Jiraiya could go out drinking and carousing, but Naruto could not.
Although he trained energetically every day, he still could not get past the first stage of training.
"Damn it! It's been three days since I asked Pervy Sage for the trick! The rubber's stretched this far, so why won't it burst? What's different between me and Pervy Sage?"
Naruto squeezed the water balloon in his hand, utterly baffled.
Even while eating, Naruto kept thinking about the first stage of training.
But only when he picked up his chopsticks did he realize that his hands had become shaky and weak from training too much.
"You don't need to memorize any tricky hand seals. Even an idiot can do it."
Even while using the bathroom, Naruto was still thinking about what Jiraiya had said.
"He said I didn't need hand seals."
Naruto flushed and left the bathroom.
"Meow!"
A kitten was pushing the water balloon Naruto used for practice around, and happened to stop right in front of him.
"That's not your toy."
Naruto spoke, but the kitten clearly did not understand him and batted the water balloon from side to side.
As the kitten batted it, the water inside spun more and more chaotically, until the balloon finally burst with a pop, startling the cat.
"That's it!"
Watching the cat burst the water balloon gave Naruto an idea.
"It's about time you got up, Pervy Sage."
Naruto had finished breakfast and even gone to the bathroom, yet Jiraiya was still asleep. He hardly looked like a ninja.
"Perfect timing. Go get me a glass of water."
Jiraiya spoke without even opening his eyes.
"Water?"
Naruto grinned mischievously and pulled out a water balloon.
Using the spinning technique he had learned from the cat, he burst the balloon, spilling all the