Okay. Here is my poll winning Naruto fic. It's weird, but I'm sure I'm not the first person to write one like it. Hope y'all like it. This is set before Sasuke leaves the village. So Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are twelve. It's also set before the Chunin exams, which is kinda when Naruto actually proves himself to the village as a hero. At least in some form, so people still hate him mostly.

SUMMERY: Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke are sent on a mission to Demon country. Somehow they end up as cats, and Naruto finds them, and decides to look after them, thinking they're strays. As the group see how Naruto lives, will they learn something from their experience? And will they change back into their human forms?

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Team Cat-kashi!

Chapter One – Changes and Guardians.

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Sakura and Sasuke followed Kakashi as they walked through Demon Country. They were to meet the priestess of the Kitsune Temple.

"How comes Naruto didn't come with us Kakashi-Sensei?" Sakura asked.

"Typical, the one time I don't have him annoying me and I miss him." Sakura thought inside her head. She heard a 'Hn' from Sasuke who was next to her.

"Well you see Naruto was helping Iruka-Sensei at the academy today as a mission, so we had to leave without him." Kakashi replied.

"That Dobe? Help at the academy?" Sasuke smirked to himself after that comment.

"Naruto is helping out. Not teaching the classes." Kakashi replied. He did wonder how that happened however. After all, Naruto had been the dead last of his class.

The group suddenly found themselves under attack. A group of ninja with fox heads engraved into their forehead protectors aimed kunai and various other projectiles at them.

"We're being forced somewhere." Kakashi said. He looked annoyed (well as annoyed as he could look with a mask covering half of his face) as they tried to get out of whatever trap they were being forced into. They realised that they were in front of the Kitsune temple. They saw an old woman standing there waiting.

"Hello there. You must be team seven. Missing someone?" The old lady asked.

"Tell your ninja to back off. They tried to kill us." Kakashi asked politely enough.

"Oh well that's my fault. You see there are a lot of things you don't seem to realise about your teammate. I have decided, as it's in my area to do so, that you three need to learn some lessons." The old woman said. She let out a friendly laugh.

"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked. She was as confused as her other team mates.

"You'll see dear." The old woman replied. That was when everything went black for the three ninjas.

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When the three woke up they figured out three things. One was that from the looks of things, they were back in Konoha. The scenery showed that. Two was that they were moving at a fast pace. Three was that they were being cradled? Other things were coming to their attention. They were smaller somehow and were being carried by the Kitsune temple priestess and two of her ninja. They tried to move, but it was difficult. Nothing felt right to them. They landed in front of a familiar door.

"This is Naruto's apartment!" They all thought to themselves. That was when they were placed onto the floor. For the first time all three Shinobi were getting a look at themselves since this started. Sakura looked down at her hands, to see pink paws. Her eyes went wide, and she let out a shriek that sounded like a cat meowing to anyone else. She looked over to Kakashi and Sasuke, only to see a silver and black pair of cats staring at her.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked.

"Sakura?" The silver one asked. He sounded like Kakashi.

"Yeah, are you Kakashi-Sensei?" She asked tentatively.

"Yes. Sasuke?" Kakashi called out. The black cat looked at them.

"Hn." Sasuke sounded out. It came from the black cat. The three looked at the priestess. Her ninja had left.

"You three are going to learn a few things. Don't worry my jutsu will wear off eventually. Once all of you have learned what you needed to learn you will regain human form. Until then, you will remain in the forms of cats. Have fun!" The old priestess said cheerfully. Then she too, disappeared into the night and left the three cats waiting for someone.

Sakura, Sasuke and Kakashi were looking around.

"So where are we again?" Kakashi asked.

"Outside Naruto's apartment Kakashi-Sensei! Haven't you ever been to Naruto's apartment before?" Sakura asked.

"I usually visit by climbing through the window into his kitchen, where I attempt to force vegetables down his throat." Kakashi stated. Kakashi was looking down at his silver fur, scrutinising his new body. Then he dropped onto the stone floor and started crying.

"I have no Icha Icha! How will I survive without it?" Kakashi bawled. To most humans it would have sounded like

"Meeeeeooooow meow meowmeow mrou mroumeow mroumrou meow."

Sakura and Sasuke stared at Kakashi, wondering what the heck they were going to do. That was when they heard footsteps coming up the stairs. They looked out to see who was coming, only to see the blue-eyed blond, Naruto Uzumaki. He was carrying a small bag of groceries and looked a little unhappy.

"I wonder why he looks unhappy." Sakura said softly. It came out as a soft mew.

"Iruka probably didn't buy him any ramen." Sasuke said, snickering inwardly.

"Be nice to him, because I don't think any of us want to be sleeping on the streets in winter now." Kakashi stated.

"Sasuke, remember he hates being scratched so don't scratch him." Sakura stated. They had taken their lesson of chasing after Torah the cat very well.

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Naruto heard some meowing and looked around on the floor. He saw three cats sitting outside his apartment. He took note that one of them was silver and a fair bit bigger than the other two. The other two looked rather small, even though Naruto could tell they weren't kittens. They all looked lean, and defensive. Naruto looked at them carefully.

"Hi there." Naruto said warily. The cats looked up at him as though they were listening to what he said. Naruto grinned at them.

"Where did you three come from? Where are your owners?" Naruto asked. The cats stared at him blankly.

"I really shouldn't be talking to cats." Naruto stated. The three cats meowed at each other, almost as though communicating, and then the pink cat walked up to Naruto and rubbed against his leg slightly.

"Are you guys strays?" Naruto asked. Naruto picked up the pink cat carefully.

"You guys don't have anyone either?" Naruto asked. He looked at the cats and gave a soft smile.

"Okay you guys can come into my place. But I warn you I never have that much to eat." Naruto said cheerfully. He put the pink cat down on the floor, and opened his apartment door. The three cats looked at Naruto, and then went in to his apartment. It was surprisingly easy to get Naruto to trust them. Now all they had to do was learn the lesson that this priestess seemed to want them to learn, and they'd get to turn back into human beings. If only things were that easy.

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Okay that's the first chapter. I hope you liked it. It's just a weird idea I got. Anyways, please R&R and let me know what you think. I'll be updating soon.