Chapter 2 Born Into What World
The firstborn kitten opened his yellow/brown/gray eyes to see that he was in a fleece bed and was surrounded by furry bodies. What's going on, he thought. Who am I, who are they, where am I? He turned his head to see someone sitting next to the bed. Who is he? He turned to see the other furry bodies sleeping. Why do they look so familiar? Suddenly, a realization struck him. I know these furballs but how? I c-can't remember. He thought hard and then remembered who he was and who these other things might be. I'm Sasori, and they must be from the Akatsuki with me. But what happened? He thought for a second and looked around the room. Sasori was in a room with a white wall with a window across from the door.
"Hey you! Check out those eyes of yours," Nekki mused. He picked him up and scratched behind his ears. "You're such a cutie." Nekki put him down in his lap after scratching him.
Who is this person? Did he just say kitten? Sasori looked himself over then realized that he was indeed a kitten. He looked up at the person. They had short dark blue/ gray hair with black streaks and a green eye and blue eye. The person had an Asian look but also an American. He turned.
"Oh look, your brother woke up. How strange, his eyes are magenta," Nekki said.
Brother? Magenta eyes? Sasori was confused by this. I remember, someone named Hidan had magenta eyes. But he's not my brother. He looked around to find the magenta-eyed kitten on the person's lap. He had dark gray fur with light gray stripes and on his face what looked like a light gray skull.
"Hey kitty. Wow, you're weird," Nekki said. He began to stroke the kitten and realized he had a necklace with a pendant around his neck. "Now where'd you get that?" Nekki asked. The kitten looked up at her with his round magenta eyes. He meowed then had a shocked expression on his furry little face.
"What the hell is going on?" Hidan meowed. "Who am I?"
"You're Hidan from the Akatsuki and I'm Sasori," Sasori explained to the clearly confused Hidan.
"I- I remember now. THAT F***ING LITTLE S*** BURIED ME ALIVE!" Hidan yowled. Nekki looked down at the little kitten that yowled.
"Well, you have a strong voice. Oh look, the others are waking up," Nekki said. Sure enough the other Akatsuki members were waking up. A brown tabby with stitch-like stripes and tan paws woke up and opened his eyes.
"Look at your eyes! That's… strange. They're red but you have lime green pupils," Nekki exclaimed. The kitten stared at Nekki and for a second. The kitten was appeared to be examining him.
Pretty soon the rest of the kittens were waking up and seeing for the first time. Sasori and Hidan told the others what happened before they were kittens and who they were.
Let me explain what each of them looked like. The way I list them will be birth order as well. Sasori was a reddish tabby with brown stripes and tan face, paws, and tail tip. He had yellow brown eyes. Hidan was as I explained before and I'm not explaining it again because I don't want to. Kakuzu was already explained. Deidara was a pale yellow kitten with blotches and spots of different shades of brown. He had sky blue eyes and long sections of fur over his left eye. Not when we're facing him and look into his face. From his point of view. Itachi is nearly black with crimson front paws and white back paws as well as a red and white tail. He has red eyes with three smaller dots around his pupil (a.k.a. his sharingan). Pein is orange with a cream underbelly, paws and tail tip. He also has dark gray spots around his nose, under his lip, and on his ears (his piercings). His eyes were a stormy gray with smaller circles (his rinnagae or whatever it's called). The rest of them aren't in any birth order cause they never died in the manga or anime. Konan was indigo with a pale blue underbelly, face, tail tip, and spots. Her eyes were a green. She also had a flower-like shape next to her right ear. Kisame was a paleish blue with a darker blue stripe down his back. His tail is also dark blue. His eyes are white and he has black stripes under his eyes and on his shoulders (his "gills"). Tobi/ Madara is pure black except for an orange spot on his right eye and dark brown paws. His eyes are black unless they are sharingan. Zetsu is black and white. His right side was black and his left side was white. He also has green forelegs and yellow eyes.
"So, we died and reincarnated into kittens and were sent into another world?" Pein asked Sasori and Hidan. They both nodded.
"Isn't it said that when you reincarnate, you forget your past life?" Konan asked.
"We didn't know at first but we remembered later. Maybe we're not supposed to remember," Sasori meowed. While the kittens were conversing, Nekki watched them intently as if understanding their conversation.
"Tobi's a good boy!" Tobi meowed.
"Shut up Tobi, un!" Deidara hissed. He swatted Tobi in the face.
"Senpai's being a meany!" Tobi whined. Deidara began scuffling with Tobi and started to fight with him.
"Owwie Senpai! That hurts!" Tobi wailed.
"Hey stop that you two. Stop fighting," Nekki ordered. He separated them and noticed the kittens were together in pairs. "Strange kittens", he muttered. "Okay kittens my name is Nekki Giniki. I'm going to wait a while before naming you so I can get to know your personalities now that your eyes are open," Nekki explained.
Hidan walked in front of Nekki so that he can see him and yowled, "Feed me d*** it! Get moving, b******!"
"It's you again, with the loud voice," Nekki said. "What do you want, hm?"
"You idiot, he can't understand you," Kakuzu mewed to Hidan.
"F*** you," Hidan said. Kakuzu hissed and Hidan launched himself onto Kakuzu's back. The two of them began to fight.
"Now don't you two fight," Neko said. He separated both of them but not without getting a few scratches.
"Control you tempers you guys," Pein hissed. "Don't hurt our host until we know more about him," he ordered.
"We now know his name is Nekki Giniki," Konan mewed.
"I don't care. I'm hungry, d*** it!" Hidan whined. He walked up to Nekki and bit his ankle.
"You're hungry, eh? Alright." He brought out the bag of formula and mixed it with some warm water. Nekki poured the formula into the bottles.
"Okay, who else hungry?" Nekki asked loudly. He saw a couple of the kittens' heads turn and they all came running over to him. Hidan mewled innocently and pawed at his feet.
"Alright, I'll feed you first since you asked," Nekki said. He picked Hidan up and held the bottle to his mouth. For a second the kitten looked at the bottle, confused. He looked at Neko with his magenta eyes and mewed.
"What? I've been bottle-feeding you guys for a while and now you suddenly dislike it? It's not time for guys to be weaned. A few more days," Nekki explained to Hidan. "Drink up." He pushed the bottle towards Hidan's mouth and the gray kitten reluctantly began to drink. Nekki thought he heard some of the kittens snicker. He saw Hidan give a glare towards all of the other kittens while he drank.
"Now it's your turn, the rest of you," Nekki announced. The other kittens looked a little reluctant but one of the kittens, Tobi, bounced right up to Nekki and started to drink from the bottle. The others began to follow suite and soon all of the kittens were drinking the formula.
"Soon, maybe in a week, you'll start eating solid food," Nekki concluded.
The next week, Nekki said he had a surprise for the kittens.
"It's Christmas tomorrow so you guys behave yourselves while I'm gone," Nekki said. "You know that you have to go in the litter box and you can't scratch the furniture. Also, don't fight while I'm gone. Don't attack the tree either." Nekki opened the front door and left. He closed the door and locked it.
"What's Christmas?" Hidan asked.
"I believe that it's a religious holiday celebrated by a specific religion," Kisame said. Hidan's ears perked at the word 'religion'. Kisame smirked. "I can tell you are interested in this so-called, Christmas," Kisame mewed. Hidan nodded.
"You got that d*** right," Hidan hissed.
"Tobi wants to know what Christmas is!" Tobi meowed loudly. He started jumping around Deidara, who immediately hissed and swatted Tobi.
"Nekki said no fighting," Itachi mewed. He was lying down next to Kisame who was now washing his face with his paws.
"Oh, and you're going to be the goody-two-shoes?" Deidara challenged. Itachi ignored the comment and closed his eyes.
"I agree with Itachi. We should refrain from fighting each other since we don't if this boy may leave us," Pein meowed.
"Then what do we do if we're bored, Pein-sama?" Sasori meowed dully.
"Did he say when he'd get back?" Kisame asked. The kittens looked around to see if any of them knew. All of them had blank expressions.
"That's pretty," Konan purred, breaking the silence. She was staring at one of the ornaments on the Christmas tree.
"What is it? Looks dumb," Zetsu mewed.
"Is this tree an offering or something?" Hidan asked.
"Looks expensive. I bet it could be sold for a fortune," Kakuzu mused.
"F*** you and your money," Hidan hissed. He took a swipe at Kakuzu but the brown tabby dodged.
"Tsk tsk tsk. You know better than to fight, little baby," Kakuzu joked. Hidan, enraged, threw himself onto Kakuzu with his claws unsheathed. The two of them were too busy rolling around fighting each other that they didn't notice how close they were to the tree. Hidan backed up into a low ornament and it fell off of the tree and shattered. All of the kittens jumped at the noise.
"Great job, idiot. Now you broke something," Kakuzu snarled.
"Now we know we shouldn't fight. It may break something," Pein mewed.
"No s***, Sherlock," Hidan hissed. Pein gave him an angry stare that quickly silenced the sharp-tongued kitten.
"Let's try to clean it up before he gets back," Konan suggested. The kittens began to sweep up the shattered ornament when they heard the front door open. The kittens scattered and tried to look like nothing happened. Itachi and Kisame pretended to be sleeping in Nekki's sneakers, Deidara and Sasori pretended to chase each other, Tobi played with Zetsu's tail, Hidan and Kakuzu greeted Nekki, while Pein and Konan washed their fur.
"Now what were you all doing while I was away?" Nekki asked as he came into the house with both hands full of bags. He spied the broken ornament on the floor. Kakuzu saw that the Asian American noticed and tried to get his attention by mewling at him. Nekki stared at Kakuzu.
"Oh, I get it. That's why you're all acting like nothing happened. You guys are horrible liars," Nekki said putting the bags down and crossed his arms. All of the Akatsuki suddenly took a liking to their paws.
"Looks like I hit the nail on the head," Nekki declared. "Don't worry, I'll clean it up, it was bound to happen." Nekki walked over to the closet and brought out a broom and dustpan and he swept up the broken pieces of the ornament. He smiled at the kittens.
"You're not in trouble," Nekki assured. He checked the clock. "Looks like it's lunch time. You get to try some solid food today." Nekki brought out a chicken breast from the refrigerator, and watched the kittens crowd around his feet. They watched him shred the chicken and put it into a large dish. Nekki placed it on the floor and watched as the kittens swarmed the bowl.
"I guess you guys were hungry or were tired of formula," Nekki laughed. "Now don't eat too much or you'll get sick." The kittens all mewed at him. He stroked a few of them and they purred while enjoying their meal. Soon, the kitten stopped eating and there was a little chicken left. Neko picked up the bowl and placed the leftover chicken in a small container and put it in the fridge. He saw that the kittens were content with their meal and were now washing themselves and each other.
"Alright guys, I'm going to my room and no one follow me," Nekki said. He picked up the bags and went up the stairs. Tobi started to bound up the stairs until Zetsu grabbed Tobi's tail and dragged him back down the stairs he climbed.
"Tobi wonders what he's doing," Tobi meowed. He bounced around a bit before chasing his own tail.
"Well, at least he wasn't angry at us," Kakuzu mewed. He was washing his face acting really calm.
"That was good chicken, un," Deidara purred as he licked his lips. He looked towards Sasori. "What did you think?"
"It was a little cold," Sasori admitted after thinking a while.
"That was f***ing good chicken!" Hidan meowed. He yawned showing his sharp little kitten teeth then curled up on the rug and fell asleep.
"Let's all get some rest," Pein half mewed half yawned.
"Itachi move over," Kisame mewed nudging the dark kitten. Itachi made a muffled 'uh huh' because his paws were curled in front of his mouth. He moved over a little then began to breath deeply. Kisame sighed because there wasn't much room on the pillow so he lay down next to Itachi and fell asleep.
"Can Tobi sleep with Senpai?" Tobi asked Deidara.
"Can't you sleep with Zetsu, un?" Deidara grumbled. Tobi shook his head. Deidara mumbled something then turned his head away from Tobi. Tobi's ears and tail drooped and he walked away. He decided to sleep under the tree. Soon, all of the Akatsuki were asleep.
When Nekki came down, he saw all of the kittens sleeping in different places. The blue kitten was sleeping next to the black, crimson, and white kitten on a couch pillow. The dark gray tabby was sleeping on top of the brown tabby under the coffee table. The black, white, and green kitten managed to climb into the potted plant pot and was wrapped around the flowers. The orange and cream kitten was curled next to the indigo and pale blue kitten. The black kitten with the orange spot was sleeping under the tree with his paws and tail twitching.
They look peaceful, Nekki thought. He ran back upstairs to get his camera. When he came back, spotted kitten was walking over to the red tabby and curled up next to him. The young adult snapped a photo of them and of the other kittens.
After a few hours, the kittens woke up from their naps. Then they heard a shout and a numerous bangs from down the hall. All of the kittens jumped at the loud noise.
"What the f***was that?" Hidan yowled.
"Let's check it out," Pein mewed. All of the kittens were running down the hallway when they saw Nekki breathing hard with a both hands holding one mallet. The mallet was hovering over a smushed, hairy thing. The kittens peered at the pile of guts on the ground and it had a few legs twitching.
"Sp-sp-spi-a spi-a –der-der," Nekki stammered as he shook tremendously. He dropped the mallet and ran down the hall, ignoring the kittens and nearly stepped on Tobi.
"What could have freaked him out like that?" Kisame asked. He looked towards his partner for answers. Itachi looked around the hallway and noticed that a door in front of them was open a crack.
"It was probably from in there," Itachi guessed. He tried to open the door, but it was too heavy for him. Kisame began helping him and soon the door was open.
"Let's go," Sasori mewed. His expression looked bored even though they were going to an unknown place.
"Tobi's scared. Senpai, please protect me," Tobi whimpered.
"No way, un!" Deidara hissed. They all started to jump down the steps when the door suddenly slammed shut. The Akatsuki kittens were lost in darkness.