"No."
Naruto glared at Jiraiya who crossed his arms over his chest defensively, "Why not!?"
"Because you still haven't given me the genin instructor papers I asked you for." Hiruzen said matter of factually, "Besides. Why do you want the sword anyway?"
"It's for me," Naruto said helpfully and watched the old mans elbow slide of the desk in surprise.
"Smooth kid."
"You?" Hiruzen parroted incredulously. "Why would you need the Kusanagi sword? More importantly- how do you even know about the sword?"
Naruto shrugged, "I read about it and saw the thing in the bingo-book. Figured I could use an indestructible sword since the one I used to have is busted and the one I bought isn't compatible to the extent I want it to be."
"And the Kusanagi is?"
"Only one way to find out, right?"
Hiruzen shook his head but chuckled all the same, "Alright, I'll allow you two to collect his bounty, but I want those papers Jiraiya."
"On one condition!" The man opened his mouth to protest but shut it again and sighed. There was no winning with his student.
"Fine, what is it?"
"I get to pick what students I want. No questions and no arguments."
That.. wasn't a bad deal. "Fine." he gave in.
Meanwhile, Naruto just knew he'd come to regret this whole thing. Knowing Ero-sennin then he'd get someone annoying just to piss him off and most likely a bunch of fan-girls just because he could. Bastard.
"Alright, brat. Let's go get you that sword!" Jiraiya declared and took hold of the boy's vest and hauled him out of the window with himself quickly following behind.
The Hokage rubbed his temples, a headache coming from not only the paperwork but from the mere presence of his white-haired student who'd suddenly become a father of all things in the world.
"What a headache." he muttered and got back to work.
"So why haven't you told Jiji about us yet?" Naruto asked once they were safely outside of the village. It wasn't the usual travelling-time since most missions went out during the morning and thus the road was almost empty this time around. And yes, the two of them walked on the road since they didn't have any deadline to meet unless you counted four months. Waiting for Mito to finish her affairs had taken longer than expected.
Jiraiya contemplated the question for a while but then he sighed, "I figured the less know about it the better and if I know the old man like I think I do then he'll pump the both of us dry of information about the future. Besides," he frowned up at the sun, "Orochi-teme hasn't gone sour yet. Maybe we can do something about him this time around. If I manage to steer him away from wanting the seat of Hokage then maybe he'll never start experimenting on kids again."
"Well, I suppose I could start spewing the bullshit about becoming Hokage again. I mean it worked the first time around, didn't it?"
He snorted, "That might work but what about Minato? He wants to be Hokage as well."
"I haven't even thought about that to be honest." Naruto admitted, "I have no idea what to make of the two of us. Mom won't come to Konoha and they'll never meet which means I'll never be born. That's one issue out of the way but da- Minato and I are almost the same age." He ran a hand threw his hair in frustration, "I don't even know the guy! Argh, I don't care. For all I know he's a stranger much less my dad. As far as I'm concerned you're the closest thing I've had to a real one anyway."
Even if Naruto said it like that, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel rather happy about it. Minato was like the son he'd never had, but so was Naruto and perhaps even more so since he'd known the boy for far longer than Minato.
"I get it." He said, surprisingly seriously for once, "Unlike me you have to find your own place in this time. I've already got mine established and as far as you're concerned you don't have any relatives or ties. According to your backstory you're not even from Fire Country.. So if you want to get to know Minato in the future then I recommend you do it as a friend and not as the son of an already dead man. Minato isn't going to die this time around and he might very well turn out completely different now that Kushina isn't here."
"I still want him to make the Hiraishin though.." Naruto said quietly, "No matter what- he was still my hero growing up."
Jiraiya smiled, "I'm pretty sure that we can push him into fuinjutsu one way or another. He always loved that stuff anyway. But you might want to keep the hero-worship to a down-low."
Naruto snorted, "Please. The last thing I'm going to do is actively seek the man out and kiss the ground where he walks. It might be best we keep away from each other altogether. We look too alike from what I've heard anyway."
"You're not that similar in looks. To be honest, you look more like Kushina if it wasn't for your hair- and eye-colour and tan. Even those aren't the same. Your eyes are both a bit darker, and your hair is a warmer yellow. He's also paler than you. At best you could pass as distant relatives, not more." Jiraiya said matter of factually.
"That's oddly reassuring." he raised his brows at the revelation.
"Don't worry about it. If it comes down to it, then we'll handle it then. There are tons of people who's got doppelgangers."
"That's not reassuring." Naruto grimaced, "Imagine two Orochimaru or two of you."
Jiraiya sniffed, "Don't disrespect the legendary toad sage!"
"Ah!" He stopped walking and snapped his fingers, "Do you think I can still use the summoning contract?"
The man blinked and scratched his head, "No idea. Let's check when we're further away from the village."
The chibi Hokage nodded and continued onward with a new lightness in his steps.