Disclaimer;

I own nothing except my characters and the plot. Don't steal it please, I worked really hard on making this interesting

Well...okay, it just randomly popped into my head. THEN I worked hard on making it interesting XP

WELCOME BACK!

I hope...

Just so you know, dear reader, if you hadn't figured this out yet this is a sequel to The Cat's Meow!

Soo...

Yeah...

-coughs-

I hope you guys will enjoy this as much as the first! I pounced right on it because...well, my 3/4 muse is expanding by the minute.

Probably has something to do with my daily doses of KND at the moment...

:3

RANDOM NOTES;

Acacia is a kind of herb or plant or tree or something. XD

Behemoth means monstrosity, or very large thing.

I never mentioned it before, but I meant to. The last part of The Cat's Meow was inspired by the song Rebirthing, By Skillet. :3 The last part as in...the part where Wally died and such.

Chapter One- Three Kittens

(Six months after the Epilogue of The Cat's Meow...)

The sun was filtering through the window, casting a beautiful pattern on the floor. It was a quaint scene, to be honest with you. The lovely sunbeam was not only very pretty, but occupied by the cutest little fuzzballs possible. Three kittens. Wallabee Beetles, who vehemently denied liking anything that was, quote on quote; "Giiiirly..." was watching the three with a small smile on his face. Hey, even tough-guys have soft spots you know!

"Uncle Wally!" One of the kittens yowled, a complaining yowl as she had just been bowled unceremoniously over by her sister. She was a fluffy kitten, with dark gray fur that was flecked with little speckles of white here and there. Her eyes were very blue, and as she looked over her shoulder and wailed this they were stretched wide with indignance.

Oh...right...well, if you haven't read the other story, dear reader, you haven't realized that Wally likes those kittens for more reasons than most little boys would like kittens. He was, in a sense, dubbed their unrelated uncle. Why? Because their father was one of his best friends in the whole wide world that's why. (The writer is suddenly beat senseless by Wally, who is getting tired of how cutesy this intro sounds. Well SORREE Wally, why don't YOU try writing the story then? That's right, didn't think so!)

Nearly seven months ago today Wally was changed into a cat. No, he wasn't one now. If you had read the first story you'd know THAT. He had broken the curse by discovering that he was in love with one of his team-mates, Kuki Sanban. (How ironic, considering he is so against anything lovey-dovey and girly. Since...well, Kuki's the most girly person in the KND probably...though she does have a wicked temper too...) Not only that but he proved he was willing to die for her, something most kids his age wouldn't ever dream of doing...in fact he DID die for her.

But he had a special gift from his friend Acacia, the mother of the three kittens that were tussling about (well, with the exception of ONE but we'll get to that later) in the sunbeam. That gift was a gift passed down from cat to cat, a sacred gift that had even found it's way into human superstition. This gift gave ones nine strongest attributes an intelligence, a knowledge of the world beyond that of the soul. This gave them the ability to grant the person who has the gift, or Wally, the chance to come back to life nine times.

Don't worry, Wally doesn't get it either...

That probably didn't make you feel better.

The point of that whole long speal being, Wally could understand cats. Even dogs, sometimes, if he listened to them long enough and concentrated. Not something he ever did so...he didn't really know that. After Wally got back to normal his good friend, a cat that is quite large named Behemoth, and his mate Acacia, came to live with Wally in the Kids Next Door Treehouse. If you don't know what the Kids Next Door is you really shouldn't be reading this fanfiction, should you?

"Yes?" Wally said, sounding a cross between amused and bored. (Hey, he's a boy, babysitting isn't his idea of fun...)

The gray kitten stared at him, realized he wasn't going to help her at all, and decided it was time to take action for herself. She squirmed free and darted to his side. Wally grimaced a little as the kitten's tiny claws pricked his skin since she decided he would be a convenient thing to climb on. "What!? OW! Temerity!"

"Yesssss...." The little kitten purred. Her sibling (the one that had been tussling with her earlier) climbed the ropes of Wally's wrestling...boxing ring thing. (Please forgive the writer, she's sick and spacing out hard core...) "CALA...CAWA...Uh...FWAAAA!" She sprang high into the air. Wally caught her, because he didn't want to be landed on by a kitten with all four claws unsheathed, and he also didn't think Behemoth would like it if he let her fall onto the ground. That, and if any of the kittens got hurt by something he did he'd have to face the wrath of Kuki, Numbuh Three.

The kitten he now held was a tabby, more like her father than her mother. Her pelt was a mostly brown color, however it had a dusky appearance since there were little streaks of gray in the fur. Her eyes were gold, like her dad's, and she wasn't terribly fluffy or anything like that. The little kitten's fierce expression melted and she purred, "Hi there!"

"Hi." Wally replied, he didn't have it in him to be too stern. (Waaaay too adult-like, being stern...) "Erm...could ya not jump on meh loike that Juniper."

Juniper's reply was to look in the other direction with an expression that can only be described as "totally fake innocence". Wally heaved a sigh that sounded very defeated before setting her (and he sister Temerity) on the ground. Both kittens regarded each other for a second or two before Temerity tackled Juniper.

The last kitten...well, he was different from the others. His pelt was all brown, and very fluffy. Seriously, ALL brown. Not a single tabby-stripe or fleck of white to be had. Not only that, but his eyes were chocolate colored, which just made the brown that much more solid. He was way smaller than his siblings, in fact he was very small. The other thing about him was that...well, he didn't like to play. Wally never understood that about him, and it even bothered Kuki sometimes. Like now, as his sisters rolled over each other he stood on the very edge of the sunbeam. His brown eyes were wide with utter fascination as he moved his paw in and out of the beam.

"COME ON PALADIN!" Juniper yowled, she often said things very loudly. Wally clapped his hands over his ears and grimaced. The little brown tom-cat jerked to attention and turned his brown eyes around at his sister. He didn't say anything, just...kind of shook his head and turned back to the sunbeam. "Such a party-pooper!"

"Hiiii Wally!" Wally jumped up straight in surprise. Kuki had suddenly bounded in the room. The young Australian placed a hand over his chest and gasped for air, for more reasons than one. Not only did Kuki have a tendency to leap in unexpectedly at him, but she made his heart race anyways! (One of the unfortunate side-effects of being in love you know...)

"Hi Kooks." Wally said, giving her an awkward smile. Temerity and Juniper ceased their tussling to tackle Kuki's feet. The little girl giggled and scooped them up. Acacia padded in and nuzzled Paladin gently with her nose. The little tom-cat scrambled to his paws and padded over to Kuki as well.

It never ceased to amaze Wally how easy it was to forget Acacia was blind. The she-cat never really displayed her inability to see, and could navigate around the treehouse without bumping her nose or anything. Then there was the way that, even though she couldn't truly see, she seemed to just...observe everything around her. There was a quality of magic and mystery to the calm she-cat, and to be honest she helped Wally feel calm. He found that he didn't loose his temper with Acacia, even if she teased him more than most people. It was that...serenity she exuded he supposed. (Not in those words mind you...)

"Today's the day they meet our friends!" Kuki sang. Wally blushed a little at this. Not because they would be taking the kittens to meet his friends for the first time but WHY it was that they were being met for the first time. Kuki had refused the others to see them until they were old enough to have their own personalities. It had been like a secret project Wally and Kuki worked on together, and his friends often poked fun at him about how they were the Mommy and Daddy of the group.

Not Mommy and Daddy really, but Aunt and Uncle. Which Wally would never mention on his life since...well, it would provide a rather awkward situation for him and Kuki. Besides that how was he supposed to explain he could talk to cats? His friends didn't exactly know about his little misadventure...

It was hard enough, in fact, for Wally to get away with naming all of the kittens. Kuki had complied easily enough, in fact, surprisingly easy. She had said something about him giving her Acacia or something...Wally wasn't sure, he often stopped paying attention to things that confused him. (Nice Wally...)

Wally was holding Paladin, and Kuki was holding Temerity and Juniper. They walked into the commons room to find their friends sprawled out doing...well, things that seemed to suit their personalities rather well. Numbuh One was looking over some old mission specs. (Why? Who knows...) Numbuh Two was sketching some new aircraft, and Numbuh Five was reading a magazine. "Hiii everyone!"

They all looked up...well, in the way that somebody looks up who doesn't want to be interrupted with what they are doing looks up. Still, even as hard-core secret agents (Hardcore, yeah right...) they couldn't resist something that almost every child likes. (Unless they weren't cat people I guess)

"Hey! You brought the kittens out!" Numbuh Two said, stating the obvious with a goofy grin. He was the first one to get up and start petting them on the head, "Awww, look guys, they're so cute."

"Numbuh Five agrees." Numbuh Five said with a small smile. She patted Temerity on the head, who purred happily, "So the project is finally revealed."

"They are pretty cute." Numbuh One said, in a tone that was slightly grudging. "But-"

"You guys get to pick one for yourselves!" Kuki said, cuddling them.

"Yeah...that's...uh, whoy weh let em' grow up first..." Wally hated these kinds of situation that put him on the spot. The kinds of situations that showed he wasn't as tough as he would like to be. Kuki gave him a radient smile that made his mouth go dry, and he looked nervously away.

"This one is Temerity..." Kuki said, petting the little gray kitten as she said her name, "She's a sweet-heart, but she likes to play. Oh! She likes copying people too...right Temerity?"

"Right!" Temerity said, even though only Wally could understand. The little kitten scrambled from Kuki's arms until she was on the floor. She batted playfully at Numbuh One's shoe-laces. "Sweet! Shoe-snakes!"

"This is Juniper, she likes climbing really high places-" Kuki blinked in surprise as...well, Numbuh Two had suddenly snatched the kitten from her arms. "Hey! Numbuh Two you should say please!"

"Please, can I have this one?" Numbuh Two said, "Likes high places! I mean, come on, that's perfect for me!"

"She's a trouble-maker..." Wally warned his friend. Juniper blinked sweetly at the portly pilot who cuddled her softly. Wally smacked his forehead with his palm. Seemed like everyone was turning into little girls at the sight of these kittens.

"The one Wally has is Paladin. He doesn't do much, but he likes watching stuff. He's a thinker I think, and he's very quiet and nice...maybe Numbuh Five will want him! He won't mess up your stuff by playing with it, or claw at anything usually." Kuki giggled and hugged Wally and Paladin. Wally's face turned red for the umpteenth time that day.

"Sure, Numbuh Five will take him." The girl replied with a soft smile. She picked Paladin up gently and petted him on the head. The little tom purred and closed his brown eyes. That left...well, Temerity. All eyes turned on Numbuh One, who was staring down at the little kitten with a torn expression on his face.

"I don't know...if I really have time..." Numbuh One choked out. Temerity stopped, looked up at him and the way he held himself (he always stands with his head high) with a twitch of her ears she copied the stance in a very cute kitten-like fashion. This caused a chorus of 'Aw's' in the room that Wally himself was a part of. "Oh alright..."

"YAY!" Kuki squealed, "They've got their own owners, and they'll get to stay here with their family!"

"Yeah..." Wally said, giving the girl a genuine smile. This caused her to giggle into her sleeve, and look away uncharacteristically shy. Wally blinked at her, feeling slightly bewildered by that. Was now a good time to tell her? He blushed very badly and opened his mouth to say something when...

"We better hope there won't be a CATastrophy! Get it?" Numbuh Two said, Wally spun around seriously on the verge of punching the boy in the face. The moment was gone though, and there was nothing he could do about it now. Wally heaved a sigh that was half of defeat and partly of relief.

(Behemoth)

The big tom pushed his way into the bedroom. His owner, his friend, Wally, never left the door closed now. If anything it was always part open, so he could walk in even if it was the middle of the night. Which it was right now. Behemoth had been out hunting for Acacia's old followers. They were still getting their paws underneath them.

The large brown tabby stopped, his golden eyes narrowing slightly as he heard...whispering. He padded up slowly behind the culprits and meowed in a soft but stern tone, "You weren't thinking of waking up your Uncle, were you kittens?"

"Papa!" Paladin meowed, turning around and burying his nose in Behemoth's pelt. Behemoth purred as the other two, the sisters, glanced away a little guiltily. Paladin's brown eyes were stretched as wide as the moon, "Papa, there's something strange with Uncle Wally."

Behemoth tipped his head to the side. Paladin rarely spoke, and when he did it was often because he thought something was amiss, or he had 'discovered' something new and exciting. Behemoth narrowed his eyes and padded over to his sleeping friend. Behemoth blinked in surprise, then chuckled a little nervously. "What is it Papa?" Temerity whispered.

"Yeah, can I see?" Juniper put in, trying to get closer. Behemoth calmly pushed them back.

"No, I think you should go to your new people..." Behemoth twitched his ears and meowed, "Because Uncle Wally's not going to be happy when he wakes up."

End of chapter one, what's happened to Wally?

XP

I love those kittens. All of them are brand new, except Paladin, he's based off of a different character I have called Earthpebble.

I have his picture somewhere, he really has brown eyes. It's so cuuuute!

RANDOM AGAIN;

Temerity means something along the lines of kindness.

Juniper is also a plant-thing XP You know, like juniper berries?

Paladin means guardian.

HUZZAH! For names that are actually big words or plants and stuffs! XP