Chapter 1: Naruto's New Friend
The eight year old Naruto was looking miserable in the rain. He had forgotten his apartment key and the landlord of his building refused to let him in his own apartment. The blonde haired child sat with his knees against his chest sniffling under the only shelter he could find. A bench with a covering over it. He couldn't go to the old man cause it was late and he didn't know where the Sarutobi compound was, he didn't know where Iruka-Sensei lived, he couldn't even seek shelter in stores because he would be thrown out. Literally. The owners would pick him up by his clothes and hurl him out. Usually into alley's where he would hit his head against the wall or doors where mud puddles and other filth where piled up. The miserable blonde simply tried to get some rest when he heard it.
"Mew." A tiny meow came from beneath the bench.
"Huh?" Naruto perked up. "A kitty?" He asked. He looked down and gasped. It was a cat all right. But not an ordinary cat. It had TWO TAILS! And it had fangs and small flames surrounding it to keep warm.
"A two tailed kitty." Naruto said with a smile. He bent down and picked her up (He could just tell it was female.) "Hi Miss Kitty. Do you have a name?" He asked.
"Mew." The neko said and she jumped from Naruto's arms onto his shoulders and crawled all over him making him giggle.
"That tickles." He said as the neko's tails rubbed against his neck. The feline nuzzled his cheek and suddenly Naruto felt warmer than he had been in hours. "Wanna come home with me?" He asked the cat. "I think I can find a kunai or senbon to pick the lock."
"Mew." The neko nodded her head.
A name suddenly popped into his head. "Alright Kilala, let's go home." He said as the rain stopped and the moon peaked behind the clouds in beams of moonlight. "We'll go see the old man in the morning before the Academy." He said to the feline in his arms.
"Mew." Kilala mewed with her eyes closed in happiness that the blonde had chosen her actual name.
The next morning Naruto snuck past the mean secretary that was Sakura Haruno's mom with his new friend hidden in his shirt. "Easy Kilala, we're almost at Old Man Hokage's office." He reassured the mewling and squirming fire cat.
"Mew." Came from his chest area.
"Ahh, Good morning Naruto, your cutting it a bit close to class time aren't you?" The elderly Sarutobi Hiruzen asked his favorite blonde.
"Really good reason Hokage-Jiji." Naruto said and Kilala popped out of his shirt with a "Mew."
To say Hiruzen was shocked would be an understatement. His pipe fell onto his desk. "A Fire Cat."
"Is that what Kilala-chan is?" Naruto asked. "I just thought she was a kitty with two tails." Naruto said as said Neko jumped onto Hiruzen's desk and shook its body.
"A Two Tailed Neko Matta." Hiruzen said in another shocked tone. "Naruto where did you find...Kilala-chan you called her?"
"The landlord of my apartment wouldn't let me in when I forgot my key and kicked me out of the building for the night." Naruto said sadly. "But I found Kilala-chan under a bench when I was avoiding the rain last night. She kept me warm until I was able to pick the lock with a spare senbon I found outside." He giggled when Kilala hopped onto his head and curled up into a ball in his hair.
"Naruto Neko-Matta's are extremely rare in this day and age. Two Tailed ones even more so." The Hokage told the eight year old who was giggling as Kilala purred on top of his head.
"Really? Kilala-chan is a rare animal?" Naruto asked with interest. "Can you tell me anytihng about them Jiji?"
"Well, their obviously felines, their extremely loyal to their partners and they often outlive their partners but remain loyal to their family line when their partner's die." The old man told the ninja in training. "I'd suggest that you start training her as a Nin Animal."
"Like Dog Breath's clan the Inuzuka's?" Naruto asked with more interest.
"Dog Breath? Oh you mean Kiba." Hiruzen chuckled. Naruto only gave nicknames to those he liked. "Yes. Like the Inuzuka's Ninja Dogs. I'll get her registered for you as soon as I'm done with my paperwork today but you'll have to get her immunized at the Veterinary office." He said Naruto a Late Excuse.
"Right Jiji. Promise." Naruto said as he turned to leave with Kilala now on his shoulder. "You know Jiji, its too bad there isn't more that one of you. That way you could get done faster." He said as he ran out the door ignoring the protests of hallway travellers that he nearly ran into.
"More of me?" Hiruzen asked outloud in confusion. Then he had a glorious Epiphany. "From the Mouths of Babes!" He sid in complete happiness. He made a cross shaped hand seal. "Shadow Clone Jutsu." Poof. Three Sarutobi clones appeared behind his desk. "Your to do all my paperwork today." He said as he left the office. Carrying an orange book he slipped out of his safe. The clones looked to the mountain of paperwork and started crying anime tears.
"Well, let's get started. Clone one said and he handed the others a stack of one hundred papers to start with.
To Be Continued...
Start of a new fic that's NOT A CROSSOVER! Only Inuyasha elements will be Kilala and a certain sword from Bankotsu...
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