AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have always wanted to write a fanfic. So here it is my first fanfic. It may seem boring to some. Sorry for the grammatical mistakes.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto. That's it.

Chapter 1 : How they met.

It was a dark and lonely night. On the streets walked an old man who was just thinking about his new novel and women. It was quite ironic that in the daytime the street was crowded. The street looked so lively in the morning, with the schoolchildren walking up to the school, the people rushing to the office and some doing their grocery shopping. But here it was just dark and depressing.

'Well one could not blame the street it's midnight after all!'

thought the old man namely Jiraiya.

There one could only hear Jiraiya's footsteps. But as he went ahead he heard faint noises of someone crying. As he followed that noise he found a boy of roughly 12. Curled up and weeping outside an ice cream shop. The weeping child was clad in his sleepwear. Jiraiya approached him.

" Hey kid are you lost? I can help you, you should not be here at this time. Come we will search for your parents." said Jiraiya.

The boy looked up with eyes full of tears and horror.

" No I d-don't wanna go there. They will kill me. Please don't take me there."

With that the child bursted out crying.

' It seems that his parents abuse him'

thought the old man.

" Hey kid I can give a talk to your parents and tell them to stop this"

" I don't have my parents "

Jiraiya was startled.

'This kid must be in a real trouble. The boy looks so terrified'

" Where do you live?"

The kid did not budge however he stopped crying .

"Okay what's your name?"

The kid however looked up and said

" I don't trust strangers"

Jiraiya looked irritated.

' Arrrgh this kid is so stubborn and a such a crybaby. I should just leave him out there.'

Jiraiya decided to walk away. Had it been any other day Jiraiya would have dragged that kid and helped him. But not today. Today proved to be a very bad day.

First reason : He was unable to hang out with the ladies at the bar. Damn the bar was closed.

Second reason : He had a big argument with his best friend which still irks him.

Third reason : He for the umpteenth time lost a bet with that old woman.

Fourth reason : ….

Jiraiya -JUST CUT IT SHORT DAMN!

Me- Okay Jiraiya sensei ….

Jiraiya sighed and decided to try once again.

"See Mr. I don't trust strangers, I'm asking you for the last time will you let me help you?"

"NO"

" Ok goodbye"

Jiraiya walked away not sparing a second glance at that blonde stubborn boy. At first he thought about that boy. He looked quite familiar. But he did not seem to remember who that boy was. As he was walking he sensed that someone was following him. He turned around and saw no one. He continued walking however he still sensed someone. He turned around and caught that stubborn boy trying to hide.

" Hey kid just put off the act. I saw you"

" You forgot something."

The kid handed over the manga to Jiraiya.

" Oh boy thank you. Its my latest release."

The kid looked stood there confused. It seemed like he was debating something in his mind. Then suddenly the kid's face lit up as if he remembered something.

" I think the other day I heard someone talking about this manga"

Jiraiya smiled proudly. So this boy is finally opening up.

"So how's this manga?" asked Jiraiya.

"It's quite clićhed" the boy said with a bored look.

Jiraiya scowled, this was not his best day after all. He could tolerate that at least.

" So do you need any help? Coz I don't like to leave my fans in trouble"

" Hey I am not your fan" said the boy.

Jiraiya suddenly had an urge to protect that boy. After all he had no one else to look after. Maybe this boy would be a good company.

He seemed so lively now ,in spite of the fact that this boy was such a crybaby minutes ago.

" By the way have you eaten something?"

The boy for the first time looked at the old man's eyes. His stomach's growl answered Jiraiya's question.

" Hey kid come, you can have food at my place. By the way name's Jiraiya"

The boy decided he could trust a little at this old man.

" Come on you are such a tsundere" said Jiraiya

" Hey I'm not. My name's Naruto Uzumaki. And I'm gonna be super famous someday"

said Naruto with a cheeky smile.

' Maybe he's not just a crybaby. Maybe it was not my bad day '

thought Jiraiya with a smile.

AN : Please do review even if you don't like it.