The Sleeping God

I smell a robot

"How interesting." 

The silver haired shinobi drew his tanto, dogs growling at the green eyed man who had appeared under the tree a few feet away. 

"Who are you? This is Hatake territory." The 15 year old spat out, watching the stranger carefully. 

He wore a black pants and shirt, with a red and white haori decorated with pearls. His hair was long and braided, a crane pin holding it together while a straw had hung behind his head. 

"I'm aware of who has claimed this land. I only wished to speak to you about your freind." The stranger looked at Paku.

"He's not for sale." The Kenzo Hatake spat. It wouldn't be the first time some rich civilian wanted to buy Paku. 

"Oh no. I was just wondering how you summoned him. The animal clans are very hidden and rarely come to the world of man. I wished to know why your friend made an exception." 

"The dog clan has a contract with the Hatakes." The brown pug said in a deep voice, sitting on his haunches. 

"Oh?" The stranger said, not at all startled by the dog speaking the human language, which told Kenzo he was no civilian, since there was a reason Paku stayed silent around non-shinobi.

 The stranger inclined his head in curiosity. "And how did that come about?" 

"Our sister clan the Inuzuka were given dogs from Oji-sama, hounds that partner for life with their warriors." The Hatake said, not sheathing his blade. 

"We wanted to see what the fuss around humans was about." Paku continued. "My grandsire partnered up with this brat's grandsire. An equal partnership and it worked out well, so my sire and I did the same." 

The stranger nodded. "I see. Thank you both for answering my questions. I have but one more. Do you know if any of the other animal clans have contracts or other similar arrangements with humans?" 

Paku gave the doggy equivalent of a shrug. "I heard a rumor that the toads were considering it, don't know which humans though." 

The stranger bowed. "Thank you for the information, Hatake-san, Paku-san. I will be on my way." He started to move towards the trees when Paku called out. 

"Wait a minute. Black hair, green eyes, red haori, crane pin, smells like the ocean with hints of metal and lightning. I know who you are." The pug declared. 

The stranger laughed. "You caught me, little hound." He said, grinning. "Would you like a reward? It's so rare anyone, human or animal, recognize me outside of festivals. " 

"Paku, who is that?" 

"Thats Oji-sama." Paku said. "Use your nose." 

Kenzo's eyes widened and he started to bow, only for Oji-sama to stop him. 

"It's alright. I came in the guise of a mortal for a reason. I only wished to ask without being attacked, which would have happened if I went to the Hatake  compound myself." The god smiled. "Hand me your blade, little shinobi." 

Kenzo immediately spun the blade, nearly cutting himself in his haste to extend the handle to the god, who took it with a bemused smile. 

Oji-sama ran his fingers along the edge and the blade turned white and began to glow a beautiful silver. "To show my approval of the contract between the dog clan of Kiba Forest and the Hatake clan of Hi no kuni, I name this blade Shiroi Kiba, White fang. Use it well." 

He held out his other hand and the sunlight bent, a pure white sheath covered in symbols that looked familiar to the ones on the temple of three dragons twined around it. 
Oji-sama sheathed the blade, the sheath turning dark, handed it to Kenzo, rubbed Paku's ears and vanished in a swirl of wind. 

Kenzo immediately sat down, sheath shimmering at his touch. "Holy shit." 
"You said it, partner." 

Kenzo hesitantly pulled the blade from the sheath, which immediately lit up that same silver, leaving after images of itself in the air. 

An experimental swing showed what the god had done, an arch of chakra extending from the blade and slicing several trees in half from twenty feet away. 

"Holy shit." Said Paku as Kenzo stared at the blade. 

A pause. 

"We should go back to the compound and tell everybody." 

"Yup." 

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Following the example of the Dog Clan and wanting to also gain the approval of the World Dragon, several other animal clans began to reach out to various warrior clans, forming contracts and relationships with either entire clans or specific shinobi. 

Which led to a few problems, mainly civilians starting to get spooked, saying that the warrior clans weren't humans, but spirits. 

Which, in the case of the Uchiha, was partially true but everyone else was human with a little extra. 

There was also the problem of certain animal clans wanting a contract with a human but were unable to find suitable candidates. 

It was Ayako who solved this problem, creating standardized summoning circles for the clans to use. 

"If the warrior doesn't already have a contract, instead of summoning a clansmen, it will reverse summon them to the territory of the clan they are best suited for. That way candidates come to you!" 

"Her solution is teleportation and personality tests?" Sharringon muttered. 

"I'm pretty sure we only exist to help her fulfill her schemes and not die." Percy muttered right back. 

Sharringgon actually smirked at that, and immediately said he wanted to negotiate a contract between the Hawk, Crow and Ravens clans and the Uchiha, which Percy told him to go for. 

Ayako also smiled and said she wanted to negotiate a contract with the Bijuu for the Uzumaki which Percy told her absolutely not.