I Won't Say I'm In Love ? (Complete)

"Good boy, you won yourself dinner tonight!" one of the robbers laughed mockingly, passing his fingers over the German Shepherd, who immediately tensed up.

Thankfully after passing by him, he threw the dog a bone and the canine happily chewed on it.

He was glad he got something to eat today... there had been so many days since they fed him properly..

After the two intimidating men left through the door, Rat-Hound heard something approaching and quickly got up with bared teeth, growling deeply.

Confusing to him though, whatever was walking towards him had a weird smell.

The thing finally stood under the light, revealing itself.

It was a cat... a very strange cat.

It stood on its hind legs... and it had green fur, as well as half its body covered in metal. What the heck was it?!

Rat-Hound had to admit, it had been a long while since he had been this scared.

The cat laughed loudly. "Aha! I see you're contemplating my majesty!" he said, crossing his robotic arms.

"W-what are you?" was all the dog answered, still being aggressive and on guard.

"Ha ha! Can't you tell?!" The cat went from cheerful to angered in one second. "I'm the great Mechanikat! The one and only!"

"Dogs are so blind, I swear..." the cat then proceeded to call a small, light blue kitten. "Snooky! Come here right now!"

"Yes, sir! Right next to you, sir!" Snooky answered, immediately standing next to his boss with a wide smile.

Now Rat-Hound was more confused than anything; should he just scare these weird cats away or something? Normally, cats wouldn't dare even cross his path...

He started growling again when Mechanikat got closer to him.

"My, my, so you're the little rat that has been making such a ruckus here on Earth?" he looked down at him like he was a mere pawn. "That Dog Star Patrol has been talking a lot about you lately... sounds like you wouldn't be completely useless to me."

"Huh...?" Was all as the brown dog was able to say.

"So what do you say?" Mechanikat stretched out his claw, putting it in front of Rat-Hound's nose. "Will you join me so we both can get what we want?"

Rat-Hound looked puzzled for a while before turning angry. He scoffed. "Why would I ever join you, cat? You're an idiot if you think I'd ever—"

"You'll get revenge."

"..." Now he became quiet. "Re... revenge?"

"I know you hate him. Bat-Hound." Mechanikat explained. "I mean, why else would you use his name, too?"

"Even the mask and everything." The green cat pointed at his face, which was half covered with a black domino mask.

"And yet you're the complete opposite of him." He laughed again. "It's ironic... Bat-Hound would never commit murder. Yet you, I wouldn't doubt you already got your paws dirty."

Rat-Hound began growling again. "I didn't choose my name... My masters did." the dog clarified. "It's because... of the popularity of that mongrel. That way the police gets confused... and no one ever expects me to be dangerous."

"I see you called him a mongrel, though?"

"Tch. Shut up."

"That's something Bat-Hound would say, too!"