Happy Easter and April Fools day everyone. Or for those why celebrate it at least. Here is the next chapter. Sorry it took so long I had to dog sit my parents dogs, and I was making a video for my Youtube channel. All in all I just got sidetracked and unmotivated because I don't like Jiraiya's introduction much. But hey, here it is.

The scene came back.

All the winners stood in a line, except Sasuke. Hayate was congratulating them on passing the preliminaries.

"I will now explain the Final Exam." The Third Hokage told the eight before him.

He exline that the final round would take place in a month. He told them that they will be showing off their skill in front of everyone. When inquired The Hokage told them that the month wasn't just for them, but because they needed to inform the other lands of the results. Kankuro asked what he meant. The Hokage told him that they would us this time to train and study what they saw here to use against the other they fight. Once he was don't explain he asked then to each tak a slip of paper, the last one will go to Sasuke.

"There's only eight people here." Sarada said. "My dad's properly in the hospital right now, but who's the tenth?"

"Maybe there was a tie, a double knockout or something?" Mitsuki said.

"That would explain why both mine and Sarada's moms were knocked out earlier." Inojin added.

Everyone pulled out a paper. Ibiki had gotten their attention when he called out for the participants to call out their numbers.

The started with Dosu, he said eight. Naruto had one. Temair had claimed seven. Kankuro, five. Gaara told him three. Shikamaru ended up with nine. Neji pulled two and Shino had six.

"That means Sasuke has four." Ibiki concluded, writing the last number down on his clipboard.

The Hokage told the eight before him about how it last round will go. He had Ibiki bring forth the roster. Each of them looked. This was the pairings

Naruto V. Neji

Sasuke V. Gaara

Kankuro V. Shino

Shikamaru V. Dosu

Temari had to wait a round do to uneven numbers.

Shikamaru asked if only one person would become a Chunin. The Hokage said no. He, along with other judge of the top members of the lands will decide which of the nine will be promoted, whether they lost or won. The Hokage finished explaining and dismissed them.

The Memory faded.

"So my dad is going against Uncle Neji." Boruto said. "I hope he kicks his butt."

"Do you mean the Seventh kick your Uncle's butt ot the other way around?" Shikadai asked.

"My dad kicking Uncle Neji's butt." the blonde said. "He did promise that he would anyways."

"Well I wonder what happens in a month?" Chocho said.

"I'm wondering about my Uncle." Shikadai said. "I want to know why he's like that."

"Let's ask!" Mitsuki suggested. "I wonder if that woman's near?"

"I doubt she's going to show up." Boruto said.

"I'm starting to like proving you wrong." Her voice said.

Everyone turned, the woman had appeared, for some reason she had a cut on her face.

"What is it that you want to ask?" She asked the group.

Shikadai stepped forward warily.

"Why is my Uncle like that?" Shikadai asked.

"Like what?" She said. "Cocky? full of himself? Annoying? He's always been like that."

"Not that one!" Shikadai shouted. "Uncle Gaara!"

"Ah!" She said. "I know, I was just messing with you."

"So!" Boruto demanded, he was annoyed that she actually showed up. "Do you know?"

"I do." She told them. "I can show you if you want, but it's a bit early."

"We can wait, we just want to an answer to try and understand a bit more." Inojin said.

"Hmm."

The woman closed her eyes to think.

"How did you get that cut?" Sarada asked after a moment.

The woman's gold eyes snapped open.

"Uninvited guests." Was her answer. "I can give a reason why your Uncle is the way he is, but you might not believe me."

"What?" Shikadai asked. The woman smirked, showing sharp canines.

"Gaara and Naruto are the same."

Her form faded.

"What?" Boruto shouted. "What do you mean!"

No one had that answer, and the one person who did didn't seem to like him much.

"What she said make no sense." Sarada said. "The Seventh and the Kazekage aren't similar in anyway!"

"Yeah." Chocho agreed. "The Seventh is loud and bright, the Kazekage, even now, is quiet and reclusive."

Before anyone could say anything else, a memory came into play.

It was a hot springs, Naruto stood near a unconscious Ebisu.

"Why is he there?" Mirai asked.

No one answered.

Naruto had turned and started yelling at someone. Everyone looked, there was a giant toad. On the toad was a white haired man. His hair was long and he had red lines on his face. He wore loose robe like clothes and a horned headband. He introduced himself as Jiraiya, the Toad Mountain Sage.

Boruto groaned.

"What's wrong?" Mitsuki asked the blonde.

"This is Jiraiya, one of the Sanins." Boruto said. "According to my father, he trained under him for a time."

"Really?" Shikadai asked. "That mean the Seventh has met all three Sannin, seeing as Lady Tsunade was our Fifth."

Naruto looked uncertain and confused. Jiraiya jumped off his toad, letting go away. Naruto didn't seem to care much. He called Jiraiya 'Pervy Sage' are yelled at him about Ebisu. It seems like it was Jiraiya's fault the Elite Jonin was passed out on the ground.

Jiraiya told the Blonde that he was interrupting his research.

"He doesn't sound sorry at all." Inojin said. "And research for what?"

Naruto had asked the same thing. The Sage pulled out a book, saying he's a writer. The book was one they were all pretty much familiar with. It was the book that Kakashi, the Sixth Hokage was notorious for reading all the time.

Naruto recognized it as well. Jiraiya seemed happy until Naruto insulted it. Naruto yelled that his research was just him peeking into the girl's bath. The unsuspecting girls heard this, started shericking, and exited the bath.

The memory fade with the two arguing.

"That was a short one." Metal Lee said. "Was it to show us when they met?"

"Who knows." Shikadai answered. "At this point everything we'll see will be bothersome."

Another Memory came back.

It was Naruto and Jiraiya again. This time it seems like they were near the mountains.

"Will you over see my training now!" Naruto asked.

"Did the Seventh chase a Sannin to the mountains?" Inojin asked.

"Seems like it." Shikadai said.

Jiraiya seems reluctant to agree. He asked Naruto to bring him a 'Fruit' describing the shape to the young blonde.

"Is… Is he talking about a girl?" Sarada asked.

"I don't know." Chocho said. "He said fruit but I've never seen fruit shaped like that."

"It's girls." Mirai said when see saw Jiraiya do grouping motions with his hands.

Naruto ran off to do his task with ethusiamium.

The scene waivers.

"Is his actually going to get a girl?" Metal Lee asked.

"How knows." Shikadai shrugged.

The memory settled.

Jiraiya was at a mountain hut talking to some girls.

"Where's the Seventh?"

The question was answered by the blonde himself, yelling his crude nickname for the Toad Sage.

"Wow, he actually found a fruit that looks like that!" Shikadai noted.

"He must be very skilled or lucky!" Metal added.

In Naruto's hands was a watermelon, well it was two melons that grow together to the point. It was a twin melon. Jiraiya turned around with a face of anguish. He brought down a knife. Everyone flinched at the sudden turn. Jiraiya cut the twin melon in half, then processed to slice it into more pieces. Naruto helped himself to one.

"Wait." Inojin said. "Was he talking about fruit or girls?"

Jiraiya didn't seem angry that Naruto brought him a watermelon. Jiraiya turned back to his company, only to see that they were gone.

"AH! He's back again." Mitsuki said.

Ebisu had walked around the corner of the mountain hut. They watched as he moved back to the corner, he was spying on the two. Jiraiya walked away, they were done with the melon now, saying telling Naruto that he was messing up his research. He dissed the man's 'research'. Naruto told Jiraiya that he couldn't stand around either. Said that he had to get stronger to beat everyone and become Hokage. The two started bickering after that.

"How did these two ever become student and teacher?" Sarada said in frustration. "All they do is argue!"

Naruto used his sexy jutsu. They had forgotten about it after all the action but now they knew why Jiraiya agreed to help Naruto train.

"I can't believe this is my dad." Boruto facepalmed.

The scene faded before they saw anything else.

Now they were by a river, Naruto had just fallen in it seems. Jiraiya was laughing at the blonde. Naruto pulled himself out and pulled off most of his clothes. He left himself in just his Boxers.

"Hey." Jiraiya said, turning to his student. "Build up your chakra again."

"Hmm." Mitsuki hummed. "That mark isn't on his stomach."

Everyone looked. He was right. The Black spiral mark they saw during the Second Exam was not there.

"What?" Sarada said. "A mark that big doesn't just vanish."

Naruto was gathering chakra after an urge from Jiraiya. I was quiet, Jiraiya seemed to be focusing on something.

"Why is he having the Seventh do this?" Chocho asked.

Before they could answer, Jiraiya suddenly shouted. Interrupting Naruto's focus. Jiraiya gave a lofty excuse but the eight knew he realized something from that reaction. The Sage apologized and let Naruto focus again. A moment after Naruto continued gathering Chakra, the missing mark appeared on his stomach.

"It's a seal." Mituki said. "That's explains why it vanished when he wasn't using Chakra."

"But it doesn't explain why he has a seal!" Metal Lee point out.

"Yes it does." Boruto told them.

Everyone turned to them. The Blonde's arms were cross, his eyes close and his head down like he was thinking angrily.

"That's seal is there because of the Nine-tails." he said.

Jiraiya recognized the seal as well on moved to be in front of his new student. More marks appeared. Jiraiya put his hand on Naruto's stomach. He frowned at the new mark, like they weren't supposed to be there. Jiraiya apologized after he made the blonde laugh.

"What's he planning now?" Inojin asked when Jiraiya stood up and cracked his knuckles.

They watched as little blue flames appeared at the ends of Jiraiya's fingers and he told Naruto to put his hands up. Jiraiya sprung forward, slamming his hand into the boy's gut, sending him flying back.

"Why did he do that!" Chocho asked in concern.

The outer marks steamed, glowed orange and faded. The spiral mark faded soon after that. Naruto coughed and held his gut, asking his lewd mentor why he did that. Jiraiya's excuse was that he hit pressure points to help relax him.

"He did the same thing Orochimaru did." Shikadai noted, "Except I think Jiraiya reversed it."

They didn't say anything because he was right.

Jiraiya told Naruto to try standing on water again. Naruto was tentative at first when he took his first step, not wanting to fall in again. This time however, he didn't have any issue, he every started jumping around like he was standing on normal ground.

"I'll teach you an Ace move." Jiraiya told Naruto, catching the boy's attention.

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