Naruto: Paws and Whiskers

Takeshi's body was relaxed, walking slowly, changing positions, as he stared at Haimaru, observing every move.

Although Haimaru bared his teeth, he did not dare to bark, afraid of being heard by his master, even from a distance.

'I just hope he stays like this for a while,' Takeshi thought to himself. A cat and dog faced each other for a few seconds before Haimaru suddenly pounced on Takeshi.

He bared his teeth and claws, his fierce eyes fixed on Takeshi. The attack was quite intimidating, as Haimaru was larger than Takeshi.

Takeshi felt that although Haimaru's demeanour was strong, it was easy to dodge and counterattack. The dog's movements seemed clumsy.

Therefore, Takeshi did not use Needle Jizo. Instead, he flicked out his claws and aimed at Haimaru's side, swinging at him. Haimaru, having been trained, obviously knew how to dodge.

The black cat's blow was also avoided by adjusting his posture mid-air, and only a few hairs were scratched off. Takeshi felt that he still had a chance and quickly launched the next wave of offense.

But this time, Haimaru didn't launch a clumsy attack. Instead, he pressed forward step by step, relying on his strong body to fight Takeshi in hand-to-hand combat.

Takeshi wanted to train his fighting ability, so he didn't use Jizo immediately. Instead, he moved back and forth to dodge, looking for opportunities to claw at Haimaru.

After a few close-ups, Takeshi was basically uninjured, but there were a few bumps and gaps in Haimaru's fur, indicating his injuries in these bouts.

'Haimaru's movements are obviously quite fast, but in my eyes, they are very slow and full of openings. But my attack ability is too poor. Even if I hit his body, I can only leave a small injury. He only needs to bite me once to severely injure me,' Takeshi analyzed mentally.

Haimaru didn't surrender, and it was obvious that even a ninja dog understood this. Besides, Haimaru hadn't used ninjutsu yet. After attacking again and again, and being counterattacked repeatedly, Haimaru's patience reached its limit.

He no longer cared about his owner, who was abit far away, and planned to use his strength to get rid of the annoying cat in front of him first. Chakra began to flow through his body, greatly enhancing his aggressiveness and strength along with agility.

Takeshi didn't dare to take the initiative to approach Haimaru, as Haimaru was too strong, and he couldn't block the attacks with his body.

While defensive counterattack was the best strategy at the moment. However, Takeshi didn't want sit still and wait for death.

"Transformation Jutsu, Haimaru!" The next second, in the grass, a very small Haimaru appeared. He smiled and looked down at himself. "Hmm... it feels weird."

The Transformation Jutsu does not actually completely change the body; it is just a deception in appearance and cannot really change the person internally.

For example, he is actually still a cat, but he only temporarily is taking the form of Haimaru. The greater the degree of change, the greater the consumption of chakra. Therefore, Takeshi did not change 1:1, but only changed his shape slightly to save his chakra in case of emergency.

Haimaru was confused for a moment and soon used his nose to sniff out the true identity of this "dog" in front of him, so he became furious and rushed to attack him immediately, angry at being deceived.

At the moment of the attack, the little black cat returned to its original shape and curled up into a ball. Haimaru slapped down with his claw, but soon...

"Yowl~" A shrill scream sounded from the corner of the playground. Everyone looked over and saw only a dog tumbling out of the grass.

The next second, the black kitten emerged from the bush taking slow steps with head held high. Haimaru's claws were punctured with several bloody wounds, and he developed a great fear of Takeshi.

He didn't dare to touch the black cat's body again and didn't even dare to let the ninja cat get close. Even though he was in pain, he quickly backed away.

"Haimaru!"

"Takeshi..."

Hana and Rin ran over at the same time. Originally, Rin was worried that her cat would be injured, but when she saw the bloody wounds in Haimaru's claw, she froze on the spot in fear.

"No muscles or bones were injured, but we need to send him to the medical department for treatment quickly," Hana concluded after checking.

"I'm sorry," Rin immediately bowed and apologized, even standing in front of Takeshi with some fear.

"Rin, don't worry. This fight must have been provoked by Haimaru. He has wanted to fight Takeshi for a long time, but I didn't expect Takeshi to be so powerful..." Hana did not lose her rationality because of the injury to her ninja dog. Instead, she analyzed the situation very calmly, as in her clan it quite common for the dogs to scuffle and get injured, ninja beasts are more physical in their interactions.

Everyone gathered around and noticed Haimaru's injuries, and everyone was shocked - Takeshi did this? he is only half a year old, and even Haimaru is no match for him. This ninja kitten is so talented!

Shiranui Sensei chuckled softly and said, "It seems that these two won't fight anymore. Send Haimaru to the Academy infirmary. He should be fine after treatment with medical ninjutsu." Beasts fight for nothing more than territory and mates.

Cats are not related to dogs, cows, and horses, so it is obviously impossible for them to be competing for mates. So, it can only be that the appearance and growing power of ninja cats inspired Haimaru's territorial awareness. Haimaru suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle and had to surrender.

Even if he wanted to regain his pride, he had to act as a challenger. In a short period of time, everything in the class can be peaceful.

After a month, everyone will be divided into teams, and Haimaru may not be able to meet Takeshi that easily.

'The effect of the Needle Jizo is very strong, but I have too little chakra to block all the damage...' Takeshi thought to himself. But compared to Haimaru, his injuries were probably healed before they were sent to the medical room, and Haimaru was much worse than him, both externally and internally.

His own fur was intact, but Haimaru's body had at least seven or eight claw marks. It may take a lot of time to grow it back to the smooth and good-looking appearance it once had.

Rin touched Takeshi's head with a conflicted expression, and then warned, "Although I don't know how you injured Haimaru, but you can't use such dangerous attacks on your companions in the future."

'When I become stronger, I will have no need to use ninjutsu,' Takeshi thought in his heart; in front of absolute power, ninjutsu doesn't matter. This battle made him understand his advantages as a cat.

Ninja dogs like these are no match for him when he enters adulthood. At that time, there would be no need to use Jizo to bully these ninja dogs of the same age. So he nodded slightly.

Hana sent Haimaru to the infirmary, and the practical class continued as usual.

Takeshi watched for a while and couldn't help but feel a bit bored. Those flying kunai were very slow in his eyes, and the students' Jutsu were poor, and they often failed to cause effective damage with their consecutive attacks.

Basically, it's just like novices pecking at each other. Of course, this is student ninja. Named ninjas such as Namashi Raido and Yamashiro Aoba are quite capable, and their fights are entertaining and good to look at. Takeshi looked at their fight for a while, then returned his attention to his system panel.

This fight with Haimaru completed the random task of "territory competition", so he received an additional 30 points.

In addition to the more than 20 points gained from defeating Haimaru, there were a total of 610 points on the board.

It's enough to exchange for two servings of special cat food for Ninja cats. But he has a goal. Ten draws in a row! Gacha is far too tempting, especially the anxiety and excitement about the unknown at the moment before the prize is out, which cannot be exchanged for anything.

The lottery panel is like a Spinning Wheel with twenty prizes. The worst ones are toys such as cat scratching posts and cat climbing frames, and the best ones are Wild Lion's Mane jutsu.

Like Needle Jizo, it was also developed by Jiraiya. But out of distrust of his own fur... he bought it for special food for ninja cats, and then kept the three hundred points as savings, which will be used for ten draws in the future.