Oh, I know I'm supposed to be finishing Uchiha Naruto, but this is cute, and I can't help it!

Just be glad. I almost gave up yaoi for Lent, but decided against it in the end. 40 days without any yaoi at all was just too scary for me to think about.

Enjoy now!

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Naruto stared out the window of the car he was sitting in, hating the fate he was being driven to. He was to be Uchiha Sasuke's cat.

xxxA GOOD PETxxx

Life had never been easy for him. He had cat ears and a tail, which he, along with the rest of the world, supposed made him a cat. But he was a human too, at least somewhat. Only he'd been treated as a cat for all his life. And now he was to become someone's pet.

The woman had taken him from the shelter wher he'd lived for many years, saying she was getting a cat for her son. Naruto had fought tooth and nail to avoid going with her. He didn't want to be anyone's pet, least of all a boy. He remembered his struggle.

"Come along, now kitty," she had said. She was a pretty young woman, but strong.

"I'm not even a cat, dammit! Now let me go!"

"Of course you're a cat. My Sasuke is going to be very pleased with you."

And so, here he was, in her car, having relented and followed her out. He hadn't spoken with her, but she had one eye on him, the other on the road.

"I thought you should know, Naruto," she began, pausing apprehensively at his name. He had absolutely refused to have his name changed to that of an animal. "Sasuke can be a little... abusive."

"Abusive? What the hell, lady?"

"Well, not abusive, no, I shouldn't have said that. I mean, demanding."

"Demanding how?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask that you do whatever he tells you to, otherwise, he might hurt you."

"What the hell? What kind of mother gives her son a pet to torture?"

"He won't torture you! He just likes to do weird things, is all."

"What is he, a freak or something?"

"No, no, he's a very handsome young man."

Naruto didn't see how this answered his question, but he left it alone. He would just have to see how things went down. No Sasuke was going to push him around.

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Naruto sat, very ill-tempered, on Sasuke's bedroom floor. He was sitting in a cat position looking at his new "master". His mother was right; he was very handsome. Black raven hair, deep onyx eyes, and a nice build. Sasuke looked down his nose at Naruto.

"You don't look like a cat."

"Well, I guess I am," Naruto said, flipping one ear.

"I've never talked to a pet before."

"We're talking, aren't we? I'm Naruto."

"Well, I think I'll call you..."

"My name's Naruto. No one is gonna change that."

"Okay, Naruto, then."

Naruto was already puzzled. Hadn't his mother said to obey Sasuke's every command or face the consequences?

"Are you going to hurt me?"

"No, why would I do that?" Sasuke asked, reaching out and rubbing Naruto under the chin. The blond really did like that, and nuzzled Sasuke's hand for more. Sasuke sat down as Naruto licked his hand and began to scratch behind the kitty's ears.

"You even have whiskers," Sasuke murmured, now petting Naruto incessantly through his hair.

Naruto reveled in the fact that he was bonding with his master, and no pain was being inflicted on him. Sasuke suddenly stood up and began to rummage in a desk drawer. He straightened up, having produced a thin blue collar with a bell attached.

Naruto grimaced as Sasuke slipped the collar around his neck, standing back to admire the effect. Naruto sighed a note of annoyance, but his nose twitched and he sniffed the air.

"Is that ramen I smell?"

"Yes, it's for you, Naruto. I don't expect you to eat cat food."

Naruto could live with a diet of nothing but ramen. He practically did that already. He smiled as Sasuke brought the bowl back to him from the kitchen, and devoured the ramen in less than a minute. Sasuke picked it up and looked out the window at the receding sunset.

"Bedtime already?" He set the bowl down on his desk, and began pulling his shirt off. He looked back at Naruto.

"I guess I don't have to worry about dressing in front of my cat," he said with a smile, taking his pants off as well. Naruto blushed in embarrassment, hiding his face in his hands. Sasuke laughed.

"She doesn't have to worry about me sleeping with a boy in my room, either." he climbed into bed, patting the spot next to him. "If you were a girl, I guess we'd have trouble."

Naruto leapt lightly onto the bed, curling up next to Sasuke. He'd gotten used to sleeping in this cat position over the years. He felt awkward to be sleeping with Sasuke, but his master seemed completely unperturbed. He stroked Naruto's head with delicate fingers, waiting for his pet to fall asleep. Naruto drifted off, still feeling Sasuke's soft touch.

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When he awoke, it was to see another hot bowl of ramen in a corner next to a pile of cat toys he could only assume were his. After finishing the ramen, he began batting a squeaky ball around for the hell of it, when Sasuke walked in with a towel.

"My mom says I have to give you a bath."

A bath? Naruto watched as his world came crashing down around him.

"Come on then," Sasuke said, opening a door on his wall, revealing a small white bathroom. "Bathtime, Naruto."

Naruto dashed under the bed.

"Oh, I know cats hate water, but it can't be that bad," Sasuke's voice said from above. "Come on out, now."

Head hung low, Naruto slunk out, and crawled into the bathroom. Sasuke shut the door behind them.

"Off with the clothes now," he said, turning the tap on. Naruto watched, dazed, as water streamed from the faucet in the tub. He couldn't take his clothes off in front of Sasuke, much less let himself be given a bath by him.

His thinking was cut short as Sasuke pulled at his shirt.

What could he do?

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T.B.C...

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