Chapter 73 - 66: Senju Hunt (1/2)

Absolute control over elements using mana, to this day, Hikaru still cannot do that. He may control his flame to a certain degree but that's it, he still can't control other elements through mana the same way he controls his flame.

That's why, to boost his control over the elements, he will need to hunt down over five gods that control over the five elements here on the Elemental Nation. They are just Minor Gods, so it will be an easy hunt. Gods here don't use chakra, they use mana, the same as him.

But he will need to postpone his trip first. It's been almost a month since the Chunin Exams and it's almost Azumi's birthday, October 10.

He is currently hunting for Tsunade Senju to bring her back to Konoha, not for her to become the Hokage but to make her meet Azumi as her Godmother.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade were supposed to be Azumi's godparents. But not long after they made that promise, they left. Jiraiya, because of his duty as the spymaster of Konoha. Orochimaru, well, we know how he turned out. And there's Tsunade, who completely ignored her duty to Azumi because her lover and brother died in the war.

Hikaru's not gonna criticize her because if that happened to him, he might leave as well. But the thing that makes Hikaru mad the most was that she just left Azumi there, alone with the raging mob of Konoha.

He also brought Jiraiya and Azumi along with him. The two of them forced him.

Jiraiya and Azumi had formed a good bond, like a parent to their children. The toad sage can finally ignore his duty as the spymaster of Konoha because there is no more war and such coming to Konoha.

Of course, Team 7 had to do some missions as well for the village. The one that really stood out amongst all of them was the mission to the Land of Snow. But Hikaru took care of it easily, he just flew towards the Land of Snow while his team was briefing about the mission, decapitated Doto, made Koyuki the Daimyo of the Land of Snow before he came back to his team. Of course there's a lot more to it but that's a story for another time.

By the way, it just took him a full day just to do all of those. His team still hadn't left the village ever after he was finished by that time. They got the reward directly from Koyuki herself and she said that she wanted to meet Hikaru again, which he just declined.

Anyway, they have now reached Tanzaku Quarters, where they will be searching for Tsunade. Well, Hikaru just took care of it with his chakra sensor ability and quickly found Tsunade, who was currently running away from the small town.

”She;s running away? Well, not a surprise there, she must've won at a gamble and whenever she wins something she will immediately know that something bad will happen. But you can catch her, right?” Jiraiya explained.

Hikaru smirked and said, ”Who do you think I am? If I want to catch somebody, no one in this world can escape from me. Just take care of Azumi, I don't want Akatsuki doing something.” As soon as he finished saying that, he vanished completely.

”Darling is really amazing, isn't he?” Azumi said in amazement.

”Well, uh, yeah of course. So, are you guys really doing the thing?” Jiraiya asked with a nervous expression.

”The thing?” Azumi tilted her head in confusion.

”You know, the thing! Like, when a girl and a boy do things in bed.” He knew this wasn't something he should be asking his goddaughter, but he just really wants to find out.

”Ah! You're asking if Hikaru and I are having s.e.x? Yeah, we are.” Azumi answered his question casually.

Jiraiya suddenly looked like he aged over a decade, 'Minato and Kushina will kill me in the after life. Especially Kushina, she specifically said while she was pregnant that her daughter wouldn't get a boyfriend before 18. I'm doomed.' Jiraiya thought while crying inside.

(With Hikaru)

Tsunade and her apprentice, Shizune, were on the other side of the village. They are now escaping through the forest but this isn't a problem for Hikaru.

With great speed that surpasses the speed of sound, he arrived in front of Tsunade within seconds.

He appeared in front of them while they were jumping on top of the trees, and so, they fell to the ground to their surprise.

”Yo, Senju. I am Hikaru Hiroaki, nice to meet you.” Hikaru greeted them with a very friendly expression.