Episode 7: The Mysterious Cat

Crime had finally slowed down enough that Raven and Starfire could go shopping. To keep from getting mobbed, they wore casual clothes, so they wouldn't stand out. Starfire still stood out a little with her hot top and short shorts. Raven was in jeans and a hooded sweater. When they finished, they decided to walk to the Titan's transport barge. Along the way, a white cat with black stripes like a tiger came out of an alley and sat in their path. It closed its eyes and gave the cutest meow. Starfire ran up, adjusting the bags in her hands onto her elbows, and picked up the cat.
"What an adorable kitty," Starfire said. The cat gave another meow. Raven crossed her arms, shifting her own bags to her elbows.
"Vic will never let you keep it, Kory." Starfire held the cat close to her and hugged it.
"How can anyone turn anything this cute away?" Starfire was starting to crush the cat, so it squirmed and climb up onto her left shoulder. The cat then went around behind her head to her right shoulder and jumped at Raven. Raven caught the cat and it began to rub its head against her and purr. Starfire giggled at the sight. "I think it likes you."
"So it would seem." The cat stopped rubbing and laid very comfortably in Raven's arms. Raven smiled and scratched its chin and the cat purred even louder.
"She is so very pretty," she said gently petting the cat on the head. Raven held the cat out at arms length and examined it. The cat gave another meow while closing its eyes. Raven turned to Starfire and said,
"Ah Kory, It's a boy."
"Oops," she said a little embarrassed. "So what are we going to do with him?" Raven pulled the cat back close.
"I think I can convince Vic to let me keep him."
"You?" Starfire objected.
"You already have a pet, remember?"
"Oh, right," she said embarrassed. The girls continued on back home.

Cyborg was down on his knees panting. He looked like he had seen a ghost. Raven had scared him into let her keep the cat while still holding the cat. The cat just watched and didn't even flinch.
"Okay. Okay," Cyborg said still breathing heavily. "He can stay, but I don't want to have to clean up after it."
"Don't worry," Raven told him. "I'll make sure he's good, and I'll go back out and get him a litter box later. Won't I, Tiger?"
"Tiger?" Beast Boy questioned. "If you wanted a cat I could have been one for you." He turned into a tiger cub.
"You're too smart to be my pet. What am I saying? This cat is probably smarter than you." She turned and left. Only Beast Boy saw the cat look back and give him the raspberry.
"Huh?" He then gave an angry Hmmm. He decided to keep that to himself because nobody would believe him.

A few weeks later while everyone else was out, Beast Boy went into the living room to play video games. Tiger was curled up in Beast Boy's favorite spot. He tapped it but it didn't move. Beast Boy could hear it purring so he knew it wasn't dead. In all honesty he didn't like the cat.
"Hey, move you stupid cat," Beast Boy said getting mad. Tiger simply lifted his head, looked at Beast Boy, and then laid his head back down. Beast Boy knew Raven would kill him if he hurt Tiger. Tiger would always run up and jump into Raven's awaiting arms when ever she walked into the room. He decided to just move the cat. When he picked him up, the cat back flipped out of his hands. The tip of his tail hit Beast Boy in the nose as he passed. Tiger landed right back on Beast Boy's favorite spot. He laid down and curled back up. Getting even madder, Beast Boy turned into a dog and started barking at Tiger. Tiger didn't move until Beast Boy was finished. Once Beast Boy was finished, Tiger just barely lifted his, gave a weak meow like he wasn't impressed, and laid his head right back down. Beast Boy then turned into a lion and roared at Tiger. Once again Tiger didn't move until Beast boy was done. After Beast Boy finished, Tiger barely lifted his head, extending one paw, gave a weak hiss like he wasn't impressed again, and laid back down. Finally fed up with this game, Beast Boy became a T-rex and let out a massive roar at Tiger. Amazingly Tiger didn't budge. He didn't even flinch. When Beast Boy was done roaring, Tiger got up, stretched, and yawned. He sat up straight, opened his mouth, and a loud roar came out louder than Beast Boy's. Beast Boy changed back and fell on his butt. He had also wet himself. Tiger just turned around, jumped over the couch, trotted out the room. "Raven will never believe me, but that is not a normal cat. He's got to go...and I have an idea."

To Be Continued...

"Raven will never believe me, but that is not a normal cat. He's got to go...and I've got an idea." Beast Boy had already known Tiger wasn't a normal cat. He could have sworn he saw Tiger use the toilet to go to the bathroom, and he washed his paws. He also could have sworn he saw Tiger wolf down an entire large pepperoni pizza by himself. Plus, he saw Tiger cough up a hair ball directly into the trash. He never stayed in the room when Raven was changing. Then there was the time when he gave Beast Boy the raspberry. Plus, he doesn't even flinch when Raven or anyone else does some thing scary. Then there was the whole roar thing. Beast Boy knew he had to prove there was some thing wrong with Tiger. While Raven was out, Beast Boy was going to video tape Tiger doing some thing unusual. Tiger was sitting behind the couch cleaning himself with his tail wrapped around him from the right side. Crouching at the side door, he lets out a black male tomcat that hadn't been fixed. "Let's see what you do now?" He laughed and held up a camera. The tomcat went straight for Tiger baring its teeth and growling. Tiger just opened his eyes, looked at the tomcat, and closed them all while still licking the back of his right paw. The tomcat growled again and Tiger just popped it on the nose with his tail and put it back. The tomcat lunged at Tiger. Tiger stopped licking and jumped at the last second. He pushed the tomcat's head down with his right paw and front flipped landing on the tomcat's butt all in one motion. He jumped off the tomcat's butt and with his back to the tomcat he started licking his left paw. He did it all without opening his eyes. By this time, Cyborg was crouching behind Beast Boy.
"What are you doing, Gar?" Cyborg asked. Beast Boy would not take his eyes off the action for a minute.
"Hey, Vic. Tiger's facing an unfixed tomcat and totally kicking its butt."
"You know Raven is going to kick your butt if she finds out, and then she'll kill you if Tiger's hurt."
"Fat chance. Raven said she'd be gone all day and the tomcat can't even touch him." Cyborg began to watch as Tiger hopped around while the tomcat attacked and missed every time all without opening his eyes. Cyborg couldn't stop watching the display. The tomcat attacked again and Tiger jumped straight up and landed on the tomcat's head with all four paws. Tiger did a front flip, twisted, and landed facing the tomcat finally opening his eyes. His right paws were ahead of his left ones and his tail was slowly whipping back and forth, but he did not show his teeth or make a noise. The tomcat got up, growled again, and lunged at Tiger again. Tiger made a small jump to the left and kicked the tomcat in the head with his hind leg as it passed. The tomcat went sprawling and fell on its back. Tiger made a small hop turning toward the tomcat and putting his left paws out in front now. The tomcat got up, shook its head, turned back to face Tiger again, and growled. Tiger narrowed his eyes. The tomcat came at Tiger again. Tiger jumped to the side at last second and turned to keep facing the tomcat. Tiger jumped backwards and watched the tomcat carefully. The tomcat charged at Tiger. At the last second, Tiger jumped up high. Putting his back paws together, he came straight down on the tomcat's head. With his front paws side by side, He crouched down and front flipped, twisting to face the tomcat with the couch on his left and his left paws out in front. He did it all in one fluid motion. The tomcat slowly got up and turned toward Tiger. It was not done yet. The tomcat gave a weak growl and came at Tiger once more. Tiger jumped way to the left turning to face the tomcat with his right paws out front. Tiger immediately lunged at the tomcat finally baring his teeth and growling like a panther. Tiger put his front paws down side by side together before he reached the tomcat. Tiger swung his back legs around his right side turning them over on their side so his right paw was on top and kicked the tomcat hard in the side. The tomcat was sent sprawling. It slowly got up and ran back to its carrier having had enough. Cyborg and Beast Boy watched as the tomcat ran back into its carrier, reach back out with a paw, and closed the door. "I don't care if Raven believes it. That was the coolest fight ever," he said still crouching. From behind them they then heard Raven say,
"What fight?" Cyborg and Beast Boy slowly turned their heads and looked up. Raven was standing over them with her arms crossed. Her face was hidden under her cloak but the guys could see her eyes glowing white.
"Hey, Raven," Cyborg said a little timid. "How long you been there?"
"Long enough to see Tiger drop kick another cat."
"Um, it was all Gar's idea," he said a little scared.
"I knew you wouldn't believe me," Beast Boy started in a timid voice, "so I kind of sicced an unfixed male tomcat on Tiger to prove he wasn't a normal cat." He smiled big trying to hide his fear.
"If there's one scratch on him," she said calmly and then screamed, "I'LL HAVE YOU FIXED!" Raven walked passed them, and Beast Boy was very nervous even though he just watched Tiger kick the other cat's butt, and the other cat couldn't even touch him. Raven walked over to Tiger who oddly enough didn't run to her. She held her arms out for him to jump into. Tiger was looking down. He looked up at Raven, looked back down, closed his eyes and jumped into Raven's arms. Tiger looked like he was going to cry. "Ah, did that mean old cat hurt you?" She said babyishly. Raven kissed him on the forehead. Tiger opened his eyes and looked up at her with a sad face. He climbed up onto her left shoulder and walked around the back of her head to her right. Tiger jumped onto the back of the couch and walked along the top around to the back. He jumped down and trotted toward the door with his head down the whole time. When he reached the steps, his body started to become very small orbs of light that drifted up and through the ceiling. The others watched in disbelief. By the time he reached the door, he was all orbs and drifting through the ceiling. Cyborg jumped out once all the orbs were gone and shouted,
"Dude that is the coolest cat ever! Not only can he fight, but he can orb too."
"He can do what?" Beast Boy asked confused.
"It's how White Dragon teleports," he said excited.
"What did you say?" Raven asked finally turning away from the door.
"Robin slowed down the footage of when White Dragon disappears and that's what he does. We didn't know what it was called, but White Dragon showed up and told us."
"Wait. That's what he was doing here that one night?"
"Yeah."
"I knew that was not a normal cat. No cat that can eat a whole large pepperoni pizza can be normal," Beast Boy said.
"He ate a whole large pepperoni pizza?" Cyborg asked confused.
"That was no cat," Raven said. She walked out of the room looking a little gloomy. Cyborg and Beast Boy looked at each other confused.

Raven sat on her bed holding a pillow. Tiger had only been gone a few hours, but she already missed him. She looked over at the basket he used to sleep in. She thought to herself,
"I know he wasn't a real cat, but he made me happy. I know who he really was, but that doesn't mean I didn't like cuddling with him like that." There was a knock at her door. She got up and opened it. There was no one there. Looking down she saw a green cat sitting in front of her door. "Thanks, Gar, but I can't trust up to stay that way all night." She closed the door, and there was a knock at it a few minutes later. Beast Boy stood there as a human with his hands behind his back.
"Um, I kind of found this in my room," he said pulling a plush white cat with tiger stripes out from behind his back, "and I thought you would want it." Raven took the plush toy and hugged it tight.
"Thanks, Garfield. Good night," she said with a tear in her eye.
"Good night." Raven closed the door and went to bed still hugging the plush toy.

White Dragon laid on the couch in his own apartment.
"Why did Garfield have to sic a tomcat on me?" He sighed.

The End...or is it?