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It was a dreary, rainy day and Itachi was on his way back to the Akatsuki hideout, but he had to stop for a moment to look for some kind of shelter. It was then that he heard something. The noise came from a hollow tree. Itachi decided to see what it was and moved closer to the tree. He peered inside and saw a girl curled up and crying. She had long, bright pink hair, cat ears, and a cat tail. Itachi knew he should kill her, or at the very least leave her there, but he just couldn't do it. He used to believe in never letting a girl cry or leaving them when they needed help, and obviously she needed help.

"Hey," Itachi said. The girl's head shot up and her eyes snapped open in terror. Her eyes were red and they softened when she looked at him. Itachi also noticed she was covered with blood. "Do you need help?" Itachi asked.

The girl stared at him as if trying to decide if she should trust him. She apparently chose to trust him because she nodded and moved towards him. Itachi held out his hand to her to help her out. When the girl tried to stand up, she grabbed her side. "Are you alright?" Itachi asked. The girl started to nod, but after she looked at him, she shook her head. Itachi knelt down in front of her and helped her onto his back. Then Itachi stood up and took off into the forest.

It wasn't long before he found a cave, and a good thing too because the rain starting pouring down hard. Itachi made a fire, gave the girl a blanket, and set up another blanket at the entrance. Itachi sat down across from the cat girl and examined her. She didn't seem too hurt, the only serious injury being a few broken ribs. Itachi cleaned her wounds and bandaged them.

Itachi now took the chance to take in her form. He was a little surprised that she had cat ears…and a tail…and red eyes. She was small, but gorgeous. She had perfect curves, big eyes, full lips, somewhat pale skin, and she wore no make-up. The pink hair was believable because he had seen another girl with pink hair in Konoha. 'She's not the same girl, is she?' Itachi thought.

"What's your name?" Itachi asked her. The girl opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out. She tilted her head down and wrote something in the dirt. Itachi leaned over to see the writing which was "Chibi-Neko, demo call me Kitty nya." Itachi raised an eyebrow before looking back at her.

"Kitty?" Itachi asked in disbelief. Kitty nodded. "Alright then, where are you from?" Itachi asked. Kitty looked sad before shaking her head. "What happened to you?" Itachi asked. Kitty started crying again. "No, don't cry! You don't have to say!" Itachi reassured her. He couldn't believe he was being this nice. It was…not him…at least not anymore.

Kitty stopped crying and looked at Itachi before staring into the fire. Itachi studied her, trying to figure out what had happened to her that was so horrible. Kitty noticed his eyes on her and turned her eyes to him. She slightly tilted her head to the side and she looked so unbelievably cute. Itachi found himself almost smiling and had to fight to keep a steady face. He looked into the fire to steady himself before looking back at Kitty, who was now asleep. The blanket was wrapped around her; the only area showing was around her head.

She looked like a kitten. She was curled up into ball with her hands in loose fists; her right hand was right in front of her face with the knuckles facing her face, and her left hand right in front of her right with her knuckles facing up.

Itachi didn't sleep much that night, instead he kept lookout and watched Kitty sleep.

End of chap 1! hope ya like it! i know it's kinda short, but i hopefully will update very soon! please R&R! luv ya! =^^=

poll time!

question: what should itachi do next?

a) sneak her into the hideout (and possibly keep her as a pet)

b) take her in and try to convince Leader to let her stay

c) not go back at all and travel with her

d) try to leave her there

e) other (explain)