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Disclaimer: I dun own Naruto.

Chapter two: Old friends, New friends

It was nice to walk around Konoha again. Just the feel of being alive and walking around the town he loved so much. He could die happy... well.. die again... and... ah forget it. He wondered what Kakashi was up to. What that brat Uchiha was doing. He smiled to himself as he remembered all the little fights. Those were good times.

He had barely reached the end of the street when he noticed some girls looking at him.

"Isn't he dashing?"
"Totally hot!"

He did a nervous laugh and wondered if he should have a scar or something. Then he pictured himself with a cross shaed scar on his left check looking rather confused.
'maybe not...' he thought with another nervous laugh.

He turned the corner and found what he was looking for. He was glad to know that the ramen stand was still in the same place even after all these years. He sat down and ordered his favorite bowl of ramen (miso ramen with extra meat and broth). Just as he began to eat his oh-so-delicious meal, a kid clad in orange sat down next to him.

"ne, ne! Old man! Give me the usual! And hurry! I got to meet the ero-sannin soon!"

"As impolite as ever, I see, kid." said the man grumply as he hand the kid his ramen. Yondaime had never seen a kid like him before. They both had blonde hair and blue eyes. They ordered the same ramen. They even held their chopsticks the same!

'this is to weird...' thought Yondaime as he finished his ramen, paid the old man, and left the bar. Only half way down the street did he relize who the kid was. He ran back to the bar as fast as he allowed himself to go. but it was to late.

The kid was gone.

"Ne, ne. Old man. Where'd the kid go?"

"He went to train with the'ero-sannin'."

"Do you know where they train?"

"Sorry, no idea."

Damn... "well, thanks anyways..." Ero-sannin... why would he train with som... then it hit him. Ero-sannin! he couldn't help but laugh out loud. he got some strange looks as he continued to laugh. it was just to funny! how come he never thought of that! With that, he had an idea of where they might be. He rushed off as fast as he allowed to the usual place where the 'ero-sannin' had taught him.

When he arrived to the spot, he was glad to see he was right. So far, he only saw the kid, no 'ero-sannin'. He laughed silently to himself. He still hadn't gotten over the new nick name. Finally, he had arrived.

"ERO-SANNIN! YOUR LATE! YOUR STARTING TO GET AS BAD AS KAKASHI-SENSEI!"

"yeah, yeah. calm down you brat."

"Ne, ne! What are you going to teach me today! Something cool right!"

"Not quite kid. Just because you were able to get the resengan in 3 weeks, doesn't mean you've fully mastered it. After all, it still takes you two hands to do it. It should only be done with one."

Two hands or not. Yondaime was impressed that the kid got it in 3 weeks were it had taken him 3 years. But he wasn't surprised, after all... eh.. never mind.

"umm... um.. ano..." said a voice behind him. He turned as he reconised the voice.

"ah! hinata-chan!" He smiled and Hinata looked at him surprised. She had never met this man before... how did he know her name?

Yondaime saw the surprise and he said, "Don't worry. It's me. Yoda. Can I help you?"

"I was just... um... ano... why are you watching naruto-kun?"

"HINATA! NE NE! DID YOU COME TO WATCH ME TRAIN!" Shouted naruto from the other end of the feild. hinata blushed as she realized she was being addressed to.

"Umm. umm.. ano... ano... i was just.. passing by... and.. ano..." Yondaime laughed as he realized this girl had the biggest crush he had ever seen on naruto.

"Ne, ne! Who are you!" Yondaime laughed as he realized the kid was talking to him.
"oh, me? I'm Yoda." The kid got a look of "wtf!" on his face.
"Umm. n..naruto-kun... do you... kno..." At this point Jiraiya had arrived behind naruto.
'hey brat. come on lets get to training. Who are you? I haven't seen you before." Looking at "Yoda".

"Of course you know me, ecchi frog." Ecchi frog was Yondaime's own nick-name for Jiraiya and only he knew it and called him that. Jiraiya's eyes widened as he reconised the name.

"Naruto... why don't you show hinata some of your newest techinques while i talk with..."
"Yoda." Said Yondaime proudly.
"Yoda..." Jiraiya finished.
"OK! Come on Hinata!" said naruto proudly taking Hinata by the arm, which made her blush. She hadn't worn her sweatshirt that day so he was actaully touching her, which made her blush even more. Yondaime laughed. He wondered how long it would take Naruto to realize she liked him.

Jiraiya watched them leave then turned to "Yoda" and hit him on the head, dispelling the henge.

"How the hell are you alive?" Don't get Jiraiya wrong. he was glad to see his old student again, but it also worried him since he had been dead for 13 years. he thought that maybe Orochimaru was up to something again.
"Trust me. I would like to know also."
"Has any one seen you? You know... as you, not henge?"
"yes."
"Who!"
"That girl over there." Yondaime nodded with his head in the kids direction. Jiraiya sighed a sigh of relief. Hinata wouldn't tell any one if she was told not to. Then he noticed that Yondaime wasn't looking at Hinata, but Naruto.
"How has he been?" Yondaime asked with a distant worried look on his face. Jiraiya sighed again.
"I don't know much about after Kyuubi. I left soon afterwards. what i do know is that the adults made a pak not to tell any of naruto's generation about Kyuubi, but that didn't stop them from hating him."
"hating him?" Yondaime was surprised. He had hoped that with kyuubi, naruto would be a hero, not hated.
"he wasnt' simply just hated. He was outcast. No one wanted him so he grew up alone. That's about all I know about him growing up. Later after the academy he was put in a group cell with Haruno Sakura," Jiraiya laughed. " and Uchiha Sasuke."

Yondaime looked at his former teacher and laughed. "they put him with a Uchiha?"
"You haven't heard who their cell leader is."
"kakashi?"
Jiraiya laughed. "So you heard?"
"how could one not? as loud as that kid is."
"Kind of like some one else i could mention. So, speaking of kakashi, have you seen him yet?"
"no, your the first one i've run into. There's a lot i need to catch up on after 13 years."
"Well, he would be the best one to talk to about Naruto and whats happened after you... er... died... i guess."
"can't i just... watch him for a bit longer."
Jiraiya sighed. Even if he said no, there was no way to stop him.
"come on then. but put henge back up." Yondaime did as his teacher told and they approached naruto and hinata.
"Ne ne! hinata! Maybe you should train with us a bit! wouldn't that be great!"
"Stop making stupid suggestions" Said jiraiya hitting his student on the head. "naruto, this is Yoda, Yoda, naruto."
"Ne ne! I can introduce my self! I'm Uzumaki Naruto and I'm going to be Hokage!"

Yondaime smiled. The kid may have had it rough, but he seemed to have pulled through better then he had hoped.