Chapter 4# Eavesdropping

After finishing the breakfast, Ichi came up with something. He stood up and took his plate away. Other were watching him going. His evil grin appeared and his very suspicious aura appeared. Ichi's brothers saw the dark aura getting stronger. They were very careful about what they just saw, but Jyushi didn't care a thing. Ichi went to a room to get some peace. He had an idea what to do with his cat brothers. He took a piece of paper and pencil. Brothers are now having a conversation. Ichi knew they were talking about something that he didn't understand because he can't understand the way they are communicating.

"What is he doing?", Choromatsu asked his brothers.

"Beats me", said Osomatsu.

"Is he going to a convenient store?", Totty asked.

"Maybe, but what was that aura we just saw?", Karamatsu stated to his brothers.

"We gotta find out a clue for that", Jyushi said automatically.

"Yeah, Jyushi is right", Osomatsu replied.

"Ichi can't hear us, but we can understand what he says", Choromatsu mentioned.

These five cats went to the door. They made a pyramid and Jyushi was at the top. He tried to open the door, but it was locked. Ichi, that smart bastard had a door key in his pocket in the begin with. The pyramid they made didn't last long, because Choromatsu happened to sneeze after Jyushi touched the door handle. Ichi heard a slam behind the door, but ignored it immediately. Brothers were in the pile, but got up easily after their failed to open the door. Totty suddenly saw something that could help them to hear what Ichi was planning.

"Hey, look!"

"What is it, Totty", Choromatsu asked curiously.

"There's a little hole", said Totty and pointed the located hole.

"Nice", said Karamatsu with his english accent.

The went to the little hole in the corner of the door. Osomatsu, the oldest of the sextuplets try to get close to the hole. He tried to hear some voices that could come inside the room, where Ichi entered. There was a total silence. He didn't hear a thing with his cat ears.

"Did you hear anything", Choromatsu asked.

"Unfortunately I didn't" Osomatsu said and sighed.

"I want to try too", yelled Jyushi.

"Okay, but keep quiet, Jyushi", Osomatsu said and stood back from the corner of the door.

"Sure sure", Jyushi said carelessly.

"I wonder if I hear the sound of mouse or something", Jyushi said out of nowhere though he knew they were trying to hear something from Ichi.

"Try to hear the voice of Ichi", Totty said nervously.

"No need to worry, guys", stated Jyushi.

Jyushi listened carefully. He was so concentrated than before. Usually he concentrated on his strikes when practicing with his beloved baseball bat, but this was something new for the others. Jyushi closed his eyes and made an angry face. It was a sign of concentration. Suddenly he heard some laughing from the room. Ichi's laugh was like a mad scientist's. Jyushi stood back and showed his shocked face to his brothers.

"E-evil laugh…", said Jyushi with a weak voice.

"Why am I not surprised?" Osomatsu said directly.

"Seriously, we don't need to find out what he is doing to us, we just have to accept it, for god's sake!", raged Totty to others.

"ACCEPT IT!? ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE UP OR SOMETHING, TOTTY!?" Everyone yelled at Totty.

Ichi heard the crying of his cat brothers and decided to finish writing for their sake. He knew they were trying to eavesdrop them.

"What a smart gloomy faced bastard you are, Ichimatsu Matsuno" states the writer of this story.

"Alright, I guess I'll just go" sighed Ichi and stood up and took the key from his left pocket.

When he was opening the door, cat brothers went on a panic. They tried to act normally and keep calm as soon as possible before their brother comes out. The door handle went down and door was opened. Brothers saw him holding the same piece of paper he took from the table. He had normal gloomy and surprisingly calm face.

Brothers except Jyushi were holding their breath and looked at Ichi like British soldiers, but they were 100 percent nervous about this situation. Ichi sighed and said:

"Well, then my precious brothers, there's nothing to be scared of", said Ichi calmly.

"I just made a list of thing to do for this week" He continued.

They stared at the paper a while and they went to the carpet. They had to rest. This eavesdropping mission made them very exhausted. Ichi went to the kitchen and put the list board. He decided to take a walk and left outside. He went to check on ESP kitty. Brothers quickly went close to the window. They saw him walking casually and looking around.

"He's gone, what a relief", Choromatsu said and swept the sweat from his furry forehead.

"The list, that Ichi made, let's check it out!", said Osomatsu. He was still thinking about that paper.

"You are right", Karamatsu responded quickly.

They ran to the kitchen and jumped to the table. The list was right in front of them. Ichi signature was easy to read. Ichi had listed 10 important things for this week. He said that "There is nothing to be scared of". No, There WAS something.

They read the list quickly and the number one made them really worried and shocked. They panicked again. Their faces were pale as albinos. They went under the sofa and gathered to the same spot. The aura of despair gathered around them.

"My brothers, tonight we will meet our destiny" said Osomatsu.

"You bet", said Choromatsu,Todomatsu and Karamatsu.

Ichi was laughing outside and said something to himself:

"Luckily I bought the extra large sponge for today."