As the wall of fire came crashing toward me, I summoned all of my chakra to my feet. Leaping up, I landed on the one place that I could be even marginally safe. On top of the freakin' toad's head. Naruto had told me that if you wanted to piss off the Chief Toad, all you had to do was stand on his head. Talk about grabbing the toad by its warts. Oh, by the way, if I ever meet the person who invented the phrase "grab the bull by its horns", I'm going to pimp smack him into next week. It was an insane plan....but it worked--sort of. I snarled at Jiraiya, who looked surprised that I had jumped the fifty some-odd feet to Gamabunta's head.
"Damn." He cussed. Then, he squatted down and grabbed a good handful of the Chief Toad's scaly skin, bracing himself.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING ON TOP OF MY HEAD, YOU LITTLE UPSTART? YOU DIDN'T EVEN SUMMON ME!!!! IF THAT NARUTO KID WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, YOU JUST HAD TO COME ALONG AND JUMP ON TOP OF MY FREAKIN' HEAD!! AT LEAST HE SUMMONED ME, THOUGH!!! YOU DIDN'T EVEN DO THAT MUCH!! NOW GET THE HELL OFF!!!" Gamabunta screamed at me and started jumping around and bucking.
"AAWWW....SHITTTTTTTTTTTT!!!" I screeched and tried to hang on to the giant bucking bronco of a toad with all of my might and chakra. Eventually, he bucked around to the side of a tree as big and tall as he was. I sprang off, landing shakily on one of the taller branches.
I'm not prone to motion sickness. Not by a long shot. But I had just been tossed around like a freakin' rag doll from about fifty or sixty feet in the air. It was a wonder that I even landed on a branch of the tree. But that still didn't stop me from hurling my guts out. Even though I hadn't even had breakfast.
"Uggh..." I was sure that I looked positively green. But looking at Jiraiya, who was still seated haphazardly atop the amphibian, I was sure that I had gotten the better part of the bargain by abandoning ship. He looked disoriented and dizzy. Now was my chance!!! I was going to go get those bells!!
I sprang...