IM SO HAPPY, SO MANY REVEIWS, I DIDDNT EXPECT THAT MANY, IM SO HAPPY
AND TO SHOW HOW HAPPY I AM, I WROTE ANOTHER CHAPTER
ANYWAY, WHO'S SEEN AVATAR, THAT MOVIE IS AMAZING, I LOVED IT. BUT IT REALLY MAKED YOU TIAR OF THE HUMAN RACE AND ITS STUPIDITY DOSENT IT?
I HOPE YOU LIKE THS CHAPTER, POOR ITACHI, IT JUST WASENT HIS DAY
I DONT OWN NARUTO, BECAUSE IF I DID, ID BE RICH
Itachi looked down upon the tiny naked woman on the floor; at her small smile, her light pink tresses, and her unbelievable green eyes. The first thing that came to his mind was that he should probably get her some cloths, or at least turn away. But then before any of that, his ANBU training kicked in as his Sharingan was immediately activated as he gripped the kunai and stepped forward and pointed the kunai at her threateningly "Who are you and what are you doing here?" he said coldly.
The girl—no, woman he realised as he noticed the bulge where her chest was beneath the bandage—didn't seem to care. She simply looked down and began observing the handiwork on her body.
She raised her wrist to her eye level as she looked at the bandage he had tied onto her paw last night, then opened her mouth and tugged it away with her fangs in one fluid movement. The bandage fell away to reveal pink, clean skin, no wound. She smiled satisfied before looking back up at him with those green eyes.
"You bandaged me" she said, a statement instead of a question. Her voice was calm, almost purr-like. Smooth and warm like honey; Itachi didn't know what to make of it. But then suddenly she stood, not really minding the fact of her lack of dress, Itachi averted his eyes so they weren't on anything other than her face as the blanket fell away. She continued to look down at herself. Touching the bandages, trailing her fingers over the places where her scars had been worse in a very provocative manner.
The girl sighed and then began undoing the bandage at her neck with one hand and the one on her stomach with the other hand. "No, wait don't..." he tried to say, but too late as she gave one tug and the bandaged fell away. He blinked as he saw her stomach. Then blinked again. The last time he saw that wound, it had been angry and red, now there was nothing. Nothing but clear smooth skin. He looked up at her neck and saw that just like her stomach, it was clean. But there was also something else. In the place where on the Black Jaguar, there had been a ring of pink, on this girl there was a ring of black, almost like a cat collar.
She stroked her neck and purred in contentment. Itachi decided he had enough, as in seconds he was before her, with a kunai at her neck "Enough of that, you will tell me how you got here" because he was still refusing to believe that this woman was the same Black Jaguar from last night.
The woman didn't look fazed as she blinked sleepily and reached forward for his arm and to his utter surprise, pushed it away as she said "Remove that knife from me. I am not your enemy " she smiled "And anyway, didn't you bring me here last night of your own free will? If I'm here infringing on your personal space, it's kinda your fault to begin with. Not that I'm ungrateful" she added
"I brought back a cat" he retorted.
"And I am she" she replied.
Itachi refused to believe it but then he felt something on his shoulder and he turned to see a tail resting lightly on his arm. He leaped back from her.
Now that he was further away and she was standing he could see her clearly. Thankfully she was covering her more private parts, but he could see well enough that the tail of hers wasn't just simply there; it was coming from her body. It was attached to her, in the place a tail usually was for a cat, the blackness of the fur blending in to the cream colour of her skin. He looked to the cat ears on top her head. Then after a second, they twitched. Itachi began to realise that perhaps she was the cat from yesterday, or at least those ears and tail were real. But if she was the cat, then how...
"You...saved me?" her voice interrupted his musings as she looked at him with curious eyes. "You brought me here, and you bandaged my wounds?" she asked.
Itachi nodded "I did"
He looked again to her stomach "where are they?" he asked
"My kind heal quickly"
Itachi frowned "So then I didn't have to save you?"
She shook her head "No, even though we heal quickly, from those wounds I would have bled out too fast before they could heal. You bandaged them, and shared your meal and medicine with me, therefore..." she took a step forward "you...saved my life"
Itachi didn't know what to do. His instincts were telling him that there was no reason to attack this girl. She took another step towards him and Itachi felt himself freeze as his eyes were drawn in by hers. She looked at him, not seeming to mind the Sharingan. Itachi blinked and realised that without even knowing he had somehow turned it off.
Again, another step, so that she was right before him. He blinked and broke eye contact as she closed her eyes and to his surprise, got down on her knees. He could only watch since every part of him had frozen. She took his hand and he felt a jolt of heat shooting though him.
Itachi cursed himself, what was wrong with him? He had resisted much more experienced Kunoichi in his past, so why was his body reacting so much to this little woman simply taking his hand?
She grasped his hand in hers and held them. "My people's traditions will not be dishonoured" she said "We are an honourable people, and for your deed of saving my life...I repay your kindness with this." And with that, she kissed his hand.
He tried to move, to pull his hand from her grip, but his body wasn't listening, he found himself physically unable to move!
And then her full, lush lips connected with the back of his hand in a closed mouth kiss, it was chaste and brief, but he felt so aware of it that the simple knowledge was such a shock. He resisted the urge to shudder.
Her lips left his hand and she said "I bind myself to thee until the debt is repaid and I have done onto thee the same that was done unto thine. I am now your Honour-bound" and with that, the ring of black around her neck suddenly began to glow slightly. Seeing this Itachi jerked his hand away as the glowing subsided back into black and thin spindly markings began to creep from it, twining across her milky skin like branches, reaching down between her breast and over her shoulders in a strange unrecognised pattern.
She looked up at him with her pure green eyes and smiled. He looked at her, then frowned "What was that...what did you do?" he said coldly.
She looked like she was about to answer, when he suddenly remembered how close she was, and also the fact that she was completely naked and on her knees. This was a very uncomfortable situation and what was worse, he felt so taken back by the surprise of it all, that he truly was at a loss of control. Itachi turned away and marched over to his dresser and grabbed one of his black mesh shirts. "Here" he said throwing it over his shoulder without turning around "Put that on."
Itachi heard the sound of fabric rustling and gave a sigh of thanks that whoever or whatever she was, she knew how to put cloths on. The rustling stopped and he turned. She was wearing the shirt alright, but she was so small and Itachi was so much bigger in comparison, and his shirt was just as big. It hung of her shoulder suggestively but it did not fully cover her lower half as the ends rested on her pert buttocks.
He looked away and once again cursed as he felt his heart rate speed up. Itachi guessed it was safe to say that despite his distrust and disgust, he was extremely attracted to her, which was certainly understandable. She was no threat and a seasoned Nin he may be, but he was still a man and she was nude in his room in his shirt. Now all that was left was to make sure it just stayed at only an attraction.
She was still looking at him as she tipped her head to the side so that all her hair fell to her shoulder and her ears flattened on her head "Nyan?"
He was about to continue his questioning of who the heck she was when there was a knock on his door. This time he cursed out loud. "Stay here" he ordered and marched out to the door with only the silent plea that she would listen. He did not want to go through the hassle of explaining why there was a half-naked cat-girl in his bedroom.
The door opened to reveal one of the Hokage's Chunin messengers. "G-good morning Uchiha-sama" he stuttered, failing to look Itachi in the eye as he handed a letter to him "The Hokage wants to see you as soon as possible to for a report on the mission you returned on" he bowed and with that left. Itachi watched the place where the Chunin had been for a moment, all the time cursing repeatedly in his head.
The Hokage! He had completely forgotten, he had to give his statement. But also, she had to be informed about his little...house guest. But how was he supposed to get her, all the way to the Hokage tower, without anyone seeing her? He supposed he could always teleport, but he wasn't sure if he could do so with her on board. He closed the door and turned. Ans he still needed to deal with her state of undress.
"Nyan?" he looked up at the voice to see that she was sitting cat-style before him. He looked away and immediately turned to try and find some trousers that would fit her. When there was none he decided that some shorts from when he was younger would have to do, she was small enough to fit in them, and it wasn't as if he needed them anymore. He threw them over his shoulder and he heard her catch them "Put that on"
Again the sound of cloths rustling "Are you decent?" he asked. "Hai" she answered and he turned. Surprisingly, the large black shirt and the white shorts seemed to look good on her. He glanced at her head.
"I need to take you to the Hokage" he told her. She didn't answer.
Itachi looked to her neck "What did you do, before" he suddenly asked.
She looked up at this "I caused a binding" she said in a clear strong voice.
"Binding?" he asked.
"Yes, it means that I am now honour-bound to you".
Itachi didn't want to even think about what that meant as he ran his fingers through his hair "This...I...you cannot stay here" he finally said "I'll take you to the Hokage, and if she sees fit you will be released, then I..."
"Sorry, but that's not possible" she interrupted.
Itachi stopped and stared "Excuse me?"
"You're excused" she said cheekily "But as to leaving, I cannot"
"What do you mean?" he said, knowing he was probably not going to like the answer.
"I am honour-bound to you. My people...we are an honourable people, but we do not like to be in dept. You saved my life and..."
"All I did was bandage your wounds, they healed on their own" he protested, his cold stoic voice hiding his rising distress.
She raised her hand to her lips and licked it before proceeding to rub it against her ears in a cat-like fashion "Yes, my wounds healed. But as I said before, I was bleeding too fast, even I know that I would have bled out way before I could heal, and even if they healed, I would most likely would have gotten sick and died from infection of influenza from the rain." She finished grooming her ears and looked up at him with seriousness "But because you brought me to your home, cleaned my wounds, kept me warm and bandaged me. Shared your food and medicine with me, all those things prolonged my death until the wounds were able to heal, if you had not done that I would have most likely died. You saved my life, and now I am in your debt"
He grimaced, her words were true, with the wounds she had, she would have most definitely would have bled out way before her injuries could heal. In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if she had been on the brink of death when he found her. "So what happens now?" he said.
"I said already, my people are an honourable people, but we do not like to be in debt. So I made a pact. I will not go; I will stay with you, until such a time where I can repay you. I will stay by your side until I am satisfied that my debt has been pain. Until then I won't go. In a matter of speaking, I am yours" she grinned.
Itachi just looked down at her, until "That will not be acceptable" he said.
She blinked in shock "What!"
"That will not be acceptable, I don't want you here, I don't need you to stay by my side and I won't hold you to your word. I won't have you as...some sort of pet. So leave now, or I will take you to the Hokage and you will leave after, either way, you will leave" he said sternly.
She frowned "You're strange, most humans would be glad to have a pretty girl as their servant."
"You're mistaken" he said stoically.
There was no doubt about his being attracted to her, and that was just another word for distraction. He didn't need one of those in his life, it would be better if she left now. He didn't want her to be his, bound to him like a servant.
"You're thinking that you don't want to bind me like some kind of slave, aren't you" she said with curious eyes. Itachi couldn't help the surprise that displayed so clearly on his face "How do you kn..."
She smiled "For a human, you have very good eyes; I can see it in them. Your thoughts are displayed so clearly"
He hoped not, Itachi had spent a great deal of his time trying to make sure people couldn't read emotions in his eyes.
"You won't need to worry about that." She said as she now inspected her nails, Itachi realised that they were perfect, manicured, not too long and very sharp, they almost resembled elegant claws. She looked up with a strong fiery look, her voice strong and commanding. "I may be honour-bound, but I'll be dammed before I allow any man to have dominion over me like some common house-pet. I may do as you ask, but I will not allow anyone to take advantage of me" she snarled to prove her point.
Itachi only stared, and then resisted a smirk.
So the kitten had claws, she had a fiery, defiant spirit. It was annoying, but he was glad to see it for some reason. She had looked like such a proud, strong powerful creature in her Black Jaguar form; he would be disappointed if she really was shy and easily overcome. But her rebellious attitude was going to get her in trouble one day.
He shook his head. What was he doing? He wasn't supposed to be contemplating one day because there wasn't going to be a 'one day'
"Come on" he said curtly grabbing her wrist. He grabbed a scarf from a draw and tied it on her head, flattening her ears. She had cut a hole in his shorts for her tail, so he took out a cloak to hide her tail, the hood covered her pink hair, "You're coming with me" he said.
"Where are we going?" she asked
"To the Hokage, so we can get this mess straightened out and then you're going home" and with that he teleported to the Hokage office.
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Getting past the guards at the front gate was relatively easy when you were a top-ranking Shinobi. Itachi simply used the window which he knew the Hokage usually kept open from simple observation. Getting through the window was easy too, but getting in, while holding a squirming female cat-woman with one arm; that was the difficult part.
But somehow Itachi managed it and they were both standing in the Hokage's office. She wasn't there.
Itachi set his young charge down on the floor. She was trying to get the scarf, that he'd tied on at the last minute before leaving, off her head. "Don't bother" Itachi commented "I tied it too tight for you to..." but then there was the sound of fabric ripping and the scarf fell from the hood, all ripped. The woman looked up and flexed her claws as her green eyes twinkled with mischief "What was that about too tight?" she asked cheekily.
Itachi resisted the urge to groan. She was cheeky, rude, and had no idea of the word 'shut-up', Itachi didn't know how much longer he could go before putting her unconsciousness. But he needed her awake for the Hokage, so Itachi held his ground.
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps and voices coming from outside the door, the Hokage being one of them "Kuso" he cursed, he needed to speak to the Hokage alone, not with a gaggle of observers. He grabbed the woman's arm and pulled her over to the curtains. "Stay here and be quiet. Don't move or speak until I say so. Can you at least do that?" She nodded and Itachi covered her with the curtains.
At that moment the door opened to reveal the Hokage, Lady Tsunade, her assistant Shizune and another ninja whose name escaped Itachi at that very moment. Tsunade looked up and noticed the Uchiha standing by the window "Ahh, Itachi, you're back from the mission" she said.
Itachi nodded "Hai, Hokage-Sama, I've come to give my report"
Tsunade nodded and with a flick of her hand the other ninja disappeared. She walked over to her desk and sat down while Shizune took her place beside her, standing up, thankfully not near the window.
"So Uchiha" Tsunade said "Begin, what's the status in Snow"
"The Daimyo was not planning on war, however his second in command, Imuki Anata was" he began, quickly and to the point. Tsunade nodded "And then?"
"I infiltrated his barracks as a soldier and disbanded the army form the inside. Finally, I ended the life of Imuki" he finished. Tsunade nodded again "Were you seen or recognised?"
"No"
"I see" she said with a sight "Well done Uchiha, you may go now, I want a written report in detail though, hand it in whenever, I'm in no hurry" she said with a glance at all her paper work and a groan.
Itachi did not move "Uchiha?" Tsunade said, raising her eyebrow.
"Forgive me Lady Hokage" Itachi began "But I have something else of importance to report" he glanced at Shizune "Alone if possible".
Tsunade followed Itachi's gaze to Shizune and nodded "Shizune you please?"
Shizune nodded "Oh, of course Tsunade-Sama" she bowed and walked past Itachi. Itachi did not blink until he had heard the door close behind him and Shizune's footsteps walk away.
"Well Uchiha, what's this all about" Tsunade ordered "I haven't got all day"
Itachi did not know where to begin, and he didn't have the confidence to believe that the crazy cat-girl would stay quiet behind that curtain for long.
"On my way returning from the mission" he began "I came across something." This caught Tsunade's attention "Oh, and what was it?"
Itachi took in a deep breath "A black Jaguar, and it was very injured"
"A Black Jaguar" Tsunade said in surprise "In this part of the country, I thought they lived in places like rain. "
Yes" he agreed
"Was it belonging to an enemy spy?" she asked
"No, it was…wild, but I brought the Black Jaguar back with me, and fixed its wound's"
"That's admirable of you Uchiha, so what do you want, a medal?"
"No" he said "But when I awoke the morning, the Black Jaguar disappeared, I found this" and with that he turned to the curtain "You come out now"
The curtain rustled and then she stepped out, still wearing the cloak.
Tsunade watched in surprise, what was all this? But then the figure unclasped the catch at her chin and the cloak fell to the ground...to reveal a young woman with cherry pink hair, dressed in an oversized black shirt and white shorts that looked too small for her. But that's not what caught her attention, but rather the pair of cat ears perched upon the woman's head, as well as the long cats tail.
Tsunade stood up abruptly and stared in shock, 'It couldn't be, he didn't...'
"Itachi" Tsunade began; her use of his given name alerted him to the seriousness of her next words "W-where did you find her".
Itachi watched the Hokage's response with suspicion "This, I am told, is the same Black Jaguar from yesterday" then before he could say anything Tsunade was out of her desk and before the young woman "You...you..."
Then she coughed and straightened "You are of the NekoTachi, aren't you?"
NekoTatchi? He thought, the name, he had never heard of it before.
But the girl nodded with a smile "I take it you know of my people" she said happily "Finally! I guess this is going to be easier than I thought" she pointed to Itachi "He wants me to leave, and doesn't seem to understand that I can't, not until I've repaid him."
It took five second before what she said was finally processed in her mind. Tsunade groaned, she was going to need a lot of sake. "Uchiha, you say you found her in her cat form, injured?" Itachi nodded "That is correct" Tsunade groaned again "And...did you bandage her wounds, and help her back to health?" she said. Itachi nodded "I did" for the third time Tsunade groaned "And did she, kiss your hand, did a mark on her body glow, did anything like that happen?" this time he didn't answer, but that silence was all she needed.
Tsunade went back to her desk, suddenly filled with the need to sit down before she fell down. She sat and looked to the confused Uchiha "Well Uchiha, isn't this a fine kettle of fish you've landed yourself in. years of no trouble from you and then you bring me this one. Well I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news it, she's not going anywhere" his eyes widened "It's a NekoTachi , the Cat People...call it a rule or a tradition if you want—when assisted by a human, they will stay with them until the day when they are satisfied that their debt has been repaid. Only death will get a NekoTachi to abandon that duty. You'd have to die and even then she'd probably spend all her days protecting your grave or your relatives. Its death or risk of total dishonour and rejection from the clan. Their honour is extremely important to them." She tried to smile "The good news is you now have yourself a handy little helper, and these guys are very lucky and very loyal."
Itachi did not look amused "This, it can't be broken?" he tried to protest. But to his dismay, Tsunade shook her head "No, that pact she went through was a powerful Jutsu, and not even the caster can break it. It will break itself when the debt has been returned"
Itachi didn't want to believe it, so he was stuck with her?
"Excuse me My Lady" the woman suddenly spoke up "But may I ask, how do you know so much about my family? We are quite...I mean we are very..."
"Exclusive?" Tsunade subbed. The woman nodded "yes"
Tsunade sighed as if she were recalling old memories "because a long time ago, I met a NekoTachi, and went through an honour-bound myself.
WOW, THIS CHAPTER PRACTICALLY WROTE ITSELF. IM LISTENING TO MADONNA 'PAPA DONT PREACH' FOR MADONNA, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. ANYWAY, PLEASE REVEIW, YOUR REVEIWS ARE WHAT FUEL ME.
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