Planning

" " Talking outloud

( ) Thinking

3 years later

"Clang, Clang, swissshh, swishh"

"Looking good there son, you properly quenched the kunai you created. You have learned most of my secret techniques that I have spent years on learning and refining and nothing brings me greater joy than my son learning my craft! All that's left is for you to learn the basics as you won't have much time later on as a gennin."

"Yeah, thanks dad but don't worry I do have your blood as well so I won't abandon my heritage of being a blacksmith!"

"Hmm, mahhahha, good, good, you really are my son!Mahhaahaa!" Replies Jin's father, Arata.

"You know he is my son as well, in fact, he has done a better job of learning how to run a business than being a blacksmith! Isn't that right Jin-Chan?" says Jin's mother, Eri.

"Bwahh, nonsense, he is my son through and through, you should remember that he created his first shuriken at the age of 3. That should be more than enough proof that he is my son!"

"Ara, ara, looks like you forgot that thanks to Jin-Chans ideas, the business, has improved tremendously. Right Jin-Chan?"

"Now, now, isn't it fine if I am the son of both of you, besides without either of you I wouldn't be able to even know where to even begin in order to open up a business" replies Jin trying to calm his competitive parents.

"Ara, ara, getting cheeky now are we? Nonetheless, your going to start the academy tomorrow so make sure to make plenty of friends. But don't forget about your studies and get good grades and make us proud. Understood Jin-Chan?" says Eri sounding like it was non-negotiable.

"Yes mother, I will, but you have to increase my allowance then!" replies Jin almost whining.

Afterwards, he heads towards his room to take a shower while his parents downstairs compete over whose son he is.

(Phew, tomorrow is the day that I can finally start my join the sannin plan. I know it sounds ridiculous but I need the political power it brings. Since if I remember correctly when Sarutobi dies the next Hokage candidates are all among the sannin. Of course, I won't become Hokage myself as it's 1, too much paperwork and 2 I need to be able to move without hindrance in order to achieve more of my plans later on. While being Hokage I could achieve most of my plans it also at the same time makes other plans impossible to do. Instead, il use the political power of the sannin to have my candidate become Hokage instead. Now I know what your thinking, how can I become one of the sannin you might ask. Well obviously I have to replace one of them and sorry Jiraya but you're going to have to switch with me and I have a very good reason for choosing Jiraya.)

(Reason number 1, he is the easiest to replace since he has the most simple and easy achievements, not in appearance mind you but in character and strength. Compare him to Tsunade who is a Senju with a lot of political power as well as amazing individual power with her healing ninjutsu and raw power taijutsu. As well as that bastard of a snake Orochimaru who, while he has no political power makes up for it by his research ability and his assortment of hard to handle ninjutsu.)

(Jiraya according to what I remember doesn't achieve much compared to his compatriots early on and other than training Naruto he dies later on giving the information that he has on Nagato to the Hidden Leaf Village. Now while I want to replace Jiraya, I still like him and want nothing but the best for him. That's why I won't hang him to dry and help him in another way and that's by making him the Hokage. That's reason number 2, while Jiraya acts like a doofus, he is actually one of the smartest characters in the series when he gets serious. He had an intelligence network in the canon series that almost spanned the 5 great villages and he figured out how Nagatos rinnegan abilities worked simply in 1 fight.)

(That's why I want him as the Hokage as he is incredibly smart as well as compassionate with how he treated Naruto, besides il most likely help him get the position so he will owe me and let me tell you I will use that to my advantage as much as I can. Now the reason I also need Tsunade and the snake bastard is that beyond simply wanting to help them they can also help me a lot as well. I intend to learn healing ninjutsu alongside Tsunade and I want Orochimaru to work on the 8 inner gates that Might Guy's father creates if I remember correctly.)

(The reasons being is that I have the theory that the Otsotsukis already have the 8 inner gates unlocked from the beginning. It explains their monstrous chakra volume as well as their taijutsu expertise. If Orochimaru can find a way to unlock the 8 inner gates without the harsh penalties then it would propel me very far in the power scale. And besides, in all the wuxia novels I've read usually they either unlock all their "Qi" nodes or it works in the more "Qi" or chakra nodes they have activated, the better or more talented they are.)

(So it always confused me why all living things in the Naruto universe have the 8 inner gates but either cant open them or they will hurt themselves trying. That's why I believe that the Otsutsukis already have the 8 inner gates open and that's what separates them from the shinobis in this world. It might even be the case that maybe hundreds of thousands or millions of years from now, every living thing in the shinobi world will slowly start to evolve and open their 8 inner gates and reach the same evolutionary stage as the Otsutsukis.)

"Enough about that, I need to get ready to meet my teammates tomorrow and help them in different ways. Starting with not letting Orochimaru go evil, helping Tsunade with her taijutsu and learning healing ninjutsu together as well as plant the idea that becoming Hokage is a good idea in Jiraya. Phew, at this point I'm no better than the manipulative bastard Sarutobi but if I can save innocent people and get strong because of tricking people, then it's a small price to pay." Jin whispers to himself while slowly starting to fall asleep, hating how similar his plan is to Sarutobis.