Shahkulu glanced down at his map. "Alright, and now all we need to do is dig up."

One of his men nodded and picked at the ceiling of the tunnel until he broke a hole to the surface, and poked his head out. It seemed like everything was insanely bright, and so he blinked rapidly for a moment before his vision adjusted. And there he found himself staring at the toe of a boot. Eyes wide, he looked up to see the rest of an Assassin simply standing with his arms crossed, oblivious to him. Worse, his head was just outside the den. Quickly, he ducked his head back in and whispered to Shahkulu.

"We're right at the door, and there's an assassin guarding it."

The helmeted man glared down at the map before ripping it in two. "$* %#^& Cyril and his fat hands being used as a measuring tool. Keep digging just a little further."

So they kept digging for what semed like another hour before he had them make a hole again.

This time however, when the lookout peeped out, he was staring back at five assassins, all of which appeared very unamused at his appeared. "Ehhehehe... Hi?"

And all five pulled out bombs.

The templars all ran like mad at that point, and a few seconds later, the bombs went off and the tunnel collapsed. The hideout of course was fine, but the street caved in and was ruined. Random civilians just stared for a couple of seconds before moving on.

Ezio, with a half-feline Yusuf on his shoulder, stood along with a few den leaders. "Well, I'd say that worked flawlessly."

"But the road, Mentor," one pointed out.

He grinned a little.

"Oh no..."

"We'll fix it then." Ezio proclaimed, pulling a shovel out of nowhere.'

Both recruits simply stared with looks of "wut dah faqk?"

Ezio, Yerman, and Yusuf (still half cat) all stood around the desk before Ezio finally sighed and rubbed his temples. "I have no idea how to reverse this..."

It was a long silence and then a loud "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!"

Yusuf, still screaming, now in Turkish, grabbed the first key he could get a hold of and started to slam it around in frustration. Of course, Ezio would have reclaimed the key, but didn't want to find his shin bashed in. And Yerman... just didn't know what to do.

And honestly, the half cat man took his anger out on the key very brutally. Throwing, biting, smacking, punting, and cursing at it with failing hopes that it would trigger something.

"Yusuf." Ezio said, trying to remain calm. But damn it, if he actually managed to break one of those keys, he wouldn't be able to open the library. However, Yusuf was still too busy venting with the key to notice or care. "Yusuf," he repeated again, a little louder. Still no responce as the key was still being bashed into his desk, and breaking through the wood. "YUSUF!" He shouted, snatching the key as it was about to be chewed on again. "It WON'T WORK! Having a fit won't change ANYTHING!"

Still fuming, Yusuf glared at him with vemon in his eyes before taking the key back from the old man's hand. "IF THIS DOESN'T WORK THEN JUST FEED ME TO THE DOGS OUTSIDE!" Then he chucked the key at the wall. It fell with a loud clatter on the floor.

But nothing.

With a defeated breath, Yusuf turned away to the door with a, "If you need me, I'm going to go get eaten."

Yerman stammered a second after, "But, Mentor-!"

"No no, don't say anything," the cat-man interrupted, "I'm useless if I can't hold my sword, so why bother."

Ezio was looking form the key to Yusuf, but said nothing.

That's when Yusuf staggered with sudden dizziness and fell to the floor. Darkness swiftly overcame his vision.

"Yusuf? Yusuf? Hello, Yusuf?"

The man blinked slowly in responce to the distant, echoing voices to find his sight only made him feel ill with it's swaying. "ugh..."

Ezio and Yerman were both standing over him, staring down. And Annette was a little further back, blushing heavily, and appearing on the verge of fainting. Right away, he jerked up to a sit and found himself staring at NORMAL, HUMAN feet! Gasping with surprise, he wiggled his toes about before looking a little more to find another thing. He was pretty much naked, but someone had some kindness to lay a blanket over his lap. And his ears couldn't even twitch! He looked at his hands, now his normal hands again.

"Looks like you're back to normal." Ezio stated, smiling a little as he was wiping spit off of the key and placing it on his desk.

Yusuf didn't really notice the man's remark as he kept checking everywhere, even lifting up the blanket to check his... equipment. He jumped up to his feet and ran around in circles screaming, "I AM BACK!"

Of course, Yerman was covering his eyes, scarred for life. Annette was still staring, more shocked now and face still getting redder by the second. And Ezio picked up the blanket and threw it at him. "Would you like all your recruits to see your bare ass?"

The now normal man flushed and wrapped the blanket around his waist and ran out of the room singing, "I AM HUMAN AGAIN! I AAAAAM HUMAN AGAIN! LALALALA! I AM HUMAN AGAIN!"

What they didn't know at the time was that they would learn that Yusuf retained the ability to purr, and although it was offered to be fixed, he refused over and over.

Fini

Hope you guys liked this fic, and I'm sorry it took me a while. I just was on massive brainfart and didn't know what to write.

Moral of the story: When someone tells you not to touchy the shiny thing, don't touch the shiny thing.

EDIT: I forgot about poor little Annette and just had to add her and her awkwardness into this somehow. So pardon me for this revise.