Sorry it took so long for this to get up, but I've had a crazily long week…anyway, I'm also going to try to update If Digimon Could Type and Welcome Home today, to start October off right…Hope you enjoy!
Oh, and just to warn you, this is going to change POV a few times…just be on the look out. Thanks for reading!
"Mom, I can't find my soccer uniform!"
"Well, Taichi, if you'd put it away when I asked you to, you wouldn't have lost it," came the reply from the back room.
"A shrill whistling came from the living room, and, despite the fact that to almost anyone else it was just a high-pitched sound, the young boy seemed to understand it*1. He jumped up from exploring under his bed and ran to the little girl sitting on a couch. "I'll ignore what you just said if you tell me where my uniform is…"
Kari jumped off the couch from where she had been sitting and went towards the kitchen. That was when Tai saw his soccer outfit.
Under the cat.
Ever since the cat (Tai refused to call it by its name—It wasn't worthy of it) had returned home with Kari about two weeks ago, it had developed a strong liking for sleeping. Of course, cats were nocturnal, so sleeping during the day was expected. But Tai didn't know that, and he didn't like the stupid creature whose only goal in life appeared to be napping.
And it wasn't so much the napping that annoyed Tai. It was where it decided to nap. Its favorite spot was on Tai's top bunk in the room that the two little kids shared, and he didn't have any problem pushing the tabby off the bed when Kari wasn't around. He had done it once in front of his sister, and, to his parent's amusement, had been chased around the apartment by a blaring whistling girl. (Not going to include this one…whatever profanity four-year olds know is what Kari's is screaming…) Ever since that incident, Tai had been careful to be nice to the cat when his sister was around.
The young boy really wanted to get his shirt back, though. After all, a soccer uniform wasn't made to be used as a pillow for a stupid creature. And, unfortunately for Tai, that was what his outfit was currently being used for.
Ignoring his sister, and the headache he would probably get from this expedition later, Tai slowly made his way over to the cat. She looked so peaceful…so cute, in a way…wait. That was stupid. It was a cat. It couldn't be cute. Dogs were cute. Dinosaurs were cute. Man eating pythons were cute. Cats were devils.
The devil was slumbering. Hmm. Tai had always heard that the devil was constantly awake…that didn't matter. This devil was drooling on his soccer uniform! The nerve of some monsters!
And, without further ado, he grabbed the sleeve of the uniform, taking care not to touch the monstrosity laying on it, and pulled as fast as he could.
POV changes…
I was so close to it…that smell was enthralling. So juicy and tender…come on, little fishy. Come to mommy…
"Meow-ow-uk!"
Ow. Who had taken away my pillow? The nerve of some of those 'humans.'
They really did behave like monsters. Well, the smallest one with the short brown fur on her head that petted really gently was okay. And the two biggest ones were fine, too. I mostly ignored them. But that one with the spiky fur adorning his head…he was a mean tabby if I ever saw one. Of course, what experience did I have with that, but he did have a space issue…maybe he was just territorial. After all, the smallest one never minded if I lay on her lap for a small nap…
Currently, the spiky furred one was being chased around by the small one, who was blowing loudly on that metal piece…very loudly. Was she trying to give me a headache? If so, it was working. I got up and stretched, thinking longingly back to my nap…it hadn't been long enough. An hour? That meant that I had been up for way too long today…!
Yeah, these humans were confusing for a poor innocent kitty. The small one usually dressed in a fur outfit, like a kind of cat with small ears…I didn't understand it. Why did they all not have normal fur? I mean, I had seen the different people in the other place, where these ones had found me, and I knew that they were shaven…but why! It didn't make sense…!
And they were missing any tails. And they walked funnily. And they didn't meow the right way…I guess their momma cat hadn't taught them properly…
Ugh. Thinking of the humans confused me. I popped my head into the small room, the one with the two beds on top of each other.
Good. The top one was empty. Time for a nice peaceful nap…
POV changes…
"Kari! That's enough! Please stop chasing me already!"
"Kari, honey, I think Tai learned his lesson. Calm down, sweetie." The whistling *2 stopped as the young girl sat down in a ball on the couch, her face red and angry.
"Ouch. I think I've lost my hearing!"
"Tai, don't worry. You can still hear. Now you two behave…I need to finish the laundry!"
The boy snorted, crossing his arms and staring out the window. He loved living in the apartment…but he wished his sister didn't have to live with them. Girls always made everything so much more complicated.
He looked down at his uniform, and gasped. The stupid cat had left half of its fur on it! Now he'd have to get it washed…again…there was no way he could go to practice with cat fur on his shirt. He'd be the laughingstock, even more so since that time when he had scored a goal on the wrong side of the field, thus getting a point for the opposite team…
Great. All because of that stupid cat.
Here we go. Whistle translations…oh, and sorry that Kari is talking way out of character in them…remember, this is what Tai says she's saying. It may be exaggerated…
*1: Tai, maybe if your hair wasn't always in the way of your sight you would have found it by now!
*2: Meanie! Meanie! Meanie! Meanie! (You get the point.)
I know, that wasn't that long, but I enjoyed it. I'm thinking that this story might be longer than I had originally planned, since I want to establish more of the cat/Kari/Tai background, more than this chapter had. Though the next chapter will probably be based off of the first movie…
Thanks for reading, and for those of you who reviewed the last chapter! Thanks to all!