Hi! HarukaSakuke here! I know it's wrong of me to make another story while I have two others running, but I had to type this before it got out of my head. I'd like to clear a few things up about the story before you read.

1. Naruto, Sakura, and Ino are related in this.

2. Sasuke and any other family mentioned of his is half-cat.

3. Minato (Naruto's dad) is alive, but Kushina (Naruto's mom) still isn't.

I don't own the characters used in this story.

Better Summary: Naruto and Sakura have the punishment of buying some animals from a shelter for breaking some windows. When they go, they buy 3 cats, one peaking their interest the most. One cat, Sasuke, is a little complicated to the two of them. He's part human and can't speak proper English/ Japanese, but the weirdest part is they can all understand him. He acts like he hates Naruto the most, and does whatever he can to annoy the heck out of him (which is just about everything). Naruto thinks the same about him, and thinks little can change his views on him: that he's just a stuck-up little cat boy. Ino, however, is intent on changing his view on Sasuke. She wants it to escalate past just taking care of him. Will she succeed?

"Dad, do we have to?" Naruto and Sakura whined.

Minato nodded. "Yes, you do. Sakura, you and Naruto ended up breaking two of the community center's windows. They said you could make it up by taking care of an animal from the shelter."

Sakura groaned. "What does taking care of some filthy animal have to do with breaking windows?"

Minato put his hands in his pockets. "Either that or we pay for the damages. And I'm not paying any of it."

Naruto sighed. "Why can't you ask Ino to do that? She loves animals."

Minato narrowed his eyes. "Because she didn't do it. Now get to that shelter."

Naruto and Sakura whined more. "But dad…"

Minato glared. "Now."

Naruto and Sakura grabbed some money and headed out.

"I told you it was a bad idea to play baseball around all that glass." Sakura said. Naruto sighed. "If you didn't hit that ball as hard as you could, it wouldn't have went all the way through the building to break that other window."

Sakura hit him on the back angrily. "Shut up about my strength. You are so lucky you're my stepbrother. Otherwise you'd be so dead."

Naruto sweat dropped. "Why'd my dad marry your mom anyway?" Sakura twitched. "Because your mom passed away and my dad disappeared." Naruto looked down. "Oh yeah…Then why is Ino my sister too?!"

Sakura sighed. "Because she's my half sister." Naruto growled. "Ino is your cousin!" Sakura shook her head. "But I regard her as my sister. She might as well be…"

Naruto groaned. "Your family tree is twisted."

Sakura ignored the comment and pulled him into the building.

The clerk greeted them. "Hey, you guys. How are you two today?"

Sakura smiled. "Hey, Scarecrow." Kakashi looked away. "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear you."

Naruto waved. "Hey, Kakashi-sensei." Kakashi sweat dropped. "Naruto, I'm not your sensei." Naruto grinned. "But you're like…53."

Kakashi gave him a very irritated look. "I'm 30!" Naruto sweat dropped. "You have gray hair…" Kakashi sighed. "I told you I was born that way."

Sakura smiled as she pet one of the puppies. "How'd the eye surgery go?" Kakashi pointed to the bandage over his left eye. "Take one good look and determine that." Sakura chuckled nervously. "Yeah, sorry."

Kakashi chuckled. "So why's Minato making you guys come here? What'd you do?" Naruto pointed at Sakura. "Sakura broke two windows in the community center."

Kakashi blinked. "Why's that so bad? It's that real big one right?" Naruto sweat dropped. "They were right across from each other."

Kakashi sweat dropped. "Oh crap. Sakura, how hard did you hit the ball?" Sakura blinked. "How do you know we were playing baseball?"

Ino popped up. "I told him!" Sakura got irritated. "You spaz, when'd you get here?!" Ino grinned. "Before you got here."

Naruto looked to the animals. "If you're here to help us, you better pick a good choice."

Sakura growled at him. "Shut up. You're already in bad with me." Naruto pouted. "Yeah right."

Sakura punched him in the head. "I said shut up."

After he rubbed his head, they heard a small snicker. Naruto darted up immediately once he found the source. "What the? Did that cat just snicker?"

Kakashi growled deep. "I seriously don't like that cat." Ino sweat dropped. "Is he that bad?"

Kakashi nodded as Naruto scurried over to the cat, making it sweat drop. "Yes he is. The other two are well behaved."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the cat. "Weird cat. You bug me." The cat got irritated and scratched Naruto's face twice.

Sakura and Ino giggled as Naruto retrieved his handkerchief. "This is why I don't like cats." The cat snickered again and Ino scurried over. "Hi, kitty. What's your name?" The cat mewed happily a few times. Ino blinked. "Weird name for a cat." The cat hissed. Ino jumped. "Sorry, Sasuke."

Sakura and the guys sweat dropped. "I don't know what's weirder: You understood him or the fact you're talking to a cat."

Naruto poked the cat. "You're real weird." The cat hissed and bit him. Naruto twitched in anger. "Stupid cat…" Sakura picked him up. "Well, looks like we have something in common. We don't like you. Don't you agree, kitty?" The cat meowed angrily.

Ino smiled. "He said 'My name is Sasuke!'" Sakura giggled. "Sorry, Sasuke." Sasuke glared at her and mewed deeply. Ino translated. "He says 'I don't like you either.'"

Sakura grimaced at Ino. "Shut up, Ino." Kakashi crossed his arms. "Well, Ino got one thing right that I know of. His name is Sasuke. And the two cats that were in the basket are his parents, Mikoto and Fugaku."

Sasuke jumped over to Naruto and Sakura cooed. "We'll take him!" Kakashi nodded. "Yes, but you have to take his parents too. He gets PMS-ish if his parents aren't in the same building as him."

Naruto whined. "We don't have the money for 3 cats! And I don't have the patience to deal with this stupid cat!" Kakashi smiled behind his gas mask. "That's okay. I'll only charge $50 for the three of them together."

Sakura got out $25 and Naruto did too. "Here." Kakashi happily took the money and pointed at Sasuke. "Thank you. But I warn you, Sasuke has a few problems." Naruto thumped Sasuke in the ear. "Tell me something I don't already know about him."

Sasuke nuzzled him in the neck. Sakura and Naruto blushed. "Weird cat." Sakura jumped when she saw Sasuke grin evilly. "Uh, Naruto…"

Before Sakura could warn him, Sasuke bit his neck so hard he drew blood. Naruto screeched in agony and a shiver ran through him. "You retarded cat! You have MPD or something?!"

Kakashi nodded. "Yes, more or less." Naruto whined. "You tell me that now!?" Kakashi smiled happily. "That's something you didn't already know." Naruto narrowed his eyes. "I don't like you," he said, turning to Sasuke, "And I don't like you either!"

Sasuke mewed happily. Ino translated. "He said, 'But I like you!'"

Naruto twitched. "Ino, I always knew there was something wrong with you…" Ino whined. "But that's what he said!"

Naruto thumped Sasuke again. "Explain." Ino smiled. "They say little boys express their feelings by acting like they don't like them. The more they show it, the more they might like you."

Naruto sweat dropped. "He acts like he hates…wait, he's not human! Are you saying a cat's in love with me?!"

Sasuke put his paws on his hips and mewed in anger very fast. Ino jumped. "You are?! Then why are you a cat now?" Sasuke sweat dropped and meowed exasperatedly. Ino nodded. "I see."

Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi gave her an eager look. "What is he saying?!" Ino nodded. "He said he's half-human, half-cat, and he can only turn human when he experiences excruciating pain. And he's 16 years old, just like us."

The three jumped. "What?! Part human?! How?!" Sasuke mewed and sweat dropped. Ino groaned. "Of course we are! You don't see a half-animal person everyday."

Sakura blinked. "I don't get it, how do you understand him?" Ino blinked. "Huh? Sorry, it just sounds like he's speaking our language." Sakura perked her ears. "I'm starting to hear him like that. I thought that was just me."

Naruto looked to Sasuke. "I don't get it, how come they understand you but I don't?" Sasuke shrugged and mewed repeatedly. This time Sakura translated. "He said, 'I don't know. I guess it just comes after getting used to me.'"

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "I'm used to your antics. When you're human, do you speak human outright?" Sasuke shook his head. Naruto waved his arms frantically. "Why not?!"

Sasuke sweat dropped and mewed in disappointment. Kakashi translated. "He said, 'Because I forgot how to speak proper human language.'"

Naruto whined. "You too?! Why can't I understand you, cat?!" Sasuke smirked and crossed his arms. "I don't know."

Naruto blinked. "Either you just spoke or I understood you." Sasuke smirked wider. "You just understood me."

Naruto screeched. "Aah! I can speak cat!" Sasuke sweat dropped. "You can't speak cat. You just understand me."

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "And this one's a smarty-pants." Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Better than being an idiot."

Sakura chuckled and grabbed the basket. "Bye, Scarecrow." Kakashi growled. "Don't call me Scarecrow!"

Ino followed and watched Naruto argued with Sasuke, who was still on his shoulder.