#Prologue: Ch.0 "The Ungraceful Toad"#

How ungraceful of me…

The giant magenta colored toad weakly opened his eyes. His whole body was aching in pain. The fight alone from the summons already took a toll on his body but that jutsu that the rinnegan user executed...

Chief… Gamaken's jaded eyes drawn far from the distance, the boss was down.

From a long distance the chief toad's body was seen in a crater. His body just laid there. No motion at all. The jutsu practically knocked him out.

Hiro… Gamaken can't see him but he could feel him beneath the waves. His fellow toad's chakra. It was faint, still pulsing but weak…

My body is covered in wounds… fresh blood dripped from his body. Claw marks scattered about, bite marks that could shred even his tough skin layer dug deep into his frame.

"RASENGAN!" On the battlefield the winds picked up.

*Explosion*

Gamaken raised his right arm with difficulty. The trembling arm settled upon the edge of the rocky pillar. He groaned in pain. His body towered over even the trees, to think just to pick himself up is tiring but… with a croak the flimsy toad stood up. From the sudden action his wounds opened up drastically, more blood poured out and formed small pools beneath him.

He can't be sitting on the job as Gamabunta put it especially since the stakes are raised too much.

Uzumaki… a faint memory passed by him.

[Flashback]

Jiraiya laughed out loud with a perverted look. His hands opened up and closed in a groping manner. "You should have seen it, Gamaken! Those ladies couldn't resist the almighty sage of Mount Myoboku!"

"... Hm. How graceful of you." Gamaken muttered as he wiped his sakazuki shield.

Jiraiya pouted, he kicked a nearby rock. "Would it at least kill you to show some emotion?" the giant toad next to him blinked before bowing his head.

"Forgive me for being ungraceful."

The toad sage practically sweatdropped at the sight before sitting down in a cross-like position. He took out a bottle of sake before taking the lid off with a grumble. "At least Gamabunta and Naruto would show reaction towards my real vision of beauty!" he took a swing of his alcohol.

Pausing in the cleansing of oil on his shield the large toad blinked. "Naruto as in… fishcake?"

"Bwahahaha!" Jiraiya slapped his knee, "I better watch my mouth if I were you Gamaken because if you were to say something like that to the kid he would pop a vein!" he picked up his thumb and pointer finger, pinching them together before spreading, showing the length. "This big guarantee."

"That is impossible…" Gamaken gestured towards the human, "As someone who was graceful enough to get into your grace he would never react to something as ungraceful as I am."

Jiraiya rolled his eyes before making a goofy face. "Look at me. I'm Gamaken and I'm ungraceful." clapping his hands, he stuck a tongue out at the massive toad. "Meh!"

"..." silently the large toad turned away with a dark cloud hovering over his head.

"Oh for the love of…" Jiraiya palmed his face before standing up. Using a small percentage of chakra through his legs he jumped.

The lowly toad didn't even flinched upon the sage that hopped onto his snout.

Jiraiya shrugged before sitting down and gazing over the island. "Anyway my student is going far in life. He's obnoxious, a knucklehead and a brat of all things but he has heart."

"Tell… me more about him." Gamaken hesitated before asking.

Jiraiya blinked before grinning. "Well he…

[Flashback End]

True to Jiraiya's story the boy has definitely grown. He was capable enough to even master sage mode, gain the respect of the elder toads. His love for his comrades… was truly graceful unlike a toad like him who was bound to be ungraceful all the time.

Jiraiya may be gone but his legacy must continue!

Gamaken's eyes dropped before narrowing them.

Jiraiya as ungraceful as I am… in a burst of speed, a purplish-red blur took off towards the battlefield.

Naruto cursed when he felt sage mode cancel out again. He dodged Pein's kick with sweat building up over his brow.

"Ma, we need to hurry up!" Fukasaku croaked on the sidelines. Shima nodded as she concentrated sage chakra through her body.

That pesky genjutsu again Pein was about to use his Universal Pull to interrupt the toads when out of nowhere a large shadow appeared over his spot.

"!" Naruto, Shima and Fukasaku looked up in shock.

I know I am ungraceful, that I am unwise, that I am clumsy but… Gamaken swiftly pulled out his sasumata before grasping it in a tight hold. In a short second, everything around him freezed. The faces of the great toad sages revealed shock, uncertainty and worry.

He could feel Naruto's eyes on him as he slowly descended upon the legendary doujutsu user.

Your story must not end yet young one… a memory of Naruto complaining as he was eating lunch, training, and telling stories with the large and small toads of Mount Myoboku, them laughing and showing joy over the teenager, drifted through his mind in that split second.

He narrowed his eyes dangerously as Pein raised a hand towards him.

"Hm!" Gamaken used every ounce of his strength and slammed his weapon down before a large but deafening explosion rocked in the area.

How… graceful of me… to protect a life…

With that last thought, his mind suddenly went blank. Darkness covered his vision, the only thing he could see was shadows.

"Mother, as a young prince I believe that I must find a princess for a noble such as I."

"Hohoho. Now son, how do you expect to have a young lady by your side if you don't even have a single friend yet? And you must remember not to use your quirk continuously… that navel laser will give you a bad stomach ache that will worry your king and queen. Right my silver knight."

"Yes, milady, haha."

*Splash*

"Hm? Father, mother, look… some kid is floating down the river." the small sparkling blonde boy pointed out.

His mother turned, froze then screamed at the sight of a child's bloody body floating over the water's surface. Blood flowed into the water and made its appearance seem a bit dark.

Being the shining knight that he was, her husband leapt into the pool of water before swimming at dashing speeds towards the boy.

Reaching the body, the man quickly slung the boy's bleeding arm over his shoulder. "Little sir, are you alright?!" he asked in a worried tone as he swam back to the shore quickly.

"How…" the poor boy coughed out blood.

Before he fainted, he uttered a few words towards the knight.

"How… ungraceful."

Author's Note: Wow. I am not too sure what to say. I only wrote this to help cure my writers block for a bit until it turned into a small chapter. Nice. Anyway guys I hope you enjoy. My chapter may not be the best in grammar or plot but, eh, it's still good enough for me. Personally I don't do long chapters that have like 2,000 to 3,000 words or something, seems too long and troublesome so I stick with whatever I felt comfortable with. I don't even know if I am going to continue this story or not, depends on how many people actually find it interesting. Anyway I hope you guys have a nice day. Peace~ :)