Disclaimer: do not own Naruto, the character or the anime/manga, Feneris however is my own Character.

True Power

Chapter 18: The Pervert Hermit

"You Brat! I am Jiraiya, Super Pervert!"

The Toad Sanin Jiraiya

Kakashi was sitting in a tree outside Training Ground 7 reading a little orange book titled, Icha Icha Paradise Vol. 47. "Hey Kakashi!" the voice of Naruto boomed from below him. "Get your butt down here and start doing your job!"

"Hmmm…" Kakashi mused, ignoring Naruto.

"You asked for it. Explosive Wood Jutsu!" The tree Kakashi was sitting in was blown sky high, much to the amusement of Team 7 who was standing just outside the blast range.

"That wasn't very nice," Kakashi muttered appearing behind Team 7.

"Then start doing your job and teach us!" Naruto roared.

"I actually have nothing to teach you," Kakashi explained sheepishly.

"What! You must have some super technique you can teach us!"

"Well, there is the Chidori… yes that will work," Kakashi muttered, before tossing a scroll to Naruto.

"What's this?" Naruto asked, examining the scroll.

"That is the Chidori. A jutsu I created myself. Watch," Kakashi made a series of hand seals. Lightning gathered in his hand and a noise which sounded like a thousand chirping birds was heard. Kakashi held up the crackling ball of electricity to show his students, unaware of a pair of crimson eyes on him.

"That Jutsu will serve me well," Sasuke thought, as he deactivated his sharingan.

"I'm not good with lightning jutsus," Haku pointed out.

"Here take this, it's the Raging Water Dragon Jutsu," Kakashi said. "Gaara take this, it's the Twister of Blades Jutsu."

"Thank you, Pervert-Sensei," Naruto said cheerfully, before he and the rest of the team vanished in a puff of smoke.

"So, should we go to Feneris to see if he has anything for us to do?" Naruto asked.

"Why not?" Haku decided.

When Team 7 approached Team 8's training grounds, they heard Feneris yelling at something. "For the Tukasie's sake! Sakura, stop worrying about your hair, and start worrying about practicing your telekinesis, or I swear to whatever god cares enough to listen, I'll burn it off myself!"

When they reached the clearing, they saw Feneris launching fireballs at Sakura, who was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Kiba and Shino were sparing on the sidelines.

"Hey Feneris!" Haku greeted, as they approached the druid.

"Oh, hi guys," Feneris said, noticing the team of demon carriers. "Need a practice routine or something?"

"Yes," Gaara answered.

"Okay, here take these," the elf instructed, handing them each a golden amulet portraying a gauntleted hand. "Now pour a small amount of chakra into them." Team 7 followed his instructions and watched as three animated suits of armor appeared before them in a poof a smoke.

"What the hell are these?" Naruto questioned.

"Training golems," Feneris answered smugly. "These are prefect for practicing anything. They can adjust their size and bulk to fit you training regiment. They are practically indestructible, believe me, I've tried to destroy them. Also, you can summon and dismiss them with those amulets."

"Thanks!" Naruto said cheerfully.

When Team 7 converged on the area where they practiced, they got a good look at the training golems. They were about Naruto's size and were made of a smooth grey metal. They were human-shaped and stood stalk still, not a single metal link moving.

"Let's test these out," Naruto suggested. He then threw a punch at his golem. The golem stuck a metal arm out and blocked the punch flawlessly.

"Well… let's see if these can match us huh?" Naruto said, cracking his knuckles.

Five hours later Team 7 was soaking in the hot springs. "Geeze," Naruto complained, watching a giant bruise on his chest rapidly disappear. "Those things can really pack a punch."

"They are good for training though," Haku pointed out, winching as Aisumaru used her demonic chakra to repair a long gash on his arm, from within. "We should find someone to give us some extra instruction," he suggested, after thinking for a few seconds. "Feneris is busy with his team, and Kakashi said he can't teach us anything."

Naruto then heard a few sounds in the bushes behind him; the bushes that separated the women's' baths from the men's baths. Naruto turned around and saw an old guy with white hair and a notepad peering through the bushes. "Hey Pervert! What do you think your doing?" Naruto called out.

The man spun around and glared at Naruto, "Who do you think you are brat? For your information I'm getting inspiration for my best selling series Icha Icha Paradise."

"You're the pervert who writes those books!" Naruto screamed in disbelief.

"Hey brat!" the guy said, sounding offended. "I'm not a just a pervert. I'm Jiraiya, Super Pervert, and member of the Legendary Sanin…"

"You were in the same team as Orchimaru?" Haku interrupted.

"Damn right, I was in the same team as that treacherous snake," Jiraiya answered, distain lacing his voice.

"Then can you train us?" Naruto eagerly asked.

"Ha! You brats aren't worth my time! Now, if you will excuse me, I need to continue my data gathering," Jiraiya mocked, whipping out his notebook and turning back to his peephole in the bushes. A vein bulged in Naruto's forehead.

"Take this, pervert!" he roared, as he formed the tiger seal, causing fire to gather around his fingers. "Naruto Uzimaki! Anti-Pervert Technique #3: One Million Years of Pain!"

Jiraiya screamed like a banshee, as he was hit with the fire version of A Thousand Years of Pain. He leapt forward; right though the hedge, into the women's bath. Unfortunately for him, the Kouichi Anger Management class had booked the hot springs at that time.

Team 7 winced as the Super Pervert had the stuffing beat out of him by a bunch of angry females trained to kill. After 5 minutes of mindless violence, Jiraiya limped back to the men's bath. He looked like he'd been dragged through a gain field, right into a combine harvester; his butt was still smoking as well.

"You win, brats," he growled. "Meet me at Training Area 34 at 9:00."

As Team 7 left the springs they ran across Feneris, who was sticking pins into a voodoo doll of Ebisu. "What are you doing?" Gaara asked.

"Torturing perverts," Feneris replied. "Oh and Gaara, Haku. Take these." He handed Gaara and Haku one scroll each. "Gaara, you have the summoning contract for crocodilians. Haku, yours is for turtles."

"What do I get then?" Naruto yelled.

"You'll get the contract for frogs from Jiraiya," Feneris explained, as we walked away, casually setting the voodoo doll on fire. "After all, it's best you keep the contracts for foxes, tankui, and wild cats as trump cards."

The next day, Team 7 was waiting for Jiraiya to show up.

"Hey Ero-Sannin!" Naruto greeted, as the prevent came into view.

"Don't call me that. Now I'm going to show you how to summon. Your former teacher said you two have the contacts for gators and turtles," he growled, gesturing to Haku and Gaara. "So brat, sign this."

Naruto signed his name in blood on the summoning contract Jiraiya presented him.

"Good now bite your thumb, smear the blood on the contract, and pour all your chakra into the summoning," Jiraiya instructed. He demonstrated by summoning a large bright blue frog.

Naruto did as instructed, and when the smoke cleared Naruto was standing on an even larger red and black bullfrog wearing a shinobe costume.

"Okay! Very good!" Jiraiya complemented, secretly unnerved by the fact Naruto was able to summon a frog of that size. "You next," he said pointing to Haku.

Haku did as instructed and summoned a black and silver turtle that was about the size of Naruto's frog.

"Good, you next Gaara," Jiraiya said.

Gaara managed to summon a ragged-looking grey caiman with an X-shaped scar over its right eye.

"Okay… I want you both to practice your summoning. I'll meet you again tomorrow," Jiraiya instructed. As soon as he was out of sight, he pulled out a notepad and a telescope. "Time for some research!" he thought cheerfully, as he headed off in the general direction of the women's bath.

Authors Note: Some people never learn

Anyhow I think my grammar and related issues have been improved… a bit.