Chapter 8: Super Kittens Arc - The Hour of Powers
Warning! If you are a major otaku, then prepare to cringe at some of the lines Kagami has to say in this chapter!
Disclaimer: Naruto and the Akatsuki are not mine, unfortunately. I would love to own them, but that's not the way it works. :(
Kaiya's POV
I stared, eyes wide, at the charred area of the living room where my clay pot used to be. Then, I slowly turned around to face Firework, the adorable cat who was the culprit behind the sudden explosion.
"Why did you do it?" I asked, interrupting his conversation with Rosie. "Firework, why and how did you blow up the clay pot I made when I was an eighth grader?"
The yellow cat kept silent, then decided to show me his paws. But when I looked at them, I saw nothing but two stitch-like marks.
"Nothing there," I told him, which came as a surprise. "Was there something you wanted to show me?"
He blinked confusedly, then closed his eyes, extending his paw out to me. I half-expected him to use the force, but instead, I watch in half-horror, half-awe as the mark on his paw stuck a tongue out at me. Just seeing the odd sight was enough to register the newfound face in my mind:
Firework had mouths on his hands.
"You know," said Naoki, "Firework, your powers remind me a lot of a character from Naruto. Do you want me to tell you his name?"
The yellow cat quickly nodded, his eyes wide.
"His name was Deidara," Naoki continued. "He loved explosions and art, so he decided to steal a forbidden jutsu from his home village in order to put both of them together, which caused him to develop mouths on his hands. At first, it creeped me out, but I've got to admit, his powers were actually kind of cool."
"Yeah, they were," added Yukio. "And still, nii-chan won't let me buy firecrackers and fireworks to set off in the—"
"Yukio!" interrupted Naoki, slapping a hand over his mouth. "That's going way too far! Why would you want to set those off in the house?"
"Well excuse me, Mister I-want-to-keep-clean!" he countered. "What's wrong with blowing things up? We do it every week, anyway, with the fireworks!"
"Little otouto," I shook my head, laughing. "Your mischievous and sassy side is showing…"
He grinned. "Come on! That side doesn't like being cooped up in my mind all day!"
"Anyway," I said, changing the subject, "I still haven't been able to figure out how Firework made that clay pot explode. Guys, do you have any ideas?"
"Maybe it's that weird aura that's surrounding him," suggested Naoki. "I mean, he might have accidentally discharged some aura into that pot and overloaded the molecules or something. I mean, I don't know. Anything can be a plausible explanation at this point."
"So they can be fluffy unicorns in disguise from Death Note or whatever you're watching?" suggested Kagami in an innocent voice. "I mean, you did explain something about how Goku did a Rasengan on Pikachu and went yandere for a guy named Monkey D. Lucy at Ouran Academy in order to adapt to ghoul life, whatever that means."
Yukio and Naoki both facepalmed themselves as hard as they could, twitching. "Imouto, I think you'll understand anime when you're older," sighed Naoki. "For now, keep that thought and...bury it in the 'never-say-it-again' corner, okay?"
She clapped her hands and nodded, still not getting anything. "Okay! I'll do that as soon as we figure out what power everybody has!"
I decided that we needed to change subjects again. "Although I think you mixed up a few anime shows, you do have a point, Kagami. It does seem quite logical that every one of these cats has some sort of power. But still, how do they unlock their powers?"
She shrugged. "Rosie was using his powers while playing with my teddy bear. And Firework unlocked her powers by playing with the frisbee and laser pointer. Maybe they all need to play with something?"
"Very well," said Naoki. "Maybe they could play with another toy. What about one of your paper cranes, onee-chan?"
I thought about it, then responded. "Sounds good. They might be able to practice their hunting skills, and I can always make another one, anyway. Kagami, can you go into my room and get one of my paper cranes?"
She nodded. "Of course, onee-chan!" Quick as a wink, she ran upstairs to retrieve the toy for the cats."
Turning my attention to the kittens, who had all come together, I decided to see if anybody else had unlocked their abilities. "Do you guys want to see if you've unlocked any abilities? I think that you just might—"
"Oh no!" shouted Yukio, enough panic evident in his voice to stop me in the middle of a sentence. "Stop gnawing on that, please!"
He was yelling at Dragon, who was indeed carrying something in his mouth. Realizing what Yukio was talking about, I walked up to him and said, "Spit it out."
Dragon obeyed, spitting out Yukio's prized necklace. Well, it wasn't made up of any type of expensive jewelry or anything, but he really liked it, even though it was only a string of colored beads, mini coins, shells, and a shark tooth that he had found on one of our beach trips.
"Bad kitty!" Yukio scolded the blue kitten. "Next time, don't yank my necklace from my neck like that, okay?"
Initially, Dragon shrank back in fear, but he somehow gathered the courage to growl menacingly at my brother. Yukio only shook his head, tightly clutching the damaged necklace in case Dragon or one of the other cats wanted to steal it again.
"Dragon, calm down," I reassured the blue kitten, stroking his pelt. "Yukio only wants you to—"
Before I could finish, a strong jet of water greeted my face, dousing me. I rubbed my eyes, then proceeded to squeeze all of the water out of my hair.
"What happened?" I coughed. "Guys, did you do it? Or did another kitten unlock his aquatic powers just now?"
"The second one," Yukio answered, glaring at the blue shark-like kitten. "Dragon, what did I s—"
Dragon angrily blasted him in the face as well. This time, I saw him shoot a stream of water out of his mouth, like those magical characters in...what was it called, Pokémon?
"I'm back, onee-chan!" squealed Kagami, running down the stairs with two paper cranes in her hand. "What did you do? You and Yukio-nii-chan are all covered in water!"
I pointed at Dragon, who was getting ready to aim a blast at Kagami next. Luckily, Sasuke restrained him, meowing something into Dragon's ear that I couldn't understand.
"Yay! Another power!" trilled Kagami. "What did Dragon touch?"
Yukio showed her the broken necklace. "This. But still, I don't know what he got the water ability from, since he gnawed on nearly everything."
"The shark tooth, perhaps?" I suggested. "I mean, Dragon does look like a shark in many ways, from his color to his gill-like markings underneath his eyes.
"Cool!" Kagami squealed. Without warning, she threw the paper cranes at the cats. "Come and get them, kitties!"
The kitties stayed still at first, but Rosie whispered something into Angel's ear, surprising her. Three seconds later, Rosie and Firework shoved her towards one of the cranes, earning them an unamused glare from Tiger.
She hissed at the two mischievous cats as well, but proceeded to touch one of her paws to the crane's wing. Not wanting to pounce on it, she pushed it towards the group with her nose, then made some flicking motion with her tail. Save for Rosie, Firework, and Dragon, all of the cats pressed their paw on the crane anxiously.
After a few seconds, nothing had happened.
"I don't think it worked, onee-chan," muttered Naoki. "Maybe the crane doesn't really count as a toy, since they're usually for decorations and making wishes."
"True," agreed Yukio. "Maybe we could try—"
"Look!" exclaimed Kagami. "The crane is flying!"
I looked back at the paper crane, and sure enough, it was levitating, wings flapping and all. At first, I thought Rosie was playing a joke on me, but that was when I noticed Angel wave her paw in the air. A thin blue aura surrounded her body, causing her to emit a faint glow.
"It's magical!" gushed Kagami. "Just like the time when Naoki said that Sailor Boku no Pico got rescued by Princess Sakura and then married Sebastian, therefore living happily ever after with Levi Acker—"
"Stop!" screamed Naoki and Yukio, dramatically covering their ears. "Once again, put that sentence in the 'never-say-it-again' corner!"
Kagami tilted her head, puzzled. "Why not? That's what you told me when you were watching those TV shows."
"Moving on…" I sighed, sweatdropping. "Let's continue and find out what other powers these cats have."
Deidara's POV
I watched as Konan flew the paper crane, manipulating its wings with her newly unlocked chakra.
So it looks like Sasori-danna is right, I thought to myself. Our chakra and one of our basic powers are unlocked whenever we touch something that might be relevant to us. Danna touched a puppet, Kisame touched a shark tooth, Konan touched an origami crane, and I touched a clay pot. If this pattern keeps up, Zetsu will probably have to touch a plant and Kakuzu might have to touch a coin. I don't know how Itachi, Hidan, Leader-sama, and Tobi are going to regain control of their chakra, though. There's nothing to my knowledge that they could possibly touch to unlock their chakra, unless Hidan touches a blade or Itachi touches a crow feather or something.
"Zetsu?" I asked him, thinking that a plant would be the easiest to find in the house.
He spun around, his yellow eyes staring into mine. "What is it now? Do you think I might be able to unlock my powers again?"
I nodded. "Have you see any plants around the house, un? I think that you might be able to regain your teleportation and hiding powers if you touch one."
"Senpai!" exclaimed Tobi, bouncing like the idiot he was. "Tobi saw a plant in the kitchen!"
"Where?" Zetsu asked excitedly, looking towards the direction of the kitchen.
Tobi pointed towards a spot in the kitchen with his tail, jumping wildly. "There it is, Zetsu-san!"
Sure enough, he was pointing at a potted plant. A picture of a potted plant, that is.
"I meant a real one, you half-wit!" I growled at him. "Find Zetsu a real plant, or I will blow you to smithereens, un!"
He trembled in fear, then turned around and flicked his tail towards a potted bonsai tree in the corner of the living room. "Try that one, Zetsu-san! That one is real!"
"I'll check this one out," muttered Zetsu. "But that better not be a fake plant."
He raced over to the potted plant, catching the attention of Kaiya.
"Yin-Yang?" she asked, surprised that Zetsu had taken off. "Where are you going? If you need to use the bathroom, I can open the door for you! Don't use the bonsai!"
I shivered uneasily, watching Zetsu twitch. Poor Aloe Vera Man...
Neither sides of Zetsu responded, not stopping until he reached the potted plant. He leaped on top of the clay pot, then proceeded to press his paws against one of the leaves. A second later, Kaiya grabbed him and began to carry him towards the door.
"I told you already," she chuckled, "Yin-Yang, please go outside!"
I stifled my laughter, but Tobi, Hidan, and Kisame were giggling madly like children. But then again, I didn't want Kaiya to lock Zetsu out, so I decided to create a small distraction.
"Look this way, un!" I called to her, balancing on one foot and throwing my paws up in the air in what was supposed to be an intimidating pose.
Kaiya turned and stared at me, just long enough for Zetsu to leap out of her arms and disappear into the ground with...whatever the name of that technique was.
"Hey!" Kaiya said, spinning around in search of the black and white kitten. "Where did you go?"
Zetsu resurfaced in front of Kagami, grinning at us. "I unlocked my chakra again! Seriously, somebody needs to tell that girl that I don't need to go to the bathroom!"
"Wow!" breathed Kagami, her jaw dropping. "Yin-Yang has such an interesting power! Maybe it's like how InuYasha and Haruhi Suzumiya remember how Edward Elric had a power called Byaku-Sharingan and—"
"That's enough, Kagami!" shouted Naoki, covering his ears yet again. "Three more years, okay? Three more years!"
"Okay!" she chirped innocently. I twitched after hearing the term Byaku-Sharingan, though it did sound like a very interesting kekkei genkai if it actually did exist. In addition, some part of me wanted to find out who this Edward Elric kid was. He sounded quite...interesting.
"Brat," muttered Sasori from next to me, making me jump at his sudden appearance. "Do you think we'll be able to find a coin for Kakuzu? I think he'll have to touch that if he wants to unlock his powers."
"Not sure where to look, un," I replied, shrugging. "Unless Kaiya has one, then I don't see why there would be a random coin lying around the house."
"Wait!" Kisame cut in, "I think there were coins on Yukio's necklace! But I don't know how we're supposed to get that back from him, though. If only I had Samehada with me…"
"Let's not hurt the kid," muttered Sasori, a comment which surprised me slightly. After all, he was known as Sasori no Akasuna, for all the blood that he spilled on the sand of his former home, Sunagakure. "We just need to distract him and drop the necklace."
"On it!" responded Kisame, shooting a strong stream of water at Yukio. While he was still in shock from the sudden attack, I ran over and snatched the necklace using my teeth.
Yukio groaned. "What in the world was that for, Dragon? Actually, what is up with everybody's weird obsession with my necklace, anyway?"
I raced over to Kakuzu, dropping the necklace in front of him. He spun around to face me, glaring daggers into my eyes.
"What the hell are you—"
"Just touch it!" I hissed, slamming his paw down on one of the coins. "You'll get your chakra back, un! Have you not caught on yet, old man?"
He growled, and I quickly backed up, taking back the necklace. I tried to run away and return the necklace to Yukio, but before I could, a bunch of familiar tendrils wrapped themselves around me.
"You just got yourself into a lot of trouble, brat," he spat, making me shiver.
"Drop me!" I said. "I only wanted to unlock your chakra, un! Go harass Hidan or something, will ya? He won't be able to fight back except with his claws!"
He considered this for a moment, then set me back down. "Brat, if that weren't such a good idea, then you'd be dead right now. Consider yourself lucky."
Kakuzu then proceeded to wrap his tendrils around Hidan, surprising the loud-mouthed Jashinist right out of his fur.
"What the f***, you b******?" he cursed at his favorite partner. "Put me f****** down, you f****** piece of s***!"
Kisame and I burst into laughter on the spot, watching the silver cat get a taste of his own medicine. Hidan spat out some more very colorful words, and I thanked Kami-sama again that the children did not have to hear them.
"Alright," Sasori said, interrupting my train of thoughts. "Let's think. What do you think Leader-sama, Hidan, Itachi, and Tobi can touch in order to get their powers back?"
"For Itachi," I answered, "I was thinking a crow's feather, since he can turn into them. Hidan might have to touch a blade of something, and then Leader-sama can touch...I don't know, a pen? But as for Tobi, I have no idea, un."
"You know," said Sasori in a very stern manner, "I actually have no idea what Tobi's powers are, so he might have to be the last person that will unlock his chakra. Do you know what his abilities are, Deidara?"
"I have actually never thought about that before, un," I replied. "Maybe it's some kind of Idiot no Jutsu?"
Although I was obviously trying to be funny, Sasori's comment burned through my head, as if I was a computer that had trouble processing this tiny yet meaningful bit of code.
What are Tobi's powers, anyway?
A/N: I am very, very sorry if Kagami's words about the various animes made you cringe. However, I am not a major otaku, since I've only watched Naruto, Pokemon, Ouran High School Host Club, and Hamtaro. However, I have heard of every single anime that I mentioned in the chapter at least once. I'm thinking of starting Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Fairy Tail, InuYasha, and Fullmetal Alchemist. If you know any other great animes that are also funny and romantic, please let me know!
I initially planned to write more, but ran out of ideas. Sorry! However, the next chapter should still be out by tomorrow.
Anyways, have a wonderful rest of your day/night, wherever you live!
— Tenshi —
