Naruto: Paws and Whiskers

"Something may have happened to Anko's family." Rin walked away, speaking to the little black cat beside her.

She didn't recognize Orochimaru, but she remembered that scene. She had seen it too many times in the past few years. Every time a family member was killed in battle, the jounin would inform him with that expression, accompanied by a heavy sadness.

Takeshi, the little black cat, looked sideways at her. He couldn't speak, even though he could understand human language. Ninja deaths had become a common occurrence over the years.

Anko's father may be quite powerful, but it's not unusual for a jounin to die in battle. This is war, after all.

Of course, that's what people generally said, but it's certain that since her friend has likely lost her family member, the atmosphere became abit heavy for them.

"Takeshi, I must become a great medical ninja like Tsunade-sama and save my friends and family." Rin declared firmly.

'Studying iryojutsu can't save the ninja world,' Takeshi thought silently to himself, but he had no objection to Rin's choice.

Due to Rin's character, being a combat ninja wasn't suitable for her. On the contrary, the position of medical ninja would bring out all her talents.

If she didn't die in the future, she would definitely become an amazing medical ninja. However, Tsunade was not only a medical ninjutsu expert, but her fighting ability was also off the charts.

No matter how hard Rin worked, it was still a bit difficult to catch up with Tsunade.

Then, Takeshi put his paw on her hand – no matter what she decided, he would support it. Of course, this was Takeshi's sentiment from the bottom of his heart.

It was unknown whether Rin understood it. Judging from Rin's smiling expression... she must have understood it. She hugged Takeshi and walked slowly on the streets of Konoha, and before she knew it, she had arrived at Konoha Hospital.

'Konoha Hospital? Are you about to enter internship life?' Takeshi felt a bit confused.

"I used to come to the medical class after school to learn medical ninjutsu, but I haven't come for several days since I adopted you..."

'? ? This can't all be blamed on me. It's obvious that you are addicted to petting this cat, So if you end up petting the cat and wasting time, it's my fault, right? Being a cat is hard.' Takeshi felt grievanced.

But he soon felt relieved. In his previous life, when the boy was full of energy, he couldn't stop his energy, but after the rush, he instantly entered sage mode.

Cat lovers like them are probably similar, so being with Nohara family was really a good choice... It was a wild thought in his mind, but he could only express a slight protest with an innocent "meow" on his face.

Rin stroked him affectionately and whispered, "I'm going to the medical class first. You go home first and don't go out wandering around. Do you understand?" She knew Takeshi understood.

After a few days, Rin clearly understood how smart Takeshi was, and he definitely knew where their home was. The only thing she needed to worry about was whether he would go back obediently. She was obviously not at ease, but if no one came along...

"Hey, Guy-san," Rin called out.

"Hey, girl, do you need any help?" Seeing Rin greeting him, Guy quickly rushed over, clearly smitten with the ninja cat.

The last time they were separated, he couldn't forget Takeshi. While he wasn't a cat lover. Guy just missed the feeling of Takeshi running and exercising with him, and thought it would be nice to have such a ninja cat. But Takeshi didn't want to meet him at all.

The moment he saw Guy, Takeshi kept retreating and trying to escape, but his body was controlled by someone.

Unless he stabbed Rin with a needle Jizo, but... he felt like there was no need to do that. After all, Rin had good intentions, and he couldn't bear to stab Rin.

"Guy-san, can you help take Takeshi back to my home while you're exercising? I'm going to the medical class to study, but I'm afraid he won't come back." Rin explained the situation.

When Guy heard this, he gave a sparkling thumbs up and said, "Don't worry, I got this covered!"

Takeshi looked at him coldly, as if he had no intention of resisting.

"Hehehe, little black cat, we can exercise together again. Do you miss my youthful passion..."

'No, not at all,' Takeshi thought, watching Rin enter the hospital. Guy ran with him for a while and put Takeshi down.

As soon as the little black cat landed on the ground, he ran away and jumped into the small gap between the two houses in two seconds.

"Want to race with me?" Guy quickly chased after him. At nine years old, while he wasn't too strong,and he still couldn't get through such a narrow gap.

He's too fast. Even if cats are naturally fast, Takeshi is only half a year old, so there is no way he can match Guy's speed.

Konoha's various cat catching missions have also honed Guy's ability to deal with cats. After he landed, he quickly tried to press Takeshi with his hands, but at this moment, he felt as if he had caught a hedgehog, and there were bursts of pain in his hands.

Guy subconsciously let go. The next second, Takeshi slipped out of his hands and disappeared into the forest. He looked at the palm of his hand.

The dense red dots on the palm of his hand seemed to have been pricked by needles. The key was - Guy felt that the little kitten did not seem to use all his strength. This should be some kind of ninjutsu.

"You know ninjutsu at a young age, and you are much more promising than those stupid dogs of Kakashi." Guy regretted more. Why did he sign the summon contract for a Ninja Turtle in the first place? Cats are pretty good too... But the next second, he thought of Rin's entrustment.

That girl told him to take her cat home. Now that the cat has run away, 'what should I do if she asks me, Where is my cat?' He originally planned to give up the pursuit, but he got ready and chased after Takeshi again.

Takeshi got into the woods and ran home quickly. He really didn't dare to stop for a moment. He would rather run home and stay there than fall into the hands of Guy, a maniac, and suffer all kinds of torture.

Guy tried his best to catch up. He ran more than five hundred times around Konoha every day. He was very familiar with the roads in Konoha.

After running for a long time, he felt that the road looked familiar. This is the path from the hospital to the civilian area. Does he know the way?

Guy was a little surprised. He found that he couldn't catch up in the forest in his normal state, so - Gate of Opening, Open!

Takeshi, who was running towards home, noticed the burst of chakra and hurriedly looked back, only to see Guy running around in the forest as nimble as him. The chakra fluctuations on his body had obviously opened Eight Inner Gates.

'Why?' Takeshi was frightened, and his short limbs moved harder. However, he was only half a year old after all. After a while, he found that he could not run.

"Little... little black cat, I think we are very compatible. Why don't you come with me? I will definitely make you very strong." Guy ran to Takeshi's side, out of breath.

Although he worked very hard, at his age, he could only open till the third gate, and even just opening Gate of Opening was enough to consume most of his energy.

'??? Who is compatible with you!? I want to be as far away from you as possible', Takeshi felt quite sad about the injustice carried upon himself.