Hello! Welcome to the second chapter of Shinobi Kittens! I have chosen an OC for my story, and they are listed at the bottom. Thank you to everyone who submitted, and I hope you continue to enjoy my story!
Now here's chapter 2!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, the Princess Bride, Star Wars, Snow White, Mary Poppins, the Wizard of Oz,Harry Potter, or anything else I referenced to in this fic and forgot about.
Haily finished the song she was singing and turned her eyes to the people in front of her. They nodded at her to leave, writing some stuff down on the papers in front of them.
She left the room quickly, desperate to leave the awkward silence left behind. Did she do okay? She thought she did. She hoped she did. Really, there was no way to tell until they called her a week later.
Haily wanted to be a singer really badly. It was something she had loved doing ever since she was little. Recently, she had started entering competitions. She supposed she was good. Sometimes she won, and sometimes she lost.
This was her first time auditioning for a record deal, though. She was freaking out inwardly, but tried not to let it show while she was singing.
"How'd it go?" The tall girl waiting outside, her older sister, asked. Haily shrugged.
"Okay, I think. They didn't tell me." She brushed a strand of her long, dark brown hair behind her ear, suddenly feeling a rush of relief that it was done. "Alice, can I borrow your phone?"
"Yeah. Why?" Alice asked, digging into her bag and handing her the phone.
"I want to call Derek." She dialed the number and held it up to her ear, waiting for him to pick up. Eventually, she heard his voice coming through the speakers.
"Alice?"
"Derek, it's me, Haily. I just finished my audition. Where were you?"
"Audition..." He was silent for a moment, before suddenly exclaiming, "Audition! ****! Haily, I'm so sorry! I completely forgot!"
"Don't cuss," she corrected instinctively. "Derek, I told you I was going a million times. How can you forget?"
"I'm so sorry," he apologized again. "I'm a terrible boyfriend. I knew how much you wanted me to be there. I promise I'll come to the next one."
Haily was annoyed. He always forgot whenever she wanted them to spend time together. The only reason she hadn't broken up with him yet was because she liked spending time with him whenever she did get a chance to. But she was getting tired. Time for his test.
"Oh, no, you don't have to come." Alice shot her sister a surprised look at this, which she ignored.
"Really? Good, because I was going to make plans with Jeremy and Alex soon. I hadn't hung out with them in a while," was his response. Haily felt a pang in her chest as she heard this.
"Yeah," she spat, "It wouldn't look good for you to go to your ex-girlfriend's audition, anyways." Alice stared, then broke into a grin.
"Yea- wait, what? Hai-" Haily hung up on him before he could finish his protest.
Alice started laughing. "All right! It's about time you broke up with that unreliable son of a-"
"Don't cuss," Haily interrupted.
"... Unicorn. That's what I was going to say." She ruffled the top of her younger sister's head. "Good job!"
Haily swatted the hand off of her head. "Stop that!" She hated being short. While Alice got good genes, being 5'8, and even her 15 year old sister, Emma, was 5'3, she, at seventeen, was cursed to the height of 5'1. It sucked.
"Let's go home." She wanted to get out of there.
The three sisters were extremely close. Their parents were good people, but just didn't have the time to take care of them. So once Alice turned 18, they went to live with her, their parents giving her money once a month for rent. The three of them had been living together for 5 years.
They all looked pretty similar. Emma and Alice both had straight, light brown hair, but Alice's was short and layered, while Emma's reached her shoulder blades and was always pulled back in a sloppy braid. Haily had a darker, wavy brown hair that stopped at her waist. All three of them had greyish-blue eyes.
Then there was the other occupant of their household. About 2 years ago, Emma's friend Mindi's parents died in a car crash. None of her relatives lived nearby, and she didn't want to move, so Alice offered to take her in. She and Emma were extremely close now, doing almost everything together. They also shared an obsession over the manga Naruto, even going so far as to fangirl some of the characters. Haily liked the manga, but as nothing more than a small hobby. And Alice just laughed and said that she didn't read comic books. Only to spark a rant from Emma and Mindi about the difference between comic books and manga.
Alice pulled into the driveway, to see Emma and Mindi crouched over a box in front of the doorway. The two older girls walked over to them.
"What is it?" Haily asked.
Emma held up a small black and orange cat. "Kittens!"
[Emma POV]
If I could pick one animal I loved more than any others, I would pick tigers. My second choice, however, would be cats.
Cats are awesome! They don't need too much attention like dogs, yet like it every once in a while. Plus, they're adorable!
So imagine how I felt when I found a box of 15 - 15! - kittens on my front porch.
I squealed. "Omigosh! Mindi, come here!"
"What, Emma?" she asked, walking outside.
"It's kitties!" I exclaimed. A small black one with an orange face and one eye closed went up to the side of the box and pawed at the side, looking up at me with its huge, adorable eye. I melted.
"Awwww!" I cooed, picking up the cutie. "Are you a guy or a girl?" I turned it over and looked at its private parts, ignoring the fact that they're supposed to be, well, private. "A guy." I heard what sounded like snickers coming from the other cats. "Don't laugh at him! You guys are next!" They stopped laughing.
"Um, Emma, you know they're cats. They can't laugh. You know what? Who cares!" Mindi said suddenly, which would have made me sweatdrop if this were an anime. She picked up a silver one with... pink? eyes, that was hissing at us like an idiot. He tried to scratch her when she grabbed him, so she held him in front of her. "No. Don't scratch. I'm not going to hurt you; you don't have to do that." She set him down.
"What is it?" I heard from behind me, and turned around to see Alice and Haily standing there.
I held out the cute black and orange cat I was holding. "Kittens!" The kitten let out a short meow as if to accentuate my point.
"Cute!" I squealed, hugging him to my chest. "You're a good boy!" He started to purr.
"Can we keep them?" Mindi asked, looking up at my sisters hopefully.
"No." "Yes," Haily and Alice said at the same time. Haily glared at Alice, who shrugged. "Why not? I'm the one paying for them anyways. And just look at their cute faces!"
Haily sighed. "Fine."
"Yay!" I cried, setting the orange and black kitten back in the box. I started running inside with it. "Let's go name you guys!"
[General POV]
Emma set the box on the floor of the living room. She then proceded to talk to the cats. "Now, you only get to go outside the box once I name you. Before that, you have to wait."
"Hey, Emma," Alice noted. "It looks like they're dyed. They're colored really weird."
"I know! I mean, what sort of person would dye cats to look like anime characters?" Haily said, noticing their similarity to the Naruto characters.
"An awesome one," both Mindi and Emma said at the same time.
"Let us proceed with the naming!" Mindi said in a dramatic accent. She picked up Naruto. "You, my brave fellow, shall be from now on known as 'Noodle'." She and Emma started giggling.
"Naruto Uzumaki and his faithful cat, Noodle!" Emma exclaimed, causing another giggling bout from the two girls. Said cat looked up in confusion at the sound of his name.
"Do I even want to know?" Haily asked rhetorically, picking up Sakura. "You have such pretty eyes," she murmured, brushing her fur. "Your name will be Emerald." Emerald looked content with her new name, and went to join Noodle.
"My turn!" Alice picked up Sasori. "...Since I have no inspiration for you, your new name is Awesome. Don't misuse it." She put him down, and he just sat where she put him, showing no reaction to his awesome new name.
"Ok!" Emma grabbed Tobi, who was excited for his turn. "You're colors are orange and black, which are the colors of Halloween. However, since that would be unoriginal, your name is Halloweiner. Much better, ne?" She put Halloweiner down, and he rubbed her leg in happiness.
Mindi grabbed Sasuke. "Hmm..." She looked at him, then at Itachi. She caught Emma's eye, and they both grinned. Emma took Itachi out, grabbing him by his front paws and pulling him onto his hind legs. Mindi did the same to Sasuke, ignoring the hiss he sent her way. "I am Inigo Montoya," she said in a deep voice, moving Sasuke as if he were the one saying it. "You killed my father. Prepare to die."
"No," Emma said for Itachi. "I am your father!"
"Noooooooo!" Mindi yelled dramatically, waving Sasuke's arms in the air. They suddenly burst into laughter. "You," she said, pointing to Sasuke, "Will be Inigo Montoya. And you will be Darth Vader," she said to Itachi. They let down the cats, and Inigo Montoya hissed at the girls and Darth Vader before going off to brood.
Hailey picked up Konan. "Your name will be Violet," she said, and set her down. Violet walked off, satisfied.
Alice grabbed Kisame. "Uff! You're a big boy, aren't you? Your name will be Fishy. You know, cause it looks like you have gills." Fishy looked affronted at his new name.
Emma picked up Kakashi, who lazily watched her with one eye. "... Um... Yeah, I got nothing. Therefore, you are Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Hailey face palmed, and the newly named Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious stared at Emma with bewilderment as she and Mindi started to sing.
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Some random lyrics that I can't remember, blah blah blah!" They grinned as they finished the song.
"It's been so long since I've watched that," Emma sighed. Mindi nodded in agreement.
"You guys are insane," Haily said, rolling her eyes.
Mindi grabbed Hidan, and he hissed at her. "Hey, while we're on the subject of movies we haven't watched in a while, why don't we name this one Snow White?"
"Is it a guy or a girl?" Alice questioned.
"Meh. Who cares?" Mindi said, and placed down the hissing Snow White.
Hailey grabbed Gaara, who stared at her with bored, black rimmed eyes. "You know, you kind of look like a robber, or a raccoon, with those rings around your eyes." She thought for a moment. "Your name will be Bandit." Bandit walked off, and Noodle pounced on him with excitement. Bandit shook him off with slight annoyance.
Alice picked up Deidara, who was praying to himself that he wouldn't get a stupid name. "... I would name you Sunny, but since we've already got a cat named that, and I'm thirsty, your name is Sunny D instead." Sunny D wandered away, wondering if he should be offended, or relieved that he didn't get a long, hard to pronounce name like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Emma grabbed Kakuzu, who was filled with dread as he was picked up by one of the 'crazy ones'. She studied him. "You've got funny red and green eyes, so your name is Santa Claus." Santa Claus blinked at his unusual (to him) name.
Mindi reached for Zetsu, who cursed his bad luck, and scolded himself for thinking bad things about someone he hardly knew. "Hmm... Yellow eyes... Green... Black... White... Heh, green, black and white. Heh heh." Zetsu stared as she started thinking things no ordinary human would want to understand. "... Okay!" she finally exclaimed. "Your new name is Citrus!"
Citrus sweatdropped. 'Where'd she get that from?' he thought.
"I'll take the last one," Hailey said, picking up Pein, who was relieved that he at least got a sane one. "You know, we already have a cat named Munchkin, so maybe I should continue the Wizard of Oz theme... Maybe the Cowardly Lion. I don't think you'd appreciate being called Cowardly, though... Ok. Your name is Courage." Courage looked pleased with his name, and went off to join Violet.
"Done!" Emma exclaimed, standing up suddenly. "Mindi, come on! I want to show you this cool Naruto fanfic I found!" Noodle perked up at the sound of Naruto, and started following the girls.
"Hold up!" Alice said, causing the two friends to look back in confusion. "You're the ones who wanted the cats; you gotta take them with you." They reluctantly turned around and grabbed armfuls of cats. Poor Inigo Montoya found himself squished against Darth Vader, who was awkwardly avoiding eye contact with his younger brother.
"Here we are!" Emma said eventually. "This is our room! Feel free to explore; just don't knock anything off my dresser."
Their room was a fairly good size. There were two beds on opposite sides of the room, and in between them was a fuzzy blue rug. The walls were cream colored, and the slanted ceiling was made out of wood. On one side were a few posters for something called "Harry Potter", and there were pictures of cats hung all over the room. One of the beds was covered with a colorful striped comforter, fuzzy pillows, and lots of stuffed animals. The other had a blue-green comforter with flowers on it, stuffed animals, an ice cream sandwich pillow, and a black and white cat sleeping on it.
"That's one of our cats," Mindi said, pointing to the cat on the bed. "Alice and Hailey call him Sunny, while Emma and I call him Mr. Sunshine. You may call him either, even though you're cats and probably don't even care."
"Mindi, stop talking to cats and look at this!" Emma called, on a laptop on the striped bed.
"Ok, just a second. Let me play some music first," she said. She plugged her iPhone into speakers and picked a song. All the cats looked startled as music started coming out.
"It's one of the saddest fanfics I've ever read," Emma told Mindi as she walked over to her bed.
"Uh oh," Mindi said, glancing at the screen. "Do I really want to read this?"
"Yes!" Emma exclaimed passionately. "It may be sad, but it's really good!"
Mindi sighed. "Fine. It had better be worth it." And she leaned over her friend's shoulder and started to read. A few of the ninja turned cats jumped up to see if they could read it, only to find that they couldn't understand the symbols.
About five minutes later, the two girls had tears streaming down their faces. "That," Mindi said, wiping her cheeks, "Was one of the saddest things I've ever read!"
"I feel so bad for him!" Emma cried, pulling her knees to her chest. "If he were real, I'd give him a huge hug! He totally needs one." The cats watched them with confusion.
"Which one?" Mindi asked. "Sasuke or Itachi?" The two cats shot their heads at the girls in shock.
{"How do they know of our names?"} Itachi asked. Everyone shrugged.
{"They mentioned me a few times, too,"} Naruto remembered.
"Itachi, of course," Emma said, causing Sasuke to glare fiercely at the slightly surprised criminal. "I only like Sasuke when he's paired with Sakura."
It was Sakura's turn to look surprised.
Mindi snorted. "Yeah, right, like that's going to happen. NaruSaku is much more likely."
{"What's NaruSaku?"} Naruto questioned, looking confused.
{"Well, they're talking about 'pairing', so..."} She gulped slightly. {"I'd assume they're pairing you and me."}
Naruto suddenly looked cheerful. {"What? Really? They have good taste!"}
{"Idiot!"} Sakura seethed. {"Are you not concerned at all with the fact that they somehow know who we are?"}
{"It's strange,"} Kakashi agreed. {"When we're back to normal, we'll have to interrogate them."}
Emma shuddered. "Eyuggh. I hate NaruSaku." Naruto drooped at this. "They just don't fit together. NaruHina is much better, and cuter, too."
Naruto looked surprised. {"Me and... Hinata? Wonder how they came up with that?"}
Sakura sighed, shaking her head. {"Freaking dense idiot,"} she muttered.
"You know what pairing I think is cute?" Mindi said. "ShikaTema."
Emma shook her head. "Nah, I like ShikaIno better."
"Well, then who would Sai be paired with?" Mindi shot.
"Sai?" Emma snorted. "Nobody. I hate Sai. He could go crawl in a ditch and die for all I care. Actually, if he did that, I'd throw a party."
"That's mean!" Mindi exclaimed. "... But, while we're on the subject of characters dying: Why? Why, Neji? Why?"
"I know!" Emma cried. "Why couldn't he stay alive long enough for NejiTen to happen?"
Naruto furrowed his eyebrows. {"Neji? Last I checked, he was still alive."}
{"Maybe not all their information is accurate,"} Kakashi suggested.
"You know what I saw one time?" Emma told her friend. "LeeNeji."
"Le-" Mindi looked sick. "Oh, that's disgusting. Someone's taking the 'eternal rivals' thing too far."
Our Konoha ninja looked disgusted, too. {"Lee and Neji?"} Naruto gagged. {"That's gross!"}
"That's nothing!" Emma said. "One time, I saw KakaGai!"
Now Kakashi looked like he was going to throw up.
"Eew!" Mindi cried. "That's so gross, even the kitties look like they're gonna puke!"
Emma glanced at them, and at seeing their disgusted faces, sighed in resignation. "Fine."
Mindi then looked at the cats with amusement. "They really reacted strongly to that," Mindi commented. "Wonder why."
"Eh, they're cats," Emma said, waving her hand. "They don't need a reason."
She then yawned. "It's late. Alice probably already left for work already. I'm going to go to bed."
Mindi nodded. "Good idea," she said, rubbing her eyes. She then turned to the cats. "Sleep wherever you want; just don't wake us up in the middle of the night, and don't wreck our house."
Who knew if any of the cats would actually sleep that night. After all, in just one day, they had turned into cats, became the pets of four girls, and listened to two of the girls talk about who should be paired with who.
They had a lot to take in.
That was chapter 2! I hope you liked! Oh, and congratulations to GrimmyRayne for submitting the winning OC! I thank everyone who took the time to submit!
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I will be gone on vacation for the next few weeks, so I won't be able to update in two weeks. So you won't get the third chapter until most likely the 24th. I apologize, and I hope everyone enjoys their July.
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