Saturday, April 9, 2005

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Lost and Found

Episode 3
*Marlene’s perspective*
I had told him I was going to sleep for six hours, but I think it was more like ten. When I woke up the pain had dulled; so I got to my feet and opened the door. On the other side I saw a huge cat with two tails and massive fangs. I drew my gun and the cat moved into an aggressive stance. Just then, I heard Suichichi’s voice from another room, “Ladies, if you need to fight could you please take it outside.” The cat gave a disgruntled growl and burst into flames. In a moment, when the flames died, I was shocked to see that another, much smaller cat, also with two tails was standing where the beast had been a moment before. This new cat leaped onto a couch along one wall and began grooming herself. Just then Suichichi walk out of what was apparently a kitchen carrying two bowls of something steaming. He placed them on a small table and gestured me to a chair. After several large mouthfuls I said, “Thank you.” He flashed a small smile and said, “I expect you have a few questions.”
So I began, “Where are we?”
“We are in an apartment near the old district of the city.”
“Why did you save me?”
“Do I need a reason?”
“So what do you do here?”
“I'm searching for something, or should I say,” he nodded to the cat, “We are searching for something. This is Kirara, my partner and an old friend.”
“Friend.”
“Speaking of which, do you have someone you need to get in touch with? You mentioned a name earlier. I think it was Yugi.”
“Yuji, and no. You can't contact him he's dead.”
“I'm sorry. Listen, you will need somewhere to rest while you heal. So, if you don't know anyone in this town, you’re more than welcome to stay here.”
“Thank you, again.”
“You should get some more rest now. I'll be out here for a couple of hours, so if you need anything just shout. Then I have an errand to run, and you're welcome to help yourself to anything here.” I got up and walked towards the door. “Sweet dreams.” he said…

*Kirara’s perspective*
Great, he's done it again. Every time he sees one of those humans in trouble he has to come to the rescue. I'm not saying protecting humans is a bad thing, but he takes it to the point of being an obsession. Don't get me wrong, Kurama is the best friend I’ve had since the warring states era and I wouldn't change him for the world. But the trouble he gets into because of humans, especially that moron Kuwabara, really tests my patients sometimes. But something's different about this one. It's in his eyes when he looks at her. Yoko Kurama would never have gotten into this situation. It's only happening because he became half-human. I've been watching boys fall for girls for nearly a millennium, and my friend has fallen and he's fallen bad. Males are so pathetic…

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