Naruto: A New Perspective

Chapter 30

"Pervy Sage! why are we stopping?" Naruto complained, "Let's go, you said this Tsumame lady can heal Aiko, right?" Ever since the toad messenger had come back from Konoha with the news that Aiko wasn't responding to the healers' attempts to wake her from her coma like they had with Sasuke before her, he had constantly worried about her. Jiraiya said his fellow Sannin could help... so they definitely shouldn't be stopping in the middle of damn clearing near the road.

"Tsunade." Jiraiya corrected, rolling his eyes, sometimes Naruto's acts of idiocy went too far, "We're stopping because I want to get you started on your newest training."

"Training?" Naruto asked, he glanced at Sakura who shuddered, thinking about what insane training Jiraiya would make Naruto do now. "Uh? Sakura, why do you look so worried?"

Jiraiya grinned, and he pulled out... water balloons? The Sannin plucked one of the colorful balloons out of the packet and filled it with a low level pressurized water jutsu. Expertly, the hermit tied the balloon off, and it wobbled around in his hand as he presented it to Naruto and Sakura, who were looking at him like he was crazy.

"Water... balloons?" Sakura blinked, very confused.

"This looks stupid." Naruto scowled, "Pervy Sage, teach me to summon bigger frogs!"

"Toads!"

"Whatever," Naruto dismissed, "I wanna summon big ones now!"

Jiraiya scowled, this kid never let up. "You want to do this, brat. Trust me. This is the first step of a jutsu I think you might be familiar with."

"What is it?" Naruto asked, very curious now.

The white haired Sannin smirked, "Do you remember the Rasengan?"

Naruto definitely remembered the Rasengan. The perfectly formed whirling blue sphere of chakra that had rested upon Jiraiya's palm, carving into a thick tree's truck like it was butter. Jiraiya had refused to teach it to him then, insisting that he learn how to summon toads first... Naruto hadn't complained much, toad summoning was very cool too.

"Alright!" Naruto cheered, "Rasengan, Rasengan, Rasengan!" The blond started dancing around, giggling like a child. Sakura was still confused; she hadn't been present when Jiraiya had demonstrated that destructive technique at the hot springs.

"What is Rasen- dammit, Naruto stop yelling, you're giving me a headache!" Sakura shouted, smacking her excitable teammate on the back of the head. Naruto pouted, but did as she said.

Jiraiya shrugged, "Might as well demonstrate." He tossed the water balloon in the air towards Naruto, who swiped at it... and it popped all over him.

"Aww!" Naruto scowled, "Now I'm wet! Thanks a lot, Pervy Sage."

"Stop calling me that." Jiraiya snapped back automatically, "Now..." The man gathered blue chakra to his palm, calmly forming the tight blue sphere Naruto had seen before. Sakura was watching for the first time, in awe of how much shape chakra the Sannin was concentrating in a single place... it was insane.

"Rasengan!" Jiraiya thrust the whirling sphere of chakra into a nearby tree, chewing through the bark easily, much as the technique had last time. The tree was thick, but Jiraiya's attack chewed all the way through, causing it to creak and fall over from the assault.

"Awesome!" Naruto cheered, the attack was so powerful, he could already imagine all the amazing... things...

His face and façade fell. More power, perfect the weapon, polish the tool. Give him the ability to cause even more devastation to his opponents. The tree's bark was a weak substitution for the damage Rasengan could truly do to a human. Naruto could imagine using it against a real person, what better way to make sure someone could never get up again?