Author's Note: I just finished watching the episode of Misae's past in After Story and I really liked the pairing of Shima and Misae so I came here looking for fanfiction but didn't find a whole lot. In fact Shima isn't in the character list for Clannad fanfictions which makes me sad because he was such an awesome character. So as a proud member of FFN I decided to add one to the list myself, hope you enjoy and feel free to drop any comments or suggestions XD!

Chapter 1 – Missing

If fall was the season for separation, then spring would be the season for reunion, that's what Misae always thought. It was the first day of spring season, the cherry blossoms were blooming and school was winding down for the Hikarizaka Private High students. The bell was about to ring and Misae sat by her window watching the pink petals dance in the wind with her cat sleeping on her lap. It was quiet in the dormitory, no rugby team making noises, no Sunohara causing trouble, just peaceful silence. It was in these completely silent moments that Misae's thoughts wondered back to her high school days spent with her special man and it would end the same way every time she thought about him, her heart would ache and tears would rolled down her cheeks. The only thing she has left of him is this cat, always by her side and taking care of her in its special ways. She softly caressed it and planted a small kiss on its head, whispering its name, "Shima…"

Tomoya loved spring whether he showed it or not simply because that's when he met Nagisa and the cherry blossoms were nothing to complain, he would normally even feel better during spring time than other seasons, but today was not his day. He had a huge headache and had to go home early. As he was stepping out of the entrance he noticed a man a few years older than him at his left leaning on the Hikarizaka school sign as if he was waiting for someone.

"Thank you," said the man, as he turned and walked towards the trees.

"Wait who are y-," said Tomoya before the man suddenly disappeared. The man looked very familiar to Tomoya as if he has seen him somewhere but at the same time he was confused at what just happened.

"I'm starting to see things…my headache must be worst than I thought," said Tomoya holding his head with one hand and noticing that the pain was gone.

Nagisa, Kyou and Ryou walked out of the entrance after the bell rang and found Tomoya waiting by the school sign.

"Tomoya-kun? I thought you went home to rest, why are you here?" asked Nagisa.

"My headache is gone and I just felt like waiting, I can't really explain it," said Tomoya.

"Hey guys have you seen my cat Shima?" asked Misae running up to them.

"No we just got out, what happened?" asked Nagisa.

"It was sleeping and then suddenly it woke up looked around as if it sensed something and just ran away, I've been looking for him but I can't find him," said Misae.

"Alright we'll help you find it, let's spread out so that we can cover more ground," said Tomoya.

The group searched throughout the entire village until sunset and still, no sign of Shima. The teens went home after Misae insisted on them getting home before dark, but she continued to search even when it was late she kept looking. Finally she gave up and decided to head home, as she was walking home she felt something following her. She walked faster and the thing kept up until finally she decided to turn around and confront whatever it was.

Meow. It was a stray cat, not Shima but still it brought a smile on her face. She approached it slowly but suddenly a foot came swinging by and kicked the poor kitten to the wall by her left. A drunken man and his friends stumbled into the road and laughed.

"What do you think you're doing?!" yelled Misae.

"Huh who the hell are you?" said the man.

"Hey look she's kinda cute…," said another one. Misae had a bad feeling but she was never one to back down. The group began to close in on her but one by one were thrown, flipped and locked by Misae's multiple wrestling moves until one of them hit her with a stun gun. Her head was spinning and she fell to the ground, she could hear the men laughing, coming closer. Their footsteps stopped and she slowly opened her eyes and saw that her cat was standing in front of her hissing at them.

"Seems like we're going need to kill one more today," said the man picking up the cat by its neck.

"Don't hurt him!" yelled Misae trying to move. The man laughed and pulled out a knife and held it at the cat.

"Please!" begged Misae as tears swelled up in her eyes seeing her cat struggle in the man grip.

The man got ready to stab the cat before he felt a hand on his shoulder and screams from his friends behind him. He slowly turned his head and saw a man wearing a beige Gatsby hat with forest green eyes looking straight at him.

"Excuse me but could you stop?"

*Author's Note: Yes I know it was a fairly slow start but the next chapter should have a lot more Shima and Misae in it. Also I realize this isn't very unrealistic but hey the whole arc was about a cat that turned into a human so don't even XD.