"Alright."

"I have a contract, if you want to try with my summons?"

"What's involved?"

"They usually give people a bit of a test, though exactly what can vary - it'll be harder if they're more unsure of you, but being my student will say a lot..."

"Do we have time for this?"

"At least for initial introductions."

"Cool. Let's do it."

She grins and pulls out a small knife to cut her thumb, running through a few hand signs before tapping the ground. 

And a smallish jaguar appears in a swirl of smoke, sitting on their haunches, head tilted.

"Why did you summon me, human?"

Ear rubs. "My student, Elaise, is ready for a summoning contract. I thought she'd be a good fit for you, and it'll help me to have a second summoner around - we got into a tough fight earlier, and I didn't have time to pull you through."

"Or you can get faster."

They turn their intent gaze to Elaise. "Girl. Why should I contract with you?"

"Because she's the supposedly-dead Mizukage and she has a secret doujutsu and she's the jinchuuriki for the Three Tails and they didn't tell me about any of that when we met. Whereas all I have is this," she pops a spike out of her palm then retracts it, "and I told them about it. It's payback."

Hum. "A leveler, then. Ambitious, at least."

"But that is why you should contract with me. What can you brag about, of your own qualities?"

She looks unsure for a moment.

"She's really smart," Amajina says. "She's always the first to pick up a new technique, especially if it requires a lot of chakra control. And she reads a lot and very fast and she always remembers everything she's read, so she knows a lot of random stuff - she recognized the missing-nin we met, and when we were talking she knew what a Sage is and how most people become one."

"She's really quiet, and doesn't share a lot, but that means she's good at secrets, and if you need someone to just hang out with, it's really nice to sit by her because she won't get bored and bother you."

"She works really intensely on her weaknesses, and I've never seen her tolerate having something she's bad at. She works hard, too, she goofs off a lot less than I do. But she's a really good friend - she spends time with us, and is very nice to hug, and she's steady and always there when we need her, and she asks about stuff I'm interested in and then listens to me ramble about tide pools and stuff, even when we'd just met. She remembers things people tell her - most people don't really pay enough attention to my rambles to know what I've said before, but she does, and if you say you like or dislike something, she'll always remember."

"She's loyal and protective of us, and she won't flee from an opponent. She was the one who insisted we needed to help sensei in the battle earlier, even though that was a kage level fight and we're just genin and sensei had told us to run."

"She reacts to things very evenly, even if they're huge and surprising, and she integrates new information really fast and without outbursts about it, which... It's super nice. I'm scatter brained and emotional and anxious about people hating me if I say the wrong thing, so - she's the best friend I could've asked for. She kept wanting to protect sensei, too, after we learned sensei used to be Yagura but before we got any explanation for the... Yagura-ness, even though the bloodline purges and civil war hurt her more than any of the rest of us."

"She's not scared of pain, but she's not reckless, either. She'll spot problems with a plan before I will, but she never makes me feel dumb just because my ideas get ahead of my common sense."

"She's a good fighter, even though she says melee combat is her weakness. She thinks up new things and reacts super fast, and I always feel really challenged when sparring with her."

Pause, and, quietly, solemnly: "She does what she has to, even when it hurts. During the fight I mentioned - Sayuri has a technique that can harm people, but it'll harm her too, and she has a technique that can heal people and will heal her too, but the other person needs to be injured first. So after Elaise insisted we help sensei, I asked her to hurt me really bad, enough I would've died without healing, so Sayuri could use her harm technique on sensei's enemies."

"Elaise had the suckiest part of that fight. Being hurt is - way better than hurting your friends. But I asked, and she knew it was necessary, so she did."

Deep, shaky breath. "And you should contract with her because she's wonderful and should have all the power she could ever want."

The jaguar eyes Amajina. Then, to Elaise: "Do you agree with that assessment, girl?"

Elaise is also eyeing Amajina.

"Uh. Yeah. I guess I do."

"Hm. You will need to work on your confidence."

"If your friend and my summoner are right about you, we would be happy to have you as a summoner. Those traits aren't easily tested, though - I will accompany you in the rest of your mission, to see for myself."

"This will also allow me to keep an eye on my summoner... Apparently she's still an idiot about her own health. Thank you for protecting her for me."

"Love you too, Mas."

Huff.

She sits up straight to bow. "My name is Kaguya Elaise. Pleased to meet you."

They bow back. "I am Death of All Masters, leader of the jaguar clan. It is my pleasure." And then they straighten and pad over to her. 

Pat?

Yes good! Clearly an already well trained human.

If the small humans are flopped, then they'll lay next to the potential summoner, ears pricked.

Elaise keeps petting them, since no objections were raised.

They don't seem likely to raise objections soon.