I do not own Naruto nor will I ever…I do wish that I did though.

There will probably be some grammar mistakes in my story so don't hate me for it, please. There is also a sad attempt at humor. At least, I hope its humor.

There will be some OOCness in this story.

Please note that I am borrowing the concept of the Naruto characters being catlike humans. Who ever really thought of the idea of the Naruto characters being such creatures, I do not know (or remember). I have read a few (great) stories involving the Naruto characters as such so I'm going to try my hand at it as well. I hope it is half decent compared to the ones already in the Naruto section.

Remember:

'Words' equal character's thinking

"Words" equal character's talking

Miss Me, Kitty?

By Kichou

Chapter One – Bad Kitty

Loneliness tends to be a factor in ninja's lives today. Due to high ranking missions, many ninja's find that they do not have the time to have relationships with the opposite (or same sex) relationships. Seeing that human company are hard to come by now a days, many people find that pets were the next best option to keep the loneliness from entering their lives.

Out of all the animals that exist in Konoha, cats are said to be the highest in demand (no matter what Kiba Inuzuka might say).

The feline species are said to be cute, friendly (to an extent), strong as well as highly intelligent, so it isn't a surprise that two well known ninjas in Konoha would fall victim to their charm.

One victim happens to be one Iruka Umino, a brown haired male with tan skin and a scar across his nose. A school teacher by day and a ninja at night, he is said to be one of the friendliest, if not the friendliest person in the whole of Konoha. His days are filled with paper work, missions and the occasional date, however, his social life has been suffering for a few years now. Seeing this, Iruka decided to get a pet to keep him company. Entering a pet store, he notices a kitten by himself at the corner of the store. After gently grabbing the kitten and noticing how said kitten was unbelievably endearing, he eventually bought the kitten and kept him in his apartment. He has found that his decision has been nice…so far.

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"You seem to have a large appetite today, Naruto." Iruka stated as he petted the adorable, blond kitten.

Naruto, a German rex kitten, happen to be just as friendly as Iruka. The short-haired blond kitten continued to eat the tuna that Iruka have laid before him after giving Iruka a little lick on his hand.

Looking at Naruto, Iruka couldn't help but smile as he noticed how Naruto's hair seemed to curl around his body. The sweet kitten always manages to put a smile on Iruka's face every time he sees him.

After finishing his tuna, Naruto laid in Iruka's lap, purring as he petted the little feline on the head.

"It's time that we visited that scarecrow, Naruto." Iruka said as he left his apartment.

Locking his door, Iruka walked towards the door beside his own and began to knock.

"Kakashi, are you in?" Iruka yelled out after a minute of waiting.

After hearing the brunette's voice, the patter of light steps could be heard as a black Bombay kitten nearly ran into Kakashi's legs to get to the door.

Kakashi Hatake, a grey haired male happened to be the other victim to fall prey to a cat's charm. Unlike Iruka who bought his kitten at a pet store, Kakashi happened to find his kitten after a mission to the Sand Village. Kakashi, a little hungry after his mission, stopped at a restaurant for lunch. Feeling a nudge at his foot, he saw a little kitten, begging through his eyes for some scraps of food. He fell in love with his kitten the moment he laid eyes on him. After that, Kakashi found himself foodless and hungry with a content kitten in his arms. Knowing that he did indeed feel lonely from time to time (but not admitting to it), he decided to keep the kitten, however, he did not anticipate that his kitten would have problems with Iruka's.

Walking towards his door, Kakashi gently nudge the black kitten away from the doorway.

"Sasuke, move would you? You don't want to get hit by the door, right?" Kakashi asked as he glanced at the kitten.

The kitten moved a foot away and sat down as he stared at the doorway with what could be labeled as glee in his eyes. Opening the door, the black kitten's eyes glued itself to the blond kitten in Iruka's arms.

"Iruka, I haven't seen you for so long." Kakashi yawned out as he watched Iruka enter his apartment.

"You saw me yesterday night, Kakashi." Iruka said as he rolled his eyes.

"…Still." Kakashi said as he rubbed his head.

Iruka began to place Naruto down on the floor towards Sasuke, however, Naruto did not desire to be in the presences of that feline. Jerking his body, he jumped onto Kakashi's head, hiding himself in the mess of what is known to be Kakashi's hair.

"I see you have Naruto with you." Kakashi stated as he grinned behind his mask.

"Oh, yes. He's such a sweetie." Iruka said as he petted Naruto's head.

A growl could be heard near their feet. Looking down, Iruka and Kakashi seemed to notice how Sasuke's cat eyes seem to glare at the both of them as if they have done an injustice to him. Grabbing hold of Kakashi's pants with his claws, Sasuke began to climb the tall scarecrow to get to Naruto, however, Iruka grabbed him before he could make it to Kakashi's knee.

"Sasuke, don't climb on Kakashi like that." Iruka scolded him as he held the black kitten.

"Sasuke seems to have taken a shine to Naruto. He never leaves the poor kitty alone." Kakashi stated as he gave a small laugh.

"Yes, sadly, Naruto does not seem to like him at all." Iruka said as he petted an annoyed Sasuke.

Sasuke continued to look at Naruto, starring at him unblinkingly. Naruto, freaked out by this, burrowed deeper into Kakashi's hair.

"I hope Naruto wasn't a bother." Kakashi said as they sat down for a glass of tea.

"Oh, no, he is a dear. I should ask you if Sasuke was a bother. He always manages to escape my house and enter yours." Iruka stated as he felt a little flabbergasted that a kitten can escape a locked house so easily.

"Sasuke only comes here to spend time with Naruto, but Naruto magically manages to escape my home to go to yours, Iruka. Sasuke, then just lays on Naruto's bed, waiting for you to return him to me." Kakashi said as he poured some tea into two tea cups.

Giving one cup to the brunet, Kakashi grabs a hold of Naruto and places him on the table top. Sasuke, seeing this, tries to jump off of Iruka's lap to get to him, but Iruka tighten his hold.

"Sasuke, do not bother poor Naruto." Iruka reprimanded.

If he didn't know better, he would have thought that Sasuke actually glowered at him for interfering.

"Kakashi, it must be a bother to you that my little Sasuke would practically break into you home just to see Naruto." Iruka stated as he finish drinking his tea.

"Ah, I can't really blame him. Naruto is very loveable, which is why I kept him in the first place." Kakashi said as he scratched Naruto's chin causing the kitten to purr.

"I guess I have to remember to lock my windows then. He really likes to come here and I don't want to inconvenience you. I must be going now. I have a class to teach." Iruka said as he got up to leave.

"I must leave as well. Tsunade has a mission for me. I already fed Sasuke, so don't worry about feeding him." Kakashi said as he got up to leave as well.

As Iruka left to place Sasuke back into his apartment, Kakashi refresh Naruto's food and water bowl. After waving goodbye to his kitten (after giving him a small kiss on his forehead), Kakashi left towards the Hokage tower.

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The sweet blond kitten was curled up on top of Kakashi's couch when all of a sudden he hears the door opening. Recognizing the smell from the intruder, he immediately jumps off the couch and hides in a small opening under a small cabinet.

"Naruto, where are you." A voice said as he walked around the apartment, searching for the kitten.

Naruto pressed his furry body close to the wall, hoping that the intruder would leave soon so that he can go to sleep in peace.

"Naruto, it's not nice to keep a guest waiting. Come out, please." The intruder said as he began to walk towards Naruto's hiding place.

'Maybe he wont notice me if I keep extra quite.' Naruto thought as he prayed inside his head.

"Found you." The man said as he kneeled down to look under the cabinet Naruto was hiding in.

"Go away, Sasuke." Naruto said as he glared at the man.

"Let's play, Naruto." Sasuke said as he reached out a hand to grab a hold of Naruto, only to have Naruto's claws swipe out at him.

"No, you go away! You bad kitty!" Naruto yelled as he hissed at Sasuke.

"Oh, I know I'm a bad kitty. I just want to show you how bad." Sasuke said as he lifted the cabinet away from the wall.

"No!" Naruto yelled out as he glared at Sasuke.

A poof was heard as the small blond kitten changed into a human with cat ears and tail. He glared at the black haired humanoid cat in front of him.

You see, Naruto and Sasuke might seem like regular kittens to Kakashi and Iruka, but what those two don't know is that once they are away, their cats come out to play. Sasuke and Naruto are a special kind of cat, one that can change into humans with cat like features (meaning they keep their ears and tails in their human form). They can also speak in both forms; however, they seem to not want their owners to know that they have this ability…it must be a code to cat society.

With the ability to change shape, many of the humanoid cats find that they have a great advantage with hands instead of paws, and one Sasuke Uchiha found that the new appendage makes it easier for him to visit his self declared mate. Sadly, his "mate" seems reluctant to be with him.

Naruto, having been through this ordeal before, ran with his tail between his legs towards the bathroom. Sasuke ran after him, but was not able to reach him in time before he locked the door.

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty." Sasuke called as he jiggled the door handle.

"Kitty isn't here." Naruto said as he sat on the tile floor of the bathroom.

"Who's here then if my little kitty is gone?" Sasuke asked as he smirked.

"…Mousy." Naruto stated as he glared at the door.

"That's alright. I'll take pleasure of eating both." Sasuke smugly replied.

"…Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww." Naruto said as he sticks out his tongue in disgust.

"Come out, my mate. I only came here to play, nothing else." Sasuke stated as he sat on the floor with his legs bent for comfort.

"…Play?" Naruto asked in interest.

A larger smirk appeared on Sasuke's face, but of course Naruto couldn't see it.

"Yes, play." Sasuke replied.

"Play what?" Naruto asked.

"Doctor. I'll be the doctor, you be the patient." Sasuke replied.

"Doctor? You mean like those people in the show "ER." Naruto asked as his ears perked up in interest.

"Yes, like that." Sasuke stated as he got up off the floor.

The door opened and Naruto walked out, excited to be playing a game with his friend. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him to Kakashi's bed, making him lay down on top of the satin covers.

"Okay my mate-." Sasuke was interrupted by Naruto.

"I'm not you mate!" Naruto yelled back.

'Oh, but you are.' Sasuke thought as he inwardly smirked at Naruto.

"As I was saying, we are going to play doctor. You, Naruto, are the patient with a broken back and broken limbs. I will have to wrap you up so that your bones can realign themselves. Can you stay still long enough for me to wrap you up?" Sasuke asked as he took out some scarves.

"Yeah." Naruto replied as he allowed Sasuke to take one of his arms and wrap the up with the scarf.

Sasuke, however, managed to wrap part of the scarf on the bars on the top of the bed, grinning in a disturbing way. Naruto, seeing the look, knew that Sasuke was doing something perverted and reacted quickly. He brought his legs up and slams them hard against Sasuke's chest making him fall on his behind on the floor.

"You lair! We're not playing doctor! You just want to do perverted things again!" Naruto yelled out as he tried to untie his hand from the bar.

Sasuke laughs as he crawled back onto the bed.

"That's what mates do, Naruto. They do naughty things together. Why don't we play together my little kitty?" Sasuke asked as he licked his lips.

"No! Go away! You're not my mate! I haven't found my mate yet, you ugly cat!" Naruto yelled out as he finally freed himself from his scarf prison.

"UGLY!? You need your eye's check, mate. I'm far from ugly." Sasuke stated as he readied himself to pounce on his delectable kitten.

"I actually think he's right about you being ugly, little brother." A voice said as a tall, handsome, raven haired humanoid cat walked into the bedroom where the two other humanoid cats were.

"Itachi!" Naruto yelled out as he ran and hid behind his tall friend.

"Hello, Naruto. My brother hasn't been bothering you, has he?" Itachi asked as he patted Naruto's head.

"He keeps saying that I'm his mate, but I don't want stupid Sasuke as my mate." Naruto replied.

"You don't know what you want, Naruto! I'm the best choice for your mate and stop smirking, Itachi!" Sasuke yelled out as he glared at his smirking brother.

"Now, now, no need to get angry." Itachi replied as he walked away towards the living room with Naruto close on his heels.

Sasuke angrily followed them and sat on the couch across from the other two.

"What the hell are you doing here anyway, Itachi. I'm surprised that your owner let you out of the house." Sasuke said as he glared at Itachi.

"Kisame lets me do as I please. The same can't be said for you though, right Sasuke? I hear that Iruka has you on a short leash." Itachi replied as his smirk widen.

"Shut it!" Sasuke yelled back.

"Why are you here, Itachi?" Naruto asked.

"I was just stopping by before I go on my search." Itachi stated as he walked back towards the window.

"Search for what?" Naruto asked.

"I saw a cute little kitten around your age, Naruto. She was a Blue Abyssinian with pearl like eyes. I saw her in the hallway once, but she was taken away by her loud owner. I'm trying to find her." Itachi stated as he changed into his cat form.

The older Bombay black cat jumped on the windowsill, getting ready to leave.

"Searching for a small kitty are you Itachi?" Sasuke said as he grinned.

Itachi ignored him. He was about to jump to the next window, but Naruto's voice stopped him.

"Did you say a Blue Abyssinian kitten with pearl eyes, Itachi?" Naruto asked.

Itachi turned around to stare at the blond humanoid.

"Do you know her?" Itachi asked.

"Is she kind of quiet and shy and did you see here around the forth floor?" Naruto asked.

"Yes." Itachi said as he waited.

"You must mean my friend Hinata. She lives with her loud owner, Anko Mitarashi. They live in apartment 4F. You can't miss it. The door has a picture of a kunai on it and their apartment window has a lot of wind chimes hung about." Naruto stated as he smiled.

"Hinata, huh. I'll remember that." Itachi said as he jumped away from Kakashi's apartment.

"You just doomed Hinata you know." Sasuke stated as he shook his head.

"…Huh?" Naruto eloquently replied.

"Nothing. Now, about the doctor game-"

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A FEW HOURS LATER

"Kakashi, I can't find Sasuke anywhere. Is he in your apartment?" Iruka asked as he saw the grey haired male in front of his apartment door.

"Hmm, maybe he is. Lets find out." Kakashi stated as he unlocked his door.

Walking into the apartment, the two found a very familiar sight. Naruto was hanging on the curtain with his claws hissing at the black cat, while Sasuke was sitting on the floor licking his paws while staring at his cute little mate.

"Sasuke, I told you to stay home. What do you have to say for yourself?" Iruka said as he picked up the kitten.

"Meow." Sasuke said in a deep UNcat like way.

Kakashi and Iruka stared at the kitten then at each other in confusion.

"…Did that meow sound odd to you?" Iruka asked while looking at Kakashi.

"Meeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooow." Sasuke said in a soft cat like way.

"…I guess I was imagining things." Iruka said as he petted Sasuke's head.

Iruka walks towards Kakashi whom is busy trying to pry Naruto's claws away from his velvet curtains.

'Honestly. Only porn stars have velvet curtains.' Iruka thought.

After a discussion about having dinner together via take-out, Iruka and Kakashi spent the rest of the night sitting on the couch watching a television show about four little boys whom have the uncanny ability to either die, cause an international incident or any other unbelievable trouble.

"I don't know how you can watch this trash, Kakashi. It makes absolutely no sense." Iruka stated as he watched the boy named Kenny died once again in an odd accident.

"It's a fantastic show for intelligent people." Kakashi said as he watched Stan and Kyle yelling about Kenny's death.

"South Park is very crude and vulgar, Kakashi." Iruka stated.

"Then why are you still watching it?" Kakashi asked.

"…It's different." Iruka replied.

While the humans were discussing the issue of why Kenny's death didn't seem to be that much of a surprise to his friends anymore, Naruto and Sasuke were busy fighting with one another.

Kakashi and Iruka saw Naruto swipe at Sasuke's face with his paw, however, Sasuke dodge and then pounce on top of the cute blond kitten. They both rolled around until they hit the coffee table. Naruto finally got away from Sasuke, but Sasuke pounce on his back, causing the kitten to meow in despair.

Seeing how unhappy his kitten was, Kakashi got off the couch and grabbed Sasuke's neck and handed him to Iruka. Grabbing a hold on his own kitten, Kakashi nuzzled Naruto's face while cooing at him.

"Aw, Naruto, don't you like Sasuke even a little bit." Kakashi asked.

All he got from Naruto was an annoyed stare.

Kakashi sat back on the couch allowing Naruto to sit on his lap. Sasuke once again pounced on the kitten, licking Naruto's face as he purred. Naruto, not liking the action at all, meowed angrily as he pushed Sasuke off of him. Sasuke, not liking being ignored, pounce on Naruto and tighten his hold on him.

"Sasuke, stop being a horn dog!" Iruka yelled out.

"Don't you mean horn kitty?" Kakashi asked.

"You're not helping Kakashi!" Iruka yelled.

"You know, if no one knew whose cat belongs to whom, they would think that your perverted cat was mine and my sweet little Naruto was yours." Kakashi stated as he pried Sasuke off Naruto's back.

"Sometimes I do feel like he's your cat. I caught him looking at you Icha Icha books just yesterday and doing what I feel has to be a cat like smirk." Iruka said as he kept a tight hold on his kitten.

"I wasn't looking. I was memorizing." Sasuke whispered so only he and Naruto could hear him.

"That's stupid, Sasuke. The books are about human mating rituals, not feline. It's useless." Naruto whispered back.

"I don't think so. There was this one picture where the head of a guy was lick" Sasuke was cut off.

"That's enough already you pervy cat!" Naruto whispered harshly at the perverted black kitten.

During the time the kittens were whispering to one another, Kakashi and Iruka thought that the kittens were meowing and hissing at one another. Ignoring this, the humans continued their conversation about missions.

"So, I found that I would have to leave on a three day mission. Would it be a problem for you to take care of Naruto for me, Iruka?" Kakashi asked.

'NO! I DON'T WANT TO STAY WITH PERVERT SASUKE!' Naruto thought loudly in his head.

'Hmm, finally, Naruto will be mine.' Sasuke thought as he stared at Naruto while slowly licking his paw.

'…Pervert.' Naruto thought as he snubbed Sasuke.

"It won't be a problem for me, but are you sure you want me to watch over him. He doesn't like Sasuke all that much." Iruka stated as he glanced at his kitten.

'NO! DON'T CHANGE HIS MIND, IDIOT!' Sasuke thought loudly in his head as he glared at his owner.

"It's fine. Naruto is very sweet. He'll warm up to Sasuke eventually." Kakashi said.

'And if he doesn't, I'll help him warm up myself.' Sasuke thought as he inwardly grinned.

"Do you want me to take him tonight?" Iruka asked.

"Yes, I would. I was supposed to leave an hour ago, but these kittens distracted me." Kakashi stated as he got up off the couch and grabbed his weapon pouch.

"Yes, just blame the kittens instead of taking the blame yourself." Iruka said as he grabbed a hold on both kittens.

The four of them walked out the door and into Iruka's apartment. Kakashi placed Naruto's food and water bowl as well as his toys and litter box in the kitchen, while Iruka placed the kittens down on his couch in front of the TV.

"I'll pick him up on Sunday night." Kakashi stated as he walked out of the door with Iruka following him.

"Have a safe trip." Iruka said as he waved Kakashi goodbye.

Closing the door, Iruka pick the kittens up and walk towards his bedroom. He places them on Sasuke's bed while he got ready for bed. After changing, he notices how Naruto would not stay in Sasuke's kitty bed. Not thinking much of it, he climbs into his bed and began to fall asleep, however, he woke up when he felt a small weight on his chest.

Opening his eyes, he sees Naruto, laying on him fast asleep. To tired to care, he was about to fall asleep until he felt an extra weight on his chest. Opening his eyes once again, he sees Sasuke lying beside a sleeping Naruto. The raven cat stared at his master for a minute, daring him to swipe him off of his chest, before he curled himself around Naruto, and allowed sleep to take over him.

Iruka, not knowing what to do with the two kittens, just inwardly shrugged as he finally allowed the sandman to whisk him away to dream land.

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Note

- I don't really like this story of mine. I feel like it's not good at all. I only put this up because I spent a lot of time on it. I'm still not satisfied with it. I have ideas for the rest of the story, but I don't know if I'll update this. I guess it depends if people like it or not. Oh, well.

- Review please. Be kind.

- Happy Chinese New Year! Hope you like your gift, which is this story if you didn't know. To health, luck and happiness!