"Mrow," said Kurochan, who'd been quite aware of how long Naruto had spent last night going over the procedure. And making shadow clones to check the scroll he'd made the notes on, sent other clones off to notify members of his team, still more shadow clones to get groceries, yet MORE shadow clones (to the point where she'd been wondering what this genin's chakra reserves were like if he could play One Man Army Corps like that) to cook and straighten things up for his new houseguest.
Everything had gone fine until one of the shadow clones had returned with a catnip mouse. At which point she lost track of the next three hours and had only returned to her senses while watching Naruto shower.
"So why did you want US here for this?" asked Sasuke.
"Well, Kurochan's a member of Team 7, right?" asked Naruto. "So if she agrees and becomes my familiar, she can take a human form."
"Nyow nyow!" said Kurochan.
"She sounds anxious," noted Kakashi. "Still, she's only a member of Team 7 as an animal companion. That, at least, has a precedent."
"Well, she'll only be able to take familiar form briefly at first," said Naruto. "The ability to communicate in a human language is easier to maintain. She'll only lose that when she's hurt or if I'm out of range or if I'm injured - stuff like that."
"Nrow?" asked Kurochan, wondering what kind of range was required.
Naruto unfurled the scroll across the training ground, then knelt near one end. He bit his thumb and put it down in the circle on his end. "Now, Kurochan, you... oh."
Kurochan grinned from the other side of the scroll, having already done the same with the circle on her end.
Sasuke wondered if he could do something like that. Preferably involving large fire-breathing reptiles whom he could ride into combat, who would chew his brother up, later burping and proclaiming a taste like chicken.
"Summoning contracts are less involved," noted Kakashi.
"While we wait," said Miyuki. "What's today's mission?"
"Mah, I can't get one just yet," chided Kakashi gently. "Why don't you and Sasuke spar while Naruto practices his magic?"
FWAM!
The burst of blue flames from Naruto's circle seemed to be a signal as most of the writing from the scroll literally crawled off the paper in order to surround and cover the black cat.
"Before the gods of life and magic," began Naruto, "let this contract be formed."
"This isn't like the familiar contracts I've seen," noted Miyuki. "Though I've only seen one."
"The bond between us, I the Master who provides magic and the life necessities," said Naruto. "Thou the Servant - thy strength and support."
"Rowrrr, roowrrrl," said Kurochan, who didn't move but vocally disputed the whole Servant-Master thing.
"That's part of being a cat," said Sasuke, who hadn't gone sparring after all, preferring to watch this. "All cats consider themselves the master and their caregiver the servant. It's a cat thing."
"Our spirits together, our causes united," continued Naruto. "For the duration of -"
"Rowl rowr row!" interrupted Kurochan.
"-and stand together," continued Naruto, apparently deciding to ignore the various interruptions. "Contract Invoke!"
The symbols abruptly flew together, becoming a yellow crescent on Kurochan's head. At the same time a wind gusted from the center of the scroll outward.
Team 7 looked at where Kurochan had been sitting, and where now there was:
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