Second Chance

Chapter 25

"I see, what time I'll come pick you up." Smiling Naruto nodded.

"How about noon?"

"Sounds good! I'll try to get the ferry's call system working again so that you can come across anytime. Though you may have to activate it from this side. All I know for sure is that it works with seals so I may not be able to do much."

"It's fine. I'll take a look at it when I have the chance." Waving as he left Naruto turned to the ruins and slowly began walking through them once more. The experience was much better the second time around and he didn't feel his heart breaking. It could be the fact that there weren't any human remains on the ground this time.

"So this is Uzushiogakure." Karin whispered. "What's this weird feeling I'm getting?"

"It used to be said that no matter how long the Uzumaki had been away they would always feel welcomed in Uzu, because it was their home." Jiraiya whispered. "It must be true because you have never been here right?"

"Never. I kind of like the warmth."

"I know how you feel." Naruto quipped and then stopped in the center of the village and turned to Jiraiya.

"I don't know if I can trust you. I don't even know if it is possible to have any kind of relationship with you but I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt right now. Especially at the moment. As you are most likely aware by now Konoha was infiltrated by Orochimaru. What many don't know is that the snake is planning to invade the village in one month's time. Even if the village knew the Sandaime would only inform the bare minimum of people. I need to be stronger and so does Karin. He is obsessed with bloodlines and right now we are the only two known Uzumaki alive. Karin is the only Uzumaki that should be able to awaken the clan's Kongo Fusa. Since it only ever seems to appear in females. So she is a target for him."

"As his teammate you know how he fights and the basics of his thought pattern. You can teach us how to fight him. You have already trained powerful shinobi there is no reason that you can't get us up to snuff quickly. Especially once Karin has the chakra necessary for the kage bunshin.I need to be ready to fight a jinchuriki in the exams and be able to protect the village and the stadium while doing it. You want to be a part of my life? Than teach me how to survive long enough on my own power and not by borrowing the nine-tail's power." Naruto bluntly said making Jiraiya's eyes widen.

"How do you know all of this?"

"Jinchuriki can sense one another and it is obvious why Orochimaru's appearance didn't force the exams to be canceled or even delayed. Orochimaru threatened the village if they were because he wants to destroy Konoha when they have the most to lose if they survive. As for the rest of it, I'll tell you when you have my complete trust. There are those that already know and they agree with me. So what is it going to be?" Jiraiya was silent as he thought over everything that he had learned over the last few days and what he knew from the last few years. It didn't take long for him to reach a conclusion as to what he was going to do.

"Give me a complete list of everything you two know and from there we will have a spar to see where your current level is. I'll devise a training plan from there." Smiling for the first time at his godfather Naruto now knew the course he was going to take.

With Sasuke and Kakashi...

"I have to say that Naruto's seal works quite well Sasuke. Any problems so far?"