Naruto growled menacingly, "That was the whole point…"
Jiraiya got back on track as Naruto sheathed his sword, "Anyway, when I got you back me and Sarutobi-sensei found that you were a part of a group of ninja lead by a man high up in Konoha's politics."
Naruto nodded, "Yeah, Ne, led by Danzo."
Jiraiya pulled a double-take to look at Naruto, "You're admitting it exists! Wait… You're talking about it!"
Naruto sighed, "Yes ero-sennin. I swear, I kept telling Danzo it was the second-worst kept secret, almost as bad as me being the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. The fact that Sarutobi-jiji AND you both knew about it proved that. And Danzo never put any seals on me, I was too much of a high-profile figure to make into a mindless drone, I mean at first he tried, but he quit after a while."
Jiraiya looked at him oddly, "Wait, so you always had your sense of self? You weren't a mindless drone? He just trained you?"
Naruto looked up at the man, "Yeah. And anyway I couldn't tell you anything currently relevant about Ne even if I wanted to anyway, seeing as how I haven't been there in four years. The old cripple probably cut his losses and let me go. It's all he could have done. Trying to get me back and break the seal might have been too risky."
Jiraiya looked down, 'We never had to seal him… He's right. As long as we kept a tight watch on him he couldn't have gone back to Danzo.'
Jiraiya gulped, "So about the sealing… Listen Naruto when me and Sarutobi-sensei sealed you we thought you-."
Naruto's blue eyes snapped up at Jiraiya's face, "'You and Sarutobi-sensei?' You and the old man were the ones that sealed me?" Naruto didn't wait for a response, "You asshole! You could have waited for me to wake up and explain what was going on to both of you! Instead you left me with the mindset of a four-year old? I was mentally behind everybody else by four years!"
Jiraiya already knew that they had messed up back when they first sealed him, but it still sucked to have it thrown back at him, "We didn't know what you would do when you woke up! We didn't know how you would react! We were just running damage control as quickly as we could!"
Naruto shook his head angrily, "There was no damage control to run! All this time! I'm a shadow of my former self! My chakra control is shit! I have a fraction of the speed I used to have! Why? I still trained hard even after I was sealed, I should have kept that speed!"
Jiraiya rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "I kind of put a gravity seal on you too, sorry."
"I knew it! I knew I couldn't have been that slow naturally! Kami, I felt like I was wading in jelly." Naruto undid his hitae-ate to reveal his forehead, "Take the seal off damn it…"
Jiraiya made a few hand seals and placed his hand on Naruto's head, "Fuuin kai!"
A glyph of a seal appeared and faded from Naruto's head. He tested his body's functions with some short motions, "Okay. I feel better now…"
Jiraiya felt the need to keep explaining, "Naruto I-."
Naruto just kept walking, "I don't want to hear anymore right now. I don't think I can take much more of this story before I feel the need to hurt you. You guys almost killed my career you know that? Come on, let's get to a town."
XxX
Jiraiya and Naruto had gotten a hotel for the night in a town not far off. Upon arriving Jiraiya had gone off gallivanting after some woman who showed a little interest in him. This suited Naruto just fine as he didn't really want to be around Jiraiya at the moment anyway.
Naruto took himself up to their room and laid down on one of the beds. He had a whole new set of things to think about. Was Hiruzen close to him only because he had gotten out from under his watch once, or was it truly legitimate? When he showed up at the ceremony for Konoha's fallen ninja the day after the invasion he had gone up to the Sandaime's memorial and he didn't know what to feel. He shed not one tear, his head was jumbled enough at the time, he was still sorting through his mind to figure out what was factual and what was fabrication.
He shook his head free of that thought, putting his training under Danzo into use. He was a ninja, and while it was seemingly a simple mission it was still a mission, and he needed a clear mind to go through it successfully.
Naruto felt a pair of powerful presences coming closer to his door, they were hiding their chakra levels but it was noticeable that they were considerably strong. Now the side of him that had been out and about for the last four years wanted to confront them, see what they wanted, and, if necessary, kick their asses. Unfortunately for that line of thought, rational Naruto was in control at the moment.
He darted out of bed and leapt out of the window to find Jiraiya, fighting two opponents that were potentially overwhelming in strength for no reason didn't really appeal to him after just starting to get himself back into fighting condition. He knew they wanted him for some kind of unpleasantness, because in Naruto's life experiences for the most part new meetings equaled lots of pain and trouble.
Naruto dashed along the rooftops until he reached the outskirts of town. Naruto bit his thumb and summoned a toad. Not even giving it time to speak Naruto belted out an order, "Go find Jiraiya. Tell him to find me as fast as he freaking can or I'm screwed ok?"
The toad nodded and ran back into town to find Jiraiya. Naruto sighed and turned around slowly, "I know you're there. Come out already… Save us all some time here."
Two figures in black cloaks with red clouds appeared, both donning straw hats. Naruto sighed at the sight of the familiar red eyes signifying Sharingan, "Of course it would be a guy like Itachi Uchiha after me…"
The other figure chuckled and removed his hat to reveal a blue-haired, blue-skinned man, "It looks like you're still famous in that village of yours Itachi."
Naruto smacked his forehead, "And Kisame Hoshigaki… What a fantastic day… The hits just keep on coming." He set himself into a ready stance, "Who else do we have coming? You guys happen to have another S-ranked cameo coming from the woodwork?"
Kisame scoffed at the sight of Naruto's small frame, "Who knew the Kyuubi jinchuuriki would be such a runt? Itachi should I cut off one of his legs to make sure he can't run away again?"
Itachi stepped forward, red eyes spinning, "Please come with us Naruto-kun."
Naruto sighed and brought his hands together, "Kai. Come on now. I'm a kid but don't insult me like that. I'm not that easy to yoke into oppression you know."
Kisame reached for the sword on his back, "Itachi this kid is mouthy. Let me handle him. Samehada can just taste his chakra from here."
Itachi stared at Naruto, unblinking, "Very well. Don't go overboard and kill him, Leader-sama needs the jinchuuriki alive."
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