The Sannin looked up. "Hey kid, this is the report on the prank you told me about." Jiraiya said. The kid was a certified genius with a dangerous mind for revenge pranks. But Jiraiya wouldn't tell the kid that. "Not bad, but I've seen better. Putting gelatin in the fuel tank for the ANBU's Generator making it freeze up in the cold, itching cream mixed with super glue on the masks, laxatives in their water supply, that's child's play kid. Your mom did better."
Naruto moved over and pulled up a chair sitting down in it and looking to Jiraiya before down at his lap. "I'm sorry." He said softly, in a low whisper. "What I've done, especially summoning Gamabunta like that… I shouldn't have done it. I'm sure you have your reasons as to why you couldn't watch over me as a child."
Jiraiya set the folder aside and watched his Godson. "Look, Naruto… If I didn't feel like I didn't deserve the beating to some extent, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Yeah, summoning Gamabunta was pretty petty. But when I summoned the old toad, he would have probably put the smack down on me anyways."
Naruto glanced up and nodded. "It's just…" Naruto sat there for a bit, trying to word his statement. "I'm just now hitting my stride in reaching my potential. I had the desire to learn but no one wanted to teach me until I had lost the dedication. I keep thinking that if you had been there, I would have already been peaking out my potential." Naruto shook his head. "Crazy isn't it?"
Jiraiya reached over and put a hand on his Godson's shoulder. "No, it's not crazy, not in the sense you're thinking. And kid, you're a diamond in the rough. The real rough, but a diamond nonetheless and I'll help you reach your potential, and your dream."
Naruto looked to Jiraiya and nodded. "Thanks… Ero-Sennin." Naruto said with a slight smirk.
"Damn you Kushina. Even now that nickname will haunt me." Jiraiya said shaking his fist towards the ceiling.
Naruto shook his head at his Godfather's antics. "Look, I came up with some strategy for the Exams, and I'm hoping you could help me with it a bit." Naruto said, getting Jiraiya's attention. Naruto then began to lay out all of his ideas that he brainstormed with the Inuzuka women watching his Godfather's facial expressions.
Jiraiya rubbed his chin. "Two things, against the Uchiha, try not to turn it into a battle of attrition. Get in, beat the hell out of him, and get out." Jiraiya said. "Against the Aburame, you're better off using Fire. Getting in close is dangerous, he'll put his bugs on you and you'll start having your chakra eaten from your body as he's leaping away to dodge your attacks. Hand me my pack." He said.
Naruto grabbed the surprisingly heavy pack and handed it to the Sannin. "But I don't know anything that has to work with fire except for explosive tags and no offense but I'm not going to throw an exploding tag at Shino."
Jiraiya nodded as he pulled out a scroll and opened it up. He unsealed some thin paper and handed a piece to Naruto. "Channel your chakra into it." He said
Naruto held it in his hands, looking it over. With a shrug, he did as he asked, watching as the paper began to split into little squares that quickly got soaked. "What the hell?" he asked
Jiraiya looked just as surprised. "A dual affinity." He said rubbing his chin. "Everyone has an elemental affinity that their chakra wants to sway towards. In fact, training in two of these affinities is a requirement for being a Jonin. Special cases are obviously made from time to time, but not often. Your paper cutting itself up means you have an affinity towards Wind, and the paper getting soaked also means you have an affinity for Water. Which will make learning Fire style Jutsu a pain in your ass." Jiraiya said shaking his head.
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Naruto looked to Jiraiya and nodded. 'So what are your affinities?" he asked.
"Fire and Earth." Jiraiya said. "Both of my Elements beat yours."
"So… Fire, Wind, Earth, and Water?" Naruto asked.
"And lightning." Jiraiya said. "Your old man had lightning and wind affinities." He said before he grabbed a second scroll and unsealed a large book. "Here, start with this if you plan to use seals in the Finals." It was a beginning book on Sealing. "I'll be out in a week, I want to see progress made, got it?" Jiraiya asked
Naruto gave a nod. "You got it Ero-Sennin." He said and headed out the window before Jiraiya could retort.
"Damn you Gaki!" Jiraiya shouted after the blonde
Naruto laughed as he landed on the rooftops nearby and began to hop towards his team's training ground. He soon had to take to the trees and quickly hopped on through. Landing in the clearing, he glanced around before he summoned about a hundred Shadow Clones. He felt a little out of breath when he was done, but that wouldn't matter.
He then began to divide them up into groups. He double checked the Game Book for maybe scrolls on the Mangekyo Techniques, or the Techniques the Rinnegan might give him. He felt relieved when he received two scrolls, and so he had a group of fifteen go work on the Mangekyo techniques. They would find a private and secluded training field. He sent a group of thirty to work on the Rinnegan techniques. Ten went to practice the Snake Style, and another five went to practice the Hirashin. He really hoped that it would work.
He then split the remaining forty clones in half, sending twenty to the other side of the training ground to start on the Sealing book that Jiraiya had loaned him. The other twenty he had start working on getting used to his mother's sword.