All right everyone I'm Back and extremely happy because I got three reviews in one week for one chapter. My other story on this site I have two reviews for three chapters and the first chapter went up a year ago. So I'm mucho happy.
I would like to thank RenaissanceGirl14, sailor star rainbow, and Tbonechick2011. I especially liked hers as it made me laugh and brightened up my otherwise blah day. Sorry to inform you though, Kuwa is not a ninja though that would be a cool story ideal. I will say that it is Japanese so there is a least a hint. Also what do you want me to call you Jazzy or Tbonechick2011 if you review again?
Well that's all I have to say on to the next chapter.
Chapter two: Finding Lady Haru
Kuwa stuck to the shadows and alleyways after she exited the portal. She didn't know how long it would take her husband to send someone after her but she didn't want to get caught out in the open when they came.
Surprisingly she knew this area of town. She would walk down this way to school when she still went. That was when she was eighteen, now she was twenty one and thought dead by anyone she knew in this world. She was no longer apart of it and would never be again, at least not like she used to.
Running around a trashcan she stopped to look at a store front across the street. It was an old bakery with white tables and chairs outside. It was a brick building with a green awning and wide open windows with large flower boxes under them. She started to tear up as she remembered found after noon's working in there after school. The old lady who owned and ran the shop was like a grandmother to her. More like family to her then her real living one was. After the car accident they had been happy enough to take her in until they found out she didn't inherit her mother's family skill. She still wonders what became of her mothers family heirloom.
Shaking herself from the painful memories she moved on. 'Now's not the time to get lost in thought. I can do that after I'm safe from my husband…if I'm ever safe from him.'
Slipping around a corner she stopped dead in her tracks with a look of dread on her face. Just down the way was a group of her husband's guards. They were hard to miss and they were coming right at her ready to apprehend her.
Turning she ran into populated streets. She would have done this earlier but they would have found her sooner that way. Now that they actually found her there was no reason to stick to the shadows anymore.
Darting in-between legs and people she tried to loss them in the mess. Occasionally she would trip someone up and they would curse her out, she didn't stop but would call out an apology. She knew they couldn't understand her but that was no reason to forget her manners. She would stop to see if they were all right but that wouldn't be a smart thing to do in her current situation.
Running she was starting to get into more and more deserted areas and she still hadn't lost them. This was bad; her leg was starting to hurt and was going to give out soon. Luckily she could run with only three legs and still run pretty fast but not fast enough to out run them. She was going to get caught if she didn't do something soon.
She turned on to a street with houses on either side letting her know that she just entered the suburbs. She was officially screwed if she couldn't find a hiding place soon.
Looking around frantically she saw a house with a doggy door installed in the front door. She didn't like the ideal of possible bringing her fight into someone's home but it was her best shot. With a final burst she shot towards the door and charged in.
Taking a second to look around and catch her breath she saw that she was alone in the room. It was typical of a Japanese home with the exception of quilting supplies all over the place.
"I saw her go in here, come on."
Kuwa's eyes widened in horror as she looked frantically for a place to hide. Seeing a pile of fabric in front of a chair she squeezed under it and prayed that they wouldn't find her. She knew it was useless as they would just track her sent but she couldn't do anything else so closing her eyes she hoped that it would be over soon.
She kept as quiet as she could as she heard them come in and start to meticulously search the room. Just as one of the guards was about to discover her hiding spot a horrible screeching reached everyone's ears.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?"
Whoever lived here was not happy about having a swarm of cats in their home, who could blame them. She remembered when they swarmed her house.
"Milady, we were just trying to apprehend a-"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU WERE DOING, GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO STORM MY HOUSE IN LARGE GROUPS ANYMORE, THAT'S WHAT LUNE TOLD ME. NOW GET OUT."
"But milady."
"OUT NOW."
Next thing Kuwa heard was a loud crashing noise and many cats yowling in pain and fright as they ran. She was grateful to this human for getting rid of them but she couldn't help but wonder how she could understand them, and how did she know the cat king?
Just then she heard the girl come towards her picking up fabric as she went, "Stupid cats, I have enough trouble with cleaning the house while moms away." She stopped in front of Kuwa's hiding spot and the cat was wondering if the girl was staring out into space when she spoke to her.
"You can come out now they're gone."
The cat girl froze for a second. 'How did she know I was here,' she though before crawling out slowly and looking up. What she saw shocked her. Short, flat brown hair, expressive large chocolate brown eyes, slender build and smooth pale and unblemished skin.
It was Haru.
The Haru from high school that had changed two months before she was kidnapped.
The Haru that was always willing to help people in need.
The same Haru, she realized with shock, that all the cats talked about like she was some great hero.
It was all to much for Kuwa and with everything else that had happened to her the past three years, especially today, she broke down crying. All she knew after that was that she was being picked up and held like a child again being comforted and soothed as she cried into some one shoulder. The last time that happened was with her father and that just made her cry more.
"Shh, it's all right now. You're safe." Haru continued to soothe the distraught cat in her arms. She didn't know why cat thugs were chasing her but she could tell that the cat in her arms was exhausted and pregnant. It also looked like one of her back legs had a limp in it. What did this poor cat go through?
When the cat had settled down she looked up a Haru with clear grey eyes. 'Wait a minute, since when are cat's eyes grey.' Haru thought to herself.
"I should have known you would have been the Lady Haru, you always did like helping people and always did get into situations." The cat said looking up at her with a watery cat smile.
That shocked Haru "Um what do you mean? I don't mean to seam rude but I don't think we have met."
The cat just looked sadly at that and glanced down, "We have but the last time we saw each other was three years ago. I'm Kuwa, Totoma Kuwa, and I used to go to school with you."
Haru's eyes widened in shock, "WHAT?" she shouted making the cat in her arms wince at her vocal volume. Totoma Kuwa disappeared six months before graduating from high school. Her family said she ran away to elope with an unknown boyfriend and if she wanted to run away and throw everything they did for her in their face then she better not show her face to them again. But here in her arms was that same girl turned cat and pregnant. The girl that loved home economics so much and would gladly help anyone in the kitchen, including the teacher.
She took a breath to calm down. 'Freaking out isn't going to help any or get me answers sooner.' Haru told herself. "Kuwa what happened to you?"
Kuwa shook her head, "That's part of why I'm here but its not important right now. You have to get a message to the current cat king if you can. There is going to be an assassination attempt on him and his family."
Haru looked sharply at the cat girl in her arms before sighing and scratching Kuwa behind the ears. This caused her to purr and Haru almost wanted to purr herself. Sure she had gotten herself into a situation again but she was going to see Baron after three years of not seeing him. Grinning she couldn't help but think of their shocked faces when she showed up on their doorstep again asking for help.
Well that's chapter three. Its 4:22 am right now so I will post this in the morning. Please review and give me feed back on the story still. Figure out Kuwa get a cookie. Tiered Night.
