Stories under the moon
Journey
Naruto
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.
This series is the last thing I will be doing for the year, other than a Christmas story if an idea comes to mind in time . It was actually really hard thinking up stories for all sixteen characters, so go easy on me :D
I hope you enjoy.
The old man let out a long sigh of content.
"Alright Naruto, let's set camp here."
The blonde put down his bag and sat down, relieved.
"Damn it, you stupid perv, just how much longer until the next village?"
Jiraiya laughed. "If I wasn't slightly drunk, I'd be angry with what you just said."
Naruto rolled his eyes, but decided that the rest was a good idea. He had done more than enough training and moving for one day.
"Alright! Let's get camp ready!"
Jiraiya and his student sat under the moon as they ate dinner.
"You know something pervy sage? It's been nearly 2 years since we started journey, and soon, we'll be getting home!"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto with stern eyes. He had sobered up after Naruto had sprayed water over him.
"You're quite impatient, aren't you?"
With a shrug, Naruto kept eating. "I just think that this journey is taking too long sometimes, and that I just want to see Sakura and the others again."
The old man stopped eating. "Now Naruto, you know I'm not a serious person, but –"
"Not serious? You should have seen the look on your face when that girl started talking not to you but me, and –"
"As I was saying, I'm not normally serious," he continued, ignoring him, "but I will be about this; If you think this is a long journey, then you should look at the bigger picture. Our whole life is one big journey, and all of us take different ones. These paths expand through our whole life, and you should know Naruto, that If you're going to complain about this tiny little part of that journey, then maybe you aren't ready for what's to come your way."
Naruto looked at him and blinked. "Hey pervy sage, I wasn't really listening to your random rabble. Plus, it's too late at night for all those words."
Jiraiya sighed in annoyance. "Look, what I'm saying is that...that life is...like..."
Naruto looked up, no longer paying attention and saw two shooting stars whiz by simultaneously. "Shooting stars!"
"That's a good idea! Life is like shooting stars."
"No you stupid sage! Look up!"
Jiraiya looked just in time to see the last one fade into the night.
"Yes, well anyway, life is like those shooting stars."
"I get two wishes right? I know, My first one will be to become Hokage!"
Naruto lost his enthusiasm then. "The second one is to get him back," he said softly.
"Hey kid, are you listening?"
Naruto looked at him.
"Pervy sage, you're saying that our journey's are all long right? Well if my journey is us getting stronger now for the others later, does that count for your philosophy? If it does, then I agree, but some lessons like that are things I'll learn, not hear."
Jiraiya gave a surprised look, but smiled. The kid is growing after all.
Naruto yawned. "Well, good night pervy sage."
The old man shook his head as Naruto crawled into his tent. "Guess the long journeys can wait. For now, we'll just wish on those shooting stars."
He gave a sly smile. "I think I'll wish to wake up in a room full of girls..."
End.