Underestimation by Sensai32
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Naruto or Inuyasha. I do in my dreams though!
Chapter 1: Cats don't drink booze
Kakashi stared at the black kitten in front of him. It stared right back, a desperate look in its blue eyes. He felt an inexplicable urge inside of him, towards the tiny thing. He reached out to it hesitantly. The kitten sunk back inside of itself but realizing Kakashi's intentions, it slowly to stretched toward him.
Palm met ear and Kakashi tentatively scratched the kitten behind the ear. Kakashi let out a sigh of relief and the urge disappeared immediately. He'd been wanting to touch the poor things ears since he laid eyes on it.
The cat had been in his apartment for only three minutes, and already he had felt like cuddling it. He continued scratching the thing, he closed his eyes and let out a deep breath.
"KAKASHI-SENSAI!"
Kakashi turned around quickly. He was on a mission with the rest of squad seven, He was tired and wanted nothing more than to go back to Konoha and read his Icha Icha Series all over again from start to finish.
Kakashi headed to wear the noise was heard. Their in a clearing was Naruto, holding a small black kitten his arms. Naruto's face was full of scratches. Naruto didn't like cats and cats didn't like Naruto, end of story.
Kakashi picked up the kitten by the scruff of its neck and the cat in return squirmed and attempted to scratch his wrists. Kakashi looked into its eyes and saw an irritated almost human expression and the message was clear: 'Do not man handle me'.
With that he gave the cat back to Naruto and sighed.
"We need to go back now," he told the group. "We will not find him here."
And with that, squad 7 returned to Konoha,, and while Naruto and Sasuke argued with each other about who should keep the cat, Kakashi grumbled, picked up the cat by its scruff again and headed to his apartment, giving Sakura the simple order, to "tell the Hokage we're back" and the argument was over.
The kitten was staying with Kakashi and that was final.
The kitten had scratched at him the entire walk home. He stopped petting the thing and went to the kitchen, kitten in tow. He poured a saucer of water in front of it. The cat looked at him with an "are you stupid" expression on its face.
Okay, he thought, not water.
He poured in some booze.
The cat took one lick and hissed, pushing the saucer away.
"What do cats like again?" he asked himself.
Then suddenly he became inspired by a truly original thought.
He rinsed the saucer and poured in some milk.
The kitten looked at him and then at the bowl, 'It took you this long to get it right.'
Kakashi scratched the back of his neck and chuckled sheepishly.
The kitten licked the bowl clean.
Kakashi picked the kitten up again and looked it over.
It was a female, but she had no tag, no collar, or anything else to indicate ownership.
He looked her over again and found a small white patch of fur in the shape of a heart on its bottom, close to its tail.
The cat sunk in his arms and readily fell asleep. Reminding Kakashi, that he too, needed his rest. He headed toward his room and contemplated putting the cat on the floor.
He sighed and curled up to sleep, the kitten right beside him on the bed.
A/N: AWWWWWWW! Now, I am satisfied with myself. I have a story on hiatus and am writing this here. My beta would kill me. I would kill me. Well, not my first time with a fic but it is for Naruto and quite frankly it is for crossovers too. Hee. *snicker* Enjoy and Please Review they help me get better.