*Leina's POV*
I was swept up onto
the bank of the river. I struggled to stand up but fell and settled
onto my side. I coughed up water and breathed in deeply. I looked
down at my paws and thought of the times before I was turned into a
cat as I sunk into unconsciousness.
*"Sister! Come on!"
I laughed and ran to catch up with my little sister. I scooped her up
in my arms and sprinted into the crowd at the center of our village.
"Sii! Look!" My little sister pointed into the sky at the
exploding fireworks. I screamed along with the other people. At every
bang, cheers erupted from the crowd around us.
"Leina!"
I turned to my brown-haired friend. "What's up, tea cup!?!"
My little sister laughed happily at her nick-name.
"You made
it!"
"Like I would miss fireworks." I giggled and
set my sister on the ground.
"Tiima! Come over to our house!"
My sister took off with her friends. I turned to my brown-haired
friend and grabbed the pendant around his neck. I pulled him closer
with it and put my lips on his. I pulled away, smiling and he tackled
me in a hug.
"Leina?"
"Yeah?"
"I
love you."
"I love you more." Yeah right.*
When
I floated back to consciousness, I relished the warmth. Wait. Why was
I so warm? I tried to breathe. Pain shot across my chest and I
whimpered. I opened my eyes to find myself shrouded in darkness. Am I
blind? I blinked and waved my paw in front of my face. Well, I guess
I'm not blind. Then where am I? I batted at the surface over me. It
was fabric of some kind. I pawed my way through it and came out into
more darkness. It was a room, I could tell that. The door was cracked
open, letting a strip of light in. I looked down to see a sleeping
man. I looked around. I was on his bed. And then I noticed he was
shirtless. If I wasn't a cat, I would be blushing. He wasn't that bad
looking. I grinned and jumped off the bed. I padded through the door
and down a long hallway. I turned a corner and ran into something. I
landed on my furry butt and looked up. A man (Or maybe woman?) smiled
down at me. "Well hi there little kitty, un." Oh, a
feminine guy. Lovely. He scooped me up and carried me into another
room. It looked like a kitchen. He set me down and got a bowl from a
cabinet. A woman came in and looked at me curiously.
"Aren't
you cute!" She picked me up and looked me in the face. I meowed
and she smiled. The man set a bowl of water on the ground.
"Konan,
let her get something to drink. She looks thirsty." The woman
set me down and I lapped up the water. It almost drowned in a river
and I wasn't happy with any type of water at the moment, but I was
thirsty. I left some in the bowl and laid down on the rug at the
center of the room, suddenly exhausted. A masked-man came in and
looked at me.
"So he actually kept that thing. I thought he
would have sacrificed it by now."
"Hidan?"
"Yeah.
He found it-" The woman, Konan, glared at him.
"She's
not an it."
"I don't care. It's a worthless
animal."
"You-"
"Hey! Kakuzu, just finish,
un." I closed my eyes and settled on my side.
"Hidan
found it on a river bank, unconscious, and just had to keep it. He
wouldn't shut up about it." Footsteps walked out the door, soon
the other two left, leaving me alone. Someone came in a couple
minutes later.
"Well, what do we have here?" I cracked
my eyes open and looked at the owner of the voice. A tall man with a
swirly mask on looked down at me. He crouched next to me and started
to pet my side. I purred and he chuckled. "My name's Madara, but
don't tell anyone." He said playfully. I meowed and looked up at
his mask. Through the eye-hole I saw strange markings on his eye. He
stood up just as the man who I was in bed with came through the
door.
"There you are!" He picked me up, still shirtless,
and carried me to his room. He set me on his bed and started to
undress. I buried my face into the bed, mentally blushing. I stayed
there until I heard the shower turn on. I sat up and cleaned my face.
Then I surveyed his room. There was an empty bed on the other side of
the room. It was perfectly made. My new owner came out shirtless and
sat on the bed next to me. "I guess you need a name." He
stared at me and suddenly smiled. "I'm gonna name you Midnight."
I smiled. Midnight. It has a nice ring to it. I meowed and licked his
hand. Then the door opened and the masked man came in. He climbed
into his bed. "Someone's pissy tonight."
"Shut up, Hidan. I want that thing to stay quiet." The man growled. Pfft. It's not like I meow a lot. He's got the wrong impression. I am so going to change that.
"Whatever, Kakuzu." Hidan climbed under the comforter and fell asleep rather quickly. A few seconds later, I hopped off the bed and trotted over to the other man's bed. I jumped up onto his bed and meowed as sweet as possible. He glared at me.
"I hate cats, you know." He whispered. We stayed locked in a stare-off. He rolled his eyes and I curled up against his back. "Annoying freaking cat." He muttered and I fell asleep, victory easing my mind.
