"Why can't *I* be for once one of the smart ones, the reasonable one, the one with common sense?" Naruto yelled. "I wish I were!"
"Well, if that is your wish," the cat yawned.
"Granted. Not very amusing, I believe, but you caught me in a bad mood anyway. Have fun, though I don't expect you to. Bye." Slowly, the cat vanished, starting at the tip of his tail and leaving the evil smirk behind to hover a few seconds longer.
Slowly Naruto's eyes widened, as all the people he knew started parading through his mind.
Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi. Bushy-brows and his sensei in their green spandex. Neji. Kiba. Ino. Ero-Sennin - Jiraya. Tsunade-baachan. The exam proctors, Ibiki, the crazy [sic] snake lady, the guy with the cough and the other one always with a senbon in his mouth. The gate guys. Even Hinata, though that was more of an afterthought. The council. All the villagers who had seen him only as the demon boy or whatever was the popular word of the day. Every missing-nin he had ever met.
Mentally, he put the hordes up against the few he suddenly classified as 'mostly reasonable', like Shikamaru, Choji, Shino and the Ichirakus. What was her name – Tenten? Shizune-neechan. Dead Sandaime-jiji (sigh). And Hinata again? Oh, hell…
"I'm doomed. Doomed."
"Yes, you are," darkly chuckled an almost forgotten presence deep inside of him. Kyuubi. Oh crap.
"Doomed. "
And somewhere else an ancient, omnipotent, meddling feline let out an evil chuckle before he forever turned away from that particular universe to find another, funnier idea to try out. Hmm, maybe a Ranma would be making the same wish somewhere else? He still was a bit annoyed…
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With a nod and an apology to Greylle and all the other authors who know and star Toltiir in their altered universe 'Wish' and 'Bet' fanfics. Tell me if you don't like this and want me to remove it.