Sorry for the long wait, I just went on a short trip for the weekend and had no access to Internet, so I couldn't upload the chapter. ^^;
Chapter 3: The Cat in the Uchiha Coumpound
Sasuke was walking through a forest. (Where was he?) A white mist covered the whole clearing and blocked the raven's view. He could hear a few birds singing melancholically and a few crickets chirping their never-changing tune. A grey cloud slowly covered the faint light of the sun and cool breeze blew through the trees gently caressing his face. He was deep in thought; he didn't know what this place was, he felt heavy and confused. He didn't pay attention to where he was going. Sasuke stopped in front of a pond with clear water. He could see several fish swimming by and felt a hasty urge to catch them as he suddenly lost his balance and he fell into the pond. Sasuke sank slowly and uncaringly as the water grew darker around him, his mind couldn't register what was happening. Suddenly his eyes widened; he was paralyzed in horror, frozen in the chilly water. He tried to swim to the surface but the water was freezing. He stopped and curled up in a ball shivering as goosebumps appeared on his pale skin and he sank again. When he realized that he was sinking into the sinister abyss and that he was nearly out of air he resumed his desperate attempt to get out of the water, but couldn't. He wasn't even close, he felt like he'd been swimming for hours, but the surface was still as far as when he'd started. He ran out of air as the shadows began to pull him deeper. He blacked out.
"Huh?" Sasuke jerked awake. 'A dream...? What kind of dream was that?'
Sasuke rubbed his tired droopy eyes with his covered his forearm as a yawn escaped his lips, and then stretched his whole body lifting his arms towards the white ceiling. He covered himself with the white sheets again as he cuddled to his pillow in hope to be able to get some more sleep. After a few minutes he realized he wasn't getting anymore sleep and groaned poking his head out of the sheets. He eyed his alarm clock, which read 6:07 in bright red numbers and realized he was getting late, so he sat up again a little more aware of his surroundings. He ran his hands across his black locks, and realized something was off... "NYANDA!" (1)
He quickly looked at his hands, and his eyes widened like saucers as his features turned pale, and his jaw dropped.
"Ha? No way..." Yes, it was in fact a kitty paw. He tried taking it off thinking it was just a prank and that someone had put a glove on his hand to scare him, but soon he realized his other hand looked like a cat paw, too. He couldn't get them off. Then it hit Sasuke, if he had paws, perhaps he would also have… he rushed to the mirror but tripped with his own pajamas.
"Nyan?" They were too big for him. His usual grey pants were tangled all around his legs and his shirt looked like a black knee-long nightie for him. Actually, everything seemed bigger than usual. He took off his entangled pants with great difficulty tossing his legs frantically, and gasped. His feet looked like paws too! He rushed to the bathroom (almost slipping on his way) and quickly looked at his reflection in the mirror.
"Heh?" He also had a pair of soft, twitching, black kitty ears and a black, long, and furry cat tail! He also looked a lot younger. He had a pair of bigger and curious onyx eyes instead of his calm, hateful eyes (as his eyes widened yet again, he noticed his pupils had become thin slits). His hair had more spikes at the back and his bangs were a bit longer. It reminded him of when he was around 8, though he was much shorter, he could barely see his whole face in the mirror in front of his sink if his stood on tiptoe.
Suddenly an idea hit him and he ran to another room searching for some of his old clothes. He found his old usual outfit: a short sleeved black shirt and his old and smaller white shorts. He was sure they'd fit him, but the problem was how would he get them on? He no longer had his opposable thumbs, and if getting his clothes off was difficult, how did he expect to put them on? He did as he could, grabbing them with his mouth and paws and crawling into them. They fit perfectly, but his tail was really uncomfortable; he curled it around his left leg letting it fall down the short's hole. It wasn't comfortable either, but it was better. Finally, when he was done, he ran down stairs (he didn't even think on putting on his headband for it was impossible to do so with his new cat-like hands). He was hungry and late for training so he really had to hurry.
Then he faced yet another problem. How was he going to prepare his breakfast? He had no idea, but he still tried.
FF later in the morning, around 8 am.
The whole kitchen was a whole chaos. There was food, milk and broken plates everywhere. Sasuke was a mess too, he was soaking wet with the milk that had fallen on him and had food all over his hair and clothes. He had to promise himself not to cook ever again until he went back to normal. No way! He'd eat at a restaurant or eat simple, un-cooked things. As he finished his bow he heard a knock on the door.
"Go away!" Sasuke hissed. He was too confused, dirty, and irritated to have guests right now. There was a short pause.
"Who's that? Where's Sasuke?" The boy heard a confused male voice outside. Huh? Ò.Ò?
"I am Sasuke, now leave me alone!" He hissed again. That was Kakashi's voice. Darn I must be really late...
"Sasuke? Is that you? Why did you hiss at me? What's up with your voice?" Kakashi asked worryingly. That didn't sound like Sasuke at all and the kid was never late for training; something had to be off.
"Huh?" Then Sasuke realized something else. His voice was different too, more child-like. He didn't have his deep manly voice, but the one he had when he was younger too, high pitched and child-like!
"That's none of your business now leave!" Kakashi entered anyways. He had to make sure his student was alright. I'm his sensei after all.
"What th-? Sasuke what happened?" Kakashi stared dumfounded at the whole chaos on the kitchen and then looked at the half cat boy waiting for an answer. If Sasuke was very well known for something, it was his neatness, and this kitchen was all but tidy. There were broken plates all around and there was milk spilled all over the place. He found food mixed everywhere, and the chairs and the table were all on the floor.
" Just tried to prepare breakfast..." Sasuke murmured as heat went up his face and a crimson tint covered his cheeks. He looked down to try to cover his blush with his bangs and avoid his teacher's look, awkwardly embarrassed by the mess he'd done. The boy winced, and his ears perked up and twitched as some milk droplets fell on his head again, and that's when the silver haired jounin noticed his cat appendages. His ears had been flattened against his head, hiding beneath his raven locks, and honestly Kakashi had paid more attention to the mess around them.
"What? And what about you?" Questioned his sensei worriedly. As the jounin observed his student's behavior, he was grateful for wearing his mask as a devious smirk found its way to his face at the cuteness of the kid before him.
"Hn" Sasuke still wouldn't look at him.
"Sasuke, what happened to you? I thought you weren't into cosplay?" Kakashi figured he wouldn't get an answer unless he teased the boy, and started walking forward.
" I-I'm not!" Sasuke yelled with a deathly glare shot at Kakashi. "I don't know what happened, but when I woke up I was like this, and I can't take them off." Muttered the younger suddenly finding the floor very interesting, and proving Kakashi right.
The jounin turned serious this time realizing the importance of the matter. "Enough, you're coming with me." And with that Kakashi grabbed Sasuke by the collar of his shirt and rushed out of the house. Sasuke tried to fight the grip scratching and biting his sensei, but Kakashi didn't let go. Finally they arrived to a big, red tower with the kanji sign for fire.
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