AN: Short first chapter. Following chapters will have flashbacks and be longer
Chi's Return
Chapter One
She had lived here as a kitten. It was her childhood home which was filled with childhood memories. That's what Yohei had said anyway. Their small family had lived in France for the past two years but when Papa had been offered a job back in Japan, he had decided to return their family. It wasn't the exact same neighborhood that Chi had lived in before but it was close, the park was the closest and she was able to find her way there now.
She grinned as she saw a pigeon walking around and remembered some of the lessons that Pan had told her – a friend whom she had made in Paris – she needed to be quiet and keep her eye on the prize. She shuffled back before jumping onto the bird and pinning it down with her paw. She looked at it and batted it to the other paw as it struggled to get up.
She used to always miss when she was a kitten. She would get too excited and would fall flat on her face. It had been a while since she had been back here. She wasn't the cute furball that she was two years ago, she had more elegance and grace. She had grown up well.
She sniffed the air remembering the games that she and her friends had played. She let the bird go and walked away, it wasn't holding her interest any longer. She saw a few kittens around the fountain and shook her head with a soft laugh, she remembered playing there when she was young. The world had seemed so big and extraordinary to her at that point.
She really had been a different cat.
She looked at her reflection and then walked around the park. The box that Cocchi had always slept in was gone, he must have moved on by now. She might never see him again. She sighed as she tried to figure out what to do with the time she had before she had to return to her family. As she looked around she heard a chuckle from the shadows and saw an older cat. Her body instinctively arched before her eyes widened. Kuroi-na.
"So, you new around here?" Kuroi-na said and Chi smiled, she lifted her head proudly as her collar with her tag slid down her neck. She had learned that by wearing that collar, everyone could see that she was Yohei's cat and she would be returned to her family if she got lost.
"Returning," Chi winked to him, "You glad to see me?" she asked and Kuroi-na jumped down. "You're not going to steal my food are you, Kuroi-na?"
"Chi!?" the black cat asked in complete shock before chuckling. "So you did grow up well. I've been worried about you," he chuckled to himself and Chi nodded. "Are you back for good?"
"We just got a house around here," Chi told him. "We've come back. Where's Cocchi?" she asked and Kuroi-na laughed at that question.
"There is a lot for you to catch up on, young one," he told her and Chi turned to him, about to protest that she wasn't a young one anymore. Instead her body dropped. She was interested in what had been going on but she was anxious to see the best friend she had had during her youth. Where was Cocchi?
End of Chapter One
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