A/N Hey guys. So for those of you that have read Dancing on Water I know I haven't updated in sooooooo long and I'm really sorry about that. I've got no excuse except one: I'm a teenager. I get distracted and unfocused and this site is going to try to help me. So, I've got FIVE Regents exams in the next week and I haven't started studying yet but as soon as summer officially starts (today was the last day of school) I will upload as many chapters I can of DoW. It may not be like, 10 or something but it will be at least two or three. For those of you whose first time reading one of my stories is this, welcome. I'm fairly new at this whole writing-for-people-who-actually-want-to-read-it thing but like I'm trying my hardest. Anything you've got to say is welcome, even flames, because they both bring up my review count ;) and give me insight as to what could be wrong with my writing. So this story is just sort of a way for me to get my feel for writing and to practice updating at semi-regular intervals. That doesn't mean it won't have a plot, it just means that this story might not be one of my best ever. Like I said before, I have several exams, and I'll try my hardest to keep my update promise this time. Roll the clip!
Chapter 1
"No! You can't make me! I don't wanna!" Samantha screamed, digging her feet into the ground while Robin dragged her by her arm.
"Look, you said you wanted a pet. This is a pet shop. So SHUT UP and START WALKING." Robin growled, yanking on Samantha's arm once again.
"I said pet. As in a puppy, a bunny, hell I'll even settle for a damn goldfish!" Samantha cried, before promptly sitting down right in the middle of the sidewalk.
"Samantha. Marie. Smith. Get your ass off of the asphalt before I MAKE YOU."
"Try it. I dare you." Samantha said defiantly, before squealing in surprise as Robin shrugged and started dragging her by her feet, causing Samantha to fall over backwards.
"Should I even ask what's going on?" Lucy asked, looking at the scene in front of her in amusement.
"Mommy help me!" Samantha whined pitifully, shooting Lucy the puppy dog eyes.
"Robin! Don't drag Samantha by her feet!" Lucy said sharply, causing Samantha to smile smugly. Lucy's next words, however, made her smile drop.
"If you drag her like that you'll ruin her pants!" Lucy finished, walking over to a trash can.
"Gee, thanks a load." Samantha muttered under her breath, before squealing in shock once again as Lucy lifted her up and placed a trash can lid underneath her rear.
"There. That should do it." Lucy stood up and dusted her hands off, smiling at Samantha who scowled back at her.
"If I have to go to hell, at least I'm getting a free ride." Samantha muttered, leaning back on the trash can lid as Robin continued to drag her by her feet.
"Samantha, the Kitty-Cat Shop is not hell." Lucy sighed as she walked alongside Robin.
"Well it should be, with a name like that. And all those fluffy demons...stupid allergies." Samantha muttered back, crossing her arms and resigning herself to her fate.
"Samantha, you're 18 years old. You're not even the youngest out of the six of us. Stop acting like a kid. You need to be a responsible adult sometimes." Robin said.
"I call bullshit. I'm surrounded by immature people. Besides, you're one to talk." Samantha shot back smugly.
"What are you talking about? I'm COMPLETELY mature." Robin said, acting as though affronted by Samantha's accusation.
"You're dragging by my feet on a trash can lid." Samantha deadpanned. Robin considered her statement for a moment, then shrugged.
"She's got a point you know. None of us are very mature." Lucy remarked, pulling her shoulder length blonde hair back into a ponytail.
"Speaking of the others, where are they?" Samantha questioned. "Em, Caty and Bri are all waiting for us at the shop. You know, to pick out the adorable creatures known as pet cats." Robin answered.
"Brittany and I are allergic to cats, how are we even going to keep them." Samantha asked absently, leaning backwards and trailing her knuckles along the rough sidewalk. Robin and Lucy stopped in their tracks, causing Samantha's trash can lid to stop too.
"Well shit." Robin uttered, staring at Lucy. Lucy shrugged.
"Eh, we'll get hypoallergenic cats and it'll all be good." Both girls started walking again.
"They don't have hypo-whatever cats, just dogs. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to go get puppies instead then." Samantha said hopefully, leaning forward eagerly.
"Nope. We'll find some. Besides, we're here." Robin answered, before tipping Samantha's legs backwards and forcing her to do a backwards somersault.
"Owwww..." Samantha groaned, staggering to her feet and following Lucy and Robin through the door of the shop. Swaying unsteadily, Samantha looked up and grinned at the three girls in front of her. The one with the long, brown hair, hazel eyes and big glasses was Catherine, who was cracking up at the sight of Samantha. Emma, with the short brown hair and dark green eyes, face palmed and turned around.
"If anyone asks; I don't know them." She muttered to the clerk, who nodded gravely before glancing over Emma's shoulder and snickering. The girl with dark skin, hair and eyes simply looked at the mess her friends had created. She threw her hands up in exasperation before walking out of the shop. Samantha watched her walk out, confused.
"Where's Brittany going?" She asked, tugging on Robin's short brown hair to get her attention. "She doesn't want to be associated with us. We aren't cool enough for her." Robin answered absently, waving her hand in front of Lucy's wide blue-grey eyes and open mouth. Lucy squealed, long and loud.
"Oh my god look at all the cats those over there look so weird but adorable at the same time hey Robin I think that one has red eyes we should get it I know the perfect name for it it's-"
"Shut up Lucy." Robin said, cutting Lucy off of her fangirl rant. Samantha walked over to Lucy and Robin to see what they were looking at. Samantha stared into the purple-ringed eyes of a bright orange cat.
"F*** this shit, we're getting puppies." Turning on her heel, Samantha started to march out of the shop. She was stopped by Lucy, who grabbed her by her light brown waist-length hair.
"Holy shit!" Samantha yelped, back pedaling quickly so as to stop Lucy from tearing all of her hair out.
"We are getting cats. They are cuter and quieter than dogs. So be a good girl and pick out a kitty cat. Got it?" Lucy spoke in a dark voice, glaring murderously at Samantha.
"Y-yes mommy." She stuttered, darting over to the counter where Emma and the clerk were still standing.
"Um, I'm kinda allergic to cats. Do you have any hypoallergenic ones here?" Samantha asked. Emma face palmed again, before walking over to look at the weird cats with everyone else.
"Uhh..." The clerk suddenly got an evil smile on his face. "Yeah we've got some. They're the ones your friends are lookin' at over there." The clerk pointed behind Samantha, causing her to turn around.
"Screw my life." Samantha muttered, hanging her head and trudging over to the display table.
"I want a white cat so I can call it Snowball." Caty declared, looking over the cage of ten cats. Her gaze lingered on Hidan for a second, causing him to shrink back against the cage corner. "Oh! I want this one!" She exclaimed, scooping up Tobi in her arms. "He's so cute! Look, he's even got a little orange patch on his face!"
"Caty, he is black and missing an eye. He is the exact opposite of what you just said you wanted." Robin deadpanned, the other girls snickering in the background.
"Yeah well, well, well, shut up!" Caty retorted, lugging Tobi over to the counter to pay for him.
"Okay then. Now each of us get one cat, and remember that you'll be responsible for that cat." Robin instructed, before setting the girls loose to pick out a cat.
Pein-sama, there's only six girls, and ten of us. What are we to do? Itachi questioned Pein, eyeing Robin as she stared at him.
One of you do something to make them get all of us. And no, Hidan, you are NOT allowed to kill them. Pein instructed the Akatsuki. His eyes widened in surprise as both he and Konan were picked up by Lucy.
"Holy shit Robin! Look at these two! Tell me they aren't KarKat and Nepeta in cat form!" Lucy cried, shoving Pein and Konan into Robin's face.
"Oh my god they are! Get them!" Robin cried back, both girls starting to freak out. "Okay you get KarKat and I'll get Nepeta." Lucy decided, holding out Pein.
"But...I wanted to get Strider. See? Look at his eyes." Robin said disappointedly, turning around and picking up Itachi, then holding him out so Lucy could see his red eyes. Lucy looked between the three cats and two girls, contemplating something. Her face lit up in excitement.
"Hey Samantha! Since you don't want a cat of your own, will you get this orange one for me? Pleeease?!" Lucy called across the shop to the counter. Samantha sighed and started walking toward the cage.
"I already told you guys, I don't read Homestuck, so I don't want to be envolved in..." Samantha trailed off suddenly, zeroing in on something behind Lucy and Robin. "BLUE!" Samantha shrieked, sprinting towards the cage.
The hell, un? Did she see Kisame? Deidara wondered out loud, the rest of the cats flinching at the loud noise. Samantha grabbed the edge of the cage and leaned in, reaching down with both hands to grab the 15 pound Kisame.
"Blue!" Samantha squealed, hugging Kisame around his middle like a teddy bear.
Heh heh. The little one of the bunch knows a good looking cat when she sees it. Kisame gloated, rubbing his head against Samantha's cheek. Samantha squealed louder and hugged Kisame tighter, bouncing up and down on her toes. Robin and Lucy looked down sadly, their last hope for their three-cats-two-people problem denied. Robin's head shot up.
"Wait! Guys, how about this! Four of us can get two cats, and two of us get only one!" Robin yelled, her voice echoing throughout the shop.
"I'm good just with my cat. I'm going to name him Toby, after the Pretty Little Liars character!" Caty called across the shop. The cats all started snickering at Tobi's name being correct.
"I only need Blue." Samantha said, rubbing her nose against Kisame's.
Damn. For a girl who was fighting to kill on her way here, she really likes cats. Kisame said, amused at the child-like antics.
"I want these two." Emma said, cradling Zetsu and Kakuzu in her arms. All five girls stopped and stared and the oddest cats out of the bunch. One had tan fur with black, stitch-like markings all over its body, and red on green eyes. The other was even weirder, with half of its body white and half black. There were tuffs of green fur around its ears, and one eye was gold and the other was green.
"Uh Em? Are you sure you want those? They look like they were dropped in a vat of toxic waste." Robin said, staring at Emma.
"You're one to talk! Your cats have red eyes and silver fur!" Emma exclaimed, glancing down at Hidan and Itachi in Robin's arms. "I'm going to call them Usine and Blessure."
"Plant and Wounded in French? Really?" Caty asked, wrinkling her nose slightly.
"I'm French-Canadian, don't judge me. Besides, this one looks like it has grass on it's ears, and the other one looks like it has stitches like it was hurt or something okay!" Emma defended, setting Kakuzu and Zetsu down on the check-out counter.
"Awww they're so cute!" Samantha exclaimed, scooting closer to Emma and bending down to look them in the eyes.
She's staring at me. Should I eat her? Zetsu questioned, turning his head toward Pein.
No. They are taking all of us out of here. We don't know where we are, and I cannot sense any chakra within a five mile radius so we must rely on these girls. Zetsu hung his head disappointedly at Pein's words.
Wait un! What about Danna and I? There's no one left to buy us, un! Deidara cried as all the other transformed Akatsuki were taken over to the counter.
I honestly don't care if we're taken by those blubbering idiots or not. Sasori muttered darkly, glaring at the retreating backs of the girls through large, darkly shadowed eyes.
"BRI!" Samantha screamed, practically flying across the room to hug the girl that had just re-entered the shop.
"Get off of me, you're shoving the cat in my face!" Brittany yelled, squirming in Samantha's iron grasp.
"Oh right! Sorry I forgot. Hey Bri, are you gonna get some cats?"
"I can't you know I'm allergic." Brittany replied, looking over Samantha's shoulder at the cat cages.
"But these are hypoallergenic cats. They won't make you allergic; oh please Bri?!" Samantha made the largest puppy eyes she could manage and wobbled her lower lip. Brittany resisted for as long as she could, before sighing and giving in.
"Fine. But I'm naming them something ridiculous to get back at you." Brittany muttered before picking up the blonde and red cats. Samantha giggled happily before dragging her to the counter.
"We'd like to buy all ten cats please." Brittany said to the guy at the counter. "Oh and Samantha? Do you want to know what I'm going to name them?" Samantha nodded eagerly, a bright smile lighting up her face. Brittany smirked. "Barbie and Red Rum."
Okay so with that not really a cliffhanger ending, there you go. The first chapter of Cerulean. And before you ask, Cerulean is just a fill-in for whatever the title will be later on. I don't even know why it's Cerulean, I was talking to my friend about a paper that was due for Biology, how my friend ran out of printer cartridges, the different colors they came in, and this story just came up and we started calling it Cerulean. So voila! A title was born. Well I'll see y'all next time I update, which will hopefully be soon.