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Duncan said nothing else then heard his little brother yelp and whimper, \u201chey, hey ow ow stop that. What\u2019s wrong with you stop it.\u201d Duncan barely heard the other voice, a soft high pitch noise \u201cput me down! Don\u2019t touch me I don\u2019t know you.\u201d Duncan plodded that way; he just hoped his brother wasn\u2019t eating a small creature again. \u201cJimmy, whatever it is-\u201d he stepped around a massive oak and his jaw dropped. Jimmy had a girl in his arms, a small brown girl who was whipping back and forth in his arms, kicking and trying to wiggle out of his grip.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey don\u2019t bite me.\u201d Duncan watched the girl whip her head around to bite his bicep, \u201cput me down I won\u2019t bite.\u201d She made a noise in her throat that made Duncan freeze in his tracks, the low vicious growl was \u00a0\u201cJimmy! Put her down right now.\u201d Jimmy looked up at his big brother and gently put the girl down, \u201clook Dunc I found a kitty.\u201d Duncan moved to stand between them, looking down at the girl. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry miss he isn\u2019t used to seeing non wolves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl shook herself off and flattened one ear while she stared up at Jimmy. \u201cWell he is lucky the non-wolf didn\u2019t bite his balls off. Didn\u2019t anyone teach you not to pick up strangers? What if I had rabies?\u201d JImmy was grinning at her like a fool, \u201cyou don\u2019t smell like you have rabies. You smell nice.\u201d She moved around Duncan to look up at Jimmy her yellow eyes narrowed, \u201cnice, like how?\u201d Jimmy blushed, stammered and his shoulders came up. The girl looked up at Duncan, \u201cis he okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan chuckled then put his arm around her to turn and guide her gently, \u201che\u2019s fine. He gets a little woo\u201d he wobbled his head as he said it, \u201cwhen he talks to pretty girls. And he\u2019s never met a neko before, he\u2019s Jimmy I\u2019m Duncan. What\u2019s your name?\u201d The girl had brown skin and yellow eyes, Duncan thought she was quite pretty for a feline. \u201cI\u2019m Tiwalade Onaga from the Yellow Eye Clan from the West.\u201d Jimmy finally seemed to regain the power of speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHi Yellow Eye Tiwalade.\u201d She glared up at Jimmy who was staring at her with open adoration on his face, she stayed just out of arms reach, \u201care you going to try and pet me?\u201d Jimmy had his hands clasped under his chin, \u201cnot unless you say I can. Can I touch your ears?\u201d She nodded and tipped her head towards his shaking fingers as he reached out. \u201cBe gentle don\u2019t pull my tail.\u201d JImmy carefully rubbed her velvety ears, admiring how her little afro fluffed up around the base of her ears.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan watched how she tilted her head just so to keep Jimmy\u2019s fingers where she wanted them. Feline body language looked so weird to him. She leaned her body against Jimmy and stroked him with her tail, she wasn\u2019t growling, and her ears weren\u2019t pinned back so he was sure she wouldn\u2019t beat his brother up.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jimmy bent his head down to sniff the top of her head, \u201cso soft. When your hair is down does it cover your ears?\u201d Jimmy nosed the tiny curls at the base of her ear, and she tilted her head to glare at him with one eye, \u201cit can if I want it to but usually, I don\u2019t bother. I don\u2019t visit the human world.\u201d Jimmy was absolutely entranced by her, he\u2019d seen images of neko and been told about them. He really wanted to pick her up and cuddle her, but she looked pointy and bitey.\u00a0
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\u201cYou are so cute.\u201d Jimmy couldn\u2019t help himself and he picked her up and cuddled her to his chest. He held her gently but tightly, rubbing his cheek against the top of her head. \u201cPlease don\u2019t bite me, just tell me if you want me to put you down.\u201d Tiwalade yawned hugely and laid her head on Jimmy\u2019s shoulder, tucking her face against his neck and heaving a sigh. \u201cI\u2019m good.\u201d He felt her weight solidify a little in his arms, she felt warm, and her fur was fluffy and silky.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you, Jimmy.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without discussing it they turned to head back to their village. Jimmy never ventured into the edges of wolf territory alone and they\u2019d been out of the den since before dawn. He babbled softly to the cat girl in his arms, telling her about his mother and father, siblings and she relaxed against his chest more, when he noticed she was asleep he looked at his older brother. \u201cDunc, how do you think a neko even got out here?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan kept his voice low not wanting to wake her up, \u201csomeone chased her or dumped her out here. No way she got through The Broken Claw Tribe territory alone, one of those huge ass guards would have found her and-\u201d he trailed off, but Jimmy knew, the Broken claw pack was notorious for how they treated outsiders and small creatures. \u201cThey would eat her or worse.\u201d Jimmy frowned he knew well enough, there had just a few months prior been some poor little shifter girl who\u2019d gotten lost in their territory and not made it out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan we take her home? Mama will love her.\u201d Duncan knew better than to try and explain to Jimmy that they couldn\u2019t just keep the girl like a pet, he smiled a little. \u201cYeah, she will come on let\u2019s go home.\u201d It was only about ten miles home, it wouldn\u2019t take too long, Tiwalade weighed almost nothing and barely slowed Jimmy down except when she woke up enough to stretch in his arms, grunt, sigh and go back to sleep.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She woke up a half hour away from their destination and Jimmy nibbled her ear, she tilted her head away and stared at him. \u201cWhy are you nibbling on me? You said you two aren\u2019t gonna eat me.\u201d Jimmy sniffed her ear and licked it, \u201cI wasn\u2019t tasting you or anything. Just a little cob.\u201d He had started to nibble on her, Jimmy was still such a pup at heart. He nibbled and whined for his siblings constantly and the way he held the cat girl was no different. He was treating her like a cuddle toy of which he already had many but, she was warm and had a heartbeat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sniffed his cheek and laid her head back down. Jimmy looked over her head at his brother and grinned so big his eyes almost closed. He mouthed, \u201cI love her.\u201d Duncan chuckled and led them in through the southwest most gate at the village, as they headed home word spread quickly that Jimmy seemed to have caught himself a kitty cat. When Jimmy walked in through the backdoor of their parents place, she looked up from her place at the kitchen table where she was mending his younger siblings clothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJimmy baby what is that?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Angela Blacktooth looked up, she knew Jimmy had a neko in his arms but given that he wasn\u2019t being clawed and the girl wasn\u2019t snarling at him or making that terrible feline scream they could make, he smiled back. \u201cA neko, her name is Tiwalade she\u2019s a neko.\u201d His mother hid her amusement, \u201cI can smell that much son. Tell me why you are carrying an unconscious neko girl?\u201d He looked aghast, stammering for a few seconds. \u00a0
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\u201cMama, I found her I swear. I promised we wouldn\u2019t eat her. She was down by the Broken Claw Tribe territory boundary, and I didn\u2019t want to leave her down there alone, they\u2019d eat her or touch her bad.\u201d Her sweetest child always had brought home all kinds of things. Once a lost and crying shape shifter from the human world, another time he\u2019d found a human child and bruoght it to her. She set her mending down and gestured, \u201ccome show her to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiwalade started to wake up as Jimmy was trying to put hr down without doing just that. She opened one yellow eye and yawned, when she turned her head, she was being handed to a tall female wolf. \u201cHello little one, don\u2019t be afraid. I\u2019m Jimmy and Duncan\u2019s mother, Angie. This is my home. Are you hungry dear?\u201d Tiwalade was starving she hadn\u2019t had a single bite since early that morning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes ma\u2019am.\u201d Angie gave her a look and she blushed a little, \u201cuh I mean MIss Angie.\u201d Angie reached over to rub under the kitty chin the way she did with her kids, Tiwalade tilted her head back and started to purr. Jimmy yelped, \u201cMom why is she making that sound?\u201d Angie let the little cat girl crawl into her lap and kept petting her, she gave her son a sharp look. \u201cJames Harvey Blacktooth is that how we talk to or about guests in our house?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HIs ears dropped and he looked like she might bite him, \u201cnot like that is she okay?\u201d She smiled at him, \u201cremember I told you before cats purr.\u201d Tiwalade was purring very hard; Angie had the good Mama smell. Milky and sweet, clean fur and everything safe in the universe. She opened her eyes and glared at Jimmy, \u201cyour middle name is Harvey?\u201d Angie chuckled, \u201cthat\u2019s right kitten. You don\u2019t let these boys bother you okay?\u201d Angie waited for the girl in her lap to make eye contact, \u201cdon\u2019t let them bully you, you have my full permission to beat them up if they misbehave okay Tiwalade?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiwalade smiled at Angie again, \u201cyes ma\u2019am.\u201d Angie reached over to rub the girl under the chin, she was so adorable Angie easily changed her mind and didn\u2019t immediately tell the boys to take her home. \u201cAre you staying for dinner kitty?\u201d Tiwalade\u2019s eyes opened wide, \u201cI could maybe eat with y\u2019all?\u201d The wolves were all notorious for the way they ate, Tiwalade\u2019s older brothers loved to terrorize the kittens with gory tales of werewolf appetites.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Angie gestured, \u201cour home is your home. You\u2019re pack when you\u2019re with my boys. We eat, you eat. Boys why don\u2019t you show your new friend your hunting spot for those little deer you like?\u201d Tiwalade turned to be nose to nose with Jimmy, she kissed his nose and he made a sound that made her smile, a cross between a little don\u2019t bite me growl and puppyish whine of pleasure. \u201cAre you even big enough to hunt deer by yourself?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiwalade\u2019s upper lip lifted and she nipped at his cheek. \u201cOf course I am. I am big enough to hunt alone. You sound like my brother.\u201d She wiggled to be let down, her little face screwed up in a cute expression of frustration, \u201cI\u2019m small but I\u2019m not helpless. Just cause I can\u2019t like tear out a bears throat or something doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m helpless.\u201d Jimmy stared at her, \u201cdid the bears from the western territory chase you? The big one, the old one used to chase me when we were little.\u201d Duncan rolled his eyes, \u201cwe were little. He chased us three days ago because you were fishing in his stream without permission again. You\u2019re lucky he didn\u2019t eat you.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grumbling Jimmy picked Tiwalade up again and she settled against his chest with her head on his shoulder, he stroked her back and listened to her low purr. \u201cI\u2019m sorry Tiwa you\u2019re not too little to hunt by yourself. I know you\u2019re a predator too.\u201d Their mother had warned them many times to stay out of the section of forest ruled by the felines. Jimmy carried Tiwalade outside, and Angie stopped Duncan, \u201cdon\u2019t forget she might have relatives waiting. Cats are ambush predators, don\u2019t let your brother get beat up again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan smiled, he never just let Jimmy get beat up. \u201cYes mama.\u201d He kissed her nose and she roughly fluttered her fingers across his ears the way he liked, he wanted to have a nap before dinner but, since they had company, he\u2019d be up chaperoning. He followed outside and found his brother holding Tiwalade over the head of their neighbors\u2019 youngest cubs, \u201ckids this is a real neko.\u201d The youngest of the cubs piped up loud as hell, \u201cis it fully grown? Why is it so small?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jimmy put Tiwalade down and the cub was in fact bigger than her, she bared her teeth at him and he whimpered as he scampered to hide behind Duncan\u2019s legs, \u201cTiwalade please don\u2019t scare him, he\u2019s just a baby. He\u2019s never seen a neko.\u201d She leaned over, \u201cI am not an it. I am a female, mmy name is Tiwalade and yes I\u2019m fully grown. I\u2019m not small you\u2019re small.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cub growled and Tiwalade growled back at him, moving slowly to her left, forcing the cub to move around Duncan\u2019s legs, he watched and could see what she was doing. He tapped the cub on the top of the head and lightly grabbed his tail, \u201cshe\u2019s a guest. You behave or I\u2019m telling your sister.\u201d The little wolf looked up at him, there was definately some fear in those big brown eyes, Duncan nudged him. \u201cYou can play with her if she wants to.\u201d The little wolf looked at Tiwa, \u201cdo you want to play bite face chase?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiwalade slid out of Jimmy\u2019s arms and smiled at the cub. \u201cJust don\u2019t bite hard okay? My Mom will be mad if I come home with a bloody face.\u201d The cub nodded and put out a paw, \u201cMy name is Howard, you\u2019re Tiwalade? Did I say it right? Do all nekos have such cool names?\u201d Howie peppered Tiwa with questions as he led her on a little merry round of chase, when she caught him he encouraged her chomp his furry cheek, his ear. \u201cYou can bite harder I won\u2019t cry Tiwa.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jimmy watched nervously, he didn\u2019t want his new friend or his little neighbor to get hurt or get in trouble. \u201cHey, hey Howie she doesn\u2019t like to have her tail touched put it down. She\u2019ll bite you hard.\u201d Howie looked up wide eyed, \u201cdid she bite you?\u201d He nodded, \u201cshe bites hard for such a little thing. Like your sister so don\u2019t make her mad.\u201d The little boy stared at Tiwalade, his sister was on the small side too but he knew from experience you couldn\u2019t judge on size alone. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jimmy and Duncan watched Tiwalade chase their young neighbor, both of them making a happy amount of noise. Jimmy marveled, \u201ccats are really agile. Look how fast she can turn.\u201d They watched Tiwalade leap over a bush easily and both clapped, Duncan called. \u201cShow the kid how it\u2019s done Tiwa.\u201d Tiwalade was not used to such enthusiasm from her minders and just stared at them, then she looked at her playmate. \u201cAre all wolves so excited all the time?\u201d\u00a0Howard looked at her then at Jimmy and Dunc, \u201cwhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiwa and Howie chuffed at each other, hers sounding more like a loud huhff his more of a nasal sigh. They ran around the yard after each other laughing, growling and leaping on each other. Duncan nodded when Tiwalade climbed a small tree and perched on a low branch, he murmured to his brother. \u201cAmbush predator, that\u2019s why you never see them when they are hunting.\u201d They watched Tiwa tense, her bottom wiggled and she leapt from the tree onto Howie\u2019s back. He howled and ran around with her hanging on to his back for dear life. \u201cI win Howie.\u201d Howie howled long and pitiful, \u201cthat don\u2019t even count Tiwa you jumped on me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She bit the back of his neck and he grunted, \u201cyeah I\u2019m a cat that\u2019s what we do. I can\u2019t take you down with just brute strength. This is why wolves have to eat so much. You never just chill out a little.\u201d Duncan turned to go back inside to help Mama with the last of dinner, watching the youngin\u2019s running and making all that din made him hungry and tired. When he glanced back Tiwalade had picked up Howard and held him in front of her, his legs kicking uselessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAy, ay girl put me down what the hell.\u201d She laughed and they sat down hard as he kicked. \u201cGosh Howie be still geeze I\u2019m gonna drop you if you keep doing that.\u201d She was tottering around with Howie held to her chest, Duncan laughed and walked inside, Mama looked up from the meat she was searing, brows lifted. \u201cEverything okay Dunky?\u201d He nodded and moved to nuzzle her cheek, \u201cyes ma\u2019am. Tiwalade is playin with Howie.\u201d She snorted, \u201cthat boy, bless his heart. Did you see how sick he got after he got into that silo up north? Poor child got no damn sense just like his Daddy. Is Howie coming for dinner? Go tell his Mother.\u201d Duncan was the goodest boy always and immediately sprinted out the backdoor to head for the neighbors house to make sure it was okay, he knew neither Jimmy nor Howie would think to check. And he always did what Mama said immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he came back inside Mama gestured, \u201cget washed up honey. Dinner is about done. Help the little ones.\u201d He nodded and whistled out the window, \u201ccome on y\u2019all come and get washed up.\u201d His Mother rolled her eyes but smiled, her husband called the kids inside the same way. Outside Jimmy and Howie led Tiwalade into the mudroom to clean up. Jimmy Sr had built a paw wash station years before and they showed her how to use it, \u201cMama don\u2019t like it when we get mud inside.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jimmy took his time to ensure neither Howie nor Tiwa came in with muddy feet, and he even used his favorite brush to give Tiwalade a once over in case she was shedding. \u201cDo you shed a lot Tiwa?\u201d Jimmy had to try veyr hard not to yank the delicate tiny curls and coils at the base of her ears in her hair. \u201cUm I guess it depends on what you think is a lot. I have sensitive skin so I shed all year but none of my siblings do.\u201d Jimmy looked impressed, \u201cI do too. Do you have allergies to flowers and stuff?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poor Jimmy did in fact sneeze his way from late February usually until October, Tiwa nodded. \u201cYeah flowers a lot and some other plants and lots of stuff in the forest. I have to be real careful about what I eat , sometimes I eat stuff and throw up.\u201d Jimmy gave her the saddest look, any type of upchucking made him so sad. \u201cCats throw up? A lot?\u201d Duncan looked down at little Howie who looked like he wanted to be taking notes, instead he was staring at Tiwalade. While she and Jimmy talked and brushed themselves he reached out every now and then to touch her fur lightly as if he wasn\u2019t sure she was really there. Eventually he sidled up next to Duncan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnky Dunky, are all nekos pretty like her?\u201d Duncan looked down and smiled at Howie, \u201cnot all? I don\u2019t know she\u2019s only the third one I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d Howie looked up at him wide eyed, \u201creally? Are there only a few of them left?\u201d Duncan shrugged, \u201cat least around here. I heard a lot of them moved away when the humans started showing up. Humans like to take them when they are babies and keep them.\u201d Howie looked horrified, \u201cyou mean like pets? Oh no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once clean up was done Angie got the kids all settled at her enormous diningroom table, even the neko girl looked excited to eat. Angie hadn\u2019t had a cat in her home in years since way before either of her sons was born and she liked to feel like she could welcome any creature into her home easily and it made her happy to see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiwalade was a good houseguest, she had nice manners. Her own mother had drilled into her time and again to always behave especially in the den of another predator. She appreciated the meat they ate and tasty tea Mrs. Blacktooth made, wolf food was good she liked it. They ate more green stuff than she did but she was certain to even eat the salad and the leaves served with the main course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By nightfall Jimmy had Tiwa cradled against his chest, he like how warm and pliable she seemed. Once she was full he let her lay on him and he brushed her as she allowed, then she curled up against him and fell asleep purring. He got why a body might like a cat, when she wasn\u2019t biting, staring or scratching he found her very pleasant, he was going to ask his mother for a kitty cuddle toy for his next birthday. Jimmy loved other creatures, especially the smaller ones that allowed his aggressive cuddling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTiwalade, do we need to send a bird to your parents?\u201d She blinked her big yellow eyes slowly at Duncan, \u201cno I don\u2019t usually get home until moon rise anyway. I told my Mom I was gonna go out venturing today so she isn\u2019t expecting me at a particular time.\u201d She put her head back down, her face against Jimmy\u2019s neck. as she purred his eyes got heavy, he mumbled while playing with her fluffy tail, \u201cthat\u2019s nice.\u201d Before she was out he was, his head tipped back against the wall and he started snoring. Howie laughed while he was still shoving food down his gullet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJimmy always goes to sleep after dinner. Just like my Dad and my sister. Mama say they got the itis.\u201d Angie chuckled, she knew that about Howie\u2019s dad and sister. \u201cJimmy gets that too it might be cause he eats too much at one time.\u201d Howie looked up at her, \u201ctoo much? You can eat too much?\u201d Howie looked horrified Duncan nodded seriously, \u201cyeah sometimes you can throw up too.\u201d Howie shook his head, \u201cno way I am never doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Angie couldn\u2019t tell herself not to worry. the appearance of humans in the forest maybe a decade before had foretold that more of the beast species would meet, her own parents had lived in terror of the day but, as she watched her too friendly huge baby Jimmy play with the neko she just smiled. She could have stayed upset but didn\u2019t, she didn\u2019t see a point. If someone in her family was going to meet a neko it would be her baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a bit and a lot more noise Howie\u2019s mother barked and he turned to run home. \u201cBye you guys! Tiwalade I hope you can come meet my mom too sometime.\u201d Howie sprinted home when his mom switched from barking to howling, his signal to get inside immediately. Tiwalade\u2019s ears moved following the sound, she turned to look up at Duncan. \u201cIs that what that sound means? Come home? You don\u2019t do it because you\u2019re upset?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He listened and it took him a moment to get what she was saying, \u201coh uh, that\u2019s howling we do it for a lot of reasons. Sometimes cause we\u2019re upset. Like how the light brown cats that live in the mountains over there do that big scream you can hear in summer.\u201d She thought about it then nodded a little, \u201cthat\u2019s kind of a battle call and a warning to our prey. Sometimes to each other, I can do it.\u201d Dunc shook his head at his brother who he knew was about to ask her to do it, he just nodded at her. \u201cSo that\u2019s just a cat noise?\u201d She nodded and then yawned hugely. \u201cI have had so much fun I think I am going to go to my spot in the forest for a nap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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