Chapter 1
"Are the preparations ready?" Pein's monotone voice rang out through the small cave.
"Yes Leader-sama. The one tail's extraction should be ready to start." came the gravelly voice of Sasori from within his Hiruko(sp?) puppet.
"Good. Now, everyone pump your chakra into the statue." Pein said, as everyone began to place their hands down. (I know it doesn't actually happen, but for the sake of fanfiction let's pretend)
Suddenly, there was a tremor through the ground that shook the whole room. "What the fu-" Hidan was cut off as a bright white light blasted through the room.
The white light turned red, and the Akatsuki were sucked into the light and vanished.
*Third POV in the real world*
A five year old girl named Kiera skipped down the street, heading to her home from her kindergarten. Humming slightly, Kiera turned the corner of the street and walked down a narrow alleyway, oblivious to the dank creepiness of it. Stopping suddenly, she blinked, her pale blue dress swishing forward slightly. There, in the middle of the alley, was a large cardboard box shaking with strangled yowls coming from inside. Adjusting her backpack slightly, Kiera walked towards the box curiously, her long, curly, black hair brushing her elbows as she leaned over it. Sparkling blue-green eyes examined the folds on the top and she whispered to herself, "Why would somebody leave a box in the middle of an alley?" The movement and noises immediately stopped and she frowned.
Carefully reaching down, she pulled open the flaps and peered down inside. Her eyes went wide, and her face went blank with surprise. "Kitties?" she said confused. Said kittens looked up at Kiera, and several of them immediately began meowing upon seeing her. She bit her lip and glanced around. "You guys are alone huh? I can't just leave yah here..." she trailed off.
Kiera made up her mind and picked up the box, staggering slightly under its weight. She then began plodding off towards home, hurrying along faster than she had before, giggling all the while.
*Akatsuki's POV*
"What the hell is going on?! Why the fuck am I a fucking cat?!" Hidan screeched, trying to claw his way out of the box.
"Shut up Hidan. Don't you think we're all wondering that?" Kakuzu hissed as he yanked Hidan back into the box.
"Tobi likes being a kitten! Tobi thinks it's cute!" You can guess who said that.
"Be quiet Tobi! Nobody else cares that you like it hm!" Deidara snapped back, irritated.
"No need for your voice to be heard as well, so, shut up yourself." Sasori said calmly.
"All of you, be silent," Pein's voice growled out above the rest. The box immediately went silent, and a serious, tense atmosphere settled in the box. "We don't know where we are or why we are stuck in these bodies, but our first priority needs to be getting out so that we can scope out the area we're in." Pein continued, narrowing his eyes at each member.
A young female voice interrupted him. "Why would somebody leave a box in the middle of an alley?" Everyone froze. "Act like cats or I'll make you wish you were never born." Pein hissed out as the top of the box opened. A small child no more than five, poked her head in and looked at all of them. To act natural, several of them meowed. "Kitties?" they heard her mutter. "You guys are alone huh? I can't just leave ya here..." she said slowly. The girl picked the box up began to walk with them. Pein turned to Itachi and asked, "Do you have any clue as to where we are?"
"No Leader-sama. I do know that I haven't sensed any chakra since we got here" Itachi responded.
"Leader, it might be smartest that we stay with this girl, as right now we are defenseless and would have trouble trying to take care of all of us on our own." Konan interjected softly.
"Mm. Right as usual Konan.. We don't have a better option at this point.." The orange cat paused momentarily before sweeping his cold gaze across the other terrorists in the box. "Everyone. We will be staying with this girl until further notice. That means we are not killing her or her family. Does everyone understand?" Pein narrowed his eyes, daring the more vocal members to object.
"Hai Leader-sama." everyone chorused, Hidan sounding particularly dejected.
All of a sudden, the box stopped moving and they heard the girl say to them, "Welcome to your new home kitties!"