Sasuke and I sat on the tallest tree in the outskirts of Konoha. Each one of us holding a telescope to watch an impressive show.
A few hundred meters in front of us is a gigantic toad the size of a small hill. It has thick dark red skin, bright yellow eyes, and a very grumpy look on its face. It's currently chewing on a giant pipe while wreaking havoc across the forest, trying to shake off a certain blonde off its head.
"Here comes another one," I muttered when the frog jumped a few hundred feet above the sky. A huge shockwave swept across the forest the second it landed and I have to erect a small force field just to make sure this tree doesn't fall.
I watched through the Telescope and saw Naruto still hanging on the giant toad's back for dear life and dignity. He's been at it for hours now and even I can only dream to keep up with something like that. "Stamina and Power-wise, you got nothing on him, Sasuke..." I muttered to myself.
"The Blonde's a powerhouse," Sasuke muttered without taking his eyes off the telescope. "He can probably pull this off even without the Kyubi's chakra," he added.
I have no doubt that Naruto can pull this off. The real question is, how long until he ran out?
After a few minutes of reshaping the forest, the Chief Toad start heading towards a huge lake. "Toads are amphibian, aren't they?" I asked myself. "Is Naruto amphibian?"
"Nope," Sasuke replied. "This might be a trouble for the dobe."
I said nothing and decided to watch as the toad created a tsunami in the middle of the forest. The toad submerged into the water and I starting to think that the toad is trying to drown him. "That toad's cheating..."
After about a minute, the giant toad rocketed out of the water along with Naruto who's busy gasping for air and holding on to the toad's giant clothing. I can even see Sasuke smirking at the corner of my eyes, seems like Naruto managed to impress him.
Then the toad landed back into the water and start swimming like a giant jet cruise. I can see Naruto flailing at the Toad's back trying not to fall into the sweet embrace of water.
"How long until sundown?" I asked Sasuke
"Not for another five hours," Sasuke replied.
Welp, I'm not staying here forever. I gotta start preparing for the exam. "I gotta go, wanna come?"
"Nah, I'm enjoying the view," Sasuke replied simply.
I nodded and flew back to the ground. There, I saw Jiraiya crouching beneath some bushes while giggling perversely. "Your godson is struggling for his life," he ignored me and started writing some stuff on his notebook. "You know, with all the money you got from selling smut, you could just go visit the brothel for research."
"That's where you're wrong kid," he spoke suddenly. "A real research needs a young, pure, innocent maiden. It's a perfect subject, a hundred times better than an old and used whore."
Welp, who am I against a professional pervert? "Just promise me you'll keep him alive okay?" I told him.
"Don't worry kid, Chief Toad isn't gonna let his summoner die like that," Jiraiya lowered down his telescope and smirked at me. "Besides, the brat's already made it further than I did."
Okay, I lied when I say I'm gonna prepare for the exam. The truth is, I wanna just go back in my flat, lay down on my bed, and have Haku feeding grapes like some greek goddess. Before I could do that though, a familiar face called out for me from the apartment roof.
"Iruka sensei? What are you doing?" I landed beside him.
"Haios! Five chunnins were dispatched to find you, where have you been?!" Iruka exclaimed with a no nonsense tone on his voice. "The Hokage is looking for you!"
I gulped a little nervously. "I was watching Toad Rodeo..." the look he gave me tells me that it was rhetorical. "Sorry, I'm going,"
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I blasted off from the apartment and headed straight towards Hokage's Office. As I get closer, I could see some jounins present in the room. I figured that it's very inappropriate if I just barge in through the window so I decided to dive down and make my way from the bottom of the building.
"Haios, Tokubetsu Jounin, Lord Hokage is requesting my presence!" I exclaimed and the guards quickly opened the door for me.
I downright flew through the corridors of the Hokage Tower all the way to Hokage's Chamber. I stopped just in front of Hokage's door and I took a deep breath to regain my composure. "Come in, Haios san," the Hokage spoke from behind the door.
I stepped into the room and saw Asuma, Kurenai, Gai, Anko, and a few more jounins staring at me.
I walked closer towards the Hokage and saw him looking at me in slight amusement. "When I assigned Kakashi as your Jounin sensei, I was hoping you're mature enough not to pick up on his tardiness," he blew some smoke from his pipe. "Looks like I was wrong..."
"Lord Hokage, I am so, so, sorry. I was outside Konoha watching Naruto practice toad summoning."
The Hokage raised an eyebrow after hearing that. "Naruto has signed toad summoning contract?" he asked.
"Yeah, but he has to stay on Chief Toad's back until sundown to prove himself," I thought back about Naruto's condition when I left. "The last time I saw them, they're wrestling underwater, but I'm sure Naruto will get the hang of it."
"Then the one tail won't be much of a trouble," Kurenai said suddenly. "Naruto has gained some control over more than one tail of the Kyubi chakra. That, along with the Toad Summoning contract, he can deal with the One Tail if it ever went lose on Konoha."
The Hokage nodded in agreement. "Assuming the worst, I believe Naruto will be able to handle the One Tail, but I would prefer it if the invasion doesn't happen at all," he then moved his attention to Anko. "How's the situation with Suna? Can you stop the plan?"
Anko shook her head, "The best I can do is to put doubts inside Suna's Shinobi Rank. They're all pretty adamant about the war and I don't think they'll just put a blind eye if I even mention about cancelling the war," she sighed and put a hand over her face. "Then there's also the sand siblings, poor kids, they don't even noticed that their father's been replaced, twice."
The Hokage was silent for a moment. Then he blew some smoke from his spike and gazed at Anko. "What about Oto? Do you know what's going on with that village?"
"Don't get me started on Oto..." Anko suddenly looked extremely tired. "Hidden Sound Village is a secret network of laboratories where Orochimaru gathered and created a bunch of freakshows. I even let that spy took control of my body whenever I'm near that place..."
Then Anko sighed a little. "Fortunately, we managed to minimize the invasion from Oto. The citizens there, if you can call them that, don't question Orochimaru's order," she explained. "So yeah, good news there."
"I am glad to hear that," then the Hokage looked at Asuma. "What about your genin? Did they manage to appeal with the Sand Siblings?"
Asuma shook his head. "Shikamaru tried a diplomatic approach with the sand siblings, but so far, nothing much."
The Hokage nodded understandingly before looking at the rest of us. "The Chunin Exam will be held in a few weeks. If all goes well, there will be no invasion and we can have a tournament arc with a clear winner," he explained. "Can I trust you on that?"
Wait, did he just break the fourth wall?
"Yes Hokage Sama!" everyone said in perfect sync.
"Then you're all dismissed.