"Ohhh so you're Squall's cousin…and you're visiting him? Isn't that interesting…"
"Uhh…yup!" Cat smiled at the boy who had saved her and Leon. "Wow…he isn't too bright is he…I can't believe he bought that…!" Cat thought to herself as she looked at Leon. Their rescuer had taken them to his place, it was pretty much the same as the one she had been in before, but there was a bit more décor to it.
"Wow…that's funny…"
"Euh...why is that?"
"Well…" The boy said leaning over and looking at Cat in the face. "If you knew ANYTHING about Squall…you would have know, that he was an orphan…and that he doesn't have a cousin…who the hell are you?"
Cat gulped nervously.
"This is what happens when you fall behind on your game play…"
"What did you say?"
"Uhhh…..I forgot my blitz ball game play?"
The boy blinked utterly confused. Cat grinned wishing that Leon would wake up soon. Her wish was soon granted as Leon's eyes slowly opened as he tried to regain his consciousness.
"Ugh…I dreamt I was a moron…" He said as he looked around and saw Cat. "Oh...You're ok.." He sighed . He turned his head and saw the boy.
"Irvine!" Leon said, wincing in pain as he sat up.
"OH! IT'S YOU!" Cat exclaimed, recognizing who he was. Irvine blinked as he turned to her.
"Uhh…yes…me?" Irvine said confused. He looked to Leon and gave him a questioning look. "Where…did you find this girl…?" Irvine asked his friend.
"Well…that's an interesting story…I can't tell you…"
"…..No fair!"
"Sorry…" Leon winced as he stood up.
"Hey take it easy Squall...you got hit pretty hard back there…."
"It's Leon now…" He corrected Irvine, closing his eyes and looking away. Irvine blinked and looked his friend in the face.
"Why?"
"I'd rather not talk about it…" Leon stated, walking away motioning to Cat. "Come on…we should find Cloud and the others…"
"Oh…right…" Cat waved goodbye to Irvine and followed Leon out. Irvine watched them leave sighing to himself.
"Hey wait!" Irvine called to them running after them. They turned to look at him. "Sq-Leon…you're in no condition to fight and this girl here looks like a wimp, I can tell by her fragile design…"
"Hey!"
"Let me go with you…until you find your friends…" Irvine insisted to Leon. Leon sighed and assented, his friend was right. If they got attacked again….
"Fine…but be careful…"

All the way in their search Irvine have Cat tips on shooting. Cat ignored some of his ranting but pretended to be interested.
"All right Irvine…I think you've tortured her enough…"
"Well you know, she was pretty good at her first time using Gunblade back there…I thought I should give her a few pointers…"
"That was a few?"

"A few million maybe!"
Irvine smiled and laughed a little.
"Oh it wasn't THAT much…I mean…for an sweet looking little girl like yourself, the scary bad guys will want to attack you, and hurt you. You should learn to fight!"
"I'm not THAT pathetic! I can take care of myself thank you!" She grumbled.
Irvine patted her on the head and smiled.
"Silly little shrimp…" He grinned.
"Excuse me?"

They continued their search throughout the streets, without any luck. Leon was getting worried, he couldn't imagine that the others had been taken or anything, but why hadn't they found them yet? They paused in a market place, looking to see if anyone was around. There wasn't. As Leon sighed, a thought struck him. He turned and looked to Irvine.
"Why are you here in Midgar?"
"Looking for you buddy! Why else?" Irvine grinned slapping Leon on the back.
"I see…"
The trio shuddered as the air around them suddenly became cold. The people around them began to move away quickly as five cloaked figures made their way through the crowd. Irvine tunred around and pulled out his gun and aimed.
"Those things again! What are they?" Irvine shot at one, but it had little effect.
"No Idea…but they want her…"
"I KNEW she was weird!"
Leon shook his head and turned to Cat.
"Run."
"What?"
"You heard me…run."
Cat stared at Leon for a moment and shrugged. "NOW!" Leon attacked one of the shadows. Cat rolled her eyes as she turned around and ran from the battle.

She pushed herself through the crown not making much progress.
"This is stupid…" Cat mumbled as she stopped running and looked around crossing her arms. "Now really, I may know Midgar, but that doesn't mean I know where I am going!" She looked around, hoping that someone she knew would walk by, but had no luck. An elderly couple walked by her chatting about the new president of Shinra. Cat blinked, somehow it didn't seem right. She pulled the couple over and asked them about it. They looked at each other for a moment before they explained it to her.
"It was just recently the announcement was made…some feller from some where else came here and took control of what was left of Shinra, coarse he calls it "Neo-Shinra"…he even started the Turks up again! But he didn't re-hire any of the ones who worked for Rufus…" The man explained.
"They're all new in there! Who knows what they're planning to do now…" The woman grumbled as they walked off. Cat watched them leave, utterly confused.
"Why do I have the feeling, that this is the part where I need to start hiding my identity? If I know games…the new president hates me and somehow knows who I am…and that I'm no longer safe in the streets of Midgar?"
"Hey, you!" A voice called out to her. Cat turned around to see a couple of soldiers walking towards her.
"See, what'd I say? I'm screwed!"
The Soldiers pushed their way through the crowd to her.
"You…come with us…you're under arrest by the order of the president." The Soldier reached out to grab her but Cat pulled away and pointed behind them into the air.
"LOOK! SEPHIROTH!" The soldiers whirled around and pulled out their weapons ready to attack. Cat took this opportunity and ran. Eventually the Soldiers caught on and turned around to chase her. The crowd were slow to move out of the Soldiers way, the people had no interest in having an inch of loyalty for Shinra or Soldier or the Turks anymore. Cat looked behind her to see how ahead she was. Not paying attention, she became winded when she ran into a person in the crowd and knocked them over. She shook her head to regain herself and looked at the person she knocked over. Shouts could be heard coming from the Soldiers as they pushed their way, knocking people over. Cat blinked as the man she had knocked down stood up and helped her to stand.
"You alright?" He asked her gently.
"You look familiar…" She said, trying to remember who he was.
"I do? Sorry, I don't recognize you…"
Cat thought for a moment, trying to remember.
"Do you know Cloud?"
"Cloud?"
"There she is!"
The man looked at the Soldiers as they knocked over a few more people, the crowd broke away leaving a clear path from them to Cat. He picked her up and ran down the street. The Soldiers grumbled as they tried to run after them, they were not having a good day. The man ducked into an alley way and hid with Cat. They watched and waited until the Soldiers ran by them. He sighed and looked at her.
"You knowing Cloud, plus Shinra after you, equals trouble. With that combination, I can only begin to imagine what you did to grab their attention…."
"I didn't do anything! I just ran down the street!"
"Uh huh…right…well...come on it's safe now…" He lead her into the street and into the apartment building across the way. "Stay with me until…until….I dunno…I guess until I find Cloud…" He said as he opened the door to his room. Cat walked in and saw a very familiar sight sitting across the room.
"CAIT SITH!" She started to run to him when she remembered it was only a doll. Her mind did a back flip as she realized who she was with. Cat turned around and tackled the guy as he walked in and shut the door. "REEVE!" Poor Reeve was confused. He looked at her unsure how to react.
"Ok, I guess you do know me…but…I've never seen you before…so uh…how do you know me?"
"That's a long story…but first I have a question…can you tell my future?"
"Oi…"