Tsunade stood with her arms crossed under her chest and her face hidden deep under the hood of her black cloak, staring at the slowly gathering ninjas of Hidden Waterfall Village. Sure, maybe challenging the entire village by her lonesome self via breaking the legs and arms of some arrogant sexist jonins did not give her the best first impressions but she was a woman on a mission.

Rei wanted her to 'show Takigakure they are weak to protect jinchuuriki' were his words. Tsunade had no idea why exactly he cared enough and not just ordered her to sneak in, break some skulls, take the chakra from the utterly defenseless newborn who wouldn't even notice, and discreetly leave without leaving even a single trail but she was not complaining, alright? ​​

She was missing a good fight and one versus a minor village was as good of a fight as she could get since Konan's earth-hardened paper rain was simply too strong to overcome for her and Mei was not yet on the level to give her a proper challenge.

'Oh, the woes of mine...' Tsunade amusedly shook her head, astonished that such arrogant thoughts passed through it. When she was a teenager, she would have never thought she would end like this. A man she adored, a place she could call home, a family that always had her back whether emotionally or physically if needed, and tons of love, sex, and cozy welcoming feeling. It was really something dear to her since she never felt like that growing up as one of the last members of the fabled Senju clan, something she would fight to the bitter end for.

"So? Are you finally gathered?" Tsunade asked the man in front of her, the supposed leader of the village, in a highly impatient tone while tapping her foot on the floor. She was waiting for a half-hour already, dammit!

No answer.

The Taki ninjas were quiet and stared at her dumbly.

'Well...' Tsunade awkwardly shuffled. 'Maybe coming here to attack them and then wait for them to gather their forces and evacuate the civilians right in the middle of the village center might have come out as stupid.'

"Yes... we are ready. Thank you for waiting." The Taki leader awkwardly nodded, not knowing how to feel about his current situation. Frankly, he could see his fellow ninjas were also utterly baffled and had no idea what exactly was going on. Were they attacked? If so then why the fuck was their attacker just standing in front of them, waiting? Was this some kind of joke to the clearly feminine figure? Needless to say, anger sparkled in most Taki ninjas at the arrogance shown to them.

"Well then, what are you waiting for!? Come at me!" Tsunade loudly exclaimed, letting her hands fall from under her chest to freely hang alongside her body and crouched slightly while spreading away her legs in a taijutsu stance.

At her shout, all hell broke loose.

The Taki ninjas leaped at her, kunais blazing, shurikens swishing through the air, only for the projectiles to be sent flying away alongside the first line of the Taki ninjas. Nevertheless, the army of Waterfall didn't get discouraged as the air started to become full of powerlessly sailing bodies of their comrades whenever a squad approached the invader.

Tsunade stood her ground, not moving even an inch from her position, using her arms and hands to redirect every weapon, deflect every projectile, throw every exploding tag into the air, punch away every ninja who approached while doing it lightly enough to not kill anyone.

Genins, Chunins, and Jonins alike rammed into her defenses, trying to engage her in hand-to-hand combat while overwhelming her with their numbers, only to despair when they noticed they were unable to make her take even one step back as she still somewhat relaxedly stood in her initial place.

Blocking a punch, grabbing a wrist, throwing her opponent into the air, away from her. Using her elbow to hit a forearm of incoming punch to steer it away from her body, clench the collar of her opponent, and throw him into her another would-be assailant, causing both to be out of commission. Letting a kick land on her stomach, smirking at how her clearly jonin-level opponent flinched as the bones in his leg rattled due to the impact, grabbing his ankle and using him as a club to bat away three other opponents before also throwing the half-unconscious man away.

Tsunade was brutal and efficient, her steel-like body not even feeling the blows she allowed to land thanks to the mixture of Rei's technique of melding Nature energy into the body and her own Sage Arts. Not that the barely noticeable black highlights around her eyes would be noticed to be as anything else than an eyeliner even if she didn't wear the hood.

Since she started using Sage Arts, Tsunade felt her body becoming nigh impenetrable. 'Except for Rei, of course... hehe.' She daydreamed, grateful for the hood hiding her blush and small nosebleed as she distractedly bated away yet another jonin, breaking a bit more of his bones than she initially wanted.

Seeing the poor man, the Taki ninjas stopped their vain attempt at attacking her and retreated, creating a distance between them and Tsunade who didn't move even an inch since the start.

Seeing she is not interested in moving, the Taki leader gritted his teeth. He asked her for an nth time what she desired to achieve by doing this before the fight started but she always only shrugged, saying she came here to play with them!

"What the hell do you want!" He shouted agitatedly. This was his village! Not some playground for bored monsters!

"You want me gone?" Tsunade teasingly asked, leaning forward which would normally show her cleavage, and make the man into a stuttering fool. A second later, she frowned when the Taki leader just nodded seriously without even trailing his gaze towards her cleavage before she slightly stiffened and suddenly felt an urge to facepalm. 'I am clad in a full-body black cloak! Of course, seduction would not work... Stupid!' Not that Tsunade ever received training in seduction but as a kunoichi, she clearly learned a few tricks on how to make a man not pay attention. "If you want me gone so bad... Wanna make a bet?" Her love for gambling showed.

The Taki leader frowned. "What would be the stakes?" He was aware there is no way out of this situation than indulging the kunoichi in front of them.

"You throw everything you can on me for five minutes. Any Jutsu or technique. As long as you can make me move even an inch from my place, you win and I leave.", 'After I get the chakra of Nanabi, of course,' Tsunade added in her mind, "but if I win and don't move, I want to see the child with Nanabi sealed inside of it." She quickly saw the reluctance of the Taki leader and so she decided to force him to accept through his subordinates. "You know, until now I never went for a fatal hit. Not one of your subordinates is dead yet. I think it would really be in your best interest to comply with my bet." She shrewdly voiced out with a teasing tone that caused a shiver to run up the spine of every single Taki ninja present.

Not long after that, the second round started.

Technique after technique rained onto Tsunade in hundreds and she decided to get at least mildly serious...

Wind Jutsus... were blown away by the wind pressure of her punches.

Fire Jutsus... were stifled by the violent winds generated by her punches before they could even approach her.

Water Jutsus... were dispersed as the water was sent flying away, yet again by the pressurized winds of Tsunade's punches.

Earth Jutsus... an earthquake-causing stomp was enough to snuff out any chakra in the ground that could potentially endanger her winning the bet.

Honestly, three minutes in, and the Taki ninjas knew they were utterly outclassed when they saw the nonchalance of their enemy, punching the air and completely mitigating whatever Jutsu they threw at her.

At the last minute of the contest, the Taki ninjas just shook their heads in exasperation, knowing they lost.

Ever so reluctantly, the Taki leader presented baby Fuu, making Tsunade coo at the small girl which caused the baby girl to giggle and prompted Tsunade to swoon even more. This in return made all the frustrated Taki ninjas lower their heads in shame when they saw Tsunade take a step forward to get a better look at the girl.

'Defeated by a baby not even a month old!' They wanted to cry.

Tsunade really liked the chocolate-skinned baby. She was cute but that didn't stop her from discreetly activating the Bijuu chakra draining seal hidden on the palm of her hand as she put it on the girl's stomach, tickling her. Five seconds later, Tsunade had the sample for Rei without anyone noticing.

'I wonder how long it would take Konan to do this. I bet paper-brain would have to rely on angering the Yonbi Jinchuuriki in order to activate the knock-out seal.' Tsunade chuckled.

She knew how Jinchuuriki are normally treated and since she quite liked the small baby girl, Tsunade turned towards the Taki ninjas. "You will treat the girl right. I don't want to hear about any physical abuse. If you don't like her, don't bother with her. But you won't beat her up nor will you stand still seeing she is physically abused. And god help you if I hear she was raped in this village because, at that moment, the annihilation of Takigakure will be assured. Do I make myself clear?" She threatened, releasing some of her killing intent that silenced any possible protest and made the Taki ninjas take a step back. Only now the fact that the woman was really a monster was hammered down. The killing intent was almost inhuman in their opinion!

Tsunade worked hard to intertwine her killing intent with her Senjutsu Chakra, making it even more terrific, after all.

The Taki ninjas only very reluctantly agreed to her demand so Tsunade added something. "If you really can't come to love and accept the girl when she is about to become a genin, I will come and take her away. My visit was more to show you how utterly outclassed you are and how her presence could be a threat to the village since you don't have the strength to protect her."

'And just like that, I made my plan to take the girl under my wing when she is a teenager acceptable.' Tsunade grinned before silently disappearing.

The only indication the Takigakure was ever invaded were the various marks of Jutsu all around on the surrounding buildings. The Taki leader let out a relieved, stressed, and tired sigh before his eyes narrowed as he spotted something written in front of him, right on the spot the woman was standing during the fight. He actually had to take a step back to see it since the writing was quite big.

After he read it, he blinked. Then blinked again. And then let out an exasperated groan when he recognized the ground was marked by almost unremovable Earth Jutsu.

The writing stated...

'Yozora was here!'