Hiruzen slammed his pipe down on the heavy wooden desk.
The loud *crack* made everyone jump.
“That is enough!”
Hiruzen said, his voice completely solid and full of authority.
“I am Hokage. I have already made my decision. Dale is a loyal ninja of the Hidden Leaf. He will not be arrested, and he will not be interrogated. This meeting is over.”
Koharu and Homura looked angry, but they did not argue with the Hokage.
They crossed their arms and stayed completely quiet.
“Dale,”
Hiruzen said, his voice softening just a little bit.
“You may return to the Senju estate. Go back to your students.”
Dale nodded respectfully.
He did not say another word to Danzo.
He just turned around and walked out the door, his footsteps quiet and calm.
Danzo watched Dale leave.
His single eye tracked Dale until the heavy wooden door finally clicked shut.
Then, Danzo turned his head to look straight at Hiruzen.
“You are making a terrible mistake, Hiruzen,”
Danzo warned him, his voice very smooth and cold.
“I have asked you about this boy many times. He appears out of nowhere, marries into the Senju clan, and suddenly Tsunade is creating powerful new medical techniques that nobody has ever seen before.”
Danzo leaned heavily on his wooden cane.
“He has dangerous secrets,”
Danzo continued darkly.
“He is hiding powerful jutsu that could help the entire village win this war. You should force him to hand those secrets over to me. I can use them to train my new root organization.”
Hiruzen closed his eyes for a long moment.
He knew exactly what Danzo wanted.
Danzo didn’t care about healing people.
Danzo wanted Dale’s futuristic knowledge.
He wanted Dale’s space-time seals and his lightning jutsu so he could turn his secret shadow army into an unstoppable, killing machine.
For many years, Hiruzen had turned a blind eye to Danzo’s dark actions.
He let Danzo live in the shadows because he thought it was necessary for the village’s safety.
But not today.
He was not going to let Danzo touch Dale or Tsunade.
Hiruzen slowly opened his eyes.
They were not the eyes of a tired old man anymore.
They were the sharp, terrifying eyes of the old and experienced shinobi.
He looked right at Danzo.
The heavy, suffocating pressure of his massive chakra suddenly filled the small room, making it hard to breathe.
“You forget your place, Danzo,”
Hiruzen growled, his voice low and incredibly dangerous.
“Dale is under my direct protection. If you or your shadow ninjas take even a single step toward the Senju estate, I will not treat you as an old friend. I will treat you as an enemy of the Leaf.”
Danzo gripped his cane tightly.
His face turned slightly pale, but he did not step back.
Homura and Koharu swallowed nervously.
They had not seen Hiruzen this angry in years.
“I will protect my village,”
Hiruzen told the elders, his voice ringing with absolute power.
“And I will remind all of you exactly why Lord Tobirama chose *me* to be the Hokage.”
Time flew by.
The dark clouds of the ninja war slowly began to fade away.
Big news spread across the ninja world like a fast-moving fire.
Everyone was talking about Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.
They had fought the terrifying leader of the Rain Village, Hanzo the Salamander, and they had completely defeated him.
When the war officially ended, Dale did not wait for the army to march back.
He used his fast travel seal.
In a flash of bright blue light, he appeared right outside their camp in the Land of Rain.
Tsunade looked up.
She was covered in dirt and tired from fighting, but when she saw Dale, a huge, beautiful smile broke across her face.
She ran to him and hugged him tightly.
“You came,”
Tsunade whispered happily into his shoulder.
“I told you I would come to bring you home,”
Dale said, holding her close and kissing her forehead.
“I heard the amazing news. You beat Hanzo.”
Jiraiya groaned loudly, rubbing the back of his neck as he walked over.
“Beat him? She completely crushed him!”
Jiraiya complained, pointing a finger at Tsunade.
“Dale, you need to calm your future wife down! She is terrifying!”
“It is true,”
Orochimaru said, his yellow eyes full of dark respect.
“Tsunade is much stronger than she used to be. Hanzo tried to use his deadly poison, but it did not work on her at all. Her new medical techniques made her completely immune.”
“She laid waste to an entire district!”
Jiraiya added, waving his arms dramatically.
“Just one punch! One single punch, and a whole building collapsed into dust! Orochimaru and I barely did any fighting. We just became her supporters!”
Tsunade crossed her arms and smiled proudly.
“I was tired of the rain,”
Tsunade said simply.
“I just wanted to finish the fight quickly so I could come back to you and the kids. How are they doing?”
Dale smiled warmly.
“They are doing perfectly,”
Dale told her.
“Kushina, Mikoto, and Hanako are getting very strong. And Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato are very happy. In fact, they are helping me run my new project.”
Tsunade blinked in surprise.
“New project?”
She asked.
“While you were away fighting, I gathered many other war orphans who lost their families,”
Dale explained, his voice full of gentle pride.
“I built a large home for them. It is an orphanage called ‘Hope’.”
Jiraiya’s jaw dropped open.
“An entire orphanage?”
Jiraiya asked in pure shock.
“Dale, building a place like that, feeding all those kids… that takes a massive amount of money! How did you afford that?”
“I funded it with my own money,”
Dale answered smoothly.
“Do you remember the communication seals I created?”
“The little glowing blocks?”
Orochimaru asked.
“Yes,”
Dale nodded.
“I officially published them in the village. I call it the ‘I-smart seal’. It allows people to instantly text their friends and family.”
“Wait,”
Tsunade said, looking incredibly impressed.
“You sold those to the villagers?”
“I did,”
Dale laughed softly.
“Unfortunately, the range is still a bit short. The I-smart seal can only be used safely inside the Hidden Leaf Village. If you leave the village walls, it loses connection.”
“Even with that range, that is incredible,”
Orochimaru said, his sharp mind doing the math.
“Instant communication without using messenger birds. Every clan and merchant in the village would want one.”
“Exactly,”
Dale smiled.
“It became very popular almost overnight. I made a lot of money very quickly, and I used all of it to build Hope Orphanage. The children are safe, warm, and fully fed.”
Tsunade looked at Dale.
Her heart swelled with so much love and pride that it felt like it might burst.
While she was destroying buildings to end the war, Dale was building a completely new future for the broken children left behind.
“You are amazing,”
Tsunade whispered, reaching out to hold his hand.
“Now,”
Dale said, his blue lightning beginning to spark happily around them.
“Hold on tight, everyone. Let’s go home.”
*Pop.*
The bright blue light flashed one more time.
The cold, wet mud of the Land of Rain completely disappeared.
Suddenly, they were standing right in front of the massive, red gates of the Hidden Leaf Village.
The warm, beautiful sun shined down on them.
Jiraiya stretched his arms high into the air and let out a happy groan.
“Finally!”
Jiraiya said loudly.
“Warm sunlight! I thought my bones were going to turn into mud.”
He looked at Tsunade.
She was staring at the village gates with tired, happy eyes.
Jiraiya said, his voice turning surprisingly soft and kind.
“Orochimaru and I will go to the Hokage’s office. We will give the old man the full mission report ourselves.”
Tsunade blinked in surprise.
“Are you sure?”
She asked.
“We were supposed to report together.”
Jiraiya smiled and gently patted Dale on the shoulder.
“I am sure,”
Jiraiya told her warmly.
“You have been fighting non-stop for months. Go home with Dale. Go see your family. You have earned some rest.”
Tsunade smiled deeply.
Underneath his loud voice and silly jokes, Jiraiya truly was a very good man.
“Thank you, Jiraiya,”
Tsunade said softly.
Orochimaru simply nodded his pale head, and the two men walked away toward the Hokage’s tower.
Dale held Tsunade’s hand, and they walked together through the peaceful streets until they reached the Senju Clan compound.
As soon as Dale slid the heavy wooden doors open, the quiet house exploded with noise.
“Sensei is back!”
Yahiko’s loud voice echoed down the hall.
“And Big sister is with him!”
Kushina yelled happily.
Six kids ran down the hallway.
Kushina, Mikoto, Hanako, Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato all rushed forward to greet them.
They looked taller, faster, and much healthier than before.
Tsunade’s eyes widened in pure surprise.
As they ran toward her, her experienced medical senses instantly felt their energy.
Their chakra was incredibly strong, dense, and perfectly stable.
‘They are amazing,’
Tsunade thought to herself.
‘They are so young, but their chakra and physical strength are already at the level of a Chunin.’
Dale had trained them perfectly.
“Welcome home!”
The kids all said together, bowing respectfully with huge smiles on their faces.
Tsunade laughed.
She reached out and ruffled Kushina’s red hair, then gently patted Nagato’s shoulder.
“It is so good to see all of you,”
Tsunade smiled warmly.
“You have all grown so strong while I was gone.”
She looked at Dale and let out a long, tired sigh.
The dirt and mud from the war were still sticking to her skin.
“I am so happy to be home,”
Tsunade told him, her eyes heavy with complete exhaustion.
“But right now, I need a long, hot bath. I have missed our tub so much.”
Dale chuckled and kissed her cheek.
“Go rest,”
Dale said gently.
“I will make a huge feast for dinner tonight.”
Tsunade nodded and started walking toward the bathroom.
But before she left the room, she looked back at Nagato.
She stared at the long red hair hiding his eyes.
She knew exactly what Dale was planning, and she knew how dangerous it was.
“Dale,”
Tsunade whispered softly, making sure the kids couldn’t hear her.
“After dinner… come to our room. We need to talk about Nagato’s condition. If we are going to do the eye exchange, we must plan it perfectly.”
“I know,”
Dale nodded seriously.
“We will figure it out tonight.”
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Miso: Reinhard Van Astrea was a broken character.
He was too cheat!
But so what my Dale was even more broken haha.
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