Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters created by Kishimoto-sensei.
Naruto put on his new Chuunin vest, which was colored black and had his clan symbol on the back. Or rather the Uzumaki symbol and not that of the Kazara clan was on his back. So much had happened in the last three hours. He had fought and defeated Uchiha Itachi, even though he escaped in the end. He learned about his father and who exactly his father was. He had been promoted to the rank of Chuunin. And now he was being forced to run from the Village of Hidden Stone.
"Tsuchikage has ordered us to escort you to your hotel and then out of town," said the ANBU leader, "But make no mistake, if you make one false move we will only be too happy to kill you both."
Naruto wanted to snort at the ANBU but felt that now was not the time to be combative and arrogant.
"Thank you," said Jiraiya with a slight bow. Naruto could see that even Jiraiya was a bit on edge over the entire situation. It did nothing to reassure Naruto that everything would be fine. "Let's go Naruto, no time to dawdle."
Naruto nodded and followed Jiraiya to the inn they were staying in. They were only slightly surprised to see all of their bags lying out on the street in front of the inn. Luckily none of their belongings had been damaged beyond being unceremoniously dumped. It only took them a few minutes to collect their belongings and head for the village exit.
Once they were out in the open air the ANBU lead spoke again, "We'll take you to the border and once you are there I suggest that you travel hard and fast away from this country. There are those who will be after you once we've left you."
Jiraiya nodded his accent while Naruto just swallowed nervously. Things in life just weren't working in Naruto's favor recently. First, there is the mess with the Akatsuki, which are still after him. And now, he managed to piss off an entire village simply because of who his father was. So, for the second time he three months he was being made to leave a shinobi village.
After a while of traveling at top speed they came to a stop, "This is the border, now run," ordered the ANBU as he turned around and traveled quickly back towards the village.
"Come on Naruto, he wasn't kidding when he said run," said Jiraiya as he suddenly increased his speed to almost a full out sprint away from the village. Naruto was able to keep up with him easily enough but Naruto kept getting a very bad feeling that someone was following them.
Suddenly a barrage of Shuriken halted their progress, "Damn, I hate those bad feelings." However the shinobi that appeared was not what either Naruto or Jiraiya was expecting.
"So, all along you were the one," said a familiar voice that was very angry.
"You've taken away my revenge and now I will kill you in its place," said the other familiar voice.
"Yayoi, Ayumi-sensei," said Naruto in disbelief, "What the hell are you doing?"
"That's rather simple, we've come to take our revenge on your family line," said Ayumi coldly.
"You don't want to do this," warned Jiraiya, "Naruto knows nothing of his fathers past. He didn't know until today and he still doesn't know much about what his father really accomplished in that war."
"Accomplished," roared Ayumi, "He was a butcher. He single-handedly killed more than two hundred of our Chuunin and Jounin in an afternoon, including my family."
"I was a war you silly girl," retorted Jiraiya, "How many Leaf Shinobi died at the hands of your parents? How many Leaf bloodlines were ended because of your family? My own wife was killed by one of you Stone bastards in that war but guess what? I let it go a long time ago. It was a war. War is filled with death on both sides."
"Don't you dare preach to me you filthy pervert," yelled Ayumi, though Naruto could see her resolve was slightly shaken.
"Besides, we don't care about you, we only want that little piece of filth there," said Yayoi pointing to Naruto.
"You wouldn't stand a chance against him Yayoi," said Jiraiya, "just like you wouldn't stand a chance against Itachi. Naruto was lucky to have done as well as he did in that fight. The only reason he beat Itachi was because Itachi underestimated Naruto, just like you're doing now. Let me guess, you think that after that fight he has no chakra left, that he'd be an easy target now, when in fact you have no clue how powerful he really is. Think about how much he's held back when training with you and then think about the fact that even then he was more powerful then you by far. You don't know what you're messing with and it is going to get you killed."
"Shut up you pervert, you don't know what you're talking about," screamed Yayoi, "I will kill him and then I will finish Itachi where this weakling couldn't." Nira on the ground was hissing violently towards Naruto and Jiraiya.
"Fine, it'll be your death then," said Jiraiya, "Naruto, take care of her quickly, I'll deal with the instructor."
Naruto sighed but nodded anyway, "I'm sorry for this Yayoi."
Yayoi saw a single flash of yellow light before she felt a hard strike to her throat and chest simultaneously dropping her to the ground instantly. Within seconds the world around her faded to black as she lost consciousness.
"Damn Naruto, why couldn't you have taken out Itachi that fast?" asked Jiraiya.
"I tried," said Naruto, "I couldn't get around his defenses as easily. Plus, he's a hell of a lot tougher than she is."
"Well Ayumi-san, do you still want to fight me?" asked Jiraiya looking back at the stunned Jounin.
Ayumi though was looking at her best student who was just knocked out in less than a second. Suddenly she understood the absolute fear that the legendary yellow-flash wrought through the shinobi world. Such a devastating technique and strength should not be allowed to exist.
Jiraiya was about to move on the stunned Jounin when she spoke, "Don't. I'll take her and we'll go." Her voice radiated with fear, not towards Jiraiya but towards Naruto.
"Come on Naruto, we have to hurry, these two won't be the last," said Jiraiya as he took off running again.
Little did Naruto know, but the return of the legendary 'Konoha's Yellow-Flash' was spreading like wildfire through the shinobi world while he was fleeing for his very life.
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Six months, that's how long Naruto and Jiraiya had been on the run, hardly stopping for more than a day or two in any one place. It seemed like everywhere they stopped there was some random shinobi that had heard of the Yellow-Flashes return and would pick a fight with either Naruto or Jiraiya. And if it wasn't a random shinobi, it was the Akatsuki coming to call. In that six month period Naruto gained more combat experience then most Jounin did in their first six years of active duty.
Finally Jiraiya decided to take Naruto to an island that was completely absent of shinobi presence.
"So where are you taking me again?" asked Naruto.
"The Beautiful Isle," said Jiraiya with a bit of drool hanging from his mouth, "It is an island resort with the most beautiful women in the world. They lay around on the beaches completely nude sunbathing and then drinking and dancing all night long. It is my dream to buy that island someday. Seven more volumes of my book and I should finally have enough money to buy it and live out the rest of my days there. It is the perfect place to take you to train."
"You really are the most perverted man on the planet, aren't you?" asked Naruto in shock.
"And proud of it," said Jiraiya, "If this island doesn't make you a pervert then nothing will."
"You're crazy," said Naruto as he and Jiraiya walked up the plank onto the large waiting ocean liner.
"Maybe a little, but then you're my apprentice just as your father was so what does that make you?" asked Jiraiya.
"Even crazier," said Naruto, "So how long until we get their?"
"Two months," said Jiraiya.
"We're going to spend two months on this damn boat?" asked Naruto.
"Yes," said Jiraiya, "We will be traveling far to the south across the ocean. The natives call the island Saipan."
"Right," said Naruto with a nod of his head, "But still, that's a long time without training."
"Did I forget to mention that I signed you on as a member of the crew?" asked Jiraiya.
"You did what?" demanded Naruto.
"You'll be working as part of the crew until we reach Saipan. That way neither of us has to pay for the voyage," explained Jiraiya, "it will also give me more time to finish editing my latest volume."
"Bastard," shouted Naruto as the captain approached.
"This the brat?" asked a man with a well trimmed beard and nice white coat.
"This is Naruto," said Jiraiya, "Make sure you work him hard, he can take the punishment."
The man then handed Naruto a bucket and a brush, "Fill this with water and soap and start scrubbing the deck."
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After a month at sea the ship finally put into port to stock up on supplies and pickup and drop off passengers.
"You stay here, I'm going to send a letter off to Tsunade," said Jiraiya to Naruto. Naruto was pouting of course. He'd been dying to get off the ship even for a little while. Since he'd stepped on board he had done nothing but work. He was always scrubbing the deck, shoring up the lines, patching the sails, cleaning the hull, pealing potatoes, or any number of other menial jobs around the ship. If he wasn't doing any of that then he was training with Jiraiya or trying to get some sleep. The only thing working in his favor was that he didn't get the slightest bit sea sick.
"Bastard," pouted Naruto as he watch Jiraiya stalk off on shore. Naruto paid close attention as Jiraiya walked straight past the sign that said 'Post Office'. Naruto knew then he was going to go peep.
"Pervert gone then?" asked Jizo, one of the ships crew.
"Yeah, gone to peep and not send letters like he said," complained Naruto.
"Want to sneak off the boat with me?" asked Jizo.
"Nah, I'd better not, besides, no doubt the captain knows," said Naruto.
"Well, if you want, some of the guys are playing poker in the galley," said Jizo as he left the ship.
"Don't bother coming back Jizo," said the captain from behind Naruto. Naruto didn't hear the captain approach let alone see the man, "You were told no shore leave because we want to leave before the night is out and now I find you disobeying a direct order."
Jizo was shocked as well, "but sir, I was just going to . . ."
"I don't give a damn," said the captain, "Naruto, pack his shit and get it off my boat."
Naruto nodded and then looked sympathetically towards Jizo before he left to pack the man's things. Naruto returned a few minutes later with a large duffle which he tossed to the waiting Jizo.
"You're going to regret this Captain Bartholomew," said Jizo before he stalked away.
"Sir," question Naruto cautiously.
"What is it Naruto?"
"Why are you being so harsh with him?"
"There have been reports of pirates in the area so I want to get out of here as quickly as possible," explained the captain.
"But what about the passengers?" asked Naruto.
"They were warned that we would leave with or without them," said the captain.
"But what about Jiraiya?" asked Naruto.
"He's not my concern," said the captain, "If he comes then great, if he misses the boat there will be another in a few months that he could catch a ride on to Saipan."
"But what would I do then?"
"You'd be let off in Saipan to wait for him," said the captain simply. He really was a cold hearted bastard Naruto decided. The captain then stalked away silently.
"You had better not miss this boat Ero-Sennin," said Naruto as he looked out to the shore. Naruto kept watch of the shore as the passengers began to come back from their shopping excursion on the island. As the departure deadline drew nearer Naruto was beginning to worry.
"Raise the gang," called the captains order, "Prepare to weigh anchor and set sail."
"Aye aye," called out the crew quickly setting to work.
"That includes you Naruto," called the captain to Naruto.
Naruto set to work constantly watching the shore for any sign of his sensei.
"Full speed ahead," called the captain to the now ready crew.
"Shit," said Naruto under his breath as panic took hold.
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Kakashi was absolutely impressed with how quickly Sasuke was growing under his direct tutelage. In their month away from Konoha, Sasuke had already developed the third shrike of his Sharingan eyes. It was slightly disturbing to see how much more effective Sasuke was with his Sharingan than Kakashi was. The only thing that worried him more was the simple fact that Sasuke had completely closed himself off from everyone of the other Genin.
After that first month Kakashi and Sasuke began to do mission together, mostly C and B rank but it seemed to be keeping Sasuke occupied enough. Then something happened.
Kakashi and Sasuke were walking through town on their way to the Hokage tower to report on their latest B turned A mission when they overheard a merchant.
"I had heard rumors about the 'Yellow-Flash' of Konoha but I never though I would get to see him fight," said the merchant, "He was amazing, I couldn't even see most of his moves."
"Really?" asked the local merchant, "How's that possible? Yondaime Hokage died a long time ago."
"No, not him, his son, I think his name is Naruto," said the merchant.
That instantly caused Sasuke to freeze up.
"What? Yondaime had a son?" asked the merchant.
"Rumor says that the boy didn't even know that the Yondaime was his father until that very day," said the merchant.
"Really? Well, this is cause for celebration then," said the Konoha merchant, "We thought that with the Yondaime's death that his blood line would be lost to us forever. Come, tell me about this fight."
"He was entered into the Stone Chuunin Tournament. He was paired off to fight with their number one Chuunin from the village but the fight never started. Two men showed up and one of them cleaved the Chuunin in half before the fight even began."
"You're kidding," said the merchant.
"I'm not, but then the two men took off their cloaks, one was blue and looked like a shark and the other I'm told was that Uchiha Itachi character," said the foreign merchant.
"Did the boy live?" asked the merchant worriedly.
"He won," said the visitor, "At the end of the fight the 'Yellow-Flash' cut off Uchiha's hand causing the man to flee with the blue skinned one."
"He beat the missing-nin Uchiha Itachi," said the merchant in shock.
"You're lying," screamed Sasuke now holding the visiting merchant in the air, "No one could beat him."
"Sasuke, let him down," ordered Kakashi in a slight panic that Sasuke might kill the man.
"He's spreading lies," said Sasuke in his defense though not taking his eyes off the suspended merchant.
"Please sir, don't kill me," said merchant, "I can only tell you what I saw."
"You didn't see right then," said Sasuke.
"Sasuke, stop it now, he's not lying," said Kakashi slightly ashamed.
Sasuke dropped the man and instead chose to pick Kakashi up off the ground.
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke demanded.
"We just received the report from Jiraiya last week," said Kakashi, "I was going to tell you but you weren't ready to hear it."
"You knew, you knew and you didn't tell me," whispered Sasuke dropping the Jounin on his ass before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
"Shit," said Kakashi as he stood again. He looked to the scared merchant, "I'm sorry about that."
The merchant nodded sacredly before hurrying away.
Kakashi now needed to get to the Hokage and fast out of fear of what Sasuke might do. Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke and reappeared minutes later in the Hokage's office.
"Hello Kakashi-san," said Hinata.
"Hello Hinata-san, is the Hokage around?"
"She'll be back in a moment if you'd like to sit and wait," said Hinata.
"Thank you," said Kakashi as he sat down and pulled out his favorite volume of 'Icha Icha Paradise'.
Kakashi didn't even notice when Tsunade sat down across from him. He noticed after his favorite volume was incinerated before his very eyes by a very angry Hokage.
"Sorry Hokage-sama," said Kakashi, "I just got lost in my reading so I didn't notice your arrival."
Tsunade was about to call him a liar but then realized he actually told the truth. "Where's Sasuke?"
"That's why I'm here," said Kakashi, "We were on our way here when we overheard a merchant talking about Konoha's Yellow-Flash."
"So, Naruto's legend has begun to spread as quickly as his father's did," said Tsunade.
"It would seem so," said Kakashi, "The problem though is that merchant witnessed Naruto's fight with Itachi and told the other merchant and of course Sasuke didn't react well."
"I see," said Tsunade, "I though I told you to tell him last week."
"I didn't feel he was ready to hear it yet," said Kakashi, "He reacted exactly as I though he would anyway. I think we have to worry about what Sasuke has planned next."
"Well, Jiraiya has told me that he and Naruto will be running for some time thanks to the rumors of the 'Yellow-Flash' being reborn," said Tsunade, "There is little chance of Sasuke going after him and even if he did it is unlikely that Sasuke would ever find him."
"I think that Sasuke will close himself off even more now. You might be able to pacify him temporarily by promoting him but I wouldn't count on it," said Kakashi, "I don't honestly know what he'll do as a result though."
"We'll think of something," said Tsunade though the worry in her voice could not be masked, "For now I want you to find him and not let him out of your sight."
"He feels as though everyone is taking everything from him. First, his father took him for granted always comparing him to his brother. Then when his father did finally acknowledge him Itachi goes and kills them all. He was the best student in the Academy and then Naruto came along and took that from him as well. He's become a very jealous individual and I fear that he blames Naruto and the Leaf Village for everything," said Kakashi before he vanished.
"What is it with him and riddles?" asked Tsunade shaking her head at the now absent Jounin.
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Sasuke was angry. He was really angry. So angry that if he knew where Orochimaru's village was he would have left that very day. Naruto took away his reason for existing. He did what was Sasuke's right to do. But at the same time Naruto gave him a new reason for being. His new goal was just as important to him as his old goal, in fact the goal was the same, to kill a certain person. This certain person though changed. Before he wanted to kill his brother and avenge his clan but now . . . now he wanted to kill Uzumaki Naruto to prove once and for all who the best really was.
"Calm down Sasuke," he said to himself, "You've only to wait another week and Orochimaru will send for you." Sasuke fumed silently for a bit longer before calming himself completely. It was good that he did.
"Sasuke," said his sensei as he appeared from the shadows, "I've been looking for you."
"What's the point? Why do you give a damn about me? Oh wait, I know, it's just the damn Sharingan that you and this village care about," said Sasuke venomously.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Naruto's run in with Itachi," said Kakashi hoping to appease his student somewhat, "We were trying to get a complete confirmation of your brothers status before we told you. As far as we know he is still an active member of the Akatsuki despite the loss of his hand. But this is good news for you. Your brother will be a much easier mark now that he has been disabled."
"What's the point of killing him now? He's no longer a challenge to me," said Sasuke.
"That's not true, he still possesses the Sharingan and reports indicate that he has found a way to use his Jutsu again," said Kakashi lying slightly though Sasuke had no way of knowing. The truth was that he didn't know any of it for certain.
"I don't give a damn anymore," said Sasuke angrily, "I will kill him the next time I see him but I have more important things to worry about now."
Kakashi didn't like that line at all not that he showed it.
"We have a mission tomorrow morning," said Kakashi, "Meet me at the south gate at noon." Kakashi then vanished.
"I'm going to happily kill you one day," said Sasuke with a slightly twisted chuckle, "You and everyone else in this village."
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"Okay Naruto," said the captain, "This is Saipan now get off my boat."
Naruto grumbled as he had to carry both his and Ero-Sennin's belongings. He still could not believe that Jiraiya missed the damn boat. "How long before the next boat from Okinawa comes here?"
"A few months," said the captain, "I suggest you enjoy yourself while you wait for him. You'd better find a job soon too. You could always work security in one of the many bars here, especially after the way you took care of those pirates."
"I still can't believe Jizo was a spy for the pirates," said Naruto.
"It's not that hard to believe if you know what to look for," said the captain.
"Anyway, I suppose I should be going," said Naruto tossed both duffle bags over his shoulder.
"Good luck kid," said the captain waving a final good-bye to Naruto.
Naruto looked at the island before him and it really was exactly as Ero-Sennin described it. It was beautiful. It was warm with a nice ocean breeze to keep you cool. There were beaches as far as the eye could see. If it wasn't a beach then it was rich lush tropical forests.
"Okay Naruto," said to himself, "It could be months before that pervert shows himself again. I suppose this would be a good time to just work on perfecting my techniques. And most importantly I can open the new scroll I got from Yondaime a few months ago for my birthday." Because of all the rapid travel Naruto had little time to learn anything new. Even on the ship he had to be careful of what he did. Most of his ship time was spent sparring or physically training himself and in the last month on board the only thing he could do was train physically.
"But, first things first, I need to find a place to stay," said Naruto.
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(A/N: Below is my tribute to Jiraiya)
"Tsunade is going to kill me," said Jiraiya as he looked at the now empty docks, "I am so dead."
Jiraiya hurried to the travel office at the port.
"Welcome, how can I help you?" asked a woman with enormous breasts, long legs, and absolutely no brains.
For a second Jiraiya forgot his entire reason for coming, "You're cute."
"Thank you," said the girl with a high pitched giggle, "I think you're cute too."
"How about I buy you dinner tonight?"
"Okay, I get off in an hour and then we can eat and maybe we can both get off together if you catch my drift," said girl.
Jiraiya was in love. He met his equal, the super pervert woman that was amazingly hot. "Perfect," shouted Jiraiya excitedly, "But first, I need to know when the next boat to Saipan is."
"There is another boat in two months," said the ditsy girl, "That means you have two months to spend here with me so I can service your every need." She winked at him seductively.
"Okay," said Jiraiya excitedly giving the girl a thumb's up with a small trickle of blood coming from his nose.
"My name is Ai, it means love," said the girl, "a lucky few know me as the super hot author of 'Ai Ai Paradise', the second best novel only to the author of 'Icha Icha Paradise'."
"You are the wonderful, magnificent author of 'Ai Ai Paradise'?" asked Jiraiya excitedly, "I am Jiraiya, the manliest author of 'Icha Icha Paradise'."
"Oh my," shouted Ai, "I love your writing."
"And I love your writing," said Jiraiya, "We should write together some time."
"We should get married and write together all the time," said Ai happily.
"Okay, but we must have an open relationship so as not to stop the flow of our creative abilities," said Jiraiya seriously.
"You are absolutely correct," said Ai factually while nodding her head.
"Sounds wonderful," shouted Jiraiya as all of his dreams came true.
"I know just where to go to get married," said Ai as she took Jiraiya by the arm and dragged him out of the shop and through town.
A few hours later Jiraiya had several of his sexual dreams and fantasies fulfilled by his new wife. Ai just happened to be thinking the same thing as he was.
"If I knew being married could be this good I would have done it years ago," said Ai.
"I never thought I would marry again," said Jiraiya, "But I am very happy I did. Our books will sell even faster now."
"We will be extremely rich and I can finally buy the 'Beautiful Isle'," said Ai dreamily.
"It is your dream as well to buy the 'Beautiful Isle'?" asked Jiraiya.
"I only need to publish nine more Volumes," said Ai.
"I only need to publish seven more," said Jiraiya, "Maybe we can buy it together?"
"But we must continue to publish our most exceptional books," said Ai enthusiastically before she began to fulfill a few more of her fantasies as well as Jiraiya's fantasies.
Two months passed and once again Jiraiya missed the boat because he and Ai were too caught up in conducting their research. Jiraiya learned that she only worked at the travel shop part time because she got a huge discount on travel.
So finally after four months of some very serious research Jiraiya and Ai caught a boat to Saipan to meet with Naruto.
"Excuse me," said Jiraiya to a young girl on the docks, "I'm looking for someone. He has blonde hair, blue eyes, and he's about this tall. I'm not sure what name he's going by though."
"Um, you might want to check at one of the hotels ojisan," said the girl before running off.
"He might be old but he's extremely experienced," shot Ai to the young girl, "Girls these days just don't know how to appreciate such extensive experience. Oh well, there loss is my gain."
"Thank you Ai-chan," said Jiraiya giving her a kiss and squeezing her ass a little.
Ai giggle, "We can play later, right now we need to find that student of yours."
"Right then, let's check the hotels," said Jiraiya.
After the fifteenth hotel, Jiraiya was getting nervous of not finding his wayward student.
"Excuse me miss," said Jiraiya for the hundredth time, "I'm looking for a short loudmouth with blond hair and unnaturally blue eyes that doesn't know when to shut up."
"Oh, you must be looking for Mr. Kazara," said the girl, "I think you can find him at the Golden Palace Hotel."
"Thank you so much," said Jiraiya, "So the kid is using his father's name."
"That's the nicest hotel on the island," said Ai, "I hope he didn't build up too much of a bill."
"If he did he can work it off himself," said Jiraiya adamantly, "And he can work off the bill that you and I will no doubt accumulate."
"Just as long as they carry chocolate syrup and our other father play ingredients," said Ai with a giggle.
The pair arrived to the Golden Palace Hotel and they were simply stunned by its beauty. "Wow," they both said together in stunned awe. The hotel was huge and it was overlooking a beautiful white sandy beach with miles and miles of sunbathers.
"We're going to get a lot of really good research here," said Ai appreciatively.
"I can't wait to get started," said Jiraiya.
Together they entered the hotel but stopped short of entering. There was a bright red sign that said simply, "NO SUPER-PERVERTS ALLOWED. NO SUPER-PERVERTS ALLOWED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON ANY OF THE HOTEL PROPERTY. JIRAIYA, THIS MEANS YOU!
"What the hell?" asked Jiraiya as he read the sign.
"They must mean some other Jiraiya," said Ai, "You're not a pervert or a super pervert. You are a proud ultra pervert just like me."
"My thoughts exactly," said Jiraiya as they both entered the hotel and approached the front desk.
"How can I help you and your daughter sir?" asked the attendant.
Ai giggled, "I'm not his daughter, I'm his wife and co-author of the brand new smash hit novel 'Icha Ai Icha Ai Paradise'."
"Oh, well then did you want a room?" asked the attendant.
"We do but first we are trying to find a guest by the name of Kazara," explained Jiraiya.
"One moment," said the attendant as he checked the register, "I'm sorry, we don't have any guests by that name."
"We were told that we could find Mr. Kazara here," pouted Ai.
"Oh, you must mean the owner," said the attendant, "let me see if I can get him."
Jiraiya's eyebrow twitched.
The attendant hurried into the back office before returning a few minutes later, "Mr. Kazara is checking the in house hot springs for perverts and should be returning shortly."
"I don't think this is the Mr. Kazara we're looking for," said Jiraiya, "The one I'm looking for is very loud, short, blonde hair, blue eyes, and is only fourteen, almost fifteen."
"That's Mr. Kazara, though he hates when we call him Mr."
Jiraiya's eyebrow twitched again.
"Mr. Kazara is really amazing," said the attendant, "He arrived on the island four months ago with nothing. The day he arrived he ended up in a poker game with the ex-owner and won the hotel and casino off of him. Since then he has really turned this place around. We are now the number one hotel on the island and more importantly all of the illegal behind the scenes stuff has been completely stopped. He even moved out the last remnants of the Gatou trading company off the island completely. He really is someone to look up to."
Jiraiya's eyebrow twitched. Naruto had obviously missed the point about keeping a low profile while he was on the island.
"Oi, Mizuki, stop talking to that pervert," said an all too familiar voice from behind him.
Jiraiya turned to see his student, "Naruto."
"You idiot," shouted Naruto, "How could you miss not one boat but two? Two freaking boats you stupid pervert."
"He is not a pervert," shouted Ai.
Naruto blinked in confusion, "Huh?"
"He's a proud ultra pervert," said Ai happily, "And he's all mine and whoever I choose to share him with."
Naruto's eyebrow twitched this time, "You've corrupted this sweet innocent girl."
"He did no such thing, I corrupted him. Before me he was just a super-pervert. Now he has reached ultra-pervert status," said Ai proudly.
It was clear to see that Naruto was in shocked disbelief. He never believed it was possible that there was someone more perverted than Ero-Sennin but that had just been proven wrong.
"Isn't she great Naruto?" asked Jiraiya proudly, "You should see her in a g-string and topless. Never has there been a more beautiful body made."
"Jiraiya-kun, you never told me that your student was cute. Is he well endowed?" she asked.
"He's not bad but give him a few more years and he'll give his a father a run for his money," said Jiraiya.
Unnoticed to the pair Naruto began to bang his head into the wall, "This is not happening. There cannot be two of them. This is just not happening."
"Excuse me Mr. Kazara, I hate to interrupt you when you are clearing your head but there is a delivery you need to sign for," said a man as he exited the back office.
"What's it for Katsu?" asked Naruto.
"Fresh Vegetable from Okinawa," said the man.
"I thought we stopped ordering from there because they were over-charging and the quality just wasn't there," said Naruto.
"This is the last shipment from them in our contract," said the man, "This shipment does seem to be a bit better quality than the last few. I think the company is trying to get back into your good graces."
"It's a bit late for that," said Naruto as he signed off on the document, "How much longer until you are fully trained to run the business?"
The man laughed, "Give me a few more months and I can run things for you Mr. Kazara."
"Are you ever going to call me Naruto?"
"No Mr. Kazara," said Katsu with a laugh.
Naruto turned back to the pair, "If I catch either of you peeping on the hotsprings you'll be kicked off the island. Now, let's get you into a room."
Jiraiya was stunned, "Naruto, do you really own this place?"
"I own most of the island now," said Naruto, "It wasn't easy either let me tell you."
Naruto showed the couple through the hotel to one of its nicest rooms that overlooked the beach, "I figure if you've brought binoculars you can peep from here without being caught because I know that I can't stop you."
"I knew there was hope for you," said Jiraiya.
"Now take off your close so I can get a proper look at you. Maybe give you a few free lessons," ordered Ai.
Naruto looked to see Ai wearing only a g-string. Luckily he had great self-control after living here for so long and being surrounded by half-naked women. "I'll pass on the lesson and the free strip show but I'm sure Ero-Sennin would appreciate the lesson. He doesn't really get much action."
"He's so cold," said Jiraiya sadly.
"Oh, poor Jiraiya-kun," shouted Ai, "I'll make it all feel good."
Naruto shuttered before excusing himself, "I'll collect you both later to have some dinner and then I can properly fill you in on everything I've been through."