"Fresh fish, fresh fish! Come closer, only three-ninety-nine!" Puss licked his lips as he watched the fish-seller from a distance. It would have been nice with a fish or two… just thinking about it made Puss' teeth water, even though he was already full. He snapped out of it once he found that his saliva started running down his chin. He quickly dried the saliva off with his paw in a cute manner.
Puss' cape swirled around him like a tornado of fabric as he and Kitty continued down the harbor. The two loved the fresh sea air, since it always reminded the two cats of fish. That being said, they hadn't come to the harbor to buy any fish – okay, actually they had, but they had chosen to eat at a harbor restaurant instead. But the temptation to buy some fish was hard to fight off, but the fact that they wouldn't be able to last long before they'd start rotting.
"What do you say we go sail by the sunset later, my love?" Puss asked Kitty in his most charming tone as the two passed by a lone rowing boat by the harbor. He sent his lover a smile and positioned his hat to a more tilted position. The two felines came to the city gate with the name 'Port Dorado' written at the top.
"Oh… I don't know... Would you be rowing the boat?" Kitty asked teasingly. Puss laughed at her question and looked towards the sea again and saw a lone fisherman by the harbor. He had a stand for the fish he had caught… maybe Puss should… Yes, why not? He could eat it on the way out, right?
"Excuse me Señor, how much?" Puss asked the fisherman. The fisherman wore a brown jacket and a big hat, and with weather like this, Puss couldn't imagine how hot it would be with that outfit. Kitty on the other hand didn't care about that, but only rolled her eyes at Puss' 'need' to buy fish… not that she did mind at all.
"Only two Pesetas," the fisherman replied. It surprised Puss a little; these days, fish was usually a bit more expensive, especially ones as big as those this particular fisherman had caught. "Freshly caught… as you can see."
Suddenly the rod started moving and the fisherman quickly reeled in the line, but instead of a fish, all there was on it was a worm, which was bound to the line with a strong knot. Puss raised an eyebrow in confusion and looked at Kitty, who returned his look of confusion.
"Why'd you tell me to reel in?" the fisherman asked the worm annoyed in a half-whisper. "There's nothing on the line but you!"
"Whew, sorry, but I don't feel like getting eaten alive!" the worm replied in its high pitched voice. "What am I even doing here?"
"Hey, I don't pay you for questioning my way of working!" The fisherman tossed out the line again, very far out this time. At the same time, Puss and Kitty seemed to recognize his voice somehow. But where had they heard it before?
"Sorry, but do we know you?" Puss asked the fisherman in a suspicious tone.
"I'd say you do." The fisherman suddenly put down the fishing rod, attaching it to the chair he was sitting on. He then threw his clothes aside. Kitty and Puss partially covered their faces as they expected this person to be naked, but instead all there was, was… Enrique.
"You," Kitty said surprised when he realized that it was Enrique. "What are you doing here…? Wait, have you been stalking us?"
"Eh… yes, actually I have…" Enrique admitted, seemingly rather embarrassed. "BUT I have my reasons…"
"Other than the fact that you want to join us?" Puss asked and raised an eyebrow.
"…" For a short moment Enrique's mouth was opened, but no answer escaped. "No, then I don't… but…"
Suddenly some noise was heard from another part of the harbor. Puss quickly forgot about the fish and ran towards the noise along with Kitty. From the looks of it, it was a bunch of pirates, who were trying to steal from a couple of sellers, who had put up some stands on the harbor.
They were seemingly led by Captain Hook, a famed pirate captain. Puss and Kitty quickly drew their epees. Puss turned to Enrique. "If you want to help, you have the chance to prove yourself now."
"Yes! Don't worry, you won't regret it!" Enrique said excitedly and went over behind the stand where the fish that he had caught were. Puss and Kitty watched as he found some clothing items there and put them on.
First there was a black leather belt with a silver buckle. Instead of putting it on in a regular way, Enrique swung it around his waist and was somehow able to get the other end of the belt through the buckle and quickly fastened it with his one paw. Next Enrique put on a pair of boots, but unlike those of Puss and Kitty, these were slimmer and had a much darker black color. Lastly Enrique put on a pair of black gloves and a white scarf around his neck… Then he was ready for a battle. He turned to Puss and Kitty. "So, what do you think?"
"I think you've had a lot of time to plan this," Kitty said with a raised eyebrow.
"I just like planning early," Enrique said with a shrug and a smile. He then looked over at the pirates. "Maybe we should get going…"
"Si, let's!" Puss said and soon he and Kitty charged some of the crewmembers. They were all armed with sabers, which they drew once they saw the two armed felines.
Puss charged forwards and attacked the first crewmember with a rapid swing from his epee. Swinging it about, Puss managed to use his epee to disarm the first two first crewmembers, and Kitty also managed to disarm some crewmembers and also knock out a few too.
Kitty jumped forwards and blocked an incoming attack from one of the pirates and whipped her epee towards him and managed to eventually jump into the air and knock him out with a solid kick to the face. Once she landed, she was up against a few more pirates, but as she kept fighting them, she turned to Enrique, who was seemingly doing nothing but stand and smile. "Hey, if you wanted to join us, what about you actually join us?"
Enrique couldn't believe it: he was finally going to fight alongside Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws! He had been waiting for this moment, no; he'd been living for this moment! Not able to contain his excitement, Enrique just stood there for a moment with a big grin on his face, snickering in a happy manner.
"Hey, if you wanted to join us, what about you actually join us?" Enrique snapped out of his jolliness for a second and realized that Puss and Kitty were already into the fight.
"Oh~… this is going to be great!" Enrique finally said happily he then walked over to the fishing rod. "Alright Anthony, here we…" When Enrique had finally reeled the line in, he realized that Anthony the worm was gone. Enrique quickly put down the fishing rod. "Oh… my bad… Nah, whatever, here I go!"
Enrique charged some of the crewmembers, jumped forwards and since he didn't have a weapon, he had to do fist fighting… or rather paw fighting. The first pirate that came near was carrying a big bag, and he seemed to ignore Enrique, but as soon as Enrique planted his claws into his leg.
The pirate screamed in pain and dropped the heavy bag onto his own foot. As the other pirates realized that Enrique was a threat as well, they attacked him too. Enrique dodged a slash from a saber, then jumped forwards, punched the pirate in the stomach. The pirates also realized that Enrique punched harder than they would have thought. The pirate lost his saber and bowed forwards and grabbed his stomach to sustain the pain. Taking this opportunity, Enrique grabbed his lost saber and then jumped onto the pirate's head and ran along his back as he used the newly obtained saber to block the other sabers.
Enrique jumped off the pirates back and kicked one of the other pirates in the head. He then used the saber to fight against the pirates. Puss partially watched Enrique as he fought. He had to admit that the young tom was quite skilled; he had most likely been practicing a lot. Maybe he and Kitty should let him join them… From the looks of it, he'd be a noble addition to their duo! But then again, Enrique's moves had the possibility of only being cosmetic – maybe he wasn't as strong as he seemed… this fight would show.
Enrique also seemed to be good with the saber as well, unlike Puss and Kitty, who used their epees. Enrique blocked a saber, then jumped and kicked another pirate in the chest. Then midair, he also managed to kick the pirate, even with his short cat-legs, his scarf swirling behind him like a short cape all the while.
"You're actually pretty good," Kitty told Enrique as she fought off another pirate. She swung her epee about, trying to disarm the pirate. Compared to his saber, her epee was merely a thin stick, but she was still able to keep up with him. Eventually she managed to disarm him of his saber, which fell to the ground.
Suddenly an Enrique came flying through the air and delivered a flying jump-kick to the pirate, who was sent backwards due to the force. "Thanks, I try my best."
"Where have you learned to fight like that?" Puss asked as he fought off a pirate near the others.
"I taught myself," Enrique replied proudly. Suddenly they noticed that Captain Hook and a few of the last pirates tried to board their ship in order to escape. The three cats followed them in order to stop them from stealing the few items they were carrying (The captain himself didn't carry anything).
The three cats ran as fast as they could, which was about evenly, and then jumped into the air, so that they eventually landed on the other side of the pirates, cutting them off from the ship.
"It ends here," Puss said and pointed his epee at the pirates. "Now hand over what you stole."
"Like I, Captain Hook, would surrender to three fuzz balls," the pirate captain growled and drew his own saber with his left hand (His right was missing, hence his name). Puss swung his epee upwards to block, then swung it forwards, trying to deliver an attack. Captain Hook obviously wasn't that good at fighting with his left hand yet, so Puss and Kitty had an advantage at that point. Suddenly Hook moved his own saber out of the way and caught Puss' epee with his hook. He then positioned it so that the epee's thin blade couldn't be drawn back by Puss.
Eventually the pirate captain managed to force the epee out of Puss paw and was about to slash him with his saber. But suddenly the pirate captain looked somewhat dizzy. Puss raised a suspicious eyebrow as the saber and his epee fell to the ground. Suddenly Captain Hook fell as well and Puss and Kitty just barely managed to jump aside as he landed flat on his face.
"See, not so difficult after all," Enrique said and swung a guitar around and let it rest on his shoulder. The guitar looked badly damaged and Puss' intuition told him that Enrique had used it to knock out the captain.
"Why do men always use guitars?" Kitty muttered and rolled her eyes as Puss picked up his epee, and the three cats pointed their epees at the remaining pirates (Enrique pointed the guitar at them).
"So now you see that I can only be suited for joining you?" Enrique asked as he, Puss and Kitty walked down the harbor. Granted, Kitty and even Puss had to admit that they were impressed by Enrique. Not only by the fact that he had been able to trick them twice, but also by his fighting skills. It actually did seem like all he had trained for was to join the two.
"Well, you could tag along and we could see how it plays…" Kitty was cut off when Enrique caught her in a hug and purred like a kitten.
"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you! I won't disappoint…!"
"If you don't want to disappoint us, you might want to let go," Kitty said in a stern tone of voice. "Too soon…"
"Sorry," Enrique said with a nervous chuckle. "I've just wanted to join you guys for a long time."
"May I ask why?" Puss asked as the three cats came to the end of the harbor. Ahead of them were only rocky landscapes and the nearest city or village was far away.
"Well, I've always been inspired by you guys, especially you Puss," Enrique said. Spontaneously he struck a fighting pose. "Now we can be heroes together!"
"Before we get to that," Puss started and brought Enrique into a more normal pose as some people passed by. "We have to know: what are your strong sides? Are you good with an epee?"
"Well…"
"Or are you good at being stealthy?" Kitty asked and moved Puss' hat a little backwards, so that it sat a little edgy on her. Puss put a paw on his head and realized that his girlfriend had just 'stolen' his hat.
"Yes, I'd say I am," Enrique replied and let a finger run along the shade of Puss' hat before Puss eventually took it back. "Actually… To be honest, I'm not… All I can really do is imitating people and what they do."
"So you're basically a literal copycat?" Puss asked and looked out at the sea. Great, now that Enrique was around, he and Kitty would have some difficulties with their… love life.
"Yes, that's what I am," Enrique replied. "I can't actually fight that good, but…"
"What are you talking about?" Kitty interrupted him. "That fighting against those pirates was pretty good."
"Thanks… But it was nothing special," Enrique said somewhat shyly. "I'm not as good at fighting as you guys are with your epees…"
"No, but you're still pretty good at fighting with your paws," Puss told him, which just seemed to make Enrique all the more happy. "But your other skills sure could come in handy someday…"
Puss and his companions kept walking for a while without speaking after that. Puss was still a little unsure of what he had gotten Kitty and himself into. Accepting a weird copycat of a stranger into their group would surely change a lot of things – now the two would have a harder time with their relationship and their more 'private' things and Puss and Kitty would also have to have Enrique along… which could be… interesting to say the least.
So, there's cahpter two, and I've finally gotten to upload something for once, lol. I hope you'll like it, and if you did, please stay tuned for more, see ya'! :D
