Ichigo wrote in her notebook.

March 23,

I have finally found a friend who will look after me. He's Alphonse Elric of Risembool, a young boy whose brother is crazy, pessimistic, an idiot of course and, most of all, a big mouth jerk! Alphonse is so sweet and innocent!

"Watcha reading there, Ichigo?" Al scared her a bit.

"Uh nothing! Nothing at all, Al!"

"It's a notebook. You're writing something about me, huh?"

"No!"

"The first word is 'I'. The next three words are 'have, finally and found.' Then the rest goes on and on about me and my brother being jerk yesterday and today."

"He knew?! How can he--"Ichigo thought to herself.

"What's that? What did you say, Ichigo?" Al spoke to her softly.

"Nothing. By the way, how about we go to a place that I know around here and pick up a few cats?"

"Cats? Den and brother would be very, very upset about this. We can hide them in a basement if I can transmute one. How's that?"

"Perfect plan, Al!" Icchigo giggled and clapped her hands.

"So, what do we do now, Ichigo?" said Al griding his foot in the rocky ground.

"No idea-- Winry said we have to take care of Den first before we leave to do some errands. So let's clean the poor sap now!"

"Good idea!" After Den was cleaned off, Ichigo and Al sought off on foot to go to Ichigo's hidden place.

"Here we are! Ichigo's Paradise! Well? What do you say about my little home?"

"It's uh... slightly askew, but nifty."

"Oh look! Momoko has come to say hi! Alphonse, I want you to meet the Cat Clan!"

"Nya! Nya! Hello, Alphonse!" the cat spoke. Al was surprised.

"I taught Momoko how to speak in English. It took him awhile to learn it. Isn't that right?" "Nya! Nya indeed!" the cat meowed.

"Oh and these are Momoko's servants. This is Yukan, Wakan, Jun, Kaitou, Fumiko and the youngest cat of all, Pon. Pon's the cutest by the way. She'ss so shy even around her own family of course."

"Nya! Yukan speaking!"

"How adorable! Yukan loves you!"

"Really?"

"I gotta write this down! I even have the syllables of all their names!" she laughed.

The Ichigo Paradise Cat Clan

Yukan has a new best friend! Alphonse Elric!

Yukan: You-Can

Wakan: Wa-Kin

Jun: Jun

Kaitou: Kai-Two

Fumiko: Fu-Me-Ko

Pon: Pon

Oh, I almost forgot! Alphonse is so nice!

"Writing about me again, Ichigo?" Al was suspicious about Ichigo and her notebook.

"No!" she answered.

"Nya! Ichigo, come look! Pon wants to play with Aru!"

"Aru?"

"That's right. The cats call you Aru. I call you Al-- I mean the rest of us call you Al--"

"I know, but I have a nickname that brother always call me by."

"What's that?"

"Kitty Caper."

Ichigo held her mouth as tight as she can in order to not laugh about his nickname.

"Its not funny, Ichigo! I'm serious! Okay, you can giggle a bit, but don't tell Winry, okay?"

"But, Al. She's like your big sister. You should tell her everything. For sure I know she'll understand."

"Like that'll happen. I know brother and his foolish ways, but he can't overcome needles and milk!"

"He's afraid? Afraid of needles? Are you sure? Oh, goodness!" Ichigo laughed.

Back at the house, Alphonse transmuted a part of the living room floor into a basement. Then, the two walked downstairs to drop the kittens off. Pon, the youngest cat in the Cat Clan, jumped out of her basket and scurried up into the living room where Al and Ichigo were cooking food for lunch and dinner. Pon sniffed the scented room and was delighted to sniff away. Pon then chased her tail and ran back down into the basement. Ichigo heard a noise downstairs and told Al to turn off Ichigo's side of the stove for a while until she gets back. The aroma of cooked food filled the room and was both fresh and steamy at the moment. Ichigo walked down the steps and into the basement where Pon was sitting quietly waiting to be picked up. Pon raised her little paws up and showed Ichigo her dirty paws. Ichigo decided to transform into Cat Ichigo, but to do that, she must think off something exciting or be excited, and she thought about Alphonse Elric and transformed into Cat Ichigo. "Nya! I'm so tired, Ichigo. Can you clean me?" asked Pon through telepathy. Ichigo can understand an animal's feelings only in Cat form. "Why would I? I got food almost ready for lunch and I don't have enough time. Sorry." "Nya! Clean me!" "I'm sorry-- okay."

"Nya! Nya! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Nya!" Pon meowed.