Jiraiya and Naruto are crouched in some bushes about a hundred feet from the entance of what looks like a small cave. "pervy sage is there really a secret base in that small cave?", Naruto asks.

"It may look like a cave but there are steps that lead down into the base.", replys Jiraiya. Just then a oto ninja rounds the corner to stand in front of the cave entrance. "Naruto look, we won't be able to sneek past this guy so we'll have to take him out. We have two choices, we can either knock this guy out or kill him. Normally I try to avoid killing when ever possible but sometimes that's not an option and that is something your gonna have to get use to. So I want you to sneak up behind this guy and take him out with your kunai, make it quick and don't hesitate."

Naruto pulls out a kunai and stares at it thinking about what he has to do. Naruto pushes down his nerves, steels himself, and begins to slowly sneak around behind the oto nin. He moves slowly from tree to tree untill he is directly above the ninja. Naruto drops down silently behind the oto nin, he lifts his kunai ready to strike but he hesitates at the last second. The oto ninja feeling the presence of someone behind him turns to stike him first when kunai flies out of the bushes and hits him in the throat. Naruto watched as the oto nin fell to the ground paralyzed with shock, as blood spilled from the oto nins neck. Jiraiya leaps out of the bushes and grabs Naruto then leaps back.

"What the hell happend, why did you freeze up like that?" Jiraiya asks angrily.

"I..I don't know.", Naruto stutters. "I was ready and i was right there but the thought of actually cuting his throat with the kunai, I just couldn't do it. I'm sorry.", Naruto answers.

Jiraiya sighs, "I know how you feel and killing should always be a last resort but there will come a time when you will take the life of an enemy ninja and you will have to accept that."

"I don't know if I can do that, that just isn't who I am.", says Naruto

Jiraiya places his hand on Narutos shoulder, "when it comes down to you or your enemy or the saftey of your teammate, you'd be surprised what you can do. But we still have a base to take down, you ready?"

Naruto pulls out the map of the base, "explosive tags on all six support pillars and make sure they don't go off while were still inside, im ready."

"I will find the guy in charge and get any info I can. It wont take me long so you need to be quick.", replys Jiraiya

Naruto makes and hand seal, "Shadow clone justsu!", a clone of Naruto appears beside him. "It's a good thing I can be in two places at once then." Naruto looks at the clone, "I'll take the left side you take the right." Naruto and his clone jump out of the bushes and runs into the cave.

Jiraiya sighs, "Well I better get started, can't let him get done before me."

Naruto reaches the back of the cave and finds the stairs leading down. He slowly makes his way down with his clone behind him. They reach the bottom and find the path branches of in three direction one to the left, one to the right, and one going strait. "You dispel after you set the tags." Naruto says to the clone.

Naruto slowly makes his way down the left hallway, he's about to turn a corner when he hears some one talking. Naruto peeks his head around the corner and sees two oto ninja talking with there backs facing him.

"Have you seen Orochimarus new pet?", the first ninja asks

"Do you mean the Uchiha brat, cause no I havent seen him. Why have you?", the second ninja replys.

"No I havent't, I heard he's at the main base. Orochimaru isn't gonna let that kid out of his sight."

"So Sasuke is at the main base.", Naruto thinks to himself. Naruto checks the base map, "No other way around, I need to get past these guys." He slowly creeps up behind the two ninja, jumps up and knocks there heads together,knocking them out. "No killing necessary, take that pervy sage.

Naruto continues deeper into the base following the map, knocking out and avoiding any enemy he comes across. He finally come to a large open room with three large pillars in the room. "These are larger than I thought they'd be. I'm probably gonna need at least two explosive tags for each pillar.", Naruto says to himself.

Just then Naruto gets a rush of memories from his clone telling him his clone set the tags but was unable to set them to go off before being dispelld my enemy ninja. "Crap, what do I do now? First things first, I need to set these tags and get out of here." Naruto begins to set the explosive tags on the pillars, as he sets the last tag he hears voices coming down the hall at the opposite end of the room.

"There he is, get him!"

Jiraiya come runing into the room and sees Naruto, "Naruto it's time to go, run!"

Naruto jumps off the pillar and heads down the tunnel he came through. Jiraiya catches up to Naruto, "Pervy sage, we got the tags set but we didn't have time to set them to go off." Naruto shouts.

"We'll figure it out once we get out, just keep runing.", Jiraiya shouts back. They continue through the base untill they come to the stairs. They head up the stairs back into the cave, they reach the entrance and exit the cave. "Now we just need a way to set off those tags."

"Wait I think I might have an idea..." Naruto goes through a series of hand signs then shouts,"Wind Style: Rumbleing Wind Wall", A large wall of spining wind goes rushing into the cave and down the stairs in the back.

Jiraiya stands there wondering what Naruto is doing, then he hears a series of large explosions from inside the base. The ground begins to sink in as the ceiling begins to collapse in on the base. "That was smart thinking kid but that jutsu is defensive, the wind wall is not suppose to move, it's meant to block projectiles."

"Well that just goes to prove my genius, I was able to take a defensive move and make it offensive.", Naruto says smugly. Jiraiya turns to survey what is left of the base, as soon as he turns his back he hears Naruto shout "Rasengan" and a loud crash behind him. Jiraiya turns around and sees Naruto standing in front of a tree thats been knocked down.

"Oh yeah, check it out Rasengan, no clone needed." Naruto says forming a perfect Rasengan in his hand. "This means I can start learning more advanced justsu, right."

"Ah, this kid has a one track mind.", Jiraiya thinks to himself. "Yes, this means you can learn new jutsu but for now why don't we go get something to eat as reward for a job well done."

"Ramen here I come.", shouts Naruto runing back towards the nearest town.

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