After greeting everyone, Naruto went over to Tsunade and asked, "Granny Tsunade, where's the Pervy Sage? How come I haven't seen him? I asked him to come with me to find the jinchuriki, but he said he had something to do. I still haven't heard from him. Do you know where he is?"
Tsunade replied, "Jiraiya did have some things to take care of. I think he should be on his way back by now. He should arrive around dusk, so don't worry about him." With that, Tsunade left with Shizune.
Seeing that Tsunade hadn't directly answered his question and had only told him when to expect Jiraiya, Naruto felt a little uneasy. He thought she must be hiding something from him, but he also knew that even if he chased after her and asked, she wouldn't tell him.
Although Naruto was worried, he believed that with Jiraiya's strength, no one in the Shinobi World should be able to kill him. Unless Jiraiya went looking for death by picking a fight with Heaven Slayer or Christina, he should be fine.
Jiraiya was much stronger now than he had been in the Naruto series Naruto had watched in his previous life. Even Naruto himself wouldn't dare claim he could easily beat him. On top of that, Jiraiya was proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu such as the Summoning Jutsu, so no one should be able to hurt him. With that thought, Naruto put his lingering worry aside.
Naruto went over to where the Konoha group had gathered. The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had already arrived with Nawaki Senju and Kakashi. Everyone was curious about Rin and Obito and kept guessing who they were.
Seeing Naruto approach, Sakura asked curiously, "Naruto, who are those two? Why did they come with your dad? And that