Final part request for KrispyKremeKat

The battle was intense. Both she cats fighting fiercely. Kitty and Ala Fuerte would dodge the magic attacks coming at them. He would fly down to her while Kitty slashed her sword, trying to knock the gem out of her paws or just for defense. Puss could only watch in anticipation and fear as he watched the two girls he held close to him fighting. Carlos, Perrito and Telma were helping him get out of the magic binds. However, in the middle of the fight, Ala Fuerte got hit on his wing by a magic blast. Kitty had to jump off him and land on her feet for safety as she watched her friend fall to the ground. She rushed over to him, completely forgetting about the one is after her.

"Ack!" Kitty hissed in pain when the magic ran across her chest, leaving a fresh cut across it that left her weaken. "Kitty!" Puss yelled out alarmed, his green eyes huge. His arm shot out to her, which surprised him. Wasn't he just held by magic? He turned around to find that Carlos had removed the magic binds with his potions. The ginger smiled at him gratefully as the calico nodded back as a you're welcome.

However, it didn't do much to ease Puss as he turned back to his treasured theif. She was getting tired out fast. Ala Fuerte was down, with Telma rushing over to check on him. Duclinea approached her, floating lower to her. Perrito, seeing his friend in trouble, ran over, jumped and latched his teeth on the gray cat's dress. "Hey! Bad dog!" She yelled angrily, his weight bring her down.

Kitty threw her dagger at her as a last attempt for something. But Duclinea dodged it easily, used her magic to remove Perrito off as he fell to the floor, and shot the gem back at her. The magic sent Kitty flying and her back hit the ground. She groaned in pain, feeling all the strength she had fading.

Puss rushed over to the dog, helping him up. He glanced over to the two cats, seeing how badly hurt Kitty was as Duclinea approached her. It only made Puss's heart clench in pain to see that. This never should've happened. He should be the one in Kitty's place. He needed to do something or he was going to lose one of them.

"He left you behind! Just like he did to me! Puss doesn't love you! He doesn't me! HE ONLY LOVES HIMSELF!" The gray cat yelled furiously, her hold on the gem was tightening strongly like she was going to crush it. Her blue eyes watered at the thought of what the tabby did to her.

"I don't even know who I should be mad at! Him or you!?" She yelled, throwing her fists down which unknowingly shooting a powerful magic force at Kitty's direction. Puss's eyes widen in horror and didn't think twice to run to her. His friends yelled at him to get back, but it went deaf in his ears.

"KITTY!"

"BAM!"

The tabby cat lunged in between them, and the magic power struck him hard. It sent him flying, and he hit the ground unconscious. Kitty looked at where he landed and her heart drop to see him there limp. "PUSS!" She screamed, running straight torwards him. Dulcinea's anger faded away in shock and worry. Suddenly, she didn't feel the desire to harm those two. Now she was just hoping that her dear friend was ok.

The tuxedo cat carefully lifted his head up, ears down in distress. "Puss? Puss, wake up, come on? Open your eyes por favor" she asked upset, holding his face. The tabby cat grunted as his eyes blinked few times.

"I'm...alright" Puss said, realizing that he didn't feel any pain. It did sting for a moment, but it was not excruciating pain. Kitty smiled in relief, almost laughing, and crying, as she pulled him into a tight hug. Puss gladly returned it, happy to be touching her again.

Dulcinea breathed out in relief, glad to see neither of them hurt. However, her heart ached at the thought that she could've killed one of them. If Kitty was killed, Puss would be heartbroken and never look at her the same away again. If she had killed Puss, Kitty would feel the pain that she herself would've felt. The she cat glanced at the gem in her paws, the color switching to grey to indicate her guilt, and regret.

Puss glanced at Dulcinea, seeing the shift in her mood. He stared at her symphatically, his own heart aching in guilt. He should've found a way to keep in contact with her. To assure her that even know his heart belonged to someone else, that never meant he forgot her. Kitty moved away to look at him. She frowned when she saw his attention elsewhere, and looked at his direction.

Kitty glanced back at her lover and saw his eyes somewhere else. She looked back at him symphatically. He never meant for this to happen. "Puss" She told him, making him turn his head to her. He expected her to be mad at him for all of this. His ex girlfriend dragging his girlfriend into something that wasn't her fault.

Instead, Kitty cupped his face, running her thumb across his cheek as he stared at her surprised. "I think you should talk to Dulcinea" she told him. She could tell he never meant for her or his old friend to get hurt like thos. Puss looked down hesitantly, letting out a heavy sigh. "I never meant for you to get dragged into this Kitty. Nor did I want Dulcinea or you hurt" he told her sadden, glancing back at her.

He turned back to Kitty, taking her paw in his to press a kiss as he smiled at her. He knew what had to be done. Kitty smiled back at him, helping him up, and placing his hat back on. "Amigos. Stand down" she instructed them all. Perrito was the first to listened. The others were hesitant, but after Puss gave them an assuring smile, they stepped aside.

"Dulcinea"

He said her name, making her turn her head to back to him. Her gray face was stained with tears, making his heart ache to see how much this hurted her. But it also showed him that she did regret what she did. That the Dulcinea he remembered was still in there.

Puss brought his hat down as a way to apologize, his ears low. "I...never meant to abandon you, Dulcinea. After leaving San Lorenzo, I truly did missed you. Missed what we shared. I did loved you, Duclinea" he explained to her, smiling sadly as he thought of the moments they shared. Beside Kitty, Duclinea let him feel what real, genuine love felt like. He really did love her. They just didn't know how to make it last long after he left.

"You taught me how to love, Dulcinea. If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't know how to love another properly, and honestly" he said, glancing at Kitty as he referred to her. Kitty smiled softly at him. He smiled back at her, turning back to Duclinea. He walked up to her and held his paw out.

"I know I hurt you. But please understand I would never betray you. Maybe the love we once had is...no longer as strong as it was" he said, the last part he hesitated to say. Her face sadden to hear that, upset that what they had was gone. But she knew she couldn't have that back by tearing him from who he loved already. It would worsen their hurt.

"But we can still be good friends like before. I'm sure there a better man waiting for you. One more willing to stay with you. For me, I need someone who can come with me wherever I go. Kitty fulfills that part for me. But I promise to keep in touch with you from now on. So please. Come back to me" he told her, waiting patiently for her.

Duclinea stayed silent. She was trying to progress all of this. She wanted to hope that she can get Puss back. Maybe show him Kitty wasn't the one for him. At the same time, she wanted to make him suffer for abandoning her. Now that desire was gone. She saw how happy Kitty made Puss. Saw that they did care and love eachother genuinely. Even after the downs jn their life, they found a way to fix it and change to be a better version of their love. The fact he still had hope for her was something she couldn't believe was possible. Even though their love was no more but a small little thing in the past, it meant enough to her that he still had hope for her.

Letting herself float down gently to the ground, the gem changed color to pink, symbolizing her accepting their love and moving on. Before she allowed it slip from her paw, stuck in that color permanently. Her outfit and fur color changed back to normal as her eyes were half lidded. She was exhausted. Both emotionally and physically. Duclinea fell to her knees, about to fall about Puss caught her in time.

He tilted her face up to look at her. Seeing his concern for her filled her heart with warmth. Kitty approached her, handing the gem to her. Duclinea looked at it and back to her. She shook her head to say no at the gem, bringing Kitty's white paw to Puss's orange one and interwining them.

"The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest" she said, using one of the advices from her book.

It one all three understood. "There is the Duclinea I remembered" Puss said warmly, glad to have his old dear friend back again in his life. She smiled at him warmly, looking to Kitty with a humble smile. Kitty returned the smile as she cupped Puss's cheek, proud of him on facing his past and fixing this. Both of them has Duclinea's arms on each of their shoulders, helping her back home and to renew a friendship together.