Team Sannin

Team Sannin was the Team composed by Jiraiya, Orochimaru and princess Tsunade, who led many shinobis in a battle with Hanzou the Salamander. It was the ex-Sarutobi Team. In this duel, all the shinobis died, exception for Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade. As we can see in Jiraiya's flashback, he's helped by Tsunade to stand up ; the salmander summoned by Hanzou, had surely broken Jiraiya's leg. It seems that in that battle, Jiraiya showed his friends that he had become a toad sage.