Naruto and Menma' Determination

Menma returned to his house after separating from Murasaki and others.

"Mom, I'm back!" Menma called out as he entered his house.

"Menma!" An excited voice came from the room as Karin dashed out. She reached in front of Menma with an excited expression and asked.

"So, how was your match? Who did you play with?"

"My opponent was Neji. He was truly strong." Menma nodded his head as he answered while walking in.

"Karin, you seem overexcited to see Menma that you even dropped off your work." Yuki walked out of the kitchen while holding Marie in her hands as she spoke with a smile on her face.

"Ahh! Sorry, I will finish it right now." Karin couldn't help but blush fiercely as she ran back to the kitchen.

"Mom, you are teasing her too much." Seeing her expression, Menma couldn't help but roll his eyes at his mother.

"Humph! Who asked you to bring a daughter-in-law at such a young age?" Although Yuki's words sounded a bit angry, her face was full of smiles.

Menma rolled his eyes and turned away toward his room.

"By the way, don't forget to come out for dinner." Yuki shouted with a helpless smile on her face.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Menma nonchalantly answered while entering his room.

"This boy. He is becoming too obsessed with training." Yuki helplessly shook her head and walked inside the kitchen.

For some reason, after he returned two years later, she found that Menma was extremely hurried in increasing his strength.

Menma who had entered his room immediately took out several scrolls from his pockets and put them on the bed.

He opened those scrolls and put his hand on his chin.

'Currently, the best way to increase my strength is by devouring Urashiki. It's just that he will only come in the past after two years unless he is already killed in the future.'

'Except for him, there are only a few ways I could increase my strength. The first is definitely improving my Eight Inner Gates. Currently, I have only opened my first inner gate permanently.'

'If I can open up to three gates within a month, I will have a similar to that of Naruto after he uses his tail beast Chakra. But, considering the fact that he will meet Jiraya this month, he might get a chance to train Sage Mode.'

'I am pretty sure Kakashi will give this task to Jiraya since Naruto is almost ready for it. With the help of Sage Mode, he will definitely enter the Quasi-Kage Level.'

'And, if we combine Nine Tails' Chakra, even if it is just a two or three tails cloak, he will have the strength of Kage.'

'If I want to counter him, I need three major powerups. First, I need to complete Flying Thunder God- Earth and Heaven Seals.'

'Second, I need to upgrade my inner gates to the third gate. Second, I need to perfectly master my Five Elemental Bending Mode.'

Thinking about it, he started having some headaches as he didn't even know what to start with.

Finally, he gave up and decided to relax his mind with his family.

Yuki was extremely happy and the whole family started having a big dinner.

Next Day,

"Kakashi Sensei, are you sure this is the Pervy Sage that can teach me Sage Mode?" Naruto pointed his finger at a white-haired man who was lusting over the ladies bathing in a pool.

Kakashi opened his mouth but the word couldn't come out.

Since he promised Naruto to help him find Jiraya, he took Naruto to find him. It's just that he didn't expect to find Jiraya while he was collecting the materials for his novel.

"Ahem! Naruto, don't call him with such a name! He is one of the sanin and also the teacher of the Fourth Hokage. He is as powerful as Lord Hokage."

Finally, Kakashi couldn't bear Naruto's uninterested gaze over Jiraya and finally decided to speak for him.

"Really? He looks nothing more than a pervert." Naruto narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiraya in disdain but he didn't underestimate Jiraya.

"Boy, who are you calling a pervert?" Jiraya who could easily hear their conversation finally couldn't bear it so he rushed in front of Naruto and shouted.

"Aren't you a pervert? Looking at a woman's bath like an old pervert." Naruto rolled his eyes and sneered at him.

But his voice was really loud. The women in the bath immediately heard him and ran out to wear their clothes.

"You brat, how can you understand my position? This is not peeping. It's gathering material." Jiraya couldn't help but feel bleak when he saw those women running away from the pool.

Seeing this, he shouted at Naruto while showing his majesty.

"Humph! Don't lie to children! Just admit that you are a pervert. I can prove it to you."

[Seduction Jutsu]

The next moment, Naruto transformed into a sexy naked lady and made a sexy pose.

Spurt!

Seeing the naked lady, Jiraya couldn't help but bleed from his nose.

"Humph! See, you are nothing but a pervert just like Old Man Hokage." Naruto snorted while folding his arms in front of his chest.

Jiraya couldn't help but wipe out his nose. Kakashi who was standing next to Naruto already knew about Naruto's seduction Jutsu so he didn't feel much.

But, he was still curious how Naruto managed to learn such Jutsu.

"Ahem! Master Jiraya, I brought Naruto here to ask you for something." Kakashi finally couldn't bear their conversation so he decided to speak when he got the chance.

"Do you need something?" Jiraya immediately caught Naruto's identity but he still pretended not to know anything in front of Naruto while he asked Kakashi.

"Well, Naruto has been training with me for two years so he has grown significantly stronger. It's just that if he wants to get even stronger, he needs a power boost."

"According to his friend, Naruto is extremely talented in Sage Mode especially due to his massive Chakra Reserve, so I was hoping you can teach him Sage Mode." Kakashi spoke.

Hearing his words, Jiraya instantly got serious as he asked.

"Kakashi, are you serious about this? You should know the difficulty of practicing Sage Mode. You can't joke about this."

Kakashi nodded his head and spoke.

"In fact, I can personally say that Naruto has the strength of a Jonin. Although he hasn't practiced more than one Chakra Release, his taijutsu is more than strong enough to make me serious."

"Of course, he is also proficient in Wind Release alongside Rasengan. And, right now, he can also use a certain amount of Nine Tails' Chakra without getting out of control."

"So, the next thing that can increase his strength is Sage Mode."

Jiraya was stunned when he heard that. He couldn't help but stare at Naruto for a moment before looking at Kakashi.

"Are you sure that he is so strong? He is just a brat."

"Pervy Sage, don't underestimate me!"

Naruto immediately released his immense Chakra and shouted.

Seeing this, Jiraya and even Kakashi were surprised. Kakashi couldn't help but ponder.

'Did Naruto learn this trick from Menma?'

On the other hand, Jiraya also got curious about Naruto. He turned his head at Naruto and asked.

"Little ghost, if you are already so powerful, why are you in such a hurry to get stronger? If you stay quiet for a few years and properly strengthen your foundation, it would be even better, wouldn't it?"

"You could even reach Kage Level strength without Sage Mode just like me."

Naruto heard his words and clenched his fist.

"It's because I don't want to lose to Menma. He is a genius when it comes to Ninjutsu. He always has a trick up his sleeve that he could burst out at any moment."

"His only weakness was Chakra but he has completely overcome that weakness. He is also good at Taijutsu, at least, except me, Neji, and Lee, nobody should be his opponent in Taijutsu."

"He has also learned Flying Thunder God Jutsu and created a powerful Jutsu that allows him to perform Ninjutsu without any seals."

"He also has Eight Inner Gates just like me. In the battle, he might not use Flying Thunder God because that is his killing move."

Suddenly, Naruto raised his head and looked at Jiraya with blazing determination in his eyes.

"But, Pervy Sage, I don't want him to hold back. He is the only person who was never afraid or envious of my progress."

"He is the only person who helped me get stronger, even stronger than him. He is my closest and best friend but….."

"He is also my rival. I don't want him to hold back in the battle against me because this might be the last battle between us."

"That's why I must get stronger. Only then I can force him to use everything he has in the battle."

"My dream is to become the strongest Hokage. Although the strongest won't be Hokage, the Hokage must be the strongest."

"So, I must defeat him in the next battle."