Summary: Roxas is a dead assassin who is given a second chance at life. Now, disguised as a male kitten, he is sent to help a certain girl out for three days. Will he succeed and become human again? Or fail and die? RoxasKairi, Roxiri.
Roxas Strife. Aged 17 years old. Exterminated.
Found near Mr Sapphire's house, scavenging for information. Appeared hostile, but we eventually took him down with a bullet through his heart.
He's dead. The famed teen assassin's dead.
"Ugh..." a certain blonde groaned, trying to ease the pain in his chest by hitting it with his fist. He looked around this white, white place. "Where the hell am I?"
"Ironic, man," someone muttered, and Roxas Strife jerked up his head. "What you said was ironic to the core, babe."
"W-What? W-Who are you? I have a dagg-!" Roxas was about to pull out his dagger, but then he widened his eyes and looked down at himself. "W-Why the hell am I in white robes, dammit?!"
"Tsk, tsk, you and your vulgarities," the person lamented, and then he appeared in a flash of light. "You have to learn your manners towards an angel, Roxas."
"W-What are you babbling about?!" the angry blonde yelled, and then he attempted to run into the claimed angel, only to run right through him. Roxas stumbled forward, and then he turned around and scowled at the man before him. "You insane lunatic, give me back my dagger!"
"Firstly, I'm babbling about you. Secondly, a lunatic is already insane, so there's no need to emphasise your point that the person's insane. Thirdly, no, I can't give you back this-" he waved his arm lazily in the air, and Roxas' weapon appeared, hovering above his hand, "contraption of yours. Ugh, humans these days, giving cute boys like you such toys to hold and run about with. I'm telling you, it's dangerous."
Roxas looked at the redhead angrily, his eyes narrowing. "What are you?"
The redhead looked offended. "Firstly, I happen to be a who. Secondly, I'm your guardian angel. Thirdly, I happen to have a name, and it's Axel; got it memorized?"
Axel scoffed, as he straightened what seemed to be a white coat. "You didn't need to be rude to me, y'know."
Roxas scowled at him. "Where am I?"
"In heaven. That's why your first sentence was an irony. You said hell. If you really want to go there, you can just take a bus downtown, and take the subway all the way to hell, okay?" Axel jerked his thumb at the blatant bus-stop behind him.
"H-Heaven?" the blonde asked, his eyes widening even more. Then, he immediately realised. "You mean I'm dead?"
Axel feigned cluelessness. "If you're not in heaven, it means that you dodged that bullet safely, or you're hallucinating and you should wake up so that you can continue assassinating people for your Organization. Hm, I wonder which one do you belong in?" He pursed his lips, in apparent deep thought, and then he laughed. "Oh yeah, I know! None of them!"
"So...I'm dead?"
"No, you're just sleeping and dreaming about a red-haired angel with tattoos under his eyes talking to you; of course you're dead!" Axel retorted, and he rolled his emerald eyes.
"Oh. So...how did I die?" Roxas asked. He was curious. "I only remember trekking down the river, washing my hands of that guy's blood. I remember thinking that he didn't had much on him and I was glad that I was being paid to kill him. And then I remember these guys in green approaching me. I fought them off, stabbed them with my dagger, and then..." Roxas bit his lip, furrowing his eyebrows, "nothing else; I came here."
Axel laughed, as though Roxas had just cracked a really lame joke that didn't make sense; the type of laughter that mocked. "You stabbed them, alright. You just didn't see the other people from behind. You realised soon enough, you turned around and bam, baby. You got shot in the chest." He clapped his hands, grinning at Roxas. "Good show, man."
Roxas felt this throbbing pain in his chest, and he touched his heart. It was still.
"Face it, Roxas," Axel said, looking at his action, "you're dead. But...my Superior just gave me the orders."
"Orders?" the blonde asked, "What sort of orders?"
Axel smirked at his terrified face. "Y'know, for a supposed top-notch teenage assassin, you're pretty scared. No, we're not gonna punish you or anything." He ran his fingers through his hair nervously. "Just...you have two choices now."
Without letting Roxas reply, Axel formed a chair made out of clouds with a wave of his hand. "Usually, most people are nice and don't kill others. So we let them stay in Heaven or Hell. But for you, Roxas..." He laughed nervously again, "you were supposed to get only one choice. Go to hell and suffer there for life. Not like you'll have any life when you're there."
"But...the Superior saw that you had a heart of light; not that I know what that means. So the Hell Superior sent you over here; the two female Superiors signed some treaty or something. Then the Superior over here decided to get me to babysit you." He scratched his hair sheepishly. "I've been slacking; she put me off duty a few days ago. Now that she found you, she's gonna give me the responsibility of making sure that you don't screw up the chance that she gave you."
"A...chance?" Roxas queried, but then he grinned. "A chance to live again?!"
Axel grimaced. "Uh...not so. You're not gonna like this, man. Uh, you see, Heaven works like this. We give you a second chance, and you'll be reborn to help people."
"...That's all?"
"Not quite. Here's the catch. You only have three days to help the person out. If the person feels that you're good, you're through, and we'll get you back to life in your human form. And...lemme see..." Axel pulled out a notebook from his jeans pocket (Roxas never knew angels could wear skinny jeans until Axel lifted his cloak to reveal his Levi's) and flipped a few pages.
"Uh...what do you mean 'get me back to life in my human form'? Wouldn't I be helping people out as a human?" Roxas probed, furrowing his eyebrows. "And what do you mean 'lemme see'? Do you mean there's another catch to this?!" He stomped his foot angrily. "Tell me now!"
"Oh, shush, Roxas, you impatient cutie," Axel retorted, and he looked at the page he was at. "Oh. Here I am. Uh, lemme see..." He scanned the page quickly, and Roxas watched his eyes dart about the page, until it finally twinkled with...something eeriely suspicious.
"Oh boy, you're not gonna like this, Roxas..." the redhead mused, and he laughed. "Tell me, do you like kittens?"
The boy wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Ew. Cats?"
"I...see. Well, too bad, then," Axel said, as he summoned this strange portal-like thing that shone brightly. Roxas could see a house; yeah, a house. It was near his HQ. The one with the grocery store downstairs. Yeah.
He patted Roxas' shoulder, chuckling. "I'll see you in a few hours, kitty." With that, the redhead shoved Roxas into the portal. The blonde's body changed into a feline one as he entered the portal. Before the now yellow kitten could turn around and even snarl, Axel had closed the portal, again chuckling at such a sight.
"Axel," a feminine voice said, in an annoyed manner, "you should treat Roxas better next time."
The redhead turned around, and grinned at the blonde girl. "Sorry, Naminé. Couldn't help it. So, Superior, can I go home now?"
Naminé rolled her eyes. "Of course not, silly. You haven't read the bottom of your notebook yet?" She walked up to him and tiptoed, peeping at the notebook, and then she smiled triumphantly, her delicate finger pointing to the final postscript.
P.S; Guardian Angel is to follow Cat as a human form.
"What?" Axel spat incredulously, and Naminé simply grinned. "What the heck is with this, man?!"
"Just go, Axel. I need to convince Larxene that sending Roxas over here was alright. I'll take the bus, and then the subway, right?" Naminé asked, before she simply giggled. "Oh, of course not, I can simply teleport myself to the hell HQ. See you, Axel. And do your job, okay?"
"Hmph. Fine, whatever." Axel looked at Naminé, who summoned out two portals; one for Axel, and one for herself. "See you, Superior. And tell the other Superior that I said hi. Or not. Larxene may hound me down or something..." He shuddered, before he walked into his designated portal.
"Meow," Roxas called out, scratching the door in front of him. "Meooooow."
Ugh, it's no use! This is crap! Ugh! Why can't I be a bull?! I can just ram this stupid door down, and then try and help in some crappy way! I hate thi-
The door creaked open, revealing a young red-haired girl with sapphire eyes. "A-A kitten?"
She bent down to Roxas, who simply tried to look cute and adorable so that he could be taken in. He was hungry, itchy and dirty. He needed water, food, oh gosh, everything!
Remembering his previous experiences with cats, Roxas licked his paw cutely. Hm, this ain't bad! I actually feel kinda clean and stu-
"Just like what Dad promised; a kitten for my birthday," the girl whispered meekly, before she shuddered uncontrollably. "I-I can't believe it."
"Meow," Roxas called out. He crawled up to the girl, rubbing his head against her leg. Oh gosh, I feel like a pervert...
She picked it up, raising it up high. Roxas kicked his tiny legs wildly, before he stopped to look at her eyes. I've seen those sort of eyes...they look like the type of eyes I see whenever I kill someone.
"Oh. You have an owner?" she asked, as she picked up his collar. "Your name...is Roxas?"
"Meow," Roxas purred, as he licked his lips cutely. Seeing that the girl's face was more sad and lost than adoring, he stopped.
"I...guess I never got the present from Dad, after all..." she whispered softly, and she put Roxas' head near her face, rubbing his cheek with hers affectionately.
Donotclawher-donotclawher-donotclawher-donotclawher...
"Kairi, who was at the door?"someone behind her asked, presumably her mother.
"A kitten, Mum, a kitten!" Kairi yelled, as she unhesitatingly carried Roxas in. "It's a gorgeous yellow; a beauty!"
"Oh. You're...gonna keep it, right?" Roxas heard, and the woman walked out of the kitchen in her apron. The blonde gulped, and struggled from Kairi's grasp.
T-That woman! I saw her in the file! The photos! S-She's-
"Dad...he may have been killed, but he was still nice enough to send the kitten over, huh..." Kairi muttered, as she checked Roxas' bottom, nodding her head at his...reproductive part. "He's a guy, alright."
Mrs Sapphire.
I'm stuck with the family whose father I murdered!
Roxas thrashed wildly, not bothering to calm down or to breathe through his kitty nose. Ohmygosh I will kill Axe-
"Oh?" Kairi spun around at the doorbell. "Someone's at the door."
She opened the door, revealing a very familiar redhead (familiar to Roxas) grinning.
"Heya. I'm Axel Blitz!" he introduced himself, grinning at the kitten. "Nice kitty you've got there. What's its name?"
Roxas snarled at him, and attempted to claw him. Kill him!
"Roxas!" she chided, and she took him by the back of his neck. Roxas felt a surge of calmness through his tiny body. She poked his nose. "Don't snarl at Mr Blitz!"
"Oh, please, call me Axel. We're not very old, after all," he remarked, laughing. "Sorry I angered ya, Roxas. Such a cutie," he commented, chuckling. Roxas sneezed, and hoped that some of his kitty snot got onto Axel's hand.
"Anyway, sorry. I just moved in here, and I just wanted to meet some of my neighbours," Axel continued, leaning against the doorframe. "I'll be here for three days, since I rented the apartment."
"Oh, I see," Kairi smiled, extending her hand. She carried Roxas with her other hand, scratching his head. Roxas in turn purred in response. Stupid kitty weakness. "Glad to have you here in Radiant Apartments...even though it'll be for three days."
Axel chortled, as he scratched behind Roxas' ear, causing a reluctant purr to escape from his mouth. "Guess that's your weak spot, huh, Roxas?"
A scowl from Roxas' face showed his answer. Axel simply laughed it off. Kairi, completely oblivious of their connection, just laughed as well.
"I think I haven't introduced myself. I'm Kairi Sapphire. I'm 16 this year. Nice meeting you, Axel, but I think Roxas is sort of hungry..." Kairi stroked Roxas' belly, causing him to purr again.
"Yup. Take care of him, okay, Kairi?" Axel reminded, smiling. "He may try to escape."
"Okay!" Kairi nodded, before the two bade farewell, and Kairi closed the door.
Axel will pay for this.
"Uh...here's your bed, Roxas," Kairi set Roxas down, leaving him to look forlornly at the newspapers she had just set. "I hope you're toilet-trained..."
Of course I am. Watch me. Roxas looked around for a sandbox. Looking at Kairi, he mewed sweetly. Where the heck is my toilet?!
"Oh, right. A sandbox. I'll get the old one..." Kairi muttered, as she scuttled off, leaving Roxas in her room.
Good riddance. I don't need to pee, or do business. I need escape.
Roxas looked around the huge room. It was like drinking a shrinking potion and then shrinking. Me-ow.
He clambered up the bed, clawing gently at the velvet sheets. He wrinkled his nose at the blanket. Who can sleep in this? Oh boy, what was Mr Sapphire doing with those money I was supposed to take? Roxas then looked around, surveying his area. It was exactly like how he did his assassin work; survey the area, locate the target. Kill the target. Survey the area. Leave the area. Clear all forms of evidence.
He noticed a very reachable shelf, and he leapt onto that one, using his claws to grab a hold of the wooden block. He slid between the books, marvelling at how a feline body can get so flexible.
The yellow furball looked around stealthily, now having an aerial view of the room. A window.
He was about to make a grand leap onto the window ledge, when something blue caught his eyes. He whipped his head and looked at it. A ball of yarn...?
Roxas was attracted to the blue blob of string. Without thinking, he pranced right up to it. He poked it with his paw, then darted behind a book. When the yarn just rocked slightly, he grinned cheekily. He was about to jump onto it when he suddenly realised what he was doing. Oh crap; I'm human, not a kitty! Noo!
Resist the blue, resist the blue, c'mon Roxas, you resisted every damn enemy, but now you can't resist a freakin' blue yarn ball? Oh, gre- okay, maybe just...one more push.
He again tottered up to it, and then hit it with his paw. When it bounced, he grinned again. Unhesitatingly, he jumped on it, grappling with the string and everything else that was so perfect about it. He got himself tangled onto it, and soon, he was clawing his way into the core of the yarn.
Roxas hissed at the blue string angrily. I need my dagger, dammit! Arg- oh, crap! The ball rolled on top of him, before it plummeted down onto Kairi's bed. Roxas screamed, meowing in horror as he met his soft doom.
Noooooooo!
The yellow kitten sprung into action. Quickly, he adjusted himself such that he was on top of the ball. He made sure his head was in a relatively safe place, before he braced himself for impa-
"Got 'cha!" Kairi yelled, as she dived for Roxas and his yarn. She caught him safely in her arms. "Oh, thank goodness I arrived just in time!"
She scratched Roxas' head, smiling softly at him. "How did you get this?"
Roxas meowed, and then he pointed his little pink nose up at the shelf.
"Oh." Kairi looked at the shelf, and then she shook her head. "Where Dad's photo used to be."
Roxas meowed in confusion. "He...he died a week ago. Someone stabbed him. I-I don't know why; Daddy was such a nice man..." She sniffed, as she stroked Roxas. The kitten looked at her sadly. "Y-You know, he promised me that he'd buy me a kitten with the money he earned recently..."
Roxas purred, though he knew how Mr Sapphire earned his money. He just invented some strange liquid that could kill. Sold the blueprint to our enemy organization. Before he was about to deliver the liquid, I killed him. One simple stab behind.
"A-And I always told him that it was dangerous to make those chemicals, but he never listened, did he? L-Looked what it caused him now? H-He's dead, Roxas..." she whispered in his fur. Roxas felt her hot tears in his fur.
He meowed at her in sympathy.
"I-I always took for granted what he did. Making bad chemicals were...bad...to me. I-I never talked to him about anything, because I knew what he was doing was wrong..."
Serves him right, Kairi! He was going to kill people with that! He was going to sell it. Roxas shivered. A-And I think he killed my best friend.
"Roxas!" Xion yelled, as she shoved Roxas away from her. "Go, now!"
"B-But what about you, Xion?!" Roxas yelled back. He sniffed back a few tears, before he growled at her, "I'm not leaving without you!"
"No, just go, Roxas! Hurry! They'll get you!" She looked at Roxas, and she tearfully hugged him and squeezed his hand.
"I'll come back to you, I promise!" Roxas whispered into her ear. The two pulled away. Xion pulled out a gun, while Roxas escaped. He heard gunshots as he scaled down the pole. A scream. A cry. Everything went blank. He forgot everything else.
He never heard from her again.
Roxas already knew what it was like to lose his best friend. He looked up at Kairi, who was just resting her forehead on his back. He nudged her cheek with his nose, and then he clumsily placed his paw on her cheek as well.
"I-I better get to sleep," she muttered, wiping off all her tears. She let Roxas jump down the bed, onto his bed. "Goodnight, Roxas."
She curled up in her bed, still sniffing. Kairi pulled her blanket over her, as she broke down and cried softly again.
Roxas winced at her. His eyes watered. I killed this girl's heart...
He softly jumped up the bed. Roxas sighed, as he trotted onto Kairi's stomach and lay there, pretending to sleep. He listened to Kairi, who stretched out her hand to feel his fur.
She slowly drifted off to sleep, and Roxas perked up his ears upon hearing her breathe steadily, mumbling something.
"Thank you."
Goodnight, Kairi. He smiled and stretched his body before drifting off to sleep.
This will be a short multi-chaptered story, since I have said that I will leave when 2010 begins, and come back when my examinations are over. That's why it'll only be for three days.
Wait. Is this story even nice? O.O Review!