Disclaimer: ME NO OWN NARUTO! Or Eago, Carrie, Keku, Katana, and Taij. Have a nice day!

A/N: I'm SO sorry that I took so long to update! Please don't hurt me! hides in a closet I want to thank the people who have reviewed so far, and I want to personally thank Beyond the Shadows for being such a great co-writer and friend. Keku belongs to her, by the way.

ON WITH THE FIC!!

P.S. If you don't like my story, then you can direct your complaints to my good friend Kyuubi.

Kyuubi: Yo.

Me: Have a nice day!

Chapter 3

"What the crap…" one of the people who had crushed Naruto half growled half moaned as she pushed herself off of the poor ninja. "Oh sorry about tha- um, what's going on here?"

"Katana?!" Kira screeched from her sitting position, still rubbing her bruised head.

"Buddy!" Katana squealed as she dashed over to Kira and hugged her tightly, happy to see a familiar face.

"Erk! Can't … breathe…" Kira gasped as her cousin squeezed her tightly.

"Hehe… sorry," Katana replied sheepishly as she released Kira from the death grip of her hug. "But what the hell is going on here?!"

"You two know each other?" Sakura asked.

"Yep!" Kira chirped proudly. "She's my cousin! And she kicks ass!"

"DAMN RIGHT!" Katana replied loudly.

"Oookay…" the second girl muttered under her breath. Then she detected the smell of something burning, and looked up, eyes wide in surprise. "RUN AWAY!!" she shrieked at the top of her lungs as a massive fireball, courtesy of Sauske, crashed to the ground. Everybody scattered across the pit at this, the ninjas and Keku leaping back and perching (almost) gracefully on the rocks, and the real-worlders scrambling frantically and hiding amongst the rocks. Carrie had bolted off into a corner that had been flooded by a busted water pipe, and the second girl that had fallen on Naruto was already crouching there.

"Okay, the rampaging Uchiha aside, who are you?" Carrie asked the girl, who appeared to be around 18 or 19 years of age.

"Oh, my name is Taij. Pleased to meet you!" she replied in an oddly cheery tone

as she patted something in the pocket of her hoodie, which turned out to be a black

weasel when it poked its head out, looked around, then popped back into the pocket

when Sauske sent another fireball in the girls' direction.

"CRAP!" Carrie screamed as the flaming missile careened towards the duo. She flung up her arms in front of her face in what was sure to be a vain attempt to ward off her fiery doom, when she heard the fireball crash against something, and Taij shaking her shoulder. Carrie then lowered her arms and opened her eyes to a very familiar mirror-shaped chunk of ice that had sprung up in the past few seconds.

"What just happened?" Taij whispered.

"Hell if I know," Carrie muttered in response as she reached out to touch he mirror, as if to confirm to her shocked brain that it was real. When her fingers brushed against the sheet of ice, instead of stopping, they started sinking into the ice, just now confirming what her brain had accepted a few seconds earlier. "I think I've got Haku's kekkei genkai."

Meanwhile, a short distance away from where Carrie and Taij were hiding, Kira poked her head above the rock she was hiding behind to check on her friend. Seeing the ice mirror shielding her friend, she relaxed slightly, but it didn't last, because then something on edge of her senses screamed 'MOVE!' at the top of its lungs. Then another fireball crashed on the spot where Kira had been crouching, forcing her to launch herself into a back flip that she was sure she wasn't capable of. As she did this, she felt a sort of tremor run along her body, and then landed neatly on a rock. Then she looked down at her arm, which was now covered in a layer of short tabby brown fur.

"THE HELL!?!" came the shocked screech. Kira's hands flew to her head, only to meet a pair of cat ears that were twitching madly. Her hands then moved over her face, brushing over a new feline muzzle, whiskers and all. She was then forced to dodge several kunai that if they had hit their targets, she would've been dead. Then she took notice of the massive sword on her back. It looked practically identical to the one Zabusa used, except that this blade was about half the size of Zabusa's. Kira then sped towards Sauske without a second thought, one hand gripping the handle of her blade. Unconsciously, she accepted that might not make it out alive, but she was still hell-bent on at least trying to hurt Sauske somehow. And for some reason, a part of her was seething furiously just at the fact that Sauske was an Uchiha. 'I wonder where that came from,' Kira mused to herself as she gripped the blade harder, then yanking it free and swinging it with all the force she could muster.

- - -

"What does she think she's doing?!" Sakura hissed as Kira catapulted herself towards Sauske. "Doesn't she know she could get killed?"

Keku frowned slightly as she watched her friend. She knew that Kira wasn't one of the most courageous people on the planet, and she was more likely to stay hidden than fight if the opportunity arose. Also, as Kira had leapt for Sauske, something had flared in Keku's mind.

"She looks…furry?" This is as observant as Keku gets, folks.

"No shit Sherlock!" Eago growled from his hiding place.

"I HEARD THAT!" she screeched in response.

"Who's Sherlock?" Naruto asked Eago, as he was the closest ninja to Eago's hiding place.

"I'll tell you later," he replied

"Oh. Okay then."

- - -

The sounds of clashing metal filled the air. Despite Kira's obvious lack of experience, she was somehow holding her own against the Uchiha, the feline form she was in at the moment giving an extra boost of speed, strength and agility. Even with these enhanced abilities, she now sported a few minor scratches on her arms and legs, and a narrow cut on her right cheek that stung like mad. When she had jumped at him, she had been able to get him on the defensive briefly, but he had bounced back and had Kira on the defensive, her arms trembling from the blows she had to deflect. All of a sudden, Sauske was gone, the sound of his blade swinging through the air behind her, which was followed shortly by the sound of another body colliding with Sauske and Naruto snarling "Leave her alone asshole!". Kira leapt to the side as the two sailed past her, followed closely by Sakura, Sai, and Yamato. Kira didn't see what happened next, as she had taken refuge in the rocks with her friends. They then stayed hidden, waiting for the fight to be over.

A/N: Sorry for the crappy cliffhanger! I'm heading up to my uncle's lake house soon and I don't have much time! Sorry again, and enjoy!