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Naruto's POV

I know that I have a dark side. Everything does. Deep down inside I'm so angry. Deep down inside I want to destroy everything that I touch. I look at the birds and the squirrels, the fucking ants and those stupid god damn bees, I look at children and their parents… And I know. They have a dark side.

They all want to kill, to destroy, to fucking crumble what they did not build. I see it in their eyes. It's there. I know it is. Because when I look in the mirror I only see the red eyes, the insane smile, and the glint of my teeth. I want to be something that I am not. I want to unleash hell on everything.

God I'm so fucking stupid.

Sometimes I don't even want to get out of bed. I don't want to leave my apartment because there is only one person that I know… That fucking cares about me. It's fucking pathetic.

I hate that I love everything. I hate that I can't destroy it like my 'dark' side wants to. God I want to crush it so bad… Is that bad? I don't even know what the hell I'm thinking about anymore. Fucking dreams…

End

His blue eyes opened to the sun shining through his window. It was bright. Too bright to be the morning, but that was just Konoha for you.

"Oiiii, KAMI! Shut the fuck up… Hehehe." Naruto chuckled to himself as he sat up. He scratched his head. He scratched his back. He even scratched his nether regions… "Is it Tuesday already?" He looked at the calendar. "Yup."

That meant that today was the day of the Chuunin Exams. Great. Just great. "Well I guess it's time to make today my bitch." He put on a grin as he walked to his closet. He pulled out a black shirt. He pulled out some black pants. He pulled out a pair of sandals. "God I'm so bad ass." Sometimes it just felt good to be bad ass…

Getting dressed didn't take long, brushing his teeth didn't take long, he didn't need to do his hair… It was just that bad ass, and he walked out his door. He was at the entrance in a swirl of leaves. He didn't bother watching the pathetic noobies on the second floor. He didn't bother with Sasuke getting his ass kicked. He did watch the Mist-nin that had hair below her lower back though… And then he just sat down.

"Take this you fucking pricks!" Naruto's descending form was seen by the three mist-nin, "AHAHAHAHAH!" His cackle made them pause. Was this kid serious?

The next thing they knew there was only black. Naruto held the Earth scroll in his hand. 'Fucking idiots would get distracted by a clone… Hehe I am pretty bad ass.' So Naruto went on to the next team in the area. A leaf team? Hmmm.

"Oi! Me's! You take left flank alright? I'm going straight down the middle, and I'm making two more of us to take the right." He grinned, "I heard this team was particularly clever."

He took off at a speed that he was very proud of. Hard work equals hard ass skills. A few minutes went by when he felt one of his clones henged as a bee dispel. He was very close. Using sign language he signaled his clones to begin their attacks. Creating two more clones he sent them to the right.

He never slowed down as he ran into Hyuuga Neji, fists blaring with chakra, he watched as Neji's Jyuuken strike came at his chest. Neji saw the substitution coming so he stopped the hand, but that was the plan after all. Hehe.

Naruto slammed his fist into the Hyuuga's face, feeling the cartilage collapse under the pressure, he grinned. 'These fucking Hyuuga.' Naruto was under the impression that the Hyuuga were snot nosed bitches with the intent to infest the world with stick fucking ass holes.

"Grahhhh!" Neji Hyuuga had never been hit like this… NEVER! "You shall pay with your life you trash! Your fate has been decided."

Naruto didn't say a word as he slammed another fist into the queers gut, then grinned as he set a kick into his jaw. "Less talk, more sucky sucky!"

The Hyuuga looked confused and angry, 'What in the name of fate is sucky sucky?'

Naruto let another burst of speed overtake him, and the Hyuuga saw it. He saw the burst of chakra sent to the legs, he fully knew what was coming, but he could not stop the hit that connected to his temple.

'It seems that fate has deemed me the loser…'

Neji Hyuuga blacked out.

Naruto turned to survey the damage his clones were inflicting. He was extremely disappointed when he saw that the clones sent after the green spandex wearing freak were duh duh dead! Then he laughed at the bun haired thing that was hurling kunai after kunai at his comrade. Assessing the situation he immediately recalled what happened to the clones sent after Lee. 'Hmmm taijutsu freak…'

"Hey you!" Lee turned to face Naruto, "Yeah you!"

"I!" Lee sent the blonde a smile, "It seems that you defeated Neji! Such a feat is admired by me for I am the GREEN BEAS…" The look on Lee's face went from joy to pure horror.

"No! Not that… PLEASE! ANYTHING BUT THAT!" Tented stopped hailing kunai as she heard her teammates screams of horror, "OH GOD! OH KAMI! THAT'S SICK! OHHHHHH NOOOOOO!"

"Seriously…" Naruto sighed. This kid was weird. The simplest of genjutsu's and he succumbed to it.

"Lee!" Naruto turned to the last teammate.

"Hello there beautiful." He sent her his shit eating grin. "What's your name?" Completed by the beast mode wink.

"OH SWEET KAMI! OHHHH OHHH OHHHH NOOOOO! IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE! IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS YOUTHFUL! WHAT IS THIS!"

"YOU BASTARD!" The hatred in her eyes was apparent, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO LEE!"

"Was that a statement or a question?" Of course she never noticed the final bee henged clone pop up behind her. "Well whatever!" He sent her a winning smile, "Goodnight beautiful."

Tenten fell on her face after a simple chop to the neck.

"Alright team! We are the shit! On to the next one."

"Excuse me master… May I speak?" One of his clones stepped forward.

"Dammit clone #3 me! I told you already it's Bad Ass MASTER Naruto, Holy sunshine flower of Konoha, the Unstoppable Blonde Womanizer, the Sexually Deviant MASTER! And last but not least… the HOT BOD COMMANDER OF THE SALAMANDER LEANDER THE GREAT HIZ HO LIZZARD OF DOOM!"

"That made no sense…"

"Clone of anger… Please dispose of clone #3."

"Wait sir HOT BOD COMM…" The kunai was already imbedded in the soon to be poof of smoke.

"Mission completed the Unstoppable Blonde Womanizer!"

"Good job."

Using hand signs, Naruto signaled to the rest of his small army, 'Ok men we are going in arms blazing, wangs swanging, and kunai aimed high!'

'SIR YES SIR!'

The melee on the ground between a no name leaf team and another cloud team was interrupted as fifteen blondes came from the sky. A series of blows later and the teams were all knocked out.

"Ok guys, we have thirteen scrolls." He grinned, "I think we are good to goooo!"

Naruto was very proud of himself. Even though these kids were all pretty lame, he had done all this crazy mayhem in only two hours. He had already found the tower, it was dead center of the forest. He had men positioned all around the forest, so he knew the layout of the entire forest. "Not too shabby men! Laters." With that the clones were gone. Naruto began his journey to pointy tower.

It took him thirty minutes to reach the tower. That was a very long time to Naruto. "Kami just how big is this freaking forest!" Thirty minutes… Seriously this place was huge. He actually feared that some of the teams may end up dead just because they were gonna get lost.

He opened the doors to the creepy tower, and right in front of him was a sign. Some riddle mumbo jumbo that basically said to open the damn scrolls together.

There was a semi large poof and before Naruto stood the Third Hokage. "What the hell?"

"Indeed…" I did not expect you to summon me so soon, and in all honesty I thought it would take you days to get to this point…"

This was a very very awkward moment.

"Old man… You're naked." Naruto stared at the bubbles that surrounded the third Hokage's body, and he was soooo glad that they were covering the old bastards kunai!

"Well uhhhh… Naruto-Kun can you just um. Nevermind." With that the Hokage led Naruto to the doors leading to the tower's true entrance. "Kai." With that the doors appeared and the Hokage disappeared.

"Ughhh MAN! LIFE ISN'T FAIR!"

"What the hell?" Anko turned to her subordinates face.

"What is it?"

"Anko-taicho, it seems that a contestant has completed the task already!"

"WHAT! It's only been two and a half hours!"

She then watched the blonde boy set down eleven other scrolls on his bed. "Eleven scrolls… That's FIFTY-TWO GENIN!"

"Actually it's thirty-three…"

"OH MY KAMI FIFTY-TWO GENIN! AND THIS GUY HAS NO TEAM!"

The jounin sighed at his commanders attitude. "Thirty-Three dammit… I never get any respect."

Naruto turned to his bed… It was barely the first day. What the hell was he supposed to do for the rest of the test? He heard a knock at his door, and with a small flick of his hand the door was opened. At his door stood the sexiest woman he had ever laid his blue eyes on…

"You there!" Anko made her way to the small blonde, "How the hell did you…" She pointed to the scrolls, "ONE DAY!"

"Actually two hours!"

"EXACTLY!"

"Well what the hell do you expect?" Naruto gave her the grin, "I'm the fucking shit dammit."

"YOU PIECE OF SHIT! WHAT TACTIC DID YOU USE TO CHEAT?"

"Whoa there beautiful!" Naruto put his hands up, "I never cheated once, check the cameras."

"The cameras…" She stared at his face, "How did you even detect them?"

"An assassin must always make the observation that seems nigh impossible." He sent her a wink, "Just how I'm observing you, a kunai in your bra, a kunai in those shorts, and damn that trench coat is littered with death."

"Huh…"

"Yup."

"WHY YOU LITTLE!"

Naruto's POV

I can't sleep at night. I can't sleep period. Every time I try to sleep I get caught up in dreams and nightmares. They are always the same. The Kyuubi is slaughtering thousands of people. People I don't know, but the blood shed is there. It's a fucking massacre that no one can hope to stop. I watch from atop his head laughing. Why? Because I can't control myself.

My head hurts all day. It's a never ending headache that only dulls when I'm training hard enough to feel the pain in my body.

I feel so fucking trapped. Like every move I make is being watched, being controlled, being handled like a fucking puppet. Am I a puppet? Do I have a choice in life? I used to think so, but now I don't even know who the fuck pulls the strings.

I used to be proud of my progress. I was becoming a fucking legend. I got things down in a matter of months that masters themselves still weren't capable of to this day. I am a living and breathing picture of power. I know that. But I am being trained as a weapon. To do as I am told. Even I can see that.

I see how the Hokage looks at me. It's not pride in his old eyes, not even close. The man fears me. He fears me with all his being because I am not someone who can be controlled like a god damn dog. I have some will in me. I feel it in my body. It wants to do things that I have subconsciously called for.

I hate training.

I hate ninjas.

I hate civilians.

I hate my apartment.

I hate the area I live in.

I hate the Hokage.

I hate that stupid tower.

I hate Konoha.

But then I realize that I don't hate it all.

Just a lot of it.

A majority.

People think I don't feel pain, but I do. I don't show it. I never do. People love to see pain. Especially the ones who hate you.

Kami. What do I do? I have no idea who I am. Who I want to be. What am I doing?

There is no answer. There never is.

End

The days at the tower were beyond mind numbing. He sat on his bed for four days, only getting up to eat, shower, and the likes. He was always thinking, always feeling frightened of his thoughts.

Other teams arrived. The sand team arrived on the second day. Neji's team arrived on day three, another two Konoha teams made it, and a single team from Kumo. On day five he witnessed Sakura Haruno drag in a very fucked up Sasuke Uchiha. It was a comical sight. The way his head hung limply as she dragged his body through the doors. Their third member was right behind her, dragging a limp limb as he fought to stay conscious.

"Geeze, what the hell happened to that queer?" Naruto chuckled as Sakura's eyes lit up in flames.

"We were attacked…"

"So was everyone else?"

"And this guy used some jutsu on Sasuke that used sand!" Sakura looked frightened, "He was a monster! He didn't even take our scrolls, just came up to us and attacked!"

"Well that sucks." He smiled, "Well good luck with that, laters Sakumo."

"My names SAKUR…."

Naruto turned around and walked straight to his room, they were going to announce the results of the exam tomorrow. He was sort of excited to see what was going to happen.

In front of the crowd stood his sensei. Coughing as usual. "Today we are going to hold a preliminary tournament…"

"What?" A kid in the crowd shouted out.

"It appears that we have too many contestants to have a single final tournament." Hayate paused as he coughed, "So in order to weed out those who are not worthy, we are going to have a preliminary set. Those who win shall be sent to the finals. The losers…" He grinned. "Sent home."

The many genin in the crowd all looked quite nervous, save the red head genin from sand, Neji's team, and Shiskabob.

Hayate pulled out several pieces of paper. "Everyone take one." All the genin got in a line and began to take a piece for themselves. 'Sweet. I got number one.'

"Number one and two please step up."

Naruto watched a genin from the sand step forward. She was pretty damn hot. He grinned.

"Now you two…" He grinned, "Please go to the arena to begin your battle."

Naruto jumped into the arena, excitement bubbling beneath the surface. He watched her take the stairs… Seriously. When she finally reached the bottom, he could barely contain the excitement.

"Hello there beautiful." He smiled, "Anyone ever tell you that you look sexy with that fan of yours?"

Hayate nearly chuckled when the other blonde opened up said fan.

"You dare insult me?"

"Huh? I just called you sexy and your mad?"

"You treat me as if I'm an object…" Temari looked pissed, "Prepare to die."

"Die?" Naruto grinned, "Geeze don't take it so personal."

"Uzumaki Naruto… Sabaku Temari.." Hayate coughed, "Begin."

Temari sent off wave after wave of wind blades, but Naruto didn't even seem fazed as he walked right through them, grinning the whole way. "You know, just the fact that you're a wind user turns me on." Waving his hand in a slicing motion he sent out a wind blade of his own, slicing through three of hers, "But you barely know the basics."

He charged at her like a mad man, intent on having fun with this girl. He threw a punch that she dodged easily, then came up with a kick aimed at her gut, but she blocked that one. He flew into a combo of punches and kicks aimed at disabling the wind user. He smiled as he pulled a punch and created fifty clones to assault her. He used a doton jutsu to hide in the concrete; he pulled out a line of ninja wire, about four feet. 'That's all I need for this one.' He felt one of his clones dispel, the signal he was waiting for. Flashing through five hand seals, Naruto rushed underground to the area directly behind Temari. He rushed out of the stone, ninja wire quickly surrounding the girl's neck.

"Surrender." Naruto got close to her neck, "I don't want to hurt such flawless beauty."

"I…" Temari's eyes were wide. 'I was completely outclassed… He just went through my wind like it wasn't there.' She couldn't believe that she had lost to a kid. 'This kid… What the hell is he?'. "I surrender."

Hayate smiled at his apprentice, "Uzumaki Naruto is declared the winner."

Naruto released the wire and turned Temari around, "That was great." He smiled at her, "I've never met another wind type before." In a swirl of leaves he was gone.

Temari retreated to her brothers. The loss a plague eating at her disbelieving mind.

"That kid…" Kankuro laughed at Temari, "So owned your ass Temari."

"… Shut up."

He was expecting shouts of anger, but the soft reply was not what he was expecting.

"Next contestants please?"

Hinata Hyuuga walked down into the arena followed by Neji Hyuuga.

"Wow…" Naruto watched as the Hyuuga heiress was utterly destroyed, the blood dripping from her mouth a cruel contrast to the white of her skin. "COME ON GORGEOUS! WHOOP THAT QUEERS ASS!"

The rest of the genin stared at him in confusion. Naruto never rooted for anyone? Ever?

Hinata looked up into the crowd from her knees. Naruto was cheering for her. The strong willed, courageous Naruto. The smart boy she met in the academy who was far from what everyone thought he was… She would show him that she was not weak as Neji had so proclaimed.

"I see…" Neji stared at the blonde in the crowd, "That boy has humiliated me, and for that Hinata-Sama…" He gave a cruel grin, "You must pay."

She never registered the hits delivered to various parts of her body. Neji Hyuuga was a true genius…

Hayate saw the intent in Neji's eyes, he was aiming for the heart. In a flash of leaves Hayate stopped the blow. "The match is over." He pushed the Hyuuga back, "Hyuuga Neji is the winner."

Everyone watched the branch member walk away in quiet fury. Naruto looked at Gai. The man looked distressed. To watch a student go in to a fit like that must be hard.

"Next match."

There were a number of matches, some he didn't really care about, some he truly enjoyed. He watched Lee whoop Kiba's ass. Saw Shino totally destroy a kumo nin. He was even proud when Shikamaru beat Choji in a matter of seconds. He laughed when Ino beat Sakura down with her fists. Sakura's teammate, Hito Frito,(or something like that), lost to a kumo nin. That bun haired beauty from earlier lost to Kankuro, but she just had a bad match up. He watched the red head from Suna kill the last Kumo nin… It was kind of cool. Sasuke got lucky. He doesn't fight till the finals.

The fights for the finals were chosen.

Uchiha Sasuke Vs. Nara Shikamaru

Yamanaka Ino Vs. Aburame Shino

Lee Vs. Hyuuga Neji

Sabaku Gaara Vs. Sabaku Kankuro

Uzumaki Naruto Vs. Ishi Tsonumai (Kumo nin)

Naruto did not like his match up. In fact, he hated it. That Kumo nin was beyond trash. Fighting Ino would push him harder than that loser. He was interrupted from his musings when the Hokage to the stands to speak to them.

"You all have one months' time to prepare yourselves for the finals." He gave his usual old dude smile, "Good luck to all of you." He turned his back and was gone in a swirl of leaves.

"Well…" Naruto looked at all the other Genin. "See you guys later!"

And with that, Naruto was gone in a swirl of leaves.

30 days till Finals

The blonde teen sat on a stool at the infamous Ichararaku's! "Yo Old man! Give me three miso, and keep em' coming!"

"Hai Naruto-Kun." The old ramen chef smiled at his most loyal customer, "So I hear that you reached the finals?"

"Haha oh yeah, those kiddies were a piece of cake." He grinned, "I hear that the bets are all going against me if I advance to fight either Gaara or Sasuke."

"Indeed." Teuchi had a grim smile, "The odds are 1,578 to 1…"

"Bet on me." Naruto stared the chef in the eyes, "Put as much money on this as you can…"

"But…"

"Trust me on this one Old Man." He gave his usual grin, "I won't let you go out of business, in fact, if you win you need to rename the place after me!"

"Haha…" Teuchi looked nervous, "And if you lose?"

"I'll give you back every penny that you lost."

"So win-win situation?"

"You could say that."

The conversation was interrupted when a white haired man plopped himself down next to Naruto.

"AGHH! I think I'll take a miso!"

"Right away!" Teuchi disappeared to the back, reappearing seconds later to give Naruto his order.

"Ahh! Itadakimasu!" He broke his chop sticks and devoured his first bowl.

"So your Uzumaki Naruto eh?"

Naruto looked up to meet the man's eyes.

"Jiraiya of the Sannin…" He grinned, "Why have you been following me all day?"

The sannin looked shocked, "Uh…" He looked slightly lost, "I needed to speak to you about something."

"Is it about the Kyuubi?" The look of horror on Jiraiya's face made him nearly giggle.

"H-How did you…"

"Come one man?" Naruto looked perturbed, "The fucking thing is inside of me! How the fuck do you not notice that!" He looked away, "Only an idiot wouldn't notice such a thing."

"Does it try to talk to you?"

"Oh yeah, the damn bitch never shuts up." Naruto stared at the man in front of him, "It's always telling me to kill. Destroy this village, set it free so it can devour every baby's soul. It speaks of eating the Hokage limb by limb and then laying fecal matter upon the Hokage mountain." Silence, "God you're an idiot for being a damn sannin."

Jiraiya's face of pure horror turned to one of shock, "So you were joking?"

"Of course!" Naruto grinned, "The only thing the damn Kitsune ever talks about is finding the 'pitiful excuse of a piece of shit human'." At Jiraiya's confused face he elaborated, "The Yondaime."

"Oh."

"Yes, now tell me what the hell you want?"

"Well I've come to Konoha to train you for the finals."

"I don't need your training." Naruto turned the stool back around, placed money on the counter, and took off to his usual training area.

'So I have thirty days to train… Hehe.' Naruto was pretty excited. Thirty days of training was a whole month. A month to him was more than a year's worth of training. 'What element do I start on now?'

He already knew how to manipulate wind and fire, two of the most destructive elements, but the third was hard to choose.

"Hmmm…" He rubbed his chin in thought, "Maybe?... Nah."

There was Lightning, Earth, and Water… To choose between the three was becoming quite irksome to Naruto.

'Lightning, another offensive element. Conducted through water, but ineffective against earth. A good combination element with fire if I can get the two to mix right…'

'Water seems like such a bitch element. Pansy ass attacks, and even worse defense.' He thought a bit more, 'Not as sharp as air or as destructive as fire, it can only be useful in mass…' Tidal waves, typhoons, all needed a good water source, and Konoha wasn't filled with a lot of lakes and rivers.

'Earth. The most defensive of the five. Dense, plentiful, and painful. Earth can be shaped into anything and seems pretty useful when pitted against other elements.'

"Earth it is!" He smiled and got to his feet, "Wonder where I'm going to find a scroll on Earth though…" He sat down again to ponder, tapping his chin slightly, "Maybe the Hokage will lend me a scroll if I ask him!"

Without standing up, Naruto disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Appearing in the Hokage's office was not a common thing for Uzumaki Naruto, so when he saw the man with an orange in his hand smoking his pipe, he nearly laughed.

"Are you on the part where Iba-Kun meets Hotori-Chan?"

The Hokage was startled from his reading when he heard the blonde speak. "Oh… Uh Naruto-Kun…" He stashed the book away with swiftness, "What brings you to my office?"

"Well I kind of need a favor Old man!" Naruto put on his game winning smile, "You see, I have a problem…"

The old Hokage's eyes went serious, "And this problem would be?"

"I need to learn the Earth element, but I have no one to teach me." He paused, "Even a scroll would be nice to have you know? With some instructions or training methods."

"But aren't you a wind natured ninja?" The Hokage was definitely interested.

Naruto created fire in his palm, extended both hands and made the fire dance and become a ring. "I can harness two elements, and I don't want to stop there."

"Incredible for someone so young…" The Hokage smiled, "Not even I was able to do master a single element at your age."

"Well I'm just the shit old man!" Naruto grinned at his statement.

"Haha indeed…" The Hokage's smile faded, "But I have some bad news Naruto." He paused and looked at the blond in the eyes, "I'm not allowed to give you a scroll…"

"Why not?" The blonde was kind of pissed.

"I'm not allowed to help you."

"You've given me scrolls before old man!"

"You were a civilian then Naruto…"

"Is this shit because of the Kyuubi?" There was a look of pure anger on his face, "Is this because I hold the fucking fox?"

The Hokage had no reply.

"This is why I didn't want to be a fucking ninja!" Naruto turned his back on the Hokage, "No one respects me… No one." He took a step but was paused by the Hokage's words.

"I can't help you Naruto, not because I wish not to, but because my hands are tied on this matter."

Naruto turned his head, eyes meeting the Hokages'. The disappointment and anger apparent, "You are the Hokage, you are the leader of this village, you're hands are never tied." He began to walk out the door, "You're just too weak to lead anymore."

The comment stung the Hokage, 'Too weak to lead…'

Naruto left the Hokage's office and went on to find an answer to his Earth problem. 'That son of a bitch! I swear to kami that if I see him in the streets with no protection, I'M GONNA RIP HIS DICK OFF AND FUCK HIM WITH IT!' Naruto silently seethed, avoiding the crowd by jumping atop the roofs.

'Now who the fuck am I gonna ask to give me some stuff on Earth manipulation… Sensei doesn't know a thing about it.' Naruto hung his head, and with a sudden delight, his eyes lit up. "That fucking failure of a Sannin! Gotta go find him."

Naruto ran all over Konoha, sending out tons of Shadow Clones with the intentions of revealing the old guys spot. Thirty minutes later a clone dispelled by the Hidden Leaf Supa Dupa Spa Spa Paradise! With a quick Shunshin Naruto appeared by the Hot Springs. 'Now where is he?' He found the Sannin on a tree branch a minute later… Spying on the women.

With a quick jump, Naruto joined the man in the tree. "Sweet! Who's in there today?"

"Well I see Kurenai, Anko, a few of the clan mothers! And some other civilian WOMEN!" Jiraiya didn't even turn to see who was speaking to him.

"OH SWEET! Let me see!"

"OK! OK!" With a slight toss, the toad hermit passed the binoculars to Naruto.

"Heheheh oh man Tsume's daughter is sooooo hot!"

"I know right…. Hey wait a minute." Jiraiya's eyes became saucers as he spotted Naruto on the branch beside him. "Gaki?"

"Shhh they're gonna hear you dammit!"

"Oh oh right!"

"Oh Kami! Anko's taking off the towel!"

"YATA! Pass the binoculars!"

"Here take my other pair…" A few seconds later two simultaneous gasps were heard.

"She's going to be in my next novel… Hmm Aniko-Chan shall be her name!"

"Wait…." Naruto's head slowly turned to the pervert beside him, "You're the author of 'those' books?"

"Icha Icha series!"

"OH MY KAMI!"

"I KNOW RIGHT! TEHEHEHEHE"

"TEACH ME YOUR WAYS!"

"It seems like you already know of them."

"True… Oh wait now I know why I came looking for you!" Naruto turned to the hermit, "I need you to give me some training methods on Earth manipulation!"

"Earth?" Jiraiya looked at the blonde, "Hmmm you're in luck! I'm an Earth element myself!"

"Bad Ass!" Naruto gave one last look into the binoculars, "Ok meet me at training field seventeen tomorrow at six!"

With that, the blonde disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Hmmmm… That kid…" Jiraiya turned back to the hot springs, perverted giggle escaping his lips. 'The next book is going to be the best for sure!'