Well, it appears fanfiction's glitching out. I went to upload this onto my Doc Manager and it told me that I 'have uploaded a file ending in .docx but this file does not appears to be in the correct format: msword.' Ironically, I did nothing to make this happen. I actually tried many different Word documents I haven't even opened in a while. Nothing. So I had to copy and paste it instead.

Continuing on... Thank you, Angelmation. In the smaller parts of fanfiction, I couldn't care less if you gave me a simple 'Nice!' though something longer is always appreciated. It's the larger sides where even the crappiest of stories can cause 200 followers where I want an actual 'helpful' review.

Anyway, enough lollygagging! Enjoy!

Short 7

Plague Knight followed Mona on the way back 'home.' Suddenly, he was bowled over by something tiny and furry. Letting out an inhuman shriek of shock, the now young alchemist struggled to get whatever it was off of him.

Off to the side, he could hear Mona trying not to bust a gut laughing at his reaction.

"Get it off me!" Plague Knight yelled as the thing curled up on his stomach and started… purring? Plague Knight paused and looked down at his torso, finding a small kitten that couldn't be older than a couple weeks curled happily on top of him, purring contently. "What the…?"

Mona managed to get her laughter under control and reached forward to get the small creature off her companion. The cat, in response, hissed loudly and swiped at her approaching hand, so she backed away. Once it had determined that she was no longer a threat to its comfort, the kitten returned to its happy purring.

"Um… How do I get it off?" Plague Knight asked desperately.

"Just stand. Once it realizes that you aren't a stable sleeping area, it'll leave."

Plague Knight nodded and tried to stand. The cat seemed to grumble in response to this and stood, climbing up to his shoulders. "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Plague Knight asked the cat, as though he'd get a coherent reply.

Mona smiled. "I think you just made a new friend."

"I don't want a new friend," Plague Knight muttered.

"Too bad, you're getting one."

Plague Knight grabbed the cat from his shoulder, holding it in the not exactly the most comfortable position in the world given that he didn't really care for it, and he didn't know how to deal with animals. The cat, however, didn't seem to mind, and after meowing in surprise, cuddled up contently in his arms and seemingly fell asleep.

"I did not want you to fall asleep!" Plague Knight yelled. He looked up at Mona. "We need to find the owner."

Mona nodded and started walking, with Plague Knight following close behind, calling out to anyone nearby, "Anyone lose an adorably cuddly and obnoxious kitten?"

Several minutes passed with no luck. Just as they were about to give up and throw the poor thing on the ground to fend for itself, a boy came running up. He had a mean snarl on his face, and Plague Knight immediately identified him as a thorn that would soon come into contact with his side. He was not disappointed by this expectation.

"That's my cat!" The boy yelled.

"Good, then you can take it back," Plague Knight said with a frown, holding the kitten out to him.

The boy smiled; evilly if you asked Plague Knight (and he knew his evil smiles). He reached for the kitten, which woke up in time to hiss and bite the boy, who reeled back, shocked and pained. The bite marks weren't deep, nor bleeding, but the boy made it obvious they stung.

"Ouch!" He wailed. "Freaking cat!"

"You know, I don't know much about animals, but I don't think it likes you."

"She's a 'she', not an 'it'!" The boy yelled.

"OK, I don't think she likes you."

The boy growled angrily and reached for the cat again, who hissed and swiped at him with her tiny claws. The boy managed to reel back in time, though, and they missed.

"You know, before, I really didn't care what happened to this cat. Now, I think I've decided that I'll keep her, because you're an idiot to the most extreme degree and deserve to go die in a hole!" The cat seemed to meow tauntingly directly after Plague Knight's insult, almost looking smug as though saying, 'I finally got away from you, suck it!'

The boy growled as Plague Knight turned to leave, Mona following close behind. "This isn't the last you'll see of me!"

"Yes, it is! I don't even know your name, idiot!"

"It's Alex!"

"Alright, Axel."

"You did that on purpose!"

"Of course, I did!"

Alex yelled something possibly mean in response, but Plague Knight couldn't make it out.

"You do realize you just adopted a cat, right?" Mona asked.

Plague Knight looked down at the little bundle of happiness in his arms. He raised a finger and stroked the creature's head. "I'm either going to regret this terribly, or I'm going to love this. I have a bad feeling it will be both."

"What will you name her?"

After a moment of thought, Plague Knight responded, "Xenon."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me."

"You're seriously naming your new cat after a chemical element?"

Plague Knight shrugged. "I don't see why not."

Mona rolled her eyes. "Whatever, it's your cat."

Plague Knight nodded happily. "Exactly. Do you like your new name, Xenon?"

The cat, in response, meowed.

"I'll take that as an 'I love it.'"

In my mind, I'm referring to Xenon as Xion, like the character from… wait, who even is that again? (Love you if you get that!) And I got the name from typing in my sister's name into an Organization XIII Nobody name generator, which is what popped up. I quickly realized it was an element on the periodic table and figured that it was perfect for an alchemist's cat. Amusingly, my sister doesn't actually have an o or an e, nor a second n in it.

Anyway, requests filled! Finally!