Cats.

Kana Nakamura wanted one thing in life (and no, at this moment, capturing a certain Robot girl for study was not it), and that was her cat.

Taishou. That little black kitten of hers.

She had seen him just once...Only once for sure...after he had vanished. And he'd been wearing a cute little red bandanna, too. Quite adorable that. Then again, the Shinonome girl had said that they had a little black cat too... It could have been possible that she'd seen theirs instead...?

But No! It had to have been Taishou!

There was no-other cat it could have been...! Which could only mean...?

As Nakamura-sensei found herself walking away from another failed visit at trying to see their cat, she found herself pausing at a street corner, where... "Taishou!" her eyes widened slightly.

"No," Came a voice seemingly from the cat's direction, "my name is Sakamoto-san, not Taishou. Sorry."

She did a double take. Sakamoto? So this was the Shinonome's illusive cat! And it could...talk?

"If I were however," The cat across the street continued, almost hesitantly, "what would you say to him, if you had the chance to talk to him?"

"Er..." Nakamura paused. What would she say? Let's go home? How have you been? Want to play a game? "Why did you run away?"

"Hmm...That's a loaded question," the cat mused, "perhaps he didn't like the way you were treating him? Or perhaps it was an accident. A curious cat went exploring and got lost? Or maybe it was a combination of both?"

"I...suppose that's possible?" she'd never really thought about it before.

Sakamoto hopped up off of the street and onto a nearby retaining wall. "Why did you call me Taishou before? Is it because I look like him?"

"Yes!" She'd said without thinking. "You look so very much like him!"

"I see." The cat turned his head towards a house, behind which the sun was setting behind. "I'll tell you something, when I first found those girls, it was just them. No parents, no guardians. I found myself shocked at the fact that they'd managed to survive for however long without someone to look after them." He sighed, almost as if he was remembering something sad, "But they took me in, and at first I thought they might have not been worth all the trouble (so much petting) but then they gave me this bandanna, and then I could talk. I decided... I would keep an eye on them. For better or for worse."

"Really...?" Nakamura asked, "why?"

"They needed someone to keep them straight," The cat seemed to shrug, or was it just the lighting that made him seem to do such? "In the end, even after having to sit through some rather annoying things, I still think it's worth while." he turned his head to her, "I have the feeling that if Taishou ended up in the same situation, he'd make the same decision."

"Is that how all cats feel about their owners?" She had to ask.

"Some, but not all. Some do get lucky," With that, he leaped across the street, landing on the wall directly on the other side. "But...while I may not be your Taishou, if you'd like, I'd certainly wouldn't mind being your friend."

Nakamura was taken back by that. A cat asking to be her friend? Who ever had heard of such a thing? And yet, even so...

"Nakamura, Kana," she smiled and bowed a little towards him, "it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Sakamoto-San."

"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance as well, Nakamura-san." He bowed his head towards her in return.

A.N: Thought of this this morning, Which is what inspired me to get back to this. :) Hehe... The series kind of left this plot line hanging, just a bit, so I felt that it could be resolved a bit better. _DTC