Writers commentary:
I'm going to start posting the chapters a bit shorter to make it easier to read, this is about three pages on the word-typing program that I use; I think this will be the length of chapters from now on. :D
"I thought this room was sealed..?" Mizu blinked at the sight of a cat in the room, he was a quick thinker and figured that must've been what Tai had stepped on earlier to cause his tumble down the stairs. Madara was obviously not amused by his sons extreme clumsiness and picked him up by the back of the shirt to sit him back down on the desk. Tai could sense his fathers irritation and sat there quietly waiting for whatever was going to happen next. "This room is sealed, but it seems our guest had entered before it was sealed." He spoke with a serious tone in his voice, which made Mizu uneasy and Tai curious as ever..
"I told you I was going to get here early as the sun would rise!" Another voice suddenly rang throughout the room, it sounded like that of a female.. But there was nobody else in the room besides Tai, Mizu and Madara.. Or was there? Before anyone had the chance to look around to search for this 'female' the cat from earlier had jumped onto a table near Madara and Tai and sat there looking proud with its head up high. The only problem was that it wasn't actually a cat, but what appeared to be a tiger-cub. "You should be more specific, you also should make yourself known so mishaps don't happen." Madara was referencing to Tai's little fall earlier, the feline growled at this, "Well your little terror over there should watch where he's going!" She hissed at Tai, who continued to sit quietly with his head-down as a sign of respect for his father.
Mizu was confused as ever but didn't want to say anything out loud, he figured this tiger was here for an obvious reason seeing as how Madara had apparently been expecting them. The masked male turned to the cat, "You will speak with respect to Tai or have your tongue removed, do you understand that? You will do your job, then you will keep your mouth shut and leave.. If anything goes wrong, I'll have you skinned and kept as a floor-mat." His voice was stern and serious, the pupils of the tiger widened as its fur flattened down out of fear. Tai wanted so badly to jump up, snap his fingers and say 'WHAT NOW BITCH?'.. But he figured that wouldn't be appropriate for the time being.. He would do it later when his dad was gone.
"Well then.." Madara had noticed how silent the feline had got after she had accepted her orders. He gave Mizu a nod and pat Tai on the head softly like he would when the boy was younger. "I have no doubt in you Tai.. Mizu, keep him in line." His voice had returned to its normal tone and he almost sounded happy; but Tai could tell otherwise at the way he touched his head, there was something odd about it. "So.. We just leave? Will we hear from you again?" Tai mumbled and looked upwards at the orange-swirled mask. "I'll keep in touch." His father stated bluntly before using his famous teleportation jutsu and slowly being sucked into his own eye to fade away almost like magic..
"Um.. So, what is your job..?" Mizu looked towards the tiger again.. "Well first of all, you may refer to me as Tora-chan, second of all, I'm going to be your guild to the leaf-village to make sure you get there safe." Tora looked as if she was smiling, as if a cat could even smile. "First we have to go over some basic rules!" The cat stood at attention with its back straight as possible. "FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE NO LONGER TAI UCHIHA!" The feline pointed at Tai, its claws all out as if it was ready to attack. Tai knew she probably didn't like him much since he had stepped on its tail earlier.. "Wait what?" Tai looked confused as ever, Mizu turned towards him to explain, "We probably have to use fake names and everything so nobody knows who we are.. Ooh I wanna change my name to Tomo-" Mizus talking was cut off by the loud hiss of the cat, "IDIOT! Your fine, its Tai we have to worry about! He can't walk around saying, OH HI EVERYBODY IM AN UCHIHA!" The feline mocked them with a high voice which made Tai smile and try not to laugh. "WHATS SO FUNNY!" The feline was irritated, "Thats what my dad sounds like when he plays the roll of Tobi.. Heheheh!" Tai and Mizu both giggled at the thought of Tai's super serious dad acting like the goofball character 'Tobi' which he used as his alter ego..
The tiger was getting more irritated by the second and after listening to the two giggle for a few minutes, before the two had the chance to stop laughing they were forced to by a rush of pain across their faces. The cat had lunged into the air and clawed both of them across the cheek out of spite. "MEAN KITTY, BAD! BAD!" Tai began to tear up at even more pain now surging through his body. Mizu sat there motionlessly twitching at the sharp burning sensation; he figured he should be quiet from now on until the feline had finished speaking.
Tai began to flail around kicking and waving his arms randomly, "MY DAD SAID YOU HAD TO BE NICEEEEE! WHY DIDN'T HE LEAVE US WITH A CUTE LITTLE DOG OR SOMETHING!" He complained and shouted, the tiger wanted nothing more than to cut his throat out right now but knew it would be her bittersweet death if she did so. Mizu reached into his backpack and pulled out something silver and shiny. He began to shake it up and down making a little jingling noise of metal hitting other metal. Both Tai and the feline were completely entranced by these jingling keys.. Mizu didn't know if he should stop now that they both calmed down, or if he should have fun with it and enjoy how easily amused they both were. He usually kept these keys with him for when Tai got distracted and wouldn't listen, but it seemed to work with this situation too..
His hand stopped moving eventually because he was tired, then the two snapped out of the trance. "Huh? What?" Tai blinked a few times and looked around, when he saw the tiger he freaked out again like before and jumped up to try and pet it. He flopped back onto the floor and moaned in pain, Mizu could do nothing but facepalm and leave him down there to learn a lesson. "ANYWAY.. AS.. I.. WAS.. SAYING.." The high voice of the feline seemed to echo throughout the large tower they were in as she finished explaining how they had to keep their identity a secret and Tai must use a fake name.
"So, your name is Tai Kagami and your family is all alive and safe at the rain village. Nobody must know the truth, it doesn't matter if they become your new best friend!" The female seemed to hiss between every few words. Tai and Mizu nodded that they understood the guidelines; Mizu helped Tai stand up and carry his backpack as they got ready to leave. "Tai, your summon is a tiger luckily, and if you desperately need me, I'll be back to kick your ass until your fine again!" She growled again, Tai still hadn't gotten the point to stop trying to pet her; he reached over and gave her a pat on the head softly and wobbled out of the room with Mizu before she could strike back..
"You better not get a new best friend.." Mizu refereed to the tigers earlier statement with a pouty face, Tai smiled and bumped shoulders with him. "Oh please, there is NOBODY as awesome as my Mizu-kun! And the bestfriend of The Great Tai Uchi-..Kagami, MUST BE AWESOME!" Tai smiled widely, he looked dorky as ever covered in bandages and a huge cat-scratch across his face, but this was exactly how Tai was; Dorky as ever and hurt from some self-inflicted stupidity..
"Hey.. Tai.. You know what?" Mizu looked over at his friend with a suspicious smile, "Huh?" Tai seemed confused and had no idea what his friend was about to do.. "ON THE ROAD AGAINNNNN! I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAAAINNN!" Mizu burst into song, after a split-second moment of shock and confusion from Tai, he joined in as the two walked along side by side singing loudly. They knew they had a huge trip ahead of them, but for them it was just another fun adventure!