~Naruto Kittens: The Re-Write~

~Chapter Three~

Third Person's POV

As the episode of Naruto drew to an end, the three human girls drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

The three kittens that were in their laps, Itachi, Zetsu and Konan, immediately jumped out of their laps to re-unite with their other kitten friends. They approached the other kittens, most of them having looks of confusion on their faces. Others were still dazed by the episode they had just watched.

Konan trotted over to Pein. He was standing on the ottoman but she was too tired to jump up. So from her place on the ground, she voiced the question all the kittens were thinking. "What the hell is going on?"

The kittens began nodding their heads at their leader. Some began to shout, demanding that they get answers. Pein didn't say anything. He also had no idea what was going on and the kittens shouting and screaming at him wasn't helping him come up with a plan. Not just a plan but something -anything- to tell them.

Kakashi felt a tinge of sympathy for the orange-haired leader and quickly jumped onto the ottoman that said leader was standing upon. He cleared his kitten throat to get the others attention and said, "I don't know what's going on either, not any of us know what's going on. But arguing about it will get us nowhere."

"As much as I hate to admit it," Itachi said, causing a few of the kittens to look at him in surprise. After all, it was rare to see him speaking. "I agree with Kakashi."

"Tobi thinks that there might be a clue in their bedrooms?" Tobi suggested as he began to lick one of his paws.

"That's disgusting, yeah. Stop it." Deidara snapped and Tobi immediately stopped.

Pein regained his composure and nodde in the direction of Tobi. "That's actually not a bad idea. Maybe then we'll figure out which village we're in."

"If we're even in a village." Naruto muttered. "This doesn't look like any village I've been too before. Not to mention the fact that they have basically my whole life story for them to watch."

"Do you think we can trust them?" Sasuke asked.

"They don't seem to really know that we're the Akatsuki. They just think we look like them. I think that we can trust them for the time being. After all, we are kittens." Pein said and before anyone could say another word he jumped off the ottoman and began heading for the stairs. Kakashi and the other kittens followed suit, trotting over to the orange-haired kitten.

When they reached the steps, Kakashi suddenly stopped. "Wait, I think some of us should stay here, in case those girls wake up."

Itachi frowned, not that anyone could tell from his kitten face. "Why should we? I don't think they mean us any harm."

Kisame nodded. "I agree. Besides, if they do catch us we can just pretend to be sleeping or something."

"No, I think that's actually a good idea." Pein nodded his head and looked over the kittens. "Kakuzu, Konan, Tobi, Zetsu, Sasori and Itachi, you six stay down here, alright? The rest of us will go and see if there is anything interesting in their room. If they start to wake up one of you will have to immediately come and tell us. Understood?"

Said kittens nodded their heads and trotted back to where the three girls were sleeping. They didn't seem to have awoken but now one of the girls -Melanie, I'd memory served correct- was lying on the floor curled up in a ball. The other two girls seemed to have pushed her off.

Tobi meowed and pranced over to the teenager. He hopped onto her back, walked in a circle a few times and layed down. He didn't move from his spot, just watched the others with his one eye. Sasori scoffed and sat down a few ways off from the others, but no where near the girls. "The little brats getting attached to them, huh?"

"Leave him alone." Zetsu interjected, both sides of him sounding agitated and tired. Leave it to Sasori to ruin a mood.

"Yeah, Sasori. Lay off." Kakuzu added. "Who knows how long we'll be staying here for. Might as well try and get comfortable, right?"

Sasori scowled at the floor and jumped up onto the ottoman Pein had been standing on moments before. "I'm going to take a nap. Don't disturb me, no matter what the reason."

Konan sighed as Sasori made himself comfortable and promptly fell asleep. "I wonder if the others have found anything..."

Meanwhile...

Pein marched into the room, six colourful kittens trailing behind him. He turned and faced the kittens, who were tired from having to climb three flights of stairs. "Alright everyone, catch your breath and then start looking around for clues. Kakashi, you, Sasuke and Naruto will take the left side."

The three kittens nodded and stood away from the group to the left as they caught their breath. Pein continued. "Hidan, Kisame, Deidara, you three and myself will search the right side. Catch your breath and then start looking."

By then, Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi had finished recovering and began to poke around the left side of the room. Since the bed went all the way down to the ground, leaving no space to store anything underneath, Sasuke made his way over to a large bookshelf That didn't just have books. Looking to his right, he saw Naruto start sifting through open drawers while on the left, Kakashi poked around inside a closet.

Sasuke pressed his mouth into a thin line as he began to climb up the bookshelf. The first few shelves actually had books on them, which made his search a little easier. However, as he got higher up, the presence of books became fewer and fewer. The shelves mostly consisted if stuffed animals with other miscellaneous goods lying about. It wasn't until he got to the very last shelf that he noticed something interesting.

Glinting in the setting sun, was a hitai-ate. A hitai-ate for Iwagakure, to be precise. Sasuke frowned before catching the cloth part between his teeth. He made sure he was grasping it firmly before taking a suicide jump off of the bookshelf. He landed on a pile of clothes on a desk and then bounced onto the bed. He spit the clot h out of his mouth and signalled for the others to get up here.

They surrounded him and the hitai-ate. Pein was first to speak. "What is it that you have found?"

"A hitai-ate for Iwagakure." Sasuke answered, simply and shortly.

"That can't be right, yeah." Deidara said, frowning. "This village...this place doesn't look anything like Iwa, yeah. Trust me, yeah, I would know."

"Well, I found a Kumogakure hitai-ate." Kisame said, moving another hitai-ate to lay beside the one Sasuke had found. "Maybe that's where we are."

"Well which fucking one is it?" Hidan asked. It was obvious that he was irritated with this whole thing and just wanted some answers. The others couldn't blame him, they were more or less the same.

A loud crash sounded, causing the kittens to turn towards one of the dressers, where the blond Kyuubi holder was lying on his back. An overturned jar next to him, a crack forming along the top edges. Naruto muttered some profanities under his breath, so faint that only Kakashi heard, before sitting up. He glared over at the other kittens as he rubbed his swore head with one paw. "Oh, yeah, don't worry about me. I'm fine."

However, the kittens completely ignored him. The jar that Naruto had knocked over had something inside it. As it had fallen, the contents spilled onto the floor. Pein, and the other kittens, looked on with a small feeling of dread as they looked at what exactly had been inside the jar.

It was the Akatsuki's rings.

~Melanie's POV~

I yawned as I woke up. I hadn't even realized I had fallen asleep. I sat up and stretched, but I heard a quiet and distressful meow as soon as I did. I quickly turned around and saw that the black and orange kitten, Tobi, was sprawled on the ground, looking up at me and wailing.

I chuckled and then sighed, carefully picking him up into my arms. As I looked around, I noticed that Megan and Savannah were still out cold. I shrugged my shoulders. I'll just wake them up later. I looked around again and saw that five other kittens, Kakuzu, Sasori, Itachi, Konan and Zetsu were also sprawled on the ground, but they were sleeping.

I tip-toed around them, being as quiet as possible as to not wake them up. Sasori's mouth twitched and Zetsu moved his right arm but other than that they didn't stir at all. I chuckled at them; they were just so damn cute! I made a mental note it thank Uncle Marko the next time I saw him.

I stroked Tobi's fur and he began to purr like a machine gun. I let out a short laugh, shook my head, and headed up to my room. I figured that was where the other kittens were, since I hadn't seen them downstairs. I reached the floor that Megan and I's room was on and turned into the room.

To say I wasn't shocked but what I saw would be an understatement. I was speechless.

The kittens were gathered in a circle on my bed, two of the hitai-ate's that I bought in the middle of there little circle. Across the room, on my side, Naruto was lying on the ground, an overturned jar next to him. But it wasn't just any jar, it was the jar I kept my Akatsuki rings and contacts in. I had all of them, minus Orochimaru's but I didn't really want his. There was also Kakashi's, Naruto's and Sasuke's hitai-ate's in there. So two Konohagakure and one Otogakure.

A crack had formed on the top edge of the jar and I frowned as I walked over to it. Naruto's ears went flat against his head, almost like he was apologizing. I put Tobi down and picked up the jar, putting the rings back inside. The jar had also chipped a bit and as I looked at it I realized that it also gave some kind of cool effect. I smiled, shaking my head before returning the jar to its original spot. "Gosh, haven't even had you guys for a day Nd you go breaking stuff."

The black kitten -Sasuke, I believed- snickered at Naruto, who hissed back at him. I 'tsked' and picked up Naruto, holding him in my arms so I was looking at him. I frowned, though I actually wasn't that mad at him. I shook my head and walked over to my bed, where the other kittens were gathered. I grabbed the Iwagakure and Kumogakure hitai-ate's, stealthily tying them around my neck from years practice.

I stared at the kittens, and they stared back. "I don't know how you guys got these, but I hope that it won't happen again. Yeah?"

The kittens nodded their heads, staring at me with wide eyes. I sighed and looked over at the clock on the wall. It read 8:37. I blinked. Had I really been sleeping for that long? Great, now I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. I might not even fall asleep at all.

My stomach suddenly grumbled and I realized that it had been at least nine hours since I had eaten last. Still carrying Naruto in my arms, I headed towards the door. "Come on kitties, let's wake up the others and then have dinner, okay?"

The kittens answered my question by meowing and darting out of the room, presumably to go and wake up the other kittens, along with Megan and Savannah. I walked out of the door, carrying Naruto in my arms. I took a deep breath in, preparing to let out a sigh, and accidently inhaled Naruto's scent. My face scrunched up in disgust. "Oh, geez, what have you kitties been doing? You smell worse than my socks after gym."

Naruto flattened his ears against his head, letting out a feeble sounding meow. I chuckled and kissed the top of his head. "Don't worry, Savannah, Megan and I will give all of you kittens a bath. After we eat, of course."

Naruto meowed again and jumped out of my arms as we neared the stairs. I was very tempted to slide down the railing so I swung my leg over, thought about it, and then decided on just walking down. I wouldn't want to see the kittens see me make a fool out of myself.

I reached the bottom if the stairs and went into the living room. Megan and Savannah were awake and I saw that they were watching Naruto. I shook my head as I looked at all thirteen kittens who were staring intently at the screen. "Jeez, Megan, don't get our kittens addicted to that thing."

"What, the TV or Naruto?" She questioned, bending her head back in what seemed to be a painful way.

I scowled. "Both, and don't do that. I don't want to have to drive anyone to the hospital tonight. Where'd you put the kittens food?"

She turned back to looking at the TV. "First cupboard next to the fridge, top shelf."

I hummed to show that I heard her and walked into the kitchen. I grabbed three large plates from the cupboard and set them down onto the ground. A few of the kittens -Tobi, Kakuzu, Naruto, Konan and Pein- trotted into kitchen. They sat near the table and watched me as I got two cans of wet food and the dry food out of the cupboard. I opened the cans with the can opened that was placed convinently on the counter and scooped it into one plate. The smell of tuna invaded my nostrils and I gagged. I was not a fan of seafood.

I poured a generous amount of the kibble into the remaiming plates and whistled. As I out the bag away, the rest of the kittens bounded into the kitchen. They all immediately began to chow down and I chuckled. I got a large bowl out of the culboard and filled that with water from the faucet. They'll surely be thirsty afterwards.

I walked over to the fridge and pulled open the freezer part. I scanned the contents and frowned. Aside from a pack of hotdogs, a few freezies, a tub of Cookies 'n' Cream ice cream, and the ice cube tray, the freezer was bare. But it was okay. I'll just do groceries tomorrow.

I cooked the hotdogs and put an equal amount on three separate plates. I moved them all to the table and got out hotdog buns and ketchup. I made my hotdogs and then walked into the kitchen. Savannah stared at me with a pout as she saw the food in my hands. "Hey, where's our food?"

"In the kitchen." I said. "Better hurry, the kittens might think it's theirs."

Megan and Savannah practically jumped up from their seats and ran into the kitchen. I laughed and took a bite of one of my hotdogs. The kittens entered the room soon after, a handful of them -Hidan, Deidara, Kisame and Sasuke- running and jumping on my feet. I chuckled and crossed one leg over the other. The kittens clung onto my pants and socks for dear life while I just laughed. I put my plate on the ottoman -which was placed conveniently beside me- as I took each kitten off of my feet and onto the ground.

"Sheesh, what's gotten into you guys?" I asked. Perhaps they were still hungry? Then again, they just ate. I shook my head at them, crossing my legs underneath me. At least now they wouldn't be able to get to my feet.

The four kittens sat in a line facing me and I stared at them. These kittens sure were weird. I tried to remember if I had accidentally done anything to any of them but nothing came up. I quickly ate the rest of my dinner as Megan and Savannah walked into the room. They stared at the kittens sitting in frony of me and then looked back to me. A questioning and confused look was on both of their faces and I just shook my head.

Naruto began to play on TV again. The kittens paid no attention to it, which was odd. They were practically glued to the show earlier and now it was like the TV wasn't even on. I shrugged my shoulders, that was a good thing after all. I turned to Megan and Savannah, who had finished eating their dinner already. "Guys, before we go to bed we have to give the kittens baths."

Megan groaned. "Do we have to? Can't we wait until morning?"

"Fine, but that means that the kittens are sleeping in your bed." I countered and I knew that she would change her mind.

As if on cue, she sighed. "Fine, we'll give them baths. Come on kitties."

I scooped up Hidan, Deidara, Kisame and Sasuke, much to their displeasure. They wriggled in my arms and clawed at me but since they were still kittens, they're claws weren't fully developed so it didn't hurt me. Megan and Savannah picked up the remaining kittens and we trudged up the stairs. We decided to use our parents bathroom rather than our own, but they didn't need to know that. We set the kittens on the counter and got out a few towels.

"Okay, which kitten goes first?" Megan asked, staring at the kittens. They all backed away from her, all except for Tobi. I smiled as Megan picked him up. Out of all of them, he was my favourite.

Savannah started running the water, stuffing a smaller towel into the drain so it wouldn't go down. She could have just used the bath stopper but oh well. I tested the water on my arm and guessed that it would be warm enough for the kittens. Stepping back away from the tub, I nodded at Megan. "You can put him in now, I guess."

Savannah hopped onto the counter next to the kittens. She gently picked up Naruto and began stroking his fur, to which he purred contentedly at. "Ne, don't cats hate water?"

"Some of them do, yeah." I answered, shrugging.

"Well too bad." Megan said before dropping Tobi into the water. We hadn't filled the tub up with much water but that didn't keep me from gasping. Tobi, who was now soaking wet, meowed in a sort if high pitch and jumped out of the tub. Megan gasped and lunged for the kitten but he was too fast. He darted around the bathroom and ran out.

"Stay here with the kittens!" I shouted at Megan and Savannah. I raced out of the bathroom before they could reply, almost tripping over my parents' laundry basket as I did. I stumbled a bit but regained my balance as I ran out of their room. The first place I checked was my bedroom, but Tobi wasn't in there. Besides, the water trail lead downstairs.

I grabbed a towel from my laundry basket before sprinting out of my room. As I raced down the stairs, I could feel the wet of the carpet through my socks. I cringed at the feeling but continued following the trail. It lead in to the kitchen and with my wet socks on, I almost slipped on the black and white swirled tiles.

There, in the kitchen, was Tobi. He was near the drapes, clawing at the bottom of them. He noticed me, meowed, and ran toward me. I held out the towel as he jumped into my arms. I sighed and smiled at him. "You sure do hate water, huh?"

Tobi meowed once more and pressed himself hard into my chest. I stumbled backwards a bit, but because of the tiles and my wet socks, I fell backwards. I cried out, trying to grab onto something but failed. I fell backwards, crashing into the kitchen table.

The last thing I registered before I blacked out was a man hovering over me.

A/N: Okay, so I've been procrastinating this chapter for a few days, but it's finally here! Sorry for the long wait. Don't know what else to say. Bye.

-Melanie