Title: Cat Got Your Tongue
Author: Princess Destiny
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Couple: Usagi/Mamoru and Kuzite/Venus
Rating: M 15+
Summary: 'One Hour Challenge' #67: Response Fanfic. When the Dark Kingdom changes Tuxedo Kamen into a cat, a lot of troubles are caused and secrets revealed. Now Motoki's help has to be called on to play a dangerous game.
Chapters: 2/?
Status: Unfinished
Year Started: 2007
Year Completed: N/A
Year Revised: 2011

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Comments: Hi everyone! Here is Chapter Two for the Fanfic. According to the reviews I got, letting me know which of my Fanfics you would like to see me write for when I get a computer, here are the ones that were nominated, The number next to it is how many votes in reviews there were. The nominations will be open until I have finished posting the last written Chapter for this Fanfic, so let me know what you want me to write for first, even if it's a Fanfic from my site. I will not be starting any new Fanfiction until this list below is completed. Usually I wouldn't bother with votes and write what I wanted, but there are seriously so many I want to write for at the same time, that I can't make the decision myself. O_o At the moment, Cat Got Your Tongue, A Kiss In The Dark, Spin The Bottle and Sending Over The Edge are in the lead. STB of course was never again posted on Fanfiction DOT net since it was removed in 1999 due to flaming, but I will continue it on my site Destiny's Gateway.

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CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE

By Princess Destiny

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Chapter Two

"You might be right there, Sailor Moon." He replied, looking down at the paws resting on her chest. Was this a good thing or a bad thing? Now that she was treating him as if he'd been Luna, Tuxedo Kamen found the prospect not so bad. The girl was obviously totally innocent as to what a grown man like him would be thinking pressed against her impressive bosom so snuggly.

"Don't worry, Mercury is really smart and will find a way to get you back to normal. And R-Mars can consult the fires for an answer too."

"And Jupiter?" He asked with a frown, seeing a pattern there.

"Oh, she'll probably help Mercury. Jupiter is smart too, though she flunks all her tests like me." Sailor Moon blushed when she realized what she'd said. "Umm, ignore that last part." She said awkwardly.

"And you won't be helping?" Tuxedo Kamen had a sinking feeling that he already knew the answer. The fact that the others had left her out of their conversation was very telling. And also the fact that Sailor Moon already knew that she wouldn't be helping.

"I'm no...good at that sort of thing." The petite girl said softly, hugging him closer for a moment.

Tuxedo Kamen had an awful feeling that she was hiding tears in those beautiful blue eyes and let her hold him.

They were silent for a long time, watching the three Senshi and the cat talking. They seemed to be quite animated.

"What do you think they're talking about?" The small cat asked the blonde, feeling more than a little irritated that he'd been left out of a very important discussion on his life. He was a cat now, for crying out loud! And he also felt anger towards them on the blonde's part for also being left out.

Did those girls not think she was smart enough to have any input or had they just left her as temporary guardian of him? They had suggested that she take him home with her.

Sailor Moon shrugged, arms still holding Tuxedo Kamen in a gentle grasp about his body. She'd had Luna long enough now to know how to hold them and somehow she didn't think that he was up to sitting on her shoulder yet. Luna had been born a cat and was naturally agile, whereas Tuxedo Kamen had just become one. "I'm sure they'll let us know when they come to a decision." She murmured sadly.

He honestly couldn't help it when he scrutinized her somewhat incredulously. Tuxedo Kamen could not say that he had ever heard the blonde say something smart up until that day. As mean as it sounded, it was true. She gushed, she fell on her face, she wailed. But Sailor Moon had never uttered one word that revealed that she had a brain.

The golden cat winced, hoping she couldn't divine what he was thinking from his expression.

And that was another bizarre thing. Not only did he have brows, but he could do all sorts of expressions a normal cat couldn't. He had been studying Luna covertly since he'd become a feline and seem the most amazing looks on her furry face.

"Tuxedo Kamen?" Sailor Moon called down to him, seeing that he was a million miles away. She smiled softly. It wasn't any wonder that he was thinking so hard when he'd just been turned into an animal. She knew he was a smart guy and would figure out a way to turn himself back-with the Senshi's help of course.

Her brows came together delicately as she went back over the accident that had changed her crush into a feline. It had to be a spell of some kind; but would there be a cure to be found here on earth? More likely the antidote or reversal spell was in Zoisite's hands. She had been the one to turn him after all.

So that meant that Zoisite had the answer and Sailor Moon would just have to lure her out and then beat it out of her. That decided, she nodded firmly.

Well, it was as she'd told him, that the Dark Kingdom would have the answer. Now to just let the others come back and report the exact same conclusion and to act as if she'd never thought of it. After all, they expected her to act dumb, because that's what they thought she was.

Wouldn't they have a heart attack to learn that ever since she'd first transformed into Sailor Moon, she'd steadily become more intelligent?

"Er-Sailor Moon?" The cat wasn't sure if he liked that determined expression in her eyes. Sailor Moon was thinking this problem over and had evidently come to some solution. Tuxedo Kamen couldn't believe it. The girl obviously had hidden depths and all this time he'd been thinking she was a dumb blonde. "What are you thinking?" He asked her quietly, intent on her answer.

She grinned down at him. "Just you wait, Tuxedo Kamen," She said with her usual enthusiasm and infallible nature. "I'm going to find that cure for you and turn you back."

She was going to find the cure, not the Senshi and himself? "You know what happened to me?" He asked her carefully. Was it possible that she'd already figured out a way to aid him? His heart began to thump harder in his chest in rising excitement. She had mentioned that the Dark Kingdom was probably a way, but maybe she'd already come up with a plan?

"Not yet," Sailor Moon spoke slowly, thoughtfully.

Tuxedo Kamen's heart plummeted and he sighed. He should have known that she really didn't know how to help him. This was Sailor Moon after all, and as much as he had feelings for her, she was a ditzy blonde through and through. Despite her astonishingly intelligent conversation to him over the last fifteen minutes.

"But I will." She continued, unaware of her savior's unflattering musings.

"Hey, aren't you upset that they left you out of the conversation?" He asked her abruptly, trying to change the flow of their talk to something less depressing.

She looked startled for a moment, and then shook her head, a faint sadness in her blue eyes. "Oh no," She whispered, expression shadowed. "No, I can't be or I'll cry." And there was no way she was going to do that either in front of the man she thought she loved, or the friends who treated her so badly without even thinking about it.

This statement stopped him cold. Sailor Moon would cry if she thought about why they'd left her out? He regarded her for a silent moment, and then his own expression became icy. They'd left her out deliberately! Because they thought she was stupid.

Just as he had.

"Oh, Sailor Moon," The golden feline went up onto his back legs and touched her face with one paw. It was the best that he could do with his current body.

"I'm no good to them, you see," She explained, face contorting as she tried to smile reassuringly at him through her tears. He was really so sweet to worry about her like that. Sailor Moon blinked back the moisture in her eyes. "I'm not smart like Mercury, or strong like Jupiter or psychic and assertive like Mars. Mars wants to be Leader..." Her voice trailed off and she sighed deeply. "Even my own family think I'm an airhead. So I just act like one and then it sort of comes naturally after a while."

Tuxedo Kamen settled down in her arms again, muttering darkly under his breath. The poor girl had been beaten down so many times that she lacked self-confidence. No wonder she tripped and fell and shrieked and wailed. When no one told her she was wonderful and brave and intelligent, she probably started to believe it.

He could partially excuse the other Senshi for being young and arrogant, but he couldn't excuse Sailor Moon's family! When he was human again, he was going to pay them a visit and have a long conversation.

"Are you okay? Are you feeling sore?" Sailor Moon asked him solicitously, a gloved hand moving over his back legs and then his ribs. Tuxedo Kamen was bound to be aching in places with his new body. He'd been a full-grown man, after all, and had been fitted down into a tiny cat's body.

Once again, Tuxedo Kamen was humbled. How could he ever had thought badly of this girl? She had sensed that he was hurting in places due to his cat body. "I'm just fine. It's to be expected that I'd be a little sore." He comforted Sailor Moon, as much as himself, with his words.

"Whatever happens-whatever the others decide-you're coming home with me," Sailor Moon pronounced with unmistakable conviction.

"What if the other Senshi want me to stay with one of them?" Tuxedo Kamen asked doubtfully. They'd said they wanted Sailor Moon to have him, but this was before the talk with Luna, who obviously had authority over them. "You already have a cat, remember?"

"I remember," She said humorously, taking no offense to his reminder. "But I got my family used to one cat and I can do it again. Luna can just use her magic on them."

"Luna has magic?" He asked curiously. "Does that mean that I do too?"

Her nose wrinkled charmingly in thought, and then she answered him in a serious tone. "I'm not too sure about that Tuxedo Kamen. Luna is-special. And I know you have some powers with roses and flying when you're human, but who knows that you can do as a cat."

A picture of a small golden cat in a mini-tuxedo throwing a rose from his paw filled Sailor Moon's head and she bit back a giggle. Tuxedo Kamen wouldn't appreciate being laughed at right then.

Well that sounded a reasonable assumption. Tuxedo Kamen mulled over the answer just as seriously as she had. "I could try to fly, since I can't throw roses?" He grinned up at her.

"You're taking this very well," She grinned back at him, absently reaching down to scratch at his ears.

They were both startled when a purr emerged from his throat.

He blinked at her in astonishment. "That felt absolutely wonderful." He kept purring loudly, relaxing into her touch. The sensations coursing through him when she did that to his ears was positively sinful. Tuxedo Kamen had never felt anything like it. It felt even better than when she'd scratched under his chin!

Sailor Moon giggled, a blush spreading over her cheeks. "Luna likes a scratch sometimes," She replied knowingly.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the Senshi. "Motoki?" They all chorused, gawking at Luna.

"You want Motoki to play Tuxedo Kamen?" Mercury gasped out, revealing what the impromptu Senshi meeting had been about.

"You want my best friend to pretend to be Tuxedo Kamen in battle?" Tuxedo Kamen hissed, fur rising. At the strange sensation, he blinked then tried to calm himself. Being a cat was just a whole new ballgame! And every time his body did something cat-like, he felt it as if for the first time.

Sailor Moon winced as his claws stuck into her arm. She carefully removed them before speaking. "Motoki is your best friend?" Sailor Moon looked at him inquiringly. A frown started between her brows. Something was off with that statement and it took her a moment to realize what it was.

"That's funny, I could have sworn he was best friends with-" She broke off, eyes going huge. A small squeak escaped her mouth.

"What?" Jupiter demanded, turning to peer first at the golden cat in Sailor Moon's arms, and then into the heroine's eyes. "What did we miss?"

Mercury, Luna and Mars also looked towards the blonde, frowning that their urgent discussion had been interrupted.

"Is there something wrong, U-Sailor Moon?" Luna began in annoyance, remembering at the last minute that Tuxedo Kamen was in their midst.

The petite girl was rather pale and her eyes were still a little wild, but she managed a smile for their benefit. "Umm, no," Sailor Moon shook her head so hard that her long hair slapped against her sides. "Not a thing." She emphasized.

They gave her one last curious look, before huddling together again. It was more than obvious from the looks on their faces-as they'd turned away-that they thought she was just being silly.

Tuxedo Kamen eyed them all maliciously, wondering what revenge he could get for his girl once he was a human again.

He blinked in shock. His girl? Since when had Sailor Moon become his girl? The cat tried to recall and thought perhaps it was the moment that the tears had entered her eyes over her friend's unknowing callousness. Till then, he'd felt something for her. Caring and longing perhaps, but now...it might have had something to do with the fact that he was a male cat now, but Tuxedo Kamen was suddenly feeling very possessive over the girl.

Absently, he rubbed his mouth along her arms, and then reached up higher to do the same to the tops of her breasts and her neck. He settled back in satisfaction, not exactly sure what he'd done, but knowing that she was now his.

Sailor Moon giggled down at him, flushing when she recalled the feeling of his mouth on the smooth skin of the tops of her exposed chest. Perhaps he was just being affectionate? She'd never seen Luna do this to her, but then Luna had been born a cat and maybe...her blue eyes narrowed slightly. She didn't know much about cat behavior, so maybe she'd look it up on the net later.

But for now, how the heck was Tuxedo Kamen who she suspected him to be? It just wasn't possible. They were nothing alike-were they? An image of Tuxedo Kamen superimposed itself over Mamoru in her mind and they fit perfectly. On no, this couldn't be happening.

"Sailor Moon, how do you all know Motoki?" The golden cat asked her warily, abruptly remembering the conversation about his best friend. He looked up into her strained face. Something was definitely up and he wanted to know what it was. The girl looked as if she'd seen a ghost!

"Oh you know, the usual way," Her words practically fell over each other in their haste. Oh god, it had to be true. Chiba Mamoru was Motoki's best friend and she had it on the best authority of having seen their friendship every day at the Arcade. Now that she thought about it, they were rather similar. The dark hair, the deep blue eyes, the body.

Sailor moon swallowed hard and summoned a smile. "Doesn't everyone young go to the Arcade?"

He frowned at her, something nagging at the back of his mind. But then Tuxedo Kamen relaxed. Sailor Moon would never lie to him; she was caring and gentle and didn't seem the sort to tell an untruth. Still, he studied her thoughtful blue eyes, there seemed as if something was troubling her.

A thought stuck him like lightening and if he could have paled under his golden fur, he would have. Good lord, did Sailor Moon know who Motoki's best friend was? If so-then she knew who he was!

"Sailor Moon-" He began warily, uncertain of how to breach the subject. Perhaps this wasn't the best time. After all, he'd be staying at her house for perhaps a long while and she would have to de-transform into her civilian form. He would then know exactly who she was.

Apparently, they thought alike, because Sailor Moon went as pale as a ghost and almost dropped him. She hastily pulled him back to her, breath coming out in little gasps. Oh god, he would be staying at her house. Chiba Mamoru, if that was really who Tuxedo Kamen was, would know her as soon as her transformation reversed.

She was in complete shock. "Oh no," The petite blonde whispered softly.

With his increased cat senses, Tuxedo Kamen picked out her softly-spoken words and wondered at it. Glancing up to her face revealed that she'd had another shock.

The golden cat quickly looked about to see what could have brought that horrified look to her beautiful eyes, but could see nothing. "Are you alright?" He asked her, frowning.

"I'm-I'm fine." Sailor Moon stammered closing her eyes briefly to gather her thoughts. Had the other Senshi not connected that she would have to reveal her civilian form to this man if he came home with her? Apparently not!

She felt a brief spurt of happiness that she had once again out-thought her friends, and then her spirits fell again. This would not do at all! The two of them would be at each other's throats. Everyone knew that Chiba Mamoru and Tsukino Usagi were worst enemies and never got along.

But...Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen were known to have a 'thing' for each other.

A funny look crossed the blonde's look as her vision of her and Tuxedo Kamen coming together in an embrace turned into her and his cat form. She giggled.

Tuxedo Kamen opened his furry mouth to demand what had caused such mirth, but at that moment the Senshi and their cat returned.

"We've come to a few decisions, Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Kamen." Luna announced, nodding her head at them.

"Us-er, Tuxedo Kamen will stay with Sailor Moon as planned." Sailor Mars said rather superiorly.

Sailor Moon just couldn't resist, for all the times the raven-haired girl had put her down. "Well of course he will silly!" She practically gushed, overdoing her usual act by several degrees. "I mean, it's a wonderful idea to let a guy we barely know, who's got his own agenda for the Rainbow Crystals and who has no idea of our secret identities, into my own house," She looked thoughtful as their mouths dropped in shock and they stared at her. "And it was brilliant of you to think of him finding out my real name by staying in my room."

"Sailor-Moon!" Luna choked.

"Oh dear!" Mercury stammered.

Jupiter chuckled. "Go girl."

Mars was dead-silent, looking at Sailor Moon as if she'd grown two heads.

And why not after such a brilliant dialogue?

The blonde looked back at them all rather smugly.

Tuxedo Kamen had also been stunned, but then he shook his head and smiled. He was rapidly finding out that there was more to Sailor Moon than anyone had ever known. She was bloody smart for one!

"Oh dear, I never thought of that," The small black cat said in consternation, glancing from the Senshi behind her to their Leader as if she'd made some mistake. Her red eyes were bewildered. "Sailor Moon, are you feeling alright?" She asked tentatively. She looked at the other Senshi. "She wasn't hit with something from that Youma like Tuxedo Kamen?"

Sailor Moon had never felt so insulted in her life. Her blue eyes narrowed dangerously on her Guardian and her arms tightened almost painfully about the furry body in her embrace.

Tuxedo Kamen felt it and looked up at her, gawking as he saw her blazing eyes. Oh boy, were the others going to get a piece of her mind! He almost felt sorry for them. Almost.

The blonde's mouth tightened and her arms shook slightly with the restraint she was putting on her white-hot fury. So this was what they thought of her? That she couldn't have one intelligent thought?

Slowly, she let the anger flow out of her, pasting a sweet smile on her face. There would be another time to let loose with every vile insult she could think of. Right then, it was Tuxedo Kamen who needed help. And despite their disregard for her identity, she was going to keep theirs.

Swearing like a pirate was bound to bring out their real names here and there.

"What are you talking about, Luna?" Sailor Moon asked her cat, voice sickly-sweet and eyes limpid.

Luna looked at her suspiciously for a moment, and then shook her head in disgust. There was no way her charge was that intelligent! She'd been living with the girl for months now, and Usagi was an airhead. She certainly didn't have a fine grasp of humor, irony and sarcasm. "Well, she's right in any case," The cat said ungratefully. "We didn't think of the secret identity issue."

"It's fine," Sailor Moon said seriously, nodding her head. "I trust him, even if you don't."

"That's not the point!" Mars hissed at her angrily. "He's got his own agenda-"

"As I pointed out already," The Senshi of the Moon said dryly, forgetting herself.

More stares.

She finally sighed. "Look, he's quite safe with me and I'm positive that he won't betray me. You're all quite welcome to keep who you are to yourselves." Sailor Moon turned her back on them and prepared to walk away. She'd had quite enough of their attitude towards her. Perhaps it was time for some changes.

"Sailor Moon, wait!" Luna called out urgently. When the blonde turned back with eyebrows raised, she was once again taken-aback from the mixed signals she was receiving from her charge. One moment she was acting her air-headed, klutz of a self and the next she was a serious, intelligent and witty person.

"Yes, wait a damned minute, Moon. We have something else to say to you," The priestess-in-training shouted after her angrily.

"I'm afraid we've come to a serious decision." Mercury said solemnly.

Jupiter just looked away, face ashamed.

Had Sailor Moon been hit by something after all...or had Luna been making a huge mistake in training Sailor Mars on the side to take over the leadership of the Senshi? As Usagi had shown no redeeming qualities, the cat had taken it upon herself, as her solemn duty to their dead Queen, to mold the Sailor Senshi into a fighting team worthy of the greatest armies of the Moon Kingdom. And now, moments before they were going to demand she turn over her leadership to Sailor Mars, Luna was having grave doubts.

"Luna, guys, the moon is high and I should have been home hours ago. Can't this wait?" Sailor Moon spoke wearily to them, having lost all patience with the whole ordeal. All she wanted to do was go home and get some sleep. She could stay transformed and sneak out to school before her parents woke.

Tuxedo Kamen could be hidden quite easily, as small as he was.

"Your sleeping habits are legendary, Odango Atama. We don't really care."

The small golden cat froze in surprise. Odango Atama? His name for Usagi? He stared up at the blonde heroine and noticed for the first time that her hair was just like a certain annoying blonde's. But then again, this was Japan and having your hair in buns was a usual style among some girls.

Tuxedo Kamen shook his head. He was thinking up moonbeams if he was actually seeing a similarity between the two blondes. And he was sure he wasn't the first person to tell someone with hair that way that they looked like a popular food. The cat snorted in amusement. Wouldn't Usagi be laughing at him now if she was to find out his humiliation? A fine picture they'd be with a blonde hellion arguing with a cat!

"Sailor Moon, we've decided that we no longer wish you to be Leader of the Senshi." Mercury told her delicately, looking distressed.

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