Learning How To Summon

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Hey guys! )I had to rewrite this WHOLE THING because my computer crashed :( Oh well, enjoy!)

Here are the names of the tigers in this photo: Daichi (He is the size of Gammabunta) (And every chapter I'll put up another picture of the Tigers because I can only put up one picture at a time >:( )

I, in no way on the pictures up above OR Naruto. I only own Kaji and her plot.

Peace

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Kaji's POV

"Damn it!" I scream, well, whisper hoarsely. My voice starts to crack as I say it, evidence of my lack of hydration. Don't go blaming the Akatsuki, this was all me. Itachi practically had to drag me back to the base.

I collapsed on the floor, in the middle of the summoning circle, and Kisame came to pick me up. He tossed me over his shoulder and I didn't even have the energy to complain, until a huge puff of smoke made a loud boom throughout the empty field.

A burst of adrenaline runs through my veins as I hop out of Kisame's grip and take a kunai from my pouch, standing in front of him protectively. My defensive position doesn't waver as I see the smoke clear, revealing a group.

Of tigers.

My eyes widen and a giant smile makes its way on my face, me jumping high and pumping my fist into the air victoriously. "Hell yeah!" I say happily, my eyes making their way to the huge white tiger, who is obviously their leader.

The huge white tiger stands tall, his ice blue eyes piercing through mine. He has jagged black stripes across his snow-white fur, and his tail is long and thin. His tail is white and black striped until halfway through it becomes fully black, and on the end is a white puff of fur. On the end of each leg, before his paw, there are more puffs of fur. There are two more puffs of fur on his shoulders and he has thick, white eyebrows.

My eyes move away from his gaze and I see a slim blue tiger. He, or she, looks like a regular tiger, though with a blue coat. He has icy blue eyes to match his coat, and he is looking right at me with them. But, what really catches my eyes about this tiger, are his/her claws. They are naturally longer than all of the other tigers' claws, their silver color shining.

(A/N I know the creature that was drawn in front of the actual tiger is a canine, but for this story it's a tiger xD)

My eyes drift away from the slim tiger and move on to two more tigers, huddled up next to each other. The bigger tiger, who a mix of dark blue and purple, has a fluffy white tail and at the tip it is a mixture of the blue's and purples on his/her coat. He has wisps of white fur on the area where his shoulders meet his leg, and he also has a fluff of white fur going down his chest, under his face. He has a slight mane, made out of the same white fur that adorns his chest. Behind his is the younger tiger, who has slightly lighter and more purple-ish fur. He has the same markings as his elder, though they are slightly thinner. He has a normal tiger tail, a mix of black and purple. He has that same white strip of fur down his chest, making me believe they are brothers. The younger tiger also has piercings on his ears, making me send him a slight smirk. What catches my eye, are their eyes. They are amber with a darker red in the middle, and a lighter yellow around the edges of both of their eyes.

My eyes stray away from theirs and move on to a saber tooth tiger, the bandages on his paws that are stained with blood making me immediately feel attached to him, or her. He is a really dark teal color and has a Mohawk looking mane, a much lighter teal than his coat. He has even darker teal markings all over his muscular form, and he has three long claws on each paw. His long saber teeth shine against the moonlight, and his tail is thin, with a slight puff of his own colored fur at the end. His piercing black eyes look directly in my excited red ones, and I swear I can see a flash of amusement.

However my eyes don't stay on him for that long, and are drawn to the last tiger of the bunch.

He was beautiful. Absolutely stunning.

He looked similar to the huge white tiger, having the same markings as his elder. He had ice blue eyes, except there was no pupil, making them more outstanding. What drew me most to this tiger, was the fact that he had flames coming out of him.

Yes, blue flames.

They were on the tip of his tail, his shoulders, and where his shoulder meets his legs. On his back legs too, right about the base of the paws, there were those blue flames. Behind his ears, those flames were there.

It was honestly one of the hardest things that I was ever able to look away from.

But it was because the huge tiger decided to talk to me.

"Why did you try and summon us so many times, little girl?" His huge voice booms at me.

My eyes narrow at him, as I soon realize the situation I was in. They didn't recognize my chakra signature, so they denied to be summoned. But by the time I ran out of chakra, they would all have to be summoned because they couldn't exactly send my chakra back to me.

See what I'm getting at?

I strut up to the huge tiger and put my hand on my hips, the other hand shaking in the air at him. "Because! I needed to know how to summon!" I yell at him sassily. "Now, why did you denied to be summoned?" I ask, almost darkly.

He snarls my way and leans down to get on eye level with me, which didn't exactly work, but he was close enough.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" He asks rhetorically, baring his teeth at me.

We have a glare off, and I hear some stifled laughs from the remaining group of tigers.

"Are you so old that you can't sense a Tora's chakra, you old fart?" I growl right back at him.

His eyes narrow at me, and he sniffs. He sniffs again, his eyes widening slightly.

I see him smile, tiger version, and he jumps up into the air happily. The force of his jump pushes me back, but I get caught by the tiger who has flames on his body. The flames don't burn me, in fact, they are refreshingly cool.

"Thanks." I tell the tiger, who lets me down softly. The giant tiger has his tongue out of his mouth happily, glancing down at me. I look back and I see that all of the tigers have lined up, and are bowing in my direction. The big tiger calms down and also bows slightly towards me.

"Sorry for my insolence, princess. We were not aware that there was a surviving Tora." He tells me apologetically. My eyebrows scrunch up in confusion.

"Um, ok?" I say, lost in what was happening.

"We should probably explain what is happening, Daichi." The tiger with flames says to the huge tiger, who's name I now know.

"Ok, ok." Daichi grumbles. "Princess-"

"You guys can just call me Kaji, you know that right?" I interrupt, slightly blushing under my mask.

"Ok, Kaji. Well, we are the Tora clan's summonings. We are specifically the summoning animals for the child that comes once every decade, or, you. Everyone else has two tiger summonings, but the child of decades gets 6 to 12 summonings. You only got six, but you're in luck!" He tells me, his tongue lolling out of his mouth. He smiles at me, "We're pretty powerful, Kaji." He brags.

My eyes slightly narrow at all of them. Not in a threatening way, but I'm still confused.

"Well, could you guys introduce yourselves?" I ask politely. "That way I can call you by your names." I mutter.

The giant tiger bows again, giggling. "My name is Daichi." He tells me cheerfully, stepping back.

The two tigers that were huddled up against eachother walk up to me and bow slightly, then jumping up and sniffing me happily. "I'm Ai!" The smaller one states.

"I'm Ao!" The bigger, and obviously older, tiger says. They both look like big goofballs, and I can't help but smile at them.

"You guys are brothers, I presume?" I ask kindly.

They wildly nod their heads at me, "We can use genjutsu really well! One of us casts the Genjutsu and the other rips them to shreds!" They say at the same time cheerfully. I smirk at them and pat their heads, and they walk back to the line where the rest of the tigers of.

The slim tiger walks up to me, slightly bowing before lifting his head slightly to meet my eyes. I give him an encouraging smile, "My name is Shun, Lady Kaji." He says.

I gesture him towards me and he obliges, and I pet the fur at his neck. I lean down to his ears, "Don't be too shy, Shun. I'm guessing you're really powerful." I tell him, making him back away and shoot a grateful look my way.

The dark teal saber tooth walks my way and bows his head, before looking me in the eyes. His eyes slightly remind me of Sasuke's onyx orbs, making me smile at him.

"My name is Kenta, Milady." He tells me, with a deep voice. "My specialties include ripping people to shreds, so if you need anything," He tells me, sending me a bloodthirsty smirk. I return his smirk with my own, accepting his request.

He walks back into the line, and finally the tiger with flames walks up to me gracefully.

He bows his head and then raises it, his ice blue eyes connecting with mine. "My name is Tomoko, Lady Kaji. I am best at Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, however my Genjutsu skills are lacking." He says respectfully. He walks back to the group, after I momentarily pet the fur on his head.

"Well, I guess I should introduce myself too, huh? My name is Kaji, as you already know. I'm 13 years old, and my favorite color is red. I like meat, especially steak and lamb, and I hate seasonings. On almost everything. I'm pretty good at Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, but I'm definitely not the best at Genjutsu." I say, laughing slightly. "That's about it."

Kisame snorts in the background, and I jab my thumb over my shoulder. "That's Kisame, he-" I start to say, before I cough up blood.

I clench my skin where my heart is and fall to the ground, the tigers immediately poofing away.

I feel my eyes drifting close, slightly aching due to the loss of chakra, but a victorious smile resides on my face.

I have learned how to summon.