Tiger Tiger
Catnapped!
The team believed that Tyson needed a day off, so they all agreed to go for a swim. Hiro was sitting by a tree tanning while Max and Daichi were jumping off a cliff and into the water below. Kenny was working on his laptop and Tyson was trying to get a pissed off Rei into the water.
\"Rei, come on, it’s not that bad.\" Tyson said walking though the water over to Rei. \"It won’t hurt.\"
Rei shock his head no. \"Tyson, most cats don\'t like water,\" Kenny said
\"Yea, if Rei got in he\'d be a big puff ball.\" Daichi said as Max did a swan drive off the cliff. Tyson turned back to Rei, who had turned his back on him and began licking his paw.
\"Fine be that way.\" Tyson said as he went over to where Max and Daichi were. Rei watched as Tyson and his friends swam around. That was when he smelled it. It was sweet and minty. Rei raised his nose to follow the smell.
The smell led him away from the others but they didn\'t seem to care. Rei walked into a clearing and saw it. CATNIP!!! And tons of it! Whoo! Rei had hit the jackpot baby!
Rei jumped head first into the catnip and rolled around in it as something watched him. But Rei was too much into his nip to see that something or that that something with silver hair put a bag over him.
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It was Tyson\'s turn to jump but before he did he looked over to Rei only to find Rei gone.
\"Hey Hiro!\" He yelled down, \"where\'s Rei?\"
Hiro looked and didn\'t see Rei. \"I don\'t know!\" Hiro yelled back as he shrugged his shoulders.
\"WHAT?!\" Tyson jumped and instantly swan towards the shore and towards Hiro. “Hiro! You were supposed to be watching him!”
Hiro sighed as he shook his head and sat up. “I told you to leave him at home Tyson! I’m not your cat sitter.”
Tyson ran onto the shore and pulled his t-shirt over his head, water still dripping off his body as he ran.
Max and Daichi were on his heels as he ran towards Kenny. “Chief! Ya think Dizzi can find Rei!”
Kenny nodded his head as he glanced back at his computer. “He went that way and he’s on the move,” Kenny said as he pointed in the direction Rei had taken earlier.
Hiro sighed as he heaved himself to his feet and followed the dripping boys as they ran into the clearing.
Tyson glanced around worried. “Rei! Rei! REI!”
“He couldn’t have gone far,” Max encouraged him. “We’ll have Daichi sniff him out!” He gave as huge grin as Daichi jumped on his back.
“What do you think I am! A dog! I’ll show you who’s the animal.”
“Let’s just get moving,” Tyson sighed as Daichi looked up from his spot on Max’s back as Tyson took off at a run. “Rei! Rei! Rei! REI!”
He ran, his breath slowly increasing as he tore through the underbrush and yelled out Rei’s name again and again.
Rei was gone, he was actually gone. He couldn’t believe it. ‘It’s all my fault!’ Tyson yelled at himself. ‘If I hadn’t acted that way when he kissed me he never would have left!’
Tyson continued to run, pushing himself as far as he could. “Rei! Rei!” His voice cracked into sobs as he stumbled from exhaustion. “Rei! Rei! I’m sorry Rei! Rei! Please Rei come home!”
Tyson dug his fingers into the ground as the tears fell. He wished Kai had killed him as he sat there crying. “REI!!!!”
Rei clawed at the bag as he heard the voice in the distance. It was Tyson, he knew it, and he was in pain.
Rei meowed loudly as he heard the yells in the distance die down. He had to get out! He had to get back to Tyson! What if that Kai guy had found him again?
In his struggle the necklace had slipped off his neck.
His kidnapper frowned as he noticed the bag had grown suspiciously heavy. He shook his head and continued onward until he reached his home where he dumped Rei out of the bag.
Rei shook his head as he landed on the ground. \"What the hell is that?\" A cold voice said. \"I said get the Cat, not a Tiger!\" Rei looked up and found that he was looking at Kai. Standing next to Kai was a sliver haired young man.
\"You know... he looks a lot like Tala’s pet.\" The slivered haired one said. Kai looked down at the Tiger. Now the thing is, Kai didn\'t see a Boy but instead he saw a Tiger.
\"Whatever Bryan. Give it to Tala\'s pet, that thing needs food I guess.\"
The boy, Bryan, grinned and moved to Rei but Rei jumped out of the way and ran down the hall. \'Got to get out,’ Rei thought. Rei ran as fast as he could go when he came to a dead end. \' Shit,\' he thought.
\"Here kitty, kitty.\" Bryan said as he stood in front of Rei. He was blocking Rei’s way. Rei roared in rage and ran at Bryan. Rei jumped at Bryan but Bryan shot him with a dart and Rei fell to the ground with a thump. He was out cold.
Tyson stumbled, they had been running for hours and he couldn’t push his body any further. Behind him the others fell panting.
“Rei,” Tyson broke into tears as he lay in the high grass. Just like that Rei was gone.
“Tyson, there’s gotta be a smarter way to go about this,” Max panted. However Tyson wasn’t listening as he lay in the grass, the tears falling down his face.
Rei was gone, his kitten was gone. If he ever saw him again he would kiss the tiger, he didn’t care how wrong it was. Rei was more than just his pet he was his friend and protector.
“We’ll find him,” Hiro said as he grabbed Tyson’s shoulders. “We’ll put up lost flyers. We’ll even offer a reward if we have to. And besides anyone would return him for a chance to meet you Tyson. Remember who you are.”
Tyson swiped at the tears and nodded his head but he still wasn’t convinced.
Suddenly Daichi stood up and started running. They all looked at each other confused but struggled to their feet and followed him.
“What’s up Daichi?” Tyson asked.
“There’s footprints on the ground and they head this way!”
“How did he figure that out?” Max muttered as Tyson shrugged his shoulders.
“You all have to remember Daichi grew up in a jungle. He has many wilderness skills,” Hiro said calmly between pants. If this kept up he was going to have a heart attack. He was in good physical shape but in no way was he made for running hours on end.
Rei shook his head and blinked his eyes. The first thing he noticed was that he was in a dark room and he could smell something.
He lumbered to his feet as he glanced around. All he knew was that that Kai guy had him and he was almost certain that he would never see Tyson again.
Rei gave a mournful roar at the loss of his master as a pair of eyes watched him through the dark
Rei leaned against the wall. The drug Bryan had given him was starting to wear off but it was still making him dizzy.
\"You okay?\" A voice asked though the dark. Rei looked up; his eyes where still unclear as a form walked closer to him. \"Hey... are you okay?\" It asked again. Rei\'s head couldn\'t take it. His eyes rolled in the back of his head and he fell into blackness once more.
\"Shit how far is he?\" Max panted as the boys followed.
\"We’re here.\" Daichi said as they came to a stop.
\"Damn!\" Max yelled. They where standing in front of a very large house, which looked almost like a castle. Only one person in all of Japan had a house this big. \"How did I know Kai had something to do with this?\" Max muttered.
\"But how do we get in and get Rei out?\" Tyson asked. The boys looked at each other, clueless.
\"Hey Guys!\" The boys looked up to see Kenny standing in front of the door, the open door. \"We could use this.\"