A/N - FINALLY! WE ARE HERE! After making SEVEN versions of this chapter and starting over on all of them, I wrote the final draft! This takes place a month or two prior, before the events that are taking place in chapter 24. Next chapter will resume from there.

This is the day of the most recent gathering that happened between Jiraiya, Naruto, and Nia.

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Chapter 25: The Final Moment

"You're still... upset with me, aren't you?" Nia spoke with a soft voice as she observed the pained expression on Naruto's face while he sat on the edge of his bed sulking and she was on her knees in his bed also, behind him, massaging his shoulders.

"What do you think?" He made a slight growl, turning his eyes away from the girl. "I mean, how complicated can you get, Nia? You told me so many times that it was your dream to get married to someone, have their babies, then live a normal life. I offered to give you that and you turned me down. Why would you do that? I was going to make your dream come true, ya know!"

"Ya, but if and only if I stayed in the Leaf altogether. It felt like an ultimatum and there's no way I was going to say yes knowing what your intent was and is at the moment."

"I just don't get it... what aren't you understanding? You can be killed at any moment! Those Akatsuki guys aren't a joke, Nia! They can kill you in a blink of an eye. Hell, I think even at my level of strength right now, they can kill me too! Every time you leave this village, you're at a even greater risk of having them take you away from me forever!"

"I know, Naruto, but-"

"No, you don't, sweetie!" He finally looked her in the eyes. "You never even fought or witnessed any one of those guys fighting! They're incredibly powerful and so far, it takes multiple people just to put down one member. If you travel alone with no one to aid you or get you out of harms way and one of those guys find you, you're done for!"

Nia now glided her hands down the side of his neck, kneading her fingers and applying pressure on any tension points in it. "Okay well, why aren't you worried about everyone else then? I'm not the only one they're after, Naruto."

"Iruka-sensei stays in the village, Kakashi-Sensei and Captain Yamato are always with a group, and Pervy Sage... well, he's a lot more powerful than I am so I'm not that worried for him. He would be able to handle himself just long enough to escape if he gets into serious trouble."

"Then why worry about me so much? You don't think I'm incredibly weak, do you...?" Nia lowered her eyes.

The blonde took a deep breath then answered.

"It's not like that... It's just... even though I think of everyone here as family, I've come to terms that... out of everyone here... including Iruka-sensei and Pervy Sage... Hell, even Sakura... I'm scared of... losing... you the most."

Nia's heart skipped a beat. However, hearing this also made her feel bad for how she was handling the situation she was in at the moment. She continued massaging his neck.

"Nia, you're strong, but... you have soft insides. You're not a violent person and you're not naturally aggressive — it's not a bad thing, but your personality just doesn't suit this whole ninja lifestyle. You're incredibly gentle and sensitive at heart. You don't enjoy watching others suffer and you literally cry over a random person's death if we stumble upon a body. I always have to cover your eyes in some way when someone is getting hurt cause you can't handle it. You're a lover Nia, not a fighter... and there's nothing wrong with that unless you're doing something that just doesn't suit who you are as a person, ya know?"

The girl didn't reply.

"Besides," He continued. "You're too merciful at times and it gets you into trouble. You shouldn't hesitate to hit a bad guy just cause they have a sad past or because you wish not to hurt anyone. That's why they end up getting the advantage over you cause they can see how soft you are. Back then when you were cold, you hesitated to give someone the beating they deserved a lot more less, but these days... you're incredibly gentle and forgiving. Unless you believe someone to be truly evil, you'll keep hesitating to beat them down."

"Uzumaki-"

"Just... stay here... and let me do all the fighting, 'kay?" The blonde stroked her cheek. "Then we can totally get married and have as many babies as possible."

"But I don't wanna stop," Nia pouted. "I don't like hurting people and I don't like the fighting and the violence, but... I still like the traveling, seeing that there are kind people in the world, and the other stuff that comes with the job that doesn't relate to messed up things. You can't force me to stop, Naruto — I won't let you."

This answer irked the genin immensely.

"DAMMIT! QUIT BEING SO STUBBORN, NIA! RETIRE ALREADY! THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR YOU!"

"AND I SAID NO!" Nia became just as annoyed and briefly took a break from massaging him. "QUIT TRYING TO MAKE MY DECISIONS FOR ME! I'LL QUIT WHEN I WANNA QUIT!"

Naruto gritted his teeth.

"I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU SAFE! YOU'RE GONNA GET YOURSELF KILLED IF YOU KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING! QUIT BEING SO SELFISH AND THINK ABOUT HOW I FEEL, YA KNOW!" He yelled, his eyes filled with anger as tears started to build up in it.

Nia gasped when she saw this and cupped her hands over her mouth and nose.

'Oh my gosh... he's about to cry,' Her heart broke.

"Baby," She immediately dropped the attitude and hugged him from behind, wrapping one arm around his shoulder to twist him around and used her other hand to gently bring his head to her heart. "I don't mean to hurt you like this. I hear what you're saying and I really do understand the concern."

The blonde only sniffled, his tears stained her shirt.

"Your main problem is that I keep getting sent out on solo missions, right? I'll tell you what: How about I go talk to the Hokage and insist to be placed on group missions instead so I wouldn't make for such an easy target? Will that ease you up a little bit?"

Naruto responded by standing the two off the bed and embracing her, this time holding her to his chest instead and resting his tear-stained cheek against the top of her head.

"I just want you to quit in general, Nia," He croaked. "Just settle down with me, all right?"

"But you're just rushing things, Naruto. And it's mostly due to fear of me dying. You and I both know you're not being exactly genuine."

"How can you say that? Of course I mean it..."

When it looked like Nia was about to cry as well, he then decided he didn't want her to be upset also and playfully tackled the girl to the bed, kissing her cheek in rapid succession before turning over to his back and and resting the back of his head on a pillow so that Nia was now on top of him.

The girl only blushed at the position she was in. It didn't take long for her to give in to the urge to touch him and she placed her hands on his shoulders and ran them down his chest. However, when she did that, Naruto reached for the pillow under his head and gently smacked her in the face with it.

"I know I'm sexy, but damn... keep your hands to yourself, sweetie. Quit being so horny," He joked, making the girl giggle.

"You and I both know I'm not the horny one," She tried to take his pillow to get back at him with it, but Naruto dodged her and once more playfully smacked her in the face with it.

Immediately after, he quickly sat up, wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her down to the bed with him, attacking her face once more with smooches.

"Baaabbyyy," Nia responded to the attacks by suddenly running her fingers up and down his exposed armpits, causing him to twist in his bed, unable to stop himself from chuckling.

"Plehehease dohohon'tehehe," He begged, already feeling the torturous effects from those light touches.

"You seem pretty ticklish here," Nia mused, further teasing his armpits. "But what about here?"

She moved down to his stomach, which made him laugh a bit louder than before. While her fingernails gently tickled his stomach, she ignored his protests, prodding near his bellybutton.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" Naruto jerked up, freeing Nia from his grasp as she climbed back on top of him and he looked up at her pleadingly. "Stohohahahahahahahahap!"

Nia smiled.

"Interesting. So your stomach is more sensitive than your armpits. But I wonder just how ticklish your feet are..." She moved down in front of his feet, staring at them for a moment.

"Sweetheart, please don't!" Naruto looked at her with desperation. "Please don't tickle my feet!"

"And why not?" She inquired, not sounding convinced in the least.

He sat up with his elbows, his heartbeat quickening. "Because they're my most ticklish spot! So please don't!"

"I know that haha, but mmm, no, sorry. I'm gonna lift your mood up by any means necessary, honeybun."

With that, she began to very lightly brush her fingertips along the balls of his feet.

Naruto cringed and grinned awkwardly, trying to keep his laughter at bay. He succeeded for a full two seconds until he began to laugh softly, unable to block out the maddening sensations. "Hahahahahahahahah nohohohohohoh hahahahahahah Nia dohon'tehehehehehehe," he tried to beg, his toes wiggling in an attempt to relieve the tickling.

"I'm barely touching you," The girl giggled. "But I can go harder if you want. All you had to do was ask."

And so, she tickled him faster and harder, now using her filed fingernails to torment him. She made sure to get his arches and the balls of his feet, discovering them to be insanely ticklish as Naruto burst out laughing.

"Aaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Pleheheheheasehehehahahahahaha stahahahahahahahap! Nihahahaha, please! Hahahahahahahaha!" Naruto tried to jerk his legs away, but he was unable to move, his feet at the mercy of the kunoichi.

"Narutoooo, time for your other foot, baby," Nia suddenly took a grasp of his left foot and held it tightly.

"No, please! Anything but that!" The blonde tried to protest, knowing what was gonna happen next as Nia used her other hand to scribble her fingers all over his soft, sensitive sole.

"Nooohahahahahahahahahahahah! Nihahahahahahahahahahaha pleheheheheasehehehahaha!" He pleaded, unable to break free.

"I'm not letting you go until you feel better!" She yelled over his laughter, tickling the ball of his foot.

She would then change her method to assaulting his naval, her nails scribbling against him. He suffered through this for a good two minutes, laughing and pleading for her to stop. His toes continued to wiggle as Nia dragged her nails at the bases of them, trying to avoid her touches. Next climbing back atop of him she alternated between tickling his sides and stomach.

"Okahahahahahahay! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! I feel better! I feel better!"

Nia snickered and paused, giving him a breather. "This is so funny. You're even more ticklish than I remember. Dang, hahahaha."

"Argh! Come here!" He suddenly leaped up at her and pulled her down, turning her over to her back so he was now atop of her.

"No, I don't wanna get tickled," Nia tried to playfully push him off her, only for the genin to grab her wrists and fight for dominance.

Naruto made a mischievous grin and quickly summoned a clone to keep her pinned while he grabbed a feather from out of his drawer. "What goes around, comes around, ya know!"

Nia nearly jumped out of her skin when the feather made contact with her armpit, giggling when the blonde used it to draw circles. It was torturous, especially with how slowly the guy was going at it, taking his time to drive her crazy. She didn't have time to ponder on it though, as Naruto began to dust the soft feather against her waist, which once again caused her to burst out with laughter.

"Babyhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Nohohahahahahaha!" This was worse than she'd imagine it to be.

Between the maddening teasing at her armpit and the feather tormenting her waist, she could barely speak.

"Stohohahahahahahahahahap!"

"Nope," Naruto replied nonchalantly, moving down to her feet and brushed up to the ball of her foot, sweeping the feather in short, quick strokes.

The closer he got to her toes, the more they wiggled, so he pulled back one of her big toes with one hand and used the brush to tickle underneath them. Just as he did, the clone pinning her used the tip of its fingernail to her naval, tracing around her bellybutton with it.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Stop ihihihihihit!" Nia yelled, her eyes squeezed shut as she tried to block out the ticklish sensations.

It was impossible, though, especially as the bristles of the feather tenderly stroked under and between her toes. She jerked when he twisted the feather, trying to break out of the two Narutos' grasp.

The original made sure to hit every last spot of her bare soles with the feather, getting the bristles into every little crevice. He learned that her toes were hyper-sensitive, exciting him further as Nia continued to beg through her laughter, tears now gliding down her face.

The clone attacked her torso, alternating between her sides. Her stomach weren't as sensitive in comparison, but it still tickled when he used his free hand to drag his nails over her skin. Only after a few more minutes of this intense torture was the girl allowed a break.

"So, learned your lesson?" The original teased, thoroughly enjoying himself. "You may not be ticklish naturally, but as soon as I whip out a feather or a brush, you're done for."

Nia panted heavily, trying to catch her breath.

"T-That's all you got?" She managed to reach a pillow and softly throw it at his face, getting her revenge from earlier.

Naruto smirked, rubbed his chin, and nodded.

"Is that how it is?"

"You're not going to do anything about i-"

The blonde jumped at her as Nia giggled and screamed, shriveling up into a fetus position.

"KYAA! I'M JOKING! I'M JOKING!"

This made the ninja laugh.

"That's what I thought, you damn scaredy-cat," He pinned one of her wrists to the bed.

Nia used her free hand to playfully smack him on the cheek then gently pinched his cheeks in with her thumb and index finger, giving him a fish face.

"I oughta smack you for-KYAHAHAHAHA!" She started giggling again when the genin used the feather to tickle her again.

"What was that? I didn't quite hear you. Who're you going to smack?" He teased her.

"I'm sorhahahahahahaharryhahahaha!" Nia twisted around, trying to escape.

"What?"

"Babyyyyhahahahaha! Stahahahahahap! I'm sorry!"

Hearing this, Naruto threw the feather away and grinned.

Nia blushed at the sight of his smile and gently pushed at his chest and pouted.

"You're so mean, I hate you," She joked.

"Aww, don't hate your hero," He pinched her cheeks while filling his own cheeks with air, making the kunoichi laugh at the silly face he was making.

"Hmph!" Nia copied his expression and filled her cheeks with air which would result in the two seeing who could last the longest without laughing.

She would lose this one as Naruto suddenly panted, trying to catch his breath and thus making her break.

"What the heck? You weren't supposed to hold your breath in, Naruto," She giggled.

This resulted in the blonde sitting her back up and embracing her tightly, rocking the two side to side.

"Guh, you're really cute, ya know," He nuzzled his cheek against her's affectionately while grinning from ear to ear and blushing. "I feel so much better, sweetie!"

"Awww, that's good! I love my hero so much!" Nia grabbed his face and started kissing his cheeks before planting her lips against his.

Their moment would be interrupted when a knock on the front door cut the two off.

"Naruto? Nia? You two in there? Why don't we all hang out for a bit?" Jiraiya's voice was on the other side.

"Oh it's Pervy Sage!" Naruto looked over his shoulder. "We'll be right out!"

The genin helped Nia out of bed, grabbing her hand and moving forward to the door. "C'mon sweetie, lets go."

He would then twist the front doorknob and open the door to see his master on the other side. "Pervy Sage, good morning! Where we headed off to?"

"Good morning, Jiraiya-sensei," Nia bowed. "How are you?"

"Good morning to you both and I'm doing just fine. How about you guys?"

"Fantastic!" Naruto grinned, causing Nia to smile over seeing the sincerity of his stress having gone away for the moment.

"That's great and oh uh, I forgot something back in my room. Why don't you two head on over to the training grounds and I'll catch you there later?"

"S-Sure," Nia agreed as the Sannin would then leave the two be.

However, when the man would make it to where he told the couple to be, he quickly discovered they weren't there as he requested for them to be. It would take about forty-five minutes before Naruto and Nia would make their way over to him.

"What the hell took you guys so long?" His arms were crossed.

Nia playfully pushed at the blonde's arm.

"Someone wanted special alone time with me."

"No, someone wouldn't stop trying to flirt with me while walking over here, ya know," Naruto poked her side, making her laugh.

"That was not me," She very lightly pressed her hand against his cheek, making his head turn to the right.

The genin responded by gently leaning against her arm with that of his own, making her sway to her left.

"Naruto, stoooop," She giggled and held onto him. "You're gonna make me fall."

"Yep... fall in love with me," He wiggled his eyebrows then winked.

"What kind of line was that?" Nia grinned and teased him before swiftly untying his headband and taking it hostage. "I should take this for that corny line, haha."

That didn't go so smoothly as Naruto just ripped her headband from her thigh as revenge and held it up for her to see what he'd accomplished. When Nia tried to take it back, he only raised his arm over their heads so she wouldn't be able to reach it.

"Try growing a few inches, maybe then you'll reach it," He joked.

"Babyyyy," Nia nearly grabbed it just as the genin moved his hand to the left then to the right again.

"Nope," He dodged her hand. "I thought I already told you: What goes around, comes around. Give my headband back first, sweetie."

"Uzumakiiii," She only pouted.

He laughed.

"That isn't working for you. Try again."

Nia tried kissing his cheek. The blonde grinned before lightly biting his lower lip.

"Kiss me," He ordered.

Going red in the face, Nia tied his headband back around his forehead than hid her face at the crook of his neck.

Seeing this, Jiraiya and Naruto sweatdropped.

How is she still super shy after all this time?

"So basically, you two had morning sex..." The Sannin concluded. "Did you go out to eat too?"

"Nia made breakfast." Naruto answered.

"Sorry we took so long," The girl apologized as the blonde tied her headband back around her thigh. "We didn't mean to make you wait so long."

Jiraiya sighed. "Well, I guess that's a good enough excuse..."

"So, we here to train?" The genin stretched.

"No... like I said, we're going to hang out and talk for a bit," The man sat on the grass and urged for the younger ones to do the same.

Naruto sat down with his back against the bark of a tree across from the sannin and got Nia to sit in the open space between his legs, wrapping his arms around her from behind and gently resting her back against his chest, holding her.

Jiraiya chuckled to himself seeing this. The couple looked at him with confusion.

"S-Sorry... I was just thinking how crazy it is seeing you two being so affectionate these days after not wanting to have anything to do with one another when you first met."

The young couple exchanged looks to one another before smiling at eachother then laughing off their past interactions.

"I guess it really is weird, huh?" Naruto made a comment. "All Nia and I did was fight all the time then all of a sudden, bam! We're all lovey dovey now."

"My bad, honeybun," The kunoichi kissed his cheek. "I was the evil one back then."

"Not evil... hurt is the word you're looking for," Jiraiya corrected her. "And now you've blossomed into a much better person, though you still have your moments sometimes, but who doesn't? No one's happy 24/7."

The old man then said, "Anyway, I wanted to think back on the days us three were traveling together. I gotta say... even though you two bickering in the beginning gave me headaches, I really did enjoy the adventure."

"Pervy Sage... you were gone like 75% of the time," Naruto sweatdropped. "You kept ditching us, ya know..."

"You two should be grateful I gave you the time to get to know one another. If I hadn't, this whole thing you two got going on wouldn't have happened. And that reminds me... Didn't I tell you Nia had feelings for you way back then, you knucklehead? You should be buying me some ramen for having proven myself right."

Nia blushed and looked away at the mention of him stating about knowing her feelings towards the genin more than a year ago.

"You can't blame me for not believing you," Naruto claimed. "I'm no expert in romance nor did I think she acted like it until she herself told me."

"What're you talking about, kid? It was clear as day. Anyone with a pair of eyes could tell she liked you. Why do you think Akihiko viewed you as an obstacle? Because he could tell Nia had feelings for you."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Don't bring up that name again. That guy was just looking to get in her pants."

The sannin laughed. "Oh those were the days. You were extremely jealous. I was quite surprised."

"LIKE HELL I WAS! I WAS JUST TRYING TO PROTECT NIA FROM THAT CREEPY BASTARD!"

"Naruto, you don't need to get all defensive about it. You really were jealous though, honey..."

"Tch!" The blonde scowled. "Yeah right... as if."

Nia sweatdropped.

"It's a shame he's no longer with us," Jiraiya glanced up at the sky. "He would've made the perfect student in terms of teaching him the art of researching."

"You mean being a pervert?" Naruto's drooped his eyelids.

"Researching as I've already made clear," The sannin defended himself.

"You keep telling yourself that. You're still an old pervert."

"Naruto, don't be rude," Nia gently scolded him.

"C'mon Nia, you know it's true! Don't be all nice."

"And this is why I never got into it with Nia; she's always been respectful to me unlike you, Naruto."

"I don't see why either. You're super shallow. Why you guys didn't have a problem is beyond me."

"I may very well appreciate a woman's beauty, but I could never disrespect one no matter how they look, you know... a woman is a woman in my eyes."

"You liar!" Naruto pointed a finger at him. "Weren't you calling a random woman a fat piggy once or one lady an old hag?!"

Jiraiya was offended.

"I remember no such thing and besides, you're one to talk! You call people fat all the time!"

"Yeah, but I do that to just guys though!"

"Not to mention you called Sakura ugly before, haven't ya?!"

"THAT'S NOT FAIR! I WAS SLEEPING! I SAY A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T MEAN IN MY SLEEP! I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS UGLY!"

Jiraiya tilted his head.

"And didn't you tell me you called her an ugly witch?"

"Now you just got me mixed up with Konohamaru! I told you he called her ugly, not me! And don't even get me started with Sai either! He always kept jabbing on how ugly he thought Sakura to be too."

"Geez, Naruto sure does like ugly girls, don't he?" The sannin once remembered Sai telling him. "That's why he fails to usually notice the actual beautiful ones..."

"Sai did make a point about you liking the ugly ones, Naruto," Jiraiya folded his arms, closed his eyes, then nodded. "It makes sense now why you weren't usually in awe whenever we were by truly beautiful women or why you weren't willing to peek into the hot springs with me. I can't believe how long it took me to realize the ugly ones were your type the entire time."

"EXCUSE ME?!" The blonde clearly took offense to this.

Nia had also became irritated as a vein appeared at her temple while she gritted her teeth.

"And just what the hell are you implying towards me then, Jiraiya-senseeeei?!" She was clenching her fist in a ball.

The sannin flenched and threw his hands up.

"Woah now, let's just calm down, Nia," He realized he indirectly called her ugly. "I meant no offense to you."

"I knew it was only a matter of time," Naruto laughed before placing a hand atop the girl's fist and bringing her back to his chest, this time turning her around and pressing the side of her face against it while caressing the back of her head affectionately. "Don't waste your breath on this guy. It's not worth it, ya know."

Quickly, this was able to calm the kunoichi as she snuggled into the embrace.

Jiraiya took a deep breath.

As long as she doesn't go crazy on me, I should be fine. Those kicks of hers don't exactly feel good.

"As for you, Pervy Sage... you better not make her upset, you hear me?! I plan to get it in two more times today and I can't do that if you end up making her cry, ya know!" The genin groped the girl's breast a couple times.

"Kya!" This embarrassed her, resulting in her pushing away from him with a reddened face as she crossed her arms across her chest. "Naruto, what the heck are you doing?!"

"Getting a feel in," He once more squeezed her bosom. "You telling me I can't touch up on my own girlfriend?"

Nia turned away from him.

"O-Of course you can, b-but I told you not to grope me like that in front of others. That makes me feel embarrassed, honey."

"Oh come on," He stood to his knees and hugged her, using one hand to instead rub her rump. "Can I atleast touch this?"

"Naruto..." The kunoichi clenched onto his jacket, blushing madly in embarrassment as he kept caressing her body. "J-Just hurry up."

"Are you two in heat or something?!" Jiraiya sweatdropped. "I swear you guys are always at it like rabbits. I can give you some privacy if you need it..."

"No, that's just fine," Nia was now lightly trying to push away from the blonde as he was holding her around the waist and smooching her cheek. "N-Naruto, cut it out. Now's not the time for this."

"But I want another round," He told her, not lighting up.

"L-Later, okay? You're being inappropriate to Jiraiya-sensei. He's trying to spend time with us and here you are trying to sleep with me."

"Pervy Sage, you understand I need this right now, don't you?" Naruto ran his hand up the back of the girl's shirt, caressing up and down her waist.

"I sure do, but uh," The sannin smacked his sandal atop his student's head. "Consent first, you idiot. When a woman says no, she means no."

"Owwww!" Naruto grabbed at the growing bump on his head. "Nia's different though! You don't know her like I do. When she says no, it's usually cause she's too shy to say she actually wants it! Besides, she's so cute. When we do it, she squeezes onto me like she never wants to let go, her toes curl tightly, she starts shaking, and the cutest thing is when she starts crying."

"Crying?!" Jiraiya was dumbfounded. "You mean like she's in pain?!"

"No, no. She starts crying cause she feels so in lov-"

"KYAAA! QUIT TALKING, NARUTO!" Steam pushed out of Nia's face as she blocked his mouth with the palm of her hand. "Seriously, why you always gotta yap your mouth about what goes on in the bedroom?! It's like you enjoy embarrassing me! Please just keep it to yourself for goodness sake!"

"Bwa you're so cuhyoot," The ninja mumbled. "I wuv you."

Nia's blush only deepened.

"I love you too, but g-geesh... behave yourself. I promise we can do it before we go to sleep."

'I don't get it... I saw her take the vitamin pill,' Naruto was a bit frustrated over her response to his advances. 'She should be getting in the mood much more easier and often. I can't get her pregnant if I can't get her to be in bed with me. Her not being pregnant equals... her being taken away from me forever. I can't let her get herself killed! I can't let granny keep sending her on missions! I don't care if it's a solo or group mission! Nia needs the protection of all the ninja in Konoha from the Akatsuki and the only way I can guarantee her from not leaving outside of Konoha is to get her pregnant! I don't care if it's wrong! It's the only way to save her! I won't let her die again, ya know!'

"Sorry for his rudeness, Jiraiya-sensei," Nia apologized for Naruto's behavior. "Please, have a seat again."

"But I wanna make love to you for the entire day," The blonde whined, making Nia rest her hand over his mouth again.

"Uzumaki, I said later... be more considerate of Jiraiya-sensei, honeybun..."

The sannin sighed. "You've become a helpless case, huh kid?"

Naruto sweatdropped.

Why isn't she getting horny... I don't get it. Were those pills a lie?

What he didn't know was that the girl had been feeling aroused, but was doing her best to ignore it.

'I don't understand...' She rubbed her thighs in together. 'Lately I haven't been feeling like myself. I can't stop thinking about sex and I feel like I actually do wanna leave right now for a second round. My desire to be touched is making me go crazy. I need more affection, but...'

"Very well, if you insist..." Jiraiya sat back down in a criss cross position. "Anyway... there's something I plan to do, hopefully as soon as possible."

"Oh? And what's that?" Nia tilted her head.

"Can't say. Just know it'll be a solo mission. Probably the most dangerous one I'll ever go on."

Naruto hugged Nia from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder, staring at the sannin in front of him. "You'll be coming back in one peace though, right?"

"Why, of course! The Great Toad Sage always gets the job done, my young pupil!" The man grinned.

However, behind his smile, Jiraiya was actually quite unsure of his fate yet he couldn't let the two young ones know about that.

He then would watch as the genin wouldn't yield from his attempts at trying to bring Nia back to his place.

"C'mon Nia..." He pestered her, kissing her cheek. "Lets go back already..."

"I said not right now, Naruto. Geesh..."

"But you're so beautiful, ya know..."

"Thanks, but nice try... I'm not going for a second round right now."

The ninja sighed before running his hands down her arms until it rested atop her hands, making Nia's heart throb at his gentle touch.

"Kid, quit being so horny," Jiraiya scolded him. "Give it a rest — she said no."

"YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!" Naruto gritted his teeth and pointed a finger at the man. "YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE SCOLDING ME! YOU'RE ALWAYS HORNY AT THE SIGHT OF ANY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, YA KNOW!"

Nia sweatdropped.

"Can we just... have a normal conversation for once?" She asked.

"Let me tell you something!" Jiraiya only became defensive as he and Naruto started to bicker again.

This lasted for a good few minutes before Nia got annoyed and rolled her eyes.

"YOU GUYS!" She yelled, getting them to stop arguing and look at her. "Can we not?! Aren't we supposed to be like, oh I don't know, enjoying our time together or something?"

"Yes, you're right. I'm sorry," Jiraiya calmed himself down.

When Naruto didn't say anything, Nia gave him a look.

"Well, Naruto... he apologized. You gonna do the same?"

The genin heavily sighed. "All right, I'm sorry."

"Do you mind saying that again without the attitude this time, please?" She gently scolded him.

Naruto closed his eyes and took a deep breath before muttering. "I'm sorry, Pervy Sage."

Nia raised an eyebrow.

"What? I said I was sorry." The blonde appeared annoyed by this.

"Yeah, but you still said it with an attitude and sounded insincere. Jiraiya-sensei said it like he meant it, so why can't you? I don't really like the idea of spreading my legs for someone who can't even apologize and actually mean it."

"WHAAA?! YOU'RE SAYING YOU WONT SLEEP WITH ME TODAY?!" The genin panicked, rushed over to his master and bowed down with his forehead to the grass. "I'm so, so, so, so, sorry, Pervy Sage! You're the absolute best! I really appreciate all the things you ever taught me and enjoy all the times we ever spent together — good and bad! I just want you to know you're an awesome master and that even though you're the biggest perv out there, I still love you, ya know!"

"Wow, what a change of heart," The sannin laughed. "You've changed tremendously, Naruto. You're willing to do anything for sex these days... I'm finding it extremely hard to believe."

"QUIT MAKING THINGS SO DIFFICULT AND ACCEPT MY APOLOGY ALRE-"

"Naruto!" Nia frowned and crossed her arms.

"Uhh, I mean... I hope you forgive me, my wonderful and totally non-perverted master." The blonde forced the biggest grin of his life as his lips seemed to twitch from the strain he was putting into it to hold it up.

Jiraiya sweatdropped.

"You're forgiven..."

Naruto's eyes then sparkled as he snapped his head toward the kunoichi.

"NIA, YOU HEAR THAT?! HE FORGAVE ME!"

She gave him a warm smile. "That's great, honeybun."

"So then..." He raced over to her and cupped her face in his hands. "You'll get underneath the covers with me?"

"Mhm," The girl nodded.

Naruto's heart melted as his lips made a squirmy smile.

"Sweetie..." His face was red.

"We'll do it tonight like I said before."

"WHAT?! HOLD ON!" The ninja immediately was displeased. "YOU SAID YOU'D SLEEP WITH ME!"

"Yeah... But I never said it was going to be right now or anything."

"Guuuh..." Naruto gave up and sunk down to her lap, deciding to lay on the grass with his head resting on her lap. "I give up..."

"Aww, I'm sorry," Nia giggled into her hand while using her other hand to move his headband down to his neck so she could starting brushing her hand up from his forehead to his hair repeatedly.

"You pamper him way too much if you ask me, Nia," Jiraiya commented on her actions. "The amount of things you do for that ungrateful knucklehead is ridiculous."

"Shut up. I'm not ungrateful." The blonde was enjoying the feel of Nia's hand petting him.

Within the next twenty minutes of so of the three talking, Naruto eventually fell asleep on the girl's lap as she still gently brushed her hand up against his forehead.

Mesnshile, Jiraiya reached for something in his clothing.

"Here, I want you to have this..." He handed Nia a book. "Consider it as a gift I suppose."

Upon inspecting it, the girl's eyes sparkled.

"WAIT! THIS IS THE SEQUEL YOU'VE BEEN WRITING, RIGHT?! YOU'RE ALREADY FINISHED?!" She squealed and hopped up and down like a child being handed over ice cream. Naruto's head bounced on her lap as she done so yet was still somehow able to stay asleep.

However, her expression fell when she opened the book and realized the pages were completely blank.

"Erm... I think you handed me the wrong one. This one has nothing written inside it."

Jiraiya spoke softly, "No... that's the book I was writing. You see... I can't find it in me to continue the novel of the book you hold so dearly: The Tales of A Gutsy Ninja. Listen Nia, I have a confession to make: That book... never sold very well despite my best efforts. Originally, I was never going to let you under my wing when we first met and was going to send you back to your village immediately, but... when I saw the absolute fascination you had for this book I wrote that very few cared for, well... I had a change of heart."

The girl tilted her head.

"Like I said, I'm going to be adventuring off sometime soon and since I don't really have the motivation to continue this series and would rather work on my most famously Make Out novels, I... wanna give you the honor of doing what you would like for this sequel."

"LIKE YOU WANT ME TO WRITE IT FOR YOU?!" Nia's eyes widened.

"That's exactly what I'm saying."

Nia gasped and cupped her hands over her mouth.

"Oh my god! B-But are you sure? I know I'm a big fan of the first book, but I don't know if I'll be able to write such a masterpiece!"

Jiraiya chuckled. "Even after I told you the book didn't sell, you still go and call it a masterpiece... Minato and Kushina would've enjoyed talking to you about it, I'm sure."

"Huh?" The girl blinked a few times. "Who are they?"

The sannin would only dodge this and go onto say, "I do have a special request of you though..."

He then pointed to the sleeping ninja on her lap.

"I want you to pay close attention to that guy and follow his life... The sequel... I want you to make it about his life and his journey to become the leader of this village: The Hokage."

A subtle breeze blew through the grass and leaves of the trees.

"I guess... I can try and do that for you," Nia took on the responsibility.

Jiraiya's expression turned into that of a concerned one.

"I've never told a wrong prophecy. Everything that I've had a vision of, came to pass," He thought of the Great Toad Elder's words. "The girl is fated to die — there's no saving her no matter what actions are taken into preventing that from happening, and then... I'm sure... the world will plunge into darkness for some time."

'Even though I know he hasn't ever been wrong... I refuse to believe there's nothing I can do to change these young one's fate.' The sannin clenched his fists into a ball. 'I know where the leader of the Akatsuki is hiding... if I can just kill him myself, perhaps... I can change the course of history and even save many lives as well...'

"Jiraiya-sensei..." He snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of Nia's voice. "Is something the matter? You look stressed."

"Who me?" He put on a fake smile and rubbed the back of his head. "Oh no, I'm just fine. Don't worry about this old man."

Nia didn't seem too convinced.

"Are you sure? I have been noticing you've been acting really bothered by something — almost like you're scared."

"Oh, have you now?" He laughed it off. "No, no... I was just thinking of how I'm going to make my next Make Out Series book sell. I'm quite nervous about how well it'll do."

"Oh. I see," Nia fell for the lie. "I'm sure it'll do just fine. All the previous books seems to be a hit with everyone. You shouldn't be so nervous about it — people love it, even if it is a bit... well, erotic."

"Thanks for the support. Anyway..." The man stood up and stretched. "I'm going to be at the hot springs now... and I think you should take Naruto back into bed — the kid is drooling all over your pants."

"Huh?" Nia looked down then screeched at the puddle of drool on her. "KYA! Are you serious, Naruto?! You're slobbering all over my good pants! I just bought these!"

The genin only smacked his lips and flipped over.

"Oh ya..." He was talking in his sleep. "I'll eat you after I finish my bowl of ramen, kay Nia? Don't worry..."

Blood filled the girl's face as steam pushed out of it.

"KYA! WAKE UP, NARUTO!" She couldn't take the embarrassment anymore and started to shake him. "Baby, I can't believe you'd say that all publicly like that! Even in your sleep, you say embarrassing things out loud! I can't believe you. Get your mind out the gutter for once!"

"Wha?" The blonde fluttered his eyes open, sat up, and rubbed his eyes. "What's going on? Where am I?"

"Excuse us, Jiraiya-sensei," Nia got the genin to stand up with her and dragged him by the arm as he struggled to walk upright. "We're leaving now. I'll take care of that book for ya. Thanks for inviting us out here. Have a good rest of your day now."

"Yeah, you too." He waved. "Make sure he wears a condom!"

Nia only used her free hand to cover her face as his words had embarrassed her further.

I swear it's like those two want me to die of embarrassment...

Watching as they left, the sannin's smile fell as he was left to figure out what he truly was going to do to change his students' fate.

Soon... I'm going to leave to get more intel on the Akatsuki's leader... but... for some reason... I have this awful feeling in my gut... However... I'm sure... this is what I was meant to do. I'm sure Naruto is the child of prophecy, but as for Nia... I'm not too sure if that girl will continue to be alive for very long, unless... I take action against the Akatsuki themselves. It's my last option whether I like it or not.

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A/N - UGH THERE! IM DONE LOL! I'm not even gonna make this a long author's note, I'm cutting to the chase:

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