Chapter 48 - Pain’s identity (1/2)
”I have time” Naruto said as he sat down next to Jiraiya
”Well since you insist I guess I'll tell you, it was not to long ago” Jiraiya said as he started to explain what had happened to him
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(Flashback one month ago)
”What do you mean the prophecy is no more?” Jiraiya asked the great toad sage, Gamamaru. Gamamaru was brown in colour, with a white belly, he is very wrinkled and is squinting. He wears a professor's hat with tassels and an orb on top of it. He also wears a necklace with the toad's village symbol 油 on it.
”The child of prophecy isn't the one that will bring a change to the world, it is the powerful emperor. But even so, they will come, beings beyond even the clan of origin” Gamamaru answered
”What does that mean? Who is the emperor? And who is coming” Jiraiya asked, but the answered never came as Gamamaru was sound asleep
”There is no point trying to get him to wake up” Fukasaku said as he sat on Jiraiya's shoulder
”Don't you have a mission to do?” Shima replied
”Your right, I'll worry about this later. First I have I have to get information on the leader of the Akatsuki” Jiraiya said as he stood up and shima did a reverse summoning jutsu and Jiraiya appeared in a forest on his way to the hidden rain village
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(Flashback interrupted)
”Wait, you went after the Akatsuki leader? By yourself? That's not very intelligent” Naruto said as he was eating his ramen
”I overestimated my stealth skills, I thought I could lurk around without him noticing, but he found out the moment I stepped foot in the rain village” Jiraiya said with a sigh
”You didn't have to do all that, Nox is about to destroy the Akatsuki pretty soon” Naruto said
”Are you that confident in your abilities?” Jiraiya asked
”Who's the strongest person you can think of?” Naruto asked
”Hmmm, The strongest? It would have to be the first hokage, Hashirama Senju” Jiraiya answered
”Is that so? Well I'm slightly above him, and Hisui is much stronger than me. So that should give you an estimate of how strong we are” Naruto said
”That's a bold claim, can you back that up?” Jiraiya asked
”You'll just have to wait and see” Naruto said with a cheeky smile reminding Jiraiya of Kushina
”I'm truly sorry Naruto, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. It seemed as if I was cursed with bad luck, every disciple I've had always had something bad happen to them, I didn't want the same for you” Jiraiya states
”It's all good you old perv, I have people in my life who are my family, even though you taking care of me like you were supposed to would have been nice in the beginning, I wouldn't be the person I am today. All is forgiven” Naruto said
”Really? Thank you” Jiraiya said with a bow
”But I do have a question, why the name Naruto?” Naruto asked
”I randomly thought about it while eating ramen” Jiraiya answered
”I respect that” Naruto said
”It's nothing really” Jiraiya said while rubbing the back of his head
”But honestly, what happened when you fought the leader of the Akatsuki?” Naruto asked
”He calls himself Pain, but he is actually my first student Nagato” Jiraiya said
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(Flashback, during Jiraiya's fight with pain)
”That face, Is that you Yahiko?” Jiraiya asked as he stared at the six people standing on the structure above him as he was surrounded by water, he was in sage mode with both Fukasaku and Shima on his shoulders, he was injured and had lost an arm but was still able to fight.
”Oh, so you can still see Yahiko in me” said the man in the middle, he had orange hair with piercings all over his body, the one thing that stood out, was his strange purple eyes
”How is it possible that you possess the rinnegan? Jiraiya asked
”What is going on Jiraiya-Chan” asked Fukasaku
”Another one of my students is among them, first Konan and know Yahiko who seems to be the leader, but he never possessed the Rinnegan” Jiraiya answered