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Later that day, Naru decided to take a walk in the forest. It was a long, eventful day for her and she needed to clear her head. As she ventured deeper into the forest, she heard something and Naru could barely tell what the sound was despite her usually keen sense of hearing. Curiosity getting the best of her, Naru continued on; staining her ears to follow the sound and lead her way.
It wasn't long until Naru found the source of the inaudible sound. The source of the sound came from a man; all the blonde kuniochi could see was his back. From what she could see, the man had long, waist-length, spiky, white hair that was tied back in a ponytail; he was in a squatting position and seemed to be using binoculars to look at something.
She walked closer towards him, careful to be quiet so as not to give herself away; she tilted her head to try and get a look at what he was so immersed in seeing. She then realized to her disgust that the man was a pervert as he was giggling lecherously at young women that were bathing in the waterfall in front of him.
Unimpressed at his behaviour, Naru felt her fingers twitching as her mind began to fill with thoughts of hitting some sense into the pervert man in front of her. However, she calmed down and instead, put her hands to her mouth and yelled really loud "PERVERT! LADIES, WATCH OUT!".
The reaction was immediate. The girls scream and the next thing Naru does is that she quickly hides behind the huge oak tree next to her to avoid getting caught by the old man; her instincts proved her right when the pervert man did look wildly around to look for the one who gave him away but unknowingly to him, the ladies who had finally gotten over their shock had ran to fetch their towels and robes, and then went over to the pervert to teach him a lesson.
Naru watched and giggled with glee at the man's beating; it was minutes later when the women finally stopped. They spat at the pervert's face, turned hotly and walked away, leaving behind a very bruised and beaten old pervert.
Naru chuckled at the poor man's pitiful state and Naruto couldn't help feel proud of herself that he had help do that. But she did went over to check on him.
"Oi, you okay old man?"
The old man cracked one eye open and looked up at the short blonde girl. When he recognized her, he became alert and immediate got back on his feet.
"You-"
Naru blinked, confused at the shocked look on his face, "Do I know you?"
The white-haired man's eyebrow twitched in annoyance as he looked down at the pigtailed blonde, "Brat, do you really now know who I am?" Naru frowned at the calculating coal eyes that looked down at her, shining with disdain. She then broke his gaze to finally study the peculiar man in front of her.
He was tall and two shoulder-length hair bangs of his white spiky hair framed both sides of his face. Two red lines ran down from his cheeks from his eyes which made Naru suspect was red face paint like the kind Kiba used. On his forehead, he wore a horned forehead protector which read the kanji for 'Oil' (油,abura), which denotes an affiliation with Mount Myōboku. Naru also noted that he had a very noticeable wart on the left side of his nose. Moving her eyes away from the man's face, she studied his clothes.
The white-haired man in front of her wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armour that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His whole outfit was completed with hand guards, a simple black belt, traditional Japanese geta (wooden sandals), a red haori with two simple yellow circles on each side, and a scroll on his back.
Naru frowned before finally saying, "Yeah I really don't know you."
Jiraiya shook his head and opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted when someone came walking into the forested area.
"Naru!"
"Hina-chan!"
Naru went over to hug her friend and Hinata returned it warmly.
"What are you doing here?" Naru asked, excited at seeing her friend.
"I felt bad when I had to leave you earlier" the Hyuuga girl admitted.
Naru beamed, always happy to be near her friend; forgetting completely about the pervert she was talking to who was now glaring at her back, annoyed at being interrupted. Hinata noticed this and greeted him.
"Lord Jiraiya, good day to you. What are you doing here?"
Naru blinked, "LORD?"
Jiraiya grinned and walked over to kiss the fair skinned girl on the hand, "A pleasure to finally meet the infamous Hyuuga Heiress."
Hinata smiled politely and withdrew her hand, "What were you and Naru talking about?"
Jiraiya was about to reply but he was once again interrupted but this time by Naru.
"HINATA!"
"Yes?"
"How is this old man a lord?"
Hinata sighed and flicked the blonde on the nose, "Show some respect Naru."
"Owww…" moaned the blue-eyed girl causing Jiraiya to smirk.
"The man in front of you is one of the three of Konoha's own Saanin, renowned for his reputation as the Infamous Toad Sage and a master of the art of sealing."
Naru's jaw dropped in disbelief, "S-seriously?"
Jiraiya snorted and looked away. It was then when something dawned on Hinata and gave her a great idea.
"Lord Jiraiya, would you do me the great honour of joining me for dinner tonight if you aren't busy?"
The old man was surprised at the offer but smiled at her politeness and earnest gesture, "All right, where do I meet you my dear?"
Hinata smiled back, "The 4 Dragons, 7 o'clock. Is that fine?"
"Yes that is fine. See you then."
With that and a couple of handsigns later, Jiraiya disappeared in a whirlwind of leaves leaving a speechless Naru and a very pleased Hinata.
"Hina-chan,why-?"
"Nothing you need to worry about Naru, let's just go to my place and have some snacks okay?"
That was all it took for Naru to forget all that had transpired earlier. She grinned at the idea of spending more time with the one she loved the most.
Hime: Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please review! ^^
