Lonely: Chapter 4….Ye-ah….

It was a good thing Cassie brought one of Kurama's hardly-worn sweaters. It was apparently mid-winter. "Heh…Mel would've loved this…" Cassie said quietly, looking around. Mel loved the snow.

Cassie sighed sadly. 'What am I gonna do?' She'd ask herself. 'You're gonna go take revenge for your friend, you dodo!' She'd answer herself. She hated having the Court Sessions in her head. A loud sound of laughing snapped her out of her thought.

"Haw haw! That thing is so pathetic!" Said a boy in an alley. Cassie curiously limped towards the alley.

There three boys about 12 or 13 stood, watching an auburn kitten try to get the piece of food they were dangling in front of her. They'd also tied a can to her stubby tail, so when she came down from jumping, she'd get scared at the noise.

"Hey!" Cassie hissed. She hated seeing any animal being mistreated. "Get away from that kitten." She growled.

One of the boys laughed. "Yeah? What are ya gonna do about it, ya cripple?"

Cassie pulled out her hand gun, balancing on her crutches. "Shoot your head off."

"Sure! And have fun tryin to do that on crutches!" The boy said.

"Uh….Bobby, you do realize her hands are fine, right?" One of them asked.

The first boy, Bobby blinked. Then ran. Simple as that.

Cassie smirked as they scattered in panic. "You ok, neko-chan?" Cassie asked softly, and bent down on her good leg and untied the can.

The kitten mewed thankfully, and rubbed up against Cassie's leg, purring. Cassie smiled slightly, pulling out a little piece of bread and rolled it up into a small ball. "Are you hungry……..Hm….Beth?"

The kitten blinked her clear, blue eyes at the name, but then quickly snatched the bread-ball from Cassie, gobbled it up, then smiled sheepishly. Cassie just laughed and melted some snow in the cup, and gave it to Beth.

Beth lapped it up, and Cassie stood up, and started walking off. Beth quickly started following her. "No, Beth. I have to go to Koenma's." Cassie said.

Beth mewed loudly. It was an annoyed sound. Cassie sighed and used her jagan eye to see what the kitten was thinking. 'I know how to get you to Reikai.' Beth thought.

"Surrrre." Cassie said sarcastically, beginning to walk away. 'I'm serious. I do.'

Cassie looked at the kitten. Her blue eyes were 100 serious. "Fine. Why don't you magically send us to-"

Beth slowly winked, and Ningenkai's alley way disappeared.

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Makai suddenly replaced Ningenkai.

Cassie looked at Beth, who was grinning like the Cheshire Cat. "And you aren't living a pampered life….Why?" Cassie asked.

Beth shrugged. 'Now, I don't want to get sent to any Makai pounds, so how about you tie something from the bag around my neck?'

Cassie blinked and got a chain bracelet of Mel's, and put it around Beth's neck. "Now…Let's go." Cassie said quietly.