#crocus-procella

Hinata smiled a little before she answered. She guessed many people had talked to him about his pain and it was obvious that he seemed to be annoyed.

“Because I have seen you grow from your pain. You have turned into something bigger than your suffering. It changed you and Sasuke. It changed you for the better...but...” she trailed off, gaze lowering. “I hope...you can help him to learn from you - to make him grow beyond his suffering too.”

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"How about you take it all off and I'll decide from there." Naruto teased.

“What? I can’t compliment you on something that makes you look cute?”

That’s what a night of drinking would do to you, but despite his slightly drunken stupor, Naruto felt this was right as he sat on the couch pulling Sasko into his lap deepening the kiss.

A long time passed before Jiraiya saw one of his old friends. It's all Fukasaku's fault that he did not tell anyone that he survived. He understood the reasons for the mentor, but now it has made things more difficult. Especially when he accidentally met Naruto in one of the cities of the country of Fire.

The alarm on the UNSC Infinity had sounded signaling every available crewmembers to battle stations. The UNSC had gotten word from one of its colonies that it was under attack by insurrectionist forces. They dispatched the UNSC Infinity as it was the closest to the colony. After jumping out of hyperspace the UNSC Infinity engaged with an insurrectionist cruiser. While the two engaged in ship to ship battle. The UNSC Infinity was going to deploy troops to aid the local militia. They began to use drop pods to deploy ground troops quickly. 

Spartan-197 and Marine-276 were next to be deployed by drop pod. They had their equipment loaded in to the drop pod and soon settled in. Once the drop pod door sealed shut, there was a countdown before the drop pods dropped and began to descend to the planet below. As the two descended however the Insurrectionist cruiser was taking a heavy beating by the UNSC Infinity and thus were forced to make a retreat into hyperspace. As they did the UNSC Infinity issued a warning to the drop pods about the Hyperspace rift that might suck them in and that they should try to stay clear. Unfortunately Spartan-197 and Marine-276 couldn’t maneuver their drop pods out of the way in time and were sucked into the hyperspace rift. 

The two were thrown around a little bit as they traveled through the hyperspace rift. Soon the rift ended and the drop pod computer realign itself and when it did the two were floating through space again. They soon were caught in a planet’s gravitational field and were brought to the planet. As they descended to the uncharted planet, the drop pod extended their drag wings to slow the descent of the two soldiers as they broke into the planet’s atmosphere. They soon landed in a forest. Once they safely hit the ground the pod doors open allowing the two soldiers to exit the pods. They gathered their equipment and looked around. They had no idea where they were and couldn’t contact the UNSC as of now. 

Unknown to the two soldiers, their presence did not go unnoticed. It seemed that the two UNSC soldiers had landed near the village hidden in the leaves. One ninja who was patrolling the village border had spotted the two standing around. He couldn’t tell who they were or what they were and so he quickly made his way back to the village to warn Naruto about the two strangers.

“Lord Hokage.” the ninja said as he rushed in. “I apologize for bothering you but there is an emergency. While I was patrolling the border I spotted two unknown people. I couldn’t tell which Village they belonged to.”

“Don’t worry, it’s washable.” He teased.