FICTION TITLE : OH! LOVE

WRITER: HUI LIN


PART 1

It was the story after the fighting between Munkustrap and Macavity at the Jellicle Ball.

After Grizabella being sent to Heaviside Layer, Demeter came to Munkustrap and said a little shyly.  

"Thank you for rescuing me from Macavity, I was so scared when he drew me away."

Munkustrap smiled. "Not only my merit, Alonzo helped you, too.  Plus I am the protector of Jellicles, it's
just my responsibility."

Demeter had been loving Munkustrap for a long time, although she didn't express at all.  She was so glad
that Munkustrap fought for her, just for her, but when she heard his deed was for the responsibility's sake,
she was disappointed. 

"Alright, I will say 'thank you¡¦ to Alonzo, too." Demeter spoke softly then Munkustrap walked away.

Bombalurina saw Demeter looking sadly after talking to Munkustrap, she was her best friend, so she ran to
her. "What's wrong with you? Did Munkustrap say anything to you?"

"No, no, he didn't say anything to me." Demeter
muttered to herself. "As he never cared anything
about me."

" What?"

" Nothing!" Demeter didn't want to talk about this
topic anymore, so she said to Bombalurina. " The Rum
Tum Tugger dropped you down as he sang his song, that
was terrible, I nearly couldn't believe that, I
thought he liked you!!"

Bombalurina rolled her eyes angrily. "No! That little
freak thought he was so handsome, and everybody should
love him, he never appreciated anyone's love, Never!
You also know how Etcetera likes him, but do you think
him ever appreciate that?  Etcetera is young, maybe
she doesn't care, but I am not, I can't bear that
conceited freak."

" So you don't want him anymore?" Demeter giggled.
" Or when he comes to you, you will be softened
again?"

" No, I won't, you will see, this time he had gone
too far, he will see me flirt with him no more, and he
shall regret with his deed."

" I am looking forward to seeing the Rum Tum Tugger
feel regret." Demeter said with a tune of
unbelieving.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cassandra, a red cat, she was very attractive, many
toms liked her, but she loved the conjuring cat ¡V
Mistoffelees.  So she was willing to help him find out
Old Deuteronomy when he was captured by Macavity.

But she was very proud of herself, she wouldn't tell
Mistoffelees her feeling until he told her first.

Although there were so many rumors about that
Mistoffelees wanted Victoria ¡V a pure white cat to be
his mate, but Cassandra ignored these rumors, she
trusted her intuition, she knew Mistoffelees loved her
too, just because he was too shy to speak it out.

Actually, Mistoffelees didn't have any feeling to any
female cats, he was surrendered himself to investigate
his magical power.

And Victoria, she liked Plato who is a young tom, he
also liked her.  They had been together for some time,
although they kept it as secret because Victoria
didn't want others to know that, Plato had many times
of quarrel with her according to this.

Tonight, the two had danced together at the Jellicle
Ball, everyone saw them dancing, and Plato was glad as
he thought after that their secret finally could burst
out.

So after the celebration, Plato came to Victoria and
asked. " Can you at last let me tell everybody our
secret?"  He held her hands.

Victoria drew back her hands. " No, Plato, I am
afraid that I can't let you do this."

" Why? You have been keeping this secret for so long
just because everyone thinks you will be
Mistoffelees' mate, and you don't want to hurt him. 
But didn't you see, when he saw we dancing, he seemed
uncared.  Victoria, you are so kind I know, but you
must be fair with me."

Victoria touched Plato's cheeks. " Sorry, Plato, I
also wish these rumors were false, but I was
Mistoffelees' best friend once, and I don't want to
see him being sad.  Plus, my mother doesn't like you,
she even blamed me for dancing with you tonight." Her
mother was Jellylorum.

" I know Jellylorum doesn't like me, she thinks I am
a playboy as the Rum Tum Tugger!!"

" I know you are not." Victoria smiled at him.

" Victoria, despite your mother's feeling, despite
the stupid Mistoffelees, will you let me tell them our
secret? I don't want to hide it anymore, it's not a
crime."

" Yes! I will."

" Ok! I will work hard to please your mother showing
her that I am not that bad as she thinks, and I will
detect whether the rumors are true or not! but
Victoria, I must tell you, even if Mistoffelees really
wants you to be his mate, I will never let him take
you."

Victoria hugged him. " Oh~~~ Plato, you are my
knight."

" Can I kiss you?" He asked.

" Whenever you want!" and then, they kissed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There were some kittens gathering in the Junkyard,
talking and laughing.

" This year's Jellicle Ball was very nice, wasn't
it?" Jemima said.

" Yeah! I agree with you, although Macavity still
disturbed us." Electra said.

Etcetera yelled. " Oh! I was so scared when he came,
and Munkustrap was so brave to fight with him."

" Your Rum Tum Tugger didn't show any sight during
the fighting." Exotica said sarcastically, she
didn't like Rum Tum Tugger.

" He is not mine." Etcetera yelled shyly. "
Although I wish he was."

" Tugger didn't like fighting." Jemima defended for
him.

" Why don't you say he is a coward?" Exotica yelled.

" Oh~~ It's too bad to say that, Exotica." Electra
said.

Jemima and Etcetera were cross with what Exotica said
because they liked Tugger very much, so both of them
walked away, and Electra stayed with Exotica.

" Why did she hate Tugger?" Jemima asked when they
moved toward Rum Tum Tugger's nest.

" I don't know, she is very weird, maybe she is the
only one who doesn't like Tugger.  I don't know the
reason, Tugger is so nice." Etcetera said.

"  Yes! He is good.  Did you see when Tugger dropped
Bombalurina down?" Jemima giggled. " I think
Bombalurina lost her attraction to Tugger."

" No! Tugger likes to treat girls in this way, gives
a little sweet and a little bitter."

" How do you know that?"

" I know because I know." 

At this moment, they encountered Demeter and
Bombalurina.

" Hi! Two young ladies, where are you going?"
Bombalurina asked.

" I think they are going to Tugger's nest according
to this direction."  Demeter giggled.

" Yes! Demeter you are right.  Are both of you going
there too?" Jemima smiled and said.

" Well! I!!"

Bombalurina interrupted. " No, I am not going to
visit that freak, see you later." she said  to them
and walked away.

Demeter shook her head slightly. " I go with  you, I
have time to have a chat."

Jemima and Etcetera laughed at Bombalurina's deed as
they walked toward the place where Tugger lived.

The Rum Tum Tugger was talking to a notorious couple
of cats --- Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer. 
Rumpleteazer was pregnant, and Mungojerrie was the
father, they were very happy and came to Tugger to
share  this news.  Of course, Tugger was not the first
one they came to.

" It's very nice to hear that, congratulation."
Tugger said, and he motioned Mungojerrie to come
beside him and he took in a low voice. " Mungojerrie,
you are bound to be a father, we can't go outside at
night to find some young girls now."

" You freak!" Mungojerrie pushed him away, Tugger
was teasing him, Mungojerrie was very loyal to his
wife.  They both were laughing.

" What are you talking about?" Rumpleteazer was
confused.

" No, just joke, nothing. " Tugger smiled.

" Hi, Tugger!" Jemima, Etcetera and Demeter had
come.

" Oh! What a surprise!" Tugger came to greet them. 
" Demeter, you're a rare guest to me." He said with
a charming voice.

Demeter smiled. " I just came with the two girls, not
for you specially." She noticed Mungojerrie and
Rumpleteazer, and she came to them.

Tugger stared after her and turned saying confusedly
to Jemima. " What's wrong with her?"

Jemima giggled. " I think it's maybe because of
Bombalurina."

" Why?"

" Because you embarrassed her at the Jellicle Ball,
and she was very angry with you, like we met her a
moment ago, and she didn't want to come to visit you.
 Demeter is her best friend, so!!!!"

" So she doesn't want to talk to me."  Tugger
concluded. " uhm~~ that's alright, Demeter never
show any interest in me anyway, so I don't need to
worry about that."

" What about Bombalurina?" Etcetera asked as she
rubbed her head against Tugger's mane.

Tugger pushed her slightly away. " She will be ok,
who do you think I am? I am the Rum Tum Tugger, she
can't resist me anyhow." Then he flirted with Jemima
and Etcetera, the two girls screamed with excitement.

Demeter watched them with a nasty look, and she turned
to say to Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer.  "I will
never scream at the one I love as the two girls."

Rumpelteazer said softly.  "I think love is not
screaming at the one you love, Jemima and Etcetera
don't love Tugger I think, they just can't resist his
charm.  When they grow older, they won't scream to
Tugger anymore."

" But you never scream to me when we were young."
Mungojerrie teased her.

" Because I was mature and smart! plus, you were
not as attractive as Tugger." Rumpelteazer joked.

" Oh! It hurts." Mungojerrie put one hand on his
heart and acted as  wounded.

They laughed together, the two always had fun between
them.

Demeter looked at them, she envied their happiness as
she thought of  Munkustrap's unawareness of her love.


PART 2

After some days, there was a small group gathering in
Munkustrap's house, there were Munkustrap, the Rum Tum
Tugger, Mistoffelees, Alonzo and Skimbleshanks, they
were chatting about recent affairs.

" Rumpelteazer is pregnant, Mungojerrie is very
excited." Munkustrap said.

" I love kittens, they are so cute!" Skimbleshanks
said.

" So, why don't you find a mate, then you can have
your own kittens?" Rum Tum Tugger asked him.

Mistoffelees smiled. " Yeah! Skimble, I know you like
Jennyanydots, you can try, maybe she likes you, too."

" I am not as charming as Tugger, I don't think she
will accept me." Skimbleshanks said gloomily.

" Come on!" Tugger patted him." Just do it, you
should have a mate now.  I will help you."

" No, no, I don't want your help." Skimbleshanks
refused him.  Everyone knew females like the Rum Tum
Tugger, and he always got the whole attention from the
females.

Alonzo said sarcastically.  "Yeah! Tugger, it's not
your business, you will just make things worse." He
didn't like Tugger very much because he liked
Bombalurina who liked Tugger.

" Hey! Alonzo, what do you mean?" Tugger stared at
him.

" What do I mean?  You didn't manage your own
business well and now you want to interfere other's
business?"

" I did my business well! even I didn't, you don't
have the right to scold me." Tugger scoffed, " I
know you don't like me because Bombalurina likes me,
not you.  That's not my fault, I just can't help
it."

" What!!?" Alonzo was angry with his words and
ready to fight.  He was very choleric.

" Alright, stop this, guys!" Munkustrap demanded, he
didn't like fighting, plus he was the protector of
Jellicles.

Alonzo respected Munkustrap, so he calmed down. " I
don't want to stay here, I am going now." He left.

Munkustrap sighed. " Tugger, don't provoke him, if
you fight with him, you won't win anyhow, and it's
not good to fight, Old Deuteronomy hates that."

" I know, Munkustrap, but he provoked me first.  You
know, the reason why he likes to get me into trouble
is always the same, it's Bombalurina." Tugger yelled.

" But Tugger." Mistoffelees told him. " Be honest
with you, you always keep all the girls, even you
don't like them."

" Yes!" Munkustrap agreed. "You should not do that,
if you don't like them, you can't flirt with them. 
You said Skimble should have a mate now, you also
should have a mate now, but you are still a playboy, 
you can't find a true love if you keep doing things in
this way."

"But! I like my way! and I don't want to be bound
like Mungojerrie ." Tugger said.

"That's because you haven't found someone you love
yet.  When you find her you won't have this
thought." Munkustrap said surely.

" Who do you love?" Mistoffelees asked Tugger.
"Etcetera?"

"Oh! She is too young for me."

"Jemima?"

"No."

"Electra?"

"No."

"Victoria?"

"Hey! She should be yours, why do you ask me?"
Tugger teased him because of these rumors.

"I don't love her, all of you know that."
Mistoffelees yelled.  He had told some close friends
included Tugger, Munkustrap and Skimble that those
rumors were false.  Plato didn't know that because he
was not familiar with Mistoffelees.

"Uhm~~ Munkustrap, don't you think Mistoffelees'
problem is more serious than mine? Why don't we talk
about him now?" Tugger tried to distract them.

Munkustrap smiled. " Tugger, I know what you are
thinking, but I am more interested in you."

"Thanks, Munkustrap." Mistoffelees said with
gratitude.

"So, let me continue." Mistoffelees said as Tugger
yelled: "It's not fair."

"What about Bombalurina?"

"Bombalurina?" Tugger rolled his eyes. " Uhm~~ she
is nice, but! I never thought she  would be my
mate."

" Do you love her?"

"I- I don't know."

"So, do you hate her?"

"Of course not!" Tugger denied immediately although
he didn't know why he was so nervous.

Mistoffelees, Munkustrap and Skimbleshanks smiled at
each other with understanding.

"Ok! Let me say." Munkustrap concluded. "Tugger, I
always think you should have a mate like Bombalurina,
she is very suitable for you, she is attractive and
beautiful, and I feel you love her too.  But I noticed
that you always tried to avoid your emotion and
pretended that you didn't like her."

Tugger yelled. "Hey! Do you think you know
everything? Don't count your illusion as reality."

"It's not my illusion.  The closely involved cannot
see as clearly as those outside.  I know although you
are a playboy, but you never treated any girls badly,
like shouted at them or put them in a embarrassed
situation.  And yet, you treat Bombalurina in a
different way, you pretend you don't care about her,
and when she came to you , you just treated her
coldly, you even dropped her down at Jellicle Ball. 
She is special to you, am I right? You don't dare to
face your emotion, so you treat her in an opposite
way, then you feel better? Come on, face it, Tugger."

"Yes! Tugger, Munkustrap is right." Mistoffelees
said. "Jemima had told me once that  although they
liked you, but they knew you would want a female like
Bombalurina.  You see, even the little kittens know
what you think about, we all know that, just don't
want to embarrass you."

"Tell you the truth, Bombalurina also understood your
personality, so she didn't ever draw back, but you
embarrassed her too much this time." Munkustrap said
.

The Rum Tum Tugger got a big shock, and he couldn't
say a word since he knew they were right, although he
didn't want to admit it.

Mistoffelees and Munkustrap laughed as they both felt
funny of Tugger's expression.  Skimbleshanks just
shook his head with a little smile.

Tugger saw they laughing and yelled. "What about
Munkustrap yourself?"

"Me?" Munkustrap paused for a while. "No girl likes
me."

"Not really.  Demeter likes you, can't you feel
that?" Tugger exclaimed.

 "What?" The other three were all surprised to hear
that, Munkustrap yelled. "How do you know? Don't
talk nonsense."

"How do you suppose I could get all the girls'
attention? Because I knew them very well."

"Except Bombalurina!" Mistoffelees teased him.

"Shut up, Mistoffelees!" Tugger then turned to
Munkustrap. " Demeter's eyes were always on you."

"Are you sure?" Munkustrap asked with a little joy.

"I don't need to lie to you, plus, The Rum Tum Tugger
is an expert of understanding girls' minds."

"Except Bom!!" Mistoffelees attempted to tease him
again.

Tugger interrupted Misoffelees' words. "Dare you say
another word?" He glared at him.

Mistoffelees giggled. "Sorry!"

Munkustrap fell into his thoughts. " Demeter likes
me? Oh! She is very nice indeed.  How I was stupid , I
must let her know my feelings." He decided.

 PART 3

Mistoffelees lived above a high, old tree, he liked to
survey the scenes from the top of the tree.

As usual, he was surveying again, and he saw Plato was
walking toward him.

"Hey! Plato!"  He shouted.  "Are you going to find
me?"

"Yes! Mistoffelees, can you come down? I don't want
to climb so high."  Plato yelled.

"Ok!" Mistoffelees used his magic and came to Plato
in an instant.

Plato smiled. "That's great for having magic like
this."

Mistoffelees nodded. "Yes! So! can I help you?"

Plato paused for a while, then said. "I come to make
sure one thing, I hope you can be honest with me."

"Have a go." Mistoffelees said.

"Do you! do you love Victoria?"

"What?" Mistoffelees yelled.  "Everyone cares about
this, and I don't see any points to care about this
stupid rumor."

"Not stupid, it bothered me for a long time." Plato
said with a little annoyance.

"Why?"

"Because! I can't tell you now, but you tell me my
question first anyway."

"Ok! Listen, I do not love her, but I treat her as
one of my best friends.  You know what? Originally I
and her were very good friends, but after the rumors,
we became estranged, I think it lasted for almost half
a year, terrible."

Plato gasped with relief, he patted Mistoffelees'
shoulder.  "Thank you, now I can tell you the
truth."  So he described his secret with Victoria to
Mistoffelees.

"Victoria is so kind, she still cares about my
feelings although we became estranged!!"
Mistoffelees was impressed.  "Plato, you're so lucky
to have Victoria, and I promise, I will tell everybody
my feeling, so you two don't need to hide anymore.  I
am so ashamed that I kept silent for so long, rumors
were really horrible."

Plato was glad to hear that.  "Thank you, Misto, I
always wanted to ask your feeling to Victoria, but it
was difficult to ask since we were not very
familiar!!"

Mistoffelees smiled, "That's ok! Friendship needs
time, I will talk to you more, and we will understand
each other more."

"And!!" Plato said. "Could you not tell anyone
that I am Victoria's boyfriend? Because Jellylorum
doesn't  like me." 

"Oh! Hm~~ ok! But Jellylorum !!"

Plato said.  "I will get her favor, maybe it's
hard."

"I will support you anyway." Mistoffelees said
sincerely.

"Thank you."  They both felt friendship's magic at
this moment.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Munkustrap had cleaned himself and made a neat figure,
he was going to visit Demeter and hoped it would be a
good start for them.

Munkustrap was handsome, but he was intent on
protecting his tribe, so he neglected the girls though
in the deepest place of his heart, he longed to have a
mate.  And after he knew Demeter liked him from
Tugger, he decided to make Demeter be his mate.

So he went to Demeter's nest, fortunately, she didn't
have any visitors, otherwise it would be embarrassing
for Munkustrap.

Demeter was very surprised to see Munkustrap since he
never visited her before, she was so excited.  "Hi!
Munkustrap, nice to see you.  Do you come to visit
me?"

"Yes! I !!"  He was shy to continue.

"Hm~~ what?"

"Could! we!!no, hm!!Demeter would you like to
have a date with me?" Munkustrap said with a low
voice.

Demeter hardly believed what she had heard. 
"Pardon! could you say that again?" She wanted to
make sure.

"Would you like to have a date with me?" He said
with a higher voice.

Demeter was very glad to hear that, but she was so
mischievous that she decided to tease him a little
more.

"Could you say again? I can't hear!" She giggled.

Munkustrap looked at her with a understanding smile,
he yelled loudly.  "Would you like to have a date
with me, my dear Demeter?"

Demeter smiled and embraced him.  "With all of my
heart!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alonzo had been loving Bombalurina, but she always
refused him.  And when he knew Bombalurina said she
didn't like Tugger anymore, he thought maybe he would
have the chance to get her.

So he went to her and asked.  "I have heard your
thought of Tugger, you had refused me for Tugger's
sake in the past, but now, would you give me a
chance?"

Bombalurina gave him a charming smile.  "Of course,
Alonzo, you're better than that freak, I think we
will have a good time for being together."  She knew 
how Alonzo would succumb to her completely, and she
liked this superior feeling, that she would never got
from the Rum Tum Tugger.

When she thought of Tugger, she felt a little sad 
since the only one she loved is him.  But Bombalurina
scolded herself immediately.  "Don't think of this
freak again, he's not worthy for me to think of, and
here is a better tom, I must not miss him."

So she said to Alonzo.  "Do you want to have a walk?
I am bored today to stay at home."

"No problem."  Alonzo took her hand and Bombalurina
didn't draw back, he was glad to see that.

They were talking and flirting with each other when
they walked across the forest, and they encountered
the Rum Tum Tugger and Jemima.

Tugger was having a date with Jemima, and he didn't
expect to meet Bombalurina, either.

Tugger was a little cross when he saw Alonzo holding
Bombalurina's hand, but he scolded himself.  "Take it
easy, Bombalurina will come to me if I want, she
can't resist me."

Bombalurina thought.  "This freak, he is always
having a girl beside him, he doesn't care about me
anyway, I must be strong and firm." She held Alonzo's
hand tightly.

Tugger  said  softly to Bombalurina, ignored Alonzo. 
"Hi! Bombalurina, how are you today?" He slipped to
her side, and used a charming voice.  "Do you really
want this guy? he means Alonzo) What are you thinking
about? Your taste was very good before, but now!" He
touched her shoulder.  "Think more carefully, hm."

Bombalurina gave him a nasty look.  "It's not your
business, plus, he is nicer than you."

Alonzo smiled proudly at Tugger, Jemima had acquainted
with Tugger's style, she knew today's date was over,
and the following affair didn't interest her at all,
so she left.

Tugger got a shock at Bombalurina's words.  Never,
there was never a girl refusing him, and he was very
angry to see Alonzo's proud attitude.

"What's wrong with you? Bombalurina, you always want
me, don't you? Come on, throw him away, and come with
me, I will give you what you want."  Tugger said
rudely.

Alonzo yelled.  "Rum Tum Tugger, I warn you, be
careful of your words, today I don't want to fight
with you."

"Oh! Really? I am not scared of you."

"Excuse me!" Bombalurina exclaimed.  "Alonzo, I
will deal with it."  And she turned to Tugger. 
"Don't be so conceited, I tell you, you're really
not a bit to me now, just go to your Jemima or
Etcetera, and don't bother me anymore, do you
understand?  Rum Tum Tugger, I hate you now, and
Alonzo is very suitable for me, maybe I was enchanted
by you before, but that's in the past, I am not the
Bombalurina who I was."

Tugger was amazed at her, and said a little trembly. 
"Re-really?"

"YES!" Bombalurina yelled, and she smiled proudly at
him.  "Did you ever think I could do this to you? 
You just thought you were the center of the world,
Tugger, I taught you a lesson."  Then, she stalked
away with Alonzo who was in high spirits.

Alonzo told her with excitement as they walked on. 
"Oh! You were great, I never saw Tugger being
defeated."

Bombalurina didn't answer him, there was a sad look on
her face.

And!!Tugger, he had a urge to cry, but he stopped it
immediately.  He was so upset, and he knew the reason
very well, not because he lost his attraction, but
Bombalurina's words did hurt him.
 
PART 4

Jellylorum was hunting mice for dinner.  And suddenly,
one peke came to her sight.

This peke saw Jellylorum and barked at her showing his
teeth.  Jellylorum was scared, and she started to run.
 This peke was running and barking after her.

Jellylorum was running beyond the territory of
Jellicles, then in a flash, a ginger cat showed up,
when the peke saw this cat, he seemed afraid and ran
away.

"Are you all right? Jellylorum." This ginger cat
asked with a low voice.

"Macavity!" Jellylorum screamed.  This ginger cat
was the hidden paw ¡V Macavity, who was a very evil
cat.

For Jellylorum, Macavity was more scaring than that
peke.

Jellylorum defended herself, and hissed at him.  "Get
away from me."

"OH! Do you always use this manner toward your
savior?" Macavity grimed.

Jellylorum didn't want to talk to him anymore and
turned to leave.  But Macavity stopped her.

"You haven't express your gratitude to me yet, it's
not very polite, Jellylorum."

Jellylorum was just a middle-aged female cat, she knew
she couldn't run away form this evil cat.  "I didn't
mean to come to your territory, the peke was chasing
me, thank you for driving that peke away! can I go
now?"

Macavity smiled with an evil smile.  "What will you
do if I say NO?"

Jellylorum hissed.  "Macavity, I warn you, I am under
the protection of Old Deuteronomy, don't try to harm
me, otherwise it will not be easy to end."

"Are you threatening me?" Macavity laughed, and he
suddenly grabbed her two arms, yelled.  "You are in
my territory, dare you threaten me?"

"Help!" Jellylorum cried.

"No one will come to you, do you want to come to my
nest? We can have some tea or!!"

"Free her!" A voice rose.

Jellylorum and Macavity turned to that voice,
surprising them, it was Plato.

"Plato, help me." Jellylorum cried out.

Plato comforted her.  "Don't worry, Jellylorum, I
will help you." And he turned to Macavity.  "Free
her."

"Why should I follow your words?" Macavity grimed.

Plato hissed. "Free her, otherwise you will be
hurt."

"Really? Show me then." Macavity released Jellylorum
and rushed toward Plato.

The two started fighting, but Plato was not a very
strong cat like Munkustrap or Alonzo, but 
Macavity could defeat them as well.  So , Plato knew
he wouldn't get victory, and he yelled as
he was scratched by Macavtiy. "Jellylorum, run! Get
some help."

"But! what about you?" she said frightened.

"Don't care about me, run, hurry  up." Plato
exclaimed as he tried to scratch Macavity, but he 
warred off.

Jellylorum ran away with her best, she prayed that
Plato would be able to support as she got 
some help.

Fortunately,  she met Munkustrap, Demeter, and her
daughter ¡V Victoria.  The three were 
chatting together. 

When they saw Jellylorum running toward them in a
hurry, Victoria asked.  "What's wrong?
Mother?" 

"Pla!Plato was fighting with Macavity because of
me."  She gasped.  "Come on, we must 
save him."

"What?" Victoria nearly fainted  as she heard Plato
was in danger.

"Don't say another word, take us to Plato, hurry!" 
Munkustrap demanded, he knew how 
serious this could be.

Demeter gave him a worrying look, she was afraid
Munkustrap would be hurt, too.  
Munkustrap nodded to her expressing he would be fine.

So they all ran after Jellylorum, Victoria was crying
as they were running.

"You will be safe, Plato, we are coming." Victoria
thought.

Finally, they came to the fighting place, but Macavity
Was Not There, Plato was lying on the 
ground, unconscious.

"No!" Victoria ran to him and touched his cheeks. 
"Plato, wake up, I am Victoria, wake up."  
She cried.

Munkustrap raised up Plato. "We must come back to Old
Deuteronomy, he was hurt badly."

"Will he be alright?" Victoria asked concernedly.

"He will be fine, I promise you, Victoria."
Munkustrap said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jellylorum had told them the reason why Plato fought
with Macavity, and she was so 
impressed by Plato's braveness.

Fortunately, Plato was bound up his wounds, and Old
Deuteronomy said he must rest for 
about 7 days.

Victoria was beside Plato holding his hands, talking
to him softly.  "I was so afraid that 
Macavity would kill you."

"I wouldn't die so easily!" Plato said weakly. 
Victoria kissed him with  tears of happiness.

Jellylorum saw them and she was a little angry about
that.  Then, suddenly,  Mistofflees came 
to her, and said.  "Let them be, they had been
together for some time, but Victoria knew you 
didn't like Plato, so she dared not tell you.  She
loves Plato very much, so dose him."

Jellylorum sighed.  "Don't you like my daughter?"

"I am sorry.  Jellylorum, Victoria is one of my best
friends, I like her, but not that kind of love 
as Plato's.  Plato is a good fellow, you see, he
fought for you nearly to death, and he just 
cared about your safety, not even thought of himself. 
What are you unsatisfied with? I don't 
see any points to disturb them."

"Your are right, Misto, the most important thing is
that Victoria is happy, plus, Plato is not 
that bad as I thought."  Jellylorum said finally with
approval.

She came to Victoria and Plato.  "You two, I have
known your secret now, I am glad that 
Victoria has such a good boyfriend."  She turned to
Plato.  "Would you promise me you will 
treat Victoria nicely?"

"Yes! I promise"  Plato said firmly, and Victoria
rubbed her head against him.

Jellylorum smiled at this little lovers as she turned
to leave and let them be alone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Rum Tum Tugger had some uneasy nights, he had
started to worry about something that 
he never worried about before.

It was Bombalurina.

The scene of that day haunted him, he could still hear
what she said and see her unemotional 
expression.

He had decided to come to Bombalurina to apologize
what he did to her before because he 
finally admitted he loved her indeed.

But he also realized even she accepted his apology,
that didn't mean she would come back to 
him  since she said she wanted Alonzo instead of him.

Tugger was so jealous of Alonzo, it was his first time
to taste the feeling of jealousy.

But anyway, he felt he must apologize to her, whether
she would come back to him or not.  
He had decided.

On the half way to Bombalurina's nest, the Rum Tum
Tugger encountered Alonzo who was 
flirting with Exotica.

Tugger was surprised to see that, and he flew into a
rage, he roared.  "Alonzo, dare you do 
this behind Bombalurina?"  He beated Alonzo without
another word.

"I thought you loved her, but I was mistaken.  Did
you treat her as fun?"  He waved his fist at 
Alonzo again, Alonzo cried in pain.

"Stop, he is hurt."  Exotica yelled.

Tugger ignored her, he was furious at Alonzo since he
thought  even he couldn't give 
happiness to Bombalurina by himself, Alonzo could. 
But he flirted with another girl, 
Bombalurina would be very upset to see that, Tugger
thought.

He couldn't let Bombalurina be sad again, and he
grabbed Alonzo, yelled. "What are you 
thinking about? Your lover is Bombaluirna, why do you
do this behind her?"

Alonzo pushed him away with anger.  " You shut up,
you know nothing."  He wiped off the 
blood on his cheek.

"What?" Tugger was ready to give him another beat.

"Bombalurina didn't want me? Do you hear that? She
didn't want me."  Alonzo exclaimed.

Tugger stopped.

"She said she still loved you whatever you did to
her.  Rum Tum Tugger, I envy you, but you 
are an idiot, you don't deserve Bombaluirna."

Tugger felt sorry to him.  "Sorry! but

!did
Bombalurina!! really say she still loved 
me?"

"I don't want to say again, just go to her, and
don't bother me."  Alonzo yelled as Exotica 
helped him stand up.

"Thank you! " Tugger turned and ran as fast as he
could toward Bombalurina's nest.  "She 
loves me, she loves me."  He yelled with excitement
as he ran. 

"Bombalurina! Bombalurina!" he shouted in front  of
her nest.

Bombalurina came out and when she saw Tugger, she said
coldly.  "What are you looking for? 
I think you came to a wrong place."

"No! No!"  He ran to her.  "Alonzo had told
me! in fact! I came to apologize to you, and 
in the half way! I saw him! and I bit him! and
he said!!" Tugger  couldn't 
manage his words well since he was so nervous.

"What? I don't understand."

"Would you forgive me? Bombalurina."  Tugger held
her hands.  "I am very sorry about what 
I had done to you, I was just pretending that I
didn't love you, but I was so stupid, you 
know! you always understand me, don't you?"

Bombalurina lowered her head and drew back her hands.
"I don't know what you are talking 
about."  She didn't want to forgive him so soon 
because of her dignity.

"Bombalurina! " Tugger was nervous again.  "
Please, don't be so cold to me, I love you, I 
only love you, you know I never love those little
kittens, you know it and I know it.  I promise  
you, I won't flirt with them anymore, and!!!I will
only belong to you.  I hope you will be 
my mate."  He said sincerely.

Bombalurina turned and faced Tugger with her back.

The  Rum Tum Tugger was disappointed to see that.  "
You still don't forgive me. Don't 
you?" He sighed. "I understand, it's all my fault, I
can't blame you for not forgiving me!!"

"Tugger!" Bombalurina yelled, still faced him with
her back.  " I am thinking! will we 
live in my nest or in your nest, I think it will be
better to live in mine."

"What?" Tugger  asked with confusion.

Bombalurina turned to face him with a charming smile. 
" When I become your mate, can you 
move to my nest? I love it very much." She had
forgiven him.

"Bom! Bombalurina!" Tugger was so excited. "
Really? You accept me? You forgive me? 
And you will be my mate?"

She nodded. " Yes! Yes! I have been hoping you would
say these words to me, and 
my wish comes true now."

Tugger embraced her.  " I promise I won't disappoint
you, I won't"

Bombalurina kissed him passionately.  " I believe
you!"

She leaned her head on his chest.  "Today, I feel you
are not like the Rum Tum Tugger you 
were before." She said softly.

"Why?"

"Because you are so  shy and so sincere."

"Do you like the former Rum Tum Tugger?"

"No." Bombalurina hugged him.  "I love the one you
are now."

Tugger smiled. "I will keep it for you, just for
you."

Bombalurina nodded and said.  "I have found the
meaning of happiness."

"Me too." Tugger said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After six months

There was a small party for Rumpleteazer newborn
kittens, and almost  all the Jellicles came.

"Oh! What a lovely kitten! Isn't it? Munkustrap?"
Demeter said as  she carried one kitten on 
her arms.

Munkustrap smiled." Yes! I am looking forward to
having kittens with you, too."

Demeter gave him a kiss. "We will, don't hurry."

At this moment, they heard Bombalurina yelled.  "Rum
Tum Tugger, you are flirting with 
Etcetera again!"

Rum Tum Tugger  ran out form a baby room, Etcetera and
Bombalurina were followed.

"God! I am in a big trouble!" he cried as he ran out
of Rumpleteazer nest.

"Don't  run!" Bombalurina ran after him with anger.

Etcetera shook her head slightly. "A fox may grow
gray, but never good!"

All of the Jellicles were laughing, and Mungojerrie
joked.  "It's a really bad model for my 
kittens."

Rumpelteazer smiled. "But we can teach them in a
positive way."

Old Deuteronomy said. "I am glad to see these new
couples developed: Munkustrap and 
Demeter, Rum Tum Tugger and Bombalurina, Alonzo and
Exotica, Victoria and Plato.  Our 
Jellicle tribe will prosper and thrive."

"Excuse me! " Skimbleshanks said as he held up
Jennyanydots'hand.  " We !!are a new 
couple, too."

"Oh! You finally made it."  Mistoffelees yelled
surprised.

"Yes! She likes me too." Skimble said happily, and
Jennyanydots looked shyly.

Victoria teased her. "Why don't you tell
us?Jennyanydots.  Did you two play secret game 
as we did before?"

Plato embraced Victoria's waist and smiled. "Don't
embarrass  them,  I know the feeling of 
secret is not nice."

Victoria have a kiss.  "I know." And all of the
Jellicles laughed.

After the party, the visitors left Rumpleteazer
house and walked in different directions.

They were almost couples, and Mistoffelees felt very
lonely as he walked on his own.

"Do you want to hunt for mice with me for a while?
Mistoffelees." A voice said.

Mistoffelees turned and saw it was Cassandra who was
alone, too.

"Sure, why not?" and both of them smiled at each
other shyly, then walked toward the direction of the
setting sun.

   ~~~~END~~~~~~