"How's the progress Gaki?" asked Jiraiya.
Taking a drink from his canteen, Naruto sighed then answered "It's going ok, but I still don't get exactly how I'm supposed to pop the balloon. As of now, all I can really do is spin it around in a circle."
It was now night. Naruto, a little worn out from using his chakra the whole day, was a bit of a mess. His Orange jacket and pants had a few dirt splotches on them, from when he sat down to rest. Jiraiya was relatively the same, wearing his ever present outfit of a red Over coat and green kimono under it. Sitting on opposite sides of a fire, Jiraiya and Naruto had eaten dinner and were soon to prepare for bed.
"Well, I guess showing it to you in person would actually help," He stood up and moved over to where Naruto was. "When you create the Rasengan, you should notice that it spins in a orb. The jutsu is mainly a giant drill without a point, always moving in several directions at once. If you can figure out which way your chakra naturally spins, it would make accomplishing this easier." Jiraiya said while standing up. "Watch closely." He said as he formed a Rasengan.
Naruto studied it for a moment before Jiraiya walked over to a tree and shoved his hand into the bark. A loud grinding came from the orb before Jiraiya stopped the jutsu and let Naruto look at the mark on the tree.
"How would I find out which way my chakra spins? I didn't even know our chakra spun," questioned Naruto.
"Every living thing that has chakra follows this system. As it is understood, chakra circulates around the body when you form it. When you concentrate chakra, usually you spin it in a tight spiral, which allows you to use large quantities. And the easiest way to tell which way it spins is by your hair." Lectured Jiraiya.
"I see…" Naruto stated, well he started poking and prodding his hair to figure out which way it spun.
"Well, I'm going to leave you to that. Tomorrow we are going into town so I can finish getting information on Tsunade," Jiraiya said with a yawn while walking to his bed roll.
Naruto stopped tracing his hair and glared at Jiraiya, "Look here! You said you would train me, yet so far all I've done is spin water in a balloon and haven't gotten anywhere. You could atleast give me a few more tips on this!"
Jiraiya stopped and rose his eyebrow to Naruto. "You seem to misunderstand something brat. I'm not your friend, nor your father or your brother. I'm your sensei, I am here to teach you what I want to and how I want to. If you want to learn this jutsu, you're going to figure out how to do the rest by yourself. I didn't hold your hand when you kicked Neji into the dirt, I didn't hold your hand when you found out Hiruzen died, And I'm not gonna hold your hand when you need me the most. So grow up, and figure it out."
Naruto stood there, watching Jiraiya get into his bed roll. Spinning around, he grabbed his journal and ran off into the woods.
The forest was silent, and the bright light of the full moon shaded everything teal. Throughout the forest all the animals sat weary of a certain boy wearing a orange jacket. Naruto sat halfway up a tree, sitting on the thick part of a branch. He was looking at the moon, contemplating the words Jiraiya said to him that night.
Diary entry, 2, day 1
I don't know what Jiraiya wants from me. He has to understand that this is hard, and I don't have all the time in the world to learn just one jutsu. I wanna be the Hokage, and before that a ninja worth respecting. I can't sit still and take my time with this justu. I'll learn this jutsu and show Jiraiya that I shouldn't be underestimated! Now, he said that I need to find the way my hair grows and follow that to better control the chakra.
Putting down his pencil, Naruto followed the way his hair grew with his hand and traced its growth to the right. Picking up the balloon, Naruto proceeded to attempt to pop the balloon by channeling his chakra counter clockwise.
And all it did was swirl around. It didn't become spiky like how Jiraiya told him it was supposed to be. He tried pushing the chakra faster, harder, and in different spots in the balloon. However he did find that it seemed to work best when it was in the center. When it was in the center it seemed to be much more even and easier to control. However hour after hour he still couldn't get it to pop. He kept going till he collapsed from chakra exhaustion.
Naruto woke up hours later, when the sun was high into the sky and bugs were sounding aloud. Groaning to the foot prodding him to wake up, he raised his eyes to Jiraiya leaning over him. "Sure are taking your time waking up Gaki, I wanted to leave an hour earlier, but i thought you could use the sleep," Jiraiya stated.
"Yea, sorry, I stayed up later than I should have. I am almost there though, a bit more and I swear I'll have it figured out."
"Oh really now? I'll be waiting for you to finish this step than. Now, since you're awake, let's move to the town a few hours away so we can find Tsunade." Not waiting for Naruto to get up, Jiraiya started walking in the direction of the town.
Having arrived at town, they booked into a rather large inn. Jiraiya went off to gather information and research in the red light district, while Naruto went off to find a training spot and explore the town. However the town was decent sized, it was no shinobi village. Naruto couldn't find anything worth buying, besides for a nice ramen store on the outskirts of town. Along with that, he found a spot to practice a few minutes walk away from the inn. It was a small clearing in town, a bit deserted yet not ruins. Plopping down, Naruto trained throughout the day.
As it would have it, Jiraiya hadn't found out anything besides for a few women who seemed to have a lead. Thus he kept going back day after day. Naruto would use this time training, with a small break every few days when Jiraiya would force him to not use chakra. This was how it proceeded for roughly a two weeks. Day after day Naruto would try to pop the balloon, with nothing coming out of it. His hands would shake, he would fall from exhaustion, and he would get back up and try again. Till one day he stayed at the inn to rest for a day.
A cat the owner owned, that was colored white with black splotches was running around the inn while Naruto and other patrons ate. It wasn't particularly busy, but still had enough people that it wasn't dead.
The cat, which found Naruto's balloon on the table, ended up playing with it without him noticing. As luck would have it, Naruto glanced over when the cat got particularly aggressive with his playing. Knocking the balloon back and forth, repeatedly the balloon would have the water push against the sides of the balloon. Just as Naruto got up to stop the cat, the balloon popped with Naruto just standing stock still seeing it splash water everywhere. Getting a devious smile on his face, he ran over to his room where he found Jiraiya sleeping off a hangover. Taking a new balloon he held it over Jiraiya's face. And Jiraiya woke up spluttering and soaked in water.
Author's Notes - Yo guys, so I wrote this, and actually edited a bit. I think it turned out ok. I gotta go to work though, so I'll leave yall this. Oh, and just a heads up, if you find any errors, or any kind of suggestions don't be afraid to mention it in reviews. Take care.