Shashomiru: Update! Get it over with, yay, yeah, GRR.

Ryou lay curled up in a ball on his soft, provided bed. He had a look of sadness on his face and feared his fate. His small, furry fingers stroked his soft, white tail as he lay in discontent.

"What have I done to deserve this fate…? Was I always too much of.. of a coward?"

"No, Ryou…" The Fairy appeared on his shoulder and looked down at the floor.

"Then… why am I here? What did I do?"

"You did nothing, sweety…"

"Surely, I have… Maybe.. I was not meant to be."

"No!" She flew and landed in front of him, staring deep into his eyes. "Ryou…I've been with you since your furry little birth… Believe me… I know bravery."

Ryou gazed up at her in curiosity. "…Will…will you tell me of my birth?"

She smiled warmly. "Sure… It all started.. well…the day you were born.."

(Flashback)---

You mother, of course, was giving birth. She was sure that it would be a whole litter… but instead-- ..It was only one.

She gazed down at you in her arms and softly licked your tiny head. And you were tiny. VERY tiny…

The Mother Cat softly nuzzled Ryou close. "My dear sweet child… I shall name you… Ryou. Of your father.." She turned and gazed from the window of their synthetic home out into fields of beautiful poppies and tulips.

What of my father, Ms. Fairy? What was he like?

Well, Ryou…Your father was a brave, brave cat. He once grew in fear but one day said to himself--

"Not anymore."

"W-what…?" She stood and stared at her husband cat.

"I'm not going to be afraid anymore. I'm going to fight for the freedom of our home."

"B-but, Ryou, We are free!"

"Not free enough." He holstered his weapons on himself and pulled on his gloves. "We need to rid of the witch of the West."

"Ryou, please... Don't do this… You can't leave-- for the sake of our children!"

Ryou paused at the door of their home and slowly turned to her. He walked up to her and gently licked her forehead, softly caressing her cheek. "I will be back before they are born… And we will name them… together."

Her eyes watered as she watched her husband exit their home and walk across the tulip field.

…He never returned.

(End Flashback)---

Ryou stared at her, curled in a ball. "But... he vowed to return before my birth. Why didn't he?"

The Fairy frowned. "I don't know, Ryou…"

"…That…. That's horrible…"

"I know, Ryou… But, That's an offside of the story. We still have yours."

(Flashback)---

As you grew, your mother noticed special in you. Originally, she thought that you would be as brave as your father once was. But instead, you were as scared as a mouse.

"Mommy!" Ryou ran into his mother's arms.

"What is it, sweetie?"

His eyes water and he stared up at her. "I saw a mouse… it was horrible! And ugly!"

She laughed sweetly and gently stroked his head. "That is our dinner tonight. How can you be scared of dinner?"

"I like it better when it's dead…"

"Haha…."

(End Flashback)---

"Yes, there were times when you were afraid of your own dinner, but you had your moments. Apparently, you never found bravery. But you still grew up into a wonderful cat."

"Wow…. I don't know what to say." Ryou lifted his head.

"That's okay, sweetie. But do you feel any better now?"

He smiled a bit. "A little…"

She also smiled. "Good."

"But… Why can't I remember my mother? Or my past?"

The Fairy shifted and turned her head. "…..Cats tend to do that."

"Ryou the Meowardly Cat!"

They both gasped and the fairy quickly disappeared.

The evil Witch of the North unlocked the gates to Ryou's room and threw them open. She stared at him with a maniacal look of plotting. "…Ryou, Ryou, Ryou…" She slowly began to walk up to him. "What am I to do with you?"

"Um… l-let me live?"

"Bah!" She grabbed a vase and threw it against the wall next to his head. (She likes to break vases.)

He gasped and flinched.

She smirked evilly. "You seem to be quite… hostile, don't you think?"

"….."

"Well… My original intent was to captivate young Seto Kaiba. But instead, I'm stuck here with you."

"You mean… it wasn't your intentions to capture me?"

"No! Of course not! But my ham-hams are such dumbasses, I guess I happened upon it."

"Oh…"

"But I'm bored." She violently grabbed a large sand clock with red-as-blood sand inside it and turned it upside down. "So, I've cursed you." She smiled.

"What! C-cursed me, with what!"

"A simple curse." She grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer to her. He grunted quietly and stared into her eyes. "…As soon as the last grain of rose-red sand touches it's pile of blood-red grains, you life will end."

"End? Just-just like that!"

"Oh yes! Muwhahaha! Isn't it wonderful?" She threw him back against the wall.

"But.. Why be so heartless!"

"Uh… Hello. That's me. -.-; I'm kinda the bitch of the North here."

"Oh… oh yeah."

"Well, anyway, so long." She left and locked him in. (The end.)

"No! Wait!" He ran up to the doors and beat them with all his might. "Please, come back!"

"Shut uuuup."

"…" Ryou sadly walked back to his bed and sat down.

"I-I'm sorry, Ryou…"

"Can you stop it with your magic?"

"I'm sorry… But, no.."

"…What am I going to do now….?"

Shashomiru: Yes, cry my fools! A funny story twisted into a leap of fate! What shall happen? We'll seen in a few months when I bother to post again. :D D: