Jiraiya

Origin

Jiraiya graduated the academy at 6 years old and became the student of The Third Hokage and the teacher of Minato, the would be Fouth Hokage.

Indulging himself

The Young Sannin

In his youth, Jiraiya was eager and energetic, although not the sharpest tool in the shed but made up for his lack off skill with sheer determination, much mirroring Naruto. Also mirroring Naruto is that his best friend, Orochimaru, was his greatest rival and would later be unable to stop Orochimaru when he fled the Leaf village seeking more power. Jiraiya's relationship with Tsunade even mirrors Naruto's friendship with Sakura, seeing that the two are close but Tsunade never returns Jiraiya's affections.

Growing Up

When Jiraiya got older he went to the mysterious Myouboku mountain to train with the ninja frogs/toads (the very same that he now summons). There he was told of a prophecy by the great sage where he'd wander the world and write a book, but he'd also not only become a pervert without equal but also an incredible ninja, and that his students would bring about a revolution that will bring peace to the world or utterly destroy it, and that Jiraiya would have to make a difficult choice. After leaving Myouboku mountain, Jiraiya fought along-side Orochimaru and Tsunade in the great shinobi war. This would lead to a confrontation with the infamous leader of the Rain village, Hanzo, who'd dub the three the "Sannin."

During this time in the Rain village, he'd meet three Rain orphans: Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko. They asked the Sannin for some food and Jiraiya gave them his. The orphans started following the Sannin and Konan used the wrapper from the food to fold Jiraiya a flower, but their presence started to annoy Tsunade who told them to go away. Orochimaru at which point suggested that the kindest thing they could do was to kill them since their lives as orphans in a war-torn country will consist of nothing but misery, but Jiraiya was outraged at the comment and told Tsunade and Orochimaru to return to the Leaf village without him. Jiraiya then took the orphans under his care for 3 years to teach them how to survive on their own, and even decided to teach them ninjutsu.

Training the Rain orphans

Jiraiya's genin squad

Some time later Jiraiya trained a group of genin, one being Minato. The two were very close and both shared admiration for the other. Jiraiya later left the Leaf village to explore the world and write his book. When Jiraiya wrote his first book, it was basically a story about his life but in the book he called himself Naruto. Jiraiya gave Minato a copy of the book and Minato greatly enjoyed it, as he told Jiraiya his opinion of it he told Jiraiya that he and Kushina Uzumaki want their son to be just like Jiraiya and said they were going to name their son "Naruto." He was also asked to be Naruto's godfather. Afterwards Jiraiya started juggling writing his book, peeping on women, keeping taps on the Rain orphans, gathering info on a mysterious new group called Akatsuki, and continued to try to capture Orochimaru while living a nomadic life.

Jiraiya first meets Naruto after the 3rd Hokage prolongs the chuunin exams so the genins can acquire new abilities, inadvertently interrupting Naruto's training with Ebisu (Jiraiya was caught peeping on women in a nearby bath house). Not knowing who Jiraiya is but quickly realized how powerful he is by witnessing him easily defeat an angered Ebisu whose a special jonin and hounded Jiraiya to be his teacher. Jiraiya tried to ditch Naruto a few times, but later accepted once Naruto used his "Sexy" technique. Seeing that Jiraiya only agreed when Naruto made himself look like a beautiful naked girl, he got angered and accused Jiraiya of being nothing more than a little pervert, which greatly annoyed Jiraiya who replied "I am NOT a little pervert!!! ...I'm a big one."

When the Sand and Sound villages attacked the Leaf village, Jiraiya made a grand (albeit late) entrance by crushing one of the giant snakes with his giant frog. After the 3rd Hokage's death, Jiraiya was offered the position of Hokage by the village elders, but turned it down saying that he'd be horrible. They wouldn't take no for an answer, saying that only one of Konoha's three legendary ninjas could be the next Hokage... which got Jiraiya to go out looking for Tsunade who left the village many years ago and has since become hard to find. He had Naruto travel with him so that he could look for Tsunade and train Naruto at the same time.

Saving Naruto

Getting a drink

During that time, jariya taught Naruto the Rassengan wich he tried to use on tsunade.He and Naruto found Tsunade when they went into a restaurant. Tsunade was very surprised to see him, but even more surprised to find out that she is to be the next Hokage... which she turns down, saying that only a fool would want to be a Hokage, which greatly annoyed Naruto who demanded retribution and Tsunade decided to teach him a lesson so they went outside where Naruto lost... badly. Realizing that Orochimaru came to her trying to make a deal, Jiraiya asked her out for sake so they could talk in private and Jiraiya showed both great concern for the choice she was thinking of making, and warned her what he'd do if she helped Orochimaru. However, Jiraiya was too trusting of his good friend (and maybe a little too drunk) to notice Tsunade slip a drug in Jiraiya's drink and run off. Jiraiya returned to Tsunade's apartment the next morning, hardly able to stand or throw a kunai straight (as noted since he tried to throw one at Shizune).

Sannin battle

Master & Apprentice

After the two and a half year time skip, Jiraiya taught Naruto how to fully utilize the potential of his Shadow Clones, create a more powerful version of the Rasengan, and how to combat genjutsu. He may have taught him much more, since Tsunade made the comment that Jiraiya packed Naruto full of power. He also unsuccessfully tried to further teach Naruto how to control the Kyuubi's chakra, getting badly injured in the process.

Teacher and Student, on Equal Grounds

After spying on Akatsuki and trying to find information on their leader for almost three years, Jiraiya finally got on the right track and got ready to set on his way to face down the leader of Akatsuki, Pein... much to the dismay of Tsunade. Jiraiya decided to make a wager with her, and Tsunade bet that Jiraiya would die, seeing as how she always loses.

Jiraiya took control of a Rain ninja by possessing his shadow and infiltrated the Rain village, but was attacked by Konan. He was forced to release the possession and the Rain ninja fled under orders from Konan. Konan attacked Jiraiya but was sprayed by oil which made her paper stick together and was bound by Jiraiya's hair. He then started to question her and recalled when he first met her, Yahiko, and Nagato. Pein's Beast Realm body appeared and summoned a giant lobster to free Konan, which it did but was destroyed by Jiraiya. Pein told Konan to leave but himself was then captured by Jiraiya's hair. Realizing Pein is actually Nagato because of his eyes, Jiraiya started questioning Pein. Confident in himself, Pein decided to tell Jiraiya his plans before he killed him and used used a Substitution technique right when Jiraiya dealt the death blow, Pein then reappeared riding a giant chameleon. Jiraiya summoned a giant toad named Gamaken, then Pein climbed in the chameleon's mouth which then became invisible. Jiraiya set his detection barrier while he told Gamaken to buy him time to use Hermit Mode.

Hermit Mode

The two toads on Jiraiya's shoulders destroyed Pein's chameleon and Pein then summoned two of his 5 other bodies to aid him, the Hungry Ghost Realm and Hell Realm bodies. Hell attacked Jiraiya, but was sent flying with a roundhouse to the face, blinding him. Jiraiya then used a combo technique with Ma and Pa called Deep Fryer but Hungry Ghost absorbed the technique. Jiraiya then used Ultimate Rasengan, but was once again absorbed by Hungry Ghost Pein. Hell attempted to attack Jiraiya from behind, but Jiraiya dodged and Pa threw a smoke bomb, Jiraiya then attacked Hell Pein, but was blocked, he then got behind Beast Pein and used Hair Needle Barrage, but Beast shielded himself by summoning a large stone panda. Jiraiya was curious as to how both attacks were ineffective despite being in their blind spots, but realized with the elder toads that all of the bodies are able to see what the others see.

The Frog Song

Pa suggested a tactical retreat and him and Jiraiya started discussing what they know about Pein while hiding. They realized that with those bodies' abilities and teamwork, they're forced into a corner and figured that the best way to defeat them is to separate them since ninjutsu and taijutsu isn't going to be very effective against the trio due to their abilities, genjutsu is all they have left, but Jiraiya isn't very good with genjutsu and Pein knew this so Ma and Pa attempt to do their most powerful genjutsu, one based on using sound. Pein(s) chased after where the sound was coming from and found Jiraiya, but he was ambushed by Jiraiya's Shadow Clone who used a giant fire blast. Hungry Ghost attempted to absorb it, which Jiraiya knew it would, but it's very cloud-like and is keeping him blinded while Jiraiya used a miniature Swamp of the Underworld to trap Hell, leaving only Jiraiya and Beast. Beast attempted to summon, but Jiraiya kicking him in the chest and sent him flying. By this time, Ma and Pa's genjutsu took effect, placing Pein(s) in a clear water-filled box surrounded by 4 metal frog statues wearing armor and holding swords. Jiraiya told him that "Nagato, you have made a mistake with your role. Instead of guiding the world with pain, you should overcome pain with strength. That's what I hoped you'd accomplish. Though only for a little while, I believed in you. Farewell." In reality the three laid out on the ground incapacitated while Jiraiya stabbed each of them in the heart with giant swords.

Ambushed!

Ma and Pa started coughing from singing. Jiraiya said that he made his choice... but then one of Pein's other bodies appeared behind Jiraiya and sent him flying through a wall, tearing off Jiraiya's left arm in the process. Two more of Pein's bodies appeared and pulled the swords out of the three fallen and were brought back to life, Pa deduced that one of the bodies have the ability to resurrect the others. As Jiraiya looked at them, he became shocked and said "y-you..."

Though some of the resulting battle went unseen, it's known that Jiraiya fled into a summoned frog's stomach and was impaled in his right forearm and shoulder with a black spike that extended from Beast Pein's arm, this Pein however died from being partially enveloped in the frog's stomach acid but the spike that he stabbed Jiraiya with started messing with Jiraiya's chakra, he was losing control and he was seeing visions of the Rinnegan around him, then Pa pulled it out. Jiraiya thought that only Nagato had the Rinnegan, but the one body is Yahiko and wondered if Yahiko stole Nagato's eyes... but that wouldn't explain how the other five bodies have the Rinnegan as well. Looking at the the Beast body, noticing it's headband fell off, Jiraiya realized that he fought him before due to a scar on it's forehead... and now that it came to his attention, he realized that he has met all of the other bodies before. He sent Ma with the Beast body to Tsunade while him and Pa left the frog's stomach to see if his suspicion is true; with Ma gone, Jiraiya was no longer in Hermit Mode. Watching the Peins from the water, Pa unsealed a giant shuriken which he launched at one of the Pein's from behind, but that Pein avoided it... Jiraiya suddenly realized at that moment who Pein really is, but that's when one of the other bodies attacked Jiraiya from underwater, crushing his throat, and the other 4 bodies leaped at Jiraiya from behind and all five impaled Jiraiya with the same black spikes that the Beast body stabbed him with, and Jiraiya started to slip in and out of consciousness with the spikes stuck in his body. He was remembering his life, how he believed that it isn't what one does in life that proves their worth, it's what they did before they died and saying that "This isn't how the tale of the Gallant Jiraiya was supposed to end." Almost willing himself back to life, Jiraiya engraved a message onto Pa toad's back to deliver to Konoha. When Pein destroyed the island Jiraiya was on trying to kill Pa, Jiraiya sank into the depths. While sinking into the deep water, Jiraiya came up with the perfect title for his next book: "The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki".

Pein's respect

Powers/Techniques

Jiraiya has displayed many Jutsus, such as:

"Detection Barrier" a radar-like ability where he can detect his opponent's slightest movement.

"Needle Guardian" where his hair becomes steel-like needles that wrap around his body for both defensive and offensive purposes.

"Fire Blowing" where he breathes fire at an enemy.

"Swamp of the Underworld" where he creates a muddy pond of various size to trap and drown enemies.

"Giant Fire Blast" where Jiraiya blows a large cloud-like fireball.

"Hair Needle Barrage" where he sprays needle-like hairs from his head.

"Frog Transformation" where he transforms his opponent into a frog.

"Rasengan" where he creates an intense ball of drilling chakra. Though unlike Naruto, he is capable of using Rasengan in both hands.

"Ultimate Rasengan" where he creates an ultra-sized Rasengan.

"Shadow Clone" where he creates a copy of himself that is capable of fighting and using techniques, but can't take very much damage without dispersing.

"Silhouette Flattening Manipulation" where he hides in another's shadow and controls them.

"Toad Oil Blast" where he spews a large amount of thick oil from his mouth.
"Wild Lion's Mane" where he extends his hair and uses it like tendrils to bind and impale his opponent.

An unnamed technique where he creates a tornado around himself.
"Transparency," a technique that has only been mentioned where he claims that he has never been caught (peeping) with it.

Jiraiya has "Hermit Mode," where he becomes toad-like and gains a boost in power. There are also two elder toads riding on his shoulders called Ma and Pa.

Jiraiya is also a master summoner and seal expert. His summons employ the usage of frogs/toads that he often tag-teams with, some possessing their own techniques. His summoning techniques include:

"Toad Mouth Binding" where he summons the esophagus of a giant fire-breathing toad around himself and his enemies. With this, the enemies become stuck to the sticky insides and get covered in strong stomach acid, and tendrils can also reach from the "walls" to grab enemies that try to escape. It also provides excellent protection from outside attacks.

"Food Cart Destroyer" where he summons a building-sized frog carrying swords to fall from the sky and crush his enemies.

"Toad Oil Fireball" where Gamabunta spews oil and Jiraiya ignites it with his fire technique.

"Deep Fryer" with the assistance of Ma and Pa: Jiraiya spewing oil, Ma spitting fire, and Pa blowing wind.

He is able to summon many frogs/toads, some of which have been:

An unnamed size-altering frog which he and others can travel in.

A unnamed small bottle-shaped frog.

An unnamed toad that wears heavy armor.

A small toad he uses as a scout named Gamakichi.

A large unnamed toad that he rides on.

An unnamed half frog/half scroll that he keeps in his stomach that contains Jiraiya's and Minato's secrets.

A building-sized frog that carries a large spiked weapon and a shield named Gamaken.

Ma and Pa, an old couple that served along-side the Great Sage.

And of course the village-sized chief toad himself, Gamabunta.

Jiraiya has used seals thus far to erase the seal Orochimaru placed on Naruto, seal away the black fire from Itachi's "Amaterasu" technique, and create a seal to suppress the Kyuubi's chakra within Naruto.