Chapter 96: CH 96
It's about time something like this came up… I'm kind of nervous though…' Naruto's thought to himself as he sat in the trees just surrounding a somewhat secure clearing. After two months of doing C-rank missions with a team he was given a solo B-rank mission of his own. Remembering what Tsunade had told him about one of his teams a few months back, that they had thought he might be somewhat good as an Anbu, he figured this was something of a tryout mission or something. Chunin don't get solo missions, so he figured this was the only thing this could be.
His mission had been to head to a town in Tsuki no Kuni (Land of Moon). Tsunade wasn't very forthcoming with the information on exactly what he was doing here at all, but he figured this wasn't some kind of trap or anything, why would she kill him off? So all he really had to go on was that he had to meet a contact once he arrived. This was the first time he had worked without a team in years and while he wasn't expecting anything anywhere near the borderline suicide things that he had done the last time he had solo missions it was always nice to be ready just in case.
Instead of taking his usual clothing he decided to don his execution gear that he had worn during his escapades in Kumogakure. He doubted that it would really matter what he wore for this job, because as long as he had his hitae-ate he was told that the contact would find him, but hey, why not? After a few days off following the diplomatic mission to Kumo he had been blasted with back to back missions ranging from escorts to bandit extermination. They had been mostly snoozefests, mainly because he had an entire team to help him out. Nothing had occurred the likes of the disaster to Nami no Kuni, thank Kami, but he missed the action.
The only instruction that the boy had received for his mission was to head to an inland town on Tsuki no Kuni and find the bar that had been listed when he first left before burning his mission scroll. After entering the small town it wasn't too difficult to find, as this town was not too large like the coastal towns that the tourist country were more known for.
Upon entering the bar, Naruto had to stop and check back outside to see if he had made a mistake. It wasn't. That was the only bar in the town.
The reason he had to check after first entering was because the first thing that greeted the boy was a loud, boisterous laugh that he was quite familiar with. The sight of spiky white hair filled his vision upon first walking in to add on to the laugh.
"Whoa! Slow down ladies, there's enough of the great Jiraiya to go around!" Jiraiya, as per the course, was surrounded by a bevy of women hanging off of his money- err his every word.
Naruto couldn't believe that Jiraiya was his contact for whatever he was about to do so he simply sauntered past without stirring the man's interest and made his way to the bartender. Pulling off his hood he showed off his hitae-ate in the low light of the bar and sighed as the man looked at him, "We don't serve minors kid, you know that."
Naruto gave him a dry look, "I know your country has a hidden village so you should know better." Naruto flicked the metal on his headband, showing to the man that he was a ninja, "One bottle of sake please, whatever brand you think a kid should be drinking."
The man nodded and turned to grab Naruto's order, "A kid shouldn't be drinking at all. So what's a Konoha ninja doing in Tsuki no Kuni?" Naruto gave him a wry grin, "I'm on vacation."
Turning back around and pouring Naruto his first cup with a smirk he spoke, "Kid, you're in the wrong place for a vacation. There are no resorts or attractions around here."
Naruto chuckled as he began sipping his drink, "Let's just say I find the charm of the countryside appeals to me more than the beaches do."
The man let out an amused laugh, "You're a strange kid. What kind of kid doesn't like the beach?"
Pointing to himself, Naruto refilled his cup after finishing off his first one, "This one right here." The banter was stopped short when a hand placed itself on Naruto's shoulder. The guard covering the back of the hand gave away who it was, "Ero-sennin. What are you doing all the way out here?"
Jiraiya had a grin on his face as he sat next to Naruto at the bar, "What? Gaki you don't think it's just a wonderful coincidence that you and I met up here, in this bar, in the middle of nowhere, randomly out of the blue?"
Naruto had to crack a smile at that, "Maybe it's because baa-chan told me that you would be calling for me to start working with me after a few months and the deadline is very close. Add on to that, she said she would clear me for some time off, and she ends up sending me on a mission to the country with more resorts than anywhere else in the Elemental Nations, that kind of tells me something when I combine it with running into you while looking for my Konoha contact."
The older man snatched up Naruto's bottle of sake and looked at him strangely, "You drink gaki?"
Naruto shrugged, "I had my drink with Gamabunta and I actually like the stuff. I don't indulge daily like baa-chan and I don't down two or three in one sitting like you so don't worry."
"I take offense to that kid." Jiraiya asked for another cup from the bartender before pouring himself a drink, "So what have you been doing since I last saw you?"
"I've been just… training. I don't know what to say, I've just been working on regaining my jutsu and my wind affinity. I never found out how to go any further with it so I've just been cutting tons of leaves with my Kage Bunshin since whatever they learn I learn."
Jiraiya nodded, "So how far can you go with you know who right now?" Naruto raised three fingers and continued to drink. Jiraiya stroked his chin, "That's actually very good. You weren't supposed to be able to use that much of its chakra yet. I have to unlock a bit of your seal for you to go any further. Honestly you shouldn't have been able to draw that much."
Naruto frowned, "Drawing that much isn't convenient. If I take any more than one tail it takes way too long to be effective. I need about five to ten minutes of preparation time depending on how much I use. I had to come up with an alternative way of increasing my power in a pinch and even that takes too long to use in the middle of a fight, the upside of it is that it is a fantastic visual distraction, but on the flipside it hurts like hell to use."
Jiraiya grunted in though, "You've been through this in your head quite a bit haven't you?"
Naruto nodded and took another sip, "Every other jinchuuriki out there can wipe the floor with me as I am. I've never said that to anyone in Konoha, but it's true. I went to Kumo, both of their jinchuuriki have absolute control. Like Gaara did, but without the crazy hostile takeover of their demon, hell I'll say that the only reason I beat him is because I had Gamabunta run interference on the simple minded fuck while I woke Gaara up, if I had tried to just fight and match power, even with Gamabunta there we might have lost." Jiraiya stroked his chin, "I'll loosen your seal and have you work with that. Maybe then you can have an easier time using the Kyuubi's chakra faster."
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