1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

a/n: just thought i'd try to write a pandora hearts story. this is my first, so be easy on me. forgive me if they are not in character. please read and review! thanks!

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a lowly man drenched from head to toe due to an earlier dispute that left his companions leaving him to walk home in the rain, was now dragging his feet home. upon dragging his now sick body, he stiffened as he heard a small feline cry. the man wheeled around to see a ginger kitten also drenched and was mewling weakly. he knew the kitten needed shelter and warmth and his house was not far from where he was, but he hated cats! he could never come one inch close to one if it meant the evil claws would sink into his sensitive flesh!

the man turned around and began continuing forward, but the mewling was driving him insane! it was gnawing guiltily at his insides and conscience! for one split second he was going to give in, taking the kitten in his arms, but he stopped himself, shaking his head in frustration.

no! no! no! think of what it might do to you! think!

the mewling was closer and he looked in terror as the kitten was inching towards him with its pitiful weak cry. in one swooping movement, the man picked the kitten up gently and cradled it as he ran to his apartment.

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gilbert changed his clothes as he made it home. he had the kitten sit on a towel to dry as he got dried himself. it looked sort of less frightening, the kitten sitting so helplessly on the table. gilbert had to smile at the little creature. he went into the kitchen to fix something up for the animal and came back into the living room with a bowl of milk and some leftover salmon he had the previous night. gilbert watched in amazement as the little kitten opened its eyes and eyed the meal in front of it. with one quick look at its savior, it lunged forward eating up every morsel it was given.

gilbert thought he could see kittens and cats in a whole new light, but a sudden hiss of anger and a swipe of the kitten's paw, sent him reeling back in fright.

but why? i saved it!

gilbert shook his head in confusion. all he wanted was to pet the little guy and it became defensive. what did he do to deserve such treatment?

he tried again and it swiped once more with vigor. gilbert shrunk back as it walked foward towards the edge of the table and towards him.

"meow!"

"gahh!"

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it has been a week since gilbert had kept the devil creature in his home, he just didn't have the heart to throw it back out on the streets, no matter how much he detested it. but still the kitten treated him as if he was merely an enemy trying to take its space but gilbert assured the creature that it wasn't so, if only the kitten knew english.

the next day, the kitten waited patiently for its master to come home and feed it like he always did, but he didn't come. the mewling was quiet at first, challenging the man to come out of his hiding place, but no such other noise was heard. then, the kitten mewled even louder, but even that wasn't enough and it made the little animal antsy. with anger, the kitten let out a string of loud mewls, enough to annoy the connecting neighbors, but the man did not come.

after what felt like many hours to the kitten, a sound of a door unlocking alerted the animal and the creature bounded to the front door in excitement and skidded to a halt at the sight of a figure entering into the abode that was the kitten's and its master.

"so he did have a cat, i guess he got over his fear of feline creatures," the man whispered quite sadly, which confused the creature. just who was this man to his master than he came into their house unannounced?