A/N: *sniff* so many great reviews! Thanks to all of the fans out there! Anyway, I DO use spell check, but they've never heard the Final Fantasy 8 names that have been written down. ^_^ I just ignore spell check altogether! I guess I'll also make the chapters longer to the reader's (possible) enjoyment! I also get lazy now and then, so don't expect one chapter every day!
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Some Small Explanations
Anthani looked behind himself and Rinoa at the swirling, colorful vortex as it slowly began to dissolve until it was nothing more. Sighing, he lay his head down and went to sleep in Rinoa's arms.
Rinoa looked down at her tiny little kitty. She giggled as he made soft purring noises. 'I'm gonna give him a nice, warm bath when we get home!' she excitedly thought, not looking where she was going. Unexpectedly, she sadly hit a wall that appeared from the sky…
"Rinoa, are you all right?" Selphie asked with an amused smile. She got no answer. "Oh, well. We'll just drag her home!" she said, dragging Rinoa by her feet. Flies began to swarm around her for no real reason. Dirt also gathered on her eyelashes, traveling all around her face.
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The next day, Anthani found himself mysteriously on a small bed supposedly designed for some sort of huge gerbil. He desperately tried to squeeze out. His back had major strain and he felt extremely uncomfortable. His long, purple tail had finally squished out. 'I can't count even on this stupid bunch to buy a proper cat house!' The tail, being out, had given a little extra space to get out. Next, he tried to get his right hind leg out. He tried scrunching in more, which gave him a little more room for his leg to get out. After he had successfully gotten his hind legs out, it was downhill from there.
He lay down, tired out, like a hatched chick would. He tiredly drank some water and finished his surprisingly good chow and jumped up on the bed Rinoa was on. He snuggled next to her pillow and slept.
*bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt*
The clock rang, waking up Anthani. He sleepily knocked over the clock next to the bed and lazily got up. He stretched and yawned while glancing over to his right. 'Hmmm… I guess Rinoa didn't get up yet. I think I'll go stroll around the Garden,' he thought. So he jumped off the bed. He took the amazingly long walk to the door and glanced left and right. He took a right turn, towards the cafeteria.
He unsurprisingly found Zell waiting in line for more hot dogs. 'Wow. I think I'm actually starting to miss Zell shadow box! I'll never think of it the same way as I did when I was still six feet high. *sigh* I wonder if I'll ever be the same?' he thought worriedly, cutting in front of Zell with no problems at all. He snuck up to the stock of hot dogs that should have only been seen by Cid and the cafeteria workers. He took about ten hot dogs (0_0) and hid it behind his fur where he also kept his deck of player cards.
He made it out of the storage room to find an outraged Zell in his "corner" again, sulking because he, again, has missed out on his hot dogs. 'Poor guy! I almost feel sorry for him,' thought Squall. He made his way over to the Quad.
He jogged over to the stage where he found Selphie rehearsing for a concert that the Garden was having in a few weeks. He sat in front of the stage, where nobody could actually spot him because they all were concerned about Selphie and her lines, and watched. She sang pretty good, actually, and was amused at her musical skills. After a round of "Eyes on Me", he left and went to the Infirmary.
He found Nida, who had a cramp from leaning a little too much while piloting the Garden. He was guessing that they weren't going to be moving anytime soon. He shrugged and left.
Sneaking out of the Garden, he found Irvine practicing his sniper skills with some unlucky Caterchipplars. 'Nothing fun out here,' he thought and went back in the Garden.
Anthani went up the stairs that lead up to the elevator. 'I'm too short!' he thought. 'I guess I'll try. It's better than nothing!'
He hopped up and down, not successfully pushing the button that opened the elevator door. He had successfully hung to the wall, but not the button. Hanging on for any risk of injury, he slowly slid down. The only recoil was that it was making a VERY horrible screeching sound. Kind of like when you scratch your fingernails on a chalkboard.
*SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHH*
*plop*
Anthani looked around him, only to find that the people around the elevator were temporarily deaf for the time being. The elevator door opened and the students came out, wondering why their classmates were on the floor, clutching their ears. He slipped in, waiting for some student to call the elevator door up.
Wandering down the hallway, he stepped into the classroom, where Quistis was teaching a class. "And that, class, is what happens to food after you complete the process of chewing and swallowing," finished Quistis, pointing to the T.V. screen that probably showed some disturbing images. She opened her eyes, finding that a fraction of her students were gone, either throwing up in the bathroom, or writing a letter to their parents, saying what they had learned in class today. A sweat drop had formed on the back on Anthani's head as he slowly backed out of the room.
He skipped on down to the back of the Garden and out to the balcony. He found that they were at Fisherman's Horizon. He took the dozens (or so it seemed) of stairs and got into the city. He wandered off somewhere and realized that he was lost. He stumbled into what seemed like a laboratory and looked around a little.
He clumsily bumped into a kind-looking man. The man smiled at him and cautiously picked him up. Anthani yawned a little, showing signs of tiredness. "Very interesting," said the man, examining the peculiar teeth patterns of Anthani's teeth. "The color, teeth, and behavior of this feline seems very different from any ordinary kitten. I believe that I have heard from the fool, Saskia, that she had discovered a new species. Toweni, she called it? I think that I shall take a few tests on this one."
And so, he took stability tests, DNA checks, health tests, and many other tests, trying to find what else was different about this cat. "It seems like this kitten has a very intelligent mind," he said to himself. "Almost as if he was a human."
He took a sample of the blood. "My goodness! I think this cat is a human!" he shouted at the discovery that there was a suspicious looking liquid inside the bloodstream. He also came up with the fact that it was human blood. After hours and hours of testing, he said to Anthani, " If you ever get in tact with your body, please drink this while sitting on your body," he said, tying a collar with a small bottle tied at the end. It appeared to be regular water. "It should have you in your body. By the way, my name is Dr. Kayami. Do you mind telling me yours somehow?" Anthani crawled to the floor and attempted to trace out "Squall" but was unsuccessful. The doctor guessed it, so he didn't have to try anymore.
"Squall, you must try to tell your friends that you are a human. They almost be out of the room in which you use the potion. It might accidentally switch the wrong body, so be cautious."
Anthani thanked him, and left back to the Garden. There, he found the whole orphanage gang, excluding Seifer, on the beach. (I don't know any beaches. Just work with me here!) 'Here's my perfect chance to tell them that I'm a human!' he thought. He ran over to them as they cheerfully greeted them. Quickly jumping in front of them, he began to draw in the sand. It spelled:
Ya know what's cool about me? I'm Squall!
Sadly, a huge gust swept over the words, creating a new image. It accidentally spelled out:
cook me!
The team looked at Anthani like he was nuts. They dragged him over to the Garden and into the kitchen, going along with his "demands."
'Oh no! I better think of a way out of this quick!' he thought in a panic as was dragged into the butchery room.
A/N/: Do you like the concept for this chapter? I would've wrote longer, but my mom is yelling at me so that I can hurry up and go to sleep, so I'm sorry. I promise that that the next chapter is at least 4 pages long. Uh oh… She's saying "Go to sleep!" and threatening me… Bye!