Thank you, Sasu-Sama' Sarukiji-Sempai. I know a lot of you haven't gotten a chance to read chapter three before I uploaded this chapter so if you're reading two chapters in a row. I'm sorry. I didn't work to long today. Thank goodness. I know Seto is doing a lot of things cats normally can't but I thought it would be hilarious to write him like this, but then again turning someone into a cat is impossible too. LOL

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Chapter Four

The next morning, Seto awoke to angry whispers. The hairs on his back stood on ends as he sensed the tension coming from the kitchen. He walked quietly. "The answer is no, Yug," Jou angrily spat. "I'm not taking him while you and Atemu are gone. Put him in a kennel or something."

"That's terrible, Jou. They wouldn't understand."

"You need to treat him like a cat that he is. You think I'm going to care for him just because he's stuck like that. What do you hope to find in Egypt? Do you honestly think this has something to do with his past or even Atemu's?"

"Jou, please. Think about his feelings. Do you think it's easy for him to be in that form? I tried to get him to eat all day yesterday, and he refused. He does nothing but work on that laptop. You won't even have to pay attention to him. It's only going to be for a week. We still can't get a hold of Mokuba. There's no one else to leave him with."

"Drop him off at his mansion. I'm sure he'll feel comfortable there."

"With no staff, who would get him food."

"I'm sure there are plenty of mice around that place."

"Jounouchi, please."

Jou growled, "Fine, but I'm not taking care of him."

"At least plug his laptop in and set it on the floor and leave some food out for him to eat."

"Wouldn't I need a litter box too? I don't want him urinating on my new carpets."

"He uses the toilet."

"What?"

"I heard him last night. I thought he would sleep with us, but he just walked back downstairs and slept next to the laptop."

"Fine. When do you leave?"

"In about an hour. Atemu is packing as we speak."

"I'll grab the rat and leave. Call me the second you get back, and I'll return him."

"Jou, be nice." Jou moved swiftly, but not slow enough for Seto to move. His large foot landed right on Seto's tail. Seto screeched and took off towards the living room. "Kaiba!" Yugi followed him and knelt down by the couch that he saw him disappear under. He didn't know how Seto managed to fit under there. "Are you okay?"

Seto whined and licked his tail. He never knew that it would hurt that badly. Yugi and Jou moved the couch and warm arms wrapped around the small kitten. Careful not to touch his tail, Yugi held him close. Once he was sure Seto was calmed down, he handed him to Jou. "Be more careful. He's really quiet when he wants to be."

"Perhaps he should practice his speedy more than his stealth." Seto bit firmly onto Jou's arm. Jou screamed and dropped Seto. "This is not going to work. Drop him off at the nearest pound."

Jou grabbed his jacket and threw it on. "Jou, wait. Maybe if you were a little nicer to him. He didn't bite Atemu and me after awhile."

Jou glared down at the brown kitten and reached for the laptop on the floor. After unplugging it, he picked Seto up and tossed him into his large pocket. "Remember call me the second you get home."

"Okay. Thank you, Jou."

Jou quickly got into his car and drove back to his house, not caring that he was smashing the kitten against the side of the door. He threw open the door to his house and plugged the laptop in before setting it on the floor. He dropped the kitten and glared at him. "I have to go to work. Don't ruin anything, don't sit on the furniture, don't leave, and fend for yourself for food. I hope you can open cabinets." Without a second glance, Jou walked out of the house and back into his car.

Seto frowned and lowered his head. He stared at his laptop for the longest time before choosing to ignore the company for the day. He turned it on and left it there just in case an extreme emergency came through. Seto walked around the surprisingly clean house. The living room he was in opened into the hallway. There was a staircase leading upstairs, and the dinning room a few feet down. The kitchen was further down, but he chose to ignore it for the time being. He was hungry, but he mind was too preoccupied to go searching for food. His thoughts twirled around being stuck as a kitten for the rest of his life. Where would he go? Yugi and Atemu seemed nice, but how would they react once they realize that nothing was going to change him back. Jou was out of the question. Seto frowned, thinking about Mokuba. No, he would be on his own. Walking back into the living room, he hid underneath the computer desk and curled up. He would rather die than remain a kitten. He wondered how long it would take for his small body to starve to death. Would it take much longer than a human? Being run over by a car would be much faster.

If he could cry, Seto was sure that tears would fall down his face. He hated his life. The loneliness was unbearable. If someone would have told him that ten years after high school he would have regretted not making friends, he would have laughed and said he was capable of handling anything. Now he sat in Jou's house, wishing for some compassion he denied people. He was never a man that believed in karma, but the world seemed to making his life the worst it could. If he was to get his body back, the first thing he would do is restore his relationship to his brother. He would apologize for the horrible way he treated him and ensure him that he didn't have to help him run the business as long as he came around as often as he could. He'd give all his employees raises, and the ones that did miracles for him, he would give more. Maybe he would even tell Jou how he truly felt, even though it was clear that Jou hated him. Then after that, maybe he would be free of the love he felt in order to seek a new love. He knew that he would never forget what he felt for Jou, but maybe once the door was shut, he could move on.

Seto glanced at his laptop, noticing that there were no emails. His secretary must be doing well with keeping all the stress from him. That or everyone was slaking. Seto moved out from his hiding spot and jumped up on the window ledge. There was barely enough room for him to lie down and watch the world move around him. He barely saw any cars drive by, leading him to think that Jou lived in a quiet neighborhood. If he wanted to get hit by a car, he would be waiting for a long time. Seto grew bored with the quiet street and closed his eyes.

He didn't know how long he slept, but he heard something hit the door before he saw the blond walking into the living room. He glanced about as if searching for something out of place. "Looks like you didn't cause any damage," Jou commented, spotting him in the window. Jou walked down to the kitchen and noticed that none of the cabinets were touched. Yugi was right. Seto wasn't eating. Pulling out the chicken Jou intended to make, he prepared it and shoved it into the oven. He turned around half expecting to see the kitten staring at him, but Seto wasn't anywhere in the kitchen. He walked back to the living room. Seto hadn't moved from his spot in the window. The laptop was solid black, making Jou wonder if Seto even touched it that day. He was clearly not the same person anymore. He seemed more depressed and didn't care about his own health or his company. It was like he was on a one way ticket to death, and he was dragging the company he loved with him.

Jou moved over to the small kitten and stared at him. "You haven't eaten all day. Yugi said you didn't eat yesterday. I'm making chicken, and you're going to eat it whether I have to shove it down your throat or not. I will not have you dying on me before Yugi and Atemu returned. What is wrong with you lately?"

Seto glared at the blond and jumped off the ledge. Before Jou could react, Seto scrambled under the couch and sat in the back. He knew that he did this before and the outcome wasn't in his favor, but there were three people trying to catch him. Jou growled and left the room. Dinner wasn't quite ready, and he didn't care what the CEO did before hand. Seto heard things moving around, but wasn't fooled into sticking his head out. He didn't know how long he sat under that couch, but the object moved quickly from over him. Seto ran out of the way and tumbled right into a cardboard box. He quickly jumped to the top, but Jou shut the lid before he could escape. "You may think you're smart, but you're a small kitten." Jou taped the top of the box shut and stared at Seto's reflective eyes through the one of the four small holds, large enough to stick his hand through. Seto hissed and reached his clawed hand out, but Jou moved out of his reach. "You're a bad kitty. You can stay in there until dinner is ready." Jou picked the box up and held it away from his body as he carried it into the kitchen.

He set it down on the counter and moved around for the ingredients he needed for the rest of the dinner. "You know, I used to envy your lifestyle. You are rich and have everything handed to you. You are a genius and never have to worry about where your life was going," Jou said, not caring if Seto was listening to him. "You have a brother that idolized the road you walk on. In fact, I believe you have everything in your perfect life. Besides the occasional psychopaths that wanted to kill you, I say you have everything you'll ever need. Then I realized that no matter how much material items you have, you were a sorry excuse of a person. You treated everyone with disrespect except for your brother. I knew you would end up alone in this world, but I always thought you would have Mokuba." Jou walked over to the box and stared in at the kitten that he could barely see. "Tell me. What did you do to push your loving brother away?"

Seto rolled his eyes. Jou knew that he couldn't answer him trapped in the box without any means of communicating besides meows. He turned away from Jou's bright honey eyes and started to claw at the box. "Good luck with that. It's a very thick box." He ignored the kitten and started on the rice. Jou fried rice and vegetables on the stove. He was about to turn back to Seto when his cell phone started ringing. "Jounouchi speaking. Hey, kid, I have some news for you. Mokuba, what do you mean? What about him? Wait a second. Mokuba? Mokuba?" Jou sighed and set the phone down on the counter. "What ever you did was obviously enough to make him hate your guts." Jou opened the box and picked the struggling kitten up. He held him close to his chest. "I've never heard him speak with so much malice." Jou gently pet Seto's back as he watched the food slowly cooking. The kitten stopped his struggles and placed his head down on the Jou's folded elbow. He was too tired to fight any longer. His longing hope that this would bring his brother back to him burst right in front of him. Judging by Jou's reaction, Mokuba wasn't planning on helping. He should have known as much.

Jou placed Seto on the counter, who didn't move, but watched the blond finish making whatever it was he was cooking. Once finished, Jou put the meal on two plates and glanced back at the kitten. "Come on, Kaiba, let's eat and watch some television." Seto stared up at the odd change in Jou's behavior. Could he showing him pity? Seto sighed and jumped off the high counter. He followed Jou's large feet, having to half run just to keep up with him. He stopped at the couch, loving the smell of the food Jou carried. Jou sat down and placed one of the plates on the seat next to him. Seto shifted his eyes towards the television, trying to ignore his growling stomach. He wasn't going to fall for Jou's trick. He remembered the blond specifically telling him not to sit on the couch.

Jou glanced down at Seto who pulled his tail around his body as he sat on the floor beside Jou's feet. At first, he thought Seto was ignoring food again, but then he remembered what he told Seto that morning. He leaned down and grabbed Seto by the scruff and set the kitten down on the couch beside him. "Eat," he commanded, seeing Seto's bright blue eyes staring up at him. Seto stared and sniffed the food for a few minutes before deciding to eat it. He didn't care how degrading it was eating with just his mouth or how difficult it was to chew the large piece of meat. He devoured the meal, ripping apart the meat and licking at the noodles. He didn't know if it was safe eating all that food in the cat form, but he didn't care.

It didn't take long for his small stomach to finish. He moved away from the food and had an annoying urge to lick himself. He started with his paws, licking his rough tongue between each claw. Not finding the taste of fur to be repulsive, Seto gave into the urges and leaned back to lick along the rest of his body. Soft chuckles stopped him. His eyes met Jou's bright honey eyes. They seemed to sparkle more when he wasn't glaring at the CEO. "Now you're acting like a real cat," Jou commented. Seto ignored him and continued his bath until his mind was satisfied that he was clean and ever piece of fur was going in the right direction. Jou leaned over and roughly messed all of Seto's fur up. Seto hissed and glared at the laughing blond. He meowed angrily. "I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. Quit making that noise."

Seto jumped off the couch, ignoring the comedy show Jou put on earlier. He walked over to his laptop and brushed his paw over the mouse pad. The black screen instantly came to life. He walked around the keyboard and pushed the F5 button to refresh the screen. He glanced at the two emails, one was an announcement that there was going to be a one day delay shipping the new game to the retailers. He replied back, allowing them to overnight the leading dealers their copies. He hated delays, but things happened regardless of what he told his staff. The second email was a hate mail from his brother. He sighed and read through the small email, informing him that he should have never asked Jou or the others for help, and that he didn't care if he ever became human again.

Seto's body let out a small whimper. Jou heard and glanced down at the kitten, but before Seto could delete the email, Jou managed to see who it was from. "Is he giving you a hard time?" Seto shook his head. "That's a lie." Jou picked the kitten up and went into Seto's trash folder to see the email. He frowned at the cruel words Mokuba used to talk to his brother. He didn't know what he would do if Shizuka ever talked to him like that. Cradling the small kitten in his hand, Jou gently ran his fingers down Seto's back. He felt like he was betraying himself by showing sympathy to Seto, but he couldn't stand the thought of what the CEO was going through. Leaning against the couch, he stared down at Seto who refused to look at him. "I wish that you were human again so we can talk." Jou moved his hand under Seto's chin and forced him to look at him. "I'm not going to say that I like you or anything, but you've obviously had a change of heart and don't like the way you live your life anymore."

Jou carried Seto upstairs to his room. It had been an exhausting day at the hospital and all he wanted to do was go to sleep. He had to put a family dog to sleep today because the state ordered him a menace, and he bit a small child's arm. Jou sat with the dog for a few hours, and he did nothing but sit in the room with his tail beside him and his head bowed. He was sure the dog knew what was happening. It didn't make it any easier for him even after hearing the ten year old boy who called him his best friend scream and carry on about not wanting to lose the dog. He didn't want this happening to Seto. He didn't want to stand beside Seto's coffin listening to Mokuba apologize to his dead brother.

A tear ran down his cheek and splashed onto Seto's head. The burnet kitten looked up and noticed that Jou was crying. Confused, he stared at the blond. What could have possible caused such an emotion to cross Jou's face? Not liking to see Jou crying, Seto leaned on his back legs and pulled his body up until his face was beside Jou's cheek. He licked the salty tears from his cheek, surprising the blond. Jou cradled him closer and eased his body down on the bed. "I don't want you to die," he whispered.

Seto stared at him. "How could someone like him who would say he hated me not want me to die? Why would he of all people care about me?" Seto thought. It didn't take long for Jou to fall asleep, half on the bed and still wearing his work clothes. Seto smiled at the peaceful expression on Jou's face, a few strands of hair fell into his face. Wiggling his way out of Jou's arms, Seto walked over to the window and sat in it. The night had fallen quickly, leaving the light of the stars and moon as the only means to see into the dark bedroom. Seto glanced up at the stars before turning around to watch Jou sleep. "I wish I was human too so I can talk to you." For the rest of the night, Seto dozed every now and then, but found him watching Jou more than anything. He never had this urge with Yugi and Atemu.

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The next chapter what happened between the two brothers would be revealed. I'll get it upload around this time tomorrow. See you than. Thank you for reading please review.

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