Through his telescope, he could see the inhabitants of the house through a window that had not been covered by a curtain. His close eye for detail allowed him to see that the blonde male was quite distressed and the four surrounding females around him quickly moved in to calm him down. 'Hoo hoo hoo!! This stuff is gold! A man who feels so out of place... and it is up to his ladies to try and jog his memory while keeping him calm at the same time!'
"Oi, Jiraiya! I'm getting bored here!!" complained Gama, who was currently acting as Jiraiya's stepping stool for his 'research' location. At this distance, Jiraiya could optimize his view of the small group while having the best possible head start should one of the two Hyuuga ladies spot him with their Byakugan and give chase.
"Have patience! I'll get you some sake later, how does that sound?" replied the Gama Sennin.
Gama sighed heavily. "Fine... just as long as you get the really strong stuff."
"Gotcha." Jiraiya peeked through his telescope again to gauge the mood of the group inside the house and jotted down a few notes into his notebook. Although Naruto had expressed his ire at Jiraiya researching into his personal life (after all, it's not often that a man gets his very own harem), Jiraiya continued to poke his head into Naruto's personal life in between 'research' sessions at the hot springs. He did have to pay a small price the first time he got caught...
Flashback
"Oi, Ero-sennin! I need to talk to you!" Jiraiya paused in his trek towards the hot springs as he saw his old pupil, dressed in a mix of orange and black, jog up to him. At the age of 20, the blonde's resemblance to the former Yondaime was uncanny and this helped contribute to the slow change of treatment from the villagers.
"What is it? I've got some important work that I need to really get started on!"
The blonde rolled his eyes. "I'm sure you do..."
"Really! It's not easy getting inspiration to overcome writer's block and delivering another spectacular installment of a story!" protested the hermit.
"Speaking of literary inspiration, I thought I warned you how I don't like you prying into my personal life," said Naruto in a serious tone. Noticing his sensei's somewhat astonished look, he clarified how he knew. "It seems that you underestimated the radius of Hinata-chan and Hanabi-chan. You're probably aware of the average radius of a normal Byakugan user is 50 metres. Hinata-chan's radius is about 700 metres while Hanabi-chan's is about 680 metres. I don't know about Neji but from what I heard, his radius is just over a kilometre."
Jiraiya briefly processed this new information and made a mental reminder to refine his Nozokimi no Jutsu in the future (as he had used it in all of his research sessions). "That's quite interesting to know, Naruto."
"Back to my earlier topic, I'm sure it would be bad for you if word got out that a promise made by you is worthless. That would probably make it harder to rack up tabs at brothels, ne?" As wealthy as he is, Jiraiya often built up tabs whenever he visited brothels since it would be more convenient for him to pay later.
The elderly man sighed briefly. It really would be troublesome if he had to start paying up front before he got any service. "Fine, you brat. What type of repercussions will you be planning to extract from me?"
The large grin reappeared on the blonde's face. "Ah, relax. The only thing I'll be doing is hurting your wallet by having you treat me to ramen at Ichiraku's for today!"
"That's it? No threatening to blow off my head with a Shinkuu Rasengan or something?" This was going a bit too well. Although his wallet would be hurting since the blonde's appetite for ramen had skyrocketed with his high metabolism, he could quickly recover the loss through his book sales.
"Nah. I don't have the heart to beat you up after they get through with you." As soon as Naruto finished that sentence, Jiraiya felt four sources of killer intent directed at him. Considering that two of the ladies were Hyuugas and that Sakura had been training under Tsunade for many years, they could easily come up with several methods of painful, non-lethal torture that probably included "Little Jiraiya" as well. Naruto backed away to give his ladies some room to play. "Have fun!"
'Oh shit...'
End Flashback
The toad spoke up, interrupting the hermit's observations. "You know, maybe you should just drop by and say that you just wanted to check up on your old pupil. At least that way, I don't have to keep acting as your stepping stool!"
Jiraiya paused and stroked his chin in thought. "That's a good idea. Why didn't I think of that? I must have been thinking too much about my research again..."
Gama had the urge to smash his forehead against the ground repeatedly for having to serve a moron. 'Ero-baka... I really wonder how the boss signed a contract with him in the first place.'
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(Posted Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:36)
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