98th.]] I'm small and needy

[betterthanthen]

Eh? Where did the lab go-- Suna? No, impossible, we never moved away fro--

Oh. I seem to be back again.

[ooc; WELL, semi-hiatus is still valid, but Sakura is brought back from chapter 408, canon updated, and not stinking like she walked a month on someone's trail. ;) Do as you know best.]

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[icouldnotkeep]

Just a stupid curse.

I kept the apartment clean.

[betterthanthen]

...yeah. And Fukasaku-san.

[icouldnotkeep]

I don't understand.

[betterthanthen]

Fukasaku-sama was one of Jiraiya-sama's...sensei....

[icouldnotkeep]

That old toad boss talked about him once, I think. I didn't know he was the pervert's sensei, though.

What do those guys have to do with anything?

[betterthanthen]

...they're the one that gave you the news, Naruto.

[icouldnotkeep]

Why would someone like that have anything to say to me?

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[betterthanthen]

...

[betterthanthen]

...the news. The funeral-

[betterthanthen]

Am I wrong to tell you this here? Should I? It'd prepare you for the future, but it won't prepare you at all. Everything is bound to happen, and this especially--

What do I do?

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[icouldnotkeep]

Are you suggesting that old man Jiraiya died?

[icouldnotkeep]

No, that's not possible. Not that lazy guy. I don't know what kind of joke he's playing on you, but believe me, I know him like the back of my hand-- there's no way he would put himself into a situation like that.

He's retired.

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[betterthanthen]

...there was a mission only he could do--

[betterthanthen]

I'm sorry, Naruto.

[icouldnotkeep]

Why are you apologizing? An apoology is a shitty punchline.

Are you telling me Tsunade sent him on a mission and he actually listened?

[betterthanthen]

Because-

...yes. He did.