Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, never will, don't even want to. What I do want to own however is a cat, and some brownies… I hope you like the chapter, it has some action, training and something that you could've guessed. Yet again thanks for the reviews, follows and favourites, I didn't think so many would like the story!
"Naruko-san, we only have two months of training left before you start the academy year, we will still be training during your period of schooling but in a far less quantity."
"Only two more months DattebaNya! Not that I don't like your training sensei… I just…"
Baldy nodded his head "I understand, you want to meet others your age."
Only two more months until I was going to the bratty school with my pet human and I didn't look forward to it but for Naruko I would do almost anything. We've had a few breaks here and there in which we mostly played games like catch, hide and seek and my personal favourite…Torture the thieving sensei!
"Now let's see how your new Jutsu are going, first up is the Buddha's Protection."
I looked on as Naruko summoned a small layer of blue and red chakra around her body, this was the so-called Buddha's Protection and it was quite pretty, the contrasting colours it produced did catch your attention and I even tried learning it myself to become even more magnificent.
"Now hold it up while I attack you, we're going to test how many of my fists it can block."
Naruko nervously stood there as there was no way of knowing when it would stop protecting her and only weakly nodded "One fist, two fists..." the baldy kept hitting my poor pet until her protection finally broke…
"Twenty-seven fists." It shattered and Naruko slumped to the ground panting, I went up to her and tried to comfort her by some licks here and there. "Thank you Tora-chan…"
"Decent work Naruko-san I didn't expect it to hold on for that long but there is still much room for improvement. Next up is the Camouflage Technique."
"..H…Hai sensei…" it worried me a little that her sensei required her to commit to the training so much that she wasn't even allowed to take a breather… I cared for my favourite human and seeing her get hurt also hurt me. And there's nothing worse than me getting hurt!
Naruko slowly started blending in with her surroundings but it was nowhere near perfect especially for my cat eyes. When standing still she might not be really stealthy but it did help during hide and seek and even in the spars with her sensei.
My Naruko put on the technique and together with her extremely fast speed, even for my standards, she just disappears from sight enough to strike! She's becoming more like a true cat, she uses her trickery to her advantage and is so agile and quick that it makes me proud!
My favourite human has come so far in the years I've known her, it's just… just great… *snif* no I'm not crying or being sentimental, don't even talk about that!
"Also decent, you've improved tremendously Naruko-san. Especially considering that this is an A-rank technique, you will be using these two Jutsu during your entire career."
"Sensei… do you think I'm ready for the academy? Am I… am I strong enough?" How can she even ask that?! She's far stronger than any of the brats that tried catching me during all those years, come on pet you have to be less insecure!
"Do you want my professional opinion or my personal one?"
"…Both?" she began poking her fingers at each other in nervousness and I jumped up on her head to calm her down. "Tora-chan?"
"Miauw"
"I don't have to worry?"
"Miauw!"
"Really? Thank you Tora-chan."
Baldy just looked at us with an arched eyebrow and had no idea what I said to my pet…
"I'm going to ignore that, but yes Naruko-san you are more than ready. Your Taijutsu is at a very high level and so are the Ninjutsu you use to augment your strength. Tracking and stealth are by far your best trained skills and that's proven in the games of hide and seek, even your sensei have to become serious in hiding themselves or else we stand no chance."
"So just like Tora-san apparently said, don't worry. You've done all of us proud" a rare smile appeared on the baldy's face, Naruko ran up and gave him a hug "Thank you sensei!"
Just this once baldy, the next time you hug her I will give you the paw of righteous justice for touching my property!
"Your next training is with Tou and Seiko, you have one hour to rest until they arrive."
"Thank you sensei!"
He threw the well-deserved reward as he left and Naruko was once again sitting on the ground in bliss, I admit the cookies are decent but still not worthy of my sophisticated pallet on every occasion.
Baldy nodded "Till next time" and walked away. Damn we're going to have the menace next, I thought we had at least three more days before we would see her again! Although she did make Naruko-chan great in dodging attacks… most of the training with her just consisted of dodging as she wanted to pet Naruko's tail!
I walked up to my pet and sat on her lap for the one hour of rest and purred in satisfaction as she stroked my fur. If only we could just stay like this forever…
"Tora-chan are you excited for school?" her pleading eyes wanted just one answer from me.
"Miauw…"
"You're not?" her head slumped down in sadness and I licked it from her lap "Miauw Miauw"
"You don't like others touching me, you don't want to get annoyed by other kids?"
Damn right, "Miauw!"
"Don't worry Tora-chan I won't let them. You're still number one in my heart and will always be my bestest friend!"
I know I know, you will never leave the magnificent me, why would you? But I appreciate the sentiment my pet. A few more licks and our quiet relaxing moment was brutally interrupted as Naruko flashed away from underneath me!
"Naruko-chan!"
I saw the menace barely a few centimetres away from me and instantly knew why she disappeared "I'm sorry Tora-chan but it was either this or her getting my tail…"
"Miauw" Don't worry my pet you made the right choice!
"Tail! Get back here Naruko-chan!" The menace kept running and flashing towards my Naruko but failed to touch her or her tail each and every time!
"Tou get here, now!"
"Seiko-san!" the menace finally left us alone and stood next to the extremely serious Seiko as if nothing happened, the bitch, how dare she act so innocent!
Seiko was one of the more decent sensei my pet had, sure he was serious but he also had his acceptable points, one, he never tried touching Naruko just like the baldy, two he liked games.
And the most important point, he kept the menace in check! She listened to his every command and whenever he was near she would never try anything!
"Good afternoon Naruko-san and Tora-san. It's time for your next training, we've got a special one ready for you this time."
Naruko's eyes sparkled "Special?! Tell me DattebaNya!"
"We're going to train you together in two of our personal Jutsu, the Paralysis palm and Flying Swallow. The first makes every hit slightly paralyse your opponent and the second lets you extend the range of your claws."
Huh, but she already does that? "Miauw?"
"Tora-chan's right, don't I already extend my range?" she tilted her head like she always does in confusion even if she doesn't realise that it makes her extremely cute…
"Naruko-chan you're so cute!" she's true on that point but I still hate her.
"Tou don't you dare! Stay here!"
"Hai Seiko… spoilsport…" Why can't we bring him with us everywhere we go, that would save so much trouble! Maybe...
"As for your question. Although you extend your range with the help of the Cat's chakra this is still not true extension. The technique we are going to teach you will make your claws even sharper, longer and you may even be able to stay connected to the claws you shoot out."
"I can?!" Sparkle sparkle she's becoming excited yet again.
A nod came as a response and she cheered while jumping up and down "So cool DattebaNya!"
"It's indeed a strong technique, especially combined with the Paralysis Palm if you manage to eventually fuse them. We've never been able to do so but maybe you will succeed in the future."
I'm sure Naruko will, she's awesome just like me so there's nothing we can't do!
"Now then Naruko-san, are you ready?"
"Hn!" she excitedly nodded
"Then first up is the Paralysis palm, in theory this is a very simply technique, but to use it successful in combat is an entirely different thing. You infuse your hands with a small amount of lightning chakra and continuously keep it there, the moment you touch somebody that electricity will pass over to them and that's it."
"But! The difficult part is keeping that lightning chakra on your hands, lightning is not an easy element and will often harm its caster as much as its target. So you will have to build up a resistance to your own lightning."
"This will hurt and can be considered an arduous task but we have the utmost confidence that you will be able to so."
"I will DattebaNya!" she pumped her fist in the air and I did the same with my paw, this was going to be great! Now we can paralyse the menace and take our revenge!
We, or rather my pet, trained for the next couple of hours in this remarkably useful technique as I watched her and payed close attention, she made steady progress and after a while the training switched to the next Jutsu.
I didn't really care about this one as it sounded a bit more boring but I graciously gave them my attention nonetheless.
"The next technique is the Flying Swallow, for this technique you infuse your claw with either wind or lightning chakra and imagine it growing longer, I will show you."
The serious sensei took out a small knife and it began to glow yellow, we could see the chakra form an even larger knife around it and he sliced a nearby rock with it. The rock got sliced clean through, this was a useful cat technique! Our claws are our primary weapon, having longer and sharper claws is always great!
"Lightning chakra makes the knife sharper but also electrocutes the opponent, wind however makes it so sharp that it will be able to cut almost anything."
Her hand shot up for a question "Can't I just use both then?! Then it does both!"
"Sadly you can't, lighting and wind chakra cancel each other out, you may have a different effect with the cat's chakra but that is for you to determine."
The rest of the day was a bit boring, I once again watched Naruko train and fell asleep half way through until she woke me up "Tora-chan, it's dinnertime!"
Oeh now that's something worth waking up for! "Miauw!" let's go!
She picked me up and held me to her chest as we rushed off to our feast, this process of training, eating and sleeping continued for the last two months and at the end of it I mostly just slept… I'm not ashamed to admit it, I'm still able to enjoy my peace and quiet now but that would stop soon…
( 7 days until school )
"Tora-chan only seven more days! I'm almost going to school DattebaNya!"
I know, you've been telling me every damn day the entire past month! "Miauw!"
"Hehe sorry Tora-chan, I'm just a bit excited, I wonder if I'll make friends… do you think the other kids are nice?"
No they're not, they're all damn brats that don't know when to shut up! "Miauw…"
"You think they will be?! I hope so too!"
No need to spoil her excitement though.
( 6 days until school )
"Six more days DattebaNya!" I chased my pet as she ran through the corridors with so much energy that it tired me out! How can somebody have this much energy!
( 5 days until school )
I'm freaking out over here this is just mental! Where is her off button?!
( 1 day until school…)
SHUT UP! I'M DYING OVER HERE, STOP WITH YOUR SHOUTING AND RUNNING AND SIT THE KAMI DOWN! "MIAUW!"
"But Tora-chan only one more day!"
I KNOW! YOU'VE SAID THAT 203 TIMES ALREADY AND IT'S ONLY MORNING!
"Naruko-chan calm down, I know you're excited but you have to keep that energy for school, can't have you falling asleep there and missing a chance to meet friends now can we?"
Good move fatty that will make her stop!
"I'm sorry Kaa-san…" she calmed down a bit and sat down for lunch.
"Don't worry dear it's fine, but I will miss having you around all day long, it's going to be quiet around here. And you're taking Tora-chan with you… Naruko-chan, I'm going to be so lonely!"
"Don't worry Kaa-san I'm sure Tora-chan will let you hug her when we return!"
"She will?!" I will?! Hold up I never agreed to this!
"Hn! I think I know why she doesn't like you hugging her!"
"Why?! Tell me! I want to be able to hug my Tora-chan again!"
"Tora-chan, paws out." Okay? She put her palms in front of her and I did as she 'asked' and put my paws in front of hers…
"Do you dislike Kaa-san?"
…No, I don't, I did… but over the years I've sadly grown to like her a bit, she treats us well especially my pet so no, I don't dislike her. I put my paw on Naruko's left palm.
"She says no Kaa-san, she doesn't dislike you"
"Then why doesn't she let me hug her…" the fatty was beginning to sob and I couldn't stand the sight of her doing that… but I would see where Naruko-chan was going with this.
"Do you dislike her hugs?" I slammed my paw on her right palm so many times that it began hurting! I utterly despise her bone crunching hugs!
The fatty began crying "Wait up Kaa-san I'm almost done, trust me!"
"Do you hate them because they're bone crunching?"
Again I slammed my paw on her right palm!
"Would you mind her hugging you if she did it gently like I do?"
…Maybe…I could possibly accept her doing so in return for her actions… I could try? She does deserve it to hug the magnificent me, and she appreciates my beauty…
I reluctantly put my paw on Naruko's left one and she beamed "You will let her hug you if she does it gently?"
I moved my paw from the left to her right…
"Kaa-san! She will let you hug her, but only if you do it gently… she doesn't like how you usually hug her. So, can you try doing that?"
The fatty crouched down in front of me on the wet grass, something she would never do in a million years and slowly started holding out her arms. I sighed one last time and walked up to her and let her hug me and surprisingly… it was decent…
"Tora-chan! You…you're letting me hug you!"
I know I'm great, you're welcome.
"See Kaa-san, she doesn't mind, just do it gently."
"Thank you Naruko-chan! I can finally hug my Tora-chan again after all those years! Tora-chan I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you!"
Apology half accepted, need more fish in order for me to really accept it.
"Miauw"
"She…she said she wants you to buy the Tora-special to show you mean it…"
Good work my pet, you know what I said!"
"Guards!" two men ran up to us from a doorway and went on their knees "Madam!"
"Get the Ichiraku's Tora-special for my Tora-chan! And also the Naruko-special, wait… get ten each!"
"Hai Madam!" they rushed towards Konoha and the fatty smiled "Is that enough?"
"Miauw" it's a beginning…
"Tora-chan says yes!"
No I didn't you liar…
"Miauw!"
"She also wants some fishcookies…" I could only watch my pet use her cutesy eyes on fatty and had no way of stopping her!
You win this one my pet… but this isn't over yet!
( Day of doom… 0 days until school starts oh help me kami… )
There I was sleeping nice and quiet on some warm blankets and having the most wonderful and brat free dreams when suddenly terror struck…
"WAKE UP TORA-CHAN IT'S SCHOOL DAY!"
I…hate…mornings… everybody that's a morning person, could you just, you know, not?
The rude awakening shot me a full metre in the air and I honestly thought we were under attack, and I wasn't wrong in a matter of speaking. I did something that I rarely did to my human, I showed displeasure and hissed!
"Sorry Tora-chan… it's just that… it's school day and I was kind of excited to make some friends…"
Oh great now I'm the badguy, she was the one that brutally woke me up! Nope, no pity for her, have pity for me, I'm the victim here!
Trying to snooze for another five minutes I just ignored the morning person only for her to grab me and start hugging me… hard choice though, sleeping or hugs from my human. Oh wait it isn't, sleep!
Let me go! "Miauw!"
"But we have to go! I've let you sleep for the whole morning until we had to go… and it's breakfast time, do you want to skip breakfast?"
…no…aaaarggghh fine! I got up and gave one final 'Don't you dare do this to me again' look at Naruko. We went to get our dinner and saw the Daimyo and his fatty already sitting at the table with a very large assortment of choice, sweet!
"Good morning you two, hope you had a nice sleep."
"I did! Only one more hour and school starts, I'm sooooo excited DattebaNya!"
Ignore them Tora… just ignore them and get some fish for breakfast, no need to keep yourself busy with the morning horror. Some fish later and I sat on top of my comfy chair waiting for the most horrible day in my life to begin, okay second most horrible day but it's close!
"Naruko-chan I think you should be going now, it's a fifteen minutes to half an hour run for you two and you don't want to be late."
"Okay! Tora-chan are you ready?"
"…Miauw…" let's get this over with, the sooner we get there the sooner we can leave, I hope…
"I'm going to have Asuma escort you towards Konoha and he will wait there until your day is done. He has business in Konoha so don't worry about him getting bored. And don't forget your lunch!"
Lunch?! At least that part is decent, let's see some dried fish, cookies, some more fish and a note at which time our ramen will be delivered?
"We're getting Ramen?" nice timing my pet!
"You sure are, can't let my two favourites starve! Teuchi-san agreed to deliver a bowl of ramen to each of you during the lunchbreak, now off you go or else you're late!"
Naruko gave her parents one final hug and held me to her chest. "Are you two ready to go?"
"Hai Asuma-sensei!"
We sped off to Konoha in such speed that even I became slightly uncomfortable "Oh sorry Tora-chan I forgot!" a second later and I stopped feeling the wind and Naruko held me closer to her, the wonders of a simple wind barrier!
Only about twenty minutes later and we arrived at the gates of Konoha "Here we are, will the two of you make it towards the academy by yourselves?"
"Hai! Thanks for taking us here!"
"No problem Naruko-chan, have fun today and make plenty of friends. Tora-chan, good luck…" I held up my paw to him as a sign of thanks. I was going to need it…
The smoky sensei flashed away and we were left with each other, just how I like it. "You ready Tora-chan?"
No "Miauw"
"It'll be fun, you'll see!" no it wasn't. We went our way and soon arrived at the academy where a bunch of grouped up brats were already waiting outside.
We went inside and ignored them for now and I hope forever in search of our classroom. "Miauw?"
"Classroom Eight, it should be around here?"
Naruko walked up to a man with brown hair kept in a high ponytail, she blushed a little and shyly asked "Sir, can you help us?"
He turned around and I saw the most ordinary face except for a large scar running horizontally in the middle of it. "Of course I can! Wait, are you the new student we're expecting?"
"I am?"
The man went on one knee and held his right hand in the left palm "I welcome you Naruko-sama, welcome to Konoha Acamemy. I'm your new teacher Umino Iruka."
Naruko became really flustered and held her hands in front of her "No no don't do that! I'm just a student… please don't treat me like someone special…"
But why? At least this man knows his place, why stop him from showing us the respect we deserve? Naruko I still have to teach you many things…
Ponytail got up and smiled "I'm sorry for making you nervous, I was told to give the proper respect to the Daimyo's daughter. But don't worry, the other kids don't know of your status and as per your request I won't treat you like a special case."
"…Thank you!" she smiled back and I just watched the two interact while not being properly introduced "Miauw…"
"Tora-chan! I'm sorry, Sensei this is Tora-chan, Tora-chan this is sensei."
Ponytail looked at me in horror and let out a soft whisper "The Genin Destroyer…!"
He knows who I am! At least my reputation wasn't forgotten after only a few years, maybe there is hope for ponytail still.
Naruko tilted her head "Sensei? What do you mean?"
I glared at him and he coughed "Nothing Naruko-san I made a mistake, it's nice to meet you Tora-san. Shall I accompany the two of you to my classroom? Class starts in five to ten minutes."
"Please!"
We went into the classroom and found it near empty except for one kid that was sleeping at a desk in the far back. Sleeping in a classroom, I think I like this kid already.
"Miauw"
"You want me to sit next to him Tora-chan?"
"Miauw"
"Sensei, can I sit next to him?"
"I don't see why not, that's Shikamaru Nara the smartest kid in the class but also the laziest, don't mind his sleeping, it's what the Nara do."
Naruko didn't need to hear any more and ran up the staired classroom towards the open spot next to him "Hi! I'm Naruko!"
"…Troublesome"
"That's a funny name"
"Shikamaru" the kid only gave the shortest possible answers and I think, actually I'm quite certain that he's also not a morning person.
"Nice to meet you! Can I sit down?"
He gave her one look and went back to sleep, we took this as a yes and sat down. Naruko on the seat and me in front of her on top of the desk. "Miauw"
"Okay Tora-chan, have a nice nap."
The sleepiness around the boy was infectious and soon I found myself snoozing and my pet was not far behind me as the minutes went by. It seems she didn't sleep as well as she had told us, my guess is that she hardly slept at all due to the excitement and the lack of sleep just now caught up as she sat down.
I woke up as I heard somebody sitting down next to us and gave the brat a glance, she seemed familiar somehow but I couldn't put my paw on it… dark blue hair that's cut real short except for two bangs in the front, white eyes without a pupil that just seem weird and red cheeks, what an odd combination.
The girl/brat rummaged in her bag and put a small paper one in front of her, a most alluring smell was coming out of the bag and I couldn't help but sniff and noticed Naruko doing the same in her sleep.
She took something out of the bag as I looked on in expectation and the next second… CHOMP!
"M…My hand!"
Now I know where I knew her from! It's the sorry excuse of a girl that tried to steal my Naruko with fish cookies!
My pet woke up from her slumber and sleepily opened her eyes "Cwookie?", Naruko just nibbled on the hand in bliss and the sorry excuse of a girl struggled yet again to remove her hand.
"Miauw"
"Hmm?" the rest was just mumbling as I had no idea what she was saying.
"C..can…can you please…let go?"
Naruko noticed the hand stuck in her mouth and removed it as if there was nothing peculiar about having one in her mouth! "Hi! I'm Naruko and this is Tora-chan!"
"H..Hinata…" the girl began poking her fingers together and blushed, it almost resembled someone cute but I knew better! I knew this brat was anything but!
Naruko grabbed her hand "Nice to meet you DattebaNya!"
"Can I…pet the kitty?"
NO! No you can not!
"Tora-chan, can she?! Pleeeaaaseee?"
"Miauw!"
"She says only if you become my friend!" Again you're lying! Don't you dare!
"Sure!" the brat tried to pet me and I began hissing "She..does..doesn't want me to…" a gloomy expression replaced the brat's previously joyous one and I was victorious!
Except for the killing intent I felt from close by, it almost seemed as if… as if…. Oh crap I'm in trouble! I tried to run but Naruko caught me in a murderous hug of doom "Tora-chan, you WILL let her pet you. Okay?" the sickly sweet venom in her voice was all too clear…
Fine! But just this once! Reluctantly I got out of the hug and went up to the brat for my doom…
Come on Tora you can do this, just a few strokes and she's done, you can do this! Her hand is coming closer… breathe Tora, relax…...the hand touched my precious fur and oh my sweet kami of cats this is amazing!
This new second favourite human has the hand of god! I purred in delight and almost formed a puddle from the glorious petting…I could get used to this school thing…
The bell rang and I glared at the girl, if she even dared stop petting me I swear to kami! "Miauw!"
"She doesn't want you to stop… sorry Hinata-chan but you don't really have a choice!" Naruko was just grinning and beamed at having made a new friend, I found her choice in friends acceptable so far.
"Hinata, Naruko pay attention! Class has begun!" I instantly turned my head towards ponytail and gave him the most murderous glare I have ever given anybody!
"…On second thought…continue Hinata…" damn right she's not stopping!
"Now then class we have a new student! Naruko can you come forward and introduce yourself?"
"Haaaaiii!" she excitedly jumped out of her seat and ran up to the front of the class while I was not going to leave this spot any time soon.
"I'm Naruko, nice to meet you!"
Murmurs began and ponytail cleared his throat "Can you tell us a few things about yourself, such as likes and dislikes?"
"Sure! I like Tora-chan who you can see over there! I also like my family, training, games, fish, eating fish, fish ramen, fish cookies, fish cakes, fish on a stick, sushi, fish stew…."
The class looked at her in utter silence as she kept naming things with fish until ponytail stopped her, how dare he, fish is life!
"Okay Naruko we understand you like fish… now as for dislikes?"
"Oh… but I still had a few left to name… my dislikes are being bored and hungry."
A whisper was heard in the far left of the room and it gave both me and Naruko a tick mark when we heard it! "…and putting your fat cat on a diet…"
"You! How dare you call Tora-chan fat!" my pet righteously stormed to the brat that dared insult the great and glorious me! Fat, how dare he!
"She's great, beautiful and perfect and you're just a dogbreath piece of trash!" I've never felt that much killing intent coming from her! It washed over us and half of the room had cold sweat running down their face and back but nobody dared to even move!
SLAM! The brat's head went straight through the desk "Don't you dare insult her ever again! Do you understand dogbreath?!"
"…Naruko I think he's unconscious…" already?! But she'd just gotten started! This isn't over yet dogbreath not by a long shot!
"Sorry sensei… but he did something unforgiveable!"
"No it's fine, just get back to your seat. Shino can you get a nurse for Kiba?"
A kid with dark glasses nodded and went out of the classroom, I happily smirked at Naruko as she sat back next to me, my second favourite human had stopped petting when the killing intent washed over her though…
"Miauw…"
"Hinata can you continue petting Tora-chan? She seems to like it"
"S..sure…" That's better! Let's see what other fun this not so disastrous school thing has to bring us.
There it is, the first part of the first school day! But it isn't over yet, I more planned for the first day but that'll have to wait for the next chapter. I hope I didn't make any big mistakes with spelling etc. I checked the chapter a few times but every time I check I seem to find another typo, at some point I just have to let it go and accept there could be a few in there… Anybody got some advice on things they would like to happen during the school days? The next chapters are school chapters, I'm not planning to go straight to the final exam as that would be a bit boring.
Which people should she make friends with? And sorry but Sasuke and Sakura are a no-go, I hate them hehe. Please review and give me your honest opinion and advice on what I could or should change in my style, I'm still a really unexperienced writer so yeah, that'll help.