~Tsunade POV~
It had now been a few days since Soutarou woke up and she finally got her chance to talk to him after nearly 8months of watching from afar and she had to say he was a whole lot cuter face to face. Despite that Tsunade was actually worried about today, since today Nawaki would be returning to the village and she didn't know how he would react to suddenly having a new clansman who obtained his dream with ease and got his grandmother's and sister's attention so easily… she knew if someone snatched Nawaki away she would probably feel just as uncomfortable. Regardless she was happy to have her brother return and seeing her teammate was an added bonus. Still she had to say there was no way Nawaki wasn't going to be jealous… Grandma Mito had basically stuffed Soutarou away in her private training grounds to work on his wood release, only letting him out for meals and sleep.
'Hmm… maybe I should take Nawaki, Kushina, Mikoto, and Soutarou on a shopping trip… no nevermind lets just take Nawaki and Soutarou. Soutarou probably needs to buy some decoration and items for his room, afterall Grandma's got him holed up… not to mention Kushina and Me she's been sending shadow clones after us every day! Oh wait didn't Grandma say some more Uzumaki clansmen might be moving onto the Senju grounds? I know that after Grandpa died Second Grandpa had the clan start to leave the grounds and we have a lot of extra houses, but how many people does Grandma intend to bring back into the Senju lands? I've already had the official clansmens come back and those who married out are being invited in as well, but if there's too many people won't that be a problem?'
'Speak of the devil'
Right then an Anbu landed in front of Tsunade who was loitering around the edges of the Senju Clan's territory. The Anbu spoke in a monotone voice, "Tsunade-san, as per Mito-sama's request the Uzumaki Clansmen have been brought… Please follow me to the front gate. I apologize for my intrusion."
Not wasting anytime both flickered to the front gate, where 5 red haired girls stood. The Anbu said, "These are the Uzumaki clansmen we were able to find after much difficulty Honoka Uzumaki who was found in the Land of Sea, Mina Uzumaki who was found in the Land of Grass, Ena Uzumaki, Kasumi Uzumaki, and Chihaya Uzumaki the three of whom were in the safety of anbu."
Tsunade raised an eyebrow she'd been expecting many more as well as some men, but in the end all that was left of the Uzumaki Clan were half a dozen little girls.
'If you think about it, it makes sense… those wretches who attacked Uzushio wouldn't have let any men live and those who escaped or were taken in must have been little girls…'
Tsunade quickly waved off the anbu before gently welcoming the girls and revealing her own Uzumaki heritage to try to build rapport luckily just as they entered the main family manor three people stepped out. Kushina, Mito, and Soutarou, before Mito or Soutarou could move towards them Kushina shot off like a bullet and hugged a girl with black eyes before saying, "Honoka you're alive!"
Kushina happily hugged her with tears forming in her eyes while Honoka softly sobbed in her embrace. Mito on the other hand softly smiled and stepped forward bowing and saying something that made everyone's eyes tremble, "I'm sorry… I'm sorry I couldn't protect our home… for now stay in Konoha with the Senju Clan. In the future we'll try to rebuild our clan."
The girls who had had an extremely turbulent last year after the collapse of the Land of Whirlpools all began to cry and Mito moved forward and pulled all 5 of them, 6 if you include Kushina, into a tight hug. On the side Soutarou's head drooped and his fist clenched a bit and waited only for Kushina to pull him into a hug too, to which he grabbed Tsunade and all 9 people had a huge group hug right at the gates of the Senju Clan.
Suddenly a voice screeched, "Let go of my sister!"
A fierce leg tried to kick at Soutarou only to be met with a retaliation punch. Immediately the two boys stared at each other, both urging the other to square up. Mito clutched her forehead and quickly smacked both boys on the head before saying, "Nawaki. Soutarou. Both of you behave."
Both grit their teeth and almost at the same time stuck out their tongues at each other. Tsunade letting go of the girls walked over to Nawaki and noogied his head before pulling him into a tender side hug and said, "Nawaki meet Soutarou Senju."
Soutarou just deadpanned and said, "You know I don't actually have a last name right?"
Tsunade just waved her hand and said, "details, shmetails, who cares. If you don't deserve that name, how can we claim to be Senju either?"
Soutarou just shook his head to which Nawaki frowned and said, "What do you mean sis? How can he be more of a Senju than I am? HMPH Just wait until I awaken my wood release and show you who the real Senju is!"
Tsunade, Mito, and even Kushina's faces turned funny at his statement while Soutarou actually chuckled before covering his mouth. Nawaki of course noticed and said, "Hey sis what's so funny?"
Tsunade just shook her head and said "Don't worry about it, we'll talk more later for now we have to help our Uzumaki cousins get settled."
With that the group moved inside that main manor and everyone was in the end settled into the large house as Mito put it for "a homey feel."
…
Later in the day.
'Grandma's got us all working like horses pulling a noble's carriage… well whatever I'm sure she'll throw most of the work at Soutarou and Kushina… speaking of Soutarou… its been several days now and this stupid blue thing won't leave my vision… what is it?
[Hello host. Thank you for finally noticing the system exists.]
'What is the system exactly? What are you? I can tell this isn't a genjutsu.'
[The system is not of this world. The system is designed to boost and temper your strength. Hence the name "The Kunoichi Improvement System."]
'Meant to boost my strength? How do you do that?'
[Say 'Status' verbally or mentally to see your stats so the user may decide to use their rewarded stat up cards.]
'Status? Isn't that what Kushina said the other day?'
Tsunade's eyes narrowed, but she lost her line of thought after the blue screen elongated.
[Status
User: Tsunade Senju
Affiliation: Senju-Uzumaki Clans & Konohagakure, The Village Hidden in the Leaves
Potential: SS+
Elemental Affinities: Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, Lightning, and Yang
Comprehensive Rank: S+ Rank (Strong S-Rank)
Stats:
Chakra- SS- Rank
Physique- SS+ rank
Mental Power- S- Rank
Ninjutsu Mastery- S+ Rank
Fuinjutsu Mastery- SS- Rank
Juinjutsu Mastery- S+ Rank
Bukijutsu Mastery- A+ Rank
Kenjutsu Mastery- A- rank
Taijutsu Mastery- SS Rank
Genjutsu Mastery- A- Rank
Medical Ninjutsu Mastery- SSS-
Kinjutsu Mastery (Forbidden techniques)- S- Rank]
'From what I'm guessing my chakra growth is being held back by my mental power… so should I improve that or should I try to improve my medical ninjutsu… afterall I'm reaching a point where it'll take years to research… the cards don't have any rank limit so it should be fine? Use all three cards on Medical Ninjutsu!'
[Ding! The user is the first being in their world to break through the SSS+ rank boundary… calculating additional rewards… gifted user special techniques: True Yin Seal, True One Hundred Healings, and the Demon's Monstrous Strength taijutsu.]
[Due to new techniques and new medical knowledge it's advised the user brace themselves… now uploading knowledge.]
Tsunade fell to her knees as she grasped her head as thousands of different techniques, patients, symptoms, cures, pharmaceutical knowledge, tools, jutsu, and experiences were jammed into her head at the same time she felt her chakra flow even out and her chakra control sublime and even more ridiculous was that her chakra started to grow. Knowing everyone in the manor would rush to her she controlled and concealed her chakra while biting her lips to the point of bleeding and at the same time a diamond shaped mark began to imprint itself onto her forward drawing in ambient chakra and converting for her use…
Nearly an hour later she was gasping for air on the floor with the most absurd smile on her face… 'as long as they're not dead she can heal them… that's what people used to say about me… now… now its really true… in fact if they've been dead for just a few seconds I might even be able to force their soul back into their body now…'
[Ding! Congratulations user for breaking through to SS+ rank Charka stat!]
[Ding! Congratulations user for breaking through to Limit Break rank Medical Ninjutsu Mastry!]
[Ding! Congratulations user for breaking through to SS- rank Kinjutsu stat!]
[Ding! Congratulations user for breaking through to SSS- rank Taijutsu stat!]
[Ding! Congratulations user for breaking through to S rank Mental Power stat!]
[Ding! Congratulations user for stepping into another Major Realm! User is now a definitive Kage Level being, standing at a powerful SS Rank!]
Tsunade was smiling crazily she could feel her strength had increased by leaps and bounds and not only that she could feel that the Yin Seal that she had been working on was nothing compared to the version the system gave in fact she honestly felt that she was rated lower by the system with her new taijutsu and yin seal she was practically unkillable on the battlefield. You see her original version of the Yin Seal, just like her grandmother's, used the user's chakra the True Yin Seal actually used ambient chakra or sage chakra that was converted via some unknown seal into human chakra… but even then the chakra still possessed its innate vitality when compared to normal human chakra meaning… with this version and the upgraded hundred healings she wouldn't be drawing on lifeforce! Heck, she'd be gaining lifeforce over time due to the nature of ambient chakra.
'Looks like you're not the only one to figure out eternal youth grandma! Though I'm curious since the system said I'm the first person to reach Limit Break in any stat does that mean I've out done even grandpa? Hahaha! Soutarou don't worry you won't have to work hard, this big sister will take care of you! Hehe.. I might even be stronger than Sensei now! Maybe even- No grandma has the nine tails… I'm getting close though.'
'I should summon Katsuyu… my chakra might be high enough to try for Sage Arts… if I can get that then I'll be in an entirely different league…'
Tsunade quickly formed some hand signs and bit her thumb before slamming her hand down.
'Summoning Jutsu!'
Instantly a plume of smoke spread out and a small slug appeared in Tsunade's hand.
"Lady Tsunade, you've become much stronger since I've last seen you."
Tsunade nodded her head at the pleasant voice before the voice suddenly exclaimed, "Lady Tsunade! How-how can you absorb nature chakra! Have you learned senjutsu the way Hashirama-sama did? No this seems more like chakra conversion… but how?"
Tsunade's eyes widened a bit in surprise before explaining to Katsuyu how she'd modified the Yin Seal to absorb chakra and convert it for human use.
Tsunade then said, "Katsuyu do you think I can try Sage Arts yet?"
The slug paused and responded, "No my lady, while your chakra has grown substantially the Shikkotsu Forest's method of sage arts are the most difficult of all sage arts… though not without gain… I'd still suggest allowing the Lady's Chakra to grow more… Maybe in 2-3 years we can try."
Tsunade nodded as if expecting such an answer, "Alright and I might have a couple of students who might end up signing the summoning contract."
Katsuyu pleasantly replied, "If they've passed your standards Lady Tsunade then I have no issues and the Shikkotsu Forest welcomes them.
The same way she'd arrived, she quickly left in a small cloud of smoke. At the same time the thin paper sliding door to Tsunade's room was thrown open as Mito walked in with shocked eyes staring at Tsunade's forehead.
"Tsunade you-"
Tsunade just smiled and said, "I had a breakthrough. What can I say grandma?"
Mito just shook her head and said, "I'll knock next time. I was just worried as I sensed your emotions jumping around a bit… I also felt a bit of a chakra spike… is everything alright?"
Tsunade nodded and smiled before saying, "Of course grandma nothing's wrong, I'll go check on Soutarou's training now…."