My name is Duchess Levimere. And if I would some up my situation in a single sentence it be.
I'm stuck in a body not my own.
That would sum up my experience pretty well, every movement foreign, every bodily action clumsy, just not right. This body was unflinchingly painful to live in. Speaking of-
*crash*
I tripped over the last step on the way down the stairs. I heard a sweet voice calling me, "Hime-chan are you alright?"
"I'm fine, kaa-san!" I called down the hall. My name is Duchess Levimere, my name is also Sawada Tsunahime would you like to hear the tale?
Three years ago another life.
A 22-year-old woman walked down the streets of New York city her face buried in a rather large book on Italian as pedestrians bumped into her constantly, her paying them no mind. The woman had long red hair that hung down to just above her hips. Her button nose and heart-shaped face painted a charming picture with her bright emerald eyes. Her generous figure drawing many an eye as she stopped at the crosswalk. These all fit the description of this woman to a tee as a scrawny rainbow haired teenager ran into her from behind and made her drop her book.
Now if only such beauty wasn't so ugly.
The woman's face scrunched together in fury as the book fell in the muddy road. She stopped and as the teen tried to apologize and go around her in a hurry she is pushed into the road by a slim delicate hand. A gangly youth went into the road and picked her up a young cat fell out of his bag in the process. The cat looking up at her human as he got out of the road. The cat stayed there mesmerized by the fussing her human was doing to a scrawny girl even as a speeding car ran it over sprinkling blood all over that corner of the pavement.
I'm sorry did you think this story was about a human.
The spirit of the cat floated in the void and as it went to the light a vacuum like suction sucked it into a vibrant rainbow of fire. And as it went through its intelligence and understanding of the world increased. It was only then immediately popped into another light and following instincts screamed to the world it's birth.
A woman with shoulder-length brown hair picked up the squalling infant as the doctor handed them over. The words it's a girl echoing in the ears of the parents. The father a man with short shaggy hair and scruffy goatee was holding a brown haired boy who was whining because of the noise was being soothed by the rocking motions the man carried out. The woman smiled at the pair with love in her eyes.
"Tsu-kun you're a big brother now. You have a little sister." The now mother of two said.
"What should we name her?" said the father smiling at the reincarnation in the woman's arms.
The mother looked contemplative. Looking over the small being in her arms. "There is no doubt that she will be a little princess so how about Sawada Tsunahime?"
The father looked them both over then smiled, "Tsunayoshi the lucky, protector of princess Tsunahime. I like it." And so a new life began.
2 years passed
As the years passed the cat adapted and learned how to express with words and perform actions like a human understanding what has come to pass. And though she does not quite have an acceptable level of control over her limbs and it was hard to control her balance without a tail she was sure she would regain her grace soon enough. In the meantime, she would make her littermate her minion for he seemed worse off than the reincarnated cat perhaps he is the runt.
Tsunahime for even though she was human she still had the instincts of a stray cat. She was meant to be a hunter a carnivore. Her favorite foods included fish, bird, and milk. She has been busy these past years trying to make herself into a hunter she was originally born to be. She has taken an interest in being royalty and apparently only the smart build themselves up to live like that. While the strong won't become roadkill. She decided she would be both. Strong and sly as a stray but smart to keep up the treatment well into adulthood. Today Tsunahime decided to practice her lunging it was such a useful skill for hunting prey. Her littermate was even kind enough to move the ball around to make it more difficult.
Tsunahime was about to lunge at the ball when a loud crash came from the front door causing her to jump into the air and yowl in fright like the cat she used to be. Darting behind the couch in an effort to escape the danger of the death wails coming from the door. Soon as she felt secure she poked her head out into the open to see what was making the noise. It was the tomcat that helped in our creation for they were definitely not a mated pair. The death wails were mating calls. A good choice to continue to go back to the strong mothers who continue to give good healthy offspring.
The mating call seemed to succeed because her mother has come and is returning her own. Knowing it is best to leave because mating couples tend to be loud. I expect soon I will have a new littermate.
I did not manage to make it away it seems that the family has decided that instead of mating they shall act like a pack of dogs and that we should pretend to be birds to bond better. So when it comes time to be a bird I adjust it just so I landed on the loud tom cats face. Feeling proud of my accomplishment as it caused the tomcat to let my paws touch the ground. (Iemitsu decided that tossing his kids in the air was a good idea at that age he is lucky he only got a kick in the face.)
After the bird acts, I got introduced to the veteran animal and concluded that he was an old lion and as such started looking for a kill to present to the carnivore. Knowing that a bird or mouse is out of the question right now I decided to hunt for insects in the garden. It took a while but I found a nice toad instead. It is too big to run away. I darted into the house to find something to hold it in to prevent the toad from giving me warts without the protective fur.
"Momma net!" I said. She gave me an indulgent smile and gave me the net from on top of the fridge.
"What are you hunting today my little kitten?" She said.
"Big Toad," I said. Darting back out into the yard only gave my crying littermate a peripheral attention. I do not blame him for it because dogs are bad tamed or stray. The dog is too tiny to do much though and our cat scent is disguised as a human. So there is no worry. Looking at the road just behind the bushes I got my net ready. The toad probably sensing its capture jumped over my head and towards Tsuna.
"Bad Toad," I said and went after the thing jumping and managed to put the net on the toad who just was about to jump on my littermates lap. I tilted my head to the side my littermate was on fire. I noticed that tomcat and old lion rushing out perhaps they knew why the fire was not harming my littermate.
A/N: okay This chapter is officially revised. enjoy.