Contract.
'I figured I'd go for the most powerful; Suzuki, here I come.'
He was taking a look around. He was looking for an eagle who could lead him to Suzuki.
"Hey, Mr. Eagle, could you please assist me here?" Itachi noticed an eagle perched on a branch.
"What's your name? I don't recall seeing a single person here." Eagle said in a laid-back manner.
"Well! I've only been here for a few hours." Itachi was the one who responded.
"Ahh! So, why are you looking for extra help?" Eagle.
"Well, I need an eagle contract from Rukh, Suzuki, Zuzuki, and Kazuki, anyone of them." Itachi explained his predicament. "I was hoping you might be able to assist me with one of their locations."
"Huh! a contract, well aren't you an unlucky one?" Eagle.
"What makes getting a contract so unlucky? I understand that eagles are simply too arrogant to sign a contract." Itachi was curious if there was more to it.
"Those who get a contract, however, must leave the black mountain with their contractor." Eagle.
"Huh! So, is that why the Eagles didn't get a contract? It is true that living with such a large eagle is unsettling." Itachi.
Nah! "Eagles can transform from a small eagle to a massive eagle and back afterwards. It is passed down through the Eagle's clan and requires bloodline in order to be performed." Eagle.
"Wait!
So, what exactly is the issue here?" Itachi.
"We had an eagle who was abnormally strong, with attacks that could devastate lands kilometers away, when our eagle tribe was at its peak around 1000 years ago, and he one day accepted a contract with a human with lightning chakra nature." Eagle
"His own contractor killed him." Eagle.
"Ahh! So they won't accept any humans because they believe they will face a similar fate in the end?" Itachi spoke calmly.
"It's always been this way; the eagles are always killed in this way; it's like a curse." Eagle.
"I think it would be hard for me to get a contract, It's gonna be a pain." Itachi
"It sure will be." Eagle.
"Seems like I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Itachi and what about you." He said with a cute smile on his face.
"I am Rukh."
"Are you one of them who i can make a contract with?" Itachi.
"Yup, sure am." Rukh.
"Then be m..." Before itachi could finish his sentence, "Nope, find someone else. Suzuki should be in south from here, well usually there."
"Sure, Thanks anyway." Itachi
Itachi went towards the south direction, He saw a giant eagle feeding on a tiger.
'Eagle feeding on a tiger, Well anything is possible in this world.'
Itachi came in front of the eagle.
"Human, what are you doing here?" If you've come to talk about a contract, forget it. " "Now get out of my sight." Suzuki said this in a threatening tone.
Itachi couldn't say a word and had already been turned down twice. Itachi reflected in his heart, "Their arrogance and hatred are the real deal."
"Then could you least tell me the location of others."
He went towards the direction and 2 eagles were battling each other, he waited for their battle to end and after that went to ask but same result, rejected before even speaking.
He became perplexed as to what he should do next. He went to the top of the mountain to sightsee and saw a stunning view.
He entered his room, which he had been assigned for the duration of his stay. Food had already been prepared. It was a fruit basket.
He went to them every day for a week to ask them. He experimented with various methods. 'Compared to these 7 days, I didn't even try as hard to communicate in my previous life, all those years combined.' Weaving a sigh.
Itachi was sitting on the a tree, in a deep thought and suddenly he heard a sound.
"Why do you try so hard to talk to them, even though you know it won't work." it was Rukh, he had observed itachi all these days.
"Because, it's too soon for me to die. I have things to do, things to protect in this life, I can't just die in this life like this." Itachi replied.
"Protect? Why would you want to do that? " Rukh was curious.
"Because there are people I love and care about. Don't you guys give contract and be with them to form a bond outside of the clan." Itachi replied to Rukh.
"Bond?" Rukh.
"Well, it's like developing a friendship, where you can talk to them and enjoy their company. You know, stuff like that." Itachi was dumbfounded by Rukh's not knowing about it, but he felt he was similar to him in his past life.
"Can I make a bond?" Rukh was curious.
"Of course, anyone can make it, well I shouldn't be saying this I am loner." Itachi.
"Ohh!" He was happy because he felt he still had hope.
"Don't you have friends, Now if I think about it I never saw you with those three." Itachi wanted to know, he was sure he had a story.
"Well, Do you want to hear it, it's not some big story." Rukh.
"Just tell me already." Itachi.
"
People in Eagle's tribe despised me because, as you know from our ancestor's story, my mother died soon after I was born, and my father was always busy, so we never had a chance to bond.He heaved a sigh.
"My peers avoided me, and before I knew it, I was a loner. I slept the whole day being lazy, I had no ambition, and before even having one. I became weak, being what I am now. " Rukh said his story in brief.
"I get it now, then why didn't you accept my proposal back then." Itachi
"Felt like you were no better than them." Rukh
"Then, will you accept it now, you will have a friend, get out of this depressing place." Itachi
"Feels like you are trying to hit my weak spot." Rukh
"Don't say it like that, it makes me look like a bad guy."
"Hahaha." Both of them laughed.
"Well I accept you as my contractor, I will follow you and whatever you do good or bad, my friend itachi." Rukh.
Later that day, they went to the clan leader and sign the blood pact contract.
"We will begin your sage mode training tomorrow, Of course you could go home if you want." Uzuki was happy to see his son Rukh was smiling on the the corner of the room.
"I will be staying for this month. I am too tired for today, I will just go and get some rest." Itachi told with a relaxed voice.
Clan leader nodded his head. Itachi flew on Rukh's back towards his rooom.
The Next Day...