Getting back to the main subject, Naruto continued with the story because Jiraiya continued teasing him. After hearing everything from Naruto, the aged Sannin stayed quiet as he processed the entire story. When he was done gather his thoughts…
"If this story was told by anyone else," Jiraiya admitted, "I might not have believed it. Leaving that Iwa kunoichi to live despite begging you to end her life…I'd figure you'd have brought her in for questioning."
"There was no point in doing that and her freedom wasn't without a price," Naruto replied, "We both know how much Iwagakure despises my father and we already know they'd have dissected me to see what secrets they could learn about me and use against Konoha. I doubt Ryota will attempt revealing my secret to anyone, especially after I told her what would happen if she does."
"Confident in your seals I see," Jiraiya remarked with his arms crossed over his chest.
"I had good teachers," Naruto replied, causing Jiraiya to sigh at him, "You're taking a very huge gamble Naruto; it's evident that Tsunade-hime molded you in her image but you're taking her gambling influences into territory even she'd dread to tread."
"Look," Naruto retorted, "Sooner or later I'm going to have to face off against stronger enemies who'll want to end my life because of whose son I am or for some other reason and I'll have to deal with my enemies in the best way I see fit. You, jiisan and kaa-chan won't always be there to protect me. What happened in the sector of No Return is proof of that."
Sighing, Jiraiya retorted, "Naruto, I'm very well aware of that fact. All I'm saying is for you to be careful and not do something you'd regret later."
"Don't worry ero-jisan," Naruto reassured with a confident smile, "Things often have ways of bouncing back in my favor. So I wouldn't worry about it too much."
"…Just like Minato when I trained him during his Genin days," Jiraiya sighed, "…Hard headed and stubborn. And having him sealed inside you only makes you twice as bad!"
Naruto snorted, as did Yondaime; they were expecting Jiraiya to say something positive about the both of them. A moment later the older man went over to examine Naruto's body. After a thorough examination on the boy's body, the Toad Sannin acknowledged the situation Naruto was in.
"Minato was right when he said that side effects might result from using too much of his chakra at one time to heal and restore your body," Jiraiya said, "I would have never expected that doing so would cause your body to irreversibly age by nearly two years."
"Irreversibly," Naruto asked with a surprised tone, "You mean I'm stuck like this?"
"I'm afraid so," Jiraiya confirmed, "As you know since the night of your birth after Yondaime was sealed into you, you've been absorbing his chakra in a gradual process. Since then, your body has been undergoing some changes physically and mentally, with Tsunade-hime and I there to monitor and control the changes, and watch for any irregularities. By using and absorbing that large a quantity of his chakra all at once to heal yourself, your body was forced to adapt and change in order to accept and infuse that amount of Yondaime's chakra into your system without causing damage to your body. In doing so, your physiology was restructured and mended to Yondaime's likeness. To say that you'll stand out in the crowd would be an understatement."
"What might have happened if I'd have used Kyuubi's chakra," Naruto inquired.
"Though your body would have healed completely however," Jiraiya explained, "There's no telling exactly what side effects, dire or not, that Kyuubi's chakra might have had on you all together. I highly doubt though that it'd be something any would want to see or experience."
"…," Naruto was quite for a moment.
"And until the fifth day, you're to stay in this tower. I would suggest getting plenty of rest for the remainder of the time. There is a bedroom for you, and I'll leave you to find the rest yourself. See you later."
"Hey," Naruto said, "Is it possible to bring me some change of clothes?"
"I thought you were taught proper manners," Jiraiya retorted "You didn't say 'please'."
Annoyed, Naruto said, "Can you please bring me back some change of clothes?"
After a moment…
"I think not," Jiraiya smirked.
"What?!," Naruto exclaimed. Jiraiya grinned lecherously, "I wanna see the look on all of the females' faces when they get a look at the new you! It'll provide me plenty of new raw materials to use and work with for my next greatest seller of my Icha Icha Paradise series!"
Jiraiya waved and puffed into a cloud of smoke.
"ERO-JISAN!"
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