wanted to relieve that blame from herself by facing my outburst. But I didn't do anything. I already knew about it thanks to the great Sage. After becoming something more than just a human I understood how life was going to be different for me. I still have my ambitions. I still wanted to live a peaceful and luxurious life. But that's it. Survival is not my concern anymore. Not because technically I have become eternally youthful, but it simply didn't feel right.
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Next chapter: Tsunade's reaction
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