Hey all! I did an announcement and I know i didn't have to but oh well i'll explain that at the end! Please read and review! I taking a huge chance on this because well i've never done one like this so hope you enjoy!

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Yugi's tail twitched as he stalked over a bird. His ears low and eyes fixated on his prey as he stalked just a bit closer before pouncing. He sighed when he missed and the bird flew off. Great another night of hunger. He sat back and licked his hand and cleaned his ear.

After sitting there for a while he got up and walked out of the alley and down the busy street. He'd have to find something else to give Heba. He knew Heba would argue that he needed to eat. That's just how his brother was. Yugi would refuse though. Yugi was stronger than Heba right now. Heba was sick and Yugi had to accept that Heba may not make it.

"Move it you pest!"..."Get out of the way!"..."Damn animal!" these were common things for Yugi to hear while he walked. It wasn't uncommon for a stray to hear them. No one cared for strays. He knew that from the start.

Yugi was a Neko. Originally Neko's were bred in labs by scientists. But about years ago that changed. Now Nekos were mating and having litters. Usually of 2-3 kittens. Like stray cats there are stray Nekos. It wasn't uncommon anymore.

Yugi's mother was born a stray. She was in a litter of three. Yugi didn't know where his aunt and uncle were. It's not like they stuck around once they hit a certain age. Neko's usually stayed with their mother until they were 16. As far as Yugi knew his aunt and uncle left his grandmother the day they all turned 16.

His mother left his grandmother when she was sixteen then had him and his brother when she was just 19. Neither of them knew who their father was. That wasn't uncommon either. Not many Neko fathers stay around to help raise their kittens.

Yugi walked to the corner as the tip of his tail twitched from side to side. He looked to each side to make sure no cars were coming before crossing. He trotted across and went to another alley.

He was about to pass a pet store when he stopped and looked in the windows. There in the window were some kittens. Barely above the age of weaning. He hated seeing these pet stores. Not because he wanted a home but because he constantly saw all these kittens just taken from their mother before they were ready. It was disgusting. All these kittens just ripped from their mother at the age of two. They'd never remember their mothers and they'd be separated by the age of 5. Not to mention the ones that don't get bought. They end up on the street by the age of 8.

Shaking his head he started towards the alley again. He needed to get back to Heba as fast as possible. Just the idea of Heba being alone for hours the way he'd left him terrified him. He had come to terms with the fact that one day he'd come back and Heba might not be breathing. He hated the idea but he had to face it. Not many Nekos made it past their 3rd year on their own.

"Heba." Yugi went to their box.

Heba was curled up on the rag Yugi had found in the trash. It wasn't much but it was something.

"Heba?" Yugi nudged him. Heba rolled over and looked at him with weak eyes.

"Yugi. Did you eat?" Heba asked.

"Yeah." Yugi lied. Heba didn't need to worry about him. He just needed to focus one getting better. "I'm fine. I'm gonna find you something to eat."

"No its ok. Just stay with me." Heba said.

Yugi nodded and laid with him. He held Heba close. "You're freezing."

"I'm fine. Been worse." Heba said.

Yugi sighed. "Let me find you more blankets. Please."

"Yugi I'm fine. I don't like you wandering the streets with all those humans. You could get hurt." Heba said looking towards the street.

"All they do is yell a few things. None of them have tried anything." Yugi said. It was a lie. There were many times when things were thrown at him or kids have kicked him. It was worth it though. He needed to go on the streets for Heba. He needed to get Heba food.

Heba sighed and adjusted his shorts. Of course they wore clothes. A Neko only had cat ears and tail. They didn't have fur like cats so they had to wear clothes. If they didn't and they were caught they'd be taken to the pound and no Neko had ever come back after being taken to the pound.

Yugi and Heba had clothes on. They were dirty and gross and from a trash can but they were clothes. For males as long as they at least had bottoms on they were pound free. So Yugi constantly looked for shorts that would fit them. He never liked pants. They restricted his movement. Made it harder to escape the humans that did hurt him.

"Yugi you need a home." Heba said bluntly.

Yugi looked at him with slightly widened eyes. "No I need to stay with you."

"You're 18. You need a home and a mate." Heba said.

"I don't think i want a mate. Or to have kittens." Yugi said. "They could be taken from me. Plus no one wants a neko my age so it's useless to tree. They all want those kittens. Purebreds. We're mixed Heba. no one wants mixed."

"You're small and cute. Anyone would want you if you just try." Heba said. He sighed. "Look Yugi I don't think i'm gonna make it to next spring."

"Yes you will. Don't talk like that." Yugi said.

"I'd have to make it through winter. We can barely find food as it is and it's starting to get cold. Food will get harder to find. Birds migrate." Heba said.

"Then I'll find another way for us to eat. I'm not leaving you." Yugi said as he felt a familiar lump of fear creep into his throat. He hated being alone. He hated the idea of never seeing Heba again.

"Yugi promise me something." Heba said.

"Depends on with it is." Yugi said.

"If someone shows interest in taking you to a home go with them. No matter what go with them." Heba said.

"But-"

"Promise me." Heba demanded looking into his eyes.

Yugi sighed. "Alright. I promise."

"Good." Heba said before going to sleep.

Yugi held his brother. Who was Heba trying to fool? No one showed interest in him. Yugi knew it. He was an 18 year old mixed Neko. Not to mention he was much too small to breed. He could never carry a litter. Sighing Yugi gave into the daily exhaustion.

~Time skip~

A month and a half passed since that day. Heba was right. Two snow falls had come and the birds had gone. Yugi had gone days without eating. He'd lost weight and became paler. And Heba wasn't faring any better. A lot worse actually.

"Is there no end to you damned bastards!?" a man yelled as he ran after Yugi. Yugi had snuck into his butcher shop and taken a good size of meat. He had to. He needed Heba to eat. Yugi ran as fast as he could in snow as he cut corners to lose the man.

He panted and padded to a walk before stopping. He looked back to make sure he'd lost him. Nothing. No man or yelling. He must have given up. Good. Yugi started to the newest alley he and Heba moved to.

After another five minutes he got to the alley and went straight to Heba. He froze when he saw him. He dropped the meat.

"H-Heba?" Yugi went to him and nudged him. "Heba wake up. Wake up. Please." He cried. "Please don't leave me."

Heba didn't move. Nothing. Not a twitch of his tail or a flick of his ears. Nothing. Yugi collapsed to lay next to him. He cried. His brother was gone. The only one he had left after his mother dying, was gone. He was alone. He had no one left.

After hours of crying Yugi picked up the meat and left. He needed to find a new place to stay. If he stayed here someone might find him and take him to the pound. He needed to find a new alley. A new home.

Yugi went to the street and avoided contact with humans as he ran to find a new alley. It didn't take long to find another one. He went into it keeping his ears low and tail close as he walked slowly.

Yugi stopped when he heard a low long warning meow. He looked to his left to find a very large Neko there. He backed away.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't know this alley already had a Neko." Yugi backed away.

"You enter my territory and try to play dumb?" the Neko hissed at him. "Though it seems you come with a gift." the Neko eyed Yugi's meat.

No he couldn't give it up. He hadn't eat in days. He needed it. Yugi turned and ran as fast as he could. It wasn't hard to hear the Neko running after him. Yugi just needed to get to the street. Not many Neko braved the streets.

"Just a little farther." Yugi panted. He was 10 feet from the street when the other Neko tackled him. Yugi curled up around the meat trying to keep it from being taken. He needed to eat. He wouldn't give up his meal that easily.

"Hey get off him! What are you doing!? Get off!" a man came over and shooed away the large Neko.

Yugi got up and backed away from the man. His ears low and tail fluffed. He hissed at the man.

"Well what's your story little guy?" The man slowly with to him. Yugi immediately back away hissing more. "It's ok. I won't hurt you. I want to help. Give you a home."

Yugi heard his brother's voice. The promise he made. He stopped backing away and nodded. The man went to him and picked him up easily. "Small one aren't you? You must be starving."

Yugi nodded.

"We'll get food into you once you're warmed up." he took Yugi to a car and put him in.

Yugi sat on the passenger seat as his tail moved lowly from side to side. He sniffed the car's dashboard. He'd seen cars before. They'd killed many Neko's before but he'd never been in one before. It was definitely new.

"I think you'll like it at my place. I already have a Neko. His name is Atem. He looks like you only tan and a bit bigger." the man said as he started driving. "Do you have a name?"

Yugi nodded.

"Do you want to tell me it?" the man asked.

Yugi gulped. "Y-Yugi sir."

"Cute name. Do you want to keep it or change it?" the man asked.

"K-keep it sir." Yugi said softly. Nervously. Was this man safe? Had Yugi made a mistake?

"Alright then. Yugi it is. May I ask of what bloodline you are?" the man asked.

Yugi gulped. "M-my mother was of the Japanese Neko and I um don't know what my father was sir."

"I see. So you are not pure." the man said.

Yugi felt his stomach twist. "N-no sir."

"Ok." he shrugged. "I have no preference on my Nekos' bloodlines."

Yugi relaxed. "Really?"

"Yes." he smiled at Yugi. It was soft and kind. Something Yugi wasn't used to getting from humans. "My name is Akio. You can call me master or Akio."

"R-Really?" Yugi asked as the man came to a stop in front of a nice sized house. Yugi strared at in amazement.

"Yes really. Ready to go in and see your new home?" Akio asked.

Yugi hesitantly nodded. Akio got out of the car and picked him up. He took him into the house and put him down gently. "Atem! Come here a minute!"

A few moments later Yugi saw another Neko. He was larger than Yugi and had golden tan skin. His eyes were a piercing crimson red that seemed to stare into Yugi's very soul.

"Atem this is Yugi. Please welcome him to our home." Akio said.

Atem sat down in front of where Yugi sat. his tail flicked left and right as he studied the smaller Neko.

"I'll leave you to it then." Akio said before walking away.

Yugi sat nervously as he looked down. His ears flat. He knew this was Atem's territory and he didn't want to do anything to anger him. He was clearly the dominant type.

"Yugi huh?" Atem said as he got onto all fours as all Nekos naturally walked. He walked towards Yugi who sat completely still. Atem sniffed him. "You reek." he said scrunching his nose.

"Um…" Yugi had no idea how to respond to that.

"Why do you reek?" Atem asked as he circled him.

Yugi gulped. "I uh don't get to bathe much."

"Is that why you're covered in...whatever you're covered in?" Atem asked.

"Y-yes." Yugi said. Why was he circling him? Was he threatened? "W-what are you doing?"

"Just accessing you. Don't worry about it." Atem said.

"A-accessing me?" Yugi asked. "O-on what?"

"Nothing for you to worry about yet. Come. You need a bath." Atem said and started walking.

Yugi hesitantly followed Atem. He wondered if Atem could tell he came from the street and if he cared.

In the bathroom Atem ran warm bath.

"Sh-shouldn't we ask your master?" Yugi asked nervously.

"Our master. And it's fine. This is my bathroom." Atem said.

"Y-you have your own bathroom!?" Yugi asked amazed.

Atem chuckled. "You must come from a breeder with a small house."

Yugi gulped. "I-I don't come from a breeder."

"Oh? Pet store? I don't know many that would keep a kitten till you're what ten eleven?" Atem asked.
Yugi looked away blushing. "I'm 18."

Atem looked at him in shock. "Really? But you're...i'm you look so...cute."

Yugi couldn't help but feel insulted. "You know that should sound like a compliment but it doesn't."

"Sorry it's just you don't look your age." Atem said.

"Thanks. I guess." Yugi said. "And i wasn't some pampered kitten from a breeder or pet store."

"Oh? Then where did you come from?" Atem asked.

"The streets." Yugi said.

That's when it went dead quiet. Not a word from either of them. Yugi couldn't tell in Atem was disgusted, angry, upset in any way. He couldn't tell at all. For all he knew Atem could be ready to pounce on him and rip his tail off.

After a good ten minutes of silence Atem spoke. "You came from the streets?"

"Yes." Yugi said quietly.

"Were you born on the street?" Atem asked.

"Yes. Me and my…" Yugi stopped. Heba.

"Your…?" Atem asked.

"B-brother." Yugi said looking down.

"Is your brother with someone else?" Atem asked.

"No." Yugi said trying to stop the tears that now rushed. "He...he…"

Atem's eyes widened a bit. "I'm sorry."

Yugi wiped his eyes. "I knew it would happen eventually. He did too."

"When did he…"

"Today." Yugi couldn't stop the tears. They continued and wouldn't stop.

"Oh jeez. Um you know what we can talk later. Take your bath and take as long as you want." Atem said.

Yugi could only nod as Atem left.

Once Atem was out and the door was shut Yugi curled up into a ball on the floor and just let it all out. He was alone. He didn't care that he had a home. He wanted his brother back.

Ok now I got a lot of private messages of people telling me i didn't have to do an announcement for this and I know that but it was taking up the space of a discontinued story plus i figured why not? Please review! Bye byes from Neko Nico Ni!