A young kitten named Yugi just lost everything. His mother died not long after after he and his brothers and sisters opened their eyes. The human that took care of them that he called Grandpa was getting to old so he can't take care of 4 kittens. They were set out on the streets of New York to be adopted by a relative of the old man with another litter of kittens. Yugi was never adopted so one rainy night Yugi sets off to find a new home and a family in the middle of winter. But instead of a feline family or a human family he finds a pack of dogs that take care of him.
If any of this sounds familiar it's because it's very, very loosely based on the Disney movie "Oliver And Company" All the Yugioh characters are dogs [but Yugi] that live in packs on the outskirts and slums of the Big Apple. Any suggestions for breed type for the characters are welcomed!
So please read and Review and give opinions on breed types for character and also colors please!
[keep colors somewhat natural but still be a little creative! ]
Yugi and Company!
It had been a few minutes since a little kitten opened his amethyst eyes fully for the first time. Everything was fuzzy and confusing. Nothing had definite shape to it, just blobs really. There was strange smells all around the kitten that wafted into his small nose. But they were familiar smells they made the kitten feel at pace and safe. Then there were the muffled sounds. The sounds came in short burst but they were very quiet. This was all overwhelming for the little kitten. So the little kitten squeaked for its mother. In response something shifted behind the kitten, and then his mothers tongue ran down his forehead. The kitten squeaked in pleasure. Its mother gently nudged the kitten back against its stomach. Smelling warm milk the kitten began to suckle on the belly of its mother welcoming the food.
The kitten was aware that a lot of time had passed. it also was vaguely aware of 3 other colored blobs that lay next to it at times. The kitten had come to understand that it and the other blobs and it's mother were in a small space. It discovered this when it crawled away from its mother and got far enough away that it ran into something. That something didn't move it was hard and cold unlike its mother. Not understanding this the kitten squeaked for its mother pitifully. The mother came over and gently pushed it back with the other blobs. That's when the sound of something opening and a different thing came into view and different smells attacked the kitten's senses.
Solomon's p.o.v.
Solomon looked in at his cat and her kittens that were born only 2 weeks ago. He had just come in to check on them. He made sure to keep the lights down knowing that kitten at the 2 week mark were sensitive to light.
"Hello Kisara." Solomon reached down and petted the cat. Kisara was an American Shorthair that Solomon had rescued oh so many years ago. She was sweet and would never hurt a fly. Kisara purred under his touch as he looked the kittens over. There were 4 of them they all looked strong and healthy. There was a lovely black one with yellow streaks on its face, one calico, one gray and black striped kitten and one brown one. Solomon smiled and chuckled they were beautiful.
"May I hold one Kisara?" Solomon asked the white cat. Who only sighed and laid her head down on her paws and closed her blue eyes. Taking that as a yes Solomon picked up the black one and held it in his hand up to his face to get a better look at him. To his surprise the kitten had amethyst colored eyes. It squeaked softly at him.
"Well now you are different aren't you?" Solomon laughed as the kitten squeaked again at him. He stroked its head gently with one finger. The black kitten leaned into the touch which was shocking. Most kittens didn't like touch from humans for another week or so.
"Now you're a mystery. I think I will name you." Solomon decided as he stroked the kittens head. He laid the kitten in his hand and held him in the air carefully and found the black kitten was a male. That would be helpful.
"How about Yugi?" Solomon provided looking down at Kisara who perked up her ears and meowed at him blue eyes gleaming.
"So you like that name Kisara?" Solomon chuckled again then looked at the kitten in his hand. The kitten meowed quietly.
"Yugi it is then." Solomon replaced the black kitten with its mother and picked up the calico. It was a female so he named her Yuki. The brown one was also a girl and he named her Yuuko, and the grey and black kitten, also a girl, he named Yuu. 3 females and one male kitten how different, different indeed so Solomon bayed Kisara and her kittens fair well and pushed the door to the closet almost shut.
Yugi p.o.v.
More time had passed and the black kitten could hear things clearly now as well as see things clearly. It was all very exciting it filled the black kitten with energy.
"mother." The black kitten meowed.
"Yes little Yugi." Kisara answered.
"What's Yugi?" the black kitten asked cocking his head to the side looking at her with a confused look. His litter mates gathered around as well to hear the answer.
"Well little one Yugi is your name." Kisara replied simply to the 4 kittens looking at her.
"What's a name?" the black and grey kitten asked.
"It is something that when someone wants you they call you and you answer to." Kisara said after a long moment in though. The black kitten was confused his name was Yugi. So when someone wanted him they called Yugi and he would answer.
"So what's my name!" the brown kitten asked. Yugi and the other kittens couldn't keep still as they waited for the answer their whole bodies wiggled with anticipation.
"Your name is Yuuko little one." Kisara named off the brown one nuzzling it.
"Yours is Yuki." Kisara nuzzled the calico
"Yours is Yuu." Kisara nuzzled the black and grey kitten.
"And yours is Yugi." Kisara licked Yugi on the head. Yugi purred in contentment. He looked at his littermates with a sparkling eyes and a smile. Cats can't smile but let's use our imagination. Yugi yawned and wobbled over to the pile of blankets that he and his littermate and mother slept on. Tripping and stumbling a few times. Finally they all settled in Kisara licked them all on the heads good night then laid her head down to sleep. Yugi curled up against the warmth of his mother purring in happiness. He laid his head on his paws curled his tail over his nose and fell into a noiseless slumber.
!Yugi and Company!
Another week had come and gone for Yugi and his littermates. Things were starting to change for the kittens they could tell distance and things and they could identify smells better now. But that was a problem for poor little Yugi he found he was smaller than the rest of the kittens. So Yugi became an outcast that and besides the fact he was male and the others were female. They started to exclude him from their explorations and what not. But there were 2 creatures that never treated him like an outcast, the old human and him mother. The old man would come and feed their mother the food she needed and change the box for her. And also he would come and play with Yugi often with strings or little pieces of feathers. But lately Yugi had been seeing less and less of the older man.
"Mother what is the big beings name?" Yugi called as he wobbled into the room stumbling still not steady on his feet. His mother looked up at him as he entered the closet.
"That being little one is my human pet his name is Solomon." Kisara purred as she cleaned herself.
"But the smaller beings that come by call him something else." Yugi pointed out he was referring to the little human things that ran around wanting to buy things from the shop not that that made any sense to Yugi what so ever.
"They call him Grandpa, Yugi." Kisara cleaned her paw.
"Oh I'll call him Grandpa from now on!" Yugi announced as he raced off only to once again trip over his own paws and roll over. Another day passed and the older man still had not come. He had not come for 3 days now and Yugi didn't understand why. That and he was becoming worried for him mother. She was becoming tired often now. Hardly eating, sleeping a lot and barely talking to the kittens when they called her. Yugi padded into the closet looking over to his mother who lay on the blankets. Yugi dropped his tail so it hung close to the ground and slowly made his way over. He licked his mother on the nose and found it was not cold and wet like it normally was it was warm and dry.
"Mother what's wrong?" Yugi meowed softly making the little chirping noise that the kittens used to get attention from their mother.
"Oh little one I think my time is coming." Kisara sighed slowly moving her head to look at the black kitten. Her time? Her time? What does that mean? Yugi wondered.
"What time mother?" Yugi nuzzling his mother's neck. Yugi sat back on his hind legs and looked at her his tail curled around his front paws in worry. Something was wrong.
"My time to pass on. I think the same thing has happened to my human pet." Kisara said quietly. Yugi's eyes widened a fraction. His mother was going to leave them and so was Grandpa?
"No, no mother you can't go! We still need you!" Yugi cried as he jumped onto all fours and placed his paw on his mothers shoulder.
"Dear I have no choice. Tell Seto I was sorry I couldn't see him one last time." Kisara sighed in a ghostly way. His mother Lifted her head and licked him on the forehead one last time before laying her head down on her paws and closing her eye's and giving one long deep sigh. Yugi meowed trying to get his mother to wake up. But she didn't move.
"Mother." Yugi called softly crawling forward on his stomach licking her on the nose. Yet again she still didn't move. Panic was setting in on the black kitten. He nuzzled her head lifting it up as high as he could. But his mothers head just flopped back down on the blankets. She was starting to go cold her heart was slowing down.
"Mother. MOTHER!" Yugi cried frantically now he placed his front paws on her head and called her meowing and chirping like he would but still nothing in response. He crept back away from his mother tail between his legs. He was scared his mother wouldn't talk to him. She must be asleep yeah just deep asleep. Right? But deep down in his kitten heart he knew that was the last time he would ever see his mothers beautiful blue eyes and hear her angelic voice again. Yugi raised his head up and howled crying in sorrow and grief. (I know you have heard a sad cat howl sometime in your life it just pulls at ones heart strings. You feel like well sad as well. Kinda like how dogs howl I guess but maybe not quiet.)Soon his howls reached the ears of his littermates and they came stumbling in. they too called and tried to rouse the mother cat from her endless slumber but none prevailed. So the 4 little kittens sat in the far corner of the closet across from their mother and howled. Yugi felt like they were giving her soul a last loving goodbye. So the sad lonely litter of kittens curled up and fell asleep together trying their best to keep warm. For outside it was turning winter and cold.
The next day another human entered the house. Yugi roused the other kittens and they all peeked out to see who it was that entered their territory. It was another older human but not the old man they knew. The man came crouched down in front of the kittens. Yugi was afraid as were the others and they backed away into the corner huddling together.
"Oh you poor things first your mother now Solomon." The man shook his head as he placed his hand on their mothers head and pet it gently. Yugi didn't understand human language but he understood that the man felt bad for them.
"I can't keep you all, and the pound is full so I guess there is only one thing to do." The man sighed and picked the kittens up one by one and placed them in a plastic box that had bars on the front. He picked up Yugi last who meowed in discomfort. The man stopped and looked at him taking in his color and his eyes.
"Let's see black kitten yellow stripes on face, amethyst eyes, well manners not frightened on humans. You must be Yugi then." The man said holding Yugi in his hand. Yugi's ears perked up at the mention of his name. Did this human know him?
"You're a runt aren't you? You're so much smaller than the others." The human sighed and placed him in the plastic box with bars like the others. That's when the box lifted up and they began moving. Yugi and the other kittens meowed and squeaked and howled their complaints. But the ride ended quickly. New smell came at Yugi as the box they were in was placed on the ground. Yugi sniffed the air opening his mouth slightly to get a better taste and smell but sneezed after the first sniff of the air. The man opened the cage again and began taking them out again and placed them inside another box with newspapers on the inside. Yugi looked above them to see that the box was open at the top and there were many humans looking at them with smiles on their faces. The little black kitten watched as the man placed something on the wall behind the box and then left. The something had letters on it.
KITTENS FREE
NEED A LOVING HOME AND FAMILY
Yugi didn't understand what it said but soon after the human's began to pick them up one by one and take his littermates away. Yugi meowed and ran other to the edge of the box and looked over the lid only to see no sight of his disappearing littler mates. Soon above him things turned dark and nasty looking and it grew cold. The little black kitten was scared, alone and sad. What was he going to do now.
"Mother I'm scared! Somebody! Grandpa! Yuu! Yuuki! Yuuko!" Yugi howled. Nothing answered him. He shivered against the coming cold and hit under a newspaper in the bottom of the box. Yugi licked his paws in nervousness as above him something began to growl. Yugi looked up above him light flashed and sparked across the sky. Yugi jumped his fur standing on end and his tail bristled.
"What was that!" Yugi hissed as the sound of something booming and popping came once again scaring the small kitten making him scuttle further back into the box. His body was tense and his back arched as the sky growled and flashed then boomed. The poor thing was scared out of his mind. After what seemed like hours it stopped. Yugi relaxed and licked his fur so that it lay down flat. Something hit him on his head. Yugi straightened up in a snap staying perfectly still his eyes darting back and forth. Then it hit him again but on the tail. Yugi jumped around hissing at the thing but there was nothing behind him. Then it hit again and again. Yugi couldn't get away from it but he looked up to see when it was coming from. The things what were hitting him were coming from the sky. It was water. Yugi didn't like the water at all. So he tried to get away but it was everywhere. Yugi meowed as loud as his little voice could trying to get someone or something to come and help him. But his called reached nothing. Yugi scrambled to the edge of the box and looked over the edge of it trying to see someone. Then his hopes began to rise as a human walked by the box. Yugi meowed and called to the human wanting him to stop and help him. But the human kept walking away.
"No! Come back please!" Yugi meowed again. The water from the sky was coming down harder now and the wind was starting to blow. It was a chilling wind that cut you right to the bone. It racked the poor kitten's body hard making him topple over. Yugi curled up against the wind the best he could. He thought I couldn't get any worse than this. But he was wrong. The sound of rushing water reached his ear over the sound of the howling winds. Water was flowing from the drain pipe next to the box into the box Yugi was in!
"NO!" Yugi panicked as he noticed that the water was rising now up to his belly. He didn't know how to swim! Soon the box overflowed and fell apart. The water flowed everywhere taking the tiny kitten with it. The water was going downhill and disappeared into a big dark hole.
"HELP! I DON'T WANT TO GO IN THERE!" Yugi screamed as the waters took him closer and closer to the big black hole. Yugi tried his best to learn how to swim in about 3 seconds time paddling frantically trying to get purchase on anything. Just as he was about to be sucked into the blackness his little claws got hold of something hard above him. The kitten extended his tiny claws and tried to pull himself up. His back legs kicked the air trying to give him enough ability to get himself up. After moments of meowing and scratching the black kitten hauled himself onto the sidewalk. Yugi was breathing hard a terrified look frozen on his face as his matted wet fur stood on end and he hissed at the drainage system that tried to suck him up. Exhaustion hit the poor kitten like a landslide and the kitten slumped down onto the ground. His legs felt heavy and his heart was pounding in his small chest.
"Have to keep moving and find someplace to sleep." Yugi told himself as he pushed himself onto his sore paws as he padded gently into an alley. The poor little kitten was heartbroken he had nowhere to go now. He trudged down the alley. The dismalness made him think of his situation. He was tire, sore, hungry, scared, alone, sad, wet. What little hope he had jumped when he noticed a long plank of wood propped up against a brick wall. The little kitten crawled under it and to his amazement it was warm and dry. A dryer vent on the far end opening made hot air come through the opening warming the kitten. There was a ball cap that sat onto a plank so it was dry and warm. Thankful for the ray of hope Yugi flopped down on the hat. Exhaustion hit his body making him barely able to keep his eyes open. Memories of his litter mates, his mother, and his human Solomon ran through his mind. So the black kitten wailed crying over his loss that took place in such a short time. And that's how he fell asleep crying in depression.
Different p.o.v.
The next morning…
"Marik have you found anything yet?" a dog barked as it sniffed its way down the alley looking for any scraps of food.
"No bakura now shut up!" another dog barked back at the first it also sniffed its way along the alley.
"You know damn well it's hard to find food after the rain." the second dog growled as it continued its search. The dog picked up a scent. The dog narrowed its eyes not wanting to believe it. He leaned down and sniffed again. No he was sure of it, it was the scent of a cat! The dog laughed he just found breakfast.
"Bakura! I found you your damn breakfast." The dog barked to the other. The other Bakura jogged up.
"I promise you Malik if it's another sewer rat I'm going to kill you." bakura threatened.
"No its better it's a cat." Malik pulled his lips back over his teeth in a dog smile. Bakura raised an eyebrow.
"You can never find a cat around here." Bakura said in disbelief and began to trot off.
"No its right here." Malik insisted as he sniffed his way over to a blank that rested against a brick wall. Malik nosed it out of the way. Sure enough there was a small black kitten with yellow stripes on its face sleeping on a baseball cap. Bakura came up behind Marik and smiled this was going to be a good breakfast then he notice how small it was.
"Marik it's not big enough to be fit for a canary." Bakura said annoyed. Malik glared at him which bakura ignored.
"Hey there kitty." Malik poked the kitten with his nose rousing it from its sleep. The black kitten sat up sleepily and blinked at him.
"Hello!" it chirped merrily at them. Malik and Bakura blinked in surprise a normal cat would jump hiss and run away this one said hello.
"Who are you?" the kitten asked looking up at them with big amethyst eyes that had a look of pure innocence.
"I'm Malik and this is Bakura. How's about you join us for breakfast." Malik offered Bakura loved it when they caught innocent things they were so much easier to catch. The kitten jumped to its paws happily.
"Really? What do you have?" the kitten asked walking forward only to stumble over his own feet. Malik found the kitten odd it had to be very young to still be tripping over itself. But it didn't matter food is food.
"You. That's what we're having." Bakura smiled darkly at the kitten advancing Malik doing the same. The kitten's eyes widened as it backed away understand what was taking place. Malik growled deep in his throat and got even closer. The kitten backed away till it hit the wall then lashed out at the dog tiny claws extended. Malik barked in surprise pulling back shaking his head as his nose had 4 bloody scratched running across it. He whined in pain rubbing his paw with his nose. Bakura growled in annoyance. The kitten took the 2 seconds of distraction to shoot off down the alley.
"Malik! Your stupidity may cost us our breakfast now come on!" Bakura howled as the duo chased after the black kitten. Lucky for them the stupid thing kept tripping over its own paws. The kitten disappeared around a corner Bakura and Marik hot on his tail when…
"MALIK BAKURA! What the hell are you doing in our territory." Another dog barked in front of them. The kitten and the 2 dogs skid on the asphalt. There in front of them was another dog. The kitten backed away from the new dog. Marik growled at the little black kitten, who jumped around to face them then backed away again. The kitten looked between the 2 dogs that were going to eat him and the new one. And apparently decided to take its chances with the new dog for it scampered behind the dogs front paws and hid behind them.
"It's none of your concern mutt!" Bakura snarled at the dog.
"Yeah it is haven't we tough yall never to come near here again." The dog growled back. The dog leaned down and looked at the little kitten behind his paws.
"Hey there little guy!" he greeted. The kitten only looked at him with worry and fear.
"Look Wheeler just give us that little feline and we will leave." Bakura sighed sitting down to scratch behind his ear with his hind foot.
"Yeah like I'd let you eat this poor kid ha! And…hey Malik what happened to your nose?" the dog looked at Marik's bleeding nose then snickered.
"Little guy did you do that to his nose?" the dog looked at the kitten again. The kitten nodded fearfully. The dog laughed out loud.
"Ha I don't know anyone who's been brave enough beside Yami to scratch Malik on the nose! Your alright kid!" the dog laughed.
"I grow tired of this wheeler just give us the damn cat." Malik snarled as he and Bakura began to advance on the dog and the kitten.
"Over my dead body." The dog snarled back crouching down protectively over the kitten. No way was he going to let this small kitten become someone's snack food. Not while Joey Wheeler was still up and kicking.
And so there you have it guys my new story that randomly popped into my head! Hope you liked it. I had a hard time trying to make sure I kept the characters as animals and not sound too human like.
So like I kinda need most of the main characters, their breeds and their coloration as soon as possible, so I can get an idea of how to get the next chapter going. Read and comment and look at what other people have said and kinda vote I guess. I look forward to seeing everyone's idea's and thoughts! See you next time!
