YOU SAID:
Billy had nine lives because he ate the head of a cat god
INTO JAPANESE
猫神の頭を食べたので、ビリーは九つの命を持っていた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Ate the cat God head, so Billy had nine lives
INTO JAPANESE
ビリーは九つの命を持っていたので、猫神の頭を食べた
That didn't even make that much sense in English.