Naruto Of The Shadow Clones

Chapter 30 Heading On OutAkatuski Appears

Hidden Leaf Village Main Gate

It was two hours since Naruto learned who he and his godfather were going to track down. Jiraiya had given him some time to grab whatever gear he felt he would need and tell his friends that he would be gone for a while.

Jiraiya was currently leaning against one of the gates. He spotted his godson coming up with Matto, Heza, and Hinata following. As Jiraiya had requested at the meeting, Naruto currently had his vest sealed and would keep it sealed for the rest of the trip in order to not draw attention to the two toad summoners.

Pushing himself up from his leaning position, Jiraiya walked over to the group. Nodding to the three Chunnin, he then turned to Naruto and said "Got everything?"

Naruto nodded and said "Yeah. Just give me second." Jiraiya nodded and Naruto turned around and said "Now are you guys sure you can do it?"

Matto got a wicked grin while the two female Chunnin merely smiled before the three nodded. Naruto just smiled as well before giving Hinata a quick kiss.

"All right guys, good luck. Take care of yourselves and don't get caught. I'll be back as soon as I can."

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow at this but waited until they were outside the gate before turning his head to his current traveling companion and asked "What was that about?"

Naruto shrugged and said "I haven't been able to do any pranks for a while now. I had planned on doing a bunch after the exams. However, since we're going to be gone for around a month, I told Matto what I had planned and he agreed to do them."

Jiraiya just looked at him oddly before shaking his head and chuckling to himself. After he was done he said "You and your antics kid. Anyway, I've been thinking and I believe that we can kill two birds with one stone on this trip."

Naruto cocked his eyebrow and said "How so?"

Jiraiya grinned and said "Well, you've signed the toad contract and shown that you can work with them real well. I think it's time you inherited another thing of your father's. How would you like to learn the rasengan?"

Naruto's eyes widened as a grin appeared on his face as he asked "How soon can we start?"

He had a reason to be excited since besides hirashine(sp), the rasengan was the most famous technique that the fourth had made.

Jiraiya laughed before saying "As eager as always. There is a carnival town that we're going to be stopping at to start gathering Intel about a day or two out at civilian caravan speed. We'll get the needed teaching tools there."

Naruto nodded and the two went from walking at a leisurely pace to a fast run towards their first destination.

Scene Change: Four Hours Later: Carnival Town

Naruto looked down at the town from on top of the cliff face that surrounded the entire town. Stairs at even intervals around the cliff led down to the town which was in a ten story pit. On the other side of the cliff, there was what looked like a lift crane heading down that looked like it was used for bringing large crates down.

Naruto frowned as he looked down before turning to Jiraiya and said "Why would they have a carnival here? If there was a flash flood, there's no way to get everyone out fast enough."

Jiraiya nodded and said "That's true. However, they have never had that problem before and most likely never will. You have to remember that the closest river is downhill from here."

Naruto got an "oh" look on his face before looking at the carnival that was a year round event.

"So we're going to gather info on your teammate here?"