"I'm telling you, we shouldn't've brought her here again. She's already seen too much, and that's just this room," the Uchiha boyfriend was saying.
"Quit taunting my disability for contractions. And I am telling you that it is fine. She is already on her way to joining our top-most ranks, and there is no..."
I quietly crept out the window to the square below while they were still bickering. I saw three people on the opposite side, so I carefully hid where I could overhear their conversation.
Some guy in an orange mask shouted, "Aw! But Tobi's a good boy!" just as I came within hearing.
A man with orange hair and far too many piercings replied, "No. You know there's no chance until an opening is available. Why must you persist with this?"
A girl with a paper origami flower gently touched his arm, begging for them to leave already. The pair departed, leaving a dejected looking Tobi walking in the opposite direction. I began to walk casually out of the square once they were out of sight. Suddenly, someone poofed behind me. I instinctively reached for a tanto and swung it for the neck. The man managed to block the blade with his arm guard and exclaimed, "Nice instincts! It's a good thing you didn't' hear anything important. I'm Tobi! What's your name?"
I reluctantly replied, "Skai. Why?"
"No last name? Oh, I just wanted to talk! By the way, that wasn't a very good hiding spot."
"It fooled you comrades. And would you rather I hid under a brick?"
"I suppose you have a good point... So what are you doing here? Are you Itachi and Mariah's subordinate?"
"Why do you care... But, yes, I suppose I am."
"Oh, I'm just trying to make conversation! So what village are you from? Leaf, I suppose... I know! What rank are you?"
A small grin crept onto my face. I had still not lowered my blade either. "Why don't I just show you?" I flipped a kunai out of my pouch towards his stomach and sped off for the nearest shadow. If I made it there, I would no longer have to tolerate this annoying person's pestering questions. Before I could reach my escape, though, he poofed in front of me.
"Good thing I dodged that. That would've hurt! You should be more careful." I growled low in my throat and created a kuro kage kaze.
"Leave," I growled.
"Woah! This is cool! What else does it do?" Rather than obeying my order, he began spinning in circles, looking at the "cool" effects of my jutsu on the color tones of the square.
"Don't tell me you have a sharingan, too," I groaned. He suddenly came to a halt and turned towards me, lowering his voice.
"How did you know?"
"Oh never mind." And, releasing my jutsu, I ran off as fast as I could. I managed to turn a corner before the confusion of the release allowed him to see where I had gone. Quickly, I found Mariah's room and climbed through another window. Crashing down, interrupting there bicker, I begged, "Please! Get me out of here! I'll answer any questions I can, just get me out of here before he finds me!"
The Uchiha man turned to Mariah. "She met Tobi?" Mariah grinned and nodded in reply.
Turning to me, she said, "Alright, we have a deal. To Konoha's outskirts?" I frantically nodded, and she poofed us into the forest. She asked me some general questions until we reached the gates.
The next day I realized that, unlike many other jounin, I still didn't have a summon animal. I began to dig through some finals, researching the different possible animals. Toads, slugs, and snakes all seemed too...slimy. I thought about some bird of prey for a while, but being suspended up in the air seemed far to open and vulnerable. Anyone would be able to see me up there. I considered dogs, but they were far too tame, plus they would connect me with the white-haired jounin.
I finally found the perfect animal. No one had had it before. It was strong, graceful, and strongly connected to the night and moon. I would find and create a pact with the wolf clan.
After some research on the nature of wolves, I decided that their center-house would most likely be found in the forest of the fire country. I managed to find some reports on wolf-activity, and pinpointed a few places where I might find them. With map in tow and warning my parents that I would be gone for a few days, I set off in search. On my sixth try, on the second day, I found a rather mysterious cave. Upon entry, I found a petite woman peering at me over some reading glasses from behind an orderly desk.
"Name?" I stared in confusion. "What is your name? Or did you make an appointment at all? When will people learn! If you want an audience with the alpha wolf, you have to make an appointment. You can't just waltz in here and expect there to be an opening! He is a very busy ma- *ahem* person!"
She was glaring rather viciously now, so I tried to soothe her temper somewhat. I wanted this contract.
"Oh, I came to schedule an appointment personally. When is the next opening?" She was pleasantly surprised at my comment and began to rifle through a notebook.
"You came at the perfect time. If you make it quick, you can see him right now. He should be just down the tunnel, first opening on your right." I thanked her, still not understanding why there was a human secretary in the wolves' headquarters, especially seeing as no one had supposedly ever found the place.
The room I had been directed to held a massive wolf lounging in a hot spring with a smaller, feminine wolf. They both looked up surprised at my entry. I half-bowed and said, "Hello. My name is Skai Nara. I came to form a pact with your clan. Who might I be addressing?" I had read a book on formalities before coming. I really wanted this contract.
"My name is only for those who prove themselves worthy enough to summon me," he boomed, "What makes you think that you are worthy for such an honor?"
"No idea. I don't know what your requirements are, so how could I think that I follow them? I simply decided that I should form a pact with one of the summon clans, and the wolf seemed to me to be the best choice." The wolf actually seemed satisfied with my brief speech, and he threw me a grey scroll. I quickly signed my name in my blood and imprinted my fingerprints on the next open slot. Apparently the village's records were flawed – there were three signatures before mine. I tossed it back, bowed my head, and turned to leave. The she-wolf called after me, "may you always have a loyal pack, good prey, and a full moon." I inclined my head in respect and left. It was the strangest farewell I had ever heard, yet it made sense.