Review responses!
Zodiac Angel: Thank you. I really don't know where the idea came from, it just seemed kind of funny so I said 'what the heck' and wrote it down.
Luciado:) if I weren't hard on myself, this story wouldn't be half as good! Newfoundland is a province in Canada; it's an island. Maybe I'll read that.
KatandshadowThank you thank you.
Zelos: -snuggles hair-
Kratos: -is drunk- Yohoho and a bottle of RUM –drowns in beer- Whee a pirate's life is the life for meeee.
Me: Yes, I decided to let you all vote on the animal choice, it seemed fairer.
Luigi III: O.o Thank you both.
Origins89Thank you. I'm not sure if Lucky'll be back, but maybe if I write a sequel… hmmmm
RavenGhost: Voila, an update! –waves around magic wand-
MutedHeart: Thank you, and yes, Yuan is in this story briefly, and he'd be the main characterif I made a sequel.
da deltadasher demonI'm glad you like it.
GyppyGirl2021Thank you very much!
Ookami Aya Thank you for telling me. I checked and Kratos does, indeed, suck at cooking tomatoes. –chuckles-
Fan Fan Girl: Ah... I thought that. Cursed connection -laughs quietly- Curse of the tomatoes... I think I could fit that in somehow.
Yep... Noishiekins definately needs those anger management classes, and after this is all done, let's just say Dr. Phil will be a rich man. Heh.
I'm not being hard on myself, like I said before, if I didn't critisize myself and go over the story about two million times, it wouldn't be half as good as it is now:3
THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS
Now, the disclaimer, with your host Snape and his special guest…
Presea!
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Half-cat madness
Sunlight shone through the window and onto a face. A furless, humans face to be exact that belonged to none other then Kratos Aurion. The seraphim groaned and sat up, rubbing his forehead and gasping loudly. "Wow… I feel bald now…" He decided, grinning toothily anyway, "But I'm human! As in, A FULL SIZED ANGEL THAT CAN KICK A—GAH!" Noishe, who had somehow snuck into the house, cut off Kratos with a loud bark. "Noishe!" he exclaimed, "Look! Look! I'm back to normal! Isn't life GRAND?"
Noishe blinked, and pinned back his ears, giving Kratos an odd look as the normally sullen angel bounded upstairs three steps at a time. "Llooooyyd, my darling son! Wake up!" he bounced onto Lloyd bed and let out a sound that was somewhat of a cross between a chuckle and a childish giggle.
"Noishe! No! Not the cookies!" Lloyd sat up quickly and Kratos grinned devilishly "Boo!" He yelled.
"I'm gonna die!" Lloyd cried, leaping out of bed and grabbing at the air where his swords normally were.
"Gee whiz! You sure are uptight Lloydiekins. You gotta relax." Kratos said with a wide smile.
"Da—Kratos? What are you doing? Why're you talking like that? Did you eat all the coffee beans or something? Since when have you called me Lloydiekins?" Lloyd backed away and looked at his father again. Aha. That explained it. Although he looked human, Kratos still had two huge ears on his head, and a thrashing tail. Obviously his personality was still a kitten's.
"Coffee? Oh wow! Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! Can I have some? Just a liiiittle bit?" Lloyd all but collapsed in shock when Kratos, his father, the most serious man on the planet, collapsed onto his knees and grabbed one of Lloyd's ankles. "HAH! Give me coffee or give me DEATH!"
"Help!" Lloyd shouted, looking towards the balcony, feeling tempted to jump. "Er… Okay… Kratos, how about you gooo… play with Raine and Genis in the village!" Heh Heh, that was it! Dump this insane, happy, bubbly Kratos on The professor and Genis. They would understand, and if not, they'd get over it.
"Raine and Genis? But I wanna stay with you and Noishiekins!" A loud snarl from outside determined Lloyd's guess that Noishe's vote on that idea was no.
"Genis made cookies." Lloyd lied. God…This was creepy! Kratos was the one that always used to tell them to stop acting like kids. Now it was Vice Versa. "But… er… be good, okay?" He added.
Kratos shrugged. "I'll do what I wish." He decided, striking a pose that reminded Lloyd of the many times the angel had made a point of acting tough.
Lloyd sighed heavily when Kratos leapt off the balcony. "My dad… is acting like me when I was four." He groaned. "How did he and Dirk survive me as a baby and as a kid?"
Meanwhile, halfway to Iselia"Myyyy best friend has a first name! It's L-L-O-Y-D! My best friend has a second name it's I-R-V-I-N-G! 'Cause Lloyd Irving is the coolest son in the world! Even though he's annoying! And he kicked me out of the house yesterday…And laughed and me…and…" Kratos face fell momentarily, then he started singing again. "Myyyy family-member-who-I-am-forced-to-love has a first name…"
Twenty minutes and seventeen people later"…'Cause that rabbit bit a hole in my shoe!" Kratos looked around and found himself in Iselia. "Now to find Genis-bumpkin and Rainey-poppit." He said light-heartedly. Without another sound he skipped. Yes, skipped, to the siblings' house.
However, before he could knock on the door, someone grabbed his tail and pulled it lightly. Whirling around, the seraphim found himself staring down at ten or so children, ranging from five to seven. "Oh…hello!" he said cheerfully.
"Are you that cat guy that everyone's talkin' about?" A young girl clothed in a brown dress asked.
"Yep! See? I got the ears and the tail." Kratos waved his tail around and his ears twitched.
"Wow… d'you wanna come red light green light with us? We were gonna get Genis but we've never seen a cat guy before." The same girl asked.
"Um…" Kratos blinked. Red Light Green Light? What the heck was that? "How d'you play?" He asked blankly.
The children all took deep breaths and began explaining.
Kratos grinned and nodded enthusiastically "Okay! Let's go!" he followed the group toa field just outside the village.
"Okay… John's gonna be the trafficker, that's the guy who turns around if anyone doesn't know." The girl -whom Kratos had found out's name was Robin- said loudly.
Said six-year old boy scurried about ten feet away and turned around.
Kratos plus nine other children crept towards John. At one point the angel was forced to freeze midstep, which was very uncomfortable. "Heh… all in the name of the game I suppose." He whispered.
Four hours laterAfter an hour of playing Red Light Green Light, they'd all moved back into Iselia to find something else to do. Most of the time that included chasing Kratos down the paths, or poking his ears.
Now however, the seraphim was giving out rides on his shoulders, something which made the children quite pleased.
It was all good until the sun slowly began to hide behind the mountains. As it grew darker, Kratos mood slowly became quieter, and less pleasant.
Finally, the half-cat stopped and shook his head. "Why am I letting you children ride on my shoulders?" he asked suddenly, tossing the child who was tugging his ears onto the ground and leaping backwards. "I need to find Lloyd…Or Colette…Or…" he looked around and spotted Raine and Genis' house. "Perfect." He muttered, darting over and rapping on the door. "Please open…" He prayed.
Much to his relief the door swung open and he was face to face with Raine. Skipping over pleasantries Kratos went straight to business. "Do you have ANY idea why I've been such a giddy fool all day?" he demanded angrily, storming into the small house.
"It may have something to do with your time as a kitten." Raine explained as calmly as possible considering a half-cat half-angel just barged into her home. Kratos threw himself against a wall and slumped into a sitting position. "You're probably effected by the animal's behavior patterns." Catching his blank look she sighed. "You're mind was shaped into that of a kitten's, even now, just look at yourself, Kratos." She gestured to his ears. "Not only that but since when have you not understood words like 'behavior pattern'? It's obvious that your actions and short temper are that of a cat.
Kratos scoffed while Raine grabbed a book from the shelf. "Now, look." She instructed, "It says; Kittens are normally playful and mischievous, but tend to run away when frightened." She snapped the book shut triumphantly while Kratos took to whacking his head against the wall. "Then why am I more 'human' now, then earlier?" He asked, pausing to rub his head.
Raine frowned. "It might have something to do with the night. I really don't know. It's quite fascinating." She eyed Kratos and he skittered away. "Try to dissect me and I'll scream!" he threatened.
The Professor smiled "See, another 'cattish' thing. If you were normal, what would you do, threaten to scream, or threaten to gut me?"
Kratos sneered. "Fine… Your point is proven." Raine smiled thoughtfully, "What's it like to be a cat?" She asked.
"Heh… it's a 'rare experience', if anything." He smiled very briefly then shook his head. "Gr. I can't believe I've… Ugh… chased string, and that catnip ball." He shuddered and Raine thought back.
"Oh…that." She struggled not to laugh. "Yes… you were acting quite… unlike yourself, I mean, you were jumping up and down. What exactly were you chasing anyway?" She couldn't help it; a small titter escaped her lips.
"…" Raine watched in amazement, as Kratos' cheeks burned pink. "There were pink birds and purple mice running around in my face." He mumbled.
That last statement was too much. When Kratos next opened his eyes Raine was doubled over in laughter.
"Hey! It's not that funny." He insisted in frustration. "I'm a cat person and you're laughing about it! How am I supposed to go anywhere with ears and a tail to match?"
Raine stopped laughed and stared at him. "Well… I think Colette, Lloyd, Genis and I can do something for you." She patted his shoulder.
"Why do I not feel comforted?" He grumbled, while Raine walked out the door and dragged him to Colette's, where, if she was correct, Lloyd. Genis and Colette all were. Sure enough, she pushed open the door to find the three of them on the floor playing cards.
"Go fish!" Colette said enthusiastically.
"Colette… for the fifth time, this is Crazy Eights, not Go Fish." Genis explained in an exasperated tone.
"Oh…" Colette looked away crestfallen, "Alright then… scat!" She tried again, refusing to admit she had no idea what Crazy Eights was.
"Coleeetttte… we aren't playing that either!" Lloyd groaned, looking up to see Raine and Kratos at the door. "Oh, Hi, d'you guys wanna help us teach Colette how to play cards?"
Raine shook her head and Kratos mimicked her. "Colette," the professor addressed the former Chosen, "Do you still have that box of Halloween costumes?"
Colette stood up immediately, wanting to escape the embarrassment she was going through. "Yep! It's upstairs. You all just wait here!" She vanished up the steps and Lloyd looked at Raine and his father.
"So, is he back to normal?" The swordsman asked hopefully.
"Lloyd, does Kratos normally find amusement in Phaidra's yarn?" Raine asked, nodding to Kratos, who was, indeed, on the floor giggling loudly every time he batted at the bright pink yarn.
Genis blinked. "What have you done with the real Kratos, Raine?" He asked hesitantly, backing away from the half-cat.
"That is him, he was a lot worse before sunset, he was playing with all the village children. If he had been normal I have to admit, I would have found it very sweet." Raine looked at Kratos and noticed that he was now knawing on the yarn. "Ah! Kratos! No… don't eat it!" Lloyd and Raine both ran over and began attempting to pry Kratos' jaw open.
Imagine Colette's surprise to come downstairs with Halloween costumes and find Raine and Lloyd trying to get yarn out of Kratos' mouth while Genis was rolling on the floor in fits of laughter.
"Um… Kratos… I don't this Grandmother would like you eating her knitting project." She said sweetly.
With a look of disappointment Kratos spit out of yarn and made a face at Raine and Lloyd. "You only had to ask." He said evenly. His disappointment was quickly replaced with shock, then guilt. "Wha… Oh no… I did it again didn't I?" He looked at Raine and Lloyd who both nodded.
"Th-that was the f-f-funniest thing ever!" Genis gasped, having sat up and wiped his eyes. "That was hilarious… Kratos…Yarn…That was—OW!" Colette and Lloyd looked up, expecting to see Raine towering over Genis, having just smacked him, but instead it was Kratos. "Why do you all find this so funny?" he hissed in a way that, unfortunately for him, sounded much like a cat. "…" He opened his mouth to say something more but shut it, tossing himself onto the ground and turning away from them.
"Um… I found those Halloween costumes, Professor." Colette said, laying down the box and opening it.
"Thank you, Colette." Raine said. She dug around for several moments and pulled out a long, Dark red cloak. "Aha. Remember? Frank wore this several years ago. And there was a hat too." She dug a bit more. "Here it is!" She pulled out a wide rimmed hat of the same color.
"Kratos will look so cute in that!" Colette squealed.
"Oh yes," The seraphim muttered, "That's right up there with tutus on the cuteness scale." He took the cloak and hat nonetheless and threw them on after taking off his normal, purple cape (or is it a cloak?), he was shocked to find that they did, indeed, cover his ears and tail. "Well, aside from the fact that I look like a stalker, or a murderer, this is okay."
Colette stared at Kratos and blinked. He certainly didn't look cute. He was scarier now then he normally was. The former Chosen prayed quietly that the other angel wasn't planning on glaring at her any time soon.
Raine however, was quite pleased with the result, the cloak billowed out and swirled around his ankles, hiding the tail, and the hat fit right over the ears and drooped over one of his eyes, which was normally covered by hair anyway. "It matches with your hair." She said as cheerfully as possible.
Lloyd nodded, and looked at Genis, they both shared an apprehensive glance. Kratos did look like an axe murderer, especially since he was now scowling. He obviously wasn't impressed that they were all now flinching, even though he couldn't see anything wrong. "Why are you all doing that?" he demanded.
"We aren't doing anything." Lloyd lied quickly. "You must be tired of something, come on, let's go back to my house"
Before Kratos could argue Lloyd grabbed his hand and dragged him away, waving behind him merrily. "We'll see you all tomorrow"
As they left Genis looked at Raine and Colette. "Dirk's gonna get a fright. It's starting to rain." They all flinched and looked out the window, imagining seeing Kratos, as he looked now, walk into their respective houses.
Sure enough, it had begun to pour, and Lloyd and Kratos were barreling through the forest, trying to remain under the canopy of trees. Finally, after about ten minutes, Dirk's house came into view. "Gah… hurry, before we drown." Lloyd said, bursting through the door.
"Eh? Oh, Lloyd. I was wonderin' where ya were." Dirk said. He looked up again to see Kratos; dripping wet with his hat pulled over his eyes. "AH! Who're you? Get outta my house!"
Kratos jumped about a foot in the air and his hat fell off, since his ears had flown to an upright position. Lloyd watched as his biological father ran upstairs, away from his adoptive father's yelling.
"Hey…Dad, you just scared Kratos I think."
Dirk frowned. "Since when could Kratos even be scared, Lloyd, and why is he even here? Isn't he supposed to be on Derris-Kharlan?" he asked, "What's going on?"
Lloyd gulped. "N-nothing… nothing at all."
Dirk stood up straighter and glared at Lloyd, "Dwarven Vow #11: Lying is the first step to the path of thievery."
Lloyd sighed and began to explain. "Well…" With that he went through everything that had happened, sometimes pausing so Dirk could chuckle.
"…And even now, when he's half human, he was trying to eat Phaidra's yarn! Me and the professor practically had to pry his jaws open to get it!" Lloyd waved his hands around.
"I think this is a good time for Dwarven Vow #108: Let sleeping dogs lie. Or in this case, cats." Dirk smiled and patted Lloyd's shoulder. "From what you're tellin' me, Lloyd, Kratos is doing his best not to cause trouble. I'd say the more ya try ta help 'im, the more he'll get in trouble. Cat or human, you gotta admit he's got a good set of instincts, he'll do fine as long as ya don't let 'im go all over."
Lloyd smiled sheepishly. "Yeah… I guess… It was kinda funny. Every now and then he stops and starts yelling at himself… wait… maybe he is trying then."
Dirk smiled. Raising Lloyd was the same as going through a psychology class.
There was a loud thudding and they both turned towards the stairs were Kratos was standing, looking quite sheepish, with his ears and hair fuzzed up from the hat, obviously he hadn't bothered with quieting his entrance. "I wanted to… apologize." He said quietly, blushing crimson (Lloyd silently gaped at this). "I… acted like…a…" He struggled to find the right word.
"Cat?" Dirk offered.
Kratos grinned happily. "That's the word!" He exclaimed, then covered his mouth in shock. "I'm… going to bed!" He said quickly, darting back upstairs without another word, though, once he was up there, he let loose a wave of what Lloyd guessed were curses in some foreign language.
Dirk looked back at Lloyd. "I suggest ya go up to bed as well, no doubt he'll be wakin' up bright an' early."
Lloyd nodded and headed towards the stairs, but before he went up he turned back to Dirk. "Thanks, Dad."
"It's no problem, Lloyd." There was a loud crash and the sound of Kratos squealing like a frightened mouse. "Go save Kratos from whatever scared 'im this time."
Lloyd nodded and ran to save his biological father from the horror that had presented itself to him in the form of a bookcase. Or rather, a man-eating bookcase in Kratos' eyes.
A/N: Okay, I have to admit, I had A LOT of fun writing this chapter.
Now, a bit of fun for all you reviewers! I've been thinking about it and have narrowed the choices for Yuan's animal to four ideas:
A rabbit (With perky ears of course, and blue)
A mouse (Seems cute)
A baby kangaroo (it popped into my head)
A panda (I gotta thank my brother for that on XD)
Yuan's fate rests in your hands, unless no one votes or it's a tie, then the voting shall continue into the next chapter.(Note: like Kratos, he will be a baby, so imagine miniature versions of the animals)