Dia: OMG! I'm soo sorry for the long month's wait!
Yami: Where have you been all this time?
Dia: I was so stuck in school that I really didn't have time to work on the story. Curse the school life!
Yugi: Well you finished now. And that mean your readers can enjoy the chapter.
Dia: Yup! And, I'm sorry but I'm being real lazy on the review response, because I was rushing to get this done.
Reviews
"So for the questions about how does Joey knew Yami and Marik, You'll find out in this chapter."
"When will Bakura and Seto show up, I'm not really sure yet."
Dia: Sorry for the laziness. Arighty then… DISCAIMERS!
Ryou: Dia does not own "Yu-gi-oh!" or Disney's "Aristocats"
Dia: Enjoy!
_Chapter 4_
"I can't believe those idiots!" Tea said as she snapped her cell phone shut. "Now what am I gonna do?"
Tea stomped angrily around the front room, when she suddenly came across a white envelope with fancy handwriting sitting on the coffee table. She walked closer to the table to get a better look at the writing.
"My Will" it read. She hesitated for a moment, wondering what the paper would say. Tea stared at the envelope debating on if she should take it or not. She quickly snatched it and ran inside her room. (a guest room) She shut the door behind her, and ripped open the sealed paper. It was Solomon's Will.
"Dear Family & Friends,
When you read this you'll know that I am no longer living in this world. But also know that I've moved on to a better place. I wanted to write an old man's last wish before my final departure. My wish is that when I leave here I would like all my money and all of my possessions to go to my wonderful and precious cats."
"WHAT?!" Tea shouted. Why would Solomon give all he has to those cats? It doesn't make any sense. Tea continued read the paper hoping to find the answer to her question.
"Ryou, Joey, Malik, and Yugi are like grandsons I never had and I would like to make sure they are taken care of, when I am no longer here."
Tea was about to crumble the paper in her hands until she read something that stopped her dead in her tracks. An Evil grin spread across her face.
"But if something were to happen to them, I would like to give it all to my wonderful helper, Tea; who is like my granddaughter.
"So if the cats never come back, I'll get to have all of grandpa's money. Yes, I'll be even richer when I sell that shack he calls a game shop. This is perfect! Since Grandpa comes home tonight, I'll tell him the cats ran away. Then I won't have to worry about those damn cats! Now I think I'm glad Rex and weevil lost them. And if they do find them, I'll take care of them…Personally."
"This is terrible!" The small Jay tweeted. "How could she do something like this?"
Tea was a cold hearted human. She would do anything to get what she wanted even if she had to kill for it. She would do anything.
"I can't just stand here I need to go find my friends, before it's too late."
Everyone followed Yami to a dirt road on top of the hill next to the river. Beside the road was a tall oak tree that Marik was sitting in; waiting for something. Yami walked to the middle of the road a drew a big "X" with one of his claws.
"Yami, what are you doing?" Yugi asked, tilting his head to the side.
Yami smirked at Yugi's confused look. "Marik and I are getting you and your friends a magic carpet."
"It's coming Yami!" The Calico shouted.
"One magic carpet, Coming up."
The four felines looked up the road and saw a milk truck coming down the road.
Ryou had a questionable look on his face. "That's a magic carpet?"
Yami waved his paw and gestured for them to hide in the tall grass behind them until it was safe to come back out. When the truck was close enough, Marik jumped down onto the hood of the truck and screeched at the driver.
"Oh my Ra!" The milkman quickly slammed his foot on the brake, coming to a complete stop.
Marik disappeared into the tall grass and the milkman came out of his truck and restarted it. "Damn cat! Crazy!"
"Alright, step lively! All aboard for Domino!" That was the cue for Yugi and the others to jump in the back of the truck.
Marik also came out of the grass and sat next to Yami.
Malik looked at Marik with an angry and worried look on his face. "Are you crazy Marik, You could've lost your life!"
Marik gave him a small smile. "I do stuff like this all the time, so I got a few lives to spare."
"How can we ever thank you Yami?"
The crimson-eyed cat answered with a smile on his face. "Our pleasure entirely."
Before Yugi could say anything else, the truck started to move away.
"Goodbye everyone! I wish you all a safe return home!" The Abyssinian waved goodbye to the four cats.
Something inside Yami started to hurt. He felt empty and incomplete without the small Bobtail; he already missed those huge amethyst eyes. That happy feeling he once felt, was now gone. He… wanted to know more about him.
"Goodbye Yami! Thank you for every—" Nobody noticed Yugi standing on the edge of the truck. The truck ran over a bump in the road which caused Yugi to fall out the truck. "HELP!"
"Yugi!" Everyone gasped. Joey was about to jump out the truck, when he saw two figures grab Yugi and ran towards the truck. It was Yami and Marik. Yami picked up Yugi by the collar and threw him on his back. They were extremely fast runners maybe faster than Yugi. All they saw was a dust storm running towards them they were too stunned to even move. They finally reached the truck and with their powerful hind legs, they jumped onto the truck panting heavily.
Joey was the first one to snap out of shock and ran to Yugi and pulled him into a hug. "Are you alright Yugi?" He asked as he licked his forehead.
"Don't scare us like that again!" Ryou added.
Marik cleared his throat. "Haven't we met before?"
Yugi was so frighten, he unconsciously got out of Joey's grip and ran to Yami who was still trying to regain his breath, and nuzzled under his chin. "Thank you Yami for saving me!" He cried.
Yami was caught off guard by the surprising stunt; he didn't know how to respond. All he knew was that he thought his heart was going jump out his chest and runaway. His golden peach fur was so soft and warm. He scent of Cherry blossoms and vanilla. He finally came out of his daze and smiled softly and his action. Yugi suddenly regain consciousness and realized what he was doing; He quickly pulled back and scurried next to Ryou. Yami sighed mentally when he pulled away.
"Thank you again for saving Yugi." Malik thanked and bowed his head.
"Oh, uh… Yes you're welcome. Glad we can help."
"Tell the little runt to be more careful next time." Added Marik.
"His name is Yugi, Fuzzball!" Joey hissed and was about to pounce at Marik, until Yami beat him to it by smacking him upside the head with his paw.
"What the hell was that for?!"
"You're lucky that's all you got! If I had my Millennium collar you would've got more than that!" Yami scolded.
Joey eyebrows furrowed and stared at the two bickering felines. "Millennium collar, Pharaoh; now I know I heard of them before…But where?" He thought to himself.
Yugi saw Joey staring at them. "Joey what's the matter?"
The sound of Yugi's voice snapped Joey out of his train of thought. "oh sorry Yug', did you say somethin'"?
"You look puzzled; I saw you staring at Yami and Marik. Is something wrong?"
"No, it's nothin' Yug. Don't worry about it." Joey smiled softly.
Yugi didn't believe him, but he let it go. Everyone continued to watch the two cats argue until they were interrupted by a loud stomach growl. All eyes fell on Yugi who was blushing so hard you wore his fur would also turn red.
"Looks like someone's hungry." Malik chuckled.
"Maybe a little."
Yami completely forgot his argument with Marik. He walked towards a large can with a cover over it. "Well it's a good thing we're in a milk truck, isn't it?"
Yugi's stomach growled louder at Yami's question, which made everyone laugh. Yami tried to hold his laughter in but it managed to escape his lips.
Yugi blushed even more and glared at everyone. "I-It's not f-funny!" Yami stopped laughing and calmed down. He then cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "Okay everyone, it's time for breakfast!"
Yami pulled the cover off to reveal a large barrel filled with fresh milk. And everyone bolted for the barrel. Yugi stared and gulp at the delicious white liquid; his stomached growled begging him to feed it. Yugi knew it was wrong to steal from the milkman. He was taught not to "bite the hand that feeds him" or in other words, steal from other humans. He continued to fight his stomach but lost the battle; he suddenly dashed towards the barrel and nearly fell in. All Marik and Yami saw was a streak of yellow, black, and purple run passed them. They looked over and saw that Yugi was halfway in the barrel. Marik chuckled at Yami's surprise and amused look.
The truck reached their destination. Yami and Marik started to lead Yugi and the others off the truck, when suddenly the milkman decided to look out the side of the mirror. Marik looked out the corner of his eye and noticed the human getting out of his truck and began to throw anything he could find at them.
"Come on Kits, we gotta scram!" Marik shouted.
Everyone started to run barely dodging the items being thrown at them. They ran as far as their legs could go. They stopped when the man was out of sight, they panted heavily.
"I've never saw you panicked since Egypt, when you and Bakura stole a fish from the kitchen in the Palace." Yami panted with a smirk on his face.
"Palace, Egypt!" Everything came back to Joey. "I thought it was you! You are two of the four cats from Egypt that went missing a month ago!"
"What on earth are you talking about Joey?" The confused bobtail asked.
The Abyssinian and the Calico gave the Tabby a 'what the hell are you talking about' look.
"Last week I was watching Gramps reading a newspaper and saw an article that said '4 cats missing from Egypt.'" He explained. And it showed a picture of a man with some weird hat thingy on his head, sitting on some type of throne, and four cats were sitting next to him; those guys are two of the four cats that were in the picture."
Dia: Cliffhanger!
Everyone: WHAT?!
Dia: *Hides in her indestructible mob fort* Hey, it's not my fault! It's called "Writer's block"!
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Dia: Merry belated Christmas, Kwanza, And Happy New year!