Kitten on the Streets
Chapter 5:
"Ran-kun! Where were you yesterday!? You should've been here! The cutest little kitten was here...and what happened to your nose?"
Everyone seemed to have this thing with calling him little, he didn't like it but noooo he couldn't say anything about it, life sucks.
"Hn...a dog jumped on me..."
It wasn't a complete lie. The boy ranted on and on, Ran either nodded or hn'ed to show that he was at least half listening to him. Omi had a big smile on his face as he talked, Nagi just ignored them in the background.
"Kätzchen! The big boss has a job for us!"
For once, he was saved by Schu, Omi smiled at him and nodded, "Alright then, see you Ran-kun!"
Ran nodded back and headed towards his partner into Crawford's office.
"You have an assignment."
"So I told him."
"Shut up Schu."
The German pouted, "That's mean Bradley!"
"Don't call me Bradley."
"How about Brad? Or Brady-kins? Brady-poo?"
"Schuldig..."
"Ja?"
"If you ever call me by one of those names I will deduct your paycheck by half."
"Whoa...no need to go that far."
Ran who was standing there being ignored spoke up, "What's the assignment?"
"Ah, well it's..."
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It was raining, and Ran hated getting wet. To make it worst, they had an assignment today which involved going outside and killing some bastard who sold drugs in an alley.
/This sucks, I'm getting all wet./
/Hn./
/I know you don't like getting wet either, you're so...cat-like./
/Hn./
"Mein gott kätzchen is that all you can say?"
"Hn."
"Ran!"
"Urusai, the target's around here."
The target was in sight, he was running away with a gun in his hand. The two raced towards him, he brought his gun up and shot, Schuldig dodged with ease while Ran was a bit slower but he was still able to get away before the bullet hit a limb or an organ.
Ran sprinted towards the target and raised his katana over the target, "Shi-ne!"
Schuldig just stood there in the rain, "Wow, so you do know another word other than "hn."
"Hn."
/Your hand's bleeding.../
Ran looked at his hand, indeed it was bleeding, he licked the blood off. The metallic taste lingered on his tongue for a bit longer.
/...like I said, cat-like./
The redhead looked at his hand, he really had to stop that habit of his, "Hn."
"Your necklace...it's cracked."
"Huh?"
"I guess the bullet hit it or something, it's cracked."
Ran looked down, the cross which was now on his chest was cracked, not good, not good at all. The fact that the necklace had something to do with him and his cat-form made him worried.
/Ran? Ranny?/
"Urusai."
"What's with the necklace?" The German took it in his hand and studied it with a grin on his face, "I swear, it's the same one as kätzchen's"
The smaller redhead stepped back, the necklace went out of Schuldig's reach, "Hn."
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"Gah...I'm all wet again! Just when I dried up too! Verdammt!"
There was a soft mew, Schuldig looked down, it was Ran, "Hey kätzchen, it's raining cats and dogs, I see you're stuck out here too eh?"
Ran mewed in reply, the German leaned down and picked the kitten up, the Abyssinian squirmed and shook himself making Schu wetter then he was, "Stop it! We're both wet, we would be able to go home a lot quicker if you would be so kind as to stop struggling..."
The kitten huffed but obeyed, "That's better, now let's get going."
It was uncomfortable, being wet, being hugged by a wet person, it made his fur stick to him more than it already did, and it annoyed him to no end. By the time they reached the apartment, they were both dripping wet and their hair/fur were matted.
"Finally, looks like it's time for a nice hot bath! You gonna join me kätzchen?"
Ran mewed in distaste, but reluctantly got carried along into the bathroom, Schuldig turned the hot water on until the tub overflowed, he grabbed Ran and dumped him in, the kitten mewed in protest as he landed into the water. It took a moment to adjust to the heated water, it was better than being cold and wet, Ran kicked his paws wildly underwater just to stay floating, he could hear the German chuckling, Ran on the other hand found nothing humorous about him being dunked and doggy paddling to keep his head out of the water. Schuldig entered the water causing the water to swish around a bit, the kitten had to double his efforts just to get out of the redhead's way. Ran got tired after swimming around after awhile, soon he found himself being held by Schuldig's big strong arms, he coughed a bit and mewed, trying to shake the water from his eyes.
"Hey!"
The kitten cocked his head looking at Schu as though asking what?
"Let's see you little necklace here."
Ran couldn't stop him from finding the cracked cross, "...it's a coincidence right? I mean there's no way you're Ran...the person."
The kitten snorted and mewed, yes way, and most people would've figured it out by now, what an idiot. Schuldig lifted Ran out of the water and onto the ground, the kitten shook himself, spraying water everywhere, the German got out and wrapped a towel around his waist, after drying himself and putting on some dry clothes, he wrapped the towel around the kitten and started drying him off, although he could've been more gentle. After Schu was done "drying" him off, Ran stumbled around for a bit feeling dizzy from the rough treatment, his fur was somewhat puffy which made him look like a big ball of fluff, he heard the redhead laugh, damn that sadistic bastard.
"Whoa...was it just me or did you just insult me kätzchen?"
Ran mewed and looked at him in question, "Nah...it's got to me my imagination."
Schuldig picked Ran up and carried him into the living room, they lounged around for a couple of hours on the black leather couch flipping through channels until it was dinner time. Ran got a bowl of milk and Schu ate leftover pizza, the kitten wasn't satisfied with only a bowl of milk so he made his way up onto the counter, first up the chair, then the stool then on to the desk and on his way towards the pizza. The German watched the cat pick around the piece of pizza removing all the peppers and mushroom then taking a big bite into the cheese.
"You have got to be the weirdest cat alive, but smart, but weird."
Ran ignored him and continued demolishing his pizza, once he was done he hopped back down and finished his milk. After he finished, he headed back to the living room for a catnap while the German finished his pizza. A bit later, Schu came over and picked him up and went to bed.
There was someone in the house, possibly dangerous, Ran's amethyst eyes opened and his ears pricked up, he hopped off Schu who was still sleeping soundly and headed out to the hall, he stopped, there was no doubt that someone was in the house, but then he looked down, he was still a cat! He was sleeping for how long now!? Ran glanced at the clock, five hours! Why didn't he change back yet!? Was it the necklace!? The person took a step towards him, Ran mewed and backed up, the person was approaching him, the kitten ran into the closet where he found the guns, the figure stepped into the room and made his way towards the German who was still sleeping, wasn't he suppose to be a mind reader? Ran grabbed one of the handguns with his mouth and aimed, luckily the door was opened wide enough for him to aim, he fumbled with the trigger a bit, but after a couple of tries he managed to press it.
His teeth vibrated from the shot, he shook himself from feeling a bit dazed, the smell of gunpowder lingered around him, he shot the figure in the leg but he didn't seem to notice at all, instead he started walking towards the closet. Ran dashed out, went between the stranger's legs and out the room, he looked around, no where to hide. Suddenly, someone picked him up by the scruff, the kitten dangled helplessly, boy was it embarrassing. The figure headed back towards Schuldig, but when he opened the door again, there was the redhead standing there and smirking.
"How about you give me my cat back now?"
The person held a knife against Ran, the kitten had a sinking feeling he knew who it was, "Maiming kittens hurts god."
"Not when it's my cat."
His cat since when was he his cat!? He heard the madman laugh, it freaked him out, "No, hurting this kitten will hurt god, see, he wears a cross, he's a kitten from god."
Ran could see Schuldig thinking, "Nein...umm....see? The cross is cracked...he's the devil's cat so let him be, anyways he's a cat with attitude, you wouldn't want to kill him."
Farfello seemed to consider for a second, still dangling, Ran mewed loudly just to let Schu know how annoyed and freaked out he was, he did not enjoy being picked up by the scruff let alone by some insane freak that wanted to dismember him then get named the "devil's cat", he huffed in annoyance. Down! Let me down you freak! Farfello put his knife away and took the cross in his hand and crushed it, Ran's fur stood on ends, shit, there was no telling what could happen now. Suddenly, he was dropped to the floor, he ran behind Schu and watched from there, Farfello was breaking up the cross into even smaller pieces, his leg bleeding from where the bullet struck him.
"Breaking crosses hurt god."
"Uh huh...hey Farfie, how did you get in here?"
Wasn't he a mind reader? Or did the madman's mind scare him too?
"The door was unlocked."
"...how do you know where I live?"
"Stalking people hurts god."
Schuldig stepped into the kitchen and came back out with a piece of paper, he handed it to Farfello, "Here, go stalk Bradley, that hurts god more."
The madman shrugged and walked away, Schuldig sighed and rubbed his eyes, "Damn, he made the house all dirty, oh well, I'll get a maid to come in or something, come on kätzchen, let's go to sleep, I'm blaming it all on Farfello if I'm late...I swear that looks like a gun wound on his leg, did you shoot him or something?"
Ran mewed in disapproval and batted at the now in pieces cross, then the German picked him up, "Sorry kätzchen, looks like your little necklace is broken, come on, I'll buy you a new one or something."
He didn't want a new one though, he wanted that cross back, for all he knew, he could stay stuck in kitty-form for the rest of his life. He curled up on the redhead's stomach wondering what was going to happen to him. But soon sleep caught up with him and they slept till late morning. Schu woke up first, Ran was still asleep, the German stretched then looked down noticing something was wrong, his eyes widened.
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Nya Thankies for reviewing! Please R&R if not again!
Whoa...it's almost been like somewhat a month since I updated, gomen nya! I had a test on the first day of school, teachers are evil, evil I say! Anyways, I'll try to update faster if possible, please be patient, thankies!