A/N: This is kind of a prequel and also my first fanfiction. Comments HUGELY appreciated! :D
…And she watched him walk away.
Unable to admit to herself the inevitable truth that he would never return. Tears collected in her eyes as her feelings of love for Jiraiya begged her to run after him. Unable to take it any longer, she sprung up from the park bench and began sprinting toward his shrinking figure. With tears flowing freely from her eyes, she began screaming his name.
As he turned around at the sound of her voice, she slammed into him and buried his face in her chest, crying softly. "Jiraiya, you can't do this…you can't do this to me…don't leave me…Please." She hated to beg, but she was desperate. Jiraiya looked down at her and smiled. He gently lifted her chin and, wiping her tears, kissed her tenderly. "I'll always be with you Hime. You know that. Let me walk you home."
Jiraiya walked back to the Hokage tower with Tsunade by his side, a somber look still on her face. But Jiraiya knew her too well. "Tsunade, I know that look. What is bothering you?" Tsunade looked at him with eyes that could break even the hardest of hearts. He knew right there and then what she wanted.
"Jiraiya, with you gone, I'll be all alone. Almost everyone I love will have been taken away from me…" Jiraiya looked at her and, as they approached the Hokage tower, whispered in her ear, "We still have tonight…" She smiled. "I knew you'd catch on, Baka"