Hey there viewers Kasai Seishin here coming at you with another chapter to Nekopara: A Peppered Life. Now before we get started I wanted to say that I want to change the title of my story. So if any of you have an idea on what to call this then please don't hesitate to review or PM an idea on a title. I would also like to thank the people for giving me the OCs for my story. I also want to say that if I get anything wrong I do apologize in advance and if I do get anything wrong just call me out on it. With that out of the way, on with the chapter!

Chapter 3

Kasai's POV

"M-Master..." She said hesitantly as if Raito would show up and get mad at her again. "Am I ever going to see you again after you leave?" She looked up at me from my chest with tears still in her eyes.

"Don't worry Pepper," I said to her with a smile, "You'll see me more often than you think."

She smiled brightly as she spoke. "Does that mean that Master will spend even more time with me?" I nodded as I petted her head, making her purr. "Nya, Master always knows how to make me feel better." I wiped away her tears as she snuggled up against my chest. My phone that was in my pocket at the time began to ring.

"Hold on Pepper I need to take this." I said having her sit up on the bed. I reached into my back pocket to pull out my phone, which was vibrating like crazy. On the screen it showed a picture of my friend Shi making a peace sign with her hand. I accepted the phone call and put it to my ear. "Hey Shi, what's going on?"

"Kasai I need your help." Shi said frantically. "Something weird and freaky just happened to me."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down Shi," I said trying to calm her down, "Just tell me what happened."

"It'll be a little hard to explain over the phone Kasai. I just need you to come here."

"Okay, just where are you?" I asked her.

"I'm in the alley next to that bakery called Neko Paradise." Shi answered quickly.

"All right, I'll be there in twenty minutes at the most." I said hanging up the phone. I looked over at Pepper who had a concerned look on her face. "Listen Pepper I need to go to Shi for a little while."

"What's wrong Master? Why does Shi need you?" Pepper asked climbing over the bed to sit on my lap.

"I don't know Pepper," I said, "And I can't leave you here with my dad, so I guess you're going to have to come with me."

Pepper's face had brightened up like never before. "Really? Master is letting me go with him?" I nodded and she jumped onto my lap and began purring loudly to my amusement. "Nya, Master's letting me go with him!" Her smile had made me smile as well.

"But remember, we have to be quiet." I said while holding a finger up to my lips. "We can't let my dad know you're leaving."

As quietly as possible Pepper said with determination, "I'll do my best."

After quietly going down the stairs, Pepper and I stepped through the living room to see my dad still sitting in his chair sleeping. The beer bottle he had was now lying on the floor with the contents spilling everywhere. I knew that once I'd get back I'd have to clean it. But for now I didn't care. Shi needed me and I needed to get to her. I grabbed the keys to my car, a red BMW, and tiptoed my way past my dad.

Pepper and I went out the front door without him waking up. I slowly closed the front door and went to our driveway and unlocked the car.

Shi's POV

After Kasai hung up on me, I turned my attention to the unconscious boy. I looked at his face to see how peaceful he seemed. If you asked me, you could say he looked kind of cute, but I have my heart set on someone else at the moment. I sat by myself waiting for Kasai to show up, when all of a sudden the boy sat up quickly as possible. He doesn't stay down for long, does he?

With his eyes closed, he muttered while rubbing his head, "Son of a b*tch! I am never stepping through a portal without knowing what's on the other side again." He looked up expecting to see the portal, but as I looked up as well the portal was gone. Shocking both me and the boy. "Athena you liar! You said it would stay open even if I stepped out!" The boy yelled towards the sky while waving his fist around.

After his ranting I finally had enough courage to talk to him. "Excuse me, but are you all right." The boy had quit his ranting and finally took notice at me.

"Ah son of a…Athena, you said I would land where people weren't at." He said while slapping his forehead and dragging his hand down his face. "I swear this day just keeps getting worse." He sighed as he looked at me. "Well at least I landed at a place with a cute girl."

The remark made me blush immensely and I began to stutter when I spoke. "W-Well t-thank you, but a-are you okay? You kind of fell like two stories."

The boy looked up from where he fell expecting the portal to open back up. "Yeah I'm all right," he said, but then began to groan in pain, "Except from when I hit that pipe. God, say good-bye to the kids." This statement cause me to laugh and regain my composure.

"Well at least you don't have to worry about getting someone pregnant." I said still laughing.

"Yeah I guess that's true." The boy said with a chuckle. "But being 16 and all that probably wouldn't get me much action. Plus I think the girl I got back at home would probably be a little upset by that." After we shared another laugh he asked me, "So what's your name?"

"My name?" I asked dumbfounded. "My name is Shi, Shi Ruto."

"Nice to meet you Shi," He said with a smile, "The name's Hawthorne, James Hawthorne."

"Then it's time for you to go home Mr. Hawthorne." A familiar voice from behind said. An object that looked like a knife flew past my head and embedded itself into James's left arm.

"AHH!" He screamed in pain. I turned around to see a familiar looking catgirl.

James's POV

My arm was on fire. I've had my arm pierced before but right now it was killing me. I took the knife out of my arm and when I pulled it out it was covered in blood and some weird, green goo. It was then that I realized it was poison.

"Okay who did that?!" I yelled while looking at the assailant. I was shocked to see exactly who…or should I say what hit me. It was a girl with long black hair that reached passed her back, she wore a white jacket with a red skirt and navy colored shoes. But what really surprised me was that the girl had black cat-like ears and a tail. Okay I've seen shadows that turned into dragons, hedgehogs that can travel faster than the speed of sound, and a freshman that's able to turn into a ninja with a mask, but this was flat out ridiculous. "What kind of world did I land into?"

"What do you mean?" The girl named Shi asked.

"What is that?" I asked pointing at the girl with cat ears and tail.

"You mean you don't have catgirls where you come from?" Shi asked me.

'You mean this is a natural thing!' I yelled in my head. Don't get me wrong though, if you saw what this catgirl looked like, you'd want to take her home. But since she threw a knife into my arm, I think I'll pass on that. "No we don't have catgirls where I come from. And honestly, this shouldn't be freaking me out, I've seen weirder stuff." I turned my attention back to the catgirl that struck me. "Who the hell are you?!" I shouted at her. My arm then began shake and tremble like never before. I grabbed my arm to feel and see that it had swelled up and turned into a shade of green. "That doesn't look good."

"No it's not." The catgirl said with an innocent-like voice. "In three minutes that poison will travel through your bloodstream and kill you off."

"Hey I recognize you!" Shi exclaimed. "You're the catgirl that took my order. Kira, right?"

"Correct, now if you excuse me I have to get rid of this evil being." The catgirl named Kira said.

"Now hold on I'm not evil." I protested.

"If you weren't so evil then the poison would have no effect on you." Kira explained. I couldn't say anything about that. My dark form was pretty evil when it wanted to be. But I didn't want to bring that form out anytime soon here.

"He can't be evil," Shi explained, "If he was so bad then why did he not attack me when he woke up?"

"Well without this antidote," Kira said while pulling a vial of blue liquid out of her pocket, "He won't be able to tell us why." As soon as the vial was in reach, Shi had snagged it out of Kira's hand and threw it towards me. With my good hand I grabbed it, popped the cork off and drank the contents. Despite it being blue it had no flavor, but my arm began to cool down and turn to its natural color.

"Now that's better." I said flexing my restored arm. I quickly went over to my sword that was on the ground and picked up into my hands. "Now that we're on even playing fields I'd say we get this battle started." I said pointing my sword at Kira. Shi was smart enough to move out of the way and let us have our room.

"Okay I'll deal with you, then I'll deal with the little b*tch that saved your life." Kira said. She really needs to get a hobby.

Uh-oh looks like Kira and James are going to go at it. Who's going to win the fight? Who's really the good guy? And will Kasai arrive in time to see all this happen? Find out next time on Nekopara Z! (Just kidding, Nekopara: A Peppered Life. This is Kasai Seishin signing out.)