Naruto: The Prince of Lust

Chapter 244

"I am," the still toad answers.

"That makes less sense than usual Ōjiji-sama," Ma notes.

"All things make sense... under the right perspective," the elder sagely explains to them. He perplexes his young toad sages further when he reveals to Naruto, "in my dream, you will battle many eyes... blue eyes I've long since seen... but red eyes as well... all with the power capable... of destroying the world."@@@@

'Naru-nii wasn't kidding,' Naruto mentally remarks. Not that he felt he was, however, to hear it from this old sage just makes it feel real. Up to this moment, Zabuza, Sasuke, and Orochimaru have been the strongest opponents he's ever had to fight, and he couldn't even pin Orochimaru down. Naruto knows about Itachi, Obito, Pain and all of the Akatsuki, and Madara are still out there. He knows about the war to come and the lives that will be lost, and as anxious as that makes him, he can feel support in Naru-nii, in Jiraiya, in his senseis, his friends, and in himself. This is what being Hokage means and he's been preparing for this his entire life.

"Do you understand, Uzumaki Naruto," the elder great sage says, interrupting his thoughts.

Tilting stern and confident blue eyes on Gamamaru-sennin, Naruto firmly replies, "yeah."

"Do you really," Jiraiya spouts, bending at the waist to look up at Naruto sideways. "Care to explain that to us? You know far more than you should, you're summoning like a pro; there's far too much that's gone unexplained."

"Such is the uncertainty... of certainty," Gamamaru sagely orates.

Simply nodding at the revered toad, Jiraiya turns to Naruto and expresses, "I know I haven't been around like I should've. I can blame it on my destiny, on my writing, on my assignment for the village, but more than all of that, I blame my fear. I've messed up a lot, Naruto, and I don't have much of a right to ask this, but, will you tell how you went from Dead Last to holding your own against Orochimaru?"

Out of curiosity, Naruto asks, "Ji-chan tell you all that?" His Godfather nods. While he hates that he had to be horribly alone when he was younger, especially when he did have family who could've been in his life, he forcibly shoves those aching feelings to the side. They've never helped him before, and that hate won't help him now. Taking a deep calming breath, Naruto instead smiles as he's always done. He remembers the people currently in his life and the people that will one day be in his life, and Ero-sennin is someone he's been eager to meet since Naru-nii first mentioned him.

Jiraiya isn't sure what to make of the boy's smile before Naruto begins to explain, "I've been wanting to tell you since I first heard about you." Turning to his toad instructors, Naruto shares, "I don't mind telling you guys either, but you all have to swear you won't tell a soul about this. I mean it. This is probably the biggest secret you'll ever hear."

"Kill," Naruto interjects. "He killed you. I may not know you as well as my future self got to, but just like Haku, I already know I don't want to lose you. Believe me, I'd be on my way to Amegakure if it wouldn't cause a ruckus with everyone here."

Comprehending the dilemma, Jiraiya remarks, "you know more because of your Naru-nii, but you're also restricted by what can and can't reasonably explain." The stoically worried Naruto doesn't care about that though and Jiraiya huffs in amusement. "I promise you, Naruto, I'll come back. I'm done making mistakes, and, you need a reasonable line of intelligence you can blame the things you know on. Stay here, learn sage mode and protect Konoha during Suna's invasion."

"We'll teach ya right up," Ma declares with Pa's nodding hum.

"Gerotora," the great elder sage calls. Naruto didn't know who the giant toad was talking to until Jiraiya claps his hands together and summons a long black and orange toad with dark markings under its eyes and around its mouth. Its abdomen seems to be a scroll until the scroll-toad shrinks to a dog-sized amphibian. Gamamaru explains to the group, "I have foreseen... your transfer to Naruto as well."

"Ōjiji-sama," Pa respectfully bellows with concern. "Gerotora is the key to Tetragram's seal itself. Will it be alright to give it to Naruto-jo?"

"All is as it will be," the elder sagely sounds.

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