The votes were counted and here you go, a little humor and seriousness including a different side of Shikamaru.
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Chapter 12: Onsen's and Jiraiya
It took 3 days to heal most of the Hyuuga. Naruto watched as they all started back into the Hyuuga manor that had been repaired during their stay at Naruto's house. He sighed as he watched everyone enter, Hiashi standing next to Hanabi by the door as he looked to Naruto.
"You know it won't be the same…" Hiashi whispers and grips Hanabi's shoulder. She just stands there staring to the ground. Naruto frowned and kneeled in front of the young Hyuuga and she slowly looked up at him.
"Don't worry Hanabi-chan… Everything will be ok, I'll have some guards stay near the compound at all times and I will come visit everyday to make sure everything is ok." He whispers and Hanabi nods slowly and heads inside with her father. Naruto slowly rises to his feet and watches the gates close behind them as Hinata walks up behind him.
"That was sweet of you Naruto-kun." She whispers and he turns to face her smiling.
"Yeah, I mean I have to get you're family to like me if I'm gonna be able to marry you." He smirks as her face goes pale white her cheeks dark red with embarrassment.
"M-Marry m-me?" She stutters as she stands there still and then he went to her and kissed her pulling her close to him with his hands on her arms and her hands rest on his chest. When they part Naruto's cheeks are a dark red also. He smirked and kissed her nose and took a step back.
"I have to go back to work… I'll se you at home tonight." He whispers and walks away leaving Hinata there alone with a hand covering her mouth and her blush darker.
"Oh Naruto-kun…." She whispers and smiles warmly as she started off towards the hospital, not noticing the dark figure hiding in the alley watching her and the gate of the Hyuuga.
"Well well well…" The figure whispered and watched her closely. "The Hyuuga survived…." He whispered as he disappeared into the darkness of the alley.
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"I want you two to go to the Sound and check things out there… Since Orochimaru escaped before he might have been coming to take Kabuto back from the ANBU's hands." Naruto says and looks to Shikamaru and Jiraiya. "I would send Jiraiya alone but I don't trust letting anyone go alone." Naruto slowly turns back to the window with his hands folded behind his back. Shikamaru let out a sigh as he ran a hand through his hair and looked to Naruto.
"I understand Hokage-sama but you know how Temari will take it and I might not live to even attend the mission." Shikamaru says and watches Naruto closely.
"I understand that Shikamaru, and please just use my name…" Naruto said and turned to them smiling slightly. "I have hope in you two…"
"Understood Naruto…" Shikamaru groans and goes out of the office with Jiraiya following him without a word.
"Jiraiya…" Naruto stops and the Sannin stops and looks back at him. "No peeping in the Onsen's…" Naruto says and Jiraiya smiles sheepishly.
"Now why would I do that Hokage-sama?" Jiraiya said coyly but Naruto only glared at him.
"I was stuck with you for three years so of course I know you're habits and I'd rather not have complaints from women during this crisis." Naruto says and sits down in his chair; he had grown fond of it as he leaned back. "So I need you're full attention on this mission and none of it on the women."
"You caught me Hokage-sama, so I guess I have to abide by you're rules on this mission so long as I can still continue my ways when I return." Jiraiya says and crosses his fingers behind his back hoping Naruto would not see them.
"You're dismissed." Naruto says quietly and Jiraiya left without saying another word. He couldn't wait till the trip began.
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Jiraiya walked proudly along the path towards the eastern gate and where he was to meet Shikamaru for their mission. He knew Naruto had told Shikamaru about his habits and hoped that he would say nothing to Naruto. He stopped and looked back to the village to see Shikamaru walking beside Temari towards them, Temari was yelling at the shadow us4er who merely tried to ignore her.
"You can't just leave, Neji asked you to stay here until everything was sorted out." Temari growls but Shikamaru ignores her yet again. "Listen to me Shika, I know what I'm talking about." She growls and stops when she spots Jiraiya.
"Temari, he'll be fine… I mean he's going with me." Jiraiya smiles and Temari's face becomes pale, she knew what Jiraiya did in his spare time and didn't need her husbands life in this perverts hands.
"I'd rather let some cat watch him than some peeping old pervert-" Temari starts but Shikamaru quickly covers her mouth and pulls her away.
"Temari, stop acting like a child." Shikamaru says and faces her. She looks up at his face wondering what he would do if she were to act like a child. "You're not going to get your way…" He says and holds her upper arms gently in his hands. "Now I have to do this because Naruto will feel better if I do. Besides I'd rather have Hinata and the other Hyuuga out of danger…" He whispers and pulls her into a hug. "Don't worry about it… I'll be back before you know it…" He whispers in her ear.
"I don't trust you being with that pervert…" She whispers and he smiles at her.
"I know he's troublesome but I think we'll be fine." Shikamaru says and kisses her gently before taking a step back away from her.
"You better not get killed Shikamaru Nara, I'll come and kill you again if you don't." Temari says and Shikamaru grins.
"Well then I'll see you later you troublesome woman." He says before heading over to Jiraiya without saying another word to Temari as the two headed out and started towards the Rice country.
"Be careful Shikamaru…" Temari whispers as she watches him disappear from her sight.
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It took them a few days to reach the town they had planned on staying in but Shikamaru didn't care. He had hid his headband in his clothes as Jiraiya had done and was ready for the mission to begin. He noticed Jiraiya hadn't tried to sneak away once so far so he was relieved. He sighed as he looked out the window. He told Jiraiya he could do the shopping this time so he put his trust in the old man. But as usual Shikamaru had a bad feeling again and he knew it had to do with Onsen.
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Jiraiya smirked as he watched the girls going into the Onsen through the bushes he had chosen to hide behind. He had a pencil in one hand and his notebook in the other as he watched the girls enter. He couldn't believe how the Sound had the most beautiful girls he had ever seen so his research would soar this time as he smirked. He smiled happily as a red haired woman with emerald green eyes stepped out and lowered herself into the springs. Jiraiya almost had an instant nosebleed as she set her towel up on a rock showing off her chest which, in Jiraiya's opinion, had to be about a c cup. He watched her closely as she sunk back into the water and turned to face the other women. Talk was always big in the onsen, which was the one thing Jiraiya normally ignored.
"So Lord Orochimaru is looking for more women to com join him." A blonde woman said as she ran a hot clothe up her arm showing off her slender figure which had Jiraiya's attention immediately.
"I was planning on heading up there tomorrow before all the others did… Get a personal invitation to his chambers and show him why he would want me to join…" A brown haired woman said and smiled playfully. This had Jiraiya wishing he was in Orochimaru's shoes, having women want to come to him which in turn would help his research.
"Only if there was someone else we could serve, I mean too many people will be going to Lord Orochimaru and I want to try some other place to live, with shade and green everywhere…" The red head whispers and wraps her arms around her chest as if she were hugging herself. This got Jiraiya's attention, these women wanted to stay somewhere else and it would be in his best interest to help them so he decided as he closed his notebook and put both the book and pencil away that he would have them come with him.
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Jiraiya watched as the girls strolled out of the Onsen building wearing some of the most showing outfits he had ever seen as he noticed them wearing something similar to what Anko and Kurenai used to wear. He smiled as he noticed the girls and approached them slowly.
"Hello ladies, I thought I might interest you three in a drink…" Jiraiya smiles at them and bows slightly.
"A drink?" The brown haired girl asks and blushes lightly as she folds her hands in front of her. The blonde smiles and looks Jiraiya up and down, his disguise was magnificent, he looked almost like Gaara but he didn't have the tattoo on his forehead and his eyes were an emerald green.
"We'd love a drink stranger." The red head smiles and puts her arm through his as the blonde puts her arm through his other as the brunette puts her arm through the blondes. Jiraiya leads the way towards the bar ready to start doing his research on a whole new level. They arrived at the small bar minutes later as the girls picked a table and sat around Jiraiya. When the sake came they went through bottle after bottle, Jiraiya was getting dizzy and he could feel the affects within the first 4 bottles, which happened to be very large bottles. The girls smiled and before he knew it they were all over him kissing on his neck feeling up his legs, he was in heaven. Finally it was time to head back to the hotel he had been staying at with Shikamaru as he stumbled along.
"Well ladies…." Jiraiya hiccups and smirks at the women. "You wanna… go back with me?" He smirks as the blonde puts her hand between Jiraiya's legs and nips his ear.
"We'd love to…" She whispers and leads him towards a back alley.
"This isn't…." Jiraiya starts and looks around the alley. "So you like to do it in unusual places? This is new for me…" He says and spots the dead bodies at the end of the alley. "What the…" He starts and looks at the women who are standing side by side with the red head in the middle.
"Sorry Jiraiya, we have no plan of giving you a good time. We have a job to do for Orochimaru…" The red head says and pulls out a kunai from her boot as the blonde and brunette pull kunai out of their clothes and their hair.
"Oh and I thought you ladies were going to treat me right… I mean after my loves death…" Jiraiya starts to say but stops when he realizes he was talking about Tsunade. Talking about her made him miss her more and he could now picture her dying in his arms yet again as the women began to approach him without him paying any attention to them.
"You girls shouldn't gang up on a man like that." A voice says behind the girls and they stop and turn to see who it is to find Shikamaru standing there. Before the girls could move or say anything his shadow possession jutsu traps them so they stand like he does. "Now it's not nice to leave a man outnumbered ladies…" He says and brings his hand up to his throat making the girls do it also, the kunai still in their hands. Shikamaru moves his hand across his throat in one slick motion causing the girls to slit their throats then he slam a fist in his stomach causing them to stab themselves until they were lifeless as they dropped to the ground.
"What are you… why are you here?" Jiraiya groaned before he passed out watching Shikamaru walk towards him.
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Jiraiya woke up in the bed by the window, the sun shining into his eyes from the open window. He groaned as he slowly sat up and looked around to find Shikamaru sitting in a chair at a small table in the corner most likely writing his report to the Hokage. Jiraiya sighed and got to his feet as he walked over and looked over Shikamaru's shoulder to watch what he was writing.
"So you're starting the report already?" Jiraiya whispered and Shikamaru didn't answer, he was pissed that Jiraiya would ruin the mission like this and wished he wouldn't have come on this troublesome mission in the first place.
"I already sent a letter to Temari and she's most likely on her way here to kill you for putting our lives in danger for you're little book and women." Shikamaru says and keeps writing to Naruto ready to get this done and over with on his own.
"And now you're writing to Naruto to tell him of my mess?" Jiraiya asks and Shikamaru nods his head yes slowly. "I think you're doing this because I can get more ladies then you." Jiraiya says and backs up a step when Shikamaru rises to his feet and turns to face the Sannin.
"Yeah right, women are troublesome… I only need one in my life and she's on her way here." Shikamaru growls and Jiraiya shakes his head no while shrugging.
"I think you're jealous my women are better than your's."
"I'm not jealous of anything that you do in you're life. It's not my fault that you're living in denial and that you're lover, the Godaime died because you weren't strong enough." Shikamaru growls, he knew he shouldn't of said all that but he was upset that Jiraiya had began to bring Temari into this conversation.
"How dare you-" Jiraiya starts but Shikamaru cuts him off by beginning to speak once more.
"No how dare YOU. Talking about other peoples happiness and bringing it down since you don't have any…" Shikamaru growls and picks up the letter and rolling it up. "Have fun doing you're part of the mission alone." He says before slamming the door behind him and heading into town. Jiraiya stood there speechless as he stared at the door in disbelief. He never knew Shikamaru had it in him to do anything like that.
Well there you go, I have yet another question for you my readers though...
1. Should Temari show up and have an encounter with some Sound ninja?
2. Will Jiraiya realize what he's done wrong and go after Shikamaru?
3. Should Naruto go to the sound with some ninja to find Jiraiya and Shikamaru?
4. Should the Sound ambush Shikamaru?
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