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When Raine awoke, it was not the most pleasant experience. Raine is the type of person that you want to avoid being the one to wake up at all costs. Of course, none of our former cats whom had just returned to normal knew that.
Which is why Sasuke wasn't expecting a fist in his face when he shook her to awaken her.
He keeled back, clutching his nose. Raine sat up and stared at the inhabitants of the crowded bathroom, who all had found towels in the cupboards and used them to cover their privates.
"So it wasn't a dream," she murmured, then looked at Sasuke, who was trying to stop the bleeding from his nose.
"I just punched Sasuke Uchiha," she realized, then grinned. "I just punched Sasuke Uchiha!"
She cracked her knuckles at the annoyed, injured shinobi in front of her. "Want to go again?"
He glared. "I was just waking you up," he said, scowling. "You didn't have to break my nose."
Her grin grew even wider. "I broke your nose? Awesome!"
"You don't seem very shaken anymore," Kakashi commented, distracting the girl.
She nodded. "Yeah. I believe that if something is monumental enough to freak out about once, I don't need to freak out twice. I just have to deal with it." She then added wryly, "Although it's slightly difficult when I'm in a room full of half naked anime characters."
Pein frowned. "Anime?"
Raine nodded, waving her hand to dismiss the topic's importance. "Yeah, anime. More on that later. For now, we need to-"
She was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Raine?" Hailey called out. "You're taking a while. Is everything okay in there?"
"Just peachy!" she replied, signaling to the shinobi to be quiet.
"Who were you talking to?" Hailey asked.
"The cats. It seems them and baths don't mix well," Raine said, adding a weary sigh. "Such rowdy creatures."
"Well, okay... Hurry up, okay?" Hailey told her. Raine then heard the sound of footsteps walking away from the door.
When she was sure her friend was gone, she turned to the former kittens. "Okay, you probably need some clothes. I don't think there are enough here, though, and I wouldn't want you to walk around the house in towels. Think you could do a henge?"
They shook their heads. "We already tried that while you were unconscious," Deidara told her. "We still can't access our chakra."
"Why does Tobi need clothes, anyway?" Tobi questioned, cocking his head. Hidan voiced his agreement.
"Uh, to cover your private parts, since they're, you know, private..." She sweatdropped at Tobi's still confused look and Hidan's scoff. "And yes, Hidan, they're supposed to be private- You know what, forget it.
"I suppose that thing about the chakra makes sense, though," she mused. "After all, chakra doesn't exist here."
They seemed surprised, but soon became more confused. "Where is 'here?'" Itachi asked her.
"San Diego," Raine answered. At their blank stares she pressed on. "California. The USA. Earth. None of that ring a bell?" She sighed. "I suppose it wouldn't. You are from another world."
They stared. "What?!"
"More on that later," she said, repeating her words from earlier. "So you can't do henges... We're going to have to go shopping. But to do that, I'll have to tell these guys. I can't just leave with their cats..." She groaned. "Great. This'll be fun. Might as well start with Alice; she'll be the easiest, since she hasn't heard of any of you."
"What about-" Sasuke began.
"I'll be right back," Raine interrupted. "Stay there."
"About my-"
"Oh, and Pein-sama," she said before leaving, "I think you're awesome."
"My-"
*Slam!*
"..."
"I don't think she likes you much, teme," Naruto said, breaking the silence.
Sasuke glared at him. "Shut up, dobe," he muttered.
-.=
"Hey, Alice..."
Alice looked up from the couch to see Raine standing there. "Raine. What's up?"
"You see..." She fidgeted. "I was giving the cats a bath and... something happened."
Alice stood up suddenly. "Alright," she sighed. "What broke this time?"
"No!" Raine quickly reassured her. "Nothing broke."
Alice sat down with reluctance and gave her a queer look. "Then what happened?"
"Um..." Seeing no way to ease into this, Raine decided to just go for broke. "All the cats turned into people. Naked people."
Alice stared.
"I'm sorry," she said, rubbing her eyes. "I thought I just heard you say that all the cats just... turned human."
"I did."
After a few seconds of silence, Alice got up and started walking.
"Forgive me for my skepticism," she stated dryly, "But I'll have to see it to believe it."
Raine quickly followed Alice to the bathroom, and held open the door. "May I present," she announced, "The magnificent, spectacular, scantly clad Akatsuki + Friends!"
"I wouldn't say friends," Naruto muttered, while Sasuke looked affronted at his given title."
Alice gaped at the extremely awkward feeling ninja, who seemed to be growing ever more aware of their state of undress.
"W-wha-" She swallowed, collecting her composure. "Those are the cats?"
"Yup," Raine confirmed, then added "Unfortunately." under her breath. The shinobi who heard this scowled at her.
Alice's open mouthed stare slowly turned into a grin. "Hot, naked men are in my bathroom!" she declared happily. Raine facepalmed, while the ninja stared at the older girl.
"That was fast," Raine mumbled under her breath.
Alice went up to the closest one, who happened to be Tobi. "Hey," she purred. "Just why are you wearing that mask? Got something to hide?" She leaned up against him.
"... Tobi's a good boy?" he replied uncertainly.
"Your name's Tobi?" At Tobi's nod, she smiled seductively. "Well, then, yes, Tobi's a very good boy." She brushed her finger slowly down the side of his mask.
"Alice, stop flirting with the idiot and come help me!" Raine demanded. Alice stepped away from Tobi with a pout on her face, and a sigh of relief emitted from the masked man.
"You're no fun," Alice complained.
Raine scoffed. "I'm plenty fun; I just want someone to help me when I tell Hailey about this, because she is not going to be happy."
Alice sighed. "Fine, fine, I'll make sure she doesn't kill you. What about Emma and Mindi?"
"We'll get them after. Come on!" Before she left, she turned to the ninja. "Stay right there."
The door closed before them, and silence ensued.
"Anyone else feel like going out there?" Kisame commented, breaking the silence.
"**** yeah! " Hidan exclaimed.
"We shouldn't go out!" Naruto told them. "They told us not to! Right, Gaara?"
"... Why are you asking me this, Naruto?" Gaara questioned.
"Well, you hadn't said a single thing since we were in the box!" Naruto complained. "I was giving you the opportunity to talk."
"Does it really matter?" Sakura asked him. "Not everyone wants to talk all the time like you do."
Naruto glared at her. "It does matter, and he does want to! Right, Gaara?"
"..." Gaara said.
"Stop fighting, and be quiet," Kakashi ordered. "They're coming back."
They all silenced and listened. They could hear voices down the hallway.
"...pect me to believe they all turned into a bunch of Naruto characters? Raine, I've heard some pretty crazy things..."
"It's the truth, I swear!"
"Yeah! I saw it to!"
"And you two are the picture of credibility. I really dou..." Hailey trailed off as she opened the door to the bathroom and saw the ninja standing there.
Hailey stared. The shinobi stared back.
"... Okay. I realize you really want me to believe you, but isn't hiring a bunch of cosplayers a bit too much?" Hailey said, rubbing her forehead. "How much did this cost you?"
"1,000 dollars. Apiece." At Hailey's panicked look, Raine quickly said, "It was a joke! They're not cosplayers, okay? Look!" She grabbed Deidara's hand and shoved it in her friend's face.
Hailey gaped at the extremely real mouth on his hand. "This is... This is real?" She poked her finger in the mouth.
Deidara flushed with embarrassment. "Could you stop that, un?" he muttered, avoiding the girl's gaze.
Hailey quickly pulled her hand back. "Sorry. It's just... This is... Wow. This is just..." She shook her head in amazement. "It's all real?"
The reality of this situation seemed to soak in to her. "What are we going to do?! We can't afford to feed all these people, let alone buy enough clothes for all of them! And our house can't fit all of them! And what are we going to tell anyone that comes over? Someone might recognize them!" She suddenly paled. "If these guys are real, then they're also extremely dangerous! They could kill us at the drop of a hat!" Hailey made way to leave the room, only to be stopped by a hand on her shoulder. She slowly turned around, and squeaked at the sight of Pein in front of her, staring unemotionally into her face.
"Right now, we are without chakra and in unknown territory. Not only that, but you have information on all of us. You will be kept alive for now," Pein told her. She nodded uncertainly, still wary but not quite as panicky.
"Okay. Um, okay. What do I do now?" Hailey wondered out loud.
"We still need to tell Mindi and Emma about this," Raine pointed out.
Hailey groaned. "Great. I'm sure they'll be ecstatic." She turned to the kitten turned human. "Listen, if they... overreact... in some way, please don't kill them. They don't know any better. They... I'll go get them." She turned and left the room, leaving Alice and Raine with the cats.
"So, who was which cat?" Alice questioned, looking at the bunch of them.
"I was named Noodle," Naruto told them. "Sakura-chan was Emerald, Kakashi-sensei was Su... Soup... Sap... Spo-"
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?" Alice piped in, and Naruto nodded.
Raine snickered. "You named a cat Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?"
"Technically, Emma did," Alice corrected.
Naruto continued speaking. "Sasuke-teme was Indigo Monoya or something-"
Raine grinned. "Inigo Montoya? That actually really suits him!"
Sasuke glared at her.
"Anyway, Gaara was Bandit, Sasuke's brother-"
Sasuke growled.
"-was Dark Vador, or something like-"
Raine burst into laughter. "Itachi as Darth Vader? Brilliant!"
"Will you people stop interrupting me?" Naruto complained. "The blue guy was Fishy, and the weird plant guy was Citrus. The tall guy with the stitches I think was Sandy Claws-"
Raine started laughing again. "Kakuzu?! Santa Claus?! Ha!"
"Will you stop it?!" Naruto snapped. "That grey haired guy-"
"My name's Hidan," Hidan inputted.
"Whatever. His name is Snow White-"
Raine snorted, and looked like she was going to say something, but a glare from Naruto stopped her.
"The blue haired girl is Violet, the guy with all the piercings is Courage, the guy with the mask was Ham... Har-"
"Hallowiener," Alice supplied.
Naruto shot her an irritated look. "The weird puppet dude who should be dead, because Sakura-chan killed him-" Sasori looked fairly indifferent at this statement. "-was named Awesome. Notice how I said named, and am not actually describing him as such-"
"Get on with it, Naruto," Sakura told her teamate.
"Fine, fine. And the guy who looks a lot like Ino was named Sunny D. There."
"Who's Ino?" Deidara questioned. He was ignored.
Raine smirked at the ninja. "Interesting na-"
She never got to finish this sentence, as there was a loud squeal from the now open doorway. They turned to see the two younger girls of the household standing there, one of which had eyes as wide as saucers and the other with a grin as so.
"Gaara-kun!" Emma screeched, the noise of which grated on all of their ears. She ran over to the object of said screech and jumped to glomp him, but he quickly sidestepped, and she hit the floor instead.
She got up, a petulant pout on her face. "Why'd you do that?" she whined. "I wasn't going to hurt you."
Gaara just stared at her with a blank expression.
"... Shut up," she muttered, having realized that she lost that argument, even though Gaara didn't actually say anything.
Mindi, meanwhile, was staring over the ninja with a shocked look on her face. Her eyes roamed over all of them. Once they reached a certain one, her cheeks turned bright red and she immediately turned her face to the ground to avoid anyone's gaze.
"... I think they need clothes," she mumbled, not looking up at anyone.
Emma bounded over to her friend. "Come on, Mindi, cheer up!" she exclaimed. "This is the moment we've been dreaming of since forever!"
Mindi didn't reply; she just looked up at Emma with a meaningful look on her face.
Emma seemed to understand, because her mouth opened in an O expression. She turned to the ninja. "Sorry about this. Mindi... She just gets shy around people she doesn't know very well." She then giggled. "Even though we know you, like, as good as we know ourselves!"
They stared at her.
"We have some questions we need to ask," Kakashi stated.
"We'll get to that later," Raine told him. "Right now, it is of utmost importance that we get you some clothes."
"We have some girl's clothes for Konan and Sakura," Emma piped in. "The rest of you guys we'll have to go shopping for."
Hailey groaned out of nowhere and buried her head in her hands. Just what was she getting herself into?
That was chapter four! Please review! :)
