Suggested by Tsundere-Kandere(Guest)
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The First of Many Yes'
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He felt so nervous. This wasn't the first time he had asked someone on a date, and if it went badly, it wouldn't be the first time was rejected. It didn't quite make sense, but then neither did the girl he wanted to ask out.
Woman. He mentally corrected himself. She's too old and beautiful to be a girl.
While it was true that he had a crush, it was more like unrequited love, for his teammate he had finally accepted that they would never be. Tsunade simply wasn't in love with him in the least bit. It was true that she loved him, as a teammate, a friend, and more like a mother than anything else, but she wasn't in love with him. She loved Dan, a man who was long dead and she would never get over him.
"Hey, Jiraiya-chan!" called the woman he had wanted to talk to, hanging upside down from a tree branch. Jiraiya was so startled that he let out a yell and fell back on his ass, his face a bright red to match his facial markings. "You'll hurt yourself if you think that hard for too long."
"You startled me there!" He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, a habit he had picked up from Minato and Naruto. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to tell you that Orochi-chan is looking for you because he heard that you had moved on from that farming village he was supposed to meet you at and had somehow got thrown into Kumo's T&I." Morticia said with a cat like grin on her still upside down face. That smile, along with her wolfish one, always made his heart flutter in the oddest ways. "He's pretty sure that you didn't go to T&I, but the other has got him pissed. I would try to hide in Ame if I were you, and I'll even go with ya to tell him that I can't find you. Sounds like a pretty solid plan to me, what ya think?
"Sounds good to me!" Jiraiya liked being sane, which would come undone if Orochimaru found him while the snake was pissed. "I'll just get my stuff from the hotel."
"You don't need to!" Morticia said as flipped gracefully to the ground. She tossed a small scroll at him and he caught it out of reflex. "Got all your things right there."
"Thanks."
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It's now or never. Jiraiya thought as they entered Ame, which looked a lot better than when he last saw it.
"Morticia-chan, would you mind g-going out with me on a date?" He wanted to slap himself, he just sounded like those cliche teenagers asking out a long time crush to a dance that didn't mean jack shit.
The silence that followed his question was deafening, he couldn't even face her.
If she says no, well I can always act like a fool and say it meant nothing. The thing he always did, even when he was hurting so severely inside he always tried to make others smile.
"Really? Well, sure. I haven't been on a date in a while and you're a pretty awesome person." The breath that he had been unconsciously holding came out so fast it left him dizzy. "Although for us to get into a more serious relationship I would have to kill somebody. You don't mind it staying at dates, do you?"
"Not at all!" Jiraiya was so enthused he almost missed that part about killing somebody. Almost. "Where would you like for our date to be at?"
"Why not here in Ame? I think a nice homemade meal with some sake would be nice."
"Great idea. Where should we stay?" Jiraiya peered around at the few inns in the small town they were in.
"My place." Morticia said simply.
"Isn't your home in Konoha and next to Orochimaru's?"
"I have more than one residence, Jiraiya-kun." He felt his heart flutter at the new name.
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She laughed at the tears of joy and disappointment running down his face comically. He had just found out that she had a small hot springs on her little plot of land, which she said they could use after dinner, but the catch was that neither of them could be naked. The upside was he could see her in a swimsuit, the downside was that he couldn't see her naked. The upside was that he could see her wet in a swimsuit, the downside was that he couldn't see her naked and there would be no "petting."
He could live with that, for now.
"This room is your's while you stay here." Morticia pointed to a door painted green with white clouds on it. She then pointed to the end of the hall, the door was black and had, what he assumed were, the nine Biju in a circle with two dots in the center, one lavender and the other red. "My room is that door. You can ask for anything you need whenever. But no sneaking in to come play."
"Fine." Jiraiya said sullenly, much to Morticia's sadistic amusement.
"Good." she said. As she walked by him to go downstairs, she reached up and placed a kiss on his cheek, causing the sannen to blush.
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Dinner was delicious and the sake refreshing and added a warmth to their bellies. The fire near by giving a just right atmosphere, giving off just enough heat to make the couple cuddle closer to each other. It was decently romantic, it was a calm time. They would tell each other jokes and laugh softly, each telling the other of various tales of their shinobi careers.
When they finished their meal a clone was sent to take care of the dishes and they each went to get a swimsuit. Everything needed was placed in a large bag and they walked together through the rain, Jiraiya holding the umbrella and smiling, to get to the hot springs.
"Turn around." Morticia said when they reached the hot springs, which had a roof over it to keep out the rain of Ame, as she handed Jiraiya a towel for later. She laughed softly at the pout on his face as he complied. She quickly stripped down to her two piece and hopped into the water. "You can look now."
The toad sage whipped around so fast it was amazing the momentum didn't carry him for a couple dozen more. His eyes almost bugged out of his head and his nose started bleeding.
"Close your mouth and get in here already. It's a little bit lonely." The last was said softly, face tilted down slightly to look through eyelashes, and shoulders hunched ever so little to help emphasize her breasts. The bikini top also helped, showing more than what she normally would but not everything, even though everything was outlined.
Jiraiya jumped up and dived in head first, his clothes falling off to leave him in a pair of faded red trunks with a toad pattern on them. He came up and shook his head like a dog, getting cooled off water everywhere.
"Heh, I can't believe that I don't normally wear bikinis." she said as she stretched her aching muscles, ignoring the sound her companion was making. Until she turned around and saw that he was drowning.
She hefted him out of the water, layed him flat on his back and pressed her ear to his chest. She smirked at what she heard.
Well, she did like a bit of hilarity every now and then.
"Don't you dare die, you sexy bastard!" A slap to the face and then compressions on the chest. She was doing her best to not laugh. "We just started dating and I will revive you just to torture you if you die."
Right after she said that she pressed her lips to his for a kiss and he wound his arms around her before she could pull away.
"So what kind of torture would that be?" Jiraiya asked in a husky voice after he pulled back for air.
"Well, I would say the fun kind, but that's a little over done." Morticia watched as he started to look nervous. "I would definitely say the pleasurable kind."
"Nice." he said as he scooped her up and sat both of them in the hot water, her in his lap. "I always did like most of your ideas."
"I know."
They sat in a comfortable quiet for a few minutes.
"So," Jiraiya started. "I'm sexy?"
She gave him a mock glare and lightly slapped his chest.
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"Orochi-chan!" Morticia called when she saw her favorite snake summoner. Orochimaru turned and gave a slight smile.
"Did it work?" Orochimaru asked.
"Sure did! I don't know why it took him so long though." she said in exasperation.
"Of course it worked. I don't see how a plan made by the two of us wouldn't."
"Yep." she said, a glint coming into her eyes. "You want to help others get with the one they love?"
