"Talking"

'Thinking/Thoughts'

Yami the Kitty

By Yami a.k.a Rachel

Chapter Five: Investigating Part One

Sasuke woke up to meet the bright light of the sun. He turned his head to see Yami still asleep. 'I wonder if kittens are supposed to sleep a lot like Yami does.' He thought. He slowly sat up so as not to wake Yami up and headed to the bathroom to get a shower before heading off to meet Kakashi for another day of training. As he closed the bathroom door Yami's ears twitched as they heard the sound of the door clicking shut. She slowly opened her eyes and quickly closed them. 'Stupid sun, go away.' She thought. She looked over to see that Sasuke wasn't in the room. 'I wonder where he is. Maybe he's in the bathroom. I'll just wait here. Oh wait! Where's that ball of yarn!'

When Sasuke came out of the bathroom he saw a very amusing site. Yami had found her ball of yarn. When she did however, it began to unravel. Although Yami hadn't noticed, so as she was rolling it around the bedroom she notice the ball of yarn slowly getting smaller. When she looked behind her she saw the string had been spread all over the bedroom floor. When Sasuke had arrived though, he saw Yami trying her hardest to ravel the ball of yarn back up, failing miserably all the while. Yami stopped as she heard Sasuke begin to laugh. She noticed that he was already dressed. 'Rats, he must have dressed while in the bathroom.' She thought.

Sasuke picked Yami up and headed toward the kitchen. Yami meowed at Sasuke for laughing at her. She pawed at his cheek. "Hey, sorry. You were funny that's all." He said. Yami meowed in a "Yeah right." Once they got to the kitchen he began his daily routine of getting Yami's breakfast and his own. Once they had finished their breakfast, they headed back to meet Kakashi for the second day of training. Yami made herself comfortable and watched Sasuke train. It was quite fun for her actually. She had never really seen Sasuke train or fight during battle, she was always fighting opponents of her own. 'He's getting really good.' She thought.

After about two straight hours of training, Kakashi had Sasuke take a break. "I can keep going." Sasuke said. "I know you can, but I just don't want to take any chance on you relapsing." Kakashi said. Sasuke highly doubted that. Kakashi probably wanted to go buy another book or something like that. "I'll be right back. Take a few minutes to catch your breath before you start training again." With that, Kakashi was gone in a poof of smoke. Sasuke raised an eye brow and shook his head. He then walked over to Yami and sat down beside her. She looked up at him as he began to pet her. She began to purr and lean in to his touch. He smiled and said "You like that huh? Well I've got a surprise for you when I finish my training for the day."

After about 15 minutes Kakashi came back with, guess what, another book. Sasuke sighed and thought 'I knew it.' He walked back over to the area he had been before and picked up where he left off on his training. Yami took her eyes off Sasuke long enough to look at Kakashi. 'How can he read that stuff. Pervert.' She thought. She then turned her attention back to Sasuke. 'I sure hope he becomes a Chunnin. I can't become one anymore. Unless they find Kabuto and find a jutsu that can change me back before the finals.' Yami was so lost in thought that she nearly jumped eight feet in the air as Sasuke picked her up. "Relax, your fine." He said.

Yami looked up at him confused. "Kakashi wanted to cut my training short today. We're heading to the store before we go home though. There's some things I need to buy. We're running low on food." He said. Yami simply meowed. Sasuke then headed down to the store. Once they were there Sasuke put Yami in a shopping basket. "I'll try not to bury you in food." He said. Yami looked kind of worried but Sasuke just petted her. "I wouldn't do that to you Yami." She meowed in relief. He just smiled and started getting the things he needed.

After about an hour in the store, Yami was sitting on top of a huge pile of food. "That should keep us for a while, don't you think?" Sasuke said. Yami tapped her paw once in a yes. He then got a look of realization on his face. "There's one more thing we need to buy before we can checkout of here." He then headed toward the freezer section of the store. He went over to one of the freezer doors and began looking for something.

While Sasuke was looking for whatever he was looking for, Yami looked around to see what was going on around her. She did a double take as she saw someone that looked a lot like Kabuto. She meowed in confusion. Sasuke stopped what he was doing and asked "Is something wrong Yami?" She looked up at him and then looked back at where she thought Kabuto was. No one was there. "Yami?" She just meowed and licked his paw to let him know that everything was okay. Sasuke looked unsure, but continued what he was doing.

He finally found what he was looking for. Yami was yipping with happiness. Sasuke smiled and said "Calm down, you could get us kicked out." Yami immediately quieted herself, but continued to twitch in excitement. Sasuke had gotten a bottle of cream for Yami. Yami was so excited to try the cream that she completely forgot about the Kabuto look-alike. 'It looks so good!' She thought. Once Sasuke checked to see if it was outdated, the two headed toward the checkout line. As Sasuke was paying for the things he had bought, Yami was looking to see if Kabuto was anywhere. 'It might not have even been him. It sure looked like it though.' She thought.

On their way home Yami was licking at her bottle of cream. "I'm sure the cream will taste a lot better than that bottle." Sasuke said. Yami stopped licking her bottle long enough to stick her tunge out at him. "One of these days I'm going to grab that tunge." Yami licked his hand playfully. He smiled and opened the door to his home. He then went to putting the food away. As Sasuke was putting the food where it belonged, Yami went to play with her ball of yarn. Just as Yami found her ball of yarn Sasuke shouted "Yami, your lunch is ready." She looked from her ball of yarn to the door and back to the yarn. 'Yarn or cream, yarn or cream.' She thought. 'What am I thinking? I want that cream!'

Yami ran down the stairs and leaped onto the counter. There it was, waiting for her, a large bowl of cream. She walked over to the bowl and dipped her tunge in the white substance. She lifted her head and meowed in delight. "I'm glad you like it." He said. As Yami was drinking her cream, Sasuke made his own lunch. Just as Sasuke finished making his lunch, Yami was finished with hers. She leaped onto the table that Sasuke was eating at. While Sasuke was eating he said "Once I'm finished, we are heading over to Kakashi's." Yami tilted her head to the side in confusion. "We are going to see if there is some way to change you back." He said.

Sasuke had finished his lunch and put the dishes in the sink. "I'll do dishes when we get back from Kakashi's." He then picked Yami up and locked the door to his house. Sasuke knocked on Kakashi's door a few times. Kakashi opened the door with a smile. "I'm glad you two could make it. Me and the Hokage were just talking about you." Sasuke was a little nervous, but didn't show it. Kakashi let the two in and the Hokage said "Okay, so lets get to work then shall we?"