Miracles Happen

Rokai was relieved as school let out.

He was very smart like his father but wasn't paying attention to the other kids as he walked home.

They were talking about him.

But it didn't matter.

He was on his way to the Cat Bureau to be with his father and Muta until his mother came home but he heard somebody whimper from a bush behind him in the park,

"H-Hello?

Who's there?" Rokai asked but gasped seeing what was in the bush.

It was a girl his age with long beauiful black hair, slender and very curious but that wasn't why Rokai was staring at the black dressed girl.

It was her emerald eyes that enchanted him..

"Hello are you a human?" she asked him.

Rokai laughed at her.

"Hey Kari." he told her as she gasped in shock.

"How does he know me?

Father said only people who've been to the Kingdom of Cats knows what I truly am so how can he know?" Kari thought.

"I'll explain but it's a long story." he told her......

But the Baron was worried as he stared out the window of the Cat Bureau. Normally Rokai was never this late but wondered what was wrong.

"What's wrong Baron?

Is it to do with Rokai?" Muta asked as he ate some cake.

But then he saw Toto fly in through the window.

"Hey bird brain!

What're you doing here?" the big white cat asked.

"I know where Rokai is." he replied

"Where is he?" the Baron asked.

"Relax Baron.

Haru probably got out early and he went home with him." Muta told him.

"Yeah right!

He's at the park with some girl." the crow answered him.

The Baron looked surprised at that answer.

"Something is odd about that.

Since when does a girl talk to him?

I wonder......" he thought as he made some tea to calm himself down.

Lune was nervous as he waited for news of where Kari was but hoped for something as he saw his wife return. He'd been scared walking into Kari's room and not finding her there but had a feeling she'd gone through the exit portal with Haru and the Baron.

"Anything?" he asked her anxious.

"No Lune.

I think she doesn't want to be found.

But we mustn't give up hope.

Maybe Haru found her and she's with her and the Baron." Yuki told him.

"I hope she's safe.

If anything happened to her, I wouldn't forgive myself." he thought as he hoped things were okay.......

But he saw somebody enter that made him hiss in anger. It was his grandson, the past King of Cat's son Maru. He wanted nothing more than to be the heir and hated that Kari was even though it was clear to him she didn't want to rule after her parents.

"What're you doing here?" Lune asked him.

"Lune...... be nice.

He's family and related to your father." Yuki reminded him.

"I heard that precious little Kari ran away to the human world huh?

Maybe she wants me to be the heir." Maru told him.

"That's not true Maru.

She does want to but she's just rebelling.

It's normal for girls her age." Yuki said to him.

"What should I call you if you don't want my Dad to find out and send you back to the Kingdom of Cats?" Rokai said to Kari as she looked around the street the Cat Bureau was on.

"Hmm...... how about Marina?

Nobody would guess she was a cat princess from the Kingdom of Cats, right?" Kari asked him.

"Yeah nobody would." he answered as they opened the door to the Cat Bureau and went inside.

Muta was relieved to see the boy but surprised by the girl with him.

"It's about time you got here kid!

Your father was worried about you and had to ask Toto to find you." he replied to him.

The Baron smiled warmly seeing Rokai but was surprised by the girl with his son.

"What is your name Miss?" he asked her.

"Marina." Kari answered easily.

"Marina eh?

Well you are very welcome in the Cat Bureau.

I'm glad Rokai has a friend." he answered.

"Hey Rokai I'm home!" Haru called entering the Cat Bureau.

"We're in here Haru!" Muta yelled as the woman laughed at him.

"Hey Muta.

How's things?" Haru answered him.

She was surprised to see that a young girl with Lune's emerald eyes was here.

"I-I'm Marina.

I met Rokai in the park.

He's helping me....... adjust to this world." she whispered as Haru gasped.

She realised it was Kari.

"Wow she's pretty in human form for Rokai.

But we have to tell Lune before he gets really worried." Haru thought as she kissed the Baron.

"I'll see you later okay Haru?" he told his wife as she nodded.

Rokai smiled as he, his mother and Kari were eating dinner at their house. But Haru wondered why Kari had wanted to leave the Kingdom of Cats to be in the human world.

"I don't feel like I..... fit in back home.

That's why I decided to come to this world, where maybe I'll fit in." Kari answered.

Haru nodded in reply.

"I understand how you feel Kari.

I felt the same way at your age before I met the Baron and went to the Kingdom of Cats and found myself.

Maybe you'll find yourself in this world." she told her as Rokai understood.

Kari felt a little better as she dressed in one of Haru's night gowns. She wondered why Haru hadn't told the Baron who she really was or make her go back to the Kingdom of Cats but smiled.

"You okay Kari?

You're thinking about why my Mom didn't tell my Dad and Muta who you were or make you go back home because she knows how you feel. Dad told me about when she was my age and didn't fit in until she saved your Dad's life." he said.

"Really?" she asked.

Rokai nodded.

"Yep she saved him from getting run over by a truck using a lacrosse stick." he answered her.

"Wow." she just replied.

She wanted to ask him more about the human world but it was late and she was tired along with Rokai.

"Goodnight Kari.

I hope you sleep well." he told her as she fell asleep........