It stared at him for a moment before it let out a small meow and licked his cheek affectionately making him laugh a little.
"HA HA that tickles little fella." He said as he patted its head.
"Thanks you mister. I thought I was gonna die." The little cat said making Naruto look at it in surprise.
"You talk?" He asked as it bopped its head up and down.
"Yuh huh of course I talk." "Wells that's pretty cool. I have never met a talking cat before. Talking toads and slugs yes but never a little cat."
He guessed he said something wrong because the little cat began hitting it tiny paws against him while it made a facial expression that he guessed was a pout.
"I'm not a cat you big dummy. I'm a tiger, a white tiger from the White Tiger clan. And stop calling me fella, I'm a girl." The little tiger revealed making Naruto look at her in surprise.
"Oh well I am sorry about that." He said before he put his hand out to her. "My name is Naruto. It's nice to meet you." He said as the little tiger cub looked at him with her big green eyes before she copied his motions and placed her paw on top his hand.
"My names Kiara, part of the White Tiger Clan." She said as Naruto nodded and stood he walked away from the quick sand with Kiara still in his arms.
He held her close so that she did not fall back into the quicksand and he gently stroked her beautiful coat of fur, removing bits of sand from it as he did.
"You know I don't think I have ever heard of a White Tiger Clan before." Naruto said. "I am aware of the Toads, Snakes, Slugs, Monkeys and Dogs but White Tigers are a new one on me."
Kiara moved her little head to look up at him.
"Kaa-san doesn't like our kind going out in the world too much. She says long ago people killed the small Tigers for sport and lots of us died. So Kaa-san wants us to stay in our homeland since its safe there and no one can hurt us."
Naruto smiled. "Your Kaa-san sounds very smart and she sound like she cared a lot for her family."
Kiara bobbed her head. "She is and she is very powerful. Kaa-san is the chief of the White Tiger Clan. A lot of the other Tigers are a little scared of her since she is very strong. But I think Kaa-san is a big softie."
'Yeah I bet.' Naruto thought.
"If you are not allowed usually allowed to leave you home then why are you in this forest?" He asked.
Kiara gave him a very toothy smile. "Kaa-san says I'm a very curious child and I always want to see what's outside of home. But Kaa-san likes it when I'm close by since I am mama's only cub."
"So she's very protective over you." He said as Kiara nodded.
"Very so she might be a little mad that I am out here." she said before she jumped out of Naruto's arms. "You should meet her. I think she would like you since you saved me!"
"I don't think that would be a good idea." He said waving his arms but Kiara did not listen and placed her paw on the ground in front of them. As she did, black marking appeared on the ground, as Naruto recognized the summoning seals.
A second later a large cloud of smoke appeared and it made Naruto go very nervous. He thought the cloud would be small, about a man size of bigger but instead it was enormous, covering parts of the forest, and went far over the tops of the trees.
'Oh crap.' He thought hoping that Kiara's mother would not turn him into 'cat' food.
As the cloud began to disappear, Naruto unconsciously took a step back and for good reason.
The creature in front of him was the very definition of enormous. She towered over the tree's tops and if he had to guess, he would say that she was even bigger than his father's summon Gamabunta, at least a good head taller. Not quite as big as the Kyubi no Yoko he had seen when he was five but she was not far off.
Her fur was like Kiara's, snow white with long black stripes over her body but her coat had a shine to it that he guessed came with age. Her eyes were jade green as well and her claws on her paws were even bigger than his Shusui. On the top of her head was what looked like some kind of tiara with an emerald in the centre of it and her tail and shoulder muscles had this grayish silver armor to it.
The enormous White Tiger looked round in confusion. "Where am I?" she called out in a strong but very elegant sounding voice. The voice had nobility laced all over it.
"Kaa-san down here!" Kiara's squeaky voice called and at first he wondered if the giant Tiger would even be able to her. But she obviously did when her large head looked down and towards Kiara. "Kiara." She said in a stern voice as her head lowered down to the ground to look at her daughter. "What have I told you about leaving Mount Rhaynor? You know I don't like you leaving our home without me knowing or at all."
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