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With each lesson, Haru felt himself becoming more skilled. In just one week of training, he had already discovered one of the Tenketsu points. When Masayuki hit him to demonstrate the Gentle Fist technique, Haru seized the opportunity to focus on every sensation he felt. He realized that no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't be able to fully understand the principle in such a short time. Therefore, he decided to commit the experience to his memory, determined to remember every detail of the demonstration.

Since then, Haru has been trying to remember everything and deconstruct the experience. So far, he hasn't succeeded, but he's able to identify that exact point thanks to his excellent memory. With that, he's trying to make a map of his body with this point as the center and attempting to find the other points close to it first.

Although Haru's progress is slow, he's taking a cautious step-by-step approach to researching his own body, as it can be very dangerous.

As Haru finished his class for the day and headed back, he noticed a blonde teenage beauty surrounded by a lot of people. Seeing her, he was very surprised as there was no news of her coming back.

After completing her mission, Tsunade returned to the village early but was delayed by the Hokage to deliver mission information. It wasn't until now that she finally made it back home.

She was smiling the whole time since she stepped into the clan. There was a special feeling there, and she finally felt relaxed and safe after all the tension at the border. Even though she missed her grandmother and brother, she didn't go to find them right away because everyone from the clan greeted her and asked about her. After spending so much time outside, she realized how much she had missed them.

After a while, a boy came running straight to her. She smiled and opened her arms as she hugged him tightly. It was none other than her little brother, Nawaki. He was the one she missed the most. Every day, she couldn't help but think about him. The surrounding members of the clan noticed the siblings' reunion and smiled at them before heading back to give them time with each other.

After hugging for a while, Nawaki asked, "Sister, when did you come back?" Tsunade smiled and replied, "I came back this morning, but I was busy with the Hokage all day. How about you, did you miss me?" Nawaki just nodded his head, feeling embarrassed. Seeing him blush, Tsunade's smile grew at his cute action. She ruffled his hair and said, "Well, I also missed you a lot. How were you doing in the past months? Did anyone bully you? Now that I'm back, you can tell me, and we will take revenge together." Nawaki pouted and said, "Sister, I'm not a baby anymore, and I'm already very strong. No one can bully me."

Tsunade hummed and acknowledged her brother's hard work and growth during this period, but in her heart, he was still her own little baby. No matter how much he grew up, she would always protect him. Now she kind of understood how Mito feels, even though she herself was already strong.

So she patted Nawaki on the back and said, "Come on, let's go look for Grandma. She must have heard the news, and she'll be angry if I don't go see her." Both of them went to their house and saw Mito already standing in the doorway with Kazuki beside her, waiting for them.

Even with Tsunade's temper, she still couldn't help but feel the warmth and gentleness radiating from Mito's whole body. So she went straight to her and hugged her, saying, "How are you doing, Grandma? Did Nawaki cause you any problems?" Mito then lightly knocked on her granddaughter's forehead and replied, "I'm doing very well. No one can cause me any trouble besides you."

Tsunade just laughed, not minding the teasing. She missed all the bickering between her and Mito, and being outside the village for such a long time was very hard for her. Even though they would fight daily, she still cherished those moments.

Haru stayed at the back and didn't want to interfere in their family reunion. He wasn't that close with Tsunade and didn't want to disrupt such a nice atmosphere. After some time, the family all went inside and started discussing Tsunade's time outside the village. It was mostly Nawaki asking questions, and Tsunade answering what she could.

Haru was with them, but he mostly kept to himself. Suddenly, as if she had just noticed him, Tsunade said, "Is this your new grandson, Grandma? He is very well-behaved. Come on, don't be shy." Mito just chuckled and said, "Well, Haru is very calm. You just don't know him well enough." Then she looked at Haru, who understood her, and introduced himself. He said, "Hello, Tsunade-sama. My name is Haru. We met before when I was playing beside Nawaki."

Tsunade gave him one of her signature smiles and said, "Don't be so formal. Since Nawaki and Grandma already consider you as family, then you are also my little brother. You should call me sister like Nawaki."

Haru looked at Mito and Nawaki, who were smirking at him, knowing Tsunade's nature. He knew that once he called her sister, she would really treat him as family. Tsunade, at this age, was still relatively innocent with her family still alive. But that also meant that he would be treated the same as Nawaki and would receive a lot of teasing. In the end, he sighed and said, "Sister Tsunade."

Tsunade laughed and stroked his head. From now on, she had another little brother. Even though she was outside the village for most of the time, she knew about Haru. In the past, she didn't pay attention to him because he was Mito's disciple. Mito always brought him up to complain to Tsunade about her and Nawaki not learning sealing and not inheriting it, so Tsunade kept her distance to avoid being lectured all the time.

But since Haru is now already considered Mito's grandson and her disciple, her sealing art is in very good hands. So Tsunade is very happy about Haru being included in the family. With him around, Mito and Nawaki can have someone to keep them company when she is outside on missions.

She noticed his calm and steady nature. He somewhat resembled her teammate Orochimaru, who also kept his silence for most of the time. But from what she remembered from Mito, Haru was also a genius boy with high intelligence and very big potential.

After that, they continued talking before Tsunade went to her room to rest. After all, she had a very long journey and had spent most of the day outside. By now, she was very tired.

Once Tsunade had left, Mito turned to Haru and said, "Don't be nervous, Haru. Tsunade is very happy to have you in our family. That brat would like a few more people so she could have her fun." Haru nodded his head. Even though Tsunade was a little different from her older self in his memories, he still liked her from what he had seen. So he wasn't nervous; he just didn't open himself to her immediately. Even though she didn't show it, Tsunade was very intelligent and observant. Just her background in medicine made this very clear. If someone wanted to succeed in such an occupation, they needed to be very sharp. Tsunade, as the future number one medical ninja, certainly didn't lack in this department.

Plus, since she wasn't familiar with Haru, she might have picked up on any flaws he had. So he just went with the flow and didn't try to become familiar with her. That would come with time, and he was sure that by then, with Mito's help, Tsunade would offer to teach him herself.