The Adventures of Kikumari Katsu and Nekomari the cat

by jessicajadedixon

kikumari is a seemingly normal little girl who just wants to fit in. but she isn't normal as she will find out soon enough. she is born in the hidden leaf village as member of a clan i made up. the katsu clan (katsu meaning victory) is a clan of ninjas whom train ninja cats. just as kiba's family trains ninja dogs. her cat nekomari is always by her side no matter the danger.

2. Chapter 2

-2 years later- age enough for graduating the ninja school

"Kiku Hun are you ready for school?" her mother yells up the steps. "Yeah mom I'm just... have you seen Neko this morning?" a voice trails down from upstairs. "Yeah she's down here with Basmuri and Limaru having breakfast." After she had breakfast, brushed her teeth and hair, she packed her lunch and make sure she had both their lunches. "Ok bye mom!" she yells as she leaves. "You think we should tell her ma..." Kiku's father says leaning against the door frame to the kitchen. "It's better not to involve her right now... she wouldn't be able to help anyway." mom say's starting to load dishes into the sink. "She'll have to be told about it sooner or later. Our clan is shrinking... and with the threat of the other clans raising everyday... what do we do." "Nothing... the third Hokage will not let them chase us out." she said firmly turning the water in the sink off. A loud crash sounded outside and screams could be heard from the streets. "What in the world..." both parents look out the window.

That night Kiku walked home alone as usual. The stillness of the night creeping up on her chilling her to the bone. "I hope mom and dad don't mind that I stayed a bit late practicing my kunai skills. At least I'm able to hit the target now..." Nekomari jumped down and stood in front of Kiku stiffing the air and then shuddered and jumps into her arms. "What's wrong Neko... is something up?" the cat looks towards the clans houses. Kiku looks up and saw smoke coming from the village. "Oh no! What has happened to our home!" she said making a run for the gate.

"Step back this area is off limits... the structures are unsafe only professionals are allowed past this point." the Jōnin said grabbing her arm before she could run through the gate. "But... I live here... what happened!" she screamed trying to pull away. Just as the Jōnin is about to explain a big white dog with red markings on its face jumps out of the burning village and darts past them. "a dog... but this is a village of cats..." she watched the dog as it rounded the corner and disappeared." Maybe it saw the fire and thought it could help... but I guess he wasn't able to save anyone..." the Jōnin started then stopped himself and looked down at Kiku. "What do you mean?" she asked. "There's no point in lying... the katsu clan is gone... there is nobody left in the village not even an animal... it's all been burned to the ground."

"No... That's... that's not true... that can't be true!" she jerks away from the Jōnin and started running for the gate. "Wait you'll get hurt if you go in there!" the Jōnin screamed running after her. Kiku ran through the gate and down the dirt road towards her home. "Mom! Dad!" the building collapse around her but she ignores them and keeps running. "It's not true! Tell me it's not true." she pushed through the door to her house and runs in. "mom! Dad are you here! Answer me!" the frame of the door cracked and began to fall. She looks around the smoldering home. "Anyone!" she yells as loud as she can. "Get out of there! You're putting yourself in danger!" the Jōnin yelled from outside the house.

The frame of the door collapses in and now she's trapped in the burned down house. "Help me please! I can't get out!" she yells just as a piece of the ceiling gives way and falls on top of her. Her vision goes fuzzy drifting in and out of consciousness from inhaling too much smoke. "Mom... dad... save me... I know you're here... you can't be gone..." she blacks out.