Chapter One: Cat Man!
I looked at each and every cat in the animal shelter carefully, peering at them through their cages. I was lonely, to put it bluntly, and needed a furry companion to keep me company. Being away from my grandparents and younger siblings to attend a college far from my original hometown, filled with utter strangers who never seemed to take a liking to me would make anyone feel alone. Most people called me strange due to my liking of weird things which was mostly horror. I was alone in a single apartment working a part-time job on the weekends so I could pay my own rent without my grandparents having to do so or at least help them pay their bills when I had extra cash.
My coworkers mostly kept to themselves never talking to me useless I proved useful to them while my boss, on the other hand, was just a complete handful. He seemed like he always wanted to get in my pants every time he talked to me, well he was like that with everyone so I couldn't tell. It all started with my weird professor. I told him I needed a job for some extra cash and then he set me up with him the owner of a bar. You might think it's strange for a professor to do something like that but the people in this town were all so very strange.
Yorknew City seemed like a nice place to live with nice people living in it but once living it I found the place strange and the people living it but I could never place my finger on what made this place and its people so strange. Well, enough about this strange city and focus on my current problem of trying to soothe my loneliness. I started off trying to soothe my loneliness by talking to my younger sister and brother when I had the chance but that didn't seem to cut it. So getting an animal seemed to be my next best option.
Each fluffy kitten and cat alike wanted to be adopted, meowing and brushing up against the cage in a desperate attempt to get out, sometimes they sounded so pitiful. I had been here about an hour or so never making up my mind on what one, each cat cage I visited I stayed for a good couple minutes with just staring and talking to them like a weirdo. I took my time on picking the one I wanted because the little cutie would be with me for a long time.
I smiled sticking my finger through the bars letting a little orange kitten brush up against me, purring loudly. There seemed to be another family talking about adopting this kitten so I moved on to the next one. The next one was an adult cat well I couldn't tell, It was pretty small but it seemed bigger than a kitten. It had a black fluffy coat with narrow gunmetal eyes. I never saw a cat have such a unique eye color and shape before.
I looked to the papers attached to the cage my eyes scanning over it. I stated out loud to myself "Male, age unknown, name Feitan..." I looked in curiously at this one still holding the papers in my hand. There wasn't much said about him, maybe they forgot to put a description of what he was like. This one having no reaction to my being whats so ever. He flicked his tail in annoyance and if I ever say the cat was glaring, he was. I tried calling him by clicking my tongue but the look or glare intensified resulting in him not budging from his spot. I tried calling him by his name "Feitan. Come here. "
His ears perked hearing his name, apparently, he already knew his name, he got up from his sitting position, just when he was about to move closer to me and smell me he stopped and hissed looking behind me. It startled me and I jumped more when I felt a hand placed on my shoulder. I whipped my head around to see a brunette boy, maybe in his twenties with hazel eyes. He smiled "I wouldn't bother with this one miss."
I asked shrinking away from his touch, the shyness overwhelming me suddenly "Why is that?" The brunette replied "He's feral but it's not his fault. They got him off the streets and he seemed to be abused by either his past owners or possibly people on the street. He was really pretty beaten up so we don't know what happened we can only guess. He got adopted a couple weeks ago only to be returned suddenly saying they didn't want him because he hissed at them constantly and wouldn't allow them to touch him. He doesn't seem to fond of any males either." I looked at the cat then the brunette raising an eyebrow "What about females?" The brunette replied "Well his last owner was a female. He still didn't allow her to touch him, though. So she returned him but I wouldn't worry too much about it since he's getting put down tonight."
My heart sank at hearing that "Why?! He looks perfectly healthy." He replied "It should be obvious. No one wants him. Plus every time someone goes near him he goes ballistic. Hissing, scratching, biting. You name it, this guy does, just look at my hand. I'm glad to see him go if I'm being honest." I look towards his hand that was covered in bites and scratches. Deep scratches too not no tiny ones. I sighed looking back to the cat in the cage. He was quite beautiful it would be a shame if they put him down. I can't believe the brunette was so brutal with his words in front of the poor guy.
If I didn't leave with him I could never live with the shame of 'I could have adopted him'. I looked at the boy " I want him. Where do I sign the papers for adoption?"
His eyes widened "You serious? You just heard what I said right? He is FERAL." I shrugged "I don't mind. At least he will keep me company. Plus he's kinda cute. He looks fluffy too." The brunette sighed "Ok...but don't try returning him. He's going to give me a hell of a time trying to get him back in that box..." The boy shuddered just thinking about it. As if the cat knew what we were saying he growled, his tail thumping against the cage. I smiled talking to him like he understood English "Hey! Don't act like that. You should be happy I'm getting you out of here." In response, he flattened his ears, Seemed like we needed some bonding time. He didn't like me very much...
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It had been a couple of months since adopting Feitan. Upon bringing him to his new home, he took a liking to my bed favoring the spot next to me, he often stole meat off my plate when I had it, when trying to play with him he looked at me bored, growled when I tried to pet him, ripped apart my dirty underwear that was in the laundry multiple times, hissed and tried attacking the many pizza guys who delivered pizza to the door, and last but not least went to me only when he wanted attention. We have grown considerably close in the short time we lived together, me learning that I couldn't touch him but when he wanted to be loved.
Oh, and I almost forgot I made my first friend within the month I have been living in Yorknew. Well, he was my mailman but he wasn't an old man. He was young, no older than twenty-five. He attended my college too so we often had time to hold small but good conversations. So when he delivered mail he would try holding conversations with me but Feitan didn't like him at all. Every time I wasn't around, he would be doing his job delivering my mail and would slip it through the mail slot on the door making Feitan growl and attack my mail like a maniac. I always heard about it from him in my afternoon classes too since he often found it funny I had such an overprotective cat. He told me his name was Sam and every time he would stop by Feitan would growl and try attacking him even though I scolded him constantly for it. Feitan hated being scolded with a passion and would get even with me.
Like right now, I had just come home from a long day of classes and running a little later than usual due to an accident on the highway. Feitan was already at the door sitting down waiting for me with his typical snot face. The skull bandana around his neck that I gave him was all messed up and disorganized like he got in a fight with something. He was pretty pissed because I seen another ripped up pair of panties in the corner as if he was saying 'screw you'. That must have been his battle that he got into. I sighed picking up my good lacey panties that were shredded, bitten, and scratched. I scolded him, "Feitan those were my good ones. You could have at least picked the ones I didn't like. You knew these were my favorites."
In response, he just stared at me swishing his tail like he usually does, well what did I expect not like he would talk back right. Then my eyes flickered to his empty food dish. His food dish was adorned with mini skeleton cats and fishes. I had it specially made for Feitan since he seemed to favor any designs that had skulls although that what I would like to think but he was just a cat and cats didn't care about fashion. He even had his own custom made blanket he slept on, on my bed. It was a soft white blanket with black skulls and he didn't like me touching it either. I always sneak it in the wash to clean it but it didn't happen often. So when he was on that blanket I left him alone unless I wanted my hand shredded but the best part was he would always tread on it with love, it was adorable.
But looking at his dish it must have been why he was being pissy, he was hungry. I clicked my tongue opening the cupboards and scoping some dry food in a cup. He watched the entire time as I brought it over to his food dish, pouring some in. I ask as he just watches "Isn't this what you wanted?" I guess not as he turns his nose up at it walking into the living room sitting down on the big plush sofa in the middle of the room. I followed him and he paws at the remote on the coffee table. I swear the cat was human like sometimes but I watch documentaries saying some animals liked to watch television or listening to the radio.
I switch on the tv and as soon as I did the movie they were playing had this guy and girl making out on the bed getting ready to you know. "Jesus" I mutter as I switch the channel. I didn't need to be reminded of how sad my love life was, well I didn't even have a love life, absolutely nothing there. I switch the channel to Syfy. There seemed to be a gruesome movie playing, my type of movie to watch after a long day full of idiots. Hostel. I sat down next to Feitan. This was one of the only times he was lovely and allowed me to pet him. When we watched these type of movies together, this cat was odd but he was my cat.
"Now is this what you wanted?" I ask and he lies down resting his head on my leg. I could feel a soft rumble on my leg meaning he was purring. I rub behind his ears "Such a strange kitty.." He purrs softly as I continued to rub his ear and stroke his soft fur watching the movie. The movie really was one of the more gruesome movies I have seen in my lifetime, just so much torture. Feitan seemed to like it as he watched the screen intently especially when the torture or sex scenes came along. I scoff rubbing his ear still adjusting his bandana around his neck "Don't you think they ruin horror movies with all the sex they have in it? It's unnecessary."
He flicks his ears and then I realize how sad and pathetic I am. I'm sitting on the sofa holding conversations with my cat. Really if anyone knew they would think I would need help. Right, when I think this my phone rumbles in my jean pocket. I squirm a bit to get it out making me disrupt Feitan who was lazily perched on my leg. His purr stops abruptly when I look down at my phone. I sigh "Damn. Now, what does he want? I thought I got rid of him until the weekend." I answer it with a grumbly hello.
"Ah, Sumire Chan~ How are you doing?"
I reply a little sarcastically "I'm doing fine Hisoka. What do you want?" At the mention of his name Feitan growls. Probably remembering that time he stopped by and Hisoka had fun poking at the feral cat Feitan turned into. I hear a laugh from the other end of the phone "Is that your cat I hear? He sounds so happy to hear of me again~ Oh but I hear some else too. Do I hear moaning?" I blush grabbing the remote and muting it "It was the tv. Now, what do you want before I hang up the phone?!"
"So mean to your boss Mire. Anyway, I need your help with something. If you decide to help I can up your pay this weekend. How about it?"
I think about it for awhile, silence following. Sometimes Hisoka could be tricky and I currently had a jealous cat gnawing on my hand that wasn't occupied with the phone. I swat Feitan away as he bites my finger harshly "Tch, Feitan stop that!" I continue after Feitan jumps off the couch in a huff landing on the carpeted ground with a thud, for yelling at him "Well, depends on what it is first. Soo what is it?"
"I need you to pick me up right now~"
I stand, rubbing the back of my neck in frustration "Wheres your precious car you always brag about. You know your BMW?" He goes silent for once before speaking up again.
"I'm going, to be honest with you Mire chan. I'm drunk~"
I reply "Thought so. You better not try anything being stupidly drunk either. I should bring Feitan with me to keep you in check. Sometimes he likes car rides. He will be so happy to see you too."
"I know I'm strange but you're a whole hell of a lot worse..." he responded sounding more lucid.
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"Can I ask again why I'm sitting in the back?" Hisoka pouts from the back seat as he glares at the cat sleeping in the front seat. I smile fighting the urge to laugh "Feitan doesn't like the back. He likes the passenger side. He gets grouchy-" Hisoka cuts me off scootching up in his seat to agitate Feitan worse poking him and waking him "He's a cat, not a human. The furball should be in the back where he belongs."
Feitan growls and Hisoka frowns. I start laughing "Can you stop picking fights with my cat. Now, do I turn left or right?" He adverts his golden orbs to the front to see where we were "Left." I turn left and instead of focusing on agitating Feitan Hisoka looks to me resting his head on the back of my seat. I grip the wheel tightly. He asks amused "So Mire do you have any boyfriends?" I glance at him nervously to where this was leading and I reply trying to focus back on the road "No. Why do you care?"
He picks a strand of my blonde hair winding it around his finger. I could smell alcohol on his breath along with mint as he got closer "Oh~ I'm your boss, I should have the right to ask." Does he not know the workplace laws but before he got any closer Feitan jumped on Hisoka's back and hissed in his ear. Hisoka frowned in response having to pull away from me picking Feitan by the scruff dangling the cat out in front of him, making the feral cat go completely physcho. I yelled, "Hey don't hurt my cat!" Feitan growled and Hisoka threw him back on his seat. The cat huffed and Hisoka scowled "You're blaming me when the furball snapped. You both are so strange."
He continued poking at Feitan just for agitating purposes. Growls and hisses could be heard throughout the car. He continued teasing pulling at Feitan's little bandana around his neck "What your owner gave you this? So cute~" Feitan used his claws this time scratching Hisoka's hand, his flesh tearing painfully on the back of his hand the sound accompanying the skin tearing wasn't pleasant either. Hisoka clicked his tongue muttering how much of a shithead the furball was, retracting his hand rubbing it. I sighed again the car ride turning into a complete disaster.
"Hisoka now where? I think I might be lost. I sure as hell don't want all three of us confined in a tiny car no longer than needed. You guys might kill each other... " He replied pointing to an apartment complex "It's just right there. I don't want to be near your phycho cat any longer than needed either. Maybe if it was just the two of us we-" He was interrupted by Feitan's animistic hiss and Hisoka's frown furrowed.
I mutter pulling in Hisoka's driveway "Oh thank god the road trip from hell is over." Hisoka suddenly forgets about the cat returning to his usual smirking self, maybe his weird mood swings were because he was drunk. "Sumire, I will see you this weekend. I will be sure to give you the reward I promised you." I looked back shooing him "Yeah yeah Hisoka. Just go home now. I will see you this weekend." He opened the car door stepping out into the fall air, Feitan glaring at him the whole time "I will see then. Bye bye~"
"Bye Hisoka." Sometimes I felt like the boss instead of Hisoka.
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Once getting back home I placed Feitan on the floor throwing my car keys on the kitchen table. Oddly once going into the living room, laying back on the couch, relaxing, Feitan jumped up to. He started rubbing against me, anywhere he could, marking me like he did when he first arrived. I giggled "What did you get jealous?" He continued brushing against my hand, then against my legs, before finally nuzzling himself in between my breasts, deciding he was going to nap there. I was glad he didn't weigh a lot because it would be highly uncomfortable with him on my chest if he did. Speaking of which Feitan barely weighed ten pounds. For an adult cat, he was underweight which made me worry but maybe that was due to his small frame because he seemed perfectly healthy.
I thought he was allowing me to pet him but when I lowered my hand he growled instead and bit my hand as hard as he could, making blood drip down from my hand. I hissed in pain and he let go at hearing this. In his way, I guess he was apologizing as he lapped at the wound with his tongue. Trying to clean it. I pulled away mad at him "Whats your problem?! You didn't have to bite me so hard!" I held my bleeding hand and I glared at him. Eventually, it stopped bleeding since he hardly broke the skin, it wasn't a deep cut.
His ears flattened themselves and his tail stopped thumping against my stomach. His eyes growing abnormally big. Was he trying to make me feel bad because he was doing a sure hell of a good job at it? I sigh scratching behind his ear the anger leaving me slowly, this time he allowed it no growling or biting. "Sorry for yelling at you."
He continued to allow me to pet him for the rest of the night, the motion putting me to sleep because Feitan's fur was so soft. The both of us getting pulled in a deep sleep. Me on my back with him on my chest.
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When I awoke it was pitch black. I wasn't able to see a thing. 'Funny I don't remember shutting the lights off last night?' I think going to sit up but my chest felt really heavy along with the rest of my body. "What the?" I say out loud squirming and feeling what was on top of me. I freeze feeling an arm that wasn't my own, it was muscular too meaning it wasn't female or maybe it was who knows. Either way, I had no idea what was happening.
My heart slams in my chest when I feel the body more. I glide my hand over what I thought what to be a clothed body but was bare. I was feeling a naked back right now. The figure moves and all I see in the pitch black are two narrow gunmetal cat-like eyes shine, glaring at me, my whole body freezing in shock "Human no touching." My reaction was very slow seeing as I had a naked man on top of me instead of my fluffy cat. Shouldn't have Feitan hissed at the stranger if one broke in or did he hurt Feitan before he could alarm me? Where was he?!
Suddenly my adrenaline kicked in and I started panicking. I yelled trying to push him off me but he grunted instead not budging "Who are you!? Where's my cat?! Why are you on top of me?!" I push on his chest kicking and thrashing my arms about. He grips and pins my arms down trying to make me stop moving but it only made the struggling worse "Have you gone insane Human? I'm right here."
I then yell "Someone-" He clasps a hand over my mouth snarling "You're hurting my ears you, shitty human. Be quite." When he did this action he let one of my wrists go making me hit his chest as hard as I could, In a desperate attempt to get him off me. He hissed loudly like a cat would making me totally freeze. What the hell? That had to be Feitan right? Where was he? It couldn't have been the unknown man in front of me. It sounded too much like a cat.
He snarls eyes narrowing further almost into slits "That hurt you crazy bitch. Next time I bite your fucking finger off." I freeze, ok I had a crazy delusional man on top of me. I try using words not knowing whether or not he would actually bite my finger off "Just tell me who you are?" He sighs eyes returning to normal "The cat that resides here. Fuck, you truly have lost your mind." I yell back " Excuse me!? Who exactly lost it. Your not Feitan! What have you done with my cat!?"
The man flinches " You damned whore. What did I tell you about your voice? It hurts my ears when you screech like that and for your information, I'm not yours. You're mine." He leans down rubbing his cheek against mine making my breathing hitch. Did this man truly think he was a cat, my cat nonetheless? He leans down to my neck inhaling my scent before flicking his tongue out on my neck, his saliva coating my skin, making shivers run down my spine.
"W-Why did you just do that?!You know you're delusional." I shiver still, weirded out. He replied against my neck ignoring the last part "You smell unusually good today so I wanted to taste you. Human, why do you smell so alluring right now? It's strange." Shit, he really was crazy. He smelt me again this time sighing against my skin mumbling to himself crazily "Thought so...Human, you're my-Tch. Forget it. You think I'm crazy right now anyway...What do I have to prove to you I'm Feitan."
He moved away from my neck his eyes still shining like cat eyes in the dark. My eyes widening. I mutter "What do you mean? You're not him it's impossible. Why can't you get it th-" He clicked his tongue hissing "I am him. Stupid. Then if you're not going to budge, I can tell you the panties you favor and don't. Your daily routine. What we watch. That damn Hisoka. Everything." I grow cold "Stalker..." He clicks his tongue again thinking "What about when you adopted me? Hm? They told you I was abused and returned. What other shit did that fucker say? Oh, how he couldn't wait to be rid of me. Nothing but a nuisance."
This man reminded me so much of what a human Feitan would be like. He somehow was truly convincing me he was my cat. Even though he could still be some hardcore stalker but I would have remembered someone with such eyes as this man on top of me. Feitan's eyes... I blinked asking "Can you tell me your favorite food? Your favorite spot to sleep?" He replied "Meat. No artificial shit either, fresh. My favorite spot to sleep... is here." I then felt him poke my breast harshly making me flinch. Cat Feitan and human were both pretty perverted. Great, I truly was believing he was Feitan.
"Can you turn on the light..." I ask next. He gets off me sitting on the other end of the couch watching me "Hell no. You do it. Stupid human." I get up carefully, bumping into random objects on the way and I hear 'Feitan' snort. "You humans are always so clumsy in the dark. Ungraceful creatures." I finally feel for the lamp flicking its switch on. My eyes squint against the sudden light and I look behind me.
My eyes widen. There sat a completely nude man. The only thing covered was his manhood with a cushion from the couch. He didn't seem to care he was naked either. He was fricken manspreading in a sitting position. He snorts again and my eyes go to his face "You enjoying this form human? Of course, you do." He had Feitans gray eyes, and he had his soft fluffy looking hair too.
Then I look on top of his head, there were cat ears, real ones, flicking... Then I look down to see a tail swishing back and forth. For fuck's sake. He really was a cat man... This was Feitan!
To be continued...
Author's note: Now this idea came to me due to fanart of kitty Feitan and many cat stories on fanfic. I felt inspired to write a Neko Feitan because he's already a jerk in the HXH universe and so are cats. So mixing the two seemed like a pleasant idea! Please leave me good reviews if you liked or enjoyed it!