26. Karma is awesome dattebayo!

Naruto also noticed that he had a scar in the middle of his chest showing where the Shinigami had pierced him.

"If your so sure of your responsibilities then you will bear them. I'll keep watching you. Your sword will on my sword properties. Don't abuse it. Your training will begin when I deem you fit," Shin said and disappeared.

Naruto continued to look at the darkness and turned to his sword. He took up the sword in his hands. The weight was still there, but the blonde wasn't focused on that at the moment. He unsheathed his sword and started at it. It didn't look any different from the shiny metal that it already was, but for some weird reason Naruto could feel the essence inside the sword.

Maybe he was dreaming or not, but he knew what he was feeling. It wasn't a normal sword anymore. It was...the sword of the Shinigami.

Neither Kushina nor Jiraiya were aware of what happened that night nor the destiny that would await Naruto because of his choice.

Flashback End

Naruto snapped out of his stupor when he realized that they stopped walking. He looked up and raised an eyebrow when he saw them stop in front of a shinobi store. The blonde raised an eyebrow and turned to Jiraiya like he had expected better.

"I'm being trained here?" Naruto asked and Jiraiya sighed. Kushina giggled while Jiraiya shook his head.

"Of course not. Give me some credit here. We're going to be doing missions. This is one of the contacts to Konoha that handle missions for people like me," Jiraiya said and Naruto crossed his arms and tried to wonder what the hell Jiraiya was talking about.

Even Kushina was confused with that one and Jiraiya sighed.

'I'm surrounded by idiots,' Jiraiya thought to himself and turned to the Uzumaki duo.

"You both know I'm not in Konoha the whole time, but I still take missions. It's because of outposts like this. I receive a mission to this location every two weeks to a month and I submit my reports here. Sarutobi-sensei would give me my pay and it would be added to my mission record," Jiraiya explained making Kushina and Naruto nod that they understood.

Kushina didn't know because such a system wasn't around when Minato was the Hokage. Naruto had no idea since he didn't know what it was like to be an S-rank shinobi, but he would one day.

"So we're here for a mission?" Naruto asked and Jiraiya nodded. Naruto gulped since he was shaky with his fighting. He could run, walk, use chakra to a certain degree, but fighting was kind of different. He doubted he could even take on Sasuke with this much weight holding him down. He was probably lucky he was walking and running let alone training, but that's how he did things.

"So what are we going to do? Fight bandits?" Naruto asked and Kushina turned to Jiraiya. The sage sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"I haven't checked yet. Remember she won't give me anything over the top if your with me. I haven't even told her that Kushina is alive because of you. I can only imagine her surprise," Jiraiya said and Naruto turned to his mother who was smiling, but he wasn't looking at that. He was shuddering because he was looking at her eyes.

"Her eyes aren't smiling. Their not smiling. She's not happy!" Naruto yelled out mentally while Kushina thought over her meeting with Tsunade and how it would go.

"Well that aside, let's go inside. It'll give us the chance to test your skills and see where you still need improvement," Jiraiya said and Naruto gulped.

He didn't really have anything to go one. His mother taught him her taijutsu for the few weeks and she taught him a few katas for his sword which he had gone quite a ways with the Kage Bunshin technique since his mother told him the secret to it and why it was considered a B-ranked jutsu.

Whatever the clone learns and does then dispels then the user will learn it also. That's why it was great for stealth missions and infiltration missions.

Ever since then, he had used his clones to learn how to use his sword to at least genin level and train his taijutsu to mid-chunin. He had a lot of pain and suffering from it al, but it was all in the interest of training.

"Alright let's go. I hope we get something good," Naruto said as he followed Jiraiya and Kushina followed Naruto inside. They came to see an old man behind a desk.

Naruto and Kushina took the chance to observe the inside of the shop. It was filled to the brim with all the latest weapons and outfits from Konoha. It was then that Kushina took the chance to get some things since she hadn't really gone shopping.

Kushina tapped Jiraiya shoulder and smiled. Jiraiya groaned and gave her his wallet and the woman went on a spree as she picked out several weapons, outfits, and tools for herself. Jiraiya tried not to cry while Naruto chuckled at the sight.

Finally all those times Jiraiya took his money were coming right back at him.

"Karma is awesome dattebayo!" Naruto yelled out mentally making Kyuubi nod even though he couldn't see it.

"Even though it can be a bitch at times," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded in agreement. He could attest to that and so could Kyuubi. Jiraiya simply watched as Kushina bought more tools and clothes until she brought them up to the counter.

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