Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

But he still maintained that carefree smile on his face.

"Yo, you must be Naruto Uzumaki?"

He deliberately made his voice sound energetic, "I've come to find you!"

Upon hearing this, Naruto opened the door wider, revealing his entire body.

"who are you?"

He looked the strangely dressed, flamboyantly styled white-haired man up and down, his eyes filled with curiosity.

For some reason, even though it was their first meeting, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with the white-haired man in front of him.

Looking into Naruto's clear eyes, Jiraiya's last bit of tension vanished.

It seems they heard some keywords.

He let out a hearty laugh, formed hand seals, and performed a spirit communication incantation.

The white smoke trembled.

A massive shadow slowly emerged from the smoke.

A giant, crimson toad with long black stripes appeared, wearing a necklace with the character "忠" (loyalty) on its neck.

The white-haired man stood arrogantly on the toad's back, his palms outstretched.

The toad beneath it made the same movements, even its expression was exactly the same.

"I am the immortal Daoist, a toad spirit from Mount Myōboku, also known as the Toad Immortal, and I have always been one of them!"

Naruto was startled by the sudden turn of events and instinctively took a half-step back.

She squinted and stared at him silently.

"Fairy?"

Naruto tilted his head, having never heard of such a title before, and asked with pure confusion, "What is that? Is it very powerful?"

Jiraiya's flamboyant gesture froze in mid-air.

"Cough cough!"

Jiraiya coughed awkwardly twice, then leaped down from the toad's head and dismissed the summoning beast.

He walked up to Naruto, trying to save face, and began to boast wildly.

"Amazing? Amazing? I'm more than amazing! I'm one of the legendary Sannin!"

"Back during the Fourth Shinobi World War, my name was enough to strike fear into the hearts of my enemies. Even the Fourth Hokage had to treat me with utmost respect..."

Naruto listened quietly, and finally, when Jiraiya had finished talking, he spoke again and asked the most crucial question.

"So, what brings you here?"

"Ah, well..."

Jiraiya scratched his head and finally revealed the true purpose of his trip: "The Third Hokage asked me to be your teacher and guide your training."

"Grandpa Naruto?"

Upon hearing that familiar name, the last trace of aloofness in Naruto's eyes finally vanished.

He stepped forward, tilted his head back, and stared intently at Jiraiya.

"Then can you... make me stronger than Sasuke?!"

This question caused Jiraiya's smile to falter slightly.

Uchiha Sasuke...

Stronger than him?

Jiraiya looked at the purity in Naruto's eyes and couldn't bear to shatter his illusions, but he also didn't want to deceive him.

He slowly shook his head.

The light in Naruto's eyes dimmed instantly.

"It's difficult."

Seeing his dejected look, Jiraiya quickly added, "But... it's not entirely impossible."

His gaze slowly moved down, finally settling on Naruto's abdomen.

There, a complex seal was operating silently.

........

"Naruto, what's wrong?"

A worried voice came from behind, breaking the brief silence between Jiraiya and Naruto.

When Jiraiya's gaze passed over Naruto and landed on Karin with her long, fiery red hair, he was startled.

A thunderclap seemed to explode in his mind, pulling him back to that warm afternoon.

In the kitchen of the Minato family, there was also a woman with red hair, hands on her hips, scolding herself in a spirited voice for leading Minato astray again...

Time seemed to have flown by, and a kunai, which had come from more than a decade ago, was nailed to his heart.

"Kushina..."

He murmured unconsciously, his voice so soft it was almost inaudible.

"What is this?" he asked with difficulty.

Unaware of Jiraiya's turbulent emotions, Naruto stepped forward, grinned, and said, "Her name is Karin Uzumaki! She's family!"

family?

Looking at the two children in front of me, one inherited Minato's hair color and eyes, while the other had Kushina's signature red hair.

Jiraiya's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, causing him pain so intense that he could hardly breathe.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the emotion back into his heart, and forced a smile back onto his face, but the smile just wouldn't reach his eyes.

He patted Naruto's shoulder heavily, trying to cover up his earlier lapse in composure.

"Well then, since I'm going to be your teacher, I'll have to show you what I'm capable of first!"

He took a few steps back, crossed his arms, and struck a pose like an examiner. "Come on, kid, let me see your best ninjutsu!"

"Your most prized ninjutsu?"

Naruto Uzumaki stroked his chin, deep in thought.

Shadow Clone Technique?

No, no, Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei both know how to use it, and they use it better than I do. I definitely can't let him underestimate me.

His eyes lit up, and he thought of a technique that would absolutely shock the entire audience.

A sly smile appeared on his face.

"Watch closely, it's a seduction technique!"

"Oh!"

A burst of pink smoke exploded, and the blond-haired boy disappeared from the spot.

Instead, there was a hot, naked blonde woman with her private parts cleverly concealed by smoke, sporting twin ponytails.

"Ah~ Lord Jiraiya!"

She winked at Jiraiya and struck a very seductive pose.

Jiraiya's expression went through a complete process in that instant, from "doubt" to "shock" and then to "ecstasy".

Two streams of bright red liquid gushed out of his nostrils like a floodgate being opened!

"A masterpiece, truly magnificent!"

Jiraiya looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, giving that figure a thumbs up, his eyes shining with the light of someone who had found a kindred spirit.

"Such a perfect idea, such a bold concept, Naruto, you truly are a genius!"

Karin, on the other hand, presents a completely different picture.

She stared at the shameful scene before her, then at the white-haired man with a bloody nose who was still shouting "Good!" and froze completely.

She subconsciously pushed up her glasses, her cheeks flushed red beneath the lenses, and her voice trembled.

"You, you, you all..."

She pointed at the two people singing in unison, so angry that she couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"hey-hey!"

Naruto released his ninjutsu, stood smugly with his hands on his hips, and completely ignored Karin's accusations.

Jiraiya wiped away the blood from his nose, walked over contentedly, and wore a relieved smile on his face.

"Well, this technique... does indeed have its unique aspects."

He cleared his throat, forcing himself to look serious. "However, as your teacher, I still have to teach you some real skills."

He looked at Naruto and asked seriously, "Tell me, kid, what kind of ninjutsu do you want to learn?"

Naruto's smugness vanished instantly. He remembered Sasuke's black and white lightning and the black flames that burned everything, and his eyes became filled with longing.

"I want to learn some powerful and highly lethal ninjutsu!"

He clenched his fist tightly, his eyes resolute. "I want a technique that can send all the enemies flying with a single strike, one that's even cooler than Sasuke's techniques!"

"Is it highly lethal...?"

Jiraiya seemed to have thought of something, and the smile on his face became meaningful.

"it is good!"

He nodded emphatically. "In that case, I'll teach you a ninjutsu developed by the Fourth Hokage that doesn't require hand seals."

After saying this, Jiraiya turned to leave.

He left behind the words, "I'll come find you tomorrow," and with a few flashes, his figure disappeared at the end of the street.

The room returned to silence.