Kiara stood up o her hind legs, which would have reach to Naruto knee, against her mother's enormous nose. "But Kaa-san it's so boring at home. And I met a new friend. See?" She said looking over at Naruto whose eyes went a little wide as the enormous eyes of the White Tiger chief moved towards him and narrowed.
A deep growl came out of her throat that made the area vibrate and Naruto could feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.
"Did this person hurt you my little cub?" She asked as the mother Tiger rose to its full height making Naruto wonder if anyone else from the village could see the enormous Tiger since he doubted anyone could ever miss her.
Naruto gulped and readied himself to defend himself if possible but Kiara leapt in front of Naruto and looked at her mother with a pout on her face. "Kaa-san please don't hurt him. He saved me. I might have died if he had not arrived."
The great tiger obvious looked a little put back when her daughter spoke before her eyes narrowed again and went back down to look at Kiara's.
"Start explaining daughter," she said though it sounded more like a command.
So Kiara began to explain what had happened, how she fell into quicksand as she chased a butterfly around and was drowning in it when Naruto arrived and took her out of the sand before it could completely engulf her. Naruto stood to the side as the mother tiger scolded her little cub at her foolish actions before her giant nose touched Kiara's body.
"I thought I might have lost you." She said softly as Kiara stood on her hind legs again and licked her mother's nose in comfort.
Naruto smiled. She just a mother worried about her child.
The giant Tiger moved her head and looked towards Naruto before she stood at her full height again making Naruto take a gulp. No words were spoke for a moment as the mighty White Tiger chief boss looked down at Naruto with her large green eyes gazing right into him.
After a moment of silence she spoke.
"Saving my daughter as you did have put you in a favorable light and your actions have gained my thanks young man. Few would dare to risk saving another from death, less likely counting we are of different species. For saving my daughter, you have my thanks. I am Sheba, Chief of the White Tiger Clan of Mount Rhaynor."
Knowing to be polite in this situation, Naruto bowed to the giant White Tiger leader. "I am Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. It's nice to meet you." He said as Sheba nodded to him.
"You will have to forgive my earlier rudeness to you young cub, my kind have had bad experiences with humanity so we tend to avoid interaction with them. You are the first human I have spoken in many decades."
"He is real nice Kaa-san. He cleaned me and got rid of the sand." Kiara said as she showed her mother her clean fur.
"It was no problem at all Sheba-sama. I was just glad that I could help and save your daughter when I did. If not then I dread to think what might have happened." Sheba nodded her head and was about to speak when Kiara was waving her paws in the air, trying to get her attention.
"Kaa-san we should reward him. I know how we can reward him. It my best idea I have ever had." She said as Naruto chuckled at the little cub while Sheba rolled her eyes but smiled a big toothy smile showing her large sharp teeth.
"What is your idea young one?"
Kiara gave her a big smile and padded over to Naruto as she rubbed her head against his leg purring before answering.
"Let him become our summoner and sign the White Tiger Contract." She said as both Naruto and Sheba looked at her in surprise.
Naruto did not have any words to say though inwardly he was bursting with happiness. He had always wanted to have a summons after seeing Anko use her Snake summons back in the chunin exams and it had stayed with him ever since. Sheba meanwhile narrowed her eyes to look at her daughter and Kiara.
"Kiara, might I remind you we have never had a summoner before. Why should we start now?"
Kiara frowned. "But Kaa-san this could be a good way to get back into this world, plus Naruto would be a good summoner. Right?" She asked as Naruto quickly nodded his head.
Sheba stood tall as she looked down at Naruto with her piercing green eyes staring intently into him, almost as if she was staring into his very soul and trying to see if he was worthy enough to be their first summoner.
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