GAME ON!! 「(￣^￣)ゞ」

Chapter 3: Childhood (Part 2)

Naruko let the glowing words fade, a small frown marring her childish face. This is the first time she obtained a quest like this one, and it netted her much more experience by objective than she ever had in total in any quest...

Something important is happening today, at least that much is evident. True, she had never met her godfather face-to-face, only ever hearing of his achievements and name from other people, thus the nickname "Raiya-oji" her brother had dubbed him as.

She shrugged, and joined her brother in trying to recognize the figure coming closer by the moment. Soon, her brother is already running towards the man in sight, but that's not what interests Naruko so much.

No, it's the giant scroll behind the man's back, his different headband with the kanji for 'oil', the weird red markings on his face and also the man's weird getup.

From the way her godmother looked at him nostalgically, and the admiring gaze from her surrogate elder sister, she deduced that the man is indeed she and her brother's godfather, the toad sage Jiraiya.

She approached the guy, as her brother observed the same guy closely, then deeming him safe, decided to greet him, "Konnichiwa, are you by chance the toad sage Jiraiya?"

The man, who seemed surprised at first, saw Tsunade and a knowing look dawned upon his face. He exclaimed, "Yes, of course I am! Hmph, after all this years I'm still that famous, huh? Even little brats recognize me now! Haahhahahahaha!", very narcissistically, if I may add.

He continued goofily, "Who are you brats, by the way?"

Naruto answered for the both of them, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and she's Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze! We're your godchildren, Raiya-oji!"

Said man had a look of realization on his face again, saying, "Ah, the both of you must be Minato and Kushina's kids, huh? I witnessed your births, you know? And where did Raiya-oji come from?"

"We can't call you that? Naruto asked with puppy eyes on his face.

Jiraiya saw that face, and gave into it he next moment, saying, "You can, you can! Just stop with the face, will ya?! Ugh, why, oh why did you have to show that face?"

At this point, Naruko entered the conversation and asked innocently while tilting her head to the side very cutely, "What face, oji?"

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AN: This is the last rough draft I had for this fanfic, I might continue it if I have time, but maybe I might discontinue it too. Thank you so much for all the reads and reviews so far!