"Please let me continue..." Naruke said in a snappy tone. Clearing his throat, he coughed. "And as I was saying, Ayatori won't suspect that it's really us in the cat form, and whoever has the part has to act all cute in attempts to cheer her up. And then when shes sleeping or something, we transform back and then she'll never feel upset again." He smiled sheepishly. "Ain't that smart?"
Hanami sighed in annoyence. "You idiot. That'll only make her even more depressed because she won't be able to see the cute cat anymore!"
"Oh...yeah, uh..." Naruke sighed. Hanami sighed.
"Or maybe..."
"Maybe what?"
Hanami smirked. "I've never been 'evil' enough to do this to an innocent animal, but maybe if we can catch a squirrel or something and turn it into a cat, and it could tag along on Ayatoris head or shoulder...or something..."
Naruke looked at her pathetically. "It'd make a squirrel noise."
"Well fine then, we'll catch a stray cat!" Hanami now stood up.
Naruke looked at his dry-blooded wounds that the 'tamed' persian had given him. "Er, thats okay, really...you'd have more fun then me?" He laughed nervously.
"Aw, Narukes afraid of the big bad kitten! You must think tigers are downright adorable, huh?" She teased.
"Shut it!" Naruke glared at her.
"Well if your not afraid, then help me catch a cat."
"If I promise to think of something by tonight, can we please do something else?"
Hanami smiled. "Maybe, but i'm still going to catch a cat just in case. Have fun." With that she turned around, beggining to walk away.
"Wait!" Naruke called, now also standing up. "Does it /have/ to be something dealing with cats? I...don't like cats." He shuddered at memories of the persian.
Hanami shrugged. "If you can think of something better, then go ahead and tell me." She answered.
Naruke nodded. "Okay."
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Peering around a small barrel, Hanami ignored all of the villagers that were looking at her in a strange way. Just in case she had to contact Naruke if she happened to find a stray cat somewhere, she wore the same communicator device as before, when they had caught the persian. Sighing, she crouched down low, emerald eyes gazing in all directions. Sadly, no cats were in sight. Well, no stray cats in sight, atleast. All cats and kittens she had saw were with owners. Siamese cats carrying trouts in thier fangs, walking alongside little boys. A tomcat being stroked by a rather elder lady. Tabbies, white furred, Siamese, more Persians, but all of them had human families.
She happened to notice that she was making herself look like a spy, the way she was hiding and acting rather suspicious. Well, that's what she thought, atleast. At the time, Hanami didn't know that she wasn't making herself look like a spy, but an idiot. and she glared at a few of the children who pointed and whispered into their parents ears. But she was half correct when they noticed her stare at their pet cats and kittens. Most of them ran inside cradeling their pets in their arms.
"No wonder...i've always owned a dog, i'm not too good when it comes to cats..." She whispered to herself, sighing.
"Hey lady?"
Hanami suddenly flinched at the voice, someone rather suprised her. Turning her head, she noticed thesame little girl as before, the one that had the persian they had captured earlier. She had also managed to tap Hanami on the shoulder.
"Yeah?" Hanami asked in reply.
"Why are you hiding so much and paying attention to peoples cats? Do you need one for some reason?"
Hanami suddenly half expected the girl to maybe give her the persian to keep. "Yes..." She replied. "I need one for my friend, but I can't find any."
"Have you checked behind the one fish shops alley?" The little girl giggled. "It's obvious that all cats hang around there."
Hanami was dispointed that her guess about the persian was wrong, but she hid it, and smirked. "Oh really? Any strays?"
"Tons of 'em."
"Where is the alley at, then?" She asked. "Sorry if I sound a little suspicious."
"Not at all." She smiled. "It's a little Northways from here, only around a mile, and a few blocks. Just keep heading straight."
"Thanks!" Hanami smiled.
Hanami clicked one part on her communicator, hoping to reach Naruke.
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Meanwhile, Naruke was back inside of the hotel room that him and Hanami shared, and he lied on the bed, arms behind his head. It was getting later in the day, but it was "still as sunny as hell" in his own opinion. Naruke tried to look relaxed, but mentally in his mind, he was freaking out.
"Dammit dammit dammit...I don't want a stupid pure bred cat on our team...Ayatoris an excuse, shes only half of one, and plus shes friendly...dammit, i'm going off-topic..." He suddenly removed his arms from behind his head, and grabbed his head, partly pounding on it. "DAMMIT!"
Suddenly, his eyes shot open, as he had a more relaxed look on his face, rather taken by suprise from the beeping on his communicator. Looking over to it, he saw it, same as before, on his desk. Sighing once, he grabbed it with his right arm, and place it on his head, also clicking it on. "Hello?"
"Naruke, good news." Hanami said, from the other end.
"What? What's the news?"
"I heard of this place where there are tons of stray cats. And I need your help to catch one."
Naruke flinched. "Why do you need me?"
"Because I need some back-up. Your better at thinking up excuses then I am, incase somebody asks what were doing. And plus, we need to kind of circulate the cats, strays are tough, and mean."
That only added to Naruke fear. A few moments of silence went by...
"Will you help me, or not!"
"Fine..." Naruke frowned. "So...where do I meet you?"
"Behind this one alley, near this one fish shop. Atleast what I heard..."
"Hey genius, theres a gazillion fish stores in here, it's the Wave Village!"
"Well if your so smart then you would have came up with something better!"
"I DID come up with something better!" Naruke suddenly blurred out. He slapped a hand over his mouth. "Fuck no..."
"Well then, what is it?"
"I'll say the very first thing that comes to my mind..." Naruke removed his hand from his mouth, blurring out something randomly again. "A sleepover in the hotel room!"
"WHAT!"
"Think about it Hanami, Ayatori's an adult, don't you think she'd enjoy it if we threw a little suprise for her?"
"Naruke, you idiot! She's an adult, she needs something more mature, and she'd be mad at us if we messed up the room!"
"Hanami, calm down!" Naruke planned something quickly, blurring it out over the communicator. "Please, just give it one tiny chance? It won't flunk, I promise!" He begged. "Aya will like it!"
"Fine!" Hanami rolled her eyes, and moaned. Almost all of the villagers looked at her, noticing her yelling conversation. A few children giggled.
"Look, I really need to go right now, people think i'm...insane."
Naruke laughed.
"I'm coming back to the hotel right now, set whatever you can up. I guess i'll distract Ayatori from going into our room." She suddenly coughed, trying to ignore the villagers. "Naruke, if you flunk this up, your dead." She clicked it off.
Naruke just covered his mouth. "DAMMIT!"
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Sorry for the short chapter. The next one will be longer, I promise. Please reveiw?