Good Kitty

By: Sisco

Beta: ZheM

Disclaimers: Awe, you mean I can't even own Iruka? Shucks! T.T Lmao! No I do not own any of the Naruto characters in this fanfic. But please, do enjoy…at least a little.

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"He's in heat, Naruto," Tsunade frowned at the blond teen standing dangerously close to the medicine cabinet but fortunately turning his attention away from it. "You need to either neuter him, let him wait it out, or if you can't handle the wait, find him a mate."

Naruto frowned, his eyes closed in deep contemplation. "Iruka's in heat?"

The vet blinked at the blond before registering how he asked the question. "Is he your first pet, Naruto?" She almost sounded astounded by this, though she didn't know why. She met many first time pet owners; of course none of them were as clueless as Naruto. "Oi, Naruto. You're really not qualified to handle a humanoid-pet, or any kind of pet." She rubbed the bridge of her nose between her index finger and thumb.

"So? What does it mean," he asked, ignoring her comment about him being incapable of handling a pet. Well, he couldn't handle a pet, not even a mouse, but this wasn't a mouse, it was a humanoid-cat; a usually lovable humanoid-cat that was now way too lovable and feverish from going through this…'heat' phase. "And is it that bad?"

"Depends," Tsunade responded with a shrug. She stroked the feline behind his ears, smiling as she elicited a purr at the contact. "If you can handle him trying to hump you or yowling constantly in the middle of the night."

Naruto shuddered visibly. "I don't want Iruka to hump me though…and I sure as hell don't want him yowling."

"Then, get him fixed or find him a mate," Tsunade repeated, growing irritated with the teen. She started to wonder how she ever got through days with people like Naruto. But if she didn't know him so well, she probably wouldn't be able to make it through a day. "Or you could get rid of him. You spend too much time at school and work to take care of a high class humanoid-pet like him anyways." She gave a sad frown as she stared at the crestfallen blond.

"I can't do that," he responded with a heart wrenching tone. "He's been with me since he was a kitten." And like a clingy kid not wanting his mother leave him, he grasped Iruka around the waist in a fierce hug and buried his face into his chest. "I even promised him he'd be with me forever."

Sensing his owner's misery, Iruka pricked his ears up like a kitten and mewled softly. His tail stood proud and straight to show his happiness. However, when he saw the blond's eyes shimmer with tears, he became distressed himself. His tail fell limply against the table and his ears flattened against his head. "Merow?"

Naruto chuckled weakly as the feline nuzzled him affectionately. "I'm sorry, Iruka. I didn't mean to worry you." He laughed when he saw the tail and ears stand erect again in his glee.

"It's too bad he's a male. He'd make pretty kittens." Tsunade smiled fondly at the golden cat and then at Naruto.

He looked confused for a moment before he asked. "Explain this 'heat' to me. I don't think I want to…neuter him like you said. It sounds painful."

"Only to the pet when he wakes up," she chuckled anxiously when she realized no one besides a senseless Naruto was there to understand the joke, and then cleared her throat. "Unlike normal animals, both genders of humanoid-animals will go into 'heat'. 'Heat' is usually the sign for when a female is ready to bear young. When the humanoid-animals first became known to the public, scientists discovered that the weaker, lesser males showed the same signs as the females when going into heat, which Iruka is showing now, and will even mate with other males that are dominant, because it soothes them faster. But that doesn't necessarily mean Iruka has to mate with a male. He can also mate with females, but the kittens won't look as pretty."

"Why won't they?" Naruto tried to sound offended for his pet. lmao

Tsunade sighed in irritation. "Because, in this case of humanoids, it's the female that carries the dominant gene of their offspring's appearances. Very little will be shown from the father."

"Ah," Naruto started. "I'm glad you're a vet, Tsunade-baachan." He grinned foolishly when a vein throbbed dangerously over her left eyebrow.

"Stop calling me that, you brat!" She poked him in the forehead harshly, leaving an irritated red mark between his eyebrows. "Listen, Naruto. If you want, you can come over to my house tomorrow and find him a mate. I'm sure Genma will be more than happy to take Iruka as his own. I need to get rid of some of them anyways." She muttered the last part. "They're all getting on my nerves."

Naruto frowned, his eyes narrowing in hesitation. Apparently recalling the last time he was over at her house. That damned humanoid-feline nearly ripped his leg off because, how Tsunade put it, 'he was a horny fleabag'. "I don't like Genma though, especially in my house anywhere near Iruka." He crossed his arms over his chest stubbornly. "Don't you have somebody better?" hehe horny Genma-kitty… likes it

Tsunade thought about giving him a sound thwack to the back of his head for being so rude. "Maybe, but you'll have to come see for yourself. I'll be home all day tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll do it. Do I need to bring Iruka?" He patted the feline's knee, earning him an elated purr.

"It'd help," Tsunade stated. "If you choose someone incompatible for him, there'll be much hell to pay."

Naruto didn't like her tone. It was a little too sincere for his liking. "Okay then. We'll be over around noon. Sound good?"

"That's fine with me." Tsunade gave a nod and one last scratch behind Iruka's ear before they left.

That night, Naruto was so ecstatic, he could barely sleep. He sat up, rolling the covers off his lap so he could peer at Iruka, who was almost too big to curl up at the foot of his bed and sleep soundly. He could only hope that Tsunade had the perfect, or at least near perfect, mate for Iruka. The poor thing was suffering enough on his own as it was. Naruto knew that being constantly aroused and unable to do anything about it was a pain. But going through it for a week or more was torture.

"Don't worry, Iruka," he whispered affectionately as he reached down to brush his fingers through the high ponytail the feline constantly wore to keep his hair from getting into his eyes, and to see where he was going while running around the house like a cat with its tail on fire. "We'll get you someone real nice, and who'll love you." And that's all that mattered to Naruto as he tried to settle in for sleep again; Iruka and his happiness.

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Noon came almost too soon for both of them and everything had been running smoothly. But after those calm moments, everything turned into a hell storm. It took almost an hour to chase Iruka down and get him into some clothes after his bath. It was surprising how hard it was to catch the humanoid-feline considering how big he was. He was a bit taller than Naruto, but he was also capable of climbing high to reach furniture, like the china cabinet in the living room.

Naruto was glad for no guests. He would have been extraordinarily embarrassed by his pet's lack of clothing, but it was always like this when Iruka had a bath.

"Come down here this instant!" Naruto pointed to the floor sternly. "If you don't…" He tried to search for something conceivable that would shake his feline buddy. "Or you won't get that tuna from the sea-side market you like so much." He sneered at the affronted look on his pet's face.

Iruka reluctantly leaped to the floor in front of his owner, his tailing swishing with apparent irritation and an ear cocked sideways.

"That's better," Naruto scorned. "We're going to be late, and all because you have to go through your damn phase after a bath!"

Iruka turned his head away in a huff, his tail swinging back and forth more quickly. If he could speak, Naruto was pretty certain that Iruka would be chastising him and telling him that this would be nothing but a waste of both their time…and that they should both just go out for tuna.

After Naruto had his pet trimmed and proper, they were finally heading out to Tsunade's house. Naruto did everything to make Iruka look presentable, if not sexy for an awaiting suitor. Iruka's hair hung loosely around his face (much to Iruka's annoyance), and he wore a black, sleeveless turtleneck shirt, and a pair of black denim jeans that hugged his legs and ass. It was perfect in Naruto's opinion. He never knew that his pet had such fine features. Pervert!! lol

They took the train out to the country where Tsunade lived. Considering all the normal and humanoid pets that she had, it was only fitting that they could roam freely without the hassles of escaping speeding cars and/or annoying children. That sentence still sounds awkward to me…

Naruto loved visiting her on the weekends and playing with the normal animals she had, which were a small pig named TonTon; a large toad named Gamabunta, that belonged to her husband, Jiraiya; and an orange, tabby housecat named Circe. He loved playing with the toad most though. It amused him to no end how it leapt around in a slow, leisurely manner, as if it had no care in the world, and it probably didn't. Tsunade's assistant, Shizune, didn't much care for the creature. She had told him that toads had always freaked her out with their warts and slimy tongues. Jiraiya had laughed at her for it and often times teased her by sticking Gamabunta in her face, telling her to give him a nice big kiss.

Jiraiya was the strange sort alright, but Naruto loved him like an uncle as much as he loved Tsunade like an aunt. The man wrote porn novels called Icha Icha Paradise and Naruto made sure to steer clear of his work room, because all it would be filled with was his work. But other than that, he was a pretty fun guy to hang around with.

When they finally arrived, Naruto was pleasantly surprised to find Jiraiya waiting for him at the train station with his truck. At least they wouldn't have to walk now!

Iruka sat between them, his nose and ears twitching at the new human that his master seemed to know.

"So this is the sexy feline that Tsunade has been telling me about, is it?" Jiraiya laughed when Naruto blushed and the feline gave a startled look. "There'll be plenty of humanoids at the house for him to choose from."

"Can I ask you something, Jiraiya?" He waited for the man's nod in acknowledgment before continuing. "Does it matter what the other humanoid animal is?"

The man shook his head no. "As long as they're both males, it shouldn't matter. But if it's a female, she'll need the same species in order to reproduce. We have a female in heat right now. Damn that cat! She's starting to drive the poor wife up the wall."

"Is it Anko again?" Naruto looked ill. He liked her as much as Genma.

Jiraiya nodded. "Who else? All the males are too afraid to approach her." He heard a faint snicker from Naruto and couldn't help but grin at the thought as well. "Oh, did Tsunade tell you? Kurenai had Asuma's puppy a couple weeks ago. Cute little tike. We named him after his father." Do humanoids only have one at a time??

Naruto grinned from ear to ear. "I'm really happy for her. Too bad Asuma couldn't be around to see it," he said softly and sadly.

Asuma was a humanoid-dog with floppy ears and a bushy tail. He reminded Naruto of a Border Collie that belonged to a friend of his, Nara Shikamaru. Shikamaru was quite fond of Asuma before he passed away from an internal wound that never healed properly. But, from what Shikamaru had said, Asuma died peacefully in his sleep. And if he remembered correctly, Shikamaru had promised Kurenai's owner that he would take the pup when it was old enough to leave its mother because the owner didn't want two humanoid-pets in their home.

"How is Shikamaru? Is he still waiting for the pup," Naruto asked, trying to perk up slightly so as not to concern Iruka.

Jiraiya nodded. "He sure is! I've never seen a happier guy. You'd think old Asuma rose from the dead or something. The pup looks a lot like Kurenai though, but he has his father's mane."

"Tsunade told me that the mother's offspring will look more like she does because her genes are more dominant," Naruto stated in recollection. He looked up at Iruka, thinking how beautiful his mother must have been. He smiled fondly and scratched Iruka's back.

The feline mewled contently as he leaned back into the hand and purred.

"She's right," Jiraiya smirked, showing his pride in his wife's intelligence. "We're here," he announced as he pulled the truck up into the driveway and barely had time to get out of the vehicle before Iruka leaped out behind him and rushed up to the porch, his nose twitching excitedly at the new scents, a lot of it having to do with the other humanoids nearby.

Naruto laughed at Iruka's eagerness then looked off into the distance where he could see a barn that had been built just last year to keep the humanoids that didn't belong to Jiraiya or Tsunade.

Shizune came out of the house, a huge grin on her face when she saw her most favorite person. "Naruto-kun! So good to see you again!" She ran up to the blond teen and gave him a warm embrace. "So is that the cat I've been hearing so much about?" She pointed to Iruka still on the porch, though now sitting in a rocking chair on his haunches.

Naruto chuckled and nodded. "Yep. I've never seen him this enthusiastic before."

"It's all the new smells," Shizune explained. "Come on. Tsunade told me to take you to the barn as soon as you two got here. She'll be over in a minute to assist you." She started for the barn, making sure to keep at a pace for them to keep up easily.

Naruto whistled, getting Iruka's attention, and was practically bowled over in the feline's excitement. "Oi, calm down Iruka."

Iruka snorted indignantly. It wasn't his fault that his owner wanted to bring him to this new place that had so many interesting smells and they seemed to become stronger as they followed this strange human female to a red building larger than the house he was currently at.

The guests seemed to grow more anxious as different sounds from the beings within escaped through the crevices of the barn. Most of them were not so friendly sounding, while others sounded as if they were scared of the ones creating the horrible noises. "I-Is it really safe to go in there," Naruto asked, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt.

Shizune peered at him in confusion and then looked back at the barn doors. "Oh," she quickly registered. "Don't let those sounds fool you, Naruto-kun. They're all quite friendly. Even the ones that don't look it." She chuckled at his uncertain expression and finally pushed the doors open. "Just a warning though…" And before she could finish that sentence a herd of humanoid dogs and cats stampeded to greet Shizune and their new guests. Most of them were more interested in the seductive looking feline.

Iruka's tail twitched nervously and he brought his hands up in front of his chest in a sort of praying position, which looked to Naruto like he was defending his throat from any snapping jaws.

"I see they already like him, especially Raidou." She pointed to spiky haired feline with a burn scar that ran across his nose to the left side of his face; making interested nuzzles to Iruka's ear. It caused the golden cat to flatten it and shudder with a purr.

Naruto grinned at all the attention his pet was getting, and what was better, Iruka seemed to be enjoying the attention. Wait! If it was going this smoothly something horrible was bound to happen. "W-Where's Genma and Anko?"

"Oh, they're locked up in the house. Tsunade said you didn't want Genma anywhere near Iruka, and she was pretty certain you wouldn't want Anko near him either," Shizune explained.

The teen nodded. "Yeah, that's right!" He gave a sigh of relief before returning his attention to Iruka who was now trying to escape the clutches of the other males. "Where are all the females?" Not that he really cared. Iruka was allowed to have anyone he wanted, but he half expected at least one female to be interested in him.

Shizune looked into the barn, spotting most of them in the loft snoozing or grooming each other. "They're not in heat. And one of them is already pregnant."

"Okay." Naruto peeked into the barn as well, noticing that there were still a few males left. "Can I check them out over there?" He pointed to a group of other humanoid-canines gathered at the back of the barn.

"Sure, Naruto. Go right ahead. I'll watch Iruka for you." Shizune smiled at him reassuringly as he entered the barn and approached the group of canines.

None of them appeared interested in him. They reminded Naruto of the sort that couldn't care less until you started paying too much attention to one and then they would all want their turn.

He knelt next to what appeared to be of a husky breed. He had black ears and a curled tail. It started wagging affectionately as Naruto gave him a pat to the head. "You're a nice looking fellow." He lifted the dog tag under his neck to look at the name. "Kotetsu."

Another husky breed scooted up next to Kotetsu, asking silently to be petted as well, but this one didn't have a nametag. He hollered at Shizune from over his shoulder. "Hey, what's this brown husky's name?"

Shizune popped her head in to see who Naruto was asking about. "Ah, that's Izumo. Kotetsu and he are inseparable. They were abandoned as puppies and Tsunade found them by the river behind the house. They're not brothers though, so we're thinking that they might be mates. And since they won't go anywhere without the other, it makes it difficult to get rid of them." She disappeared outside again.

"Too bad," Naruto murmured in sympathy. He patted both of their heads before coming to the next canine, who just gave him a brief, nonchalant glance. This one had a shock of silver hair, pointed white ears, and a bushy tail that lay straight out instead of curled. So it wasn't a husky. He could see the name in bold on the dog tag. "Kakashi." The humanoid looked up to the sound of his name, but still didn't look the least bit interested. "Snooty, aren't you?"

Kakashi gave a snort as he finally presented his full attention to the brat.

Naruto chuckled and noted that Kakashi's eyes were mismatched. One was red with a scar running over it while the other was a normal blue. "What kind is Kakashi," he asked, calling loud enough for Shizune to hear again.

"He's a white German Shepard," she responded easily. She then went further into detail about him. "Jiraiya found him in town. He was hit by a car and it smashed his left eye. Something in the nerves made it discolored."

He thought she had finished and was about to get up and check on Iruka until she spoke up again. "He's Jiraiya's favorite, but he knows he can't stay here."

Naruto sighed as he scratched Kakashi behind the ear, his white bushy tail wagging lazily and startling the dust slightly. "Hey, Shizune, could you bring Iruka here for a minute?"

"Sure!" Shizune smiled sweetly at Iruka before taking his clawed hand and leading him into the barn, his suitors (don't know why it gripes about this word, it's right) right on his heels. She took him straight to where Naruto was petting Kakashi and felt the feline grow excited at seeing his owner again. He immediately released himself from her hand to kneel by him, but he wasn't expecting to hear a small whine from the humanoid-canine his owner was currently petting. It was the kind of whine that told him that he should be running right about now, but he just couldn't leave Naruto…could he?

Without a second's notice, Kakashi was on his hands and knees, pinning a frazzled Iruka down on the ground and licking his cheek, his tail wagging excitedly.

"Well, that's interesting," Tsunade's voice bellowed amusedly through the barn, causing the humanoids to look up at their caretaker, most of them greeting her with affectionate nuzzles as she passed them. "Kakashi usually isn't the type to fall for someone so quickly. I was starting to believe he was getting too old." She smirked when Kakashi looked up from his concentration on Iruka before giving her an affronted expression that read 'look who's talking, you old hag!'

Tsunade ignored it as she looked up at Naruto. "So, have you chosen one yet, or should I help you?"

Naruto shook his head. "I really like Kakashi, Tsunade. Do you think Jiraiya would care…considering how fond of him he is?"

"He'll be delighted actually, especially when he finds out that it's you taking care of him. Jiraiya was fretting that Kakashi would end up with a bad owner." Tsunade smiled fondly at the blond teen. "Why don't you stay the night? At least it'll give Jiraiya the chance to say good-bye to his old friend."

"That sounds great!" Naruto grinned ear to ear as he watched his pet actually enjoying the attention he was receiving from the humanoid-canine, mewling and returning the other's licks with shy ones of his own.

Tsunade started back outside, but stopped to look at Naruto and Shizune over her shoulder. "Just leave them here for tonight. They'll be fine." She gave a suggestive wink at Naruto and chuckled when he blushed. "Come on now. Supper is about ready and I have an appointment with a client later tonight."

"H-Hai, Tsunade-san," he stuttered. "Could you give me a minute? I want to make sure Iruka's settled in."

She nodded and waved for Shizune to follow. The younger woman quickly responded to her demand and left the barn. "Make sure to close the doors when you're finished, Naruto-kun." After she received a nod in confirmation, she left.

Iruka sat up to acknowledge his owner, but it was proving somewhat difficult with Kakashi straddling his left hip and burying his face into the tanned neck. "Merow?" He looked up at Naruto hopelessly.

Naruto laughed as he stroked Iruka's ears, comforting the feline slightly. "Don't worry. I'll bring you some food later."

Iruka nodded in understanding and watched as the blond wondered toward the doors before trying to crawl out of Kakashi's grasp and running toward the back of the barn, giving the canine an evocative sneer from over his shoulder. He was very pleased that his bait was taken and a rousing, if not erotic, game of tag began.

The teen stopped in his tracks, just before reaching the doors when he noticed something blue flash in the corner of his right eye. He turned his head in the same direction, a frown creasing his forehead in awareness. As he started to approach it, a fish tank came into view…a rather large fish tank. It had everything that a normal fish tank would have. Seaweed, coral, but instead of rocks for flooring, it had sand. He was about to dismiss it when something caught his eye again in the corner of the tank. The sand was swirled around in a weird design, and as he leaned in closer to inspect it, a hard whap against the glass startled him. It almost gave him a heart attack, but at least he knew there was something living in the tank… With a large shark tail!?

…To Be Continued…

A/N: So how was that? Good? Bad? …don't quite my day job if I even had one? Lmao! Tell me what you think, because I'm currently working on Chapter 2. This fic shouldn't take very long. Maybe two or three at the most…

And… done!! Lol. I liked it! I'm trying to remember what the shark tail is for exactly… Not enough sleep and too much paper stress.. oh well. I likeded it!!