'Wha…what's happening? Where'd the room go? Why does this feel so comfortable, like I've been here before?' shivering at first, due to a foreign sort of cold chill floating around in the stagnant atmosphere, she was slightly confused on what was happening, even though it'd happened once before.

'Neko-Chan… Where'd you go, silly cat?' he thought playfully, his body naturally ignoring the chilly atmosphere around him as he floated, eyes shut lightly in thought.

Moments later he'd opened them, after receiving silence as his only reply into the deep, overwhelming darkness that his body floated through. However, soon recognizing this familiar feeling, he began to think out loud, grinning as he did. "Looks like we need some better scenery around here…" and in the blink of an eye it all began to change, his mind piecing together exactly where he wanted to be.

"Nya... Did-did I oversleep?" she muttered aloud, unfurling upon the warm surface beneath her, curling her paws into the odd, grainy texture. Peaking open her large magenta eyes, she glanced around curiously, stunned into silence as she took in her surroundings. This wasn't what she remembered Kish's room looking like at all.

Soft, white sand, warm and light, made up the small indent she'd become used to, the faintest sounds of lapping waves across the nearby shoreline soothing her ebony ears. In the distance could be heard a flock of seagulls, scouting the waters, the air, the land, for any possible source of food for the day.

The sun, she saw, was shining brightly against a tranquil backdrop of navy blue, dotted every so often with small, wisp-like clouds, white as the wool of a newly born lamb, and probably just as soft. However she herself was shaded comfortably beneath the protection of the broad, deep green leaves of one of several palms that adorned the heavenly beach.

"Comfy, Kitty?" a voice, familiar and soothing, had spoken softly off to her side, almost totally behind her. However, the joking tone the voice used had signaled exactly who it belonged to. So, shifting easily across the sand, she maneuvered herself enough to get a clear view of the voice's owner.

"Even in a dream, I'll claw you." She warned bluntly, flexing her claws as she sat, as if to prove her point. "Don't joke."

"Ok, ok, serious, I get it." He eased, hands raised before him, as if to prove he was willing to not joke for now at least.

"Good…" she muttered, standing fully in her neko form, stretching her long, onyx body, ears pointed back and tail curled. "Now, I just have to figure out how I got out of my cat form last time, so that I can do it this time."

"Well," muttered Kish, deep in thought, "this IS a dream, and we're both sharing it, so I guess all you have to do is WANT to change back into your old form."

"Good point, I like your thinking…" so, fully serious now, she'd not met his eyes as she focused her full attention on turning back to normal.

"Still not working? It should be easy though!" he noted, laying back easily in the sand. For some reason he wore no clothes on the upper half of his body, dark green, almost black, swim trunks covering his lower half. However she couldn't say she really minded his shirtless state, his bare chest making her blush under her fur. He was strong, that she could see, however he wasn't overly ripped and hulk-ish. He was just right for his body type, and her blush only grew as she pictured herself wrapped up in those strong arms, head against his bare chest.

He'd no doubt noticed her ever growing blush, even through her jet black fur, and had decided that maybe, just maybe, it was safe to go about with what he'd always wanted to try. It was, after all, the perfect, romantic scenery for it, and he figured that, if it was embarrassment that usually brought about this change, then it may very well be something along those lines that would snap her out of it, at least in the dream.

So, wordlessly, he leaned over, scooping her up before she could even begin to protest, not that she was about to, and he held her tight to his chest, leaning back comfortably against the palm's thick trunk.

"Before you start clawing me, just relax. I wanna try something I THINK may help snap you out of that neko form." He explained vaguely, sighing as his stress began to melt.

She could feel it, the deep thumping of his heart within his chest, and it soothed her somehow, to know that such a calming rhythm existed. That plus the warmth he was giving her was overwhelming, and caused a strange surge of emotion to flow through her. At that moment, glancing up at his tranquil face, his beautifully carved jaw line, the way his eyes had fluttered closed in relaxation, and the way his lips pursed lightly as he began to hum a simple tune, it felt right.

The urge grew stronger still, nearly engulfing her completely, and her small body being led by the nose as she headed for those beautiful lips. And that's when it happened, instinct and desire took its course and her lips met with his. At that one moment, fur gave way to soft, warm lips and the heat of her body grew, expanding into her now human limbs.

Kish, having proved his theory true, was waiting with ready arms, wrapping them fondly, securely, safely, around her now human body, triumph, victory, success, all welling within him, as well as the regular desire, lust, and love he felt for her.

It was at that one single moment that their worlds had been brought together, and nothing could separate them, nothing stood in their way. They'd taken full advantage of this situation without realizing it, soaking up each other's touch and taste and warmth until finally they had to breathe.

So, gasping deeply for air, they parted, their eyes meeting once more as their breathing steadied.

"If only it could be like this in reality…" he muttered, their tranquil fantasy fading away slowly, until finally they were back into their own minds, regular sleep patterns running their course.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Ichigo's human body shrunk once more, her new cat form cuddling wearily into Kish as he slept, embracing her as if she were the wind, about to slip through his fingertips.

I have to admit, I was having writer's block at the beginning of this fic, but then the ending hit me and I got excited! I really hope you guys enjoyed the fluff of this chapter as much as I did as I wrote it! RxR!

God Bless!