Chapter 3: Love is in the Air, as well as a Scare.
The wedding was announced by the advisors of Konoha. Everyone in the village worked hard to clean, fix and get ready for the wedding. Even though the wedding wasn't for months, the village started the preparations. That night, Naruto and Sakura took Tsunade and Jiraiya out for a pre-wedding dinner with all of their friends. Satsuki also came to party but wasn't questioned about anything. Naruto was bugging Jiraiya saying how he finally got what he wanted, while Sakura was bugging Tsunade about why she chose Jiraiya. They both got angry at their former students and went to the bar to get drinks. Sasuke had kept quiet throughout the entire thing until Tsunade and Jiraiya went to the bar. "I think you two over did it this time." Naruto and Sakura signed and decided to hold back a bit. "Geez…you'd think that he would have grown up already; but he's still just as annoying." "I didn't think Sakura would bother me so much about it." "You want to tell them or shall I?" "Maybe we should just tell everyone. I don't think anyone knew about it." "True…we might as well; I bet everyone is wondering anyways."
"Everyone, may I have your attention. All of you are probably wondering how Jiraiya and I fell in love and decided to wed. The story begins five years ago when we were fighting against Orochimaru in the final fight between us Legendary Sannin. Jiraiya tried everything in his power to stop Orochimaru while I had my hands tied with his medical ninja subordinate Kabuto. Even after Kabuto was killed, Jiraiya told me to stay out of the fight because he was going to use a forbidden technique that only a few can learn and use. That technique was called the Fuuinjutsu: Shiki Fuujin. The technique used to seal the kyuubi into Naruto and the Technique used by the Sandaime when he fought Orochimaru.
Usually, it's a suicidal technique that kills the user with the one sealed, but as Hokage, I researched a way to save the user from the technique's effects by giving the death god something else in exchange. I looked into the records and found out from reports by Anbu who were watching the Sandaime's fight that he used the kage bushin no jutsu; and the death god took the souls of the Shodaime and Nidaime through the Clones. The kage bushin uses chakra to create a body otherwise there is no soul. I was wondering about this and researched the technique. I found out that if the user needs to extract multiple souls or one strong one, he or she can use chakra as a sacrifice.
So with my medical ninjutsu and thoughts, I figured out a way to counter the effects of the technique. My newest jutsu is a crystal like the one on my forehead which is special for holding large amounts of chakra. In the fight, I placed one where Jiraiya's back as his soul was being taken out and filled it with my chakra for support as Jiraiya was holding Orochimaru and couldn't fill the crystal himself. He kept telling me that it was useless and that he was going to die. I told him that I couldn't see another person important to me die and I continued the technique. When Orochimaru's soul was finally pulled out, the death god ate his soul first as Jiraiya sealed him into himself. The death god was going to finish the technique but my jutsu had worked. The crystal in which I placed earlier was taken instead but because the death god already had a part of Jiraiya's soul, he took that as well. Jiraiya is still here because of my jutsu and if anyone is wondering, Jiraiya is now five years older than he should be. The part of his soul taken took five years from his life span."
Everyone in the bar cheered for the couple and someone shouted asking what happened afterwards. Jiraiya told the rest of the story and explained how they became to be. "As you all know, Tsunade, Orochimaru and I were students of the Sandaime when we were children. Ever since we were young, I always loved Tsunade in a way. Eventually, when we were older and on our own; training our own way. I asked her out on a date. Tsunade hated me back then and actually told me I had to fight her in order to get one. In the fight, I lost horribly because of Tsunade's super strength. She ended up breaking six ribs; and both my arms because I asked her such a stupid question."
Naruto looked over to Sakura and she smiled and kissed him on the cheek. Jiraiya continued. "From then on, I realized that there was no way I could ever go out with her. I decided to just be friends and that was good enough. After around nine years Tsunade returned when Naruto and I went to find her. After she came back, she took the title of Hokage and became the Godaime. After the battle with Orochimaru five years ago, I was placed in the hospital's special monitoring room for about a year. There, Tsunade would come in everyday to check on me and her jutsu's effects. The jutsu was slowly making me older by the day. Throughout the time I spent with Tsunade, we became closer than ever, telling each other about our adventures when we were apart. I asked her one day, something that was at the back of my mind; about something she said after I killed Orochimaru. Tsunade told me that she was happy that I was alive and that I was still with her. Back then, she completely denied her words right away when I asked her. I asked her what they meant again and she admitted that she loved me. She knew that I still loved her but thought the idea was never going to happen. She told me that she would make me happy because she knew my taste in women. As I was finishing my time in the hospital, she would still come every day and we would spend time together.
When I was finally released, Tsunade told me that after the year, I grew older five years like she told me when I killed Orochimaru; and that I would start to age normally again. She gave me a crystal like hers and I wear it over the seal to store chakra. Tsunade told me that she liked older men and she knew that I wanted a younger woman. Even thought her age was completely different than what she looked like due to her youth technique, I didn't care and appreciated the fact that she cared for me so much. In return, I showed her the same love and eventually we were a couple. That's our story." Everyone in the bar clapped; meanwhile, a group entered the bar and apologized to Tsunade for being late. The leader of the group was an old man with several younger men and women around him. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura looked on as they walked through the bar. "I wonder who they are." Naruto asked. Sakura and Sasuke didn't have an answer. Although, Satsuki had a scared look, Sasuke asked her what was wrong. "That's Yamato and some Anbu. I'd recognize them from anywhere. What should I do?" "If he's Anbu, I doubt there will be a way for you to escape. Maybe it would be better for you to give up." Naruto heard what Sasuke had told her to do. "Satsuki, that's Yamato? What do you want to do?" Naruto asked. Satsuki said she didn't want Yamato to find out she was back, but she also did want to return to Anbu. "You have to make a choice. There isn't much of an alternative left." Sasuke told her. Satsuki thought long and hard as Yamato's group sat down at the table near Satsuki. Yamato stared at Satsuki strangely but turned his attention to another person's comments about the wedding. "I'm going to get some fresh air."
Satsuki got up and left the bar. "Hey! Wait!" Sasuke ran after her and apologized to Naruto for running out. Outside the bar, Sasuke stood there with Satsuki. "You can't choose can you?" "It's a tough choice, either way it seems that I will rejoin the Anbu. But now that I think about it, there isn't much of a life to being in Anbu. Sure, you get the tough missions but, there isn't any fun; it's all about the missions. Since that awful day, I haven't had much fun. I want to be more like Naruto; he's so free, able to do whatever he wants." "Naruto, he worked hard to get to where he is. He is completely different from us. Besides the fact that he doesn't carry a blood line limit, we were smart and top of our classes. Naruto failed three times in the academy and when he finally passed, his idiocy was better than his jutsus which by the way only consisted of the kage bushin, and some minor abilities. He's so care free because he knows his true strength and how to obtain true power. He taught a lot of people in this village, not to mention wherever he goes to never give up and protect your friends and family." "I see." "Naruto's true ability is to be able to make friends and allies wherever he goes. You have to understand that Naruto is Naruto and that you're who you choose to be." "Thank you Sasuke, I think I will confront Yamato now."
Satsuki stormed right into the bar again and went straight to Yamato. Yamato wondered who she was. "Yamato-sensei, it's me Satsuki. I've returned after eight long years." Yamato got up and looked like he was going to hit her; instead, he placed his hand on Satsuki's head rubbing it. "You worried me Satsuki; it's been a long time. Last time we saw each other, I was still young, hahaha." Satsuki smiled and asked Yamato something. "Yamato-sensei, I wish to withdraw from the Anbu. I learned from a friend that you have to live life to its fullest while I'm still young, I want to feel that for myself." "I understand; it's been tough for you to be in Anbu; since you were only thirteen when you entered." The Anbu group was shocked to hear that Satsuki had entered Anbu at such a young age. Tsunade came over to table. "You were in Anbu? What is your name?" "Godaime-sama, my name is…Uchiha Satsuki" "Uchiha? You're an Uchiha? That's wonderful; you're another survivor of that clan. Where are your records then if you were in Anbu?" Yamato then interrupted, "Satsuki's a little special. She actually entered Anbu under my command at age nine where I observed and tested her abilities. Back then, I hadn't seen such abilities since Uchiha Itachi and we all know of his fate. She officially entered at the age of thirteen and was given missions by the Sandaime. The Sandaime kept this a secret and destroyed any records of her life in Konoha. Her Anbu mission record on the other hand, I have. I kept track of her missions but only marked them as completed or not. Her missions were all A or S rank Anbu missions so there was no need for the details. The Sandaime knew everything about Satsuki's abilities and gave her four S ranked Anbu missions to do alone eight years ago. By the way, where have you been? With your abilities, I'm guessing it only took you two or three years." "Well…actually, I've just come back recently." "How recently?" "This morning…" Yamato closed his eyes and "YOU TOOK EIGHT YEARS TO FINISH FOUR ANBU MISSIONS? WITH YOUR ABILITIES, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EASY FOR YOU." "You have to understand, S ranked Anbu missions are hard for anyone, I'm pretty sure that the best Anbu in Konoha couldn't finish one in just six months." Satsuki said in retaliation. "Very well, I'm officially taking you out of Anbu with the Godaime's permission." "If that is what you truly wish, then you are no longer part of Anbu, please hand over your mask, sword and your tattoo will be burned off tomorrow." Tsunade requested. "About that, you see, I lost my mask fighting an enemy and broke my sword, Hehehe. I still have the tattoo though." Satsuki smiled after saying that. Tsunade stared at her funny, "Don't worry about it, it's not a big deal since you had four S ranked Anbu missions to do alone. Relax and bit and enjoy the celebrations." The party continued on throughout the night.
"What a relief. I'm glad I did it." Satsuki told Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura. "Now that you're out of Anbu, what are you going to do?" Naruto asked. "Uh…I don't know…it's been so long since I did a regular mission." "Compared to Anbu missions, regular S rank missions should be easy. First of all, their done in teams, well, most of the time. Second, if you have to go alone, most of the time there are allies to help you out." Sasuke explained. "They do sound easier. Maybe I should lead a three man cell, just like my old teacher did." Just then, Satsuki felt a surging pain in her head. She started rubbing it. "I don't feel so well all of the sudden; I think it's just a headache." Naruto told Satsuki to get well and asked Sasuke to take her home. "Alright, I'll see you guys later, I'll be back." Naruto and Sakura said their goodbyes and continued to talk with others about the wedding preparations.
Sasuke walked with Satsuki home. "What happened to you? Maybe we should let Sakura look into your condition. She is a medical genius after all." "I'm fine. Don't worry about it." "You had a headache because you felt regretful about your past right? If you still have a problem with it, talk to Naruto. He knows all about people's pain and suffering since he suffered the most when he was a kid. Compared to your story, Naruto's is tens times worse." Sasuke told her. "I understand, maybe I will talk to him." "Your life will change just by talking to him, I'm sure of it." Sasuke smiled as he said that. "I know what I want to do, anything; as long as it helps the village; just like Naruto. I need a suggestion though; Sasuke, what do you do around here?" "Me? I'm the Uchiha leader since my father before me was the leader. Since there are only two of us left, there isn't much to do. So I go to the Hokage's office every morning and ask for a mission. Either A or S rank and I complete it with Naruto or someone else. Sometimes though, I work alone and usually come back within a few days depending on the toughness of the mission. I also go to the academy to look for potential students to take under my wing. So far though, I haven't found anyone. Naruto does the same thing and is in no luck in finding a student either. Sakura is the hospital's head medical specialist and teaches young students about medical ninjutsu once a week at the academy. She's the busiest out of the three of us." "I see, maybe I should do what you and Naruto do." Sasuke brought Satsuki home and told her to get some rest, and meet him tomorrow outside the Hokage's office and see what there needs to be done. Satsuki agreed and went inside of her house.
Sasuke walked through the village thinking about what he could do to help Satsuki. Sasuke walked back to the bar just as Naruto, with Sakura were leaving. "Where are you guys going? I was just coming back." Sakura had a disappointing look and told Sasuke that Naruto challenged Jiraiya to a drinking contest and lost horribly and now he was drunk. "I'm bringing this idiot of mine home to rest." She asked him if he wanted something from Naruto. "Hmm…tell him to meet me at the Hokage's office tomorrow morning; he's going to get a mission I think." "A mission? Ok. I'll tell him." "Hey, you…get back here…ZZZZZZ" "Geez...Sasuke, I'll tell him for you." "Thanks." The next morning, Naruto was actually able to get up and meet Sasuke. Sasuke had brought along Satsuki and together they went to the office. "Enter!" Naruto, Sasuke and Satsuki entered the office. "What can I do for you today?" Tsunade asked. "We would like a mission, is there anything we could help take care of?" "Hmm…there's a few A rank missions here, but they seem too easy for you guys to handle." Shizune said. "Do you want them anyways?" "Wait, Satsuki was it? You use to be in Anbu correct?" "Yes, Godaime-sama." "You still have your tattoo and I need to remove it as well as recreate your profile." "Sasuke, take care of this mission alone. Naruto, escort Satsuki to the hospital where I will send a message to Sakura to take care of the tattoo removal." "Understood."
They left and said goodbye to Sasuke for now. "Hey, Naruto, how long do you bet it's going to take me to finish?" "What's the mission first of all?" "Escort a local pop singer to the water country where she is giving a performance." "That's it? That's A rank? Come on…I say four hours." "What are you guys doing? Satsuki asked. "Oh, Sasuke and I compete with each other about the time it takes for us to complete missions depending on their level and toughness. It's just a stupid game where the loser gives the winner a favour." "Sounds like fun! I say, two and a half hours." Sasuke wrote down their bets and took it with him. "Ok, you've placed your bets and I'm off starting now." They both had watches on and started timing. Naruto asked Satsuki what she wanted if she won. "I'll tell you when the time comes." Naruto understood and took her to the hospital. Once there, Sakura greeted them and asked them to come to ICU eight where she'll remove Satsuki's tattoo. She told Naruto to wait outside and told Satsuki to come in. After about an hour or so, Satsuki came back out. "Did it go well?" Naruto asked. "it went perfectly and thank you Sakura for the removal." Satsuki replied. "My pleasure, Naruto, I'll see you later." Sakura kissed him and left to handle other patients. "Naruto-san, can I talk to you for a bit?" "Sure, and by the way, just call me Naruto." "Ok." Naruto and Satsuki went to the hospital's roof and talked. "Naruto, what was your life like? Sasuke tells me that you had it tough, so did I. I just want to know how tough it was for you." "Well, that's a long story, but ok."
(Naruto's Story) I was born here in Konoha and grew up here. Ever Since I was little, I don't ever remember seeing my parents. You see, I've never met my parents. The Sandaime told me that they were heroes and died. That's all I knew about them. I grew up without the love that most kids have and from the villager's point of view. I was a monster to them. I have what Itachi wanted long ago. I have the spirit of the Kyuubi demon in me. Right now, it's sealed off completely and its powers don't work at all no matter what I do. Anyways, I grew up and entered the academy. In the academy, I failed three times before I actually passed. After I passed, Sakura, Sasuke and I became team seven. We went through many ordeals with each other including a few A rank missions. Sasuke eventually left the village and I tried to get him back. I failed at that too. Until five years ago when we were fighting off Itachi, his comrades and Orochimaru, we met each other again. Sasuke helped me when the Kyuubi's powers took over my body. After that, Sasuke was held in a chamber where anbu and Kakashi kept an eye on him. In the process, Tsunade removed the curse seal mark left from Orochimaru with her medical ninjutsu. After he was released, we became friends again as though nothing had ever happened. Without his curse seal mark and without the kyuubi's powers, we were indefinitely equal ninjas. He still has his Sharingan, but I trained to fight off the sharingan's abilities. That's my story. (End)
"I see; you've felt the pain of others?" "Yeah, in Konoha, there is no one else that knows my pain and the pain I felt when I was younger." "Then it is ok if I tell you my past?" "Sure." Satsuki told Naruto her story about how her comrades sacrificed their lives to save her from dying. "The feeling from my past kept on haunting me. I couldn't get rid of it. The regret I felt of running away from the enemy and leaving my comrades behind still lives within me today." "I understand how your comrades must of thought. Kakashi taught Sasuke, Sakura and I that teamwork is the key to being a ninja. That ninjas who don't follow the rules are trash, but those who leave their friends behind are considered even worse than trash. Your comrades put their lives on the line for you, to protect you because they believed in your abilities and that your future would look bright. "They saw you as a genius; on par with that of Itachi's abilities, they knew that if you survived, you would have succeeded in this world so much that you would make them proud. Satsuki…Do you feel that you made them proud? Or do you feel regretful?" "I feel both. I shouldn't have left them behind, but I did; at the same time, I avenged their deaths and became one of Konoha's best Anbu." "Well, then there's no need to feel regretful anymore, because you saved your comrades in return. You saved them by getting back at the ones who killed them. I'm sure that they would be proud of you no matter what you did. If they were here today, do you think they would want you to be sad over such a stupid thing?" Satsuki opened her eyes wide as tears dropped. She understood Naruto's words and appreciated them with her heart. Satsuki wiped her eyes and together they returned to the spot where Sasuke left.
So far, Satsuki was winning because only two hours had past. They waited for Sasuke's return at the nearby dango bar. They waited for quite a long time after and Sasuke finally returned. They both stopped their watches and three hours and forty-five minutes had past since he left. "I'm closer I win!" Naruto shouted. "What took you so long?" Satsuki asked. "I stayed for her performance. She was quite thankful for me to escort her all the way there and gave me a backstage pass to the show. So I accepted it and watched the show." "How long did it actually take you to finish the mission though?" "Huh? About half an hour, she was already outside Konoha and all I had to do was bring her there." "I win then because the bet was how long Sasuke would take to finish the mission." "The mission includes coming back with anything that happens in the middle!" Satsuki and Naruto were arguing, each giving logical reasons. "Give it up, Naruto's right anyways, regular missions consist of the mission itself, the things that happen in the middle as well as the return; they aren't the same as Anbu missions. So I'm giving the win to Naruto." "YAY!" Satsuki signed, "What do you want?" "Hmm…how about a date?" "What? You're dating Sakura, I can't!" "Not me, Sasuke." Naruto smirked. "What! You total moron, you're using your favour to set us up? What are you thinking?" Sasuke said after hearing Naruto's idiotic favour. "What better way to restore the Uchiha clan than with two Uchihas?" "But…I'm not properly dressed for a date." Satsuki said trying to get out of it. "Hehehe, I know someone who can help." Naruto replied back. "There's no way I'm doing this. You total moron!" Sasuke yelled out loud. "Give it a chance Sasuke; you want the Uchiha clan to be restored. What better way than to go out at least once with another Uchiha. Anyways, she's not that bad looking." Sakura came behind Naruto just as he said that. "NARUTO!" Sakura said with her evil look. "Sasuke, tell her the truth." Naruto begged. Sasuke smiled at the opportunity. "Sakura, he was checking out Satsuki." "WHAT!" Naruto screamed. "NARUTO! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Sakura chased Naruto out of the Dango bar and all over Konoha. "Sasuke, I'm so getting back at you." Naruto said as he ran for his life. Sasuke smirked. Sasuke asked, "Do you want to go through with it?" "Don't I have to? Isn't it the rule of the game?" Satsuki replied. "Screw the rules, you want to or what?" Sasuke asked again. Sakura came back in with a beat up Naruto. "Sasuke, you should have told me the truth. Now I hurt my own boyfriend." Sakura said in a regretful voice. "It was fun to watch." Sasuke said afterwards. "Sasuke, are you going to go out with Satsuki? Naruto told me the favour as I dragged him back here. "Uh…" "Satsuki, if you need help getting ready, I'll gladly help. I'm off for the rest of the day and I can help you out to prepare for tonight." "There's no need, I'm not accepting the favour called by Naruto." Sasuke said. "Oh come on, Sasuke, you shouldn't be so stiff about these little things. Give it a chance. You'll go crazy that way." Naruto said. "Hmm…Fine!" Sasuke replied. Satsuki smiled and asked Sakura to help her out. Later that night, Sasuke took out Satsuki on a decent date as Satsuki put it the next morning as she was telling Sakura all about it. "He's so quiet; he doesn't like to talk much." "Naruto's the opposite; he talks a lot but he'll keep the special things to himself and let his actions do the talking for him. That's how he expresses himself." "I see. How did you end up with Naruto? I heard from Sasuke that you were crazy over him when you were young." Sakura explained how Naruto first took her out and all the things he did. "That's so sweet, if only Sasuke was that sweet. He's seems so bitter." "Sasuke helped out Naruto; I'm sure he's sweet like Naruto but he's too damn proud and stubborn to admit it." "Maybe I can bring it out of him."
Months passed with Satsuki receiving S and A rank regular missions with Naruto, Sasuke or she went alone. She also met the rest of the Konoha ninja who were all surprised to see her Sharingan. They became friends soon after with Neji and Lee challenging her to fights; in which they lost. Lee was especially ashamed that he lost to a girl. Tenten had smacked him in the head for saying such a thing. Satsuki also watched training sessions that Chouji and Kiba were conducting with their Genin groups. She observed students at the academy for a potential student to teach herself. Naruto and Sasuke continued their own work taking on missions as well. Sooner or later enough time had passed by for Tsunade and Jiraiya's wedding to come to date.
The day of the wedding, the advisors of Konoha separated Jiraiya and Tsunade into two rooms made from chakra. Jiraiya had Naruto with him as well as Kakashi. They were to be his best men in the wedding while Tsunade had Shizune and Sakura. Tsunade was getting ready while Jiraiya was begging Naruto to give him one more Oiroke no jutsu. "No! There's no way I'm doing that technique or any of the others." "Come on, it's my wedding day, it can be my present." "That's why I'm not using it, anyways; I already got you a present." "That was not a present." "Hey, Sakura and I put a lot of money into that." "We can't leave Konoha for that. Tsunade is the Godaime; she can't leave for a month." "I told you before; the advisors are giving me the seat for a month. Which means Tsunade gets a vacation and I get my first chance at being Rokudaime Hokage. There's no way in hell, that I'm letting you ruin that for me." "Jiraiya, come on, there's no point in trying to convince Naruto. He's just like his father." Kakashi commented. "Uh? My father? How do you know my father?" "Your father taught me how to be a ninja." "You were taught by the Yondaime, though." "The Yondaime is your father; why do you think you two look so similar?" "But…Jiraiya told me that the Yondaime and I were stubborn, and we both had blonde hair. That's the only similarities we had." "Similarities are of course found between father and son. It's only natural." Jiraiya said. "I never told you because the Yondaime asked me not to tell you." "Same goes for me." Kakashi said. "Then the Yondaime is my father?" "Yep…Come on one more Oiroke no jutsu." Jiraiya begged." Naruto had a tear drop down from his eye. Naruto rubbed his eyes and stared at the stone faces on the mountain. "No! we don't have time for such stupid things. We got a wedding to take of."
Everyone in Konoha was to attend the wedding to the command of the advisors. The wedding was held in the plains of Konoha on top of a stage built by some villagers. There was a clear blue sky with the sun shinning bright; perfect for a wedding. Kankurou of the sand was called over to handle defenses as he didn't really care about the wedding. He and his students' army of puppets guarded all of Konoha. Usually the Hokage would have the honour of marrying two people together in Konoha. Since the Hokage was getting married, the advisors called over the Kazekage, Gaara of the sand. Naruto was standing beside Kakashi looking around for Satsuki and Sasuke. He found them among the crowd sitting beside each other holding hands. Naruto could definitely tell that Sasuke was trying to hide the fact. He also saw Temari with Shikamaru, Tenten with Lee in appropriate outfits and sitting together. Naruto decided to question them later about it and kept his attention on the ceremony. For the wedding in particular, Jiraiya had a dress uniform on. It was a duplicate of the one made for him years ago when he first became a Legendary Sannin. Tsunade, of course had the white wedding dress. Sakura and Shizune wore traditional bride's maid clothing. While Naruto wore the cloak he received before the wedding for being named a Hokage of Konoha. Kakashi said it looked similar to the Yondaime's when he saw Naruto in it. Kakashi just wore his Jounin outfit as he didn't have much else.
After Jiraiya and Tsunade both said their vows, Gaara asked if there were any objections. At that moment, a bone chilling voice could be heard throughout all of Konoha. Sasuke immediately stood up with an angry voice initiating his Sharingan, Naruto and Kakashi stood in a fighting stance looking around. Gaara was confused by the voice he heard as he looked ready to fight. Tsunade commanded Jiraiya to lift his shirt. Jiraiya understood and the seal on his stomach was glowing red. The crystal implanted into his stomach was also visible when the voice continued to talk. "Damn you, Jiraiya. You sealed me…" "Orochimaru!" Sasuke said out loud. The villagers all panicked and began to run. "You sealed me…you said we'd die together…but it looks like you're still alive!" Tsunade came over to use her healing abilities. After she finished. The seal returned to normal with Orochimaru's voice disappearing. The advisors asked Naruto to get everyone back to their seats and tell them it was ok. Naruto understood the order, "Taijyuu kage bushin no jutsu." Naruto's clones spread throughout the village stopping the villagers from running and telling them all that it was ok. After everyone was gathered back; Tsunade explained the situation, "Orochimaru was the one sealed and his soul leaked out for a bit; because we cheated the death god out of Jiraiya's soul, so to speak, I need to use my chakra to feed it once every month to maintain the seal. If I don't, Jiraiya will die instantly and the death god will finish what he should have long ago." Not all the villagers understood the logic, but understood that Orochimaru was dead and his soul tried to escape the seal. Gaara looked over to the advisors who nodded their heads. Gaara then continued the ceremony despite the scare that just happened. Gaara finished the ceremony; Tsunade and Jiraiya were officially married. They kissed in front of all of Konoha. The crowd cheered and clapped in respect for the newly wed couple.
Naruto held another party right where the ceremony was held before Tsunade and Jiraiya left on their vacation that he and Sakura paid for. It was to an island in the ocean country where one of Naruto's old friends worked and made into a tropical paradise. Everyone in Konoha had given the new couple a gift of some sort. Sasuke and Satsuki appeared to give them access passes to concerts held in the water country as well as passes to a bar. Naruto looked over at Sasuke and called him a cheapskate. "These are…" Tsunade stared into the passes that Satsuki and Sasuke gave them. Jiraiya took a look and also had the same look. "Tsunade, Jiraiya, what are they?" Naruto asked. "These are passes to the newly established gambling facility in the water country. These are rare items that are only given to a few people. Even as Hokage, I couldn't get my hands on them. Thanks, YAY!" Tsunade threw her hands into the air with the biggest smile Naruto had ever seen her make. "How did you get these?" Tsunade asked. "I got them after an S rank mission Satsuki and I completed. The Daimyo of the Water country thanked us after finding out that we were Uchihas. He called us Legendary and gave them to us thinking we would like them. We didn't like them but we took the offering in respect. We hadn't used them and I remember Naruto telling me that you liked to Gamble. Satsuki and I then decided it was the perfect gift." Sasuke explained. "Great, with out gift, it was a perfect combination." Naruto and Sakura said. Jiraiya put his arm around Tsunade and as he summoned Gamabunta. He thanked everyone for coming and apologized for the scare he gave too. Tsunade and Jiraiya left immediately towards the water country on top of Gamabunta.
