"Oh? Looks lively over here." Jiraiya returned from gathering story material and teased the three kids.
"Who's this old guy?" Konohamaru asked, glaring at Jiraiya as he hopped onto the toad's head.
"Me? I'm..."
Jiraiya was just about to strike a pose and introduce himself as the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku.
But Naruto cut him off and said, "He's the Material Sage."
"Material Sage?"
"..."
Seeing Konohamaru and the other two looking totally confused, Jiraiya got annoyed and snapped, "No, I'm not some 'material sage'! I'm the Toad Sage from Mount Myoboku! The Toad Sage!"
"Toad Sage?"
"That's right!"
Hearing them call him that, Jiraiya looked proud—until his expression changed again. "Wait a second… who are you three?"
The Konohamaru trio smirked and got just as fired up as him.
"Hmph, listen up, Toad Sage!"
"I'm Konohamaru, the Leaf Village's most talented ninja and future Fifth Hokage!"
"I'm Udon, and I love solving number problems!"
"I'm Moegi, the girl even grownups are scared of!"
"Konohamaru Corps, reporting in!" *3
Jiraiya scratched his ear and looked annoyed. "What Konohamaru Corps? You're just three little brats."
"Alright, this isn't a place for playing pretend. Go home, go on!"
"No way!"
The three of them grabbed onto Naruto's leg.
"You're the one who should leave, you weird old man, Material Sage!"
"Old man with white hair!"
"Dumb… dumb old geezer!"
"..."
"You little idiots! I told you I'm the Toad Sage!!"
Jiraiya rolled up his sleeves, ready to teach them a lesson—but Konohamaru made the first move.
"Take this! Sexy Jutsu!"
*Poof!* In a flash, Konohamaru turned into a pretty naked girl.
Jiraiya froze for a second—then blood shot out of his nose, and he flew backwards.
"Hmph, what kind of Toad Sage is that? Got beaten by one move!" Konohamaru crossed his arms proudly, looking down at Jiraiya with a smug face.
"Konohamaru, you're amazing! No wonder you're a genius ninja!"
"Awesome! That was so cool!"
"Hehe!"
With his friends hyping him up, Konohamaru got a little full of himself.
But more than their praise, what he really cared about… was Naruto's approval.
Naruto saw Konohamaru looking his way, and after a short pause, he gave him a big thumbs-up.
After all, this jutsu was something *he* had taught Konohamaru. If he didn't approve of it now, it would be like slapping himself in the face!
"Genius!"
Right then, Jiraiya jumped up and stood in front of Konohamaru, eyes sparkling. "Did you invent that jutsu? What's it called?"
"That's the Sexy Itachi Jutsu! And the one who made it is my big bro—Uzumaki Naruto!" Konohamaru pointed at Naruto proudly.
"Naruto?"
Jiraiya froze for a moment and stared at Naruto suspiciously.
*That quiet kid is capable of something like this?*
He doesn't even go to the women's bathhouse. He always acts like such a proper gentleman. So how…? Wait a second!
Jiraiya's brain suddenly exploded with realization.
!
Got it!
He's a hidden perv!
On the surface, Naruto seems like a pure, no-nonsense kind of guy, but deep down—he's a total pervy freak filled with dirty thoughts!
And why would he pretend to be so proper?
Of course—it's all part of his image!
These days, lots of girls love cool, quiet guys. The less interested you act, the more they chase you!
Naruto's just acting like a gentleman so those kinds of girls will fall for him!
"I see now, Naruto. No wonder you always act like you're not into hot girls!" Jiraiya gave him a deep look that made Naruto feel totally lost and confused.
Oh, so that's what it is?
What's with that look?
But Jiraiya didn't explain. Instead, he gave Naruto a sneaky grin and said, "Naruto, your student already made that pervy Itachi jutsu so powerful. You must be even better, right?"
"Cut it out!"
Naruto's face turned cold. "Don't even think about it. I'm not using that jutsu."
"Come on, Naruto~ Just use it once. If you do, I'll teach you an even stronger jutsu!"
Jiraiya tried to tempt Naruto with a new jutsu, but Naruto didn't fall for it.
Naruto gave the coin toad a pat on the head, and the toad immediately stuck out its tongue, wrapped up Jiraiya, and flung him away.
Jiraiya never imagined that, as the Toad Sage, he'd get betrayed by a toad!
"Let's go home, Lil' Coin!"
Naruto patted the toad again, and it started hopping away with Naruto, Konohamaru, and the others on its back.
By the time Jiraiya came back, Naruto and the others had already disappeared!
"What a stingy student... but those three kids don't seem bad." Jiraiya rubbed his chin and grinned, clearly up to something.
The next day,
Jiraiya said he needed help with training and asked Naruto to bring the Konohamaru trio.
But Naruto saw right through him.
So he flat-out turned him down!
Naruto thought that was the end of it, but not long after, Jiraiya claimed he was going to gather material—and ended up bringing the kids back!
Jiraiya's reason this time? He said the kids were going to help Naruto train... with the pervy Itachi jutsu!
Basically, they were supposed to attack Naruto with it, and Naruto had to endure it and not get defeated—training his ninja willpower.
It sounded totally ridiculous, but Jiraiya said it like it was the most reasonable plan ever.
And the Konohamaru trio actually believed him!
Naruto, completely speechless, of course refused this kind of "training"!
He was the leader of the next generation of the Leaf Village—how could he go along with something so dumb?
"Pervy Itachi Jutsu!"
"Pervy Itachi Jutsu!"
"Here we go, Big Bro Naruto! Pervy Itachi Jutsu Triple Combo—Pudding Formation!!"
"..."
Time kept ticking, and the day of the Chunin Exams was almost here—but Naruto was still standing strong!
"Big Bro Naruto is amazing!"
"Yeah! Compared to him, that Toad Sage guy is total trash!"
Even though the trio kept using the jutsu on Naruto, he didn't react much—but that Toad Sage watching on the side had a nosebleed so bad it nearly made a puddle!
He'd already collapsed who knows how many times in the past few days!
"But that just shows how strong our jutsu is, right, Konohamaru?"
"Totally! With this jutsu, becoming the Eighth Hokage is just around the corner! Wahahahaha!"
"Wahahahahaha!"
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