1 End of the second shinobi war

{ Konohagakure. Year 41 Modern era.}

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Hokage office.

"Sigh..." Sarutobi Hiruzen ,the man known by the God of shinobi,

Or the Hokage, the third in order to be precise, the leader of the shinobi forces of the village hidden in the leaf,release a long sigh,was it out of relief or sadness or in between, even the man himself doesn't know.

"Another meaningless war end" said the third Hokage between puffs of smoke, with a slow and heavy voice,was he addressing the Anbu present in the dark reaches of the office, himself, or just for the sake of saying it.

You see the old man turn his head slightly to the pictures on his desk, it was for a brief moment, but you could see pride in his gray eyes, that got overwhelmed by sadness looking at his Genin team picture.

"That what war brings.... Sadness... Hurt ...." He laments " a genius medical-ninja got ruined, someone with the gift to do good to this war torn world ", he closed his eyes to rest" haemophobia...sigh, ahh my dear student tsunade ".....

" and am supposed to be their sensei... The one with the solution to their problems... Yet...sigh"

He opens his eyes, and bit by bit you could see the man who faced hostile armies with a calm and strict face not betraying any emotion, return to the surface burying all that sadness "Hiruzen stop acting like a pathetic old man, don't show an expression that will make Tobirama-sensei ashamed of having you as a student" he suddenly spoke this words to himself, a reminder of what a Hokage should be like .

"We may have suffered some big losses and a lot of good Shinobi... But that's war", he smiles" but we can't let sorrow overshadow the pride and achievement of our heroes "looking outside of the Hokage office window to the majestic Hokage monument 'that would be a sin toward the fallen heroes' he says in his heart.

" hahahahaha...that brat jiraiya by now would be a walking snobbery, overflowing with smugness... Hihihihi" he may never admitted, but one of the things that Sarutobi Hiruzen is thankful for, is having jiraiya as a student, even though he still feels guilty for neglecting him in the beginning to focus on his genius of teammates Orochimaru and Tsunade.

'Honestly am ashamed to feel proud of him ,seeing he got where he is now by his hard work and thanks to the Frogs of Mount. Myōboku', thought while resting in his chair.

Still lost in his thought, the third Hokage get surprised by a calm voice"Oi, old man, the second war just ended and you're already getting Rusty ".after recognising the voice, the third opened his eyes slowly meeting the eyes of his student, a spiky white hair, a red Haori,sitting on the edge of the window, with a huge red scroll laying Next to him against the wall.

With a calm smile on his face that didn't last for long to be replaced with a cheeky grin.

" cough cough, that's normal for who fought like real men on the battlefield " coughing the third Hokage tries to defend himself.

"Man you must be really tired to come up with ...THAT..I can't even classify it as an excuse" replied jiraya with a joking trying to make a serious face.

" sigh....." The Hokage just didn't want to continue with this, so he smiled sincerely "how are you doing jiraiya?" He asked, to see jiraiya make a dramatic wave with his head and hands to whip his hair back,flashing a blinding smile "you don't have to worry about the handsome me, the strongest of the legendary SANNIN..HAHAHAHAHAHAHA",

The Hokage's eyes twitched while thinking, 'i knew he'll go around promoting himself, this is all the fault of that damned Hanzo '.

Shaking that from his mind, the third was about to ask about the three Ame orphans he's training, when they heard a knocking on the door.

" Hm!!" Looking toward the door.

"Come in " says the third Hokage, to see a head full of yellow hair, got in the office.

"Hokage-sama....hm!!....sensei!!" Exclaimed Minato Namikaze a young man of 15/16 years old.

"Yo, Minato my boy, how are you doing?" Waved Jiraiya casually at Minato in response.

"When did you came back!?" Asked Minato with a cheerful yet gentle tone.

"Just moments ago" replied Jiraiya, " oh!! and am doing fine sensei hhhh thanks for asking",

Hurriedly says Minato, interrupting the Hokage, who was about to say something without knowing, well the third Hokage just brushed it off .

And Jiraiya just chuckled and start ruffling Minato's hair " hihihihihi...my job kid my job".

"We can see how good you're at it " mumbled the third Hokage just enough for both to hear that, while wearing a grin on his face, relishing in the feeling of throwing some jabs back at Jiraiya,

But to hear Jiraiya with a twitching eye" like you are one with the rights to lecture others about this, SENSEI", the Hokage start looking toward the ceiling with a deep and an indecipherable gaze in his eyes , 'I think I will never win a verbal fight against this pervert student of mine ! ....sigh!" .

Minato just stood there awkwardly with an awkward smile, coughing to break the weird situation between a glaring Jiraiya and a Hokage still gazing at the ceiling with a profound look.

"Hokage-sama, I came to deliver the reports concerning the war .... Especially the victims of the war and how the honor ceremony and funeral should be dealt with, and when the best time for that..... And there's the families of the victims...." said Minato With a sad tone at the end of his talk.

The silence filled the office, which was broken by the Third Hokage's little sigh, while receiving the stack of papers, and Jiraiya didn't miss the moment his sensei took the papers, where he flinched as if remembering something,

Which Jiraiya can somehow guess,

Obviously, the beginning of a great flood of paperwork for the poor old man to deal with the aftermath of the war.

Putting the papers on the side of the desk he turned to Jiraiya"oh!! Yeah Jiraiya, I was about to ask you earlier about those students of yours in Ame".

"Hm!! Oh the three brats" Jiraiya just Shrug his shoulders" I think I trained them enough to lead a decent life....well in fact at first I thought nagato is the child of Prophecy.... Maybe I'm still not sure if he is or not.....but..." said Jiraiya while looking at Minato at the end of his talk.

" they said they will form a group or some kind of organization in the name of peace" added Jiraiya" which was surprisingly nagato's idea .... Yeah what was its name again" Jiraiya start rubbing his hair with his right hand trying to remember....

" oh!! yeah ...AKATSUKI".