- AUTHORS NOTE -

Thanks for the support so far on the series guys, some more chapters will be coming out during the week. I promise. :)

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this one.

"Pervy Sage?" Naruto asked once more as his eyes widened

By the time Naruto turned towards Kabuto he had already made his escape, Naruto didn't know how to feel he was emotionally conflicted he was of course happy to see Jiraya again but he hated himself for letting Kabuto escape.

"What's the meaning of this, where am I?" Jiraya asked

"Pervy Sage!" Naruto yelled happily

"Naruto? You're not dead too are you?" He asked

"No Pervy Sage, I'm alive and so are you!" Naruto smiled

"I see.. this must be the reanimation jutsu.." Jiraya whispered to himself.

"Who's that?" Jiraya said as he pointed to the infant hiding behind Sakura's leg.

"Hana Uzumaki." Naruto said proudly.

"Well, who would've thought YOU would be a Father." Jiraya smiled to himself.

"And who's the Mother?" Jiraya asked

"You're looking at her." Naruto said as he pointed to Sakura.

"Hm. I guess lots of stuff can happen in two years." He said with a perverted smile towards Sakura.

Sakura gave him an angry look and turned away, Jiraya just sighed to himself.

Before Jiraya could talk anymore his movements were stiffened, he felt his body move on it's own.

"Naruto, who's controlling me?" Jiraya asked

"Kabuto, he's been manipulating dead people with that forbidden jutsu." Naruto answered

"I see, time to show me how much you've improved Naruto." Jiraya smiled.

"I guess so." Naruto smiled back as he transformed into his Nine-Tails form.

"So he's gained control of the Fox, eh? This'll be interesting." Jiraya thought

Naruto ran at his mentor who quickly countered with a substiution jutsu, Jiraya appeared beside Naruto and kicked him square in the face sending the boy barreling back into the wall.

Sakura knew that it was none of her business to interfere in this match, she sat there checking on Hana and healing her childs wounds.

"So, anything else I should know?" Jiraya asked

"I got to meet my Mom and my Dad." Naruto smiled, dodging a punch from Jiraya

"I see.. so I guess you must know-"

"That my dad was the Fourth Hokage? Yeah I know about it all, he told me himself." Naruto said

"Naruto, I'm sorry I kept it a secret from you." Jiraya admitted

"No need to apologize sensei, I understand." Naruto smiled

"So how's Tsunade doing these days?" He asked

"Actually.. she passed away." Naruto said grimly

"I see, what happened to her?" Jiraya asked, blocking a kick from Naruto.

"She was assassinated by Danzo, he killed her so he could become Hokage, we eventually caught onto him and had that bastard put in jail for life." Naruto said with confidence.

"So, who's the current Hokage?" He asked

"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said with a smile

Jiraya didn't need to say anything he just smiled back at the man.

"I guess It was the right choice after all." Jiraya thought.

"Naruto, I think Kabuto's going to launch a rasengan!" Jiraya yelled

"No problem, Pervy Sage!" Naruto said, jumping back and forming a rasengan of his own.

The two men ran at each other with tremendous speed not taking their eyes off each other, they ran for what seemed like forever before colliding with each other and yelling out the one word that brung them both together in this ninja world.

"RASENGAN!"

- FLASHBACK -

"Naruto, I believe that there's too much hate in this ninja world."

"You do?"

"Yes, countries fight to win wars but do they ever really win anything? Both sides suffer great losses."

"I guess you're right, Pervy Sage."

"I've wanted to do something about all this hate but I just can't figure out how to go about it, but I guess if I can't figure it out I'll have to entrust it to you!" Jiraya smiled

"I promise, I'll do something about all the hate in the world sensei! And then I'll become the Hokage! Believe it!" A young Naruto smiled with a gleam of hope in his eyes."

- END OF FLASHBACK -

"It's no use, he's too strong!" Naruto thought before he felt another hand rest atop his, it was Sakura.

And it seemed almost unbelievable, Sakura's blue chakra collided with Naruto's red chakra and made the rasengan change color to pink, this was soon followed by the overpowering of Jiraya's rasengan, forcing the man backwards through the wall.

Naruto and Sakura exchanged glances at each other and walked hand-in-hand over towards Jiraya.

"I guess this is it for me, thank you Naruto." The white-haired man said before coughing out a bit of blood.

"No, thank you Pervy Sage.. for everything." Naruto smiled

Jiraya then began to fade back into a substitution log, as he faded it seems like the light faded from the room itself.

"Kushina, Minato. Your dream is still alive. It's alive in your son, Naruto Uzumaki." Jiraya thought as the last essence of himself faded away.

Naruto and Sakura wiped away the tears in their eyes before returning to Hana.

"Daddy!" Hana smiled as she walked over towards Naruto.

"Hey princess I guess you learned to walk, huh?" Naruto said with a smile

"Is the bad man gone?" Hana asked with a scared look on her face

"He wasn't a bad man Hana, he was a great man." Naruto grinned before look up towards the sky.

"Come on you two idiots, let's go home." Sakura said, extending out her hand on both arms which Naruto and Hana soon both latched on to.

It was a long walk back towards the Leaf Village but it made Naruto and Sakura feel whole again now that they could hold Hana with them.

"Hey, Lord Hokage is back!" A villager shouted as he pointed towards the village gate.

"He's back!" One villager after another shouted and ran towards the Uzumaki family, Naruto had Hana on his shoulder and was carrying her inside the village.

"Well I'll be.." Shikamaru said as he nudged Choji in the ribs pointing towards Naruto.

"Hey, Naruto!" Lee yelled as he made his way towards Naruto.

Everyone was swarming around the happy family, asking them questions about their six-month long journey.

"I'll answer everyone's questions soon, but first there's something we've got to do as a family." Naruto said as he and Sakura broke away from the crowd and made his way down the road.

"Ino!" Hana said as she pointed to the picture at the gravesite.

Naruto and Sakura sat their, staring at the gravesite remembering all the memories the three had shared as friends. How Ino was there for them in their time on need and they were their for Ino, she was just another victim in this world of hate.

Naruto gave Hana a flower, she walked towards the grave and put a cherry blossom next to the picture of Ino.

"I'll miss you, piggy." Sakura said, wiping a tear away from her eye.

"Ino Yamanaka - Gone but not forgotten."