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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 84: The New Summoner
A large cloud of smoke appeared in front of the Sannin.
Once it cleared up a bit, there was a massive orange toad with peculiar marks all over its body. The toad was also wearing something akin to Buddhist beads around its neck.
"Jiraiya… why did you call me?" The toad glanced at the Sannin with caution.
"It's been a while, Gama." Jiraiya went to pick up the scroll and walked closer to the toad.
"Here, I called to return this. And to inform you that the Toad Clan has a new summoner."
"A new summoner?…" Gama noticed Naruto's presence now and looked at him.
"This boy? He looks familiar." He glimpsed at him with interest.
"Yes, that's the one. He is Minato's son. They look alike, right?" Jiraiya commented.
"Nice to meet you, I am Uzumaki Naruto. " Naruto went to greet the toad. If he was the keeper of that scroll, his status in the clan must be very high.
Gama gave him a nod. "Nice to meet you, young one…" His eyes moved to Jiraiya.
"He still hasn't met the boss, correct?" The toad asked the Sannin.
"Of course not. I was just teaching him how to use the jutsu."
"Then… if there is nothing else, I will take my leave…" Gama looked a bit worried.
"Are you trying to hide from him?… Did you owe him sake or something?" Jiraiya inquired with amusement.
"Goodbye!" The toad looked away and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"I guess they have their own problems…." Naruto commented.
"You have no idea." Jiraiya chuckled.
"Who is this boss he mentioned?" Naruto asked.
"He was talking about the current Toad Lord of the clan. But you won't be able to summon him yet, so don't worry about it. Just give the jutsu a try. Let's see what you can bring out." Jiraiya looked excited at the prospect.
"Okay, let's see…" Naruto tried to emulate what he had just seen. His observation skills were quite good so he had an easy time when it came to memorizing new techniques.
This one was particularly easy since it only involved a single-hand sign.
He bit his right hand's index finger and formed the correct hand sign before placing it on the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu."
A small cloud of smoke manifested in front of Naruto.
"Whoa! Someone is calling me?!" A childish voice said.
Naruto saw it better when the smoke cleared. The toad he summoned was very small and had a dark orange color.
"Did I summon a child?"
"Oh, not bad!" Jiraiya looked impressed. "I expected you to get a tadpole or something on your first few tries."
"Who are you, and why did you summon me?" the small toad demanded.
"My name is Naruto, and I have just become the new summoner for your clan." He at least tried to sound polite, although he was not very impressed with his results.
"Mmm really?… you don't look very strong." The small toad gave him a judging glance.
Naruto looked down at the toad.
"I am stronger than you, at least."
The little toad did not like his comment one bit.
"Hey, how dare you?! I am Gamakichi, the eldest son of the Toad Lord, Gamabunta!"
"The Toad Lord? Is that the one you were talking about?" Naruto asked.
Jiraiya nodded.
"It is, but... this is the first time I've seen one of his sons."
'So I just summoned the toad equivalent of a young master… that's great.' Naruto lamented.
"How do I send him back?"
"That's just rude!" Gamakichi looked outraged.
"You called me for no reason, and now you want me to leave?" He added.
"My apologies for calling you out of nowhere, but I was just practicing the jutsu." Naruto looked at Jiraiya.
"Is there no way to control who I summon?" He didn't intend to summon a toddler, after all.
"Of course there is… it would be a useless jutsu otherwise. But to summon specific toads, you have to meet them in person at least once before. Other than that, the more chakra you put into the summoning, the more powerful the summon will be."
"I see, so I didn't put enough chakra to get an adult toad and ended up with this child." Naruto understood it better now.
"I'm not a child!" Gamakichi complained.
"Let's try again…." Naruto ignored the little toad and repeated the same thing, but this time, he put as much chakra as he could without exhausting himself or tapping into the Kyubi's chakra.
The cloud of smoke was much larger, even more so than the one produced by Jiraiya.
"What the… you summoned him already?" Jiraiya looked shocked. This was the second time Naruto used this jutsu.
'Kakashi was right… this kid is a monster…'
Gamakichi was also surprised.
"Big brother?!"
This toad was huge, with pale green skin and a massive sword on his back.
The toad calmly looked around until his eyes stopped at the Sannin.
"Jiraiya… who should I cut?"
"Hello, Gamadachi. It's nice to see you again, but I am not the one who called you." Jiraiya pointed at Naruto.
"A new summoner?" Gamadachi immediately concluded.
"Big Brother Gamadachi!" Gamakichi shouted while jumping around.
"Now I summoned his brother?…" Naruto wondered if he was going to summon the entire family of toads.
"Gamakichi… you are here too." He looked at Naruto.
"I take it there are no enemies for me to kill… yes?" The toad had a cold and dangerous tone when he spoke.
"I'm afraid not. You can relax." Naruto stood calmly in front of the huge toad.
He could feel that this one was very strong, but there was no hostility coming from him.
"Your name is Naruto, right?… Maybe you are not that bad after all." Gamakichi jumped to his side before taking one last leap and landing on his head.
"What are you doing?…" Naruto asked.
"If you can summon Big Brother Gamadachi, then you probably have some talent at least." Gamakichi said with a grin on his face.
"After all, Gamadachi is one of the best sword masters in the clan. Maybe in a few more years, you can even summon my father!"
"Your father, huh?… That would require a lot of chakra." Naruto said.
"Yes! A lot, lot!" Gamakichi exclaimed.
"Let's give it a try then…" The air around Naruto changed.
A baleful reddish aura began to emerge from his body.
Gamakichi was startled and jumped away from him.
"This chakra?!… Gamakichi, stand behind me. Jiraiya, is this…?" Gamadachi looked at the Sannin with concern.
"It is as you think… Naruto is also the Jinchuuriki of the Kyubi…" Jiraiya was also somewhat worried, but at least this gave him the chance to see how much control Naruto had over that demon's power.
He had actually been planning a way to force Naruto to use it, so he could check this. He didn't expect him to suddenly do this with no warning.
A.N - Gamadachi is an O.C from the toad clan. I created him because I needed someone kinda similar to Gamahiro but smaller in size and I could not find any toad who fit the bill.
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