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It had been a month since they had left. Jiraiya had been pushing John as hard as he could. For the month, Jiraiya had been focusing on taijutsu.

They were coming up to Tanzaku Town. Jiraiya had told him that he would teach John a new Jutsu before they went back to the villageThey stop in a large clearing and Jiraiya removes the large scroll from his back. "All right," says Jiraiya in a serious tone, "First things first, you need to sign this."

He unfurled the scroll and handed John the brush. He stared at the names on the contract. Below each of the names is marks from their hands. John signs the contract and bites his finger. He rubbed his fingers together and pressed them down onto the page.

John stood up and Jiraiya clapped him on the shoulder.

"Now we can move on. In order to summon a toad, you must do the correct hand signs and plant your hand on the ground and remember, you must cut a finger, preferably your thumb, before starting. Now give it a shot. The hand signs are Pig, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram."

Jiraiya then bites his thumb and does the hand signs. He plants his hand on the ground and black markings spread from his hand. White smoke erupts from the ground. As it dissipates, John sees an orange toad wearing a vest where Jiraiya's hand was.

"This is Gamakichi," says Jiraiya, "He has volunteered to help in this."

"Yeah sure," says Gamakichi eyeing Jiraiya, "volunteered," turning towards John he asks, "So what's your name kid?"

"John Doe," he says, "And don't call me kid."

"Doe, huh. " John nods,. "OK let's get started."

With that, he vanished in another cloud of white smoke. He looked to Jiraiya, who nodded. John then bit his thumb and performed the hand signs and attempted to summon Gamakichi. The cloud of white erupts.