Disclaimer- No I don't own Naruto.

Chapter Three

"Should we wake them?" the voice of a female spoke with mirth.

"No," a male smirked, "Leave them. It'll be funnier this way."

The female giggled.

Sai's ears twitched as he grumbled in his sleep. He heard muffled voices but wasn't sure where they were coming from. The artist nin grumbled in his sleep and flicked his tail, as if waving off the ones who spoke. There was an unfamiliar, warm presence by his side. It felt so warm and so comforting… Sai gently smiled and snuggled his face closer to whatever it was. The thing cuddled closer to him as well and licked him. Sai unconsciously licked it back.

Naruto smiled sheepishly in his sleep. He was having a dream that Sakura-chan was throwing Sasuke-teme and Sai out the window of her apartment. After she finished, she turned to Naruto and stared at him with those beautiful eyes of hers.

"Naruto-kun!" she shouted as she ran towards him, arms outstretched.

"Sakura-chan!" he shouted back as he too leapt at her. Suddenly, they were in a field of flowers.

"Naruto-kun!"

"Sakura-chan!"

"Naruto-kun!"

"Sakura-chan!" Finally, the two met in a warm embrace. (A/N: Oh my gosh, total Gai and Lee moment LOL!) Naruto and Sakura hugged each other, and Naruto had a serious look on his face. Stars sparkled around Sakura's face.

"Sakura-chan," Naruto spoke. His voice sounded deep and heroic, like in those soap operas. "I love you and will forever protect you."

"Oh Naruto-kun!"

"Meow…" Naruto mumbled happily in his sleep as a smile was plastered on his face. He felt something warm next soft next to him- like Sakura-chan. Well then, it must be Sakura-chan! He grinned and licked it. It licked him back. He wrapped his arms around it. It did the same. "I love you too…" Still sleeping, Naruto puckered his lips and felt "Sakura-chan" do the same. Ever so slowly, their lips met.

A click was heard as somebody suddenly fell on the floor howling with laughter. Both Naruto's and Sai's eyes snapped open and bolted upright. "Meow? What happened?" They rubbed their eyes, now wide awake. They quirked their eyebrows when they saw Sakura rolling on the floor, desperately clutching her stomach as tears streamed down her face. She was sort of screaming and howling. A camera was not too far from her. To her left was Sasuke. They couldn't tell what was wrong with him since his head was down, bangs shadowing his face, fists clenched, and his shoulders shaking.

"Meow?" Naruto blinked, "Sakura-chan, Sasuke-teme, what's wrong?"

They heard a snort from Sasuke as one clawed hand flew up to cover his mouth. "You are. You're wrong." He snickered.

"What?" Sai's ears flopped. He then noticed that Naruto was next to him. "What are you doing in my bed, dickless?"

"Your bed?" Naruto lifted an ear at him, "But… your newspapers are over there." Sai looked over. Indeed, the Uzumaki boy was right.

"Wait… then what am I doing over here?"

"AHAHAHAHAHA!" Sakura's booming laugh entered the conversation. Her fists pounded on the floor as she struggled to support herself by holding on to Sasuke. "HAHAHA, OH MY GOD! HAHAHA THAT WAS HILARIOUS!"

Finally, Sasuke couldn't hold it in any longer as he collapsed next to Sakura, clutching his stomach as he howled in laughter. Sakura looked like she was having a seizure.

Sai and Naruto stared at them as if they had suddenly sprouted tentacles.

Still laughing, Sakura wordlessly thrust a Polaroid photo into their hands. Naruto and Sai stared at it.

All color had drained from the artist nin's face as his jaw hung open in shock. Naruto gulped and felt his tail stiffen.

It was a picture of Sai and Naruto, with their arms wrapped around each other and…kissing.

"Who's the gay one now?" Sasuke chuckled.

Angrily, Sai ripped up the photo and crushed the torn pieces with his claws. He growled and bared his fangs at the two. Naruto had gone off to sulk in a corner. "Aw," Sakura manged to calm down a little and went over to hug Naruto, "Don't be sad! You made Sasuke and me laugh!" Naruto smiled a little since he was being hugged by Sakura… and her gigantic chest was being pressed up to his face. Sai and Sasuke shot glares at him.

"Well," Sakura pulled back, still giggling, "I've got to get breakfast started. Sasuke, make sure Naruto and Sai don't start hugging and kissing again."

"HEY!" the blonde and the artist hissed. Sakura merely threw her head back and laughed as she entered the kitchen.

By now Sasuke had managed to settle down and crossed his arms over his chest, but he still held a mocking smirk on his face. Naruto stuck his tongue out at the Uchiha and Sai glared at him. The onyx haired male stood unaffected, just smirking that condescending smile of his.

"DAMMIT, STOP!" Naruto yelled as he pounced on Sasuke.

"Rawr," Sasuke growled, "Get off, dobe!"

Sai stared and thumped his tail on the ground. He would let Naruto beat the traitor for him.

"Breakfast is ready!" Sakura sang as she entered the living room with four bowls. She sweat dropped when she saw that Naruto was trying to attack Sasuke. Amazingly, Sai had produced a tub of popcorn and was watching the scene like it was the most interesting movie in the world.

"Not again," Sakura dug in her pocket for something. She grinned when she found it. "Oh Naruto!" she called.

"Meow?" the blonde looked up from his assault on the Uchiha. He saw Sakura holding a little gray toy mouse. It looked like it was stuffed with something… and a curious odor was resonating from it. Naruto dropped Sasuke with an "Oof!" and headed toward the fluffy toy.

"That's it," Sakura smirked, "Good boy." She then handed him the toy. He cheered and fiddled with it. He then raised it to his nose and took a whiff. Suddenly, his mind felt woozy and he felt… happy.

"Hehe," Naruto plastered a silly grin on his face as he stumble around the apartment, "Oh wow… look at all the pretty colors! Yay!"

Sai and Sasuke stared at Sakura. "Ugly, why is the dickless wonder acting like that?"

"No reason," Sakura smiled a sickeningly sweet smile.

Sasuke stared at her. "Sakura…"

"Okay fine." She slapped them away and huffed. "It's filled with catnip."

"Catnip?" Sai raised an eyebrow at her, "Great. You've turned him into a druggie."

"It's okay," Sakura smiled as she placed their breakfasts in front of them, "Don't worry about it."

Later on, Sakura sat on her couch reading up on a medical technique manual Tsunade had sent her as consolation for her missed lessons with the sannin. Sai slept next to her, crouched up in a ball. His tail unconsciously wagged in his sleep and fanned Sakura. She didn't mind. The breeze felt nice. Sasuke was taking a shower. And Naruto… well, she didn't know where he was but didn't really care.

"He'll be fine," Sakura mumbled as she turned another page in her book. A breeze brushed pass her and she saw a shadow run by in the corner of her eye. Sakura looked up and put her book down. There- she saw the shadow again!

"Naruto?" she called as she stood up. Suddenly, something popped up at her and pinned her against the couch.

"AH!" Sakura threw a hand over her heart. "What the- Oh. Hi Naruto."

She raised an eyebrow at him. He looked a little jumpy and his teeth were chattering.

"Y-You got anymore?" his cerulean eyes darted about suspiciously.

"What?" Sakura pushed him off her, "What are you talking about? Anymore what?"

"You know… the s-stuff!" Naruto's eye twitched. He suddenly jumped and started sniffing the floor.

"I honestly don't know what you're talking about."

"THE STUFF!" Naruto yelled as he grabbed her shoulders. "You know, the happy stuff you gave me this morning! The one that made me go WHEE!"

Sakura gaped at him like he had proposed to Lee. "You mean the catnip?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!" Naruto shook his head profusely and grinned. "Catnip! Meow! I want more catnip! It makes me feel HAPPY!"

Sakura looked bewildered. "S-Sai," she shook her teammate and tried to wake him up. He merely grumbled and placed his hands over his ears. "Sai, wake up! Sai, hey, help me here!" Naruto started inching closer to her. Sakura screamed and started giving Sai whiplash.

"Meow?" Sai groaned as his eyes slowly cracked open.

"You're awake!" Sakura quickly pulled him in front of her, "Now protect me!"

"Eh?" Sai looked back at her and saw her shiver behind his back. He then turned in front of him and yelped when he saw Naruto inch towards them, a zombie-like look on his pale face.

"Meow…" Naruto groaned, "Catnip…"

"OH MY GOD, HE'S CRAZY!"

Sai grabbed Sakura and leapt out of the way as the blonde lunged at them. "Wonderful, now he's a druggie and dickless!"

"AAH!" Sakura and Sai ducked as Naruto threw a vase at them.

"Hey," Sai held his hands up, "Dickless, feel free to maim Ugly however you feel like but leave me out of it."

"Hey!"

"What? You don't expect a beautiful creature like me to die, do you?"

"Well you could at least-"

"CATNIP!"

"AH!" Sakura held on to Sai for dear life as Naruto cornered them. He loomed over the two and reached out with his clawed hand.

"What's going on here?" Sasuke said as he stepped out of the bathroom, rubbing his hair with a towel.

"Sasuke!" Sakura cried out in happiness and ran to hide behind the Uchiha. "Save me," she squeaked.

"What?" Sasuke was about to say more but Naruto lunged at them.

"SAKURA-CHAN, DON'T HOLD OUT ON ME! I NEED MORE!" Naruto howled wildly. He grabbed Sasuke and shook him also. Sai sat on the couch and whipped out another magic bucket of popcorn.

"Dobe, get off of me!" Sasuke growled and pushed Naruto off. The blonde squirmed and jumped up again. Sasuke turned behind him and scooped Sakura up and started running around the apartment, Naruto chasing wildly after them.

Sai fell off the couch laughing his butt off.

"STOP!" Sakura hollered and stamped her foot on the carpet. The whole apartment shook under her fury.

Even the neighbors underneath them felt her wrath as their apartment shook also.

"Ernie, dear," a woman with curlers woke her husband, "What was that? Our apartment started shaking."

"It's probably your stomach, Bertha. I can hardly afford to keep you fed."

"You're so cruel!" Bertha sobbed and waddled out the door to the fridge to get some "comfort food".

Ahem. Well, back to Sakura and the others.

Sakura's chest heaved up and down as she glared at the boys. Sai and Sasuke gulped, but Naruto, still catnip deprived, wasn't fazed. "…Meow? Catnip?"

Sakura threw her hands up as if silently saying to the heavens, "What did I do to deserve this?" She then rubbed her temples. "Alright," the pink haired kunoichi groaned, "You'll get your catnip. Just give me a sec."

The kitsune wagged his tail excitedly. Sai and Sasuke's ears perked up as Sakura went into her bedroom to fetch the herbs. "Are you serious? You're going to give that thing more catnip?"

"Here it is!"' Sakura said as she threw a bag at Naruto.

"Meow!" he grinned and opened the bag and took a huge whiff. Instantly, his face turned green and he threw the bag down in disgust. "Ew… Sakura-chan the catnip smells funny…" Naruto saw the room start to spin and fainted.

His body fell on the floor with a thud. Sai stepped up and poked it. "Ugly, I think you gave him an overdose."

"Don't worry," Sakura bent down and pulled him up, "I gave him some sleeping herbs instead of catnip." She then placed him back on his bed.

"Aa."

Sai flopped back down on his… newspapers and decided to go to sleep also. Sasuke curled up on the sofa and closed his eyes.

Sakura headed to the bathroom to get herself ready for bed as well. Before she left the room, her eyes softened at the boys. She had only been taking care of them for two days and they were already too much to handle. From catfights to catnip-crazed boys, it was getting pretty stressful. Nonetheless, she couldn't help but admit that it was pretty entertaining and gave her more fun than she had in a long time.

"Goodnight, you three," she smiled and turned out the lights.

Sasuke cracked a single eye open to stare at his surroundings. It was late at night and everyone was asleep. He stealthily crawled out of "bed" and headed down the hallway until he found a certain door. Ever so quietly, he creaked it open and slipped inside. He walked deeper inside the room until he found what he was looking for: a bed with a familiar medic nin sleeping underneath its covers.

The Uchiha's face softened at her. Her hair was splayed messily about her pillow and her face was turned so that more of her elegant, white neck was exposed. Sasuke reached out and stroked her soft cheek, taking care not to scratch her with his claws.

He had to admit, originally he had no interest in her whatsoever and thought her to be another weak fan girl. She had proved him wrong. Over time, he caught small glimpses of how much potential Sakura had as a kunoichi- talent which she soon let blossom under her training with Tsunade. Sasuke had began to develop a little thing for Sakura, but merely tossed it aside as "teammate concern". But when he saw Sai with Sakura… he wasn't exactly sure what he felt anymore.

As he continued to stroke Sakura's cheek, something caught his eye. There was a little piece of fluff poking out of sleeve. Sasuke tried to pull it out but winced when he felt pain in his arm. What the-? The Uchiha rolled up his sleeve and gasped. He quickly slipped out the door and hid behind the corner.

Once he was sure nobody could see him if they woke up, Sasuke continued to stare at his arm. It was now covered in fur; a silky coat of midnight blue hair. He narrowed his eyes and pulled his sleeve lower to conceal it. Great, so now he was growing fur. Wonderful. As if having ears, fangs, claws, and a tail wasn't bad enough.

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Sasuke had a feeling that their cat transformations were not yet complete…

Sorry for the late update! Was working on other stories.. hehe. Well, review now please!