Journey Of A Soul - A Naruto Fanfic

Jiraya and i were walking down the streets and i see many ninja nod at jiraya in respect. i asked jiraya about all kinds of things and he answered some to some questions and hummed for rest.

he told me some of his adventures as a ninja and answered some of the chakra related questions i asked. we reached a ramen stand and i recognized it as ichirakus ramen shop, one of the iconic locations in the world of naruto.

we went inside and sat down to order. after giving the order we continued talking..

'so ero old man!! what's up with the frog anyway, where did it come from, can i get one too!!' i asked with shining eyes.

jiraya chuckled and said- ' thats a secret technique gaki, and it's not a frog its a battle toad' he said with a tick mark on his forehead in the end.

'anyways toads are lame, can you get a lion or a dragon?' i asked with shining eyes.

that got to him and he started sulking muttering about disrespectful brats and that toads are cool.

just then i noticed some one with a heavy aura on par of above jiraya enter the shop and sit down next to me. i looked at the man and was startled. with shining blonde hair, warm blue electric eyes and a pefect face with small smile i saw the minato namikaze, the fourth hokage in front of me.

ichiraku also noticed and immediately came to take the order from the vip- welcome hokage-sama what would you like to eat today?

he asked with familiarity. minato ordered his ramen and greeted jiraya.

minato- 'good afternoon sensei, how are you today? i dint know you were coming over'

jiraya- 'is ramen order more important than greeting me you brat, only now you remember i am here huh?' he said jokingly.

'ne ne ero old man, who is this?' i asked innocently.

minato turned towards me with a smile and introduced himself.

'good afternoon, my name is namikaze minato'

i blurted out 'the namikaze minato as in fourth hokage?? no wonder your aura is crazy, its even more than the ero old man' i said in amazement.

jiraya roared- 'stop calling me ero ero gaki'.

i matter of factly said 'but you were peeping and giggling looking at girls bathing. orphanage matron warned us about ero people like you and told to stay away. but i found your aura and know you are a good person so i talked to you' nodding in the end.

jiraya cried comically when i said that but minato tensed minutely when i talked about aura and feeling it.

jiraya- 'how do you know about this stuff anyways?'

'orphanage older nee chans told me all about it and asked me to be careful because i am cute!!' i said with pride and jiraya gave me a deadpan gaze.

'so what does an hokage do anyways, everyday' i asked enquiringly facing minato.

minato chuckled and replied- 'hokage works on maintaining the village and protecting the people inside it.'

'che its so textbook, i mean how do you do it' i asked with impunity.

minato was taken aback but explained that he looks after issues inside and outside the village, assigns important missions and does paperwork.

i then started asking him about his specialization and asked some explanations for questions. he patiently answered while we completed our lunch.

minato excused himself and left to hokage tower after that. but before he left i saw him looking at the hidden anbu and nodding his head before they vanished.

jiraya and i went back to the park we met in and i started warming up. i asked him to spar with me just once and used my most patented ninja style - puppy dog eyes jutsu to make him agree.

after warming up, i took up the bo staff and started weaving it which generated some air and dust after which i coated it with armament and did shiohige by slamming the tip on the ground dispelling the dust wind.

then i started augumentinf my body with chakra which filled it with strenght and sped through towards jiraya.

jiraya wore a surprised expression seeing my actions but still reacted when the bo staff is coming towards his neck. he felt mid chunin level force from the strike which surprised him again.

not letting up i attacked aggressively towards his body but his defence is solid due to strength and reach difference between us. i started using my own named attacks where i started rapid jabs like a machine gun called bojutsu- falling rain which rains attacks at almost low jounin speed.

jiraya used his experience to minutely dodge and weave through the attacks still holding advantage.

after this attack i broke away and then started using observation haki to pinpoint any gaps to strike out. i was able to get three hits before i was forced to defend against his fist which i foresaw using haki. i countered heavily on his side after breaking into his defence on top of ribs. he was shocked as he thought i would not dodge but having haki gave me an almost sharingan edge.

after that attack i was breathing heavily for going full throttle from the start and cursed my child body.

jiraya also stopped and said - not bad gaki, you got a couple of hits in.

jiraya would not admit but his pride got a bigger hit than he let on. he was someone above millions and almost got bested by this monstrous brat. but he was glad that such a fighter was born in konoha.

after resting for a bit, i bowed low infornt of jiraya with respect and thanked him.

'thank you jiraya-sama for your teachings. i still have a long way to go'.

he just smiled in response and praised me along with asking questions on how i trained. i told him about the book i got for my first birthday written by hiruzen and how i followed basic training for the past two years.

he was shocked that i started training since 1 year old and asked me to go to medic immediately. i told him about my healing factor since it would come out anyways and gave him an other shock.

'ero old man, can you take me to meet the third hokage? seeing you are his student and all. i have some personal matter to ask him.

he thought about it a bit and told me he would see what he can do.

after that we parted ways, i was tired but happy with my gains first time out in the village, i went to the orphanage had a bath, dinner and went to sleep peacefully.

(meanwhile in hokage office)

minato- so what do you think jiraya-sensei.

jiraya- have you got him checked out minato?

minato nodded and signalled anbu dog to appear.

dog came down and greeted them- hokage-sama, jiraya-sama

dog- i went to the orphanage and checked with matron and workers there. the boy checks out. he was born in konoha hospital on june 5th where his mother mebuki haruno, a civilian died due to childbirth. his father kizhashi haruno was a chunin and is dead at the end of third ninja war against kumo. he was brought to orphanage from konoha hospital and today is his first time out on his own in the village. the orphanage matron identified him as a prodigy and noticed that he has perfect recall since birth and very intelligent. he learnt how to speak, read and write when he is only 11 months old. he is very popular in the orphanage and even the older kids respect him. he has two friends he is very close to and normally keeps to himself but very outgoing most of the time. this concludes my report.

minato- seems like we have a future s rank in our midst.

jiraya with serious expression- not only that, he is also a battle genius. he has got major accomplishment in the way of bo staff and high physical capabilities atleast mid chunin. we had a sparring match just a while back

minato and kakashi were shocked looking at jiraya who is this serious.

minato- what happened.

jiraya- he managed to land some hits on me with me using 20% of my strength.

jiraya was a mid kage level shinobi, even using just 10% he can easily dispatch chunin platoon with just a finger. what kind of concept os for a three year old to hold his own against him. not only that, he confessed to having a healing factor too. I think it's a new bloodline.

minato- we need to monitor his progress closely.

jiraya- he asked me to introduce him to sensei. i am going to take him to sensei tomorrow and try to convince sensei to take him under his wing.

with that there was silence when minato spoke.

minato- why dont you come for dinner tonight sensei, the kids miss you and it would make their day.

jiraya with a smile- yeah its been a while right. lets go then.