Dear Diary,
I know I haven't written anything in what seems like forever, but I have been so BUSY! Jiraiya-sensei officially said around half a year ago that there was nothing more he could teach me in regards to seals, partially because I drink everything up but mostly because his own knowledge as extremely, woefully incomplete.
So, around 3 months ago, I decided to learn seals on my own. Kizuhara-sensei's teachings were more helpful than most of what Jiraiya-sensei taught me. It's not because Jiraiya-sensei lacks as a teacher(my improvement in the stamina department can attest to that. I can now last roughly 15 minutes in a fight against Jiraiya-sensei. He says he doesn't think I can get any better just yet, so we're focusing on Genjutsu now) but because Kizuhara-sensei taught me the basics and theory behind each symbol.
Jiraiya-sensei wasn't as fortunate. He had to learn all on his own. Sometimes, when he taught me, I felt like I was the teacher and he was the student. As soon as that thought settled in, Jiraiya-sensei would trounce me in Taijutsu, Genjutsu and Ninjutsu usage, proving without a doubt that he is the master and I am the lowly slave. I mean student. I definitely meant student.
I picked up lots of books along the way and lots of tips and tutors too. The shinobi world may be ignorant, but not through lack of trying. They tried their level best to understand, and there are some whose ignorant knowledge is even more vast than Jiraiya-sensei, that I can't help but feel awed by humankind's potential. They taught me a lot. Of course, they guarded their knowledge very carefully, so I was forced to be sneaky about it. Sometimes, I had to create an alias for myself simply to get out of a jam. After a while, I had to create a whole new persona all together.
But other times I was not so fortunate. The few times I was caught were horrible. And Jiraiya-sensei didn't feel the basic camaraderie urge to help his poor slave. I mean student. Definitely student.
But on one of these 'mission infiltration: FAIL' occasions, I realized just how much it would help if I could zap out of the situation. And one of these 'Masters of Fuinjutsu' had this really entertaining theory that human beings are made of tiny particles and chakra is stored in each such 'cell' as he called it. His name was Roberuto Hooko, but sadly, he died of chakra poisoning due to his experimentations. But his theory did get me thinking.
What if -
This paragraph has been modified for the sole purpose of protecting a secret technique that a gaki shouldn't just leave lying around. –J
So I decided to experiment. Mind you, it was difficult, especially since I was hiding it from Jiraiya-sensei and trying my level best to make this a surprise, so it got very difficult trying to come up with good enough excuses about where I got the odd burnt skin patch or the numerous cuts, or the gnawing of teeth on my midriff (I don't know how he found out, and this was the only time I ever told him the truth.)
By the second month, I had successfully been able to teleport. Problem was, I didn't know where I would end up. My range was roughly 8 yards in any direction, but I digress. I told Jiraiya-sensei the truth about the bite marks, but he didn't believe me. What, I ask you, WHAT? is so unbelievable about an army of squirrels molesting me? IT'S THE TRUTH!
Now I understand how Uzumaki-san must have felt when no one believed her when she said it wasn't her who burnt Suzume-chan's hair. But I still think it was her. Don't get me wrong, I love her, but it was kind of obvious because she does sit beside her, and she was the one whom she had had a quarrel with just last period, and Uzumaki-san was the only one who had access to Katon Jutsu (courtesy of Mikoto-chan) and she was the only one liable to use Fire to take her anger out on people. Poor Suzume-chan. She'd cried for days after that incident…
Anyway, I am writing now to tell you about the look on Jiraiya-sensei's face when I showed him my awesomeness (Uzumaki-san truly has affected me. In more ways than just the discomfort of a-rather hard thing in between my legs)
He looked like somebody had stabbed Gamabunta and trodden over the remains. He also looked like someone other than Dan had fucked Tsunade-hime right before she kissed him.
In short he was utterly dumbstruck! He then looked at me with so much—Pride in his eyes that it brought tears to my own. He looked at me…like I was his equal.
Jiraiya-sensei just made it to my precious people list. People I would die protecting. Instead of them dying to protect me.
Namikaze Minato
(A/N: Just to clarify things, Minato is now 13 years old. He has hit puberty, and will from now on, start looking at Kushina in a less innocent and more sexual context. He will also grow taller! ^.^ He was 10 when Jiraiya took him on the training trip, and he'll be 14 years old when they finally go back to Konoha. This is also the time he saves Kushina from Kumogakure. Because someone didn't understand how old Minato was. Everything before the training trip depends on what age you want him to be. Yes, it is in chronological order, but I can't be bothered to go back and write his age for each chapter.)