Curious Cats Can Fall In Love

Chapter 2

Ikuto's POV

Amu Hinamori, a strange creature indeed, but so are all humans. How is it though that she is the one that has stolen my heart? Isn't there a rule or something saying that humans and animals can only love their own kind? Then why is it that as I lie here in her arms, comforting her, that I wish I could be the one holding her?

Amu let out small sobs, her crying finally dying down. "Why was I so stupid! I fell for Tadase only to find him kissing another girl!" Suddenly her crying went back to long loud sobs. Her tears rolled down her cheeks and onto my back.

I let out a small meow from the impact of the tears.

Amu let out a small laugh. "Sorry Ikuto, I know how you don't like to get wet. Hahahahaha." Amu's cries turned into laughs.

I sat up in Amu's lap and looked at her confused, tilting my head to one side slightly in the process. How can a human go from hours of crying to laughter in one second? They are such complex and confusing creatures. All cats have to do is eat, sleep, lick themselves, and mate. Humans on the other hand live in their own world that just so happens to coexist with animals.

Amu stopped laughing and smiled at me. All I could think of was how beautiful she looked. "You wouldn't cheat on me, would you. Haha. Thats what I love about you Ikuto, you are always there for me." She leaned down and gave me a small kiss on my nose. I let out a small purr and then rubbed my head into her stomach.

'No Amu I would never hurt you, because I love you.' I started to fall asleep in her arms, purring as she pet me.

It was the middle of the night when I heard a loud buzzing close to me. I sat up and looked to see if it too had woke Amu like it had done to me, but it didn't. Amu continued to sleep, her mouth hung open slightly as she breathed in and out of her mouth. I couldn't help but stare at her as she slept, she was just as cute as when she is awake.

Buzzzzzzzz

I broke my stare to look for the source of the obnoxious buzzing. I dug my nose into the sheets and pawed around till I found my nose buzzing. I picked my head up and pawed at the spot, moving the sheets until I found Amu's cell phone. I picked it up with my mouth and ran out of the room and downstairs into the kitchen. I hopped up onto the counters and dropped her cell onto the white tile counter. I pawed and knawed at it until I was able to flip it open. As soon as I opened it, words appeared on the screen.

Tadase:

Amu, why haven't you been answering my calls or texts? I need to talk to you, it's important. Yaya told me that you saw me kiss another girl. I never intended for that to happen. We are just friends and she thought that I liked her as much as she likes me and then she kissed me, throwing me off guard, but I pulled away and told her no. I told her that I am dating you and you are the only one I love. She ran off crying. Please Amu, I love you, have I not told that to you every time I saw you? I love you. *End Text*

I rolled my eyes at the message on the screen. It was all a load of crap. He just wants to get in Amu's pants. I closed the cell and picked it up in my mouth again. I jumped off the counters and ran back upstairs. I wanted to hide her cell so she wouldn't get his message. I decided to go to the one place I dreaded the most, Ami's room. I sneaked to her room and slowly opened the door. Toys were everywhere and Ami slept soundly in her bed hugging her stuffed bear to her chest and chewing on its ear. I made my way over to her dresser and dug through her clothes till I reached the wood bottom. I placed the cell at the bottom and then covered it back up with her clothes. 'Take that Tadase.' I smirked to myself as i pranced happily back to Amu's room and hopped back onto her bed. I curled myself up next to her and fell asleep.

Normal POV

"Mom!" Amu yelled.

"What Amu?" Amu's mom asked.

Amu ran over to her mom. "Have you seen my cell phone?"

"No I have not, have you asked your father?" Amu's mom walked over to Ami and placed her food infont of her.

"Yay!" Ami exclaimed.

Amu let out a frustrated sigh. "Yes! I have looked everywhere."

"Everywhere?" Amu's mom gave her a look that said, 'Amu I know you and when you say you have looked everywhere you have only looked in places you have been.'

Amu's eyes lit up. "Ami's room!" She grabbed the house phone and ran up to Ami's bedroom.

Ikuto walked grodgily out of Amu's room to see her running out of Ami's room with a wide smile on her face and her cell phone in her hand. He glared at the cell phone as it vanished down the stairs with Amu. Ikuto then followed down to the kitchen to be greeted by many hands as they stroked him when they walked by. He went over to his food bowl and started to eat from it, listening to the family's conversations.

"Amu, who are you texting?! Is it a boy!!" Amu's father yelled. He hated the thought of his daughters dating. Ami, who is only six years old, is already attracting kindergarden boys.

"Oh honey, of course its a boy, its Tadase isn't it?" Amu's mom asked curiously. She didn't mind the thought of her daughters dating.

Amu nodded her head. "Hey mom, can I go to the park? I am going to meet Tadase there."

"Okay, but take Ami with you and be careful." Amu's mom walked over to Ami and helped her put on her coat and shoes.

"Fine..." Amu let out a small sigh of annoyance. She hated how she had to take Ami with her.

Ikutos POV

I was angry that Amu planned to meet Tadase, so I decided to follow. When Amu left I ran to the basement and jumped ontop of some boxes leaning against the wall. When I reached the top I squeezed through the hole in the screen of the window and ran off to the Park.

I arrived to find Tadase and Amu on a park bench eating ice cream and talking. Ami played on the jungle gym. I ran up a tree that towered over the bench that Amu sat on. It was the perfect place to listen in on Amu's conversation.

"Amu, I love you." Tadase said, squeezing Amu's hand in reassurance. I rolled my eyes at his cheesy words, anyone can say it, but its the emotion behind the words that makes them special and his had fake emotion. Amu was oblivious to it though. All she needed was those three words to have her falling for him again.

"I-I love you too." Amu blushed when Tadase kissed her cheek. Really?! A kiss on the cheek? It wasn't even close to her lips either, it was closer to her eye. If it was me down there I would have kissed her lips with so much passion that... what am I saying? I'm a cat!

I made my way out of the tree and started to walk back when I heard Amu exclaim, "Where's Ami?!" I look over to the jungle gym to see that she wasn't there. Before I knew it Amu was calling her parents and there was a search party.

It started to become dark and I could smell the moisture in the air, telling me it is going to rain. I had been searching on my own checking the smaller places that humans wouldn't think of looking. "Ami!" I called, but to a human it would sound more like, "Mrow!"

It started to rain and I wanted to search for Ami, but it started to pour down heavier. I decided to search for shelter for a bit and that was when I heard a small sobbing sound of a human girl. I ran down the dark allyway and found myself in front of a box. The crying came from the box? I walked around to see Ami sitting in the box with her knees to her chest and her head in her knees. Her arms were wrapped around her legs for warmth. I let out a mewl sound to get her attention. Ami looked up and smiled when she saw me. "Ikuto!" She grabbed me and hugged me to her chest. "Ikuto you found me!"

I stayed with her until the rain stopped and she had fell asleep. Then I ran off to find Amu and the humans looking for Ami.

"Ami!" Amu's dad's voice called.

"AMI!" Amu's mom cried.

"Ami where are you?" Amu called.

I ran as fast as I ever had over to Amu and jumped into her arms.

"Ikuto! What are you doing here? How did you get out of the house?" Amu asked. I struggled out of her grip and ran a few feet before turning around and meowing at her. Then I ran some more till I was barely visible to them and called out to them again. "I think he wants us to follow!"

"Amu, cats are not that smart..." Tadase started to say, but stopped when he found Amu running after Ikuto.

"Tadase you stay with the cops and continue searching, I will follow Amu." Amu's mom said.

Amu's dad followed after her.

I ran up to the box and stopped.

Amu shone a light on the box. "Ami?"

"Amu?" Ami said grodgily as she crawled out of the box. "Amu! Mommy! Daddy!"

"Ami!" They all exclaimed with joy in their voices.

Amu's parents ran to Ami and picked her up and wrapped her in a blanket then hugged her tightly, never wanting to let go.

Amu let out a relieved sigh. She bent down and picked me up, hugging me closely to her, her cheek rubbing against my face. She then kissed me a dozen times. "Thank you Ikuto! You are an angel!"

I let out a small meow and rubbed my head against her cheek.

When we got home I was treated like a king. I recived special treatment from them for the rest of the week. Belly rubs, pettings, special foods, and my favorite, cuddle time with Amu. Though it was all great, my happiness could never last, not as long as their was a guy after my Amu's heart.

I watched as Amu got dressed for the homecoming football game. She would go to the bathroom to dress then come out and show me only to change her mind and get changed into a different outfit.

"What do you think?" Amu asked for the tenth time. I just stared at her and looked her over, my tail swaying slowly from side to side. She wore a pair of torn blue jeans that hugged her hips and a simple black tank top with a red jacket ontop. Her shoes were red high heels and around her shoulder was a heart shaped purse. "Oh who am I kidding? You're a cat! Gah!" She was about to run back to the bathroom to change when the door bell rang.

"AMU-CHI!" I heard a high pitched voice yell.

"Coming Yaya!" Amu yelled back.

Oh yes. Yaya. The annoying girl that is good friends of Amu. Her voice always seemed to give him a headache.

I jumped off Amu's bed and walked down the stairs to greet her friends. I recognized all of them. The short one with the long curly blonde hair was Rima. She can be quite rude, but is very kind with Amu. The taller one was Yaya, she still wore two pigtails in her hair. The other three were guys. The one with the long purple hair was Nagihiko, he is very polite and kind towards Amu and has a slight crush on her, but is taking Rima to the dance. The one with spiky orange hair is Kukai, he is very sporty and loud and treats Amu like a little sister, but still has small feelings towards Amu. Then theres him... Tadase. The blonde is quiet and polite and treats Amu like a princess. Everyone loves him, everyone but ME. I can see the real him and I don't like it.

Amu ran downstairs and tripped into Tadase's arms. Everyone cooed at them. I, on the otherhand, hissed.

"Have fun guys!" Amu's mom cheered.

"B-but not t-t-too much fun!" Amu's dad yelled as they ran off and out the door.

I have no where to escape. They blocked off my exit. Now I am stuck in the house. I went into Amu's room and curled myself on the bed. I tried to sleep, but all I could think of was Amu, amu, AMU. "Gah! I hate this!" I yell.

"Do you want to escape?" A voice asked.

I look around in search of the voice. "Who wants to know?"

Suddenly a small floating person-thingy appears. He was as small as a doll. His head and hands and feet were large compared to the rest of his body. His hair was spikey blue and he had cat ears and a tail. He also had paws.

I jumped back and hissed, crouching. My fur stood on ends.

"Woah there! Calm down! There is nothing to fear."

I dropped my guard slowly. "Who are you? What are you? What are you doing here?"

"I'm Yoru! I am a Chara! You're Chara to be exact! I'm here to help you find your would-be-self!" He smiled largely towards me.

I just looked at him confused.

"Everyone has a Chara inside to help guide them in the right direction. I am one of them."

"Everyone? Including Amu and her friends?"

Yoru nodded his head. "Yep. They just have not shown themselves yet. Well... Amu's haven't, but the rest have."

"How come I never noticed them then?"

"We each have our own egg that is uniqe to us. Mine has cat faces on it. They could have been in their eggs."

I sat for a moment trying to take it all in. "Why do I have one?"

"Ikuto, you, just like any other thing is having a time of confusion. Your lost, like an aly cat, and you don't know who or what you want to be anymore. I am here to try and help you decide."

"How? How are you going to help me? A cat." I started to walk away, finding him more annoying than useful.

"Wait! Ikuto!" Yoru yelled after me, but I kept walking. Then I heard a snap sound and before I knew it I was a full grown person crawling on my hands and knees, stark naked. "Is that proof enough for you!" Yoru asked.

I stood up, wabling slightly and slowly walked over to Amu's bathroom. I looked myself over. I had shaggy dark hair, a blueish black color and pale skin. I was tall and toned. I had fingers! I couldn't help but be amazed. I wiggled my toes and ran my fingers through my hair, still as soft as ever.

"Great, neh?" Yoru asked, a proud smirk on his face.

I nodded my head. "Its amazing! Its just..."

"Just what?! Isn't this what you wanted? To be human? To make Amu fall for you?" Yoru flew around the room listing off why I wanted to be human.

"Its just that you didn't really plan this out did you?" I asked, causing Yoru to come to a hault. "Humans are so much more complex then cats. I can't just go up to Amu, nude might I add, and say, "Hi Amu, Its Ikuto, your cat, turned into a human! I love you! I always have! Lets live together!"

Yoru thought for a second then snapped his fingers. Soon clothes appeared on me. I wore a white v-neck tshirt and a pair of baggy blue jeans. I looked down my pants to see boxers. "There! Clothes!"

I let out a small sigh. This was going to be a long night.

May: Yay! Chapter two is up so read and review! I will up date when i have a total of thirty five reviews!

Will Ikuto be caught? Will Yoru figure out what Ikuto is trying to say? Will Ikuto ever get to tell Amu how he feels? Find out in chapter three!!!!!!!!!!!!

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