Okay I honestly have NO IDEA if this one is any good. I had a great dare - 'And the sea went on forever, a never ending supply of blues and greens. It took his/her breath away. "Wow..." they murmured softly, more to themselves than anyone else.' - from Ella Unlimited, but then it kind of shot off in its own direction, and I wasn't really sure how well I portrayed it.
Please tell me if I should rewrite it...since its number 50 - :O - I want to do a really good job on it...
At the Beach
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Tsunade came up behind Naruto, her eyes focused on the ocean in front of her.
The blond boy was staring transfixed at the panorama before him; the sea went on forever, a never ending supply of blues and greens. It took his breath away. "Wow..." he murmured softly, more to himself than anyone else.
He had convinced both her and Jiraiya to take him up to the land part of his heritage hailed from, the land of the Whirlpool.
The white-haired man came up behind the boy, resting a hand on his shoulder. "Never seen the ocean, eh?" he laughed, gazing out over the rolling waves as well. "Wait till you get even closer. Then you can taste the salt in the air, feel the ocean spray…"
He was speaking to thin air as the boy took off, leaving an afterimage in his haste to get closer.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow at her dumbstruck teammate before following Naruto, at about the same fast pace, leaving Jiraiya quickly in the distance.
By the time she had caught up, Naruto was kneeling next to the ocean, not caring how the rolling waves soaked him. He was marveling at a handful of sand, seeing the different shells caught between the grains and simply enjoying the texture.
"Have you been here before?" he asked her, looking up with childish glee painted on his face.
"Once," she told him, grinning at his happiness. "And you know what I learned?"
"What?"
"This!" She scooped up a handful of water and threw it in his face, running into the ocean without regard for her own clothes.
He was stunned for a moment, tasting the salt saturated water, then jumped up and threw his handful of sand after her, which she quickly dodged.
"Hey, no starting a fight without me!" Jiraiya called from behind the boy, and before Naruto could react, a pile of sand was dumped over his head, collecting in his hair and the collar of his jacket.
"No fair, Ero-sennin!" Naruto yelled in surprise, scooping up a handful of sand and whirling around to throw it right in his mentor's face.
As the white haired man spluttered on a mouthful of sand, Naruto followed Tsunade's example, taking to the water to escape.
What he didn't count on were the waves, and Tsunade stifled a giggle as she watched the boy lose his footing and fall, bowled over by a crashing wave.
Just before he came back up, she ducked under the water herself, making like a beeline for his legs and yanked them, taking him down once more.
The surprise on his face was worth it as he shot under water, cheeks puffed out with air and eyes wide.
She just grinned at him and waved, before taking off underwater like a torpedo, swimming away as fast as she could.
But then Jiraiya appeared in front of her like a roadblock, preventing any forward movement. Before she could dodge around him, she was picked up in the air, wriggling and yelling at him to "put her down now!" then she was flying, airborne across the water.
A huge fountain crashed up as she landed, and she popped right back up, glaring daggers at the guffawing man.
Naruto looked over at her, a grin spreading his lips wide, motioning with his hand.
One quick nod later the two had split up, Naruto making a Kage bunshin and throwing himself at Jiraiya, skimming the water, while Tsunade ducked under, swimming straight for the man's legs.
They timed it perfectly. The moment Tsunade grabbed Jiraiya's legs, Naruto crashed into his torso, getting a good grip on the Sannin's arms as he took him down.
They both stood up in the waist deep water, pulling the white haired man up with them, strung between the two like a hammock out to dry.
"Count of three," Naruto declared cheerfully, beginning to swing the protesting man.
"One," Tsunade chuckled, grinning at her teammate's stricken face.
"Two," Naruto continued, swinging him wider.
"Three!" they both called together, releasing the man at the pinnacle of the swing.
Jiraiya flew high and far, shouting curses all the way. The fountain of water that sprung up at his point of impact let the two know just how hard he had fallen.
"Lesson: How to take down Jiraiya at the beach, complete," Tsunade smirked at the cackling boy. "Last time it was Sarutobi-sensei."
