Hi! A s of now, I haven't gotten any reviews, but I really hope that I get some! I don't really want to update if I don't get any reviews, but I'm doing that right now. I hope you like the story, and where it's going. If you have any chapter name ideas, they'd be appreciated.

If you don't know who Naruto's dad is, either find out by watching or reading more Naruto, read on and find out, or don't read the first couple paragraphs.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

WARNING: This is a yaoi pairing! If you do not like, DO NOT READ! Contains some swearing, some dark themes, and cutting.

"Wait, what? You're quitting? AND sending me along to find someone else with some old guy?" he screamed.

The third put his head in his hands. This would be a problem. Jiraiya would hate to hear that, but Minato had left Kushina to take care of him, and Jiraiya was the only one still alive that had been close to the man.

"Naruto, this man, Jiraiya," the Third motioned to him, "is one of the three sannin, very well respected and Kage level shinobi."

"Y-you! You're the old pervert who write those awful books!" the boy screeched.

Quickly holding him back, Sasuke apologized to the Hokage and tried to calm Naruto down. "Naruto, this is an important mission, even though I don't exactly want you to leave, you've gotta do this." he whispered. This would be difficult for the both of them, they had a hard time being away from each other.

"I'll do it," Naruto ventured, "if Sasuke can come to." he finished confidently.

'I'm getting far too old for this.' "Fine, fine, just find the new Godaime, and relieve me of this trouble." he sighed.

Jiraiya was in shock. He had been planning on training Naruto, this would make it much more difficult, but he wouldn't want to disobey the third's request. "We'll be leaving at eight a.m. tomorrow." Jiraiya ordered. Leaving to pack, the pair headed home.

Once inside, Naruto grabbed all his clothes. A couple of his black shirts and pants, a few tank-tops, cargo pants, and his orange jacket and pants. Sasuke also went to pack, picking up some shorts, a couple pairs of pants, and a few of his high-collared shirts. Grabbing the both of their tooth-brushes, and one sleeping bag, Sasuke finished up and undressed for bed. "Naruto, let's get to sleep." he called. Naruto soon entered the room, and crawled into the bed.

"I'm worried, Sasuke," Naruto began, "what if Jiraiya finds out about us, and-and doesn't like it, or even the new Hokage, he seemed to be close to the Third, but-" he was cut off with a quick kiss from Sasuke. "Hun, if he doesn't approve, he'll surely be hearing from me." he countered protectively. "Any problems anyone has with us, with this," he motioned to the two of them, "certainly cannot be in the right mind." Squeezing his hand reassuringly, Sasuke began to drift off to sleep. Hugging each other, drifted off into their own little worlds.

Sasuke usually woke up at seven each morning, so, just as any other day, he woke up. Yawning loudly, he stretched, rolled his neck, and got out of bed. Cooking up a couple ham and onion omelets. Naruto was getting used to waking up this way. Slightly awake when Sasuke got up, and fully when he smelled breakfast. "Morning, love." Naruto hugged Sasuke from behind. "Morning."

The two sat down, and ate, pondering on their day ahead. Looking over to the clock, Sasuke went over to grab his stuff. Telling Naruto to follow, he did.

Sasuke wanted to go out and buy some food for the trip. Naruto always complained about how hungry he was, so he'd figured that buying some would postpone it, at least for a bit. He had found one of the newer stores, with mostly new employees, younger ones, and some who had come from another area along with the store. Naruto followed in cautiously, but when Sasuke explained the situation, he was relieved to know of a store that he could shop in.

Picking up a few apples, a couple ramen packs, a water bottle, and and a couple cucumbers, they headed to the check out. Sasuke payed for the items, and the two left the store, heading to the village opening. Sitting down, Naruto check his watch, they had about ten minutes before departure. Sasuke sat down beside him, Naruto rested his head on his boyfriend's shoulder. Dozing off, Sasuke rested his head on Naruto's.

"Oi. Oi!" the two woke up to the annoyed voice of Jiraiya. "It's time to go."

The boys were a bit shocked. When had they fallen asleep? They both rose to their feet, and followed Jiraiya. Checking out of the village, the three headed on their journey. "Boys, we're headed to a small village about a day north of here." the man announced. The two nodded, and walked on in silence. The couple couldn't talk too much, all they had to talk about was for their ears only. The sun began to fall, and they began to set up camp. Jiraiya had brought two tents, so luckily, the couple would get to share. Rolling out a sleeping bag Sasuke had packed at the last minute, he called Naruto over. The two lay down beside each other, happy to be near one another. "Goodnight, Naruto." the boy whispered, kissing his forehead. "'Night..." the other mumbled.

Come morning, the two had an unpleasant awakening. Jiraiya opened their tent, and yelled at them to wake up. Naruto, getting scared easily, clamped onto Sasuke, having a memory of his terrible treatment in the village. Attempting to comfort him, he shot a glare at the older male. 'He'd better not pull anything like this again, or next time he wakes up, he won't be alive to sleep again.' he thought murderously. Going out to talk to the man, Sasuke assured Naruto that he would be back. Sitting down by the camp fire, Sasuke motioned for Jiraiya to sit. "Naruto... doesn't do very well with... how should I put this? He doesn't really have the best memories with waking up that way. He never had the best of luck with the people in our village, and that's how he was woken up a few times. He still has nightmares of all the awful things that have happened to him. I suggest that you be very careful around him." he said, making his point. Standing up, he headed to the tent, and looked back, meeting the worried gaze of the Toad Sannin.

Hoping that Naruto would be fine, he quickly opened the tent, and sat down beside Naruto. "You want to talk." he asked, lovingly. Naruto shook his head. Sasuke knew how hard this must be for him, having to bear all of those terrible memories, sometimes even having to relive them. Squeezing Naruto closer, he whispered "You know that you can talk to me about anything, right? Naru, I love you, and nothing you do or tell me can ever change that." Pressing their foreheads together, he kissed Naruto, and got up. Putting on his pants and shirt, Naruto followed.

Once out, the couple sat on a log near the fire, Sasuke reached into his bag and grabbed out a couple apples, handing them to Naruto. The two began to eat, and soon finished up. Going back to pack their stuff up, Sasuke handed the tent to Jiraiya, he thanked him for putting it away, and they were off. The next stop would be to gather information, luckily, it wasn't too far away, Naruto always complained after walking too long.

The trio came upon a rather run down village. Walking through the village, they scanned around. Looking for the nearest bar and casino, Jiraiya quickly ran in. Beginning to gamble, he started some small talk. After time, he popped the question. "Have any of you heard of Tsunade, the Legendary Sucker?" he asked. The men looked fairly angry at that. "Yeah! That lady left us all I.O.U.'s!" they yelled. "Have you heard where she was heading?"

Jiraiya left the place, and found Sasuke and Naruto. Staying a bit behind, he was curious... he saw how they acted together, and now that he was gone, the two were holding hands. He backed off a bit, and then shouted from a distance, "Hey, guys!" The to split apart, just as he thought. "I got some info on Tsunade, she's in another village that's fairly close by." he announced. The two nodded, and they all headed for the next village over.

Taking in the scenery, Naruto didn't notice when they all arrived at the village. He had slowed down a bit, walking behind Sasuke. "Oomf," he had fallen on top of Sasuke, "I-I'm sorry, Sasuke." Naruto stammered, growing redder by the second. 'Yep, there's definitely something gong on between these two.' the man thought, he would just have to test his theory...

Jiraiya looked around the town, trying to find a nice hotel. It would need a hot spring, this would definitely work to test his theory. Sasuke and Naruto headed out into the town, and sat down to eat.

Jiraiya had found it. The perfect place. It would work just fine! He had gotten a nice room, but it only had two beds. Therefor, they would have to share. And seeing how they reacted to that could easily help aid in his decision to whether or not he would confront them on it. Also, he would leave them alone in the hot springs, checking in on them every-so-often to see what they were up to. That could be a key component to whether or not something was going on between them.

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