Hello, again.

The title is just a joke, meant to represent how Jiraiya and Tsunade must ultimately start feeling during this chapter. As for the perspective, that's to give you an idea of how chapters for the moment will be going.

Perspective: Sun/Sakura, Jack/Dash, various among the other brothers and Sasuke

Don't own MLP or Naruto, by the way.

...I hate you.

XXTurtle IslandXX

"You two ready?" Jiraiya asked Sun and Sakura the next morning when they plus Team Kumo were all at the village gates. At their nods, he turned to the Kumo nins. "While I'll lead to Kumo, you all will need to take charge from there to get us to Turtle Island. The exact location, I admit, I haven't found yet."

"FINALLY! SOMETHING HE DOESN'T KNOW!" Karui cried out, to her teammates' amusement.

Jiriaya's deadpan didn't help his case to them.

Sakura suddenly shivered and said "Mind if we go ahead and be on our way now?"

"About we head off with a song?" Sun asked, seemingly out of the blue if they didn't already know the little quirk of the Uzumaki brothers in cases like this.

[Phil Collins – On My Way]

"What so-" Jiraiya started to ask, only to hear "Tell everybody I'm on my way. New friends and new places to see." "You got to be kidding me."

Team Kumo laughed some at the man's reaction as they started moving, only to turn to confusion as the trip went by a lot faster than they expected.

Granted, the sun was set in the right place as though it was a normal trip, but it certainly didn't feel like it to them.

First, they were heading out from Konoha in the morning, only to find themselves stepping into the Valley of the End late afternoon. A few steps (or rather song lines), they were crossing the border out of Hi no Kuni in the morning, only to appear in Kaminari no Kuni in the exact same manner at about noon.

By the time they found themselves in front of their village gates, they were confused beyond anything before. At least until a note showed up saying 'Your welcome for making your trip a two-day montage.'

"Montage?" Samui asked out loud.

"Pinkie." Jiraiya, Sun, and Sakura said in unison, as though that was all that was needed to be said. And it was.

"This is going to happen a lot, isn't it?" Omoi asked, only to find another note.

'Maybe. ;p'

[Song End]

"Though he does know better than to interrupt really serious moments." Sun told them. "So unless he actually sends one while talking to the Raikage or something, you'll probably not find one of those popping up all that often."

All three breathed a sigh of relief, only to groan when another showed up. 'Doesn't mean I can't send them other times.'

"Let's just...get moving."

XXTsunade RetrievalXX

Jack and Dash quickly arrived at Tanzaku Gai, finding the place partway to being ready for the gambling event they were told about.

"Think we should split up and search?" Dash asked, but Jack shook his head.

"Not yet. We should get settled in, first. That way we have a place for the night in case she's not here yet." Jack replied. "Afterwards, we can search."

Dash shrugged and followed Jack to an inn with an adjoining stable.

Checking in, however, left them open to the people finding out about them, leaving Dash to be the one to try and look around for their target as Jack kept them occupying by selling apples and apple-based products that came from Pinkie and the farm.

It was when Dash checked the nearby castle that he found an older blond woman alongside a black-haired woman and a pig that fit the descriptions perfectly. Gotcha.

He crept up to them, only to stop as he heard the younger say "Tsunade-sensei, I think someone's here with us."

"You and me both, Shizune." Tsunade replied, turning to where Dash was. "Come on out. We know you're there."

Dash sighed and walked out, getting Shizune to gasp and Tsunade's eyes to widened. "So I guess you know why I'm here of all places as well, correct?"

"Us." Tsunade said angrily to Dash's nod.

"The Hokage wants you back, and Jack and I are to escort you." Dash told them. "Though we can always go with hogtying you on Big Mac and dragging you back, but all the same, the time has come for you to stop running from whatever it is you're running from."

"Too bad I'm not going back!" Tsunade yelled as she charged at Dash, only for the boy to lean out of the way and trip her. Landing in a heap, Dash couldn't help but look at her in disappointment.

"You've let yourself go, Tsunade." He told her. "Too the point it's obvious why Jack and I were the ones sent to get you. You're not just running from your duty and your village, but from who you are personally."

"SHUT UP!" Tsunade swung her fists, but missed again. Her anger was quickly stopped when she found herself suddenly flying from a Storm-enhanced kick out of the castle.

She worked herself up as Dash walked to her, saying "So many lives you could've helped, especially Naruto's, and yet they didn't get that help because of whatever is keeping you weak. So what's keeping you weak?!"

He flared his chakra, surrounding himself in a centralized storm as he prepared to fight.

Shizune, having come up behind him, had other plans. "Naruto?"

"Uzumaki Naruto, son of Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato." Dash answered. "And technically the father of me and my brothers, because we are each a part of what he was when he was here. But he's been gone for a while, because no one was there to protect him from monsters like Fumihiro."

That stunned Tsunade once again, this time giving Jack enough time to show up and turn the stun to complete utter shock when he restrained her with Mokuton. "M-Mokuton?!"

"Ah thought we were suppose teh do this together, Dash." Jack said.

"They noticed me when I found them." Dash replied with a shrug as he powered down. "Also, since when could you turn grass to wood?"

Jack wasn't the only one who blinked in confusion at that, only to look down at Tsunade's feet and see that sure enough, the grass was where the wood was coming from, not the ground.

Jack scratched his head. "Ah'll be."

Dash then added what he discovered. "I also know why we were sent to find her, brother. Something happened to her, and she's been running from it while trying to deny it ever since."

Jack looked into Tsunade's eyes for a few moments, then picked her up, still restrained. "Let's get ter a more private setting. Then we'll talk."

XXKonohaXX

Pinkie was humming merrily to himself as he set up the outline of another streamer between buildings, prepping for when he sets his Party Bombs off the night before the big day.

…"What? Did you think I was going to leave this all up for people to see before they should? That would ruin part of the fun."

A nearby ANBU had no idea who Pinkie was just talking to.

A few minutes later had the boy bouncing down to the streets, right in front of Karin, Hinata, and Ino. "Hello, ladies."

The only who jumped at that was Karin, while Hinata and Ino both said "Hello, Pinkie."

"Wha-where did-?" Karin started, still surprised as she looked up to where she at least thought Pinkie came down. Until he pointed in a direction that got her to say "But that's impossible!"

"Not if you're Pinkie." Ino giggled, and she wasn't the only one. "He's been known to do stuff like this. We told you that."

"Well yeah, but-" Karin tried to say, but ultimately trailed off because she was getting no where except embarrassed.

Luckily for her, Pinkie changed the subject. "So how've you been, Karin? How's life in Konoha treating you?"

"Much better than Kusa, to be honest." She replied. "Now, don't get me wrong, it's a nice enough place as places go, but...um..."

"Konoha is just better in your opinion?" Pinkie offered. When she nodded, he waved her off. "You're not the first in history to think their new home is better than their old one. It isn't like we're trying to force you to pick us after all...unless you want me to go into 'Your Welcome.'"

"Oh please no!" Ino groaned. "Not that song."

Hinata looked at the blond. "What's so bad about it?"

Ino shot a deadpan right back. "You mean besides the fact that every time you get the chance, you bring it up?"

Hinata pouted as Karin leaned to Pinkie. "Any ideas?"

She blinked when she noticed an apple-cinnamon bun and a crystal figurine of Ino in his hands, wondering how they got there when she knew his hands were empty just a moment ago.

Hinata was the first to notice, smelling the bun with raw glee, with Ino right behind her, catching sight of the figurine. Ino gently took hold of it and asked "Where did you get this?"

Her answer was Pinkie's fingers. 3...2...1... "THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE FOR INO, PINKIE, AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT TO HER!"

"Does that answer your question?" Pinkie asked rhetorically, right before Ino ran off. "Looks like Rare better pucker up good this time, otherwise she's gonna knock him out with their next kiss."

Karin raised an eyebrow. "She's that much a narcissist?"

But Pinkie shook his head. "It's more the fact that he actually made a figurine of her from crystals to surprise her. One thing that's pretty common with most women is that, while they may seem at times the opposite, they just really like being treated like both a real woman and something special. My brother just did that."

As if to prove his point, they heard Ino cry out "THANK YOU!" followed by a faint thud, causing Karin to whistle absentmindedly. Any chance I can get in on that action?

"You're going to have to see what the author will do first, Karin." Pinkie told her. "Though if you do end up joining, then it'll probably be with me."

Karin looked at him, confused as he walked away saying "Well, gotta get back to the stand. Those pastries aren't gonna make themselves."

She was still confused when Hinata led her away.

I know some parts might seem a bit rushed, but it was the best I got. Plus it helps to get to the better parts, such as when Sakura confronts Blossom.

Also, while I said I would be having her and the Tsunade Retrieval going on at the same time, I never said I wouldn't have pieces from Konoha as well.

Until next time. Please let me know what you think.