Furuya Is the Cat in My Honmaru

Kiyohara Toru, the Saniwa of Honmaru No. 4869, has so much spiritual power that his body cannot bear the strain, leaving him bedridden with a lingering illness.

Because he lacks the energy, he leaves all Honmaru matters to the sword warriors, and is powerless to do anything about their infighting.

If things continue like this, the Honmaru risks falling into corruption.

Then one day, Kiyohara Toru brings back a Siamese cat on the verge of death from outside the Honmaru. He insists on caring for it himself, and the problem is solved at once.

The Siamese is docile and considerate in front of Kiyohara Toru, its disguise flawless. With the sword warriors, it goes straight for the throat without even pretending.

All on its own, it turns the Honmaru upside down, and with Kiyohara Toru indulging it, it successfully draws all the sword spirits' fire.

Kiyohara Toru: It's normal for a Siamese to be a little lively. Cough, cough... Besides, Bourbon is already being so good and holding himself back so much.

Siamese Bourbon: (Looks up and meows sweetly) (Turns around and smiles wickedly)

The sword warriors: "..."

There's no time to fall into corruption anymore. We have to unite and expose the true face of this cunning, two-faced cat!

Damn scheming cat, stay away from my Aruji!!

*

After dying together with the Organization's Boss, Furuya became a cat and landed in Honmaru No. 4869.

He learned that this was a place capable of changing time and space.

As long as he got his hands on the thing called a Time-Space Converter, he could return to before everything began and save his four friends and all the others who had sacrificed themselves because of the Organization.

He was willing to pay any price for that.

But Furuya now faced three problems:

What was a Time-Space Converter, and how on earth did it work?

How could he steal the thing right under the noses of more than a hundred sword spirits watching him like hawks?

...And the sickly young man known as their Master absolutely could not die before Furuya succeeded.

After much thought, Furuya decided to use his greatest talent, the honey trap, and first win over Kiyohara Toru, the master of the Honmaru.

Wasn't it just acting cute, rolling over, and offering his paw? With his professional skills, even disguised as a cat, he would be the most charming cat in the Honmaru, and the one who brought the most emotional comfort!

He never expected that one ordinary night, after a man and a cat snuggled together for warmth and fell asleep, he would wake up the next morning with the young man in his arms.

Kiyohara Toru: ?!

Furuya, who had just transformed from a cat into a person, felt terribly guilty: ...If I say it was an accident, will you believe me?

*

Bourbon had a pretty boy by his side, someone who coughed three times with every step, yet was well protected and never took part in the Organization's affairs.

Everyone saw him as the weakness of that mysterious man, but no matter how hard they tried, they could never uncover his origins.

Vermouth: "We are angels, and we are demons. We will resist the flow of time and bring the dead back to life."

Kiyohara Toru: "I get it. You're the Time Retrograde Army."

Reader's Guide:

1. The protagonist is sickly and scheming. His health will improve later.

2. The pairing is Zero. Zero is the top!

3. The early story focuses on the sword warriors. Later, a second run through the Detective Conan world begins, and the way it starts does not violate the Time Government's rules.

4. The sword warriors are family and comrades-in-arms.

5. Enjoy reading!

Here's a future story by the author:

"[Western Crossover] Back to the Batkids Era":

After spending half his life as Gotham's ruler, Timothy dies and comes back to life after being swept through a temporal rift. When he opens his eyes, he has returned to the past and become a nine-year-old kid again.

Little Timmy sits up and spends the night writing "How to Change a Tragic, Lonely Life: Plans A to Z."

Big Red: rescue him. To hell with A Death in the Family. No one is allowed to die except the Joker.

And rescue the baby assassin crawling all over the League's floors, too... Let him experience the influence of civilized society ahead of time.

When the third Robin makes his grand entrance, though, Tim hesitates.

After being the boss for so long, why should he go back to being a sidekick...?

A Robin who doesn't want to fly solo isn't a good Robin. Bye, Bruce. He's going independent today!

@/|\^._.^/|\@

A new vigilante has appeared in Gotham, dressed like a little red bird hopping around. He doesn't look very old, but his years on the job are no joke. He's as practiced as someone who's spent thirty years gutting fish at a supermarket.

His limits are flexible, and every day he pushes the boundaries with reckless abandon. He hates being alone, yet refuses to work with anyone, only lending a hand when danger strikes...

He knows the bats in Gotham's night sky inside out.

As memories from a timeline that isn't theirs gradually return, the bats look at the little red bird who has left the nest with increasingly complicated expressions.

The little red bird on patrol is completely oblivious: ...Why are you staring at me? Do we know each other?

Some big bat: Mm-hmm, we don't know each other. Want a cookie, kid?

The Batfamily: "The Little Bird Comes Home"

@/|\^._.^/|\@

Bruce rules Gotham with fear, a no-kill rule, and Robins who love him.

Tim can only rule Gotham with drones, satellites, and Bat soldiers, building a vast empire atop a mountain of corpses.

"I sold my soul for this city,

only to watch her crumble into ruins,

but before I let the final darkness surround me... consume me...

there's still a chance for me to rise again,

a chance to be reborn...

a chance to set things right."

Lonely Tim

Theme: Turn the tide and take your fate into your own hands.