Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, never will, don't even want to. I do however want to own a cat…
The second chapter of Tora the ten-tailed cat! There's a bit of a time skip as I couldn't quite think of what I could do before this. The only thing I could think of was Naruko spending day after day in the palace and that would make a boring story. So therefore this skip, if you think I did wrong then please say so and give advice, I'll gladly make a chapter in between the two if that's better! Also if you find some things that are Meh in this story and think I should do things differently from now on, please say so… I'm kinda afraid that this one isn't good enough to post but I have no idea what to change about it! I've also been watching a lot of Jaiden Animations on Youtube and if you don't know who that is… I can understand why, but she's fun anyway!
I was walking through my old playground together with my favourite pet human Naruko who was now ten years old. The years went by quick and my human trained a lot to become the best Ninja there ever was, I spend the days watching her while eating snacks and I have to say it was exhausting! Every day just watching her jump up and down, left and right, it tired me out…
So I took my human on my well-deserved day off, she held me against her chest and stroked my precious fur as we were walking through the streets. Most of the people just ignored us or looked at my human with contempt… the vicious rumours and insults that were whispered behind her back had ceased as nobody would dare insult the Daimyo's family. Yes, she was now officially part of the family, she was a surrogate daughter and they treated her as such.
We went towards the park where I used to spend my precious time and a most wonderful aroma reached us… I fell to the ground and with the utmost grace as I wondered where my pet human disappeared to in a puff of smoke.
CHOMP "My…m…my hand!"
I looked at the source and saw Naruko had her whole mouth wrapped around a girl's hand with the satisfied expression of a cat on her face. The girl turned bright red and tried waving the hand up and down but my human was reluctant to let go in the bliss she was experiencing.
"fwishcookwi owmnwom"
Ah her weakness, the girl held a fishcookie, how dare this girl trick my pet into submission! I ran up to them and prepared my claw of righteous punishment only for the girl to have stars in her eyes "Kitty!" She ignored Naruko that was still chomped to her hand and got on her knees while holding another fish cookie towards me…
You're not going to trick me that easily you human! CHOMP "Eeek my hands!"
Naruko now had two hands stuck in her mouth and I was honestly wondering how she could fit the both of them inside her tiny mouth? Obviously the laws of physics don't apply to fishcookies... The girl fainted and lay on the ground with steam coming out of her ears, you deserved that human for tricking my pet!
I went up to Naruko and gently licked her face in hope that it would return her to her sanity, this day off was not going to be ruined just yet!
"Towa-cwan?"
It worked! She regained her sanity and left two drool covered hands behind her "Oeps… I smelled fish cookies and suddenly I found myself in bliss… who's the girl? And why is she passed out?" Naruko tilted her head in confusion and I just sighed, this always happens when her addiction comes into play, it's like catnip for her.
"Miauw" not wanting to spend more time with the sorry excuse of a girl I walked away with my head stuck high "Tora-chan, wait for me!" just as predicted my pet followed me and soon we went back to on trip.
Only a few minutes later and *Grumble Growl* "Tora-chan… I'm hungry"
You're always hungry! "Miauw" Fine… I'll take some time of my busy schedule and get us some food, onward to the only place in Konoha that is worthy of my presence!
"Welcome to Ichiraku's! Ah Naruko-chan, Tora-chan! It's been far too long!"
Indeed this godly establishment has the finest cuisine worthy of my refined pallet, their fish ramen was divine but their Tora special, now that was food worthy of the gods!
"Teuchi-san! Can we… can we have some ramen?" Naruko shyly asked.
He laughed and smiled as he stroked my fur, this was one of the humans that was worthy of stroking my fur and I always offered him one chance to do so as payment for our meals. "Anything for the two of you, two Tora and Naruko specials coming up!"
"Ayame-chan, prepare the special broth!"
"Haaai Tou-san!"
A godly fish smell started coming from the kitchen and the two of us couldn't help but drool, it may not have been the most sophisticated sight but this ramen was worth it. We ate our fill and went our way as we noticed a group of children Naruko's age standing near a building in the distance, my pet looked at this with a slightly saddened face and expression of longing, I could tell what was wrong.
Even if she loved my presence she still desired interaction with others her age "Let's go Tora-chan… it's time to go back home…" what?! She didn't want to go towards them?!
"Miauw, Miauw!"
I saw as her tail and ears hung flat which signalled that she was extremely sad, miauwing at her wouldn't cheer her up, the only thing I could do was cuddle and lick her.
( Back at home )
We were eating dinner with the Daimyo and his wife, or better said Naruko's new parents. I noticed she was just pricking her food with the fork and still had a gloomy air around her… "Miauw…"
"Naruko-chan… what's wrong?" Thanks fatty I appreciate the help, maybe I'll even let you hug me as a reward. Maybe…
"Naruko-chan… Naruko-chan!"
"Hm? Sorry Kaa-san… it's just… I saw some kids my age having fun together and…"
Her head slumped down even more… "You wanted to have fun with them, didn't you?"
"Hn…."
"Naruko-chan, you don't have to be sad… in fact, we were about to tell you something that might cheer you up."
Her head shot up and she looked at them in expectation "Really?!"
The two nodded towards their daughter "Your tutors say that you've grown strong but that you need to work together with others your age, so we've been thinking. You need to have at least one year of academy experience in order to be put in teams. So, how about you stay with us one more year and then we put you in the academy when you turn eleven?"
"Really?! Thank you thank you thank you!" she jumped up from her chair and skipped in circles before she ran up to me and gave a bone crunching hug as she continued in her moment of excitement… I didn't mind such a hug this time, but only because it was from Naruko.
"No need to thank us Naruko-chan you've made the both of us proud. Now let's continue our dinner!"
"I'm going to go to school DattebaNya!"
( The next day )
"Good morning Chiriku-sensei!" Naruko ran up to her sensei of the day as I sat on top of her head, one of my three favourite spots, the others of course being her chest and lap.
"Good morning Naruko-san"
She pouted "Why do you still call me that! You're so stiff…"
"It is my duty as your tutor to train you, as it is my job I have no time for informalities. Are you ready for the morning spar?"
Another person came walking our way and I sighed in annoyance, this one was the most dangerous out of all her tutors, this one continuously tried to steal me pet!
"Naruko-chaaaaan"
My trustworthy pet dodged to the side as the menace jumped towards my… I mean her, tail. "Sorry Tou-sensei but Tora-chan doesn't like it when others touch my tail…"
"I was so close… damn this, I will pet it again one day!" Tou was on her hands and knees on the ground as a gloomy expression hung around her, just like she deserves! Take that you thief, nobody touches my Naruko-chan without permission!
"Tou, why are you interrupting our morning session? Your duty is tomorrow, it is improper behaviour to barge in like this unannounced."
You tell her baldy! I liked this one though, even if he wasn't a beauty to behold like us he never dared touch Naruko without my permission, the baldy at least knew his place!
"…But I missed Naruko-chan… she's so adorable…"
Damn right she is!
The baldy pointed to the side-lines and his expression grew even more stern "Sit over there Tou and don't interrupt us any further or I will tell our lord"
"Okay… meh I was so close…"
"Naruko it is time for the spar, is Tora-san going to be included this time or will she watch?"
My pet went on her knees and put out her two hands in front of her "What do you think Tora-chan?" I jumped down from her head and thought about it… although the feeling of working together with my pet is nice, it is still unladylike to do when unnecessary. I put my paw on Naruko's left palm.
"No? Okay Tora-chan." I walked away to the side-lines but sat down a fair distance away from the menace just to be sure she wouldn't try anything.
Naruko's eyes became slightly red with a slit down the middle, her nails elongated and turned into cat claws. The ears and tail grew slightly and became a bit hairier, it made her look even more like a cat than she already did and it was a beauty to behold!
( Flashback )
Naruko woke up one morning as I was sleeping on her stomach and I could tell she had a strange dream by the way she looked.
"Tora-chan… I dreamed really weird…"
"Miauw?"
She began stroking my fur "I woke up in some kind of sewer and saw a really pretty cat sleeping in a cage… it looked so sad… then I woke up and I felt sad myself…" she wiped away something she felt on her face and it turned out to be a tear.
I had a hunch as to what she saw but had no way of telling her what it was…
Over the next few weeks she kept having the same dream every night and I could see bags forming under her eyes from the lack of sleep, each time she told me that she could come nearer to the cage but that the cat was just sleeping there. During the last dream she saw something special about the cat, it had nine tails, I already knew what it was but this confirmed it.
The final dream though, that turned out to be special. I suddenly woke up as an extremely familiar feeling rushed over me and saw a red glow coming from my Naruko-chan, I didn't grow worried though, I just had to watch over her until she woke up.
( Naruko Mindscape )
Naruko found herself in the same dream as usual and tried walking up to the pretty cat, the nine magnificent orange tails swayed around it as she just stared at them with stars in her eyes. "Pretty…" she totally ignored the sewer around her.
"So my jailor has finally deci…ded…to….. damn you're cute!"
Naruko stumbled and fell on her butt "You're awake!"
The cat huffed at her from behind the bars and a warm stream of air tickled her as she began giggling. "So, girl… you're my new jailor?"
Naruko tilted her head "Jailor?"
"You don't know, do you?" 'Damn she's cute, I should hate her for holding me here but this is just unfair, just look at her! She's like a tiny kitten!'
Naruko cutely shook her head in confusion, she honestly thought this was just a dream with a pretty cat, that was behind bars… why was it behind bars? "Kitty, why are you behind bars?"
'Kitty? I'm ten metres tall and she's calling me a kitty?! Okay…'
"Girl stop being so darn cute! And did you never notice the strange marks on your stomach?"
"My kitty birthmark?"
'She's far too innocent, but I don't mind that, better than a hyperactive blonde idiot that would shout to everybody…'
"Girl, that's not a birthmark, and this isn't a dream. That thing on your stomach is a seal, tell me girl what happened on October tenth?"
"October tenth?" she began thinking and a lightbulb flashed over her head "I know! The Nine tailed cat… it… attacked Konoha… Kitty, you have nine tails?"
"Go on, and when were you born?"
"Octo…ber… tenth… Kitty, are you a bad kitty?"
"I'm not… I'll tell you what happened that day. One day I felt a familiar feeling coming from Konoha and I went to see what it was, I didn't mean to attack the village at all and showed no sign of aggression. However… your village didn't see it like that and attacked me instead, they forced me to defend myself and as a result parts of Konoha got destroyed."
"Then it happened, your third Hokage jumped in front of me and sealed me away inside of a small baby, that baby…"
"Was me…"
The Nine tailed cat nodded "I'm sorry for what happened girl, it was not my intention… I just wanted to see where the feeling came from."
"You're the one that gave me these ears and tail?"
"I did?"
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you!"
"…You don't mind?"
"I love them!
"…They do look cute on you… girl, what's your name?"
"Naruko! What's your name kitty?" she beamed and ran to the cage looking up to the ten-metre-tall 'cute' cat.
'My name, it's been a while since somebody asked me that, but why not… I'm going to be stuck with her for a while and in all honesty, I like her.'
"Kuranya, my name is Kuranya the nine-tailed cat."
"Nice to meet you! Are we…are we friends?" she shyly held her head down with a blush.
"Friends?"
"Y…yeah… I don't have any friends except for Tora-chan…do you want to be my friend?"
'Poor kid… having me inside her must've made her an outcast.'
"…Sure Naruko-chan, but it's time for you to go to sleep. How about we continue some other time?"
"Okay! Goodnight Kuranya!"
"Goodnight Naruko-chan, see you later."
( Mind scape end )
My pet Naruko calmed down and went back to sleep as the red glow receded, I knew the two had talked to each other and smiled before I went to sleep myself.
Over the course of the years she talked with Kuranya almost every night, they grew close and Kuranya even let her use some of his powers. At the start she was only able to use a tiny bit of it, but this amount grew as she trained and used it more often, it also changed her features as she used it and became more catlike as a result.
( Flashback end )
"Nyaaa let's goooo" she jumped at Chiriku and slashed her claws, two red claw marks shot towards him and the baldy sidestepped them. Naruko didn't stop her assault and twisted her path to continue!
"Paw paw paw paw paw!" that was one of the quirks she'd gotten every time she attacked in this catmode, she would call out the attacks in excitement, they've told her numerous times to stop but so far it wasn't successful.
"You'll have to do better than that Naruko-san." Even if the man made it look like she was mediocre at best this wasn't the case. Naruko was extremely fast in this mode and was even able to produce several afterimages with her speed alone, it was just that her sensei was in a league of his own…
"Stay still Dattebanya! Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Two clones with an identical appearance appeared next to her and the three of them jumped at their sensei from both the front and his sides!
Her sensei disappeared from sight as she tried to connect the strikes, she stood there with a grin on her face. Suddenly her tail stood up straight, she turned around to hit the open air and her claw got caught with a hand "Oh? You found me?"
"I felt you coming sensei!" her claw was still being held and she grinned "Raiton: Electric current!" "Paw paw paw!" the other two clones kept slashing at him as he nimbly tried to dodge but the slashes were getting closer each time!
He tried letting go but Naruko dug her claws into his skin and swiped her other one at his chest 'Buddha's protection" a bubble of chakra shot out from his body and Naruko was forced to let go and retreat!
"No fair sensei!"
The baldy looked at his bleeding hand and smiled but said nothing, instead he initiated the assault "Asura's wrath: Hundred fists"
A hundred glowing black hands appeared around him and Naruko was forced to defend from all the incoming strikes "Paw paw paw paw Welcoming Approach: Thirty Paws!" her ninety claws cancelled the incoming fists and I could only look in amazement at the way my pet was able to block each and every attack coming her way!
The final one hundredth fist was blocked and she had two more left! "Paw!" but Chiriku hadn't counted… a sudden kick in between his legs and he slumped to his knees with hands holding his jewels, tears streamed from his face and he could only weakly whimper "You…you said paw…"
Naruko grinned "Deception DattebaNya!" after which she jumped up and down screaming that she won, a well-deserved victory if I might say so myself!
Tou was on the ground laughing "She got you good baldy ghahahaha" and I have to admit that I had to supress a laugh as well, okay I may have failed that lightly… a lot…
Chiriku slowly got up and you could still see his knees slightly facing towards each other indicating that he was NOT fine by any means, the pitch in his voice higher than usual as well… "You did well Naruko-san…but that last move was not honorable!"
She tilted her head "But… you said Ninja don't fight fair?"
"She used your own words against you ghaha you got owned by a little girl! How does that feel baldy?!"
"I'm not bald! I just have very little hair! Naruko-san, how were you able to find me like you did?"
She twirled her tail and held it up to him "This! Isn't it cool, I can sense stuff with it now!"
"So your tail is sensitive to chakra?"
"I dunno? This started yesterday. It's pretty neat DattebaNya!"
"Then let's find out the extent of your sensing abilities, Tou you can assist us. Let's play hide and seek."
Is he serious, he wants to play a kid's game? …I'm in! "Miauw miauw!"
"You want to join in the game Tora-chan?" she held out her paws again and I ran up to strike the right one "Yes? Okay let's play Chiriku-sensei!"
"We are going to use the entire palace, your task is to find us and all your other sensei before afternoon."
"Okay!" my pet was grinning and appeared really pumped for the game of hide and seek, she always liked playing games and of course I always complied because I'm so generous, not because I secretly enjoyed them though, not at all…
"Close your eyes for one minute"
"Haaai 1…2…3…"
I ran away at top speed and climbed up the wall, he said the whole palace so why not on top of it? I hid in the shade of a tower and took a little nap.
Some nice dreams about fish, tricking pathetic dogs and divine ramen later and I was rudely awoken for some reason!
"Found you Tora-chan!"
Oh yeah, hide and seek "Miauw?"
"About an hour, you were sneaky Tora-chan! I already got Tou-sensei and Asuma-sensei, you want to come with me for the rest?"
Duh? "Miauw"
I jumped up her head and settled down for the ride, wonder how long she still has?
"Miauw?"
"A little less than two hours. Let's goooo!"
We ran off and I saw her tail moving left and right before it suddenly stopped and stood up straight "Over there!" we turned left and stopped at our room? "Miauw?"
"Someone's in here" she opened the door and we went inside, I sniffed the air and indeed noticed a familiar scent, but where?
"Got you DattebaNya!" she looked under the bed and the usually very serious Seito came from underneath "Seito-sensei?"
"You got me Naruko-san well done! I heard you were playing a game of hide and seek and decided to join in!"
"Miauw!"
"You're right Tora-chan, there's someone else here as well!"
We opened the closet and saw nothing even behind all the clothes, under the blanket… still nothing… nothing, nothing… only one place left?
"In the nightstand? But that's so small!"
I jumped from her head and opened the little door, and there he was… my victim "Naruko-chan I'm stuck! Help me out!"
Slowly preparing my claws I grinned at one of her sensei "Tora-chan, what are you doing?! No, don't!"
Too late! Revenge is sweet! I clawed his face as he was totally stuck and the sweet sounds of his screaming was like fish to my tongue, how dare he step on my perfect tail and mess up my hairs three and a half months ago!
"Sorry Nauma-sensei but Tora-chan seems to want some payback"
"For what?!"
"You don't remember? You stepped on her tail, do you have any idea how much that hurts DattebaNya?! Tora-chan, sick 'm!"
Gladly! I continued my revenge and soon his whole face was a mess as he struggled to get out of the tiny space, baldy opened the door in panic from all the screaming.
"Found you Chiriku-sensei!"
"…I thought something serious was going on but it's only Nauma… This doesn't count Naruko-san."
She pouted and stomped her foot "It does! It's not my fault you were hiding in the boy's locker room, I'm not going in there!"
"…You knew?"
"Of course I did! You smell like head polish, how can I miss that smell!"
"…"
Ooh so that's the unusual smell I get from him, he always smelled waxy. Wait we can't stay here, they're stalling! "Miauw, Miauw!"
"You're right Tora-chan, they're stalling!"
"I will never get how you can tell what Tora is saying… but you are correct, you have one hour left."
"You're all mean! Tora-chan jump on my head, we're going!"
I jumped on her head but totally not because she told me to and we went to finish our massive undertaking! Only fifty minutes later and with plenty of time to spare we finished and stood before the baldy again.
"Good job Naruko-san"
Ahum? "Miauw!"
"…Good job you two" Better! "We've found out that you're a natural tracker next to a Taijutsu prodigy and will adjust our future training on that. But for today your training with me is over."
"Haaai! …Cookie?" she sweetly blinked her eyes at him with her hands behind her back and the baldy sighed…
he threw two fish cookies at us, Naruko jumped in the air as she caught hers and purred on the ground in satisfaction. This was the usual reward for a job well done and Naruko always acted like that so we've gotten used to it, what's problematic is when she sees those in the real life, one moment she can be underneath you and the next you fall to the ground!
Just one more year of peace and quiet left before I would be stuck around snot nosed brats that can't appreciate our beauty and I would make the most out of it!
I would like your opinion on the Nine powers and which ones I should maybe put into the future story. I've already heard about the Kitty-kopter from Ashquinox and put that on the list!
The powers so far are:
Static fur – plushy cat with fur that becomes charged with lightning.
Hairball – like the name says, shooting hairballs at the enemy.
Black cat – make your enemies unlucky, for instance they suddenly trip or a tree falls on their head.
Catnip Paw – Variation on Drunken Fist, the power is catnip and the user develops the catnip paw in which he/she's tripping like mad.
Kitty-kopter – flying with the tail for short durations, using it to produce wind Jutsu and moving unpredictably.
Sleepy Kitty – makes the enemies fall asleep or get drowsy, used in combination with a monotone voice and ungodly rapping.
Litterbox – basically moving sand from Gaara but maybe with a small twist, this one is already in the future story because Gaara is awesome.
Lucky Cat – also already in the story as Naruko has it.
Roasting Fish – Blue fire that also smells like fish, either nice fish or decaying fish.
They all get a catlike appearance, some more than others. You can also help with who will have which power! I hope you have more suggestions, don't make them super overpowered though, that's not fun. Naruko is going to be strong but in no way overpowered.
For those who don't understand the two paws left, Naruko has two clones so ninety paw strikes and they used four paw hits before that so that's twelve. So a total of a hundred and two.
I hope you liked it! And thanks so much for the reviews and follows and favourites!