"Young and inexperienced, full of adventure and life, the past and the future is open to you now, but do not dare to look back, my friend." - Sunken Scroll #?

A/N Decided to do a short interlude with Young!A3 aka Mittsu. If it was translated correctly, Mittsu should mean Three in Japanese. That is to say the name of Four will be the same but translated into another language, you get? Anyways, Mittsu's interlude will not be long honestly.

Mittsu remembered when they were the youngest of the family, it was wonderful as well. When they were born with a slight mess up in their vocal cords, it could be fixed whenever they wanted it to be, but honestly, they felt as if it was better being silent. Mother and Father wouldn't have to deal with them speaking so much about everything like they see other kids their age doing.

Mittsu remembered when Father came back with a small furred being in his grasp, the small grey and black striped thing was wet, as if it was dunked in water. He spoke how he found it in the ruins behind their house. They wondered what the ruins look like, seeing how the place had been there for nearly twelve thousand years.

Mother had given over a dry towel to Father, and ran off to warm some manatee milk for he thing. Father then proceeded to tell them all about the beast. The beast was what the humans called a "Kitten", which was a baby "Cat", like the famous Judd in Inkpolis. Mittsu wondered if Judd looked like Kitten when he was young twelve thousand years ago.

Mittsu was young, they knew that, but the Kitten was even younger. Mittsu decided to be the better inkling and help the little thing about when it was able to stumble about with closed eyes and barely opened ears.

Mittsu was the one who named the Kitten. Hiroyuki, a great name to the curious kitten who had journeyed from great distances of time to reach them. They wondered if the feline will ever ask about the time before they were placed into the cold canister their father called a "Time Machine".

Mittsu learned more about their four-legged friend. When the both of them were old enough, Mother and Father let them go outside. The outside was dreadfully gray, the grass was a bright green but the homes were a dull gray, as if nobody had the thought of painting the town with color. Their own home was the same dull gray, utterly boring in their opinion.

Mittsu and Hiroyuki decided to just let their feet guide them, and they took them to a nearby park. Mittsu could see the various other colors of their fellow inklings, ranging from bright yellows to a bright red. The park was always much more colorful when inklings from all around gathered here, they believed.

They managed to spot a certain pair of inklings, Mittsu guessed they were of the age of being able to control their form seeing how they had pale skin and actual hands and feet, unlike themselves. Their tentacle colors, however, Mittsu found interesting. They looked down to the cat, who looked at the inklings in curiosity.

Mittsu didn't enjoy that look at all.

Hiroyuki, the cat, mewled as they ran wonkily over to the two, and Mittsu was forced to follow. They could've gone elsewhere and left the feline to their own adventure, but Mittsu felt that would be like betraying a friend, and she admitted her curiousity was also growing at the sight of two kimono wearing girls with tentacles of white and black.

The two looked at the inkling and the feline running over to them, Mittsu wondered if they thought it weird that a tiny feline and a young inkling were running at them. The two didn't move, so they didn't think much of that though.

Hiroyuki, deciding they liked the two, decided to try and paw at the black-tentacled inkling.

Said inkling simply squatted and answered with gentle scratches along the feline's ears and back, earning loud vibrating purrs. Mittsu looked at the white one, and tilted her head, as if asking a question.

The white tentacle one spoke up, and Mittsu distractingly remembered to note them as "female". Mittsu wasn't sure on their own gender, but they liked the soft sound coming from the white one's mouth.

"The names Marie. The one petting the cat is Callie, she's my cousin. So whats your name?" the white inkling female, now known as "Marie", asked.

Mittsu simply made a face, as if trying to think how to answer it. With voice or with motion, they pondered. They simply decided to use their voice, a soft one that was neither feminine nor masculine.

"Mittsu. Cat Hiroyuki. Bad voice box." they decided, trying to explain that they weren't able to talk much due to said problem in their body.

Marie simply nodded, as if understanding. The black inkling looked up with a grin and what seemed like stars in her eyes- but Mittsu looked again and it was simply the weird angle of the golden eyes. They were pretty, they noted.

"I really like your cat! Its name is Hiroyuki yeah? I'll call it Hiro for short! It's a cute kitty!" Callie coo'd, picking up the small feline into her arms as gently as she could despite not knowing how to pick one up.

Hiroyuki simply looked to Mittsu, and Mittsu simply shrugged back. They weren't used to answering other kids of their species. Hiroyuki seemed to glare at them. Did they not like being picked up by Callie?

Marie glanced between the two, well, the feline and the teal inkling who seemingly understood the cats' motion. "I'm guessing you two didn't come here to chat... more like in curiosity. Don't you think one day that'll get you into trouble?" she asked softly, but did reach out to pet said curious kitten.

Mittsu shrugged once more, keeping their pale red eyes trained on the kitten. If Hiroyuki truly wanted out, they would force themselves out. Mittsu would know, as Hiroyuki hated being held by Father.

Speaking of Father, Mittsu looked up. The clouds were graying. Bad news. Mittsu looked back at the two and pointed at the sky, then the exit. Callie and Marie both looked up, winced, and look back at Mittsu with a nod, as if agreeing on something.

Callie simply shoved Hiroyuki into Mittsu's arms, who made a funky grunt sound, before grabbing Marie's hand. She waved at Mittsu and Hiroyuki as they ran off, shouting something amongst "Goodbye" and "Hope we see you again!" and in Mittsu's honesty, she silently hoped to meet the two once more.

Mittsu looked down at the feline in their arms, they looked back with what looked like a raised eyebrow. Both blinked, as if in agreement. Inklings were strange.

Time to head home...

I hope Mother and Father aren't arguing when I get back...