Outtake 2.
Type: Total Crack
Context: Chapter 9, Eddies; mild reference to conversation in the rain from Chapter 1: Clarion Dreams
About to chase away whatever creature was watching him, Kazuki paused and lowered the shuriken he held. Narrowing his eyes, he carefully approached the bushes. He could see it now.
Just like he had expected, a small black cat sat back on its haunches, staring back at him with large eyes.
That's not going to work on me.
He saw it, the subtle arch in the back that always accompanied the flight away. Before the cat could flee, he formed the rat seal. Ignoring the twinge in his shoulder, he used his shadows to hold the cat still as he approached.
With grim satisfaction he sat down and simply stared at the cat.
He had just the thing.
Pulling out his pockets, however, revealed only the parts of a dissembled pen he had used earlier that day to escape the hospital.
He looked at his shoulder, gave a one shouldered shrug and started to unravel part of the bandage. It wasn't like he needed that many bandages anyway.
Using a kunai to tear of a piece, he carefully stretched out the bandage and hurriedly wrote out his message with the ink cartridge. Feeling sweat start to bead on his forehead, he knotted the fabric and stretched it over the cat's head so that it would form a loose collar.
"Take that to Itachi would you?" Taking a large step back, he released his hold on the cat's shadows.
With one last baleful glare, the cat quickly disappeared.
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Itachi reached out curiously as the kitten walked up daintily with a scrap of fabric in his mouth. Once he had taken the fabric, the feline promptly plopped his hindquarters down and began to wash his paw.
For some reason, Itachi could almost sense the anticipation that hung around the creature.
Giving one last look askance at the cat, Itachi spread out the message.
Seriously?
I'm the least qualified babysitter.
We've been over this.
Worst birthday gift ever.
Get your ass back home.
A/N Cont: heh. For entertainments sake, if you were in Kazuki's position, and could say whatever the hell you wanted to Itachi (ignoring anything that might make him concerned blablabla), what would you say?
