A/n: srry for chapter 6 being so short I wanted to end it with a cliff hanger and I thought that was the perfect spot ^_^ plz enjoy story!


Chapter 7: the confession

I went down to the training grounds and saw Jiraiya standing there I knew he was thinking about something so I walked up behind him and hugged him my arms around his waist I felt him stiffen in my arms not knowing who it was til he heard me talk " Jiraiya thank you for being here with me "It's not a problem Emi" he turned in my arms where we were facing each other "Jiraiya there's something I need to tell you " he saw tears, but a smile was still plastered on my face " what is it?" he kept his arms around me in case there was a sobbing breakdown, but there wasn't " I love you Jiraiya all of you ever since, but was too afraid to say it and to admit it to myself you helped me to my feet when no one else could you are my rock my shelter from my pain don't you understand I'm meant to be with you like you are to me." his eyes expressed shock, but love as well " I love you too Emi I do " and we kissed passionately what they didn't know was Shikazu and Tsunade had walked by and heard the confession and Tsunade was smiling ' finally' she thought she knew Emiko wanted to confess to him, but was scared if he didn't show the same feelings she had always knew that Jiraiya had kept her safe he did on that last mission she was on and saw how much devotion he showed towards me even though his perverted ways got in the way sometimes and she knew Shikazu thought the same he smiled knowing they were meant for each other.

Jiraiya let go for air and touch his forehead with mine "Emi I've love you since the beginning, but was scared of your rejection if I had confessed " "I understand it was the same to me" I went and straddled his lap and placed my hands on his chest " come home with me Emi" Jiraiya said with a lust covered voice I smiled "Sure" he stood up picking me up and went to his apartment. At the Hokage office Tsunade was dancing in happiness " I knew it " Shikazu shooked his head "we all knew it Tsu" he said walking towards her he took Tsunade hand and twirled her around the floor Tsunade blushed and when he brought her back to him with her hand placed lightly on his chest he kissed her when they let go he said " I love you forever Tsu" "I love you too" and she leaned onto his shoulder "Shikazu My life feels perfect with you, but I want to surprise Emiko and Jiraiya with this if you don't mind " " I don't mind at all, but Emiko is known as the forgotten loudmouth if you have forgotten about it" "it'll be fine plus she's kept all my secrets to herself and hasn't said a word about to anyone in the past so I don't think she going to now" "True " Shikazu kissed Tsunade again and this time she put her arms around his neck and fingers into his hair.

The two of them didn't hear the door open til they heard Jiraiya talking " about time to you two as well" Tsunade went red in the face "Not funny Jiraiya!" I laughed "Let's gamble to celebrate!" Tsunade dashed out the door dragging me in the process Jiraiya was going to follow Shikazu shooked his head " let the girls go free this time they need girl time" it bothered Shikazu that Emiko had brought that up he knew that was a way for me to talk to Tsunade without the boys he sighed and patted Jiraiya shoulder "hey let's go do something" and walked out the door with Jiraiya following Tsunade got her place walked and I followed "Tsunade why did you do that?" " I wanted to talk" "oh okay so what is it?" " How did you know I liked Shikazu better than Orochimaru?" "the way you always stared at him with longing eyes " "oh hey the other reason I dragged you away is that I need you to go on a mission with Team 7 if that's okay" "Yea that's fine " Tsunade handed me the scroll "all the details of mission is in there" I nodded while putting the scroll into my pouch "when do I start " " now if you like " "sure call them to your office I'll be waiting for them by the gate"

Tsunade was waiting in her office for team 7 she had sent a messenger to get them a few minutes later they walked she noticed Sasuke was still the same person meaning he wasn't glad that his sister was back Tsunade could understand why she saw Naruto muttering under his breathe something about Sasuke Tsunade presumed and than she spotted Sakura who really didn't say anything, but you can tell she was pissed as hell. " hello you three you have mission " Tsunade said handing out three scrolls she was going to make this as easy as she possibly could for me Sasuke tooks his as well as the other two "who're we with?" Sakura asked "Emiko Uchiha" was all Tsunade replied "what?" Sasuke answered with anger laced words " she's waiting for you three at the gates" they nodded and headed out.

Jiraiya and Shikazu were at the bar having a few drinks of sake "It seems to me that Emiko is feeling better " Jiraiya said "yea she is I'm glad you guys are together" "same with you and Tsunade " they laughed Shikazu was actually happy that Emiko had gotten the guts to confess to him he knew it would happen it was just a matter of time he also was happy that he got the courage to ask Tsunade Emiko confession proved him that everything could be possible if you believed it would happen he smiled and knew Jiraiya was thinking the same thing. Cho hd walked into Ichiraku for lunch and saw Shizune there just about to order "Let me treat you to lunch lady Shizune" Cho offered with a smile she smiled and replied "ok" they had ordered and gotten their food and talked as well Shizune was saying " Lay Tsunade talked about you guys highly like you guys were her very own family, but what I noticed she talked very highly of your friend Shikazu like she was deeply in love with him don't tell Tsunade I figured that out?" " oh I won't cause I knew that before you did " Shizune smiled after they ater lunch they walked around and talked Shizune actually enjoyed his company. She laughed at his jokes and old stories he shared and smiled at kind heart "So Cho how about a date tomorrow?" "sounds good what time?" "the same time today" " perfect" Cho gave Shizune a kiss on the cheek and headed on his way ' he's a handsome man' Shizune thought maybe it was time for her to start thinking about dating just like Tsunade did she smiled.

Shizune got home and sat down on her couch thinking of her good fortune would Tsunade believe her that she would possibly be dating a good friend of hers or not Shizune had not a clue about her feelings just yet so she wanted to keep this a casual date til her feelings were completely cleared about Cho. The next day Shizune and walked into the office Shikazu was there he smiled and waved Shizune smiled and said " How's Cho?" "he's good " " Great" Tsunade saw the small glint of a blush carressing Shizune cheeks and smiled love was certainly in the air Cho walked in and took Shizune hand " come eat breakfast with me " "ok" and he took her out of the office and down the street to the training grounds " I thought we were going for breakfast?" "changed my mind I just want to hang with you I really enjoyed your company yesterday" Shizuna giggled " I did too" They talked for hours Shizune now knew why he kept his distance from woman besides Tsunade and me it was because he had liked this girl from a long time ago and she rejected him pretty harshly and Shizune hugged him " I would never reject you for who you are." Cho hugged her back " I know I felt that about you" he said with a smiled.

I was having a hard time with team seven and almost pulled out my hair " Listen! this is a ambush mission and we need all the teamwork we can get if you can't do that than go home!" Naruto and the others nodded there heads an agreement and concentrated on the mission ahead "what's the plan?" Sasuke said " we surround them and attacked them I'm not good on routine plans so stick with me, but if we surround them we should have a less casualty count than needed " The three of them responded with " Hai" and they did want they were told. The enemy knew they were coming and attacked them ' Shit!' I thought we got into the middle of a battle of wits " You said this should be easy" Naruto said " shut up didn't think they would find out...unless" I heard a laughter that I heard in the past " that's right my dear Emiko I knew you would come." It was that man that I had met and betrayed me with my own emotions my fists clenched together around the kunai I held in my hands he smiled he knew it still got to me.

He went for Sakura and I got in front his sword peircing my shoulder " your my opponent no one elses got it " he smiled evilly and pulled out the sword roughly I screamed out in pain our fight started I ended up behind with the kunai to his throat "your name " he didn't notice her move he guessed he should never underestimated a Sannin " Jinko is my name the turth" "tsh like I believe that" "look you have me at your mercy I not fully trained Ninja like you are so you have me that name is the truth" he said with true honesty the kunai left his throat and his arms and hands were bound together " your coming with me " I said I handed him off to Sasuke and held my shoulder ' god that hurts' I thought I bandaged up my arm and headed back to Konoha with team seven and Jinko.

We reached there and headed for the Hokage tower "Tsunade mission accomplished" "great I knew you could do it!" " eh I know " " how did team 7 work?" " off course at first but they did Great" " good " Sakura felt bad for me protecting her, but Sasuke wouldn't let her " Sakura that man was her problem and you know that" " yea, but I didn't move didn't defend myself or anything " "you did the best you could and that's all my sister asked for " Sasuke said with a small smile I turned to them " I wasn't expecting anything big from you guys just your very best" I replied with a smile Jiraiya stormed and hugged me I flinched in pain " what's wrong? are you hurt?" he asked worried " eh just a scratch" "if it was a scratch than the Emiko I know wouldn't flinch from it" Shikazu explained thoroughly I glared at him saying do I have to hit you that same spot as last time look " let me look at it " Tsunade said I knew I couldn't get away with it so I undo the bandaged and showed her Tsunade grimaced " did you medicine the wound before bandaging it?" " yea " "ok hold still Jiraiya hold her still" "ok" after Tsunade healed it she looked at me " no mission til that is completely healed you got me" "yes" I replied.

Jiraiya laughed he knew I wasn't going to listen to anything anybody said I glared at him" what's sooo funny?" "you" "how's that funny?" "the way you said yes when you don't listen" "tsk I am this time is that a problem?" "no Sweetie it's not" "oh and Jiraiya I also suggest no Sex til I say so is that clear" now it was Jiraiya turn to be open mouthed and shocked "b..but " "no buts she needs no stress put onto that shoulder and I mean it or I'll crumble you to ground if I hear you did " now it was my turn to laugh and he just smiled.