Teen Titans – Side Stories and After – Snippets; Foxes Upon Foxes and Magical Girls Galore
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Eras Beyond Time – The Daily Trials of a Childhood Priestess
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As if the bus in California had always been on speed dial – She was going to be late on the last toll of that bell! Walking...to the train!
Skirts were fun to put on, sure. Uh, but in summer?
Running through after – rain puddles.
Having grates on the street pull a steamy "Meryl Munroe" on you.
Or even having the metro "experience" like in late night dramas of 6 seconds, Tokyo 1990 style.
Nai, nai nai!
She'd made it this far…. The least that could come of her tenacity would be…
A youkai…. GREAT!
Her raven hair bobbed back in those mid length twin tails. Today was not her day to shine, blue eyes and all…
"Alright! What's the big idea? I have to go to class, an' this road haul can wa –
~ Oh! A miko of the goddess? We beseech you! Our good "Nyanta; the General's son of the cat kingdom, is stuck –
"What?" Ami gawked and dropped her school back to the pavement with a thud, alerting the minor road block that was a tremendous fat – cat
In a drain pipe…. on the way…and all the spirits were blocking the road.
Being psychic, it would be like trying to maneuver through Anime - con in the worst places imaginable. Fifty – thousand plus!
She was going to be tardy, again!
"I'll help him, but why is a spirit stuck in a –
~ He is one of the few that may change his shape a older cats often do.~ A robin spirit bobbed its head and spoke.
~ Yes, but this cat was of high lineage in our world, and is only a boy! He found this cat to take over instead, and so his vessel was easily frightened by a dog and car rushing through at EXACTLY after, in that while – all leading him into that storm drain's pipe. He cannot be touched for we are not with the power to do so. ~ The umbrella shaped spirit that said this had Ami's face showing a scowling number of bags.
"You come down from the spirit world, HAVE to get stuck…. Ok, ok…. I'll try to help. I still can take the short way IF I don't get a late slip…" She groaned and approached the yowling, stuck cat as its fat bottom shook back, bum and all in her face.
"I am going to pull, you can all help." Ami croched low and onto her knees, barely. "Cheer and I'll chant my sutras to get Nyanta free –
~ Yes! Yes! All ready, everyone? Cheer! Thsi brave, miko – san is going to save our cat lord's heir! Now, comrades! ~
Ami swiftly used her hands to create an un - sealing, a mantra was uttered, and her hands soon went to latch right around the cat's bulbous, fluffy rump.
"Heave!"
~ Ho! ~
Pull!"
~ Heave!~
The spirits were loud but controlled in volume, with their concerns on the cat in the drain –
"Gotcha!"
Ami tugged one last time, only to find that the cat…. Was quite bizzare looking.
A true lazy kitty, with a lasting yowl it spoke to its people.
~ I am finally freed! I must thank you, young miko of the solar maiden; what is it you wish –
"To not be late for class?"
The cat blinked, but with a grin, it respected the girl's desired outcome.
~ So, it will be! I bid thee, farewell! ~
The girl blinked up, definitely not in Kansas anymore. She quickly looked to see inside her bag beside her desk, and the home room….was...
"How long have I been asleep?" She dug after her cell to find out that it was...it was….
"Agh! Over?" She'd either slept through the whole day of class, or this was just a dream. A very tardy one!
Laying her head back onto her desk, a blonde teen with a tom boyish attitude came up to the kid to poke her friend in the forehead. "What's up –
"Ah! Kaede! Are classes over? I think a youkai tricked me –
"Again?" The blonde sighed as if this were her problem too.
"I told you to not talk to strangers, why did you do it anyway? You reak of mystic feline, that's for sure…" The girl's nose scrunched up, for it was that of a kitsune given form in order to protect the young miko from danger. Ami was an important person, so she was a target to a lot of supernatural beings in their time line.
"Let's go. I'll get out the cleansing herbs if you want –
"Sure…That cat wasn't very cute anyway…If I ever see his tush in MY WAY!" Ami boasted as the rest had quieted down to go home in the room.
"He's getting a big tail – pulling from this dumb – dumb! "Cause, I'm nobody's cheerleader!"
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The cat wasn't exactly as it appeared, however.
The kingdom of cats was run by none other than a fat cat; well, one sighing in contentment right now.
~ Nyanta? ~
The orange tabby reappeared in its true form.
~ Or can I call you, Hikana? ~
The girl was a priestess to a cat clan of her lands, but she'd made sure to pose as her lover to escape the turmoils of the cat – boy's father. He'd been having a bit of "distemper" as of late for the council to deal with and she needed a break.
The being that had found her was a cat prince; the real Nyanta, his red mane and beaming green eyes, directly on her. He'd come to find her? Why so brash!
~ You cannot stay, I heard about your adventures. Not to fret, I've promised to see to my father's recovery personally –
~ But…he thinks me still to be a lowly, commoner! ~ Stated Hikana. Her red and white ceremonial garb and brown hair was proof of her common breed – she'd only had a bit of magic passed through her line, but not anything more than this…. Yet, she and Nyanta had been introduced later, when Lady Jin – Mae's father had passed on. The girl's relative from miles over had promised to help with his family in the healing process under the previous cat king's rule.
Nyanta's father had been a good ruler, but then senility had caught on and he'd gotten fat and lazy as the last ruler…
A natural born curse, so Nyanta had stepped in too late. Hikana had been mocked by her peers and had run to the human world. Posing as Nyanta in the body of a fat cat, she'd been rescued by a miko, and had granted the child a wish to return to her needed moment in time.
Cats could help find things that were lost, in most cases time was no master to she. Cats could sleep under sun or moon, after all.
~I'm glad she was able to assist, but it will be ok…You and I can confront my father, together… ~ Nyanta in his male hybrid form came to Hikana as she reverted to her tawny cat form out of embarrassment. Her white bow and sacred charm round her neck swayed in the breeze of summer. ~ I'm not anything to your people but a mage…. but I am not as the princesses you court, I am just simple –
~But you are you, and I have always loved your forthright honesty and modest nature, Kana. ~ He picked her up as they bumped noses and smiled.
~I do know that I care for you, and that rank and status is nothing to love's arrow. I want to be by your side…. No fat cats or yes, I won't mind if you do choose or desire to leave…but, please consider? ~
~ Yes! ~ Kana mewled and in her cat state with white paws, she was ready to be carried home to the cat realm of the east to decide if her beloved was true. ~I want to know that your word is good, Lord Nyanta! We shall see to it; I wish to return to our world…. yawnnn…~ She fell into his arms with a mighty purr, and he delicately kept her safe as they walked back through the portal to the other side of existence.
~Thank you, dear Kana…. I wish only to serve you for once…for you have saved me since I can recall…. those days in the sun were everything…. ~
Smiling, he hoped to make her happy. To never let her lose herself and to still be the Kana that she wished to. He'd definitely have to rule out the caste systems under the late ruler. Who knows? Maybe the human world could teach the past to live in harmony, just as one brave miko had saved Kana from being trapped in a body with a face only a mother could love.
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In previous arcs; Kana was the miko "cat being" that the Titans met in the spirit world who'd been controlled by Jin – Mae and he corrupted reign of Roku's followers – Robin was turned into a cat to wed Jin – Mae as a trick, but the Titans saved him and Kana was redeemed after Roku's rule was toppled in Japan and Asia's spirit world. She is a priestess first, and also knew Yumi (Tsukuyume) before her transformation and elemental change into an Eternal being. Kana is a spirit and also a cat that's never aged so it shows how sacred her role really is. She's immortal and a cat deity, but we won't say that….
So, if any she can use magic to come between worlds and take over other cat's bodies. We'll leave it at that. Nyanta is a childhood sweetheart, ain't it fluffy!? Also, Nyanta is a foreiner cat, he came into her teritory to take Jin Mae's family's place once they were thrown out of the realm - sort of. Jin - mae turned otu to be a reincanated Lady Autur and so she didn't stick around. But if Kana is a patron cat deity, wouldn't that mean she's the ruler instread? I smell a cat fight on he horizon...Oh Nyanta.
What did you think? Ami is in school, but her time she wished for was set to "the one most desired." When school ends, hah... So, the kid needs to watch how she wishes or what she wishes for.
Kaede is saying she reeks of "mystic" cat. Being a kitsune, she would say something that obvious. All Ami can think about is the fact that the cat's butt was what traumatized her. Nyanta is a nod to Yunocchi's pet cat from Hidamari Sketch's manga (comic) and (cartoon) anime. A great series by Ume Aoki to tell off every season at a private art school with the usual mishaps and quack - teachers for the biz. Miyako is still my fav character to this day. A fat cat, for they shall only be in memory. All hail, Nyanta! ~
How did Kana convince the spirits that she wasn't a fake, though? That's a story for another snippet! Hope you read it all, and hope you'll enjoy the rest! Read on! Stay curious for the rest of these side adventures.
