~Naruto Kittens: The Re-Write~

Chapter Four

~Melanie's POV~

"...is she okay?"

"I don't know. It looks like she hit her head pretty hard."

"We...we don't have to bring her to the hospital or anything, right?"

"Hopefully, no."

I groaned while the voices around me talked. My head was throbbing and for some reason, my feet were cold. I shivered and curled into a ball, though that did absolutely nothing. The voices that had been talking before I came too suddenly died down. But within a few minutes, much to my headache's displeasure, they started up again.

"Ah, she's waking up!"

"Quick, go get some water or something!"

"Why do I have to do it?"

"Just go!"

I groaned again before growling lightly under my breath. All I wanted to do right now was sleep, and these people, whoever they were, certainly weren't helping.

"Hey, make sure she doesn't go back to sleep!"

"O-okay!"

The talking stopped and I could hear footsteps leaving the room. I sighed. I would finally be able to sleep, with no distractions. I snuggled deeper into what I was laying on, preparing to drift back into sleep.

And then I was drenched in cold water.

I gasped and sat straight up. My head throbbed at the sudden motion and I groaned. My eyes were blurry, as some water had gotten into them, and I blinked rapidly to clear them. A clattering sound filled the room and I assumed that it was the bowl of bucket that had the water in it. My sight still hadn't cleared up yet but I was certain that it was Megan who had thrown the water on me. She's done it before, so why wouldn't she do again?

I was surprised, however, when I heard a male voice ask, "Hey, are you okay?"

My visions still hadn't fully cleared but I didn't need it to. I recognized the voice as one of my best friend's, Sean. Still, I wasn't sure so I called out, "Sean? Is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me." He responded, chuckling a little. I heard the crinkling of something before a tissue was pressed to my cheek and my eyes, clearing it of the water. I nodded my head to thank him as he rid the water from my face so I could see again.

Sean just shrugged his shoulders as he scratched the back of his head, smiling nervously. "Ah, sorry about that. When I came over from the back door and saw you lying on the ground, I though. You were dead. You sure looked like it."

"Oh, did I?" I asked. The last thing I remembered before I had blacked out was chasing Tobi and then slipping on the kitchen on the floor. "What were you doing over here anyway?"

"Megan and Savannah called me over after they found you in the kitchen." He said. "I didn't feel like using the front door though. By the way, who's that 'Tobi' guy that Megan's hanging around?"

I blinked. "You mean the cat?"

"No. I mean the guy."

"The only person in this house named Tobi is a little black kitten with an orange face that my uncle gave to Megan and I for our birthday." I said. I noticed that I was now in my brother Alec's room and I frowned as I looked at the wet sheets. "Oh geez, not only do I have to do groceries, but I now I have to do laundry too?"

"If it makes you feel better, I'll get that Tobi guy to do the laundry."

"He's a cat!"

"Oi, what's all the shouting for?"

I turned toward the door, where Savannah was standing. She was holding one of the kittens -Kisame, I think. When she saw me, she nodded and said, "Megan and I did groceries. You're welcome."

"Oh yeah." Sean said, laughing awkwardly. "I forgot you guys went out. Hey, where's Tobi?"

"Yeah, where is he?" I asked. "Sean keeps on thinking that he's an actual person."

A look of somewhat fear and discomfort flashed over Savannah's face. I could tell that she was trying to mask it but I knew her to well for her to do so. All I had to do was cross my arms and give her that I-know-you-know-something-so-tell-me look before she was spilling her guts to me.

"It's easier if I just show you, okay? So come with me." She said simply before turning on her heel and exiting the room. I followed after her with Sean trailing behind me.

Alec is a weird kid. Then again, everyone in the Fanne household who is under 20 is weird. But Alec is a special case. He sleeps in the attic, which has no windows at all. My dad is foreman so he managed to install a bathroom and a kitchen up here. If Alec didn't need to go to school, I swear he would just stay up in his room forever until mom and dad kicked him out.

The downside of this is that instead of having a ladder to climb up, like most houses do, he has a staircase that when you get to the top, you have a clear view of Alec's room, corner to corner. And there's no door, neither at the top of the bottom of the stairs, but Alec must like it enough to have been practically living in there for about five years now. And we still haven't installed a door there somewhere.

I followed Savannah down the stairs to the third floor -where mom keeps her personal office and sewing office. Mom has an interesting job. She edits an online fashion magazine, so she works from home. And because of that, she has a lot of free time when she isn't working. So she opened up a little boutique that is legit right down the street from us where she sews things and sells them there. They range from clothes to stuffed animals to blankets. Megan and I help her out sometimes, too. We have a knack for making plushies. We can even make anime characters. Which is how w. Met out friends Dakota, Naomi, and Aome. But I'll talk about them later.

As we walked down the hallway, I realized that because of Sean dumping water on me I was now dripping water all over the carpet. I sighed dramatically but just shook my head when Savannah turned around to look at me.

Climbing down three flights of stairs with a headache as bad as mine wasn't fun. I was grasping the railing so hard that I was positive it would break. Sean stood beside me, his arms outstretched to catch me if I stumbled or fell. I managed to make it down without following and though he didn't particularly do anything, I thanked Sean when we reached the bottom.

"This way, I think they're in the kitchen." Savannah said as she guided me to my kitchen. I snorted. This was my house, I didn't need to be guided anywhere. She pushed open the kitchen door and held it open so I could see inside. "Well, here he is."

It didn't take me long to figure out that the black-haired guy I was looking at was Tobi from Naruto. He wasn't wearing his orange swirly mask, but he still looked recognizable. He looked way younger than in the anime. I couldn't believe that this guy was supposed to be- what? About 30 or so years old? I couldn't remember, but he looked to be at least 25, the age of my eldest brother, Damien.

Seeing Tobi without his mask on was also very unsettling. The whole right side of his face was scarred and it looked even weirder seeing it in real life. His left eye was black in colour while his right eye had the Rinnegan in it, which was no surprise to me. When he saw me, I was surprised when he seemed to recoil in fear, to which I raised an eyebrow at. If I didn't know any better, I would have been the one who was scared.

Beside him was Megan. When she saw me, she smiled and got up, surprising me when she gave me a hug. "Hey Mel, you alright? You hit your head pretty badly, you know."

"Where are the kittens?" I blurted out. I wasn't sure what my first question should have been, but it sure as he'll shouldn't have been what I asked. But I was genuinely worried for the kittens. If the kitten we named 'Tobi' was the actual Tobi from Naruto, does that mean that the rest of the kittens were actually the rest of the Akatsuki members? It made sense. Well, to me at least. And let's say that I was right, why hadn't the rest of the kittens turned back to their former selves?

"They're locked up in our bedroom." Megan answered.

"Why? And why is Tobi here?" I asked, a little bit too aggressively then I intended. I saw Tobi shrink even further into his seat and I sent an apologetic smile his way.

"We're not too sure why. We think it may have something to do with water though." Savannah replied.

"Before you ask why, let me explain." Sean said as I opened my mouth. I shut it and waited for him to continue. "If the kittens could turn back into humans whenever they pleased, they would have done it way before now. Plus, and this is just me going off if a whim, but let's say that they were all turned into kittens at the same time."

"We were." Tobi said timidly.

"Right, okay. They were all turned at the same time. Now let's say they had a timer for when they would have turned back. If they were all turned at the same time, wouldn't they have turned back at the same time, too?" Sean explained. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the doorframe. He looked proud of himself and I had to give him credit. I wouldn't have figured that out as fast as he did.

"So the kittens that are currently locked in my room, you're telling me that they are the Akatsuki, not too mention Kakashi, Sasuke and Naruto too?" I asked. My eyes scanned over all the inhabitants of the room, thought they lingered on Tobi for a few moments longer.

"Yeah, that's right." Savannah confirmed.

I nodded my head slowly. I understood everything that they had said, but it was taking me a while to process everything. This seemed like something out of one of those shitty fanfictions, not something that could actually happen in real life. Which made me wonder, is this all a dream? Am I dreaming right this second and because of my crazy obsession, my sub-conscious has created this for me to experience until I would wake up?

I sighed, my head starting to throb once again. I brought my hand up and massaged my temples. "This doesn't seem real at all."

"Well it is." Megan said. "What should we do?"

"Turn the rest of them back, of course." I replied. What else could we do, anyway?

"Is that really a good idea?" Megan asked. "What if they try to kill us? They're capable of doing so, what with their chakra and everything."

"Naruto and Kakashi wouldn't." Savannah put in.

"Thats not enough." Sean replied, sighing.

"Well do you have any other ideas?"

"Well, no, but-"

"Then you shouldn't be talking, yeah?"

"Wait, guys." I said suddenly, holding my hands up to signal them to stop. "They need chakra to do their jutsu's right?"

"Well duh." Sean replied.

I sent him a glare and he smiled apologetically. I rolled my eyes and continued. "Well, do you know anyone or anything in this world that has chakra?"

"You know, I'm always seeing those stupid 'test your chakra' things online but i know they're not real." Savannah answered. She paused and then furrowed her eyebrows. "Why do you ask?"

"If there's no chakra here, and let's just say that they've used up all of theirs, then they won't be able to cast any jutsu's, right?" I smiled triumphantly as I said this all out loud. It sounded stupid in my head but as I looked at everyone's faces I knew it was everything but stupid.

Megan sighed dramatically. "I guess we're going to have to turn all the kittens back, right?"

I grinned, revealing my black and blue braces.

"Right."

I'VE BEEN PROCRASTINATING THIS CHAPTER FOR SO LONG. I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THIS UP ON WEDNESDAY BUT MY BRAIN WAS JUST LIKE LOL NOPE SO I DIDN'T POST. CAN YOU GUYS EVERY FORGIVE ME?

And even if you don't, well, at least I updated.（≧∇≦）

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