Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters
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Time Changes Everything
The Beginning
Three strangers were approaching Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf Village. All three were males. The older of the two was over 6 feet tall and had white, long spiky hair. He wore a greenish-gray gi and had on a red vest with two yellow circles on the breasts. Under the gi, he had on fishnet clothing and was wearing a pair of wooden sandals called geta shoes. Other than that, the only noticeable thing he had was the face paint the giant scroll on his back.
Standing to him was the younger male of the group. He had shiny blond, spiky hair, His hair was almost like the old man, except that it was shorter and he was just as tall. The blond was wearing a blood red long sleeved shirt, and dark black pants (is that even possible?) with bandages over his lower legs. Over the red shirt he had on a black vest with the spiral on its back and was wearing black boots that matched the vest perfectly. On his thighs, he had one pouch tied to each of them and a sword around his waist. The sword measured a length of 49 inches with a blade of 29 inches. Anything that could mark what kind of sword it was, said sword was covered by the blue sheath. The weird thing about him were the whiskers marks on his cheeks.
Last, but not least, there was the other male standing next to the blond. The boy had two bright green eyes with brown hair framing his face His hair was tied into a ponytail and if you looked close enough, you could see a tiny of red. He was wearing a fishnet top with a light-brown long-sleeved collared shirt over it. On the collar of the shirt were two golden dragons that matched the ones on the ends of the sleeves. Covering his legs was a white pair of pants and coving the pant legs was a pair of shin guards. The shin guards were nothing except that it seemed to fit perfectly and was brown. Then there were his shoes and sword. His shoes were different than what were seen in the world of shinobi. They covered his whole foot and split her toes into two different parts. Thought it may be unusual, it worked. Now as for his sword, it was unlike anything anyone had ever seen. Even with it being in its sheath, you could sense its power and uniqueness.
So, as they closed in on the main gates of Konohagakure, two of the gatekeepers appeared and asked them a few questions. "Halt! State your business and purpose here."
"What do you mean halt?" the man with white haired questioned the guards,"Do you know recognize me, for I am the author of Icha Icha Paradise!"
"You don't mean the great Jiraiya-sama do you?" one of the guards questioned, his voice trembling.
"Yes, the GREAT JIRAIYA-SAMA!" the white haired man now known as Jiraiya exclaimed, full of passion,"FOR I AM HE! AUTHOR OFICHA ICHA PARADISE! ONE OF THE GREAT SANNIN!"
"OH! IT IS HE! Brother, quick, go fetch my special edition of Icha Icha Paradise volume number 4," the guard commanded his brother. His brother disappeared in a poof of smoke only to return seconds later with a book in hand. "Please forgive our rudeness oh great Jiraiya-sama. If we only knew it was you. Now if you can sign this great work of art of yours, for I am one of your biggest fans, Shikou Chikan."
"It will be my please Shikou Chikan," Jiraiya stated, taking the book from his follower and signing his name. "Here is your book. Now can we pass?
"Yes you can Jiraiya-sama," Chikan replied while bowing down towards his idol.
As Jiraiya and his companions were about to walk through the gate, Chikan's brother interrupted them. "HALT!"
"What are you doing Seijouikko? He is Jiraiya-sama. We MUST let him pass," Chikan cried out at his brother's actions.
"HE may be the great Jiraiya-sama, but there are still his companions. We must find out who they are before they can pass. Do YOU not remember our duty to our sacred village."
"Yes, you are right brother. I am deeply sorry Jiraiya-sama, but we must know who your companions are before they can enter the village."
"Ah do not worry Chikan," the Sannin spoke,"For the one with the blond hair is my apprentice, while the boy is just his friend who is traveling with us. If you want any proof you can take it up with me and the Hokage."
Seijouikko looked at the Sannin's companions closely before saying,"Alright, you guys can go. Thank you for you time Jiraiya-sama."
"YES! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JIRAIYA-SAMA," Chikan exclaimed exuberantly as Jiraiya and his companions passed through the gate.
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Elsewhere
Tsunade was working.
Well technically she was sleeping, but what they don't know didn't hurt them. Unless they were a pervert or woke her up. Like the chunnin who was struck into the wall when he tried to wake up the Hokage.
Tsunade groggily woke up, drool coming out the side of her mouth, wondering who would wake her until she the chunnin she had punched trying to stand up. "What do you want?" she questioned.
"Ho-Hok-Hokage-sama," the man stuttered, body full of pain,"It has been reported that Jiraiya-sama has returned and he brings with him two companions," He then passed out before he could even get to one leg.
"JIRAIYA HAS RETURNED! AND WITH TWO COMPAIONS!" Tsunade thought anxiously as she called for her first apprentice. "SHIZUNE!"
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"Why do we have to eat here," the frog hermit complained, looking at the bowl in front of him.
The blond replied mouth full of ramen,"Because I won the bet and it stated that I get to pick where we eat once we get here."
"Humph"
If you were looking from afar, the scene would have been picture perfect. Three friends eating together at a ramen house and enjoying each other's company. That is until a blond woman with an overly large chest and her black haired, pig carrying friend, who happened to be a girl, seem to pop out of nowhere and run straight at the three friends.
"JIRAYA! Is that you?" Tsunade questioned her long time perverted friend as she ran at him, arms open wide.
"IT IS ME, TSUNADE-HIME," Jiraiya cried out as he ran, arms open wide, to receive the hug from the blond lady.
Too bad that didn't happen because for some reason Jiraiya's face met her fist instead and it sent him flying back towards the ramen stand and right behind the counter. "YOU STUPID PERVERT! YOU GO AWAY FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS WITH NO WORD OF WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT"S HAPPENING AND YOUTHINK YOU CAN JUST WALTZ UP BACK HERE AND THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE!" the angry Hokage or should I say furious, rampaging lunatic who is ready to kill and maim anything in her path who is also the Hokage yelled with one breath of air.
Everyone who saw this happen could only stare on as they didn't want any of their body parts being sent to the hospital without the rest intact with it.
"Oh, hi there Naruto," Tsunade said cherrily to the other blond there,"How are you doing.?"
Naruto could only nod as he didn't want to set her off and feel what Ero-sennin was feeling right then.
"Well that's good." She looked towards the person who was standing next to Naruto and asked,"So who is he?"
"Ummmm...He is Subeta Hikaru. We met while I was traveling with Ero-sennin," Naruto replied cautiously.
"Subeta Hikaru?" Tsunade asked.
"Yes Hokage-sama?"
"Nice to meet you and welcome to Konohagakure," she replied with a smile. "Now Naruto, wake that pervert up and meet me in my office in 10 minutes." With that said, she walked walked back towards the Hokage Tower with Shizune following her.
"Is she gone yet?" Ero-sennin asked from behind the counter, quivering in fear.
"Yes she is Ero-sennin. Now let's get going," Naruto answered Jiraiya. "You know how she hates late people. In fact if I get there first that means you're late. See ya Ero-sennin. Cmon Hikaru," and he was off running towards the Hokage Tower.
Hikaru sighed and replied,"Yea, yea. I'm coming," and he was running to catch up with his friend.
Ero-sennin look at them run until he noticed he was being left behind. "STUPID BRAT! WAIT UP FOR ME!" he yelled as he tried to catch up with the blond and brunette.
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Nine Minutes Later
Naruto and Hikaru ran into the Hokage's office without Jiraiya.
"Where's the old pervert?" Tsunade questioned the two in front of her.
"Don't worry, he'll be here," Naruto responded with a smirk.
Right then Jiraiya popped in, full of bruises, limping at exactly 3.5 seconds pass the appointed meeting time. "Jiraiya...You are late," the Hokage stated. "Care to explain?"
Jiraiya glared at the two boys in front of him. "Well as you can see. Somebody thought it would be funny to push me into a lingerie store full of women and shout 'IT'S JIRAIYA THE PERVERT!'" Jiraiya told his story. "As for who the culprit is, IT'S THOSE TWO EVIL BRATS RIGHT THERE!" he yelled screaming and pointing at Naruto and Hikaru.
Naruto and Hikaru only looked at him with an innocent face. "What do you mean those two evil brats, Jiraiya? Look at those faces," Tsunade and Jiraiya looked at their faces only to see innocence. "Do those faces look like faces of evil brats who would push you into a lingerie store full of women? I think not. You are lucky I am in a good mood because of your return. Now I want a full report. Now," she said sternly, looking at Naruto.
Naruto could only laugh and rub his head. "Well...it all started with my Gama-chan..."
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Author's Notes: YAY! ANOTHER STORY UP! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!
