#sis this ask got my writing fingers tinglin i love it so much

[thetoaddaddy]

Meme: questions. If (instead of dying) Jiraiya had passed out at the end of his final fight, and had been swept away by the current to wash ashore somewhere else... and missed the war... then what would he have done after his recovery period? Where would he go, what would he do?

Hmmmmmmmm i Really like this prompt/idea/question and it got my small brain juice going. So I think we can cover a few changing factors here.

Amnesia. Given ya boy got absolutely fucking wrecked its not a stretch to assume he gets amnesia. Shit ton of blood loss, severe trauma, got thrashed a bit in the water is bound to have some ill effects. I reckon he got washed up to farmland and thus taken in by a family. Despite having no memory he’s personality would be the same if a bit more naive now without his years of experience. He’d probably simply live life helping out the people who took him in. Of course its a struggle without an arm. Even if he recovers his memory some day I don’t think he’d go back. If he doesn’t I don’t think he’d go venture to discover who he was before with that gut feeling of he won’t like it. But it would be quite interesting to see his old friends’ reactions to stumbling across him(especially if he has 0 memory of them).

With all his memories in tact I think he’s haul his ass to the shore and tend to his wounds. Once he could move he’d find the nearest house and raid it for supplies. Given he’s half dead he’d probably reluctantly let whoever caught him being a goblin stealing their first aid take care of him until he’s well enough. Still I think he’d at least repay his debt for their help before moving on. Idk if he’d really go back. He has an opportunity here. He can live a peaceful life. It’s without anyone he loves sure but he figures they’ll be just fine without him. He’d settle somewhere quaint, remote, and quiet. He’d let go of his old life, chalking it up to they’re fine without him and he didn’t really add much while he was there anyhow. Again interesting if Naruto or someone stumbles across him and he’s got like a whole ass family and new life he built. He didn’t pick them after all and I think Naruto and/or Tsunade would take it really hard.