I DO NOT OWN NARUTO...JUST THE ADDED PLOT LINE!

Chapter 2

"Do you have the target in sight," Kakashi asked his students.

"Yes Sensi," replied back Sasuke.

"Is the target within range?"

"Yes."

"Strike!"

Sasuke pounced on the target which was followed by an angry hiss.

It has been two months since the Bell test and Team Seven was improving, especially Sakura. Naruto decided to make her the backup medic that if he was ever incapacitated she could take his place while Sasuke helped her with genjutsu since she had great chakra control. Kakashi was focused on helping them expand their chakra reserves, chakra control, and taijutsu.

Team Seven during those two months easily completed over thirty D-Ranked missions and were getting tired of them. They are currently on another D-Ranked mission, and the worst of them all. Recover the Hell Cat Tora!

"You Son of a Bitch hair ball," Sasuke yelled as his team got nearer.

"Now Sasuke Tora is a cat, bitches are dogs," Naruto teased as Sasuke wrestled to control the cat. Sakura and Kakashi just snickered at this but looked away as Sasuke sent a death glare at them.

"You find this funny," Sasuke said getting an evil smirk on his face," then here!"

Sasuke threw the enraged cat at Naruto. Tora had her claws extended ready to fight again. Naruto took this time to place a simple genjutsu on the cat that would cause her to sleep. The cat lost consciousness mid flight and flew into Naruto's out stretched hands.

"Now Sasuke," Naruto said holding the cat in his arms," why didn't you just do that from the start?"

Sasuke glared at Naruto before tuning around and heading for the Hokage tower.

"Nice job Naruto," Kakashi said as he too turned for the Hokage tower.

"Come on Naruto," Sakura said calling back to him while following their Sensi.

"Be right there," Naruto said as he activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. He placed a tag on Tora's back to stop her from moving and released the genjutsu. The cat awoke and hissed at him, but found she couldn't move to attack him.

"Start talking Tora I know you can, you are a Ninja Cat," Naruto said staring at her.

"Clever Human," Tora said smiling at him," now release me, I will not return to that insufferable place."

"I didn't plan on it," Naruto told her.

"What," Tora said staring at Naruto," explain human."

"For starters my name is Naruto Uzumaki. Secondly, I know that where you are right now is horrible. That is why I plan to switch you out with a normal house cat, have you live with me, and become my Ninja Cat."

The cat just stared at Naruto for a good minute before she slowly blinked her eyes at him," If you do that for me I will become your Ninja Cat till the end.."

"Great," Naruto said looking at her," follow me then!"

Naruto and Tora took off for his and Sasuke's apartment where he had found a cat in the street of Konoha earlier that day and permanently transformed her into a Tora look-a-like.

Naruto grabbed the fake Tora and turned to the other," When I return we can discuss what you want to look like since you will no longer be Tora, we don't want people to return you to that woman do we?"

Tora nodded and proceeded to jump on Naruto's bed for a nap.

Naruto shushined to the Hokage's office. He was greeted with stares from Sasuke and Sakura.

"Where have you been," they both shouted at him.

"Well you see, I was walking on the road of life when..."

"Damnit Kakashi," the Third Hokage yelled," did you have to teach Naruto that?"

Kakashi meerly smiled and raised his shoulders.

"Bring her in please," the Third ordered his Anbu to bring in the client. Out steps the Daiymo's wife who runs over and snatches the cat out of Naruto's hands and starts hugging the life out of it.

"My Tora," she cries,"mommy missed you so much! Thank You!"

She says leaving with her cat trying to get out of her grasp.

"Now," Hiruzen said lighting his pipe," let's see what D-mission we can give you. There is a nice one painting a..."

"Jiji," Naruto said interrupting him," we are tired of D-Ranks, please give us a C or B Rank!"

Sakura just smacked his head,"Idiot don't interrupt or question the Hokage," even though she wanted to say the same thing though.

Sasuke stayed silent so he too wouldn't get hit aside the head. Sakura may look small and weak but she packs a punch...literally.

"Well then," Hiruzen said smiling," how about we do this C-Rank escort then?"

"Lord Hokage," Iruka said standing up," I don't think that Team Seven is ready for a C-Rank!"

"Now Iruka," Kakashi said looking at him," are you questioning my teaching abilities and the Hokage?"

"No," Iruka said sitting down in defeat.

"As I was saying," Hiruzen continued," you will be escorting a man by the name of Tazuna, a bridge builder, on his way back to the Land of Waves. Anbu, bring him in."

An old mand came through the door clutching a bottle of Saki," You have got to be shitting me! All I get are midgets for everything I payed."

Quicker than lightning both Naruto and Sasuke were next to Tazuna holding a Kunai on each side of his throat.

"What about us midgets," Sasuke said sending out a bit of Killing Intent to get his point across. Tazuna droped his bottle of Saki and nodded his head.

"Ok then," Kakashi said signalling for Naruto and Sasuke to back down," we will leave for tomorrow, pack enough for two weeks journey. Dismissed!"

Team Seven left and Naruto along with Sasuke were returning home to their apartment. They got there and headed to their rooms to change. But before Sasuke got to his room he was attacked by a cat he never thought he would see again.

"What the hell is that thing doing here!"

"Tora, please stop that and come here," Naruto said calmly. Tora obeyed and ran over to Naruto and jumped into his arms.

"Sasuke, as you know this is Tora...Tora this is Sasuke, my brother," Naruto said looking at her.

"Why the Hell is it here," Sasuke yelled again which only earned a hiss from Tora.

Naruto scratched behind her ears and told Sasuke," I felt bad for her. She is a Ninja Cat and was forced into becoming a house cat for that woman!"

Sasuke just shook his head and left for his room," Just keep her under control."

Naruto returned to his room where he placed Tora on the bed and started to scratch behind her ears again. She began to purr and arch her back as Naruto brushed his hand down her back.

"Did you think of a new look," Naruto asked her.

"Yes, a Tiger just like my name," she said looking at him.

"Ok, just know that when I do this there is no going back," Naruto said warning her.

"It is ok, at least I will still be a cat," she replied.

"This will take only a minute but let me explain everything first. You will stay your current size but will be able to transform your body to the size of a Liger on command. This won't cause too much pain since I am only changing mostly your outside appearance, but it will be uncomfortable."

"That's ok," Tora said sitting on the bed.

"Let's start then," Naruto said forming the Snake hand sign and started to channel chakra from himself towards Tora. He was imagining her as a Tiger, mighty and fierce. Tora gave a small Meow in pain but he was done quickly.

He opened his eyes to see a Tiger cub sitting on his bed. She was orange with black stripes and giant green eyes.

"Thank you Naurto," Tora said closing her eyes towards him.

"No problem, will you be coming with us to on our Mission tomorrow, it is expected to take two weeks," Naruto asked her.

"Yes please," she nearly jumped with joy," a mission, finally!"

Naruto laughed and went to his closet and found where he hid every cat's one weakness.

"Here, a gift," Naruto said sprinkling some catnip on the floor near his bed.

Tora's eyes widened and she jumped from the bed and started to roll around in the catnip. Naruto took this time to pack everything he and Tora would need for the journey in storage scrolls; a hundred Kunai and shuriken, thirty food rations, a few bottles of catnip, a medical kit, food pills, and even a tent with sleeping bags. He finally took his shower and found Sasuke in the living-room also getting ready for tomorrow.

"Night," Naruto called to him.

"Night, and I better not wake up with that cat sleeping on my bed!"

Naruto laughed and went back into his room to find a sleeping Tora on the floor. He picked her up and placed her on the bed beside him and went to sleep for the night.

In his sleep Naruto found himself in front of Kurama.

"Kid," he said looking down at Naruto,"You better be right about that cat!"

"I am," Naruto said confidently to him.

"Fine. Don't be surprised if that when she teaches you the Man-Beast-Clone jutsu your form will be a fox."

"What do you mean, I thought that was a jutsu that Kiba's clan uses."

"No," Kurama said shaking his head," the Man-Beast-Clone jutsu is an imitation of my foxes' where they would take on human form to create hand sign required jutsus. The Inuzuka clan simply adapted it to work with themselves and their dogs."

"Thanks Kurama," Naruto told him," see you later!"

The Following Day

Naruto was walking down the road with Tora on his shoulder; Sasuke slightly behind him to his right, Tazuna behind him, and Sakura opposite of Sasuke. Kakashi was in the rear creating a diamond pattern formation to protect their client. Not long after they left the village did Naruto, Tora, Sasuke, Kakashi, and even Sakura notice a puddle of water in the middle of the road. Tora meowed quietly into Naruto's ear in warning. It hadn't rained anywhere near Konoha within the past three days, meaning there was no chance for a puddle to be there. They continued on past the puddle while inching their hands closer to their pouches where they kept their kunai.

Then two men jumped out of the puddle and flew towards Kakashi. A chain connecting their arms tied around Kakashi and slashed his body to pieces. Tazuna was scared shitless to say the least, but the rest of Team Seven was unfazed.

"Sakura protect Tazuna," Naruto called to her.

Sasuke held his kunai out in front of him ready to strike. Naruto and Tora took up positions. Tora leapt off Naruto's shoulder and stared the two men down.

"Awe," one of the two ninja said pointing at Tora," is the wittle kitty going to hurt us!"

They both started laughing until with a puff of smoke Tora changed into he larger form and let out a loud growl. Both of them took a step back in fear while disconnecting themselves from the chain joining them.

"Ready Tora," Naruto asked smiling at her. She nodded at her, Sasuke, and Naruto lunged at them.

Naruto and Tora easily beat their opponent. Naruto kept him busy using his kunai to occupy his weapons arm while Tora pounced on top of him. She slashed his chest to ribbons while Naruto went in and slit his throat to end his suffering. Sasuke was having a bit more trouble on his end. Tora was rearing to pounce again when Naruto held up a hand.

"Sasuke," Naruto called over," leave that one alive for interrogation!"

Sasuke nodded while using his kunai to block his opponents own. After a few minutes the ninja made a mistake by swinging his arm too high when trying to stab it down on Sasuke; he capitalized on this by ducking the swing and rolling behind the enemy and chopping at the back of his neck nocking him out.

Tora changed back into her cub sized self and returned to Naruto's shoulder. Tazuna stood motionless after watching two twelve year olds kill one of the enemies and knocked out the other. Sakura was shocked too but did a better job at hiding it.

"Nice cat Naruto, where did you get her," Kakashi asked as he rejoined his team after watching them from a nearby tree that shinshuned to after switching with a log.

"Tell you later," Naruto said walking over to the knocked out ninja.

"Would you like to interrogate him Kakashi Sensi or do you want me to," Naruto asked.

"I'll just send him to the village," Kakashi said walking over to the enemy pulling out a containment scroll. Kakashi placed him in it and summoned a dog.

"Pakkun, take this scroll to Ibiki," he told him.

"Sure thing Kakashi," Pakkun said picking up the scroll in his mouth and running in the direction of Konoha.

"Now Tazuna," Kakashi said turning towards him," care to tell us why we were just attacked by the Demon Brothers of the Mist?"

Author's Note: Sorry for making you all wait for an update! I did warn you though ;)
Don't expect another update till at least next week for it is show week plus I got a project to work on that involves my eligibility to graduate, no I'm not stupid I have a 94% cumulative average! This just part of our graduation requirement.

I put Tora into this because I love cats and because I felt bad for her in the series! And if you have no idea what a Liger is its a combination of a Tiger and a Lion and they are freakin huge look them up I almost pissed myself watching them on YouTube!

See you later!