Naruto 376

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[side text: What is Jiraiya's Sennin Mode...?!]
Father: You really need to learn to pull off the Sennin Mode transformation on your own one of these days, Jiraiya-chan.
Jiraiya: You know I'm still just an rookie compared to you guys.
Pein: Both Orochimaru and Jiraiya... // These "Sannin" use very unique abilities.

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Naruto
#376: Prophesied Child
[insert text: Jiraiya's ultimate form!!]
Father: So... where exactly are they? Those... Rikudou's eyes? / I don't see them anywhere...?
Mother: Our eyes must be getting worse with age.

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Jiraiya: No... / He's hiding himself inside a summoned creature with the power of invisibility.
Mother: Must be one of those Chameleons, then.
Jiraiya: I already erected a kekkai to detect him.
Mother: Oh, that's not going to be any use! // We're lookin' for a creature... I'll drag him out in one shot!
Father: Kaa-chan, you shouldn't exert yourself like that! You'll give yourself more wrinkles!
Mother: You can just shut up, Tou-chan!!
Father: But why is it you have to fight this guy... / ...if he's so strong that you can't even face him without our help?

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Jiraiya: He was my own student, once...
Father: !
Mother: !
Father: I've never heard anything about anyone like that! // ...In that case, he too could be -
Mother: The prophesied child...? // But then... why do you fight with him?

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Jiraiya: Well, it looks like he didn't exactly grow up to be a very nice guy. / ...Besides which, I'd heard that he had already died... I was convinced that it couldn't be him.
Father: Well, whatever the case, if he's turned out wrong, he has to die! // That prophecy was just that great old fart's rambling's anyway, forget about it!
Mother: Anyway, here goes! // Found you!

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Pein: ! // (So fast!)
Mother: I've got ya now!

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Chameleon: GUAUARGH!!
Mother: Tou-chan!

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Father: Yeah!

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Mother: So those are the Rinnegan? / They certainly do look like the same eyes from the legend.
Father: I don't like the look of them... / This kid is the prophesied child...?

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Bunta: Jiraiya, the Great Elder's calling you. // You should go right away.
Jiraiya: The Great Frog Sennin...?
Bunta: Looks like there's a prophecy for you!
Jiraiya: Are you for real, Bunta?! // I am here as you asked.

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Elder: Oh, very good, very good! // Ahhh...... // ...Who are you again?
Father: It's Jiraiya, Great Elder, Jiraiya!
Elder: Ahh... of course, of course! You have grown, haven't you...
Mother: Honestly... you were the one who called him. / You stupid old fart!
Father: Kaa-chan, you shouldn't be saying things like that around the Great Elder...! Calling him an old fart...!!
Elder: Now, now, we mustn't be fighting! / Married couples should get along.

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Elder: Now then, er... who are you again?
Father: Jiraiya-chan. / The Great Elder had a dream of you. // As you should well know, this is a prophesy. / Listen, and listen well.
Jiraiya: I shall!
Elder: Then, let me explain... / According to my dream, even you, great pervert that you are, will eventually become a great shinobi. / And when you are grown, you will eventually have a student...
Jiraiya: Pervert, he says... // Doesn't have much trouble remembering that part, does he...

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Elder: That student will one day become one who brings about great change in the world of shinobi... // That is what my dream has foretold.
Jiraiya: Change?
Elder: He will bring about either a peace such as the world has never known... or else its destruction. // One of these two.
Jiraiya: One of them...? / What on earth do you mean?
Elder: You are the one who shall guide this revolutionary. // The time will come when you are forced to make a great choice.
Jiraiya: A choice...?

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Elder: The choice that you make... / ...will be the key to determining which of these two futures comes to pass.
Jiraiya: ......... // ...What... // ...what do I have to do? / ...How do I make the right choice?!
Elder: In my dream, you were travelling the world and writing a book.
Jiraiya: A book...? / But why would I...?
Elder: I cannot say that I know the reason. / Perhaps you wished to traverse the globe and witness all of its wonders.
Jiraiya: And your predictions, Great Elder... // ...have they ever been wrong?

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Elder: Never... And that a human child would chance to wander here to Myouboku Mountain... // ...and to take that child in, grant him the power of the toads, and eventually a prophecy... // That is a dream that I once dreamed... A prophecy for myself.
Jiraiya: (Great Frog Sennin... // I suppose this must be the time for me to make my choice.)
Pein: Kuchiyose no Jutsu......

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[insert text: He has summoned a pair of "Akatsuki"... what is the meaning of this...?!!]
Jiraiya: ! // So now you're doing human summoning? // You turned out to be the one to bring the world's destruction... // In that case, it is my duty as your master to defeat you...
[bottom text: Next week, the author will be taking a break to collect data.]