Insatiable Hunger
Chapter One: Good News
Kagutsuchi, the thirteenth hierarchical city. Home to many peculiar people. The most special, dwell deep underneath the city, where light no longer reaches. This is the Kaka Village, home of the Kaka clan. The Kaka were created using the genes of Jubei, one of the six heroes and a cat that stands upright and has two tails. However, the Kaka have a sad downside. There can never be more the one hundred Kaka at any given time. If the population beings to fall, the females begin to reproduce more. However, male Kaka are not common place, sometimes making repopulation difficult. The doctor of Orient Town, Litchi Faye-Ling, has been working with the Kaka clan elder to find a way to cure these problems. Litchi was talking with the Kaka elder in her house.
"Well?" The Kaka elder's voice was low and gravely, as the problems of her forgotten kind weighed heavily on the old woman's shoulders, "Any new discoveries Litchi?"
The woman pulled out a small folder from her bag, and handed it to the elder, as she began to look over it, the elder sighed heavily.
"These are the same results again aren't they?"
"Yes, sadly." Litchi was doing all in her power to attempt to find salvation for this species.
"I knew it would come to this Litchi, we all do." The elder handed the notes back to Litchi, "We are destined for extinction."
"Actually, I did find one thing." Litchi seemed to be nervous, as if she was a child who did something wrong, "It was more a discovery out of curiosity, but still, it is some good news."
"Well Litchi? What is it, and would you have had to do to be so timid to speak?" The elder was glad for some apparent good news, and wanted to know what it was.
"Well, I decided to test whether a fertile Kaka egg would be capable of compatibility with non Kaka, umm, genetic material."
"You mean human sperm?" The elder said bluntly, "Come now Litchi, I'm not a child. Although being younger right now certainly would be nice." The elder chuckled softly, "What did you discover?"
"I asked for a volunteer from the village to allow me to run some tests. After analysis and close comparison, I concluded that a Kaka is capable of conceiving children from human sperm. whether the offspring will be human, Kaka, or a hybrid remains a mystery sadly." Litchi looked at the elder, wondering what she was thinking.
"Well then, it's a chance at least. However, it seems we will have to conduct an experiment of our own Litchi." Litchi nodded, if the Kaka had a chance of repopulating, even if it changed their species, they would take it, "That you Litchi, you've done so much for us and asked for nothing in return."
"I can bear to see your kind suffering, I hope you can one day be happy again." Litchi grabbed her personal effects, and left for home, leaving the elder with a new found problem.
"Now, who will be the one to test this theory?" The elder ran through multiple candidates, going through the most fit and stronger Kaka, "Torakaka has yet to return home from her travels. Chachakaka has long since left. I am far too old." The elder began to worry, "That only leaves one person, however..."
The elder glanced out the window, gazing upon a tall young Kaka girl, her long blonde braids being scaled by a pair of Kaka kittens. She began to spin in a 360, the kittens shrieking in excitement as they gradually began to spin faster and faster. Eventually she became very dizzy, and collapsed onto the stone floor, two kittens, also dizzy, laying on her chest.
"Then again," The elder remembered such a simple detail that had somehow escaped her, "She does have more than the eye can see. One who decides to sate their curiosity will find their nirvana, and much more." The elder chuckled softly, "That is if they don't mind hyperactivity, excessive sleeping, and an insatiable hunger. Then, they just might find something in our young Taokaka that they may not have ever thought they'd see."
The elder poked her head out of the window, and called out.
"Taokaka! Come inside, I wish to discuss something with you."
"Okay elder, meow!" Taokaka called back, and began to remove the two kittens clutching to her hair.
Taokaka opened the door to the elder's home, and walked in. The elder saw that she had been more then unsuccessful in removing the kittens, as another one was sitting on her head. She laughed softly.
"Little ones, I'm afraid you need to leave, Taokaka and I have some very important things to talk about. You can play later."
The kittens detached themselves from Taokaka, and darted out the door, forgetting to close it. The elder gently closed the door, locking it to prevent the kittens from coming back inside.
"So, what you wanna talk about? Meow." Taokaka swayed her arms from side to side, quite bored. The elder motioned for her to sit down, as did she.
"Miss Litchi has come to me again today, and-"
"Boobie Lady was here!? Just Neow?!" Taokaka jumped up, "Awww! I can't believe I missed Boobie Lady, meow."
"Taokaka listen. Litchi came to me with, finally, some good news for our people."
Taokaka perked up. If there was anything she took seriously, it was her family and friends. She had become a vigilante and trained under Bang Shishigami. She gave up the pursuit of Ragna the Bloodedge, and caught minor criminals to make a decent income so the village could afford better food.
"What is it then elder? Meow." Taokaka was barely containing himself, wanting to do anything she could to help her village.
"I know you know of how we do not have many male Kaka here. so our village has been growing smaller and smaller, and we could do nothing about it." The elder noticed Taokaka's mood suddenly drop, slouching in her seat, "However, Litchi has found a way to remedy this."
"Well? What is it? Tell me neow!" Taokaka was once again excited, jumping up and down.
"Taokaka. This is a very personal thing for me to ask you to do." The elder composed herself, and looked back at Taokaka, "You need to find a mate. A human mate, and have a child with him."
Taokaka just stood there, in shock. Did the elder want her, to mate? To find love and bear a son or daughter?
"But...but we can't have kittens with humans, meow." Taokaka shed her childish attitude. The elder raised a hand.
"Litchi has confirmed that both Kaka and human reproductive systems are the same. This makes us being able to mate with human beings very possible. I'm sorry Taokaka, but there is no one else who can do this but you. The choice is yours to make. Take your time."
Taokaka walked outside, and was swarmed by kittens.
"Come on, let's play!" They beckoned.
"Sorry kittens, But I don't have time to play right neow." Before they could protest, Taokaka ran out of the village. She fled to a small grassy hill, the only place in the village that sunlight could reach.
"I have to do this, for the village. Who could I find though? meow." Taokaka paced back and forth, unable to decide what she should do. She was distressed, and sat down, only to stand back up in under ten seconds, pacing more franticly then before. After several long hours, Tao heard footsteps behind her.
"Heya kiddo!" A voice called behind her, she turned. Standing in front of her was a familiar face.
"Cat person!? What are you doing here meow?"
Jubei, whom Taokaka called Cat person, is where Taokaka's genes come from. The strongest being alive.
"Glad to see you haven't forgotten me Tao. What's wrong?"
"The elder asked me for a favor, but I don't know what to do! Meow." Tao sat down on the grass, head in between her knees.
"Ah. I saw the elder before I came here, and she told me about what she asked you." Jubei sat down next to Tao, she looked up at him, "You know, it doesn't have to be a stranger. Think about the guys you know, do you really like any of them?"
Tao started to claw at her brain, and began to think out loud.
"Shorty's to small, Scruffy Man's to...scruffy. Creepy guy's...creepy, Butter man smells funny, and Big guy's to red!" Tao couldn't think of anyone. Jubei was comparing Tao's nicknames to the people he knew, and managed to identify them.
"And?" Jubei poked Taokaka in the side.
"Meow?" Tao was confused.
"Who else is there? I think you kinda forgot someone."
Tao tried to remember, Shorty, Scruffy man, Butter man, Creepy guy, then something clicked in her brain.
"Meow!" Tao jumped up, "That's it! Good guy! Meow!"
Jubei sighed slightly. Being the original being who made the Kaka, he could see past the shadows that hid their face, and knew what each Kaka really looked like. Ragna my boy, you're gonna have a big surprise coming your way. I almost want to warn you. Jubei began to chuckle.
"Yeah, Good guy, don't you like him?"
"Yeah! Good guy's kinda mean, but he's just nervous I bet! Or hungry! speaking of which." Tao was interrupted by a tremendous growl of hunger, and clutched her stomach, "Tao's hungry...meow."
Jubei laughed heartily, and handed Tao a small bag. Tao opened it, expecting food, but instead found a large amount of money.
"Go get something to eat Tao. Can't confess you're love on an empty stomach." Jubei slowly walked off, towards the exit back to the city of Kagutsuchi. Tao stood there for a second, and darted towards the city.