Sunrunner's Fire ~ Chapter Eight ~ Kai
She can summon! How long has she been able to do that!? Itachi wondered to himself in shock as a muted 'poof' sounded and a cloud of smoke hid Ty from view. Itachi tensed as his eyes narrowed to watch as the smoke slowly began to blow away.
Whatever she had summoned was big. Really big. Without Ty sitting on it's back the creature easily reached ten feet tall at the shoulder and was powerfully built. A low rumbling growl emitted from the creature's chest as pure green eyes that had a lighter green, vertical slashed pupil opened to glow in the clearing smoke.
Itachi couldn't help but stare at the massive creature that was some sort of feline, but unlike any feline he'd ever seen or heard of. No type of cat was ten feet tall at the shoulder.
It was a medium brown that faded to white on it's underside, muzzle, and paws. Darker brown markings adorned it's sides, some were almost complete circles that had gold tinted tan fur in the middle. Fangs reaching a foot and a half in length dropped down from it's upper jaw were serrated on the inside edge. Meaning, it would deliver one hell of a bite if it got the chance.
"Kai" Tyrin said aloud as she sighed and laid down on the feline's back with her face pressed into the feline's long, soft fur.
"What?" The Lioness asked as she to laid down as well, though she kept her head up and turned to the side so she could watch the entrance to their clearing. She could look at Ty as well and with a mildly curious expression.
You said you didn't have a name Ty replied as she ran her fingers though the plush fur, So I'm naming you Kai. It was the name of a heroine in a history scroll I read Ty concluded.
"Thank you" Kai replied with feeling as she sat up, causing Ty to slide off her back to the ground. Kai then pounced lightly on her so Ty was between her front paws and began to purr as she put her head in Ty's lap while shrinking her fangs so she wouldn't stab her mistress.
Ty giggled, and began petting the feline's head with gentle hands. She was actually a bit surprised at how soft Kai's fur was since she didn't look as soft as she felt. Ty then began to scratch Kai behind one ear as she answered her human's thoughts.
"That happened when I borrowed your chakra to free myself from the slave collar your father put on me" Kai replied as she groaned aloud with pleasure as Ty's fingers found just the right spot.
"I wish you could stay with me always. I have a couple good friends, but now with Tao..." Ty sighed shaking her head sadly as she leaned the side of her face against Kai's forehead and inhaled her unique, pleasant scent of forest, fur, wind, and rain. It reminded Ty of home back when she didn't mind being home, mostly of where she and Kai had first met.
"Oh but I can" Kai replied with wicked good humor as she pulled her head free and stood up. Then began to shrink.
This was no transformation justu, but a change of shape that no one would be able to detect. Kai got smaller and smaller until she was a bit smaller than the average house cat and fluffy. She was now mostly white mixed with cream and golden tan fur on her back, head, and ringing her tail that darkened to dark brown on her ears and tail tip.
Done changing she blinked large green eyes at Ty who was staring at Kai with wonder and meowed playfully(Like Kirara from InuYasha). She jumped straight onto Ty's shoulder and rubbed the side of her head against Ty's cheek affectionately, "See? Now I can stay with yout and no one will be the wiser about my origins!"
Kai was excited although Ty was looking at her with a bit of shock on her face, "Did I know you could do that?"
Kai meowed again and began to purr as she arranged herself on Ty's shoulders so she was perched primarily on Ty's right shoulder with her tail coiled around her human's neck so it draped over her left shoulder. Obviously smug with her new trick, Kai didn't answer besides the mew.
"Hn. Guess not" Ty answered herself in good humor as she stood up. She needed to get home and get some sleep she decided as she covered a yawn and took off towards her home.
Itachi was careful not to block Ty's way or be seen by her as she left before he fallowed. Obviously this was Ty's first time summoning Kai or the cat would have been with her before this. It seemed she shared a bond with her cat the same as the Inuzuka clan did with their canine familiars. Not a bad thing since Ty was all alone otherwise. He fallowed Ty to her home and watched her enter via window before he left for his compound himself.
Tyrin Drachen was some one to watch out for...