After sometime, we arrived in front of the Naruto Bridge. Jiraiya looked at me as I let out an evil chuckle
Jiraiya: "What did you do to make the people here name their bridge after your name?" He asked me
Naruto: "Saving them from their inevitable end that's all"
Jiraiya: "*Sigh* Let's continue then" He said as we started to walked inside of the bridge towards the Land of Waves
And then a few minutes of walking later, we arrived at the Land of Waves at last, feeling the cool air of the village that was breezing at us
Naruto: "Feels like it was just yesterday"
Jiraiya: "You sure like it here, huh"
Naruto: "Or course, no very threatening enemies are near here so it's the best place to stay"
Jiraiya: "That's great to hear then. I guess we'll be training in peace. Let's find a place to stay until we've done everything we can here" He said as I nodded 'We could stay at Inari's place but I don't want to deal with them for the rest of our stay here, I've done quite enough for them' I thought as we started to look around the village for any place for us to stay, and then suddenly, I thought of something that could very well maybe useful to us from now on
Naruto: "I think I might have a place in mind that we could use"
Jiraiya: "Where?"
Naruto: "In the forest that me and the others used when we came here"
Jiraiya: "Are you serious right now?"
Naruto: "Hey! It's not a full forest, it's a hybrid between an open field and a forest"
Jiraiya: "That sounds to me like a forest but with less trees"
Naruto: "Exactly!"
Jiraiya: "Do you not want to stay in an inn of some sort?"
Naruto: "I've been living on my apartment ever since day one, so some fresh air would be nice"
Jiraiya: "You know, you might be the smartest and dumbest kid I have ever encountered in my entire life time"
Naruto: "Atleast, I'm not a pervert"
Jiraiya: "Oh? Then why are you so different with your "Hinata-chan" eh?" He teased as I looked at him with a scowl on my face
Naruto: "Hinata-chan is an exception, I can pervert her anytime I want and I KNOW she'll enjoy it either way"
Jiraiya: "Ohohoho, I guess this journey is already making progress it seems" We both talked about random things as we we're making our way the open forest area that I was talking about. I'm actually kind of pumped up for this journey, and I hope that by the end of my trip, I'll be probably, or most likely stronger than Juubidara... Yeah, couldn't hurt to dream, but it is possible, I just need some outrageous luck training or something
After awhile, we made it to the place that I was talking about
Jiraiya: "Hmm, this is a decent spot actually, did you found this?"
Naruto: "No, Kakashi-sensei led us here in the first place"
Jiraiya: "Well then let's get unpacking" He said as I dropped my bag and created a bunch of Shadow Clones to do the job for me
Jiraiya: "Hey! No fair!"
Naruto: "Hehehe" And from that point onward, the Shadow Clones helped us in unpacking our stuff, which was surprisingly alot, well, 50 percent was other stuff, and the other 50 percent was on Ramen
Jiraiya: "Why the hell did you bring so much?"
Naruto: "It's only fair because we'll be gone for 3 years and that makes it reasonable for me to bring that much"
Jiraiya: "You know we could just buy some right?"
Naruto: "Yeah well what if they don't sell Ramen?"
Jiraiya: "Are you braindead or what? Every village has a Ramen Stand or a cup of Ramen in stores for sale, can't believe the Ramen lover himself didn't know about that" He said. 'Wait, really?' I thought
Naruto: "Oh, well I didn't know that"
Jiraiya: "*Sigh* I guess we're back at square one".
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Meanwhile at a random place
Ino: "Don't worry too much Hinata, I'm sure he'll miss you as much as you miss him" She said, patting the shoulder of Hinata after saying goodbye to Naruto some minutes ago
Hinata: "I-i know he'll miss me" She responded to Ino
Ino: "Now that's the spirit! Oh, and don't think that I don't know what you two have been hiding from us, though we we're pretty much expecting it really" She leaned in closer to her as Hinata stuttered out
Hinata: "U-um, what do you mean?"
Ino: "You and Naruto are now together yes?" She said to her, making Hinata blush immediately, signifying Ino's statement more
Ino: "Hehe, I knew it!"
Hinata: "P-please don't spread it around the village"
Ino: "Of course I won't, though can I tell this to the others?"
Hinata: "W-well, yes. Though don't tell the ones that will spread it amongst the people. I don't wan't them to treat Naruto-kun much worse that it already is"
Ino: "Oh? What do you mean by that?"
Hinata: "N-nothing! L-let's just get back"
Ino: "Well if you say so Hinata"