6 Chapter 6 - Jiraiya's Secret

The following week, Yahiko had deliberately slept late every night; sneaking out to check on whether Jiraiya was in his room. His efforts were soon rewarded when he noticed his sensei left his room one night and stepped out of the house - it didn't seem like he would be back anytime soon.

"Psss … Konan, Nagato!"

He whispered to his comrades sleeping beside him, poking them.

".... Yahiko?" Konan yawned softly, her eyelids fluttering open. Nagato shot him an incredulous look as he woke up.

"Jiraiya-sensei isn't around, this is our chance," he said. "We'll finally be able to find out the secret he's been hiding!"

"S-should we be doing this?" Nagato said nervously.

"Come on, don't be scared. Let's go!"

They made their way quietly through the living room, and Yahiko went to the entrance to check that their sensei was well and truly nowhere near. Once he ascertained the place was 'safe', they entered the room.

"Konan, I need you to stay guard at the entrance. Nagato and I will handle the investigation."

The girl nodded, and they began to carry out their search now that they had someone to keep watch. Jiraiya's room was surprisingly messy. Papers littered his table and at the corner, a garbage bin overflowed with crumpled notes, spilling onto the floor.

"Icha Icha draft two? I never expected sensei to be a writer … he really is talented." Yahiko sifted through the papers on the desk, studying its contents. "Looks like a romance nov … T-THE HELL?"

"What's going on?" Nagato ran over to his side. As soon as his friend saw what their sensei had written, his face turned ghastly pale.

Yahiko read another piece of paper. "I-I can't believe it, to think sensei's research was referring to this …"

Never in his wildest dream did he imagine Jiraiya was actually an adult novel writer. Not that he had any issue with it. He should have shared this with him! Sharing was caring.

Since he didn't, it was time for him to continue the investigation. He pulled open a drawer, and a title 'Ultimate Fantasy Novel', immediately drew his attention.

He scanned the contents and read it out quietly. "… and so, Tsunade's perky breasts were on full display. I rubbed my fingers around her two rosy nipples, eliciting a soft, alluring moan from her as her body jerked in response. I then continued to circle her erect tips, teasing her until my name was on her lips; begging me. It was the moment I had been waiting for. I gave a long, hard suck to her sensitive nipple and …"

"A-a-a-h. D-did s-sensei really write that?" Nagato's eyes widened.

Yahiko nodded, secretly impressed. Jiraiya-sensei was simply too incredible, what a man he was.

"So, what is sensei's secret?" Konan's head poked in. Upon noticing their expressions, she ran over excitedly.

"N-No. You c-can't. Go back!"

Yahiko placed what he was reading on the desk and immediately stood up, raising both his hands to block her. Konan was only eight! He couldn't expose her to the things Jiraiya had written. Especially not the 'Ultimate Fantasy Novel'.

"Aww, let me see it!" she began pushing against him and trying to wriggle her way through. "No fair, I want to know too!"

"Lend me a hand, Nagato!" he shouted at his dazed friend, he was clearly still shocked by the revelation.

They each grabbed one of Konan's arms and began to drag her away. However, the determined girl still managed to break free of their grip. She dashed immediately to the desk and grabbed a few papers, reading them.

"S-stop. You can't re-" Yahiko ran towards her, too late, too slow.

"Ultimate Fantasy Novel?" she stared innocently at the paper. "Sensei must be a writer. He's really incredible!" Konan's gaze moved downwards, and her delighted expression was immediately overtaken by one of horror.

This was bad. Yahiko had to salvage the situation for Jiraiya, he didn't want Konan's teacher-student relationship with her sensei to take a turn for the worst. She still had a lot of things to learn from Jiraiya.

He appealed for calm, gesturing with both his hands. "It's just a novel! Jiraiya-sensei doesn't mean it. It's a story, a fictional story! Grown-up guys like this kind of stuff you know … so it's not unexpected."

"Does that mean … you will like this kind of stuff in the future when you're older, Yahiko?" she said, pouting.

"Well I-"

"What's going on?" The familiar voice of Jiraiya sounded from behind. Upon stepping into the room, the white-haired man realized what was happening and began to panic. "Look, I can explain …"

"P-pervert!" Konan crushed the pieces of paper in her hand and threw them into the bin. She then gave their teacher a kick before running off.

"Ow…" Jiraiya clutched his stomach. "Hey! You have no idea how dangerous the research missions for it were. That's the best novel I've written so far!"

"I didn't know you were that kind of person, sensei." Nagato turned his back on them and left the room, leaving Jiraiya and him alone.

He reassured his teacher. "Don't worry about it. Nagato will be fine. I'll explain to Konan about it too."

The white-haired man sighed in relief. "Thanks, Yahiko."

"No problem!" Yahiko looked around, seeing they were all alone. This was his chance! He whispered, "Sensei, don't tell the rest I said this, but your novel is super amazing! Can you teach me how to do research for it? As your student, I wish to learn from you and improve myself!"

Jiraiya's eyes lit up.

"Hah! You think so too? But you're still too young to tag along for my research. I can lend you some of my novels to read and you can let me know your thoughts. I plan to publish it in the future hehe."

"Of course!" Yahiko grinned and gave a thumbs up.

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