Kitten Love
Chapter 9
"Everyone! Someone's here to adopt!" yowled a voice that Hibari didn't recognize. "Look your cutest!"
"Ushishishishi~ an adoption day," Belphegor snickered. "Really. It sucks. All of the dumb humans come in and judge us. Don't fight back. The last guy to fight back was put down."
Hibari's eyes snapped open at the phrase 'put down.' He slowly sat up, and meowed, "Put down? As in..."
"Put to sleep. Put to death," Bel muttered. "Don't worry. All you have to do is look cute. Seriously. Getting a home is your goal."
"Why is that?" Hibari mewed. "Isn't that the opposite of what we should want?"
"No. If you get a home, you can probably find a way to escape," Bel murmured, lying down. "Just work towards finding a way." Hibari paused. He most certainly did not want to go home with some dumb herbivores, or any elderly couple. In fact, a large part of his heart wanted to return home to Fran and Mukuro.
Hibari reached up, placing both paws against the chain link fence, and giving an empty, sad meow. 'Mukuro,' he thought, 'if you can hear me... please help me...'
"Well, here in Nekohaji Kennel, we keep our cats well fed and cared for," came the voice of a man. "If you have intrest in any of them, let us know and we'll take them into another room so you can get acquainted."
Hearing the voice, Hibari stood upright. 'Nekohaji Kennel?' he thought aloud. 'That's it! I need to tell Mukuro... quickly...!'
"Mama, look," said a child's voice. Hibari bristled as he glanced to see the finger pointing into his little cell with Belphegor. The prince purred, sitting down and starting to groom himself.
"Wise child. The prince awaits you with open arms~," the cat cooed, before snickering, "well, just about."
"Oh, these two are quite cute," said an older woman. Hibari observed the two, the mother with wavy, dark brown hair and eyes, and her son with blue eyes and brown hair. He could tell easily that they were kind people, and he hated that.
I want out.
"Oh, they were both donated to us by the same person," said the man who worked with the kennel. "The two might be brothers. Who knows how close they are?"
"Can we take both of them?" asked the young boy.
"Oh, no, we can only choose one," the mother answered. "But let's see them both in that room, all right?"
"Certainly."
The door clicked, and as it slid open, Hibari dashed out of the containment. He found himself in a hall filled with cells with cats behind bars, and locked doors on either end of the hall. He was soon swept up into the man's arm, and he choked out a protesting meow as he was uncomfortably held by a single arm around his waist.
"Don't fight," Bel mewed, going limp in the hold. Hibari glanced at him, then slowly followed suit, closing his eyes.
I'll save you.
I... DING... you.
Ky-DING-ya.
DING DING. DING DING DING...
Hibari's eyes flashed back open, and he fonud himself inside a room filled with cat toys and beds. He had been lying on the ground, so he shuffled up to his feet, to see Belphegor batting away an annoying bell that was annoyingly loud. "Bel?" he mewed. The princely cat glanced at him.
"I've got the upper paw, Kyouya. These two are definitely going to take me."
"Humph. I could care less," Hibari answered, turning away. "There are only two humans on the planet that can take me."
Suddenly, the ringing moved closer. A tickling sensation started at his paws. "Stop... what?" he growled. He looked down, and watched as a tiny feather began to quiver and sweep back and forth. He swallowed, trying to resist the urge to snatch it, but eventually, he couldn't help himself. He stepped on the thing, and it just slipped out of his grip again. The black feline was immediately hooked. He attacked the feather, twisting and turning as it fluttered around him, angered by the persistant ringing of the bell attached.
Kyouya...
Kyouya, I'm going to save you...
Because I...
Kokuyo Land, 10:00 AM...
"Fran, we need to have a talk," Mukuro said, setting his apprentice down on the couch. "Listen, I've figured it out. It's all you."
"Huh...?" Fran murmured.
"You're using real illusions, and it needs to stop," the older answered. "Kyouya and Belphegor are both suffering lives as cats because of YOUR fantasies."
"... I'm sorry... I didn't know...," Fran murmured. He almost felt something snap inside of him, and he closed his eyes, tightly clutching his pant legs as he mumbled, "I'll stop."
Meanwhile...
Hibari and Belphegor continued to play with the cat toys, completely unaware of their changes. Hibari rolled over, easily prying the toy from the human's hands, and purring as he gripped it in his teeth. Finally, he realized what was off. He dropped the feather, sitting upright, and he looked at his hands. For some reason, they had turned back into human hands, even though the nails were longer and almost like claws. The prefect bit his lip, and turned. He was stunned to see in full color again, and even more suprised to see that Belphegor still hadn't noticed that he'd reverted to his human form. At least the both of them were clothed in their normal attire. But it was then that he caught sight of the protrusion from Belphegor's lower back.
The tail and cat ears remained.
"What... what is this?" the woman cried, stunned. "What kind of sick joke is this? Come now, Takashi, let's go, quick."
Belphegor stared after the two, grinning widely. "Ushishi~? Where are the commoners going?"
Hibari slowly rose to his feet. "Looks like you've been a cat for much too long, Bel," he muttered. "I'm leaving. This tail better not be permanent," he growled as he glanced at the swaying, black appendage.
Belphegor at last noticed his form, and also moved up to his feet, before walking out of the Kennel with Hibari, leaving the workers inside confused beyond belief.
"Ushishishishi~! The prince's got a tail!" Bel giggled as they walked down the streets, ears forward.
"Keep quiet," Hibari muttered. "This would be really weird for anyone who saw us." As the prefect noted it, he kept his tail down in an attempt to blend it into his dark trousers. "Fran must have broke the illusion."
"Ushishi~ Not completely," the prince continued to laugh. "I'm going to part with you here, Kyoya. Need to get back with my team, you know? Lussuria's probably going to freak when he sees these," he said, indicating to his cat ears. Hibari nodded, and the two parted ways.
As Hibari was walking, he came upon a street that he knew. Night was beginning to fall. But as Hibari looked up at the moon, he could only think of one thing.
I wish I was still...
And, without even knowing it, he retrogressed into his feline form once more.
-End Chapter
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