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It was ambitious, but they decided that they would try to make it back to Konoha for nightfall. A companionable silence stretched between them, until Kagome broke it when the need for some answers won out.

Softly she asked, "Naruto-kun?"

"Eh?" He looked up at her.

"Can you…tell me some more about him?" the young woman requested timidly.

Naruto chose his words carefully. This means a lot to Kagome-chan. It was true Jiraiya was the biggest pervert he'd probably ever met, but that wasn't what she needed to hear. It was the best to tell her the good things, and thus he began his tale. As they walked, he talked.

"Jiraiya is one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin…"