chpt 1 - Neko Neko Neji
It wasnt entirely normal, what happened to neji. He'd been out in the cold snow at christmas, training more than he usually did, but one of his moves, when he tried to do it against himself, backfired, blowing a large crater around him, and sucking in a nearby wildcat.
The explosion mustve blown up a fair few trees...
"ugh.." it hurt to move, when he finally woke up, his whole body ached, and his head especially. He sat up, patting his hands over his whole body, finding a myriad of brusies, and several cuts, bloody snow surrounding him..but what scared the holy hell out of him..was the cat ears.
They were there. No doubt, two large cat ears, about a hands height..pretty noticeable. He could feel them, and when he thought about it, they kept..moving "oh crap.."
He attempted to get to his feet, only 2 recieve another shock..he had a tail. He sat down in the middle of the crater -im doomed, if anybody sees me like this..i cant go back..this is too embarassing..-
He wobbled to his feet, looking round for sehlter -shinobi may have heard that boom, i have to hide..- he half ran, half staggered into the trees, mind still in shock.
Iruka was worried the next day, when only one of the hyuugas turned up for class "wheres neji?" he asksed, hinata shook her head, she didnt know. "I havent seen him since early yesterday morning sir.." one kid yelled "and he was training" interrupted sasuke smoothly. Iruka frowned "i'd better go look, something may have happened.." he looked up at the class before he left "-dont- try anything stupid while i'm gone..i mean it.." and he walked out.
The class was silent after he left..what had happened to neji? it wasnt like him to skip class, not even for training..
He lay, huddled up atop a tree..ears down..blood dried onto his clothing, shivering from the cold. Most of the wounds had been bandaged using the few supplies he'd brought with him, but they did little against the biting cold...He clung to the branch, barely awake, numb hands holding on for dear life, scrunched in a nook between two thick branches...
He barely registered when a pair of strong arms wrapped around him and started trying to lift him down..he struggled, making faint mewlish sounds, like a cat in pain..but the voice whispered "hold still neji...its ok.." he tried to object, even run away, but he just didnt have the stregnth.."thats it..." the unknown person carried him away -w-who...why..- but then he blacked out from the pain.
He awoke to see someone looking down at him. Iruka. The chuunin's face was a mask of worry, and as he slowly started getting his bearing he heard them talking "cat ears? but how lord hokage sir..this cant be a jutsu surely.." he sat up, startling them all "n-neji..you have to rest.." iruka said worriedly. He looked at them all, trying to hide the pain from his eyes, feeling the tail twitch once, ears flattening to his head.
-why...why are they taking care of me? look whats happened..- He scrunched back against the wall the bed was against, ears down and back, in a warning sign. The hokage frowned "his reactions...exactly like a cats.." he whispered to iruka, taking the chuunin's arm and leading him a safe distance away so neji wouldnt hear. Iruka nodded "how could that have occured though? Its like..his DNA got mixed with a cats..?" the hokage sighed "we can only wait and see what traits he shows, and if it will degenerate by itself.."
Iruka had been watching neji worriedly the whole time they were talking, now, upon looking over again, he nudged the hokage "sir..look.." he whispered. Neji was semi-crouched on the bed, the blanket discared..the tail was slowly swishing from one side to the other, the ears had perked up a little. The object of nejis interest was fluttering around in front of him. A moth. They continued to watch as nejji batted one hand at it, uttering an anooyed "myrow" when he missed.
The moth fluttered around neji's head, the hyuuga's tail twitched again as it landed on his nose, making him go cross eyed "nyow?" he stared fixedly at it, the ears moving with a cute little ::pwip pwip:: noise. The Hokage nodded "that settles it, something must've mixed the DNA of him..and we dont kno what else...but i think...given nejis a strong child, it should start to break apart and his DNA will revert to normal..but its only a theory..we'll have 2 wait.." Iruka nodded. "its hard on him..he's barely spoken a word since he woke up.."
By now the moth had fluttered off, and neji sat on the bed, arms wrapped around his legs, the ears returning down again. -im some kinda freak..i cant go outside of here...people will hate me like they did naruto before...-
The Hokage sighed "i think its best neji's classmates knew about this....it'll only be harder for him to face this alone.." Iruka nodded "i'll tell them now..." he left the room, and the hokage sighed, walking back over to neji...to see if he could find out what had happened to him...
It wasnt entirely normal, what happened to neji. He'd been out in the cold snow at christmas, training more than he usually did, but one of his moves, when he tried to do it against himself, backfired, blowing a large crater around him, and sucking in a nearby wildcat.
The explosion mustve blown up a fair few trees...
"ugh.." it hurt to move, when he finally woke up, his whole body ached, and his head especially. He sat up, patting his hands over his whole body, finding a myriad of brusies, and several cuts, bloody snow surrounding him..but what scared the holy hell out of him..was the cat ears.
They were there. No doubt, two large cat ears, about a hands height..pretty noticeable. He could feel them, and when he thought about it, they kept..moving "oh crap.."
He attempted to get to his feet, only 2 recieve another shock..he had a tail. He sat down in the middle of the crater -im doomed, if anybody sees me like this..i cant go back..this is too embarassing..-
He wobbled to his feet, looking round for sehlter -shinobi may have heard that boom, i have to hide..- he half ran, half staggered into the trees, mind still in shock.
Iruka was worried the next day, when only one of the hyuugas turned up for class "wheres neji?" he asksed, hinata shook her head, she didnt know. "I havent seen him since early yesterday morning sir.." one kid yelled "and he was training" interrupted sasuke smoothly. Iruka frowned "i'd better go look, something may have happened.." he looked up at the class before he left "-dont- try anything stupid while i'm gone..i mean it.." and he walked out.
The class was silent after he left..what had happened to neji? it wasnt like him to skip class, not even for training..
He lay, huddled up atop a tree..ears down..blood dried onto his clothing, shivering from the cold. Most of the wounds had been bandaged using the few supplies he'd brought with him, but they did little against the biting cold...He clung to the branch, barely awake, numb hands holding on for dear life, scrunched in a nook between two thick branches...
He barely registered when a pair of strong arms wrapped around him and started trying to lift him down..he struggled, making faint mewlish sounds, like a cat in pain..but the voice whispered "hold still neji...its ok.." he tried to object, even run away, but he just didnt have the stregnth.."thats it..." the unknown person carried him away -w-who...why..- but then he blacked out from the pain.
He awoke to see someone looking down at him. Iruka. The chuunin's face was a mask of worry, and as he slowly started getting his bearing he heard them talking "cat ears? but how lord hokage sir..this cant be a jutsu surely.." he sat up, startling them all "n-neji..you have to rest.." iruka said worriedly. He looked at them all, trying to hide the pain from his eyes, feeling the tail twitch once, ears flattening to his head.
-why...why are they taking care of me? look whats happened..- He scrunched back against the wall the bed was against, ears down and back, in a warning sign. The hokage frowned "his reactions...exactly like a cats.." he whispered to iruka, taking the chuunin's arm and leading him a safe distance away so neji wouldnt hear. Iruka nodded "how could that have occured though? Its like..his DNA got mixed with a cats..?" the hokage sighed "we can only wait and see what traits he shows, and if it will degenerate by itself.."
Iruka had been watching neji worriedly the whole time they were talking, now, upon looking over again, he nudged the hokage "sir..look.." he whispered. Neji was semi-crouched on the bed, the blanket discared..the tail was slowly swishing from one side to the other, the ears had perked up a little. The object of nejis interest was fluttering around in front of him. A moth. They continued to watch as nejji batted one hand at it, uttering an anooyed "myrow" when he missed.
The moth fluttered around neji's head, the hyuuga's tail twitched again as it landed on his nose, making him go cross eyed "nyow?" he stared fixedly at it, the ears moving with a cute little ::pwip pwip:: noise. The Hokage nodded "that settles it, something must've mixed the DNA of him..and we dont kno what else...but i think...given nejis a strong child, it should start to break apart and his DNA will revert to normal..but its only a theory..we'll have 2 wait.." Iruka nodded. "its hard on him..he's barely spoken a word since he woke up.."
By now the moth had fluttered off, and neji sat on the bed, arms wrapped around his legs, the ears returning down again. -im some kinda freak..i cant go outside of here...people will hate me like they did naruto before...-
The Hokage sighed "i think its best neji's classmates knew about this....it'll only be harder for him to face this alone.." Iruka nodded "i'll tell them now..." he left the room, and the hokage sighed, walking back over to neji...to see if he could find out what had happened to him...
