"So, Asami. How was the kunai that you had bought the other day?" Nekobaa had asked Asami Uchiha.

Team Nine, which had included Otaku Hyūga, Kushina Uzumaki, Asami Uchiha and their sensei, Sakumo Hatake had traveled all the way to Sora-kuu to meet with a middle-aged woman who lives with cats in an abandoned city. Team Nine had met with Nekobaa in a lounge where she sat on a large red bean bag couch and smoking on a pipe. There were lots of cat merchandise and cats luring around and watching Team Nine. Nekobaa's hair was the color od orchid and she had less wrinkles on her face.

Otaku Hyūga had held an adult black cat in his arms. And Kushina had carried two small white kittens in her arms. One of the two small white kitten had tried to climb up on her right shoulder, so it could fiddle with her long red hair. Which kind of annoyed Kushina. At least five cats had stood and sat behind Kushina. Assuming that her hair was yarn. Asami had held no cats in her arms. Neither did Sakumo.

Sakumo Hatake had stood in front of his Genin Shinobi.

"It was a pleasant one. Thank you very much." Asami had thanked Nekobaa.

"Please. I do not need your thanks, young one." Nekobaa had excused Asami, then turned to Sakumo Hatake. "But, how about you give me a discount on the latest request, the White Fang?"

"Sorry. But, this job and the other job are separate." Sakumo said with a relaxed smile.

Nekobaa whom had just inhaled smoke through her pipe had then exhaled. "Yes, I do understand that, but..."

Sakumo had then turned to his Genin students. "Okay, you all. We have accepted the mission. Do you three understand the specifics?" He asked his students.

"Yes, Sakumo-sensei. We are here to locate and retrieve a Nineko." Otaku had stated.

"That's exactly right." Sakumo said. Then, he had begun passing out Shinobi tools that resembles black cat headbands to his students, which are also translators that allow people to understand cat's language. Asami had received the cat headband that had resembled a Shinobi tool. She saw that Otaku and Kushina were busy holding cats, sos he placed the tools on their heads. Carefully.

Kushina had felt one of the kitten's tiny paws pressing against her right cheek. One of the small kittens had tried to reach for Kushina's red hair, while on her shoulder. "Why are there so many cats around here, ya know?" She pouted as she felt a bit irritated.

"Hm?" Nekobaa had then turned to Kushina. "What? You don't like cats?"

"Eh?" Kushina had looked to Nekobaa.

Otaku had gasped, then had taken a step forward. "N-No! That's not what she means! She's just wondering why there's so many cats around here. That's all. Heh." Otaku had nervously chuckled as he verbally defended Kushina.

"And what about you? Do you like cats?" Nekobaa had asked Otaku.

"Oh, me? I think that they are great pets!" Otaku gave Nekobaa a big smile.

"Hmm..." Nekobaa had stared at Otaku for a moment. "Put away your teeth and I'll tell where the Nineko can be found."

Otaku stopped smiling for a moment.

Nekobaa had then handed three photographs to Sakumo Hatake. Whom had handed two photographs to his students.

Asami had moved toward Kushina, then gently grabbed one of the small white kittens that Kushina held held in her arms and placed one onto her own right shoulder. Then, she showed Kushina the photograph.

Sakumo had showed Otaku, whom was still holding an adult black cat in his arms.

Otaku had gasped. "Is this the..." Otaku had stared at the photo to see a long tailed, shorthaired cat with gray fur, lime green-colored eyes and short ears. It also wore a red haori for cats.

"Yes. This is the Nineko. His name is Nekotaro. You will find him deep in the din where cats congregate. Usually, I would have my son come and find him, but he's busy doing business trips elsewhere." Nekobaa had stated.

Sakumo had turned to his students. "Okay. Now that we know what the Nineko looks like, it's our job here is to gather intel. We will split into two teams. Otaku will partner with me. Kushina and Asami. You will be partnered with one another." Sakumo had given out orders.

"Right." Otaku, Kushina and Asami had nodded.

Later That Day...

Kushina Uzumaki and Asami Uchiha were currently inside of a large room where cats would rest in. There were many Kotatsu beds where cats would linger and lie around. Asami was kneeling in front of kotatsu where an orange cat was sitting on top of. Asami had waved a cat toy wand in front of the cat to receive information. Kushina had done the same. She held a cat toy wand, also and knelt in front of a kotatsu... next to the one that Asami was kneeling before.

Some cats were meowing.

"Aw man... I can't we've spent a few hours trying to gather intel and we still haven't received the proper intel on the Nineko, ya know." Kushina had pouted while waving a toy wand.

"Don't worry. We'll receive the right intel on the Nineko, really soon." Asami said.

"It's been two hours, since we started this mission. How are you still so calm?" Kushina asked.

"Because, the essence of being a Shinobi is patience." Asami had told Kushina.

"Patience?" Kushina had raised a single brow.

"You're not always going get everything you want from the start. Sometimes, you just have to wait until it's your moment." Asami had informed Kushina.

"Really? I never thought about that, before." Kushina had replied as she looked to Asami.

"And also, I like being around cats." Asami smiled.

"You do?"

"Mm-hmm." Asami had nodded. "To me, they give a good omen-a symbol of good luck."

"Wow. You really must like cats, huh?" Kushina asked.

"Mm-hmm." Asami had then looked to Kushina's direction. "And it seems that they like you, too." Asami had smiled.

"Huh?" Kushina had blinked, once. Then, she turned around to see at least eight cats standing right behind her. Three of the five cats were adults and the other five were small kittens. "W-WHAT IS WITH THESE CATS FOLLOWING ME AROUND?" Kushina yelled in a freaked out manner.

"They must be attracted to your red hair." Asami had chucked as she had assumed.

"M-my red hair?" Kushina had looked to Asami.

"Mm-hmm." Asami had nodded. "It must be something foreign to them."

"Foreign, huh?" Kushina had grabbed a small chunk of her long red hair and looked at it.

"Who knows... They might even like your hair." Asami had assumed.

Kushina gasped. "You mean it?" She asked Asami, then looked to the cats who seemed to give her adorable looks.

Meanwhile...

Otaku Hyūga and Sakumo Hatake were walking through the halls in search for Kushina Uzumaki and Asami Uchiha.

"Wow. I can't believe we managed to find intel on the Nineko within the span of an hour, Sakumo-sensei." Otaku said while walking. Unbeknownst to him, an adult black cat had followed behind Otaku.

"Yes. And now, we just have to regroup with the girls. We know where the Nineko will be." Sakumo said.

"Yes. It's kind of embarrassing how it's taking a lot longer to find Kushina and Asami-than we did finding the Nineko." Otaku nervously chuckled.

After at least ten fifteen seconds of walking, both Sakumo and Otaku had stopped by a sliding door and heard noises.

"We're close." Otaku said as he heard noises from cats.

"Yeah." Sakumo had then slowly opened the sliding door to the room where Asami and Kushina had been attempting to gather intel from. "Okay, girls. That's enough intel for the day. We have found the-"

Both Otaku and Kushina had stopped for a second. Their eyes had glued at the current situation. They had both saw Kushina Uzumaki being smothered and piled by a big number of cats from almost head to toe. Her back was leaning on the kotatsu and her face was facing both Otaku and Sakumo Hatake. Her face and hands were free from the cats.

Asami Uchiha, whom was there was trying to help Kushina by gently removing cats from Kushina's body. One at a time.

They cats were attracted to Kushina's red hair.

Otaku had gasped. "K-Kushina? What happened?"

"Otaku. Sakumo-sensei. Can you help me out, a little?" Kushina asked.

Otaku had quickly nodded. "S-Sure! Right away."

Ten Minutes Later...

Team Nine had traveled in a warehouse where there were thousands of boxes of freight stacked on top of one another. They were told that the Nineko would be there. Lingering around. The team had hid behind freights in secret and discovered the Nineko that they were looking for.

There was a gray cat just lying on a stack of five large bags of cat food.

"Oh, man. What's it going to take to find a woman who just loves me for me, meow?" Nekotaro had asked himself. Feeling depressed.

"So, that's Nekotaro, huh?" Kushina had whispered.

"He seems depressed." Otaku whispered.

"Don't let his appearance fool you. Even though he seems depressed... he's still a Chuunin-leveled Nineko." Sakumo had informed his group.

"Yes, Sakumo-sensei." Asami had replied.

"So, what do we do, Sakumo-sensei?" Otaku had asked.

"I'll take the front. You three split up and surround him on all-"

Nekotaro's nose had suddenly caught a smell of shampoo. "I smell strawberries." He then looked toward the direction of eight o'clock. "Hey! I know you're there. Come on out!"

Otaku, Asami and Kushina had silently gasped.

'He knows we're here!' Otaku and Kushina had thought.

Asami and Sakumo had remained quiet.

"I can smell the scent strawberry from a mile away, meow! You're human, aren't you?"

'He can smell strawberries?' Otaku had thought.

'But, I only used strawberry shampoo, just one time before I traveled all the way over here.' Kushina had thought then thought of all the cats that approached her a bit earlier. 'It must also be the reason what drew all those cats to me.'

'It does make sense that Nekotaro would smell us out. Cats do have sense that are at least nine times stronger than humans.' Sakumo had thought. He had then looked to his students. "Change of plans."

Nekotaro had stayed in the same spot he was in. On top of large stacked bags of cat food. "I'm still waiting for you come out, meow." Nekotaro's guard has been risen as he stared into the direction of eight o'clock. "I would hate to leave this spot and-"

"Don't worry! You don't have to move. I'm coming out."

Suddenly, Otaku Hyuuga had walked out and had slowly approached the Nineko with his hands in the air.

Nekotaro had looked at Otaku for the first time. "Eh?" He slightly tilted his head to the left. "What do you want?"

"I, uh... heard your story that you had a hard time finding a good woman." Otaku had chuckled.

Nekotaro had stared at the Konoha headband that Otaku wore on his forehead. "Um, yeah. You're right. But, tell me, meow. You're from Konohagakure, are you not?"

"Yes. Yes, I am." Otaku had slowly nodded.

"Hmm..." Nekotaro had stared at Otaku, suspiciously. "I heard they have lots of fine women over there. Don't you agree?" Nekotaro had asked Otaku.

"F-fine women?" Otaku had blushed a bit.

"Yeah. You know, the curvy ones. The sassy ones. The ones with the fiery temper. You know what I mean?" Nekotaro asked.

"You mean that you like strong-willed women?" Otaku asked.

"Yeah, that's it! I like my women to be strong-willed and for them to have a little sass that'll make things last much longer. I like those women a lot. But instead, my parents would try to marry me off to some shy and docile... head over heels type of females, multiple times, meow. To me, they're boring." Nekotaro had told Otaku.

"Oh... okay?" Otaku replied. 'He must be talking about female cats, then...' Otaku had thought to himself. He felt surprised by Nekotaro's words. "That must be terrible to be placed in a random arranged marriage without your consent."

"Yeah, you get me. Meow." Nekotaro had said, feeling that Otaku was understanding him. "Tell me. Do you, yourself have a... strong-willed woman?"

"Me? Um..." Otaku had hesitated to answer. 'I honestly don't know how to answer that...' Otaku had thought of Kushina Uzumaki.

"It's okay. You don't have to answer that." Nekotaro had brushed off the question he asked.

Otaku had sighed in front of Nekotaro.

"But, I do have another question, meow." Nekotaro said, which caught his attention.

"Sure. What is it?" Otaku asked.

"Are you..."

Otaku had begun to form sweat beads. Assuming that the Nineko might catch onto him.

"Wearing Sun-ripened Strawberry Shampoo?" Nekotaro had asked.

Otaku felt a bit at ease. "What? H-How do you know that?" Otaku asked.

"Because, that's the same shampoo my mother wears. Meow." Nekotaro wears.

Otaku had frozen in place. Feeling surprised and shocked at the same time. He felt that all the color on his body had melted making him turn completely white. 'HIS MOTHER WEARS THAT SAME SHAMPOO?'

Kushina had stood frozen in shock as well. Behind the freights. Her right hand had covered her mouth. Her face had turned blue. 'I-I SMELL LIKE A CAT?' Kushina had thought.

Asami had looked to Kushina.

Sakumo had remained silent.

Otaku had fell on his knees feeling embarrassed. "Um... I don't know how to reciprocate that."

Nekotaro had jumped off the bags of stacked cat food and walked next to Otaku. "Don't feel bad, meow. First time for everything, right?" Nekotaro had tried to comfort Otaku.

"Yeah. If you actually put it li-" Otaku had suddenly poofed right in front of Nekotaro.

"Eh? What's this?" Nekotaro had asked himself as he watched Otaku poof into thin air. Suddenly, Nekotwaro had looked to the direction where Otaku walked from and saw two kunai fly toward him. Nekotaro had quickly used his speed and reflexes to dodge the kunai and jump back on the large bags stacked with cat food. Nekotaro had hissed toward the direction. "What's going on?"

Suddenly, Asami Uchiha, Kushina Uzumaki and Sakumo Hatake had appeared before Nekotaro.

"Wait, there's more of you?" Nekotaro had stared down each of the three members of Team Nine. Until he spotted Sakumo. "Wait a second... you look familiar. Aren't you the White Fan-" But before Nekotaro could finish asking Sakumo, a fishnet attached to a rope had dropped from above and caught the Nineko, like a fish. "Agh, what?"

"He took the bait!" Asami smiled.

"Yes, we did it! Mission complete!" Kushina said in joy.

"Wait if you're all here, then who's..." Nekotaro had slowly turned around to see Otaku Hyuuga standing on top of high stacked freights with rope in his hands. "Oh, come on! Don't tell me that you were just listening to my story-only to try to lure me in." He scowled.

"I'm sorry, but yes. We were assigned to bring you back. But, I do hope that you do find a strong-willed woman, one day." Otaku had apologized.

Nineko had sighed, sadly.

Otaku Hyuuga had previously used Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! before entering the warehouse and discovering Nekotaro. The original had taken the rear end of the warehouse, while the doppleganger had decided to approach the Nineko.

A Little While Later...

Team Nine had returned to the lobby where Nekobaa had sat. They were also met by Nekoataro's parents. Nekotaro's father had fluffy gray fur and blue golden eyes. And Nekotaro's mother had smooth white fur with emerald green eyes.

"We thank you for bringing back our son, Meow." Nekotaro's father said.

"I told him that he should settle down with a nice girl, meow. But, I never considered the type of woman he liked..." Nekotaro's mom said in a teary manner.

"Mom! You're embarrassing me, meow!" Nekotaro said in a nervous tone.

"Our son is a great Shinobi, but isn't great enough to pick the right girl's heart." Nekotaro's father said.

"D-dad!" Nekotaro had replied. "Well, all I wanted was to pick the best bride that could complete my soul. Meow." He told Team Nine.

"Don't worry. I'm sure that you will find a nice strong woman in no time." Otaku smiled.

"Hmm... speaking of women." Nekotaro had slightly glanced at Kushina. "Is the redhead your strong-willed woman." Nekotaro asked.

"W-what?" Both Otaku and Kushina had nervously responded.

Asami smiled at her teammates.

"Well, it seems everything went out okay as planned, Nekobaa." Sakumo said.

"You fulfilled the mission. Just as I had requested. Thank you for your hard work." Nekobaa said while crossing her arms.

A Little While Later...

Team Nine was currently walking on a road back to Konohagakure. There were trees on both sides of the road and the sun was beginning to set.

"Wow. This mission was a complete success." Otaku smiled.

"Yeah. I never thought that I kind of needed to do a mission like that." Kushina had smiled.

"Mm-hmm." Asami had smiled.

"Yes. And even though this mission is complete, you still all have a long way to go. I expect great work coming from you all in the long run." Sakumo said as he walked in front of his team. Leading them back to Konoha.

"Right."

"And so, then on... Kushina, Asami, Sakumo-sensei and I had continued doing group missions for the next three months. Starting small from continuing to take D-Rank missions to C-Rank. Everything had seemed peaceful, until... something out of the blue had happened.

A total of three months have passed, since Kushina Uzumaki had the Kyuubi sealed into her body. The sky was dark, the full moon was out... the three Genin from Team Nin had hung out around nine o'clock at night. They had hung out together on top of the Hokage Monument. Just sitting and eating dango and drinking water from bottles. Kushina had sat in the center between her friends. Otaku was on her right and Asami were on Kushina's left.

"Wow. This view of the village is great." Kushina had smiled as she stared at Konohagakure from above.

"Yeah. My dad would take me here, sometimes. He says it's cooler to watch the village up here from above at night." Otaku smiled.

"It looks like a light show from up here." Asami said as she stared at all the lights from Konoha.

"It's supposed to be Sandaime Hokage's Birthday, today." Otaku said as he thought of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Do you think that we were supposed to bring him gifts as a token of appreciation?" Asami had asked her friends.

"What? Why? Doesn't he have a family to do that kind of stuff?" Kushina asked Asami.

Otaku had chuckled. "Well, you do have a point, Kushina. But I don't think that Hokage-sama would mind that-" Suddenly, Otaku had felt a chill within the air, which made him stop talking. The cold wind had flown pass him.

Both Kushina and Asami had looked to Otaku and looked at him with a bit of confusion.

"What's wrong?" Asami had asked.

"D... do you guys feel that?"

"Feel what?" Kushina had asked.

"I just felt an intense chill in the air." Otaku had stated.

"Eh?"

"You three are my direct descendants."

All three Genin from Team Nine, such as Otaku Hyuuga, Kushina Uzumaki and Asami Uchiha had suddenly frozen when they heard an unfamiliar voice coming from behind.

'That voice...' Asami had thought to herself.

The three Genin had slowly turned away from the sight of Konohagakure and toward what or whom were behind them. And as soon as they had turned their bodies... their eyes had slowly widened in shock.

There was a celestial triclops woman with a pair of Byakugan in her two original eye sockets and a single Rinne Sharingan with nine tomoe within her forehead. that had appeared before the three of them. She had pale skin, extremely long silver hair. Her silver eyebrows were cut short, a pair of Byakugan, red lipstick on her lips and a pair of brown rabbit-like horns in her head. She had worn a high-collared white hime-kimono that had six black tomoe on the front of her kimono and multiple tomoe near the end of her sleeves.

'W-who is that?' Otaku had stared at the the celestial being.

Kaguya Otsutsuki

Author's Note: How Kaguya had traveled to the main timeline will be explained in the next chapter. Wish me luck. :)