Ninja Tales from Another Dimension!

Story 3: A New Breed of Toad

"Alright Naruto, you better have a good reason for this meeting. I have stacks of paperwork that needs to be done." said an irritable Tsunade, as she sat behind her desk. Before her was none other than Konoha's Maverick Ninja, Naruto Uzumaki.

"Well maybe if you spent as much time working as you do drinking, then you wouldn't have this much trouble, hime." added the third occupant of the Hokage's office, Jiraiya the Gama Sanin.

"Shut it, you perverted baka!" snapped Tsunade. "I'm not in the mood to deal with your shenanigans!" She then focused her agitated glare towards Naruto. "Well, get on with it!"

"Uh…right." said Naruto, momentarily taken back at how irritable the Hokage was. "Well, I was wondering if you could help me with something that deals with the Summoning Jutsu, since you two are the only shinobi that have signed a summoning contract." He waited for while for the two sanin to digest what he had said.

"Go on…" said Tsunade, curious to see what the younger blonde was going with all of this.

"Well, I was wondering…is there any chance that other animals could join a summoning clan. Like for an example, could a toad possibly be added to Gamabunta's contract?"

This caught the two adults by surprise, as they didn't expect the thirteen-year-old to ask such a serious question. Sure, they were fond of the young man, but he just didn't seem like the type to ask in-depth questions about advanced ninjutsu. Jiraiya decided to answer, since he was the current keeper of the toad summoning contract.

"Well, that depends on the creature in question. For the toads, there have been some cases in which toads that weren't native to Mount Myoboku were able to join. But, they were mostly just regular toads that you would find anywhere around the world. Those were merely trained to be messengers. The very few that showed any potential were trained in the arts of ninjutsu." said the Toad Sage, before smirking at his fellow toad summoner. "What's with these types of questions? Trying to get a toad you found to join the Gamabunta's clan?"

"Well, yeah…" said Naruto sheepishly.

Jiraiya's face instantly took on a serious expression. "You're serious?" he deadpanned.

"Yeah, I am. I found this toad when I was exploring a forested area near one of the training grounds when I was six. From the moment I laid eyes on it, I had the feeling that it wasn't like any ordinary toad."

"Really?"

"Yeah! I mean, I thought he was the biggest toad I had ever seen. That is, until I signed the Toad contract, and met Gamabunta."

"Well, do you know where it is, or is it somewhere in the thousands of miles of forests that's around this village?" asked Tsunade. She didn't want to go on a wild goose chase to find just one toad.

"Actually, he's waiting outside your office, Granny. I asked the secretary if she could watch over him, in case I found out that there was no way he could join the toad clan. If you want, I can show him to you." said Naruto.

Tsunade just sighed. "Fine, let's see this amazing toad that you're blabbering about. Anything to get me out of doing this paperwork."

With that Naruto, headed towards the door, opened it, and walked out to the waiting room. Even though they couldn't see him, they could still hear him trying to coax someone or something to move. "Alright, come on, big guy. Come on, let's go. Come on, Granny Tsunade and Pervy Sage want to meet you. Come on, let's go, let's go. Yeah, that's it, that's a good boy. Come on."

A moment later, Naruto walked back inside the office leading a large, collared toad by a leash. The toad was about the same size as Gama, except it had light tan skin, with a few muddy brown splotches, and a beige underbelly. It eyes were of an odd coloration: dirty yellow sclera with a horizontal black bar pupil that was surrounded by a red and yellow circle.

Jiraiya and Tsunade just stared at the animal in disbelief. Neither of them had seen such toad before. Jiraiya, however, was skeptical.

"Alright, gaki, the joke's over. You can undo the henge and dispel the shadow clone." he said.

Naruto remained serious. "I'm not playing around, Pervy Sage. This toad is the real deal. If you don't believe me, then try and nullify the henge."

Deciding to at least humor the boy, Jiraiya brought his hands up in a seal and brought forth a burst of chakra strong enough to break a normal henge. Yet when he saw that the toad didn't turn back into a clone, he channeled even more chakra. But, the toad still remained as a toad. Not one for giving up so easily, Jiraiya was about channel enough chakra to break through high B to mid A class genjutsu, when,

"Alright, enough Jiraiya! The toad is real, so stop trying to break a genjutsu that isn't there!" snarled Tsunade. She did not Naruto to see her true appearance; the brat would never give her a moment's peace without making a joke about her age. She then turned her attention back to the toad. "I find it hard to believe that a toad this size has been dwelling in Konoha all this time. Why exactly do you want to have this toad join the toad summons clan?"

"Because, he's getting too big to stay in the village. People are going to start to notice a large toad living here. And I can't keep him in my apartment since it wasn't made to house big animals. I've known this toad throughout my entire childhood, and I don't want him to be accidentally killed by some stupid villager thinking that he's some sort of monster." explained Naruto.

Tsunade's gaze slightly softened at that bit of information. It reminded her of whenever Nawaki would bring home injured birds for her to heal, saying that he couldn't just ignore an animal in pain. If Shizune were here, she would have probably squealed at how cute it was for Naruto to show so much care for an animal. Jiraiya was somewhat interested in the fact that his student seemed to have developed a bond with toads before he even signed the contract. He wanted to help out the kid, but the toads of Mount Myoboku were very picky as to who were even worthy of stepping foot into their home.

"Exactly what can this toad do? Does it have any unique skills?" asked Jiraiya.

But before Naruto could answer them, the door to Tsuande's office opened abruptly, revealing Homura and Koharu, Konoha's Council and advisors to the Hokage. And going by their expressions, they were highly annoyed.

"This had better be damned well important, elders. I'm currently in a meeting." growled Tsunade. The two elders were getting a bit too daring with their positions and were actually trying to actually order her about.

"Tsunade, we had gotten reports about genin bringing wild animals into this building." said Homura. "Your secretary seemed especially distressed saying…that…she…saw…"

At that moment, the two elders became aware that the animal in question was in the same room as them. The room became deathly silent as each occupant was staring at something. The toad was staring at the elders, and the elders were staring at the toad. Everyone else were staring at the two senior citizens and animal, waiting for some sort of reaction to occur with morbid fascination.

It was Koharu that broke the awkward silence, as she noticed the leash Naruto was holding, which was attached to the collar that was on the toad. "I should have known that you were behind this, Uzumaki." she sneered. "Even though you now wear the headband of a Konoha-nin, you still resort to these childish attempts of gaining attention! Perhaps it was a mistake to allow you to-"

Whatever she was about say next died in her throat as her gaze was suddenly locked onto the toad's eyes. The pupils were somehow oscillating and were flashing like a faulty light bulb. For some odd reason, she heard something that sounded like an angry machine. She tried to look away from the toad, but she felt as if her free will was slowly deteriorating. She also heard something giving her commands that she would never do out of her own volition, but at the same time couldn't help but agree to follow them. Unknown to Koharu, Homura was in a similar predicament that she was going through.

The younger shinobi (well, younger than the elders) watched on as the two elders seemed to stare into space, before they slowly walked backwards out of the room, closing the door behind them.

"Okay, what the hell just happened? And where did that noise come from?" questioned Tsunade. Although she was grateful that those two left, she was a bit uneasy in the way that they left. Especially, with that strange sound that she had heard.

Naruto and the toad turned back to face the two sanin, the former looking a bit sheepish. "Well, that was his special ability. This toad is practically a master of hypnosis."

"Hypnosis? Really, Naruto? Do you expect us to believe that?" said Jiraiya, disbelievingly.

"I'm not joking around, Pervy Sage." explained Naruto. "I've seen this toad stare down predators twice the size of him, and they've always left him alone without so much as a fight. And, as you just saw, his powers also work extremely well with humans. That is why I wanted to know if new toads can join the summoning clan, so that no one else can hunt him down and take advantage of him."

"That's a very interesting story, brat. But those were just two elderly retired shinobi that your toad friend sent away. I really doubt that such parlor tricks will work on a seasoned shinobi such as my-"

Suddenly, the angry mechanical noise filled the room, again. Knowing that his amphibious friend was working his "magic", Naruto didn't bother to see if its eyes were oscillating or not. Instead, he looked to see both Tsunade and Jiraiya were gazing at the toad, their eyes dilated and unmoving.

"All glory to the Hypnotoad…" they said in unison, their voice showing no emotion. Without warning, Tsunade bent down to retrieve something from her desk. When she came back up she had several jugs of sake in her hands. She then proceeded to walk over to the window, open it, and then started to pour out her sake, one jug at a time. While this was going on, Jiraiya was pulling out all of his notepads containing "research" for his newest edition of Icha-Icha, as well as several pornographic magazines and placed them all in a pile on the floor. Next, he lit a match, and threw onto the pile, instantly lighting it aflame. As Naruto watched the two sanin get rid of the things that they were addicted to, he couldn't help but find the entire situation funny, and decided to wait it out until the moment was right.

"Alright, I think you've proven your point." Naruto said to the toad. The toad made no audible confirmation that it heard Naruto, but stopped the oscillation of its eyes none the less. Unfortunately for the two victims, the toad had released them from its control a little too late.

"Hey, what's that burning sme…ARGH! NO! My precious research material!" wailed Jiraiya, as quickly stomped on the burning pile of smut, desperate to try and salvage some of the material. But it was too late for the perverted sage, as most of the material was burnt black.

"Heh heh, serves you right you perverted old…ACK! NO, NO, NO! That was my favorite year! Wha, what the hell have I done?" shrieked Tsunade, as the last of the sake poured out of the jug that she had turned upside down outside of the window. Panic setting in, Tsunade checked all of the bottles to see if there was anything that she could salvage from her sake stash. She checked each of her jugs, looking for any signs of her beloved drink remaining in them. But to her dismay, all of them were bone dry.

Seeing how two of the most revered shinobi were acting so childish, Naruto couldn't help burst into laughter. The laughter didn't last long, as he suddenly felt the smoldering glares of the two adults upon him.

"Alright, gaki. Tell me what the hell you did to us, and I may let you live with half of your bones intact." growled Tsunade. She was extremely protective of her sake stash, as it was her way to soothe her nerves whenever the stress of being a Kage got to her. So, anyone foolish enough to do something to jeopardize it were instant enemies in the woman's eyes. Jiraiya wasn't in a peachy mood, either. His notebooks had contained several explicit notes that would have provided him with excellent inspiration for his upcoming book. Plus, some of those magazines were autographed by some exceptionally alluring models.

"Hey, now! I didn't do anything! The two of you should know by now that I have no talent in casting genjutsu. It was thanks to my good friend, Hypnotoad." said Naruto, giving the toad a few pats on the head. The toad gave a quick low croak, as if to confirm that it was the cause for their erratic behavior. The two legendary shinobi just stared at the collar wearing toad, then at Jiraiya's pile of ashes, then at Tsunade's empty sake jugs, before staring back at the toad.

Suddenly, the door opened and Shizune raced in, looking extremely stressed out and frazzled. "Lady Tsunade, we have an emergen-what is that?" she exclaimed when she realized that her mentor was in a meeting with Naruto, and saw what was on the end of the leash the blonde boy was holding.

"It's a toad, Shizune-neechan." said Naruto, as if he were trying to explain things to a preschooler.

B-but, it's the size of a large dog!" exclaimed Shizune.

"What's this about an emergency, Shizune? We're sort of in he middle of something important." said Tsunade, as she gestured to Naruto and the toad.

"It's the Konoha Council, Lady Tsunade! Councilors Koharu and Homura have been arrested!" exclaimed Shizune.

"What?" exclaimed Tsunade. "On what grounds?"

"Public indecency, disturbing the peace, and resisting arrest!"

"Huh, they criticize me about my behavior, and then these hypocrites pull this shit soon after." muttered Naruto.

"This is serious, Naruto!" chided Shizune. "The elders were found in two separate areas in central shopping area. Homura was found in the center of a street, imitating a chicken! Koharu was found on top of shop's roof, preparing to jump off as if she was trying to fly like a bird! When the shinobi tried to bring them in, they started stripping their clothes off and throwing them at the shinobi as a diversion while they tried to escape! But when they were finally caught, they started thrashing about like wild animals before they finally came to their senses."

"Is that so?" said Tsunade with an even tone, while she was laughing hysterically on the inside. She was also thinking of ways she could exploit this new development to the fullest. Jiraiya and Naruto, on the other hand, were trying their hardest not to laugh. Jiraiya was holding up better than Naruto. But not by much, as a few snickers managed to escape from him.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade! This is a major political emergency! The clan heads are going to be wanting explanations as to why the two elders were dragged away, clad in their underwear, all the while acting like enraged birds! And when they finally started behaving normally, they started shouting about some hypnotic frog taking control of them!" continued Shizune.

Naruto's snickering only got stronger. It was just too funny to hear that the councilors, two of the most "esteemed" politicians in the village, were arrested for acting like drunken idiots. Unfortunately, his forget to make sure his laughter was under control, as Shizune soon glared at him.

"Naruto, are you laughing?" snapped the medic nin. At that point, the young genin couldn't hold it back any longer, and burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

Annoyed at the boy's attitude, she turned her sights back to her mentor. "Lady Tsunade, something must be done about this!" said Shizune, her tone expressing how anxious she was.

"I couldn't agree more, Shizune." said Tsunade. She then turned to Jiraiya. "How soon can you convince the toads to accept another member?"

Jiraiya just smirked. "Oh, I doubt that it'll take much convincing on my part. This is exactly what they've been looking for. It's about time that some new blood was added to liven thing up a bit. And who knows, this new edition might save us in a tight situation." replied Jiraiya, already thinking of ways for the toad to help in his...research.

"Yatta!" exclaimed Naruto, as he hugged the toad. "Didya hear that boy? You're gonna join the Toad Summons!" The toad just croaked once again.

"Nani?" was all that Shizune could say. She really hated being left out of the loop.

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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD! Will this be the last time we see or here of the Hypnotoad? We'll have to see! I'm not sure if this was done or not, but I figured I might as well give it a shot. Hypnotoad belongs to Futurama, and Naruto belongs to Kishimoto. If you think otherwise, then…well, I think the message should be pretty clear.