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The Akatsuki's Meow

7. I'm dead?

She has been stabbed.

It didn't seem like a nuke nin has claimed her.

If it did, she would have seen it. Her ninja sense would have told her to twirl around and finish the invisble force off. Finish them off like a good o'l steak dinner. But apparently, she didn't. It felt like a blast of wind impaled her and flew out at the other end of her body. So she found her self falling down her balcony, staring back at the cats.

The same nekos that she took into her home. A look of agony and pain filled their bored lifeless orbs. Could cat's express pain? When their ears fold back and the fangs show, they are in pain.

If only Sakura could feel that. She felt nothing after hitting the concrete. Her body started to rise along with the air and soon she didn't find her self inhabiting her body any more. Was she a ghost? Naw, she couldn't be a ghost because they don't exist.

Then suddenly, she heard a noise. Sakura turned on the balls of her feet, spying a floating spec of energy. It came for her, sending the girl into a frenzy. She tried to escape and ended up being coated in a harsh light.

...

"Ugh.. where am I?"

Green eyes fluttered open. The girl realized that she was stranded in nothing but darkness. Sakura tried to dodge another ball of light that blasted right in front of her. When it cleared, something remained. It sat at her feet, coating in the same color as the light. Light blue eyes complemented it's fur. Sakura blinked for a moment then flew backwards, thus fainting.

The white kitty gasped. "Hey, don't pass out just yet! You have a mission to complete!" and then wandered by near her fallen body. It placed it's paw on her chest. "You must now awaken, ningen.."

Sakura felt the life in her body return. She sat up, rubbing the back of her head. "Gosh, that was a mighty fall I had." The girl spoke and froze, "Hold up. Did you just speak?"

"Yes I did. Now listen very carefully.."

"Listen? Of course I always listen. Fire away."

The cat raised a bored eye brow, then lowered it. "Alright. My mistress has given me the task to locate the guardian of seven illegal cats."

"Illegal? As in illegal aliens?"

"Yes, the Kyuubi and Hyuuga mistress have smuggled them into your home."

"You mean Hinata and Naruto-kun.." Corrected the girl to the cat. "Which means that judging by your past information, those cats were once the evil terrorist group known as the Akatsuki."

"Exactly. Now you must help them before it is too late."

"..."

"Miss Sakura, is anything the matter?"

"Bwhaahahahaha!" Laughed the girl. She fell over, plopping to the floorless ground. "D-did you just ask me to save the Akatsuki?" Questioned the girl, she struggled with forming the correct words.

"Yes. would you mind?"

"No, of course I would mind. Go find someone else to complete the job."

"Neko no kami wouldn't like this, not at all." Frowned the neko.

"Neko no kami? Who is this neko no kami you speak of?"

"Ah, I may take you to her. That's if you oblige with the offer."

Sakura thought long and hard. If she agreed to it, then there would be no doubt that this will affect her DNA forever. Wait a minute; would it really affect her DNA?

"I would like to know if it would affect my DNA."

"Like I said before, I cannot disclose you with the details until you talk with neko no kami."

"Fine. I'll do what you want me to."

"Great. Let's go." Smiled the cat.

"How?"

"How? Ride my back.."

"Oh fudge no. I might just squash your little back Mr. Neko."

"Not at all. I could morph into a much larger creature then this."

"Fine. Do your worst."

"Okay then. Shut your pie hole and allow me to do all the work."

Sakura zipped up her mouth. The pinkette took a few steps backwards, giving her new piggy back ride some room. The kitten morphed in a path of life, increasing it's size ten folds. Once the white cat grew bigger, Sakura hitched a ride on it's back.

The neko took off, towards a bright light. Almost like the end of the tunnel, they kept going losing darkness with each mile. Once there, a giant castle came into view.

He landed on the platform, "Here we are. You may go first if you like."

Sakura lifted off his back and onto the platform. "Thanks for the ride kitty-sama.." she said, while patting his misty fur. "I guess I should be off then.."

It went away in a bright light; reverting back to its original form. "You can't go in there without the right supervision." and started walking to the gates. "Follow me."

...

"Welcome to the demon realm, I am the queen of this clan."

"Oh my jashin.."

"What is Jashin, that you speak of?"

Sakura got bug eyed, o.o, and then rubbed her eyes. "N-nothing. I just never seen a large neko before."

"Your very naive for a human." giggled the cat lord. It got serious, "Well, we should discuss the situation at hand. You have just been killed by the Neko no Baka."

"I know that already. But what I can't figure out is who this Neko no Baka person is.."

"I'll explain. Neko no baka, is my cousin and fraternal twin to Neko no Baa. Before that, the Akatsuki were framed at getting the sealing stone taken away from them."

Sakura felt the need to interrupt. "Hold up.. did you just say the Akatsuki?"

"Yes I did. Supposedly, they were inflicted by the curse after the sharingan wielder killed her."

"So I'm paying the price for all of this? Why me? Of all people..."

"I am sorry to plague you with this.. but for the time being, we must obtain you as a warrior to destory her."

"Okay. Could you explain something to me?" Your majesty nodded. "Am I really dead?"

Neko no Kami closed her eyes. "I don't think you would believe if I answered your question. Would you like a demonstration instead?"

Sakura nodded. A large ball of light claimed her.

...

The kunouichi found her self back on earth. There was a large crowd surrounding her house down below. Sakura was watching from a tall tree, settled on a branch. Your majesty's partner was the size of a house cat.

He appeared beside her. Then hugged the branch. "See? You wanted proof.. So you got it."

She couldn't believe it. "I.. really.. am dead.." Sakura was breathless.

"Those humans are swarming around you like flies on a dog turd." he mewed, and felt a foot slam into his back side. "What did you do that for, nya?"

"Your quite rude for a cat.." She frowned, slowly taking her foot off his back. "Now shut your fat lip and look on."

"Hmm? It doesn't matter if we talk or not. They can't hear us.."

"That's what I'm afraid of.." Sakura mumbled.

Over near the steps, people were watching the medics come by and take her body away. Amongst the group were the remaining members of the phenomenal rookie nine. That included Ten Ten, Neji, Hinata, Lee, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, and even..

Naruto.

He was on his knees, holding the girl up with his hands. "Hurry up, we don't have that much time!"

Ino was hovering above him. Concern riddled her face. "It looks like she lost a lot of blood.."

Naruto placed her back on the side walk, "Yeah, I see it.." and then lifted his hands up, blood covering most of his palms. He scanned them. "I don't think Tsunade-baa chan would want to see this.."

Ghost Sakura was steaming like over cooked broccoli. "Are you serious? Tsunade-shisou has to come and check up on me!"

The kitten snickered,"'Maybe she doesn't care about yo.." and didn't finish when he got stomped. "Erk!"

Sakura leaped out of the tree like a fallen star. 'I need get a closer look..' She thought in desperation. The pinkette ran towards the house and settled within the crowd. But it seemed that she was too late when all the villagers and her friends disappeared and went back to their daily lives.

"That's it? I though they would grieve longer then that?" fumed the girl. Her eyes widened when a halo claimed above her head. "Hmm? What's this?"

Said kitty stared at her. "Your death course is settling in. Allow the thoughts of being dead to claim your life."

"Wait.. this isn't right. I have so much to do then.." Sakura paused, getting angered by the second. "She come's out of nowhere and ruins it!"

He wanted to learn more. "Things? What type of things?"

"Becoming an anbu, creating my own team, having a child.." she recited. The cat interrupted her.

"Saving Sasuke.. protecting Naruto and the ones you love." it added.

Sakura was taken aback by how much the small kitten knew. She couldn't say anything else, for the cat has figured out her agenda. Suddenly, a veil of white light claimed her. Her body was back in the castle. The Neko no Kami was waiting for her.

She glowed like a glow worm. "What's happening to me?"

'I don't know. I guess the kami felt sorry for us.'

"You are being resurrected. Going back to earth.." paused the kami. Her eye's narrowed. "To take care of Neko no Baka, that will be your new purpose. To serve under my wing.."

'Eek, were going home!' rambled inner.

'I know.. which means that it will be harder from here on out..'

'Tch, it's always been hard for us women..'

She continued talking,"Sakura. When you get back to earth, there would be a change of appearance. Try to regain consciousness and seek out the traitor with your scenes. By the way, good luck.."

The smaller kitten, grew large. it inched forward, "What about me your majesty?"

"Hikaru, you will teach her about her special powers.."

"Yes my lord.." obliged the neko. He looked away, capturing Sakura within his gaze. "Let's go. I'm sure your colony is worried about you."

She stood there, not wanting to leave. "No, I can't go." Sakura said, her head shaking rapidly. "At least allow me to stay here until the confusion of my death is well known around the village."

"Alright then. For the time being, you will nest with us. Don't spend the days loafing around, and instead practice controlling your inner instincts."

Sakura bowed respectively. "Thank you Neko no Kami, I'm very grateful for your hospitality."

"Your welcome. Now would you please follow Hikari into the resting wing."

Sakura wandered away, following her new teacher.

Not Tsunade, not even Kakashi.

But a cat.

Oh, Kami!

This was madness!

A/N: Yay, I'm done with chapter seven. Can you beleive it that I'm not following the formula of the other stories? Neither can I. ^^ Oh yeah, the Aka kitties will return in chapter eight! I think it will be a time skip..

Please review! I want to know what you guys think..

~Psycho Kitty-Chan