Naruto: First Love

Chapter 9: Mission of the Cat Demon Palace
In this battle, which was neither big nor small, he suffered some injuries, and Xinzi also received a not-too-serious reprimand.

The third generation said, as a child taught by Ye Xue and who had been on the battlefield, how could he be inferior to Itachi of the Uchiha family?

After that, Itachi became 'someone else's child'.

In fact, Xinzi didn’t see the third generation very often. Except for handing over and accepting tasks, they rarely met.

But not long after, Iruka was promoted to Chunin, and the Third Hokage asked Iruka to take care of Kokoko. Iruka was an old lady-level Chunin, and he would knock on her door every night to confirm whether she was at home...

Wen Yuehai was not surprised at all when he heard this.

Later, Kamijutsuki Izumo told her that Fumitsuki Kai was supervised by Iruka every day.

Soon, another mission came down. It was a D-rank mission, which made Xinzi feel a little regretful. If it was a C-rank mission, he would probably be able to escape Iruka's nagging.

When they went to do the task the next day, they found out that their task was to catch cats!
There had been missions to catch cats before, but they were commissioned by wealthy families. This time, the one who commissioned the mission was an old lady from the Uchiha ancestral land. Looking at the many cats around her and her conversation with Itachi, I realized that the one to be caught was a ninja cat!
She was amazed. How could they be tasked with catching cats so soon?
Xinzi had a complicated expression, holding the cat ears, looking a little sad.

While Tianma was still asking whether he should wear cat ears, he saw Itachi already wearing cat ears, looking so adorable.

Even Mizunotsuki put on cat ears and told them to hurry to the Cat Demon Palace.

Itachi noticed Kokoro's low mood and walked behind, keeping pace with her.

Xinzi didn't notice him. She was still thinking, what should she do next? Follow Itachi? Itachi was too fast and she couldn't catch up at all. Then she could only follow Tianma.

But even if she saved Tianma, what's the use? At that time, she would still die in that mission. Only if she survived at that time would it be real.

The current mission in the Nekomon Palace was just a mission that had nothing to do with that mission. Itachi only opened his Sharingan for this, but at the cost of his teammates' deaths...

"What's wrong with you?" A cold voice with imperceptible worry sounded softly in my ears.

Xinzi looked up and forced an ugly smile. When she met Itachi's deep eyes, her heart skipped a beat and she lowered her head again. "Nothing, go do the mission."

Itachi was behind her, frowning slightly. He always felt that Xinzi was worried about something, and it started when she received this task. What was it?
The look in her eyes when she looked at herself was complicated and sad. There was an unapproachable melancholy in her eyes.

After Xinzi entered the Cat Demon Palace, he finally relaxed.

They are a group of cute kittens, perfect for young girls.

"Ahhh, that white kitten, meow meow meow, so cute!"

"Xinzi, that cat is half as tall as you, how can it be cute?" Tianma snorted coldly and said disdainfully.

Just as he finished speaking, he saw the white cat staring at Tianma, “You are so ugly!”

Ahhh, they forgot, with cat ears, the cats can understand them!
For a while, Tianma was chased by the white cat and ran around everywhere. After just a few minutes, his clothes had many holes and his face was covered with scratches...

Tianma is actually a person with potential. He was chased everywhere by the white cat at a very fast speed.

Later, there was inexplicably one more cat chasing him.

Koko was helpless and had to follow Itachi and Mizunoe.

The Ninja Cat we are looking for is a family idiot who didn't want to accept the marriage arranged by his family, so he ran away.

What could she say? Served her right?

However, when she said this, she was scratched by a black cat that appeared out of nowhere. She was so angry that she chased the black cat and ran around the Cat Demon Palace.

The final result was that Mizunotsuki, with several scratches on his face, led a boy who was covered in scratches and had lost his cat ears, a resentful girl with a light red claw mark on her face and a black cat in her arms, and a face-paralyzed dumpling with a nonchalant look on his face, who did not look like he had done the mission at all, all went to hand in the task.

Seeing that the ninja cat's whiskers were broken, the old man looked unhappy.

You know, the value of that ninja cat lies in its whiskers!

But in the end, they were let go.

Xinzi was holding the black cat and preparing to leave with Mizunotsuki, but was stopped by the old man: "Little girl, what are you going to do with that cat?"

Xinzi was holding the black cat in her hand, feeling unhappy again. "You mean it? It actually dared to scratch me! It took me a lot of effort to catch it. Don't worry, I won't kill it!"

The look of deep hatred and bitterness made the black cat tremble. It opened its mouth, but in the end it did not speak and turned its head away, indicating that it did not want to talk.

The old man seemed surprised, "You were able to catch it?"

Xinzi was a little surprised, "It's just a cat, not a ninja cat. Is it weird to catch it?"

"No, it is indeed a ninja cat." The old man shook his head, very surprised, "This ninja cat is the most special one here. It never speaks and has hardly ever been on a mission. If it hadn't survived the Nine-Tails incident, I wouldn't have known it was a ninja cat."

So special? But, during the Nine-Tail incident, not too many people died, right? Even fewer cats should have died.

What is there to be proud of after surviving the Nine-Tailed Fox incident?
"Since you can catch it, you can take it back. It would be even better if you can sign a contract with it..." The old man's eyes were burning. It was unknown what he was thinking. He asked her to take the black cat away. "It doesn't have a name for now. If it is willing to sign a contract with you, it will give you a contract scroll."

Xinzi was a little confused. Is this black cat special? Is it a ninja cat?
I scratched the black cat's ears and saw that it moved back normally. There was nothing special about it. Why was it a ninja cat?

When she went out with the black cat in her arms, Mizunotsuki was waiting outside. The cat ears on their heads had been taken off long ago. Looking at the black cat in her arms, they were very confused: "Where are you taking the black cat?"

"This cat is mine from now on." He lifted the black cat up by its neck and held it in front of them, announcing happily that he would not be afraid of loneliness anymore, as at least he still had a cat to play with.

"Ha, I didn't expect you to pick up a cat while completing a mission. But Xinzi, black cats are always unlucky. Are you sure you want it?" Tianma pulled the cat's whiskers in his hand and looked at the black cat with disdain.

Who knew that the black cat would get furious when it heard his words, and with lightning speed, a bright red claw mark appeared on Tianma's face with a "snap".

"..."

"Ah, you black cat!" Tianma was instantly angry. He looked like a cat with its fur standing on end. He wanted to pounce, but when he raised his hand, he found that the whiskers in his hand had wilted again. He gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, "I'll settle with you next time!"

"Did you get the beard?" Looking at the beard in his hand, Xinzi pressed the black cat in his arms.

When the beard was mentioned, Tianma's expression changed. He looked at Itachi and blushed in disapproval, "Well, thank you for now, but don't be complacent, I will return it one day!"

"No thanks, it's just a mission. I don't want to get into any trouble beyond the mission." Itachi turned his face away, probably not used to being thanked.

It seems that Itachi saved Tianma after all, and Tianma is to Itachi...

A life-saving grace?
Both of them actually received favors from Itachi.

But Tianma, are they going back to save Itachi? Can they deal with the enemy that Itachi can't deal with? Otherwise, are they going to pay with their lives?

Even though he thought so, he still chuckled, "You two, why don't you just say thank you properly? We are all companions!"

(End of this chapter)