Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 106 Almost Got A

Tsunade's lips twitched slightly. She took a deep breath and mustered her courage to ask, "For example?"

Aokiji's grin was mischievous: "You seemed to have said you liked me."

In almost an instant, Tsunade's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when she heard those words.

"What are you saying? Ever since I saved you last time, you've fallen for me, can't forget me, and can't stop thinking about me." Aokiji crossed his arms over his chest, his voice filled with grievance: "I didn't want to, and you even tried to force yourself on me..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Tsunade suddenly stood up, her face flushed, and with a wave of her hand, she loudly and vehemently denied it, looking as if she would rather die than admit it.

This scene drew the attention of onlookers, who all looked up and stared in curiosity.

Aokiji raised an eyelid. "Why are you so agitated?"

How could I not be excited?

Tsunade's face was beyond panicked; her shoulders were trembling and her chest was rising and falling with her rapid breathing.

She was filled with remorse. She had heard rumors of people making careless remarks while drunk, but she never expected it to come true so quickly.

If it works out, great; but if it doesn't...

How should she face this from now on?

Aokiji opened his eyes briefly, then continued calmly, "It was just a joke..."

Tsunade was stunned for a moment, then her mind quickly cooled down. She sat back down, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a huge weight lifted from her heart.

She took a sip of water to calm herself, frowned slightly, and rolled her eyes at him: "Don't make jokes like that if there's nothing wrong with it."

"Hmm, but why are you so agitated? Could it be that you... Hiss~ Tsunade, you're a good person."

After saying that, he added, "Please let me go."

Being labeled a "nice guy," Tsunade said irritably with a straight face, "Get lost! I'm doing this to clear my name, okay? A lecherous and lazy guy like you, only a dog would like you... uh..."

Aokiji seemed relieved, as if he had been let off the hook: "Now that you say that, I'm relieved. If you really had feelings for me, I would have been in big trouble."

Tsunade:……

"With your volatile temper, what if you torture me into confessing if I don't comply?" Aokiji pouted, looking aggrieved. "Although you're not bad looking, your body is like a pair of aces—I can't afford to take them."

"Click."

A moment later, a glass held in someone's palm shattered on the spot.

A dark miasma surged out in front of her, and while she was building up her anger, Aokiji decisively made his escape.

"Aokiji—!"

Tsunade roared, her voice as loud as thunder, and with a whoosh, she chased after him.

The two were incredibly fast; by the time the breakfast shop owner reacted, they had vanished. He could only slump his shoulders and utter a helpless voice: "Wait, you don't have any money yet."

The two chased each other, jumping up and down. They didn't know how long they had been chased. Aokiji leaned against the wall, covered in sweat and panting heavily. He thought to himself: No wonder he is a hybrid of Senju and Uzumaki. His physique is really good.

In terms of endurance in hand-to-hand combat, Aokiji, being from the Uchiha clan, is no match for Tsunade.

Just as she was about to catch her breath and continue running, she suddenly saw a figure closing in, her face full of anger—it was Tsunade.

With his fist clenched, he threw a punch as fierce as fire; the sheer pressure of the punch was enough to make one breathless.

It's over... Aokiji closed his eyes in despair.

"Wall slam".

The expected thing didn't happen. Aokiji's furrowed brows relaxed, and he caught a glimpse of a fair arm out of the corner of his eye.

Aokiji stared blankly ahead, his gaze fixed on the distance.

Tsunade placed her hand on the right side near Aokiji's head.

From a third-party perspective, the two people's positions are similar to the most common "wall slam" scenario in a romantic confession.

"Well……"

Aokiji shifted his body to the right, and a hand followed immediately, pressing the palm against the wall to the right of his head, blocking his path. Tsunade was still furious, her eyes blazing like she wanted to devour him. It was fortunate that she had restrained herself from smashing Aokiji's head with a single punch.

"Don't even think about running away."

This situation didn't last long before Tsunade realized something was wrong.

Isn't this a classic scene from "The Dating Guide"? And it's a double wall slam...

The two were about the same height, around 150 centimeters, and their eyes met when they looked at each other.

"Thump thump..."

My body was burning up, and my heart was pounding incessantly, as if it were about to burst out of my chest.

As if drawn in by Tsunade's clear eyes, Aokiji couldn't look away.

Fueled by a surge of hormones, Aokiji slowly, very slowly...

"Quack quack..."

A crow flies by.

Upon hearing the birdsong, the two reacted and sprang back.

"Ahem, the weather's nice today."

"Yeah yeah."

……

As if nothing had just happened, the two stood back to back, their understanding unspoken.

Tsunade covered her cheeks, which were as red as a boiled crab, her mind in turmoil.

Too cunning...

Taking advantage of my feelings for him, he just bullies me because I don't have big breasts.

If this had happened in the past, I would have beaten him to death.

But judging from his behavior just now, this idiot isn't completely uninterested in me after all...

Hehehe...

Tsunade's lips curved into a sweet smile.

Aokiji took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

He had just made a sarcastic remark; that should cheer Tsunade up a bit.

I never expected that I would almost cross the line.

Sigh, feelings are such a difficult thing to grasp.

He is, at least, a healthy male.

There were several times when I tried to break free from the shackles of reason and just go for it, taking advantage of this big cabbage.

Aokiji took another breath, his face returning to its usual nonchalant expression: "Tsunade, let's go back to the village."

"Um."

........................

Konoha Village.

Tsunade and Aokiji returned to the village and happened to meet Orochimaru and Jiraiya returning from a mission. As they walked along the road, the two groups started chatting.

Jiraiya leaned closer: "Tsunade, how's the mission going?"

"It failed," Tsunade said helplessly.

Jiraiya asked, puzzled, "Failed? What kind of mission was it that you two could fail?"

Tsunade snorted, looked at Aokiji, and scolded him with a look of disgust: "Isn't it because this guy always procrastinates and makes the mission target escape?"

"This was an accident, a complete accident."

Aokiji scratched his head sheepishly.

The two of them had already discussed this matter when they arrived.

Aokiji took all the blame, since he doesn't usually put in much effort when carrying out missions, which fits his character.

"Honestly, you have absolutely no self-awareness." Tsunade feigned a frustrated expression, as if she had failed in her mission. "I'm never teaming up with you again."

"Heh..." Aokiji shrugged, still stubbornly insisting, "Fine, I won't team up then. I just prefer to do missions alone anyway."

"That's good." Tsunade quickened her pace, leaving Aokiji behind.

Jiraiya quickly caught up, grinning, "Since you don't want to team up with Aokiji, I'll take your turn next time..."

"don't want."

"No, Tsunade, give me a chance!"

"The mission failed, and I'm upset."

Tsunade, not wanting to be bothered by Jiraiya, knocked him down with a single punch.

Aokiji patted Jiraiya on the shoulder. "Why bother, Jiraiya? You're such a simp, you'll end up with nothing."

"Damn it, Aokiji, even you say that about me..."

Jiraiya bowed his head to the ground, tears streaming down his face.

This situation didn't last long. Like an unkillable cockroach, Jiraiya rallied and declared, "I will not give up."

Aokiji said speechlessly, "You're really strong."

"Of course." Jiraiya raised his arm and clenched his fist, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, his gaze shifting between Aokiji and Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru, Aokiji, I just thought of a brilliant plan. If it succeeds, Tsunade will definitely fall for me and sleep with me."

Aokiji looked speechless: "Huh? What kind of crazy idea are you coming up with now?"

Jiraiya had said this nonsense so many times that Aokiji had lost count of how many times he had said it.

As a result, he ended up getting a good beating from Tsunade that time.

In the past, Tsunade had no interest in Jiraiya, but now that she has her heart set on someone else, she will probably be even less interested in Jiraiya.

Considering that this was a fruitless pursuit, Aokiji pondered whether to create an accident and have Jiraiya play the hero who saves the damsel in distress.

Make a woman look like Jiraiya, and then pursue her.

Theoretically speaking, it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, and given Jiraiya's personality, he should have had a hard time resisting.

This outcome is good for Tsunade, Jiraiya, and him.

"Aokiji, Orochimaru, you two must help me then."

Jiraiya patted Orochimaru and Aokiji on the shoulders with his hands, his gaze sincere.

Aokiji and Orochimaru exchanged a glance, then rolled their eyes.

(End of this chapter)