"Normal speech"

'Normal thoughts'

"Demon/Summon speech"

'Demon/Inner Sakura/Summon thoughts'

"Jutsu name"

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flashback/memory

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Chapter 2: Hello to you too

Naruto and Jiraiya were now inside the Hokage tower with the older of the two starting to feel his nerves give out.

Jiraiya had conflicting feelings about meeting with Tsunade again. On one hand, they hadn't kept in contact with her at all, and to show up so suddenly would most certainly get him a beating of a lifetime. On the other hand, he would see her again and finally get some freedom back.

Naruto had gotten out of Jiraiya's grasp a while ago and now they were walking up the stairs towards the Hokage office. He smirked as he had asked the secretary not to inform the Hokage of their arrival. It was easy to get her to say yes as she remembered him and his pension for pranks which she was victim to.

Now the two were standing in front of the door both taking a breath to get ready to enter

Jiraiya nodded down to Naruto before looking at the door "ready?"

Naruto slowly took a step back as he gained a devilish smile. He lifted his foot as he took careful aim "Are you?" he then sent a hard kick into Jiraiya's back, strong enough to send the man flying towards Tsunade

Jiraiya went wide-eyed as he felt something impact his back hard. It was almost like he was hit by Guy's Dynamic entry. He found himself flying into the office and couldn't help but think 'I'm going to kill that Gaki!'

Tsunade on pure instinct bolted upright and sent a hard punch at the flying thing that came at her. She hit it hard and sent it flying back

Jiraiya was sent flying again back from where he came from and impacted the hallway wall comically as a fist imprint was visible in the middle of his face. He groaned in pain as he cracked open an eye and shifted it to Naruto who was leaning on out of sight beside the doorframe. He groaned out at the boy "I hate you….gaki."

Naruto smiled at the groaning man "aw, love you too."

Tsunade was glaring at the thing that was sent at her but blinked when she realized who it was. "Jiraiya?"

Shizune looked through the door to see it was indeed Jiraiya. "welcome home, Jiraiya."

"Hey….Shizune…." he fell from the wall and landed face-first on the ground and groaned

Tsunade then glared at the man on the ground before asking "where the hell have you been and where is Naruto?!"

It was then that Naruto pushed off the wall and came into her view "hey Baa-chan, miss me?" he bent down and picked up the groaning man by the back of his collar and dragged him inside the office. He dropped the man face first, closed the door, and then looked at the two women "we're back."

Tsunade smiled at the sight of the gaki before gaining a serious look "where the hell have you two been? I haven't received any messages from you at all in the two years you've been gone. I didn't know if you were still alright or if the Akatsuki had captured you or not!"

Naruto smiled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head "sorry but with all the stuff we went through, we needed to keep a very low profile. Though I'm sure there were a few rumors that could have been me. We heard a few that sounded like us when we trained in forests and stuff

Tsunade sat back in her chair as she thought about several pieces of intel that some of her border patrols told her about a few rumors from other villages that sounded like they were preparing for a heavy battle since there were a bunch of explosions and quakes that could be felt. "So were you able to get your mission complete?"

Naruto's smile widened as he nodded "yep. And got a lot of training too and some good stuff from him." Naruto pointed to the ground at Jiraiya who was slowly lifting his head from the ground.

Tsunade looked at the fallen man. She would have felt bad for him, but she knew that throughout this whole mission he would have spent a lot of time peeking at naked women so she knew that he probably deserved it.

Naruto smiled as he crossed his arms "so what did I miss while I was away?"

Before Tsunade could say anything the door opened up to show three kunoichis and one shinobi that froze at the sight of Naruto

~A minute earlier~

Ino, Hinata, Sakura, and Haku made it to the Hokage tower and began to make their way up the stairs to Tsunade's office.

Sakura looked to Hinata as she asked "so are you going to ask Tsunade about Naruto?"

Hinata blushed at this as she knew that she was that obvious but it still embarrassed her that her friends knew. She nodded to Sakura which got the pinkette to smile.

Ino shook her head as she wrapped her arm around Hinata's waist. "He'll be back….at some point." despite how she wanted him to come back she was also a little bitter about it. No messages, no notes, no word at all about whether or not he was ok. She honestly didn't know what she was going got do the next time she saw him but she figured that she would find out when she sees him next.

It was then that they made it at the double doors of the Hokage office. Normally they would have had to knock for entrance if they were not sure if she was in a meeting or not but Sakura knew her schedule for the day and knew that there were no meetings scheduled today and her next one would be in two days. They entered the office but paused as they saw the one person they were just talking about.

Naruto turned his head to see the newcomers and could not help but look them over.

Haku's outfit had been slimed down greatly. He now wore a sleeveless high collar battle kimono top that had the same color scheme as he had previously. Underneath it was a black form-fitting shirt. He kept the long sash that he had previously used as a belt to keep the top sealed and he had Anbu style pants with black shinobi sandals. His hair had also gotten longer and instead of putting it in a bun, he had it in a long high ponytail

Sakura's outfit mirrored Haku's but instead, her battle kimono was red with pink trimming and was short-sleeved with no high collar. She had an onyx obi instead of a sash and for her lower half, she had black biker shorts under a beige knee-length battle skirt and blat shinobi boots. On her elbow, she had armored elbow protectors and onyx colored gloves.

One interesting thing about them were the silver necklaces they both had. Haku had one in the shape of a Sakura petal while Sakura had one in the shape of a snowflake over her now high C-cup breasts.

It was when he got to the ones he was the most excited to see that he took in their appearance

Hinata was wearing a form-fitting black shirt under a form-fitting light pink salmon-colored jacket that cuts just under her E-cup breasts. The jacket had a purple turtle neck that was covered by her forehead protector that dangled around her neck. She wore a small tailless sash that held up a short dark purple secretary skirt that were over black biker shorts. She had shinobi boots and elbow-length fingerless gloves that had a metal plate on the back of her hand. The final bits were that she had armor plates on top of her boots covering the shins, over her lower and upper arm, on her stomach, her shoulders, and the top of her breasts.

Ino's hair had grown great;y and was held by an onyx band in a high ponytail that stopped at her knees. her outfit though was not as conservative as Hinata's. Ino had on a black sleeveless mocked top had the part over the top of her D-cup breasts and chest removed to make it look like she had a strapped tube top. Over it, she wore an open sleeveless purple jacket that stopped under her breasts with her midriff being shown off. The metal plate of her headband was now stitched into a purple waist cape that was over a skirt that was much like Hinata's but was onyx in color with a slit that showed off more of her thigh on her left side and under the skirt was black biker shorts that were missing the left leg. She had black Shinobi boots that had armored leather greaves similar to the bracers she had on. Though the one on her right arm was thicker and had a few needles sticking out.

Ino and Hinata could not believe what they were seeing. Right there, was Naruto, after two years of being off the grid, just standing there. They looked him over and his new look.

Naruto had replaced the loose black shirt and replaced it with one with a turtle neck that hugged his torso. He switched the long sash for a shorter one and used it as a belt for his black Anbu style belts. Instead of greaves, he had his shins wrapped up in white tape. To finish it off he wore a coat much like the fourth Hokage but instead was mainly black with the image of a fox head on the back that had tails dropping down the bottom and splashing into a flame-like pattern on the bottom.

Tsunade and Shizune could see the slight shock the three had at seeing each other and could not help but smirk at this. They knew that Naruto was looking forward to seeing them again he just didn't expect them to just walk in. Hinata and Ino on the other hand were most likely here to see if Tsunade heard anything as they had done this multiple times throughout the two years.

Haku was the first to be freed from his shock as he smiled at the sight of his friend "welcome back, Nar…" he didn't get to finish his statement as someone else reacted

Naruto didn't have time to react as he suddenly found his lips being claimed by a somewhat shy Hyuga.

Hinata did not know what she was doing as she just reacted. Her body moved on its own and she jumped into his arms and kissed him deeply "mm~mm."

Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist as he took in her scent and did not realize how much he missed it. He kissed her back with just as much need as she seemed to have and wished he had come back sooner.

The two finally pulled back with a small strand linked between them before it broke.

Hinata smiled brightly as she opened her eyes to see her Naruto right in front of her. "Welcome back."

Naruto smiled widely at her "glad to be back." he then looked to Ino who was still wide-eyed at him. "Hey, Ino. do I get to say hello to you too?"

Ino snapped out of her shock and began to make her way towards him.

Naruto smiled at her as she came closer and pulled away from Hinata and stood there waiting but inside he felt what was really about to happen. 'Uh-oh.' he then found his face being punched hard by the other blonde that threw his head back

Ino had her fist stretched out as she was breathing heavily at where his face was. After a second of her standing there, she spun around and stomped out the door ignoring that she had stomped on Jiraiya's body.

Everyone was shocked at what Ino had just done and they watched her leave the office before Sakura ran after her

"Hey, Ino! Wait up."

Haku looked to Tsunade before bowing and running after his girlfriend and friend

Tsunade looked at Naruto's face which she could see because he still had his head lead back. "You ok?"

Naruto brought his head back up as he sighed "yeah. I should have realized that would be her reaction to seeing me again." he turned around and looked at the Hokage. "I didn't say anything to anyone and even when I was in the other villages, I had asked them to keep my stay there a secret." he then ran his hand through his hair "though it became an issue when the Akatsuki tried to get the others."

Tsunade perked up at this and gained a stern look "so you did run into them."

Naruto gained his foxy smoke "and I'm sure I pissed off all of them." he chuckled as he remembered his encounters with them. "I'm sure that because of this, I became the most wanted Jinchuriki in all of the remaining eight."

This caught everyone's attention with Hinata asking "eight? Were they able to claim one?"

Naruto sighed sadly as he nodded "yeah. When I got to where I heard he would be, I couldn't find him. After a bunch of time looking I found marks of a battle and some excess bijuu chakra. From what I could tell he lost and was taken by the Akatsuki. It was then that I chose to move to the others faster."

Tsunade thought about the info given to her and though she would have liked to hear more she knew that at the moment there was something else that he needed to do. "We can discuss more about your journey at a later date. Right now, I think you have something else you need to do."

Naruto gave her a grateful smile as he had been itching to run after Ino. "thanks, Baa-chan."

Hinata grasped his hand before pulling him out of the room "come on, we need to find Ino and talk with her

The two walked out of the room, ignoring the body they stepped on with Naruto looking back and waved "talk to you two later!"

Tsunade sighed as she leaned back in her chair "back a few minutes and already there is drama." she got up from her set and walked to the now groaning body of Jiraiya. She kicked him as she spoke "hey, off my floor. you have a lot to tell me about your mission now that you and Naruto are back."

It was that last part that registered in the old man's head as he bolted up from the ground and in a burst of speed, he ran to the window and pressed his face against the glass. He was pressing his face so hard that his face began to flatten as he looked at the streets below. His breathing grew heavy as he was waiting in anticipation that the glass began to fog up 'come on, come on!' it was then that he saw Naruto and Hinata running down the street. After a few seconds, when he was sure Naruto couldn't hear him he ran back to Tsunade and was on his knees as his face was now on the ground and had his hand grasping the bottom of her pants "PLEASE LET ME PEEP!"

This caused the two women to pause for a sec as they couldn't believe what he was asking and how he was asking it

Jiraiya lifted his head and he had the look of a man of pure desperation "to years. I haven't peeped for two years! I couldn't do my research because he wouldn't let me! I need to peep! Please let me go freely to the hot springs and have my time!" he became a bubbling mess on the ground as he continued to beg as if it was all he wanted in life

Tsunade could not help but be surprised at how pathetic her teammate was acting. One of the strongest shinobi in the world was now in a fetal position and was almost one second away from sucking on his thumb. Despite feeling some pity for him, she couldn't help but think 'wonder what the gaki did to make him like this.'. She felt such pity that she almost allowed him to go do it. Almost. "You have to debrief me on your mission and no you are not allowed to go peep."

Jiraiya was crying as he heard this but inside he told himself. 'Just tell her what she wants to know and then you can go off and do all the research you want. Beatings be damned!'

End of chapter

Hi everyone. Hope you guys have been good and enjoyed the second chapter despite it being short.

I've been having fun with my fics as I have a bunch of new story ideas coming out and I spent some time writing them.

Now before you start rioting, the stories were not what held this chapter up. The real reason this took so long was because I had spent a lot of time trying to come up with their new appearances. I couldn't think of what they would wear as I wanted to make my own attire for them since they are the ones that have the most changes and I spent a LOT of time going through several styles that I had scrapped. It was only a bit ago that I finally got the look for Ino and Hinata. I had done all this by drawing their different looks and I finished it.

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