Teaser:It wasn't until weeks after the fact, once Konoha had gotten back on its feet, that the news about the Kyuubi's attack started to spread outside the village. When he finally found out through his information network about what had happened to his student and his hometown, Jiraiya actually forgot how to breathe for a fraction of a second.
He abruptly left the bar table where he had been sitting with his informant and made his way to the public restroom, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible and knowing the entire time that he was failing miserably. Everything in him was screaming that it could not be true - he would have known; someone, Sarutobi, would have sent word to him and surely Minato would have asked him to get back and help defend Konoha! But while his emotional side was busy firing off denials, his rationale was slowly taking it in - a Kage's death was serious business and such rumours would have never started unless they had a foundation of truth.
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