Chapter 3

A ride

Disclamer: I don't own Puss in boots.

"SShhh!" Puss hissed at Kitty in annoyance. Puss' temper was short at the moment. They had spent all afternoon trying to get a ride. They had tried to hide in a fruit carrage, but the owners found them and called the soldiers. Now they were hiding in a chicken carrage.

"It stinks in here!" Kitty hissed and gagged.

"Do you have a better idea?" Puss asked putting his hat over his face.

"Well there's a horse over there…unsupervised.." Kitty gave Puss a mistivious smirk.

They jumped out of the carrage and they ran across the busy road.

"Puss watch out!" Kitty yelled as a crate fell on top of Puss.

"Wha-!" Puss' hat flew off his head and landed right in front of Kitty.

"I got your-" Kitty looked at the hat and then back at Puss. She suddenly smiled and ran off.

Puss began to panic. The hat was given to him from his adopted mother when he did his first good deed. Out of anger, Puss smashed the crate and followed Kitty's scent. He finally caught up to her.

When Kitty noticed Puss, she jumped onto a dumpster, did a flip on a banner hanger and finally onto the roof. She put Puss' hat on her head and stuck her tongue out at him.

'What a woman!' Puss thought as he chased after her.

He knew she was just playing with him, but it was irritating and time consuming.

"Kitty! Give it back!" Puss yelled, jumping onto the roof.

"Come and get it!" Kitty purred swinging the hat in the air.

Puss darted to her as she put the hat on her head. Puss grabbed her waist and tripped her, making her fall into Puss' arms. Her eyes widened in shock, but she quickly regained confidence and smiled.

"It's not that easy boy!" Kitty purred roughly as she tried to twist her way out of Puss' grasp.

He picked her up and span her around. Kitty flipped out of his arms and pushed the hat tighter on her head.

She then did a cartwheel and brushed roughly against Puss' back, swishing her tail gently over his shoulders.

Puss began performing a series of flips, jumps, taps and sexy smirks.

"Ha! Take that!" Puss hollered.

Kitty narrowed her eyes and searched through her brain for more, then she finally knew what to do. She stood on all four paws and began kicking her hind legs up.

"How dare you do the litter box on me!" Hissed Puss.

He began to drag his bottom on the roof with a sly smile on his face.

"Take that!" Puss purred.

They both bowed and Kitty handed Puss' hat back to him. He had completely forgotten about his hat. He was so concentrated on impressing Kitty that he had completely forgotten that she took it.

He brushed off the dust and put it back on his head, running his paw over the edge of his hat.

"Where did you get that hat anyway?" Kitty asked looking over the edge of the roof.

"Amelia…" Puss whispered, joining Kitty at the edge of the roof.

"The orphanage owner in San Recardio?" Kitty asked with a shocked look on her face.

"I lived there when I was just a kitten." He answered with a smile as he remembered.

"My brother, Humpty, and I started off on the wrong path of stealing," He started.

"Then one day, we were caught by the lead soldier and taken back to the orphanage where Amelia was heartbroken. You see, Amelia loved me from the very moment I showed up at the orphanage steps. One day, some kids were picking on Humpty…..poor egg. I stood up for him…even though I never said a word. Well, after we went back to our rooms, I decided to never give Amelia another reason to be so disappointed in me ever again." Puss chuckled to himself after finishing.

"I stopped stealing, even though Humpty always tried to. Then one day, I saved the lead soldier's mother. That was the day I earned the lead soldiers resect and these boots and hat." Puss looked out at the town closely as he told the story.

"Wow!" Kitty whispered.

Puss cleared his throat. "Why, thank you Kitty!"

"No! Not you!" She nudged Puss.

She pointed to a small carrage that was full of food. "That!"

They both ran to the carrage and found a hiding spot behind a sack of patatos. They sat there and waited for the carrage to move.

"Hey Kitty, can I ask you something?" Puss asked, facing her.

"Umm…sure." She answered, giving him all her attention.

"What happened to your claws?"

Kitty sat there with dread and fear hanging over her shoulders.

"None of your business!" She snapped and turned around to let a tear slide down her cheek so that Puss wouldn't see her cry.

He just laughed softly, "Alright, alright,"

Kitty lifted her head in surprise. 'Did he just except that? He's just gonna drop it?' She thought with uncertainty. 'Finally, a man I can trust.' She half thought.

She turned to face him with a surprised look still on her face.

"It's your privacy. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Puss told her with a relaxed and understanding look glazed over his big green eyes.

'What harm would be done if I told him?' she thought.

"My old humans took them…..i was always ripping up the curtains so…"She sighed.

"Hahaha! Humans! They are some crazy creatures, arnt they?" He chuckled, trying his best to make her feel better.

The carrage began to move. 'Finally!' Puss thought, taking his hat off.

The movement of the carrage soothed both cats into a deep sleep…..leaning on each other….