Prologue: On The Road

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He couldn't believe it… Not even a month and he already wanted to return the little bugger! HE! Jiraiya! One of The Three Legendary Sannins! AND HE COULDN'T HANDLE A TODDLER!

He should have listened to his brain. Leave the kid in Konoha, keeping his parentage a secret, safe from any of the enemies his father had made… But no, he had to follow his gut and take the kid with him.

He would have considered returning him, but he was his own godson, the child of the man he considered his son, he couldn't do that to him! Plus… it would damage his already bad reputation… And chicks dig single parents… right? He sighed… One could only hope… For now he would stay on the move and taking care of the crying child in his arms.

He looked just like his father, well… except for the whiskers… Namikaze Naruto… He would take care of him… No matter what. He would make sure he lived up to his father's wishes… He would be a hero… No, he already was. Even if the kid didn't know it… By his the end of his first hour alive he had already saved Konoha from almost certain doom…

With an almost inaudible sigh he picked up his pace, he was almost to the next town, there he'd get a hotel room and take a break…

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Sploodge!

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Sniff sniff

He pooped himself.

Jiraiya groaned as he rushed even more towards the town. Changing his diaper in the Woods was not only unsanitary, but also dangerous… an ambush plus that smell? No thanks. He'd rather deal with a pissed Tsunade.

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Three Years Later:

"Come at me, Kid!"

"Hai, Jiji!"

As the three year old Naruto tried to rush his godfather for a punch to the gut, the old man couldn't help but grin at the boy's enthusiasm, they had been going at it for a few hours now, doing stuff from chakra control to strength and flexibility exercises.

The man might have been a great fighter, excellent writer and magnificent lover (according to himself), but a parent he was not. Despite that after two years of taking care of the little boy had made him a lot better at it he still lacked some of the common sense most would have for his situation… Well… At least he knew better than teaching him dangerous jutsus… yet.

But that didn't matter as he blocked and dodged all of Naruto's attempts of attacking him with his own bastardized version of the Frog Kata. This went on for a few minutes until he called a pause so he could fix the boy's stance before continuing with his training.

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One year later:

"Jiji… Why are we here? This isn't a place for a kid, y'know." The young blond asked, not really caring about his verbal tic, as he walked into a casino with his godfather.

"Well, you see, Brat. I've heard that an old friend of mine is in this place and as much as I'd love to wait for her to come out and talk to her in a bar when she is drunk and easier to deal with… if a bit more violent… I'd rather you go to sleep before 3 am." Explained the forty three year old man.

"I could just stay in the hotel room until you are done with her, y'know."

"Because… 1. I'm not leaving you alone in a hotel room again! Not after last time!"

"I just ordered a bit of ramen!"

"You ordered over a dozen bowls! But I digress… 2. You are the reason we are meeting her! 3. Shut up, I can kick your butt whenever I want!"

Naruto just grumbled in response as they walked farther into the casino, before realizing something. "Who are we even looking for?"

Jiraiya didn't answer as he kept walking up to a blonde woman in green. "Hello, Hime~!"

"Aw…fuck." The woman groaned out as she slumped on the table she was playing at. "What the hell do you want, Jiraiya? I'm in no mood for your shit… And you are going to ruin my good hand."

"You? With a good hand? Not unless it's the end of the world." He stayed silent for a moment before speaking again. "But… I do need your help."

"Hoh? And with what I wonder?" She said with as much sarcasm as she could muster as she laid down her hand. "Full House."

"Royal Flush"

"Fuck!" The woman said as her chips where taken away. "So? I'm waiting."

"Right… Well… Naruto! Come over here!" Called Jiraiya as he noticed that his brat had ran off to the slot machines as his two elders spoke.

"Huh? What, Jiji?! I'm winning over here!" The boy shouted back to the white haired man.

"WHAT!?" Exclaimed Jiraiya as he backed away from the woman and followed the voice of the child.

"What the hell is this!?" Shouted the woman as she stood up from the table and followed her old friend. She was about to shout at him again until she saw him stop and look at a specific slot machine.

The pair weren't the only ones; everyone around them stared in awe at the single machine…

As a small blond boy kept getting jackpots over and over again.

"Jiraiya… who is this?"

"My godson, Naruto… I was going to ask you for help looking after him…"

"You got yourself that help."

"Huh?!"

"With this goldmine, I mean, boy, I could pay off all my depts. in less than a month!"

"Figures." Jiraiya said with a sigh of defeat. "Hey, Brat! I want you to meet that person I told you about."

"Uh?" the blond boy mumbled as he turned around only to see a pair of mountains in front of him. "Woah… H-hi…"

"Of course you'd have corrupted the brat already!"

"I did no such thing! Anyone would be marveled by those magnificent beauties you hide in that-"

WHAMP!

He was not able to finish that sentence as he was sent flying through the casino, the wall and into the street.

"JIJI!?" Naruto screamed in terror as he saw his father figure soar through the building and straight through the wall.

"Don't worry about him, brat. I am Tsunade and I will be taking care of you from now on, my little gold mine! Now let's look for Shizune so we can get out of here!"

"B-but Jiji!"

"Fine! I'll pick up the pervert too…"

"Per… vert?"

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Two Years Later:

"Ero-Jiji! How much longer until we get there?" Naruto asked as he walked with his family through the forest.

"Not much longer, really… I'd say about half hour… And stop calling me 'Ero-Jiji', show some respect!" Jiraiya said before quickly snapping towards the woman walking at the opposite side of Naruto. "Why did you have to teach him to call me that!? He was disrespectful enough already!"

"He had a right to know that his godfather is a pervert, don't ya, Naru-chan?" Tsunade said with a sly smirk and a small chuckle as both men showed their annoyance.

"I do, but don't call me that either, Baachan!"

"And what did I tell YOU about calling me that! Call me Kaasan or Kaachan, but not that! It makes me feel old…" She snapped back at the boy before muttering the last part under her breath.

Of course it was pointless as he heard her anyway. "I call them as I see them! You ARE old!"

"Why you little!"

Shizune could do nothing but sigh as her family started another three-way-screaming match, but after a moment she smiled as she knew she had the only really non-disrespectful nickname by Naruto 'Shizune-neechan'. Her smile grew into a grin as she was starting to catch a glimpse of their destination… Konoha… She hadn't been there in so long and now finally back with the excuse of Naruto entering the Ninja Academy in less than a month…

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Author's Notes:

Uh... Hi! Well... This is my first fanfic ever... and well... I've been planning this little project out for a few months now... And I am comfident enough at this point to finaly give it a go!

First things first, this chapter is definitely much shorter than what will be the norm, I wasn't really invested in this part, but it is necesary as set-up for the story I want to tell... But starting with the next update AKA Chapter 1, I will be introducing the general situation and characters... following that in chapter 2 is when things will start truely separating from cannon... And Im gonna spend a few chapters in what I would call the Academy Arc.

Second off... English isn't my first language so please tell me if I F'up anything... I'm surpricingly better at english than my native language (spanish) I currently have a friend of my proofreadin, but I would still like to get someone who knows more of the series to help with that...

Third I guess would be that yes, I am using japanese terms and stuff like that for names and certain expression surpricingly not dattebayo, but that is replaced by the much simpler y'know that the newer dubs are using other than that... once jutsus start appearing... which wont be until at least Chapter 2... maybe even a little further into the Academy Arc, I will use the japanese names in the story itself and translations will appear down here in the Author's Notes

And last thing would be that in the future I will have four polls to decide some things, none are plot ecencial, but I'd still like input on them... If I have a proofreader by then he or she will help me decide on at least one of them... The others will need reader input.

Well... I think that is all! Thanks for reading the start of this story!

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