In the sand…

Gaara was Hinata were out in the market square observing new things and hearing new news. Gaara used a henge so he wouldn't be recognized to avoid a crowd of fan girls.

'What do you think of these flowers?' Hinata held up a bunch of white lilies.

Gaara cocked his head to one side.

'They're okay I guess,' he replied.

When they were about to pay Hinata noticed a white of white hair with a headband with the word 'wine' printed on it.

'J..Jiriya!' Hinata exclaimed, whilst pointing towards him.

Gaara breathed a sigh of annoyance. Jiriya was peeking again. Gaara had been becoming more like Naruto and the one thing that annoyed him the most was Jiriya's continuous urge to perve.

He sent a roll of sand to poke him to gain his attention. This caught Jiriya completely off-guard causing him to yelp, sending the ladies scurrying.

'Um…,' Hinata whispered.

Jiriya quickly recovered after hearing her small voice.

Gaara went up to Jiriya and wanted to talk to him about something that bothered him.

'Sorry for my interruptions but looking into a woman's bathing house is against most people's morals,' Gaara started off, but pulled him back when Jiriya was trying to follow the naked woman.

'So, I wanted to know more about Hinata's seal,' Gaara finally finished, satisfied that he was able to get it over and done with.

Jiriya became serious.

'Let's talk about it elsewhere,' he said in a low voice.

In the dense undergrowth of the forest Jiriya, Hinata and Gaara were well away from all eyes.

'I've learnt the forbidden technique,' Jiriya told them.

Hinata and Gaara looked at him quizzically.

'The technique that seals up a soul but in return the user's life must be given. Now I am certain that I can defeat that bastard,' Jiriya informed.

Hinata looked at him with a new respect but Gaara remained unsure.

'What has that got to do with the seal?' he asked.

Jiriya laughed warmly then told him that there was a connection between the seal and the giver. If the connection was severed then there was a high chance that Hinata would be saved. That reassured Gaara.

'Could we go to kill him now?' he requested.

'Anytime you want,' Jiriya answered.

In Orochimaru's new hiding place, the sunken ship…

'I wonder whether I should take over that girl's body now,' Orochimaru asked himself, whilst he was staining a scroll with blood.

An alarm then went off and Orochimaru swam around with the limbs of a mermaid, which he had stolen recently.

Then he saw three red spots on the screen, rapidly approaching his hideout.

'Damn,' he muttered.

He thought that no one could ever find out of reach this hideout so he didn't bother with booby traps of any sort and had concentrated his charka into keeping alive in the water rather then attack.

He hurriedly ran to his pile of preserved human flesh and quickly fitted a few pieces of limbs on his body. He didn't notice that the trio was already standing waiting to engage him into battle.

'Hey,' Jiriya walked up to him and urged the teenagers to back away and stay far from harm.

Orochimaru faced Jiriya with amusement.

'30 years ago you couldn't defeat me. What makes you think you can now?' Orochimaru laughed.

Jiriya clenched his fists.

'Let's see what you can do,' he lost all sense of control and teleported forward.

Orochimaru had seen a jutsu like it so he was able to deflect Jiriya's fist. He remarked that Jiriya had improved, which Jiriya took in as more fuel for his anger.

Jiriya thought of Naruto before the idea hit him.

Use many kagebunshins so that Orochimaru would find it hard to block.

He plan went perfectly. Orochimaru was pinned down and the god's arm was sticking through his stomach, pulling out his soul.

'You said that Sarutobi was 10 years too old to defeat you didn't you?' Jiriya panted.

Orochimaru had proved to be a hard opponent and worked up Jiriya some sweat before they had got to that point. When only the legs were left to pull out Orochimaru tried desperately to resist but it was in vain. After a few minutes all that was left was a sand doll that was rapidly crumbling away.

Jiriya coughed and then the Death god shook its rosemary and Jiriya's soul too was being devoured.

'Good luck to you in the future. Even in the stomach I'll watch over you,' Jiriya told them. He fell and peacefully smiled. The smile remained even after the body had become a corpse.

Hinata suddenly felt a sharp stab in the back of her neck and reached for it. Gaara looked at well and saw that the seal had disappeared. He hugged and pressed his lips against hers in joy. Hinata was crying that Jiriya had died and Gaara soon caught on.

'Let's bring the bodies back,' Gaara toil her while saddling Jiriya's body on his back and gathered up the remains for Orochimaru for Hinata.

In Konoha…

The pair arrived and a disappointed and sad Naruto came to see them. When he caught sight of the body he collapsed out of a strong surge of emotion.

They held a funeral for Jiriya and buried his remains in a cemetery for reknowned ninja's.

'He really was a great and perverted ninja,' Naruto sobbed.

Tsunade was standing besides him.

'Maybe even Hokage is safer then being out here,' she said remembering that she had once told Jiriya that a Hokage would always foolishly die for the village.

Her tears splattered the grave and she fell down on all fours and began banging her fist on the grave.

'Why, you idiot, why did you give your life up,' she cried.

The ninja around her remained silent. When she had finished her tantrum the ninja's carried her back to her office and gave her a bottle of sake.

Later…

Kiba, Gaara and Hinata decided to follow Tsunade to comfort her.

'Hokage Tsunade, I've come to give you these flowers,' Hinata held out a bunch of flowers, which the Hokage instructed her to put in a vase.

Kiba followed Hinata in bowing. For Gaara it wasn't necessary for him to bow as he was a kage like her.

'How did this pair protect you?' Tsunade asked Gaara.

Gaara smiled warmly.

'They were magnificent,' he answered.

'I'm glad,' Tsunade smiled back.

'Well… it seems that you did your jobs well,' Tsunade told the pair.

'MISSON COMPLETE!'

Authors note: The story is literally finished but the next chapter is for Gaahina fans. Read on for more love between them/