Children of the Prophecy

is a title originally conceived by the Great Toad Sage when he had a vision about Jiraiya of the Sannin. The Child of Prophecy is said to be a shinobi that would bring a great revolution to the world of the ninja. This child would have the power to either make this revolution end in peace for the world, or utterly destroy it. Jiraiya would take on this child as his pupil and train him as his master, and Jiraiya's actions would decide whether or not the world will be saved or destroyed. Jiraiya has referred the following characters as the Child of the Prophecy:


 * Nagato
 * Minato Namikaze
 * Naruto Uzumaki

At the end of the Invasion of Pain on Konoha, the Toad Sage was surprised, coming to the conclusion that both Nagato and Naruto may be the children of prophecy, instead of it being just a single individual.