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Cali: Since this story was promised today I'm the only one here, both of the other authors have things that they are doing... Sorry! On to the legend for the story!
3rd person Omni POV
italics: thoughts or cats talking that at least the OC's can hear/understand
'Italics': Poems or letters
italics: cats talking that can only be heard/understood by the other cats and not the OC's
bold: kotodama
bold: flashbacks
Noir set down a box near a tree, her eyes trailing to the clearing behind her. She spotted 4 kittens in the middle of the usually empty field. Slowly, as to not startle the four, she got up and walked towards them. A black kitten with wine red eyes was one of them, a black kitten with gold eyes was another. Then there was a black kitten with green-yellow dual-toned eyes, and a grey kitten with green-yellow dual-toned eyes covered by bang-like tufts of fur. They reminded her of her favorite characters of Black Butler, and they were Sebastian Michaelis, Claude Faustus, William T. Spears, and Undertaker. Well, she didn't really like Claude, but she knew a certain someone who did.
Noir sighed, "Hello, little ones." All four kittens froze, whipping their heads towards her. The black kitten with the golden eyes growled and hissed. Noir figured he was just scared. A giant human right above them? Yup, she was probably scary to the little ones. "No need to hiss at me. I am the most friendly being you will ever meet," She explained to the little kitten, but he just continued to hiss and growl.
She picked up the golden-eyed kitten, rubbing it behind the ears, coaxing a purr out of it. This in turn had a certain black kitten with wine-colored eyes growl and hiss. She looked at him with confusion.
"What, little one? I will pet you, too." She set down the one she had currently, picking up the wine-eyed kitten, earning an instant purr out of him. "Am I not allowed to pick up the other kittens?" She asked, he looked up at her with big wine colored eyes; shaking his kitten head. "My, my. Are you a jealous kitten?" He shook his head, but then glared at the golden-eyed black kitten. "Oh, you just don't like him?" He nodded, making her smile lightly.
"Come along, since I have space for you to sleep in the mansion where I live." Noir picked up the golden-eyed kitten, putting him, and the wine-eyed kitten, on her shoulders. She picked up the two kittens with the dual-toned eyes, putting them in the big hoodie that she was wearing to cover up most of her body. She heard purring that came from her right shoulder, where the gold-eyed kitten was clinging to her. "We need names for the four of you." She thought for a moment, before turning to the wine-eyed kitten on her left shoulder. "How about I call you Raven." She received a nod of approval, which made a smile come to Noir's face. "You will be Speckles." She turned to the golden-eyed kitten. He seemed to be tasting the name as he turned his head back and forth, finally he gave a purr of approval. "Alright, now you two." She picked up the grey kitten, and noticed the scars all over his body. "I will call you Freckles." He seemed to laugh at the name, a kitten laugh. She tried not to squeal at how cute it sounded, but she failed miserably. Finally, she looked at the last kitten. He was giving her a very serious, determined cat-eyed look. 'Yup, definitely a William kitten.' She had to think about this for a second, unsure of what to call him. "Midnight?" She asked, the kitten just gave an annoyed look; before slowly nodding in acceptance.
"Alrighty~ Let's get you home! I'm sure you'll like all the space that we have. There will be a few rooms which will be off limits, but otherwise everything is open to explore. I will point out the rooms that you will not be allowed to go into." She put the two back into her pocket. "Now, it's just safety precautions that you do not enter those rooms. My close friend Erin, she's a spider breeder; some of them are venomous." Speckles meowed, he seemed to be doing so in approval. "Oh, do you like spiders?"
Well, of course, he does, he is an annoying spider himself. Speckles seemed to turn on Raven, he growled and hissed at him. It looked like it was going to become a full on kitten brawl.
Watch yourself, Michaelis! Noir just looked on, unsure of whether to get involved or not.
"You two, enough bickering. You don't want to lose your male pride, do you?" Noir smirked at both kittens, who were looking at her with pure fear. Raven gulped, and it wasn't long till Speckles started to whimper. "I'm glad we have come to an understanding. I do hope we will not have this discussion later on." She said before they continued on, but she couldn't help but think. 'Those two really do act like Sebastian and Claude, I wonder….No that can't be. Well if that's the case maybe I should give Speckles to Erin….'
Nior picked up her pace when a break in the trees was less than forty yards in front of her. She burst out of the trees, giving the kittens too little time to adjust to the white marble mansion that stood imposingly in front of them. She ran to the outside stairs, and into the mansion; just as a familiar ebony head walked into her line of vision. "E-CHAN~~~~~! Look what I found!" She tackled the girl to the ground, as she said this.
"Rosey-chan, I would if I could. However, I have a problem. GET OFF OF ME!"
"Eri-chan, Noi-chan…." Ayaka poked her head in the room with confusion etched on her face.
"Aki-chan, tell this hyperactive person to get the hell off of me!" Erin exclaimed, trying to push Noir off.
"Noi-chan, what ya got there?" Akaya asked, looking at the kittens on Noir's shoulders.
"Right…" Noir stood up, grabbing the two kittens off her shoulders.
"WAIT! KITTENS!" Erin squealed.
"Mm-hmm! I got two more in my pocket!" Noir smiled brightly.
"Oh, that one with the golden eyes reminds me of Claude!" Erin said, grinning madly as she picked up Speckles. "Can I keep him? PLEASE!"
"That's Speckles! You may keep him, I was planning on giving him to you anyways." Noir nodded wildly. "I'm keeping this one." She pointed to Raven, who reminded her of Sebastian. "This lil' guy reminds me of Sebby."
"Yay! Aki-chan, look, I get a kitten!" Erin exclaimed.
"Awe~ how cute! I want one too." Akaya fussed over the kittens. "Noi-chan, I get one too, right~" Ayaka looked at Noir with puppy-dog eyes.
"Of course!" Noir pulled out the last black kitten and the grey kitten.
Noir placed Raven on the ground next to her, then pointed to Freckles and Midnight. "The grey one is Freckles, and the last black one with the dual-toned eyes is Midnight."
"I love Midnight's eyes; they remind me of jewels." Akaya took Midnight from Noir.
"What about Freckles, we've claimed every kitten but him? Oh I know, we can take turns watching over him? What do you think?" Erin suggested.
"I like that idea! I'll take him tonight. Who wants tomorrow?" Noir nodded in agreement.
"Alright, um, Noir, while I'm in the spider room, could you watch over Speckles for me? I don't want him getting bit." Erin asked. "Oh and I will take him tomorrow."
"I don't mind, and they already have my warning, so they should be well behaved with me." Noir waved the request off.
"What warning?" Erin asked, confusion entering her deep purple eyes.
"They act like territorial males of course. So, I threatened to cut off their pride." Noir just shrugged.
"Oh, ouch….." Erin winced. She then went into deep thought, letting the two sisters know not to bother her at the moment.
"Hey, Aya-chan, would you like the third night?" Noir turned to Akaya.
"Ok." Akaya replied.
"I'm going to go give Raven and Freckles, a bath so don't wait up for me." Noir started off in the direction of her rooms, and her forbidden room, which she pointed out to Raven and Freckles on her way by.
~0o0~
"Sorry that I'm late. Those two wanted to be funny and tried to make me take a bath with them." Noir sighed, wearing different clothes from earlier.
"It's fine, Rosey-chan." Erin said, looking at her friend.
"Cheeky kits... At least I got Freckles to give another kitty laugh. It was SOOO ADORBS!" Nior squealed.
"Wait, he laughs?!" Erin exclaimed.
"Yea, why?" Noir looked at Erin, confusion etched on her face.
"It's just, that's something Undertaker would do." Erin said, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.
"It's true, he does remind me a bit of the Undertaker." Noir admitted quietly, "So... Awkward topic time... Has any part of your past come back to you yet?"
"No, it has not." Erin sighed sadly, "I fear I will never remember where I came from. I want nothing more than to know who my parents are. My name, my family, my home. But, alas, it is all a blank." She looked down, not looking at either of her friends.
"Alright." Noir gave Erin a look of pity, but did not hold it for long.
"Don't pity me." Erin said, casting a look at Noir.
"If I do not pity you then what do I do? Certainly not rub things I have in your face." Noir snapped, softly.
"Just be my friend, that is all I ask." Erin said, slowly standing up to leave.
"I try to be, and that means the pity comes with it. Have we not had this conversation before?" Noir's face turned into a frown.
"We have, and each time I ask you not to pity me." Erin glared. "I do value our friendship, but in the end I'm kin to the dark elves and from what I've read, we don't take pity too well. I frankly hate it."
"Fine. I'm just going to go to bed then." Noir stood to leave, casting a sad look out the window. "Tomorrow I'll be locking away myself, so try not to need me after you come out of your work area." She left after that.
"Aki-chan, I'm going to bed myself." Erin said, before walking off. Her head down, as she left. 'All I feel is never ending darkness, I can never shake it.'
Akaya just sat back and listened to Erin and Noir's conversation.
~0o0~
"Good morning, kittens." Noir pet the heads of Raven and Freckles. Raven had curled up in the crook of her neck, and Freckles next to her left hip. She sat up, getting a sound of kitten protest from Raven, and a sound of laughter from Freckles. "What is it, Raven? Do you wish for me to stay with you?" Noir was awarded with a purr/meow mix of agreement. "I'm sorry, I have to wake everyone up though, and get Speckles from E-chan." She picked him up, placing him around her neck like a scarf. Noir headed out of her room, dressed for the day.
Erin had been up an hour beforehand; she was always up before the day breaks. She rarely slept, her mind kept plaguing her dreams with death and despair. She kept wondering what it all meant, why her dreams were plagued with war, fire, and death. She was startled from her thoughts when there was a knock on her door.
"Come in." She called. Noir poked her head inside her room.
"Hey, you're up already, cool." Noir smirked. "So where did Speckles end up curling up with you?"
"He slept curled up to me, I actually woke to find him on top of my stomach." Erin said, looking over at Speckles.
"Awe~ That's so sweet!" Noir gushed.
"Yeah. Hey, sorry about last night. I shouldn't have blown up. I guess I'm scared of learning things that could change my view on everything." Erin said.
"You're following your heritage, yeah?" Noir came in and sat down next to Erin.
"Yeah, but what if I'm not good? What if I'm bad?" Erin said, leaning on Noir.
"That is not in your personality, is it?" Noir stroked Erin's hair softly, a small smile on her face.
"I don't know, but if these dreams that I keep having are my past…. I could be the bad guy." Erin said, tears began to form.
"As long as you know that we will stop you from the darkness you have seemed to gather from your dreams, then we shall be there for as long as you need us to be there." Noir wiped away the tears.
"Thank you, Rosey-chan." Erin said.
"You're welcome. How about we go wake Aya-chan in our style." Noir smirked.
"Can we use a water bottle?" Erin asked, giving her pleading kitten eyes.
"That is up to you, I'm not taking the fall for that." Noir put her hands up in the air.
"She's going to kill us, isn't she?" Erin asked, smirking.
"Completely, but it's all on you!" Noir stood, petting Raven, to make sure he knew she remembered he was there. "Let's go, E-chan."
"Speckles, get up?" Erin said, picking up her kitten. He gave a kitten grumble, before nuzzling into her neck.
"You asked, then just pick him up?" Noir asked, amused. "I just picked Raven up and put him where he is."
"Why not, isn't that something Alois would do?" Erin asked.
"Pfft!" Noir laughed, watching as Speckles went wide eyed.
"Can I pet Raven?" Erin asked, giving a small grin.
"That's up to him." Noir shrugged slightly.
"Can, I pet you little one?" Erin asked, giving him big kitty eyes. He seemed to consider this for a moment, before nodding gently. She slowly began to petting him, he purred in response. "He's so cute."
"I know, but I also think he's handsome in a kitty way." Noir chuckled. "May I pet Speckles?"
"Ask him, though I doubt he'd mind. His pride is on the line, isn't it?" Erin chuckled, gently picking Raven up.
"Hey! I like my kitty scarf!" Noir pouted slightly, but then soon shrugged and started petting Speckles lightly, watching as he melted into purrs after a short glare. Noir couldn't help but giggle. "If he behaves for now, it's not." Noir shrugged, then picked Speckles up, cradling him in her arms.
"You know it would be cool if they were really Sebastian and Claude." Erin randomly said, making both kittens look at each other, then back at them.
"I would lose control and cuddle Sebastian~!" Noir's head went off in a moment. "But that's if he didn't mind."
"Yeah, I'd probably cuddle Sebastian too. But, at the end of the day, my heart is made for a spider. Though, I would claim Raven as my brother." Erin said,
"Sebs would be mine. A certain spider as my brother~!" Noir chuckled.
"Can I not claim him as a brother?" Erin asked, and Raven purred in response.
Yes you can.
"I'm fine with him being your brother, but he would be my mate, if he was real." Noir pouted slightly.
I'm your what? Erin was laughing as Raven gave Noir a funny look.
"He sure responds to Sebastian, maybe that should've been his name." Erin commented, petting the little wine eyed kitten.
"Perhaps he is Sebastian." Noir commented offhandedly. "It'd give me a really good reason to blush." She giggled at the thought. "What if Speckles is Claude?" I looked down at the said kitten in my arms.
"Then, it would be perfectly alright if he accompanied me to my work station. I also probably would cuddle the spider, at least until I died." Erin giggled.
"That would be one hell of a ride." Noir slipped a hint into the words. Erin laughed at this.
"Well, they are both one hell of a butler, just one is a smexy spider." She cackled,
Speckles stirred at what Erin said, trying to get back to her, it seemed to Noir.
"Okay, time to switch back. I want my kitten back." Noir held out Speckles.
"Okay, here." Erin did the same with Raven.
"Yay~!" Noir scooped Raven into her arms.
"Though, I have a feeling we will both hold one another's kittens on more than one occasion." Erin said, picking Speckles up. He instantly began to purr.
"Duh." Noir rolled her eyes. "I have to be under lock and key tonight." Raven looked up at her, as if asking a question. "It's nothing to worry over, and it is just for tonight."
"Do you want me to watch Raven?" Erin asked.
"If you would please." Noir nodded.
"Of course, you're willing to watch Speckles too." Erin said, "After all, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't agree to such a thing? The thought is treacherous."
"A bad one." Noir giggled.
"I was trying to do a Sebastian line." Erin said.
"I know! I was trying to actually trying to mess with you a little." Noir brought Raven back to being a scarf.
"You're a nut. Let's go get Aki-chan up." Erin said,
"Just leave me out with the water bottle." Noir chuckled.
"We're still gonna run for the hills, or, in my case, the spider room. Aki-chan never goes in there." Erin said.
"I will follow you... for once." Noir shuddered at the thought of Aya-chan being mad at her.
"You in the spider room?" Erin raised an eyebrow.
"If it will save me from the wrath of the morning monster that is my sister, then yes, I will step into the spider room." Noir started walking down towards Akaya's room, "You coming?"
"To hell and back, yes." Erin said, grinning as she walked behind Noir.
"AYA-CHAN! OUR CATS TURNED INTO PEOPLE!" Noir kicked her door open. Erin began to squirt Akaya in the face with water.
"RUN! ROSEY-CHAN RUN!" Erin said, before trying to run.
Erin wasn't fast enough and got trapped. "ERI-CHAN!~" Akaya said with a too-sweet smile on her face as she conjured a storm cloud above Erin.
"Shit!" Noir took off, going into the famed spider room.
"Rosey-chan, help! Speckles, please! ANYONE, HELP ME!" Erin screeched, causing Akaya to grab her ears, allowing Erin to escape (but not before she got totally drenched from head-to-toe), running away like a mad woman. "It could've been worse." Erin exclaimed, when she entered the spider room.
"You got drenched!" Noir was giggling.
"Yeah, but at least I didn't get shocked!" Erin said, before noticing two kittens in the spider room. "Raven, Speckles, what are you two doing here?!" She exclaimed, eyes wide with shock.
"Raven was on my shoulders this whole time... Speckles was in your arms, I think…" Noir shrugged.
"Oh, probably a good thing then; who knows what Aki-chan would have done…...That would also explain why he's drenched as well," Erin said, pointing at Speckles.
"Aya-chan isn't that mean to cats? Did you see where Midnight was?" Noir asked, giggling.
"No, where was he?" Erin asked,
"He was on her heart~! Looking totally comfy." Noir gushed.
"Awe~! Who knew Aki-chan had such a soft spot for kittens?" Erin said, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.
"Not as much as I do. I can rival even Sebastian in that." Noir got another weird look from Raven.
"Hey I like them too, though I might rival Claude when it comes to spiders." Erin said, earning a strange look from both kittens. She picked up Speckles again, holding him close.
"Riiiiight~ Are you sure it's not your fangirl coming out?" Noir's eyebrow quirked.
"Oh, it looks like Sammy had her egg sac." Erin said randomly, looking over at her rose-haired tarantula.
"Did not need to know that, hence why I never come in here." Noir gave a twisted scowl.
"That's fine, but it brings in money for us. You know?" Erin said, looking at her friend.
"Yea, that and my raven breeding." Noir chuckled.
"Yeah. Anyway, I need to breed my Black Widows today. I have to say goodbye to one of my males."
"I'll be taking the kittens now." Noir wanted to leave, but she also wanted to keep the kitties safe. "Or do you want Speckles to stay here with you?"
"He can stay, as long he doesn't mind looking at spiders all damn day." Erin said, Speckles nuzzled into her.
I don't mind. He meowed.
"Waaait… Did Speckles j-just talk?"
"What the hell?!" Erin cried out.
Yes, and though I do not mind the name you gave me, but my name is, in fact, Claude... Claude Faustus.
"Um... The name you said doesn't come through for us…" Noir pouted.
"Yeah, can you repeat that?" Erin asked,
Claude Faustus.
"We didn't catch it, maybe in time we will be able to know; for now we will continue to call you Speckles." Erin said.
"I don't think we are meant to either." Noir took Sebastian's thinking pose.
Very well. Speckles acquiesced.
How come you can talk, Claude, and I can't! Raven meowed in frustration.
"Speckles, is my head telling me that Raven is somewhat the same as you?"
Yes, he is, we have been trapped in kitten bodies. Speckles began to say, before he was cut off by another meow.
"Trapped?" Erin asked.
Yes, but apparently I cannot reveal it yet, Speckles said. Erin nodded, before picking him up.
"I will be very busy tonight, then. If we have you being trapped then Raven is the same. I'm going to go to check on my ravens." Noir's mind was off and away.
"Didn't he just say that?" Erin asked.
"Hmm? Oh yea, he did." Noir chuckled sheepishly. "Come along, Raven. I might be able to figure something out while I work."
"So, Speckles, you don't mind being in a room filled with spiders?" Erin gathered.
No, I don't mind. Speckles said, sounding as if he had smirked.
"We're gonna be the best of friends." She squealed, making Noir laugh as she walked out of the spider room.
"This is my queue to work myself… Ya coming, Raven?" Noir headed for the raven room, which was actually a ballroom in another wing. "Welcome to my slice of paradise~ This is my raven room, since we do not host any parties here. I do, however, have to move some of these to their new home." Raven just stared in amazement at the beautiful black birds.
End A/N: Cali: I hope you enjoyed the story! hopefully the next chap will have the others so that you know who they are, sorry about this!