Naruto Ruffles around as he feels the crisp sheets rub against his skin. He was preparing him-self to slip back into unconsciousness but he realized the events that happened before he passed out.
"I Beat Kabuto…" said Naruto to himself
He started to open his eyes but the blinding light was too much for him to handle and quickly shut them.
"I see you're finally awake" said a familiar voice
"Yeah, but it's too bright to open my eyes" stated Naruto
"Hold on a second, I'll close the blinds" said the person at his bed side "Try now."
Naruto proceeded to open his eyes, e still found it bright and painful but he managed. "How long have I been out?"
"Surprisingly only a day and a half" stated the person now identified to be Shizune
"How's the old lady? And Ero-Sennin? And what about Orochimaru? And"
"Calm down" interrupted Shizune
"Everyone is fine and Orochimaru is gone, I'd give you details but like you I was knocked out so I don't' know much my self." Said Shizune now caressing her wrist
"Are you ok?" asked Naruto
"This? Oh this is nothing; I just burnt myself making coffee." Said Shizune somewhat ashamed "Some medic I am" she said knocking herself on the head and sticking out her tongue playfully.
Naruto just let out a small giggle and stared at the wall
"Something wrong?" asked Shizune
"No, I'm just thinking." Said Naruto
"About?" asked Shizune trying to get more info out of him.
"I'd prefer not to say…..actually…..could you leave me alone for a while….I need to clear my head…" asked Naruto in a weary tone
"O…okay, not a problem" Shizune said and immediately got up and closed the door behind her.
Naruto peek up and made sure she was out of the room. He got up and placed himself where eh would do the least amount of damage. He made a mesh of whirling Chakra spin in his right hand a sphere the size of a soft ball appeared and quickly dissipated less than a second later. "I can't hold it for long, but while I Rasenganed Kabuto I think I figured out the trick behind it." He said to himself
"Oh Ho! So you can do it for a little while at least." Said a voice behind Naruto, scaring the living day lights out of him
"AAAHHH!" screamed Naruto, jumping back and turning around to see his assailant. "WHAT YOU DO THAT FOR ERO-SENNIN?!?!"
"My My Naruto, your progress is splendid. Seal less Kage-Bunshins, Rasengan, even got good enough with chakra strings that your arm looks like you have been using it for a lot longer than just a month or two." Said Jiraiya with a huge smile on his face
"THAT DOESN'T EXPLAINE WHY YOU HAD TO SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT!!!" yelled Naruto
"To prove a point." said Jiraiya doing a complete 180 in his tone
"And what would that be?" asked Naruto
"You are progressing steadily…don't get me wrong…but you are progressing too far in one area and not enough on the others. I didn't really try to sneak up on you any better than anyone with 0 Shinobi training would have been capable of. Although you have strength, power, and are surprisingly versatile. You have no tracking ability. You're not very smart and outside of Nin-Jutsuyouhave nothing." said Jiraiya in the same, cold tone that sent shivers up Naruto's spine.
"Well what do you want e mot do about it?" asked Naruto
"Here" said Jiraiya, handing Naruto a few scrolls. "Read them over and over again until you engrave it into your head. They are a few skills, methods of training, and a…'code of honor' that is essential to all shinobi. With out these you'd be lucky to get into Chunnin. Our mission here is complete, but I have many a plans for you in the near future. I'm planning on taking you away for a while. But it'll have to wait a while, maybe just a few weeks, months or even years, I have something far more important to tend to. So I need you to study that until you have it memorized and I want you to enforce It." said Jiraiya never letting Naruto look anywhere else but at him.
"What is all of this so suddenly?" asked Naruto a bit taken back
"I'm not gonna lie to you…your life is in danger. And from here on out you are going to go up against opponents stronger than me, Tsunade, or Orochimaru. There are many shinobi out there that after you, or rather, they are after the Kyuubi inside of you. And unless you get a lot stronger you won't beat them, not in a million years." Said Jiraiya in that same cold tone
"Who is it?...Who is after me?" is all Naruto asked
"Finally getting down to business eh?" "It's an organization called Akatsuki; it's a band of renegade S-class Nins." He said to Naruto who was enveloped in the conversation
"Do you remember the two that we met in the beginning of our mission?"
Naruto thought back and merely nodded at this
"As you know Itachi is Sasuke's older brother, and is responsible for single handedly whipping out the entire Uchiha clan outside of Sauske and himself. A man that dangerous is in this organization and isn't the strongest one either, his partner Kisame is either at his level, or stronger. How powerful they are, is unknown to anyone outside of Akatsuki them selves."
"…." Naruto was taken back for a while. "You mentioned taking me out of Konoha earlier…" was all he was able to get out
"Yes I did, I'm planning on taking you on a long and extensive training mission."
"Ex-who??" asked Naruto
"Extensive, its means broad…..a lot of things and not just one or two things." Explained Jiraiya
"Oh" said Naruto
"But I can't go on a training mission with you until I find out just exactly what Akatsuki's plans are. So until I find out what I need you have 2 stay in Konoha at all costs. I Spoke with Tsunade and she wont' assign any missions outside of Konoha." Said Jiraiya, eyeing Naruto to see if he caught on.
"Huh?!" asked Naruto "Can sannin assign missions?"
"No we can't." stated Jiraiya
"Then how can she assign me missions only in Konoha if she isn't Hokage?" asked Naruto as he immediately realized what that meant
"Mission complete" was the only confirmation that Naruto needed
"So that old lady is our new Hokage huh?" asked Naruto
"That's weird?" said Jiraiya
"What is?" asked Naruto
"I was expecting you to jump up and down like and idiot and then say something like. 'I'm the best, just you watch I'm going to be the next Hokage!' or something like that." Said Jiraiya slightly teasing
"Heh, I just don't' really have the stamina for it right now." Said Naruto
"What are you talking about? You shouldn't have needed more than a night's sleep for what you went through yesterday; Tsunade already healed your fracture so you should have no problems." Said Jiraiya confused
"I'm just as in the dark as you are." said Naruto "Just give me a while to rest and I'll be up and about."
Jiraiya grinned at Naruto and said "Not a chance." As soon as Naruto's ears herd that he was rushed out of the hospital bed and out the window on the back of one of Jiraiya's toads.
"We are leaving in the morning but I want you to show me something before we leave, we might not get another chance until I get back from my trip." Said Jiraiya as his toad flew through the sky at impossible speeds
"What do you want me to do?" asked Naruto
"Show me your Kage bunshin again" said Jiraiya
"I don't' think I can." Stated Naruto
"Why is that?" asked Jiraiya
"Well…I've been trying to do it for a while now, but I never could, I always felt I was close but I could never make the clones form. When I fought Kabuto, it was the first time since Garaa that I've used Kage-bunshin. I Guess I was just so desperate that I made it form." Said Naruto
"………..you really are a lousy ninja aren't you? Relying on desperation and chance to fight. You know what; forget about the whole training mission, it'd be best if you just died." Jiraiya said in an obviously teasing voice, but Naruto didn't take it as such.
"…………" he said nothing before he went to his knees and sobbed
"Oye Oye Oye, I was kidding Naruto, no need to cry. How about this….for get what I just said, you can come on a training mission with me. How about that?" Jiraiya pleaded
Sniff sniff but had no avail
"How about I get you some ramen…will that cheer you up?" asked Jiraiya
"Sucker" thought Naruto sniff sniff "You mean it?"
"NOT A CHANCE OYU LITTLE FRAUD!" yelled out Jiraiya
"ARGH! How'd you know?" asked Naruto
"It was way too dramatic and corny to be real. Plus nothing like that has ever gotten you down before, so why would it start now?" pointed out Jiraiya
"Good point" Naruto said rubbing his head
"Well regardless of it all, seal less Kage Bunshins is some pretty high level stuff, I'm very surprised you managed to pull it off and Rasengan as well, you impress me Naruto." Said Jiraiya warmly
"…what do you want?" asked Naruto
"Huh?...what doyoumean?" asked Jiraiya
"You've never praised me like this…makes me suspicious as to why, and the only reason I can think of is because you want something from me." Stated Naruto pointing a finger a Jiraiya
"You looking into it to much, wouldn't you praise your star pupil if he accomplished something most Jounnins aren't capable of?" defended Jiraiya
"I thought your prized pupil was the fourth." Naruto said with admiration
"Prized, yes. Star, no. He's dead, and gone. But if any of my students have the potential to turn out to be ½ the shinobi he was then I think they are worthy of being called my star pupil." Stated Jiraiya slightly mocking
"Is that all you think I'm capable of? ½ as strong as the 4th?...I'll prove you wrong, I'll make the 4th look like a joke in comparison on how strong I'm going to get." Said Naruto with a flare in his voice
"HA! Big words little man. You should be honored I even compared you to the 4th. And just to give you an example on how great he was. ½ of him is more than what ever was capable of in my entire shinobi career." Stated Jiraiya
"You don't' seem that strong to me…" was all Naruto said before he got the uppercut of a life time.
"Don't you think that's a bit much?" asked Tsunade entering the room
"Don't' seem that strong…how's he kidding?" Said Jiraiya mostly to himself
"He's just a kid…but to compare him to the 4th is a bit much don't you think?" Tsunade said calming her old teammate
"Sigh…I guess your right, but still…I think it was an understatement." Said Jiraiya
"What the ½ of the fourth is still more than me bit?" asked Tsunade
"No…more of an over statement if you ask me…what I was referring to was Naruto being ½ of the 4th. I do honestly belief he is a shinobi who is capable of surpassing the 4th." Stated Tsunade
"Don't' shit with me Jiraiya, sure he's pretty impressive but to think that he could surpass that guy?" asked a bewildered Tsunade
"I honestly do…think about it. He's an orphan who grew up being taught by nobody but the basics at the academy and himself. And even though he is a Gennin he was learned 2 A-class jutsu, became apprentice to the boss of toads and frogs. Recovered from a decapitated appendage and turned his weakness into strengths. And then pulls off something like a seal less Kage bunshin and then Rasengan combo. He hasn't achieved much, but what little he has achieved are all huge leaps and bounds towards infamy." Said praising the student he just knocked out.
"When you look at it that way, he is very impressive." Said Tsunade
"But he is far from done…I'm planning on making him into something this world has never seen before." Stated Jiraiya
"And what would that be?" asked Tsunade eagerly waiting an answer
"You'll just have to wait and see now won't you." Said Jiraiya
"Ok, unlike you I can be a patient person, but I have only one comment." Said Tsunade
"And what is that?" asked Jiraiya
WHAM! "If you ever hit any of my patients again, what I did to you when you peeked at me will look like a scratch in comparison to what I'll do to you." Said Tsunade as she picked up Naruto.
"It's not like I hurt him, I just knocked him out, and that's all." Defended Jiraiya "And I know more than anyone that he's a durable guy."
"Even so, one mistake and you could do some major damage, or even kill him." Said Tsunade angrily
"Do you have so little faith in me? Do you think I'd really risk his life so meagerly?" asked Jiraiya a little insulted
"Yes, I have very little faith in you, and you are the trainer of the two most suicidal men I have ever seen in my life." Said Tsunade
"But they where the strongest right?" boasted Jiraiya
"One died in the line of fire because he was way to hot headed for his own good. And the other went missing and is most likely dead." Said Tsunade
"HEY! Marcus is still alive, I just know it." Said Jiraiya
"And how can you be so sure." Asked Tsunade
"I can't, but I just know he is." Returned Jiraiya
"And you are the one that always said that bind faith is the worst faith to trust."
"But it is still better than no faith at all." Said Jiraiya
Few hours later
"I see you're awake…again." Asked Tsunade
"Yeah…why am I out again?" asked Naruto in a daze "I Remember talking to Ero-sennin and he said I could become ½ as great as the 4th or something like that."
"Nope, definitely a dream. Your' dreams are making you arrogant. To think you consider yourself to be anywhere near the 4th's level in the future is hilarious. A punk like you should get rid of all your hopes and fantasies of being anything like the 4th." Said Jiraiya in a childish tone
"Jiraiya…" said Tsunade
" I know I say that but it's to keep him from getting arrogant, if he follows down that path then he can't be Hokage."
Jiraiya….." repeated Tsunade
"Arrogance leads to laziness. Just like Sarutobi Sensei did to us, constantly point out our faults so we would improve on them. Just look how Orochimaru turned out." Jiraiya justified himself
"JIRAYA!!" yelled Tsunade getting annoyed
"WHAT?!" yelled Jiraiya
Tsunade simply pointed at Naruto to show that he is nowhere to be found.
"Where'd he go?" asked Jiraiya
"He said to train, he said he didn't have time to sit here and listen to a pervert ramble on about things that don't' matter to him." Said Tsunade
"Andyoujust let him go?" asked Jiraiya bewildered
"I don't see why not, all he was, was tired. He looked perfectly rested to me." Said Tsunade
"I have to go find him…I'm gonna run that little runt into the ground." Jiraiya ran off laughing at what he planned for Naruto
15 minutes later in a remote training ground
Naruto was concentrating with all his might and will power to rotate chakra into his hands. He managed to make a choppy sphere, imperfect but powerful looking none the less.
"You just don't' give up now do you?"
Naruto immediately recognized the voice
"What do you want Ero-Sennin?" asked Naruto a bit annoyed
"Nothing, I just wanted to tell you that when we get to Konoha, at 6 am sharp I want you at a remote training ground. It's training area 44 be there at 6 am from now on, there will be a scroll waiting for you and instructions on what to do. And also, don't forget to read the 1st scroll I gave you. Have it memorized by tomorrow morning. And don't' tell anyone about this." Jiraiya just disappeared in a cloud of smoke
"What a weird guy" Naruto thought to himself "I can't figure him out."
A few days later at the Konoha Gates
"So who are the two I'm looking at?" asked Tsunade
"My sensei Kakashi and my teammate Sauske." answered Naruto
"Isn't Kakashi the Yodame's pupil?" asked Tsunade
"Yeah…what of it?" asked Jiraiya
"No…nothing" answered Tsunade
"Is this why Jiraiya is so sure he will be Hokage?" Tsunade asked herself
"Seems like something big to me." Stated Shizune
Tsunade pulls her aside and whispers something into her ear. Shizune gets a ghostly face and simply states "Are you serious?" soon after words Tsunade continues to whisper in Shizune's ear. After a few seconds they both composed themselves and continued to walk towards the hospital. Jiraiya and Naruto just looked at each other with utterly confused faces and followed after the two women.
Done
Sigh I feel bad, 1 month between updates and I don't give you much of anything. I've been really…..really busy and I didn't get a chance to type at all. Sauske arch is coming up and I'm not planning on typing every fight out, just Naru vs. Sauske. So you will see there is a HUGE gap between events so P. I also figured out how I am going to make the transition between the actual storyline and my own. And as for the scrolls, I kind of forgot about them until now but no big deal, they aren't all that important and I can just give you the context of them next chapter. And as for what Shizune and Tsunade where laughing about, that to is also pretty unimportant but ii will be explained later on.
As always please review and I hopeyouenjoyed this chapter (even though I'm pretty sureyouwon't because I didn't)
I can't say for sure but I'm planning on having up the next chapter up by next week, I think I owe you guys at least that much T-T