Jiraiya:
Three of them? What’s going on here?! How could there be three Rinnegan?! Must be his Jutsu. There has to be some kind of trick behind it!

Shima:
This would happen just as I was about to prepare dinner!

Hukasaku:
Ma! Never mind about that! Just stay focused on the opponent in front of us! You got it?!

Shima:
What did you just say to me?!

Jiraiya:
Well, I guess it’s about time for me to make my move. From this moment onward! Let’s Sage Jutsu prevail and triumph! Look to the halos and heavenly canopies! Gallant Jiraiya shall…

Hukasaku and Shima:
Quite yacking in our ears so loud! Would ya?!

Jiraiya:
Ooh… All my posturing keeps getting interrupted today…

Shima:
Let’s wrap this up quick! I have to get home! I do have to whip up some dinner, you know?!

Hukasaku:
Ma! This guy's eyes are a much bigger issue than any dinner! Now stay alert! This is the ultimate Visual Jutsu!

Shima:
I don’t care! Don’t you dare belittle a housewife's dilemma of what to cook day in and day out, you ungrateful old coot!

Hukasaku:
How dare you use that tone of voice with me! I was only trying to look out for you, you know!

Shima:
And whoever asked you to look out for me, old man!

Jiraiya:
Oagh… Who are the ones yacking in whose ears now?

[One of Pain attacks Jiraiya but Jiraiya fights back]

Pain:
Not bad…

Jiraiya:
Now, can we put aside your spousal differences for once and get this battle over with already!

Shima:
Huh! Fine! I’ll cook up some fried [beans] tonight! Boy bring the oil and pa you’re wind style!

Jiraiya:
Yes ma’am! Sage Art! Bath of Boiling Oil!!

[One of Pain absorb the fire]

Shima:
You think it worked?!

Jiraiya:
All the oil just vanished!

Shima:
They should have been blasted by it!

Hukasaku:
That one probably as trick of his sleeves too!

[Jiraiya transformed]

Jiraiya:
How about all of us go check it out in close combat?

Hukasaku:
Let’s go!

Jiraiya:
Massive Rasengan!!

[One of Pain absorb the chakra]

Jiraiya:
What?! He is absorbing my whole Jutsu! That must be what he did earlier too!

Hukasaku:
There! Behind you!

Jiraiya:
Huh?!

[Hukasaku made a smoke screen]

Hukasaku:
We've taken his back!

[Pain block Jiraiya’s attack]

Jiraiya:
What?! He blocked my Sage Mode attack without even looking!

[Jiraiya take the Pain’s back]

Jiraiya:
Sage Art! Kebari Senbon!!

[Pain block Jiraiya’s attack with summoning]

Jiraiya:
Agh…! Not a single wasted movement… I would’ve gotten him but he hadn’t dodge that attack. But instead, he blocked with that summoning without ever turning around! What’s going on?! Blocking my attacks not once, but twice! It’s no verbal signals or even eye contact between them at all! Even if all three are sensory types, they still have to seeing the attack’s coming to be able to encounter it! Kebari Senbon is my fastest Jutsu and has the widest attack range of all the Jutsu in my arsenal. The only way to defend against is with the shield. Like he just did… and without even looking! So now he simply knew… These guys are no ordinary clones.

Hukasaku:
You said they have a trick of their sleeves, and you were right Jiraiya boy!

Shima:
What?!

Hukasaku:
Haven’t you noticed it yet?!

Jiraiya:
No, what is it?

Hukasaku:
When we got behind these guys earlier, you picked your target and attacked him from his blind spot, isn’t that right?! Back then, one of the other guys… he was steering right out of us in the entire time…

Jiraiya:
Yeah, I noticed that too but I didn’t think any of it. I saw absolutely no signs and they weren't signaling each other in any way either verbally or with eye contact.

Hukasaku:
That’s it! It’s their eyes! All three of them have the exact same eyes!

Jiraiya:
Huh?!

Hukasaku:
What if their trick is that they can share whatever they see with each other? Each see is what the other see?!

Jiraiya:
So all three pairs of eyes are sharing images then. That’s what your hypothesis is?

Hukasaku:
That’s right! That’s would I suspect. Still, what in tarnation are they!

Jiraiya:
This is bad… Under these circumstances will my Ninjutsu is been mullified. To face all three in once is just too much! At this rate, If I enter battle even in Sage Mode… I’ll be killed. I never imagined he would be this strong.

Hukasaku:
Pull back for now Jiraiya boy.

Jiraiya:
Right!

[Jiraiya disappeared]

Pain:
He has escaped into the pipes…


In Attendance, the Six Paths of Pain



Shima:
Why are we running away?!

Hukasaku:
We have to analyze the Six Paths and come up with the strategy. We need some time to put it all together. Now, those three may all look like different, but each of them has the same distinctive pupiles. In short, every one of them seems to possess the Six Paths Rinnegan!

Jiraiya:
But even if one of those three guys really is Nagato, I can’t believe that there are many people milling around with the Rinnnegan. So what in the world is going on here?!

Hukasaku:
Whichever one of those is the real Pain isn’t really the problem that we will have to face here, Jiraiya boy. The real problem is that for better or worse, three Rinnegan holders exist. We must fight them.

Jiraiya:
Just who?! Or what is Pain?!

Hukasaku:
Well, it’s still not clear. We don’t know that yet. But there is a we little bit that we can get out on our own! Their visions are linked, they share images between them. That’s the ability that those eyes possess.

Shima:
Yes… but what is all of that mean exactly and how is that will be the advantage in battle?

Hukasaku:
Let me put it at simply as I can. In the same way the three security cameras shoot three different angles of the same image. Those guys are able to see three separate pupils all at the same time! So if just one of them can see their target, then the other two can attack or counter with the ideal move and with perfect timing without even seeing their foe or with their own eyes at all! So they got triple the sight of everyone else! And unlike the weakness of the Byakugan, they can always keep guard each other’s blind spots. All without leaving any hand signs or manipulating chakra.

Shima:
It does make for an invincible combination…

Jiraiya:
Well then, we’ll have to sprit them up and fight them separately. I’m absolutely positive I can win facing them one on one. But since they possess such abilities, fighting as a team will have to be their base mode of attack. And they bet all they can not to get sprit up. Taijutsu isn’t going to work against them. And any Ninjutsu would be just absorbed like before…

Hukasaku:
If a Taijyutu and Ninyutsu won’t work, the only other option is Genjutsu!

Shima:
Yes.

Jiraiya:
It’s too bad I’m a big dud when it comes to using Genjutsu. But as I recall, the two of you…

Hukasaku:
Hmm… Yes, you’re right about that Jiraiya boy. If the former student of yours, then they are undoubtedly know that you don’t use Genjutsu very much. But that might just give us an opening that we can use!

Shima:
No way! I’m not gonna doet! You understand me?!

Jiraiya:
Uh? What are you two talking about?!

Hukasaku:
Agh… Listen, ma… world peace could very well behave of outcomes of this battle right here! So this is no time for you to be selfish!

Shima:
I don’t care about the senile old gizzard’s prophecies!

Hukasaku:
But Great Lord Elder told us to get along! Or did you conveniently forget that again?!

Jiraiya:
So… I don’t get it. Why do you object this so much?

Shima:
I can’t sing a duet with pa! Not at this plump live old age… it’s embarrassing!

Jiraiya:
Huh?! What? Duet?

Hukasaku:
Yes, our most powerful Genjutsu is a jyutu when we found an opponent’s sense of hearing with song!

Jiraiya:
With song huh? I see… so that’s why we’re retreated.

Hukasaku:
That’s correct. This Genjustu is very powerful but its one major weakness is that once we make a sound, our aware about our reveal to the enemy. To make it work, we have to combine sound and create melody to trap the enemy inside the Genjutsu. And it’ll takes a little time to whole thing to take effect. If they figure out where we are, before caught in Genjutsu and attack us, we will surly lose… But once they ‘re caught under our spell, victory is assured!

[Jiraiya stoped running]

Hukasaku:
What is it, boy?

Jiraiya:
If your lives are in danger in this fight, I want you to free yourself from my shulders.

Hukasaku:
Huh?! No, no way! The fate of the Ninja world could depend on this battle, Jiraiya boy!

Jiraiya:
I have a plan in mind. But it’s a gamble… a big one.

Hukasaku:
Do tell…

[Three Pain are searching Jiraiya]

Jiraiya:
Please begin…

Hukasaku:
Hm…

[Hukasaku and Shima start singing]

Pain:
Huh? What is that? That sound… it’s frog’s croaking…

[Suddenly Pain felt the effect of Genjutsu]

Pain:
A Genjutsu?! It’s coming from in there…

[Three pain approaching to Jiraiya]

Pain:
A shadow clone?!

Jiraiya:
Fire style, Giant Flame Bomb!

Pain:
So that’s your move.

Jiraiya:
Good! My gamble paid off! The big guy went after the Jutsu to absorb it just like I thought! The first one only uses summoning! And both times my Jutsu were absorbed was the big guy who did it! So, it's just as I suspected! Each of them only possesses a single type of ability. Right now, the big one’s eyes are focusing on my Jutsu! The other one I blinded earlier. So there’s only one of them… still looking at me!

Pain:
This one too?!

Jiraiya:
Gotcha!

[One of Pain were trapped]

Pain:
I can’t move…

Pain:
This is the dark swamp…

Hukasaku:
Just a little more!

Jiraiya:
Now we’re finally one on one!

[Jiraiya attack Pain]

Jiraiya:
I’m not letting you summon!

[All Pain were trapped in Genjutsu]

Pain:
So… you got us.

Jiraiya:
You’re trapped inside the Genjutsu paralysis that binds your psyche. Now none of your bodies, even main body will be able to move at all.

Pain:
Jiraiya-sensei… I didn’t expect a Genjutsu like this from you of all people…

Jiraiya:
I thought I taught you better, don’t let your guard down no matter who your opponent is, Nagato… You erred in your decision…

[Past]

Nagato:
All I want to do is to protect those two… No matter what kind of pain I may be forced to endure…

Jiraiya:
I understand…


Jiriaya:
Instead of trying to rule the world through pain… I wished to remove past and use your to create peace in a positive way…

[Past]

Great Lord Elder:
That apprentice will become a ninja who bring about a great change in the Ninja World. That is what I foresaw in my dream. Either great stability or great destruction are likes which this world is never seen. But which of these two I cannot say…


Jiraiya:
For just a little while there. I believed that you are the one. Farewell, Nagato.

Pain:
Agh…

[All Pain were stabbed to death]

Jiraiya:
It’s finally over…

[Hukasaku and Shima are coughing]

Jiraiya:
Are you guys doing all right?

Hukasama:
Boy… that genjyutu song is certainly hard on through, I’ll tell you that.

Shima:
And it’s really difficult keeping tempo with pa too. That jyutu isn’t easy in any way, shape or form… Damages to through stretch the lower jaw to let surge creates wrinkle…

Jiraiya:
You have my profound apologies. But at least you both can take a rest now… You see, I believe I finally made my selection…

Pain:
Didn’t you teach me never to let my guard down? Did you forget? Jiraiya sesei…

[Blast]

Shima:
Lad! Your left arm! You’re injured!

Jiraiya:
I’m aware of that!

Hukasaku:
What is… going on?!

Jiraiya:
This new one’s got the different face than the other three had… He was probably summoned earlier… But we weren’t aware of it now…

Hukasaku:
I see… Back before they caught under our Genjutsu then…

Pain:
All right then…

[Six Pain appeared]

Jiraiya:
Agh!

Pain:
The Six Paths of Pain, in attendance…

Hukasaku:
Six now?! We have to defeat six of them?!

Shima:
And take a good close look! The three we just took down are among them too!

Hukasaku:
The only thing I can think of is that the new summoned one mast have revived them with some sort of jyutu!

Shima:
Is there a Jutsu that can revive as many as three people when they are undoubtedly dead and gone?! Are these guys even human at all?!

Jiraiya:
Who knows… Just what exactly are you Pain?

Pain:
That name… is an alias. “Pain” is actually a designation that refers to six of us as a group.

Jiraiya:
But why? Why are there six Rinnegan barriers? Agh… You… you are…


<Preview>

Jiraiya:
Never going back on your word. No matter what. Never giving up despite what may odds tell you to do. Naruto… That is your Ninja Way. Then as your mentor, I have no business wining. Because is everyone knows… a student inherits his Ninja Way from his teacher. Next time, "The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant". Till then catch all the excitement… won’t you?



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