Both stopped talking as they look towards Anko who was beaming with pride. "I know how we can find our way back to Suna." she said getting raised eyebrows from both boys.
"Would you like to tell us this way of yours?" Naruto asked as Anko grinned.
"Better. I can show you," she said before biting her thumb' and planting it on the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu."
A tiny cloud of smoke appeared jut in front of Anko and thy watched a small green skinned snake appeared and slivered towards Anko and up her arm.
"What can I do for you Misssssssss Anko?" the snake asked.
"Rela, do you think you could point us in the direction of the sand village, Suna? We have to make it their in the space of five days though we don't have much food and water so we would prefer to get their as soon as we can."
The snake nodded its head and slivered back to the ground and put its head in the air as its body coiled around on the sand.
The trio waited for a couple of minutes as the two slits that were its nostrils smelled the air along with its forked tongue slipping out of its mouth and tasting the air.
Once the few minutes were up, the serpent's eyes twitched before it began to slither way motioning for the trio to follow after it. After putting on their cloaks to protect their bodies form the harsh light of the hot sun and try to keep themselves cool and not sunburnt, they quickly followed after the snake with Anko up front and then Naruto and Itachi behind.
"Wow that was handy. How did she find it so quickly?" Naruto asked Anko as they got their things together and began walking after the snake.
"I had Rela familiarize herself with the scent that Suna gave off. It may not be a person but the village does have a unique smell accustomed to it. Plus my summons snakes can sense chakra to with their inferred vision; picking up heat signatures from a great distance. We may be far out but a snake has great enhanced senses to that of a person."
Naruto whistled to himself while Itachi nodded at the explanations. "Summoning animals really are amazing and the things they can do can even trump a shinobi. You know I kind of wish I had one myself. They would really be amazing to have as a partner."
"I agree. They would be greatly beneficial. It is a shame the Uchiha does not have a summoning contract bound to us like a few other clan in the world. I can see they would be of great use."
Anko looked back at Naruto while they continued to follow Rela. "Well aren't you going to sign the Toad contract Naruto? I mean your dad had signed it as well as his sensei Jiraiya who is like always with your family. Wouldn't you sign that?"
Naruto face grew cold for a second before he steeled himself and looked away.
"No, I probably won't be signing it; knowing my parents they will probably just give it to the twins and Mina and leave me out like usual." he said though he whispered the last part out. Anko looked at him a little confusingly as did Rela who cocked her back a little before getting back to the view in front of her.
"Why would you say that? I am sure they will let you sign it if you asked." she said wanting to understand what he meant by it but saw Itachi shake his head to her as if telling her to stop asking
"Besides just because I won't have the Toad summons doesn't mean I won't have a summoning contract one day It might not be the Toad, or Slug or the Ape contracts that Hokage-sama and Ero-Sennin hold or the ones Baa-chan and Jiji have, but I will hold one eventually and it will beat the other contracts." he said thinking about other animals that may have contracts to them and which he would love to have.
Anko shrugged. "Well good luck with that. Summoning contract aren't exactly easy to come by." "Then I will have to be on the lookout in the future." he said as they followed Rela.
Nightfall
After hours of trekking through the harsh Suna desert and using up about one third of their water supply, the group stopped for then might at a small rock formation that provided some cover for them that they could use for shelter.
After thanking her and managing to catch a desert mouse as a treat that Anko gave her, Rela disappeared and went back to her home.
The trio made a small supper with what they could spare for the first night before they got in their sleeping bags. Unlike the sweltering heat of the daytime, the night was quite cold as the moon hit them along with the cool desert winds.
"It's a nice night tonight." Naruto said as he lay down on the soft sand looking up at the star filled sky with Itachi on his right and Anko on his left.
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