"Talking"
'Thinking/Thoughts'
Yami the Kitty
By Yami a.k.a Rachel
Chapter Seven: The Note
Sasuke was having a wonderful dream about the day that Yami would finally be back to her human form. Just as he was about to tell her he loved her, something bright caused him to wake up. He painfully opened his eyes and glared at the window. He then looked over to his other side, thinking he'd see Yami. When he didn't see the kitten anywhere, he panicked. He then noticed a small lump underneath the blankets slowly rising and falling. He slowly took the blankets off and there laid Yami. She suddenly covered her eyes with her front paws when the bright sun shined down on her. "Not nice is it?" Sasuke asked playfully. Yami meowed and Sasuke could have sworn it was more of her sarcasm.
He laughed lightly and got out of bed. As he got what he needed to take his shower, he said "I'm going to take a shower, I'm assuming you're staying here till I get back." When he didn't hear a meow, he turned around. Yami had moved the bed covers so that she was tucked in and comfortable and was once again, asleep. Sasuke found that his mouth was open slightly and quickly closed it. He stared at the sleeping kitten in amazement. "How did she..." He started to say, but didn't finish as he shook his head and walked to the bathroom. He quickly came back and walked over to the window. He closed the curtains and then closed the door on his way back out.
Once Sasuke was done with his shower, he came back to his room for Yami. He opened the door and knelt down on the side of the bed. He had his arms folded on the bed and rested his chin on them as he stared at the still sleeping kitten. "Yami. It's time to get up now." He said. Yami slowly opened her eyes and meowed softly. She noticed that he hadn't tried to dry his hair at all. 'He looks so cute like that.' She thought. "You finally awake?" He asked as he smiled warmly at her. Yami's mouth opened wide as she yawned. Sasuke laughed softly and said "I guess not." As Yami tried to get up, she swayed groggily and plopped back down on the bed.
Sasuke continued to smile and picked her up. Yami meowed in a thank you as the two were heading down to the kitchen. Sasuke sat Yami down on the kitchen counter as he walked over to fix her breakfast. She thought that she should try and move around a bit to try and wake herself up a bit better. Once Sasuke had Yami's bowl of cream ready, he turned around to set it on the counter when he stopped and saw Yami walking back and forth down the counter. "Yami, what are you doing?" He asked in confusion. Yami stopped and meowed in embarrassment. Sasuke smiled and shook his head as he set the bowl down on the counter. Yami was soon all over it as Sasuke began to fix himself something to eat.
After they both had their share of breakfast, they were about to head out to meet Kakashi, when Sasuke remembered the note from last night. Yami was taken by surprise when he quickly turned around and headed back over to a cupboard where he left the note inside the box that it had came in. He opened the cupboard door and took the note out of the box. He stuffed the note in his pocket and headed for the door once more. He locked the door before shutting it completely. The two then made their way to their usual meeting place. Yami took a short and small nap on the way there. This still worried Sasuke, but he never said anything.
When the two finally made it to their meeting place, they saw Kakashi sitting on the ground reading his book. "Good. You're here already. This makes things much easier." Sasuke said as he and Yami made their way towards their sensei. "What are you talking about Sasuke?" Kakashi asked, not moving from his spot on the ground. Sasuke took the note out of his pocket and wordlessly handed it to his sensei. Kakashi put his book away as he read the note. When he finished the note, he stood up and said "We're delaying your training. We must see the Hokage immediately." Kakashi then began walking quickly to the Hokage's office. Sasuke and Yami quickly followed.
They had finally made it to the old man's office. As the Hokage ushered them in, Sasuke sat down and tried to catch his breath. Sasuke had been having a hard time trying to keep up with his sensei's quick and fast pace. "What is it that you wanted to see me about Kakashi?" The Hokage asked as he sat back down in his seat behind his desk. Kakashi took out the note Sasuke had showed him and laid it on the old man's desk. The Hokage took the note and read it. He laid it back down and looked up at the three. He sighed and asked "When did you discover the note?" Sasuke spoke up and said "It was at my door step yesterday afternoon." The Hokage looked at them both and asked "Do any of you recognize the hand writing?" Both men shook their heads and the Hokage once again sighed.
Sasuke looked at the Hokage and almost sounding desperate, asked "Lord Hokage, is there any way of finding out who wrote that note?" The Hokage looked at him for a while and said slowly "Well...there is one way..." Sasuke edged out of his seat a little in anticipation. Kakashi put a hand on his shoulder that didn't have Yami sitting on it. Sasuke looked from Kakashi, to the Hokage in worry. The Hokage continued and said "There is a jutsu that could tell us who all had touched the note. Sasuke got hope in his eyes as he continued to stare at the Hokage. The Hokage said warningly "Now don't get your hopes up Sasuke, the writer could very well have used a jutsu that would make his finger prints unnoticeable."
Sasuke frowned a little and said "I know, but it's worth a try isn't it?" The Hokage looked quickly over at Kakashi who just nodded his head curtly. The Hokage looked back over to the teen and said "Very well. I shall perform the jutsu and I will let you know of my results." With that, the Hokage took the note and left his office. It was silent until Kakashi took out his book and began to read. Sasuke looked from Kakashi, over to his shoulder where Yami was supposed to be. Only Yami wasn't on his shoulder anymore. He looked around and then eventually at his lap to see Yami curled up comfortably and sleeping. "There she goes again." He whispered.
The Hokage soon came back and with a thoughtful look on his face. He walked over and sat down once more and said "Well, I'm not sure what to think of these results." Sasuke sat up in his seat tensely and asked "So what did you find?" The Hokage sighed and said "Well we obviously found your's and Kakashi's prints. We found mine as well, but we did find another set of prints." Sasuke became more tense as he waited for the Hokage to continue. Yami sensed his tension and opened her eyes so she could get up and walk over to his hand and lick it in reassurance. He looked down at her and smiled warmly and sadly.
The Hokage noticed the two and smiled before finally saying "The last set of prints we found belong to Kabuto." Kakashi and Sasuke looked at the man as did Yami. Sasuke got an angry look on his face as he pictured the ninja. The Hokage said, thinking out loud "I don't understand it though. Is he wanting to be caught?" Kakashi looked at the note and said "This is Kabuto, remember. He likes to play mind games." This just made Sasuke even more angry. "Well I'm tired of playing his sick game." He said with anger and irritation. Yami looked up at him sadly and meowed softly. Sasuke's eyes softened as he looked down at her sadly.
The Hokage hated seeing the two like this. They obviously have had a hand full the past few days. Sasuke has been trying to train, when he's constantly worrying about Yami. Yami has continued to sleep more and more with every passing day. Which only made Sasuke worry more. The Hokage didn't think the kitten could help it though. She was only a kitten after all and kittens usually sleep a lot when their at that age...don't they? The Hokage wasn't sure, but what he was sure of, was that they needed to get a hold of Kabuto and fast. Kakashi stared at the Hokage, waiting for the man to continue. "Lord Hokage?"
The Hokage shook his head slightly to clear it of his jumbled thoughts and said "Right, sorry about that." The three of them waited for him to continue. He cleared his throat and said "Well we obviously need to find Kabuto and get him to reverse the jutsu." Sasuke looked down at Yami, who looked up at him and then rubbed her head against his arm and purred. He smiled softly down at her as he listened to the Hokage. "How do you plan on finding him Lord Hokage?" Kakashi asked. The Hokage once again sighed and said "I haven't got that far yet. I'm still working on a plan." Kakashi looked down and thought for a minute when he said suddenly "Maybe if we get the other Jounin to join us and help."
The Hokage thought and thought about it before finally saying "Good idea, better go get them so we can get started." Kakashi nodded and with a poof of smoke, he was gone from his seat. Sasuke looked from his seat, to down at Yami in his lap. He could tell that she was having a hard time not falling asleep. Her eyes would slowly close then quickly reopen. Her head would start to fall but she would catch herself before falling completely. Sasuke smiled sadly and said "Yami, it's alright. You can sleep if you want." Yami looked up at him with glassy eyes as he added "We're going to catch that bast-" but stopped when he suddenly looked up at the Hokage who raised one of his eyebrows and he finished "I mean Kabuto and we're going to get him to change you back."
Yami yawned and licked Sasuke's hand one last time before making herself comfortable and curling up in his lap and falling asleep. Sasuke stared down at her with a sad smile as he smoothed her shiny black coat. This made Yami purr in her sleep. This only made Sasuke's smile bigger as he watched her sleep. The Hokage got up and said "She's not the only one whose going to sleep." Sasuke looked up at him and asked "Lord Hokage, what are you talking about?" The Hokage started making hand signs fast and Sasuke started to feel sleepy. He tried to keep his eyes opened as he asked groggily "Lord Hokage...what are you...doing?" His head fell limp against his chest as he finally fell asleep.
At this time, Kakashi came back with the other Jounin. Gai, who was the last person to enter, closed the office door. Kakashi noticed his unconcious student and asked "What happened to Sasuke?" The Hokage walked around to the front of his desk and answered simply "He fell asleep." Kakashi raised and eyebrow and the Hokage said "Sasuke must not know of our plan. His feelings for Yami will cloud his judgment if he knows of our plan." Asuma spoke up and asked "What exactly is our plan, Lord Hokage?" The Hokage looked down at the two sleeping and said "That's what you are all here for."