A whole week passed by with Sakura showing Naruto around Mount Myoboku teaching him how to swim to go to the underwater cove, all of her toad friends and of course her future summons Gamajosei and Gamadansei.
Until like he'd promised Jiraiya went to see if he could get Omoi's parents to agree to another sleepover "Oh hello again" Omoi's mother opened the door in her apron "Is something wrong Master Jiraiya" she frowned.
"Nothing like that, it's just Sakura has requested Omoi come visit since it is the weekend and you and you're husband probably want to spend it alone" Jiraiya wiggled his brows up and down drawing a giggle from Omoi's mother "I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if he spent the weekend" he said.
She tapped her lip in thought before nodding "I know he's been asking to go back, it was horrible what happened to Lord A, thankfully his son Lord Ay is doing well in having taken over as the Raikage" she finally smiled in acquiesce to the request.
Knowing it would probably take a bit to pack, Jiraiya sped down the streets after informing the woman of where he'd be to the Raikage Tower, he was going to come back with a surprise, not only would Omoi be there, but so would Darui and Cee, he would make sure of it.
Ay looked up from where he was filing out paperwork "Jiraiya what brings you to my village" he asked peering around but when he didn't spot the little pinkette Ay frowned "Is something wrong has something happened to the brat" Ay questioned.
Jiraiya inwardly rolled his eyes "Nope I wanted to make her happy so I thought I'd kill to birds with one stone and hopefully convince you to let Darui and Cee off for the weekend so that they can go see Sakura and stay on Mount Myoboku" he smiled.
Glad that nothing had happened to the pinkette he'd taken a liking to, Ay searched through his papers hoping he hadn't sent the two aforementioned chunin out on a mission, thankfully he hadn't and he signed the document stating they had the weekend off.
"Their probably on the training field sparring" he waved Jiraiya off handing over the document, when his door shut Ay smirked, parents would do anything for their child/children and Jiraiya was no different, plus it was a girl so it was certain to be more difficult.
He ran back down the streets to get Omoi first, he was all ready to go complete with backpack on his shoulders "How is Sakura-chan" spewed from the little boys mouth the minute Jiraiya picked him up and they started looking for the training fields.
Jiraiya smiled "She's doing alright but she was depressed for a long while after you left, which is why we are getting Darui and Cee to come with us as well" he held up the document, though Omoi didn't really understand it, but he knew Sakura would appreciate the thought.
They found the two boys on the farthest away from village life training field "Good Morning Master Jiraiya" Cee bowed good and proper only to have a scroll dropped in his hands, he unrolled it, his onyx eyes widened before he passed the scroll over to Darui.
"It's not a joke" Jiraiya smirked when the two teens stared up at him with matching disbelieving looks "Though I must warn you I adopted another kid recently and Sakura's very attached" he stared between Darui and Cee wondering what they'd say.
Seeing as it was the perfect chance to take a break and since they didn't have to fight to get the time off "We are coming" Darui nodded decisively "Give us twenty minutes and we'll meet you at the gates" he took off at a run with Cee on his heels.
Jiraiya watched them go chuckling the entire time before he walked towards the gates and waited, like Darui had said twenty minutes later, he and Cee appeared shouldering their own weekend packs "You know we should do this every weekend if we can" Cee mused out loud.
"Yeah that way Sakura-chan doesn't feel like we are ignoring her, even if it's only one of us" Omoi jumped on board the every weekend getaway wagon and Darui shook his head in amusement, though he didn't disagree with either his friend or the little boy.
Once again Jiraiya thought 'Joy, let's just hope they don't invite anyone else along on these little sleepovers ugh I am getting to old for this' he sulked inwardly but led the way to the tree marked with his chakra, Darui and Cee grabbed onto his arms and they were off to Mount Myoboku.
This time there were no insanely annoying questions from extremely inquisitive teens, and Jiraiya marched them straight to the house, when they entered Shima almost threw a bowl of meal worms at them "For gods sake Jiraiya boy don't scare me like that" she scolded with a glare.
"Sorry Lady Shima where's Sakura-chan and Naruto" Jiraiya rubbed the back of his head sheepishly before inquiring on the whereabouts of his two adopted children, even if they weren't his by blood they sure acted like his kids.
Shima thought for a moment "Probably at the underwater cove, something about looking for a missing tadpole named Gamatori, apparently he's Gamajosei's and Gamadansei's little brother, he ran away this morning depression of not ever having a summoner or something to that effect" she announced.
His eyes widened, none of them had, had any idea that the two toad siblings that Sakura would forge a summoning contract with in just less than eleven months time, had, had any more siblings, it was absolutely perfect, that way Sakura had her own bunch of summons.
"Did you say the underwater cove" Darui looked between the female toad elder and Jiraiya, the white haired man nodded "Cool, we know where that is Sakura-san showed us when we came here the first time, we'll go look for them" he shrugged as if it was no big deal.
Cee immediately jumped in nodding his head "Yes, she's a rather accident prone child" he was only going to make sure she wasn't injured in anyway at all, Darui threw him an exasperated look that he pointedly ignored, as far as little kids went Sakura wasn't to bad.
Jiraiya set Omoi on his feet and the three boys traipsed from the house "You had an idea didn't you Jiraiya boy" Fukasaku appeared having heard the commotion, Jiraiya grinned "Well come on tell us" he prodded hoping the man would speak.
He took a deep breath "Well what if while the kids are busy I went to speak with Gamadansei's and Gamajosei's parents to see if they had any other siblings besides Gamatori-san, then have Sakura create a contract with them all that way Sakura would have more than just two summons" Jiraiya said.
"It's a good idea, try getting some of the older bigger toads to join in from the other side of the mountain to bring us all together" Fukasaku suggested, it would fix the rift that had formed between some of the toads bringing Mount Myoboku peace once again.
That's why Sakura had never ventured farther than the flower field because it was to dangerous, now they knew the reason why Gamamaru had never resisted even when it had been decided that Sakura was going to the Cloud Village, she was that which would heal the mountain in times of strife.
With his decision in mind, Jiraiya trekked to the other side of Mount Myoboku and he was immediately stopped by Gamadansei's and Gamajosei's parents "Master Jiraiya what brings you here to our side of the Mountain" Gamauso stared at the Toad Sage.
By his side was his partner Gamayuri "Dear perhaps he's here to help us look for Gamatori-kun" she croaked out, she'd been distraught since that morning to find that her youngest had vanished without a trace, they weren't humans sure, but they still cared for their young in a similar manner, kind of.
"In a way yes, but I also have an offer that will prevent this from happening to him or any future offspring you have, by letting them sign on with Sakura-chan when she begins her training" Jiraiya breathed hoping he wasn't rejected, these toads were known to be ruthless.
Gamauso breathed through his nose and released the smoke from the pipe he'd been puffing on, it reminded Jiraiya greatly of Gamabunta but he wisely remained silent "Hmm" he grumbled looking to his partner with his moss green eyes, the same as his twin fraternal twin offspring.
She stared back at him with soft yellow eyes "Very well" Gamauso relented, "I will sign on with this contract as well" he announced in the next moment and Jiraiya's eyes nearly popped out of his head, but he managed to hide his reaction a second later when Gamauso looked at him.
"My children come" Gamayuri called the first ones to approach were three older, larger toads the size of Gamakiri, then six younger toads, all with varying colors "What if not all of them want to sign on with a contract just yet" she asked worriedly.
Jiraiya ran a hand through his hair "Then they don't have to be here, if they do later on that's fine" he sighed, immediately six toads, five of the younger and one of the older left leaving three of their siblings behind and his brows climbed into his hairline.
The one young one left was a soft green like her father and soft yellow eyes like her mother, while the two older were a combination of white, black and green a speckled toad in every sense, one had yellow eyes and the other moss green.
"Can you tell me you're names" Jiraiya asked hand held at the ready to prick their little webbed fingers to write them on the scroll, the youngest the braver of the three as it seems hopped forward and puffed out her little chest in that way toads always did.
"Gamanise" she stated bravely letting the human cut her foot and write her name on a scroll then print her webbed fingers, Gamanise moved back to let her two older brothers, that weren't twins, fraternal or paternal in anyway, they just happened to look like each other, go next.
They hopped closer in perfect sync and Jiraiya thought it was oddly creepy but again he was quiet as he waited for them to tell him their names "Gamashin and he's Gamahidari" the one of the right spoke and their names and prints were added to the scroll.
Jiraiya stood rolled the scroll back up after getting Gamauso's name and prints "I'll go help the young ones find you're son Gamayuri-san" he called over his shoulder heading to the cove hoping that his two kids and others were still there.
He was in luck, and he became even luckier when Naruto said they'd found Gamatori but that's where all good things end the blonde told his adopted father that the little toad refused to go home because he didn't have a summoner and that he would never have one, Jiraiya groaned.
"Naruto go back under tell him that he can sign on with his siblings to be summoned by Sakura-chan in the future" he ordered sitting on the ground to wait, fifteen minutes later a blue toad, a rarity among their kind, with moss green eyes appeared.
Sakura came out holding him followed by Gamajosei, Gamadansei, Naruto again, Darui, Cee, and finally Omoi "Is it true Papa, Gamatori will sign on with me" Sakura became excited all over again, she hadn't really had a chance to really appreciate what her father had done yet in bringing her friends.
Jiraiya unraveled the scroll and Gamatori's name was added to it "Yep along with you're father and three more of you're siblings" he patted the rare colored toad on the head then trekked back to the house to get some rest leaving the kids to their fun.
"You know Sakura-san that was actually fun getting to search in an underwater cove" Darui shook his head getting rid of excess water and flopped down to dry out, though it had been extremely exhausting "Just give me a few minutes to rest" he chuckled, this wasn't to dull, not at all.
Cee sat down in a much more dignified way after wringing his shirt in hopes to get all the water out, no way in hell was he going anywhere, or into a house dripping wet making a mess of someone else's place, it just wasn't part of who he was.
Omoi stayed in the water swimming around some more as Gamajosei, Gamadansei and Gamatori went back to their side of the mountain "So that's the boy Master Jiraiya warned us about" Cee whispered pointing at the little blonde as he and Sakura splashed each other gently.
Darui nodded but didn't speak, he'd seen the way the pinkette was absolutely protective over the little boy and he wasn't going to be the one to upset her in any way, "If you got a problem with me say it to my face you know" Naruto having heard the whispers stormed over to them.
Sakura was oblivious and wondered what had set her brother off "Naruto-kun" she called in confusion but the blonde ignored her to stand in front of Darui and Cee, realizing what he was about to do, Sakura ran over to him and hugged him tightly.
And wanting to fix the misunderstanding between them Darui held up his hands "We don't have any problem with you Naruto-san, Cee was just making a statement see you're father told us that you were here and he was just pointing that out" he exclaimed.
Naruto deflated and finally returned Sakura's hug "Oh okay so long as you don't you know" he mumbled into Sakura's neck, he truly loved his sister, adopted or otherwise and if anyone ever made fun of her they'd have to deal with him.
"Sakura-chan can we go jump off the toadstools now" he suddenly pouted and Omoi scrambled towards them finally getting out of the pond and Sakura squealed in delight pulling him into a hug as well, before she nodded.
"Yep come on Omoi-kun" Sakura grabbed both boys by the wrist and started walking, seeing as they had no choice Darui and Cee followed along behind them "Gamabunta-san" Sakura called looking around for the hug toad.
He hopped towards them "Want to jump tadpole" Gamabunta pointed at the tall toadstools and she smiled widely "Okay then climb on" he held out his hand and two of the little kids climbed on, "Aren't you gonna jump to" Gamabunta asked.
Omoi looked more scared than he'd ever been and Darui put a hand on his shoulder "Why don't we all go so it's not so scary" he offered and Omoi nodded his head eagerly in acceptance, then not only him but Cee and Omoi climbed into the toads hand and Gamabunta put them on top of a huge toadstool.
Cee looked down, the ground was very far away "Is this safe" he whispered to Sakura and she looked at him with a knowing smile, kids weren't supposed to understand, but it wasn't the pinkette who answered it was Naruto.
"Of course it's safe, Sakura-chan and I jump off these toadstools everyday and Gamabunta never misses you know" he put his hands on his hips causing Sakura to break down in a fit of giggles, glad that he'd managed to make her laugh Naruto gave her a whiskered grin.
Assured for the moment the five of them got ready to jump and then they were falling to the earth, half way down they landed gently in Gamabunta's hand and he set them on top of the toadstool to jump off of it again until they'd thoroughly exhausted themselves and couldn't jump anymore.
By that time it was lunch "TADPOLE, NARUTO BOY, ALL YOU KIDS LUNCH IS READY" Shima's voice echoed across the fields from the house and Sakura and Naruto took off at a run, they were starving after all that exercise and searching for Gamatori in the underwater cove.
Omoi blinked then sped off after the two adopted siblings with Cee and Darui bringing up the rear, they were just glad they got to have a break from going on C-B rank missions all the time, when they crowded around the table, they got a shock.
"Yeah Naruto-boy got tadpole eating ramen, though she adds grub worms and grasshoppers to it" Fukasaku saw the three boys expressions and decided to explain "So tadpole I bet you can't wait for next year" he chuckled when her eyes lit up.
And in an extremely excited voice "I can't wait to start training Lord Fukasaku, getting to learn all that sage jutsu and frog hand to hand it's gonna be awesome you know" Sakura covered her mouth as those dreaded words slipped out of her mouth.
Naruto choked on his ramen his blue eyes wider than normal "Sakura-chan you just said" his lips twitched up, perhaps he would try to keep that to a minimum around his sister, he didn't want to corrupt her and have her say that all the time.
Sakura blinked and lowered her head in embarrassment "It's okay" she smiled perking back up a moment later returning to her ramen, she was fine, at least no one had laughed at her and perhaps it was just a one time fluke.
Cee pressed his lips together chuckling quietly, then he wondered something and hurriedly finished off his ramen, as far as ramen and nutritious bugs went it wasn't horribly bad "Where you going Cee" Darui raised a brow at him.
"Master Jiraiya do you know where he is" Cee looked at the elder toads and they pointed to the living room, he nodded politely then left the kitchen, the sage was on the couch a bunch of paper, ink and brush laid out on the table.
When he entered the living room Jiraiya looked up "Do you need something Cee-san" he asked scooting over a bit so the blonde could sit down, Cee shook his head and pointed to the door, "Ah" Jiraiya said understanding that Cee wanted to talk privately, so they sneaked out the front door.
A few feet away from the house, Cee turned and faced Jiraiya "Has Sakura-san learned how to use her chakra yet" came the question the sannin shook his head "I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if I taught her a few things so that she'll be prepared" Cee cleared his throat nervously.
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes in caution "What kind of things are you planning on teaching her, and if you teach her, you'll probably have to show Naruto" he warned like he'd said Sakura was extremely attached to Naruto and wouldn't do anything without that boy by her side.
Cee wanted to groan, but that was the price of siblings "Focusing chakra into her feet, a bit of medical ninjutsu if she can, a genjutsu for protection, Darui will probably show her a bit of kenjutsu if that's alright as well" he listed.
"Hmm" Jiraiya rubbed his chin in thought technically it wasn't to bad of a request "Hold off on using real swords, I've got an extra wooden sword for Naruto" he unsealed the wooden swords, Sakura's that Omoi had given her and one for the little blonde.
"And for my sanity be easy on them" he begged "I know I only adopted them but over the last week since I got Naruto and over the four years since I adopted Sakura, I love them as if they are really my kids" Jiraiya pleaded.
Understanding filled Cee's eyes and he nodded "I promise Master Jiraiya, Naruto-san and Sakura-san won't be hurt or pushed past their limits" he bowed respectfully, even though he never would have let the two kids be harmed in any way, parents were protective over their children.
Just then Darui, Omoi, Naruto and Sakura came flying out of the house "Cee-san is everything okay" Sakura ran up to him eyes wide worried that she'd done something, Cee smiled and Jiraiya went back inside to hopefully get some more writing down.
"Everything is fine Sakura-san, how would you and Naruto-san like to learn a few things now from Darui and I" Cee kneeled before two of the little kids staring over her shoulder for a moment at Omoi who shook his head not wanting anything to do with training.
Naruto immediately became confused "What do you mean learn a few things, I'm already learning tons from those books uh Pops reads me" he blinked and Sakura giggled at him as Omoi stood on her left side, Naruto still hadn't gotten use to calling Jiraiya his dad.
However Sakura's eyes lit up "You convinced Papa to let you teach me something what are you gonna teach me Cee-san" she asked bouncing in her spot "You should learn to Naruto-kun" Sakura turned her attention on her brother pleading with him silently not to reject the training.
A pout spread across his lips, he'd found that he couldn't refuse her anything "Okay Sakura-chan only if you teach us something really cool like a super duper jutsu" Naruto settled his blue eyes on Cee who suddenly became really nervous.
Darui chuckled patting both kids on the head "I doubt he's allowed to teach you something of that level yet, but I can teach you some sword attacks that would help you in the future" he didn't know why he'd suddenly offered to show the blonde how to use a sword.
Seeing as everyone was joining in Omoi raised his hand "Can I learn to, I mean I don't want to be left behind and then nobody would rely on me and I'd be useless to my team in the future and everything" he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"You really are the most cautious person I've ever met Omoi-kun" Sakura laughed pulling the white haired boy into a quick hug "You won't be left behind silly I promise" she smiled widely once again shutting down his irrational fears.
Knowing that he was outnumbered Naruto nodded "Okay looks like we are all joining you know" he pumped his arm, one never knew when something like a little training would fun, this could turn out to be more exciting than he thought it would be.
Cee chuckled and led the three kids towards a large flower and tested out the ability to walk up it, thankfully he was able to "Alright the first thing I'm going to teach you is the..." he trailed off for just a second trying to come up with a proper explanation.
Darui pressed his lips together inwardly laughing at his friend, he cleared his throat "Usually it's called the tree climbing exercise but for here we'll just call it the flower climbing exercise" Darui offered helping Cee out.
"Yes the Flower Climbing Exercise" Cee repeated with an inward grimace, "To start you have to focus you're chakra into you're feet" he put his hands together in the hand sign needed and gathered chakra to the soles of his feet until they glowed a light blue.
Sakura, Naruto and Omoi hastily mimicked his actions with Sakura actually closing her eyes and reaching to her chakra network, this being the first time she'd ever manipulated her chakra so it was difficult to get it to respond, with the right amount of constant stimuli it would become easier.
From the various books he'd been read Naruto understood that to use jutsu's chakra was needed so he narrowed his eyes in concentration, while Omoi stood there in confusion not sure what he was supposed to be doing "Um Cee how do you use chakra" Omoi called quietly.
Though not quietly enough as it distracted Naruto and Sakura from their deep concentration, Cee sighed softly and rubbed his face "Okay to use chakra you must first reach deep inside of you to you're chakra network and force you're chakra to you're feet" he demonstrated again.
"I must warn you for those who have never used their chakra before it will be hard because it won't respond to much, though with daily use it will get easier as you go" Cee warned looking between the three children, someday Sakura would be his apprentice, that was what he and Darui had promised.
Sakura closed her eyes again mentally prodding at her chakra network hoping to get her chakra moving, ever so slowly it trickled to her feet as she concentrated harder than before, Naruto was applying almost the same technique and Omoi was still struggling but at least he understood somewhat.
Cee and Darui eyed the three children's feet watching for any sign that they were getting the process down, five minutes passed, then fifteen and finally they saw it, Sakura was first as her feet slowly became encased in blue chakra, then Naruto, and ten minutes after the two siblings Omoi.
"Good job you've successfully managed to manipulate chakra" Cee clapped his hands praising them gently "Now you're next task is a little harder" he walked over to one of the flowers focusing his chakra in his feet and walked up it.
Naruto's blue eyes went wider than what would be considered normal "You mean we have to climb the flowers with just our feet, that's easy you know" he boasted walking forward bravely and trying the same that Cee had done only to fall backwards three feet up the flower.
Luckily Darui had expected this and was stood below the blonde and caught him, Naruto blinked in confusion "What did I do wrong" he scratched his head as he looked up the flower hoping that it would be able to tell him what had happened and why he'd messed up.
Not wanting to keep Naruto or Sakura and Omoi waiting Cee spoke again "You have to get a running start at first, also you have to have the right amount of chakra other wise you'll either fall or hurt the flower" he patted Naruto gently on the head.
"Hurt the flower" Sakura choked out in horror taking a large step back, she didn't relish in the thought of harming any form of plant life on Mount Myoboku, who knew what the consequences of such an action would be.
Darui and Cee shared a look "If Master Jiraiya gave the go ahead for this little training session, he probably knew that it would happen, so I don't think you'll get in trouble kid" Darui kneeled before the obviously shaken pinkette and gave her a small reassuring smile.
Not sure if it was a good idea, Sakura smiled nervously "Okay if you say so" she gulped and Cee gestured for her to try since Naruto had already gone, Sakura took a deep breath adding just a tiny bit more chakra to her feet and took off at a run.
Her feet hit the base of the flower stem and she went up, up, up until she was on the petals of the flower, Sakura blinked then eyed the ground, Cee's jaw dropped and Darui stared around in confusion "Did that really just happen" he asked.
Cee frowned climbed up the flower and helped Sakura back down since it didn't seem like she was going to come down herself "Seems like someone has good chakra control" he supplied feeling a little envious but keeping it from showing.
Sakura clutched onto Cee until he set her on her feet on firm ground, then exhaustion caught up with her, Naruto plopped down next to her and pulled her into his side "That's was cool Sakura-chan how you went all the way up the flower you know" he gave her a whiskered smile.
"Thanks Naruto-kun" Sakura smiled tiredly, she didn't usually take naps during the day anymore, but she was unbelievably worn out, all the excitement and learning something new had caught up with her tiny body leaving her feeling sleepy in the middle of the day just forty five minutes after lunch.
She wasn't the only one Naruto felt tired as well, he was several months younger than Sakura so he was still only three, and that had exhausting to him, they watched as Omoi tried his hand at the exercise falling much like Naruto had before trudging over to them and flopping down by Sakura.
"So tired nap time" Omoi suggested getting a giggle and laugh from Naruto and Sakura, they lay back in the grass and closed their eyes, when Cee turned to instruct them on something new, his face twitched and this time Darui did laugh quietly though.
"Can't believe those kids just fell asleep in the middle of their training session" Cee sulked sitting down on a rock and staring at the blue sky of Mount Myoboku, mountain of toads, before he knew it his eyes were closing and soon he was knocked out snoring softly just as the kids.
Darui groaned quietly and leaned against the rock Cee was sleeping on, he was so going to tease Cee later for falling asleep even after complaining about how the three kids got tuckered out after just learning one thing, suddenly he felt tired himself as a yawn cracked his jaw.
When Jiraiya went out to check on how they were doing he found three kids, two four year old's, one three year old, and two teens fast asleep in the flower field that Sakura loved, he shook his head "Seeing is believing, those two managed to wear Naruto and Sakura out at the same time" he chuckled.
An hour later after getting some writing down, a soft sigh was heard and Sakura sat up stretching her little arms high as they could, when she spotted him she scampered towards him "Papa" Sakura squealed softly plopping down in his lap.
Jiraiya grunted quietly eye twitching, little kids had no sense of space at all and that might have smarted just a tad bit considering what she'd flopped down on "Hey little cherry you have a good nap" he asked instead focusing on his daughter.
"Mhm" she hummed softly turning around and wrapping her arms around Jiraiya's neck for a hug breathing in his scent calming her down, Sakura hesitated in telling her father of the dream she'd been having for the last couple of days and just as she decided to Naruto woke.
He sat up looking around wildly in a panic "Sakura-chan" Naruto called quietly until he spotted her in their father's lap hugging him round the neck, he relaxed and let out a sigh of relief traipsing towards the duo and sat on the ground scooting into Jiraiya's side as close as he could get.
Jiraiya blinked 'Okay' he thought 'They are definitely acting strangely' he narrowed his eyes "Did something happen" Jiraiya asked and Sakura leaned her head back to stare up at him with those large green eyes of hers and Naruto blinked his blue eyes at him from his spot pressed against his side.
"Nope nothing Pops" Naruto sniggered out suddenly and Sakura giggled along with him efficiently killing the serious mood that had settled over them, a few minutes later, Omoi rolled over and his eyes popped open and he squinted his eyes rubbing them furiously until he spied his friend and Naruto.
He laid there for a long while just taking the chance to relax and be grateful that he'd been able to come here again until Cee and Darui jerked awake, the blonde for once being extremely ungraceful and falling off his perch.
Darui cracked up laughing first sparking a round of giggles from the children and deep chuckles from Jiraiya until the white haired teen laughed to hard he slammed his head into the rock he'd been leaning against "Ha paybacks a bi...bad word" Cee pointed accusingly.
He'd almost said a curse word and even without feeling the glare Jiraiya had suddenly directed at him, Cee had managed to change it around and not cuss, though later on he was so going to rub it in Darui's face, he hadn't even had to do anything, "What goes around definitely comes around Darui" Cee nodded smugly.
Glad that the blonde haired teenager hadn't cussed in front of his kids, Jiraiya stood after lifting Sakura from his lap "Okay run along and go find something to do" he shooed them off and headed back into the house to continue writing on his new book hopefully.
A brilliant idea formed in Sakura's mind "Let's go visit Gamakiri-kun" she sprinted forward, Naruto was just a couple of feet behind her, Omoi blinked before taking off after the duo, with Cee and Omoi bringing up the rear.
"Sakura sweetie, Naruto-chan" Gamakiri hopped out of his home and lifted the two kids into his arms, they let out delighted laughter and he beckoned the two teens and the other little boy into his home where they had a good time until it was dinner.
After dinner which consisted of meal worms and scorpions, no ramen, everyone took their baths, or showers as was the case of Cee and Darui and was tucked in for bed, well Sakura was, Naruto and Omoi claimed they were big boys and didn't need to be tucked under their covers.
Cee and Darui took the spare and soon everyone was fast asleep, Jiraiya sat on the couch writing his book and then at exactly four in the morning a loud cry filled the house and he knew instantly who it had come from.
He wasn't the only one who'd heard it, Cee, Darui and Naruto were rushing into Sakura's room, Jiraiya wasn't to far behind, on her bed, Sakura was tossing and turning tears streaming down her cheeks and his heart broke.
"Sweet blossom shh, shh it's okay now Papa has you" Jiraiya gently shook her awake and her eyes flew open in a panic before she launched herself into his arms sobbing harder, "What happened, did you have a bad dream my little cherry" he rocked her in a soothing motion.
She shook and Sakura nodded her head "I dreamed of a man with scary red eyes in a pinwheel shape going after a red head with purple ringed patterned eyes, an orange haired guy dying and a blue haired woman crying" she cried softly as her tears slowed.
Jiraiya's eyes widened in horror, there was no possible way "Sakura-chan how long have you been having that dream" he asked gently his heart dropping to his stomach, he hoped to kami his hunch was false, or otherwise there would be a bigger dilemma on his hands.
"A few days it started, first it was just flashes, now I see how everything goes down, a gas mask wearing man has the blue haired woman kidnapped and orders the red haired guy to kill the orange haired guy and the orange haired guy sacrifices himself to save the blue haired woman" she sniffled.
He really wanted to hit something instead Jiraiya rocked his daughter back to sleep "Go back to sleep you three" Jiraiya told the two teens and Naruto, Omoi was still knocked out snoozing the night away, seemed he was a heavy sleeper unlike everyone else.
"Nu-uh I'm staying with Sakura-chan" Naruto shook his head and climbed into the pinkette bed beneath the covers and wrapped himself around her, there was no way he was going to leave her to be by herself not after hearing what kind of dream she was having, it was a nightmare in every sense of the word.
Darui and Cee nodded and leaned against the bed railing "We're staying to, you look like you've got something to do now" Darui stated with a shrug "It's not to drab, we'll watch them, do whatever you have to do Master Jiraiya" he waved the man off.
Jiraiya bit his lip "Thanks" he murmured leaving the house after packing his things and leaving a note for Fukasaku and Shima, first he had to speak with someone, no doubt the old toad knew he was coming and like he'd thought Gamamaru was waiting at the memory stone.
"Toads rarely dream, but when they do it always comes true, young Sakura has a gift, she can dream of the future" Gamamaru rasped out slowly, he was thousands of years old after all, it was bound to affect how quickly he could speak to someone.
The man he was speaking to nodded "Is there anyway to stop it" Jiraiya asked, Gamamaru shook his head slowly "Anyway we'll probably have a few more guests around here is that alright" he questioned hoping that they wouldn't be rejected.
"Go young Jiraiya, you're students are in danger, they will not be turned away on Mount Myoboku" Gamamaru nudged the man on his way and Jiraiya reversed himself to the outside world then took off at his fastest run yet, he had to get to his students and protect them no matter what.
For two days he traveled, marking a tree when he needed to go back to take Cee, Darui and Omoi back to the Cloud village then resumed his trek to the Rain Village until after nearly a week, traversing great distances, Jiraiya made it to the worn down village.
He searched through the entire village asking the civilians and shinobi alike question if they'd seen the three he was seeking until he finally got a break in his search, Jiraiya sped towards their meeting place and there they were "Yahiko, Nagato, Konan" he shouted running towards them.
Their eyes widened imperceptibly just before "Jiraiya-sensei" Yahiko questioned scratching his head in confusion, the white haired man skidded to a stop before them kicking up some mud in the process nearly tripping over his feet.
"Yeah, thank god I found you three" Jiraiya breathed heavily as his lungs burned, and he bent over hands on his knee's, "You are in terrible danger and I'm going to have to ask you to come with me right away" Jiraiya righted himself as he spoke.
Konan frowned "Why what's happened Jiraiya-sensei, we don't see you in many years and then suddenly you come here looking for us saying we are in danger, what's going on" she inquired wanting to get the truth.
Jiraiya took a deep breath feeling worn down in that moment as if his old age was catching up to him suddenly "Four years ago I adopted a little girl that I named Sakura Haruno, a week ago, she had a dream" he began hoping this was believable and that he didn't come off as a crazy person.
"Of you three, of you Yahiko dying, of you Nagato going insane, and of you Konan crying, I'd never told her about any of you but how she knew you're descriptions told me one thing" Jiraiya exhaled glaring at the ground in anger.
"My daughter has the ability to dream of the future, it's never been heard of among humans before, but I was told one thing before I left, toads rarely dream, but when they do it always comes true" he breathed out now all he had to do was get them back to Mount Myoboku and keep them safe.
That is if they believed him, Nagato the only one who hadn't spoken strode forward "I believe Jiraiya-sensei and if he says we are in danger, then we are in danger, do you have a safe place for us to stay" the red head asked.
Jiraiya nodded as Yahiko and Konan crowded around "Yes, Mount Myoboku, has any strangers approached you with a sharingan lately" he asked and Yahiko froze, adding truth to Sakura's dream, "It's better if you stay far away from him" Jiraiya warned.
"You don't have to tell us twice Jiraiya-sensei" Yahiko added with a great big shudder, the guy was already creepier than all hell, there was no way he was going near that guy willingly, he'd have to be tied down and knocked out before that ever happened.
Konan trailed after the three men "So a daughter huh, what's she like, hopefully not a pervert like you" she giggled teasingly and Jiraiya sulked "Well Jiraiya-sensei" Konan prodded when he remained silent as they walked to the village gates.
Then she felt it, they were being followed and Jiraiya didn't want to take any chances of anyone finding out about his child he didn't want her being targeted for her inhuman gift, they ran for seemingly never ending days until they reached a spot that held Jiraiya's mark.
Feeling the incoming chakra, Jiraiya looked at each of his students "Take hold of my arm or place you're hand on my shoulder" he ordered in an urgent voice, the minute the three of them were touching him he reverse summoned them to Mount Myoboku.
It was mid day on the mountain no doubt his two kids were out in the fields playing together "Come on we'll get you set up in the house, maybe build you, you're own place and my own while we are at it" Jiraiya grumbled leading the way wearily to the house.
Deja vu hit him as he swung open the door, only this time Shima did throw a bowl of bugs at him "For Kami sake Jiraiya-boy told you not to scare me like that" she huffed hands on her hips and glaring the white haired man down.
"To tired sorry Shima" Jiraiya slumped his shoulders and trudged over to the couch not even bothering taking off his shoes and flopped down drifting into a deep resting sleep, Shima frowned before turning her attention on the extras.
They were staring around in awe, expected of newcomers "Well come on then don't dawdle" Shima ushered them down the hall to the spare, if people kept coming to live on the mountain they'd have to get a bigger house it was ridiculous.
A couple hours later Jiraiya jolted awake as something landed harshly on his stomach "Pops" Naruto's annoying voice filled his ears and Jiraiya sat up with a groan until he could see the blonde sitting on him glaring him down with narrowed blue eyes.
"You left and Sakura-chan was upset" Naruto jabbed his finger harshly in his dads chest, to let him know that he wasn't very happy with him "She thought she'd done something wrong believe it" he growled and Jiraiya sighed.
He had known this would happen, it always did when he left without telling her where he was going or how long he'd be gone, "Where is she Naruto" Jiraiya sat up situating the blonde on the couch in the seat next to him.
"In her room, when she saw you, she ran and locked the door, hasn't come out since" Naruto huffed, his cheeks puffing up and turning red in obvious anger, his chest pushed out, Jiraiya was tempted to bang his head against the wall but resisted the urge.
Instead "Thanks Naruto, I'll go talk to her and apologize, can't have little cherry upset now can we" Jiraiya smiled and the blonde nodded all to eager to let his adopted dad off the hook especially if he intended to apologize to Sakura.
With that in mind Jiraiya stood, noticing him Yahiko did the same "Just wait a bit Yahiko, I have to do something" he sent the orange haired man an apologetic look heading down the hall to Sakura's room "Sweet cherry blossom" Jiraiya knocked on her door.
A thump sounded and bare feet padding across the floor registered on the other side of the door then a click signaling she'd unlocked the door, Jiraiya twisted the handle and pushed the door open just in time to see Sakura scrambling back onto her bed hiding beneath the covers.
He felt terrible "Little Blossom" he called gently cautiously stepping towards the bed, the covers shifted and she peeked over the edge of her blanket with wide frightened emerald eyes, Jiraiya sat on the edge of her bed and she trembled.
"Papa" Sakura sniffled and he realized she was crying making the guilt he already felt intensify, he gazed at her with sad eyes before Jiraiya opened his arms, she didn't hesitate and lunged at him "I thought you didn't like me anymore" she cried her sobs filling the hall.
Jiraiya shook his head holding his daughter "Nonsense my little flower, Papa loves you very much just as he does Naruto" he ran his hand through her short pink hair clutching her to his chest as she shook and cried her little heart out.
"Then, then why did you leave" Sakura sniffled again as her tears slowed, and her sobs died down, but she was still hiccuping every so often and her eyes were raw from crying so much, Jiraiya pulled her back a bit and he gave her a sad smile.
"See the three in you're dream sweet cherry are very important to Papa, I trained them when they were young, I knew I had to save them from the fate you saw" Jiraiya explained "But don't think for one minute you are at fault, it's mine for not remembering" he crushed her gently to his chest again.
"That you get upset when I leave and don't tell you" Jiraiya murmured kindly pressing a kiss to the top of her bright pink hair, never let it be said he didn't love his daughter because kami he did and he'd kill anyone who so much as even touched her in the wrong way.
He felt the same way for Naruto of course, but he and Sakura had a deeper bond since they'd been together since she had been a three week old baby, he'd cared for her, clothed her, bathed her, changed her, fed her, rocked her to sleep, none of which he'd done for Naruto.
Soon enough Sakura's breathing evened out signaling she was asleep, Jiraiya smiled pressing another kiss to her hair and forehead this time as he covered her up and tucked her in, it had been an eventful week and he was sure everyone was tired.
When he exited Sakura's room, Naruto was stood in front of the door "Well Pops is Sakura-chan gonna be okay now" he asked chin raised and eyes narrowed in determination, Jiraiya kneeled down to be eye level with him making him feel rather important.
"Yeah Naruto, Sakura-chan is going to be fine, why don't you go take a nap, thank you for being a big brave man while I was gone" he patted the blonde on the head, Jiraiya stood properly and headed down the hall, his lips curved upwards as he peered around the corner.
Naruto looked right and left before as sneakily as he could entered his sisters room and climbed under the covers wrapping himself around the pinkette to take his nap as he had for the last week and five days since their dad had just up and left on them without even a word of explanation, and fell asleep.
Jiraiya chuckled shutting the door making sure the nightlight was turned on and headed back to the living room "You didn't tell us about the blonde, and why did he call you Pops" Yahiko asked almost instantly when Jiraiya sat down on the couch taking the time to take off his sandals this time.
"Because Yahiko, I adopted him, his name is Naruto Uzumaki, because he was an orphan, and I don't even know who Sakura's parents are" Jiraiya shrugged "So that's why he calls me pops" he yawned leaning back on the couch getting as comfortable as he could.
Konan stood "I'm claim the spare" she called heading down the hall to Yahiko's chagrin and Nagato's amusement, she giggled and shut the door quietly, no need to wake the kids by being unnecessarily loud after all after what just happened.
Yahiko claimed the couch and Nagato got the extra cot in the house, and they all settled down to get some rest, by the time three o'clock hit the entire house minus Shima and Fukasaku was sleeping and the two toad elders were loath to disturb keeping themselves busy as the hours ticked by.
