Tsunade was having a relatively calm morning, something that had been unusual this entire week. The council was already questioning her about this masked shinobi who had just randomly joined Konoha and was powerful enough to destroy an entire training field with one jutsu. Tsunade new Naruto didn't want his identity to get out, especially with his ex teammates and the council. The council never liked Naruto dating back to when he was a child, either wanting to give him to Danzo and make him an emotionless weapon or not allow him to become a ninja at all. Luckily neither of these things happened, but who knows what the council would do if they found out Naruto was back in the village. They were rather happy when he left, not even bothering to send out many search parties. The only one who seemed to care was Danzo, but only because he wanted his 'weapon' back in the village. Tsunade was going to have an extremely hard time trying to hide Naruto's identity, especially from the council but that was at the back of her mind as she enjoyed one of the few peaceful mornings she had the opportunity to experience. However, like most days this week, her peaceful morning was destroyed.
Jiraiya was not in a good mood at all. He had spent much of the past three years of his life searching for his previous student's son, and his godson. Despite having the greatest and most intricate spy network in the world that could even get information on Orochimaru and the Akatsuki, he couldn't get any on his godson.
Jiraiya had been near Iwa, gathering information when he had gotten word from a messenger hawk that he was needed back in the Leaf immediately because Naruto had left the village. Jiraiya had sprinted to Konoha, nearly without rest. Unfortunately, by the time he had returned to the village, Naruto had been gone for nearly three days and his trail was cold. Jiraiya was more pissed off then Tsunade had ever seen. Jiraiya immediately set off to look for his godson but couldn't find anything. If he was in the village when Naruto had attempted to escape he could have stopped him but he had arrived to late. Naruto had seemingly vanished off the face of the earth. At first he thought Akatsuki may have gotten him however his spy network proved that was incorrect. One thing was for sure, Naruto was hidden somewhere and hadn't even set foot out of that location, making it nearly impossible to find him. Jiraiya was then told how Naruto's contract with the toads was terminated due to him leaving the village, thus making it impossible for him to reverse summon Naruto. From that point on Jiraiya dedicated almost all his time searching for his godson, however despite all his efforts he had no leads on his location or any witnesses who had seen him.
So when Jiraiya heard word from his network that a masked and blonde shinobi had saved three Konoha shinobi he immediately went to the sight of the battle. He saw many dead kiri bodies, all with small wounds that were all fatal, except for five of them who seemed to have been repeatedly punctured by the weapon or jutsu this man used. Jiraiya initially believed that this mysterious person could be Naruto but after seeing the battlefield, he doubted it. Naruto had never enjoyed killing, in fact he tried at all costs to avoid doing it. Whoever had done this obviously didn't mind killing.
Jiraiya left the battle field but shortly after received another message from a messenger hawk. Jiraiya opened the scroll and began reading the message only to have his eyes bulge out of his head. The message read:
Jiraiya, get back to the village immediately. Naruto's returned, and he's definitely changed. We have a lot to discuss.
Tsunade.
A large smile crept onto Jiraiya's face as he began his journey back to Konoha, which wasn't far away at all. Naruto was finally back! However, Jiraiya remembered how the message had said he changed and Jiraiya had a bad feeling about it. The cheerful and hyper-active student he once had probably changed a great deal, but at least he was back. Jiraiya kept a small smirk on his face his entire way back to Konoha.
Tsunade was sitting at her desk, enjoying a small glass of sake that she enjoyed every morning.
"Where is he!"
Screamed a voice perched on Tsunade's office window, causing her to spit out the sake she currently had in her mouth. She knew the voice, after all she had known Jiraiya for years, however she didn't expect Jiraiya to be back this fast. And as always, she didn't expect him to scare her in her office window. Tsunade shot up out of her chair, prepared to flatten Jiraiya but when she looked at his face, she saw there was no smile or smirk. He had one of the most serious expressions she had ever seen him wear on his face. She knew from experience with her teammate that Jiraiya rarely got pissed off, however when he did he was definitely a person to be feared. This was obviously one of those times when he was pissed off. She knew Jiraiya had been looking for Naruto the past three years and he obviously wanted to see him immediately. She sighed, knowing that there was no chance of her talking to him beforehand.
"Farthest training field from the center of the village. Please come back here afterwards so we can talk…"
Said Tsunade, gaining a nod from Jiraiya before he vanished. Jiraiya darted to the training field Tsunade described. After a few minutes he found it, and saw none other than the masked man with blonde hair who had been described to him by his spy network. Jiraiya's face immediately changed to a slightly disturbed one. That meant the masked man who had slaughtered all of those kiri ANBU must have been Naruto. This would mean that Naruto had definitely changed since he left, and definitely not in a good way.
Naruto was at the same training ground he was at the previous day. He was debating in his head what he should do for the day. He had a lot he needed to work on, he simply didn't know what to train for. He could always train with Nuibari since he still wasn't as good as Kushimaru was with the deadly blade. There was always the possibility of learning a new water jutsu, but he already new more than enough. There was the possibility of learning a new element besides water. He still didn't know what affinity he was but chances were he was probably water. Then there was the new possibility of gaining experience with his new summon. However, his thoughts were quickly derailed when someone leapt onto the ground behind him. Naruto immediately spun around while taking out Nuibari in his right hand, prepared to fight whoever had decided to surprise him.
Naruto nearly dropped his sword out of his hand at the sight of the person standing before him. Gone were any hostilities towards this man, one of the only ones who had never treated him poorly. It took almost all of his will power to resist running towards his old and perverted sensei. He saw the huge smile on the toad hermit's face, white hair blowing in the wind. Memories of some of the only good times in his life flooded his mind as he began remembering the training and journeys he experienced with Jiraiya. Despite all of his excitement to see his old sensei, he had to try to keep his identity a secret from the old perverted sage. Although, Naruto knew this would be nearly impossible.
"Well, well, well, look who finally decided to return to Konoha?" Said Jiraiya in a joking tone causing Naruto to grin wildly under his mask. For the first time since his return to the village, Naruto wasn't grinning because of the revenge he was getting, he was grinning out of pure joy to see one of the few people who ever accepted him.
"P..Pevy sage?" Questioned Naruto, hoping his eyes weren't really deceiving him.
"After all these years, you still remembered to call me by the name I specifically told you not to call me!" Sighed Jiraiya as he folded his arms with a smirk on his face.
Naruto didn't know what to do or say. 'Hey Pervy Sage, sorry for leaving the village and not telling you or keeping in touch with you!' yeah that would go well. 'Should I give him a hug?' thought Naruto. Not having to deal with people had definitely thrown much of his social skills down the shoot. Fortunately for Naruto, Jiraiya carried on the conversation
"That's quite the weapon you got there, you wouldn't have happened to use that against a couple of kiri ANBU, would you?" Said Jiraiya with a small smirk still on his face, which hid the thoughts that were currently racing through his mind.
Jiraiya was completely dumbfounded. He had often thought of what had become of his godson while he attempted to locate him. He had thought of a variety of possible outcomes of the boy had he decided to train. But in none of these did he picture Naruto wielding one of the seven legendary swords of the mist, let alone the Nuibari, arguably the most peculiar of the seven. Jiraiya had known of the Seven Legendary swordsman of the Mist, in fact he had multiple run-ins with some of the members. Jiraiya had to gather lots of information on the seven swordsman as they were extremely powerful enemies during Jiraiya's younger days. he remembered reading information on Kushimaru, the previous wielder and his blade Nuibari, or the sewing needle. Jiraiya never pictured Naruto wielding a sword, let alone the sewing needle. In fact, Naruto almost looked exactly Kushimaru besides the shorter and more golden blonde hair and a slightly more muscular build.
"Never pictured you as one to wield a sword, let alone the legendary Nuibari. One of the most gruesome swords ever invented." Said Jiraiya, gaining a chuckle from his student.
"Hehe, yeah, well its a long story that I'll have to tell you." Said Naruto as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head.
Jiraiya really didn't enjoy the mask he was wearing either, it completely hid Naruto's facial expressions from sight. He knew he would have to catch up with Naruto soon but was extremely tempted to see the progress his student had made during the past three years, and to see his proficiency with the blade. He still hoped to continue training the boy, maybe even resume his summoning of the toads, but it all depended on what his student had learned all these years.
"Well Naruto, I'd rather not have you tell me about your skills, why don't we test them out. I hope your they haven't dulled over these years." Said Jiraiya with a grin as he got into a battle stance.
Naruto grinned under his mask. Sparring was definitely a good way to train, plus it could work on all of his skills rather than just one specifically. Naruto began twirling the blade in his right hand and spoke up.
"Sounds good to me Pervy Sage, but don't say I didn't warn you."
Jiraiya smirked at the slight cockiness his student was exhorting but figured he'd whip that out of him this battle. Jiraiya thought he'd first begin by testing out his student's taijutsu.
Jiraiya sprinted at his student immediately, catching Naruto off guard. Jiraiya began by launching many rapid punches at Naruto, who began dodging them for his life. Jiraiya didn't plan on holding back too much in this spar. Naruto had thought he may stand a decent chance against the one man who he could actually call his sensei. He did do extremely well against Kakashi, granted Kakashi wasn't going all out but he had still landed some pretty good hits on him. Jiraiya on the other hand seemed to be on a completely different level then Kakashi, and definetly himself. The sheer speed that Jiraiya was unleashing punches at was ridiculous, he was amazed that he had managed to dodge so many of them. The thing that angered Naruto the most was the fact that he couldn't get any separation from the white-haired sanin. Naruto's whole fighting style revolved around maintaining some distance from his opponent. Sure he had Nuibari, but it was more effective at medium range where he could throw the weapon. Nuibari was extremely thin and didn't serve much of a purpose in defending against taijutsu. The other problem with the current taijutsu spar was that Jiraiya was unleashing so many punches that Naruto couldn't manage to even try to use Nuibari. Naruto couldn't afford to let his defense slip for even a millisecond or he'd be clobbered by his sensei's fist.
Jiraiya was relatively impressed with his student's taijutsu. It was obvious he didn't enjoy fighting in close quarters as he was constantly trying to jump away or create distance from Jiraiya. He noticed that Naruto's entire taijutsu style revolved around dodging enemy assaults and essentially tiring out the enemy. It was clear that the style revolved around being faster than your enemy, but unfortunately for Naruto he wasn't faster than Jiraiya. He was impressed that Naruto had managed to dodge or block all the punches Jiraiya was launching at him, but it had only been around thirty seconds.
Naruto put his left hand up to the side to block on incoming punch from his sensei and successfully blocked. He believed he now might have time to lunge with Nuibari and create some separation. However, he was sorely mistaken as Jiraiya's knee plunged into his gut causing him to fly back a couple of feet. Naruto groaned in pain as he slowly stood up from the blow to his stomach. Naruto looked up to see a large grin on Jiraiya's face.
"Not bad brat, but definitely not too good, I see you've got to work on your close combat skills a little more."
Said Jiraiya. Naruto groaned in pain as he heard Jiraiya's comment. He was simply too fast for Naruto to even attempt to begin using his sword. Naruto then decided to change the fight to one he had the advantage in.
Jiraiya looked on as the masked Naruto began running through hand seals.
"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!" Said Naruto as a thick mist descended upon the battlefield.
Jiraiya's smirk immediately changed to that of a frown, this wasn't going to be fun. While studying the seven ninja swordsman, he had learned of this jutsu. It was one performed by Zabuza, the wielder of kubikiribocho. He knew that it formed a thick mist which made it nearly impossible to see. The worst part of it was that the user of the jutsu was normally a master at silent killing, utilizing the thick mist to avoid being seen. The user would make almost no noise at all and utilize his opponents lack of vision to quickly kill the enemy. Jiraiya continued to become more and more shocked at the path his student had gone on as a ninja. If he was even somewhat proficient at using silent killing he could definitely pass as a jonin, not to mention he hadn't even seen his skills with Nuibari.
"Hehe, well Pervy Sage, I prefer to fight under these circumstances, I fell much more comfortable with my mist, hehe!" Said Naruto, once again using his high-pitched laugh which echoed through the mist.
"Thats quite a freaky laugh you got their kid…"
Said Jiraiya, a little disturbed by the laughter that was echoing through the mist. This only brought more laughter from his student. He immediately got on the defensive as he heard multiple poofing sounds which were all too familiar to him.
"I see you still like the shadow clone jutsu, its good to see you haven't completely changed!"
Joked Jiraiya, only to find the all had gone quiet in the mist, causing Jiraiya to groan once more, this was definitely going to be a bother to deal with. His student was defiantly proficient in the mist as he couldn't hear anything moving until he heard a twig snap a couple of feet behind him. He quickly darted to the location and cocked his fist before implanting it into the mask covering the boy's face only to hear poof as the Naruto in front of him vanished. He was then forced to duck as two Nuibaris flew directly at where his chest was. 'Very clever' thought Jiraiya as he stayed crouched on the floor. 'He purposely made one of his clones make noise to get my attention'. Jiraiya was then forced to leap backwards as a Naruto lunged towards him with Nuibari in hand. Jiraiya stopped his retreat by throwing two kunai at the Naruto in front of him who deflected them by twirling his blade in front of him. Jiraiya then heard that eerie laughter echo through the mist along with Naruto's next jutsu.
"Hehe, Long Sword Ninja Art: Raining Needle Web!"
Shouted Naruto as Jiraiya saw Nuibari's flying at him from all directions. Jiraiya's quickly covered his body with his white hair as he activated his needle jizo as the hair became hard as steel. He heard the deflection of multiple swords hit his hair and smirked under his protective coat. 'Not bad again!' thought Jiraiya, continuing t be impressed by his student's skills.
Naruto was getting frustrated, pretty much anything he did was countered by his sensei. Jiraiya was clearly in a different league then Naruto, but he still had some tricks up his sleeve. It was obvious Naruto would need to trick Jiraiya somehow since he obviously was outclassed in nearly every skill by Jiraiya. He then thought about maybe using some ninjutsu against his teacher, it couldn't hurt.
Jiraiya sat inside his coat of hair for a couple of seconds before launching his next attack. It was time to try to go on the offensive, however it would be challenging in this mist.
"Ninja Art: Needle Hell!"
Said Jiraiya as his hair, which was now in the shape of senbon and still hard as steel began firing off in all directions in the mist as he heard multiple poofs go off throughout the mist. Naruto was simply thinking of his next move until he heard Jiraiya's next move and instantly began going through hand signs for his next jutsu, but he felt the memories of many of his clones hit him. They were all destroyed by some form of needles that Jiraiya was firing off.
"Water Style: Water Wall!"
Said Naruto just in time as a large wall of shot up in front of him, blocking the incoming hair senbon. Jiraiya became even more impressed when he saw Naruto was able to use pretty advanced water techniques. Jiraiya was thrilled that Naruto had a lot of knowledge with an element and was excited to possibly develop skills with another one however he was quickly snapped out of his thoughts as he heard Naruto's next jutsu and new he had to move.
"Water Style: Water Fang Bullet!"
Said Naruto as water shot out from his mouth in the shape of a fang with the point of the water fang being sharp enough to easily kill. Jiraiya leapt back from his location just in time as the water fang came crashing down into his previous location.
"Your pretty good with Water jutsu kid."
Naruto was starting to get more and more frustrated, none of his attacks were hitting him. He figured his black rain technique would be useless as Jiraiya would probably just rap himself with his hair again. It would also be too risky to let up the mist at this point. The only reason Naruto still had the slightest chance against the Sanin was that the mist was preventing Jiraiya from getting close to Naruto. Every time Jiraiya began moving towards Naruto he would create clones to attack from a distance, distracting him, and then moved to a new location. At this rate he might have to reveal his most advanced technique he'd learned. But there had to be other alternatives, he didn't want to reveal every single card he had up his sleeve.
Fighting Jiraiya with Nuibari was a possibility. He hadn't really used the blade in relatively close combat yet so Jiraiya didn't know his skills with it. However, as stated earlier, Nuibari was the most powerful when Naruto was faster than his opponent so he could throw the blade and quickly catch at a different point while it flew through the air. However, Jiraiya was obviously faster so that made it risky. The black rain technique simply to risky to use at this point. Without the mist Naruto was done for.
He could use his special technique, but then he couldn't have any surprises for opponents. However, the rest of his ninjutsu seemed to be useless at this point, after all Jiraiya was famous mostly for his ninjutsu, so Naruto didn't really stand a chance there.
Then an idea hit him, it was the only possible alternative to revealing his special technique, he could use the giant clam but it would probably be best to train with the clam before going into battle without knowing how to fight alongside it. Naruto then settled on attempting to use Nuibari and possibly catch the Sanin off guard with his proficiency using the weapon
Naruto silently made his way through the mist with Nuibari in hand. Jiraiya had figured he'd have around a minute before Naruto recovered and planned his next attack. He stood patiently waiting for an atack to come, but the only thing he heard was the eerie silence within the mist.
The lull in the fighting was cut short as once again Jiraiya saw Nuibari flying straight at him just in time as he once again ducked under the blade. However after a couple of seconds the blade came firing back at him from behind forcing him to leap into the air to avoid the incoming blade. J
As the blade passed under him he saw Naruto appear and catch the blade. Once Jiraiya landed he had to evade multiple lunges of the needle blade, although the blade did graze his left arm as he cringed before back flipping to get some distance from Naruto. He pulled out two kunai and flung them at Naruto he deflected the two using Nuibari and did it with ease.
Jiraiya was definitely impressed with Naruto's sword skills, infact he severely underestimated them. He could throw the blade expertly and then catch it at a different location with ease and utilizing great speed.
"I think I've seen enough Naruto, why don't we call this thing off before we start getting to aggressive."
Said Jiraiya causing Naruto to smirk under his mask at the statement. Naruto released his mist, revealing a smiling Jiraiya standing in a wrecked training field. Naruto hadn't gone all out against Jiraiya. He refused to use his most powerful techniques but Jiraiya obviously wasn't either. He had been testing Naruto's skills, Naruto probably should have guessed this would happen, after all Jiraiya was probably even stronger than Tsunade who was the Hokage.
"So I see you've made quite a bit of progress since you left. You actually made me work in this spar!"
Joked Jiraiya who glanced at his bleeding shoulder, causing Naruto to smile under his mask. He'd missed his perverted sensei's antics and jokes. Naruto still wasn't very comfortable talking to anyone though, regardless of who it was.
"Thanks.."
Jiraiya had noticed Naruto's new type of behavior. His social skills had obviously regressed after his return, the only question is why this might have happened. Jiraiya had no knowledge on where Naruto went and how he had trained, he had obviously advanced a great deal. Jiraiya could tell Naruto had been holding back in an attempt to both conceal his skills and to not hurt him. He was happy that Naruto appeared to still care about him somewhat.
"So, care to tell me where you were these past three years? I wasted a lot of time looking for you ya brat!"
Naruto smiled under his mask, not out of someone else's fear, or from messing with someone, but smiled out of pure happiness. It was definitely great to see Jiraiya again but he really didn't want to give away too much about himself yet. He would definitely tell his sensei soon but not now. After all he still wanted to learn things from the legendary Sanin.
"Well…you see I really can't tell you yet.."
Said Naruto causing a frown to appear on Jiraiya's face as he was about to protest but Naruto didn't let him speak up.
"But I promise Pervy Sage, you and Tsunade will be the first I tell, and it will be really soon, I just…need to keep some things…hidden.."
Jiraiya was slightly ticked off that Naruto wouldn't tell him what he had done over the past three years. However, he was somewhat pleased with Naruto's attempt to keep information on hidden. It would make him much more difficult to face in combat if not everything was known about him. Naruto had definitely matured in terms of his intellect as well as his skill as a ninja.
Jiraiya sighed in defeat, knowing that it would be pointless to continue the discussion, he wouldn't get anything out of his student.
"Well your word better still be as important to you as it was before you left, Tsunade and I do need information relatively soon, the council will start asking questions. But I must be off, Tsunade wanted to talk with me, its good to have you back Naruto!"
Naruto grinned under his mask at Jiraiya's last words, it was good feeling to know someone cared about him. Jiraiya grinned and then disappeared in a swirl of leaves. This left Naruto alone on the severely damaged training ground. Naruto figured that his 'spar' was more then enough training for the day, he was pretty tired and decided to head back to the village and read so more scrolls from Kushimaru on Nuibari, this last battle showed Naruto that he still had a lot to learn with blade. There were some weaknesses in extremely close combat where Naruto needed some tips on. Naruto then began his journey back to the village.
0o0
Tsunade was sitting in her office, patiently waiting for Jiraiya to return from meeting with Naruto. As usual Jiraiya appeared on the window to her office, causing her to sigh at her teammate's stupid antics. Tsunade was too anxious to hear Jiraiya's thoughts on Naruto to pummel him to the ground. Jiraiya leapt into the room and proceeded to lean on a wall directly in front of the Hokage's desk.
"Well he certainly has changed, wouldn't you say?"
Said Jiraiya while chuckling causing Tsunade to stare at him in a confused manner. Was he not concerned by Naruto's new personality?
"You weren't disturbed by his new personality?"
"I wasn't disturbed, he acted rather timidly towards me, but I could hear some happiness in his voice when he saw me. But in all honestly I imagined him becoming more hostile if he ever returned to the village."
Tsunade raised an eyebrow at Jiraiya's statement. Jiraiya saw the questioning look on Tsunade's face and explained further.
"Tsunade, you know how he was treated in the village. When I first took him under my wing I was surprised how energetic he was, it was a miracle he didn't want to destroy the entire village with the way people treated him. Even his own teammates disliked him, I mean Sasuke nearly killed him."
Tsunade's face became solemn after remembering the treatment the boy who she saw as a son was treated. She heard it was a lot worse before she even returned to the village. She couldn't begin to feel the pain Naruto went through. The more she thought about it, the more she understood Jiraiya's logic but she still didn't like it.
"But still, your acting like he's still the same kid from three years ago!"
"Tsunade we both know he isn't the same! But don't you think we at least owe him enough to treat him the same!? You of all people should fell that way, after all he did save your life."
Yelled Jiraiya, obviously annoyed and angry with the way Tsunade was acting and what she was saying. Tsunade was slightly taken back by Jiraiya's tone but that quickly left her mind as images of her fight with Orochimaru and Kabuto began flooding her mind. She remembered Naruto using the rasengan to defeat Kabuto and save her life.
"Damnit….. your right.."
Said Tsunade who had sighed as her face dropped to one of sadness. Jiraiya stared straight ahead at her, smiling inside at the change he had made in Tsunade's attitude. Sure he didn't 'love' the new Naruto but that didn't justify treating him differently, they all owed him that much.
"But on another note, from what I saw in terms of his skills.. he's easily a jonin. I could tell he was holding back considerably and still managed to graze my shoulder. Granted I was holding back but that's still impressive. His skills with his sword are definitely something to be feared, although there are some weaknesses with how he uses it, but I'm sure he noticed that and is going to fix it. He utilizes the hidden mist technique that Zabuza used, and does it almost perfectly, he's definitely skilled in silent killing. He can use a variety of water based ninjutsu and has different jutsu involving his sword. He was definitely restraining from using his strongest techniques but from what I saw, he could definitely defeat most jonin."
"Yeah...I know…."
Sid Tsunade, this time causing Jiraiya to become slightly confused.
"He fought Kakashi and nearly killed him. Kakashi wasn't expecting Naruto to be as strong as he was and didn't go all out. From what he said he was put on the defensive right from the beginning and never got time to launch an attack. Naruto was furious with him and accidentally revealed one of his strongest techniques."
Jiraiya was very interested now about any additional skills Naruto had.
"He used some technique called 'Black Rain'. Kakashi said it turned the mist into oil which covered almost all of the training ground including himself. Naruto ignited the oil, and Kakashi barely managed to defend him self by forming multiple earth walls. Training ground 7 can no longer be used now. Theres no grass, tons of craters and destroyed and burnt trees."
Jiraiya had expected Naruto to have some powerful techniques but he didn't believe he had something to the magnitude of that. He could only imagine what other jutsu the boy had at his disposal. He smirked at the vast progress his student made, and he didn't even know all the jutsu he could use. Jiraiya definitely couldn't wait to possibly resume training the boy, but then he remembered something Tsunade said.
"You said he was furious with Kakashi?"
"Yeah, he gets extremely angry whenever he sees Kakashi, Sasuke or Sakura. He acts homicidal towards almost everyone besides us. The entire village is terrified of him, including a lot of the shinobi."
Jiraiya began chuckling at hearing this news. He personally hated the Uchiha and Sakura. The way they both treated Naruto infuriated him. When Sasuke was brought back and his punishment was being decided, Jiraiya fought hard to have the boy imprisoned for life, much to the dismay of the rest of the council besides those whose children had been placed on the retrieval mission.
"Why are you laughing you idiot, this is serious!"
"I just think it serves them right for all those years of terrible treatment."
Tsunade sighed, it was probably best to end the conversation there for now, there was no way she going to change her teammate's mind nor his view on the seriousness of the matter.
"He also said he'd tell both you and I about what he did over the past three years pretty soon, so I guess we'll meet when that time comes. So unless you still need me, I haven't done any research in a while now, been so busy looking for the brat, so I'm off!"
Yelled Jiraiya as he leapt out the window. Tsunade groaned at her stupid teammate as he left, leaving her alone with her thoughts and her mountainous stack of paperwork.