Street Ninja
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The Genin Naruto Uzumaki smiles widely as he makes his way towards the Hokage's Tower, closely followed by the Chunin Sakura Haruno and Akuma, who were almost sprinting to keep up.
"Wait up, idiot!" screams Sakura to the blonde as he made his way to the 'kage's office. "Does he have to be in such a hurry?" asks Akuma with a raised eyebrow and a hint of disgust as he holds his chest with a slightly pained look on his face, which makes Sakura worriedly ask "are you alright?" "It's nothing…" retorts Akuma as they catch up to Naruto who was now at the door of Tsunade's office, only to be blindsided by a screaming Jiraiya being physically thrown out the door, a shoe quickly follows, almost hitting Naruto's face and grazing The Toad Sage with blinding speed, "I'm almost afraid to ask, but what's going on here, Pervy Sage?" asks Naruto with a confused glare "Oh, hey there, Naruto, I didn't see you there, nothing to worry about here, I said I was doing 'research', how the heck was I supposed to know the Hokage liked skinny-dipping?!" screamed Jiraiya as he jumps back into the fray, attacking Tsunade, who was now even madder at his skinny-dipping remark and replied "Research?! Skinny-dipping?! I'll show you skinny-dipping, you greasy old pervert!" yells Tsunade as she tackles Jiraiya to the ground with furious slaps and punches as he replies, equally as angry "Old and greasy?! I'll have you know that my hair is naturally white and I'm not that old! What's your excuse, granny?" Jiraiya smiled childishly, a smile that would not last long as Tsunade's eyes turned completely white and pupil-less as she looked at her old friend evilly "I….am….NOT….OLD!" she screams as she kicks Jiraiya, hard sending him crashing through the door and embedding him in the wall.
Jiraiya simply and easily frees himself and stares into Tsunade's eyes for a few silent seconds then gruffly walks out of the building without a smile or another word, leaving Naruto baffled and speechless, glancing at Akuma and Sakura with teary eyes as he left the building "Master Jiraiya?" Sakura calls out, Jiraiya stops at the sound of his name, turning his head and looking at Sakura as calm as ever, he says "Want something, Sakura?" Sakura seems unable to speak, until Akuma speaks up "Say it, girl, or I will" he states calmly as Sakura shakes her head and raises an eyebrow at the saddened Toad Sage "A-are you alright, you don't look as your usual happy self today." This makes Jiraiya's chakra flare, though he remains calm, almost, as he replies "No need to worry about me, Sakura…I'll be fine. Who's your friend?" Before Sakura could blink, Jiraiya was at her side, having a stare-off with Akuma, neither of them showing emotion or blinking startling the girl "Well, he's-" she stuttered "Akuma" Akuma cut her off.
Jiraiya narrows then widens his eyes "I can tell you're a beyond exceptional fighter, say, could you meet ne outside after you see the hokage?" he states with mischievous smile as Akuma frowns and raises his eyebrow "And why would I do that?" "You'll see" was Jiraiya's only remark as he disappeared out of the building in a puff of smoke before Sakura could say more and the two met up with Naruto and a sad but very moody Tsunade sitting at her desk, back turned to them "Sakura, Naruto why are you here? I specifically said no one is to bother me right now." She says glaring at them over her shoulder before turning to Akuma saying "Who the hell are you and what do you want?" "I am Akuma and I'm taking Naruto out of this dump you call a village for some real training, I heard I needed your permission to do so." Answers Akuma as Naruto and Sakura take a couple steps back as they knew no one else anywhere that was brave or stupid enough to talk back to Tsunade like that and not live to regret it as she now had her chin on one hand as the other was tapping the table impatiently "You heard right, and you can have Naruto, but you have to do something for me first" Tsunade narrows her eyes and smiles when suddenly Akuma falls unconscious to everyone's surprise.
A/N – What does Akuma have to do for Tsunade to gain her respect? Why did he faint? What is Naruto's fate? All these questions and more will be answered in the next episode of Street Ninja.
Warrior-of-Darkness015 out.