Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (not that you didn't already know that I mean seriously it's FANfiction for a reason, isn't it?)

Today is the day, Naruto thought as he got dressed. If I do well today I can get one of the sannin to teach me. With that thought in mind he went through his morning rituals with a smile on his face. After a few cups of ramen for his breakfast, ho bolted through the door of his apartment, ran outside and jumped onto the rooftops and made his way to the training grounds.

Unbeknownst to him, he was being watched as he made his way through town.

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Jiraiya watched his favorite student's son while hiding in a tree away from the blondes view. When he had first met the boy, he was impressed with how much he looked like his father, and was furthermore impressed by his goal of becoming hokage. He also noted how much his personality matched his mothers.

He was definitely starting to like the idea of taking him on as a student. It had been a long time since he had taught anyone anything. Maybe it would be worth it to take on the role of sensei once again.

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When Naruto reached the training ground he saw sakura waiting for him. He walked over to her and stood next to her.

"Good morning Sakura-chan."

"Good morning, Naruto."

The next few minutes they stood in semi-comfortable silence while waiting for Kakashi. At one point Naruto thought he saw a flash of white, but when he looked at where it came from he saw nothing. After a few more minutes Kakashi arrived.

"Yo" he said as he landed beside them.

"Wow Kakashi-sensei your only a few minutes late today, are you trying to set a personal record?" Naruto asked.

"No, I lost a bet to Gai, so now I have to show up to places within ten minutes of the designated time for a month. I think its revenge for me making him go without green spandex the last time I won. Anyway, shall we get started?"

Two nods.

"Okay, today I am going to teach you something most people your age wont learn for a while. It utilizes the same technique as tree climbing, but is a little bit different. Instead of climbing trees you will be walking on water."

"Seriously? That is so cool!" Naruto said.

"Now if you'll follow me we will be going to the stream at the edge of the training grounds."

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Kakashi smirked as he watched his clone lead his students through the forest to the stream they would be practicing on. When he first arrived he was surprised to sense a chakra signature he hadn't felt in years. He decided to let a clone take over so he could investigate. The signature was moving in the same direction as his students so he figured now would be a good time to approach the person. As he leapt through the trees he recognized a familiar red vest and mane of white hair.

"Jiraiya-sama, I thought that was you he called out.

"Kakashi," Jiraiya said as he stopped on a tree branch to face the cyclopes, "I was wondering when you would reveal you self."

"What are you doing here Jiraiya?" he asked.

"I made a deal with the Gaki that if he impressed me I might help with his training."

"Really now, why would you do such a thing?"

Jiraiya was silent for a moment, as if thinking about how to proceed. "Lets just call it a favor to an old friend, shall we? Now shouldn't you go take care of your students? I think they are starting to get the hang of water walking. Oh and by the way, are you the one who gave him the idea to train with clones?"

"Yes, I was."

"Impressive, now you better get going."

Kakashi waited for an opportunity when his students weren't looking and then replaced himself with his clone with a wave goodbye to the sannin. Neither of his students noticed the switch.

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A few hours into the exercise Sakura had it down. Her superior chakra control helped her get it down easy. She was now running around on top of the stream with ease. Naruto was practicing with twenty shadow clones, but they were still having trouble. Their ankles were still beneath the water.

"Wow Sakura-chan, you're really good at this."

That's right I am awesome! Shannaro! Inner sakura yelled.

"Thank you, Naruto. Why don't you try dispelling them so you can learn what they learn?" she suggested

"Oh yeah, good idea." He said. In a large cloud of smoke all of the clones dispersed at the same time.

"AAHHHH!" Naruto yelled out as he fell into the water. He still hadn't gotten used to the information overload that happened every time he dispersed his clones while changing.

"Maybe you should have gone to the shore first." Sakura suggested, trying to hide the smile growing on her face.

"Yeah that might have been a good idea." Naruto replied. Luckily for him the stream was very shallow, only about knee deep, but he was still soaking wet. "Okay I'm going to try this again." He stood up and sent chakra to the soles of his feet and started to rise to the surface of the water.

"I think I've got it!" he yelled as he started to run across the surface of the water. Seeing this, Kakashi walked out to where they were practicing.

"Now that you two have gotten this down I want you two to spar while maintaining your chakra control so you stay on top of the stream."

"Hai, Kakashi-sensei." They said in unison, sliding into taijutsu stances.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that this is an anything goes spar, weapons and jutsu are allowed, GO!"

"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto created ten shadow clones, while Sakura created three bunshins and grabbed a kunai from her pouch. Naruto sent three of his clones to attack them and find the real one. The bunshins were dispersed by kunai, while the real Sakura deflected the one thrown at her then jumped back to avoid the clones that were trying to engage her in hand to hand combat..

She then took out three more kunai from her pouch and threw them at the clones, causing them do disappear in puffs of smoke. Unfortunately for her she didn't see the two that were swimming under her until they grabbed her by the ankles and pulled her underwater.

"Alright, Naruto wins this match." Kakashi said from the sidelines "Now comeback to the shore and dry off."

As Sakura crawled out of the water Naruto ran back to the shore and approached Kakashi.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei, have you seen anybody around here watching us, some dorky looking guy with white hair and a red vest?" Naruto asked.

"Who you calling dorky, you little brat?" a voice called from the trees.

Kakashi sighed. "You might as well come out now Jiraiya!" Kakashi yelled back to the trees as sakura walked up next to Naruto, both were still soaking wet from their falls into the river.

Jiraiya walked out from the tree line and up to the three awaiting shinobi.

"Well what did you think?" Naruto asked, eager to know if the man in front of him was willing to help him with his training.

"Settle down boy, before I do anything I think the three of four of us should have a talk so your teammate can be up to speed. Why don't we go somewhere for lunch?"

Naruto was about to suggest that they go to Ichiraku's for his favorite food, but both Kakashi and sakura stopped him before he could. So they decided to go to one of the local Dango shops. When they arrived they placed their orders and sat down.

Kakashi began. "Sakura, I am sure you have questions about who this man is and I am sure he would be very willing to answer them. So, do you have any questions?"

"yeah, who is he, why is he hear, why was Naruto asking him what he thought of the training, how come I've never seen him in the village before-"

Kakashi cut her off "why don't we just start with those questions for now?" he then turned to Jiraiya. "Why don't you start by introducing yourself?"

"I am Jiraiya of the Legendary Sannin, the toad mountain sage, student of the Third Hokage and trainer of the Fourth. I am also the world's biggest author. Women want me Men want to be me. Look on in awe as I AM JIRAIYA!" his voice got louder and louder through his impromptu speech, to the point at the end where he was standing up and yelling at the end. When he realized everybody in the shop was looking at him he sat down quietly.

"Oh yeah I was going to ask you about the book thing," Naruto began. "what is it exactly that you wrote?"

"You know those books that your sensei is always reading." Two nods. "I wrote the entire series." He said with a proud look on face.

There was a moment of silence, then-

"So I was right!" Naruto yelled, standing up on his chair. "You are a pervert!"

"Shut up kid!" Jiraiya hissed. "Don't make me rethink my offer."

Naruto reluctantly sat down as Sakura raised her hand. "That's my next question. What is this offer you're talking about?"

"Straight to the point I guess," Jiraiya started. "Well I met your little brat of a teammate yesterday at a ramen shop. He was spouting off about becoming hokage"-

Sure sounds like Naruto Sakura thought.

-"so I introduced myself and when he heard me say I trained the previous hokage he practically begged me to train him"

"I didn't beg!"

"Anyway, for a while now I have been thinking about the benefits of taking on a new student, so I decided that if the little brat impressed me I would take him on as a part time student, and he did. Don't worry though; you two will still be a team and Kakashi will still be your teacher. I will only be taking him occasionally for some much needed part time training."

"While Jiraiya is working with Naruto I will be taking you on for your own one on one training, so you will not be neglected." Kakashi said.

"So when do we start?" Naruto asked his excitement obvious.

"Tomorrow." Jiraiya replied. "Now if you excuse me, I have some important research to do." And with that he finished his dango and left the shop.

"Now before you two leave, I have something important to talk to you about." Kakashi said in a very serious tone. "it involves the Chuunin exams that are coming up next month."

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Dun Dun Dun! Cliffhanger! Sorry for the wait. I really hope you find this chapter worth the wait. Please review, and as always, suggestions are helpful.