Authors notes: Again, ty for the reviews, anyway this chapter is a lot more serious than the others, and has Masamune demonstrating his wonderful knowledge of engrish cursing, just so you know.

So read, enjoy, and please review.

Chapter 5 - Fury

Yukimura frowned, he'd been writing something for Sasuke, but he'd forgotten the kanji for gate. It was such a simple thing, it annoyed him no end. He struggled to remember, so he decided to read his writing, to try and remind himself.

The west tower needs repairing, some of thr foundations were damaged during the, the, come on, I just wrote this. . . ooh that's so pretty, and flying, gotta catch it. . .no, bad Yukimura, I must not get distracted, not by anything, ah, now I remember the kanji.

Yukimura continued to write, hoping that he was not losing his mind.

"Is it me, or has that been happening more and more the past couple of days?" Masamune pondered to himself as he watched Yukimura struggle with what should be simple kanji. He had noticed quite a few similar little incidents: Yukimura losing track of a conversation; Yukimura wandering off for no apparant reason, and forgetting that he had wandered off.

"I should keep an eye on him, in case something tries to eat him, or someone steps on him." Masamune shivered at the thought. Something was wrong, but he could not quite pin it at the time.

That night, he could not sleep, he was worried about Yukimura, very worried. He heard movement close by, someone was wondering off somewhere; thankfully there was a full moon and no cloud; as a result it was easy to identify Yukimura as he wandered around the outside of the tent. He followed for a little, but Yukimura seemed to be totally confused, sniffing everything in sight.

"Oi Yukimura, what you doing?"

"Mew?"

"Huh, Sanada, you doing ok?"

"Uhh, what, where?"

"Hey, what's wrong, shit!"

"Mew."

"Hey are you even in there?"

"Mew?"

"No, not this, not you, damn that demon god child thing, WHERE ARE YOU!?"

"So you finally noticed what will happen if you don't reverse this soon." It sniggered, appearing behind him.

"Fucking bastard, turn him back!" Masamune lunged at the creature, but it dodged.

"Why should I?"

"You, if you don't, I'll kill you."

"Then no one gets turned back, and you all forget who you are."

"Why, what's the point?" Masamune was becoming distressed, something which rarely happened.

"Why, because it's fun to watch the people around you suffer as they lose you."

"You get kicks out of other's pain and confusion? That's sick!"

"I'm a God, we thrive in different conditions to you humans. Though I'm going to be nice to you, and turn you back. You seem to be rather attached to him, more so than you're willing to admit. Now all those years of holding back those feelings are all going to be wasted. You can't save him, so wallow in regret." it laughed as Masamune felt himself returning to normal.

"That little shit, I'm gonna obliterate it out of existance!" he screamed out loud, waking the entire camp as a result.

Once he had calmed down, he reaslised his outburst had scared Yukimura off, and the kitten was nowhere to be seen.

"Shit! Now what do I do?"

"Masamune-sama! I'm not complaining, but how did you return to normal?"

"It's complicated, but there are a few serious problems. One: if they stay as cats for too long, they forget who they are and well, become actual cats. Two: Since Yukimura was changed first, he's ahead of everyone else. And three: he was around here somewhere, but ran off. And he seemed to be acting on kitten instinct more than anything else."

"Right."

"Though how are we supposed to find a kitten in the dark?"

"Tempt it with food."

"Ok, you're better with animals than me."

A small trap was set up, with a bowl of sweets and grilled fish inside, if Yukimura regained his senses for a period, the sweets would get him; if not, they just hoped the fish would work.

"Right, so all we can do is wait." Masamune said.

"Yes, though we'll need to tell the others about this time limit, we only have a few more days before they start 'forgetting'."

"This is going to go down really well."

-Much shouting, meowing and sobbing later-

"Oh for fuck sake, QUIET!" Masamune screamed over the din, "It sounds like a battlefield in here."

The occupants of the room stared at him, too shocked to speak.

"Right, so we have around three days to get people back to normal, any ideas, anyone?"

BANG

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP, I'M GETTING A HEADACHE FROM YOUR BICKERING, ANYONE WATCHING WOULD ASSUME YOU ARE MARRIED OR SIBLINGS!"

"That sounds like Magoichi Saica shouting at. . . Motonari and Motochika, wait, aren't those two always fighting each other?" Masamune was confused.

"I think she's got them cooperating at gunpoint Masamune-sama."

"That would explain why Motonari in on that mobile machine thing of Motochika's, though, they appear to be normal."

Four people jumped off the machine and walked towards the camp.

"Pfft, cats ears, and tails, and what are those two wearing round their necks?" Masamune was trying not to laugh at the sight.

"I don't belive it, that moronic pirate was right." Motonari groaned.

"Hey I'm right here." Motochika hissed at Motonari.

"Something tells me you're all here about a certain demon, god, thing."

"Yes, we also have a temporary solution to the problem, as demonstrated by those two." Magoichi said.

"I see, I'm guessing it's the things around their necks."

"Yes, I think I made enough for everyone."

Masamune groaned, yes Tsuruhime was a nice kid and all, but her voice drove him up the wall.

"Ok, they're in there, just watch out for Mitsunari, his mood is fouler than normal."

"I don't blame him." Motonari said, "You two morons caused all this, so I hope you fix it properly."

"Hey, we never knew about this demon until after Yukimura got turned into a kitten, speaking off, has anyone seen him?"

"What do you mean?" Magoichi asked.

"After cetain time you forget who you are and really do become a cat, Yukimura got changed three days before everyone else, and ran off in kitten mode."

"Ah, that could be a problem."

SNAP

"MEW!?"

"Or not." Masamune went over to the trap, which now contained a terrified kitten. "He went for the fish, damn, now what?"

"Fish?" Motochika looked confused.

"Since when do normal kittens eat Dango?" Masamune asked, "We put two things in there, to catch him regardless of his mental state, but since he went for the fish over the dango, he's still thinking like a kitten."

"Right that's everyone, it'll take a minute to work, so maybe you ought to make room." Tsuruhime said.

"And Mitsunari you are not allowed to kill Ieyasu." Masamune said, "You are still techinically under the effects of that things magic."

"Grrrr, WHAT!?"

"Oh boy, at least as a kitten he was easy to control." Sasuke groaned as he watched the group.

"KENSHIN-SAMA!"

"Hey Motochika, long time no see, once this is over, wanna head up to Toshi and Mastu's?"

"Sure thing Keiji, though the crew will be dissapointed that I went without them."

"I'm sure Matsu will make something for them."

Masamune sighed as people were reunited, he still had to figure out what to do with Yukimura.

"Put this around his neck."Tsuruhime passed him one of the collars."

It took a litle while to get Yukimura out of the trap, he had decided he liked in in there and would not budge without a fight.

"Ow, watch the claws will ya" Masamune hissed as he finally managed to tie the charm around Yukimura's neck.

-Five minutes later-

"Still nothing, was he too far gone?" Masamune asked quietly. He'd left Yukimura with Shingen and Sasuke, and judging by the lack of shouting, the charm had not worked.

It hurts, why does it hurt so much? Do I really care that much? Damnit, it's like there's a gaping hole in my chest where my heart should be. Why? Why does it hurt so much? Hmph, who am I kidding, I know why it hurts; but I've been too afraid, too afraid to admit it. I'm in love with him; I fell in love with Yukimura Sanada when I first met him.

"Masamune-sama?"

"Huh?"

"Are you alright?"

"It's. . . complicated, I'm not sure I understand it myself."

"It's Sanada Yukimura, isn't it?"

Typical Kojuurou, well at least he's keeping his voice down.

"If this gets resolved properly, you should tell him." Kojuurou said.

"I was going to, but, how to resolve this, I just don't know."

Kojuurou frowned, he never liked seeing Masamune like this, he had to do something.

"Ok, which fool ruined my fun?"

Masamune scowled, he knew that voice, it was back!