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Jiraiya lies face down on the ground with five of
Pein’s black belts piercing his back.
Pein’s remaining five bodies surround him and watch
silently. Jiraiya now knows the true identity of Pein and
wants to get the message back to the Toad Sage before its too
late. But his throat is crushed and he can’t utter
a single word. Pa toads yells at
Jiraiya but he can’t make
out a word he is saying. Jiraiya attempts to get up to his
feet but he collapses immediately in a pool of his own blood.
He begins to lose consciousness and everything goes black.
Jiraiya questions if he has failed everybody.
A flashback sequence occurs showing a younger
Jiraiya writing the book the Toad Sage had foretold he would write to
record the knowledge and experiences he will accumulate on his travels
around the world. Looking up at the monument of the Hokages
of Konoha, Jiraiya writes that the measure of a shinobi is not in what
they do in life, but what they
do before dying. Thinking back
on his own life, Jiraiya believes it to be a failure. He
failed to win Tsunade’s heart, he failed to save Orochimaru
from himself, he failed to save the lives of neither his sensei,
Sarutobi, nor his student, Minato Namikaze. Compared to
the great Hokages, Jiraiya thinks his own accomplishments are
insignificant. Jiraiya wanted to have an honorable and worthy
death like them at least. He convinced himself that his
failures in life were  only
to help him build character; in return, he
would be granted one last adventure and a death fitting of a true
shinobi. Dying helplessly at the feet of Pein was not how
Jiraiya wanted it to turn out.Jiraiya believed that the revolutionary ninja the Toad Sage foretold he would teach was Nagato. He concluded that the crucial decision he would have too make was to defeat Pein and save the world from Akatsuki. But in the end, he failed in this quest as well. Jiraiya starts to believe that his own life is truly pathetic and writing the book was a waste of his time. 
Then Jiraiya remembers back to a conversation he
had with Minato at his house. Minato, having read the book,
insists that it is great and tells his sensei that he loved it because
each chapter was like a page out of Jiraiya’s own
life. Jiraiya blushes a little and says  that
even so, the
book didn’t sell well and he is considering spicing it up a
little. Minato continues to praise the book and says that the
protagonist was really cool because he never gave up even at the end,
much like Jiraiya. He surprises Jiraiya when he states that
he wants to raise his child like the hero in the book and name him
after that character. Jiraiya questions Minato if he is sure
about that because he just came up with the name when he was eating
some ramen. Kushina Uzumaki, Minato’s pregnant
wife, walks in and tells Jiraiya that she thinks
“Naruto” is a beautiful name for their
child. Jiraiya is
embarrassed and asks Minato and Kushina if
it’s really alright because it would make him
Naruto’s godfather. Minato is absolutely sure and
tells his sensei there is no finer example of a shinobi he would want
his son to grow up following. 
The realization that he had named Naruto comes to
the current Jiraiya. Thinking back to Naruto’s
progress, Jiraiya believes that the young ninja has really turned out
exactly like the character in his book, just like what his parents had
wanted.Jiraiya then remembers his conversation with Orochimaru during their last encounter. Orochimaru had stated that the 
true skill of a shinobi is by how many ninjutsus he can
master, as the name ninja suggests. Jiraiya refutes that
notion and tells his former teammate that a true shinobi is someone who
stands firm - never giving up and never going back on his word no
matter how bad it gets. This is Naruto’s way of the
ninja. Jiraiya is ashamed that he,
as Naruto’s teacher, was
about to give up and simply die like this. After all, a
student’s way of the ninja should also be the
master’s.
Jiraiya and allows him to burn something into his back with a
seal. Pein and the others rush back but it is already done
and Pa prepares to make his escape, telling Jiraiya that he
“got it all.” Jiraiya smiles through a
bloodied mouth and collapses to the ground again as he had used his
last ounce of strength. He understands now that the choice he
had to make was to not give up until he found out Pein’s true
identity. Jiraiya now knows that the “destined
child” is not Nagato, but Naruto. And the future
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