Once upon a time, a long time ago, I read a yaoi twoshot. In the first story, Gorou and Nana, two kitties, fell in love and got together. In the second story, Jirou, the third kitty who lived with them told his story and it broke my heart. All you need to know is this: Jirou is a cat who was picked up in the rain by his kind owner as a kitten, and fell in love with him.

And Nina is a character from Ultra Maniac, a witch who had the power to turn cats into humans.

Nobody will read this, but if somebody accidentally does stumble on it, that's all you really need to know. The Ultra Maniac characters won't be in here that much. Everything other than the characters will be my own ideas and story. Actually, if I just tweeked things, and changed names, I could probably just post this as an original story of Fiction Press.

I'll consider it.

Chapter 1: The Problem

Jirou was curled up on the windowsill, staring out into the front yard. Nana and Gorou were running around the lawn, as energized as ever. He watched them with a feeling of envy.

Nana had been there for five months now, and he liked the young cat just fine, like a younger brother. And he'd known Gorou for awhile now, and while the black cat sometimes gave him a headache, he cared for him very much.

So, in conclusion, he was very happy for the two of them, when he figured out they were going out. He was a little weirded out at the same time, because Nana was only five months old, and had only been there a day. But, since human restrictions of age didn't exactly apply to cats, he let it go.

And, of course, he was lonelier now, as the two younger cats tended to hang out more with each other than him, but he had always been more solitary than other cats.

So, happy.

But, also envious.

They had only known each other a day, and had fallen in love and had sex. Sex! Here he was, three and a half years, and still a virgin. But, even that was not the source of his pain.

It was that no matter how much he wished it, or dreamed it of it, or prayed for it, the one he truly loved would never love him back, couldn't love him back.

It was not that the one he loved was trying to hurt him, he just didn't know how Jirou felt. And never would, since the siamese couldn't tell him. After all, how could a cat communicate with a human?

He had been in love with his owner, Master Shinchirou, since the day he'd found kitten Jirou in the rain, and given him his old fashioned name. But while animals could understand humans, humans couldn't understand them back.

Plus, humans could not see them as their true forms. They saw them as four legged, furry all over creatures, and that just wasn't how it was. Shinchirou-sama didn't see Jirou's human body, or Gorou's, or Nana's. He didn't see that the only thing that made them different were his ears and tail, and human ignorance.

Shinchirou-sama didn't see his beautiful, spiky, blond/white hair, or even the clothes he was wearing. Nor Gorou's black hair, Nana's brown, didn't see their long limbs and human faces. None of it.

So, Jirou had no choice but to love from so close, but at the same time, unbelievably far away.

At that moment, the door opened, and Shinchirou-sama walked in, a lady following behind him, and Jirou recognized her as Shinchirou-sama's mother. Gorou and Nana came in after the two humans, and Nana smiled brightly at him.

"Hi, Jirou ni-chan!"

"Hi, Nana. Did you have fun?" Jirou asked the hyper kitten, ever polite.

"Yes!" the kitten (who actually wasn't a kitten anymore) answered back. Jirou would have described the cat as innocent, but he was far from it. The little cat looked at the lady.

"Who is that?"

"The owner's mother." Gorou replied, and his ear flicked with interest. "She always brings treats for us." the black cat grinned broadly. "Come on Jirou, Nana!"

The younger cats hopped away, heading for the lady, but Jirou didn't follow. He went instead to the kitchen, where Shinchirou-sama was setting down his stuff. Jirou didn't interrupt, just waited silently for Shinchirou-sama to sit at the table, which he did a bit later.

Jirou jumped onto the table as Gorou and Nana started to meow at the mother's feet.

"Hello, Jirou." Shinchirou-sama said, and Jirou said, "Welcome home," thought it only came out as a meow to his owner.

Still, Shinchirou smiled and reached out a hand to stroke Jirou. Jirou hopped into his lap and pressed himself against his owner, trying to convey his feelings to him.

"Really, Shin-chan." said his mother. "You spend too much time with these cats." She dropped two treats on the floor for Gorou and Nana, who snatched them up. "What you need is a girlfriend."

Jirou's ears perked up at this, and he looked at Shinchirou-sama worriedly. Inside him, he'd always had a blossom of hope, that someday they could be together. But if Shinchirou-sama got a girlfriend...that would crush his last hope.

"Mom, I don't have time for a girlfriend." Shinchirou-sama answered, and Jirou felt himself relax a little.

The mother stayed for maybe an hour, and the whole time Jirou stayed firmly on Shinchirou-sama's lap. He didn't listen to the rest of the conversation, just fell asleep.

When he woke up, Shinchirou-sama was carrying him to his big, human bed. Jirou felt warm inside. He loved sleeping in the same bed as his master, but he wished he could it as a human.

Shinchirou-sama got into the bed, letting go of Jirou so that he could get comfortable. The siamese curled up on his master's chest, peering up at him and purring softly. He imagined once more that he was human and they were lovers, sharing a bed after a long day.

"Night Jirou." Shinchirou-sama mumbled sleepily. "Love you."

Jirou knew he only meant it how a human loved a pet. He wished he didn't.

"I love you too." he said, but all his kind, loving master heard was a meow. He tried again. And once more. When his owner did nothing, he lay his head down and held back his tears.

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The next morning, Jirou was alone outside, and he could hear Gorou and Nana in the house, knocking stuff over. And Shinchirou-sama scolding them lightly. He shut his eyes and listened to the human's voice, his tail twitching lightly.

Then a new scent hit the air. It was the scent of another cat. He opened his eyes, and saw a silver cat hopping their wall. They locked eyes, and the cat smiled.

"Hi! I'm Leo!"

Jirou took in the cat's invisible human form. It was a young boy, about Nana's age. He seemed friendly, so Jirou stood up, and went over.

"I'm Jirou."

"Jirou? That's a cool name."

That was the first time somebody had called his name cool, instead of odd, or strange, or old.

"Thank you. Are you lost?" The boy was fairly young, so Jirou could believe he had wandered from home.

Leo shook his head.

"No, I was just waiting for Nina and Ayu to get out of school. I smelled cats over here, so I came to say hello."

"Is Nina your human?"

Leo nodded. "Yep! She should be getting out soon, but I've got time to kill."

This was when Gorou and Nana appeared, having heard Leo from inside. For an hour, the cats mingled. A new face was exciting, and even Jirou got in on some pouncing and tumbling.

Eventually, Gorou and Nana found a reason to go off on their own. Jirou was pretty sure he knew the reason, and he lied to Leo, telling him they went to take a nap.

"Well, who is this?" Shinchirou-sama suddenly inquired. Both cats flinched, caught off guard. Leo went over, meowing, accepting the human's friendly pats.

"You must be one of the neighbor's cats."

Leo just meowed.

"Is this your owner?" Leo asked.

Jirou nodded, and silently stared at his human.

Wishing.

"Well, I'm off to work. Jirou, keep a close eye on your new friend."

"Okay." Jirou responded, then tilted his ears into the scratch that Shinchirou-sama gave him. "Be careful on the road." the cat added. Of course, Shinchirou didn't understand him.

"Love you Jirou."

"Love you too." He watched with sad eyes as the human walked away. He might as well be talking to a tree.

A few minutes after Shinchirou-sama was gone, a human voice called out, waking Leo and Jirou from the doze they'd fallen into.

"There you are, Leo!"

The cats looked over, and Jirou saw a human girl with short blond hair, and in a school uniform. "Nina's been searching for you!"

"Sorry, Nina. I made some friends."

Jirou listened, and thought, "So, I'm not the only one who talks to them like they understand."

"That's cool. What's his name?"

Wait.

She had...talked back?

That was impossible!

"Jirou."

"Jirou? Cool name!"

Jirou launched to his feet, eyes wide.

"She can hear us!?"

Leo looked at him, and so did the girl.

"Not exactly. You see, I'm a magical cat. And she's a witch. We come from the Magical Kingdom."

Jirou tried to take it all in. This was crazy.

"So...she can't understand me? Or see my human form?" Jirou felt his spirits deflate. He'd wanted to tell her to tell Shinchirou-sama his feelings. But he got another idea.

"Could you pass a message to her for me, please? I need to tell my owner something important."

"What's Jirou-kun saying, Leo?" the witch girl asked.

"He wants me to tell you to tell his owner something."

"Oh." The girl looked at Jirou, and he saw something in her eyes. An idea. She courched down, so they were eye to eye.

"Jirou-kun, is this something very important?"

"Yes!" he blurted immediately. Leo didn't translate. It was obvious what he'd said.

"What if Nina told you she could help you out. So that you can tell your owner yourself?"

Jirou stared at her, dumbstruck.

"How? What do you mean?"

Leo translated, then said to Jirou, "Watch this." Nina picked something from her pocket, and gave it to Leo to swallow.

There was a flash of light, and then Leo was standing next to him.

As a human.