Oneshot 8: Man In Black
Kaiya shivered in her sleep as the sudden cold woke her up. Rubbing her eyes she noticed Pakkun sleeping soundly by her bed and Artemis was curled in a little ball at the foot of her bed peacefully sleeping as she always did.
"Why's it so cold?" she muttered groggily wrapping her arms around herself. The fluttering of her curtains alerted her to the fact her window was wide open, letting the cold night's wind in.
"Huh?" she was confused; she could clearly remember her father closing her window before bedtime. She had begged him to leave it open but he had denied her request telling her that the temperature was supposed to drop and that she was not getting another cold.
Movements in the shadows made her turn on her left side to see a tall man with long black hair pulled into a ponytail and red eyes. She instantly recognized the Sharingan in his eyes because of her father's.
"Itachi-sama?" she asked quietly even more confused as the moments ticked by. Pakkun snorted in his sleep as he rolled over while Artemis gave a small meow in her sleep burying herself deeper into a ball.
Slowly Itachi's hand caressed Kaiya's cold cheek before running it through her free waist length black locks. Before Kaiya could say another word Itachi, had her scooped in her arms heading for the open window. Kaiya was too stunned to even squeak as one of her classmate's older brother started to kidnap her. Luckily when he picked Kaiya out of bed he stupidly awoke Artemis.
With a feral growl the cat lunged at the oldest Uchiha leaving tow scratches on both sides of his face under his eyes. Itachi cursed dropping Kaiya to the ground, by know Pakkun was wide awake yelling for Kakashi as he stood protectively by the still stunned child's side.
With a frown at the small cat, Itachi made one more attempt to grab Kaiya but this time Artemis changed. In a burst of flames, the small kitten that usually rode on Kaiya's shoulder was gone. In her place stood a giant saber tooth tiger, Artemis put herself directly in-between Itachi and Kaiya before giving a low predator's growl. With one last look at Kaiya, Itachi was gone disappearing somewhere into the night. Just as he bolted out the window, Kakashi busted in.
"Kaiya!" he quickly scooped her into his arms holding her closely, "Are you ok?"
Kaiya nodded before looking down, "Daddy, I think Pakkun's dead."
The small pug lay on his back with a frightened look on his unconscious face. Before he had passed out in sheer terror, he made a small mental note,
'Never piss off that cat.'
Ya I did get this title from a Johnny Cash song. If you're a true fan of his music and not just Joaquin Phoenix then your probably a little confused as to why I would chose this. It's not because Itachi is "The Man In Black" as Mr. Cash is. No he's just a man in black. So basically I chose it because of Itachi's choice in clothing color which is mainly black. Not that there's anything wrong with that.