Feel free to attack me. I've just added yet another to my seemingly endless pile of fics without an actual first chapter.

This is one of the few that can currently be posted out of my... seventy fics?

Right. I don't own Naruto!


The Cat Came Back; Prologue

Kakashi stared sadly down at his fallen student. He knew who did this, and it hurt. He slowly knelt down and picked up the unconscious form of Naruto, grabbing the other Konoha forehead protector with a slash through the middle as he stood. He looked to the trees for a moment before closing his one visible eye and sighing, jumping back up onto the cliff and beginning the long trek back to Konoha.

From one of the larger trees, the figure of a teenage girl stood, a small fang peeking from her lips as she watched the Jonin run back to the large village. She looked behind her as her long, dark hair fell to frame her face as she stared after the now out-of-sight Uchiha. She gave a sigh. "Why did he choose now of all times?" She asked her self wearily, putting a hand to her head as she crouched on the branch. "Fucking Uchiha, and his fucking pride." She closed her silver eyes, disappearing in a swirl of blue flower petals.

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Flashback

A figure appeared with a swirl of flowers, kneeling down in front of her superiors desk as she kept her head down. "Hai, Hokage-sama?" She asked as she raised her head slightly, looking into the eyes of the Hokage as his eyes showed his obvious hurt.

"How... Why..." He gave a sigh, shaking the blond locks on his head as he rubbed his forehead. "How could he have killed him...? After all this time... Why did it have to be then...?" The girls eyes softened and she stood, her long ponytail brushing against the ground as she did so.

She walked over and put a hand to the Hokage's back, pulling him into a hug. "It's OK, Naruto. We're still here for you, even if that snake took him away. We won't ever leave you." She silently cried to herself for her, now dead, comrade and friend. Her little brother's fiancé that was killed because of that man. "We'll find him. And we'll avenge Sasuke."

He pulled away from her and looked her right in the eyes. "No," She blinked. "We'll keep this entire thing from happening."

She stared in confusion for a moment before gasping in shock. "N-Naruto-kun, you don't mean that jutsu, do you?!" She stepped back, wringing her hands together nervously. He nodded grimly, staring at the ground as he closed his eyes and shook his head again, mouthing a 'yeah, I do.' as he placed a hand over his eyes. Her eyes darkened and she looked to the ground as well. "Who all is going...?" She asked blankly, her silver eyes void of any emotion except worry and sadness.

"Actually," She looked up at him. "I was thinking about sending you, Aoi-neechan." She blinked again as she stared at him blankly.

"WHAT??!?!?!!?!"


Eh heh... Right. Prologue that only took me about a half an hour to write...

Yeah. I'm crazy.

Oh, and it might take a little while to get the first actual chapter out. Sorry 'bout that.

Bye, and please review!