Naruto: A Change In Time

Hey there everyone, Araganaut is here to get this new chapter of Naruto: A Change In Time! Now then, on the last chapter of this story, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru just got through the Second Exam of the Chunin Exam. In that Exam, they all laid the smack down onto their opposing team, and won their way into the Third Round of the Chunin Exam. Now then, thanks to hints given to us by the manga, the Third Exam was one of tradition that has been there for a long time.

So, I'll be using the canon Third Exam for this story. But the matches will be... intense. Or at least... I hope I they will be intense. I mean, I'm going to be trying very hard. Also, I am very glad that you all liked the last Exam in the last chapter. Makes me glad that I took so much time looking over things to be sure I had picked the right one. Now then, one of the last things I need to say... thank you all for being patient for the last chapter. Also... there will be certain little person will be joining us this chapter. Now then, let's get on with the reviews from the last chapter:

T.O.B.- Well... honestly... at first they were only for fun. But now… yeah its still for fun. HA HA!

Dragon Man 180- Well, I'd hate to say it, but there is absolutely no way for the Yondaime to survive the encounter with the Kyuubi. Jiraiya's reaction to the Kyuubi? Well, you see, that's going to be top secret. And I'm glad you liked my Exam.

RasenganFin- No, not really, that's just for entertainment.

MissNaye- Well, sorry to say, Orochimaru will still betray Konoha. You see, I didn't change Orochimaru's personality in the beginning, and as a self-imposed rule, I don't make any additional (unplanned or unpractical) changes to the fic after the beginning.

Pscho King- Too true, too true.

Well now, with the reviews out of the way... let's get on with the next chapter of Naruto: A Change In Time!!!

Chapter 6: The Beginning of the Third Exam

Last Time on N: ACIT

"It's in one week, once again, use it wisely." He said as the Kumo-nin were taken out of the pit, and he shouted for the second round to begin. Team Sarutobi was a bit exhausted from the fight, so they all agreed to meet each other at the location in a week...however Orochimaru decided to stay behind and watch the matches, while Tsunade and Jiraiya just decided to get some rest...

The last part of this stage in their lives was about to end...

And Now For The Featured Chapter

It had been six days since the Second Stage of the Chunin Exam. Team Sarutobi had gone in separate directions, deciding to train on their own. Oh they knew what the Third Stage of the Exam was, after all Sarutobi had taken them to it in order to give them an idea on what it would be like for them to take it, that of course was part of the perk of being a Kage. The three of them knew the chances of fighting each other in the exam... so for the sake of increasing their own chances of winning by using the element of surprise, they separated for the time being.

Many people saw Tsunade in the chakra control section of the Konoha Ninja Library, trying to pick up on a few tricks of chakra control. Meanwhile, people saw Orochimaru running all over the place, running from training ground to training ground. However... no one had seen a trace of Jiraiya, hell even his parents hadn't seen him the past six days. Only one person sighted him going into one of the forested regions in the village. However, that was the only sighting of the tallest member of team Sarutobi.

But as we go into the forested region of the village, we find several trees have been burnt, a few patches of ground that have appeared to be affected by the Swamp of the Underworld Jutsu, as well as just plain old beaten trees. We look around to see the figure of Jiraiya sitting on a rock; obviously he's meditating in order to prepare his mind for the next stage of the Chunin Exams. "(Snoring Sound)." Or not... well it looks like Jiraiya has fallen completely asleep... and on top of a rock. Now you have to be pretty relaxed, or tired, to fall asleep on top of one of those things!

"Mmmm... I win Or-uke-maru..." Jiraiya muttered as he rubbed his nose and fell onto the rock. Now then, how long as Jiraiya been asleep on that rock... who knows. But at any rate, his sweet dreams of winning the Chunin Exams, becoming a Chunin, and winning Tsunade are about to be interrupted by a sound that he had never heard in his entire life before.

"Help!" An incredibly tiny voice shouted as Jiraiya fell off his rock, and rolled onto the ground. He looked around very quickly before shrugging, getting back onto the rock, and falling back asleep. "Help!!" The voice shouted again as Jiraiya once again fell off his rock. Jiraiya this time stood up, turned in a 360 degree circle, before shrugging once again, and getting ready to climb back onto his rock. "HELP!!!" The tiny voice shouted, practically causing Jiraiya to jump off the rock.

"Okay, that's it! I'm finding whoever the hell keeps on yelping for help!" Jiraiya shouted as he began walking into the forest. He got lost temporarily, not knowing the direction of the voice.

"HELP!! HELP ME DAMMIT!!!" He heard the voice shout as he began running in the direction of the voice. "HELP! HELP! HELP!" The voice shouted as Jiraiya quickly turned to the right and began running in that direction. He was about to run off in that direction for a few more miles until he heard the voice shout again. "WHOEVER THE HELL IS OUT THERE, YOU BETTER HELP ME!!! DAMMIT!" The voice shouted as Jiraiya quickly made a left, and ran straight into a clearing.

Jiraiya looked around that clearing, and when he saw nothing he was about to keep on running... until he saw red-brown tiny toad, about the size of his head, being attacked by a purple snake with little horns growing out the side of its head, about the length of his arm. Now, Jiraiya loved toads, they were his favorite animal after all. Sure he was made fun for it during his days in the Academy, but he really couldn't help it. But, there was someone screaming for help, and he couldn't stay to help this toad. Jiraiya was about to run off, until he heard something that he thought he would never hear.

"Hey you, big guy! Help a toad out here!" Jiraiya heard as he looked at the toad with widened eyes, as he saw the toad leaning against a tree looking straight at him with a slightly panicked look. "Yeah you! Come on help me out here!" The toad shouted as Jiraiya just kept on staring at it.

"A toad... is talking to me..." Jiraiya muttered as the toad shook its head up and down. "I must be going insane..." Jiraiya said as the toad did a quick face vault before getting back up.

"YOU'RE NOT INSANE! I AM TALKING TO YOU!" The toad shouted as the snake tried to strike at it, and the toad quickly leapt out of the way. "IF YOU HELP ME I'LL MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE!" The toad shouted as Jiraiya shook his head, rubbed his eyes, and tried to make sure that there was nothing in his ears. When he was satisfied that nothing was wrong with his vision, his hearing, or his head, he decided to help out the little toad. Jiraiya began sprinting towards the snake. The snake looked at him quickly, and was about to strike at him... until Jiraiya punted him that is.

The snake flew off, disappearing off in the distance. Jiraiya took some deep breaths before looking at the toad who was sighing as well. The toad then began looking around for something, and found it. "There it is." He said in his tiny voice as he began hopping into the middle of the clearing. There... Jiraiya saw something highly disturbing. It was a little purple jacket, with white trimming, and a kanji on the back that he could not quite read. The toad looked over the jacket, and then slipped it back on.

Jiraiya stared at the now clothed toad with a raised eyebrow, as the toad turned around to face him. The toad sighed as he hopped in front of Jiraiya. "Thank you for saving me from that snake." The toad said as he clapped his hands together and did a small bow. "My name is Gamabunta, and I am in debt to you..." The toad, Gamabunta, said as he looked back up at Jiraiya who just kept on staring at him. "Hey, moron, are you listening to me?" Gamabunta said as Jiraiya knelt down beside it.

"... So your name's Gamabunta..." He said as Gamabunta face vaulted into the ground before hopping on top of Jiraiya's head.

"Gah... you weren't listening to a word I said were you?" Gamabunta said as Jiraiya shook his head, slowly, no. Gamabunta sighed as he crossed his arms. "Whatever, just go to one of the rivers so I can give you what you deserve..." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya nodded, and Gamabunta nearly fell off. "Hey take it easy!" Gamabunta shouted as Jiraiya sighed.

"Sorry..." Jiraiya muttered as he began walking towards one of the rivers near Konoha. As he neared it he could hear bugs buzzing around his head. "Dammit, I hate these things..." Jiraiya said as he tried swatting the flies... and then, the sound of the flies stopped almost immediately. Jiraiya then heard the sound of chewing on top of his head. "Did you eat the bugs?" He asked as he felt Gamabunta move around on his head.

"Yeah (swoop) (chew) so what?" Gamabunta said as he kept on eating more bugs.

"Thanks..." Jiraiya said as Gamabunta just kept on eating.

"No, thank you, it's your body odor that attracts the flies." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya took a quick smell of himself, before shaking himself. He was going to have to take a bath soon. At any rate, they finally reached one of the rivers that were within Konoha's borders, and Gamabunta jumped off of his head, and leapt right up to the river. "Alright then hold on a second." Gamabunta said as he leapt onto a Lilly pad in the river. He then closed his eyes for a second. Then he began croaking, and he croaked for several seconds before something began happening.

Underneath the Lilly pad that Gamabunta sat on, the water began bubbling up, and eventually the water under the Lilly pad, and the Lilly pad itself began rising up. Jiraiya watched in amazement as the water began falling back in, and the top of an orange toad appeared. It opened its eyes and looked up at Gamabunta and began croaking. "Hey Gama, what's up?" Gamabunta said as the new toad, Gama, croaked some more before Gamabunta laughed. "So Gamadaimyo had another kid eh?" Gamabunta said as he laughed some more. "Can't wait till I'm the boss." Gamabunta said as Gama croaked some more.

"I know you don't like it, but Gamadaimyo said that after him I would be the boss!" Gamabunta said as Gama croaked some more. "I don't care if you think that Gamadaimyo was drunk when he made that decision, I'll be the boss and that's final!" Gamabunta said as Gama spit out a shot of water into the air, and it landed on Gamabunta. The small toad simply growled before sighing. "Anyway, I need to the scroll." Gamabunta said as Gama uttered some more croaks. "Yeah, this kid saved me from Manda." Gamabunta said as Gama's eyes widened as it croaked some more.

"No, not Manda the first, it was his kid." Gamabunta said as Gama croaked some more before submerging itself in water. Gamabunta smirked as he looked at Jiraiya. "Don't worry; he's coming back with the scroll." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya just stared in confusion. Just as Jiraiya was about to ask about the scroll, the Lilly pad Gamabunta was on began moving towards the shore, and as it neared, the toad named Gama appeared. Jiraiya stared at the giant toad. It was way bigger than he was... about one and a half times bigger.

"Woah..." Was all Jiraiya could say as he stared at the giant toad. Suddenly Gama's opened its mouth, and out from it came a giant scroll that had Gama's tongue wrapped around it. Gama laid it on the ground in front of Jiraiya as Gamabunta hopped off of Gama's head, and he went back into the water. Jiraiya stared at the scroll as he looked at Gamabunta. "So... what am I supposed to do with this thing?" Jiraiya said as Gamabunta shook his head.

"You don't have any brains at all, do you?" Gamabunta asked as Jiraiya glared at him. "Anyway, first you open it." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya opened the scroll, and looked at the list of names on it.

"What happened to these guys?" Jiraiya asked as Gamabunta shrugged.

"They all died..." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya sweat dropped. "Anyway, on one of the empty spaces on the scroll I want you to write your name in blood." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya nodded and bit his thumb to draw out some blood.

"Alright then." He said as he began writing his name onto the scroll. As he finished Gamabunta nodded as he brought up his webbed hand.

"Anyway, next thing you do is put some blood onto your fingertips, and then press them against the space below your name." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya nodded and did as he was told. When he was finished he looked at Gamabunta who was simply smirking at him. "Congratulations, you're now one of the few... actually at this point the only person who can summon toads." Gamabunta said as Jiraiya nodded. "Now then, the seals for the summoning are on the scroll. Whenever you need one of us, just bite your thumb for blood, go through the seals, and then slam your hand on the ground... but be careful about how much chakra you put into the summoning." Gamabunta said as he looked at the scroll.

"And I guess I should take the scroll back." Gamabunta said as he leapt on top of the scroll. "See ya later!" He shouted as he, and the scroll, disappeared in a plume of smoke. Now, at this point Jiraiya was just staring at the spot where Gamabunta and the scroll had disappeared. In all honesty, that was probably the strangest moment of his entire life. He stood there for several more minutes before he shrugged and walked away, deciding to head on back home.

As he finally got back into the village, he noticed that a lot of people were looking at him with a slightly disgusted expression, probably because he was filthy, and smelt like a homeless person. Jiraiya swiftly moved through the streets, and right up to his own front door. It had a note on it, saying that his parents were out for a while. They were out traveling…. "Great…" Jiraiya said as he ripped the note off. "They're on their second honeymoon… disgusting." He said as he reached under the entrance mat, and found a key.

He unlocked the door, and walked into his house, and saw that it was indeed empty. Jiraiya sighed as he closed the door behind him. 'First things first' Jiraiya thought as he walked towards the refrigerator. 'I'm starving.' Jiraiya thought as he opened the refrigerator door, and picked out some bread, and some meat, hell-bent on making a sandwich. After he was finished making, and consuming, the sandwich, he quickly got up and headed for the restroom, bringing with some clean clothes to change into with him.

There, Jiraiya quickly got undressed, and began soaking in the tub. "Oh yeah…" Jiraiya moaned as he sank into the warm water. Nothing helps you relax after six straight days in the woods like a nice warm bath. Jiraiya sighed once again as he lay in the tub. After about a half-hour, Jiraiya got up out of the tub. He had put on the clothes and went out to check what time it was. It was about ten at night when Jiraiya got out of the restroom.

Jiraiya decided to hit the hay, after all he did have a big day tomorrow. So Jiraiya quickly got into bed and was setting the alarm when his thoughts drifted to his teammates. How would they do? Did they get much stronger? If he had to fight them… how would he fare? Jiraiya was fairly certain that he could beat Tsunade… not that he really wanted to even imagine having to fight her. But Orochimaru… now he was another case. Jiraiya knew that if he had to, he would fight him….

But whether or not he could beat him was another question entirely. Jiraiya knew, that out of the three of them, Orochimaru was the apple of Sarutobi's eye. He was about to imagine being able to defeat Orochimaru with ease… but he did have the summoning now… yeah! He could beat him with that! All he had to do was summon this giant toad to crush him! With his confidence restored, Jiraiya went to sleep, unaware that a certain dream was about to plague him once again.

Jiraiya's Dreamscape

Jiraiya woke up in his dreamscape once again. Jiraiya sighed, because not having to come here for six whole days was actually pretty nice… that and he really didn't want to see what condition it would be left in after the last dream… and he had good reason not to want to see this. The entire dreamscape was ruined. Every last tree was brunt to ashes, every last flower had wilted into nothingness. The ponds and rivers had either dried up, or became polluted beyond Jiraiya's belief.

Jiraiya looked out towards the mountains, seeing that there were still fires burning at their bases. He then looked up, so see no sky, no sun, but an entire coverage of clouds… not just clouds, storm clouds. As the winds blew and the thunder resounded through out the dreamscape, Jiraiya looked around, hopelessly trying to find someone, anyone, in his dreamscape. "Hello!" He shouted as he looked around for a sign of life.

"Hello, anyone there?! Brat!? Tsunade!?" Jiraiya shouted as he began slightly panicked. "ANYONE!" Jiraiya shouted as he kept on looking around. After he saw that there was no one in the area, and that there was no sign of life, Jiraiya collapsed onto his knees. Jiraiya's body shook a couple times, never before had he felt… well empty. This place… it was taking everything out of him somehow.

Jiraiya lifted his head to look around… and he saw a body in the distance, lying on its side. Jiraiya stood up and began running towards that body. He kept on running, and as he approached the body he saw that it had on a white cape, with a red flame design on the trims of it. "BRAT!" Jiraiya shouted as he ran faster towards the body. As Jiraiya approached it he knelt down beside it and began shaking it.

"Hey there brat, it's me, Jiraiya. Come on wake up!" Jiraiya said as he kept on shaking the body… which did not move in response to his shakes. Jiraiya's breath was caught in his throat as he shook the body a little slower. "Co-come on… wake up… call me Ero-sensei dammit…" Jiraiya said as he finally turned the body over… and saw only lifeless eyes staring back at him. Jiraiya stared for a few moments before shaking himself loose of his shock.

He quickly pressed his index and middle fingers against a vein in the brat Kage's neck… and he felt nothing. No warmth, no pulse… nothing. Jiraiya slid his finger's off of the brat's neck as he moved his other hand to close his eyes. Jiraiya stared at the corpse for a few moments… not truly knowing what to do at this moment. He didn't even know this guy at all… yet it felt like he knew him forever….

Jiraiya looked over the corpse to see a yellow flower. He stared at the flower… until it slowly began to wilt… and die. Jiraiya took one last look at the place that had been so beautiful… and that was now destroyed. Jiraiya lowered his head and his shoulders began shaking… as he started crying. He didn't know why he was doing it… it was just happening… he looked around one last time as the dreamscape slowly began to disappear… and Jiraiya was left all alone…

"Jiraiya…" Several soft voices said at once as he turned around. He saw something there… that suddenly filled him with warmth. In the light… there were three figures. The first was that of an old man, walking with a cane. The second was of a young woman, with short hair carrying some kind of animal. And the third one was the most recognizable. It had two ponytails in the back of her hair, and the most womanly figure a man could ever see… she was carrying a bundle in her arms.

"Tsunade…." Jiraiya muttered as suddenly the light consumed everything.

Jiraiya's Room

Jiraiya slowly opened his eyes, greeted by the sun's morning rays coming through his window. Jiraiya looked at his clock… found that he had woken up even before his alarm had gone off. Jiraiya slowly sat up, and moved to the edge of the bed, where he sat for several minutes. Then his alarm went off, and he quickly turned it off. The enthusiasm he felt last night, about the Third Exam, had almost entirely disappeared thanks to the beginning of the dream.

It was a very sobering experience; the only saving grace in that dream was the end… when those three figures stood in front of him. Jiraiya went into the bathroom to get ready… as he couldn't shake the feeling of feeling… different. As Jiraiya brushed his teeth and gargled… he figured out what felt different. The doubt that had lingered in his mind… the fear of fighting his teammates, or losing the Exam… had all but vanished.

Jiraiya couldn't place the reason why it would have vanished either. The dream, for all counts, should've doubled it… but instead… he felt energized. Maybe it was because he saw things in that dream that dwarfed the Chunin Exams. Maybe it was because he knew that no matter what there were going to be people, his parents, his team, and others to support him. But as Jiraiya gargled… his mood lifted as he spat into the sink, and looked at his reflection in the mirror. No longer was there an examinee frightened about what would happen during the exam… no.

Now the figure that stood before him was someone who knew he could kick anyone's ass without even trying. Jiraiya smirked as he punched at the air a couple times, and even began just hopping a bit. Jiraiya smirked widely as he walked to his window, threw it open and took a deep breath. "TODAY'S THE DAY I WIN THE CHUNIN EXAMS! YOU HEAR ME!? I'M GOING TO BE A CHUNIN!" Jiraiya shouted as he stood triumphantly.

"Hey could you not shout, some of us normal people here are trying to sleep!" He heard an old man should as he sweat dropped.

"Sorry!" Jiraiya shouted as he quickly walked back into his house. Jiraiya slid down the handle of the stairs onto the first floor. When he reached the bottom he jumped off and walked into the living room/dining room/kitchen. Jiraiya quickly ate a good breakfast, cooked on his own, before walking out the door. As Jiraiya walked out he immediately walked down the street, heading for the place where Sarutobi had told them to meet.

As he walked, several people Jiraiya barely knew began waving at him, telling him to do a good job, and telling him 'good luck' several times. He passed the Yamanaka Flower Shop, to see Shin and his son Inoichi outside of their shop. They quickly waved at him with cheeky grins on their faces as Jiraiya walked by. "Hey, kid, how's about you come by my shop and buy more flowers later, we made a killing off of you!" Shin shouted as he and his kid began laughing a bit.

"Shut up!" Jiraiya shouted as he began walking off. He had gotten a block away from the two before he heard something.

"Good luck!" They both shouted as Jiraiya smirked and continued on his way to the arena. Jiraiya finally made it to the arena where the Third Stage of the Exam would be taking place. Jiraiya looked at a clock nearby to see that he was still on time. He quickly walked in past the security guards, who simply gave him a quick nod, and into the arena. As he walked in he saw that so far, only his team had shown up. As he walked in Tsunade noticed him and smiled quickly as she waved.

"Jiraiya-kun, nice to see that you're not going to miss the Exam!" She said with a cheeky grin on her face as Jiraiya simply smiled.

"Hey Tsunade-hime, looking good as usual!" Jiraiya said as Tsunade blushed quickly before smiling back. Jiraiya then walked up to Orochimaru and patted him on the shoulder. "Hey Or-uke-maru, looking as ugly as ever I see." Jiraiya said as Orochimaru simply scoffed at him.

"Bite me Jiraiya." Orochimaru said as Jiraiya simply grinned.

"Oh you'd probably like that now wouldn't you!" Jiraiya said as he and Tsunade began breaking out into a fit of laughter, while a throbbing vein appeared on Orochimaru's head.

"Shut it!" Orochimaru said as suddenly they heard foot steps behind them. They all turned to see which people they would be fighting individually in the final Exam of the Chunin Exam…

Omake

"Hey there brat, it's me, Jiraiya. Come on wake up!" Jiraiya said as he kept on shaking the body… which did not move in response to his shakes. Jiraiya's breath was caught in his throat as he shook the body a little slower. "Co-come on… wake up… call me Ero-sensei dammit…" Jiraiya said as the body began coughing. "Brat!" Jiraiya shouted as he turned the brat over to see him still alive.

"Ero-… Ero-sensei… I have… something to tell you." The Kage said as Jiraiya leaned in closer.

"Yes what is it?" Jiraiya asked as the brat Kage leaned in closer towards him.

"You… you… you…" He said as Jiraiya leaned in closer.

"Yes, yes, yes!?" He shouted as he leaned in closer.

"You… YOU'VE JUST BEEN PUNK'D!" The brat shouted as Jiraiya looked at him with widened eyes.

"Wh-what?!" He shouted as the brat nodded.

"Yeah, there's cameras over there, there, and there!" He shouted as suddenly camera men came out from behind tree ashes, and out from under withered flowers. "And they were in on it too!" He shouted as Tsunade, and the 'wife of the Kage' jumped out and laughed.

"Oh my God! I would have never expected… where's Ashton Kutcher?! " Jiraiya shouted while laughing as the brat slowly reached up at his face… and pulled off a mask revealing Ashton Kutcher. "OH MY GOD!" Jiraiya shouted/laughed out as he shook Ashton's hand. He then looked into one of the cameras while smiling. "NTV (Ninja Television), I'VE JUST BEEN PUNK'D!" He shouted as he shook everyone's hand.

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