...So... It's been a while :D A long while actually, I'm really sorry about that. Imma just say it has been a combination of life and writer's block - this chapter and the Fushigi Yuugi one really fought with me.

So, enjoy, sorry this is kind of short, but hopefully we can finally get this rolling!

Kitty Kat

Chapter 49

Yoruichi stared at the new woman from Urahara's shoulder, not really knowing how to feel about Yoru. Yoru, however, had no qualms about flipping off the ex-captain when she stared at her. Well, it was more like Night flipped off Yoruichi, but semantics. Yoru was more wary of the cat, and Night was confidant they could take her on and win.

Thankfully, Yoru was the one who was in control most of the time.

"Alright, so who has questions?" Yoru was very uncomfortable with the attention that she had gained, but honestly, what can you do about suddenly turning back into a human from a cat to protect one of her mates? Not much, that's what.

Everyone gave her a 'well duh' look. Yoru absolutely hated that look – it was the same one she was given on her bad days, when not much made sense and she had to try really hard to understand people.

Thankfully, today was not a bad day.

"How did you get here?" Ichigo was the first to pipe up, curious at this turn of events. "I thought you couldn't make it through to our world." Urahara hummed at this, keeping a careful eye on the new woman. He had been made aware of the situation, and found the whole thing scientifically intriguing. He hoped that this Yoru would provide insight to his inquiries and questions.

Byakuya glared at him.

Well, that is, if he could get close enough to ask his questions.

"Alright, first thing's first," Yoru pointed to the cats, ignoring the fact that they were all glaring at her. "These three are Maria, Heather and Chase." Immediately, Ogichi scooped up Chase, hugging the cat close to him and his other two mates. She purred, rubbing her head against their chins. "We all came to this universe as cats thanks to Chase's zanpackto." Yoru started tapping her wrist, not liking the fact that she had to explain all this to such a large group of people.

Why was she the one that was turned back first?!

"Wait, who's Heather? She's new." Orihime leaned down and smiled at the fellow orange-haired cat.

"Heather's one of Chase's cousins, she's pretty cool." Yoru leaned back against Renji, ignoring his blush. "She also survived against a hollow for like a whole minute, didn't even get scratched." The little orange cat proceeded to look absolutely smug, subsonic purring.

"That's impressive, actually." Syzael leaned down and looked her over, frowning. "I can't feel any reiatsu from the three of you, though. Is this like when we were in your world?"

Yoru nodded. "We can control some of our reiatsu, like summoning our zanpackto and moving quickly, but we can't do anything else beyond that."

"Your reiatsu has grown, though," Ichigo commented, leaning his head against one of his knees in a relaxed position, though he was careful to keep Kenpachi in view. While the captain didn't like to start a fight with sneak attacks, Ichigo was never sure when he would start one by himself. Though, judging by the gaze he was laying on Yoru, Byakuya, and Renji, Ichigo didn't think that Kenpachi had any thought to a fight with him at the moment. "When we first met, you had quite a bit of reiatsu, but never this much – what happened?"

"Something about Chase's zanpackto giving us more reiatsu and pausing time at some point? I don't know, it didn't make much sense to me."

"Wait," Urahara snapped his fan close, frowning at Yoru. "You said this zanpackto gave you more reiatsu? That's not… possible…"

Yoru shrugged. "Not my zanpackto, not my damn problem." She could hear a chorus of agreement from Night and her zanpacktos. "Though Chase did tell me that she was able to flex her reiatsu with Yoruichi when we were all cats."

The ex-Captain nodded, flicking her tail. She didn't like being surprised like that, but the story kind of explained what was going on. "It was brief," Yoruichi said, her voice deep and masking the fact that she was one hell of a woman. "But yes, I did sense reiatsu from… Chase?" The cat nodded, confirming that it was indeed her that Yoruichi sensed. "It surprised me for a brief moment, and that doesn't happen very often."

Chase knew that didn't necessarily spell good things for her, but there wasn't really anything they could do about it now. It got their attention and that's what she cared about.

"How did you turn back? Wasn't it kisses that had to turn us back?" Ichigo frowned, trying to connect the pieces.

Yoru grimaced. "Technically, kisses are still needed, but Chase's zanpackto was vague on who was to receive kisses. We interpreted it as giving you kisses in cat form, and it worked. However, there is an additional condition that we have to fulfill before turning back."

"What is this condition?" Gin looked down at Chase, running his hands up and down her back softly. He wanted his mate in full human form, thank you, and he wanted her back yesterday.

The female Vizard shrugged. "Don't know – he said it was different for each of us, but he wouldn't tell any of us what those conditions are. Besides that," she gestured to Heather and Maria. "We don't know whose mates they are, or even if they have any at all. That's going to be tricky in itself, though we have a clue for Maria."

Said cat started yowling, attempting to climb up the rock where Yoru sat. Yoru's eyes gleamed red, hissing back at Maria. "We weren't going to say anything, quit your whining!"

Sighing Chase crouched down, making herself comfortable in Grimmjow's lap. "These idiots are my friends, dear Lord."

Heather snorted, trying to hide her laughter at the display. "Well, at least we don't have a time limit or anything."

"Don't you fucking dare say something like that!" Chase glared at the ginger cat. "My life is enough of a fanfiction as it is, do not add any of that shit to it!"

There was silence for a moment as the three women stared at Chase. "Do you…" Yoru struggled to hide her grin. "Do you mean irony?"

Growling, Chase turned around and laid down, trying to project the air of flipping off her friend as the other two cats laughed their little kitty asses off.

"So are there any plans?" Ichigo had to nearly yell over the noise, trying not to get irritated but doing so anyways. "What can we do to help?" Everyone looked at each other, frowning.

Chase butted her head against Gin, purring slightly in order to calm him down. He didn't do anything different, no, but Chase could tell that he was worried for her – it was sweet, but also a little jarring how much her sense of other people skyrocketed since they came here.

Yoru shrugged. "We'll just have to wait."

Again, so sorry this took so long to put up, though I do hope the wait was worth it. I think I'm on a bit of a roll with the chapters though (fingers crossed) so I'll hopefully be out with more soon.

Thank you to Dragonmaster789 and DragonJinchuriki20 for your endless patients and loving reviews, despite my erratic updates and my love for leaving ya'll hanging. Thank you to you both and so many more. I will be updating again soon HOPEFULLY

Tiryn