Moon Lit Past Written
By: Matdeception
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Chapter 3: Murder and Exodus
Arc: Setting the Stage, Year 6
Tsunade felt the ANBU coming a mile away, her only irritation at their revolting presence was the fact it had taken a whole two weeks since she set the bait for that fool of a Hokage to take a nibble.
"Tsunade-sama." the Dog-Faced ANBU appeared in a twirl of leaves to her right, a Baku masked ANBU to her left, both eyeing the park bench she lounged on, mindful of the civilians nearby. That too was to plan, as it stalled her would be arrestors from immediately attempting to subdue her. "Hokage-sama has ordered your arrest under grounds of treason, desertion of duties, and insubordination. Please, come quietly."
"Okay." The Blond Sannin shrugged as she stood up, raising her arms non-threateningly. Baku pulled restraints from his belt line and moved to slap them on her. She waited for a brief second, keeping her emotions calm and clear until the moment to strike came. One second she was calmly letting them arrest her, the next she moved in lightning succession, gripping their ANBU masks and fluttering her chakra precisely. A soft 'woosh' hit her ears as the porcelain masks detached from their owners.
Inu acted first, jerking back in surprise, but still just a tad bit to slow to dodge her kick to the gut, the force sending him flying like a human torpedo across the park, through the outer wall, across the street into and through a tailors shop, to hit the brick wall of the next building and cratering.
Baku got a head-butt that sent the ANBU hop-scotching across the ground, as if he was a particularly aerodynamic stone being skipped along the surface of water, face-planting in a particularly sturdy oak tree that cracked in two from the force of the impact.
Tsunade was gone in a swirl of leaves before either ANBU had finished their impromptu flight, their ANBU masks firmly in hand, or more importantly, the security seals inside the masks that neither ANBU had been able to remove during the surprise attack. 'If I'm going down.' the Slug Sannin scowled, 'I'm taking that son of a bitch with me.'
Jirayia stared up blankly, his mind a storm of depression and self loathing at what he was about to do, at what his actions and failures were about to culminate in; the death of an innocent boy. His windows were closed, curtains drawn, and nothing seemed particularly out of place at Naruto's apartment complex. Yet... there was this feeling of dread laced with shame, like the world itself knew the atrocity he was about to commit and was warning him not to do this.
'Naruto... I am sorry.' The Toad-Sannin grimaced, images of his only student smiling in his head, a smile he hadn't worn since the day Kyuubi attacked and Kushina fell into her near death state. Minato was the son he never had, the child he firmly believed would bring peace to this war-torn land at any cost. He rationalized; It may hurt, he may feel like utter rot for it, but if his actions could ultimately help Minato bring about that peace then the life of an innocent, of a child, was a small price to pay.
Mind made up, Jirayia formed the Ox seal and activated the seal array within the apartment. He didn't feel the subtle flare of chakra from the technique activating, but didn't let that bother him. He had made that seal to be as un-obtrusive as possible, so no one would ever notice if it was put to use. Leaping up the balcony, he smashed the lock and pushed his way into the apartment.
'Empty?' Jirayia frowned as he moved through the little home, giving it a cursory inspection before letting out a tired sigh. 'Not here, but the ANBU said he went in and hadn't come out yet! Where can he be?' he moved back towards the balcony door before pausing, eyes catching sight of a vanilla folder spread open across the bed. Tentatively moving closer, the older man looked down with a frown. There was a single picture attached to a piece of paper, the picture holding an angled photo of Kushina held in her near death state, with words boldly written beneath.
"Receive the gift of hell, father." Jirayia read, an oppressive feeling of dread settling on his shoulders. He knew... the kid knew who his father was, knew who his mother was! Knew the whole thing... but for how long? Who told him? More importantly, what did he intend to do about it? He tried to calm himself, which wasn't that hard honestly. Naruto may know the truth, but he was still a six year old boy, they really didn't have that much to worry about unless he brought Kyuubi out to play.
A subtle screech, a hum of power, and a blazing flash of light burned at his peripheral. He turned, staring out from the Balcony where on the far side of Konoha a red shimmering field of chakra shot skyward, closing in on itself and locking itself in place.
"Shishienjin?"
Moments Earlier...
Tsunade slid to a halt, breathing a little harshly from her rapid escape. She didn't have much time, she knew, Inu - Kakashi - wouldn't be put down long, and she sure as hell knew she wouldn't be escaping Minato's attention for very long. She had to get the Shishienjin seal barrier activated before Konoha could unleash hell on her, she would not being going to the underworld with out her target dying first.
The residence wasn't terribly large, a two story home with maybe four bedrooms, all largely empty now that her targets Son had left Konoha, with his daughter, her husband, and grandson living elsewhere in the village. He was alone, just as he had always been since the night Kyuubi broke free and tore this pitiful village to shreds. Tsunade ran towards the front, fluttering her chakra into the masks continuously to keep them from going dormant and taking the seal authorizations with them. At the front of the walkway were two stone lanterns which she took a step by, before placing the masks on the top and channeling her Chakra into said masks and through them into the stone lanterns.
Violet fire erupted in the stone lanterns, and though she couldn't see it she already knew the corresponding lanterns surrounding the home were igniting as the barrier seal activated. She smiled grimly as the violet walls began ascending to close off the home. Glancing towards the house, the bitter woman began making her way, offhandedly smashing the ANBU masks into shards as she went on the hunt for the son of a bitch who ruined her life.
Her target ran out of the house in mild confusion, "Tsunade? What's happening, is the village under attack?"
Tsunade shook her head, "No sensei." she bit out pleasantly before blind siding the unprepared Third Hokage with a vicious left hook, "But you are!"
Naruto fell to his knees, shivering at the disgusting feeling at having a Zetsu clone swallow one hole and spit them out. "Ugh, I'm going to need a bath after that."
White Zetsu shrugged, single eye glancing around the room in thought, "You wanted to get in undetected, right? Easiest way was to bring you with me through the earth."
The Silvery Blond grunted, "I'm not saying it's ineffective, just that you are a disgusting thing to be in contact with in such a manner." The boy glanced around the room thoughtfully. The room had no windows, but was lined with different medical equipment all of which were set up around a weird apparatus that took readings from the Woman kept in a stasis field within the center. Naruto already knew they rarely brought Kushina out of Minato's fuinjutsu seal, as every second she was exposed to real time she'd march ever closer to the death she was now only barely hovering above.
"Well, there she is." White Zetsu murmured, turning his head to the left and staring at the wall suddenly. "Something's happening in the village."
"Oh?" The Transmigrant moved closer to the woman, eyeing her chakra thoughtfully.
"Tsunade of the Sannin... she's attacking the Third Hokage." Zetsu spoke softly, more to himself than anything else. "Curious."
"That's..." Naruto frowned, unbelieving of his luck. Such a brazen attack would distract Konoha, Jirayia, and most importantly that wretched Hokage. "... convenient. Why would she attack her old sensei though?"
"Eh." Zetsu shrugged, "I have a Zetsu monitoring the situation, he'll keep me updated via our link and I'll let you know as soon as he knows."
"Okay." The Silvery Blond shrugged, not particularly caring. He turned his attention to the red-head, eyeing her chakra thoughtfully. 'They said she suffered from Chakra Dissonance, whatever the hell that means, but... no.' he hmmed thoughtfully, 'Her chakra... it's not out of balance... it's ripped apart.' he laughed then, brightly and loudly, "Oh, this is terrible! Minato you fool, everything you've done, everything you hoped for in sacrificing me for this woman was doomed to failure!"
"Oh?" Zetsu tilted his head curiously.
"She's already as good as dead, Zetsu." Naruto shook his head. "Her chakra, her soul, it's torn apart." he waved his hand towards the woman, "Imagine her soul as a picture perfect representation of what you see here. Now, imagine if her insides were ripped out, if her legs and arms were severed, that is all that remains of her soul. Putting the Kyuubi into her? Wouldn't work, it would be like trying to plug a hole in the universe with cotton swabs!"
"Oh." Zetsu shrugged, looking for all the world like he didn't get it. "So... guess you're just going to kill her then?"
"Nope!" Naruto chuckled, placing his hand on the invisible stasis field around her body. "Well, maybe. I dunno. I really want to see what put her in this condition before I make up my mind."
The Plant Like being frowned, eye riveted on the boy as he began consuming the chakra empowering the seals that kept the woman in stasis. "Do we have time for that?"
"Probably not." Naruto admitted as he finished draining Minato's chakra from the seal. All at once Kushina began breathing, her chakra bleeding out as her soul continued to die. Placing his hand on her chest, the silvery-haired boy allowed his own chakra to enter her body, keeping the soul of the woman surrounded so no more would bleed out. He wasn't going to have her die on him until he got what he wanted.
Naruto put his free hand on her forehead, closing his eyes as he began concentrating.
A memory of the past...
Kushina hugged her little boy, tears leaking from her eyes as she desperately tried to show him her love. 'I'm sorry... I won't be able to hold you, to kiss you, to comfort you when you fall or don't understand whats happening!' She was dying, she knew that the moment that masked man had ripped Kyuubi from her. It wasn't a matter of if, but a matter of when. Minato may not know the cost of forcibly removing a Bijuu from it's container, but she did. Mito made it very clear the day she put Kyuubi into her.
'Kyuubi. The village.' the red-head winced. She failed, couldn't keep the beast contained, and now her home was going to pay the price. She needed to do something, needed to get that beast resealed, if not in her then in someone! As long as Kyuubi was free Konoha would burn and her little Naruto would be in danger...
Minato appeared in a flash, a grimace on his handsome face, "Kushina."
"What's happening?" she asked miserably.
"The masked man retreated, I've forced Kyuubi out of Konoha but it won't be long before it attacks again." he glanced knowingly at the baby in her arms, "We need to seal it."
"But in what? In who?" Kushina shuddered, gripping her mewling son tightly.
"Naruto."
"No!" she screeched, "No, absolutely not Minato! He's our son!"
"Who else?" the Fourth Hokage scowled, "Can we reseal it in you?"
"I..." she knew the answer to that question, and the answer was no. Yes she could take the beast into her self, but she was already a dead woman, she simply hadn't kicked the bucket yet. The Village would get a few years of peace until the Kyuubi reformed at least, which would spare her child the misery of being a jinchuuriki, but then there would be nothing to stop it from heading right back here and beginning this nightmare all over again! "... don't want him to suffer like I have."
Minato grunted, picking up his wife and child. "Shinobi endure." before vanishing in a yellow flash.
The Kyuubi howled, trapped within her barrier of chains, kept still as she struggled to stay conscious despite her rapidly diminishing chakra. "Minato! I won't be able to hold this for long!" she shot him a sharp glance, "How are you planning to seal it?"
Minato glared at the beast, face set in stone. "Shiki Fujin... I'm going to summon the Shinigami."
"What?" Kushina froze, "No." she whispered in horror, "That'll kill you Minato! If you die, then our son... Naruto will have no one left!"
"He'll have you." her foolish Husband riposted.
"No." she gasped as he began forming hand seals, "NO!" she willed a chain into existence so fast Minato didn't even have time to blink as it smashed into his hands, breaking some fingers. Minato stared at her in shocked horror.
"Kushina!"
"You're a fool, dattebane!" the fiery redhead snarled, slamming the end of her chain against his head and knocking the man for a loop. She ignored her barely concious husband moaning in misery as she dragged herself forward to her precious baby. "Naruto... I love you." she whispered, taking blood from her lips and painstakingly inscribing the seal Mito herself had put on her so long ago. "Baby... I need you to be strong for me, okay? Take care of Minato-kun... he's an idiot, and some times forget what's important, but he's your father and he loves you." she babbled as she finished the seal.
"I'm sorry." Kushina sobbed, channeling her chakra and completing the seal. "Don't ever forget that I love you, dattebane!"
A return from memory...
Naruto opened his eyes.
"So?" Zetsu prodded.
"She is... a true beauty in this impure world." he breathed softly. "I can't let her die."
Zetsu shrugged, "Then don't. Still have some of Mommy's chakra right?"
"Shut up." Naruto snapped, "I know what I need to do." he glared at the white annoying monster even as he began filtering the last of Kaguya's Yin chakra into the slumbering red-head. "What's happening with Tsunade?"
"Oh you'll love this..."
Sarutobi dodged left in a roll, hopping to his feet and retreating rapidly while holding his broken and quite useless right arm. "Tsunade! Why? Why betray Konoha? Why betray me?!"
Tsunade hadn't gotten off scott free in their battle. Old and decrepit Sarutobi may be, he was a master of Ninjutsu, and even with only one functioning arm he was anything but the helpless old fool many saw him as. Yet even still he knew it wouldn't be enough, the burns across the left side of her body were rapidly healing, the hole in her right leg closing and mending as she utilized her Sozo Saisei, her Creation Rebirth.
"Why?" the woman snarled, heedless of the gathering of Shinobi watching their battle helplessly beyond the barrier. She could see Jirayia arguing with Kakashi and Minato, but spared them no more attention then that. This barrier would last long enough to achieve her vengeance, and that was all that mattered. "You old fool! Did you think I wouldn't find out? Did you think me a naive idiot who wouldn't see the truth?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Nawaki." she spat, "Fresh Genin, literally just graduated and you shoved him on a team and threw him out into the field. Orochimaru wrote an official complaint, y'know?"
"Official complaint?" Hiruzen paused, frowning.
"Oh yeah." she cracked her knuckles menacingly, "He told you he objected, that fresh Genin with out even passing a follow up exam should never set foot outside the village! That you were throwing Genin into the meat grinder knowing they wouldn't survive!"
"We were at war!" the Third snapped
"Oh how funny then, that immediately after Nawaki died no other teams were sent out with out proper training." Tsunade spat, "Even before Nawaki the Village hadn't fielded a single Genin cell with out at least some follow up training, and even then they'd be used to cover safer assignments so the more experienced Genin could be pushed closer to the fighting." Tsunade grinned sinisterly, "All this... maybe I could have accepted it, maybe I could have come to peace with it, but then you had Dan killed."
Hiruzen bolted to the right as Tsunade leapt, bringing her foot down and cratering his front lawn. Dust kicked up by the attack blinded him momentarily, but he was nothing if not resourceful. Flipping through one handed seals, he launched a fireball into the crater, following up with a futon jutsu that combined and created a twisted inferno of hot death.
"Fool!" Tsunade hissed to his side as she gripped his left arm, twisting and snapping the bone like it was nothing more then a twig of dry rotted wood. "You think I wouldn't know your counters? Your oh so precious collaboration Jutsu? I've made it my goal in life to avenge Nawaki and Dan!" she snarled as she decked him, his wrinkled old body flipping from the force of the blow and digging a trench through the earth where he landed.
"Tsunade... please!" Sarutobi begged as the Princess of Battle marched towards him, the very vision of Death incarnate.
The Slug Sannin scowled, "Mercy? You want mercy?" she reached down and grabbed him by his tattered robes, "And what will you give me if I show you mercy?"
"Anything! Everything!" the Old man cried. He didn't want to die, he still had too much regret, too many mistakes left ignored. He couldn't face Biwako like this, like the sniveling wretch he knew he was.
"I want my brother and lover back, you son of a bitch!" Tsunade reared back and slammed her first directly on top his head, popping it like a ripe tomato all over the ground. She stared at the headless corpse of her former teacher, at the man she had at one point considered a surrogate father. "Heh... heheh...hehehhehe" she giggled madly, letting her hazel brown eyes drift wildly over towards the gathered Shinobi staring in horror from beyond the barrier. She grinned nastily, pointing at Jirayia and Minato, both of whom here staring at her with hateful scowls.
"You think you're better then me, eh?" Tsunade snapped, laughing cruelly, "At least I never abandoned my family to follow a foolish dream!" she stumbled towards them, light headed at all the chakra used and emotionally unstable from it all. "Hmm? Nothing to say?"
Minato scowled darkly, "You will die for this, traitor!"
"Oh I'm very well aware of that." the Blond Sannin shrugged, "At least when I die I'll be able to face my loved ones with my head held high. You?" she sneered, "You love only yourself. I hope Kushina dies in the procedure, so at least she won't see what her oh so wonderful husband has become. So she won't ever know the suffering you put your son through, or that you are going to happily murder him just to bring her back!" she turned away and stumbled back to Sarutobi's headless corpse before falling to her knees. "I hope you die alone and forgotten like the pieces of shit you are."
"Huh." Naruto blinked, "Well, that's certainly interesting."
"Didn't know the Third was such a right bastard." Zetsu grunted, finishing his retelling. "Right now they're just sitting there, shouldn't be too long before the Barrier comes down. I expect Tsunade will be arrested and publicly tried and executed."
"A pity." the Silvery Blond grunted, eyes on Kushina. "Or perhaps not."
Zetsu raised an eyebrow, "Something on your mind?"
"Kushina will live." The Silvery Blond grunted, "Kaguya's Yin chakra is depleted, but it was enough to restore her soul."
"You're going to let her revive?" Zetsu grunted, "Isn't that, I dunno, giving the Hokage what he wants?"
"Sure, I guess." Naruto sneered, putting his hand on Kushina's head. "But he won't be able to deny it, he won't be able to hide it, and he most certainly won't be able to conceal the truth from her." he closed his eyes, chakra bubbling around him momentarily before sliding from his hand and into her head. He spared a moment to gaze at her sleeping, almost angelic features, admiring the now intermittent strands of silver in her hair, a sign of his and Kaguya's chakra being a part of her. "I've given her the memories of my tormented childhood."
"Seems cruel." Zetsu pointed out as he stepped away from her.
"Oh?"
"Well, you called her... what, a beauty in this impure world?"
"And what are you getting at, Zetsu?"
"Just... you're saving her just so she can wake up, see what a right bastard her husband is, and find out that the son she loves, you, has skipped town and left her to wallow in misery."
"Hmm." Naruto frowned, turning around and channeling more Chakra into his hand before pressing it into Kushina's forehead. "There."
"And what did you do?"
"Planted a seed." the Transmigrant shrugged, "Now enough of this, let us leave this wretched village and find some peace."
Zetsu grunted, "Want me to do anything about Tsunade? She's a powerful Kunoichi, has no love for Konoha or your father, we could certainly use some one like that in our plans to revive mother."
"Hmmm." Naruto frowned thoughtfully. He honestly didn't know much about the woman, but if Zetsu thought so highly of her, enough so that he'd actually mention she could be of help in his Sochi's plan to bring back Kaguya, then it was something to consider. "Can we extract her?"
"Me? No." Zetsu shrugged, "I doubt she'd come willingly with me. You? She seems as mad at your father for wanting to sacrifice you as you are for him abandoning you."
Naruto paused to consider that. He really didn't want to reveal himself so soon, but he supposed it really didn't matter. He was going into hiding after this, his Sochi had already provided him several locations were he could hide and lay low while he finished his physical conditioning and training, the kind of stuff he couldn't do with Kaguya's Yin chakra, and when he did re-emerge he'd be much stronger then he was now so it wouldn't matter in the slightest. "Alright, I agree. Let's go save us a Sannin."
Minato was furious, absolutely livid at his and his shinobi's complete failure to stop one nearly over-the-hill woman from killing Sarutobi, from wishing his beloved Kushina dead, from defending that little boy that had been nothing by heartache for him from the moment he was born. 'Should have let that masked man kill him.' he scowled internally, turning his hard glare on his sensei. "Why hasn't this barrier been brought down yet?"
"This barrier was designed and put in place years ago." Jirayia snapped back, "The entire seal array is buried in the stone lanterns which, as you no doubt see, are INSIDE the barrier and protected by a second barrier to prevent damage from internal sources. We can't break this jutsu, we have to wait until it runs out of power!"
"And how long is that going to take?!"
Jirayia shrugged, "Does it matter anymore?"
Kakashi grimaced as he listened, but said nothing. The guilt at failing so badly was bubbling within him, threatening to smother him whole. It was his mask, his and Hayate's - The now very dead Hayate - that had allowed Tsunade to activate the dormant seal arrays and trap the Third Hokage, that had led to the very death of the man who had nurtured and protected Konoha through two Shinobi wars.
"When this barrier drops, I want her captured." Minato snapped, "We're going to put her on trial, publicly tear her apart and then execute her as the traitor she is!"
"Oh father." an amused laugh, tone musical yet carrying with it a dangerous edge. "If ever there was a traitor, its you."
Minato stared as that boy stood inside the barrier. "How... how did he get inside?"
"He emerged from the ground." Kakashi stared in shocked awe.
"Impossible." the Toad-Sannin breathed, "This barrier... you can't use Earth Jutsu to get around it."
Naruto gazed at them, eyes cinched shut with a happy smile on his lips. He turned to Tsunade, "Hey."
"Naruto." Tsunade whispered, gazing blankly at the boy. "You... you shouldn't be here, kid. That fool father of yours is going to kill you, sacrifice you to save his wife." she reached over slowly, putting one hand gently on his shoulder, "Please... don't die. Don't let Konoha take another innocent life."
"Warms the heart hearing you say that, Baa-chan." The cheeky Uzumaki grinned. Tsunade was far too resigned to her fate to even be angry at such an annoying nick name. "But I wouldn't worry, daddy dearest is about to have a really, really, really bad day."
Minato frowned, throwing Jirayia a glance, his sensei shrugging in confusion.
"What do you mean, kid?" Tsunade frowned.
"We can sit here and talk about it until the barrier falls, or you can let me save you and take you away from this wretched village and then we can talk about it." Naruto glanced at the barrier thoughtfully, "Have maybe a minute, two tops before that barrier comes down by the way."
"Save me?" the Slug Sannin blinked slowly, mouth dry at the thought of it. She didn't want to be saved, she had resigned herself to this fate, made sure her only remaining loved one, Shizune, was safe and far away before starting this. Tsunade was tired. Tired of this world, tired of losing everything precious to her, and tired of serving a Village so in love with itself it can't see the lives they were ruining. "There's nothing left... I'm just an empty shell of regret."
The Silvery Blond nodded slowly, pinching her chin and gently kissing her forehead. "You may think you're an empty shell, but to me you're a true beauty in this impure world. Because of that I love you, and always will." he tilted his head slightly, looking into her hazel brown eyes edged with surprise. "Come with me Tsunade, help me put an end to this wretched cycle of hatred, help me bring back the true peace this world was denied."
"I don't understand." Tsunade returned softly, fingers trailing the warmth left on her forehead by his kiss, stunned by such a loving gesture from a boy she had never truly met before today.
"I'll explain when we're safe." Naruto sighed, glancing at the barrier. "Thirty seconds until the barrier comes down."
The surrounding Shinobi tensed at that, gripping weapons in preparation.
Tsunade just nodded, closing her eyes tiredly.
"This may feel a little weird, but bare with it." Naruto grunted, "Zetsu, get her out of here!"
"Right boss." a white... thing emerged from the ground, his arm pressing into the Slug Sannin's side before spreading across her form like a vicious oil. Tsunade gasped in surprise as the white plant man consumed her form before pulling her underground and away.
Naruto smiled, another of the White Zetsu poking it's head up beneath his feet. "So, father." he chuckled as Zetsu began to cover him and pull him underground, "I do so hope you enjoy the painting I left behind for you." he laughed, "I know Kushina won't."
Minato glared as that boy vanished beneath the ground mere seconds before the Barrier Collapsed. "Kakashi, can you track them?"
Kakashi frowned, examining the area. "No. Once they disappeared underground they left no scent to be tracked."
"God damn it!" The Hokage scowled, "What the hell happened? What was that... Zetsu? What was that thing! Where did he go? What the hell did he mean about Kushina?!"
Jirayia paled, remembering the picture and message Naruto left behind in his apartment. 'But what can he do? Kushina's locked up tight in a Fuinjutsu time barrier. Kid couldn't pop that, no one but Minato has the key for that barrier.' he shook the thought off and ignored the sudden feeling that everything they had been working for had just been irrevocably shattered.
A sharp breath, a deep gasp of shock and surprise! Kushina opened her silvery violet eyes and stared at the roof blankly. 'I'm... alive?' she moaned mentally, looking around dumbfounded. How was she alive? How did they save her? Where was Minato? Where was Nar...
"NARUTO!" she screamed as the TORMENT assaulted her brain. Lonely, lonely, oh so loney, pain painpain WHY DID THEY ALWAYS HURT ME! Isolation pleasesomeonetalktome! As her sons memories played out in her brain she never noticed the doctors rushing into her room, never saw the look of shock and amazement in their eyes. Yet she most certainly felt the tears of anguish streaking down her checks as she viewed the torment and pain her husband had caused their only child.
'Minato... you bastard.'
AN: And BAM! The end of the first arc, or as I like to call it, Year 6. Next chapter is an intermission sequence dealing with Kushina waking up, Tsunade discovering just who and what Naruto is, Black Zetsu getting more screen time, and Akatsuki moving forward to obliterate Hanzo. Minato is in for some very, very, very dark times ahead - Jirayia too, but at least he'll be smart enough to use his travel pass to go out and try to hunt Naruto and Tsunade down. Also debating about some Orochimaru Fun times, heh.
Anyway, peace!