James Robert Hart was your average every day Senior jock standing six foot three inches tall and weighing two hundred and fifty pounds. But he wasn't fat instead he was built and tone very nicely, he was the Quarterback for the local high school the New Oro Raven's and had not lost a math since he became Quarterback a freshman. Things were going good for him until one day his father came in and told him he was getting married to a woman who had a daughter about his age. The woman he hated with everything he had but even though he disliked his step sister he couldn't bring himself to be too mean to her because she was different. Apparently she was some interesting breed of creature named a neko which meant she was half human and half cat which interested him greatly.
At the current moment James sat on the couch of his house in just his boxer's watching television (he refused to let the fact he now had a step-mother or step-sister get in the way of him being comfortable) when all of a sudden he heard his step-sister coming down the stairs talking on the phone.
Kitty walked down the stairs gracefully as any neko in the world would do. Being part cat had it’s times and Kitty never knew different after all for most of her life she attended a special school for the Neko children. Kitty was only sixteen so she was young daring and sometimes stupid when it came to others that weren’t like her. Her mother had just gotten married to a man that was her father but neither of them liked each other that much which bothered Kitty more than anything. Kitty was short and stood about five foot two inches tall on good days and if she stretched properly. She weighed no more than a hundred pounds soaking wet and she liked it that way. Then there were her odd colored eyes they were two different colors her right was a crystal blue color and the left eye was a deep dark honey brown. She was skinny and quick on her feet. No she wasn’t a twig but she was skinny in all the right places. She had very long white hair that reached down past her bottom. Her skin was pale and flawless like most neko’s skin tends to be. Her ears were large and a deep dark shade of black that matched her long thick black tail she took care of all too much.
Kitty stopped at the bottom of the steps staring at her newly appointed brother. She wasn’t sure how to act around norms… that’s what most of the neko’s called normal humans. “Hello…” she said softly from behind him. She slinked down to the last step nervous and shy she wasn’t sure about him after all if she got scared she could jet back up to her room if things got to scary. She stared at him her eyes wondering over his whole entire body. She couldn’t think of his name and she had to think of it and then it hit her “James…” she purred. That was his name she smiled to herself at the fact she could remember him.
James heard the small almost fragile sound footsteps coming down the stairs he knew that it had to be his new 'step-sister' because she was the only one small enough to make soft footsteps like that. As he saw her walk down he heard her softly talking to him "Hello to you as well Kitten" he said having decided to call her by a cutsie nickname so where he wouldn't scare her off "Would you like to sit down and watch some television with me. I didn't really get to know you the other day because you came in and ran straight to your room because of how shy you are" he said actually taking the time to look his new sister up and down realizing just how beautiful she was.
James patted the side of the chair where there was still room for her to sit down if she wanted to "I promise I wont bite too hard it's just obviously we're gonna have to get along for the next few years becaue it seems our parent's are really in love so why not make the best out of the situation and be at least slightly friendly with each other to keep our parents happy y'know even if we end up not being able to stand each other we can play it off as we ar the best friends."
Kitty didn’t know how to feel about her new step sibling and being it that he was full on human and male just made me more nervous as she stopped at the bottom of the steps. He turned around and started talking to her it was him calling her kitten that made her flinch and her tail fluff up. Why did he call her Kitten no one called her kitten but her mother and she didn’t like him calling her that. She’d wait till he was finished talking before she corrected him.
He patted the spot next to him and she raised an eyebrow. Was he calling her over to him like she was part dog? She had no problem acting as if she liked him after all she acted a lot for the benefit of her mother and what was best for her. “Ok.” She said barely loud enough for him to hear as she slowly slinked her way over to the window. Yes she was going to lay on the window ceil to bath in the hot sun and maybe take a cat nap. She slide over and hoped up onto the ceil and laid her head down and began to purr feeling the warmth of the sun on her cool skin.
Kitty listened to everything around her making sure to keep well aware of her brother “You may not call me Kitten… EVER!” she said her tail shifting back and forth “It’s kitty.” She laid her head against her folded hands and closed her eyes to take that sweet little cat nap.
"My apologies I was just trying to give you a cute nickname because whether or not either of us like it we're step-siblings now and our parent's really love each other. So I thought we could try to get along since we'll be together for a few more years. Not to mention I always wanted a little sister and this is my chance to finally have one. I mean I don't know about you because I barely know you since you're always up in your room all alone" James said looking at his step-sister Kitty with a smile. This was his chance to talk to her since she moved in a few days earlier and it was already starting out to turn bad because he had called her Kitten. Slowly he stood up and walked over to where she was "So could you explain to me what it's like to be a neko I mean is it cool can you do all the things that a cat can do like climbing or being stealthy" he asked having wondered all these things about neko's since the first time he had heard of them over a month ago. His mind had swarmed with thousands of questions about this interesting catlike human creature called a neko.
Her tail flipped in the air as she looked up at him. It was a contrast that seemed very odd her pale skin and white hair to her black fluffy tail and large fluffy cat ears. Her ears pulled back as he talked to her "You humans are noisy..." she slowly sat up pushing her hair from her face. "Ok you want to know what it's like?" she asked as she slowly slinked over to him gracefully. She stood in front of him and looked up into his eyes. They were more cat like then human as the iris narrowed and then turned back to normal. "Come I'll show you." she said grabbing his hand and leading him to the backyard.
"Unlike humans Neko's are fast or at least the ones I know of." She looked around and pointed to the tree on the far side of their back yard "We are excellent climbers." she took off her body moving like it had no problem cutting throw the air around her like a knife through butter. Kitty jumped almost as if she were flying through the air and landed on the tree's limb that seemed almost to thin to hold her. "We also know how to balance and shift out weight." she shouted from the tree watching her new brother "I forgive you for calling me kitten and seeing as you are older then me..." she jumped down flipping in the air and landing like a cat. She looked up flipping her hair out of her face and took off in front of him "You may call me Kitten." she smiled.
"Wow that would be really cool to be an neko I mean you are so fast yet grateful it's like watching a beautiful ballerina doing her dance" he said slowly as he watched everything she did with interest she was graceful like a cat which could only be expected since she practically was a cat with human features. "And thank you for allowing me to call you Kitten I just thought it'd be a cutsie nickname like an older brother gives a sister and it's much nicer than brat which is what I've heard some of my friends call their sisters" he said the last part jokingly trying to get a laugh or something out of her. "So if I might ask why don't I ever see you in school I mean I might be the jock and everything but I would've noticed you anyway" he said not knowing she went to a special neko school he really knew nothing about Neko's and he wanted to know everything he could about her and her very beautiful special breed anything she could tell him would make him happy.
"Hey kids dinner will be ready in a few moments" Seth (James' father) said walking inside the house he was happy to see that his son and step-daughter were beginning to get along it meant a lot to him and would also mean a lot to his wife as well because she had been worried about how Kitty would react to being around strangers and by the look of it they were getting along just fine. Slowly he began cooking dinner and called his wife at work when he heard her answere he said "Hello darling I just wanted to call and see when you were coming home and to tell you that James and Kitty were getting along very well."
Kitty looked at her brother twitching her head to the side like she didn't hear him right when he said brat. Kitty had never been called a brat before and she didn't really know what it meant so she stared at him blankly. She smiled "My mother sent me to a school for Neko's she didn't think I'd be safe in a normal high school." she stared her down "What's a jock?" she tilted her head again to the other side her ears twitching as she watched him.
Kitty jumped when she heard Seth's voice and she hissed she didn't really like Seth much but her mother seemed to like him a lot so she would try her best to get along with the old man. Kitty pushed herself up against James almost like she was trying to hide inside him she rubbed her face against his chest. Kitty's hearing was beyond that of her mothers and she could hear her step-father talking to her mother. "Mom's on the phone." Kitty shouted taking off into the house and stopping in front of her step-father "Seth may I talk to my mother." Kitty said still not filling comfortable enough to call him dad. Her hand reaching out for the phone watching his every move.
"A jock is a person who is the cool kids in school. I play football and I am the quarterback of the highschool football team" he said explaining to her what a jock was and then he said "And you would've been safe because you're my sister and I would protect you if anyone ever hurt you they would deal with me" he was surprised by the next thing though because he felt her push herself against him as if trying to climb into his skin then he felt their cheek's rub together slightly but then he watched as she bolted from him directly in to his father since he was talking to Kitty's mother who was still at work but would most likely be home in the next few minutes. As she ran inside he walked in with her sitting at the dining room table.
Seth was surprised that his new step-daughter even talked to him since she acted like she didn't like him at all but when she asked for the phone he said "Hold on darling Kitty wants to talk to you" he said handing her the phone so she could talk to her mother on the phone.
James smiled as he watched his sister who was now talking to her mom on the phone he knew that dinner wouldn't be ready for an hour so he was wondering what he would do while he waited maybe he could spend some more time with Kitty and learn more about her and he could answer her questions about what it was like to be a normal human.
Kitty took the phone from Seth and then jumped up on the thin chair tops walking across them as she talked to her mother about an issue that was very serious. She jumped off the table and looked over at Seth and then at James and then purred something on the phone to her mouth and hung up the phone and handed it to Seth. "thank you... Se... dad?" Kitty said the word dad came out her mouth awkward. She'd eventually have to get use to Seth being her father. "Mother said she would be home in five minutes to discuss something with you..." she turned and looked at James her eyes going flat and back. "You're foods burning." she said before he could smell it.
Kitty ran over to James and stopped within inches of him "Mother said I will be transferring to your school!" she smiled up at him "May I try out for this... football?" she smiled up at him "I want to be a jock!" she watched him with a twinkle in her eyes.
James looked at Kitty as she made her way across the top of the chairs with ease and then after she called Seth dad it shocked even James but what really threw him for a loop was when she asked said she might be going to the normal high school and that she wanted to try out for football and be a jock "Well darling I don't see why you couldn't play football I mean I don't have any problem with it but the coaches might. If you want to be a jock all you have to do is be in a sport and there are so many you would be good. You could be the captain of the track team if you wanted too because of how fast you are and that would make you a jock as well y'know" he said smiling at his new step-sister her excitement was contagious and was making him happy "But if you want to try out for football as well I'll tell the coach that you're my little sister and because of that he'll give you a tryout for you. But let me warn you darling in football large scary men try to hurt you by tackling you and I don't want you hurt alright" he explained in a way that showed he truely cared about her health.
She looked at him with a large smile "If I have you there I won't be scared I promise." she licked his cheek softly and then jumped up onto the couches top and walked along it like a cat. "I go to school with you tomorrow may I try out then?" she smiled as she walked on her tippy toes "There's a bug on your shoe." she said pointing out a small lady bug that was climbing up James shoe. She did a back flip and landed on her feet like a gymnast would. "how do you play football?" she asked as she laid across the top of the couch watching him.
"Well that's good darling and I don't know I'll talk to my coach tomorrow and see if we can get you a tryout but you have to promise to stay safe I don't want you hurt darling you are my sister now and you're very beautiful I wouldn't want you scarring up your beautiful body" James said smiling as he watched her flip and then lay on the couch "You know I do have to ask one more question though and please don't take this the wrong way but do neko's like having their ears scratched and their tails played with like regular cat's do. I'm just so curious about neko's now because six months ago I had never heard of one and now all of a sudden I have a beautiful neko step-sister living with me and it's so interesting to see" he said smiling at her but he blushed lightly feeling like an idiot for having asked her that question he had practically just called her an animal but he didn't mean it to sound bad he was just truthfully curious about her species.
Kitty looked at him and swished her tail around her. Kitty wanted to show her new brother all the things a cute little neko like herself could do if put to the test. Kitty's tail puffed up and out so it looked larger then it really was as he talked "I don't like having my tail pulled." she wrapped her tail around her waist petting it "but I suppose there are some out there that do..." she paused sliding off the couch and then slinking her way over to him slowly "As for my ears.." she was only a centimeter away from him "Yes I do like them being scratched like a normal house cat." Kitty purred tilting her head so he would scratch her behind the ears. "My mother always pets me behind the ears she says I purr like a kitten when she does." she looked up at him wondering if she actually does.
"No, no darling I didn't mean pulled I meant like rubbed and petted" James said smiling at her as he watched her she was such an interesting young girl and he couldn't believe he hadn't gotten to know her sooner because of it. But now they had time to get to know each other better and actually be like brother and sister. "Alright well if you like your ears petted I'll be more than happy to pet them for you" he said as he reached up and lightly began scratching behind her ear and petting them as well like you would a normal house cat "And i'll be more than happy to tell you if you pet like a house cat so you can know for sure whether or not you do but I'm sure your mother would know" he said with a smile on his face as he continued lightly scratching behind her ears.
Kitty looked up from her long eyelashes as they blocked him from looking into her eyes. She began to purr happily as his fingers began rubbing her behind the ears. It was something that hadn't happened in a long time. She was feeling very safe around him and she pressed herself up against his solid body and closed her eyes letting her body relax. Kitty continued to purr in happiness her face rubbing against his chest leaving her scent on him. "Thank you." she purred staying against him her tail moving around behind her.
"You're very welcome darling you got to think you're now my sister and I will help you in anyway possible alright I want you to know that now that we've gotten to know each other better you can ask me for absolutely anything on the face of this planet" he said continuing to scratch her right behind the ears "You know I'm worry what people will think when they see a pretty girl like you at school you're gonna have so many young men wanting to be your boyfriend that your big brother's gonna have to beat up some people" James said smiling as he looked at her he finally decided in his mind he was going to say something "Darling you know you can look me in the eyes right you don't have to hide those beutiful eyes from me I actually think they're the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen."
Kitty bent her head down and hid her face in his chest she was blushing now she didn't know her face could get so hot. Sure Kitty had admires at her old school she was after all a pretty kitty... that was her nickname for the longest time. "Don't say that." she said her hands grabbing onto his shirt to help hide her blushing face.
Kitty was actually starting to like James which was going to become a large problem sooner or later. Kitty's ears went back and flicked his hand away. Her fingers let go and her head turned to the door "Mother!" she said just before their mother walked in. Kitty smiled widely as her mother walked in. Kitty ran over to her mother and smiled as they mother pet Kitty behind the ears in the same spot. "Welcome home mother." Kitty purred as he mother smiled.
Their mother put her stuff down and smiled "Why don't you two go outside for a while I need to talk to your father about something..." she looked up at James with a small smile and Kitty nodded grabbing onto James "Teach me football!!!!" she said jumping around.
James smiled down his sister and he said "Darling why shouldn't I say that it's absolutely true I would do absolutely anything for you because you're my sister now and as your older brother I have to love you and take care of you" James said smiling as he looked at her happily. He went to pet her once more and he watched her ears flatten against her head and he watched as she ran over with lightening fast speeds over to the door where her mother was coming in. He loved seeing her happy and it was weird because he was beginning to like her as more than just a sister. But who wouldn't she was a beautiful young woman and any man would be lucky to have her. As he was told to go outside he went to his bedroom and got his football smiling as he walked outside with her and began slowly teaching her everything she'd need to know about football since he wanted her to know about everything so where it'd be easier for her at the tryout's.
Kitty didn't really understand the game of football but she loved the idea of it. It was like a game of keep away and she knew that humans weren't fast or agile as people like her and she was beyond agile. Kitty looked up at her brother James and smiled "So football is like keep away but you have to run towards your side..." she said thinking about it "I want to try catching the balls." she said moving as far away as the yard would allow her "Can you throw this far!" she yelled from across the yard as she held her hands out ready to catch it. She hard great reflexes and she usually used them to run away from people but she thought maybe she'd be able to use them for this
"That would be easy I'm used to throwing twice this length" James said smiling as he stepped into a stance ready to throw and with ease threw the ball into the air having enough control of the ball to make it spiral into the air towards her hand and he watched and waited to see how she would do in catching a ball with her cat like reflexes it should be easier for her to see it catch it and run as fast as she could. He could tell she didn't get the game completely but if she did get the part or even if she didn't he was going to help her out and teach her the normal kid games so she could feel normal which is what he wanted he wanted her to feel like a real part of their mostly average day family.
Kitty stood there watching his every move. It was odd how his body stiffened and then jerked his body moved slowly compared to her body but she figured humans were slower then Neko's. Kitty couldn't help but watch his every move maybe she could learn that and she watched the ball come flying at her at a high speed and she jumped up in the air catching it digging her nails into the ball. She landed on the ground and smiled widely "I caught it!" Kitty said jumping up and down.
"Good job darling now you're next move is you have to run past these big large scary men called linebacker's and they're gonna do everything they can to take you to the ground by tackling you" he said walking towards her slowly after he got to her he lightly tackled her to the ground making sure not to hurt her "But they wont do it easy they'll run at you as fast as they can and then hit you hard knocking you to the ground so stay as far away as you can from anyone not on your team alright" James explained to her happily when he realized just how close they were as they had fallen when he had tackled her down gently they had landed in a way that they were literally mere inches from each other's face and he took a deep breath and smiled at her as he looked at her beautiful fae and those absolutely gorgeous eyes she had and he rolled over and got back up to his feet holding his hand out "Here sis give me your hand and I'll help you up off the ground" he said smiling at her with one of his heart warming smiles that he was known for giving.
Kitty stared at James as he landed on top of her. Kitty's heart fluttered and flipped inside her chest as she looked up at him. He was handsome and she knew if she was in heat she'd probably let him have his way with her but right now she was beyond embarrassed how close he was. She laid still not hearing a word he said as she lay under him her body stiff and her fingers digging holes in the ball popping it in her hands. She watched him as he rolled off her and climbed to his face.
Kitty let out a long sigh of relief or maybe it was for a whole other reason, Kitty wasn't sure which but she watched as he held out his hand and she looked at it for a few seconds and sat up a bit so she could reach out and take James hand. His hand was warm and welcoming just like his smile as he helped pull her to her feet. She still had a tight hold on the football as it slowly deflated in her grip. Kitty was strong just like most Neko's but she was beyond fast. At her old school she was faster then any of the other Neko's.
"Can we go to your school so I can see what it looks like? And where I can play football with you?" she moved up to him huddling into his chest rubbing her face against him. Kitty was starting to grow very attached to her new brother for many reasons and one was because he was nice to her.
James smiled as he pulled her up and said "Well darling I can't take you to school yet it doesn't start until tomorrow and we could get in to trouble for being on school property while it's not open they could get us for tresspassing. How about instead we just go inside and watch a funny movie or a cartoon and just hang out together and then tomorrow I'll drive you to school with me and we'll go straight to the coach so he can give you a tryout for football just remember what I said alright be very, very careful I don't want you to get hurt Kitten. Slowly he wrapped his arm around her holding her to him in a way that even if their parent's saw them they would just think it was a brother holding his sister in a brotherly embrace and he began walking to the front room where his chair was.
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