Konoha's Kitten [Editing]

Outside -Chapter one

[picture of Kokatsu on the side]

Chapter one

Outside

My birthday was only a few weeks away, and at that time I would be four. By this time I was no longer content to just sit around in the large structure I called home and wait for the day I could venture outside. I wanted to see the outside world, my child curiosity compelling me to go out against Ji-san's wishes.

Ji-san had kept me confined to my small room and his office, and during my few years of living I had not interacted with many other than Ji-san and the nurse that would give me regular checkups. Ji-san had left two guards to follow me around, because more than once already have I tried to venture outside. And on one attempt to escape I meet with an older man who's hair was as sunny and blonde as his personality. That was how I managed to meet someone else who wasn't assigned to watch over me by Ji-san, of course I never saw Minna-san all that often but when he did visit I would ask him about the villagers I had never seen but knew lived outside the thick walls.

Along with the curiousity that I gained from Minna-san it also increased as Ji-san would read me stories at night, stories about princesses and princes that rescue them and love them. Where there's always a happy ending and an adventure in every turn.

I looked into my closet retrieving a thin tan jacket which I tugged the hood shaped with two pointed ends, making it look like a cat hat, the tips giving my ears room to hide under so it wouldn't be uncomfortable. Since I wore a skirt I had to loop my tail around my waist underneath my skirt so others wouldn't see. Checking to make sure I didn't show any ears or tail I nodded pretty proud of my disguise. Not only would I be able to blend easier, making it harder for guards to find me but I could also hide the ears and tail that Ji-san warned me so much about.

Whenever I asked to venture outside he would always discourage me, telling me how the only thing holding me back was my ears and tail, and that eventually when I got older I'd be allowed to go outside. But when was this 'when I'm older' time? How long from now would I be allowed to go outside?

My imagination and curiosity was slowly building up inside, the walls that managed to hold them in already filled to the brim. I doubted I would be able to stand waiting any longer, which is why I continued to try sneaking out.

Opening the door I suck out of the building without being noticed by any of the guards. Opening the large door that led outside a slow grin crept into my face. Seeing people walk around on the street, excitement bubbled up inside me.

I slipped into one of the crowds surrounding to venture out into this 'new world'.

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I had already gotten to know the cities landscape when I came across a small cat meowing softly in an alley. Hearing its soft pleas for help I wandered inside the alley. A small kitten with his back grey with black stripes and his bottom was covered in white fur. His fur was all dirty, the white part grey from not being washed. His ribs were prominent from malnutrition.

"Meow~" his small eyes were closed, barely able to even meow with his energy depleting.

I gently picked him up in my arms, cradling him closer to my chest.

"It's okay. I've got you." I murmured softly stroking his greasy fur.

Under my hat my ears twitched sensing something coming into the alley. A large wild dog stood, blocking the only entrance to the alley. The dogs dark drown fur was dirty, his dark eyes narrowed in on both me and the small cat in my arms.

His snout twitched picking up my scent that smelled similar to the cat's. His upper lip pulled back to reveal his sharp yellow canines, drool dripped down his bottom lip. He growled leaning back on his hind legs ready to pounce on what he thought would be his next meal.