"Talking"
'Thinking/Thoughts'
Yami the Kitty
By Yami a.k.a Rachel
Chapter Six: Investigating Part Two
"First, I should let you know a few things," the Hokage started. "The ANBU are still searching for Kabuto, but have found no site of him." At that moment, Yami wished she could talk human. She wanted to tell the others the incident at the store, but couldn't. "So far Kabuto is our only suspect. Then again, if he's working with Orochimaru, then Orochimaru himself could be a suspect. I'll have more ANBU look in to it." "We really appreciate all that your doing Lord Hokage." Sasuke said. Yami meowed in agreement. The old man smiled and said "I do all that I can for the villagers."
"As for a way to change Miss. Koi back to her human form," he continued. "I have some of Konoha's best ninja looking for a counter jutsu that could possibly change her back." Yami's eyes lit up at the statement. Then her ears drooped. Sasuke noticed this and said "Yami, aren't you happy about that?" She just meowed softly, almost sadly. Sasuke looked up at the Hokage and his sensei. Kakashi was looking strangely at Yami. 'Something's not right.' He thought. 'That's odd.' The Hokage thought. 'If I'm changed back, then I won't get to spend time with Sasuke. But I have to be changed sometime I guess.' Yami thought. Sasuke looked down at Yami. 'Yami...'
"Although, I have a feeling that the only way Yami will be properly changed back is to find the person that changed her in the first place." Kakashi said. "I agree. I'll get in touch with the researchers and see if they found anything that can help us with both cases. I'll have some ANBU search the scene of the changing, maybe our suspect left something." The Hokage said. "So do you think that Yami will be changed back before the finals. Remember, she made it to the finals." Sasuke said. The Hokage nodded and said "Yes, I remember quite well. Her fight was fun to watch." Sasuke was curious to see just how well Yami's fight had gone. He looked down to see her sleeping. 'There she goes again.'
"Hey Kakashi, Lord Hokage, do cats sleep a lot?" He asked. The two men looked at each other then at Sasuke. "I'm not sure Sasuke. I'm a dog lover, so I don't know much about cats." Kakashi said. The Hokage thought for a moment, then said "I'm not for certain, why do you ask Sasuke?" Sasuke looked down at Yami and said "Well it's just that Yami's been sleeping a lot lately." He then looked up at them and said " I could just be over reacting. I've never had a pet before, so I don't know exactly how to take care of one or how to know what's okay and what's not." The Hokage smiled warmly and said "Well from the looks of things, you are taking good care of Yami." Sasuke nodded his thanks.
"Yeah, at least Yami hasn't turned into a fat cat." Kakashi said. Yami's eyes flashed open. 'Oh no.'Sasuke thought. He grabbed Yami just as she was about to leap for Kakashi. Yami was trying her hardest to get out of Sasuke's grip, but he was just too strong. To be honest though, Sasuke was having a little bit of a hard time trying to keep his hold on Yami from totally tearing up his sensei's face. 'Call me fat will he!!!' She thought. Meanwhile the Hokage was laughing lightly at the site. "I didn't call you fat Yami." Kakashi said. You could tell that he was smiling behind his mask. "You only suggested it." Sasuke said. Yami had finally calmed down long enough for Sasuke to set her back down on his lap.
Sasuke then realized something. He looked over at the Hokage, "Will this delay the finals?" The Hokage smiled and said "Don't worry Sasuke, the finals will go on as planned." Sasuke sighed inwardly. "The worst that could happen is that Yami doesn't get to participate in the finals. And we will find some way for her to take her final if she is changed back after the finals are over." Yami meowed in delight. The Hokage once again smiled and said "I'm assuming that's a thank you." Yami tapped her paw once. "Ah, I see that technique is working out nicely for you." "Okay you two, you can go now. Same place, same time tomorrow Sasuke." Kakashi said, opening the door to let the two out. "Got it." Sasuke said. With that, the two were gone.
Kakashi sat back down on the couch and said "So what do you think of them Lord Hokage?" The old man closed his eyes and smirked. "I think someone's being a little over protective." Kakashi smiled and said "He was kind of obvious wasn't he." The Hokage nodded, looking at Kakashi. "Although I do agree that he is taking excellent care of Yami. I'm curious as well as to why she is supposedly sleeping too much." "Hard to tell." The sensei said. The Hokage then got a serious look on his face. "What is it Lord Hokage?" "If the two do end up together, perhaps Yami can keep Sasuke from going to Orochimaru. You and I both know what that snake is after." Kakashi nodded and said "She might. That's if they get together." "Well I have a feeling that they might." The two exchanged smiles.
"Although we have to be careful when the finals take place. It would be the perfect opportunity for Orochimaru to attack the village." The old man said, getting serious again. "I agree. It will be much easier for him to attack with so many people in just one spot. With no one in the village to protect it, it would be easy for him to destroy it." "Then again, he might not try anything for awhile, but the timing is just too tempting for him not to take his chance." "Very true." The Hokage said, nodding his head. "Well I think it's time for me to go. See you soon Kakashi." "See you." With that said, the Hokage left. 'Now I can finally get back to my reading.' Kakashi thought.
Back at Sasuke's house, both Sasuke and Yami were bored out of their minds. Sasuke was lounging on the couch with Yami on his stomach. Yami was, of course, sleeping. Her light purring was lulling Sasuke to sleep. Eventually, they both were dead to the world, until a pounding on the door woke them both up. Yami jumped off of Sasuke so he could get the door. When he opened the door, no one was there. He looked down when Yami pawed at his leg. Laying at his feet was a small box. He picked up the box and closed the door. The two walked back over to the couch and sat down to investigate what was inside the box.
"Wonder who it's from." Sasuke said to no one in particular. Yami meowed and pawed at the side of the box. Once Sasuke opened the box, he looked inside. Inside was a note. He picked up the note and read aloud. "Just a few more days and your free. The game is drawing to a close with you as the winner. Keep it up." He put the note back in the box. He looked down at Yami to see what she thought about the note. Yami had a look of fear on her face. "Yami, what's wrong?" Yami shook her head and licked his hand to let him know that she was alright. She then nuzzled into his arm and purred. 'Odd...' He thought.
After Sasuke had put the box in a safe place, he had decided to show the note to the Hokage and Kakashi tomorrow. They were once again bored. Sasuke decided to go and get some side training done, seeing as how his training with Kakashi had been cut short. As he was walking out to go training, Yami walked up behind him and meowed. More like wined. He turned around and knelled down. "What's wrong Yami?" Yami tugged on his pant leg, trying to get him to follow her. "You want me to follow you?" Yami tapped her paw once hurriedly. She then ran up the steps. "Hey wait!"
Once Sasuke had reached the top of the stairs, he saw Yami waiting at his door. He tilted his head to the side and said "What is it?" The kitten walked in his room and waited for him to follow. When Sasuke entered his room he saw Yami sitting patiently beside his drawing pad and pencils. Sasuke sighed in relief. 'Thank goodness, nothing was wrong.' He thought. He then walked over and said "So you want me to draw some more?" Yami tapped her paw once with enthusiasm. He laughed lightly and said "Okay, as long as you don't fall asleep on me." Yami meowed in happiness.
Sasuke took the pad and a pencil and sat on his bed. Yami was going to sit beside him, when Sasuke said "Oh no, you stay there. Give me a pose." Yami thought for a minute then went and got her ball of yarn. She then hopped back on the bed with her ball of yarn. What she did then made Sasuke want to laugh his head off. Yami decided to lay on her ball of yarn. She looked quite happy actually. "Alright, just don't fall off." He said with a smirk. Yami was wondering if Sasuke was going to try and shake the bed and make her fall off. She meowed in worry and Sasuke said "Don't worry, I wouldn't do anything to mess up the pose." She meowed in relief.
After an hour or so, Sasuke had drawn two more pictures of Yami. The one with her and her ball of yarn from earlier, and another one only Yami was in human form with cat ears and tail. "You like them?" He asked. Yami tapped her paw once in excitement. Sasuke was going to close the drawing pad, when Yami stopped him. He looked at her and said "What is it?" She then leaped down and got the pack of colored pencils that Sasuke had used to color his other pictures with. Catching on, he said "So you want me to color them now huh?" Yami tapped her paw once. "Okay, hand them over." Yami did so with happiness.
Once Sasuke had colored the two pictures he had just drew, Yami convinced him to color the other pictures that he left uncolored. After about two hours of straight coloring, Sasuke said "Okay, it's time for dinner." Yami was so busy looking at Sasuke's drawings that she didn't hear him. He noticed that when she was looking through his drawing pad, she would always stop and stare at the picture of her as an angel for the longest time. 'I wonder...' He thought. Sasuke then picked Yami up. This made Yami meow in alarm. "Relax, your alright. It's time for dinner." Yami relaxed as they headed down toward the kitchen.
He once again had fixed himself something very simple to eat, rice and chicken. Yami had her cream which she savored ever lick of. "Once I finish the dishes, we're calling it a day. Got it?" He said, putting dishes in the sink. Yami tapped her paw once. He smiled and began running the water. When he had poured the soap into the sink, bubbles had started floating around the kitchen. Yami, having obtained cat like traits, began jumping for the bubbles. Sasuke stopped what he was doing to watch the scene unfold. Yami had been jumping all over the kitchen to catch the same bubble. He laughed lightly as she finally popped the bubble.
When the dishes were dried and put away, Sasuke picked up Yami and headed for his bedroom. He sat Yami down on the bed and got some night clothes to dress in. Yami was too tired to watch Sasuke undress so she just closed her eyes and waited for him to pick her back up. Once Sasuke was finished, he picked Yami back up and said "I don't know how you could possibly be sleepy after sleeping almost all day." Yami looked at him and meowed sleepily. He smiled and shook his head. He laid down as Yami snuggled up beside him.