Hard Times
By
Kit of Spike
A tall blonde haired man walked beside an old man with white long hair. The blonde had a reddish orange cloak that had black flames at the bottom on. Under this he wore a white tank top and baggy black pants, with black shoes. The old man wore a red vest with a green shirt under it, and matching pants, he also had wooden ninja sandals on. Both of them were walking at a slow leisurely pace. The blonde had a lazy look about him while the old man seemed to have a rather aloof attitude. The blondes name was Uzumaki Naruto, while the old man was widely known as Jiraiya the Sannin. They were a half mile away from Konoha no Sato. As they walked Jiraiya thought over what had happened with his student over the five years they had been gone. "When we first left" he thought "The kid was so hyper and anxious, always wanting training or ramen." "Then after the two year mark the kid started to change" Jiraiya stopped at his and looked over at his student and sighed "When he was fifteen the brat killed for the first time" "After that the kid went into a depression for a few weeks before I got tired of it and snapped him out of it". "Then at sixteen I told him about his father and mother, he was shocked to say the least and that's when he started smoking" "Then his attitude changed, when we traveled he was treated like the human being he was and saw how all of his friends were treated." "He became more laidback and started to insult others more often" Jiraiya was snapped out of his thoughts as his student nudged him in the ribs
"Yo! Ero-sennin were here!" said Naruto
"Ok"Jiraiya replied
As they walked past the wide wooden gates of Konoha they were stopped by the two guards Kotetsu and Izumo.
"Name and reason for coming..." Kotetsu stopped in mid sentence because Izumo nudged him in the ribs and pointed at Naruto.
"Yondaime-sama...?" asked Kotetsu