Chapter 11

The trip back home for Naruto was turning out to be a rather boring one. This was because even if he was traveling with two of the most powerful Ninja alive currently, he had little to no respect for either of them. He knew why Jiraiya had brought him along and to be honest it did not bug him since he got a good new justu and a powerful charka gem out of it, but the man otherwise seemed not that important or overly interesting to Naruto.

As for Tsunade even if she had changed her ways it would still be a long time before Naruto truly saw her has the Hokage. He had seen more than enough in that first night they had meant. And while it was easy destroy his respect for you gaining it back took a long time. As for Tsunade apprentice he found her semi neat but the things she like or talked about were things Naruto had no real interest in. So in short other than talking to Kyuubi he had no one really to talk to as they went back and nothing to focus on.

That was until they reached a town two days walk from the Leaf Village. Jiraiya after making sure they had rooms for the night had taken Naruto out of town for some training. As they stopped in a large unused field Jiraiya pulled out a crystal and tossed it Naruto.

"Here you go kid one Charka gem as promised. It can hold more than what you were asking for but I think you have earned it," Jiraiya said as Naruto looked at the stone.

To be honest it looked like a normal stone. This one was shiny smooth egg shaped stone green in color. Naruto pushed a little charka into it and then found with only a little work her could pull it right back out. Naruto smiled happy as he pocketed the stone for later before he looked at Jiraiya. "Thank you I am truly glad to have this."

"Think nothing of it kid you helped me a lot. You beat her down and I think broke that shell of her sadness she had on for the longest time," Jiraiya said looking out over the field before back at Naruto.

"So what was the real reason for bring me out here. If you were just giving me the stone I know you would have just gave it to me at the Hotel where it could fill it. Rather than out here," Naruto said before sitting down in the grass.

"The real reason is I having been thinking about your fighting style which is lacking in my opinion. As much as a defensive style helps you it is not a perfect style," Jiraiya said looking at Naruto where he was sitting.

"You make it seem like my summons and transformations can be easily beat," Naruto said.

"No they are not but it is possible to make them useless to you. You may not realize it but there are seals out there, quite common in fact for most Jonin units, which stop all summoning in a three hundred yard range. And these seals while they cannot stop current summons that are out. Can cause a great deal of problems if your summons are destroyed and your transformation abilities are not powerful enough to fully take on the group." Jiraiya said explaining.

"I can see what you mean there if a Jonin squid over even possibly a Chuunin squad were to catch me with one of those seals. I could be forced to retreat even with my transformations and clones." Naruto said after thinking for a little bit.

"No you would only have your Transformations abilities, the seals are made to stop all form of justu that would bring another creature on the field which can think for itself in some shape form or fashion. So summons, clone, and a select few justu are all blocked. And to be honest even if with your changing skills you are Jonin level at best I think and if you ran into more than one Jonin level ninja or enough Chuunin you would still lose," Jiraiya said explaining again.

Naruto nodded lying down on the soft grass closing his eyes as he thought over this. He may have not told anyone this but the forms he took where a great deal less powerful than his summons. That was because he had to earn all the skill his summons had naturally and even with clones there was still a great many things he had to learn. He had only truly master 100 of his forms. Though he knew all he could about first 234 of his summons and was almost finished mastering them while just summoned.

Naruto opened his eyes again as he sat back up and looked at Jiraiya. "You are right in this idea. But my question is how we are going to fix it so I am not so lacking in combat skills."

"In short I am thinking that it might be good for you to take up a Kenjustu style I know of that fits your fighting style. Though we will need a weapon I have not seen truly used in a long while," Jiraiya said thinking back to what it was.

"Oh. Please tell me more," Naruto said not listening closely.

"To be honest it is considered to be one of the weaker styles out there. But that is because its true power was never fully realized. It is also one of the few things that would allow you to get around that seal we spoke over not too long ago," Jiraiya said smirking.

"Oh and how is that," Naruto said.

"It would be a way to create things and creatures with stuff already on the field of battle," Jiraiya said.

"Okay so how does it fit my style?" Naruto asked.

"Your whole style is about keeping you safe while the clones and your summons take down your enemy. Now we know the strength and weaknesses of this, the style I will work with you on will let your style become offensive as well if needed be. Or at least let you keep safe till the seal is destroyed or you can get out of its range. It uses a large paint brush and any fluid around you to make art which can battle for you. Now my no means are these painted things strong or truly powerful, but they can be made anywhere with anything even charka if my knowledge is correct. Also you don't need to actually paint on anything to make use of this style," Jiraiya said thinking back to what he could remember about the style.

"What do you mean by that?" Naruto asked in wonder.

"In short think it is as simple as drawing a person in middle air and making him battling for you," Jiraiya said explaining in the simplest terms.

Naruto eyes widen as he at once was going through the large amount of possible ideas. He could possible make anything by only using some sort of fluid. Though while that might they might not be that strong, that still left a lot her could do with them. He at once got up and came over, "Where can I learn this?"

"I will have to find some things in the Village since the clan that originally did it has died out, and only a kid from the brother clan remains and he lacks the skills needed to use this style." Jiraiya said adding yet another thing to the list of things he needed to work with Naruto on. This now followed what was going on with Itachi.

"I see, so what is the trade off for me learning this style," Naruto asked remembering nothing was ever free.

"As I said before I want you to become my apprentice and since you never agreed to that that is one requirement. The other is help covering my spy network. My spy network has now grown very large and it is hard for me to check all contacts I have in any of the Nation let alone all the ones in this one." Jiraiya said.

"So in short you want me to become the spy master for the Leaf Village since my skill with Clones, and Transformations could let me get in anywhere and out again." Naruto said guessing some of the reasons.

"Basically yes, though you would still need some training pass that and other skills as well, but still over all correct." Jiraiya said thinking over yet more things he would need to teach Naruto.

"I guess I will do it. Besides it will help me on my way to becoming Hokage since I was a student to a Sannin. Though it still sounds to me like I am getting the better end of the deal hear." Naruto said looking over at Jiraiya closely.

"You are in a way. Don't forget we try to make each generation stronger than the last, though there are ninja out there that will still be considered strong than any ninja out there no matter how has passed since then." Jiraiya said giving a good reason.

"Oh I see, well I guess I will try and reach the same level as the Forth Hokage or the third did though hopefully not die expect of old age," Naruto said getting a chuckle for Jiraiya.

"That is always the goal in the end for students mostly. Survive while still making a name that will survive for year to come. Though let me tell you surviving are among the hardest things to do for the ninja," said Jiraiya looking off into the distance now lost in though.

Naruto seeing that he was not going to say anything for a little bit decided it was time to head back to the Hotel. Jiraiya noticed this but did not comment; as his talk had brought him back to all the friends he had lost because of war or other such things. To be honest out of them only a few could have survived what they had been sent to deal with. And even his sensei who was considered to be the oldest Ninja currently alive still died because of a battle.

But he realized like that his sensei like many that had died; fell defending their loved one and team. He looked back to where Naruto had been and could not help but feel he might be one of the few to actually live to retirement. If not he was going to be the one that died in a truly great battle.