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Chapter 3- The Light
When Naruto left the room, Tsunade then grabbed a 'Do not disturb' sign and hung it outside the door. "Ooooh! So it's like that huh?" said Jiraya as he very dirty thoughts. That statement earned him a nice smack on the head by Tsunade.
"NO YOU PERVERT! THIS IS SERIOUS!" exploded Tsunade. Jiraya rubbed his head and thought 'Wow! After 3 years she hits as hard as ever. Or maybe my head is just getting thinner.' When Tsunade finally calmed herself down enough, she sat down in her chair and said "Alright Jiraya. Now tell me what happened. I'm assuming since you didn't say anything around Naruto it must be something serious."
Jiraya nodded and said "Yes. But to tell you the truth I'm a bit hazy about what happened myself."
Tsunade lifted a brow and said "Well then…What do you know?"
Jiraya got himself comfortable in his chair indicating it would be a long story. "Well it all went down a little something like this…
Flash back
"Naruto! What are you doing? You could get yourself killed!" shouted Jiraya as he saw Naruto making a series of hand signs for a Jutsu that Jiraya had taught him. 'He's a fool' thought Jiraya. 'That jutsu takes too long to execute. He will most certainly get killed.
"Your mine dope!" shouted a psychotic Sasuke as he charged for an opened Naruto. "I've been waiting a long time for this and I'm not letting you slip away!"
'Oh no! I better hurry or I'm done for!' thought naruto as he quickened his pace in the hand signs. But it still wasn't enough and Jiraya knew it.
"Say goodbye dope!" shouted Sasuke with a kunei in hand. Naruto then stopped his hand signs and closed his eyes and put his arms up to defend himself and waited. But instead of feeling it he heard blade pierce flesh.
'Oh no there's the noise...but I'm ok.' thought Naruto as he opened his eyes to see a terifing sight. Sasuke hit someone...but it wasn't him. It was Jiraya. Naruto saw that the blade had went all the way through Jiraya stomach and came out of his back.
"Well at least he's out of my way." said Sasuke as he threw Jiraya's limp body aside. Naruto then ran to his sensei's side.
"Jiraya sensei! Speak to me!" called out Naruto. But when Naruto didn't hear a responce, his heart sank as he tought the worse. He then began to have tears run down his face as he pulled Jiraya into his arms.
"Dope don't you see? Caring for others makes you weak. You should look out for yourself and no one else. Thats what's always kept me ahead of you. You don't stand a chance dop..." said Sasuke before he stpped noticing that Naruto began to glow a dark red.
"No. Caring for others dosen't make me weak." said Naruto as he lifted his head to face Sasuke. When Sasuke saw his face he flinched as he saw Naruto's normally calming blue eyes turn into a pircing red that would break any lesser mans spirt and that his wiskers were getting bigger. "Caring for others makes me stronger...that I learned from Haku. And Haku was stronger then you could ever hope to be."
Orochimaru who had ben watching from above noticed that Naruto's seal was breaking. He then put on a sick grin as he thought 'Well I better make sure that the Nine Tails dosen't get in my way.' He then jumped down and charged for Naruto as little flames sprouted at the tips of his fingers. "Five prong seal!" shouted Orochimaru as he then went for Naruto's stomach. But to his suprise, Naruto had caught his hand.
"What the?" said Orochimaru as he found himself caught. Naruto then squezzed Orochimaru's hand and made the bones in his hand shatter. Orochimaru then let out a sruick of pain. Naruto the grabbed Orochimaru's neck with his left hand. And with his right he moved Orochimaru's long hair exposing the same seal on his neck as Sasuke had. Orochimaru then saw Naruto lift his hand in a very fimiliar position and then saw little flames sprout at Naruto's finger tips.
Sasuke couldn't believe his eyes nor could Orochimaru. 'This isn't posible! Only I know that move.' thought Orochimaru. Then with out warning Naruto shouted "Five Prong Seal!" and struck Orochimaru's seal. Orochimaru then let out another sriek of pain and then his body went limp. Naruto then tossed his body aside next to Jiraya.
'No way! He just beat Orochimaru...with his own move! Come on Sasuke get it together. Orochimaru just got cocky and got caught sleeping. Make sure that dosen't happen to you.' thought Sasuke as he tried to regain his focus on Naruto.
Naurto then quickly looked at Sasuke and continued where he left off. "Like I said. Haku was stronger then you could ever hope to be."
Sasuke frowned and said "Well I'm still alive and he's dead. How does that make him stronger?"
"Your only alive because he let you!" shouted Naruto which strung a nerve in Sasuke. He's hated himself ever since the day that someone chose to let him live and not the other way around.
"Well caring for others is what got him killed. One looking out for yourself makes you stronger. It makes you a true ninja." said Sasuke as he began to regain himself and put on a grin.
Naruto then sprang to his feet and revieled his claws and larger muscles. He then began to make hand signs so fast that Sasuke couldn't even see them. 'What is this? I can't even see his hands. Is this some kind of trick? It has to be. Naruto dosen't have this much charkara...or has he had it this intire time?' thought Sasuke. Jiraya who was now regaining consiousness, looked to see Naruto making the same signs as before...except a lot faster.
'HOLY...I CAN'T EVEN SEE THEM! Whats he planning?' thought an amased Jiraya. He then looked beside him to see another body laying there uncounsious. 'Who's that?' asked Jiraya. He then rooled the body over to see the face. But when he saw it he froze. 'O..o.Orochimaru? But how?'
As Naruto continued the signs he said "Caring for no one else but yourself dosen't make you a true ninja." Sasuke then had a very worried look on his face. Then Naruto continued "It makes you a true..." he then finished his last hand sign "MONSTER!" Then without warning there was a blinding light and Jiraya put his hands in front of his eyes.
'Wow! This jutsu! It's like none I've ever seen! What is this?' asked Jiraya to himself. The light stood bright for almost 5 minutes till it began to dim. Then when the light finally died down he saw Naruto standing on stop of Sasuke with a killing look in his eyes. Jiraya saw this and tried to stop him.
"Naruto don't do it! He's already unconsious and he needs to return alive! Remember what you promised Sakura!" shouted Jiraya. Then when Naruto heard Sakura's name he began to ease up and back up away from Sasuke. But after 5 steps he stopped and stood there. Then he suddenly collapsed and fell to the ground.
Jiraya then tried to stand up but the pain in his stomach where Sasuke stabbed him was to great. So he began to crawl over to Naruto. When he reached him he saw that his wiskers were returning back to normal and his claws were gone.
Flash back end
"Then after that I patched myself up and dragged them into the nearest village where I let Naruto rest while I healed. Then when Naruto woke it had been 3 days since the fight and he was ready to go. So we bought a wagon and a cage and headed back here. It was a long 3 years hunting them down, but it was worth it. Now Naruto feels whole again since he kept his promise to Sakura." finished Jiraya.
Tsunade then smiled. "Yes Sakura has told me of this promise. Maybe now she'll see Naruto as more then a friend." said Tsunade. She then leaned back And smiled even bigger. "Maybe we'll be having a weding soon." said Tsunade. "Indeed. But not with Sakura." said Jiraya. Tsunade then looked at Jiraya and asked "What do you mean?" Jiraya then covered his mouth. 'Great I slipped! If Naruto finds out then I'm as good as dead.' tought Jiraya.
Tsunade then gave Jiraya an evil look for she knew he had slipped and now planned on trapping him. "Oh Jiraya." said Tsunade which made Jiraya jump. "Your not telling me something." Tsunade then grabbed the collar of Jiraya's shirt. "Spill." said Tsunade calmly. Jiraya nodded and said "Ok ok. But don't tell Naruto that I told you. If he found out then he'd kill me." Tsunade nodded quickly and said "Whatever! Just tell."
At the weat side of Konoha.
Naruto was aproaching the gate when he saw on top of the wall was Iruka half asleep leaning against the wall facing away from Naruto. Naruto saw the oppurtunity and grinned. He then silently made his way towards the wall and jumped up on top of it and Iruka was still looking away. He then slowly made his way towards Iruka. But when Naruto was mere inches away from Iruka, Iruka said "Well hello Naruto." That made Naruto jump and he almost fell off the wall but Iruka grabbed him just in time.
"How...did you know I was there?" asked Naruto. "Better yet, how did you know it was me?" continued Naruto.
Iruka then pointed to a mirror next to where he was standing. "I've had that there since you tried that trick a few years ago...remember?" said Iruka. Naruto nodded for last time he did that he scared Iruka and Iruka hit him and knocked him off the wall to the unforgiving ground below. Iruka then smiled and hugged Naruto. 'Whats with everyone hugging me today?' thought Naruto. "It's good to see you Naruto."
Naruto grinned again and said "Ditto."
Iruka let go of him and asked "So what brings you to the west gate any way?"
Naruto then remembered his mission and said "Well...the thing is...I need to talkto you."
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