"Lonelymoongodess: 'Hello my lovely readers! The third chapter is out already? Wow, time sure does fly when you're reading and writing fanfictions, doesn't it? I'm glad that you actually reviewed. I HATE it when people read stories and don't review. Reviewing is like telling the creator, 'someone read your story.' It saddens people when they think their soul, or story, is going untouched and unread. Like my Inuyasha fanfiction! No one is reading it, which makes me sad. Oh, well, onto reviewers! But before that, I would like to say I'm sorry for all my misspellings, for, if you have not already guessed, I cannot spell. Never have, never will. Now REALLY on to the reviewers.:'
Ellenlome: 'It's okay that you point out the bad things; I really appreciate you taking the time to really read my fic.! The main, non-cat characters will be introduced in the fourth chapter, so hang in there! I know what you mean!'
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The Whacked Out Battle
Sorano woke up to the intense throbbing of her head and body. It made her shake slightly with pain. She moaned as she lifted her sore body of the gray carpet in front of her bed. She timidly fluttered her eyes open to find her room was strangely larger than she remembered. She looked down at her hands and clothes. Everything looked the same, save the fact she felt a lot smaller. She squeaked softly at a sudden movement. She felt had the ground shake making her small frame bounce with the vibrations. Her eyes widened as she looked up. Ronin had just jumped off the bed and, boy, was he huge! Sorano quickly stood up, but had to stabilize herself. All the blood rushed to her head. Once the room stopped spinning, she took a good look at him. He was a lean, tall, white cat with black ears and tail. She had never noticed how fiercely green his eyes were until he looked at her with that smug look on his face.
"Morning! How's it feel to be the size of a cat?" Ronin smiled.
Sorano's face went blank as she blinked twice. She cocked her head slightly to the right.
"What?" She asked.
"You mean you haven't realized how tall you are?" He gasped a fake gasp.
Sorano scrunched up her nose as she stared at him.
"I don't like your tone of voice." She said crossly.
"I'm sorry, it was so rude of me." He said sarcastically.
She glared at him as she made to meet him face to face. Her feet scuffed the ground softly as she walked. She passed her mirror that hug on the back of her closet door. She paused as she looked at her reflection; the butterflies of fear fluttering a thousand miles a minute.
"What in heaven's name did you do to me?" Sorano cried as she ran over, finding she now could look the cat strait in the eyes.
"I did nothing that wouldn't have happened. You are coming to the Animal Kingdom whether you want to or not!" Ronin hissed.
"I'm not going anywhere and you are going to change me back!" She hissed back.
"You are going." He yelled, grabbing for her arms.
Sorano brushed his paws off as she ran for the door. She tripped over the list, almost crashing into a wall. Ronin hopped on the bed and yelled a command through the window she couldn't hear. The quiet house was filled with the meek thumps of her small feet on the steps. She slipped on the wood steps slightly, but she quickly regained her balance. As she neared the bottom of the stairs, a group of ten beasts blocked her way. There were lions, tigers, and bears, full-sized lions, tigers, and bears!
'Oh my!' Sorano thought with a laugh.
They were all bearing clubs and pitchforks. They all looked like she would resist them. They had better as HELL think she was going to resist them, for if they hadn't, they were in for a rough ride! She leapt from her perch on a higher step. She flipped a few times while they watched her in silent awe that a human flimsy spine could bend the way her's did. She pushed off one's head as she landed behind them. She took off in a run, the beasts behind her. She scrambled up a chair and onto the counter. She grabbed her trusty wooden spoon before jumping off again. She needed her protection. Sorano stopped in front of the front door and faced the attackers. She spun the spoon ninja style, before sticking she spooned end behind her. She wouldn't go down without a fight. She charged at them as they did the same. She took the first six out kung-fu style. She sprinted for the front door as the last four cats right followed behind her. She was glad her dad forgot to close the door all the way last night. She seriously doubted that she could open a door when the knob was a good foot above her head. Sorano knew it was early morning judging by the fact that it was still almost pitch black out. Even the lampposts were still on. She ran out into the street as she gasped. Ronin was smirking on a lamppost as thousands of creatures were closing in on her. She immediately knew there was no way she could beat them all. She dropped her spoon and closed her eyes as she hunched over into a ball. The advancing animals stopped their march suddenly. The animals started to whisper to one another and look around as a deep laugh echoed the neighborhood. The silhouette of a lone cat stood in the moonlight on the roof of a tall house. He leapt off the roof as he did a few flips of his own. He landed on his feet right in front of Sorano. Her green eyes widened as she stared at his back. He had dark tan pants on with too many zippers and pockets to count and a white tank top. His black fur reflected the moonlight.
"I guess I can spare a few minutes in my search to help the little lady." He smirked, a laugh clear in his voice.
Sorano blushed as he picked up her spoon. She ran a hand through her shoulder length hair to pull his attention away from her cheeks. It didn't work. He smiled more sweetly for her as he leapt into battle. She gasped at his speed. He really had the skill of a cat. She blushed deeper as he winked at her while he fought off a husky. His baby blue eyes smiled at her as he knocked it unconscious. Her body was suddenly jerked back, her arms stinging slightly from the quick pressure. Sorano screamed through reflex as two foxes grabbed her arms from behind. She stepped on the one to her right's foot as she kicked the other one in the groin. She punched both in the face. She smirked at the cat as his face showed a little surprise. It clearly told him that she had some tricks up her sleeves of her own. He smirked back as they both fought. Bighting, hissing, clawing, scratching, and anything else you can think of was done in that battle; the funny and painful attacks. The fight was going fine until Sorano screamed again in surprise and pain. The cat turned to see her hunched over, looking at her light gray skin. His eyes widened slightly as he realized what was happening to her. He ran to her side as he pulled a blue ball out of a pocket. He threw it on the ground as a blue wormhole opened. She squeaked as she looked down it. She didn't have time to react as he pushed her down. She tumbled as he jumped in after her, pencil style. The portal closed after him. The animals stared where their opponents once stood. Ronin uttered a silent curse as he and his goons ran off into the night, or morning, whichever you prefer. Bubbles passed Sorano as the downward movement was slowed. She floated in the water-like dream for what seemed like an eternity. Then she was roughly thrown out of the dream by landing, back first, in wet grass. She moaned in pain. The cat gently landed on his feet right next to her. He had his arms folded as he looked at her. He had the weirdest look on his face. Like he was thinking, or constipated, she couldn't tell which. As she sat up, his eyes flickered, like he was brought out of thought. So he was thinking. He knelt next to her, checking for wounds. Sorano touched her face as her cheeks warmed slightly. As he looked at her face, her blush deepened. His smile mocked her, as her face stung. He brushed the grass off his knees as he held out his paw for hers. Sorano looked at his paw before giving in. He pulled her up with ease. Her face burned.
"My name is Sorano, thanks for helping me." Sorano squeaked.
"My name is Akira, no problem. I was glad to help." Akira smiled.
"You said before that you were searching for something. May I ask what?"
"Sure! I'm actually not a cat. I'm a statue, given a soul because my creator put their heart into making me. I was searching for the Cat Bureau, a home for creatures like me. There they help people work out their problems. The only problem I have, though, is that I can't seem to find it." He said with a sad smile.
Sorano touched her paw to her furry chin as she thought. She was desperately trying to thing of some way to help Akira. A light bulb appeared over her head as she smiled widely.
"I know, after you help me with my problem, I'll help you with yours!" She cried.
"Really? Okay, so what is your problem? I'll need all the practice I can get for my job when I find the Bureau."
"My problem is that this cat, Ronin, heard me singing and decided, without my okay, that I would go sing for his king. When I said no, he said he would give me gifts to get me to say yes. Then, all of a sudden, I found birds in my room, I was showered on by catnip, there were squeaky toys in my locker, frogs and lizards came out of the faucet, an aquarium was in my closet, mice under my bed, and cat treats in my medicine cabinet! Then, when I said I still wouldn't go, he made me fall asleep by this weird powder and when I woke up, I was all small! But, now, I'm just glad I'm not in the Animal Kingdom." Sorano ranted, taking only one breath.
"I hate to say this, but you're not just small anymore." Akira pulled a little mirror out of one of his pockets as Sorano gasped for air.
Sorano stopped breathing heavily to take the mirror out of his paws. She looked in it to see that her skin was now light, gray fur. She had fluffy cat ears that were fixed lower on her head and a fluffy tail. She looked at herself for a few seconds before screaming. Akira covered his ears. She was now sobbing as his eyes widened. He seemed to realize what he had done wrong.
'Shit,' was all he thought.
"Did you say you didn't want to go to the Animal Kingdom?" He asked as she stopped crying, as if she never was.
"Yes?" Sorano cocked her head to the side.
"Oops," was all he said.
The mood tensioned when Akira's black face whitened in surprise as Sorano fell in to yet another faint.
"Lonelymoongodess: 'Wow, she faints a lot! I hope you liked it, because I sure liked writing it! Sorry it was kind of short, but the next one will be longer. I would like to say that the more reviews I get, the sooner I will post the next chapter. I'm the type of person that gets bored of writing the same story for a long time, so I've written almost all the chapters already. Also, I won't be writing much other than the reviews, because I fear my silly rants are longer than the chapters. Please tell me if you like my rants or not. I mean, I'll still be a ranter off fanfiction, even if you tell me you would rather me not rant before and after the chapters. Heck, I might throw random chapters in the mix that's just me ranting! I'll have to think about this…Oh yeah! Akira's name means 'intelligent'! See you next chapter! "