ANBU boot camp

Chapter 43

Jiraiya walked through the courtyard at Mount Myōboku, the sounds of clashing blades drawing his attention. He found Bunta as he sat overlooking a large field, covering the field was several hundred Toads of assorted sizes sparing and training.

"You really are bringing the whole mountain?" Jiraiya asked as he took a seat next to the boss.

"This war with Manda ends," Bunta replied as he took a puff from his pipe.

"Did you know Manda was not the actual chief summons? the Sage asked calmly.

"Yes,"

"Who is?" the Sage asked hoping for some answers.

"You will meet them soon...I am concerned about how I will be treated," the toad replied in a concerned voice Jiraiya had never heard before.

Before the Sage could ask,

"I have fought snakes a long time, did you forget that when we met you interrupted a battle between me and a snake. I have led the battle with Manda and his little clan and have reached the point I kill snakes almost at will. Lil' Anko's snakes are probably the only ones I can resist killing at first sight."

Jiraiya sat back and listened to his friend.

"And the only reason I could resist is that I knew those snakes belonged to the true leader of the Snake Clan."

Jiraiya realized he would not get any more about that, so he changed subjects,

" With this many toads, how will we get them to the village without anyone noticing?" Jiraiya asked calmly.

"Naruto and Chief are working on that, the plain is, have Naruto make his army of clones for one mass summoning. If we can't do that we will have to use the summoning seals like Orochimaru, but it will tax the boy as he will have to summon all of us 'larger' toads by himself." Bunta replied. "No, you will not be doing any summoning, Chief has something else for you to do."

"Great," Jiraiya replied. "What has that sadistic bastard have planned for me now?"

"Pain and misery," Bunta replied in a simple voice.

Jiraiya did not know how to reply, seems Naruto was not the only one pissed at the Sage. Where the boy settled his debt, something else was driving Kuzai, but what?

Genma, Raidō, and Hayate sat in a small apartment. This was the first time since their talk with Chief they had been able to find the time to speak in private,

"So," Genma started. "That is why he did not want us showing Naruto the Kunai?"

"I have never seen anyone reverse engineer and deconstruct a seal so fast," Hayate replied. "Kushina wasn't that quick."

"And from what I learned," Raidō nodded. "the Seals of Ryūchi Cave are some of the oldest and most powerful in the lands."

"The boy has talent," a voice broke out and all three jumped kunai in hand.

"Kosuke," the three men called as the old Genin calmly walked from the shadows.

"The same, you boys seem to be in the middle of a discussion," the old Genin spoke as he found a seat.