Look Up To Her, Both Metaphorically and Literally
"Evil! Get down here!"
It was tempting. She could have probably landed on the smallest one and the other would have tackled him, but at the same time she could just stay up there and annoy them more. Which was more funny. Ergo, she stayed. She felt like sleeping, because it would annoy them further. Human pets. They were disgusting. She had simply chosen to take occasional residence in one of their houses.
Hell, the Giant fed her. Why not?
"We know you're up there!" Pochi growled. Pochi! They allowed themselves to take the name the Humans had given them. She found that demeaning and ridiculous. Like Humans knew how to name anything. And the other was called Hanatamago. Those were such stupid names.
"You've nowhere else to go, Evil!"
Standing up, she stretched out. "Oh please. Like you've trapped me here," she responded with a laugh. They were so small minded. Then again, she was bigger than either of them. Plus it was just another well known fact that cats were much more intelligent than dogs. Ha! And she, the one the Humans had named Anastasia, was much more intelligent than any other cat.
Settling herself down once more, she closed her eyes and prepared herself to listen to their barks become more and more desperate. It was funny.
When suddenly it all stopped.
"Y're in s' much tr'ble."
"No! You don't understand! Berwald! We just can't let that Evil creature– Tino!" Hanatamago whined. She looked down from where she was perched at the group of Humans now beneath the tree. Pochi had easily jumped up into the shortest man's arms. She glared down at them.
Which was right when she noted the forth man up in the tree with her. She hissed, but his feelings stayed the same the entire time, no fear or caution in him. She found herself being picked up by the scruff of her neck and then being brought down the tree.
"Get her, Berwald. Yeah!" Hana cheered.
"Like that's what's happening," she retorted, but with slight more irritation. The Humans went through their usual pointless speech and she stopped trying to struggle out of the man's grip. He was nearly as big as the Giant. Her tail twitched with her annoyance.
Pochi barked a farewell to Hanatamago (who was in this Tino's arms) and the both of them were off. She could not believe this. Trying to bite him had no effect either, he simply turned her around so that she was staring off into space and could not turn about to nail him.
Stupid Humans! They should all just die! She could not stand any of them–
She settled down as she felt herself being passed off to someone else. He stroked her back absently as she purred. He smelled nice, whoever he was. She liked him.
The cat named Anastasia went to sleep, planning her next attempt at driving those minuscule dogs insane.
Notes:
The Giant = Anastasia's name for Ivan. The reason is obvious.
Evil = Pochi and Hanatamago's name for Anastasia. The reason is obvious.
So this is what happened, from an overall viewpoint. Kiku ran off to get someone to deal with the cat and came across Berwald, Tino and Eduard. In which they went to Kiku's backyard, Tino grabbed Hanatamago, and then (as you see) Berwald grabbed Anastasia. While they were walking back home, they came across Heracles and now Anastasia is with him.
All cats like Heracles. Even Anastasia. Damn, he is good. The Cat Whisperer. Which sounds like the premise for another AU story. If anyone wants to write that I would definitely read it.
