Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Naruto characters, only the OCs and even then they are based off of real people I know.

School Names:

Tobi – Eric

Konan – Taylor

Deidara – Ben

Sasuke – Liam

Kuwaitized Names:

Hidan – Hibban – Lovers,Beloved One

Itachi – Imtiyaz – Great King

Tobi – Toma - Twin

Deidara – Dayyan – One Who Takes Revenge

Konan – Kiran – Beam Of Light

Sasuke – Sayeed – Master Happy

Kabuto – Kabir – unknown as of now

Chapter Eleven: What Kitty?

When we woke up the next morning, we discovered that at some point during the night Hidan had also disappeared. This now left only six ninjas to get home. Itachi,Kabuto,and Star stayed home while the rest of us went to school.

I walked with Deidara to Language Arts class. The whole school day was pretty uneventful. We pasted Mr. Johnson on the way out of the school. "I'm sorry about you losing your cat." I told him.

"What do you mean? Patches is right here." He leaned down and stroked a grey and ginger furred cat. That's odd I thought He doesn't remember Star, and where did that cat come from?

"Did any of you find it weird that Mr. Johnson doesn't remember Star?" I asked the ninjas.

"I noticed." said Konan.

"Its really weird. Do you think he's the only one who doesn't remember Star?"

"I don't know, un." Deidara said.

"Hey Zainab!" I said when I saw her talking to her younger sister Safa. "Do you remember Mr. Johnson having a grey cat called Star?"

"No, I don't remember any of the teachers having a cat named Star. Why'd you ask?"

"No reason." I told her. When we were out of her hearing range I told my companions "Zainab used to visit Star with me. She knows her." we stopped a few other people who knew Star and came up with the same answer Zainab had given. "Why on Earth could no one remember Star?" I said out loud.

No one answered my question. I didn't really expect them too. But still, it was strange that we were the only ones at the school (even Hassan said he didn't know) about Star's existence. So why could no one else remember her?

When we got home I immediately started looking for Star. I needed some answers, and she was the only one who could provide them. I noticed that Itachi and Kabuto where still here. "Have either of you seen Star?" I asked them.

"Who are you talking about?" Itachi said.

"You know, Star, the cat who attacked Orochimaru when he was here. The one who told us that a mouse had something to do with you guys' appearance and disappearances?"

"Who's Star?" Deidara asked.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten too! We were just talking about her in the car!"

"No we didn't,un."

"Toma, you remember Star don't you? You know, kitty?" I asked hopefully.

"What kitty? Tobi doesn't see a kitty."

At that moment a familiar grey cat with a star-shaped mark over her left eye appeared. "See! There she is! There's Star!" I pointed at where said cat was standing.

"What do you mean? There's nothing there."

"B-but..."

"I think the heats getting to you. Why don't you go lay down?" Panda asked. I left the room then and sat down on my bed. Star joined me.

"Am I the only one who can see you right now?" I asked her.

She purred.

"Can you tell me why I'm the only one who can see you?"

A hiss.

"Then are you going to be staying here? At least until the rest of the ninjas go home?"

Silence.

"Are you going to be coming back?"

A soft meow,meaning I probably won't

"I'll miss you, girl." I said as I stroked her soft fur. Star left after that and I layed down on the bed, looking at the ceiling. I soon fell into a dreamless sleep.

The next day, when I woke up, I saw that Itachi had disappeared. Star was no where to be seen. At school, despite being surrounded by friends, I felt lonely with her gone.

XxX

Tick tock, tick tock. It had been only a matter of time before Star had to leave, and Clarus's patience had payed off. Tick tock, tick tock. It was almost time to send the last of them home. The tick-ticking of the clock on the wall counted off the seconds,minutes,and hours until the last of the ninjas were to be sent home as well as Star. Tick tock, tick tock, three more minutes til twelve O'clock. Only three more minutes until Star was to be gone. It was time for Star to leave. Clarus watched from her hiding spot under the couch as Star sat patiently waiting in the middle of the living room for the portal that was to take her home. At twelve a swirling red and white portal opened, and Star left this world to go back to her own.

XxX

The next morning I woke up earlier than usual, so I took out some light grey paper,an origami book,and a dark grey marker. By the time everyone else had woken up I had made an origami cat with dark grey splotches on it including one over the cat's left eye in the rough shape of a star.

Kabuto had disappeared while we had been sleeping. This now left only Tobi, Sasuke, Deidara, and Konan to get home. I had the feeling that they will have gone back to their world by the end of the week. That morning we arrived at school early so we went to the library. I once again went by the book shelves, scanning this time not for a book to check out, but the book(s) that had nearly reminded me of what Star might have been trying to tell me before.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to remember. I probably will never remember. If only I knew what she had been trying to tell me before she left. If only I knew why she had to leave. I now feel like I'm taking on some kind of monster alone. With no one to help me.

Star knew more about what was going on than any of us had. Yet we failed to find out what she knew. And now I'm the only one who remembers that she ever even existed.

I pulled out my book during lunch to read it after I had finished eating. Reading always took my mind off of things. When we got home I thought about how by tomorrow, the rest of the remaining ninjas could be gone.

"I hope you guys have enjoyed your time here." I told them. "Because come tomorrow, you'll all probably be gone."

"Your right, by tomorrow morning its likely we'll all be back in our world." Kiran said.

"It'll be almost as if this never happened, un." Dayyan thought out loud.

"Tobi's been a good boy while he was here." Toma said. Sayeed said nothing.

"I guess this is the last time that we'll see each other. But come on, its time for bed." I told them. That night I went to sleep dreaming about birds.

Author's Note: I'm sad to say, the next chapter is going to be the last one.