What is Left Behind

Fukasaku reveals that before he died Jiraiya left a coded message about Pain and lays it before the others. Naruto, however, rounds on Tsunade for allowing Jiraiya to undertake so perilous a mission by himself, and when she offers no defence he storms off despite Sakura's pleas. He spends the day drifting through the village and grieving. A chance meeting with Iruka reveals that the whole village has finally come to acknowledge Naruto, and though Iruka offers to treat him at Ramen Ichiraku, Naruto turns it down.

By evening, popsicle in hand, Naruto sits in a park and weeps, aching that Jiraiya never lived to see him become Hokage. Iruka finds him and offers comfort, reminding him how proud Jiraiya always was and how the sage endures through the pupil he taught. Elsewhere, Tsunade hands Shikamaru the lone task of decoding Jiraiya's message, and though he balks Sakura insists he see it through. Later, in a private moment, Tsunade herself gives in to tears for Jiraiya, recalling their first meeting and her regret at never having returned his feelings sooner.

Fukasaku presents Jiraiya's coded message about Pain. Naruto blames Tsunade and storms out, then mourns Jiraiya through the day. Iruka comforts him, noting the village now acknowledges him and that Jiraiya lives on through him. Tsunade assigns Shikamaru to decipher the code and later grieves alone for Jiraiya.

This is chapter 405, What is Left Behind, from the Fated Battle Between Brothers arc and collected in volume forty-four. It first ran in the thirtieth issue of 2008, dated the seventh of July. A side note names the shop where Naruto buys his popsicles as the 24-Hour Convenience Store. The Viz edition titles it Inheritance.