Izuna pulled their ear. Both of them yell loudly.

Aww… Aww. ​​

"It hurts, Izuna nii-san."

Naruto rubbed his ear and excitedly looked at Izuna.

"How are you here, nii-san? He points at another Izuna sparring with Shisui and Itachi.

"He is?" Sasuke tilts his head in confusion.

"He is a shadow clone. All this time, they were fighting against my shadow clone all along."

Sasuke looks at Izuna with wide eyes.

"Wow, Izuna nii-san. You are so strong."

Izuna sits with them and watches the one-sided beating of Shisui and Itachi. After a while, both of them give up.

The Shadow clone dispels itself which shocks Shisui and Itachi.

They stare at the empty space for a while. Izuna appears in front of them.

"Both of you require a lot of training. I will stay here for a while, I will re-train you guys."

Shisui and Itachi shakes their head and gets up. Izuna uses medical Ninjutsu to heal their wounds and bruises. He uses Nature energy to rejuvenate their body.

"Let's go to Yakiniku Barbeque Restaurant. It's my treat."

Izuna leads them to Yakiniku Restaurant.

"Yay! I will eat lots of meat. Dattebyo!" Naruto jumps in excitement.

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Inside the restaurant,

Izuna, Shisui, Itachi, Naruto, and Sasuke grabs a corner and seat there. All of them orders lots of meat.

Izuna grills his meat as he stares at Shisui and Itachi.

"That earlier technique, have both of you joined the Anbu?"

Izuna puts many silencing seals around the place as he converses with them. Both of nods and Itachi replies,

"Yes, Izuna nii-san. After becoming a chunnin, Hokage-sama suggested me to join the Anbu. He wanted to fulfill the gap left by you with a talented individual.

So, he chose me and Shisui-nii san. We are a part of your former Team Ro."

"So, Hokage-sama told you about my retirement from Anbu. I have no qualms with that. Listen well, Anbu is a place of Darkness. Don't get lost in the darkness and stray away from the light.��

Izuna advises them. They continue to eat their food.

Naruto and Sasuke start another fight. Naruto ate the best piece of meat from Sasuke's grill.

"I was saving the best for the last, you knucklehead." Sasuke angrily glares at Naruto.

"Oh! I thought you were full. So, I ate it. It's not a big issue. Here, you can have mine." Naruto offers half-grilled meat to Sasuke.

"Damn it, Naruto! Don't test my patience." Sasuke's angrily snaps at Naruto.

Izuna pulls their ear and silences them.

Aww… Aww...

"Both of you stop fighting with each other. I have seen your training. You have done quite a good job…"

Naruto and Sasuke smile at these words.

"… to make Shisui and Itachi's life miserable. Starting tomorrow onwards, I will personally train both of you for a while."

Naruto and Sasuke hang down their head but after a while, they cheer in excitation.

"Don't be happy so early. You will beg me to stop tomorrow." Izuna smiles wickedly.

"Sasuke! I have a bad feeling about this." Naruto pulls Sasuke's sleeve.

"Me too, Naruto." Sasuke gulps his saliva.

Izuna talks with Itachi and Shisui for a while. He advises them on some matters related to Anbu missions. Izuna pays the bill and drags a sleeping Naruto on his shoulders.

"You three-move ahead without me. I will drop Naruto at his place. Also, I have some other matters to handle."

"Ok, Izuna nii-san." Shisui nods to him.

"See you tomorrow, Izuna nii-san." Sasuke waves his hand.

Izuna carries Naruto towards the Senju compounds. He enters and knocks on the door.

Shizune walks out of the house and greets him.

"It has been a while, Izuna."

"Yes, it has been a while."

Izuna hands over Naruto to Shizune.

"He is fast asleep right now. Lay him on the bed."

Shizune places Naruto on the bed and return to Izuna.

"Where is Tsunade-san?"

"Tsunade-sama is attending to patients in the Konoha hospital. You will find her in her office." Shizune replies to him.

"Thank you, Shizune." Izuna teleports inside Tsunade's office.

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Inside the Konoha Hospital,

Tsunade held a report in her hand while inspecting it.

"The procedure was successful. I have collected lots of data from it. I think I can further improve this technique. But before that, I have to gather more data and it will only complete after the birth of the child."

Suddenly wind flutters her cloth, and Izuna appears out of nowhere. All the papers on the table flies around and Tsunade's anger rises.

"Yo! Did you miss me?"

"You bastard!"

Instead of a hug, a punch greets him. Tsunade punches him and Izuna takes it like a man. He is sent flying out of the ceiling.

Izuna stands up and walks towards Tsunade.

"You are a brute, Tsunade. This is part of the reason you will turn into an old hag in few more years."

"What did you say? Mind repeating it." Tsunade has a tick mark on her forehead and she clenches her fist tightly.

"Ok! Ok! My bad. I shouldn't have startled you." Izuna raises his hands and gives up.

Tsunade points at the mess of paper all around. She angrily glares at Izuna.

"Put them all back together on the table."

"Yes! Mam." Izuna picks up the papers and arranges them on the table.

He sits in front of Tsunade and stares at her.

"It has been a while since we last met and this is how you greet me. It is quite rude of you, Tsunade."

Haah….

Tsunade sighs and hands over the paper in her hand to Izuna.

"I have been working on this technique. It is for your family, kid. You requested me to find a solution."

Izuna grabs the paper and reads its content. There is detailed information on Surrogacy and In-Vitro Fertilization.

"You did a superb job, Tsunade. I am thankful for your help. It brought happiness to my parents." Izuna bows his head to Tsunade.

"It will be quite good kid if you can buy me a drink or two. I am broke again." Tsunade sighs again.

"Oh! I have a present for you, Tsunade."

Izuna pulls out the honey wine.

"It is the limited Honey Wine from Land of Honey. It is quite expensive and you need a fortune to afford it."

He places the wine on the table. Tsunade hungrily looks at the wine and gulps her saliva.

"You are aware of my tastes. I might marry you if you take such good care of me." Tsunade jokes.

"Then let's go on a date. We will have a taste of this delicacy while enjoying our date."

Izuna bows in a gentleman and proposes to Tsunade. Tsunade chuckles and grabs his hand.

"Hold tightly. We are about to teleport."

Izuna pulls Tsunade in her embrace and teleports from the place.

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Whoosh… whizz…

They appear inside a wooden cottage. Tsunade leaves his embrace and inspects the cottage.

"This feeling, this refreshing chakra. I have felt it somewhere before."

Tsunade dashes towards the door and looks around.

A vast expanse of trees appears in her vision.

���We are inside the Shikkotsu Forest. I knew this feeling."

Tsunade turns around and stares at Izuna,

"Mind explaining!"

"It is nothing complicated. It is like this." Izuna explains his journey to Tsunade.

"So, you are already a Sage. You have quite a talent, kid! Also, don't tell me we are on the top of the Giant tree of Shikkotsu Forest."

Izuna nods his head.

"I trained here and slept in this cottage. It has a scenic view of it."

Izuna pulls out a table and chairs from the cottage and places them on the branch.

"Let's continue our date. I have something important to talk about. I hope you will listen to my request."

Both of them sit on the table. Izuna pulls out two wine glasses from his storage space and fills them with wine.

"Let's enjoy this wine while basking in this beautiful moonlight. Cheers!"

Izuna sips his wine slowly as he talks with Tsunade. After talking about some pointless things for a while, he comes to the real matter.

"Tsunade, I want you to learn Sage Mode. You have the title of Sannin. It's time for you to become a real sage."

Tsunade puts down her glass and stares at the moon.

"I don't want to. You are already a Sage, with you and Jiraiya around; I doubt anybody will be able to harm our village. There is no need for me to learn Sage Mode."

Haah…

Izuna sighs. He stares at Tsunade.

'Why is she so stubborn?'

"Tsunade, I have some matters to disclose to you. I fought against an enemy with the eyes of Sage of Six Paths. He is very powerful and can easily destroy our village. I want to make sure our village remains safe, in case I am out of the village."

Izuna tries to convince Tsunade. Tsunade refuses to budge as she calmly drinks her wine.

'I am left with no choice. I have to mix some lies with the truth.'

Izuna grabs Tsunade's hand, which startles her.

"Izuna, no matter what? I won't train in Sage Mode. It was only because of you that I persisted this long in a village otherwise I would have already left the village."

Izuna places his hand on Tsunade's mouth and places a silencing seal. Tsunade angrily glares at him.

"You can get angry all you want. But first, listen to me. Our world is in danger…

…Yes, not just Konoha but the entire Shinobi World."

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A/N:- I installed a new Ssd in my laptop and cloned my hdd to it. Now the windows keeps crashing. It won't boot normally, so I might not be able to post a chapter tomorrow. This chapter is from drafts. If I won't post tomorrow expect two or even three chapters on Sunday.