The golden brown sun began lowering into the far off horizon. The wind blew cold and sharp. Though it was chilling, the sound of the blowing wind calmed the teenager sitting on top of Kikyo Tower.
Tsunade sat there, alone and calm. Her blonde hair was put into a single bushy ponytail, and it was waving up and down with the wind. Her cute round face was set into a stern emotion. Her light blue tunic with pink outlines followed in sync with her hair, and the red long red wristbands flexed along with her muscle.
Suddenly she twisted her head to her side.
"What do you want, Jiraiya?" She snapped.
Another shinobi appeared behind her.
"You don't sound very happy to see me!" he laughed.
He had shock white bushy hair. Wearing a gray tunic with a dark green outline, he stood with his hands on his sides and a giant grin on his face. He was a few inches taller than Tsunade, who was about five feet tall.
"Maybe because I'm not." She replied
"Geez," He said
"you treat me like such a pest!"
"Maybe because you ARE!"
she grunted
The grin transformed into a fake pout with his tongue sticking out.
"Well fine!" he pouted "Sarutobi sensei sent me here to get you, because we have a mission!"
"Oh really?" she said "Where?"
She finally turned around to face him.
"Wow, you really are pretty!" he commented "With the sunset behind you like that."
"Shut up." She said, she crossed her hands "Where are we going?"
"I don't know yet." He sighed "He just sent me up here to get you. Orochimaru is already there."
"Oh, I see." She said "We should really get going then."
She walked past him, and continued on to the edge of Kikyo Tower. Jiraiya finally stood next to him.
"So…" he said "how about that date I was asking you on?"
"My answer was the same as last time and will be that answer every single time," she said "no."
"Oh man…" he sighed
She smirked and laughed.
"Oh, by the way," she said to him "keep your hair like that. I like it that way, you look cute that way. And not in a cute dog kind of way."
She gave him a cute smile and jumped down from Kikyo pass.
Jiraiya was blushing as he jumped and blushed the whole way down.
Inside the mission room was a complete frenzy. Leaf Shinobi were all over the room, some were giving out missions and others took missions earnestly.
Jiraiya and Tsunade found their other comrades and joined them.
Sarutobi and Orochimaru awaited them.
Their other student comrade was Orochimaru and looked and acted completely like a snake. His skin was white pale and hair was long and purple. He wore the same garb as Jiraiya but his was white with dark purple outlines.
Their teacher, Sarutobi, wore a dark robe over a striped shirt and pants. He had spiked hair and a goatee. His face was calm and very soft. It did not give away the true power he held.
Though he never showed his true capabilities, everyone in the village knew he would one day become Hokage after the Second Hokage retired.
"Ah, Tsunade, I see Jiraiya got you here without getting himself injured!" Sarutobi laughed.
"Yeah!" Jiraiya agreed "She almost did!"
"You're lucky I didn't!" Tsunade snapped "So I hear we have a mission?"
Sarutobi nodded.
"I have to go get someone," he replied "Orochimaru will debrief you."
Swiftly, Sarutobi walked through one of the room doors. He had to cross across the room to reach it.
Only Team Sarutobi remained. Orochimaru faced his two comrades.
It had been a while since they were all one group. Orochimaru had gone with Sarutobi to train outside of the village. Tsunade was in a tournament which lasted for a while. She had won but it took her a long time to win. Jiraiya was left all to himself to peep at girls at the bath house and to train.
Surprisingly, Jiraiya decided to train harder and actually came up with a new jutsu.
Now the three were once again one squad and preparing for a mission.
"Our mission will consist of us three escorting an ambassador back to his village." Orochimaru hissed "It is considered to be a rank C mission."
"Wait," Jiraiya said "only us three?"
"Without Sarutobi sensei?" Tsunade asked.
"Without him." Orochimaru nodded.
"Where are we going?" Jiraiya pestered.
Orochimaru rolled his eyes with annoyance at his comrade.
"We have not been told yet," he answered "but I have already seen our little customer."
"Really?" Tsunade said
"Yeah," Orochimaru nodded "but we should be very wary of her."
"Why?" Jiraiya said
"Something about her, when I was near her. Whatever it was." He answered "It just doesn't sit well with me."
Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at each other with grins on their faces.
"You're just being paranoid!" Jiraiya laughed "Man, you really need to relax!"
"Be quiet fool." Orochimaru said
Sarutobi appeared in the doorway and beckoned for them to come to him. Orochimaru walked toward his teacher as the other two followed.
"It doesn't sit well with me!" Jiraiya said mockingly, imitating Orochimaru's voice.
Tsunade rolled her eyes, but gave him a small laugh as they both walked behind Orochimaru.
They reached Sarutobi quickly and stood earnestly to see their employer, who still did not appear at the door.
Suddenly, Sarutobi's face turned from a happy demeanor to a serious one.
"Listen." He said in a whisper "Be careful with this one."
"What do you mean?" Tsunade whispered back
"I don't know what it is." Sarutobi answered "It just doesn't sit well with me."
A small grin suddenly appeared on Orochimaru's face.
Suddenly a voice was heard from behind Sarutobi.
"Hello." It echoed softly though the hall behind her.
Sarutobi moved aside to show the person behind him.
A small figure of a woman stood there who was about the same height of Orochimaru. She had dark black hair, and she was incredibly skinny. She wore a pitch black ensemble: A long sleeved shirt and pants. Her black sandals were covering her feet.
Two long bangs hung over her two temples. Her face had soft features and her smile showed innocence which resembled a child's
But even with this, Jiraiya and Tsunade could see Orochimaru's body tense a bit.
"Hello." Sarutobu answered "Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Tsunade this is Mitsuba.
Mitsuba bowed to the shinobi.
"Nice to meet you all." Mitsuba smiled sweetly "I thank you all in advance for aiding in me during my trek back home."
"No problem!" Tsunade smiled.
"Yeah," Jiraiya
laughed "We wouldn't let someone as pretty as you get harmed on
the way back!"
SMACK!!
Jiraiya instantly grabbed his already red face.
Tsunade wiped her hand on her shirt, like she had just slapped a bug.
"Shut up, Jiraiya." Tsundae sighed "You just met her and you're already flirting?"
"What's wrong, jealous?" Jiraiya said
"Jealous!" Tsunade
screamed "What would I be jealous of!"
"Because I'm
flirting with someone else and not you!"Jiraiya smirked
"Why you little!" Tsunade shouted.
She raised her hand threateningly.
"Please excuse my comrades." Orochimaru apologized.
"Yeah," Sarutobi also agreed "They always act like an old married couple."
"It's ok!" She smiled "I don't mind."
"So anyway,"
Orochimaru said "Where is it that you need us to escort you to? How
far will we have to walk?"
Her face switched into seriousness
and her voice lowered.
"Walking will not be our only means of travel." She answered.
Instantly Tsunade and Jiraiya silenced themselves, and both Orochimaru and Sarutobi listned intently.
"What do you mean?" Orochimaru inquired.
"We're not headed to any village you've been to before." She answered "No one has ever visited us for hundreds of years."
"So why ask us for our help?" Orochimaru pushed.
"Because I was told you were the best group to help," she said pointing to Sarutobi "they say he's going to become Hokage one day."
"Why, thank you but-" Sarutobi said
"Never mind that," Orochimaru cut through "you still have not told us where we are taking you."
"In the Village," she said "Hidden in the Sky."
The characters of the three legendary sannin: Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade as well as Sarutobi are not mine but are from the Naruto Franchise.
The Jutsus are also part of the Naruto franchise.
The rest of the characters are my own.
