Kaida:I'm so sorry! I REALLY shouldn't be creating ANOTHER story... but I had too. *sweatdrop* Anyways, I only own my OCs. And I will use random Japanese here and there, just because I like to. There will be Translator Notes at the end


Husky's POV

I walked through town with Senri, Cooro, and Nana at my side. To my left were random shops, and to my right? Also random shops. Nana stopped at every single shop, looking at every single thing. I let out a long sigh. Couldn't we just get going? We were wasting time, although, we weren't trying to get anywhere really.

And then we saw it, a little cat walking to our right. It turned and looked at us, and Nana gave a little squeal. "Look at the cute little kitty!" she said as she ran up to it. Great. Now we were going to have to have the "cute little kitty" come with us. The cat had dark brown tabby fur and blue eyes. I didn't know why, but something seemed... familiar about those eyes. But all I could think of were brown curls. She looked straight up at me, with an odd look in her eyes. "Let's just leave it here," I said, turning.


Cats POV

I walked daintily down the road, looking at random passing strangers. In one of the shops was a group of four people:three boys and a girl. One of the boys was tall with gray hair. He also had an eyepatch. I assumed him to be the oldest. Another boy was probably a little taller than the first ones shoulder. His hair was jet black, almost like a crows. The girl probably came up to the first ones chest and had blonde hair. The last boy made me freeze. He was only the slightest bit shorter than the boy with the black hair and had silver hair. It seemed like I knew him once, long ago. "Look at the cute little kitty!" the girl squealed, running over. Silver(that's what I had decided to call him) gave an exasperated look.

He gave me a look that seemed to say "do I know this cat?" I looked straight up at him, and his eyes made me think even more that I knew him. Then he spoke with a husky voice. "Let's just leave it here," he said, turning around. I froze. Myrrha... I thought to myself. I jumped out of the girls hands and ran off to an alleyway where no one was. "It couldn't be him..." I said as I returned to my human form. I was a strange Anima, because not just a specific part of me turned animal-like. I turned completely into my animal.

I tucked my brown curls up under my hat-like thing. Everyone around here thought I was male, and that was because it wasn't very safe to live here and be not only female, but an Anima. Not that anyone knew I was an Anima though. I walked casually up to the store next to Myrrha, and started browsing. This shop sold food, and I was in need of some, so I was able to kill two birds with one stone: eaves-drop on Myrrha AND get food. "Aww! The kitty ran away." Blondie was obviously still not happy that I ran off. "Nana, she obviously wanted to leave," said Myrrha, crossing his arms. He seemed to be saying "And I want to leave too!" Blacky turned to 'Nana'.

"It's all right. She probably just wanted to get back to her family, right Senri?" he said, turning his head to the tall one. All he did was nod his head. Then I noticed something on Blacky's shoulder. Is he an Anima? I wondered to myself. I picked up some bread and a little piece of cake and payed the shop owner, sticking it in my bag and walking past Myrrha and his friends. Myrrha turned and looked at me, and had the same look I had probably given him. I sped up, desperately wanting to get to Cira before anyone found her. When I arrived where I was staying with the little girl I had found abandoned, I opened the door, closing it quickly. "Chia-neechan! Your back!" said Cira, looking up from where she was sitting. I smiled, taking off my hat. "Yes, I am," I said as I plopped down beside her.

"And guess what I brought?" I asked, digging deep down in my bag.. "A puppy!" asked Cira. I shook my head. Cira already knew that I NEVER wanted a puppy, but she always asked anyways. "Nope. Cake! Happy Birthday!" I said, handing her the cake. But she knew that wasn't all. Okay... and maybe I bought you a present," I said, pulled out the package. Cira grabbed it happily, ripping open the packaging. "A doll! Just the one I wanted!" cried Cira, holding it tightly to her chest. "Thank-you Onee-chan! Thank-you!" she said as she threw her arms around me. I smiled. "Want to come around town with me?" I asked her, picking her up. Being only 5, it was quite easy to pick her up, but it was getting harder every day. "Of course Chia-neechan!" said Cira as I let her put the doll down. "But remember! I'm Carmine, not Chiara, okay?" I said as I looked into her eyes. She nodded and I put her down as we walked out the door.


Husky's POV

A person walked past us, and I wasn't sure if it was a boy or girl. I looked at them for a moment, and their eyes made me think again. Why did his/her eyes make me think of the cat? He/She sped up, and I turned back to my companions. "I want to see the kitty again," said Nana. I rolled my eyes. The cat ran away, and there was nothing to it! When would that girl ever learn that just because you want something to happen, doesn't mean it will? "Let's just keep moving," I said. Cooro nodded. "Let's go!" he said, turning and walking the direction the boy from earlier had been going. I decided he was a boy because of what he was wearing, and the fact that he had short hair.

As we walked that direction, Nana saw another shop she wanted to stop at and I let out a long sigh. When she was finally done, we continued walking, and I saw the boy from earlier walking out of a house with a little girl, probably about four or five. They turned walking toward us. "Carmine! Look at that pretty girl!" said the little girl pointing at me. I took a deep breath. She's a little girl. She doesn't know any better... I tried to tell myself. "Um, Cira, I think that's a boy," Carmine replied, looking down at the little girl. I looked up at the person. I was actually kind of surprised he knew I was a boy. Not that I wasn't happy that there was FINALLY someone who knew I was a boy. But most people thought I was a girl. Even Cooro and Nana thought I was a girl for a bit.

Carmine walked past, and I looked at him. "Hey you!" Cooro said, walking up to Carmine. He turned his head. "Are you an +Anima?" he asked. Carmine turned pale. "N-n-no! W-what made y-you th-think that?" stuttered Carmine. Cira turned pale as well. He's totally a +Anima... I told myself. Nana bounced up. "There's no need to be worried! The four of us are also Anima!" she said. Carmine breathed a sigh of relief, before something like confusion popped onto his face. "Four of you?" he asked, glancing a bit at me. Odd. "Yup! I'm a bat, Senri's a bear, Cooro is a crow, and Husky here's a fish!" Nana said happily. "Really? Well, I'm a cat!" he said. "You're the cat from earlier, which means your really a girl aren't you?" I said, turning to him, or should I say, her. Now THAT made her turn really pale. "You can't tell ANYONE about this! Not any of you," she said, taking her hat off. Brown curls flowed all around her. "Wow Chia-neechan! It's been a while since you let your hair down in public," said Cira. I froze. "So, what's your real name?" I frowned. "Really Myrrha, I'm surprised you don't remember me!" she said, picking up Cira. "how do you know my real name?" I asked, staring right at her. "Now I'm not going to tell you. I'm going to let you remember yourself. You will in time," she said, walking off. "Onee-chan! Who was that?" asked Cira. "That is the prince of Sailand," the girl said, walking towards where she had just come from. "What ever happened to us taking a walk?" asked Cira. "Myrrha happened," she said as she closed the door behind them.


Kaida:Hope you all liked it! Who is this mysterious maiden by the name of Chiara? Anways, here are translator notes:

Onee-chan-Big sister. Even though they aren't really related, They might as well be sisters so Chiara lets Cira call her that

_-neechan-same