Author's Notes: Thank you to everyone for reading the first chapter of the story, sending in reviews, and adding this to your favorites and alerts! I really appreciate all of the feedback. I want this to become a great story! I was surprised by all the "cute"s in a row I seen and I was happy to see all of them so thank you for that. I was also glad to hear that pervert cat Hope was the best as well too!

I'm sorry for not including this earlier and it was something I forgot to mention. This story takes place after FF13-2, ignoring some of the events that happened, having all of the characters come back to 500 AF, and acting as if a happy ending happened. This story is supposed to be bringing in a new problem and trying to solve it as you read more, but nothing like a world ending kind of thing. Hope that clears up any confusion.

I hope that you will enjoy this chapter of the story.

Chapter 2: To The Biter Goes the Spoils:

The next morning, Lightning returned to Hope's office. Across the room, she could see the empty chair that he usually sat in. After asking around, no one saw any sign of him. Now she was really starting to get concerned. It wasn't like him to disappear without telling anyone. Maybe she was starting to regret it when she said that she wouldn't go after him if some crazy woman kidnapped him again. A sigh left from her lips.

"Hey!" Lightning turned her eyes toward the voices who spoke. Fang, Vanille, and Serah walked in where she was. When they looked at her, their expressions changed to surprise. "Lightning?" Serah wanted to question her, but wasn't sure what she could say.

Fang smirked and pointed toward her chest. "Decided to get implants huh?" She tilted her head observing more. "Weird. Looks like someone did a crap job of it. It's all lumpy and everything."

A curious look came to Vanille's face. "Like a third one from that movie or maybe more than three."

Lightning gave a dull stare. They couldn't be serious. "Really?" She reached for the zipper of her sweater and pulled it down. Once the girls saw what it was, they reacted with surprise. There, they saw Hope sleeping against her chest. "The stupid cat won't leave. Somehow the little furball made a carrier attached to my bra so now I'm like his personal chauffeur or something. I have to admit it was smart on the cat's part. If I try to take him away, he tries to scratch me."

Vanille grinned as she leaned her face closer to a sleeping Hope. "Awe! He's found a new home!"

Lightning zipped her sweater back up. "He doesn't want to leave. He's already passed out twice from all the heat under there, but yet he stays. Anyway you guys haven't seen Hope have you?"

All three shook their heads. "Nope."

Lightning looked to the side starting to get concerned. No one had seen him at all. It seemed like he had disappeared. Vanille smiled for comfort. "Don't worry. We'll find him. We'll look everywhere if we have to…" Then, her expression changed to that of nervousness. "Considering everywhere is not in the city. It's easy to get lost there."

Lightning sighed as she closed her eyes. That wasn't going to help much. Suddenly, she closed her eyes as she was in pain. Right away, Serah noticed. "What's wrong?"

Lightning placed her hand over her chest. "Nothing. I'm fine."

Serah pouted. "Awe come on! No one makes a face like that if something didn't happen to them. Did someone hurt you?"

As the girls were speaking loudly, Hope woke up from his sleep, still too groggy to wonder what was going on. "Is it time to go to work already?"

Lightning gave her an assured look. "No. I just woke up this morning and felt this pain in my chest like something heavy was lying on it like a human head. It's weird. I found drool too."

Serah placed her finger to her chin. "Well that sounds… horrible… and even weirder how very specifically you pick that as what you suspect caused the pain." she replied with unease.

Vanille looked worried. "That sounds scary like someone trying to cut you open and trying to harvest your organs for money."

Hearing that had made Serah more concerned. "Oh no! Are you sure you're all right?!"

Lightning gave a serious look. "Don't worry. I didn't see any blood or any sign that someone tried to have his way with me."

"Maybe you shouldn't stay by yourself. After all, there are all kinds of crazy people these days like stalkers, rapists, vacuum sales people, cotton candy sellers-." Lightning placed her hands on her sister's shoulders. "Serah. Calm down. I can take care of myself. I have a certain set of skills that make it dangerous for people to even be around me. Don't ask me how, but somehow all of us ended up dragged against something bigger to fight and the world's about to end in some way. Hopefully none of us die and are frozen in crystal throughout a sequel."

Serah nodded. "You're right. You'll be fine."

Hope began to drift off into sleep again. First, he stretched out his legs as much as he could, letting his claws come out. "Something's wrong with Lightning. Maybe I should help… after my next nap."

Lightning leaned up straight. "Good. I'll get down to the bottom of this-." Suddenly, she felt pain. She could tell that somehow Hope was scratching her again.

Hope's eyes widened once he realized what he was stretching against. "Uh-oh. She's going to kill me for scratching her again. It was what she threatened with yesterday." Feeling tired, he stared to fall back asleep again. "Maybe if she sees that I was asleep the whole time, then she won't kill me. Then again she might do it just as my eyes are closed. Don't worry Light. I'll make it all better."

Serah became worried once she saw Lightning's reaction. "Are you okay?"

Vanille was worried about her reaction as well. "Are you having a heart attack?"

An upset look came across Lightning's expression as she knew exactly what caused the pain. "No! It's this freaking cat! He's-." Unexpectedly, she felt stopped as her body shivered for a second.

Curiously, the others looked at her. "Lightning?" Then, their eyes widened in surprised once they saw her cheeks turn red.

Lightning closed her eyes as she put her arm over her chest. "Stop that you stupid cat." She tried to keep her smile back, but it was no use. She could feel the sandpaper tongue against the side of her bosom. The feeling was ticklish, but felt too good at the same time. She even started laughing. "Stop it…!" Lightning bent over hoping that the shift in weight would cause him to stop and hopefully drop him out his carrier. "This is so wrong…" she thought.

Vanille pouted and pointed toward Lightning. "See Fang! See how much fun I could've had if I took the cat home!"

Fang waved her hand. "Whatever! I'll get you a new cat if you tell me what happened to Mr. Goldfish yesterday."

A saddened look came on Vanille face. "It's just doing a trick. It's called flip upside down."

"And it can play dead." Fang pointed out. "You should have stopped feeding it so much."

Hope opened his eyes. He stopped once he heard all of the noise and felt all the movement. Were they rolling down a hill or something? Once he realized what he was doing, he stopped. He was sure that heat was rising up somewhere on him. Soon, he came to the conclusion that it was just caused by animal instincts…and possibly…hormones… maybe just a little.

Once Lightning calmed down, her eyes lifted up to see the others watching her. She regained her composure as she cleared her throat. She held her fist to her mouth and headed toward the door. "What are you looking at? Go stare at something else… that looks weird."

Later that night, Hope was sitting on Lightning's bed waiting for her to return. Soon, she walked in as she looked tired and sat on the edge. Hope wondered what was wrong and walked over beside her. He made a sound which caught Lightning's attention. She gave a weak smile and stroked his fur. Still Hope looked at her curious. He made another sound as a way to say that she could talk to him. Lightning lied completely on her bed on her back. Hope laid down beside her. "Not getting under my shirt now?"

Hope closed his eyes. He figured it was time to get out of there. It was just getting too hot and he didn't want to die. Relaxing, they both lied in silence. That is until Hope could hear Lightning speaking under her breath. It was amazing how much cats could hear. He heard things from outside her apartment that he never wanted to hear again. "Where did he take off to this time?"

Hope stared over at her. Was she actually concerned about him? Lightning's eyes drifted toward the side away from him. "He could've at least told someone where he was going. That way he wouldn't have made people worry so much."

Hope's eyes drifted down. He didn't mean to make anybody worry, but he didn't know how to change back from what he was or tell anybody who he was. He didn't know if he ever could.

As the night continued to pass, Lightning was asleep, but Hope was still awake. For hours, he tried to figure out some way that he could solve all of this. Outside, the clouds passed over the moon, letting the light shine through her window. Hope closed his eyes disappointed. No matter what he tried, nothing worked. Was it truly hopeless?

Suddenly, he closed his eyes tight. Through his ears, he could hear the sound of a bell ringing through his head again. When he opened them about a minute later, he felt different. He sat up and saw that his paws were hands again. His eyes widened in surprised. "What? I'm human again?" He looked toward the window. "Is that it? I can only change back to human when its night? Now I know how werewolves and celebrities who somehow lose weight overnight feel." Once he looked down, his eyes widened in surprised. "Why can't I be like the werewolves that keep their clothes on or at least some pants?!"

Soon, his attention turned to Lightning who was still sleeping. His lips curved into a smile. He was glad that she still was. Otherwise, she probably would have cut him in half for showing up to her place without any clothes. Now he had the chance to tell her that he was okay. Slowly, his body hovered over hers. He couldn't help but beam. It was cute how she snored and drooled a waterfall onto her pillow. "Light." he whispered softly.

There was no response. He called out for a few times, but she still wouldn't wake up, each time louder than the last until he started yelling. His fingers pinched her cheeks making her cheeks poke out which made him laugh silently. "I got to remember to take a picture of this." Soon, his expression turned to confusion. "Usually she's so alert. How can she be sleeping this hard?" He called to her louder, but still there was no response.

Hope grabbed onto her shoulders and began shaking her. "Wake up! The house is on fire! Someone's broken in!" Nothing he said worked. His eyes traveled to the side, thinking of another way to wake her. Finally, one thing popped into his mind. His head turned to her. "Light. The world's in trouble again and it's going to end unless you do something about it."

Lightning groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. "Not this crap again." When she opened her eyes halfway and looked up to see Hope smiling toward her, she was surprised. He was just happy that she woke up. "Hope?" She glanced down. "Why are you naked?"

He became nervous, searching for some kind of excuse. "Um…? Because you…asked me…to?"

Lightning thought about it as much as she could, but it was hard. Slightly, she shrugged as she closed her eyes. She planned on letting it go. "I asked for weirder." Once she realized who she was talking to, she opened her eyes. "Hope!" Lightning sat up too fast as Hope stayed still and ended up bumping her head against Hope's head. Knocked out, she fell back against her pillow.

"Ow!" Hope leaned back with his eyes widened as he covered his hand over his nose. "What the-?! I think she just broke my nose! There's blood everywhere!" Slowly, Hope removed his hand as he looked worried. "Please don't let me die! Please don't let me die! Please don't let me die!" When he looked, he only saw a little blood in his hand. "Oh wait. I'm fine. I can still breathe." He looked over toward Lightning who was still knocked out. "What in the world does she have in her head? Rocks?"

Once Hope realized that she was gone, he closed his eyes with a disappointed look. "Great. Now I can't tell her that I was actually her cat all along. Well this sucks." His eyes traveled over to the side. "Nothing I can do about it now. Might as well go see what's in her fridge." Afterwards, he got up and walked out of the room.

"What?!" Both Serah and Vanille stood scared and in shock. Vanille closed her eyes tight as she held her hands together. "Oh no! That only means one thing! You're going to die!"

Serah felt uneasy that Vanille said that out loud, but it wasn't as if she wasn't thinking the same thing. Her eyes traveled over to Lightning. "I don't know Lightning. Maybe you should leave that apartment. When you told us about that human head you found, it sounds like things have only gotten weirder."

Lightning placed her hand on her hip. "I didn't say anything about finding a human head-."

"We're moving you out right now!" Serah decided to put her foot down.

Lightning looked confused. "I…haven't told you what happened this time yet. All I did was asked if this was okay to eat." She held up a bagel in her hand.

Vanille and Serah looked surprised, but then relaxed somewhat. "Oh…"

Fang leaned against the wall. "Just let the woman finish already…"

"What happened this time?" Serah asked.

Lightning's eyes drifted down. "It was weird. Last night…I saw him."

"Who?" Vanille asked curiously.

"Maybe it was a dream, but it was so detailed. I could see everything. I really mean everything. The man somehow showed up without any clothes on."

Confusion became written on Serah's face. "Who are talking about?"

Lightning looked over at her younger sister. "Hope. Who else?"

Vanille gasped as she believed that she had the answer. "Maybe he's dead."

Lightning looked a little confused. "That doesn't make any sense. Why would he show up with no clothes on?"

"Maybe he's naked and dead." Vanille answered.

Lightning shook her head. "I doubt that Hope is dead. I spoke to him for a short time before I blacked out."

"Maybe you can speak to the dead."

Lightning frowned at Vanille. "Can we get over the dead thing? Anyway, there's some more weird stuff going on too. When I checked my apartment today, I found half of my fridge cleaned out, and what looks like a butt print on my kitchen chair, and for some reason my toilet seat was up. "

Hope closed his eyes as he was lying on his desk. "So I forget a few things before I had to change back and I was hungry."

Serah looked uneasy. "I don't know Lightning. Maybe you should move out. Next time you might not be so lucky... It could be all your food next time."

Lightning crossed her arms. She didn't understand it, but she would solve this mystery. "I'll be fine. I'll get down to the bottom of this even if takes me hundreds of years. I'll figure it out."

Later that night, Hope's eyes watched as Lightning paced around her bedroom. Maybe he would get lucky and the transformation would happen again so that she could see that it was really him. Finally getting impatient, she lied down on her bed and placed her hands behind her head. "Maybe I should set up cameras around here. That way I won't have to stay up all night and all the weird stuff can happen then."

His ears lowered as he sighed. There had to be a way. His paws walked across her stomach up to her chest. There was a look of sadness on his face. "There has to be a way. Sorry about this Light." When he lifted his eyes, he saw a frown across her lips. He was confused as to why she was upset. When he wanted to say what, all that came out was "meow".

Lightning frowned as she glared into his eyes. "Don't give me that. You know exactly what you did."

He became more confused. "What did I do now?" Louder a meow came out.

She crossed her arms. "As soon as I let you out of my sight, you start scratching everything in sight especially my clothes."

He let out a growl. "I can't help if it's a basic instinct! There's only like one outfit anyway!" Seeing that she wouldn't let it go, he decided that maybe there was one way to help ease her anger: act cute and innocent like a kitten. It would only be a matter of time before he felt that she would be completely under his cat like spell. More he leaned over and rubbed his grey fur against her cheek.

"Stop that." She tried to pull him away, but he wouldn't budge. More she felt her anger begin to fade. Seeing that she wasn't going to put him down, he met with her face to face. "Fine…" she moaned. "I'll make sure to feed you tonight and not let them neutered you. Next time you do it, I will do it myself."

Hope gave a nod, happy. He calmed down, thankful. "Still Light I wish there was some way that I can tell you that it's me." As he stared at her face, a warm feeling resided inside him. Maybe because he was warm already with all the fur he had, but still, seeing her smile a little was worth it. Since she probably wouldn't kill him if she tried, he leaned in and pressed his cold nose against her warm one. Through his ear, he heard the same ringing bell as he did before, but it didn't seem to bother him.

Lightning was surprised by the action. After he backed away, he closed his eyes happy. "Now that that's settled, Light will probably be going to bed and I can sleep right in my usual spot in the warmest, softest place in the world: underneath her shirt." When his eyes turned over, he saw Lightning with a stunned look on her face. It made him wonder why she looked that way. He frowned. "What's with the surprised look? What did I do wrong this time?! Honestly woman! You want to kill me over every little thing!" His smiled returned. "Anyway, time for bouncy bouncy." He tilted his head, but the expression from her face never changed.

Finally she spoke. "Hope…?"

"Yes?"

She blinked a few times before she quickly threw him from off of her onto the floor. "I can't believe that Vanille was right. This cat is possessed." She rushed to get her gunblade.

Hope looked surprised. "Wait! Light! You can hear me?!" Soon, he took off running once she started taking shots at him.

"Hope is dead and he's in the body of a cat! Don't worry! I'll free you!"

"I'm not dead! Don't free me by making me dead for real. Just listen and stop shooting at me!"

Minutes after the many attempts on his life, he finally hid himself in the closet. Lightning kneeled down toward the door. He took a few minutes to catch his breath. "Whatever you do, don't kill me. I can explain…Not really. I don't know how I ended up this way. I just did. I'm not dead. I'm alive and I'm a cat. Now if I come out, will you still try to kill me?"

Lightning placed her arm on her knee upset. "I should for all the stuff you pulled. You just went on my carpet!"

"You were trying to kill me and cats can't exactly hold their bowels as much as dogs! They'll go anywhere!" Both of them let out a sigh as they closed their eyes. "Anyway can we talk about this calmly? No guns. No freak outs."

Lightning relaxed and decided to listen to him. "I guess if we have to. You're actually good for target practice."

Hope stepped out of the closet upset. "I'm not your personal shooting range. I see what I mean to you now." She walked over and he jumped onto the bed. It was a lot to take in for her, but then again she saw a lot worse with stuff she had to fight. Then, she crossed her arms over her chest upset. He looked confused. "What?"

Her eyes glared at him. "This whole time you didn't tell me it was you!"

"I couldn't! All I could do was make sounds! I've been trying to tell you this whole time especially the night before until you head butted me!"

She looked surprised. "So it wasn't a dream?"

"No! You made me bleed!" He could still remember that night clearly especially the pain and the almost broken nose.

She leaned forward, upset. "So you really did show up naked in my room? Trying to have your way with me?!"

"I can't control how I change! Besides, I didn't hear any complaints for you!"

"I was sleeping!"

"Likely excuse."

Suddenly, a dark glare came to her eyes with intent to kill. "This whole time I took you in. You followed me everywhere. I even let you sleep under my shirt."

Hope turned his head away from her. "It wasn't my fault. I was trying to get warm and a place to sleep."

"You are so dead."

Hope got on his guard as his back arched. "I told you that there was no way to tell you that it was me!"

"So you're telling me that while you were still human, you couldn't have just left a note saying "Hey Light! I'm your cat!""

"That would never work. You wouldn't believe something like that. It would have to be more like "Dear Lightning, it may come as a surprise and I hope that you are sitting down to hear this, but I have something to tell you-.""

"Save it!"

"I can't help that I was hungry!"

"All night?!"

"Hey! I was still trying to figure out what was going on and you were knocked out."

"Because of your hard head."

"You can't talk!"

Then, she lunged for him and grabbed him. He thought that maybe she was planning to kill him. He tried to get out of her embrace and reached over toward her shirt with his claws. He managed to sink them through and pulled himself over toward her. "Ow! Come back here!"

"You're not taking me alive!" She had a tight squeeze over him. While he was close to her, as an act of defense, he bit the side of her neck so that she would let go of the tight grip she had on him. Again, he heard the ringing of a bell through his ear. His eyes widened as he felt himself get dizzy all of a sudden. From around his waist, he felt her grip loosen. His body fell back onto the bed.

Moments later when he reopened his eyes, he saw a hand in front of him. Slightly, he moved it to see that it was his own hand and it was human again. A smile came to his face as he sat up. "Hey! I'm myself again!" He moved his hands around his body from his head and lower. His eyes traveled down. "And I finally have pants on!"

When he looked over, his eyes widened in surprised. There he saw her. Her eyes were closed as she was falling forward. On top of her head, white ears appeared along with a white fluffy tail. Around her neck appeared a collar with a hanging bell in the middle. He watched stunned as she went through the transformation. She fell against the bed unconscious half woman, half cat.

Instantly, the smile went off of his face. "Uh-oh."

That's it for this chapter! Let me know what you think and I'll be back to update!