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Chapter 11

Jiraiya sighed tiredly and his hand through his spiky white hair as he walked to the Hokage's office. It was late and all he wanted to do at the moment was to get some sleep, but he had to go and report to the old man that he was back in the village.

He found it odd when he didn't sense any of the ANBU that guarded the Hokage when he entered the tower. He frowned and looked around, he didn't sense anyone in the tower except for his sensei and another familiar chakera signature. He made his way to his sensei's office, and stopped in front of the door which was cracked open slightly.

Curious, he peaked through the door to see who his sensei was talking to. He narrowed his eyes when he saw that it was Danzo, and by the older man's body language, he was pretty upset about something. ' What could he be whining about now?' Jiraiya thought to himself, rolling his eyes. He never did like Danzo, in his opinion Danzo was just evil. By the look on his sensei's face they had been discussing whatever they were talking about for awhile.

As quietly as he could he slipped into the room unnoticed and hid in the shadows in a corner of the room. He masked his chakera, then focused on the two men's conversation. As he listened he found out that Danzo was here because of Naruto. Mentally he was jumping with joy that Sarutobi had found Naruto. Naruto was the main reason why Jiraiya had even come back to the village.

A couple of months ago when Sarutobi had sent him a letter about his student's son's disappearance, he had begun searching for any information on where the boy could be. After a couple of months of searching he decided to come back to the village to see if the had found the boy yet, and by luck it seems they had.

Jiraiya hated to keep Naruto in the village, and would have gladly taken Naruto with him all those years ago if Sarutobi would have let him. To him it was obvious that the village wasn't a good home for the boy, but Sarutobi told him that he wanted Naruto to grow up in the Konoha and become a shinobi like his father.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Danzo threaten Naruto. He didn't like the look in Danzo's eye when his sensei warned Danzo to leave Naruto alone. He had a feeling that Danzo was planning to do something to Naruto despite his sensei warning.

' I need to find the kid and get him out of here, or else Danzo's going to hurt him.' Jiraiya thought to himself worriedly. From what he had over heard Naruto was refusing to answer questions, and Danzo wanted them now no matter what he had to do to the boy to get them. He hated the fact he was going to have to kidnap Naruto, but unlike his sensei he was willing to do what would keep Naruto safe and not worry about keeping everyone happy.

Quietly and as quickly as he could, Jiraiya make his way out of the Hokage tower and rushed to the hospital where Naruto was. Knowing it would be a bad idea to go through the front doors to get to the boy, he searched for the child's chakera signature to see which room he was in. Once he had found the room he made his way up the wall and to the window.

He slowly opened the widow and looked in, he could see the child was sound asleep. He opened the window completely and winced slightly when the window creaked loudly, causing the boy to wake up. He watched as Naruto looked over towards the door searching for what made the noise, then turn towards the window where he was and freeze when he saw him.

He stepped down from the window and walked over to the boy so the child could see him clearly. " Sorry for waking you up." Jiraiya said cheerful, and gave the boy a grin trying to clam the frighten boy down.

Naruto eyed the man in front of him suspiciously. " Who are you?" He asked the stranger nervously, the man didn't seem like he was here to hurt him, but Naruto knew looks could be deceiving.

" I'm Jiraiya the toad sage." Jiraiya introduced himself cheerfully, still giving Naruto a grin. He had hoped to take Naruto out of the village while the boy was still asleep, but now that wasn't going to happen and he needed to show the child he meant no harm towards him.

Naruto blinked, " Ok, so why are you here?" Naruto asked bluntly, usually he wouldn't be so rude but the guy did sneak into his room through the window.

" I'm here to take you out of the village." Jiraiya told him seriously. " I'm afraid someone may try and hurt you if you stay here any longer."

Naruto's eyes widened. " Where are you going to take me? And who wants to hurt me?" He asked sacredly.

" We need to go now. I'll explain everything once we're out of the village." Jiraiya said, and scooped Naruto out of the bed and quickly left the hospital room through the window.

Naruto yelped in shock when the man lifted him out of the bed, and held onto him tightly when they went through the window.

Jiraiya ran as fast he could to the gate of the village, he wanted to get out of here before someone noticed them. He stopped once he was a few feet from the gate and looked down at the nervous boy in his arms.

" Listen I need you to stay completely quiet." Jiraiya ordered to Naruto. " Ok?"

Naruto nodded his head after a moment. He didn't like the fact someone was once again taking him somewhere against his will, but something told him to trust this man.

Jiraiya then returned his attention to the gate once Naruto agreed to stay silent. He ended up not having any problems getting past the guards, they didn't seem to be focusing on their job though...

Once Jiraiya was positive they wouldn't be seen by anyone he made a quick dash for the forest. When he had gotten a couple of miles into the forest, he slowed down to a halt and set the child onto the ground. Panting slightly Jiraiya sat down onto the ground beside Naruto.

" Its ok to talk now." Jiraiya said to Naruto after a moment, trying to start a conversation. He knew he wasn't on the best of terms right now with the little boy next to him, and hoped he could get the kid to at least talk to him.

"..." Naruto just stayed silent, and glanced around the area. Jiraiya just sighed at being ignored, and lied down onto his back.

" Try and get some sleep, its late." Jiraiya said, he shut his eyes and tried to relax.

Naruto watched Jiraiya lay down and go to sleep. He wasn't sure of what to make of everything that happened in the past week, and just thinking about it made him want to cry. He rubbed his eyes tiredly and scooted a bit closer to Jiraiya and lied down next to him. Within minutes he was sound asleep.

-Morning-

Pein was very close to freaking out. When he arrived to Konoha the village was in a riot. Apparently his son was once again kidnapped, and through his spying he found no one knew who could have possibly taken the boy.

Pein rubbed his temples where he could feel a headache was forming and took a deep breath. He was worried sick about his child, and all he could do right now was hope he was ok. The poor boy didn't deserve to have all this happen to him. He knew this had to be terrifying experience for the four year old.

Right now he was currently hiding in the Hokage's office, he hoped that he could get some information here but it wasn't working as well he had hoped. He glanced up when he heard someone come into the room.

Sarutobi watched as the two young jounin made their way to his desk. " Did you find anything?" He asked them tiredly, he really hoped they had.

" Well no... but we have a guess on who may have taken him." One of the jounin started hesitantly. Sarutobi quickly nodded for him to continue, any ideas would be helpful right now. Pein was also listening intently to what they had to say.

" Well we believe Jiraiya-sama possibly could have taken him." The jounin said nervously.

Sarutobi gave the jounin an odd look. " My student hasn't been in the village for years, so tell me how could you possibly come up with this." Sarutobi said sightly offended by them accusing his student.

" But he came last night." The other jounin said quickly. Neither of the jounin liked accusing their Hokage's student, but it was likely it was him since he was no where to be found now.

" When did he come, and why didn't he inform me he was in the village." Sarutobi demanded worriedly, if Jiraiya had come last night he may have over heard Danzo and him talking. He also probably heard Danzo's threats towards the boy.

" Last night around midnight. He was headed here to your office when we last saw him." The jounin replied.

Hiruzen could feel the dread seep through him at his words, he had a feeling all this wasn't going to end well. Sighing he called one of his ANBU over to him. " Gather a team and search for the where abouts of my student." He ordered, then turned to the jounin again. " I'll look into this, you may go now." Sarutobi said dismissing them.

' Jiraiya please don't have done anything stupid.' Sarutobi thought tiredly. He laced his fingers together and rested his chin on top of them. He closed his eyes and tried to sort his jumbled thoughts. He opened his eyes tiredly when he felt Danzo's chakera signature heading towards him, he really didn't feel like dealing with him right now.

Danzo walked into the room, and slammed the door shut behind him. " How could you let the jinchuuriki get taken again!" He roared in fury at Hiruzen.

" Danzo be quiet." Sarutobi snapped. " There is no need to yell, besides theres a chance we already found who took him."

Danzo glared at him. " Who was it, was it one of the Akatsuki?" He demanded to know.

" This is only a guess and I'll tell you once I'm sure it is who I think it is. Until then keep your spies searching." Sarutobi said firmly. He didn't want to tell Danzo that his student may be the one to have done it, he would only cause more problems if he knew.

Danzo was shaking in anger when Sarutobi refused to tell him. He said nothing and stormed out of the Hokage's office.

' I'm amazed on how well that went. It makes me worry though, I have to keep a close eye on him.' Sarutobi thought frowning. He quickly turned his head towards the window when he heard a clank, only to see nothing was there.

' I must have imagined it.' He thought shaking his head.

Pein quickly made his way out of the village. ' If Jiraiya-sensei took my son theres no telling where exactly they could be.' Pein thought unhappily. It really wouldn't be too hard for him to find Jiraiya and his son, but it would take awhile for the sannin was quick when he needed to be.

He quickly summoned his other bodies, and had them spread out and search. This way he could cover more ground in his search for his son and sensei. Once they were gone he began his search.

Author's Note: Alright I need to go over a couple of things. I ended up having to chance who the mystery guy in the cloak is, he is now an oc. I may put him in the next chapter or the one after I'm not sure yet. Also since I'm not following the anime's storyline certain people are going to live, like the Akatsuki, and Jiraiya. Oh and about Orochimaru, I'll add how and why he left the Akatsuki later in the story.

Ok now this idea just popped into my head but what do you guys like about Neji and Jiraiya joining the Akatsuki. Jiraiya won't be an official member though. Review and tell me what you like, and I'll update Sunday since I'll be to busy Monday. So until then bye! :) (One more thing if you guys have questions about anything I'll reply back to you, I read all my emails so you know. And all reviews will be responded to.)