Wolf Child

Chapter Twenty Five: The Spymaster

Third person POV____

Jiraiya was slightly annoyed. Sure he had delt with the akatsuki who'd been after his godson. But now he was stuck with two extra brats.

The trip was suppose to be where he told Naruto all about his old man and recount embarrassing stories about his deceased pupil.

Like how Kushina used to call Minato a Nancy boy. Or how they had ended up naming Naruto.

And although they were orderly and polite, which definitely had something to do with Kakashi's training, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel disheartened.

It's not like he hadn't wanted to be there for his Godson. If Naruto's sabotaged birth was anything to go by, then there would be more assassins sent to finish the job.

And they hadn't been wrong. Iwa and Kumo had been quick to militarize. More patrols in the borders and a few ninja hoping over the border to nearby towns gathering information.

It had been some of Jiraiyas's own spies that had alerted him of the militarization.

Small squabbles became more common and in some places, to the point only high ranking ninja were allowed to take missions in certain places.

Iwa was the first to calm down, but it also became too quiet. Onoki had pulled his forces back and left Konoha speculating on their reasoning. Although they believed it was because Iwa still hadn't recovered from the third shinobi war.

If that hadn't been enough after things seemed to start calming down the Hyuga incident occurred, due to the violation of the treaty and attempted kidnapping of the Hyuga heiress. The village was sent on high alert.

But in the end war was avoided by sacrificing Hizashi Hyūga. After that it took two years for things to start calming down.

So many wild events, from Orochimaru deflection to the shit show that was the Chunin exams.

And Jiraiya was part of it. From the espionage, strategic planning , and the fighter. He was dealing with most external problems of the village.

But in what felt like a blink of an eye, time went by and suddenly his Godson was older.

Some would say that even if he had done all of that, it wasn't an excuse for not being in his Godson's life.

But those years hadn't been Jiraiya's best. His pupil who he had come to see as his own son died along side his students wife.

Then as he is recovering from grieving, his closest friend turns into rogue ninja because he was experimenting on villagers, and the woman he loved deserted the village.

There had been little he could do since he was a vital part of the villages security. But he paid the boys rent, food and school expenses. And most importantly he kept Naruto safe from any outside influences

But by the time everything calmed down, Naruto was twelve years old and a shinobi.

"Jiraiya-Sama who are we looking for?" Sakura asked as they walked down the road towards another town.

"She's a healer, my teammate Tsunade Senju. She's about this tall and beautiful, but she's also dangerous so you three better behave." He says with a shrug as he pouts slightly.

"We will stop here." Jiraiya stated as he came to a sudden halt.

Sasuke and Sakura glanced at each other with cocked brows. Naruto looked around at the small clearing by the side of the road.

"Why are we stopping? There's plenty of daylight still." Naruto pointed out in confusion.

"Well we need to set up camp and it's best for us to have a bit of distance from the town for the Jutsu I'll be teaching you." Jiraiya says as he gestured for the genin to follow him into the woods to set up camp.