(3rd PoV)
"You dumb-"
"MOO!"
Jiraiya's eyes twitched as the cow shouted at him.
It took him back to his Genin days. And he didn't like it one bit.
Why does he have to milk the cows!?
And why does Naruto's house even has cows!?
Does Shiori think that someone will poison the milk-
...She probably does.
"I am not doing it!"
He abandoned the task given to him, and cautiously sneaked out of the stable. Not wanting to get sealed for the whole day again.
Thankfully, nothing happened. And though there were cameras like the Chunin Exam everywhere, it doesn't seem like Shiori is actively monitoring him from them.
These cameras are really expensive. A-rank mission expensive. He wondered how much money she actually has.
Shaking away his jealousy, he cautiously headed towards the training ground inside the palace, where Kakashi was teaching his three students.
"Naruto, your Wind and Earth nature transformation are good enough. Lightning still needs refinement.
Sasuke, you also need to refine your lightning nature transformation.
So, both of you will practice that."
Kakashi then looked at Hinata. Who was being shy in Sasuke's presence.
"I will find you a new teacher."
He has lost any hope in teaching her anything. He can't teach her Gentle Fist, and handing her ninjutsu scrolls doesn't seem to do the job unlike Naruto and Sasuke.
Atleast Shiori helps Naruto in understanding those jutsus and how to execute them.
Kakashi looked back at Jiraiya, who was hiding.
"Oh. It seems that I was discovered huh?"
Jiraiya smiled and came out. Kakashi has really grown. Being able to discover a master of hiding.
"Jiraiya-sama."
Suddenly, Sasuke's Sharingan activated, and he stared at Jiraiya.
"Give me every information about Orochimaru."
Jiraiya sighed and looked at him, straight in the Sharingan.
Either Sasuke is the 'second' child of prophecy, or his kid with Hinata will be.
But, it seems like his supposed teacher Izumi has very less chance of being alive at this point. So, he will have to take responsibility for Sasuke.
He then looked at Naruto, and just seeing his face pained him. He really looks like Kushina with Minato's colours. And, Naruto is probably the child of prophecy.
He didn't have it in his heart to take another student. Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, Minato... all died.
But, he can't run away from his responsibilities anymore.
Old Man has a feeling that he will die during this Chunin Exam. So he has been making preparations.
Kakashi will be the Fifth Hokage, and if he refuses, it's Jiraiya's mission to bring Tsunade back.
Akatsuki will start its mission of gathering the tailed beasts in 4 years at most. When Jiraiya got the information, he passed it on to Old Man, and Kakashi assassinated Five-tails jinchuriki around 7 months ago.
Three-tails took 3 years to reform after Rin's death, so it's safe to assume that Five-tails will take atleast 5 years to form.
Both Naruto and Sasuke are Akatsuki's targets. Naruto because of Kyuubi, and Sasuke is Itachi's target for attaining the eyes like Madara.
The big prophecized war is most likely delayed by atleast two years by assassinating Five-tails jinchuriki.
He needs to get these boys ready by then.
He took out a scroll.
"This is the Toad summoning. Both of you, try to summon them. This will be your test if you want to learn anything from me."
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