Okay this is going to be the couple of Haku x Hinata and I have been dying to write one of these. So, Enjoy!

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It was getting late in Kirigakure and the sun was slowly setting, emitting an orange, yellow, red, and purple light over the country that was surrounded by nothing but water. A young man in his Kirigakure High school uniform exited the train station and shifted his bag on his shoulder as he walked down the sidewalk trying to weave past the people walking in the other direction. His hair was long and brown that was held back at the end with a ponytail. Two bangs framed his feminine like face that showed his pale skin and big brown eyes. He quickly turned down an empty alley way as to get home faster. He was about to jump a fence like he usually did, but in the corner of his eye he caught sight of a doorway with a neon sign over the top. He figured that he should just keep going on like he had not seen anything, but as the buzz of the neon sign went on he just had to see what was in there. He jumped down from his spot on a dumpster and walked up to the door looking up at the sign. It read: 'Madame Miku'.

He thought to himself about this; this place looked shady, he was in a dark alley, and no one could hear him scream. He was about to knock on the door, but it opened up and he nearly stumbled into the room. He instantly caught the scents of burning herbs and scented candles; he peeked into the building and saw all the low lights, mythical figures, god-like painting on the wall, and what looked like alters. He walked into the building and then jumped as the door closed behind him. He looked back and came upon an old woman dressed gypsy like sitting at a circle table with a crystal ball placed right in the middle of the table. She had very long grey and white hair pulled back in a braid and she held a long pipe in her shaky hands; she looked up and the two made eye contact; "Come in Haku Momochi, I've been expecting you."

"H-how do you know my name," he had not moved and inch and just stood stalk still. The old woman just rolled her eyes and with a light wave of her hand, Haku felt that someone was pulling at him towards the table. Haku tried to fight against it as much as he could, but he pushed into a chair and pulled into the table; he was about ready to cry bloody murder if his throat hadn't of tightened up and gotten very dry. His eyes darted every which way in search of an escape and tried to wriggle out of his seat.

Madame Miku just shook her head and blew out smoke, "You are jumpier than I thought Haku but you are in no danger here and I suggest you calm down." Haku instantly just sat still and just starred at the old woman with light fear in his eyes and his hand gave a nervous twitch. Madame Miku just gave a light smirk and pulled the pipe out of her mouth, "I know you have many questions and I can't really give you a reasonable answers to them," she blew out more smoke and then set down her pipe and held out a large but burnt down white candle. She handed him a box of matches, "I want you to light the flame please." Haku rubbed the back of his neck and then hesitantly reached for matches and lit the candle and then blew out the match before it blew it out before it burnt his finger. The woman just let the candle burn for a bit and then looked back at Haku, "'what do you smell?"

Haku was still a bit over-come by fear but just took a few deep breaths and figured he should play along for the time being. He took in a deep breath through the nose and just let the scent or now, scents that filled his body and mind. He looked at her and tried to speak with a clam voice, "I smell…lavender and vanilla." She gave a nod and just pulled the crystal ball closer to her and just began to look into it. Haku just wanted to know if he guessed the right scent, "Um, Madame Miku? What are you doing?"

"I've been having visions Haku," she closed her eyes and moved her hands about the ball, "and it seems that you are in them." The ball looked to be fogging up with something and he was sure that he saw flashes of pictures and he could have sworn that he saw himself. Madame Miku just took in a deep breath, "You are to meet a girl, of lavender; you will help her through a time of need….and…." she trailed off for a bit and then opened her eyes, "I see fur…." Haku just looked at her funny and it made her laugh a bit. "Oh I know it sounds odd," she smiled lightly, "but Madame Miku is never wrong."

"Um, yeah," Haku slowly got up from his chair and then walked away. "Well I must be on my way Mad-AME!" Haku had not turned her back on her so he tripped over a little statue of Hecate, and fell back on the ground. Before he could get up, a bottle full of what looked like purple powder had tipped over and spilled right on his head. He quickly stood up and tried to dust himself off.

"Everything happens for a reason Haku," she smoked her pipe again and watched as he ran out the door. She shook her head, "That boy should listen to Madame Miku, for she is never wrong."

Haku quickly slammed the house door closed behind him and tried to catch his breath. He was beyond freaked and he was sure he was still covered in powder; he dropped his school bag on the ground as his older brother Zabuza Momochi walked in and looked at him funny. Haku tried to get the rest of the powder off of him and Zabuza just watched, mildly amused at his brother actions. He leaned against the door way and looked at him, "You're cover in purple powder, you're very late, and you look scared out of your wits." He smirked, "Did you just come back from a rave?" Haku looked at him like he was crazy and shook his head. Zabuza chuckled lightly and stood straight up, "I left out some miso soup, rice, and grilled fish; eat what you like and put it away when you're down." Haku nodded and watched as his brother walked back to his room and he went into the kitchen to eat.

Haku couldn't help back to what had happed in that alleyway and it had freaked him out to no end. This crazy old lady knew his name, first and last, and she had visions of him. Haku regretted not listening to the rational side of his brain that told him to not go into that room. 'A girl of lavender…that doesn't make any sense at all; she was probably just some senile old woman.' He gave a nod and just went on with eating his late dinner and then would be able to get to sleep as soon as he could. He finished dinner later then he thought, put any left overs away, and then cleaned the dishes. All he wanted to do know was forget about what had just happened; he went to his room and just lied down on his bed and immediately fell into a deep sleep.

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Zabuza was up at the break of dawn, like always, and made his way into the kitchen after changing into his police uniform. He made himself coffee and just stood in his kitchen with a tired look on his face. He hated getting up early, he hated going to work, and he really didn't like anyone he worked with. But this was all part of life and he was going to either deal with it or end up living on the streets and he knew Haku could not go back to living on the streets again. He looked over at the note pad that was pinned to the wall beside the phone and ripped of yesterday's sheet that was full of Haku's little notes, numbers, and doodles and wrote down that he had left early again and that he would not be back to very late. He put on his shoes, grabbed his keys, and headed out to his car and drove off to the station where he knew there was paper work waiting for him.

Haku did not wake up until his alarm clock went off at six-thirty and the sun was already in the sky. He gave a light grown and hit the off button as hard as he could. He got up to see that he had slept in his uniform and his other spare was yet to be washed since he had gotten home late. Haku just tried to straighten out his clothes the best he could and walked out to the living room and sat back on the couch and turned on the T.V to watch the news like he did every morning as he did his daily routine. After he got his shoes on and some story about a pet shop going out of business, he checked his bag to be sure that there was nothing that he was forgetting for school. Haku was at the top of his class and did everything in his power to stay that way since it made him proud. And since Haku was the only kid in the house, he usually got to do whatever he wanted, unless when Zabuza brought a lady friend home, then Haku booked it out of there and stayed out at bar/grills, arcades, and movie theaters.

Once ready he turned off the T.V and walked out of the house with the bag over his shoulder; after locking the door behind him Haku made his way to the train station and again to his detour through the alley. Haku looked to his left and expected to see that neon sigh still over the door, but to his surprise, the place was gone. Out of pure shock, Haku ran over and opened the door only to see that the place was cleared out of anything that he remembered being there last night. Before he let shock set in and keep him frozen in place, he closed the door and continued on to his destination, he was going to be late if he didn't pick up the pace. As he walked out of the alley and about to pass another, a light grey cat walked out before his path and sat before him with piercing green eyes. Haku was not the superstitious type but he rather not take the chance with the events he just went through. He tried to 'shoo' the cat out of his way and he was sure that this cat was just mocking him now when it looked like it was smirking. The more that he stared at the cat he felt his ear twitch a bit, and he got the twitch in his hand too. Before he could blink he felt his ears morph and when he touched them, they were furry and pointy. Haku dropped his bag and covered his ears the best he could; he looked around to see if anyone saw him and then ran into the alley way and hid behind a dumpster.

His whole body began to shake and the cat followed him and just watched as the boy went through his own panic attack. Haku slowly felt his body shift and change and with a sudden 'poof' of smoke. Haku was somehow covered in clothes and found his way out. He looked over to see that it was his shirt and pants that had littered the ground and his eyes went wide when he looked up and saw that everything around him got bigger. He felt his new body shake and he fainted at the sight that he was covered in brown fur, he was standing on all fours, and he was sure that he felt something swaying back and forth by his back end. Haku turned around and saw a long tail swaying back and forth and he let out a screechy meow.

"What a foolish boy you are Haku," the cat before him spoke through her mind and just smirked as Haku gapped at her. "I said everything happens for a reason. I didn't decide to set up my shop in that alley by impulse, but I knew you were coming through there." She turned away and jumped up onto the garbage cans and dumpsters and gave him a wink. "Madame Miku is never wrong!~" She sang out as she ran off and had a smile on her cat face, "Find the girl of Lavender~"

"What the hell is going on!" Haku was just hoping that he was going to wake up any second now. He was going to hear the beeping of his alarm clock and he rather be late to school then go on with what was happening at the moment. Hell, Haku rather be on the receiving end of Zabuza's punishment then where he was now. He looked around and saw that he was almost alone in this alley way if it wasn't for the loading truck behind him. Haku shook his head and thought of a plan to get out of the little mess he was in, like find the cat and or old lady and make her fix him. As Haku was ready to test out his four legs two big hands picked him up and put him in a cage. He began to growl and hiss at what was going on, but only a booming voice answered his reply.

"Don't worry poor little guy," he said as he loaded him onto the truck that seemed to be full of other animals, "this place may have gone out of business," he gave an encouraging smile. "But I heard that some shop in Konohagakure is going to take in all these animals and you'll get a great home." And with that he closed and locked the back door and there was no way Haku was going to get out of here.

"Holy Fricken Crap!" Haku began to move about his cage and knocked against it to try and force open the door.

"Shut up idiot," a dog thought at Haku and glared a bit. "I'm not going to have you driving all of us crazy."

"I'm not a cat! I'm a human turned into a cat," Haku cried out at the dog and all the animals just stared at him.

"You poor crazy thing," One rabbit said with sad eyes.

"No it's real," a bird said as it gave a nervous twitch, "I was in the war when some crazed nation caught me and did their crazy experiments on me! I shouldn't be here." He gave a crazed laugh and his twitch became worse. Haku gave the bird a confused look and just slowly turned his head away from them.

"Don't mind Sgt. Dodo," the dog rolled his eyes and lied down in their cage. "Just sleep until we get to the new shop and start hoping for a good home." Haku just sighed as everyone began to sleep or they ignored him; he was left with nothing to do but sleep. He lied on his side and tried to make it comfortable, but it seemed that he was just so drained from the whole experience that he quickly fell into a deep sleep.

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As school let out, one small girl weaved her way out of the large crowd of students and found her way to a safe place to stand and gather her bearings. She quickly closed her jacket tighter to her body as the cool air hit her and her uniform required her to where a skirt. Her long midnight blue hair blew in the wind and her pale lavender squinted as she pulled out her bus pass. Pale legs carried her to the nearest bus stop and there she waited with other students to get back home. As she looked through her bag for her cell phone she caught in the corner of her eye that an elderly woman came up and stood beside her. The woman was cloaked and seemed to be hunched over, but silver hair lightly fell a bit through the cloak; the old woman had never been here before, but no one would question it either. The pale eyed girl just stood patiently and waited for her bus; this girl was none other than the once Hyuga heir Hinata Hyuga, and by the words 'once' is because that she was stripped of her title and it was handed over to her younger sister Hanabi Hyuga. With the new freedom of not having to lead the clan she had gotten permission to move into an apart not too far from school and it allowed her to study what she pleased.

But as all good things go, karma has a way of evening out with bad things. Hinata was having a complete melt down, she lost even more confidence in herself since it seemed that all her class mates see her as nothing but a failure and she has been forced into solitude. She had spent many nights alone without the company of anyone and just did work; if there was no school work to be done, she would go out and find placed that needed volunteers. This was a sad life indeed and Hinata was getting no practice on dealing with other human beings and she was sure that this was going to end up kicking her in the butt sooner or later. Soon enough the bus came to its stop and they all piled to get in and go home, Hinata waited as the other formed a line before her and it seemed she and the elderly lady were the last to get on.

"I'm sorry," the bus driver said to the elderly lady as Hinata began to go up the steps, "but we have reached our capacity. You'll have to wait for the next one." Hinata stopped in her tracks as she looked back as the old woman looked at the bus driver and tried to plead her case to the driver. Hinata had caught the look on the old woman's face and it nearly broke her heart.

"I-It's alright," Hinata said lightly as she looked at the driver, "I-I'll wait for the next b-bus." She stepped aside and let the woman on.

"Oh thank you Hinata Hyuga," the woman looked at her with a smirk at her lips and Hinata couldn't help but jump a bit. But she got off the bus and watched as it took off without her on it. Now Hinata would have to walk home or she'd be home after dark. It did freak her out that the woman knew her name, but Hinata was part of the Hyuga clan; there must be something somewhere that had the names of every member in the Hyuga clan. She pushed it aside and began her walk back to her apartment complex. This would be a good time for her to reconnect with nature and see what she was missing from being cooped up all the time. It wasn't that bad of a day, sure it was a bit chilly out but it was only a slight breeze and the sun would peer from behind the many clouds that crossed the sky.

As she crossed another crosswalk Hinata stumbled upon her favorite place to volunteer: Konoha Pet Shop. She stopped at the large window that showed a few of the selection of pets that they had for all to see. Hinata smiled as puppies ran about and played with toys and one another, as some birds sat in their cages and sang to one another, and then finally there was a small sign on the window that read that the shop just got a bunch of new animals. Hinata couldn't resist the thought of seeing new animals and entered the pet shop that was nearly empty. Pure bliss filled her body as the noise of animals that noticed her presence and she was all smiles at all the animals, even the reptiles and arachnids. The store owner gave the girl a warm welcome to his shop since he was so used to seeing her around and helping out with animals. Everyone that worked there new and loved the girl to no end and she was like part of the family. But as Hinata went to another section of the shop, she was shocked to see that the elderly woman from before was there looking at a crazed looking bird.

"Oh," the elderly woman glanced at Hinata, "what a surprise to see you here?" Hinata just stood there in shock, the bus did not make a stop near this part of town. "You should take a look at that lovely dog over there, just what a girl need when walking home alone." She patted Hinata's head lightly, "Madame Miku is never wrong." And with that she walked off with the bird cage in hand, but she just walked out the door without paying. Hinata turned to the woman at the counter, but it seemed that the woman at the counter had not seen or even noticed the elderly woman. Hinata just walked over to where she had motioned the dog was, but instead her eyes caught the site of an odd looking cat. She stopped and just watched as it walked about its cage like it was thinking of a plan of escape. What she did take notice is that the cat had brown eyes to match its brown fur, which was very odd in a cat. Hinata soon just starred at the cat like it was painting made up of nothing but lines, and the purpose of the painting was unknown to everyone that wasn't the painter. She was sure that the more that she looked at it the more it became clear to her that something was very off about this cat.

"He is a special one isn't he," the owner walked up behind her while he held his broom. "This cat came from Kirigakure and it's been doing this ever since it got here." He sighed sadly, but it almost looked like he was acting, "If only some kind child would take him in and show him how to live normally." He looked to Hinata and gave a pleading smile with very big eyes.

"O-Oh no," Hinata blushed sheepishly and forced a smile, "I have n-no money f-for him-"

"Hinata please," he rolled his eyes and smirked, "Like I would make you pay for a life companion. This guy is all yours and I'll throw in some cat food and a full litter box to get you started." He grabbed the cat's cage, scaring half to death as he walked her over to the counter and then went to grab some other things. The woman there, who was also the owner's wife, just gave Hinata an apologetic smile as he came with bag that held a small litter box, cat food, and some litter. "Oh you'll just love having a cat to come home to," he smiled at her again, "trust me Hinata you'll thank me for this later. You noticed this cat more than the others for a reason dear Hinata," he gave her, her new things and caged cat, "everything happens for a reason." After that he shooed Hinata off before she could deny the gift and told her to get home safe.

Hinata just stood there outside the shop with the cat's cage in one hand and his things in the other. 'W-what just happened?' Hinata just came to window shop, and now she has her own cat, an odd cat at that. "W-well," she looked down at the cage and gave a light smile, "I-I guess you'll just have t-to come home with me. She continued her path to her apartment complex but the cat was too busy having a panic attack to hear her.

"Oh no…this can't end well for me." Haku watched as his scenery changed once more and he was being carried off to who knows where. "I'm going to be some little girls pet. Be brushed and bathed by some stranger, and I'll never get out of this cat body!" If cats cried, Haku would be crying right now but he did hit his head against the side of his cage a few times.

Hinata looked down as the cat injured itself as she walked up the steps to her apartment, "No wonder w-why I got t-this cat for f-free." She shook her head and then opened the door to her apartment and set the cat down on the ground as she closed her door behind her and locked up for the night. Hinata went to set up the cat box in a back room. She placed her bag in her room and then placed the bag that only had cat food in it now on the kitchen table and then went to the cat and kneeled before him. "C-come on o-out Cat-s-san." Hinata opened up the cage and waited for the cat to come out of its cage. She saddened a bit when she saw that he was not coming out and seemed to be hiding in the back of the cage. She rubbed her thumb against her forefinger and middle to try and coax him out of the cage. Haku only rolled his cat eyes and the stupid trick. "Please c-come out Cat-san," he nearly cringed at the sound of her voice that had a bit of a waver to it, like she was about to cry. "I-I know that y-you rather n-not b-be here, but we c-can get along, right?" Hinata cursed herself for being such a child about this, but she really wanted someone she could come home to that would never hate her, or be disappointed in her.

Haku felt guilt rise in his chest and he slowly walked out of his cage, knowing that he was going to regret it. He looked up at Hinata and couldn't help by be taken back by the girl's beauty. Big innocent, perfect pale skin, and not to mention plum lips; he was sure that if he was in his male body, he'd blush at the site of her. He had caught the name 'Hinata' being thrown around a lot, so he just assumed that that was her first name and stuck with it. Haku just watched as the tears that were going to fall had subsided and she looked down at him with a bright smile and a pink hue to her cheeks. He nearly let out a squeak as Hinata picked him up and nearly suffocated him against her ample chest area. He was sure that he was going to faint but he felt soft strokes going from the top of his head and then running down his back and it made him close his eyes and he actually also began to purr loudly. He tried to stop it but he had never felt so warm and at peace; he actually found himself moving into her touch.

Hinata giggled lightly and anything that had to do with sadness and sorrow was pushed right out of her mind and now she was nothing but happy. She slowly got to her feet while holding her new companion, "Oh Cat-san, y-you d-don't even kn-know I happy I am." She went over to her sofa and placed Haku down on the sofa and curled up on the other side of the sofa. She decided that she didn't want to smother her cat in her love so she just gave him his space to roam about his new home while she sat back and watched T.V. Hinata lied back and watched the news and Haku just sat there and watched too, since it looked that his name was on the screen.

"News reports that Haku Momochi has still not been found and is being considered as a run-away child." The news reported said looking into the camera with dead seriousness, "He was last seen at Kirigakure pet shop that had just gone out of business. If you have any information on the where-about of this male, please call this number."

Hinata shook her head and lightly touched her chest, "I h-hope that the boy i-is okay." Haku on the other hand jumped onto the table with his new cat-like reflexes and abilities and tried to point at the name and then at himself. He looked back at Hinata and meowed to get her attention and once he did and tried to motion to the picture of him on the screen that he had also been his best school photo. Hinata just watched as he pawed at the screen, "Y-yes," she smiled lightly and sat up straight, "that i-is the boy." Haku rolled his cat eyes and then meowed loudly and pawed at the screen again. "I-I have to s-say Cat-san," Hinata smiled lightly as she looked at the screen and a blush came to her cheeks, "h-he is very c-cute." Haku's eye twitched as he hated fate right now; a cute girl thought he was cute and he was her cat at the moment. Haku looked back at the screen and sighed as they went onto another topic that was too much into politics for him to care about at the moment. He jumped off the table and decided that he was going to wonder the home for the time being and get a new feel for his temporary home. Hinata just lied back down on the sofa and turned on a movie.

Haku on the other hand was exploring the new environment and now with his size he had to adjust a bit more to the new life. He was quick to find out that she lived in a small place; one main bathroom and bedroom, kitchen, living room, and a hall way closet. There was another room but she had turned it into a study. Haku jumped onto the chair and then the desk and peered at the laptop's screen, he pushed down on the space bar and then came up the wall paper and Haku was surprised to see that it was a young Hinata standing beside a woman who looked just like her and Hiashi Hyuga. He could only assume that she was his daughter, but she did not live with him anymore. And that got him thinking at what was up with this girl and answered why she needed a cat; Hinata must be downright lonely. He left the study and went to her room in order to snoop and look at all of her things without it being considered creepy. As he entered the room, the smell of something nice nearly smacked him in the face and made him cough a bit; it was very powerful for the one room. He slowly re-entered the room and he took in all the sites there was to see. The room looked to be almost for a child, but yet it was full of drawing, paintings, and books. Hinata had a love of art, music, and writing since everything was based around those subjects. He jumped onto a wooden chest that held a knitted blanket on it and he sat on the blanket while looking at the bed; it had lavender pillows and a comforter and a stuffed white bunny was propped up against all the pillows and just laid lifelessly on the bed.

"She still has stuff animals." He said but without moving his mouth and just watched the thing. He was never one to state the obvious, nor was he the one to talk about one at any time, but he had to admit that she looked only two years younger than him and he was seventeen; she shouldn't still have things like this. He jumped onto the bed and got a closer look at the stuffed animal. It looked very nice up close, great quality of work on it and with a hesitant sniff, it even smelled of vanilla. He liked it a lot so Haku picked up the bunny in his mouth and carried it over to the blanket on the wooden chest and then lied partly on top of it and sleeps there for the night. As he was trying to fall asleep, his ear twitched and he looked up to see a drowsy looking Hinata walk in as she rubbed her eye in a cute manor.

"I s-see that y-you have met O-Oji-kun," she said with a drowsy voice and then walked over to her dresser and pulled out a night shirt and some shorts. "Okaa-san, g-gave him t-to me when I-I w-was l-li-little." Haku quickly averted his eyes as she began to undress and put on her night clothes; he did not need the guilt of peeping on this girl, even if he was a cat. "H-he's m-my prized possession," Hinata looked back at the cat as she had finished changing and climbed into the bed and got under the covers. She sat up against the headboard and turned off the light in her room and turned on the lamp on her nightstand beside her bed. Haku watched as she pulled out a book out of the little drawer from the nightstand and then she opened it up and began to read; he looked at the bed once more and it began to look a lot more comfortable then the blanket and bunny he was laying on. But he dare not move since she looked at peace as she read and he didn't want to interrupt her. He just stared out the window as the stars twinkled in the sky and thought about how Zabuza was doing. He was betting that his brother was beyond worried about where Haku was at the moment and he just hoped that the man didn't lose sleep over it. He didn't how long that he had been lost in his thoughts but without warning Hinata had put away her book and shut off the lamp light. "G-good night C-Cat-san," she lied down on her back and brought the blanket under her arms and gave a light sigh. Haku looked at her and then at the blanket that he was on. He got on all fours and took the bunny back in his mouth and walked onto the bed with no grace. He may have been embarrassed, but he set the bunny back down and curled up beside Hinata. Hinata smile a bit as she felt the cat lied next to her, and petted him once more as she drifted into sleep.

"Mm," he said as sleep began to take over, "She smells like lavender…"

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Haku's eyes were hit with a bright ray of light from the sun and he rolled away from the source and stretched. He had the best night of sleep and he wished that it hadn't of ended. He got to all fours and did the stereotypical cat stretches and the looked around to once again be alone in Hinata's room. He looked over to the alarm clock to see that it was nearly noon; this is the first time in a long time that Haku had slept in so late, but it was very enjoyable without much thought he jumped off the bed and then, by following his nose he found his so called 'bathroom'. He looked at the bin that was filled with what looked to be grey sand and this was the sole reason that Haku hated cats; he would rather have a nice goldfish in a bowl. He just sat before the box and debated whether to use it or not; it's not like he had to go, but sooner or later he would.

After the horrible deed was done, he wondered into the kitchen and found a bowl full of food for him. Haku groaned at the site of it; cat food didn't smell or look good. He was sure starting to hate Madame Miku for cursing him to the life of cat-hood….it was her wasn't it? He didn't remember her reciting a spell or enchantment. In all honesty, Haku had been the one to trip over that statue and was then covered in purple dust…so was this all his fault. But if she hadn't of called him in there- oh wait…Haku went in there on his own accord. He cursed himself, so it was his entire fault that he was in this mess and not to mention that he was now going to bring Hinata into his problem. Before he could attempt to try his new food he heard the door open. He knew it couldn't be Hinata, since she was at school, but she lived alone, so that meant that someone was breaking in. Haku carefully walked to the kitchen's opening and looked to see a male. He had long brown hair and wore a male version of a school uniform, which confused Haku on why he was here. His pale eyes inspected the room until they fell upon Haku.

"Oh great," the male sneered, "she took in a vermin from the street." Haku wasn't sure if he should be offended or not, but he sure wasn't happy. "Guess I'll just leave this here," he walked over to the kitchen table and placed down a manila folder on the table and then glared at Haku. "Stay away you stupid cat," and with that Haku watched as the male left the apartment and re-locked the door.

"That was weird," Haku said as he walked over to the kitchen table and jumped to chair and then table to get a better look at the folder. He also just wanted to go against what the male had said. He looked to see that it looked very business-like and written on the folder was: 'Hinata Hyuga'. He tried to open up the folder but his paws were useless at the moment. Haku looked around for any sign that what this could be, but at the top of the folder in small print, it read: 'Hyuga Corp.'. So she could have something to do with the business? Maybe she was getting a part of it, but then why lives alone, Haku just shook his head and sighed. "I just might be dragged into her issues too." He said while sitting on the table and looked at the clock once more, "Only forty-five minutes have passed," he groaned and jumped down and walked into the kitchen; he was going to need to find something to do while his only companion was gone. He lied on the sofa and hit the power button on the remote. With the site and sounds of cartoons he just lied there and watched, smiling since this did bring back fund memories of his childhood.

Haku didn't know how long he had been on that sofa, but the next time that he opened his eyes, Hinata was turning off the T.V. and had changed into some comfy sweat pants and a loose t-shirt. He yawned and then sat up and watched as she went into the kitchen and looked to be cooking something. He slowly went to her side at the smells of something delicious and instantly wanted it. He meowed to get her attention and then jumped up onto the counter to see what she was cooking. He nearly started to drool as meat cooked and Hinata giggled.

"I guess c-cat food i-is not y-your thing, hm?" Hinata said as she began to cut up vegetables and then placed them in another pan. Haku just watched as the stake cooked. Hinata tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear, "I-I hope that N-Neji-nii-san didn't g-give you a scare," he looked up at her and Hinata just had a sad smile on her face. "H-He just had to drop o-off some…f-family papers." Haku looked back at the table to see that the folder was gone, so she must have seen it. "H-He doesn't r-really like animals."

"I could tell," Haku said as his tail swished back and forth as he watched. "I can see why you rather live here than at home with him around." Haku followed Hinata to the table as she served herself meat and cooked vegetables and set them down on the table. Haku was about to dive into her food, since he was starving and he refused to eat the cat food, but Hinata picked him up and carried him around as she got herself a glass of water, a small plate, and a fork.

Hinata smiled as Haku looked at her and was confused on way he was being carried around, "S-sorry Cat-s-san," she smiled. "B-but I can't have y-you eating m-my food." Hinata set him back down on the table and with her fork she scrapped some of her meat onto the small plate and pushed it over to Haku. "E-eat up Cat-san," she smiled as she stuck a piece of carrot into her mouth. Haku happily dived into eating the meat which was delicious, but it was awkward to eat since all he had was pointy teeth. Hinata just giggled as she eat her own dinner, "I-I'm glad y-you like it." She gave a light sigh, "I-I usually don't get t-to cook f-for others," she poked at her plate. Haku looked up at her as she gave a light hiccup, "Oh w-wow this is s-sad," and she laughed at herself as she wiped her eyes, "I-I'm crying…w-with my cat here to watch." Haku saddened a bit and moved over to sit closer to her. Hinata just took a deep breath and looked at Haku, "At least," she began to pet him and scratch under his neck, "I-I'm not alone anymore." She smiled lightly as Haku closed his eyes and purred while leaning into her touch.

"Not anymore Hinata-chan," Haku said happy that he wasn't alone either.

~Ten Days Later~

Haku lied on the window sill as the sun shined on him. After about three days he was able to adjust to his life as a cat and he surprisingly enjoyed it a lot more than he had expected. In a matter of a week, his –human- face was all over the news and there were a lot of people out looking for him. He had once been watching the news with Hinata and saw that even Zabuza was on the news talking about him and begging for him to be returned; a reward was set for any information on Haku's whereabouts and Hinata was only more worried about it. Not only was Haku learning about his own situation but he had learned about Hinata's as well. He learned that she was the once heir of the Hyuga clan, but due to some complication that he could not find out, she stepped down from her position and then moved out.

Life as her cat was great, other than seeing his face on the news, and Hinata was the sweetest girl he had ever met. Haku wasn't even punished for scratching up her sofa when his claws got too long and began to hurt him. Or when he pounced on her feet once night since she shifted a lot in her sleep and primal instinct took over. Haku was sure he got bite her finger off and she wouldn't be mad at him. And just last night, Haku was able to come to terms with that he really liked Hinata; maybe even loved her. But even as he tried to tell her as a cat, she never got the message.

He finally understood part of Madame Miku's prediction, that Hinata was the lavender girl. She smelled like that every second of every day. He actually began to really like it that he would lie on the sofas back right about where she sat and take in her sent. It was so calming and relaxing, not to mention she would tease him by wiggling her fingers at him and he liked to swat at them. He began to come to terms with 'everything happens for a reason' and that someone might come along and push you in the right direction.

Hinata also came to learn that with her cat, she began to open up to a few of the girls that she ate lunch with. The conversation was brought up when Hinata saw that her uniform was covered in brown cat hair and Sakura and Ino had helped her get it all off with a lot of tape. Hinata was able to start conversation with them and it was instant friends. Sakura had love of cats and Ino just loved to mess with Hinata's hair and offered to dress her up. She was happy to sometimes have them over and they'd all eat dinner together even with Haku since the cat would never eat the cat food. Sakura and Ino both loved to cuddle with Haku and he had to run every time they came by.

And as he heard the door open, Haku made a dash for Hinata's room and hid under her bed. And sure enough he heard the giggles of the three girls and bags being dropped on the ground. He sighed as he heard them in the kitchen and Hinata trying to tell them that she had too much homework and they needed to go home so they could work on theirs too. Haku would have gone out to snag some treats, but ever since this morning he had been feeling funny and he was sure that the fish he had yesterday was the cause of it. He crawled out from under Hinata's bed and stretched a bit, but as he looked up, he found that same grey cat sitting in a tree outside Hinata's window, and just staring at him with a smirk. Haku knew that this could only lead to something very, very, very bad. And before he could register what was going to happen there was a poof and Haku was on his hands and knees. He blinked a few times and kneeled back and saw that he was in a pair of gloves that looked like cat paws, he looked in the mirror and saw that he had fake cat ears on. What was bad was that he was in a pair of brown cargo pants with a cat tail attached to the back and he was barefoot.

"This can't be good," he muttered to himself.

"Don't worry about it Hina-chan," Sakura said as she and Ino walked down the hall to Hinata's room with the blue haired girl trailing them, "we'll be in and out, right after a nice dinner." Ino smiled and nodded since the two were not going to miss out on a good meal.

"Now," Ino said, "Cat-kun is in your room right?" Hinata nodded as Sakura opened up the door, but once looking in… "Holy Crap!" They all starred wide-eyed as Haku stared back with the same fear. But Ino smirked and looked at Hinata, "No wonder you wanted us out of here," Hinata's face burned a dark red.

"Is that Haku Momochi," Sakura asked looking at Haku closely, "from the news?"

"Oh my kami," Ino smiled brightly and looked between the red faced duo, "He snuck out of his county to come and see you Hinata? This whole time you have been in a complex love with a man from so far away." Sakura and Ino got all romantic, "We promise not to sell you guys out and we will protect your love." Ino declared and then grabbed Sakura's hand, "We'll leave you two alone," and with that the two were out of her house giggling the whole time.

Hinata slowly turned back to face Haku, who had become stock still, "C-Cat-k-kun…."

Haku gave a nervous smile, "Yeah…" quickly took off the fake ears and paws and placed them on the dresser. "Um….this is awkward…" he looked around the room for a moment and hoped that she wouldn't call the cops on him.

"How…." Hinata started but then trailed off not wanting to say anything.

Haku did understand the question though, "Madame Miku is behind this," and Hinata completely understood and decided that it was better that she not question this anymore than it needed to be.

"I-I better c-call in to t-tell th-them you're all right," she said with a blush on her cheeks and a light smile.

"Actually," he stopped her as she began to turn away, "I-I don't have to g-go home right now," he blushed a bit and rubbed the back of his neck, "I would really like f-for you to get to know the real me." He smiled at her and Hinata couldn't help but smile a bit brighter and blushed darker.

"B-but your b-brother really misses y-you," she said pulling at the ends of her skirt.

"I'll call him up and telling me what is going on," he said and pointed to her closet, "mind if I call him and borrow a shirt," Hinata nodded and went into the closet and handed him a black t-shirt. He nodded and she led him into the kitchen. "You want to go out for a walk after this." He asked as he dialed his brother's cell phone.

"I'd like that."

(End)

^^ Hope you enjoyed. Next up is a Jacob x Hinata crossover and then a special treat thanks to the help of KabeHinata-lover (I think that is the name ^^" sorry if I got it wrong) my very first oneshot will be brought back as a Sai x Hinata oneshot with animals friends to help them on the way.