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"Okay, so you've bought up most of the island business and beaches in the last five months using your father's name," said Jiraiya summarizing everything Naruto just told him.
"Yep," said Naruto as he began to slurp his ramen noodles, "Can you believe that when I came here no one had ever even heard of Ramen noodles? I knew it was my destiny to turn this place around and make sure that every person here had the privilege to taste the greatest food ever created."
"He's so cute," said Ai as she watched the waiter walk away blushing.
"Have you done any training while you've been here?" asked Jiraiya seriously.
"Of course," said Naruto, "I train every chance I get when I'm not forced to do some kind of administrative work. You would not believe how much work it takes to run an island. There are bills to pay, businesses to manage, you have encourage tourism and trade and then there are the overwhelming number of perverts that I have to take care of. It's never ending I tell you."
"Now you know what it means to be Hokage," said Jiraiya.
"Anyway, I couldn't have done it if I didn't hire the right people from the start. I needed advisors and accountants and lawyers. Anymore, I pretty much just manage this hotel now," explained Naruto, "It allows me to run the island and not draw too much attention to myself."
"Have you had any encounters?"
"Not one," said Naruto with a smile, "I really think we might have lost them for now."
"No," said Jiraiya, "If what I've heard is correct their plans won't come to fruition for a few more years. They've decided that they don't need you just yet."
"That's good," said Naruto, "Then we can go back home."
"There is something else that I received word on," said Jiraiya nervously, "It's about Sasuke."
"Did he make Chuunin?"
"No, it's not a good thing," said Jiraiya, "He deserted the village. He went to Orochimaru. Tsunade sent a team after him but they barely made it back to Konoha alive."
"Sasuke?" asked Naruto in disbelief, "Why would he do that? What possible reason could he have?"
"We're not sure," said Jiraiya, "We think that the curse seal might have messed with his mind allowing Orochimaru to control him."
"Bastard," shouted Naruto angrily earning him several stares from the people in the restaurant.
"As much as I hate to say this," began Jiraiya with a sigh, "We need to up your training immediately. That means I will have less time to do research but we all have to make sacrifices."
"I'll do the research and then I'll share whatever I learn with you," said Ai with a giggle.
Naruto was starting to wonder if she had an off switch.
"I know you will," said Jiraiya as he pinched her butt.
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"Okay brat, let's see how much you've improved in the time I've been absent," said Jiraiya as he took off his vest and let it drop to the ground creating a small crater. Jiraiya then took off his wooden sandals as well. "I want you to give me your absolute best okay?"
Naruto nodded as he removed his weights from his wrists and ankles, "Should I use the Kirameki?"
"Of course," said Jiraiya, "Hold nothing back from me. Let's see how well you've mastered your father's techniques."
Naruto didn't even speak before Jiraiya saw the first yellow flash. Jiraiya parried the round house kick to his head lazily and jumped away to give himself some clearance.
"Don't hold back your Kyubi powers either," said Jiraiya calmly as he blocked another series of hits. For whatever reason, Naruto had been unable to break through Jiraiya's defenses.
Naruto shouted through his head to Kyubi to feed him chakra.
Jiraiya's eyes narrowed as he watched Naruto fill with Kyubi's chakra. Part of what he wanted to find out today was how long it took for Naruto to access Kyubi's chakra. The few times he witnessed the change in the past it took a few moments to channel, this time was admittedly faster but not by much.
"Doton: Yomi Numa," called out Naruto loudly before striking the ground and creating an enormous swamp all around them. Unlike a normal swamp the hell swamp would drain its target of chakra and prevent them from moving once captured. Naruto and Jiraiya were standing on top of the hell swamp quickly draining their chakra to stay on top and not get caught.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu," called out Jiraiya summoning a large frog.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu," shouted Naruto summoning Enma.
"Naruto-sama, what do you want?" asked Enma.
"Sparring with Ero-Sennin, I could use your help if you're up for it," said Naruto with a foxy grin.
"I will take care of the frog and then change form for you to use," said Enma leaping after the toad.
"You're wasting Chakra," said Jiraiya as he went on the offensive.
"There is not waste because Kyubi keeps refilling whatever I use as I use it," said Naruto dodging some very accurate attacks from Jiraiya despite the Kirameki's effects.
"I see, doesn't that affect the Kyubi?" asked Jiraiya.
"Not that I'm aware of," said Naruto, "The more I use Kyubi's chakra the more my own reserves expand allowing me to do things like this."
Naruto moved through six quick hand seals, "Doton, Doryo Dango." Naruto dug his hands into the ground near the edge of the swamp, which they had both moved away from now, and pulled up a huge boulder. Naruto heaved the stone at Jiraiya quickly.
The boulder was so large that Jiraiya could not avoid it, instead he destroyed the boulder. That earned him his first strike from Naruto, or rather from Enma who was now in staff form.
Jiraiya took the hit well enough and easily countered shooting mud from his mouth hitting Naruto in the eyes. Jiraiya smirked, "Dorotaihou no Jutsu."
Naruto was scrambling to wipe the mud from his eyes. Naruto finally opened his eyes to see Jiraiya approaching faster than he could move to dodge. His eyes widened before impact but the hit never came.
Jiraiya was locked onto to Naruto, he was certain he would hit him but then Naruto vanished. No yellow flash, no sign of movement, nothing that could have possibly told Jiraiya that Naruto wasn't there.
Then Jiraiya was hit again and much harder than he should have thought possible. Jiraiya soared through the air and crasher through several palm trees before coming to a hard stop. Jiraiya was a bit slow in standing up again.
He shook his head once to clear his head. He looked for Naruto and spotted him back near where he'd been hit in the first place. Suddenly he was hit again sending him though the air and several more palm trees.
Jiraiya was very slow to stand up this time and was feeling very dizzy, "Okay, that's enough Naruto." Jiraiya saw Naruto standing back where he'd been hit the previous time. He blinked and shook his head but when he opened his eyes was shocked to see Naruto standing across from him smiling.
"Shunshin," said Naruto with a toothy grin.
Jiraiya though paled. That meant that Naruto had activated the final level of the Kirameki. Many shinobi mistake the normal Shunshin fast movement with the Kirameki no Shunshin. The Kirameki no Shunshin forces the mind and eyes to take an image of the shinobi and see only that image of the shinobi while the world around the image continues to move. The shinobi in question is then free to move and inflict whatever damage they can. However, if the user does not possess extraordinary speed the technique is much less effective as more images are taken while moving thus negating the effects.
"Oh my," said Jiraiya finally, "You've learned it."
"It was in my father's last scroll to me," said Naruto, "I have mastered the Kirameki."
"You haven't mastered it but you've learned all the techniques," said Jiraiya knocking the boy down a few notches, "You need to improve your speed still, you use far too much chakra in all of your techniques. There may come a day where Kyubi stops giving you chakra so freely and as such you are going to have to improve your control a lot more. You also need to increase your Jutsu library extensively so that you can be prepared to counter any kind of technique used on you. Now, I'm not saying that you don't already have a lot of good techniques but when you have to face off with the Akatsuki you're going to have to be prepared to counter the most power Jutsu imaginable with the proper technique. While you've learned Kirameki Taijutsu pretty well, your movements are very rigid and strict to the form outlined in those scrolls you're always studying. You need to make Kirameki Taijutsu into your own fighting style, which means that when we get back to the hotel tonight we are going to destroy the Taijutsu scrolls so that you can completely make the style your own. Questions?"
Naruto had been nodding along with what Jiraiya said steadily, "What about the Rasengan?"
"Have you been able to pop the rubber ball yet?" asked Jiraiya.
"Rather easily now," said Naruto with a grin.
"Good, then I can show you the final step when we get back to the hotel," said Jiraiya, "For now, I want you to start running wind sprints to building up your speed more."
Naruto nodded and began working vigorously.
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"Tsunade-sensei?" questioned Hinata as she entered her sensei's office.
"Yes Hinata," said Tsunade.
"I was wondering if you've heard anything from Naruto-kun?"
"Not for a while," said Tsunade, "Since the 'Yellow Flash' mess began Jiraiya hasn't been able to report as often."
"Oh, well, would you tell me when you do hear from him?" asked Hinata bravely.
"I will," said Tsunade with a smile at the previously shy girl, "So, I take it you are still pining away for Naruto's return?"
"Yes," answered Hinata absent-mindedly, "Wait, what? No, I'm not pining for him." She couldn't manage to hide the blush that was creeping up her cheeks.
"Are you blushing?" asked Tsunade making the poor girl blush even more.
"Ah," screamed Hinata, "Tsunade-sensei, you should not be teasing me. I am your student."
"And some day you might be my daughter," said Tsunade slyly causing the girl blush crimson.
"Do you really think?" asked Hinata before she could stop herself.
"Ha, I knew it," shouted Tsunade, "Though I don't know why you would be interested in that idiot son of mine. He's loud, brash, argumentative . . ."
"Cute," said Hinata boldly, "Brave, and kind to me when others weren't."
"Hinata, have you considered that he might come back here with a girlfriend or worse a boyfriend?" asked Tsunade teasingly. She had an inkling of where her son's heart really lay but she wasn't going assume anything.
"He wouldn't," shouted Hinata before she could stop herself.
"He is with that lecherous pervert Jiraiya. As much as I dislike the idea, my son may come back here just as perverted," said Tsunade with a small smirk at the edge of her mouth just to see how riled up she could get Hinata.
"Naruto-kun would never become a pervert," said Hinata in his defense, "He knows that you would kill him if he did. I'm sure that he knows deep down that I would kill him as well."
"Hinata-chan," said Tsunade, "I'm sure you're right. The question then becomes, are you willing to fight off all the other fan girls that will no doubt emerge once he returns?"
"Fan girls?" questioned Hinata.
"Naruto looks so much like his father," said Tsunade, "You've seen pictures of the fourth haven't you? He's yummy looking and Naruto has inherited his looks."
"Oh no," said Hinata in a slight panic, "I'm so plain, he's never going to notice me. Not when he could have Ino or Sakura."
Tsunade smiled deviously, "Hinata my student, we are going to take you shopping."
Hinata didn't like the way that sounded and swallowed nervously.
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"Naruto, let's go or we're going to miss the damn boat," shouted Jiraiya.
Naruto was busy finalizing all of the details with the man he put in charge of his island affairs while he was away. In truth he was just finalizing the last details to ensure the sale of all his assets to Jiraiya and Ai.
"I'm coming Ero-Sennin, don't rush me," yelled Naruto.
"Naruto-sama, are you certain you wish to sell to . . . him?" asked Katsu, the man that would manage the island in his absence.
"Yeah, it's his dream, who am I to crush that?" asked Naruto, "Besides, I have my own dreams to chase after. Plus, I put several clauses in the contract that while giving him ownership, leave me with the ability to appoint the management."
Katsu wiped his brow, "You didn't tell me that before."
"I thought I did, sorry, anyway, take care of things and I'll do my best to keep him from returning too soon," said Naruto as ran for the ship that was now pulling up the gang plank.
"Good-bye Naruto-sama," yelled Katsu as he waved.
Naruto had to jump to catch the ship before it pushed off.
"I hope you enjoyed your time on the island," said Jiraiya, "Because we won't be returning any time soon."
"I don't expect I will return until I finally retire from my job as Hokage," said Naruto, "But, you'll be back before then won't you?"
"Of course, Ai and I have every intention of buying that island from you," said Jiraiya.
"What makes you think that I'd sell to a 'Proud Ultra-Pervert' like you?" asked Naruto with a smirk.
"But you've just gotta," whined Jiraiya.
"Oh, I suppose," said Naruto pulling out the contract, "Just sign on the dotted line here, here, here, there, and right here and then Ai needs to do the same."
"Huh?" asked Jiraiya.
"I'm selling you the island," said Naruto, "Consider it a wedding present."
Jiraiya greedily took the contract and signed all the marked places and then he ran over to Ai who did the same. With that done, Naruto was happy to rid of the responsibility. However, the fact that the ship rocked unnecessarily for the next week nearly nonstop didn't put anyone on the ship in a good mood.
Months at sea passed slowly. The weather was not with them for the majority of the voyage and as a result they were delayed nearly a month at sea, and with Jiraiya and Ai at it all the time it was a very long month.
Naruto sat on the bow of the ship enjoying the slight wind and looking through his photo album, the same that he'd been given by Hinata for his first birthday party in Konoha. He smiled absentmindedly as he thought about the blue/purple haired girl. He found himself wondering if she'd changed at all while he was away. He was slightly worried about the effects his mother would have had on her as her apprentice.
"Ooh, she's cute," said the all too familiar voice from over Naruto shoulder, "I bet she's a screamer."
"Huh?" asked Naruto in confusion, "What do you mean Ai-chan?" Naruto didn't like calling her Ai-chan but if he didn't then she would purposely show off her body to him to prove she was very young and worthy of the title.
"You know, a screamer," she said but noticed that Naruto didn't understand, "It means that she moans very loudly during sex."
Naruto shot through with red as a small trickle of blood ran from his nose as the image came into his mind. He didn't even notice when Ai claimed hold of his photo album.
"Let's see, this one is probably the take charge type. A complete sex fiend like myself," said Ai as she showed him a photo of Ino.
Naruto's other nostril began to bleed as well.
"This one is probably less fun about sex. She looks like the kind that would be shivering under the covers nervously," she said pointing out a picture of Sakura.
"Gah," yelled Naruto as a streamer of blood shot out of his nose rendering him unconscious. He'd never be able to look any of those girls in the face again.
"What did you do to him Ai?" asked Ero-Sennin as he walked past his twitching unconscious student.
"Just told him a bit about what he could expect from each of the girls in the pictures when he finally has sex with each of them," said Ai with a proud smile, "I bet he could get them into a foursome as cute as he is."
This time Jiraiya started to bleed from the nose as he quickly stuffed cotton in his nose. He gave his lovely wife the thumbs up.
"Let's go up to the crows nest and make some noise," insisted the ever horny woman.
Poor Naruto was left to bleed to death because of the thoughts now swimming in his mind. Damn 'Proud Ultra-Perverts'!
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"I can't wear this Tsunade-sensei," protested a girl from the changing room.
"Put it on," ordered Tsunade, "It's only for dates anyway."
"But it shows so . . . so much," said the girl shyly.
"Exactly," said Tsunade, "If you want that boy so badly then you had better put that on right now."
"But . . ." protested the girl.
"Now," ordered Tsunade with a confident smirk on her face.
The door the changing room finally opened.
"I love it when I'm right," said Tsunade as she looked the girl over, "This will have every guy in town drooling over you in a matter of seconds."
"Do you really think so?" asked the shy girl.
"Without a doubt," said Tsunade, "The only reason guys don't drool over you now is because you are always shrouded in very loose clothing that cover your best assets."
"Assets?" questioned the girl.
"You've grown into a beautiful woman just like your mother Hinata," said Tsunade with a kind smile on her student.
"Did you know my mother?" asked Hinata.
"Not very well, she was very much like you though," said Tsunade, "She was kind to everyone and never spoke ill of anyone. She was very graceful. Whenever she entered the room every eye was instantly attracted to her. Did you know that your father and Naruto's father vied for you mother's affection at one time? But then Naruto's father met his mother and it was all over. Besides, your mother really loved your father and Arashi knew it, he just played along to get your father's goad. She just liked to tease your father by flirting with Arashi."
Hinata giggled, "I could never do that to Naruto-kun."
"Sure you could. I bet that would get Naruto's attention faster than anything," said Tsunade, "Just make sure that whoever you flirt with doesn't take it seriously."
"I don't know anyone like that," said Hinata.
"It doesn't really matter because once Naruto gets one good look at you in this it will be all over for him," said Tsunade.
"My father would never let me leave the estate dressed like this," said Hinata.
"Hide it in my office. You can go there before you meet Naruto for a date and change into it," said Tsunade.
"You're assuming Naruto even asks me on a date," said Hinata sadly.
"Don't worry, he will . . . even if he doesn't know it's a date," said Tsunade with a devious smirk.
Hinata brightened for a moment and smiled a rare smile that lit up the room for only a moment before it died. "Do you think he's okay? I mean, he's been gone for so long."
"Only two years, three months, and sixteen days," said Tsunade off-handedly.
Hinata was surprised she had the count down so well but didn't say anything. "When will he be back?"
"I don't know, Jiraiya has sent a message for a while so," said Tsunade slightly worried. "He took Naruto off to an island paradise of some kind so the communication is rather slow in coming. I'm sure he fine though." Hinata knew that Tsunade said that more for herself than anything.
"I'm sure he'll be home soon," said Hinata trying to comfort her sensei and hide the fact that she was even more worried.
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Naruto's head for the rest of the time at sea had been corrupted by Ai's 'oh so pleasant' imagery of his female friends. Worse though was that his head kept coming back to the same girl's description by Ai. It wasn't that uncommon to see Naruto suddenly have a little blood trickle from his nose followed closely by him cursing perverts. Most of the ships crew chalked it up to hormones and puberty.
As a result, Naruto spent the majority of his time trying his best not to think about anything other than training. Being at sea didn't leave him with many options except to train physically.
"At last," shouted Naruto as he stepped foot on land after the longest sea voyage yet, "Land."
"Oh, I'm going to miss the natural motion that the sea gave to us Jiraiya-kun," pouted Ai causing Naruto to shudder with disgust.
"How long till we get back to Konoha?" asked Naruto urgently.
"We're going to Hidden Mist First," explained Jiraiya absently as he locked eyes with Ai.
"But why?" pleaded Naruto.
"You need to learn some lessons about being a shinobi," said Jiraiya calmly not taking his eyes from Ai.
"Kuso," howled Naruto. He wanted to cry.
A month later Naruto and the perverts entered a village that was simply shrouded in mist.
"Naruto, I'm going to only say this once," said Jiraiya deadly serious, "Be quiet while you're here. Mist shinobi tend to be very twitchy and don't like loud noises very much. If you make too much noise, they are likely to kill you as look at you."
Naruto nodded solemnly and swallowed nervously.
"We can talk more once we've gotten a place to stay," said Jiraiya leading them through the village.
Naruto thought it strange that there were no guards to be seen as they entered the village. It was even stranger when noticed that most of the windows were boarded shut and there was not a soul to be seen.
"Halt and identify yourself," called a voice through the mist. The origin of the voice could not be seen.
"Jiraiya the Sannin and his new wife and apprentice," called back the pervert. Naruto could hear the nervousness in his voice.
"Turn away now, the 'Yellow-Flash' is not welcome here," called back through the mist.
"Then let me speak with the Kirikage," called Jiraiya.
"You can't, he's dead," called back through the mist, "There was a coup last evening and the village is still in turmoil. Bringing the 'Yellow-Flash' here will not help the situation. It is best if you just leave."
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. The Kirikage was one of his biggest fans, even if the man wasn't a very good leader. "I am sorry that my timing is off, is there anything that I can assist you with?"
"No, take the 'Yellow-Flash' and leave here," ordered the man.
"The 'Yellow-Flash' was my father," called Naruto finally annoyed with the situation, "I am not him. If your people are in need of assistance, we can help you as representatives of Hidden Leaf Village."
"There are many here who would try to kill you boy. We cannot afford to lose any shinobi that would attempt such a foolish thing. It is best if you just leave here now," called the same voice.
"Come on Naruto, it is best if we just leave here," said Jiraiya, "You're father's legacy will cause many incidents like this to happen. We'll just go the Hidden Waterfall village. They are small and relatively new. And they have never encountered the legendary 'Yellow-Flash'."
"But I'm not the 'Yellow-Flash'." Naruto nearly yelled.
"Naruto, you are now the 'Yellow-Flash'. You have inherited your father's title and skills as well as his appearance. You should bare that name proudly and be sure to live up to the image that your father created. He would be very proud to see you uphold that title in his place," explained Jiraiya. The truth was that Jiraiya had heard talks of the coup back at the docks when they returned. But he needed to come here so that Naruto would gain a full understanding of his power and who he needed to accept being.
Naruto's eyes glistened at the mention of his father being proud of him. That was one of his greatest dreams and he'd finally fulfilled it. Now he only one dream left before he needed to find a new dream. To that end he was already well on his way.
A few days later the three were traveling together.
"You know what, I don't think we'll go to Waterfall after all," said Jiraiya suddenly. "Let's just go back home."
Naruto was simply elated with that thought. He was finally going home. He was finally going to see his mother and sister and all of his friends. Unfortunately at the thought of his female friends his nose began to bleed. He was getting better about it, but it still got him occasionally.