--- -- ---
"Stupid, insolent, little brats!" Orochimaru hissed in annoyance. "Kobuto!" He snapped.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama?" The boy said, appearing on one knee in front of the snake man.
"Put a price on Hyuuga Hinata and... Uzumaki Naruto." Orochimaru said menacingly.
"How much?" Kobuto swallowed hard.
"Five thousand."
"Isn't that a bit much?"
"Are you questioning me?" Orochimaru snapped.
"No, Orochimaru-sama! I just wanted to know, why so much?" He received a glare in reply. "Never mind."
--- Next day; Konoha Hospital ---
Hinata groaned as she hit consciousness. The first thing she noticed was that she was in a bed, another was that there was one presence that was so familiar to her. "Naruto-kun?" She asked groggily.
"Finally up, hime?" A voice spoke to her left and she turned to see those bright blue eyes that she always loved to stare into. Naruto smiled brightly at the sunny smile that came to her face.
"Naruto-kun! What happened?" She said, looking around the hospital room her and Naruto had a bed each in, she looked rather worried. "Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah, the only ones who really got hurt was some guy named Raiduo, Kiba, Chouji, and Ino." Naruto told her with a shrug.
"Oh, are they okay?" She asked urgently.
"Yeah, Raidou was this nice guy who got his by poison, Kiba and Chouji both had a deep cut through their chest that just missed any vital organs, and Ino had a minor head injury. They'll be okay, though." He shrugged again.
"Okay." She frowned in confusion. "How'd we get put in here? How long were we out?"
"We had a case of chakra exhaustion. I just woke up a bit ago to find Kakashi and Kurenai sitting in those to chairs, holding hands as they stared at us. The just left to inform Ojichan a few minutes ago. We've been out for a day and a half. It's because we pushed it with three chakra pills each." He admitted as she nodded solemnly.
A smirk suddenly found its way to her face. "Kakashi and Kurenai? Holding hands?" She said with a sly grin which he mirrored.
"So, my sensei and your sensei. Ironic." He said. They laughed for five minutes when the door opened and the elders and Hokage filed in with Kakashi and Kurenai. He frowned. "What's goin' on?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen smirked at their slightly panicked looks, which scared them more. Seriously, when old people smirk it can be scary! "Hyuuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto." He said in a serious voice as the two gave him their rapt attention. "You have caused troubles with pranks, landed several allies in the hospital a few months ago, deceived us, impersonated a Sannin, and we feel that you..." The two held their breaths. "...should be moved right to the rank of Special Jounin." The old man smirked widened at the looks of shock the two Genin had, mouths agape, wide eyes, and than.... the two fainted. He looked at the village elders. "I think they took it quite well." He glanced at Kurenai and Kakashi, who were both just as shocked as the two newly instate Specail Jounin, if not more. "You two shall join teams and Sasuke and Sakura will but placed on team twelve, who's just recently lost two members last month." The two sensei looked at each other, then back at him several times before smiles lit their faces.
"Hai, Hokage-sama!" They said.
They waited three minutes before the two teens shot to their feet. "WHAT!!!" Was the shout heard through out the whole village.
The man smirked again as Koharu walked up with a slight smile. "I may not like you very much, Naruto. But I, Homura, Sarutobi, the village as a hole, owe it to you and Hinata that our village survived this. We heard of your bravery and leadership in stopping the attack before it even started, if you had more experience, we'd have made you Jounin. I and everyone would like to thank you." Then, she did something that shocked everyone... she bowed, deep and low. She straitened up and smirked at his shocked face. "Close your mouth boy, you'll attract flies."
Naruto's face lit up in a huge smile as he chuckled with Hinata giggling at his side. "As Hokage, it's my honor to give you two these vests." Sarutobi said, pulling out two black vest, handing on to each of them. "And, as you've just passed and made Chu- Or maybe Specail Jounin, I guess it's a pleasure to give you your family's astate and all your family scrolls that your father left, since you've got all your mother's." He smiled and Naruto smiled softly as Hinata squeezed his hand.
"Now, the house and grounds isn't very large since they'd just gotten here a few years before they joined the shinobi forces, but it should fit you perfectly. Come and get me when you want the scrolls. But I think you've already got Hirashin no Jutsu, of course, that's hidden in a safe at the house. Your father was very protective of these things." Naruto nodded to the old man and pulled the vest on.
"I like it." He nodded. "Hey, can I get this in orange? Or maybe blue? Oh, maybe in red?" He was about to shoot another color when Hinata hit him upside the head.
"Shut up, Naruto-kun! Yeesh, you'd think you were a little kid!" She rolled her eyes in exasperation.
He pouted and gave her a mock glare as everyone stared at them. Does Naruto really have that much of an impression on people?
"You wound me, Hina-chan!" He said in mock hurt before he grinned a rather maniac grin and midnight blue eyes narrowed.
"What's with the-" She was cut off as he tackled her to the ground, tickling her as she screamed out laughs. "S-Stop! I-I give! I gi-ive!" She gasped out and he let her up as they stared at them some more.
She glared at him and he smiled an innocent smile that no one believed. A cough and they turned to them, only to blush and look away at the snickers of Kakashi, Kurenai, and Sarutobi as the others watched in amusement.
"So, did you want to get that in a different color?" Kakashi finally asked.
The two shook their heads in embarrassment as the others tried not to laugh again. "So, does this mean we're able to go to the Jounin lounge?" Naruto's questoin made everyone looked at him, Hinata nodded beside him, also curious.
"...yes." The third said slowly. "Now, I want you to go rest, missions with Kakashi and Naruto joining team eight start tomorrow at noon, you'll be getting higher missions with different teams, too. Even a few solo or duo missions, but your main group will be with each other and team eight." They nodded and were about to leave when they were stopped when someone spoke.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Jiraiya shouted as he jumped in. "You're just gonna take my students?!" He demanded in annoyance.
Everyone blinked at him. Naruto sighed and looked at them. "He's right you know. We don't know that much, we just mastered our abilities to such a level that we could give him a run for his money if we use our heads."
"We're not taking your students, Jiraiya." Sarutobi sighed. "They'll be able to train with you when their not with thier team."
"Oh." Was the oh so intelligent reply from the legendary Toad Sannin.
"See ya later, ero-sennin!" Naruto and Hinata called as they walked out.
"I told you not to call me that!" Jiraiya shouted, chasing after them.
Everyone blinked and slowly began leaving until it was just Kakashi and Kurenai. "So..." Kakashi said awkwardly.
"Yep..." She replied, fidgeting slightly.
"Well..."
"Ano..."
"You want to go get dinner?" He said quickly and she blushed a shade that could have put the shy Hinata to shame.
"S-Sure!" She said with high enthusiasm and both looked away with a blush.
"Um... let's go, then?" He shrugged awkwardly as she nodded and grabbed his hand as they walked out.
--- -- ---
The first thing that they noticed as they walked down the street was the some people were smiling and nodding to not just Hinata, but to Naruto as well. Another was that people were whispering and girls were squealing as they stared at the blond and boys blushed and looked away from Hinata. There thoughts on this were very similar. Shit! Now I've got to watch out for fangirls/fanboys!
They glanced at Jiraiya, who was walking in step behind them, and then at each other. They shrugged in confusion and walked. "Hey, Naruto! Hinata!" Tanina called from the dango shop, waving them over.
"Hey Tanina-chan!" Naruto greeted. "Shinsei." The boy nodded in greeting and offered a slight smile.
"Hey, where's Sora-san?" Hinata frowned.
"He's still in the hospital." Tanina shrugged.
"Oh, well tell him to get better!" They talked a bit before Hinata looked at the sky and sighed. "Well, I guess we should go. Bye!" Hinata smiled happily.
"See ya!" Naruto added as Jiraiya still followed them.
"So, ero-sennin, what do you want?" Naruto asked after a bit.
"There's been something bugging me." The pervert admitted.
"What?" Hinata asked with a frown.
"You guys are good, I admit, but I know you weren't this good when we were training."
Naruto grinned and scratched his head sheepishly. "Oh, yeah. We also trained in other things when you weren't around, and we also hid it because deception's a shinobi's strongest weapon." He said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world and Jiraiya stared as Hinata nodded in response.
"Well, is that all you wanted?" She asked.
"Hmm... For now." Jiraiya said and walked off.
"You want to go in and get some barbecue?" Naruto asked her as they walked passed the shop.
"Sure!" She smiled brightly and they turned into the restaurant.
They saw Kakashi and Kurenai and smirked. "Well, if it isn't the happy couple." Naruto teased and the two blushed more than they already were.
"Shut up, Naruto!" Kurenai said looking away.
"I'm just teasing!" Naruto smiled innocently and lead Hinata away to order.
They were eating when, out of no where, Gai shows up with a very enthusiastic Lee. "NARUTO AND HINATA! YOU TWO ARE TRULY THE MOST YOUTHFUL IN THE VILLAGE! SAVING NOT ONLY LEE IN THE PRELIMINARIES, BUT ALSO YOUR OWN HOKAGE AND VILLAGE!!!" Gai shouted at the top of his lungs.
"YOSH! I SECOND THAT! WE ARE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT." Lee shouted just as enthusiastically.
Hinata and Naruto, who were lost in their own thoughts missed most of what was said and did something that really had Gai shouting. They looked up and asked, at the same time, "Hm? Did you say something Gai? Lee?" totally unaware of the migraines they were about to receive.
"CURSE YOU KAKASHI!!" Gai suddenly screamed. "CURSE YOU AND YOUR HIP ATTITUDE! GIVING YOUR HIP ATTITUDE TO YOUR STUDENT AND HIS GIRL! DAMN YOU!!!!" He began screaming about the flames of youth and how it was youthful to pass on annoying traits but pure irritation that he did. Everyone, even Lee, sweat dropped and scooted away from him.
Kakashi and Kurenai quickly paid and left, unnoticed by Gai as he continued to terrify the two new Specail Jounin and everyone else in the building.
Lee blinked several times at his sensei, he was cool usually when he screamed like this(in his eyes), but this was truly scaring him. He slowly turned to look at Naruto and Hinata. "I've never seen him like this." He commented and looked at his sensei. "It's scary." He stated the obvious.
"Y-yeah!" Naruto squeaked out as he slowly made his way to the counter. He paid and waved at Lee, who waved back as he stared at his sensei. As soon as he and Hinata were out of the shop they immediately shot down the road faster than the eye can see, screaming, causing everyone to look at them in curiosity.
--- -- ---
They walked through the park, hand in hand. It was getting close to midnight and they were still walking and talking since they'd snuck past Gai, who was harassing their students at the time. They'd grown closer since the incident where they'd found out about Sasuke and Sakura leaving Naruto, the best of friends.
"So, what do you think the other Genin are going to do when they find that Naruto and Hinata skipped Chunnin and went straight to Specail Jounin?" Kakashi chuckled.
Kurenai giggled and looked at the stars. "They're in for a surprise. But the ones I really want to see are Sasuke and Sakura, now that's what I need a camera for." They shared a laugh and Kakashi sat down at the base of a tree, blushing as she sat down on his lap and leaned against his chest, blushing herself.
After a bit, the flustered Jounin calmed, sat, and enjoyed each others company. Kakashi raised a hand and pointed at an odd star that seemed to be green. "That star right there." He whispered softly. "That's team seven's star. But now, it's team eight's star, our star."
Kurenai's eyes widened in excitement and a bright smile lit her face as she turned around and looked him in the eye. "Our star." She breathed dreamily. "Don't you mean the team's star?" She asked as she stroked his hair lovingly as he eye smiled at her.
"The team is our team, is it not?" His voice held passion and admiration as her eyes lit up in even more joy than before.
"I guess you're right. Out team, our star." She said as stared at him a moment more before her hands slowly reached up. He made no move of acknowledgment as she cupped his face with her hand and a loving expression. He made no movement to stop her as she moved slowly, as if afraid to make a wrong move, her fingers lightly pulled down the face masked and a blush lit her face once more as she stared at his handsome visage.
His hand slowly came up and he stroked her hair with a dreamy sigh as the red eyed genjutsu mistress slowly and surely moved forward, then after what seemed like forever, their lip met in a kiss of passion and love. She slowly pulled back and smiled at him as he smiled back, causing her blush to increase ten fold. "I understand why you cover your face." She said slyly and he raised an eyebrow, only serving to make her giggle. "You don't want to get attacked by fangirls like Sasuke and your sensie did. I actually feel kinda sorry for Naruto."
Kakashi's eyebrow raised slightly higher in even greater confusion. "What do you mean? Sorry about what?"
"He's the exact image of his father, is he not?" He nodded dumbly. "And his father was attacked by rabid fangirls on a daily basis after he developed more muscle and matured a bit, right?" Realization dawned as Kakashi smirked in amusement and shook his head fondly.
"Yeah, but I feel bad for who ever tries to so much as touch him." It was Kurenai's turn to look confused. "I shudder to think what Hinata will do to them." Kurenai's eyes widened in realization as she chuckled and turned to lean on his chest again. "I love you." He said. It was a whisper on the wind, but she heard it and her heart thumped against her chest loudly as her eyes widened before she closed her eyes in contempt.
"I love you, too." She whispered back.
After a bit, our favorite Copy Nin heard a light snore and felt a breeze on his face and slowly pulled the mask back over his nose as he slowly drifted away as well.
--- Let's backtrack a bit; Naruto and Hianta ---
They lay in The Clearing, as they called it while Kimi was patrolling. They were laying in the center, surrounded by the wildflowers that decorated it as they whispered things to each other. "Hinata-chan, do you see that star up there?" Naruto murmured, pointing to the same star that Kakashi had pointed out to Kurenai. She nodded, it was beautiful.
"How'd you find it, Naruto-kun?" She asked with a dreamy sigh.
"Kakashi told me that Old Man Sarutobi picked it out and claimed it for team seven. It was when he was training the Sannin. Jairaiya trained team seven, too, that was the team my father, Kimi, and Sakura's father were on. Than my father trained Kakashi and his team, and now there's my team. Kakashi say's he thought it would have gone to a different side of the planet like all the others, but this one stayed in the view of Konoha since the day Ojichan discovered it." Naruto shrugged. "But now, since me and Kakashi were team seven, and now we're on team eight, it's team eight and seven's star." He told her the run down of the story.
She giggled. "Why does it sound so... hereditary?" She asked slyly. "What is it, I mean, it seems like a Genin of team seven becomes a teacher for the next team seven after a few years or something." She chuckled and he nodded with a slight smile.
"So, why didn't you tell me about this star before?" She asked curiously.
"I only learned about it a bit after the preliminaries and I wanted to tell you when we didn't have the possibility of ero-sennin spying on us." He smiled at her as she giggled.
"I see why. Thanks, Naru-kun." She whispered as she curled up on his chest.
He put his arm around her and glanced at the sky, it would be midnight in two minutes. "Hey Hina-chan?" She responded by turning to him with a 'hm?'. "Remember the time when I kissed you?" She furrowed her brow.
"During the Chunnin exams when you kissed me on the cheek?" She asked, a light blush tinting her cheeks.
"No, it was at midnight. In a field of wild flowers, under a starry night sky with a full moon and the nightly creatures humming a toon." He smiled slightly as her brow furrowed further.
"What do you mea-" She was cut off as he cupped her chin and pulled her into a kiss. Her eyes widened in shock but she slowly returned it. They broke apart and she blushed so much she practically glew in the dark as he grinned at her.
"Now do you remember?" He asked slyly as two creatures, a fox kit and a tiger cub, showed up and curled at their feet.
"Yes." She said with a dreamy sigh. She looked up and midnight met day as their blue eyes collided.
"I love the way the moon shines off your eyes." He spoke with a loving tone.
"I love the way the moon gives you a feral glow." She retorted with the same loving voice. She was propped up on her elbow as she laid there on his chest as he gently rubbed circles. "I also love that we came here tonight." She said as he propped himself up on his arms and the momentum allowed their lips to meet again.
"So do I." He said as they broke apart a second time. He stared at her now midnight blue eyes and smiled slightly. "I didn't think you could have gotten more beautiful, but those eyes added a beauty. It's like tonight, with the full moon in the center of the sky, midnight." He said and she blushed again.
"Arigatou, Naru-kun." She whispered as she pushed him down again so she could rest her head on his shoulder.
He frowned. "For what?"
"For letting me change... and for letting me feel loved again." She murmured in his ear. "I love you."
"I love you, too." She hugged him tightly and his arm came around her waist as she cried tears of joy as she laughed.
"I've been waiting my whole life to hear those words come from you, Naru-kun!" She smiled brightly as she looked up at him as he smiled back, just as brightly, if not brighter.
Soon they drifted away, just like the couple prior to them that was at the park.
--- Next day; Park, 7:47 ---
Neji sighed as he took a walk, he couldn't find Hinata anywhere and he can't believe that he was feeling it, but he was worried. Hinata's father seemed contempt and told him not to worry, also telling the truth about his father's death. He couldn't believe that his father and the elders would knock him out to let Hizashi take his place. But, alas, his father was freed with death. He sighed in annoyance. Where could she be? Why was Hiashi-sama so happy? Who was this Naruto character? And what did he have to do with this 'new' Hinata?
He stopped short when he saw two people sitting against a tree. He looked up and saw Kiba standing there as well, staring at them. The dog boy glanced at him with a raised eyebrow. They nodded in acknowledgment, slightly shocking Kiba that he did, before they walked over to the sleeping Jounin. One was Hatake Kakashi, the other Yuuhi Kurenai. They knew that the two had started to hang out after the prelims, but the position the two were in shocked them, Kurenai was in his lap and leaning against his chest while Kakashi had his arm around her and his hand on her shoulder.
"Um... Kakashi-sensei, Kurenai-sensei?" Kiba said hesitantly.
"Hmm...." Kurenai mumbled in her sleep as she snuggled closer to Kakashi.
"Kakashi, Kurenai." Neji said, shaking the two lightly with a frown.
"What?" Kakashi murmured as his eyes snapped open and Kurenai smiled blearily.
"Hey Kiba, Neji, what're you doing in my house?" She asked groggily.
"Uh.... we're in the park." Kiba muttered in confusion as Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Huh? Where's-" She felt something shift under her and turned her head to see Kakashi yawning.
"Good morning, Kurenai-chan." He said as he cracked his neck to the left.
"Hey." She smiled. "We're still at the park, you know."
"Hmmm.... I wondered why my neck hurt so much. Oh, hey Kiba, Neji." Kakashi said absently.
"...Hey, Kakashi-sensei." They responded slowly.
Kurenai stood and pulled Kakashi to his feet. "Um... what are you guys doing out here, anyway?" Kiba asked finally.
"We were..." Kakashi and Kurenai looked away with a blush and Neji and Kiba frowned in confusion.
"Well... I guess we'll be going!" Kakashi and Kurenai said hurriedly and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Neji and kiba slowly turned to look at each other. "That... was weird." Neji said very slowly and Kiba nodded in agreement.
"Sooo.... what happened to you?" Kiba asked curiously.
"What do you mean?" Neji asked cooly.
"You're nicer than before and seem to have lost the stick that was up your ass all the other times I'd met you." Kiba stated rather bluntly.
"Times change." Neji responded gruffly as he walked away and Kiba sighed and walked off.
"Hey Neji!" Kiba called after a thought hit him. Neji stopped and turned to look at him. "Have you seen Hinata anywhere?"
"I'm sorry, but I haven't. I was actually looking myself." And with that, Neji was gone in the distance.
Kiba sighed again and walked off with Akamaru trailing at his feet.
--- The Clearing ---
Naruto awoke to find Hinata was curled up on his chest and smile slightly. He saw what woke him, the fox and tiger that had been there the night before were nuzzling his arm, trying to wake him up. "Hey little guys." He murmured softly and they looked at him before pointing their snouts to Hinata, who was mumbling incoherent words.
She slowly sat up, stretching her arms above her head with a kittenish yawn. Naruto smiled in contempt as she smiled at him. "Morning, Naru-kun." She said dreamily.
"Hey, Hina-chan." Was the general response as she got off of him to allow him to sit up. He grinned at her before frowning in confusion as the kit began pulling on his sleeve and the cub did the same to Hinata. He finally got a good look at the fox kit and tiger cub, and it slightly freaked him out. The fox was pure white, like snow with red paws, red tipped ears and two tails, two of them. The tiger was black with light blue stripes. It was strange, but the strangest thing was that they both had huge scrolls on their backs.
"Hello?" He said and saw Hinata staring in confusion and something a kin to surprise.
"Hello Naruto, Hinata." The two said as one with a smile.
The two blinked. Did they just talk? Sure their toad summons talked(A./N; Yes, I gave both Naruto and Hinata the toad summons), and Naruto could talk to animals, but Hinata couldn't, but they addressed her and she heard it.
"Hello." They responded uneasily.
"My name is Torakia." The tiger said, giving a slight bow.
"And I am Kiyuki." The fox gave a slight bow as well.
"Ano..." The two frowned. "It's nice to meet you." They nodded politely.
"But... why are you here?" Hinata asked hesitantly.
The two smiled slightly again. "Our bosses... have sent us... to give you these." They gestured to the scrolls on their backs and Naruto got the one from the Kiyuki and Hinata got the one from Torakia.
The two exchanged glances. The scrolls were elaborate. The one Hinata got was a deep magestic purple with the sides being an off white. The outside had six gems surrounding it with the kanji for 'Tiger' on the side. It was simple yet completely beautiful. Naruto's was a royal blue with, strangely, orange sides with an eligant design going on the edges, it was deep black color that wound around it like vines with strange symbols that seemed to represent flowers. It had the knaji for 'fox' on the side. It was more complex than Hinata's, but just as beautiful.
They took a deep breath and opened it at the same time, moving slowly and cautiously. They blinked. "The summoning contract for the kitsune family?" Naruto asked.
"Mines for the Tiger family." Hinata mumbled quietly, in a state of shock.
They glanced at it again. "There's no names on it." They said at the same time in the same state of confusion.
"That's because there were none." Kiyuki elaborated as Kimi came and sat by Naruto with a confused look on her face. Naruto glanced at her with a look that said 'We'll find out soon.' She nodded slightly.
"Our bosses are really hard to please. The only thing blocking their choice for you two is that you were slightly afraid to admit your feelings. Hinata, you thought like a tiger and pounced when you found the situation okay last night. Naruto, you thought like a fox by your cunning little stunt to kiss her without any sort of thought, you just acted, and Hinata just went along with it and pounced lightly. She edged you to kiss her and you acted how you wanted. The perfect test for our bosses to want you." Torakia explained and they blinked at him, all of them.
"O...kay.... so you're telling us that our kiss lastnight brought this on?" Naruto raised a skeptic eyebrow.
"Pretty much." Kiyoki shrugged, her tails curling around her as she lay down.
"O-kay..." Hinata nodded slowly. A thougth hit her. "But what about out toad summons?" She asked suddenly.
"What about it?" Torakia asked. He nodded suddenly as he figured it out. "Just think which you want to summon. If you want to summon a tiger, think it, if you want to summon a toad, same, same." He nodded and the two teens exchanged glances and bit their thumbs, writting their names before tapping each finger with their thumbs before pressing down on the section lightly, leaving their finger prints of the respective hands.
"Ano... why are they so decrative?" Hinata asked as she and Naruto rolled them up.
"They're the original contracts for the fox and tiger families." The two responded as they took the scrolls back into pouches on their back and bowed before disappearing in two puffs of smoke.
The two exchanged glances and Naruto looked at Kimi. "That... was odd." He muttered and they nodded in silent agreement.
"Naru-kun, I'm gonna go wash up and change in the bathroom. Do you want to go after me?" Hinata asked as she took a small scroll from her pouch that was labeled toiletries.
"Sure. I'm gonna do my workout first, anyways." He shrugged, stretched again, and began doing push-ups.
--- Hokage's office; 12:09 ---
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed as he re-read the medical report the doctor had given him. He closed his eyes and shook his head slowly. "Two years." He said solemnly. The door opened and Konohamaru came in.
"Ojisan! Have you seen Naruto anywhere!" He complained.
"No, Konohamaru-kun, I haven't seen him. I've been asked that quite a bit today, for Hinata as well, actually. They left for a date or something, as Hiashi stated, yesterday around eight o'clock." He shrugged. "They probably fell asleep in a clearing, knowing Naruto-kun." He sighed in exsasperation as he shook his head.
"Okay, see ya later Ojisan!" The young boy called over his shoulder and waved.
The old man let out a tired sigh. "I'm too old for this." He signalled for some Anbu. "Cat, Snake, Badger, I want you to find Jiraiya for me." He stated and the three female nodded before disappearing into nothing.
After a few minutes, the three reappeared with a beat up Jiraiya. "What happened to him?" He raised an eyebrow.
"They attacked me!" Jiraiya wailed angrily.
"You were peeping on women!" The three snarled at him and Sarutobi sighed and shook his head.
"You three are dismissed." He said softly and Jiraiya was released before the others nodded and vanished again.
"Alright! What do you want, old man?" Jiraiya demanded.
"I need Tsunade." The man muttered under his breath.
Jiraiya; however, still hear him and frowned. "Why do you need Tsunade?" He asked.
"The village needs a new Hokage, and I don't think Naruto-kun's ready just yet." He admitted.
"Than why not just wait till he is ready?" Jiraiya's frown deepened.
The man closed his eyes and passed the file to his student. Jiraiya studied him for a moment before opening it, going pale as he read further. He swallowed and put it down on the desk. "Sensei..." He whispered.
"Two years, Jiraiya. Convince her that when she becomes Hokage, she'll only need to be for about four years, six tops; maybe that'll change her views on weather or not she takes it. Now, since they're your students and you'll be teaching them from now on until they can fight battles of epic proportions, I want you to find Naruto and Hinata, give them the news, and get packed and ready to go by noon in two days. Don't fail me, find them." He commanded and Jiraiya nodded, solemn and upset.
"Good bye, sensei. See you tomorrow, that's when we'll leave." Jiraiya said as he stood and left without another word.
Sarutobi sighed. "I am getting to old for this."
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There you go!! I hope you liked the little fluff I put in. Before anyone asks, this was Kakashi and Kurenai's first date and Hinata and Naruto have been dating for a few months, but were taking it slow, so yeah... And I wanted to have a way for them to get those contracts, so don't bug me if it was stupid, cause I already know it is sorta stupid but also important.... Anyway, reviews would be nice and I'll have the next chapter soon!!