Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any shape or form.

A/N: Well, as I promised, here's the fifth chapter! I don't know if my Oro/Tsu fans are really gonna like it much though, lulz. Not gonna spoil it too much for you guys, so go ahead and read. Enjoy! XD

A rainy day in the Konoha Village meant only one thing for a certain five year old. An opportunity for a tantrum fit.

"Awww, I no wanna stay inside!"

"You have to, sweetheart. Do you want to catch a cold," his mother scolded lightly as she shuffled through paperwork.

"No, but look mommy! Ton-ton wanna go outside too, see!"

Tsunade lifted her eyes from her work to see her smiling son holding up her pet pig with difficulty. Ton-ton oinked in protest, wriggling frantically in the little boy's arms. The blonde sighed heavily.

"Yes, I can see, Sanosuke. But when mommy says no, I mean no. Put Ton-ton down and go."

Whining, he put the heavy pig down, crossed his arms afterwards with a pout. "But mommy!"

His mother gave him a warning look, not too hard, but with just enough authority so he backed down.

"Sanosuke, mommy's very busy. I can't play with you today."

"But then I be bored!...How can I play with my friends if I can't go outside," Sanosuke argued.

The Hokage shook her head. It was a fruitless argument, yet her son wouldn't stop until he got what he wanted.

"Sweetheart, I doubt any of your friends will be outside either. And besides, what happened to all the toys you got for your birthday last week? Go play with those."

"No."

Sanosuke had her full attention at long last. Putting down her pen, Tsunade sat back in her chair and stared at her son with a hopeless look. If it wasn't for that damned resemblance to his father, then she'd be a little bit more harder on him. Ton-ton leaped into her lap, snuggling into her stomach. The kunoichi proceeded to pet his back. Nowadays, it was Ton-ton who seemed to understand what she was going through instead of her son or even Orochimaru.

"Honey, what do you want me to do? You can't go outside. You don't want to play with your toys and mommy can't play with you. Would you like Shizune to play with you?-"

Her son put on a fit of stomping and protests. She suppressed her giggles. It was obvious that he clearly didn't like her assistant for some reason or another.

"Yucky! No way I wanna play with her! She mean!"

Tsunade shook her head again as she tried to think of ways to satiate her sons desires.

"How about...hmmm, Jiraiya?"

Sanosuke reacted in the complete opposite to the suggestion of Shizune. "Yay!" He ran around her desk and gave her a hug despite Ton-ton in her arms, wrapping his small arms around her equally small waist.

"You mean it, mommy," he exclaimed, gazing up at her with youthful honey irises.

A smile found its way past her stern facade at his joyous expression. There was no doubt about it that he favored Jiraiya sometimes as a father more than a god father. It made her happy though, to see her son so excited and ecstatic. That's all she wanted for her son- for him to be happy.

Ton-ton, feeling as if he was in the way, suddenly leapt off of her lap and dashed out of the room. But Tsunade failed to pay attention for she could only focus on her son.

"Yes. Get out of your pj's and get dressed. I'll take you over to his house, alright?"

"Kay, mommy..."

Embracing her tighter, his mother leaned down to kiss the crown of his head as her arms went around him. He smiled. Though there were times when his mother was stern, overall she was sweet and as an only child, let him have almost everything he wanted. If that wasn't a mother, he didn't know what she was.

"Kiss," she offered softly when he looked up at her.

Sanosuke nodded and received a quick, yet affectionate kiss from his mother before she shooed him away.

"Alright now, go along. Be ready in twenty minutes or else you won't be going."

Widening his eyes, her son immediately made a dash for the door, his long black hair flowing behind him. Tsunade shook her head with a inevitable giggle, returning to her paperwork.

'I don't know why I promised him that. But if it makes him happy, then I might as well let him have his fun.'

"Shizune!"

She only had to say her name once, with enough agitation in her voice, it made her servant nearly scramble from what she was doing just to see what her mistress needed. Whether it be looking through certain books her mistress had told her to read, or even if she was taking a shower. Shizune knew that if she didn't report to her Godaime when she requested, she was in serious trouble.

Arriving at the doorway, breathless, the medical kunoichi straightened her posture and gave a short bow.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade? What is it," she exclaimed gently, looking over the older woman.

Without looking up, Tsunade continued her work with a leisure wave of her hand to shut the door. Shizune noticed this past week how she's constantly asked for her door to be closed, if only for a quick five minute conversation.

'She sure is touchy about that door being closed...'

After closing the door, the black haired assistant waited patiently for the blonde to speak. Tsunade finished signing a document with a hasty signature then lifted her head, now having her full attention.

"I'm going to be out for a little. An hour at the least. I need you to sort these out for me, would ya? I can't keep track of a single damn thing anymore in this room," she complained at her documents, sitting back in her chair with aggravation in her ambers.

Shizune looked around the office with a gaze as blank as she could make it. She knew how loud her Lady would yell if she saw even an ounce of vulgar expression on her face towards her office. It was indeed a mess, a pigsty if you would, someplace even Ton-ton wouldn't sleep in if you gave him the chance. Papers and scrolls littered the floors as books upon endless books were stocked up on her desk and on the floor as well. Tsunade was the messiest woman on the face of the universe.

"Oh. Eh heh heh, well i'd love to, Tsunade-sama, but...well, you see i'm still doing a bit of work in the infirmary at the hospital-"

"Nonsense. You and I know good and well that those patients are fine and besides, how many are there? Six?"

Looking downwards, her servant sighed while closing her eyes then bowed.

"My apologies, Lady Tsunade. I'll get right on it."

"Hey, you know you can go back to what you were doing when you're done, right," Tsunade said with some sympathy, standing up from her chair.

Shizune regained composture, shaking her head in denial towards the Hokage. Dismissing her disappointment with a wave of her hand, she said with a carefree smile, "No, no. Don't worry about it. You go along and i'll sort through those papers of yours."

Seeing past her masquerade already, the wise amber eyed sannin concluded that Shizune clearly didn't want to sort through all of her papers and that she'd rather much be doing something else. Tsunade knew exactly how that felt and found even more sympathy for her servant friend. Walking up to her, she gave a few feet of space between them before she stopped.

"Listen..."

Looking up, Shizune saw the most disturbing, yet most placid sight she's ever seen on her abrasive Hokage. A smile- a real one with rosy cheeks and everything. It was the cutest thing she's ever seen. At that moment, the medical kunoichi had never been more grateful to be her servant, but most importantly, her friend.

"I know something that'll cheer you up. How about a night out? What do you say?"

Her dark eyes instantly lit up, clasping her hands together. Was she serious? The legendary kunoichi actually wanted to take a night off with her? Usually, Shizune had to help work the night shift, and if she was lucky, Tsunade would tough it out until three o' clock, four at the latest while her servant only had to work until three thirty. Weekends were no help either. Shizune had to pray that her boss would give her the night off, and so far, it hasn't happened yet.

"Really! You mean it, Tsunade!"

"Of course. I don't say anything I don't mean, Shizune."

Refraining the act of hugging her, instead her servant bowed deeply, giggling non-stop.

"Arigato, Tsunade. I am so very humble..."

The blonde haired Godaime nodded, gave her a pat on the shoulder before going towards the door and out of the office. Upon hearing the door shut behind her, Shizune craned her neck over her shoulder, stared at the door with a small smile.

'Tsunade. I don't know what's gotten into you...'

"Now let's see these papers..."

When she looked at the desk, amidst with various paperwork and books, Shizune let out a defeated sigh and her posture slumped just the slightest. No way she could file all of these.

"Why meee?"

"JIRAIYA!"

"Hey, little man! What's up, buddy?"

"Mommy say I can play with you today!"

"She did, did she," the toad sage said with a smirk. He met her eyes for the briefest of moments before she looked away in defiance.

"Yup!"

Laughing a hearty laugh, the white haired sannin opened the door to his apartment all the way and gestured to the ecstatic five year old inside.

"Go ahead. Take off your coat and i'll be with you in a minute. Just gotta talk with your mom."

Sanosuke nodded, hugged his mother's leg along with a "Bye mommy", before dashing past Jiraiya towards the inside of the apartment.

"Cool! Video games!"

Jiraiya chuckled at the young boy, his expression that of amusement.

"Don't break any of 'em either, little guy! Expensive equipment," he teased over his shoulder.

Turning back towards the quiet Hokage, Jiraiya was oblivious for a few moments of her 'I really don't wanna be here' facial expression.

"He's a rambunctious tyke, aint he? I see where he gets his ambition..."

Picking up on her silence, he looked her over with puzzlement in his eyes, concern furrowed in his brows. Her umbrella seemed to be the only thing she brought with her, noticing her lack of a coat. She had on the highest heels he's seen on her, probably so her feet wouldn't get wet from the newly forming puddles. All in all, she was beautiful in his eyes, but the sadness in her eyes wasn't.

"What's wrong? You can tell me, Tsunade-"

"It's nothing," she answered quickly.

Jiraiya put on a doubtful frown, but decided it was best to just leave it alone before she got angry again.

"Well anyways, when are you gonna come get him? 'Cause believe it or not, I got plans tonight."

"Oh," Tsunade retorted, finding some interest in her sannin friend. A hand on her hip, she raised slender eyebrow. "And just what is so important that you can't watch over my boy for a couple of hours?"

Laughing nervously, the toad sage began to scratch the back of his head while shrugging.

"Umm, well I don't know any other way to say this...but...I sorta have...a date."

The blonde haired kunoichi bursted out laughing, leaning over slightly as if to catch herself from falling over. Her laughter was so hysterical, it was infectious, causing Jiraiya to laugh as well for some unknown reason.

"What? What's so funny?"

Tsunade shook her head as her laughing died down to occasional giggles. She gave the sannin a simple stare, not too lax, but with just a hint of incredulous disbelief.

"I just can't...you? On a date? Don't tell me you begged the girl?"

Jiraiya's cheeks flushed slightly before finding some courage. He stood erect and tall, despite her six inch heels, was still taller than her, forcing him to look down into her eyes.

"Actually, she asked me out. Surprised," he defended, voice becoming slightly heated.

"Is that so? Oh well, then I suppose i'll have to find another babysitter tonight."

"For what? Don't you have to work tonight?"

Tsunade rolled her eyes. "Ugh. I don't work all the damn time. Shizune and I are going out for drinks. I was just about to ask you, but then again..."

She flipped her hair and gave a nonchalant sigh into the air, adding effect to her performance.

"...You have a date. So go ahead. Have fun."

The slightest of smirks drew on her face when she saw his dumbfounded expression, Tsunade succeeding in guilting him. The white haired sannin found himself stumbling over unspoken words, pointing his finger at the triumphant Hokage.

"N-now hold up a minute. You're trying to turn this all around, aren't you," he said with a hint of suspicion.

The Godaime playfully looked upwards, shrugging with faux innocence.

"Who, me? Jiraiya, come on. Either you come have drinks with us or not, i'm not pressuring you about it. All i'm saying is that you have a date, so just go have some fun," Tsunade replied calmly while looking back into his eyes.

Sighing in defeat, he shook his head in disappointment as he closed his eyes. She was a devious little vixen, he had to admit. She really was guilting him into abandoning his date. Honestly, he has never met a more ambitious blonde, well if you could count Naruto.

"I guess i'm beat. Fine. I'll go with you, but then who's gonna watch after the whelp," he said in a defeated tone, pointed behind him in a gesture towards Sanosuke.

"I think I know who can watch after him tonight."

"Who?"

"Ino and Shikamaru. They're expecting and I agreed to let them look after my son whenever I can't."

Jiraiya's mouth agape, he widened his eyes to the size of grapefruits at the Hokage's shocking news.

"W-wha! Those two! You serious?"

Tsunade nodded, amber eyes harboring a solemn stare. Seeing that she wasn't lying, the toad sage relaxed though still with deep disappointment in his face.

"I know. I couldn't believe it either. They're just kids, you know," she said distantly, for some reason thinking back to the time she conceived Sanosuke.

'At least I wasn't a child when I had my son...'

Her sannin friend agreed with a small nod, folding his arms across his chest. He gazed at her softly, not even knowing why his heart was feeling the way it was when he looked into her ambers.

'Maybe she's thinking about Sanosuke...I hope that son of a bitch who fathered her child is happy...He's made Tsunade so upset. I've never seen her like this before...'

"Hey...it's gonna be alright, Tsunade," Jiraiya said gently.

Snapping back to reality, the blonde kunoichi looked at him with puzzlement in her features.

"Huh?"

Sighing, he unfolded his arms then took a few slow steps infront of her until they were mere inches away from eachother.

"I said...it's gonna be alright."

He saw it in her face, the realization of his words then the denial of them as she scrunched her face into anger. Before he had to chance to make a move on her, the pitter patter of feet came from inside the apartment to the doorway along with an array of bubbly chants.

"Games, games, games! Come on Jiraiya," Sanosuke cheered, looked up at the two sannin with large honey eyes.

With another deep sigh, he turned from Tsunade to look at the five year old. He gave a large grin and a thumbs-up.

"Be right there, little man! Go ahead and choose whatever game you wanna play."

"Yay!"

Sanosuke disappeared back into the apartment, the toad sage dropping his smile and thumbs-up to go back towards the Hokage.

Tsunade was looking down, her bangs blocking her eyes he so longed to look into again.

"What time you wanna go out," he asked quietly, hoping he hadn't angered her too much.

She slowly lifted her head, revealing a stoic face, eyes to match.

"I was thinking about nine o' clock. Is that too early for you?"

"Nope. Not at all. That's fine with me. Do you want me to drop off Sanosuke or you?"

"Shizune and I will meet you here and then we'll all go together. On the way we'll drop off Sanosuke at Ino's house."

"The two don't live together?"

"They both live with their parents- they're teenagers smart one. Shikamaru told me he likes to visit Ino alot so he's most likely gonna be at her house."

"Fine."

There was a couple of awkward moments where the two exchanged tentative glances, Tsunade's face beginning to blush. It was after their few weird moments did Jiraiya call an end to it, opening his arms in an inevitable embrace offer.

"Come here..."

Her body went completely still like the last time he hugged her, once again inhaling his scent, absorbing his warmth and humble affections. It had her heart racing as well as her mind. She could feel her legs beginning to weaken, a sure sign that his tactics were actually working. Tsunade never felt like this before, not in a long time. The last time she could recall feeling like this was five years ago when Sanosuke was born, sharing the first kiss in months with the father, Orochimaru. That was when their love was all brand new, young. In a way, she sort of missed it.

"Jiraiya, I swear...Why?...," she mumbled more to herself than to him.

Overhearing her quiet protest, the white haired sannin only hugged her a little tighter, her umbrella in between them the only thing that kept their proximity in check.

"Because I care about you, Tsunade...If something happened to you, I don't know what i'd do...okay? Just know that i'm here for you. There had to be a reason as to why you chose me to be your kid's god father, right," he whispered tenderly, looking up into the pouring sky, not caring if he got wet or not.

Tsunade suddenly felt her tears well up, her throat clenching uncomfortably tight, choking almost. Why was he making her feel like this? So important? She didn't want to find out why and before she could even rethink her actions, she quickly broke from his stifling embrace and strode away as fast as she could, not looking back. Jiraiya watched after her with longing in his eyes. Her eyes, so beautiful and youthful; her hair, so long and irresistibly gorgeous and her body, how perfectly the curvy shape fit into his strong one when he held her. From her yelling to her smiles, he couldn't picture anything less of her; from the woman he cared so deeply for. Everything about her scared him and fascinated him at the same time.

'She's...she's...everything.'

And before he could contemplate further about the coveted Hokage, her son interrupted his train of thought.

"Come on, Jiraiya! I've been waiting forever!"

Emitting a solemn sigh, the sannin turned back into the house, the oblivious five year old cheering as he bounced towards the living room. Jiraiya couldn't keep his mind off of her. Night and day she haunted his mind, even on his dates, the only woman he thought of was that abrasive blonde bombshell. Surely today wouldn't be any different from the others.

"I've been waiting forever too, Sanosuke..."

The entire day has been nothing but a gloomy haze to the snake sannin. He's spent his hours indoors, being constantly pestered by his henchman, especially Kabuto.

"Sire, when are we going to strike the sand village?" "When will our plan to take over the Land of the Wind take place?" "Lord Orochimaru-"

"What?," he hissed loudly, glaring at him with the corner of his snake like eye.

Kabuto gulped, taking a step backwards. "Umm, well I was just wondering sire-"

"Wondering about what? When i'll lop that head of yours off your neck? It'll be fairly soon if you don't stop bothering me and go about your business."

Bowing quickly, his servant mumbled his apologies before heading off, leaving his master alone. Inwardly satiated, Orochimaru went back to his deep contemplations, his thoughts an utter clutter inside his mind. He honestly was thinking about none other than a certain blonde and their son.

'That look on his face when he caught Tsunade and I...Did Sanosuke really have no clue who I was?'

It pained him deeply, both as a father and a spouse, to see his own son look at him with such puzzlement, such hurt and anger. It wasn't that he didn't know who he was that hurt him, but the fact that Sanosuke could never find out who his father really was, is what really bothered the sannin. His son would go his whole life not knowing a single thing about his father, not even his name. But if Tsunade were to say anything to him, all she could tell him was that his father was someone he wouldn't want to know about.

Orochimaru blinked, his eyebrows knotting together in frustration as a frown went upon his lips. He hated when he thought like that. But he couldn't help it. When he had a family in a rival village, it made it difficult not to think about them. To not worry and to not care.

At that very moment, he wanted so very badly to see her again. It has been well over a week without seeing her. Surely she'd be worried, for they've never waited this long to meet in tryst except for the last occasion when Orochimaru was absent for almost a year, his absence going unexplained to his blonde haired lover. Maybe, hopefully, Tsunade had a busy week and probably didn't have time to think about him. He wished it with all his might because with just the thought of her missing him, made him miss her even more so. The sannin too, was busy, but not once did he stop thinking about her.

Growling, the black haired Otokage slammed his fist against the wall, lowering his eyes.

'I can't take it. I must see her...I don't give a damn what happens...'

It was hard to believe what kind of effects a woman like her could have on a man like him, but then again he wasn't any ordinary man and she wasn't any ordinary woman. He doubted she was afflicted like he was. Driving herself crazy with each second that passed by when he wasn't holding her, making love to her, kissing her.

As fast as that thought passed through his mind, he was out and gone, leaping nimbly and swiftly through the wet, dark forest. His body had a mind of it's own, he couldn't control it nor did he want to. It's exactly what he's been meaning to do for the longest. To see her again.

'Tsunade...I love you.'

A/N: Yup, that's what you've been waiting for lmao. I'm feeling in an updating mood so I might just update the sixth chapter this week too. Anyway, I know the whole Tsu/Jir pairing is totally betraying to those loyal fans of my "Regrets in My Heart" fanfic and the Oro/Tsu pairing. But I can't help but think of how cute it would be to just let Tsunade have her fun for a while. If I was a blonde with her looks, i'd cheat too lolz. You guys are gonna be seeing quite alot of this whole Jiraiya and Tsunade fluff going on, but I still pay dedicated attention to her relationship with Orochimaru as well. Hurry up and review before chapter six is posted!