Mungojerrie slipped inside the pub, it was nearing late afternoon. Old men were gathered around circular tables, talking cheerfully but keeping it down under instructions from the landlady, who was currently in her back parlor. He wormed his way across the floor until he saw his prize, Old Deuteronomy. He was a few tables away lying luxuriously in the sun that was coming in through the window. Mungojerrie made his way over to the tom, who must have heard him coming for he woke up and looked right at him.

"Hello Mungojerrie," Old Deuteronomy greeted before yawning, "Have you come to join me, or is there something on your mind."

"My mind sir," Mungo said as he sat down in the sun next to the revered cat, "I'm sorry to disturb your afternoon sleep but this was the best time for me to get away."

"Very well, what is on your mind," Old Deuteronomy changed his position, so he was facing him. With all that thick fur of his it must be like always having a pillow to sit down on, that must be so comfortable...

"Well, I was wondering about reborn cats. I was wondering if... let's say that Tumblebrutus, Bast forbid, was to die and be reborn. If Etcetera was to fall in love with him, after he was reborn, and they wanted to get into a relationship, would it be considered incest?"

"No," Deuteronomy said simply, "It wouldn't. Mungojerrie, at one time or another in our lives we have been related. You and I could have been brother in one of our earlier lives, then go on to be a father and son, brothers in law, or even strangers. All cats are reborn so it is rather difficult for two cats to not be connected in one way or another; even if they don't remember it."

"But what if one of them does remember it," Mungo asked before he could stop himself. Old Deuteronomy gave him a queer look before leaning in. Mungo tried to remain calm but under the piercing glare it was hard to do. He could see the wheels turning in his mind once more, piecing the pieces of the figurative puzzle together quicker then Mungo could think up an alibi for why he asked it.

"You think that Majellina has been reborn," he stated, Mungo chose to remain silent. When ever he was in trouble with his mom, silence was always the best strategy. "You don't have to tell me who it is she came back as Mungo; I do believe that I know. You've been with her a lot lately, finally breaking free of your shell. Acting like you used to when Majellina was around; spending nearly all of your time with her. It is quite possible that she did come back in her body, it dose all add up," Mungo gulped and closed his eyes, he was done for. "But as for your question, as long as the one who does remembers doesn't mind that they are with their sister, or brother, it is fine. She is only considered your sister if she came from the same parent as you. She was reborn to a different set of parents. So there is no need to worry."

"What makes you think that I'm in love with her? I was merely asking a question," Mungojerrie asked, finally breaking his silence.

"Then why did you want to know? You are not a cat of curious nature Mungojerrie; that was always her area of expertise. Running off to explore; you'd go along, ever watching to make sure that she was safe. Yes, you were much more of a protector then an explorer," Old Deuteronomy declared, leaning back, pleased. Mungo lowered his head in shame; he was cornered, he had no escape, no alibi, and no way to magic himself out. "I simply figured that you were in love with her; why else would you have become so curious?"

"I don't know if I do love her or not though," Mungo confessed, looking at the slightly dusty floor. "I do like her because she's so much like Majellina; but to say that I love her because of that wouldn't be fair to her though. She deserves actual love, just like everyone else does. What should I do?"

"You'll have to figure that out for yourself," he yawned, lying back down, "I for one am going to resume my dreams. I'll see you again in the Junkyard Mungojerrie."

Mungo nodded his head and left The Fox and The French Horn; undetected by the steadily drunken humans. He slowly made his way across town, giving himself plenty time to think, although he felt as if all the time in the world wouldn't be enough.

Mungojerrie dug through the trash, picking things up, inspecting them and, usually, tossing them behind him. Doodads, Thingamabobs, Doohickeys, Gizmos, and just plan old junk were beginning to pile up next to him. He picked up a shiny metal thingy and looked at it, his eyes drifted to the hole that he made from digging and saw something moving. Mungo licked his lips; it must be a rat, and a rather big one by the sounds of it. Rumpelteazer's head poked through the hole instead, a big smile on her face and Mungo nearly fell back from shock.

"Did you find anything good?" She asked casually, half buried in the junk pile.

"How did you..." he asked, gesticulating at her position.

"I dug through," she smirked. "Did you find anything good?"

"No, mainly trash, but what did you expect? What about you?" She backed up into the alcove she dug and came back out with a dark blue ball cap and placed it on top of his head. Mungo cocked an eyebrow at her, hat falling down in front of his face. He heard Rumpel snort before she busted out into a fit of giggles. He shook the hat off and glared at her, she had both paws over her mouth trying to muffle her laughs, but was failing to do so. Mungo climbed down the heap, leaving her there; half concealed, tears of joy streaming down her face.

"Jerrie," she sighed exasperatedly. Mungo continued walking, he heard her call him once again; he turned around and was pushed to the ground as she pounced on top of him. Her pearls were dangling off of his face, making it nearly impossible for him to see anything but the off white color of it. She shook it off of his face so they laid on his chest as her paws rested on his shoulder and beside his waist. "Where do you think that you're going?"

"Away from you," he teased. She narrowed her eyes menacingly, although she still had that same mischievous glint in them that she gets whenever she's playing. He could feel her dig her claws into his shoulders gently, just enough so that he could feel them, not enough to actually hurt.

"What if I don't let you go?"

"Then I'll be forced to do something that you may not like."

"Go ahead and try," she dared, pressing her paws down harder. Her usually cheerful voice was challenging as her head leaned in close to his. "I've been through a lot; Pollicles, humans, highways, and I always came out alive. I've been thrown out, tail's been stepped on, starved, homeless, and yesterday I actually talked with Etcetera for an hour. I can live through anything that you throw at me. What do you got that's so great?"

Mungo stared up at her, she cocked an eyebrow in the same fashion that he had done merely a few minutes ago. Her bright green eyes were full of delight and were daring him to try his best. Mungo grabbed her waist; his sudden movements made her jump from fright and she dug her claws in deeper. He half expected her to scream like she did the first times that they went out of bounds. She looked down at him, visibly confused, as he gave her a crooked grin. He pulled her down slightly and kissed her on the lips. He felt her stiffen; she evidently wasn't ready for that. Mungo managed to deepen the kiss and he felt her beginning to relax, her claw retracted and her paws came off of his shoulder. Mungo pushed himself to his paws, holding the kiss and bringing Rumpel with him so that they were standing up. He broke the caress and laid a paw on her cheek, she opened her eyes, blinking repetitively like she always did.

"I got to go," he whispered leaving her in the small clearing. He walked behind a junk pile and peered around the corner of it, back at her. Her paws were still hanging by her sides, always in shock from what had just happened. Even from the distance ho could tell that she was still blinking as her mind raced. She fell back into a sitting pose and stared ahead. Mungo half contemplated on going back but decided that she'll be fine once she regains her senses; it's not like they were out of bounds, just a few heaps away from the clearing.

He slinked back into his adobe and sighed; what in the world possessed him to do that? That was definitely something that he wouldn't have done to Majellina; and before that all they did were sibling things. Why did he kiss her? Now she probably thinks that he's nothing but a womanizer like the Tugger; she must hate him... Wait; what if it's the opposite. What if she loves him, and thinks that he loves her? It's going to ruin their friendship! He does not like her; she's too much like a sibling to him. She is his sister in another body; his sister who he loved... does that mean that he does love her? Is that why he kissed her? If he does love her then why didn't he just kiss her in the middle of the Junkyard for everyone to see? Fear of being publicly rejected like Tugger is by Bombalurina? Fear of being publicly rejected for being in love with his sister is more like it. Then again, he's the only one who seems to think that she's a reincarnation of Majellina. Old Deuteronomy's the only one he told about it, and it took him by surprise. He's the Jellicle leader, he should know things like that; if he didn't notice then maybe the others didn't. Unless Deuteronomy told the tribe what he thought... but she's only your sister if she was born to the same parents; that's what he said. So he's not in love with his sister, he's in love with Rumpelteazer... If he is in love, that is.

A/N: Merry Christmas and Happy -early- Kwanza and Boxing Day. I was going to put this up tomorrow but it's pretty short and the house is rather quiet for Christmas, so I was able to do it! We did get a little bit of snow, not even a cm, just a dusting of it. Oh well, I had some Christmas snow.

What did you all get for Christams? You're looking (Well, not quite) at the proud owner of a brand new Cats CD, Ultimate Edition Cats DVD, and (insert drum roll).... what I've wanted for five years now; A Trampoline! WOOT! I can't use it until Spring though; spring can not come soon enough. 14 feet round... It's going to be so sweet.

Poet - You updated... I still can't get over that. I think that this chapter was sweeter... could just be me though. And I'm not sorry that you like Quizilla, it's a great site!... cusser

Jemima-luvah - You never had a white Christmas?!?! My goodness child! The last year or two we didn't have snow; that's about it. We generally have snow by now. Geeze, that's like... 16 degrees celcius up here. We had 12 the other day but that's just because of the rain. And the constitution was way different from anything else I ever read; it was all... political sounding

Chimmy-Lava - Tehehe, Confuzzled... I didn't say that word in so long now (must rememver to say confuzzled more often) I don't think that he'll ask Teazer his questions, maybe I'll add that to the next chapter, it needs to be re-written a bit. (Thank you again for the story)

Mystitat - I thought that it was a good way for them to find jewlery; somethign besiseds one of the stealing it like always.

X... Exhibit! Y... Yolanda! Z... Zuccini!