*Spacing back and forth* OMG OMG I'm so nervous!! this is my first fanfic ever! Ohhh.... I hope I do this well enough.. Please go easy on me . afterall this is my first fanfic!! *Bow Nervously*

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"..." is for speaking.

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Disclaimer : I Do not Own Cat Returns or any of the characters (Even if I wanted to *cries*)


Chapter 1: A New Hope

The sun was setting in the west, the sky was painted in a shade of lovely orange and yellow. Haru was sitting in the dining room with her special blend of tea, sipping it slowly as her thoughts wandered to her old friends.

'Baron… Muta… Toto… Yuki… Lune… Are they all alright? I wonder what they're doing now..' she sighed.

It has been two weeks since Haru's adventure in Cat Kingdom. But she still remembered it like it had just been yesterday. Ever since that adventure her perspective about life have changed and her life had also changed. It had become much better… Her marks at school went up, many of her classmates now admired her… even Machida was now in love with her (But of course, her feelings had changed and she politely had turned him down).

But from all of that… she still felt that something was missing… there was an empty space in her heart… she clutched her chest and decided to shake the topic off.

Then the memories of her friends in the Cat Kingdom once again played in her mind. Muta, Toto, Yuki, Lune… even the Cat King… She missed all of them… especially Baron. She missed him the most… the feeling of her fur brushed against Baron's when she turned into cat, his emerald green eyes which seemed to always see into her very soul… his touch… and his gentle voice… always made her feel calm and secure… Oh how she missed him! And she was so stupid to think that she was only having a crush on him. She loved him! For Christ sake! But it's not like she could visit him any time and tell him… she had forgotten the way to Baron's secret house, and Muta had disappeared into thin air after the adventure.

She sighed again.

"Well... I better get ready some dinner. Mom's going to be back any moment now." She stretched a little, and headed to the kitchen to cook something.

'I wish I could see Baron and the others again… ' she thought silently. Little did she knew that she was observed by a pair of green eyes..

Baron was standing outside a window carefully so that he wouldn't be noticed by Haru. As soon as she went to kitchen, he let out a sigh.

'She really hasn't changed a bit.. Except her habits are now much better than the first time we met. Now, she notices her surroundings better. She's ot the old Haru anymore, who was clumsy as ever..'

Not long after this thought, a loud crush followed by a scream could be heard from the kitchen.

"My SALAD!" She had dropped her salad.

'Or.. maybe not...' He smiled a bit. Then suddenly, a black figure joined him.

"Same old Haru. Hey, Baron.. If you wanted to meet her that bad, just do it already!" His smile quickly vanished hearing that.

"I wish I could Toto, but you know the rules..." He sighed.

"Oh well.." After that Toto went quiet and put his attention back to Haru. She was cleaning the floor with some mustard on her face.

Baron broke the silence and said "Let's go home now, Toto. Muta must be very bored by now.", while he climbed on Toto's back.

"Oh, just forget about that marshmallow! I want to watch Haru longer! Or maybe let's have a nice fun trip to the Cat Kingdom!" Toto cawed happily.

"Oh no we don't. The last time we left him in my house, he devoured a month's worth sponge cakes and creams!"

"Okay, okay. Let's just go home then." He cawed once and then flew off.
The flight didn't take long. When they arrived Muta was waving with something in his paw. No, it was not a newspaper, it was more like a mail? When they landed Muta quickly ran to them with a happy smile on his face.

"Whoa, easy marshmallow. What makes you so excited?"

"*pants* It's a mail.. *pants* from Lune and Yuki!" Muta said between pants, still trying to catch his breath.

"Oh, really? What did they say in that mail?" ask Baron calmly. Just when Muta had calmed down himself, he immediately screamed.

"They're going to have a wedding this week! And guess what! THEY ALSO INVITED HARU!"

As soon as he said that both Toto and Baron gaped. Dumbstruck. Baron was the first one to recover and speak.

"Oh, really? Good for them both then. So… are we supposed to take this invitation to Haru?"

"You bet!"

"For once in a while you prove yourself more useful, pig pork!" Toto cawed happily and started laughing. Muta's expression changed quickly from happy to pissed off.

"Ohhh, you'll regret saying that, chicken wing!" He then started to chase Toto around, trying to catch him with his paws, but failed miserably. Baron smiled. Not because of the silly view of Muta and Toto fighting, but it was because of pure joy to be able to meet Haru once more.

His beloved Haru.


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