Meina had never seen her mistress so stressed or angry. Ever since she had chased off those-what had she called them? Perverts?-she had been like this. Meina thought it was rather silly. She wondered if Maya needed a nice nap-Meina was a firm believer in that cat naps was a stress reliever. Or maybe her mistress needed a nice mouse-eating was always good. Perhaps another bath...
Maya huffed and tossed herself unto the bed. Meina blinked owlishly, got up from her spot at the foot of the bed, and daintily walked to her mistress' head. She peered down, mewled, and licked her cheek. Maya blinked and looked at her. Her expression softened.
Maya Kitajima. Age: 18. Until recently, Maya was living an average life. But all that changed when the demon cat Meina appeared. Now Meina lives with Maya at Maya's home. Maya's parents are business owners, so most nights she spends at home to take important phone calls. She doesn't have a lot of friends.
"Oh, Meina..." she chuckled. She sat up and swept the cat into her arms. "Did I upset you?"
The cat meowed up at her and licked her jaw.
"Don't worry, Meina...I'm just a little...upset myself." she sighed. "Just give me some time..."
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"We don't have any time!" snapped Yusuke. "Let's just the damn cat and get done with it!" He sat down hard upon the Kurama's bedroom floor. Botan raised a brow.
Kuwabara caught the look and leaned over to her. "Ever since Urameshi got nailed by that bat, he's been wanting to get this over with." Botan nodding while Yusuke glared at both of them.
"What was that?" sneered Yusuke. Kurama decided to interrupt before things got out of hand.
"So, shall we try again tonight?" he asked. "It has been a week since we tried to get the cat."
"Fine!" snapped Yusuke. "Let's just get it done with!"
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Maya walked down the sidewalk carrying a plastic bag with milk sticking out. "I can't believe we ran out of milk so quick, Meina!"
That cat, who was prancing and bounding down by Maya's feet, mewled and ran ahead.
"Ah, Meina!" yelped Maya, racing to catch up. "Wait up!"
Meina mewled and danced about, waiting for Maya. Maya laughed and grinned. Meina stopped and perked her ears forward. The night had grown fast since Maya and her had left the house on their errand and now the streets were dark and menacing. She stopped and peered down the empty street, ears pivoting about on her head.
"Meina?" asked Maya. "Meina, what is it? Do you see something?"
The cat stepped forward, standing as still as a sphinx. Her ears swerved forward and her eyes widened. "Meow!" she shrieked and jumped away.
Maya shrieked. Where Meina had been standing a young man was crouching, reaching for her cat. She yelped and hurled the bag at him. The bag hit dead on what is it with her and hitting Yusuke with objects? Keiko'll be jealous... and milked exploded all over, soaking the young man. "Run for it, Meina!"
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Yusuke sat soaked, sopping wet with milk dripping down him. Kuwabara and the others stared down at him trying not to laugh. "You know, Urameshi..."
"Don't start!"
"...this may not be the luckiest case for you." snickered Kuwabara. Yusuke glared at them.
"Oh, shut up!" he snapped, jumping to his feet. "We gotta catch them!"
"Well, they're not heading home at the moment-they went in a different direction." answered Kurama.
"Fine then! Let's get going!"
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Maya wheezed trying to follow Meina as the nekonata demon raced down the street. To her surprise, Meina turned back and looked at her. In front of her the wrought iron bar gates of the very cemetery that Meina had led her to the first time she had met her stood, heavily padlocked and sturdy. A cemetery seemed an odd haven, but a demon for a pet had to be just as odd.
Maya stopped at the gates, wrapping a hand around the gate and using her other hand to brace against her knee. She huffed and breathed deeply while Meina looked up patiently at her. Maya grinned down at her. "Al-alright, Meina. Let's go." Meina mewled and slipped between the bars. Maya sighed and reached up to scale the gate.
With an "Oof." as she landed, Maya landed in a crouch, straightened, and brushed off her legs. "Okay, Meina. We'll just hide here til later, when their sure to be gone, ne-eeh!" squeaked Maya and jumped. In front of her, a short man in black landed. He looked up at her indifferently and snatched the cat up. "Meina!" she yelped, then glared at him. He raised a brow but still held the kicking and hissing cat out in front of him. "Give her back to me!" she snapped and lunged out to yank the cat away. He reached out and caught her wrist and she gulped.
Meina saw this and went ballistic. She wrenched about and bit deep through the bandages of his arm to the soft skin of his wrist. He hissed and the cat jumped away. He lunged to grab the cat. Maya yelped and kicked at the back of his knee. It jarred and shocked him enough to let go of her.
"Run!" she yelped to Meina and dashed off deeper into the graveyard. She barely got three yards before she felt arms latch unto her arms and she looked back to see two young men grab her. "Lemme go! ...why are you so wet!" she asked, but hissed knowing the answer. "You ...jackass! Why are you after Meina!"
Meina stopped and hissed. She began to glow an ominous silver blue and her eyes pulsed with energy.
"What's it doing?" asked the redhead on her left. Suddenly, both boys yelped as decayed, skeletonal hands tugged on them. Maya wrenched away and reached to grab the cat. The other boy-the wet one-yelped and caught her again.
"Oh no, you-what the hell is up with the corpses!"
Suddenly, the corpses collapsed. Maya gasped and looked for Meina-to find held tightly in the arms of another red head. Maya practically growled. "Give her back to-" she ground out before coming out short. She looked at those green eyes, memory tickling the back of her head and took a deep whiff of the air.
...this smell...so pleasant...
Maya stared up in shock.
...like a bouquet of roses...
"Shu..." she gasped. "Shuichii...Minamino?"
The others stared rather shocked at her while Shuichii...No, tickled her memory, Kurama stared at her looking...very displeased. Suddenly, the feeling of anger just turned to lead in her stomach and she nearly panted. He stared at her a moment than began to leave. The angry feeling returned and she tried to lunge forward.
"Give me Meina!" she snapped.
The sopping one glared down at her. "You're not in a position to demand anything, missy!"
"Shut up, you jerk!" she snapped at him.
"Bitch!"
"Bastard!"
"Whore!"
Kurama wheeled around to glared at them. Maya had had enough.
"Son of a filthy she-demon!" She kicked his shin hard with the back of her heel. He jumped on one leg, keeping a firm grip. She growled and jumped on his one foot-it didn't hurt him but sent him crashing to the ground by being unbalanced. She jumped away and stomped straight up to Kurama. She huffed and shook her finger in his face making him lean back with a sweat drop rolling down his face. "You give her back or...or, I'll tell your mother exactly what you are!"
He stared at her in shock along with the others. Then his eyes softened into ...what? Sorrow? Regret? Relief?
He opened up his arms and the cat shot out in her arms. Maya bent her head down to stare at Meina-she was the only one to see the tears threatening to rain down. She turned around and began to walk away before stopping. She stood a moment before half turning and smiling at them. "Thank you...for returning Meina..."
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Maya sighed as she tapped her pen against her notebook.
"Well, I've had a rather rough day. Meina and I ran into those perverts again-actually, I think that they were out to get Meina, though I don't know why-so we had to make a quick escape to the grave yard again.
"But something happened...I meet Shu-no, Kurama, and told him to let Meina go or I tell his family.
"I wish I hadn't need to done that...I miss my old friend..."
She sighed again and put the pen down. She got up and shut the light off before falling to bed.
Kurama, standing in the middle of her backyard, waited until long after the lights went off before leaving.