Kakashi was staring outside his bedroom windows. Dark clouds were rolling in indicating that a big storm was coming. Kakashi sighed and ran a hand through his messy silver hair. Grabbing his forehead protector Kakashi began walking through the winding corridors.
The site that greeted him was of Akio staring outside the window too.
"Looks like a storm is coming" he murmured
"Heavy one too" Kakashi commented as he pulled the chair away and sat down
A silence hung over the kitchen while Kakashi ate his eggs. Akio was too busy in his own thoughts and didn't notice Izumi calling him.
"Akio!" Izumi ran to her husband and shook him. He snapped back to reality and looked around to find Izumi's worried face and Kakashi's confused one.
"Did you hear from Jiraya?" Akio asked
"Not since the last message" Izumi shook her head and pulled Akio to a chair so he could sit down
"Jiraya?" Kakashi was surprised "Isn't he coming tomorrow?"
"A change of plans" Izumi answered "He said he was going to encounter an Akatsuki member and arrive this morning"
"He should be here by now" Akio cursed and started pacing around the kitchen. As another silence hung over the room similar to the rolling clouds, a poof of smoke emerged on the kitchen floor
"What?" Izumi was shocked especially since she saw a very tiny frog
"Never seen a frog before?" he asked annoyed
"Jiraya!" Kakashi and Akio shouted at the same time
"He's in danger and needs your help, Akio" the frog announced "He's in the rain village currently"
"That's not far from here" Izumi said however Akio didn't even listen to her as he already went to get ready for battle
As Akio walked out the door Kakashi ran to him "I'm coming too" he stated
"No" Akio ordered him "You'll get in the way. If this opponent is strong enough to give Jiraya trouble, you'll probably be more of burden than any help at all"
"But…" Kakashi began but couldn't argue with Akio's logic. Jiraya beat him easily in a friendly spar, he couldn't imagine the frog sannin in his best and having trouble.
Akio bit his thumb and performed the summoning seals. Out of thin air a huge dragon emerged on the grounds. It was a brown horned dragon with a spiked tail and was as tall as the mountains.
Kakashi's eyes widened in surprise "Dragon!" he whispered in shock staring at the majestic creature in front of him
"Akio?" his voice rumbled through the valley
"Jiraya is in trouble in the rain country" Akio informed it "We need to go! NOW!"
Without another word the dragon took flight and was out of sight in seconds. Kakashi wasn't about to lie down and wait for Akio and Jiraya to come back. Jiraya might need medical attention.
"Izumi chan" Kakashi addressed her "I'm going to inform Tsunade of the danger Jiraya is in so she can prepare a medical team for Jiraya"
"That would be for the best" Izumi nodded in acceptance "I'll tell Akio to take Jiraya there if he doesn't do that"
Kakashi nodded and bounded of ion the forest at his fastest pace.
"Not fast enough!" he cursed and tried to think of a way to reach Konoha faster. Jiraya and Kakashi came her at a relaxed pace in approximately eight hours, if he continued at this grueling rapid pace, he'll be able to cut around three hours.
"That's five hours of travel without preparations'" Kakashi muttered.
FLASHBACK
"Sensei, can you teleport people with you?" a ten year old Kakashi asked his blonde haired sensei who was currently gulfing ramen
"That's extremely difficult" Minato answered "I can't even transport a full bag without it getting damaged somehow"
"But what would you do if somebody needed you to get help from Konoha when you are far away from the village" Kakashi inquired
"I ride a frog" Minato smiled
"Not everybody has frog summons" Kakashi pointed out
"Ah!" Minato accepted his student's point of view "Then I would teleport myself and get the help for him, or send a summon to do it for me"
"Teleportation is limited" Kakashi said "I can barely make it form my room to the market three blocks down the street"
"Then a summon" Minato answered "Until you get ridiculously better anyhow"
"So I send them a notice before my arrival" Kakashi summarized using all the logic a ten year old could muster
Minato nodded and ruffled his hair "Then you hope for the best and pray everything goes alright"
"But don't you need to summon an animal to yourself." Kakashi asked "What good would it do to have your summon run beside you?"
"There is a special type of contract in order to do that" Minato smiled "Your animal needs to be able to have a standard drop off somewhere"
"Huh?" Kakashi asked in a high yet cute voice
"How can I make this simple" Minato rubbed under his chin "You make a round small seal that is between you and a summon, that way if your summon is required to disappear somewhere he could teleport to your small seal and send a message faster"
"Can you teach me?" Kakashi was excited "Pakkun will be able to do it"
"Sure" Minato smiled "We'll do it in your apartment so you can always have Pakkun around"
"Summoning Jutsu!" Kakashi yelled as Pakkun emerged from the smoke. Even though he hasn't used that method in such a long time, he still has the seal on his roof"
"What's up?" Pakkun saluted
"No time" Kakashi answered and continued his way to the village "Do you remember how to teleport to my roof?"
"Of course" Pakkun was offended as he ran beside Kakashi
"I need you to go there and tell Tsunade sama Jiraya encountered some trouble. Akio is going to help Jiraya and come to Konoha for treatment." Kakashi replied
"Hai" and Pakkun disappeared just as fast as he came
"Jiraya" Kakashi sighed and continued tearing through the jungle
Akio reached the rain village in seven minutes flat. "I forgot how fast you can be, Ryuu" Akio complemented and searched for signs of battle
"There" the dragon roared and flew in the direction of the small smoke he saw on the tallest building there.
Akio saw Jiraya surrounded by three bodies with orange hair. What distinguished them were there purple swirling eyes. Jiraya was bleeding in some places and had some nasty looking wounds. The frog mode was helping go on but the battle won't be able to continue for more than two hours.
"Rinnegan" the dragon muttered as he sent his tail colliding with one of the pain's who couldn't manage to doge and ended up dying
"Akio!" Jiraya sighed in relief "They have a shared field of vision"
"Understood" Akio nodded
Jiraya and Akio began fighting simultaneously and even Nagato couldn't keep up with the series of attacks. Jiraya and Akio's teamwork was flawless "Just like old times" Jiraya smiled knowing everything will work out now. Not to mention he discovered Pain's secret.
Tsunade was currently staring outside her office window. She had this bad feeling that didn't die down. Jiraya left on a danger mission and she feared the worst.
Suddenly the door was bolted open and Shizune ran inside with Pakkun at her heels
"Jiraya and Akio are fighting a member of Akatsuki and might need medical assistance upon their arrival" Shizune blurted out
Tsuande's eyes widened. "Prepare our best medics at the village gates and have two operation rooms ready just in case" She knew that Jiraya wanted to find information on the Akatsuki leader. A leader of S-ranked criminals most be insanely strong and wasn't an opponent to take lightly. Even if it was Akio and Jiraya, she wouldn't take chances.