Come All Ye Faithful
Jiraiya stared at the courier in disbelief. He was in his simple office, just having a cup of coffee to help wake up, when this pimply punk knocks on his decrepit door, and tells him that after his twenty years of serving the greedy big-wigs here, the men on top decided that he was too inefficient to keep on the payroll.
They were firing him. HIM, Jiraiya, the number reporter for the 'Aspen Leaf Tribune'! What were they thinking? Who was the one who figured out how to TRIPLE the monthly profit margins? Who was the one who went onto ground zero of the terrorist attacks six years ago to get the truth about the tragedy, with no regard for his own safety?
And yet, they somehow decide that he isn't worth his less-than-minimum-wage paycheck.
Bob, the courier, stood there in fear of the large, and clearly pissed, ex-corporal of the Japan National Defense Corps; knowing that if he said one wrong word, he could end up as little more than a smear on Jiraiya's shag rug.
Now that he thought about it, didn't Jiraiya realize that the seventies had ended before he was even born?
The head-of-cheese of the company watched over the security network as Jiraiya dashed all his beliefs concerning the man as he dismissed the poor fool who had brought him the bad news.
'Damn. Jiraiya must be angrier than I thought…'
He seriously wondered why Jiraiya hadn't blown up at someone.
Jiraiya then proceeded to flip off the security camera.
'Ah there it is.'
Jiraiya stormed through the several offices and break rooms between him and his destination. If he was going to be fired, then he might as well make sure he can afford his endeavor…
'I'll be damned if anything short of the hand of God Himself keeps me from adopting those kids.'
And with the kind of determination that crushes mountains, Jiraiya stomped up to the front desk.
"Excuse me miss, but I am here to collect my severance fee"
Inwardly, Jiraiya smirked. He was going to make sure that Naruto and Iruka both had a place to live with him.
'I might even be able to sue for wrongful termination… And there's always my Christmas bonus.'
Oh yes, he would personally save those two from another lonely Christmas at the orphanage.
EF9: Well, I have yet ANOTHER fic to work on… But this one is special. I will continue it, even if I must put everything else on hiatus! (Gives nice guy pose)
FairyKyuubi: Good God, I think I'm blind…
DEF666: So, this is a Sci-Fi drama, eh?
EF9: Yes. It might take a chapter or two to get to the part that defines it as Sci-Fi, but it will be interesting, and it will (Hopefully) be original.
Well, I hope you people find this interesting. As for my other stories, this and No More Yaoi, will be my priorities for writing. Sorry to any fans of my other works, but I have entered a new phase in my writing. I am trying to make my stories more serious and well written. I am officially putting off on writing any crack.
Vive Le Revolution. (Toasts readers with a mug of hot chocolate)