Change Of Heart And A Change Of Fate

Chapter 8

Alex sighed contently as he inhaled his tenth bowl of ramen. The tasty treat never fails to satisfy him. A few weeks had passed and everyone that got past the second test were out and training,  his own team included. Kakashi had offered that Alex join him and Sasuke, but he politely declined saying he would rather not be a burden and give Sasuke a reason to get distracted from his training.

A man with ridiculously long spiky white hair entered the ramen stand and took a seat next to Alex. He had red markings on his face and was bulky built. He ordered himself a ramen , only noticing Alex last minute.

"Hey kid, what's your name? "

"Alex, yours? "

"You don't know who I am? Well then I'm glad you asked! I'm the amazing Jiraiya, sannin of the toads!" he exclaimed loudly while posing dramatically.

"Toads?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, toads, tadpoles, fish with legs, ya know!"

"Right...and you're a sannin?" Alex inquired, narrowing his eyes as he gazed at the man next to him.

" Wow kid, you're really breaking my confidence here..." he stated, irked at Alex's off putting attitude.

"Oh...sorry old man." Alex said and politely inclined his head in apology.

"Eh? I'm not old gaki!!" He said while pointing an accusing finger at Alex.

"Alright alright...so Jiraiya-sama, what can you do?"

"Well I like to think of myself as a seal master and I can-"

"Really?! Can you teach me?" Alex asked, eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Hahaha sorry gaki, I already have a student that I've got to teach." He said, ruffling the boy's soft hair.

Alex pouted and swatted away the older man's hand, not even trying to fix the mess of hair on his head since it would prove futile. Jiraiya chuckled at his childishness.

"I really want someone to teach me and no one seems to know how to make seals anymore, please Jiraiya-sama..." Alex pleaded while looking at Jiraiya with big doe-like eyes.

Jiraiya sighed, shaking his head at the boy's stubbornness, and for some reason it reminded him a lot of Kushina and his own student. He decided to give the boy a shot ,but he would have to prove himself first.

"Alright, but you have to perform this jutsu by the end of the week to be accepted as my student." Jiraiya stated as he moved his palm forward, facing up.

Alex nodded and watched intently as a swirl of chakra gathered in the palm of Jiraiya's hand. It was a compressed swirling mass of chakra, rotating at a fast speed that could inflict heavy damage. Alex was glad he was able to sense chakra, or else this would have been impossible to do.

"This is called the Rasengan, created by Lord Fourth himself." Jiraiya proudly stated, before cutting of the Rasengan in his palm.

"You have till the end of the week." Jiraiya said before excusing himself and walking back outside and into the crowds in the streets.

Alex quickly body flickered to his temporary house and scribbled anything and everything he had just observed while watching the sannin perform the new jutsu. He could instantly tell that he had a heck of a long week ahead of him.

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He held his breath as he neared their campsite, suppressing his chakra so they don't sense him coming. He crept closer, and perched on a branch that gave him a view of the whole clearing where his sensei and Sasuke were training. Sasuke was sleeping near the fire that was built in the middle of the clearing, while Kakashi sat on a rock that was a few meters away. It gave him a slight advantage if they were to be attacked Alex noted silently.