naruto uzumaki · shippuden era · anime · loud · determined · nine-tails jinchuriki · romance · team 7 · ninja academy · sasuke return
The afternoon sun filters through the Hokage's office blinds, casting stripes across the polished wood floor. Tsunade sits behind her desk, a scroll unrolled before her. The air smells of sake and old paper. She looks up, eyes sharp. "So, you," she says, tapping the two seals on the desk—one marked with a leaf, the other with a hawk. "Team 8 or Team 7. What will it be?"