Saving him (Naruto fan-fic)

Chapter 52- Another failed attempt

I looked back down at the ground, my walking had stopped as everyone returned back to their homes. Naruto paused to glance at Jiraiya before looking at Ichiru, he slowly shuffled closer to me.

"Yuki-chan!-" Ichiru was held back by Zero, who seemed to notice the tension of everyone.

"Yuki, we came here to welcome you back." She smiled, "But it seems that your other teacher needs to talk to you, so we'll meet you at the house instead."

Not waiting for me to respond, she pulled Ichiru by his ear back towards my home. I looked over at Jiraiya, noticing Naruto already left a moment ago. Kakashi stood by me as he looked at Jiraiya, Sakura stood off to the side looking at the ground.

"Yuki, I got Tsunade to agree to let you go on a mission with me!" Jiraiya smiled, "But I don't think she would have refused either way."

"Jiraiya-sama, can I talk to you for a moment." Kakashi interrupted, pulling Jiraiya to the side.

Ignoring the two I walked over to Sakura, who was glaring at the ground. "Sakura-san, you okay?"

She blinked before nodding, "Y-Yeah, sorry Yuki. I-I just thought that we would get him this time..."

I nodded grimly, "I understand, but there may be a possibility that he will return to Konoha, now that Itachi is dead..."

She nodded, "Yeah, maybe..."

"Yuki! Come on, we're leaving now!" I turned to Jiraiya.

"Now? But I just got back." I protested.

He grinned, "Then you're already packed! We don't have time to lose, and like I said Tsunade already knows that you're leaving as soon as you get here."

I sighed but nodded, "Sakura, just do me a favor. Check on Naruto-kun, make sure he's doing okay."

She blinked before nodding, "Of course." I turned to leave, but Sakura's hand on my shoulder made me turn to her. "Yuki, just be careful. That guy in the akatsuki, he made it clear that he was going to go after you at one point or another..."

I smiled at Sakura, "Don't worry, Sakura! I can take care of myself."

"Yuki, we gotta go!" Jiraiya shouted, making me turn.

"I'm coming, Pervy Sage!" I shouted as I ran over to him.

He chuckled, "Still refuse to let anyone else hear the other nickname?"

I smiled softly, "You know it, Grandpa sage." With that we both took off towards the trees, the exhaustion from the failure melted off of me as I ran beside Jiraiya. "Grandpa sage, where are we going?"

Jiraiya smiled fondly, glancing back at me. "You remember the very first mission that it was just yo and I?"

I perked up at this, "We're going to the Kessho village?"

"Yeah, there are a couple of reasons. One of them is that the genjutsu protecting the village has finally warn off. The second reason is it's the anniversary that your mother came to Konoha, so I thought it would be a good idea to bring you with me. I would have brought Naruto with us, but since the genjutsu is down the people right now are paranoid, and they don't want too many people knowing the location." Jiraiya explained.

"As of now, the Kessho village only wants you and I knowing their location. And as soon as their genjutsu was down, they called for us to come in and help. Which is good, because it keeps the bonds between our villages." Jiraiya smiled, "There is another reason why I thought you should come on this mission."

I tilted my head, "What is it?"

"I figured you should learn more about the crystal style. We'll only be staying there for a week, since we have to do a look over the village to check for any enemies then put up a genjutsu, which will take at least a day or two. In between that, I want you to learn about the crystal style, of course you might have to come back later to master it completely." Jiraiya said.

I grinned, "Yosh! Let's try to get there quickly! I can't wait to see Arashi and Hikaru!"

Jiraiya chuckled, picking up his speed as he tried to stay next to me. "Maybe next time we come here we can bring Naruto."

My grin grew, "Yeah! Naruto-kun would love it!"

Jiraiya grinned slyly next to me, "And maybe you two will be dating, hmm?"

My eyes widened as I lost my footing at what Jiraiya said. Jiraiya laughed as I fell down on my face, I stayed there for a moment. "Grandpa sage... Shut up..." I muttered.

End of Chapter 52!  I know it is short, but I will update again this week, maybe even today if you guys can give me seven comments ^-^ As of today I am done with my english STAAR test, but in May I will have my geometry STAAR so until then my updates will by regular. To make up for my lack of updating this weekend I had updated both of my stories, and today I'm uploading. And as I said earlier if I get seven comments I will write another chapter today.

Another thing, after this mission do you guys want to finally hear about Zero and Ichiru's past? I was debating on it, but if you guys want that after this mission with Yuki and Jiraiya then I will add that into it :)

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