Part Four, The Cat's Meow

"Hey, Sasuke," Naruto waved him over, "I had a really cool idea."

"What?" The prodigy asked the monster.

"Yeah, I got it from watching Shika's fight against this wind girl. Anyways, know how you can't use your Shiny Eyes on me?"

"Sharingan," he corrected, "And yes, I am aware of this fact."

"Well, what if you used it on my shadow?" She smiled at him, showing her fangs, and he shuddered.

"That has got to be the dumbest thing you've ever come up with," Sasuke drawled.

"Yeah, yeah, are ya gonna try it?"

"Sure," he shrugged. He felt rather relaxed, considering it felt like he was walking into the jaws of death. Maybe that was the reason. His revenge was unimportant. Konoha was unimportant. He was unimportant. If he died, very little in the world would change.

Looking into Naruto's eyes that day, months ago, had revealed the truth of his place on the food chain. Looking at the sky, waiting for the match to begin, he understood his place in the universe.

In the infirmary, Gaara was thrashing about, screaming and shouting. Medics tried to restrain him, but his defensive sand was going haywire, attacking everything. His arms were still leaking blood.

"Begin!" The Jounin jumped away.

Sasuke activated his Sharingan while looking at the ground, then slowly traced it along the contours of the arena floor until he found Naruto's shadow. Unlike his expectation, his eyes stayed active.

"Naruto, run back and forth," he commanded, "Start slow, but go faster with each lap until I raise my arm. Okay?"

The demon shrugged and began to run from one wall to the other, gaining speed as she went.

From the perspective of the audience, the two of them chatted for a bit, then Naruto started running back and forth. It was really odd.

"The hell is going on?" Ino asked.

Sakura observed Naruto, as much as she could, what with the girl going so incredibly fast. Then she switched her gaze to Sasuke. She almost gasped.

"His Sharingan is active!"

"Yeah, so what? He probably needs it, just to see Naruto, at this point."

"No," Sakura shook her head, "You don't understand. The Sharingan doesn't work on Naruto. It always turns off when Sasuke or Sensei use it on her."

"What?!" Ino yelped.

At about that time, Naruto was running back and forth fast enough to create consecutive sonic booms. The audience had to cover their ears.

Finally Sasuke held up his hand and Naruto skidded to a halt, digging deep trenches in the ground with her claws.

"Okay," Sasuke said, "The shadow thing works. Care for another couple tests?"

"Yeah!" The monster readily agreed.

The prodigy closed his eyes, but kept his Sharingan active. Slowly, through his eyelids, he began to look for Naruto. He found her, easily, and the Sharingan remained active.

He grinned.

"Naruto," he slid into his stance, eyes still closed, "I can see you." He saw the Chakra echo of her grinning and crouching down.

Back in the infirmary, Gaara's screams began to die out. He wasn't calming down, by any measure. No, he was bleeding out. His sand lashing about made it impossible to get to him. They could only watch as he died of blood loss.

In the arena, the crowd were once more awed as Naruto and Sasuke exchanged blows. Ideally, Sasuke stayed in place, allowing Naruto to come to him. It was against his nature, being so passive, but while he could see Naruto's outline, he couldn't see any of the obstacles in the arena.

Still, the cat demon was happy to oblige him. She would dash in, trade blows with her teammate, then dash off again. It was like… well, it was like playing with a particularly hyperactive cat.

It continued to go well, for a time. Something changed, however, when Sasuke landed a hard hit on Naruto.

She twirled away from him, holding her face, and a low growl filled the air.

"Naruto-"

The boy was cut off when an oppressive force filled the arena and pressed down on the prodigy. His eyes turned off and he had to open them to see anything. He did so just in time to see Naruto disappear and feel something wet splash down on his left side. There were screams from the audience, but that only served to confuse him further.

As sudden as it had come, the oppressive force was gone. Naruto appeared in front of him, panicked and fretting.

"Oh my god, Sasuke! I'm so sorry! I know I always call you a bastard, and stuff, but, I swear, I didn't mean to hurt you! It just kinda happened and-"

Sasuke held up a hand, stopping her, "What are you talking about?"

"Sasuke, your face!" She said loudly, "It's on fire!"

The boy frowned. That couldn't be right. He didn't feel like he was on fire. Naruto pulled a mirror out of her pocket and showed him.

Indeed. He was on fire. Four lines of orange fire were searing across his face, each flame coming from a deep gouge, a scratch, that could only have come from Naruto's claws. Worst of all, the top most flame had spread into his eye, and had consumed the whole thing.

But still he felt no pain. Hell, he could still see through that eye.

"It figures," he grumped to her, "Only you would end up having orange fire come from your attacks." He would have said more, asking why in the world she had a mirror, but about that time, things outside of the arena started happening.

First was an explosion and cloud of smoke from the Kage box, and a large black and purple box popping up on the stadium roof. Second was a genjutsu that put all of the civilians and a few Gennin to sleep. Third was the appearance of dozens of foreign ninja who started attacking.

Perhaps the most obvious thing to happen was a high pitched voice, screeching out, "I'm FREEEEEEEEEEEE!" Followed by the emergence of a giant monstrosity of sand.

"Okay, what the fuck is that?"

"Um, I think that's Goro," Naruto said.

"What?" Sasuke looked to the demon, completely confused.

"Yeah, I can see him, stickin' out of that thing's head. See?" She pointed up at the dot on top of the thing's head.

"One, his name is Gaara. Two, I can not see him. I couldn't see him if my Sharingan was active. Three," he turned around and stabbed a ninja that had a musical note on his headband, "We should do something about these guys."

"But what about Gary?"

Even as she said that, a humongous toad with a massive pipe in it's mouth landed on the beast of sand. Naruto could make out the form of the Pervy Sage, slamming a seal into Gaara's stomach, and the sand very quickly started to dissolve in a lifeless lump.

Giant snakes started breaking through the walls and the white haired man moved off to deal with them.

"Huh, guess that old pervert has some uses afterall," Naruto intoned then crouched down, "I wanna check on 'Nata."

"Naruto, wait-"

Too late. She was gone.

"Son of a bitch!" Sasuke barked out. The flames on the side of his face surged, growing larger and brighter. They snuffed out without warning and the only marks that he had been on fire in the first place were the four puckered scars where he'd been scratched and his now orange eye.

He turned to attack the few ninjas that had invaded the arena, but was interrupted by the appearance of several Leaf Jounin.

"Uchiha-san," one said, turning to him, "We believe you are a priority target for abduction. Report to your Jounin instructor for the duration of this… scuffle."

He grumbled to himself, but nodded. He looked up at the stadium seats, wondering how the cat monster was going to protect the Hyuuga heiress. What would she do?

"Probably something dumb."

Naruto practically teleported next to Hinata. The shy girl gave a meep of shock, but then smiled at the cat girl.

"Naruto!" She said as loudly as she dared. The smaller girl was incredibly tempted to throw herself into the arms of her girlfriend, but her training won out and she kept an eye on the enemies around her.

Naruto glanced around for a moment. Then, with no decorum whatsoever, she pulled Hinata into an embrace.

"Are you alright, 'Nata?" she asked, sounding quite worried for the other girl.

"I-I am fine. A little… fatigued, but fine," the blue haired girl was blushing quite heavily, but things were certainly looking up, now.

"Alright," Naruto nodded, then let her go and turned to face the enemies that had swarmed the stadium and bleachers, "Want me to kill 'em?"

"No," Hinata shook her head, "Not all of them, at least. We will need some for interrogation, I think."

Temari and Kankuro looked at one another, then threw down their weapons before the catgirl could move, shouting, "We surrender!"

"Well, that makes this simple," she looked at some of the ninja with the musical note headbands, "Any of you guys want to do this the easy way?" Not a one moved to disarm themselves. "Guess we do this the real easy way."

The monster moved. Men died. Two lived, at Naruto's will. She looked over to Kurenai and nodded towards the living ninja.

That done she walked back over to Hinata and hugged her again, "I was really worried about you."

"Thank you, Naruto-kun," Hinata kissed the side of The catgirl's head, then said, "But I fear your help is needed elsewhere. Lord Hokage, I think, could use your assistance."

Naruto pulled back, nodded, then smiled at her girlfriend, "Alright. I'll be right back, 'Nata." She traced a finger along the girl's jaw, gave her a smile and a wink. She then moved over to the edge of the spectator area and jumped to the roof.

Once there, she noticed one of the ANBU rolling on the ground, trying to put out the black and purple flames that seared away at him.

"What's up with that?" Naruto asked.

"It is a result of this barrier," one of them said, "we tried a water technique, but it failed to put out the flames, and none of us have dared to touch the barrier again.

The monster hummed, then stepped to the barrier. She frowned for a moment, touching one claw to the energy field before her. It tried to set her alight, but failed to do so.

"Tingles…" she mumbled then turned back to the ANBU, "I think I can open it up for a moment."

"More than we need," the Captain, denoted by his black mask, assured her.

Naruto took a deep breath, then slashed at the barrier with her claws at the same time as she dashed forward. There was a massive explosion of orange and purple fire. Orange quickly won dominance. A hole opened and two full squads of ANBU streaked into the Barrier.

The Sound Four did not pay attention to that, however.

"What the actual fuck?" One of the four people holding up the seal shouted.

"Language!" Another warned.

"Fuck you, fat ass! A fucking catgirl just opened up our 'impenetrable' barrier like it was an instant ramen packet! Asking 'what the fuck' is actually very appropriate!"

"About that," Naruto said, stepping towards the corner where the girl was at, "Surrender, or die," she flexed her bright orange claws, "We both know I can reach you."

Tayuya glared over her shoulder at the catgirl. She had to admit, the girl had scared her with being able to break through the barrier so easily. But she still had a few cards up her sleeve. Not limited to, but certainly including, the Cursed Seal.

"Try it bitch!" She began activating her seal.

"Hey, that stuff looks like the scribbles on Sasuke. Kinda cool," the blonde shrugged, "Anyway, if I kill just one of you, will the cube go away? Or do I have to get all of you?"

"Give it your best shot, cat-bitch!"

There was another small explosion, and Naruto's arm was three quarters of the way through the shield, her hand going through the redhead's skull. The entire barrier cube flickered and faded.

"Guess one was enough," Naruto said.

Orochimaru, who had been easily fighting off the ANBU, but no longer having the time to attack Sarutobi, who kept him from killing the elite ninjas, growled as the cube faded. It was all that cat monster's fault. It was time to put her out of his misery.

Taking the Kusanagi in hand, Orochimaru stabbed the distracted girl through the chest, saying, "You might be a threat, if I let you live."

"That fucking hurts!" Naruto roared, grasping the front of the blade with her bare hands. The acid that was her blood sizzled and hissed and corroded the blade in seconds. She turned around, glaring at him, holding her chest with a rapidly closing hole with one hand and the remnants of the Kusanagi in the other. So great was her rage at the pain of her wound that her claws ended up shattering the blade.

"The risk I took was calculated," Orochimaru said, looking at the melted sword and the certainly not dead cat demon in front of him, "I find I am surprisingly bad at math."

The blonde monster pounced and the Sage of Snakes hoped to all the things he held dear that he was fast enough with his replacement technique to get away.

"Blech!" Naruto grunted, shaking out her paws, "Mud Clone. Bastard! I got your scent now, fucker! You won't get away twice!" she shouted this over the city, sure that he heard her. She had to get back to Hinata, after making sure she didn't have any lingering blood anywhere on her. Didn't want to melt the sweetest girl she'd ever met, after all.

Behind the fuming catgirl, the ANBU had easily subdued the remaining three members of the Sound Four, with the help of Sarutobi and his Summons, Enma. They would be taken for interrogation.

"I can't believe you let him get away," Sasuke chided the catgirl.

"I must agree, after the speed you showed in the arena, I'm very surprised," Sakura said next.

"Screw you guys," Naruto pouted, crossing her arms and looking away from them, "I had a hole in my chest! What's your excuse?"

"We're human?" Sakura half asked.

"More than forty years of experience granting him at least half as much agility as you normally have," was Sasuke's response.

"Uchiha-san was also in protective custody, Naruto-kun," Hinata told her paramour, starting to scratch her ears in just the right way. Naruto's mood, soured by Orochimaru's escape and her stay in the makeshift hospital being used in place of the one destroyed by Shukaku, began to rapidly improve.

"'Nata," Naruto literally purred, "Your hands are freaking magic."

The girl turned red and Sasuke almost smirked as he said, "Come, Sakura. Let's leave these lovebirds alone."

"You better," the blonde almost groaned, leaning into Hinata more insistently, "Only I get to see what comes next." She gave the boy a saucy wink. The Last Uchiha just shook his head and rolled his eyes. He grabbed Sakura by the arm and began dragging her away.

"But-but-" the pinkette protested, "Demon mating rituals have never been documented! This could make waves all throughout both scientific and occult communities!"

"Sakura," the boy grunted at her, "They're twelve. And they're in a glorified tent with an IV drip. I seriously doubt they will be consummating their relationship here and now."

"Go ahead," Naruto drawled, almost asleep from Hinata's continued ministrations, "Ruin my fun." She was out, but certainly not cold, as she snuggled with the purple haired girl, whose face was red as a tomato.

Jiraiya, sitting outside and behind the tent, repressed a chuckle. He'd tell the monster about the search for Tsunade tomorrow. He certainly couldn't wait for the two to meet. It would be explosive.

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A/N: So, I kinda feel like this installment of the Nekomata Naruto simulation was a little short. I have decided to add a little scene I thought of a while ago, but really couldn't make work, even so abbreviated. Please enjoy.

I do not own My Hero Academia.

Writing this because I like seeing the villains get destroyed by good guys. Happily Ever After for the win.

The Cat and The Girl

"Why is it so noisy out here?" Came a tired voice from the trees. A young, pretty woman stumbled forth, wiping at the corners of her eyes and wearing adorable ducky pajamas.

"Oh, hell," Mandalay despaired, "You need to run!" She turned to the lizard man she was fighting.

"What are you talking about?" He sneered at her.

"Her name is Hinata Uzumaki, and she is the single most dangerous human on the planet, but- No, you idiot!"

The man in the dark glasses ran at the sleepy young woman, a massive grin on his face.

Without even looking, the young woman struck him. Her arm lashed out once, twice, twenty, two hundred, two thousand times. Maybe more. By the time the man passed her, his body was already twisting itself painfully, though not lethally, into a pretzel.

"Seriously," the dark haired woman grumbled, "And why are you wielding such a ridiculous sword?" She looked at Spinner.

With her eyes fully open, it appeared that she was blind, with her nearly white eyes.

"Did you say," the lizard gulped, "Hinata Uzumaki? The woman that taught Stain the Way of the Ninja?"

"Oh?" She smiled at the green man, "Are you a friend of Chi-chan?" She smoothed back her hair, "How is that slacker doing?"

"Slacker?" Spinner grunted.

"Oh, yes, the boy was always going on about 'impossible this', 'impossible that' and that endless nonsense about killing heroes. The only thing that does is galvanize people against his way of thinking. Sure, some idiots fall in line, but even more will strive to be better heroes… hmm, I wonder if that's what he was actually trying to go for. Hello, Mandalay," she waved at the woman, "How have you been?"

"I'm good, mostly," she glared at the two villains that she and Tiger had been fighting, "But, uh, where is Naruto?"

"Naru-kun said she could smell blood on the wind and went to go find the source. She should be back with the corpse in-"

There was a whistle, then a thump, and a real catgirl stood in a crater, juggling a severed head.

The head in question had belonged to a villain that had been in a black straight jacket, and his teeth were all broken, misshapen or missing.

"Nata," the catgirl said, "what's going on? Why was some idiot with blood on his breath attacking some kids?"

"Oh, I do believe they are villains, Naru-kun."

"Hmm," she looked at the lizard man, "You woke me from my nap, Scales."

"Hmmph! So, you're just another pair of arrogant fake heroes. I'll-" suddenly Naruto was in his face, holding both of his arms.

"Who said I was a hero?" She asked as she broke his ridiculous bladed weapon with her tail, "I am an eldritch demon of divine balance. Entropy and creation given a face and libido. If you don't get the hell out of my territory I'm gonna rip your arm off and pull your guts out through the stump."