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"I guess it's curiosity. Sorry for being weird about it. I just wanted to know how you dealt with it. I wonder if you'll have me fighting bandits or something so I just thought I'd be prepared for whatever," Naruto said and while Jiraiya could see the small logic in Naruto's thinking, he was still concerned though against his better judgement he decided to tell Naruto.

"For me it didn't go well. I really thought low of myself to kill someone. It was back when I was a genin like you. I cried and cursed myself. I even stopped eating for about five days. Luckily Sarutobi-sensei and Tsunade helped me deal. Orochimaru tried, but he wasn't the comforting type, but he told me in his own way. They just reminded me that this was a part of my job and it came with the responsibility. As long as I don't fine the joy in it, then I'm still human," Jiraiya said and Naruto nodded like he had just affirmed something for himself.

Jiraiya saw the small smile on Naruto's face and the sight of it made the man's heart lighten a little. He then spotted the seal on Naruto's right hand and gazed at it. It looked very complex and powerful. Even he with all his knowledge on Fuinjutsu didn't know what type of seal it was.

"Hey Naruto, what's that seal on your hand?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto mentally gulped and cursed that he didn't have the common sense to try and hide the damn thing.

Of course people would ask him where he got something like this. Who wouldn't? Even Sakura asked what it was and she normally didn't take any interest in what Naruto did. The blonde looked at his seal, his connect to the Shinigami, the God of Death.

"Oh this is a storage seal that someone made for me. They said that it could help me with my training. It's supposed to keep my 'other' chakra from getting too wild and allowing me to control it better," Naruto said hoping that was enough to get by.

Jiraiya looked at the blonde intently and Naruto tried his hardest to look calm so that Jiraiya would buy it. He mentally gulped and was about to break down, but luckily for him Jiraiya stopped and turned to the road.

"That's one nicely made seal. For me to not even know it must be something good. Well we'll see about during your training," Jiraiya said and Naruto accepted that.

He could pass this off, but it made the blonde burn into his mind that he needed to get his right hand covered. It didn't matter with what, but it just needed to be covered at the moment.

"Close call huh brat?" Kyuubi asked snickering since he watched the scene in front of his container's eyes. He could almost laugh his heart out when he saw that. Meanwhile, Naruto grumbled at his tenant.

"That wasn't funny furball. I thought I was gonna get found out for a second. Man that was scary," Naruto said mentally making Kyuubi giggle.

"So are you finally going to stop acting like a wimp and kill somebody or are you still worried about that?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto looked at the ground.

He wasn't sure if he was still alright with killing someone, but for his parents he would do anything. He was sure that he would have a tough time dealing with it, but he was sure that he could work it out. He was Naruto Uzumaki, he never backed down.

Sure he was unsure about it, but he thought it would be right. He could only hope that when his parents were brought back then they would feel the same way. He then widened his eyes and looked at Jiraiya with a sigh.

"Ero-sennin, do you think we could go shopping also? I need some new clothes," Naruto said and Jiraiya stopped walking. Naruto stopped a bit in front of him and raised an eyebrow.

"Ero-sennin?" Naruto asked and immediately the blonde was brought into a hug.

"I knew you weren't a lost cause kid. Your damn right we'll go shopping and get you out of that damn orange monstrosity you call clothing. I can't believe you finally see the light!" Jiraiya said crying and Naruto sweatdropped.

Oh come on, was orange really that bad that Jiraiya had to cry tears of joy that Naruto was changing his attire?

"I still want some orange in it! No matter what you think, orange is cool and I like it!" Naruto yelled and Jiraiya sighed before setting the blonde down.

"Deal kid. This might be a good trip after all. Let's hurry, the first town is still quite a ways away. We'll be there by nightfall if we hurry," Jiraiya said picking up the pace. Naruto nodded and ran after his sensei with a simple smile on his face.