Jiraiya's Second Chance

When It Doesn't Hurt

Jiraiya was rushed to the hospital after his most recent mission. He miscalculated his enemy and almost got his team in trouble. Good thing he had just enough chakra to summon a toad to reverse summon him and his team to Konoha.

Tsunade was checking on him scolding him for his incompetence when the door suddenly barged open.

"Jiraiya sama you were hurt!" He was staring at two big blue eyes looking very worried at him. He should be touch but somehow he ...

"What do you think you are doing barging here? Don't you see I'm talking with Lady Tsunade, you should have more respect." He scolded the poor woman openly.

Everyone in the room was stunned by his rude remark.

"I'm sorry.. I was just checking.. I thought you were hurt.." She said quietly.

The room was dead silent.

Jiraiya scratched his head looking annoyed. "Just go home, I'll be there for supper, and don't go walking around with your house robes, people might think I'm not providing for you."

"Yes, of course, see you later..." Then she quietly walked outside the room head bow.

"What was that?" Tsunade asked in an icy voice, she has her hands folding her sleeve ready to slap him.

"Tsunade cut it out.." Says Jiraiya feeling tired. "It's just a show and you, all of you have been had. Do you really think she will be worried like that for me.. Such dramatics!"

"Jiraiya, you truly don't know this woman don't you."

"What do you mean?" asked Jiraiya.

"She is a good woman. Too good for you actually."

"What?"

"The kids went to a field trip with Iruka at that back woods."

"Iruka again" He murmured starting to feel irritated.

Tsunade ignored his comment and continued. "There we some rouge ninja there that actually passed through our guards. They attacked the kids and Iruka tried to fend them off by himself. But they were so many, and then when they started jumping at the kids., Aikiko put herself in front of Iruka and the kids and shoot out some ice blades on them.

She got most of them but she got hit by a kunai at her shoulder. She was hit by more than one but those didn't hurt her badly. Actually the wounds healed pretty quickly, but the wound by the shoulder was caused by a chakra infused kunai.

She lost some considerable blood and had to stay in the hospital for two days. Your wife is a brave woman and she has the wheel of fire to protect the people she considered important."

"So are you saying Iruka is important to her" He replied as if that was the only thing he heard.

He was waiting to receive a knocked on the head but instead he heard this from Tsunade as she was closing the door behind her. "It seems you don't know the value of what you have until you loss them Jiraiya. I hope you don't lose this one."

Jiraiya walked slowly to his house feeling anxious. Again he somehow understood that what he did was wrong, but he was too proud to admit it.

When reaching the doorstep he suddenly stopped. He smelled blood. He immediately made a clone and wielded his jutsu to have his original self walked through the walls.

The scene that awaited him was disturbing... He saw his wife with a kunai, then saw her stabbing her arm multiple times... Blood and tears flowing...

"Why won't it hurt.. Why won't it hurt..." She was murmuring in between sobs.

The wounds opened and blood splutter but they immediately closed too.