Elusive {Book 2}

Silver and Gray

"Gamakichi?" Gamabunta asked.  "What are you doing here?  Where's Jiraiya?  He should be near here if he summoned me!" Gamabunta roared. 

"Hey!" Naruto shouted somewhat offended.  "He didnt summon you!  I did!" Naruto claimed proudly as he couldn't help but puff out his chest.  Gamabunta glanced up at Naruto before bellowing with laughter.  Gamakichi watched the scene play out, and he couldn't help but feel even the tiniest bit bad for Naruto, as he had seen how hard Naruto had worked to accomplish this.  Feeling the need to help out, Gamakichi shouted,

"He's right pops!  He summoned you.  I saw it myself!"  Gamakichi came to immediatley regret every thing he just said when he saw Naruto's ego grow bigger.  Gamabunta stopped laughing and took another look at Naruto.  Though this time instead of a quick glance, it was a thought out look, as if he was trying to find out all his secrets. 

He looked familiar.  Strange. 

"Hm." Gamabunta said, deep in thought.  Only a minute or two of awkward silence after that, or it was awkward for Naruto and Gamakichi, two new voices entered the area. 

"Hey Naruto, it's getting pretty late, why don't you come bac-" Jiraiya froze staring up at Gamabunta, while Gamatatsu, who was hopping on the ground looked at Jiraiya confused as to why he stopped talking. 

"Hey, what's up?" Gamatatsu asked the sage who just stared in surprise that Naruto was able to summon the big toad.

"Gamatatsu!" Gamakichi cried.  "Look!  It's pops!" Gamatatsu looked up in surprise and grinned widely seeing Gamabunta. 

"Pops!  What are you doing here?  Did Naruto summon you?" Gamatatsu asked running up to him. 

"Yeah.  Did Naruto summon you?" Jiraiya mumbled looking up at the fourteen year old in question.  Naruto grinned proudly and nodded, hiding his exhaustion from chakra use.

"Apparently the brat did summon me."  Gamabunta admitted.  Jiraiya looked up at Naruto, expecting to get a reaction out of him.  Naruto who was too tired to catch the insult just jumped down from Gamabunta's back and onto the ground beside Jiraiya.

"Yeah pervy sage!  I did it!  It took awhile, but I got it."  Jiraiya noticed how proud Naruto was of himself and he couldn't help but give him a pat on the back.

"Good job kid."  Naruto beamed at that. 

"Jiraiya," Gamabunta began.  "Gamakichi and Gamatatsu have been here with you the entire time?"

"No," Jiraiya began.  He then went on to explain how the two small toads ended up here, being careful with how he explained things, especially the part about the two not being able to return until Kabuto releases his "hold" on them.  Gamabunta wasn't happy about, and wanted to go after Kabuto, but after some persuasion from Jiraiya, the big toad was calmed down. 

"Jiraiya, I trust that you will protect them, and keep them with you." Gamabunta claimed.  Jiraiya nodded.  "Alright then.  I must go back, but I will inform the others of this.  We'll try and find a way to counter this."

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"Sensei? You're not going to tell anyone that you saw me right?" Sasuke asked Kakashi. Kakashi glanced up from his book, his empty plate on the table in front of him.

"Sasuke I already said I wouldn't turn you in." Kakashi claimed. "I understand why you left and it's okay. I won't tell Hokage-sama, as long as you promise to come back." Kakashi gave him a pointed look.

"Yeah, yeah. We'll come back, I'll come back. But right now Sakura's in Suna, and Naruto is who knows where." Sasuke ran his hands through his hair. "I know you said that everyone was okay now, but the letters we send, do they help at all?"