1. Black Cat

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The vivid yellow sun was high up in the bright blue sky. Sweltering rays penetrated earths atmosphere and plunged down onto the surface area. As the cicadas chirped happily in the shade, a incessant panting sounded off. Not far from a ravine where the panting seemed to be coming from stood a small black kitten. His big eyes starring down into his reflection, that showed in the waters surface like a portrait. Said obsidian eyes were larger than normal as he took his paw and cuffed the face reflecting in the water. Ripples unfolded themselves as they danced in the liquid. The felines tail began swaying with anger as his ears slanted back against his small black head and his blue-black fur stood on end. He glared at the water with hatred. 'Kakashi!' The small kitten hissed to himself. He closed his black eyes, and remembered the happenings of earlier that day.

The silver haired jounin sat quietly as he read his eyes scanned the book in front of him. Today the jounin especially asked to see a certain raven haired traitor who had been dragged home previously that year. As that said ninja came trudging up toward the older man a smile hid itself underneath the dark material covering his face as his eyes narrowed with glee. He quickly marked his place in his book and slipped the small literature into his vest pocket. "Now Sasuke, If you keep walking like that people will think you don't want to be here." He said pointing out his hunched over figure, the frown residing on his pale features, and the fact that wherever he went he glared.

The young teen just scoffed at his former teacher's antics. He stood in front of the silver haired man and glared deeper, not yet knowing the reason he had asked to see him. "I know it's hard getting used to this new life." Kakashi said with a smile. "I mean everybody hates you since you betrayed Konoha, nobody even looks at you the same, not even Sakura. Tsunade won't allow you to go on any missions. You have to walk down the street. Every. Single. Day. And get criticized. You-"

"What's your point!" Sasuke spat venom dripping of every word he spoke.

The smile Kakashi wore turned into a full fledged grin. "I know how you can get your best friend back."

Sasuke growled deep in his throat as his hands formed fists at his sides. "He's not my friend. He means nothing to me."

The grin slowly faltered as black eyes stared into black eyes. "Then. How did you know who I was talking about?"

Sasuke looked taken back for a moment but quickly regained his cool demeanor.

"Let's not fight Sasuke. I asked you to come so we could talk like friends. Here have a drink." He said slipping a bottle out of his bag and threw it at Sasuke.

Easily the chunnin caught the said bottle and stared at it with accusation. He turned his hard gaze to the jounin who was also drinking the same brand. For some reason it didn't sit right with the younger man, but his dry throat told him otherwise. He snapped open the bottle and took a few big swigs of the tangy liquid inside. He took one last chug of the beverage and parted it from his lips with a deep breath. With the fabric from his shirt he wiped some juice that slowly dripped down the side of his mouth.

A weird feeling began to dance around in his gut, and his eye sight became blurry. His gaze reverted back to the jounin in question. But he was only answered with a grin as his world feel into complete darkness.

Irritably the small black creature walked over to a nearby tree and sat down with hatred burning in his eyes. 'What kind of sick pleasure will Kakashi get out of this?' He screamed at himself as his teeth ground against each other. A small rustling came from a bush not far from the small black animal. Without fear he reverted his gaze to the shrub and narrowed his eyes and waited for whatever was in there to pop out.

With a crash a girl with long blonde hair fell from the plant. And even though Sasuke had prepared himself for the outcome he still stared as the girl sat up and rubbed her sun-kissed hair. One of her deep cerulean blue eyes were closed from the pain and she lightly bit her lip. She opened her closed eye and looked around, obviously looking for something. With a sigh she stood up and placed a delicate hand on her slim waist. "Where is that thing?" As she scanned the small area she frowned.

'I guess she can't find it.' Sasuke thought once he reclaimed his cool demeanor. As her eyes landed on Sasuke himself he flinched. A bright smile quickly appeared on the girls face and she came running over. As Sasuke was about to scatter away he stopped as he watched her slow down. She carefully kneeled before him and stuck out her hand. Not knowing what else to do Sasuke slowly sauntered up to the stretched out hand and put on of his small black paws on her dainty hand. He was surprised to feel how cold it was to touch. As he looked up into her big innocent blue eyes he felt mesmerized, for the second time in his life he wanted to learn more about somebody. This girl plucked the same reaction out of him as Naruto had once done. "Do you want to come home with me?" Her melodic voice rang through the small felines ears and he unconsciously nodded. A soft smile appeared on her full pink lips. "Great!" she said happily as she scooped him up from his bottom. Unknown to himself Sasuke quickly clawed onto the girls hand for safety. When she felt her flinch he looked up to see a smile still residing there.

He for some reason felt bad for doing this and retracted his claws. Calmly he let the girl hold him against her chest. Faintly a sweet citrus smell wafted around him. And he concluded that the smell must be coming from her. This was another thing that reminded him of Naruto, although unknown to the knuckleheaded blonde Sasuke had always smiled faintly as he ranted of to his friends about all the new things he had been doing, and the fact that he was trying out a new shampoo that made his hair smell like citrus. He had said it so bluntly all of the guys laughed while the girl smiled and asked if they could smell his hair. As a matter of fact, Sasuke for some reason had always glared at the girls as they made pass after pass to the now hot blonde. He could never figure out why. But ever time Naruto would pass by him he would take a deep but subtle sniff so he could be surrounded by the aroma of the fair-haired beauty.

But not, if Sasuke closed his cat eyes and imagined, he could pretend he was being held by none other than the overly energetic blonde. Sasuke quickly opened his eyes with a start and shook all of the not needed thoughts from his cluttered brain. He sighed and looked up at the girl who was carrying him. Unconsciously to herself she had been playing with Sasuke's tail. Not that Sasuke himself had minded, but it seemed like she was off in a daze as she walked. This for some reason sparked Sasuke's interest. As a matter of fact, Sasuke knew nothing about this girl. He had never even seen her. As Sasuke glared at this girl his curiosity grew. His tail had begun to sway. Which had brought the girl back into reality. At first a blank stare clouded her features but once she looked down she smiled. "Oh I'm sorry." She said nuzzling Sasuke's head. "I wasn't paying attention to and you got mad."

For some unrenowned reason Sasuke felt his body grow hot as her lips brushed against his ear. 'Th-that's not it.' He stuttered to himself. A sweet musical sound hummed through the air and Sasuke looked up to see the young blonde girl giggling. Like before Sasuke felt his body grow hot. But quickly shook it off. 'Moron.' He muttered. But only soft "Mews" sounded out. Another fit of giggled echoed around and Sasuke looked up at her. He blue eyes sparkled with mirth and her smile was graceful and soft. Her blonde hair bounced around her and her nimble fingers brushed themselves through his blue-black fur. Unknowingly his obsidian eyes stared at her with fascination. And for the first time in a long time, Sasuke felt himself, even as a cat, let out a soft smile. 'Who exactly are you?' He asked himself once again. 'Why do you seem so familiar to me?…Why?' He asked himself as he gently found his eyes flutter shut. Every noise around him seemed to drone out, every single one but that enjoyable laughter that had swam around him.