Hey, so I'm back with the next chapter! I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or Naruto, all the credits go to Akira Toriyama and Masashi Kishimoto.
The strong blowing of the wind shook the leaves of the trees and the grass in the floor, tiny bits of sunlight entering the forest through the trees while the majority of it came from the clearing next to the river. Next to it, a white-haired man, a blonde boy and a pink-haired girl were sitting, meditating as part of their training. The blonde's orange and blue clothing along with the red one of the girl stood up quite a lot in the forest, which the tall man did not share entirely as the only thing that stood up was his red vest, the rest of his clothing being either grayish or greenish. The three of them possessed a forehead protector, the tall man's one being bigger and thicker than the ones worn by the kids.
The man seemed to be accustomed to it, not having any problems with keeping a firm posture, neither did he with his concentration, characteristics also shared by the girl, although her concentration level still barely comparable to the one of the more experienced shinobi. On the other hand, the blonde genin seemed to have problems with concentrating, not even being able to stay still for more than 20 seconds. As he finally gave up, the blonde kid got totally distracted by the sight ofhia new master reading instead of meditating with them.
"What are you doing, ero-sennin? Why aren't you training us?!" Naruto furiously replied, snapping her teammate out of her meditation with said yelling.
"I have already meditated a lot." The white-haired man carelessly answered, waving them back to what they were doing.
"But what's the point of meditating, anyway?" Naruto's question snapped a vein from his master's forehead.
The girl was distracted by her teammate, whose question annoyed hair, lowering her arms and staring angrily at the blonde genin. "To improve chakra control by controlling the fluctuation of it in your body, Jiraiya-sama already said it." Every time she said 'Jiraiya-sama' she reminded herself of how much of a pervert he was, but she continued to call him that for mere education. "Idiot."
"See? The girl got it." The tall man continued to read as he spoke, his tone clearly trying to mock the kid. "You're just so dumb that you don't even understand words." He hid the lower half of his face behind his book.
Naruto's curious face now turned into an annoyed and angry one as, not only Sakura, but also their new master were mocking him. "Shut up, old man!" He started yelling, standing up to point directly at the man, who only laughed at his reaction. "And don't even let me get started with you." He turned to the girl, who was laughing softly at how angry the blonde kid had gotten.
"If only you could see your face!" Jiraiya said as he continued laughing, this time even lowering his book so the blonde genin was able to see his laughter more easily. He calmed down relatively quickly, though, as Naruto had quickly asked for the training. "Well, then, we'll proceed with your training."
The three of them stood up, the white-haired man leaving his book in the floor as Naruto stretched due to having been sat down quite a while. Sakura cleaned her clothes form the bits of dust and grass that had gotten in them while she was sitting down.
The blonde boy got his hands to the back of his head, using them to hold his head. "What will we do now? Will we finally do something interesting?"
Jiraiya was mocked by this last sentence from the kid, but decided to ignore it for the moment. "We'll warm up with the walk on water training, and as you must be able to suppose, that's why I brought you to a river." He got a victory grin in his face as he saw the concern in the boy's face. "Let's see if you're able to beat the river current."
Sakura didn't seem to have much problem with warming up like that, taking on count that, while being with Ebisu, she'd been able to practice it a bit. On the other hand, Naruto was quite concerned at first, but, as expected from him, he was quick to turn said concern into raw determination, his face now adopting that same face he had when he says he'll become the Hokage. The two of them entered the river at the same time, and from then on, they struggled to gain balance above the water.
"Once you achieve to maintain balance, we'll start to learn a really powerful jutsu." Jiraiya said as he sat down once again, grabbing his book as he did. This caught Naruto's attention, who asked what that technique was. "Ah, you'll see, but maybe you should concentrate in the present before thinking about the future..." He made some hand gestures before the current of the river became stronger.
And so, the training continued, with both genin struggling quite a bit with maintaining balance in the river, specially after their master made them even stronger. For the next hour, both struggled to even stay above water, being Naruto the one with more trouble, and to make it worse for him, Sakura was able to do it and even walk freely before he was even able to stand on water without much problems.
"Can I continue with the training, sir?" Sakura kindly asked, to which her master shook his head.
"Once he's done, we'll continue." Jiraiya said, inviting the girl to sit down and asking her for advice on his next novels, obviously avoiding those that were erotic novels.
Half an hour later, Naruto was able to walk freely, inspired by his frustration, only to fall right before getting out of the river. He swam to the shore, only to find his master's hand, offering help. He accepted the help and took his hand.
"That's weird, I though an Uzumaki would have better chakra control..." The white-haired man said to himself. Could it be that... he truly is his son?
"Huh?" Naruto raised one of his eyebrows in confusion, just as his teammate did.
"Can you take your shirt off for a moment?" Jiraiya directly asked, surprising both genin. "I need to confirm something."
As Sakura could do not more than just be totally shocked, Naruto, although ready to defend himself if necessary, obeyed. "What?"
The white-haired man scratched his chin as the kid took his upper clothing off, revealing the seal he was expecting. So he really is the kid... He hid his hand behind his back as chakra accumulated in his fingertips. "I just need to get closer for a moment..." And just as Sakura was about to intervene, thinking something horrible was about to happen, the man hit the symbol in the abdomen of the kid with his hand with enough strength to send him back to the river. "Now you should be able to control your chakra better." He smiled innocently.
Sakura's jaw had fallen to the ground, utter shock painted in her eyes. Naruto swam once again to the shore, this time getting out by himself, a furious expression decorating his face. The blonde genin tried to attack his new master, but his kunai was deflected and his fist grabbed, only to be thrown to the river once again.
"And now, we'll continue." Jiraiya cheerfully said, his happiness being thanks to having found the kid and for being able to throw him to the water twice. "Now I'll teach you how to summon toads."
"What?!" Both genin answered, disappointment filling their faces.
Jiraiya took them farther along the river, which took them a couple of hours of walking next to the shore, finally stopping as they reached a waterfall. The forest stopped before the waterfall, it being surrounded by 2 big rock walls that, as soon as they reached the floor under below them, gave place to another river and more forest. There, a group of girls were having fun, which seemed to catch Jiraiya's attention.
"Alright, then, let's get started!" The white-haired man as he made some hand gestures before a cloud of smoke suddenly appear, revealing a toad that carried a giant scroll. "First of all, you have to sign in here." He opened the scroll and showed them where they needed to sign.
"Um, Jiraiya, maybe you should ask the elders about this first..." The toad suggested as the kids were told by their master that they needed to use their blood to sign.
"Don't worry." He softly said, making sure the kids weren't able to hear them. "He is the legacy of the Fourth, my student, he is to trust."
"I see... But what about the girl?" The toad asked once again, catching the white-haired man by surprise.
"Uh, good point." He nervously said as he scratched the back of his head. Unfortunately for them, once they were going to stop the kids from signing, they had already finished, Jiraiya only wishing for the elders not to kill him once they found out.
"Now you should be able to summon toads, have a nice day." The toad said as it grabbed the scroll, disappearing into another cloud of smoke.
"And how does this work? Is it an advanced jutsu? Does it require much chakra?" As the pink-haired girl started asking questions, the man stopped praying for his life, turning his attention to the kids.
"It is quite an advanced technique, but you'll have the honor to learn it from Jiraiya-sama!" He answered, dancing before posing as he said his name. Once he noticed that his new students had cringed, he coughed and got back to a normal posture. "The way you execute the jutsu is quite simple, but the real challenge here is to have the enough chakra control to apply the exact amount needed for each type of toad. Let me show you." He bit the fingertip of his thumb. "And after this, you make this hand seals." He proceeded to make the hand gestures, making sure it was slowly enough for the kids to see them. After this, he got the hand of which he had bit the thumb and put it down to the floor, causing several seal like signs appear in the floor as soon as he spoke. "Summoning jutsu!" And just like that, the same toad he'd been standing on when he defeated Ebisu appeared from a cloud of smoke.
Jiraiya beckoned them to repeat the process, sitting down once they started trying, expecting them to take some time to get the gestures right, which they did. After a couple more attempts, Sakura was able to summon a little toad, which caused her tenderness, grabbing it and petting it as the little toad could do not more than sigh. On the other hand, Naruto was suddenly able to use crazy amounts of chakra, being able to summon a gigantic toad, whose appearance caused both Sakura and the little toad to be thrown away. The white-haired man saved the girl from hitting a nearby tree, the toad still being between her arms.
"This will be a mess." Jiraiya said as the gigantic toad seemed to try to get the kid off his head.
After he'd summon the giant toad, Naruto was able to calm it down, but that was after a while of resisting his grip in its head. He then fell unconscious and was given to his master by the toad. He was taken to the hospital and was now being looked over by Shikamaru and Sakura. It had been a week since the incident, which concerned everyone that knew him. He'd received visits from almost everyone that knew him, and that day, Shikamaru, Chouji, Gohan and Sakura had gone there. Unfortunately, though, Gohan and Chouji hadn't been able to witness the moment the blonde kid woke up as they had gone to buy some food.
"Naruto!" Shikamaru exclaimed, both his face and the girl's in front of him showing surprise and relief.
"Huh?" The blonde genin asked as he rubbed his eyes, noticing that he was in a hospital. "Where am I?"
Sakura hugged him. "I was worried, I thought you were never waking up again." She said, ignoring her teammate's question.
"You are in the hospital," Shikamaru answered, "you've been unconscious for a week. We really thought you were dying."
"A week..." He said, still sleepy as he had just woke up, but he processed it as soon as stopped hugging him. "A WEEK?! When is the final phase?!"
"In a couple of days, I believe." The genin with the pony tail answered.
So that was the chapter, hope you enjoyed it!
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