Nooooooooooooo!!!!!! I forgot about Gaara's b-day on 19th of January happy b-day Gaara! Ok Happy belated b-day… on with the story! Btw there is a song to set this mood… it's "Say" by John Mayer… I found this chapter so sad for me…
The following morning Naruto sat with his back against a tree, thinking about the funeral that was to happen tonight. He simply stared into his hands for hours before Sasuke had found him. " Yo, dobe, hokage wants to see you."
Naruto sighed, " Tell her I'm busy."
" You don't look very busy…"
" Just tell her I'm busy!" he shouted at the Uchiha, who simply scowled and leapt off. Naruto sighed and rested his head in his hands. What was happening to him? He shrugged it off as grief for Jiraiya. Moments later Sasuke appeared again, " She says it's something about midnight." Naruto looked up, and nodded his thanks for the information. Then leapt off.
Sasuke frowned. This wasn't like the normally hyper teen. Something was up. He walked off to nowhere in particular.
Naruto arrived at the Hokage's tower a few minutes later. He knocked on the door. " Come in." he heard her say. He slowly opened the creaky door, and Tsunade looked up from her pile of paperwork. " Ah, Naruto. Close the door behind you." Naruto nodded and closed the door behind himself. He stepped up to the desk. " You wanted to see me?"
Tsunade nodded, " I just wanted to tell you exactly who is going to be there. So there's me, you, Kakashi, and Shizune." Naruto nodded. " You know Naruto," she began, "I bet you'll grow up to be great someday, just like him." Naruto only nodded again, keeping his eyes to the floor. Tsunade sighed, " That's all." Naruto nodded and leapt out the window. Tsunade shook her head. She never knew he'd take it so hard…
That night Naruto could barely leave his home. But he finally got himself out at 11:30. He wore black, and a grief stricken expression on his face. He was at the cemetery within five minutes to see that everyone was already there. Kakashi, Tsunade, and Shizune looked over at Naruto who simply stood there in front of the grave. It was a cloudless night. Millions of stars blanketed the dark sky, and the moon shone brightest of all; the bright, shiny full moon. Naruto's eyes were filled to the brim with sorrow and mourning.
Tsunade placed her flower on Jiraiya's grave.
Shizune placed her flower on Jiraiya's grave.
Kakashi placed his flower on Jiraiya's grave.
The three left Naruto to be alone. Naruto played with the flower between his fingers, all the while staring at the tombstone. When he couldn't hold them back any longer, looking to see if he was alone, he cried.
In fact, he wasn't alone. Sasuke had followed him there, and looked away at the sight of Naruto crying. Sasuke went home half an hour later.
All night Naruto thought about his sensei.
How they trained together.
How Naruto would tease about him being so perverted.
How he could always bring a smile to his face.
How it was never boring around him.
How he'd always make references with him and the fourth.
How he'd tell him stories about the fourth.
How he'd tell those funny mishaps with him and Tsunade when they were small.
How he was always there for him.
Naruto still remembered the first time he met him. That one faithful day when Jiraiya had been "researching" and then knocked out Ebisu. Naruto had to chase him down all day. He would have never guessed in a million years that all of that would have lead to this.
Naruto cried. He cried for those hard times that he and Jiraiya went through. He cried for those funny moments where Naruto and Jiraiya would always fight jokingly. He cried for the joyful moments where he felt that Jiraiya could have been his father. He cried for the big gap in his life now. He cried for a man that was now a great loss to Konoha. He cried for the friend he had lost. He cried for the father he never had that he lost. He cried for memories. He cried for the greatest ninja he had ever known. He cried for his old sensei. He cried for Jiraiya.
The tears fell softly onto the earth below; each one shattering into dozens of teardrops as they hit the ground. They shimmered for a moment as they scattered, and landed once more on the earth before disappearing into the soil. The tears fell freely from Naruto's face, and littered the ground. One tear even caught onto the flower that he was still holding. And so the tears fell all night.
The next morning Kakashi went walking through Konoha. As he passed the cemetery, he was surprised to see Naruto standing in the same spot. Kakashi looked up at the sun. It was about 6 am. He frowned. He walked over to Naruto, who still hadn't dropped his flower. " Naruto?" he whispered. He shivered as the morning wind swept past. Kakashi could have sworn Naruto was sleeping, but then Naruto placed his flower on the tombstone, and leapt off, leaving a very stunned Kakashi. Then he gathered himself together again and went to go report this to the Hokage. He could feel that something was not right with Naruto.
The tear slid from the inside of the flower and slowly rolled down the delicate petal. It made a last attempt to cling onto the delicate blossom before shattering onto the tombstone.
Author's Note: poor Naruto… I hope Jiraiya isn't really dead in the manga… so sad… wow I actually had time to write this on a Saturday :3 anyways… hope you liked this chapter :3 any suggestions to change any previous chapters are gladly accepted.