Chapter 26

Naruto stood in complete awe at the person standing in front of him. It wasn’t that he was important but he looked absolutely ridiculous. He looked at him and then at Ebisu. Then he looked back at Jiraiya.

“I have only three questions. One, what did you do to my sensei? Two, what were you doing peeking in the women side of the springs? Three, what kind of drugs are you on?” Naruto asked. Jiraiya did a face fall and had a sweat drop on the back of his head.

“Did you not here me? I am the great,”

“I swear, if you do that again I’ll personally throw you to the women on the other side.” Naruto threaten cutting him off.

“Oh yeah, I’d like to see you try.” He challenged. Naruto slammed his hands to the ground. Jiraiya was shocked as snakes shot out and wrapped around him. It kept him restrained as Naruto quickly slammed a note of his face and kicked him over the fence. He heard the women scream and then he heard the sounds of objects pounding against flesh. Satisfied, Naruto left to continue the chakra control exercise somewhere else.

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The Hokage looked at the two Jonin in his office. He felt that his age was catching up to him. Anko glared at Kakashi and was fingering the kunai in her coat. Earlier, Anko had come in to apologize for her actions in the forest of death. The two were having a nice talk when Kakashi entered. He came in complaining about Naruto’s disrespect and behavior on his team. Anko defended Naruto saying that Kakashi has not been fair to his team. She also added that it was because of Naruto that Sakura had improved not him.

Sarutobi sighed and decided to end this. “That’s enough, both of you. Kakashi, I suggest that you gain the trust of Naruto. Naruto has quite a reason to be that way. I didn’t give you the team so that you could only train Sasuke. I’m quite disappointed in your handling of your team considering that you sensei never played favorites.”

“Lord Hokage, please understand that Sasuke will need my help in defeating this Gaara. I feel uneasy about him.” Kakashi explained

“Your concerns are noted but it still does not excuse you. As soon as these exams are finished, you and I will have words. Now leave.”

“Hai.” Kakashi said somberly. He left the office just as Anko let loose an angry huff.

“Jerk, I should sink him alive for his treatment of my otouto.” Anko said miffed

“Yes, he has been disappointing but Naruto has his oneesan to help him. Plus, he seems to have broken young Sakura of her fan girl phase.” Sarutobi said

“Better be careful Lord Hokage, he might just take that hat from you.” Anko said

“I would gladly give it to him. I have a feeling that he will become even greater Hokage than all of the pervious Hokages combined.” The two just smiled and looked at the pictures of the wall.

‘Lord Yondaime, I will continue to help my otouto and protect. I will make him into a hero among heroes, like you wanted.’ Anko thought

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Naruto had actually gotten better at the water walking exercise but it wasn’t perfect. He wondered what was wrong when he felt a strong sense of danger coming toward him. He turned and saw an angry man glaring at him. It was the same man he left for the women. He just smirked at him.

“Hey, I see you got away from the women. Hope they didn’t cause you too much pain.” He said

“Why you little brat, how do you know that jutsu?” Jiraiya asked

“You mean the Senei Jashu? I’ve known that for over a year. My oneesan taught it to me.”

“Your oneesan? The only person who could have taught that to you and is a woman is Mitarashi Anko.”

“Yep, that crazed psycho is my oneesan.” Jiraiya was perplexed by that. After getting away from the angry horde of women, he took Ebisu and asked him for information about the kid. Image his surprised that he was set up by the Kyuubi container. He decided to find the little punk and scold him for using such a technique but it fell off once he learned that Anko was keeping an eye on him. Naruto looked at the pervert with confusion. He shrugged and went back to his training. He decided to strip to get a bit better at the exercise. Jiraiya watched as he did that and attempted the water walking exercise. He watched as he was doing a little better but he still kept sinking. That’s when he noticed something.

“Hey brat, come here for a second.” Jiraiya called out

“The name is Naruto. Get it straight you pervert.” Naruto growled

“Whatever brat, now come here.” Naruto grumbled but complied. He was standing in front of him. “Focus your chakra for a bit.” Naruto looked at the man confused but did as he was told. Jiraiya watched as the Kyuubi’s seal had appeared. He examined it and saw that it was holding up well. Then another seal appeared. Jiraiya noticed how crude the seal was. “Hey, you wouldn’t have had any run-ins with a man named Orochimaru by any chance?”

“Yeah, that dude was dressed like a chick when he attacked my team in the exams. I forgot he slammed his fingers into my gut.” Naruto explained

“Well this is the cause of your chakra problems. I could get rid of it for you.” He said. He gathered some chakra into his finger tips. “I need you to raise your hands in the air and relax.” Naruto looked at Jiraiya with an untrustworthy look.

“How much is this going to hurt?” he asked

“If I do it right, you’ll only be winded for a few seconds.” Jiraiya said with a smile

“You’re going to enjoy this aren’t you?”

“Yep,” Jiraiya thrust his hand into Naruto gut. “Gogyou Kaiin!! (Five Elements Unseal)” Naruto’s eyes went wide as he hit the ground. He groaned and turned to glare at the grinning Jiraiya.

“Son of a bitch, you’ll pay for that Ero-sennin.” He growled

“Whatever, now you shouldn’t have too much trouble with water walking. A little thanks would be appreciated.” Naruto stood up and just walked on the water. He was doing the exercise perfectly. He cheered and jumped on the water. He ran back and faced Jiraiya.

“Thanks Ero-sennin that did help a lot.”

“Hey, don’t call me that.”

“Why not? You are a pervert just like Ebisu.”

“Ha, his perverseness in no where close to mind.” Naruto looked at him in shock.

‘I can’t believe that he admitted that.’ He thought. Suddenly, he got a wicked grin on his face. “I guess I do owe you one, so how about I tell you about the secret hot spring.”

“Secret spring?”

“Yeah, it’s used by some of the most beautiful of girls. I hear that some of them are so curvy that you’ll have sweet dreams for days.” Jiraiya had a trickle of blood coming down his nose. He grabbed Naruto and shook him.

“Tell me, tell me where this dream land is.” He ordered

“Ok, ok, I said I would tell you stupid. Now, the spring is…”

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Jiraiya approached the spring with great interest. The kid had been very informative about where the spring was. He looked down from the cliff and his eyes nearly popped out. That boy was right, these women were amazing. He would have to thank the boy with an autograph copy of his famous book. He began to pull out his notepad went he felt pressure on his back. He looked out of the corner of his eye and gulped. He saw three beautiful women. They only had on an towel and were armed with weapons. The leader of the three happened to be a purple haired woman. She had a wicked grin on her face.

“Well, well, well, what do we have here?” she asked viciously. Jiraiya gulped as he recognized the women to be kunoichi. He also recognized that the leader was Anko. She cracked her knuckles as did the other two. “We thought that you males would have learned after the last time you came here but I guess we just have to make another example.” Jiraiya just whimpered as the three ninjas descended on him.

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The next day, Sarutobi was greeted with a very amusing site. He had seen something hanging from the Hokage monument when he entered his office. Image his surprise when that thing was actually his former pupil, Jiraiya. He was currently naked and was apparently spray painted. The words ‘pervert’ was paint all over his naked body. He also looked quite beaten up. After a few minutes, he was cleaned off and fully clothed. Sarutobi had an amused look on his face.

“I’m not too surprised about your injuries considering it’s you. However, I’ve never known the women to be particularly vindictive. So, mind explaining what happened?” Sarutobi asked with a smirk

“It’s not funny old man. You weren’t beaten by a bunch of kunoichi and then embarrassed.” Jiraiya snarled. “When I find that brat, I’ll do to him what his oneesan did to me.”

“Oneesan? Oh, you tried to peek at the woman at the secret spring. Not a good idea since only the kunoichi of Jonin rank uses it. Since you’re thinking of a brat and his sister, you must mean Naruto and Anko.” Sarutobi said with a chuckle. Jiraiya glared at him but it only made him chuckle a bit louder.

“So, what’s the story with the two? I never would have thought that Anko would be the one to watch over him.” Jiraiya asked

“She took an interest in the boy’s well being. She truly cares for him as does he for her. Perhaps it’s because they have had similar lives.”

“Yeah, I guess. So, why was he doing the water walking exercise?”

“Probably getting ready for the finals of the Chuunin exam. How’s he doing?”

“He mastered it after I got rid of that seal on his stomach. He told me that he and his team had a run in with Orochimaru in the exams.”

“Yes and Orochimaru has marked Uchiha Sasuke. Kakashi had seal the mark but I would like for you to take a look at it after the exams are over. Perhaps you can give him a better one.”

“Sure but why isn’t Kakashi training Naruto as well. If the rumors are true, he’ll be facing a tough opponent.”

“That’s a long story. Let’s just say that Naruto doesn’t respect Kakashi or the Uchiha.”

“Not too surprised by that. Just by looking at him, you have to earn his respect.”

“So, other than your embarrassing situation, do you have any other news?” Sarutobi asked

“As a matter of fact,” Jiraiya said and began to tell the Sandaime what he had learned

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Hinata was reading a scroll that her father had left for her to read. It had much more advance katas of the Juuken. She was quite surprised that her father did not speak down to her. In fact, her father said he was quite proud with her performance. He told her that he was given a report about her fight with Neji and he was shocked by it. He even asked her why she would hide such things for him and why she never fought like that. It was a long day of explanations and talking but it all it was a very positive day. Her father did not look at her as a failure any more. Her sister was bothering her to teach her some of her techniques. She hadn’t felt so happy since meeting Naruto. Suddenly, there was a knock on her door.

“Come in.” she said. The door opened to reveal Naruto. “Naruto-kun!!” she exclaimed

“Hey, happy to see me?” he asked with a smile. Hinata just blushed and nodded.

“So, what brings you here today?”

“Well, I figured that you would get sick of this hospital food so I brought you something good.” Naruto pulled out a box and placed it in front of her. He opened it and Hinata squealed in delight. Naruto had discovered Hinata’s one great weakness, cinnamon buns. The girl could eat dozens without a care in the world. He watched as she enjoyed the sweet treat. She looked very cute looking like that.

“Well, what do we have here?” said a voice. The two looked toward the window to see Jiraiya.

“What the hell are you doing here?” Naruto shouted

“I was looking for you. I was going to get you back for that little stunt of yours but this is much more interesting. Must say that you’ve impressed me, she’s quite a looker. I can only wonder how she matures when she gets older. So, how long have you been seeing the Hyuuga princess? Does her father know? Have you tasted her yet?” Jiraiya asked. The two young people were red in the face and completely embarrassed. Naruto lunged at the white haired pervert but the man just caught him in a head lock. “Now, now, is that any way to treat your sensei?”

“Sensei?”

“You interest me so I’ll help you get ready for the finals. I’ll teach you a technique that will blow your competition away.” He said

“New technique?”

“What are you, a parrot? Come on.” Jiraiya said and dragged Naruto to the window. He turned back to the blushing Hyuuga. “If you’ll excuse us princess,” Jiraiya leapt out the window with Naruto in tow. Hinata was just wondering what just happened.

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