I've been meaning to make an Akatsuki kittens-esque story for quite a while now but just never got around to doing so! So, I finally sat my ass down and made it. I'll try to update it as often as I can, I'm not sure how often that will be though.
"Now you're sure there's nothing wrong with them?" Victoria asked, eyebrow raised as she looked over the mismatched bundle of kittens cautiously sitting in the carrier.
"Not one thing. Eyesight is fine in the large brown kitten and the odd colours aren't dyed into their fur. Maybe the blue one is just a force bred version of a Russian Blue? It doesn't explain the beady dark eyes though, they normally have brighter eyes." The vet said, rubbing his chin as he peered into the carrier at the kittens he just inspected.
"The red one too, and the one with the orange and black face. They're just an oddly coloured, weird patterned bunch. I'll call you as soon as we get the blood test results in, but for now they seem as healthy as can be. Just a little dehydrated and malnourished, but that can be fixed with some good food and a heaping bowl of water."
"Huh. I hope it doesn't prevent them from being adopted then." She sighed, hands resting on her hips as she looked up at the vet.
"How much does the shelter owe you? I can bring the bill with me, you know the usual deal Michael."
"Of course. It was all standard checkups and basic procedure. The usual price per kitten including the bloodwork results- I'd say about $2,000 for them altogether."
"Ah, not too bad then. Michelle will write the check then?"
"Already has it prepared. I'm assuming she'll have to call and ask Andrew a few times? The usual?"
"You know him all too well." Victoria sighed once more, picking up the carrier carefully and holding it as steady as she could. Exiting the room with a wave goodbye to the vet, she picked up the check at the desk that Michelle already prepared and walked to the door.
"Let's go drop this off and then bring you to your home then kitties. We'll havta' name you and decide everything there."
~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~
Looking over at the other Akatsuki from the corner of the carrier, I sighed and looked ahead where the carrier was resting. To die for a second time, with no control over your body until the very end and wake up a third time. Did whatever God that damned me to Hell just make me their own personal play toy? Was my suffering enjoyment to this God? It better be, because it was one Hell I would have never wished upon another being.
Standing up, I looked down at my black fur and stared at my legs that shook. I'm still not used to walking on all fours, who would be after walking on two legs their entire life? Hastily, I took a step forward with one paw, the back right one following in suit. I eventually made my way between the rest of the Akatsuki, ignoring Kisame's call to me as I looked between the bars to the outside. It certainly didn't look like a train, there were windows to the front and the right of us and some fabric strap crossing infront of the bars. A restraint of some sort, maybe.
Hearing a loud noise, I felt my ears press against my head and felt the cage jerk to the left violently. My body hit the wall of the plastic box and I lied against the ground in case we were tossed around once more. Hearing everyone behind me groan, curse and yell at the movement, I saw a hand jump in front of the bars and noise go off again. How annoyingly loud it was, I never want to hear it again.
"Fucking asshole! Don't cut me off, I have animals in the car!" The woman, Victoria, screamed, the noise happening once more, of course, and the cage swerved to the right now taking me and the rest of the Akatsuki with it. Whatever was causing this cage to move, it certainly wasn't someone yanking it around. Were we on a train? It seemed logical, but outside certainly didn't look like the Land of Snow. There were too many buildings, no snow nor was there any fields. It didn't look like any village I've seen before.
"Stop throwing the fucking cage around you bitch!" Hidan yelled, making my ears flicker once more. He's loud, probably just as annoying as the noise that came from whatever was carrying Victoria and this cage that restricted us all.
"Shut up Hidan. We're all annoyed by this, you're not making it any better." Sasori said, making me want to roll my eyes as I stood and sat infront of the bars once more. Hearing the small tap of paws beside me, I figured it was Kisame as I looked up at a ledge inside of whatever this thing was.
"What do you think Itachi? Is this Hell? It certainly feels like it, going from S ranked criminals to helpless kittens at the mercy of some woman."
"Whatever this is, it's strange. There's no chakra from what I can tell. Not from her or from that man and woman veterinarian who prodded us back at their establishment."
"I didn't sense any either. Even civilians have the faintest amounts, yet no one we've been in contact with has any. Maybe it's a remote village somewhere?" He mused to himself, making m sigh once more, feeling the cage lurch forward slightly and the small rumble that was coming from this object cease.
"Whatever it is, we'll find out soon enough."
~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~ Meow ~
"Now kitties, I'm gonna keep you in the guest bathroom for now until you guys get all settled down. I'll let you out later on tonight around dinnertime, okay?" This woman, whatever her name was, said to us all. She's been baby talking all of us since she found us behind the garbage bins behind some restaurant. The streets were loud, packed with too many people and we were just learning how to walk with these four blessed legs.
"Sasori, you've been pretty quiet since we got out of that "Amy" thing this woman had us in, hm." Deidara said, walking up to my line of vision and staring outside the cage as we all looked at her feet move in the small room.
"Leave me be brat. I've been trying to figure out where we've been transported. It doesn't look like any of the villages I've been to."
"I can't tell where we are as well." Itachi spoke up, moving to sit a little bit away from Sasori as he stared straight ahead at the woman.
"With how busy this place seems, it might be a village outside of Amegakure, but it seems too technologically advanced for that village though."
"Alright! I've kitten proofed the room, you guys can come out now." The woman said, the cage doors now opening as Deidara and Hidan bolted out of the cage, caution thrown to the wind.
I give them a week, tops, to stay alive in a place like this.
"About fucking time! I was getting cramped in that plastic smelling Hell with this moron, Kakuzu and blondie!" Hidan said, his head tilted all the way back as he stared up at the woman who brought us here. Seeing Kisame, Kakuzu, and Itachi make their way out slowly, I stood and decided I should as well. No point in staying in here if the other two are still alive outside of this carrier. It doesn't seem like this woman can tell we're not actually cats anyway.
"Let's get a better look at you all now that you're all washed up and taken care of. That Michelle certainly does wonders when it comes to cleaning up abandoned cats." The woman said, kneeling as Deidara stood in front of her, fur on his back bristled up as her hand got a little too close.
"Stay back, hm! Don't touch me." He hissed, ears pressed against his head as she laughed and put her hands up.
"Oh, don't worry silly little thing~ I ain't gonna' touch you just yet, I'm only looking." She said, sitting down all the way now and crossing her legs, her elbows propped up on her knees. Her face was round and full looking, her baggier shirt probably hiding the bit of weight that settled on her midsection. She didn't seem to have too much extra weight on her, maybe twenty pounds, but it was showing nonetheless. Her brown, wavy, chin length hair framed her face decently enough. Her blue eyes scanned over us, stopping for a few seconds on each one of us as the smile never left her face.
She looks like a kid in a candy store, ready to pick us up and toss us in her bag to take wherever she pleased. There was no way she was older than 25, she looked too young for it despite the stress lines around her eyes already forming. She seemed too innocent too, like she was sheltered from the world and never had to experience anything bad happening to her. Sheltered, naïve, young…she wouldn't make it five seconds back home. This had to be somewhere I've never been before. Maybe somewhere unmarked on our world map? Where would that be though? Maybe somewhere near the Land of Waves?
"I think it's about time we name you guys. That way we can put your pictures up on your adoption forms in the upcoming month's article." She beamed, a wave of anxiety washing through me for the first time in over ten years.
Whatever God exists in this world, kill me now.
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