Chapter 7:
Naruto was making his way through the hospital rooms, he had checked up on Hinata and found that though she had major hits they were able to save her and she would be fine in two months.
As he made way from the hospital he was thinking along the lines of going to Ichirakui and then go to the library to know about the Hyuuga clan as Tatsuki Baa Chan nearly beat it into him that one should always know ones opponent in a fight and to never underestimate anyone just by looks heck he was a walking testament on that and finally go home to get a good nights rest. When at the door he saw the lone figure of Kakashi standing there and signalling him to follow him.
"I really do not need this" thought Naruto with a long suffering sigh but followed him nonetheless.
When they reached training ground 7 Kakashi motioned him to sit down and was himself lost in thought.
"What the hell do I say to him, I have to train Sasuke as he is facing Gaara and I know he will need all the help he can get but Naruto is facing a Hyuuga but he is a leaf nin who won't kill him sorry Naruto you may hate me for this but I must protect Sasuke it is for Obito and I can't have you leave my team Naruto other wise I will betray my sensei, forgive me for what I must do Naruto" thought Kakashi
He said" well Naruto congratulations on passing the second exam though you should have said that you trained privately to me so I would not have worried so much about me" said Kakashi with an eye smile
Naruto just grunted at that and did not reply
However Kakashi ploughed on despite the lack of communication and weirdness how his happy go lucky student is just sitting there quietly and said "However there is some bad news because there are two of you in the finals I have time to train only one of you and Sasuke is facing Gaara who might I add is a ruthless killer so I have to train him to withstand against him"
"Kakashi while Sasuke may get killed, what about me the Hyuuga will only humiliate me in front of the whole village and the daimyo that is all Neji would do, if you are going to train Sasuke then what I am doing here Kakashi "said Naruto calmly
Kakashi winced at the lack of sensei and said "now don't be like that Naruto I do care about you, so I asked Ebisu to train you on the finer points of chakra control and face off against Neji"
Naruto started to get up and started walking away and Kakashi asked "where are you going Naruto I did not tell where you will meet Ebisu"
Naruto calmly replied as he stopped walking and without turning around said" I do not need to meet that closet pervert Kakashi, why should I have to meet the guy who had openly said he had hated me for the Kyubbi and why do you suddenly care now, you had no qualms against sending me to the Chunnin exams when you hardly trained me, what makes the difference now"
Kakashi was feeling guilty about that and said" I am sorry Naruto I know I am not the greatest of teachers but I do want you to be a great ninja"
"really then tell me Kakashi how the hell is training in chakra control going to help me fight against a freaking Hyuuga who can just shut down my entire chakra system and tell me something you really don't want me to pass as a Chunnin, do you"
When Kakashi did not speak Naruto just walked forward and said "Thought so" and left the clearing
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After finishing twelve bowls at the Ichirakui ramen stand, Naruto was fuming at Kakashi's words as he was making was to the library that moron was just feeling guilty over what Kiba said and even now he just abandons me so he can concentrate on Sasuke and also dumping me on that closet pervert who not only hates him but to train him in chakra control, it made him laugh during these 7 months nearly half his clones had worked on chakra control and he had altogether master kunai balancing exercise and was halfway between making the leaf float upto 2 inches and currently he can only do upto 5 inches a high Chunnin level chakra control.
When he entered the library door he saw Tatsuki Baa Chan was sitting on the reception desk and cataloguing the books when she saw him enter she waved at him to come over, Naruto gave her a rare smile she became one of the most precious people for him was always dotting on him like a grandmother to him during these 7 months, when he got over there she immediately asked how did he do the exam and who was he fighting on the finals
Naruto laughed at this and said in a humorous voice "well now Baa-Chan, you certainly are getting ahead of yourselves I never did tell you that I passed the second exam"
"oh please you can not fool me brat I know for a fact there are a few Gennins that can match you now and even they will have a hard time at that "replied Tatsuki and looked in Naruto face with a clear expression you- better-tell-me now-or-else face
Naruto just laughed at this and told the entire story from the start of the exams to Hinata and asked her help. Tatsuki replied "well the only thing you can do is try to attack him at long range and defeat him for he is one of the Gennins who are dangerous and there is a talk that he is the greatest Hyuuga to ever grace the Hyuuga family and a prodigy at Jyuken Taijutsu so hand to hand combat is out"
"Hmm I will think about what you said Baa Chan, in the meanwhile could you give me the information on Byakugan I think I will study about what is generally known about them" said Naruto thoughtfully and when Tatsuki gave the book on Hyuuga to him he waved goodbye and went to his home since it was a long day.
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The next day Naruto woke up late and started doing his morning chores made his breakfast food of toast and eggs which Ayame had practically drilled him to eat to get proper nutrients he had grown somewhat due to his normal food intake during these 7 months and was planning to go and get new clothes and maybe get some orange less ones since the only reason he wore that colour was to get attention when he was pretty desperate to escape the loneliness back when he was younger as he went to take a bath he discovered his heater was broken and taking his clothes and a towel he went to a nearby hot spring.
"AHHH"exclaimed Naruto as he sat on the hot spring the hot water doing great on his sore muscles, he was alone on the spring since it wasn't rush hour and he was enjoying the peace when he suddenly heard a giggle which was coming from the side of the women's hot spring, he ignored it seeing he recognised that giggle as a the giggle which always comes from his ex-sensei when he was reading that orange book but the giggles kept coming, so with a disgruntled sigh he redressed and came out of the hot spring and saw a white haired man who was dressed as a kabuki actor along with the wooden sandals having knee length hair and a giant scroll on his back and a forehead protector with kanji for oil there along with peeking in a hole at the woman side of the hot spring giving a perverted giggle and writing furiously on his note book
Naruto soon gave a tick mark on his forehead as the man just shrugging of his killing intent and said in a deadly voice "what the hell are you doing pervert"
The man just shushed him and then went back to his peeking, the tick marking growing on his forehead Naruto started doing handseals for a Jutsu, as if sensing the gathering of chakra the man whipped around and said "Gaki, you are annoying me and stopping me from my research" and started doing handseals faster than he could see and slammed it into the ground where a toad appeared and swatted his tongue at him , Naruto surprised at seeing a toad was unable to defend and got caught in the tongue and when the toad was about to fling him he shouted "WAIT"
The man now clearly annoyed fully turned around and saw Naruto's face for the first time and froze" wait a minute blue eyes, blonde hair, whisker marks on his face and a fiery attitude, oh shit this is Naruto, Minato and Kushina's kid, I did not intent to meet him till after the Chunnin exams what the hell should I do now "thought Jirayia with a agitated face
Naruto not seeing this said "hey you old pervert put me down"
Jirayia snapped out of his stupor and muttering a quick apology and let him down was looking around at an agitated expression on what the hell does have to talk about, I mean what the hell you could say to your god child after nearly12 years.
Again ignoring the pervert's expression he said "you are Jirayia of the Sannin aren't you"
The old man coughed and said in a jovial voice" of course I am Gaki it is a wonder that small boys like you can recognise my awesomeness "and started laughing
Naruto sweat dropped at this and said "no I just recognised the toad summon, what were you doing peeking at the women's hot spring any way"
"I was conducting research Gaki"answered Jirayia with a perverted smile
"research , you are just a pervert "yelled Naruto ,Jirayia looked at this in a wounded expression and said" Gaki, you hurt me I am not just any pervert I am a SUPER PERVERT" and started doing a ridiculous pose with one hand at this hip and the other at pointing to the sky.
Naruto just sweat dropped again at this and thought what a moron he must be to admitting he was a super pervert and seemed to be proud of it and just said "what ever Ero-Sennin, I am out of here" and started walking away, Jirayia having a idea started following him.
Naruto saw that he was being followed just stopped and shouted "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME ERO SENNIN"
"don't call me that Gaki, tell me something, what is your name, are you in the Chunnin exams, who are you facing and why are you not training now with your Jounin sensei "asked Jirayia
Blinking at the change of subject and the rapid questions Naruto replied "I am Naruto Uzumaki, I am in the finals and I am facing Neji Hyuuga and as for training with my Jounin sensei he is currently training my teammate Sasuke Uchiha who is also in the finals".
"Then who is training you then "asked Jirayia narrowing his eyes
"No one "replied a confused Naruto not seeing where this was going
"Well then you are in luck Gaki I think I will train you "replied Jirayia
Alarm bells started ringing in Naruto's years and he immediately asked in a suspicious tone "and why are you doing this" all the while discretely going to his kunai holster
Narrowing his eyes at that gesture he replied "you are interesting kid that all"
"And what will you be training me in "said Naruto still suspicions of Jirayia
"well that is simple you have you felt another chakra source in you "asked Jirayia thinking that perhaps training in Kyubbi would be enough to defeat the Hyuuga
"Yes "said Naruto narrowing his eyes having a itching suspicion that it has some thing to do with the furball
"Well I am going to teach you to access that chakra "replied Jirayia surprised the kid knows the chakra
Naruto was furious as his suspicion was confirmed and he showed it by yelling" you are talking about training me in Kyubbi's chakra aren't you"
"Yes it is a powerful tool and can boost your strength considerably "said Jirayia
"get lost old man, I will never train in the furballs chakra hell I don't need his chakra, for 12 years I have been trying to tell the village that I am no demon and you want me to use the same demons power "yelled Naruto
"what do you mean kid, what convincing the village" feeling a hundred percent sure he was missing something when ever he asked something about Naruto to Sarutobi sensei he always said that Naruto was doing well and was having a happy life that is why he never visited all those years but he seemed to be missing some thing as from what he can see Naruto does not seem to have had anything that tells a normal childhood ranging from his darting eyes and to his defence position when he sneaked up on him and not yet dropping it. Perhaps he needed to have that talk with Sarutobi sensei a little early
Naruto did not seem hear Jirayia reply and ranted on "look here jack ass I don't know you and I never asked to be trained, you just come from Kami knows where and expect me to learn to use the chakra from the being that causes my misery"
"calm down Gaki the fourth Hokage did seal it for a purpose you know and perhaps it is for to use it "said Jirayia in a soothing tone hoping it will placate the boy however it did the exact opposite
"Well if the Fourth Hokage wanted it then he can use it himself I will say this though f—k the fourth Hokage and f—k you, if you think you can come into my life and tell me what to do "bellowed Naruto
Jirayia tried to talk to the boy but Naruto having enough of this merely raised his arm and shouted "Futon-Gale Wind Palm" only Jirayia training enabled it to dodge the blast from point blank range and saw Naruto running away and thought"sealless Futon Jutsu and a bloody hatred for the fourth Hokage, I am definitely missing some thing here, who should I ask, Hmmm"
Naruto was running from the hot spring at full speed and checked over his shoulder and was glad that he was not being followed, he knew full well that he cannot out run a Sannin it was clear enough that the last time he tried he got two broken ribs thanks to the furball it was healed overnight which was the only good perk of being its container. He merely sighed and started making way to his clearing and thought about revising all the techniques he knew and started working on his little project that he had been developing for 5 months that includes the wind element and the wind shunshin.
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Tatsuki Iwasu gave a huge sigh she was not as she used to be, tidying the place in the morning was not to do list but she continued as she was working she suddenly stiffened and relaxed and said loudly "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit Jirayia Sama"
Jirayia materialised out of his Genjutsu and gave a lopsided grin and said" still as sharp as ever aren't you Tatsuki and you know you don't have to call me that sama crap"
"what do you want Jirayia, you don't show up for 12 years and now act as though we were old friends again" said Tatsuki in an annoyed voice
"Is that how you speak to your former war comrade and best friend" said Jirayia with an amused tone
Tatsuki snorted and said "best friend my foot, I and Tsundae always had to watch out for you since we were in neighbouring squads especially from Koharu sensei particularly, since she never did like you or your lecherous habits"
"True I heard she is doing well and growing paranoid in her time as a council advisor "replied Jirayia
"I repeat what do you want Jirayia it is not like you to perform small talk after coming here for more than 12 years and how come you are here anyway last I heard you were in kiri enjoying the sights" asked Tatsuki with a serious face
Jirayia sighed and in a serious voice replied "Sarutobi sensei asked me to be here and said that it was time for me to train Naruto and I can have him after the Chunnin exams"
"So that is the old monkey plan" interrupted Tatsuki with an amused grin
"Anyway" continued Jirayia giving no indication that he was interrupted "I met Naruto by the hot springs this morning...."and told Tatsuki the details of his meeting, his proposition to Naruto, Naruto's behaviour and his anger and his own suspicions of his the child life.
Tatsuki took all this without interrupting and was getting nervous, it would seem that the old Hokage didn't tell Jirayia about Naruto even though she doesn't know the boys exact relation to Jirayia, she now could see that Jirayia beneath this swagger obviously cared about Naruto a great deal and was hurt and confused by this behaviour and he could get angry if he learned the truth and an angry Jirayia is not a pleasant enemy and certainly not what Konoha needs now with Orichimaru at bay, she contemplated telling the truth or not, and saw Jirayia face, seeing his stern expression which just about could intimidated anyone she relented and told him about Naruto life the birthday beating, the academy teachers hatred, his mask to conceal his emotions, his graduation day, his team and the abandonment of his Jounin sensei, his private training and what all books he had brought and also the details of his Chunnin exams, his run in with Orichimaru, the prelims fight and finally about the final abandon of Hatake Kakashi leaving him to train with a Kyubbi hater for training Sasuke Uchiha.
Jirayia was getting paler and paler and was almost rivalling his ex-teammate colour complexion hearing his godson's story, he cannot believe that Sarutobi sensei would keep this from him and have half a mind to go and kill him and the entire council and tracking down Kakashi and giving him a slow and painful death and then finally shove a Rasengan up his ass. His chakra started to churn around him in anger and he was getting up so he can do the following threat.
Tatsuki seeing this reaction and guessing his intentions said sharply "SIT DOWN Jirayia, now is not the time to announce your presence to this village, control yourself"
"CONTROL MYSELF "bellowed Jirayia "I will control myself after I kill every one of those morons that call the council and then Kakashi and finally my sensei"
"I said sit down man, this village does not need your anger right now not when your teammate is planning some thing" snarled Tatsuki getting up to restrain the old pervert
"The hell I care, I only care about the boy, why do you think I spent 12 years of my life chasing down enemies and spying on others not for this god forsaken village but for him, I bled for him knowing that he was safe and happy here but I find out he was not only made into a pariah but the only emotions he knows was abandon and betrayal and grew up in a life of loneliness this is not what I planned for when I left him all those years ago "yelled Jirayia but controlled his chakra output and sat down
"Jirayia I don't know what relation you have with the boy but you must understand Sarutobi knew you would be angry and you were needed outside of the village with us weakened from the Kyubbi attack and all but he did care for the boy one time when he had to kill in self defence , he grew ballistic and nearly massacred half the ANBU squads for not protecting him during his guard assignment, he protected the boy and hurt those who attacked him quite severly and he even killed some council members personally when they went behind his back and ordered an assassination and as for loneliness well he has that but he has some precious people he call as family his academy teacher Iruka he sees as an older brother and there is the Ichirakui ramen stand that he frequently visits they protected him during the festival by hiding him and even when they were at a business loss for housing the boy they did not care and even gave him free ramen and the owners daughter even buys groceries for him and was the one who even taught him to read and write and they are his most precious people for them he would give his life, don't leave him to defend himself when you left because of you anger"said Tatsuki in an old voice seeing jiriya calm down
"is he really happy with the village"asked jiriya in a neutral voice
"yes even though he may not show it he loves the village and he would protect for those precious people who reside in them or die trying you know instead of showing yourself prematurely you can train him to become strong as his dream is coincidentally in becoming hokage"said Tatsuki
"Like father like son I guess" mused Jirayia and said "I will think about it" and got up and started to leave
"You know Jirayia is it coincidence that he has the same blue eyes and blonde hair and a knack for learning Justus similar to a blonde haired Gaki you trained or is it something else" asked Tatsuki suddenly glancing at Jirayia sharply
"Don't know maybe" lied Jirayia smoothly and left the library leaving Tatsuki to her musings
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Jirayia was wandering aimlessly thinking of what Tatsuki said and deciding on what to do, on one hand he can just go and pretty much assassinate the council scream at his sensei and take Naruto and away from this god forsaken village or train Naruto to become the protector of this village.
While the first option was tempting, he knew that if Naruto was anything like his father he will always take the second option, muttering about self righteous blonde haired idiots he saw a side saying Ichirakui ramen stand.
"Why not may find some information on Naruto and then think about this decision " Jirayia thought to himself and went in with a shrug, as he raised the flap he saw a few stragglers eating ramen and saw an average eating place
"Good morning sir, what is your order please" asked Ayame politely seeing an old man walking in who seemed to be new to these parts
Glancing at the menu card Jirayia ordered a bowl of miso ramen and as he waited for her father to come with the bowl he started looking around he saw some photos in the adjacent wall one showed a small blonde haired boy who looks to be about 5 eating a ramen bowl with the Sandaime Hokage another showed the same boy wearing an orange jumpsuit who looked to be about 8 as he pouted while being scolded by the younger looking Ayame if he guessed right and the final one showed the boy holding a forehead protector giving a stupid smile along with the old man who was making the ramen, Ayame and a Chunnin with a scar across his face possibly Iruka if what Tatsuki said is true.
Just then Ayame came and placed the ramen bowl in front of him and as he broke the chopsticks he said" you know I cant help noticing those photos you have there, who is the boy your brother"
Ayame looked at the photos and gave a warm smile at them and said "No he is not my brother but I think of him like that, he is a hero if many does not consider him to be, the first one was his first ramen bowl on his 5th birthday when the Hokage Sama treated him here and the second was when he was so impatient to get ramen he threw a tantrum it was so cute back then and the last was his graduation party that he had here when he became a Gennin"
"Oh"said Jirayia and started eating his ramen thoughtfully and as he was slurping the broth he asked "is he happy here in the village"
Ayame gave him a confused glance at this and said "even though his life was not the best one he is happy here and will protect it"
"I see thanks for the ramen" said Jirayia as he paid for the ramen and made his decision when he walked out the shop.
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Naruto woke up from his bed suddenly, he had a long and hard training yesterday and was dead tired and was wondering why he woke suddenly in the middle of the night when he hearing a noise coming out of the kitchen gripping his bed side kunai he made his way stealthily and saw a large silhouette rummaging his food drawers flipping on the light switch he saw who was it and yelled "YOU what the hell are you doing here Ero-Sennin "
"Don't call me that Gaki is that how you call your new sensei" said Jirayia calmly as he was still rummaging his drawer for any thing edible so far he found were ramen packets, some toast, a few eggs and half bottle of milk and cereal
"You are not my sensei and I thought I told you that I never want to learn Kyubbi's power and i meant what you are doing in my food drawer" said Naruto in a clipped tone as this guy was getting on his nerves
"Well I am searching for any thing edible and as for your first statement of course I am your sensei Gaki not many would have the honour of training with a Sannin and don't worry about Kyubbi's power if you do not want to learn it then I am not going to force you to no I am more interested in your sealless Futon Jutsu "explained Jirayia calmly looking at Naruto's eyes for the first time
"Sorry for being rude but I really don't trust senseis and seeing as my first academy sensei tried to kill me and the second one abandoned and I don't even know you" said Naruto with a hostile glare the grip on his kunai tightening
"Well we have to break that tradition won't we" said Jirayia with a smirk" and you really don't need that kunai boy if I wanted to hurt I would have done so already seeing as you faced Orichimaru and I am his equal in fighting power to him and if don't trust me fully yet give me a chance and I will gain your trust" said Jirayia with a serious face
Naruto thought about what he said and knew that much was true if he wanted to hurt him then he would have killed him already and not pleaded with him for his trust or to train him it was too good to be true and even his instincts told him to trust the man there was some thing in the man which screamed trust. He sighed finally and lowered his kunai and asked" why, why do you want to train me so badly, i can only bring you scorn and hatred for associating with me and if it is pity then you can forget it and leave through the door"
Jirayia sighed and said "Believe me it is not pity Gaki and as for scorn and hatred well screw them and I am not doing this for me I am doing this for you, for 1st reason I really am intrigued by your sealless Futon Jutsu and second because I want to and third if not for a small reason its penance"
"Penance" asked a confused Naruto" for what"
Jirayia smiled ruefully and said "for leaving you"
Ignoring Naruto's shocked face he continued "you really think that the fourth Hokage will leave you in the cold, he made me your legal guardian and wanted me to take care of you"
"Yet you left me on this sh*thole"said Naruto in an angry tone
"only because the Sandaime said he would care for you and look after you Gaki, till now I had no idea what life you had, I thought that you had a happy life filled with happy memories that is why I stayed away from this place thinking that if I was seen with you when you were younger then you will be dead" said Jirayia
"What do you mean?"Asked Naruto in a neutral tone not knowing whether to forgive Jirayia or not
"I may not look it Gaki but I am one of the Sannin and I have a large number of enemies more so than others because not only during the war but I am also the one who trained the Yondaime so Iwa is still mad at me and I am an information specialist and spy it is no cake walk either if it is know that I have a person in my legal custody who has more than half the village hatred with him then you would never have seen your third birthday, I could never take you from the village since my work is a rough one nor can I stay here because it is important for me to be outside , so you see I was not able to come but I did try to be there for you seeing that you have the sleeping cap and purse that I sent you and are still living in this apartment that I sent you money from" said Jirayia
"Hang on" asked a incredulous Naruto "you are the one who send me Gama Chan and and the one who keep sending me anonymous money I thought that is was saru-jiji"
"Well, he only acts as a middle man if can call it that" said Jirayia "so about that training, what do you say"
Naruto thought about it, this guy seems to be telling the truth and he seems regretful that he was not there in his childhood and truthfully he can personally agree that due to his work and enemies he can never be close to him but he did help out indirectly so he would give him the benefit of the doubt and see what happens and said "alright Ero-Sennin, you got me, what are you going to teach me"
"Don't call me that Gaki" growled Jirayia"what have you learned by yourselves first then I can see what I can do"
"Whatever Ero-Sennin "grinned Naruto" I already have a good Chunnin chakra control and mastered the basics of all the elements, wind was the easiest for me since it is my primary element and I managed to master 4 techniques and already started inventing my own wind technique and for water and fire I learned 3 techniques from each of these two elements and I managed to learn 2 lightening techniques and I only mastered only 1 earth technique."
"My, my you certainly were busy and Taijutsu" asked an impressed Jirayia
"I am studying kenpo and am now in my intermediate stages" said a proud Naruto
"Alright Gaki it is still early why don't you get some sleep for a few hours and lets us start training first thing in the morning" said Jirayia as he saw Naruto barely awake form, Naruto just nodded and went to bed thinking of what was said, Jirayia just invited himself to the couch and was soon in dreamland surrounded by beautiful girls and a scantily clad Tsundae
Naruto woke first thing in the morning to a delicious smell wafting from the kitchen he left the bed and saw Jirayia cooking in the kitchen with what appeared to be pancakes, he turned upon hearing Naruto enter and gave a small smile to him said" morning Gaki why don't you freshen up and the pancakes will be ready by then"
Naruto nodded quickly and was soon gorging himself on pancakes and asked what will he be learning today, Jirayia got a thoughtful look as he was eating his own breakfast and said" well due to your immense reserves it is good for you to keep doing the chakra control and seeing as you are going to face a Hyuuga I think I am going to increase your Jutsu arsenal just a tad bit more"
"Alright new Jutsu" yelled a energetic Naruto happy at the thought of new Jutsu to learn
"Kami Minato he has your energy to learn new Jutsu" thought Jirayia with a smile and said "that is enough Gaki now before all that you are going to learn the summoning for toads"
"WOW"shouted Naruto
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At the training ground,
"Well, first thing first," said Jirayia as bit his thumb and did three hand seals before slamming his hand on the ground, "Summoning Jutsu!" kanji started flowing from his hand and there was an explosion of smoke and a large orange toad in samurai armor appeared. "This is Gamadaisho (Toad Scribe). He carries the summoning scroll for toads and can be used for defensive purposes."
"What do you want Jirayia?" he asked in an aggravated tone.
"The Gaki is going to sign the summoning scroll," said Jirayia.
Gamadaisho looked at Naruto appraisingly, "He doesn't look like much... Though he does look vaguely familiar..." Naruto bristled at the first comment and was about to yell at the toad and to show who was boss.
"Trust me, the Gaki is the real deal," said Jirayia."He is the Kyubbi container"
"The Kyubbi Kid, We can expect great things from you..." said a now wide eyed toad, "Very well, you may sign the scroll, however, you'll still have to take to the boss before you can summon us freely." He opened his mouth wide and unrolled his tongue revealing a scroll.
Jirayia unrolled the scroll and Naruto noticed both Jirayia's and the Fourth Hokage's names on the scroll. "Now you'll need to sign this contract in blood to make it binding and then you'll need to use some more blood to make a hand print on the scroll like me and Minato did."
Naruto followed his instructions and Jirayia gave Gamadaisho back the scroll before dismissing him. He then showed Naruto the hand seals and how to summon the toads.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Naruto shouted slamming his own hand on the ground. With a puff of smoke a small orange frog appeared.
"Hey, I'm Gamakichi!" said the cheery toad, "You got any snacks?"
"Err... No... Sorry..." said Naruto embarrassed.
"Oh well, next time just give me two and I'll let you summon me," Gamakichi said, "So are you really the Yondaime's legacy?"
"Err... Yeah..." Naruto answered.
"Cool, my dad and that guy fought the Kyubbi together!" said Gamakichi, "I can't wait until I'm boss and we can fight in epic battles like that!"
"That'll be great, we'll be totally kick ass!" said Naruto excitedly.
"No one will be able to stand against us!" shouted Gamakichi.
"Hey, do you like ramen?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, it's great!" the toad replied. "It's one of my favorite foods."
"All right! That is awesome!" shouted Naruto excitedly.
Jirayia sweat dropped. He was impressed Naruto managed to actually summon a toad on his first try, as both Minato and himself merely summoned tadpoles on their first tries, but what were the odds that Naruto's first summon would have a personality almost like his own, not to mention a weird obsession with ramen. Already Naruto and Gamakichi were forming a bond similar to the one Minato and Gamabunta had.
"Minato it would seem that your son is destined for great things" thought Jirayia
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Jirayia and Naruto were practicing summoning for about a weak and half already Naruto was progressing far better than Jirayia had imagined he had summoned nearly all the offensive middle level toads and also the defensive mid level toads, they were all waiting for Naruto to summon the boss summon before going to high level ones and when Naruto was exhausted with chakra he and Jirayia would talk about seals, Jirayia upon seeing that Naruto was studying seals soon found that his passion for sealing was reignited, it was almost dimmed upon the death of Minato after wards they would talk on strategy and other ninja techniques, though to Jirayia sadness Naruto was refusing to see the side of the super pervert and its glory Icha Icha and Naruto burned the book as target practice for his new Katon Jutsu, he was having so much fun teaching his godson that he even forgot to do research.
Naruto was in bliss, finally he had a great sensei and Jirayia soon grew up on him so much that he looked up to the men except for his perverted habits, they were so alike each other each have a flair for sealing and explosive Jutsu, that he soon trusted the guy with his life.
One day, Jirayia said"Gaki I think it is time we summoned Gamabunta, and learnt to go for higher level"
"Are you sure Ero Sennin you were complaining that even you have trouble with controlling him, are you sure he will listen to me" said Naruto in a nervous voice
"Of course I am sure atleast I think so we will know after we summon him" said Jirayia in a confident tone "remember pour half of your normal chakra store that about had to do it"
"Okay Ero Sennin if you say so" said Naruto in the same nervous tone, he did three seals and slamming the ground after biting his thumb he said" Summoning Jutsu"
. Suddenly he came to a stop on top of the head of the large toad he'd ever seen.
"JIRAYIA! Where are you! Why have you summoned me!?" shouted the Toad, "Who are you Gaki?"
"I'm the one who summoned you," said Naruto glaring at the giant toad.
The giant toad just laughed. "Yeah right, Gaki, now where is that no good Jirayia?"
"Now you listen here Gamabunta I summoned you and that's all there is to it," Naruto demanded.
The giant toad bristled at the boisterous boy's attitude, so he decided to have a bit of fun with the kid and jumped as high as he possibly could.
Gamabunta landed with a giant thud, the earth shaking all around. Naruto were able to remain standing by applying chakra to his feet. Suddenly Gamabunta's voice boomed out, "Jirayia! You ungrateful Lech, where are you? Why did you summon me this annoying Gaki on my head!?"
"Listen Gamabunta, I don't know who you think you are, but I AM the one who summoned you got that!" Naruto shouted, "
"Whatever, Gaki, just tell me where Jirayia is at so I can punish him for me having to deal with an annoyance like you!" he said.
Suddenly Gamabunta got a good look at him and widening his eyes at the whisker marks
"So, you're THAT kid, I haven't seen you since the day you were born, right before Minato died," said Gamabunta, "Very well, I'll allow you to summon me and the rest of my kin on one condition."
Naruto visibly calmed himself, "What just like that, alright, name your terms!"
"When you're old enough Gaki, you must share a drink of sake with me and as for conditions when you sighed your name with blood Gaki it creates a blood pact with us and we would be able to see the events of your life quite clearly to determine you are worthy of summoning us or not, we were amazed at your determination and I even consented you as my subordinate even without a test," said the booming voice of Gamabunta.
Naruto was speechless and finally bowed low and stuttered "thank you Gamabunta"
"No problem!" said Gamabunta, "I look forward to working with you Gaki, now I must be on my way!" With a huge puff of smoke Gamabunta went back to the summoning realm,
Naruto stood behind Jirayia and with his hands crossed over his head said "well that went well"
Jirayia was gawking at nothing at particular and when he heard Naruto he started whining" WENT WELL WENT WELL Gaki Gamabunta likes you more than he likes me, I had to work hard and look after the tadpoles at Mount Myobukuzan for a week before he consented me as a worthy summoner, he must be real pleased with you to grant you as a subordinate without a test"
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Another week passed and Naruto has finally some what mastered summoning as he was able to call a few toads by will, now
Jirayia said "well now summoning is over it is time for us to increase your speed, after your first match if you win you have a battle with rock lee although initial having low Jounin level speed he can open upto 5 hachimon gates so his speed can increase to high Jounin level to low Kage level speed we need to increase your speed to match that"
Naruto started rubbing the back of the head in an embarrassing manner and said" I thought that I forgot to tell you some thing, you see I have been developing a new speed technique with a combination of wind element and wind shunshin can we work on improving that"
Jirayia raised his eyebrows at that and said "and how could you forget to tell me that important a detail"
Naruto just chuckled nervously and said "oops"
Jirayia just gave a long sigh and gestured him to do it now familiar with the blonde's antics, Naruto took a long breath putting his hand in the ram seal started gathering wing chakra around him, Jirayia was watching this with an interesting and professional eye and saw Naruto gathering chakra around his body forming a small cocoon like formation on him and the boy cried" Flash Step" and was zooming around the clearing at average Jounin level speed due to his chakra weights that were lying on the ground, Naruto stopped in front of Jirayia and giving a goofy grin he asked "so how was it"
Jirayia did the most logical thing, he fainted, and when he came by he remembered the cause of his fainting he thought"Minato what is between your family and high speed techniques, for a moment I thought it was you reincarnated with the yellow buzzing around and that speed, huh I need to get drunk tonight"
Naruto seeing that Jirayia was waking up asked "are you alright Ero Sennin"
"I will be your technique just brought back memories say Naruto learn your Taijutsu style today we will learn to improve that step of yours tomorrow" said Jirayia in a dizzy way and was muttering along the lines of need to get drunk
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A month has passed from the Chunnin prelims Jirayia set Naruto to do the higher lever of wind element control to control his flash step better by separating a running waterfall with wind element.
That day Jirayia said to Naruto to perfect his Taijutsu and his water element as he need to go and check on his contacts
Currently, Naruto was practicing his toad summoning. Jirayia had told his godson that the more chakra he put into the Jutsus the better the results. The old pervert was correct about the more chakra better results, since Naruto had managed to summon toads the size of horses and even larger with practice. Naruto sent out a wave of shadow clones to check the surrounding area. During the blonde's last summoning attempt he nearly revealed the fact that he could summon to everyone within visual range when he summoned Gamaken. That was not something that Naruto wanted to risk again when he practiced summoning this time as he wanted them to be a secret. T. With supreme effort, Naruto pulled all the chakra that he could into his hand and used the summoning Jutsu.
Naruto knew that something had gone wrong even before the smoke cleared. There was the absence of a certain distinct feel under his feet that signaled that the Gennin hadn't summoned one of the larger toads. Suddenly, an old and slightly whiny female voice rang out, "Jirayia! Why have you summoned us this time?"
This voice was almost instantly answered by an old and slightly grumpy male voice that said, "I don't think that little Jirayia summoned us Ma."
Almost immediately afterwards Ma replied, "What do you mean Pa?! That perverted brat is the only one who can summon us. Don't tell me that your memory's going." As soon as Ma finished speaking, the smoke cleared enough so that Naruto could see two small, old toads standing in front of him.
Naruto had become a lot more restrained from how he had been during the Wave mission. However, seeing two small, old toads after all the effort he had put into trying to summon Gamabunta was just too much for Naruto. He shouted out at the top of his lungs, "What's the deal! I put nearly half of my chakra into the summoning Jutsu and instead of getting Gamabunta, I get two old farts!"
Ma pulled out her purse and whacked Naruto upside the head with it. She immediately followed up with jumping on Naruto's shoulder and shouting into his ear, "How dare you speak of me that way you disrespectful brat! Don't you know anything of how you're supposed to speak of a seasoned beauty like me?"
Pa started grinning and he quickly retorted, "Get real Ma. You weren't a beauty when you were young and you certainly aren't one now." This smart remark earned Pa a close up of Ma's purse. Luckily, the old toad was used to his wife's temper and quickly bounced back. Pa then decided to stop joking and focused on Naruto who was slightly out of it from seeing the old couple's antics. For weeks now, he had been hearing reports from the other toads about a new Summoner. Obviously, the boy in front of him had to be the Summoner he was hearing about.
The old toad sage pulled out his pipe and took a quick smoke as he thought about this situation. Why were he and Ma summoned instead of Gamabunta? The power behind the Summoning Jutsu should have summoned his idiot grandson just like Naruto had been hoping for. Pa pulled out his pipe and said, "Naruto, what were you thinking about as you were gathering your chakra and while you were performing the Summoning Jutsu? If you tell me, I might be able to figure out why you summoned Ma and me."
"Well, I needed to see Gamabunta for training me in water element since I know only the basic and not the high level ones and Ero Sennin forgot to give me those instructions, Gamakichi said that toads are the greatest in using Suiton Element so I thought of training and summoned hom"explained Naruto
The two senior toads looked at each other for a moment and then nodded their heads, they too like most of the toad clan know of Naruto life and they have been hearing how good he is and now have a good opportunity to train him and see for themselves.
"Alright Naruto Chan we will train you" said Pa and gave an evil grin
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Two weeks had passed after Jirayia left and when he returned on the following day he was shocked to find that not only Naruto was getting training from the old toads themselves in water manipulation but also Kenjutsu training from Pa with is cane and also discovered Naruto ability to combine wind and water to form ice element so they started teaching him to invent Ice Justus and to use wind and the water element from the toad in combinational attacks for another two weeks passed and at last the day arrived for the Chunnin Final Exam.
