Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke walked into Tsunade's room, and they noticed that it now had two large double beds instead of one. they were quite generously spaced and Naruto saw that Jiraiya was sitting on one and Tsunade on the other.

"erro-sennin! why are you here!" yelled Naruto, pointing an accusing finger at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya sighed heavilly. "i told you not to call me that in public." he said exasperatedly.

"don't change the subject!" Naruto roared.

Tsunade walked over and flicked naruto hard in the ear, causing him to scream in pain and writhe on the floor.

"right. since you're all here, i want to talk to you all about the mission." Tsunade said, sitting back down on her bed.

Sasuke's eyes sparkled with curiosity. Sakura blinked and Naruto sat up on the floor, holding his ear and rubbing tears of pain out of his eyes.

"well, as you may or may not know, there is a famous kid in these walls. his name is Potter Harry." Said Tsunade, dragging her eyes over the three teens in front of her.

Sasuke nodded. Sakura scratched her head and Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Mr. Potter seems to have a habit of getting himself into very troublesome situations. Dumbledore has asked me to ask you to keep an eye on Potter and make sure he doesn't get himself hurt... kinda like a body guard. " continued Tsunade, Jiraiya glancing at them over his smutty book.

Naruto opened his mouth to say something but Tsunade cut him off.

"i would like him not to know you are in fact his body guards. please do not act like you're trying to protect him. just look after him in the most subtle way possible." said Tsunade, shifting slightly on her bed.

at that moment, Tonton waddled into the room and hopped onto Tsunade's lap.

"... Tsunade-sama... what does Potter Harry look like?" asked Sakura slowly.

Tsunade sighed, scratching TonTon behind the ear lightly. "Naruto's seen him. he's got glasses, messy black hair and a scar on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt." explained Tsunade.

"oooooh!" grinned Naruto.

"... you said there would be some information-gathering..." said Sasuke slowly, crossing his arms over his chest.

Tsunade nodded. "just find out as much about a man called 'voldemort' as you can, but not so much you seem suspicious, got it? Kakashi, Jiraiya and I will be doing the same."

the three teens nodded and turned for the door.

"matte!"

they turned around.

"Gaki... come here a second. you two can go through." Tsunade said, putting Tonton on the bed and standing up, motioning for Naruto to come over to her and Sasuke and Sakura to leave.

Sasuke and Sakura glanced at Naruto before walking out the door.

"what is it, Tsunade-o-baa-ch--?" Naruto asked, walking over to her, but before he could finish his sentence, Tsunade was hugging him softly.

"... Tsunade-o-baa-chan...?" Naruto blinked.

"... be careful, Naruto..." Tsunade breathed, kissing Naruto lightly on the cheek.

Jiraiya watched all this over his book and smirked. he never would have believed Tsunade treated Naruto as a little brother unless he saw it for himself. now he had, he still had trouble believing it.

Naruto felt his cheeks burn ever so slightly and he grinned.

"i will, Hokage-sama." beamed Naruto.

Tsunade smiled and let go of Naruto, letting him run to the door, wave and leave.

"... i thought you didn't have any maternal instincts left in you..." Jiraiya said softly, putting his book in his pocket and looking at Tsunade.

"... it's all your fault... he looks... just like..."

"your little brother?" Jiraiya finished her sentence for her, standing up.

Tsunade nodded, her shoulders shaking slightly.

"... this place is so dangerous... i don't want... he might...!" Tsunade struggled to use the words she dreaded, starting to shake a little worse.

"shh... he'll be fine." Jiraiya said softly, placing a hand on Tsunade's shoulder, trying to soothe her fears.

Tsunade turned around and wrapped her arms around Jiraiya, sobbing softly into his neck.

Jiraiya smiled, patting Tsunade on the back, shifting a little against her boobs. man they felt nice! nicer than Jiraiya would've guessed.

"pinch my boobs and i'll kill you..." Tsunade said softly, her arms still around Jiraiya.

"... yeah." Jiraiya sweatdropped.

((TBC))