Tsunade stared, mouth open, then snapped it shut, aware she was beginning to glare. "You may tell me that, and yet you have been fighting to stay with Jounin Hatake, who first pulled you from duties in Root and has kept you on and - supposedly," she said with some doubt, because she knew Kakashi was hardly stable himself, "taught you better?"

"Kakashi-senpai never tried to fix me. Hokage-sama." Tenzou said firmly, lifting his jaw. "Not me and not Sai-kohai. Only to help me find my own way. And that is why I wish to stay with him - and to keep Sai-kohai on Team Kakashi as well."