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With Hinata and the others
The children were standing right in front of Tsunade not knowing what to say.
"Um" Hinata said unsure of what to say
"Big sis, what's going on" Yukimaru tugged on her sleeve "Is something wrong?"
"Don't worry Yukimaru" Hinata comforted
"Well what are we doing standing around here!" Tsunade exclaimed surprising all of the children
"Huh?" the kids said at the same time
"I want to gamble and drink so I'm not going to waste my time talking to you kids about this" Tsunade explained "You kids were heading to the next town right" feeling that their voices would betray them the children just nodded
"We're going to have a nice long talk once we get into town" the children nodded as Tsunade walked in front of them
"Is this" Hinata started to say
"Another gambling town" Gaara finished as the kids looked at the town which the majority was made up of casinos and bars.
"You've got to be kidding me" Guren mumbled
"I don't know what you guys are complaining about. I think this is a great chance to make more money. I don't see any problem with this, at all" Haku smiled evilly
You're the problem! the other children thought
"Lady Tsunade you shouldn't gamble, besides we don't have any spare money to gamble with anyway" Shizune tried to reason with Tsunade
"Nonsense Shizune, I'll just borrow money from loansharks again, like I always do" Tsunade laughed while heading towards the town
"But Lady Tsunade" Shizune whined, Tonton oinked, as well.
"I'm guessing this happens often" Gaara asked Shizune
"Yeah" Shizune answered "We better follow her before she starts gambling, again"
The children were now staying in a hotel room with Tsunade and Shizune.
OINK!
and Tonton.
Gaara, Fu, Haku, Kimimaro, Hinata, and Guren were talking to Tsunade while Yukimaru and Ranmaru were playing with Yuki and Tonton with Shizune watching them.
"Now would be a good time for you kids start explaining yourselves" Tsunade stated while taking a sip of sake
"Well it started.." Hinata started to explain
meanwhile with Naruto
Naruto was currently trying to summon toads, but wasn't having very much luck.
POOF!
"It's another tadpole" Jiraiya deadpanned as he looked at the tadpole
"But this one has legs, see" Naruto pointed at the tadpole, which did have a pair of legs
"IT'S STILL A TADPOLE!" Jiraiya yelled
back with the others
Hinata had just finished explaining how she met with the others, leaving out the part of an Iwa ninja, 2 missing Kiri ninja, 2 Amegakure ninjas, and 2 Kumo ninjas training them
"I see" Tsunade sipped her sake
"Guren" getting the said girl's attention "does Yukimaru know, what you did?"
"No" Guren answered
"Anyway, Hinata" getting Hinata's attention "Where did you learn medical ninjutsu" Hinata blushed and said
"I learned from the scrolls we found" shocking Tsunade
"All by yourself" she asked
"Well Haku and I both studied together" Hinata said
"So you know how to perform medical ninjutsu, as well" Tsunade looked at Haku, who nodded a yes
Amazing, I struggled learning medical ninjutsu even with help, and that was when I was a genin! Tsunade thought, and these two are able to learn how to perform medical ninjutsu all on their own!
"So what were you kids doing in the gambling town before this one" Tsunade asked
"Um, well," hinata said
"We gambled" Gaara stated and poured all of the money they earned onto the table getting wide-eyed looks from Tsunade, Shizune, and even Tonton.
"H-How" Tsunade said
"Don't ask" the kids replied causing the adults to sweatdrop
"Anyway since you kids have this much money, I say we break out the sake!" Tsunade said while holding a bottle of sake
"But you're the only one that's old enough to drink" Kimimaro said
"Exactly" Tsunade laughed while chugging down the bottle of sake causing everyone else to sweatdrop
meanwhile with Naruto and Jiraiya
Naruto had successfuly failed in summoning a toad, again.
"Hey brat you better stop or you're going to pass out from chakra exhaustion" Jiraiya commented
"I'm not giving up until I summon a toad, pervy sage!" Naruto exclaimed
"BRAT! STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Jiraiya yelled
"Whatever" Naruto mumbled
"Anyway, why do you try so hard" Jiraiya asked
"Huh?" Naruto asked "What do you mean by that?"
"What makes you want to master this jutsu and learn fuinjutsu so much" Jiraiya explained
"It's because, I made a promise to my friend" Naruto said while looking at the sky
"And what was that promise" Jiraiya asked
"I believe that the promises, I make are confidential, especially to a perv like you" Naruto pointed out making Jiraiya mumble about kids not respecting their elders.
"Anyway the sun is about to set, so let's just go to the hot springs" Jiraiya giggled
"You just want to peak on the woman in the hot springs" Naruto muttered
"What was that?"
"Oh, uh, nothing" Naruto replied causing Jiraiya to shrug
"Anyway let's go!" Jiraiya charged out of the clearing they were using to train (imagine the place where Jiraiya trained Naruto in Konoha, for the chunin exams)
"Right behind you pervy sage" Naruto stated while walking, he looked at the flowers that were floating down the river, reminding him of a question.
"I'll go ask pervy sage if he knows the answer?" Naruto said while catching up to Jiraiya
Jiraiya was waiting impatiently at the entrance to the hot springs, when Naruto casually walked up to Jiraiya
"Hi pervy sage" Naruto greeted
"Brat what took you so long!" Jiraiya yelled
"I'm sorry I got lost on the road of life" Naruto lazily stated
meanwhile in Konoha
Kakashi was walking through the streets of Konoha with his nose stuck in his Make-out Paradise book.
Why do I have a feeling someone stole my line, Kakashi shrugged off the thought and returned to his reading
in another part of Konoha
A certain green spandex wearing, bushy browed jounin was doing push-ups
I sense someone acting as hip and cool as Kakashi, ah the flames of Youth! Gai thought before getting back to his push-ups
back with Naruto and Pervy Sage
"Whatever kid, let's just go in" Jiraiya stated while heading into the hot springs with Naruto following after him.
Jiraiya and Naruto were now residing in their hotel room.
"So brat aren't you a little young to be traveling alone" Jiraiya asked while smoking his pipe, Naruto was looking outside.
"Hey brat!" Jiraiya yelled, Naruto ignored him
"Hey pervy sage" Jiraiya fumed at the nickname "How would you describe a home" completely ignoring Jiraiya's question
"Home?" Jiraiya said "I've never really been asked that question before"
"Where is your home" Naruto asked
"Well I'm not going to give you much detail, but it's a village" Jiraiya said
"Is it a nice place" Naruto asked, Jiraiya nodded
"So why are you asking me this" Jiraiya asked, Naruto chuckled
"Before I met you, I was traveling with other people, two of them look up to me like an older brother" Naruto answered "One of them asked me a question, that always makes me wonder, he asked me 'Where is our home' that was the one question that always makes me think"
"I can't help you with that question, but some people say that home is wherever someone is thinking about you" Jiraiya said before pouring himself a cup of sake
"Home is wherever someone is thinking about you?" Naruto repeated before looking out the window, "I wonder if they're thinking about me" he whispered
whiteicewolf: I'm sorry I haven't updated in a long time, and this is a really short chapter, I would have updated sooner, but my computer was infected by a virus, again. Anyway please REVIEW