Here is chapter 4! Thanks to Arcami for being the first person to review! Lately due to summer I'm able to effectively post about two chapters a day during weekdays in accordance to my schedule; so that's pretty awesome! Hope you enjoy!

Jiraiya's POV

Naruto and I had been working on powering up his rasengan, his concentration and his overall abilities when we stumbled upon Fredrick. I didn't know what to make of him at first glance, in fact me and Naruto were just going to pass by him when what the boy said triggered my interest.

"I told you Sophie, I knew I could do it."

At first I had no idea of what he had meant, until I realized what had happened. He had created a justu. When a justu is created and used for the first time you can feel a person's chakra moving quicker than normal. It's different from when someone first masters a justu. When a person first masters a justu their chakra twirls inside them, taking the shape of the technique in mind and moving towards the part of the body that it would effect. When a justu is created the user's chakra vibrates and expands, as the limitations of the technique haven't been determined yet. Still, it's not an easy task to create a justu; especially for a child, and the dangers of creating a technique… huge.

When I first looked at Frederick he didn't strike me as anything more than a peasant, but I could tell right away there was something unusual about him; like he had about double or maybe triple the chakra of a normal shinobi his age. His clothes were strange, foreign and in every research trip I've taken so far, I've never seen a type, or style of clothing like that.

I knew that I had to get him to the Leaf Village; if he fell into enemy hands he could turn into a potentially dangerous foe.

He looked very uncomfortable as soon as we appeared in front of him. He had known our names, which for me I understood; having being recognized all over the world in my travels I pretty much took it for granted. Naruto however; he wasn't so famously known, as least not to people outside the village…so how could this kid who had no affiliation with any village or organization know him? The entire situation screamed suspicious. While we walked I was very cautious not to let me guard down; incase he wasn't who he said he was.

I lead the duo to the tomb of legends; no one ever visited this site because it was cursed. Even the most hardened rogue ninja never dared coming unto this territory. It was said that anyone with ill intentions would be killed as soon as they stepped foot into the tomb site. The only person to ever attempt it was an S ranked criminal known as Kishi Morri. The man had slaughtered an entire outskirt town before being chased into the territory. As soon as he landed in front of the tombstone his entire body had collapsed. Not one of the ninja that had given chase had anticipated such a thing, and none of them had performed any justu.

As soon as we entered the graveyard I watched Frederick carefully; if he was evil or fake he would die immediately or so the legend says. Frederick through just looked around curiously as we walked into the graveyard and toward the main tombstone.

As Frederick and Naruto both read the tombstone they both had a face of doubt in their mind; as if they didn't believe this story to be true.

I just watched the two of them as they then began to discuss it.

Naruto came up with a point that really confirmed his personality; just like the hero of my finest novel.

But then; Frederick really surprised me, and said something I hadn't expected at all.

"But Naruto, if you don't have the smarts and the life length to defend the people you love, then how can you hope to protect the ones that are precious to you."

I looked at Frederick, and couldn't believe what I had just heard. The way he phrased it made it seem he knew Naruto his entire life, like they were friends in a way. If I had asked Frederick at this moment who was precious to Naruto; I know that he would have been spot on… it was weird, as if he knew things that he shouldn't know. This only reillustrated my point that I had to get him to Konoha, so that he could be under Tsunade's eyes.

"If I have power I can fulfill my promises to keep those people safe. I never go back on my word! That's my nindo! My ninja way!"

When Naruto said this Frederick looked up at the sky sadly, as if he was remembering something.

At this point I walked over to him and patted his shoulder. I was checking for any henge or transformation however there was none. He was truly someone…different.

We began walking towards Konoha and after a while we were getting close. We were about an hour away in walking distance when it happened. My first instinct was to grab both boys and jump back as quickly as possible.

3rd POV

Frederick, Naruto and Jiraiya were about an hour away from the grand gates of Konoha when they were ambushed. From the trees an explosive kunai was fired directly at Jiraiya's feet. Jiraiya immediately grabbed both boys and jumped back, narrowly missing a life threatening explosion.

They had been walking along a quiet forest path, no others as this was the path less traveled. The trees that had previously been healthy and green were now burning from the explosion. Grass cried as it was burnt to a crisp in seconds and the perfect afternoon walk was ruined.

Jiraiya placed the boys down as their attackers appeared in front of him. A trio of ninja, previously leaf ninja with their headbands crossed out to show that they had went rogue. The trio looked at him confidently as the man in the middle, well built with long brown hair, called out to him.

"Give us your money and valuables old man and we might decide to not kill you."

The two men next to him laughed harshly as Jiraiya merely glanced at them.

"You don't recognize me? And you at one point called yourselves leaf shinobi; pathetic."

The man in the middle merely sneered as he glared at Jiraiya.

"We are the triple threat triads! We rob and destroy! My two buddies over here were both promising chunin; me? I was one of the strongest and most underrated jonin the leaf ever had!"

Jiraiya merely laughed at them as he looked at Naruto.

"Make sure he stays safe Naruto, I'll take care of these losers."

"Oh come on Pervy Sage! Let me take these guys! I've been meaning to try out my new technique!"

"No Naruto, it's not time yet; protect Frederick…he's really important to get to the Leaf; think of it as a V.I.P. job."

Naruto grumbled as Jiraiya charged the triple threats.

The middle ex-jonin quickly fired off a fire style justu that hit Jiraiya head on; his allies followed it up with an earth and water style justu respectably, that also hit Jiraiya.

Jiraiya immediately fell backwards as the triple threats laughed.

"PERVY SAGE!"

Naruto was completely fooled, as was the triple threats, but Frederick saw right through the rouse. Suddenly behind the triple triads was Jiraiya, driving a rasengan into all three of them. They all immediately fell over as they were wiped out.

That was when it happened; two figures jumped from the trees and took hold of Frederick and Naruto separately. They both went in different directions, forcing Jiraiya to use a clone justu as one clone went after Frederick, while his physical self went after Naruto.

Jiraiya caught up to the man who had snagged Naruto in a moment's notice. It was one of the two chunin he thought he had devastated.

"You? How did you survive? Who sent you after the boys?"

Jiraiya held a kunai to his throat.

The man was shaking as he looked at Jiraiya.

"It was a strange duo, black cloaks with red clouds! They had wanted us to capture a boy traveling with an old man in any way possible! They said they would meet up with us at a river to pick him up… They promised us triple our weight in gold! We sent in clones next to the boss in case things didn't go well….We didn't know which of the two kids they wanted so we took both!"

Jiraiya had heard enough already. He tied up the man with Naruto and immediately went after Frederick…he would have to rely on his clone….*

The clone of Jiraiya landed at the river only to meet eyes with two very dangerous foes, one chunin, and Frederick.

It was none other than Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki.

Jiraiya knew he could not take the two of them on as a clone…he had to stall for time.

Itachi though, simply ignored him.

"You brought us the wrong boy. Worthless."

Kisame simply laughed as he cut the man into pieces with his sword.

Frederick had been gagged and blindfolded. He couldn't see, but he knew who had captured him. Itachi and Kisame; he was royally screwed.

Kisame then noticed his sword anxiously trying to get a piece of Frederick.

"Oh? It seems Samahada really wants a bite out of this kid, his chakra is really appealing it seems."

Itachi shifted his attention to the man Kisame had sliced down.

"Perhaps he wasn't so useless after all…Kisame! Take the boy; let's get out of here."

Jiraiya's clone ran forward as Itachi finally took a glance at him.

Kisame smirked as he slashed his sword at no one in particular.

Jiraiya's clone had stopped running. That was when Itachi delivered the devastating blow. A fireball of huge proportions was fired directly at Jiraiya. He attempted to back pedal only to find Kisame's blade piercing him. The clone then exploded in a furry of smoke…*

Jiraiya was practically flying through the woods when he finally arrived. Unfortunately, he was too late; Itachi and Kisame had escaped with Frederick, leaving only the dead body of the chunin by the riverside.

"Damn! I missed them…I have to get to Konoha quickly… Tsunade must know."*

"…hn…"

Frederick opened his eyes only to see nothing but black, empty darkness.

"It seems he has awoken Leader-sama."

Frederick recognized that voice as belonging to Kisame.

"Welcome to the home of the Akatsuki," A new voice said.*

Hope you enjoyed! I know I said two chapters a day but it's pretty late tonight…I'll try to get another one done but it might be finished and posted in the morning…If you liked it feel free to review! J