AN
Enjoy.
Names:
Pooma-Tobi
Banana-Deidara
Gibbs-Pein
Crystal-Hidan
Berry-Konan
Zule-Zetsu
Grim-Itachi
Pompeii-Sasori
Slawter-Kakuzu
Donald-Kisame
3RD PERSON POV
"Itami's acting weird." murmured Chris. The cats, who had been kicked from Itami's room as soon as she woke up, looked up at him.
"She's been acting weird since she came out of her coma, I mean, it's a change, dad and mom aren't here, but isn't it good? She's been so depressed…. do you think she's started again?" asked Jack. Chris's eyes widened.
"No, she wouldn't. She's strong, she took everything by herself." he replied. Jack banged his fist on the table.
"She would, Itami doesn't look it but she is so easily broken. She's like a porcelain doll." snapped Jack.
"But she's been through so much on her own, her own father turned against her…" trailed Chris, "What could have made her start again?"
"I don't know, but think about Itami. She probably hates us." Chris looked up.
"What? Why!?" cried Chris.
"Think about it Chris, you're usually the smarter of us two. Itami is scarred for life. Literally. Her arms, her back, oh god her back. She's got 'bitch' tattooed into her back. Where have we been through this? We never did anything; Itami went through all that crap because we didn't want to break up our family. We didn't want to tell because we were afraid. What right did we have to be afraid? Itami was the one put in the hospital so much; Itami was the one almost dying. Why the fuck didn't we do anything?" Jack almost broke into sobs as he covered his face with his hands. Chris frowned.
"You're right, we were scared. I was scared. I was afraid that if we told, that if we told that someone like Nancy would take Itami away and we'd never see her again." admitted Chris.
"Yeah, but what we never thought was, what did Itami want?" After Jack's statement, a heavy silence filled the living room.
The cats looked at each other. They gave each other glances. Itami had always seemed strong to them. And what were the boys referring to? What did they think she was starting again?
Only Konan knew. Flashbacks of her and Itami in the spring came back to her, Itami's arms. Scars that crisscrossed up her arm in neat lines. Konan stayed silent however.
Then something broke the silence. A single meow.
"Itami needs help." Surprisingly, it was Itachi who spoke up. Itachi never had liked Itami in the first place. He had been suspicious, he had ignored her. But apparently she grew on him. Like she had on all the other Akatsuki members.
"It's our fault she's this messed up." sighed Sasori with a shake of his head.
"We need to fucking fix the bitch, it's depressing when she isn't bitching about something." decided Hidan. Pein and Konan shared a look.
"Then its decided," the Akatsuki looked to Pein, "After we test the theory of hot water bringing us back to human form, then we shall try to help Itami."
Itami had even grown on Pein.
1ST PERSON ITAMI
I glared at the cats. Jack and Chris had left to go to their jobs; Jack working at a gaming store across from the bookstore, so he could stalk Violet was my guess, and Chris working at a computer design place. Jack was saving up to take courses on engineering at the college by us though. Chris however had taken a few courses on computer design already and he was talented, so they sent him there since Chris was a computer genius.
I sighed when a few of them gave me a look.
"Damn cats, now I have to give you guys a bath again!" I huffed. I grabbed the guilty parties, Crystal, Banana, and Pooma, by the back of their necks and I stomped to the bathroom. Honestly, I can't figure out how they managed to get chocolate syrup all over themselves. Hell, Banana wasn't even yellow anymore! All I know is I came downstairs at hearing a crash, and I found three cats covered in chocolate syrup that fell from the top of the refrigerator. Oh, and Zule somehow got up there. Sadly since he wasn't covered in syrup he couldn't be punished this harshly. I turned the hot water on and soon the boiling water was in.
Animal abuse?
….
Shut up, I like animals but I'm a harsh punisher. Get off my back.
I dropped them in and I heard meows most likely of pain. However, then the room was full of smoke. I coughed and waved my hand around, swearing. But then, I found myself not along in the room.
Three, familiar, naked guys. Blue eyes, purple eyes, and a mask stared at me. So I did what any normal girl would do.
I screamed. I turned around, flew out the door, closed it behind me. Then I ran downstairs and ran into Jacks room. I hid under his bed. And I stayed there, curled up in a ball with my hands covering my face. In my head I kept repeating 'I am not crazy' like a mantra. My only question however at the moment, was not what the hell was going on. My question?
Why me?
3RD PERSON
The first thing Deidara, Hidan, and Tobi did was grab a towel. After becoming decent they exited the bathroom. The others then went in to get back to human form, minus Konan who waited so she could go in herself with the door closed.
When they were all humans again, they found a problem.
Where was Itami? They all knew she ran flying out screaming and clutching her head. But where did she go?
"I can't sense any chakra." Itachi informed everyone after a few moments. They all nodded after trying for themselves.
"Itami doesn't have chakra, un. Where do you think she hid?" asked Deidara.
"Search the house." commanded Pein. They all went downstairs and began searching. Deidara, Kakuzu, and Itachi searched the brothers room.
"Where could she have gone?" wondered Kakuzu.
"I don't know un." muttered Deidara. Itachi entered the room and searched with his Sharingan. He pointed silently to the bed. They all looked at each other and then, kneeled down. They all looked under it to find Itami, curled up and looking at them with her eyes wide.
"Go away! I'm not crazy! I'm not!" she shouted, moving backwards until she hit the wall.
"Come out." ordered Kakuzu gruffly.
"No! You're all just hallucinations! Just go away! Stop coming back!" screamed Itami. Her yelling and screaming attracted the others and soon there were all looking under the bed at Itami who lashed out at anyone who tried grabbing her. Finally, after half an hour, Kakuzu had enough.
"No! NO!" Itami was grabbed by his threads and dragged out. She was held there until she calmed down. Although she still shook, she stopped flailing and screaming.
"Fuck me." she murmured to herself as she jumped onto Jacks bead and leaned against the wall. She faced the Akatsuki and put on a stony face.
"You all good now?" asked Konan with concern evident in her voice. Itami took a deep breath.
"Well, I was just dragged out from under a bed, so I suppose its good I'm not hallucinating. I guess I'm not as insane as I originally thought." muttered Itami.
"But are you going to break down again?" asked Itachi. Itami shrugged.
"Honestly? I feel like I am, but I'm probably not. I think it was just the shock of me trying to punish a cat and then having familiar, yet also supposed fictional, characters that I had tried convincing myself were just dreams I made up in my coma pop up randomly and unexpectedly in front of me, and they were naked men." Itami shook her head.
"The mental images don't help." she added as an afterthought. Hidan went to remark but a hand was thrown around his mouth to keep him quiet.
"It wasn't good for a teenage girl to see naked men." agreed Konan, pulling her towel up slightly more.
"So I guess I got to see your world," Itami stood up slowly and led them to the living room, "And now we get to have a cliché and you can see mine. I think my story is now fan fiction worthy, cats and Akatsuki? Classic, and slightly overused." Itami quietly talked to herself to keep up her brave front. When she felt ready she turned to them.
"Ok, so you were cats, now you're back to normal, and naked, in my world. We have a few problems, one is that you're naked and I don't know what clothes we can find that are your sizes. Two, my brothers, I have no idea what their reaction is going to be, and three. How the hell am I explaining this? Oh, and how are you getting back? There are other problems, but I think those are most important at the moment." announced Itami.
"We don't have two bodies," Sasori looked at Itami, "So we can't seal ourselves back to our world."
"And we don't even know how we got here." added Kisame. Itami nodded. Then, a thought struck her.
"What time is it?" she asked, turning to the clock.
"Shit." It was 3:24pm, Jack and Chris would both get home soon.
"We need a plan, Jack and Chris will be back any-"
The sound of a lock being unlocked reached their ears. They all turned to the front door as it opened. Itami's reaction?
"I hate my life."
AN
So, good chapter? Bad chapter?
Isn't Itami such an abusive pet owner? Of course I'd punish a cat in a similar way, water, but not BURNING. Itami is just badass to the point she doesn't give a shit.
And isn't Itami just going insane? Poor Itami, all she wants is normal. Ah yes, and I think I tried summing up why Jack and Chris never did anything about Itami's abuse. It'll be explained more.
A-My favorite? Gibbs. Although I think Banana is fun to say when referring to a cat. Banana! A banana got me in trouble in school one, my teacher yelled at me. Don't ask.
Q-Hm…. what would you do if the Akatsuki turned into cats in your house? If you even kept the ten strangely colored cats that you found in a box on your doorstep.
Sayonara