Well, after the pleasant surprise of being unable to log-in for a couple of days, I finally found that I was able to log-in again this morning. (The message that I should wait a couple of minutes before trying again started to tick me off at a certain point... Especially because it wasn't just a couple of minutes, but more like a couple of days.) But I got over it, and I think I'll be posting a few more drabbles today...
Characters: Jiraiya. Not being a pervert, for once.
Notes: Spoilers, loads of them. You might not get it if you haven't read that part in the manga yet, though.
February 20, 2009
ellipsis
noun:
three dots used to show an omission in writing or printing; the omission of a word or words in text
There were a lot of things Jiraiya didn't say in his writing. Though he was mostly famous through his Icha Icha series, he had, in fact, written other things before. Being a ninja for over forty years greatly influenced you, and at some point in his life, it greatly showed in his writing. Now at this point, he didn't let it bother him that much anymore. He'd had a great life, for as far as he could remember, he could drink when he wanted, heck, he could do research when he wanted. However, even for a person as Jiraiya, there were some things that he would never write down, no matter how serious or funny it might be.
Years ago, he pondered, he'd written a story about a hero. That hero had not been allowed to survive, at least not in his writing as far as he was concerned – but that hero was his main problem. For a long time, he had tried to forget about him, but the moment he ran into the blond-haired kid, everything was messed up. Everything. He had known the Fourth's legacy would be carried on, but that he would be so similar? Well, physically, anyway. The boy took way too much after his mother, personality wise. Though she'd always been a bit of a tomboy, regardless of being around him or not.
The problem here was that his hero had taken on a real life, had real dreams, real wants and needs. His hero, that had been nothing but a joke at the beginning of his career (despite Minato and Kushina both supporting him), was turning out to be a real person- almost as he had imagined him. At first Jiraiya had just thrown it on the fact that his hero and this brat shared the same name, but time and time again, this brat would prove him wrong and do something so out of the ordinary that it left Jiraiya to wonder if the brat had ever read the book.
Nevertheless, the similarities were astonishing, and the brat- well, Naruto, wasn't even doing it on purpose. The point here being, he didn't want Naruto to end up like his hero; sure, Naruto could be Hokage, heck, for all Jiraiya cared he could become a ramen chef, but he would always be a hero, in Jiraiya's eyes. More of a hero than he would ever be, more than a hero than his teammates ever would be. Speaking of teammates… He silently smirked to himself. If anyone was able to drag the Uchiha's ass back, it would be him.
Jiraiya wouldn't mention his hero to Naruto, and he was sure Tsunade never would either. Naruto already had enough problems without wondering about this as well, Akatsuki, the Uchiha. Naruto had had the potential to be a hero ever since he was born, though he still was a long way from it. He grinned when the silly genin fell over once again, trying to focus on his training. The kid had a long way ahead of him, that was certain.