Hi there folks, I'm revpanda and this is my very very very first fanfiction. I'm a complete noob when it comes to writing fanfiction but hopefully some people out there will enjoy it. I'd appreciate any reviews and comments on the story, specifically if it turns out I'm spelling a character's name wrong or something like that. I don't have a pairing for this story yet and I'm open to suggestions. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Toad Boy

Chapter 1: Jiraiya steps up.

"Jiraiya, wake up!"

The sage swatted at the toad sitting on his face knocking him down onto the floor of the rented room.

"Stupid boy." The toad promptly got up and rubbed his head before jumping back up onto Jiraiya's face and then stomped a foot down onto his nose. "I said wake up boy!"

Jiraiya sat up dumbly, "Wha? What's going on?" Jiraiya looked down at the old toad standing on the bed, "Pa? What are you doing here?"

"Trying to bring you a warning, lazy"

Jiraiya rubbed his eyes, "Can't it wait till morning?", his head lowering back down onto the pillow.

The old toad's eyes scowled as he grabbed Jiraiya's shirt front, his voice slowly rising, "You know, I came here personally after having to get a description of a vision the Old Toad Sage had out of him that he had half forgotten and all you want to do is go back to sleep?!"

Jiraiya sat back up instantly becoming more awake, "The Old Toad Sage had a vision? What's going on?"

Pa looked toward Jiraiya seriously, "It's Konoha, its going to be under attack."

Jiraiya yells out, "WHAT! By who?!"

Pa shook his head, "It dangerous kid, I'm not even sure I should be telling you."

Jiraiya looked down at Pa, "Come on, I'm the Great Toad Sage, nothing can stop me."

"This can, it's a bijuu. It's the nine-tailed fox."

Jiraiya's eyes went wide and after a moment of stunned silence, "Oh no."

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Jiraiya was crashing through the trees, he'd seen the destuction of Konoha but he'd also seen the Kyubi in the distance and he was heading to where he'd last seen it. It was dark out and he was moving fast, Pa was on his shoulder helping him go faster, desperately hoping that he would get there in time, but at the same time he had a knot in his stomach.

Suddenly there was a poof of smoke, directly in front of Jiraiya and he had to quickly come to a stop. In front of him stood the sealing toad, Gamatora. Jiraiya looked to the toad but it was Pa that spoke up first. "Gamatora, what are you doing here?"

Gamatora saluted toward Pa, "Minato sent me, he used me to seal a key. He says that I am to be stored inside Jiraiya immediately."

Pa looked worried, but it was Jiraiya who spoke up this time. "Where is Minato? Is he still fighting the Kyubi."

Gamatora looked around, "He's not far, although I'm not sure exactly where." Jiraiya was about to rush off, "Jiraiya wait! I must seal this key inside of you!" Jiraiya nodded and rushed back towards Gamatora, the toad placed his hand on Jiraiya's chest and with a poof of smoke he was gone. Jiraiya resumed rushing through the trees.

Finally, Jiraiya broke through into a clearing and for a moment there was a bright light. And then there was just Minato and Kushina standing by an altar for just a moment, before they both slumped down lifelessly to the ground. Jiraiya let out a wordless scream and rushed to his student's side.

Reaching Kushina and Minato, Jiraiya immediately saw that Kushina's eyes were glazed over, she was dead. Minato however laid on the ground, a large wound going through his shoulder, but Jiraiya also saw the seal on his chest, the Shiki Fujin. Minato was as good as dead, but yet his arm reached up and Jiraiya fell to his knees by his student's side and grabbed Minato's hand.

Minato coughed, the blood coming from his mouth making him barely understandable, "Sensei... my son... please take care of Naruto..." And for the first time, Jiraiya noticed the baby laying on the altar, the blonde hair the same as his father although most of his other features came from his mother. Minato squeezed his had, "Please... watch him... he'll... need you... jin...churiki... I'm so sorry... please... please sensei."

Minato seemed to have trouble seeing by this point and Jiraiya leaned forward and put his forehead against Minato's. "You stupid boy, of course I'll look after your son. He'll know who is parents were. He'll know they were heroes."

Minato smiled, just slightly, before his eyes closed and his life faded away.

Minutes passed, there was someone tugging on his ear. "Jiraiya boy, come on. You can't just sit here and I have to go, I'll get some help for Konoha sent to you. Jiraiya looked up and looked around. In all the rush he'd completely forgotten about Pa. As if walking out of a tunnel, Jiraiya finally noticed that there were other's nearby, specifically his sensei.

Jiraiya stood up, the knees of his pants and his hands covered in blood, before he walked up to the Sandaime and the baby Naruto. Pa seeing him struggling with getting his hands clean pulled out a towel and was able to get most of it off, before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Then Jiraiya reached down and picked up baby Naruto and looked down at him. He'd been sleeping but the movement had woken him up and Jiraiya found himself looking down at two bright blue eyes. So innocent with no idea that his family had just been taken from him.

Sarutobi was talking to him... he'd missed most of what he'd said but he caught on quickly enough, "... place him in an orphanage, they can take care of him. The village will need to know what happened but I can make a law about no one talking about the Kyubbi being sealed away."

Jiraiya shook his head, "I'm sorry Sensei, what did you just say?"

Sarutobi looked up at Jiraiya and could tell that greif had washed through his pupil. "The child, he'll have to be protected. We can have him put in an orphanage, hide his identity."

Jiraiya looked down at the boy in his arms, he would never even consider what he was about to do, but seeing Minato and hearing his last words, he realized that he had no choice, "He's not an orphan, he's my god-son, I'll take care of him." Sarutobi looked at him a bit shocked but before he could speak Jiraiya pushed on, "And as for the village you can't tell them the whole truth. I know you think that people can be good, but I'm not risking people not understanding. If you tell the village he's a jinchuriki, many will not understand, in fact some may even be so blind as to see him as the Demon Fox."

Sarutobi looked down at the boy, realizing that what Jiraiya suggested was a very real possibility, this was Minato's son and he deserved more than that. "So, what do we tell them?"

Jiraiya thought a moment, "Tell them that Minato was able to use a jutsu that defeated the Kyubi, by tapping into an unusual power within his own son. If they ask about the boy, tell them that the boy is being placed with a family and that he will be raised as one of their own. That no one is allowed to know who the child really is, for his own safety. While everyone starts looking at each others clans for the child, I'll be off raising Naruto on my own."

Sarutobi shook his head, "The council will never stand for being left in the dark, neither will the clan heads." Then he looked down at the boy, "And you can't hide the boy away forever, eventually he'll have to come back and go to the academy, the boy deserves that much, what then?"

"I'm sorry Sensei, I can't think that far ahead yet. Naruto deserves to know the truth about himself before everyone else. He does deserve to be a ninja, but right now I can't think about that. I need to go, now, no one can be allowed to see me with the child."

"Jiriaya, you won't even stay for the funeral?", Sarutobi said looking down at the bodies.

"No, the child comes first." Jiriaya forced one of his smiles onto his face, "I'll leave everything to you, good luck Sarutobi-sensei."

With a puff of smoke, Jiraiya disappeared, the child with him. Sarutobi looked down to the body of Minato and heaved out a sigh, then he turned to the altar and dismissed it. Looking up at the night sky, Sarutobi felt the weight of the world on his shoulders as he knew that once again, he was Hokage.

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7 Years Later:

Crouching in the tree a young boy, dressed in black pants, orange t-shirt, wearing shoulder holster pouches and a pair of sandals waited. The young boy, covered in dirt and a random leaf in his hair with grass stains on his pants, was looking down across the clearing to his pursuer. He had been actively hiding for almost an hour now, jumping from tree to tree. The boy quickly drew in his breath as his target moved into just the right spot. The boy smiled and drew his kunai and threw it towards the rope he had set up, with a snap and a twang the rope broke and a crashing sound was heard as the trap under his targets feet was sprung. It looped around his foot and dragged him up into the air.

The boy grabbed his belly while pointing to the older man bobbing at the end of the rope and started laughing. "I got you!"

"Oh did you, Naruto?" said a voice from behind the boy.

Naruto jumped up startled by the sudden noise to see his target looming over him with a scowl. "Uh... hi pervy grandpa." Naruto looked back to where his trap had been sprung to see a log tied to the rope in place of the older man. "Hey! That's cheating pervy grandpa!"

Jiraiya put his hand to his head, rubbing the bridge of his nose, "How many times have I told you not to call me that..."

The boy looked up and innocently tilted his head to the side, "Which part the pervy or the grandpa?"

Jiraiya's eyes popped open with his hands waving in the air, "Both! Both parts! I told you I do research! And I'm not old enough to be a grandpa yet!"

Naruto scratched his head and then shook it, "That not what the ladies at the bath house said, they said that you were peeping on them and that I should make sure not to turn out pervy like you." Naruto then broke into his patented big smile, "Oh... and you're plenty old."

Jiraiya's arms dropped to his sides in defeat, "Oh come on kid, give me a break about the bath house." Naruto just kept grinning at him, so Jiraiya reached down and picked him up by his belt and started to carry him like luggage. "Anyway, that's enough playing for today... time for a bath and bed. Your filthy."

Naruto struggled for a minute, "It's not playing! I'm doin' ninja training!" Finally giving up on the struggle Naruto crossed his arms and pouted as he was carried away. Although he did finally look up towards Jiraiya, "Umm... can you tell me one of the stories tonight when I go to bed?"

Jiraiya chuckled, "Sure kid."

Naruto cheered, "Thanks pervy grandpa!"

Jiraiya sighed.

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"And it was then, that Minato sprung into action, like a flash he appearred all over the battlefield, anywhere there was a Konoha ninja in trouble, he was there to save them, while at the same time attacking the enemy as they ran from the Yellow Flash!" Jiraiya said, he voice saying his old students title as if he was a superhero.

Naruto was still awake with his eyes big with a sparkle in them as his bedtime story came to end. He looked to Jiraiya, "Wow! My dad was the most awesome ninja ever!" Jiraiya smiled down at the boy. "Pervy Grandpa, when can we go to Konoha, you've shown me tons of pictures but I wanna go there in person!"

Jiraiya ruffled the boys hair before pushing him back down to lay his head on his pillow, while pulling his blankets up. "Not yet, Naruto, you'll get to go there soon enough. Now get some sleep, gaki. And in the morning, I'll make you one of my famous Sage Omelets."

Naruto suddenly got a disgusted look on his face before pulling the covers over his head. Jiraiya had a feigned hurt look, "Oh they aren't that bad, are they?" The blanket covered boy nodded his head. "Fine, you can make whatever breakfast you want then. Goodnight Naruto."

Naruto peeked out from under his covers as Jiraiya got up off the bed and went to leave the room. "Goodnight, Pervy Grandpa." Jiraiya paused as his head fell and then he shut the Naruto's bedroom door.

As Jiraiya walked down the stairs of the house, he looked around. The Toad House Jutsu hadn't been originally designed to be setup as any sort of permanent residence, but with some modifications to the jutsu as well as some seals placed around the building for stability it had become a portable home for Jiriaya and young Naruto. Walking down the stairs there were pictures on the wall and many of them were of Naruto, although there were also pictures of Minato and Kushina. Jiraiya had for a bit thought of not telling Naruto until he was older, about who his parents were, but finally decided that he didn't have the right to keep it from the boy. Instead he stressed to Naruto the importance of him not telling anyone about who his parents were until he was old enough and at least a chunnin.

Reaching the bottom of the steps, Jiraiya went into the living room and sat down on the couch with a oomph. He looked around the room that had a very homey feel. There wasn't much that was nice and new in the house, between Naruto's running around with his amazing amount of energy... anything nice would have gotten broken and anything new wouldn't stay that way for long. So instead, the house conveyed comfort, from the old and worn yet comfy couch, to the rug that he'd been given by Ma and Pa when he'd first started setting up the house.

Jiraiya put his feet up on the coffee table and let out a sigh as he closed his eyes, keeping up with the boy was quite the task. Naruto had so much energy it was enough to even tire out a Sannin. Just as Jiraiya was feeling the aches in his muscles start to relax, there was the sound of a poof of smoke from in front of him. Jiraiya cracked open an eye to see two small old toads in robes standing on either side of his legs on the coffee table. Jiraiya looked at the two with a slightly grumpy look, "Ma... Pa... I was just about to get some shut eye, Naruto had me chasing him around all day today. What's up?"

Pa looked at Jiraiya, "My boy, its just about time. You've been putting it off for awhile now."

Jiraiya waved one of his hands back and forth, "Its not that big of a rush, I'll still make my meetings with all my contacts, but I had to wait for someone to watch Naruto."

Ma jumped up onto Jiraiya's shoulder and whacked him upside the head, "Not that boy! We don't care about your network for Konoha. We are talking about the child... he needs to go to Konoha!"

Jiraiya sighed, but sat up, his elbows resting on his knees. "I know. I know. But its hard, even with me on the move, I'm still able to keep him nearby and make sure he's okay. How do I know he'll be okay there? I can't rely on the Old Man to watch him all the time, he's busy enough as it is. What if he's in trouble? What if people find out about Kyubi?"

Ma patted his head while Pa nodded for a moment before saying, "We understand. But think about Naruto for a second. He needs friends, he needs to be around kids his own age. Some kids start at the academy as early as six years old. You know he wants to go and you know he's more than capable, he already has nearly enough skill if not the maturity to be a genin... but he needs kids his age. Because one day those kids are going to be his teammates."

Jiraiya sighed yet again, "But where is he going to stay, I'm not going to have him living in one of those orphanage houses all by himself. And due to us keeping it a secret from the clans on who Naruto really is, we can't tap into the funds left behind by Minato."

Pa shrugged, "So then leave him with family."

Jiraiya gave Pa Toad a sour look, "That's not funny, you know he doesn't have any living family."

Pa rolled his eyes, "Not his family... yours."

Jiraiya's mouth opened wide, "You can't be serious, I haven't talked to them in ten years, we've never quite seen eye to eye, why do you think they'd want to help me now?"

Ma jumped down to stand next to Pa, "Because, they're your family. Think about it at least, the next Academy year starts in three months." And with that the two elder toads were gone in a poof of smoke.

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Well, that's the end of chapter 1, I hope you've enjoyed this so far. At this point, no one in Konoha besides Sarutobi even knows about Naruto. In fact if Sarutobi went ahead with Jiraiya's plan then all of the clans are probably suspecting each other of raising Fourth Hokage's child... but we'll see how well that works out later. Again, thank you for reading my story thus far, and please drop me a review, it would be nice to see what people think.

- revpanda