Hey guys, I'm sorry for the long wait, I just didn't have the time to write these days, but here is the next chapter at last. I must thank everyone who reviewed the last chapters. You guys are the ones who motivate me to update faster :D. I hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 4: Nya!

Kakashi dragged Sasuke into the scarlet building and burst inside Tsunade's office. He was relieved that there was no one else in the room, as he would have regretted it later. He didn't want anyone else to know about Sasuke's new...condition, until he'd talked to the Hokage about it and knew what was happening. Kakashi was panting heavily, as he tried to regain his lost breath. He'd run at a blinding speed so no one could see his student clearly and now his whole body ached in complaint. I must be getting old... T^T

Evil... Ò.Ó The Fifth Hokage just stayed in her seat behind her cluttered desk as she stared at the jounin with an annoyed and evil look on her face that along with her dark aura made the hair on Sasuke's neck stand out as the little boy shivered uneasily. He had never liked Tsunade, not one bit. He didn't care that she was Hokage or that she had healed him multiple times; she wasn't nice to him (or anyone for that matter) and only cared about Naurto, money and sake. He couldn't understand how a taboo lover like her could become Hokage; either she was verystrong, or the Elders had gone mad, and if that was the case, the next Hokage would be Naruto; he wouldn't even have to train anymore! Still this was far beyond his expectations, she now looked quite intimidating. He figured she had been sleeping before they entered; she had a tired and disheveled appearance and her eyes were droopy and somewhat red. That didn't make her look less frightening though.

"You must have an expla- what's this?" The blonde stared speechless at them, taken aback by what she had just seen. Her menacing look was gone and her honey eyes were now wide open as she raised her head a little showing her interest and curiosity.

"This is the reason I came Tsunade-sama." Said Kakashi pointing at the kid he still held by the collar, as the raven pouted annoyed, looking away as not to show the embarrassing flush that reached his cheeks again.

"What happened to Sasuke is this a joke or something?" Inquired the Fifth Hokage in a now irritated look. How dare they interrupt her sleep for such childish reasons?

"Do you think it is Tsunade-sama? Why would I transform myself into such a phenomenon? And I don't think Kakashi-sen (1) would pull a prank like this on me, or that's what I think, he looks as confused as I do, nya." The small raven blabbered on cutely. His tone changed from annoyed to an inquisitive one as he kept on talking, which made him completely adorable to the stunned blonde in front of him. Nanda? Why did I use honorifics? Why did I say "nya"? And why can't I swear in my own mind, nya? Oh good, now I also do it in my head. T^T

Everyone stayed still as an uncomfortable silence filled the room and both the adults' jaws dropped. (Actually it wasn't easy to tell if Kakashi's one did really drop because of his mask, but Sasuke guessed he was shocked as well as his only visible eye widened noticeably.)

"D-Did you j-just call me K-Kakashi-sen?" Stuttered Kakashi completely bewildered and wide-eyed. He couldn't believe it! This had to be the most glorious day of his life! The rude and stuck up Sasuke Uchiha had showed him respect! Was he dreaming? And he was so cute too! The way he pensively cocked his head, and how his ears followed his head's movement tilting slightly as his wide eyes looked towards the ceiling and the way his small mouth opened adorably barely showing his bigger canines! It was all too much for the jounin to bear! He had to give the kid a hug; he was too cute! And 'nya'? The Sasuke Uchiha meowing? That was a bit too much, it was kind of weird to hear someone meowing as it's not a normal sound for a human to make, but it wasn't that odd either. It was as if Sasuke was used to meowing, it didn't sound as a foreign sound to his vocal cords as it would to anyone who tried to imitate it.

As Sasuke realized what he had just done and the awkward silence that followed, he became uncomfortable and tried to break it. Usually he wouldn't mind it was rare enough for Sasuke to talk openly, and breaking the silence was just out of the question for the typically calm Uchiha, but this time he rather speak to divert the attention of the two adults that kept staring at him with indecipherable gazes. His ears lowered a bit forward and his tail wagged uncomfortably before curling around his leg as he spoke. "Could you just please turn me back to normal before I start purring, or hissing again Tsunade-sama, nya?" Since when do I say "please"? I don't get it! The kid cried desperately in his mind becoming more distressed by the minute.

"Aw, but you're so adorable! You should stay as you are! Maybe we could even add some whiskers." Teased Kakashi, as he patted his student's head loving the horrified expression of the raven as he blushed and looked away. Yes, teasing him would never get old. Sasuke then tried to glare at him, but it only turned into a cute pout as he puffed his red cheeks and frowned his ears a turned backwards and lowered a bit.

"I'm not cute, nya!" Fumed the Uchiha as he closed his eyes angrily and brought his paws near his face, which would be balled in fists if they were human hands instead. Kakashi poked his nose and Sasuke's eyes opened looking at his finger as his ears perked up, and he tried to bite his teacher's finger, just barely missing by a second.

"Well, I've certainly never seen anything like this." Tsunade got closer to Sasuke and started examining him, pulling his ears and tail. The raven stopped attacking the annoying finger and groaned in distaste as she analyzed hid body. "I don't know how to turn you back to normal Sasuke," She said at last." I don't even think it has anything to do with ninjutsu."

"What? But you have to! I can't go out like this, nya!" Yelled Sasuke childishly. How Could he keep his Uchiha pride unharmed with cat ears and a tail? This was just too much! The fact that he didn't like the blonde didn't mean he didn't repsect her and if she couldn't turn him back to normal, then probably no one he knew could. That's it I'm going to kill whoever did this to me, nya!

Sasuke was about to grab Tsunade by her neck and try to demand her to turn him back, but Kakashi seized his collar and lifted him as Sasuke struggled to reach the woman. This reminded Tsunade of a kitten being held by its scruff by its mother as the kid struggled to free himself, kicking and scratching and screaming like mad. The Uchiha surely knew how to throw a tantrum.

"I'm sorry Sasuke, but you'll have to wait until I find out how to turn you back to normal, or at least until I figure out what happened to you." The woman turned her head annoyed as she crossed her arms with a frown upon her face. Sasuke stopped struggling, and turned to look at her desperately.

"Huh? But…but"

"No buts, you'll have to wait." Tsunade coldly cut in. She kind of pitied the kid, who was now stuck with the embarrassing cat appendages, but she really couldn't do anything to help him and that upset her greatly. That meant that whoever did this, must have been a talented potion dealer or mage, but she didn't understand why someone like that would want to do this to the Uchiha. She'd have to do a lot of researching. Ugh great, more work. ¬¬

"But I can hardly get dressed and I'm unable to even prepare breakfast, nya!" Sasuke pointed out, but soon he regretted it as the Hokage's next words reached his ears.

"You'll stay with Kakashi then, he'll take care of you, feed you, get you dressed, and help you with whatever you need."

"What? You mean I'll be like his ...pet." It wasn't really a question, more like a statement. He made a small pause before stating the last word and muttered it indignantly after looking away in distaste and embarrassment. No way, nya! (Ò.Ó )

"No, I don't. I just mean he'll help you until you get your opposable thumbs back. You were the one who said you needed help, ne?" Tsunade corrected grumpily as she relaxed a little in her seat with an aggravated sigh, already upset by the whole matter. Sasuke looked at her from the corner of his eye and then grunted as he crossed his arms in a disapproving manner and pouted.

"Well then," Tsunade exclaimed as she clapped her hands together "everything's settled. You'll stay with Kakashi until we find a cure." The Hokage finished as she nodded her head with her eyes closed. Then she opened them and looked around; her gaze stopped as she questioned Kakashi "Kakashi, you haven't said a word, is something bothering you?"

"Huh?" Kakashi jerked his head up. "Oh no, nothing it's just I got distracted by Sasuke's cute tail's movement and his ears." Said the jounin uncaringly with that typical expression of his as he closed his eyes in a happily fashion and scratched the back of his head.

Sasuke blinked and blushed like mad.

"You're a PERVERT!" Hissed Sasuke as he pointed accusingly at his teacher and then covered his cat ears. "You really shouldn't read all those dirty books, nya!"

"They're not dirty and I'm not a pervert, it's just it's really weird the way your ears twitch when you get mad. Besides, I'm not interested in small whining kids, even if I do have a small fetish for kitty ears" Kakashi cynically reached a finger to touch one of his cat ears and watched amusingly as it twitched. Sasuke jerked away almost instantly as his bristled tail stood up and he covered his ears again.

"HUH? You're completely mad, sick perv, nya!" Sasuke hissed with all his might. He really didn't want to go to Kakashi's house. He was about to ask Tsunade to let him stay somewhere else when- "Huh?"

"Well thank you Hokage-sama, I'll be counting on you then." Kakashi bowed respectfully as he grabbed Sasuke by the collar again and dragged him to the door.

And with that, Kakashi carried his back home while Sasuke kicked, scratched and bit him. Not long after that they arrived to Sasuke's house. Kakashi made a kage bunshin and made him hold the kitty boy while he entered.

"Oi! You have no right to enter my house like that! Let me go! Nyaaaaargh!" The fuming boy screamed struggling against the bunshin's hold.

"Nope. I can't do that because if I do you'll bite me and run." Sasuke stopped struggling.

Σ(Ò.Ó )Darn...

"N-no, I'm not-" He tried lying as he looked at the ground, but it didn't work. (He was a bad liar when he was a kid.)

"Yes you are. Don't worry I'm not going to steal anything or spy your private stuff; I'm just going to look for some clothes for you. Or would you rather wear those for as long as you're with me?" Kakashi said jokingly as he pointed at Sasuke's clothes.

"Hmp. They're on the third room to the right on the second floor. Don't touch anything but my clothes, and get out fast." Scoffed an embarrassed Sasuke. "My toothbrush is on the second room to the left, nya."

"Ah, hai, hai." Kakashi waved vaguely as he entered the vast mansion.

Was he even listening?

As Kakashi entered the mansion he couldn't help but look around amazed. The place was huge. He didn't understand why Sasuke wanted to live in such a big place by himself. It felt really lonely. He guessed it was because Sasuke refused to move from his parents' house because he had nowhere to go; he didn't have much money (as he couldn't get his inheritance yet,). Besides this was where he grew up after all, he surely missed his family a lot. It obviously wouldn't be easy for Sasuke to move on.

Shaking those sad thoughts away Kakashi made up his mind to help Sasuke move on so he wouldn't feel lonely anymore. He could move to Kakashi's house permanently. Sasuke was like a son to him; Kakashi wouldn't mind living with him. That way neither of them would be lonesome anymore. That forlorn feeling wasn't unknown to the silver-haired jounin, his father had committed suicide when he was very young and he missed his deceased teammates and sensei a lot, so he certainly wouldn't mind the company. Besides it would help him keep is mind busy for a while; whenever he got lost in thought, the memories of his teammates' deaths would replay in his head no matter how hard he tried to push them to the back of his head.

The white haired jounin went upstairs absentmindedly. He went to the first room his student had mentioned and looked around. The room was rather small and there wasn't anything but a bid wooden wardrobe in it; he opened it and found the clothes Sasuke used to wear when he was younger. He'd seen him wear them various times in the past when he attended the Ninja Academy. Kakashi took them all and found some under wear and his PJ's. As he walked to the other room he caught a glimpse of a room with its door open, he peeked in and figured it must be Sasuke's room. He entered and admired how clean it was, and wondered if Sasuke used to clean in his free time. The boy surely wouldn't train all the time, right? He'd ought to do something else. He then eyed the little bedside table and found a photo of a young Sasuke with his family. He looked truly happy; even if it was a formal photo he could clearly see the glow in Sasuke's eyes was full of bliss. Next to that photo was the one they had taken as Team 7. Neither Sasuke nor Naruto were looking to the camera; they'd been quarreling that time. Naruto had his arms crossed and was looking furiously at Sasuke who was rolling his eyes. Sakura who was between the other two was cutely smiling and Kakashi (at the back) was patting Sasuke's and Naruto's head with a nervous smile adorning his face. The jounin chuckled as the memories of that time played in his head. We've had a lot of fun together, ne?

Kakashi snapped out of his thoughts and finally walked to the bathroom, and took the toothbrush shoving everything in a small bad and returning to the entrance where Sasuke still waited with his shadow clone.

Again, I hope you liked it. Remember: I love reviews and any comments or suggestions are welcome! ^.

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(1) 'Sen' is short for 'sensei' and is usually used by small kids or highschool girls in Japan.