Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 55: The Man Who Became A God.
Jiraiya stood on a bridge on the border between the Land of Fire and Rain and he gazed down into the river below.
"Well here we go... Summoning jutsu" Jiraiya yelled after running through the hand seals. There was a small puff of smoke and a small yellow toad appeared.
"Hello Jiraiya-sama what do you need today" the toad asked with a friendly wave.
"I need to sneak into Ame so I need to get inside you and have you swim into the village" Jiraiya informed the small toad.
"No problem Jiraiya-sama" said the small toad said before it seemed to grow to twice the size of Jiraiya before opening his mouth for him to walk in and shrinking again and jumping off of the bridge.
(Unknown Location)
Pein was sitting in a dark room as the rain fell outside and the blue haired kunoichi stood beside him. It seemed as though they were waiting for something and that appeared to be true as the air before them distorted and Madara appeared.
"How did it go" Pein asked mildly interested.
"It was not difficult, Sasuke is going to capture the Hachibi but it could take awhile, however you will need to act quickly afterwords as the Raikage will want revenge for his brother and will most likely call for action against us from the other village's, so you will have to strike three day's after we capture the Hachibi at the latest before they strengthen the guard around the Kyuubi" Madara said.
"Why would that matter. Nobody can defeat Pein-sama" The blue kunoichi said confidently.
"Maybe but it would be rather unwise to underestimate the Kyuubi brat" Madara said with a small amount of venom thinking about how Naruto managed to hurt him.
"It make's no difference, he is a boy while I am a god" Pein said.
"It is just a warning you would do well to remember it" Madara said plainly.
"Then your warning is noted. But once I am finished all of Konoha will know Pain" Pein said confidence evident in his voice.
"Very well I have some thing's to attend to" Madara said before disappearing again leaving the two others alone.
"I don't trust him, there is something about that man that is off" the blue haired kunoichi said.
"He is a mean's to an end. He is not strong enough to defeat me no matter what he thinks" Pein said and he stood up from his chair and walked out into the rain.
(Hokage's Office)
Tsunade was sitting behind he desk finishing some paperwork when there was a knock on the door. "Come in" she called and the door opened to reveal Kakashi and the rest of the search group she had sent out to find Sasuke or Itachi. "What's going on why are you back here already and where is Naruto" she asked frantically once she realized that her window had not been abused as an entrance.
"Uh, he um. Went to Uzu" Kakashi said knowing he was in for one hell of a verbal beating.
"HE WHAT" She screamed unable to contain her shock and anger. "Why didn't any of you go with him if he was so set on going" Tsunade said once she had calmed down slightly.
"He wanted to go alone and Yugito agreed so I had to stay with her as part of your agreement with the Raikage" Kakashi said hoping to deflect the focus of her anger off of him and onto Naruto.
"That irresponsible gaki he could be in danger. Kakashi don't get to comfortable I'm sending you Gai and Tenzo out there to bring him back" Tsunade said still clearly angry.
"Yes Hokage-sama" Kakashi said.
Tsunade waited but Kakashi had yet to move "Kakashi... GET MOVING" she yelled after a small while.
Kakashi didn't need telling again and quickly left the room in search of Gai and Tenzo.
"Now what happened on your mission" The Hokage said with a friendly smile once Kakashi had left.
Yugito and Shino as the two highest ranking ninja there gave a mission report and indicated it as a failure and that Sasuke was taken by a member of the Akatsuki.
"They took Sasuke-kun and now he is probably going to be tortured or used to bargain with to get Naruto or Yugito" Sakura said with tear's in her eye's.
"Well at least the Akatsuki seem to have lost at least one member maybe two from this, that should slow down there pursuit of Naruto and Yugito" Tsunade said deciding not to inform Sakura that she would let Sasuke die a million time's over before she would hand the Akatsuki even five ryo let alone Naruto.
(With Naruto)
Naruto made his way along the dark corridor he was using a small torch to see where he was going and the area seemed to become wider up ahead as well as a return of lighting but this lighting did not seem natural as if it was from a lamp.
Naruto walked into the room and several seals activated the moment he entered and lights lit up a huge room and it soon became obvious to Naruto he was standing in a massive library filled with scrolls.
In awe Naruto picked up a scroll from the closest shelf and began to read. It turned out to be a scroll on several plant's and herbs that had medicinal values. On closer inspection Naruto saw that there was a symbol on each shelf that gave told what type of information was in the scrolls that were stored there.
When Naruto found the area on sealing his eye's bulged. "This is fucking massive, there must me hundred's of year's of work here. Well I guess it's a goof thing I can do this" Naruto said out loud to nobody at all before the room filled with hundreds of clone's. Ok guy's you know what to do, seal everything that looks interesting into scrolls. Just work on the sealing section for now I am going to go check out the Fuuton and Suiton Jutsu section's" the real Naruto said earning a few complaints from his clones but they soon got to work.
"This place is huge, it's easily bigger than the ninja library in Konoha. I wonder where the clan secrets and history is" Naruto said out loud as he looked through some rather unique Suiton jutsu.
"How should we know, we are by extension you" several clones replied.
"I was talking to myself" Naruto called out.
"Oh wait but if your talking to yourself doesn't that mean that you are talking to us?" One of the clones called back.
"No just shut up and get back to work" Naruto replied.
"That's just rude, I say we mutiny" a different clone called out but before any of the others could reply he was dispelled.
"Anybody else think that's a good Idea" Naruto asked loudly.
There was several murmurs of no and the clones got back to work. 'Kami it's not like that even hurt's them good thing too otherwise I would feel it a lot more when they dispel' Naruto thought as he sealled several more jutsu into a scroll.
(With Jiraiya)
The small yellow toad resurfaced in a large village that seemed to be built upon levels with a sophisticated canal system running through the village. That seemed to help drain the water that fell from the rain that fell to stop the village from flooding.
The Toad jumped up onto a small empty platform and expanded enough for Jiraiya to walk out. Into the rain.
"Infiltration success, well that was easy enough. Ok wait here I will be back soon I need to have a look around first before I start to gather some information on who ever is in charge around here" Jiraiya said to which the toad simply nodded and jumped onto a smaller platform out of sight close to the water.
(With Pein)
"Someone is disturbing my rain that shouldn't be here, and judging by his chakra level's he is skilled" Said pain as he stood by a railing.
"What should we do" his blue haired companion asked.
"Nothing for now, we should wait and see what he does" Pein said.
(With Jiraiya)
"Now where to start" Jiraiya said to himself as he pulled on a rain coat and began exploring the village.
He came to a small store with an old lady sitting in front of it selling pork bun's. "Hello I will take one of these" said Jiraiya paying for a pork bun and taking a bite.
"Thank you, I don't seem to recognize you, your not from around here?" the old lady asked.
"No I'm a writer and I go from village to village researching" Jiraiya said and took off the hood to his rain coat and gave the elderly lady a friendly smile. "You know it sure is peaceful around here" he said looking around. 'I don't understand this at all, I thought there was supposed to be a civil war going on' he thought to himself.
"Oh yes it has been very peaceful and it's all thanks to Pein-sama" the old lady said before holding her hand's like she was praying. "All praise to Pein"
"Pein" Jiraiya said confused. "What happened to Hanzou the Salamander" he asked.
The mention of the name caused everyone on the street to stop and stare at Jiraiya like he was insane. "Oh old lady sorry for bothering you" Jiraiya said before recovering his head and moving on. 'something is going on here and I want to find out what' Jiraiya thought as he walked on.
He soon came to something else that seemed unusual, an angel hanging from a banner. Jiraiya decided to enter a nearby dango shop and ordered a small plate in order to ask the waitress about it.
"Here you are sir" said the young brunette as she placed the plate of dango down on the table Jiraiya was sitting at.
"Ah thank you miss. Um I was wondering what you could tell me about that" Jiraiya said pointing out the angel.
"Oh that. She's our angel, don't you know. They say if you place an origami of her at the front of your shop you will have good luck" the waitress said with a smile.
Next Jiraiya searched a far less family friendly place, and discovered that anyone who is thought to be friendly with Hanzou would be killed. And that there new leader Pein would kill anyone he even suspect's worked or was even remotely close to him.
He also found out thanks to his busty waitress who looked slightly similar to Tsunade that the rain would always fall because of a technique used by the new leader that allowed him to sense what everyone is doing.
Jiraiya deciding that he had seen enough decided to set up a trap to catch some ninja from the village to interrogate.
Using a Large toad he used a transformation jutsu to transform it into a Shinobi bar in the lower level's and he waited. It did not take long for two ninja to walk in and he sprung his trap after listening to what ever they would let slip first of course.
The Pub turned back into a frog once Jiraiya revealed himself and they had been trapped and he hopped back into the water.
"So tell me about Pein or I will turn you into a frog" Jiraiya said simply to the two men.
"Screw you we may be underling's but where still shinobi and would never sell out a comrade" a bearded man said.
"Oh that's too bad now you get to see me do this" Jiraiya said and turned to his friend and after placing a hand on his head he was indeed turned into a frog. "Ok now it's your turn" he said extending his hand towards the bearded man.
"Pein-sama can be found in the tallest tower to the west, or so I've been told" the man said clearly afraid of becoming a toad.
"That wasn't so hard now was it. But what do you mean or so you've been told everyone up there in the village treat's him like he's some kind of god" Jiraiya said.
"Pein-sama to us is kami. He's always watching over us. And things like Religious festivals and speeches are overseen by the Angel we have never even seen him"
"Angel?... He's your leader right why would he hide himself away" Jiraiya asked.
"For situations like this" the man said.
"Oh... Well that's fair enough" Jiraiya said.
The man then went on to explain that Pein had crushed the old Ame regime by himself and that they won the war awhile ago. And that after he killed Hanzou he then murdered every single family relative of him to insure his family would be no more. And that it was called God's Judgment. After that every ideal that differed from Pein's was annihilated without thought and people came to fear him as there god.
Jiraiya left the man alive but still held in place and left the room. Before spitting out a large long toad.
"Jiraiya what is it, are we attempting Naruto's training again" the toad asked.
"No not this time. Due to certain circumstances I want you to stay out here for awhile" Jiraiya said.
"Stay out here? What for" the long toad asked.
"In a minute I will have to go up against a strong opponent and I am not sure if I will survive or not. Should I die, I want you to go store yourself in Naruto" Jiraiya said.
"But Jiraiya that could be dangerous to put the key right next to the seal there is no telling what will happen if the Kyuubi were to get influence over his body he could be forced to open the seal and release the Kyuubi" the toad said shocked.
"Minato left that key for a reason he wanted Naruto to control the Kyuubi, I'm sure of it. That's why Minato split the two half's of the chakra so that Naruto could have control once he grew strong enough" Jiraiya said confidently.
"I still do not agree, it is far to dangerous to give me to the boy" the toad said flatly.
"I knew Minato well, he was not one to do something with no reason, he must have known something important to seal only the yang chakra into Naruto. There would be a reason for it" Jiraiya said.
When Jiraiya resurfaced he was not met with pouring rain however. 'What's this, it's no longer raining, so he cant tell what I am doing, but if he already knows that I am here when I shouldn't be why stop spying on me' Jiraiya thought slightly uneasily. 'oh well at least I know where to search for this Pein' he added in an after thought. "The highest tower to the west huh so that would be... that one" he said out loud and pointed to a large tower. "I still cant believe that one man was able to kill Hanzou the salamander though it doesn't make any sense. He was strong enough to hold all three of the Sannin to a standstill" he said to himself as he made his way towards the western tower.
(With Pein)
The blue Haired Kunoichi formed in a haze of papers behind Pein but his hair seemed longer and there were different piercing's on his face.
"Well" Pein said in the same voice that he always spoke in.
"It's Jiraiya" the kunoichi said.
"Is that so... Jiraiya sensei?, That take's me back" Pein said.
"What should we do Pein-sama" she asked.
"In any case he is not our ally and will be helping the Kyuubi jinchuuriki" Pein said.
"Probably" she replied.
"Then, we kill him" He said with no hint of emotion. "I hold no feeling's towards him and I brought out this body to deal with an intruder. Lead me to him" Pein said.
"As you wish Pein-sama" she said.
(With Jiraiya)
He made it about half way there before he saw all of the small butterfly's that were gathering around him.
Then then changed to small pieces of paper and flew at Jiraiya who had disguised himself as one of the shinobi he had captured. The paper began wrapping onto his body and the blue haired kunoichi half formed in front of him before Jiraiya appeared from within his own shadow and sent a fireball slamming into the half formed kunoichi.
"Toad silhouette shadow Jutsu" She said plainly as if she saw someone using toad style ninjutsu every day.
"I came here to find this Pein person but to think I would end up finding you instead" Jiraiya said folding his arms. He then smiled. "Not only have your techniques improved you have become quite a woman as well, Konan. Tell me, who or what is Pein" Jiraiya asked.
"Sensei, that is none of your business" Konan said as she rose into the air and formed large wing's of paper.
"So do the wing's make you an angel. Does this form have any benefits" Jiraiya asked clearly upset that his former student was in front of him wearing an Akatsuki robe.
"This is the will of Kami, I shall kill you" She said expressionlessly and her wings moved at an angle to point at Jiraiya before she began to fire thousand's of pieces of paper as sharp kunai at Jiraiya.
Initially the toad sage simply burned them with a Katon jutsu but once his energy ran low he had to roll out of the way. "Toad style: Toad Oil Bullet" Jiraiya yelled and he drenched the blue haired kunoichi in oil before he sent his hair to wrap around the kunoichi.
"You cant bend your paper when it is covered in oil, you always loved origami and you were the kindest of the three of you. What happened to Nagato and Yahiko the rumor that they had died was false right" Jiraiya said.
For the first time since Konan had confronted Jiraiya did her face betray any emotion. "I knew it, so Pein is one of them huh" he said mostly to himself but loud enough for her to hear.
"What do you hope to accomplish by appearing before us again" Konan said.
"That is not what I intended. If you hadn't been part of the Akatsuki, that is. I thought you guys were dead but to think this is what has become of you..." Jiraiya said with a hint of disgust in his voice.
"Your thinking you should have listened to Orochimaru back then aren't you" she said no sign of emotion on her paper face.
"I have never regretted letting you live. But I regret what you have become. It's sad... I taught you how to survive tough time's. And instead your now causing them. You think these people are free or happy, it is truly sad what has become of you the Akatsuki's way of doing thing's is wrong" Jiraiya said.
"That's your opinion on thing's Jiraiya sensei" came the voice of Pein from above them.
"Your appearance has changed a great deal. But those eye's... So your Pein, Nagato. It would seem you did not grow up the right way. What happened" Jiraiya said as he stared into the rippling eye's of his former student.
"You don't need to know, your an outsider after all" Pein said before slamming his hand's together "Summoning Jutsu"
(With Naruto)
Naruto and his clones had just finished cataloging the sealing scrolls and the Fuuton and Suiton Jutsu's and he had put his clones to work on the Katon, Raiton and Doton while he looked around at some other area's.
A small search brought Naruto to a area that had no book's or scrolls, it contained weapons. "Guess this must have been the old Armory huh" Naruto said to himself as he walked in and saw enough kunai and shuriken to last him a lifetime as well as sword's of all shapes and size's. At the end of the room there sat a katana held on a pedestal it had a Blue metal blade and a red hilt with golden tassels at the end. On the edge of the blade written in red was an inscription on the blade that said 'God of the Sea' and on the other side it said the same.
"Wow your beautiful" Naruto said to the blade as he went to pick it up with both hands but found it light as a feather.
The moment Naruto moved the blade in front of him something happened to it and the metal seemed to melt away and was replaced with water. On closer inspection and toying with the sword he discovered that he could change the shape and length of the blade at will and even though it was made of water it was just as sharp as any blade he had ever used.
"Wow this almost make's me want to take up kenjutsu" Naruto joked to himself as he looked around for any more interesting weapons but came up empty. 'What am I going to do with all this stuff. This is my families work for generation's, I cant just give it away but I cant leave it here either for the next bastard that show's up. And it belongs in my family. I wont need all these weapons maybe if I sell them all I can afford to buy a house, but until then I guess I will have to store it all in Mt Myobokuzan' he thought as he began to seal the weapon's as they didn't need to be categorized in rank of jutsu and they were already organized it did not take long.
The next room Naruto came to was again a eye widener. "Oh Sweet Kami" Naruto said and looked in awe at the room filled with gold and rare jewels. "Why the hell is this just open to anyone, do they not have a safe or anything" Naruto said out loud not believing his eye's 'Oh if Baa-chan knew about this place she could have funded her gambling for the rest of her life' he thought this time he just took out one large scroll and sealed the contents of the room in it all together.
The final room Naruto came to had a rather grand feel to it and the moment Naruto entered the roof began to glow and nine lines circled out from the center where an image began to glow brighter than the others. It was purple and had a small dot in the center while ripples extended out at regular intervals in the form of an oval. Then Naruto heard the sound of running water and he figured out where he was.
"I'm under the fountain at the center of the town" Naruto whispered as he looked around the room, and where the glowing lines connected to the walls pillar's of water extended up to the roof.
Naruto picked up a book off a nearby shelf and began to read. It was a book on the history of the Uzumaki clan but it seemed to be just one part of a set as each small event had been taken down in great detail as I the person making them was tying to make sure the reader could recall perfectly what happened even including wildlife seen in the area or if the slightest thing seemed odd. "This would take forever to read through Naruto complained realizing that even with his clones this could take year's to read through them all. Replacing the book something in the center of the room caught Naruto's eye. It was a thick book on a large table with a chair placed before it directly under the purple symbol on the roof.
Walking over to it he saw the symbol for the Uzumaki clan on the front and seals all over the neck of the book that served different purposes.
"There is a variation of a blood seal on here, that would suggest only an Uzumaki can either read or open this book. But from what I can tell there is more too it than that. But what" Naruto thought as she brushed his hand against the cover.
The book responded to his touch and several of the seals began to glow. Naruto was at that moment deciding internally whether he was about to die and he needed to start running or if he met the book's criteria that would allow it to open.
Eventually the book reacted and it swung open to the first page. Naruto leaned in and began to read.
Welcome Uzumaki-sama. As the newly chosen head of the Uzumaki clan you are now permitted to read and add to the Uzumaki clan's diary. Generation's of Uzumaki clan leader's have left there secret's within these pages in order to teach the next generation and learn from our mistakes.
Naruto gazed intently at the list of Uzumaki that had written in the book before him. Then he got a shock as his own name slowly began to form at the bottom. 'Well fuck me' Naruto thought as his name came out in a different color to symbolize he was the current clan head.
End Chapter.
Yeah I know I'm a bastard for giving you two cliff hanger's in a row and I'm sorry but I just didn't know how to get out of this chapter without it because there is a lot of stuff I want to do with that Diary and I need next chapter to do that.