Annie: And we are back with a new story!
SB/Kierra: Why are we doing another?
Annie: Because I can, this one was inspired by the Pixar movie 'Turning Red' hence the name of the story 'Turning Cat'
SB/Kierra: Oh okay. We don't own anything except our OC's.
Annie: Enjoy!
It was a warm afternoon when Tyson, Max, Rei, Kenny, and Hillary, entered a cave that was reportedly haunted, they had wanted Kai to join them, but Rei reminded the others that this was the week that Kai would disappear on them each month; why he did they did not know. The cave was dark but they all had flashlights with them as they explored the cave when a creature appeared in front of them out of nowhere making Hillary scream in fright as it growled at them, and a cloaked figure appear between them and the creature. They could not see the creature even with the flashlights they had.
"Net, sestra. nay nado." (No, sister. Don't) the cloaked figure said in Russian.
Rei was surprised by the voice since he managed to learn some Russian and knew the voice was Kai's as the creature growled again and took off.
"Net, podozhdite! Vernis'!" (No wait! Come back!) Kai called after the creature as he prepared to follow, Rei stopped him by speaking Russian.
"Kai podozdi." (Kai wait.) Rei said in Russian shocking everyone as the cloaked figure froze and tensed up, half turning around to face his friends.
"Rú hé?" (How?) Kai asked in Chinese.
"Tala jiào le wǒ yì xiē é yǔ." (Tala taught me some Russian.) Rei replied in Chinese.
"Uh, Rei?" Tyson asked as the cloaked figure made a noise that was half laughing, a half huff of annoyance before speaking in Japanese so the others could understand him.
"Only you would learn Russian, Rei." Kai said as he turned fully around to face them. It was hard to see him clearly but they could see the color of his eyes.
"It is not safe here; this cave is prone to cave-ins." Kai added as he turned to head off, the others following.
"You know the creature that appeared in front of us before." Kenny said as they walked.
"I do know her." Kai replied.
"Her?" Hillary asked as they followed Kai to an old shack that looked like it was built into the rock and was bigger once they were inside, there were multiple doors and rooms, including a kitchen and dining room.
"Wow, it's bigger on the inside!" said Max, who loved the show 'Doctor Who' the others had seen a few episodes and knew the quote Max used, which made Kai snort in amusement.
"And nicer." Hillary said when they had first entered it had looked old, dirty, and rundown until Kai led them through a hidden door along the back wall.
"It is where I stay for the week I leave you guys for, at least, while I'm in Japan." Kai said, "make yourselves comfortable."
"Why do you disappear anyway?" Rei asked making him hesitant, he had yet to remove the cloak he wore.
"Promise you won't tell a soul about what I'm going to say?" Kai asked of them as they traded looks of confusion.
"We promise." Kenny answered as they all nodded having come to that agreement when they had traded confused looks, making Kai sigh before he moved to take his cloak off.
"Don't freak out." Kai said, before they could ask what he meant, Kai took off his cloak revealing the fact that he looked half cat. His skin was covered in light grey fur, his ears had moved upwards and looked like a cat's, his eyes were still their normal crimson red color but his pupils were silted like a cat, and he even had a tail that was the same color as his fur, his fingernails were more claw-like.
Hillary gasped in shock as did the others; Kai refused to look at them.
"What happened?" Rei asked Kai who was hesitant.
"It's a long story." He warned them still not looking them in the eyes.
"We have time, we won't mind if you take all day to tell it." Tyson said as they made themselves comfortable Kai toll a deep breath and let it out before he started his story.
"It starts 15 years ago when my twin sister and I were only 3 years old. Our mother took us to visit our father at his job, he ran a laboratory and while we were there, there was an explosion…everyone except my twin sister and me was killed. We don't even know what caused the explosion… We had been hit with some liquid… doctors told grandfather when he came to take us home, that it was as if I had been hit with a wave that was caused by my sister jumping into a pool of water as I stood nearby as she jumped into said pool.
"Only one scientist survived because he was out of town with his family at the time of the explosion. He offered to help figure out what my sister and I had been hit with after he found out about the explosion and found that we were alive and where grandfather had taken us, and he spoke to our grandfather a month later when we first turned into this.
"Boris had been there as well and when I went to the abbey, he gave me a 'panic' button, in case someone found out my condition while I was there. Tala, Bryan, Ian, and Spencer found out so I had to use it, Boris made the four of them swear never to reveal what they had learned about me to anyone and they agreed." Kai explained. They had also heard of the explosion that had happened back then, there was a memorial built on the site of the lab to honor those who had died that tragic day.
"That's why you made us promise not to tell a soul about what you've been telling us!" Max exclaimed which made Kai smirk at them, a fang showing much like the fangs Rei had since he was part Neko.
"Yes, I believe that my grandfather told Mr. Dickerson about my condition when we first met. He was able to schedule the tournaments to be held before or after the week my condition affects me, he was also able to hide me when the week came up and we were somewhere else like China for example." Kai told them.
"If we were in Russia, where would you go for that week?" Hillary asked.
"The abbey or my grandfather's mansion. When I lost my memory as a child when I tried to use Black Dranzer for the first time, I never forgot my sister or our condition. When I regained it, Boris told me that if I ever found myself in Russia the week I turn, I was welcome to spend that week at the abbey. He has a room that only he has access to so no one can find me while I am like this." Kai told them.
"Can we pet you?" Rei asked half joking.
"Tala asked me that when he and the others first found out." Kai said with a small laugh.
"And your answer?" Tyson asked.
"I don't purr." Kai replied.
"That was your answer to them?" asked Kenny.
"Yeah… go ahead. They 'pet' me if they are around me when I am like this." Kai told them as Rei 'petted' him.
"Soft like a normal cat." Rei commented which got the others to do the same and agree.
"It's late, you guys should get some sleep. Pick any room you want." Kai told them as he pointed to the doors, as they agreed.
The next morning, they woke up to the smell of breakfast cooking and the sound of voices talking in Russian. Rei figured that when they learned of Kai's condition, he had been hiding for a week already. So, Kai was most likely back to normal, along with his twin sister, who could now talk and was no longer a full cat and was most likely having a chat with her twin as they made breakfast for all of them.
Sure enough, Rei was correct and Kai introduced his twin sister, Catherine Anne Hiwatari, to them. She sometimes can remember everything or half of what went on during the week she was a panther, since that was what she looked like during the week they turn, this time she remembered everything that happened including finding them in the caves they hide in while they are in Japan when they look more cat than human. Now that Cathy knows them, and their scent, she won't try and scare them away from the caves should they return there during the week she and Kai turned cat.
The scientist was trying to reverse their condition and stop them from turning into cat/half cat but the twins believed that it was permanent and they were okay with that. They did not know if it would be a genetic trait or not, they wouldn't know until they had kids, the scientist believed that it would NOT affect their children. Over years the scientist decided that the twins were right, it was permanent, Cathy had fallen in love with Tala, who returns her feelings and Kai had fallen for his teammate Rei, who had a crush on Kai since they first met. They and everyone else all got married, Rei knew that he since was a Neko he could get pregnant like any female and he told Kai about it as well which surprised him, he and Cathy were still both worried that any children they might have would have their condition. Rei knew that any children he and Kai had would be part Neko like he was; cat-like eyes, fangs yes, fur pointy ears, and a tail? No.
shortly after they got married they learned that Cathy was pregnant, and surprisingly she did not turn into a cat while she was pregnant, which was a relief to everyone that knew of her condition. Kai on the other hand still turned ha;f cat since Rei was the one in their relationship to be the one who carried their child. Tala and Cathy had thought ahead and when their child was born they would use breast milk that Cathy would pump out to feed their child during the week she turned cat and they would also use baby formal as well.
Life took on a new normal for the Hiwatari/cat twins, they did not tell their children about their condition at first, not until they were old enough to understand the importance of keeping a secret. Their children who were teens by then understood perfectly; their mother/father had been dossed with something that turned them into cats by accident as toddlers and it was permanent, and only trusted friends and family could know, but not the world at large. Plus it was not their secret to speak of, it was why they hid for the week they turned cat, so no one who did not know would see them like that.
SB/Kierra: We hope you enjoyed the story.
Annie: Sorry if it is on the short side, that is just how it came out. The Russian and Chinese at the start of the story I looked up on google translate, sorry if anything is not spelled right.
SB/Kierra: Review please and be nice with it. Cya!
Annie: Bye!
