A cat's life

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Ever wondered how a cat feels like? Rukawa Kaede does. (AU)

Warning/s: None. (Three-chaptered short story) Might get a little OOC. Not lemon.

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A cat's life

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The sudden decrease of temperature could only mean two things: the fall of autumn and the rise of winter. The sky darkened, and it made a pair of honey brown eyes more attentive than usual.

A small crystal of ice fell from the sky. This is the first snow crystal of the season. It is too small for any ordinary pair of eyes to see. However, a pair of honey brown eyes saw it.

The owner of the honey eyes stood up and got ready for action. His muscles are tensed and ready to catch the crystal, wherever it lands. His dark pupils are watching the small crystal as it fell slowly.

The owner of the honey eyes, a dog with a well-built accidentally dyed with red body, leaped from the door mat. He was so intent in catching that small crystal that he did not notice that he was going straight to the sacred piles of leaves.

The small crystal is very near him, just a few millimeters before his paw. However, a cold breeze blew the crystal away from his paws. He tried to get it by extending his paws more, but the crystal is too far from him already.

He lost his balance. He crashed to the prohibited sacred pile of leaves, messing it up.

"Do'aho. Now, the garden ness will have to repeat everything again." The dog need not turn to the owner of the voice to know who it is. "Shut up, you stupid foxy cat!"

Indeed, right in front of him, stood a white cat with blue eyes. The cat's coat was so pristine white that no one can see him during winter. The cat yawned and stretched. As he was about to turn around to sleep, he was surprised as a small snow flake touched his nose.

"Damn you, you lucky, foxy cat! Stop calling Haruko-san "garden ness"!" The dog growled as he stood up from his fall, his muscles all ready for a fight with the cat. The cat shrugged and wiped the melted snow flake on his nose.

Just then, the garden ness went out of the house. She was about to give the pets their meals when she saw this scene in front of her. "AH! Sakuragi! What did you do! Oh no, I have to do this all over again!"

The dog was about to run, but the cook appeared at his back. He is the brother of Haruko-san. "And where do you think are you going?" The thunderous voice of the gorilla-looking cook stopped the dog with red dye all over his body from running.

The red dog shivered with fright as he stood between the cook and the garden-ness.

What happened next will be a loud howl from the Anzai residence. If ever one will look over the fence, they will see a dog with two bumps on his head.

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Who must have known that the first winter day of the season will be this BORING? No one obviously does, except one cat sitting under the cherry blossoms tree of the Anzai Residence. Then, suddenly, a brown dog about the size of the red dog suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Hi there, Rukawa-kun! Mind for a one-on-one?" The dog asked. The lazy cat looked up, and saw a dog that suspiciously looks like he had been taking a bath with gel and was blown dry by his owner, Moichi Taoka.

"Do'aho."

Any animal in the district could have shivered with fright or gotten angry with the cat, but this certain dog does not.

"Are you afraid of me, fox?" The dog tried to make the cat agree by angering him. As usual, it made the cat's blood boil. "I'm not a fox." He said, rather indignant. The brown dog smiled. "You look like one. In fact, you look like a girl fox."

The cat's angry-mometer rose to 100 Aki-pressure. "I'm not a girl or a fox…" The cat glared, getting ready to grapple the dog right in front of him.

"Can you prove that you're not a girl? I don't think so…"

The cat suddenly stood up, springing to life as he got ready for action. "OK. First to get 15 squirrels before 4:00 pm wins."

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4:00 pm, Saturday, between the Anzai residence and the Taoka residence.

There stood two animals between two houses. Each of them had 15 dead squirrels in front of them.

Rukawa glared at Sendoh. "I won."

Sendoh only smiled at the cat in front of him. "Of course not, Rukawa-kun! I got here a second before you did!" Rukawa threw the dead squirrel in his mouth. "Yeah, right."

Sendoh's smile grew wider. "Of course I'm right!" Rukawa glared. "How did you know?" "I just know! I'm a genius!"

Rukawa leapt up Akira Sendoh, ready to go into a scramble. But of course, a dog's great and strong body can never lose against a cat's frail and sleek body.

After a few minutes, Akira got on top of Kaede. "Trying to get me, Rukawa-kun?"

Rukawa struggled under Akira, but he can not, considering Akira's great weight and firm hold. Akira smirked and gazed at Kaede seductively, making Rukawa blush. He simply loves to tease Rukawa.

"Get off me!" Rukawa Kaede actually shrieked.

Suddenly, two barks were heard from their behind, making Akira stop. "Hey, what are you doing to Kaede?" A tall black dog with a small brown dog barked angrily at Sendoh. Sendoh barked a greeting. "Just having fun.

Sendoh got his fifteen squirrels and went back to the Taoka residence.

Mitsui, the tall black dog, and Miyagi, the brown Chihuahua, went to Rukawa's side. Mitsui snickered. "You're best friend simply loves to tease you, huh?"

Rukawa nodded, blushing all the while. He got one of his squirrels. Miyagi, the Chihuahua, barked to the still surprised Rukawa. "What are you going to do with the other squirrels?"

Rukawa shrugged, dropping the squirrel he was holding so he can speak. "You can have them."

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A/N:

What do you guys think? Hehehehe… I was just wondering how a cat feels like, when suddenly, a white cat with a black patch on his head appeared right in front of me…

Please review!