Insomnia is a helluva drug. I've been awake for the past 40some hours, and it's given me a lot of time to come up with some weird plot ideas while trying to fall asleep. One of them was this:
During their three year vacation, Jiraiya decides Naruto is ready to learn Hiraishin. But first he has to put Naruto through a lot of chakra control training. Naruto, being the stubborn and brash kid he is, quickly decides that the chakra training is a waste of time and steals the Hiraishin scroll from Jiraiya while he's sleeping. After memorizing the scroll, Naruto gives it a try, and vanishes.
What Naruto doesn't know is that when Minato first become Hokage, he and Jiraiya secretly planted hundreds of Hiraishin seals all over the Elemental Continent, to be used (mainly) for emergency situations where Minato would have to be somewhere as quickly as possible. So now, without proper chakra control, every time Naruto tries to use the Hiraishin in an attempt to get back either to Jiraiya or to Konoha, he winds up reappearing randomly at one of those long forgotten seals around the world.
Now then, I'm not planning on making this very long, but that could change depending on how things turn out. I have a few scenes already in mind, but what I'd like is for a few more suggestions from you guys on where Naruto might accidentally appear, who he might meet, and so forth.
Also, what does Jiraiya do when he realizes what happened? I'm thinking he either; A: Knows the Hiraishin and tries (in vain) to track Naruto down that way, or B: Doesn't know Hiraishin and has to find another way of tracking him down, hopefully without Tsunade finding out so she doesn't ream him big time for letting this happen. Personally, I think B would be the more likely choice, but A would probably be funnier.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Do I desperately need sleep?
During their three year vacation, Jiraiya decides Naruto is ready to learn Hiraishin. But first he has to put Naruto through a lot of chakra control training. Naruto, being the stubborn and brash kid he is, quickly decides that the chakra training is a waste of time and steals the Hiraishin scroll from Jiraiya while he's sleeping. After memorizing the scroll, Naruto gives it a try, and vanishes.
What Naruto doesn't know is that when Minato first become Hokage, he and Jiraiya secretly planted hundreds of Hiraishin seals all over the Elemental Continent, to be used (mainly) for emergency situations where Minato would have to be somewhere as quickly as possible. So now, without proper chakra control, every time Naruto tries to use the Hiraishin in an attempt to get back either to Jiraiya or to Konoha, he winds up reappearing randomly at one of those long forgotten seals around the world.
Now then, I'm not planning on making this very long, but that could change depending on how things turn out. I have a few scenes already in mind, but what I'd like is for a few more suggestions from you guys on where Naruto might accidentally appear, who he might meet, and so forth.
Also, what does Jiraiya do when he realizes what happened? I'm thinking he either; A: Knows the Hiraishin and tries (in vain) to track Naruto down that way, or B: Doesn't know Hiraishin and has to find another way of tracking him down, hopefully without Tsunade finding out so she doesn't ream him big time for letting this happen. Personally, I think B would be the more likely choice, but A would probably be funnier.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Do I desperately need sleep?