As I was following old jiro towards the pack I sneezed suddenly. I had a pleasant feeling wash over me that I can remember perfectly. It was the feeling of when my cousin would walk into my shop in my past life. It always but a smile on me and my sisters face. I wonder what he's doing now.
"You alright kid" "never better jiro san, someone's just talking about me". He chuckled and continued leading me towards a cave.
After reaching there I discovered several wolves eyeing me full of curiosity but one of them contained animosity.
"It's you, monkey bastard I've been waiting to kill you" snarled a white furred and pink eyed wolf.
"Hedgehog?" As soon as I said that it lunges at me like I just killed its family. As it was about to bite a paw struck it's head flooring it. Old jiro packs a punch.
" terry cloth, don't you disrespect my guest he might become our contractor." All the wolves ears perked at that. I was more shocked that this wolf is this worlds version of terry cloth.
He barked back "you can't be serious great sage, this weakling has no qualifications". Others also began to give their tidbits on the situation
The old wolves eye brows rose and he suddenly howled "SHUTTTT IIIiTTTTTT!!!!!!" This silences the pack. "This brat is as wild as any of us. He licked a fight with the mamyu and fought them daily. He also kicked your scrawny tail and has an unaligned sannika. When I say someone might have qualifications it means he's decent. You got it pup". He whimpered and backed away slightly.
Did he just save I have a sannika, good, this means I can learn sage mode. I reached for a storage scroll and walked towards terry cloth. After popping the scroll he stared at my hands. I handed him a bag offff... popcoin. I mean popcorn.
If he's anything like the terry I remember and he just took the bag off my hand. "YYYUUuUMmMmYYy". He howled while the other wolves looked envious. "It's good huh?" "Where did you get this monkey?" He asked me. I replied "I made it, back home me and my sister make food to make cash outside of ninja missions and to grow stronger. Although I need to grow a lot more now".
He looked at me with a hint of awe. "Can you get me more?" I laughed. "Sure I can if you stop calling me monkey. My name is Toriko Yūhi wanna be my contracted partner" he sniffed me. "I'll consider it mon Toriko. It depends on what mama says." Mama?
Suddenly the whole mountain began to shake and from a cave a mass ball of fur began to unravel and walk towards me. I had to look up to see a gigantic version of terry. "What brings you here human?" The voice asked towering over me. Terry chimes in mama and began panting happily with his tail swinging.
"I want to contract you guys so I can get stronger." She sniffed me and looked me with a gaze that bore into my soul. Then she said "too weak, come back in a few years". I got annoyed that she called me weak. I lost my cool and shouted back. She began heading back to her cave.
" I don't have a few years mama cloth, in a month that snake bastard is gonna attack the village and I need a strong summon or stronger techniques to stop him". She stopped and asked with a hint of ire in her voice "snake bastard?" The other wolves all focused on me.
Not thinking I replied "yeah, there's this guy called Orochimaru and he's one of the sannin. He does a lot of messed up stuff and is contracted with the snakes of ryūchi cave. He's got this terrifying summon that could kill me in a blink". She grinned her teeth and asked "what's the name of this summon snake".
"Manda!" I shouted. All of a sudden the surroundings began to grow extremely cold as mama cloth began laughing. "Manda, that purple worm. Good good. Boy your in luck. I'll help you get stronger" she said as she turned towards me.
" My pack and I will help you get as strong as possible. In exchange you gotta do something's for me. First bring food or pay with food when we are summoned, second never sign a contract with another animal besides those in my pack and lastly when you see Manda you summon me or jiro. You do that and I'll make you into a sage capiche?"
The pressure she was letting out was extraordinary. I was shaking but not from fear but from excitement. "Sure thing mama cloth, I'd love to cook up some snake stew outta Manda but mind telling me what your beef with him is". She replied coldly "he killed my mate".
I understand, hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn. Manda pissed of one of the two stages of the wolves. This wasn't in canon but that's probably because no one was compatible with these guys. I shouted back " I understand, you gotta deal mama cloth. Shake on it". I stretched out my hand and she lifted one of her gigantic paws and bodied me with it. Me and some of the pups laugh while jiro has a smile on his face.
Later I set up my camp near the cave and signed with blood on the scroll. There was only three names on it with one being shimada hanzo which raised an eyebrow from me. After that I was introduced to my trainers for the month.
The first trainer is yamcha who sounds like the one from DBZ who is a master of claw arts. He trained me on hand and leg conditioning to amp up my cutting power of my knife and fork seeing as how it was a resemblance to the chakra scalpel which they use to amplify their own claws. He also taught me a technique similar to killua's claw technique that is more taijutsu than a transformation.
Next was puar who is small and also yamcha's mate. She taught me the tail arts and the wolf movement techniques which make me faster and grant me the ability to run four legged like an animal with no discomfort. The tail arts are Wide swinging punches for a human but they are fast and accurate so I merged them into my style.
Next was holo-chan who taught me the wolf intimidation technique and several genjutsu which I was able to incorporate into my arsenal nicely. She likes to talk and loves bread so I gave her some baguettes from my pouch.
Next was the man wolf free who taught me the sensory skills and tracking skills of the wolves alongside terry. We bonded a lot over the time were free would attack us for slowing him down hunting. Although he stopped doing that after I proved my usefulness to the pack.
Then I trained with akitainu who is a cameo from re:monster I assume. He's funny as he likes to wear a samurai helmet he stole from the land of iron. He taught me a few howling jutsu which are their sound jutsu. He taught me howling canon which is the same as voice missile. Dizzy growl jutsu which is a low frequency growl that makes the enemy lose balance. He reenforced my understanding of the sound wall jutsu. Lastly he taught me the moon call jutsu which allows everyone in the pack to know their location and the wolf pack jutsu that allows for them to swap between each other.
Lastly I learnt some senbon stuff from old jiro as well as physical training. My aim improved immensely and became much more lethal. He told me to find a medical ninja to train me in anatomy so I can improve further. He said if I can learn senjutsu he'll teach me fur needle jutsu which allows a human to make the hair on their body extend and thicken to turn to needles and be used for senbon. It's a pragmatic jutsu that will save money on buying senbon.
I also learnt fire style hotarubi jutsu which allows me to produce green likes from my fingers to produce lighting. They can also be detonated but I don't have enough chakra to use it the way I want.
Other than that the month was spent goofing around with the pack. A lot of dustbrawls, dog piles, tug of war, golfing which they do with their tails, sleeping and hunting. Me and terry spent most of our free time together but I bonded with the rest of the pack.
All in all about 60 members including the pups which are adorable by the way. I taught them how to make popcorn and how to caramelise it. We made several combinations. What really led the pack to bonding with me was my cooking skills.
One night I was cooking up a massive boar and made every kind of pork dish I could think off. I just made manga meat mostly though. The key is seasoning, any bbq masta will tell ya that the sauce makes the boss. After cooking for a good four hours I was surrounded by hungry wolves. Their eyes had an attractive force that led meat to their mouths however they couldn't perform this feat until mama cloth arrived.
She emerged from her cave where she spends her time sleeping, meditating, training and brooding peacefully and lorded her way over to my food. I offered her a a mammoth sized piece which she gobbled down quickly. Just like her son terry she screamed "YYyYuUuUmmMmMmMmYYyYy!!!!" Just like myself when she eats good food she gets stronger or in her case bigger
After everyone was fed and watered she bit down on the neck of my clothing and brought me into her cave to sleep beside her that night. Her fur is the softest in the pack and her body temperature is perfect. After that night I was made to cook all the caught prey and when resting she always kept me near her. I got to sit on her back and head with some of the pups when she went for a run which was like a roller coaster.
I didn't complain after all the food made my strength skyrocket. My current count after a month went from 9 kugi punches go a whopping 17. A major improvement as I can throw those casually now. If I charge up I have no idea what number I'll reach but based on jiro I can reach 23 if I'm in a near death situation.
I love this pack but good times have to end. I do miss my sister and the chunin exams start tomorrow. As I was leaving the tribe I made terry my personal summon and we shared a bro hug after which mama cloth came up and chomped on my shoulder.
After she did that I grew a bite mark tattoo that looks like a fang curse mark. "That marks you as my pack. When you summon us all the pack jutsu will work without restriction. When you pour your chakra into that mark it'll allow you to summon me as you are now. Your not strong enough to summon me frequently yet so that mark will help. If you see Manda don't hesitate to summon me after all I can't have one of my kids dying."
I began to tear up at that as I lost my mother in both lives so I'm kinda a softy for maternal love.i hugged her massive nose which was mildly cold most of the time but now it felt warm. She then licked me affectionately and the others dog piled me and did the same. after another 20 minutes they escorted me out of the forest towards the dog den and I waved goodbye.
Paku nearly dropped dead from shock after he saw the wolves and me. He thought I had died. He asked me if I was ready to return which I approved.
I took one last breath of air from this place and felt content to battle as everything faded back into lines and I appeared next to kakashi in a stadium filled with people. I'm ready to rumble.