Naruto walks out and faces you. "I'm sorry, but Nonya's too lazy to come out herself right now, so I was sent to do the disclaimer... Nonya owns nothing and she hopes you read, enjoy, and review..."
Naruto recieves a piece of paper from Shizune and he reads it.
"Also, she wants to remind you that she's not completely familiar with the Japanese customs since she's American (the only information about her you will get besides her gender) and she apologizes in advance if she butchers anything from now on..." he shrugs. "Well, that's good to know. Also she knows you hate her for leaving cliffhangers, but what else is she supposed to do? That's all. Read, enjoy, and review."
Chapter Five:
Saved But Not So Saved
Jiraiya reached forward when he was a few yards away and he swore he heard his heart pounding in his ears and felt a familiar hand between his shoulder blades pushing him forward as he lunged forward and got a strong grip on Naruto's hand and jerked it away from his torso, his hand getting cut from the kunai at his clumsy grab. Naruto's, now, cobalt eyes snapped open and looked up into coal colored eyes. He noticed the older man panting and sweaty as if he'd been running for hours instead of double-timing like he had been, or more like triple-timing. He had no idea why, but Naruto assumed it was to finish him off himself instead of letting him do it with his own smaller hands.
"What the hell do you think your doing?' Jiraiya panted angrily and tiredly.
Naruto's eyes filled with tears as he lowered his gaze. "I'm done Pervy Sage... I can't handle it anymore."
Jiraiya gently tugged the kunai out of Naruto's hand and tossed it away, scattering his blood before gently grabbing the blond's hair with his uninjured hand and with a gentle tug made the jinchuriki meet his gaze. "That's never the answer Naruto. Whether or not I show it... I do care. It would hurt if I lost any more precious people and right now you one of very few precious people I have."
The Uzumaki didn't seem convinced. "Yeah right..."
The hand feel from his hair and went around his shoulders, bringing the boy close to him. "Naruto... I know I don't deserve you, I realized that when you were a baby... before you were even born."
At that the younger male pulled away to observe the white haired man's face. "What?"
Jiraiya sat back, relaxing a bit, but still tense and ready for absolutely anything. He crossed his legs and kept his eyes on Naruto's whiskered face. "Your mother was Kushina Uzumaki, and your father Minato Namikaze."
"T-the Yondaime?" Naruto gasped, his cerulean eyes widening before his face scrunched up in anger. "Why didn't anyone tell me?! Why did he seal it into his own son?!"
"It was for your safety. If you were captured and they found out who you were you'd be killed. He sealed it in you because he wasn't going to do something to someone else's child what he wouldn't do to his own... he wanted you to be a hero, and the Sandaime tried to make them believe you were one, but they didn't listen," he answered, biting his lip before moving on. "Your father was my student way back when and he was like a son to me, so you're kind of like my grandson, and since he named you after a character in my book-"
"My dad was a perv?!"
"My first book, it wasn't Icha Icha, it was about my journeys."
This was more than a surprise, it was a shock. He didn't know which was a bigger shock: that his father was the Yondaime or that Jiraiya wasn't always writing Icha Icha Paradise. "Huh?"
"Anyway. Since you were named after the main character of my book I'm your godfather."
"Then where the hell were you?!" the jinchuriki demanded, standing.
Jiraiya's eyes calmly followed the boy's face, meeting his eyes. "I wish I could've taken you, but Sarutobi sensei made a point... that as long as you were with me as a child I would be putting you in danger, so I agreed to meet with you later in life."
At this Naruto blinked. "You did this... to protect me?"
Jiraiya nodded and rose, putting a strong hand on Naruto's shoulder. "I promise I'm not leaving you alone again."
Naruto almost smiled, but he was still dangerously close to losing it. After all, no one else cared about him. He was still depressed and angry at the world, but... he had Jiraiya. He moved to hug the one person in his life that truly cared that was left, but it was cut short when-
