The Limit of a Single Jutsu
Help me… I'm languishing in the deepest pits of hell… the pit of hell right next to the prison known as paperwork, its close relative that consumes and destroys all… the horrors of the beast known as schoolwork!
Sorry for the short chapter, there were some [Writer is chased off by angry readers before writer even starts mentioning black cats]
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Naruto smiled at Jiraiya. "No need to worry, no need to summon five hundred toads to scout the world, I know the leader of the Akatsuki happens to be based in Amegakure." Jiraiya's jaw dropped; that was information he himself hadn't managed to come across, and he prided himself on having the widest spy network in Konoha. Naruto's spy network mostly consisted of shadow clones under Henge's that happened to have their own life; he had a couple of people in Amegakure, mostly just pretending to be civilians and look at whatever they happened to come across; apparently Amegakure was ruled by its "God" along with his "Angel," and from what he had heard from Itachi the leader was Pein, which also happened to be the less known name of the "God of Amegakure." In Naruto's opinion, this "God" must eat ramen, or else they can not be a god, as ramen is the food that all gods are born and fed from, as the Universe is just one great Ramen Bowl with humans being toppings the space being the soup, water being the oil, and land being the noodles.
"Seriously, Naruto, where do you get all this information?" Complained Jiraiya. Naruto just smiled in response; if you had access to some black markets, there was a magazine called VillainNet, which was extremely expensive and smiler to a Bingo Book, only that it was written by the criminals themselves, and therefore, much more credible sources, assuming the criminals didn't lie, but there was still honor in the underworld, more so than some ninja villages. The best part of these magazines, in Naruto's opinion, was the comic strips about various powerful criminals and also the food columns written by people… who knew that so many A-class and S-class missing-nin happened to be expert cooks? Naruto had learned how to cook from those magazines, although any self-respecting chaperone would instantly confiscate them.
Naruto just smiled in response and waved his hand. "You know, here and there, I just listen around and see what I hear… you can find many interesting rumors around about all sorts of random things… I wish I could have a spy network like you Jiraiya ero-sensei, then I would know much more, maybe as much as you know, Jiraiya aero-sensei." Jiraiya attempted to hide his embarrassment at having collected less information than his student with his entire spy network than just Naruto "without any spy network." Naruto supposed it wasn't exactly a spy network if the only member was him technically… the clones didn't exactly count, after all.
"So how are we going to get into Amegakure borders?" Asked Jiraiya, interested to see how his student would respond to this question. Amegakure was a secure village, even compared to other villages, and Iwagakure and Kumogakure had rather strict guards, being that both were more heavily focused on military than having civilian citizens. Amegakure was on complete lockdown and only people native the Amekagure could get in. There was only one exception to that rule, if you happened to be a rather powerful ninja who went through an intense mind examining session to make sure that they have no malicious intentions towards the village. The Naruto clones had entered the village that way and some happened to be in the police force. They had shown random elemental jutsus and Kurama had managed to divert the mind examiners to fake memories and away from the real ones of him. Naruto would go in, leave a clone in his place, and then Hiraishin right back out, and leave an extra Hiraishin tag in just in case the clone dispelled.
"Don't worry Jiraiya," Naruto said, waving his hand dismissively. "Just Henge into the picture on the passport I give you…" He handed Jiraiya several Amegakure passports with pictures of rather older men, making Jiraiya pout; he obviously wanted one that looked nice, but Naruto wasn't about to give him one. Naruto picked a passport with a young man on it and sealed the rest of the extra passports away into one of his many storage seals before Henge'ing into the picture on the passport. He titled his head at Jiraiya.
"Go on, pick one, hurry up, I'm getting bored here, you know." Naruto smirked as Jiraiya attempted to look for one that he thought looked nice, and in Naruto's opinion, they were all extremely old men that would be called pedophiles if they chased after any younger girls, which was perfect. Jiraiya wouldn't spend hours looking for a brothel or an onsen to look at random girls… Jiraiya refused to be a pedophile like his old teammate Orochimaru… Orochimaru was weird. There was honestly no other way to describe the gay pedophile who wrote Icha Icha in such a sense; it was truly most disgusting and weird. What kind of legendary shinobi attempts to give little boys bites?
Jiraiya groaned and picked one that he thought looked nice comparatively to the others. Naruto had his respective clones for the two identities they had chosen exit Amegakure, and all they had to do now was wait a while until it wouldn't be suspicious; what kind of person walked out of a village, and once they went out of sight came right back? The only person less subtle than that was Jiraiya, and that was saying something considering that Gai and Lee happened to exist. Any shinobi who thought green spandex was a good color to wear, or thought that bowl cuts went well with thick caterpillar eyebrows, or thought that screaming about youth was a good idea shouldn't be a shinobi and should not be let anywhere near weapons; they should be in a mental institution gagged and straitjacketed five thousand hours a day, one thousand days a week, five hundred weeks a month, two thousand months a year, and so on.
Naruto grinned. "Now that's a beautiful visage you got there," he said, smirking at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya groaned. "Why couldn't I get a better looking one like yours?" He then struck a pose. "But no matter! The great Jiraiya-sama, one of the Sannin of Konoha, the great Toad Sage, can pull off any look!" The toad he had summoned to stand on looked rather sad; Naruto would be too if you were summoned on a daily basis to participate in someone like Jiraiya's poses. In Naruto's opinion, that was a downright traumatic experience for the Toad in question. Poor toads. Having to deal with Jiraiya as their summoner all day; better than Orochimaru, though, did Orochimaru stalk baby snakes? Now that went beyond creepy.
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The guards looked at the rather nondescript Naruto and Jiraiya; Jiraiya had actually though about making one of his usually "dramatic" entrances, which Naruto called "completely over the top and retarded" entrances. That was before Naruto One Thousand Years of Death'ed him into the next dimension… Naruto wasn't sure if it had left any lasting damage. He had experimented with forming mini Rasengan's at the tips of his fingers to amplify the piercing power of the One Thousand Years of Death, but Naruto decided only to use it against his worst enemies; it was a truly cruel method of attack. Naruto had simply used the basic version against Jiraiya, not even a pervert of Jiraiya's level and at the same shamelessness could deserve such a fate as the feared One Thousand Years of Death, not even mentioning the One Thousand Years of Death Barrage, which was rather unspeakable; it was declared a ninjutsu after some of his closer friends saw its effects, and Sarutobi himself had banned it. A truly scary jutsu, it was.
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"So, this is Amegakure, eh?" Asked Jiraiya, looking around him at the insides of Amegakure. "I thought Amegakure would be like a small village, like a town… I'd never have thought it was an entire city with skyscrapers and everything… Amegakure might be as powerful as one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, considering their technological progress and the rumors of how powerful the leader is…" Amegakure was much more futuristic than any other villages… it had huge skyscrapers and buildings, all extremely hard to build without more advanced and extremely expensive technology. Who would have thought one of the minor villages happened to be so powerful and rich?
"Mhm, apparently the leader of Amegakure is actually on par with a god in terms of power level… it is doubtful, but to beat Hanzo of the Salamander in a one on one battle, not trying that hard either apparently, makes one seem quite powerful." Naruto mused. It was unsaid that the leader of Amegakure easily defeated Hanzo, who completely stomped on Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya all combined and trying their hardest; Jiraiya had learned a couple more jutsus and the like but he still most likely wasn't any match for the legendary Hanzo of the Salamander.
"I wonder if they have cyborg girls…" said Jiraiya, face slowly breaking out into a lecherous grin, which Naruto slapped in response, waking up Jiraiya from yet another one of his many perverted fantasies; Naruto could just see his perverted sensei working on a new book: Icha Icha Cyborg or something like that. JIraiya looked at Naruto with an annoyed face. ""/What'd you do that for, kid? I was having some interesting thoughts, if you know what I mean…" Naruto then slapped him again and moved on forward, leaving a shocked Jiraiya just standing in the middle of the street.
"Are you kidding me, kid?" Jiraiya complained. "You should respect your elders, you know… we have plenty of life experience that we could share with you…" Naruto just kept on walking without any response to Jiraiya. Jiraiya stared at Naruto's back and muttered something about disrespectful brats and how they needed to respect their elders more. In Naruto's opinion, Jiraiya was most definitely not an elder; his mind and brain both had the age and development of a five year old, probably less even. And note that Naruto was talking about civilian five year olds in a peaceful setting, not five year old Kakashi in the Third Shinobi World War. There was a rather large difference between the two there.
"You don't exactly count as an elder, Jiraiya ero-sensei…" said Naruto. "You have the mental capacity of a three year old and a lack of respect of privacy, almost as much as your teammate Orochimaru… it's only a small step from looking over a person to giving them Orochimaru's…" Jiraiya just gagged at the thought; Orochimaru was truly disgusting, and his methods were unsurpassed in terms of disgustingness. In Naruto's opinion, Orochimaru deserved a One Thousand Years of Death Rasenshuriken Toad Oil Flame Style Barrage; a One Thousand Years of Death Barrage except with Rasenshurikens on fire with toad oil on all fingertips. That would hopefully enough to show Orochi-pedo the error of his ways…
Jiraiya just pouted. "I am most definitely an elder, I am old and wise, I am a great Toad Sage, one knowledgable about all aspects of the Shinobi Arts, for I am Jiraiya of the Sannin. Tales of my bravery are sung about in all the lands, for I am Jiraiya the Gallant. I am also known as the wooer of women…" Jiraiya just continued on with his rant/talk.
Naruto just snorted in response. "If you were an elder, then you should retire your old and tired bones. If you were an elder, that makes Tsunade an elder as well, and she would put your head through the wall if you even implied that. You are most definitely not all-knowing in all aspects of the Shinobi Arts, considering you asked for help on your fūinjutsu from a thirteen year old chunin. You have not mastered ninjutsu either, considering that you can't perform the full Rasenshuriken or the real Hiraishin. You know no genjutsu, and the only genjutsu used in battle on your side is by assorted toads. You do not have your own style of taijutsu, and you have not mastered the Eight Gates Formation." Jiraiya just started crying in response muttering about how his own student and godson had just abandoned him in such cold blood, at which Naruto just snorted.
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At the current point Naruto and Jiraiya had entered the so called "Tower of God" to find a Konan waiting for them, at which Jiraiya's eyes bugged out.
"You've grown to become quite the beauty, eh, Konan?" Jiraiya asked, drooling just slightly because it was rather wrong for the sensei to like his apprentice. Naruto looked at Jiraiya with a disgusted glance for said reason. "I guess you're an adult now, so that makes you fair game, huh?" Konan just tilted her head at him and hovered in the middle of the air using her wings.
"So you have come to Amegakure, Jiraiya-sensei? Why have you come here?" Konan asked.
Jiraiya frowned. "Why are you associating with the leader of the Akatsuki, and furthermore, why the hell are you part of Akatsuki?" He asked.
"The Akatsuki will always be an organization seeking true peace, Jiraiya-sensei." Konan said. "It is best I bring Pein here to talk with you." Six figures, all with the Rinnegan, causing Jiraiya to gain a shocked expression, flew down from above and landed next to Konan and in front of Naruto and Jiraiya.
"So you have come, Jiraiya-sensei," said one of the middle figures, the one that resembled Yahiko. "I assume it is to stop us… that is unfortunate, for you must fall before the might of God even though you have known and understood Pain. It is most unfortunate."
Jiraiya looked at the six figures with a confused expression. "Are you Yahiko or Nagato? Your body is that of Yahiko's, yet you have the Rinnegan… six bodies with the Rinnegan, I might add…"
Pein stayed with his passive expression. "I am neither Yahiko or Nagato, I am God, I am Pein."
Jiraiya shook his head sadly. "So you have gained a god complex, eh?"
Naruto communicated with Kyuubi. How is it that there are six bodies with the Rinnegan? This is a special ability of the Rinnegan… those are the six paths, named after the six stages of Samsara… they each have their own abilities and are controlled remotely. I can explain to you as you fight. They share vision and can only be defeated by paralyzing or destroying the body or destroying all of the black rods, which are chakra receivers.
"So, Nagato, I'll take you, and Jiraiya, you get Konan…" directed Naruto, getting a quick nod from Jiraiya, who quickly squared up for the fight.
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Nagato's head was bowed and he was on his spider contraption. "You have some idea of Pain, but the rest of the world has no idea of true Pain… as that continues, they will continue to harm each other, inflict pain on each other… while that is the case, there can be no true peace. It is impossible."
"Eh… I wouldn't be so sure," said Naruto, scratching the back of his head. "I'm sure there are plenty of wats to achieve true peace, ya' know. I'm pretty sure there has to be some jutsu that causes world peace instantly...
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Tobi looked up, rather surprised at the noise. It was generally rare that the Gedo Mazo would sneeze... someone must be talking about the Infinite Tsukuyomi again, he decided.
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I'm going to put the Epilogue right after the Tobi/Zetsu fight thingy cause I don't really have much to write about in the epilogue and I want to get this story done. I honestly didn't have any expectations for my first story, just maybe 100 views and 30 visits, 3 reviews and a couple alerts/favorites. The amount of attention I got has literally blew my mind up, so I hope that the next story I write has a higher writing quality, although at the loss of daily updates(yeah no more canon compliance).
Sorry [Gets chased off by angry readers before writer starts saying anything else]
Bye! Hope you enjoyed!