"Uhhhh…" she moaned as she came around. "What happened?" She opened her eyes and looked around. Everything around her looked taller than it did when she had fainted. She tried to sit up but she fell over. It was then that she noticed a tail behind her. She spun around trying to see who's tail it was. But it was gone. By now she was freaking out. There was a partially covered mirror in the corner of the room. She crept up to the mirror, afraid of what she might see. When she looked she saw a cat looking back at her. " No. No it can't be. I'm a cat? Trickster! What did you do to me!" she yelled. Unfortunately it sounded like "Meow, meow, Hiss, Meow." and there was a pack of dogs outside the building. They heard this and came running into the room. Cori jumped when they came in and surrounded her. She started hissing and that made them move back a little. She took this as here chance to get out of there and went running. The dogs quickly ran out of the building and down the street, after Cori.
(In Domino)
It was a normal day in Domino. People walking around, children playing, and cars going up and down the streets. One of these cars was Seto Kaiba's limo. He had just gotten out of a meeting and had picked Mokuba to go home early for once. Mokuba had gone up to the divider window and was talking to the driver. He would have been talking to Seto but he had dosed off from lack of sleep and too many nightmares. Mokuba was pestering the driver with various questions.
"How long have you been driving limos?"
" For many years, Sir."
"Are you married?"
"At one time I was Sir."
"How does this Limo work?"
"I do not know Sir."
"Why is the sky blue?"
" I do not know, Sir."
"Why is our house called a mansion?"
"I do not know sir."
" Are you going to run over that kitten?"
"I do no………What!" he yelled as he slammed on the brakes, just missing Cori. He also jolted Kaiba awake.
"What is going on here?" but he didn't get an answer. He stepped outside of the limo to see his driver shooing away some dogs and Mokuba holding a small kitten in his arms. He walked over to Mokuba and asked what had happened. The story came out in one breath.
"Iwastalkingtothedriverandaskingsomequestionsandhealmostranoverthiskittyandheslammedonthebrakesandjumpedoutofthelimotogetridofthedogsandiranovertothekitten
andthenyougotouthereand….."
"Mokuba, breathe!" As Mokuba got his breath back, Seto to in the information that he had just gotten. Mokuba, have gotten his breath back, walked over to Seto.
"Seto?" he asked in a small voice that meant only one thing. That he wanted something.
"Mokuba, we are not keeping the kitten."
"How did you know?"
"You're my brother, its my job to know."
"Please Seto?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No." he said again. He looked at Mokuba and he was giving him the biggest puppy dog eyes that you have ever seen. " Mokuba, we ca…..can keep him." he said, giving into the puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah!" Mokuba yelled as he hugged the kitten and ran toward the limo. "Come on Seto!" Seto covered his eyes, knowing that he would regret this later on.
(At the Mansion)
"Yeah!" Mokuba yelled as he ran into the house. "Lets show you my room, okay?" He said to the kitten as he ran up the stairs. While Mokuba ran into the house before the limo had even stopped, Seto actually waited till it was completely stopped till he got out. He stepped into the house and put his hand on his head. He had a headache that was huge and Mokuba wasn't helping. All he could talk about on the way home was the kitten. I wonder if I could throw her out he window when he's not looking. he thought as he walked up the stairs toward Mokuba's room.
Seto had been about to knock on the door when it flew open, startling both him and Mokuba.
"Hey big brother. Want to help me think of a name for her?" Mokuba innocently asked. Seto couldn't help but smile.
" Sure thing, Kiddo." he said before he realized what came out of his mouth. Mokuba gasped and got a sad look on his face. Cori looked at the brothers from the bed. "I'm sorry Mokuba. I didn't realize that….." he started but was cut off.
"Its alright big brother. I understand. Now lets name the kitten, alright?" he said, with the happiness back in his voice.
So they both do remember me. Cori thought. " Hey can we hurry this up?" she said but it sounded like "Meow, Meow!" to the brother's ears. They both looked over at her and started laughing. Well, Mokuba started laughing, Seto just chuckled a little. They both went over and sat on the bed to decide on a name.
(Later On)
"How about Pumpkin?"
"A fruit?"
"Rain?"
"Too wet."
"Princess?"
"Too stuck up."
"Seto! You shot down every idea I had. If you think that you are good at names then you make a suggestion." Mokuba said with a pout.
"Fine. How about…..Cori?" Cori's head shot up at that. She started saying "Yes, Yes, Yes." or "Meow, Meow, Meow." to their ears. " I think that she likes it."
" Yeah! That is the PERFECT name for her." Mokuba shouted as he jumped on the bed. The kitten was so startled that she jumped up from the pillow that she had been sitting on and dug her claws into the closest thing to her. Which unfortunately was Seto's knee. He was so surprised that he jumped up and fell off the bed. Mokuba had stopped jumping and was staring at Seto. Suddenly he burst out laughing. " Th-that w-w-as sssoooo funny!" he said in between laughs. Seto just glared at him.
"I'm going to bed." Seto said as he got up and walked to the door. "Good night, little bro." he said as he left the room.
" 'night big bro!" he shouted after his brother.
Good night, Brothers. Cori thought as Mokuba turned off the lights and went to sleep
(Late at Night)
In had been awhile since the lights had been turned off. Cori couldn't sleep. She wasn't used to her cat body yet and she kept think about how she could turn back into a human again. She looked up from her new cat bed to Mokuba's bed. She crept out of her bed and silently jumped up to his bed. She just sat there staring at him. I got my brothers back, but they don't know that it's me. What am I going to do? she cried out in her head. Suddenly she was surrounded by a bright light. When she opened her eyes again, she wasn't in Mokuba's room again. She looked around and saw a young child sitting on a swing in a huge yard. This is…Mokuba's Dream? she looked again and saw Seto come running out to Mokuba.
"What's wrong, Mokuba?" Seto calmly asked. Mokuba looked up and Cori saw that he was crying.
" I miss Cori." he said quietly.
" I do too, Mokuba, I do too. Lets go inside before Gozaburo gets mad at us alright?"
"Ok." he said as he stood and walked toward Seto. Suddenly Cori saw the same flash of light that had brought her in there.
"No! I want to stay!" she yelled as she was pulled back. As quickly as it had started, it ended. She was back in Mokuba's room. She heard as sound and turned around. Sitting there, on her bed, was a black cat. The trickster. " What are you doing here, trickster?" she hissed out.
"My dear, I wish that you would call me tester. Trickster sounds so… so evil." he calmly said.
"Well that's what you are. Evil. Tell me. Why can I go into Mokuba's dream?" she snarled. He chuckled at this
"My dear, you want to change back, don't you?" this brought confusion to her face so he continued. 'You must enter the dreams of humans and convince one of them that you are human."
"So I could just go into Mokuba's…." she started to say but was cut off.
"No you idiot! Children will believe anything that you tell them. It has to be a older teen or an adult." he sharply said. "That's why I had to pull you out of his dream, because you were breaking a rule."
"So how long do I have to convince someone?"
"You have to the next full moon, which is at the end of this month. You have 3 and a half weeks." and with that he vanished, leave Cori with her mouth hanging open.
"Three and a half weeks, huh? I can manage that." she said before going back to sleep.
