Hey, this is the begining of my new story, Black Cat. (Warning: the name may change.) Anyways, since this is only the prologue, there won't be any Naruto characters yet. Please be patiant with me, this is only my second story and might not be writen well.

Black Cat

By: Noel14

Chapter 1

A man at about the age of thirty with slick black hair and brown eyes came into a dark alleyway, looking around suspiciously while holding a large box. He roughly placed the box down on the ground at the corner of the alley and glared as it began to shake. "Shut up and sit still!" He yelled, sounding a bit drunk. There was a series of muffled screams followed soon after. The man gave a swift kick to the box and the screaming ceased. Man, he hated kids. Just as quickly as he had come, the man left, leaving the small human in that box to die.

Mesu walked briskly down the streets of the small village she'd currently taken shelter in. She had to admit, the Sunlight Village was the exact opposite as its name, and scared her thoroughly. The town was made up of multiple buildings packed closely together, forming the shape of the town that never ceased raining. Sun had never shone in this town, and most likely never would. Nobody knows why, and apparently, nobody living here really cared. It was also pretty obvious that more than half the people living here were drug addicts. You could tell just by looking at them.

As the brunette woman looked down the streets, she could clearly tell that she was the only sane person within the radius of a mile. Another thing she hadn't failed to notice was the lack of children. Around every corner, she found no children. There weren't kids playing in the streets, mothers cradling newborn children, or teenagers loitering around in random places. All she found were adults. She sighed from the lack brightness and cheery attitude to the town and went on walking.

It continued raining to the point where she had to take cover. Thinking quickly, Mesu spotted a place under a roof in an alley, protected from any sort of rain. She quickly ducked under in and sat down on the cold, damp ground. She took a few deep breaths and wrapped her arms around herself while looking at her surroundings.

There was one area in particular that was abundant with random items. There was a tube of toothpaste, some old magazines, and a few pieces of broken pottery, a garbage can, and trash bags. The one thing that had caught her eye was a large box. It looked like a plain, cardboard box. On the front of it, there were a few words written in large, illegible letters with what looked like an exclamation mark at the end. Mesu didn't really seem to care about that, though. What she did seem to care about, however, was that there seemed to be a tiny bit of chakra coming from the box.

Curiosity got the better of her, and before she knew it, she had crawled over to the box and was staring at it. She quickly reached out and picked it up. It wasn't too heavy. It was probably about twenty-five or thirty pounds. Now she began to shake it to try and figure out what was inside.

There was a bump and the woman heard what sounded like someone crying. She looked around frantically, hoping that the sound hadn't come from where she thought it came from before realizing that there was something that needed to be removed from that box immediately. She quickly took a kunai out from her weapons pouch and cut the duct tape that held the top of the box together. Next, she opened the box and let the small person stand up, wiping tears from its eyes.

"Oh my gosh," she breathed, looking at the young girl crying at the moment. She was small, and seriously underweight, probably from a lack of food. She had short, chin-length hair as black as the night sky framing her little face and amber colored eyes that were clouded over with grief, betrayal, and sadness. She wore a long-sleeved black shirt that was obviously too big for her. Either mom or dad was hoping she'd grown into it, or it belonged to someone else. Her clothes were stained with a bit of blood, which wasn't a good sign. That meant that she was either beat by her own parents or mugged by some random robbers. Knowing this town, it could easily be either one.

Although the child's condition was shocking, that's not really what had caught Mesu's attention. It was what was on top of her head. On top of this small girl's noggin was a pair of black cat ears. She stared at them for a minute before hearing a bell and paying attention to what was wiggling behind her back. There was a long black tail moving back and forth, twitching. There was a silver bell tide to the end of it with a red string. The little girl clutched onto the edge of the box and started panting heavily, tears cascading down her face like a waterfall. She stared at Mesu with fear in her eyes before saying, "You're not going to hit me, are you?"

Mesu shook her head. This was just sad. She'd just saved this little girl and the first thing she asks is if she was going to hit her. What kind of life had she lived? "No, I want to help you." She honestly had no idea why she was saying this. Sure, she loved kids, but she traveled a lot and never really had time for anyone but herself. Something about this girl just seemed a little off, and it made her sad. She wanted to help this kid and knowing everyone else in this town, none of them would be able to give her the love, care, and protection a kid should have.

This girl stared at her, not trusting a word she said. "That's what Mommy said before she went away and left me with Daddy. And he was mean to me and put me in this box." The girl crossed her arms and glared at Mesu with cold eyes that demanded for proof.

"Do you really have anything to loose?" The black haired child shook her head sadly. "I just want to give you a nice home. I'll get you something to eat, get you a bath, find you a place to sleep for the night, and if you don't like me, then you don't have to stay, OK?" Mesu looked at the girl with her blue eyes, pity and sadness overflowing them.

The younger of the two girls looked at the other in deep thought before nodding. Mesu smiled slightly and took her tiny hand, helping her out of the box she's been stuck in for who-knows-how-long. "I'm Natu Mesu," She stated as she began to lead her out of the dark alley. "What's your name?"

The child looked up at Mesu with her amber eyes before blinking and moving her gaze back down to the ground. "Neko Yuki," she mumbled. Some of her black hair fell into her face, covering eyes as if they belonged there.

Yuki slept peacefully in her new bed, snoring softly. Mesu smiled at the sight. That night hadn't been too bad. Yuki ate about ten pounds of food, saying that she'd never been aloud to eat that much before. She knew that she looked like she was part cat, but she also got a lot of cat behavior out of the girl. For instance, she had trouble getting her into the bathtub, her excuse saying that she wasn't fond of large amounts of water together. That child can hiss a whole lot while taking that bath. Although it was even weirder when she was reading her a bedtime story and she started to purr. Mesu swore that Yuki would be the last kid she took off of the streets. There's no telling what they'll do.

She sat on the child's bed and smiled softly, looking down at her peaceful face. She let her hand brush the bangs out of her eyes. Yuki's mouth was slightly open, revealing a sharp tooth. Mesu leaned back on the bed and looked at the ceiling, thinking about how she would handle this situation. Alright, she was supposed to be staying in this little house she rented one more day before moving out to a different village. She was a rough ninja; traveling was what she did. She never could stay put in one place for long, otherwise, she would go crazy. She needed to see a change in scenery between every few days.

Maybe it wasn't a good idea to take Yuki traveling with her, but what else could she do? Then again, it could be good for her. Mesu was pretty sure she'd never seen any weather other than rain before. A little sunshine couldn't hurt, could it?

"Mesu-Chan, what is the sun?" Yuki asked as she held onto her new guardian's hand, walking outside of the village gates that she'd lived in all her life. To be honest, she was a little nervous. Although Mesu had just told her how wonderful it was to be in sunlight, she still wasn't that adventurous at heart and didn't really like trying different things. They scared her.

Mesu thought over the question for a minute, staring at the gray clouds with her blue eyes. "That's a good question, Yuki-Chan." She bit her lip, pondering it over. "I guess that you can say that the sun is a big ball of fire, lighting up the sky. It's kind of like a candle."

"Wow," the young girl looked up at the sky in awe, as if trying to find the big candle in the sky. "Does the sun ever go out?"

"Sometimes," Mesu moved her gaze back down to the black haired child. "But only when it's raining. It also goes away at night, but then it's replaced by the moon."

"What's the moon?"

"That's one I can't explain very easily." The twenty-year-old finally said after about a minute of thinking. "That is something you'll have to see for yourself."

It was about five minutes of traveling before Yuki stopped dead in her tracks and looked ahead of them, pointing towards the sky like it would fall on them. "Mesu-Chan," She screamed, "The sky is blue!"

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