The next morning I eased myself out of bed. I had no recollection of what had happened last night, but that was the least of my concerns for the moment. I was in my room, which I thought was strange but also ignored.

Loud sobs came from down the hall in the direction of the kitchen. I eased myself out of bed and noticed I was wearing a black tailcoat. I looked ridiculous, walking around in a coat several sizes too big for me. The sleeves went past my hands and it cut off mid thigh.

I sighed, I didn't have much choice, I mean my clothes weren't here. I walked down the hallway after a short pep talk to myself and stopped in front of the kitchen. Finny was crying and yelling but I couldn't quite catch what about.

Bard opened the door and practically ran me over in his attempt to flee the kitchen.

"Oh! Kura, you're up!" His smile dropped when he saw the coat I was wearing.

"Is that….Sebastian's?" He asked me.

I looked down in surprise. How could I have not caught his scent?

MeiRin was right behind Bard and a look of confusion and something else flickered through her framed eyes.

She looked me up and down before asking, "Where are your ears?"

"What?" I asked, confused by her seemingly random question.

She imitated cat ears with her hands on the top of her head. My hands mimicked hers and when I felt the top of my head, I was surprised to feel just my hair.

"Oh…I err took them off," I stumbled. Where were they? Ears don't disappear overnight! Unless…

"BARD. Was there anything weird about the sky last night?" I asked, my voice rising.

"Huh? I don't think so…Wait, Finny was telling me something about a planet or something," he said, scratching his sandy blonde hair.

Oh god. My mind raced to a thousand places at once. Last time my mind had gone blank…..let's leave it at bad things happened. Violent things... Bloody things. I hoped with all my heart that nothing like that had happened again.

"Hmm your eyes are a different color too," Meirin says, examinging me closer. I pull away from her heated gaze and push past the two into the kitchen.

Finny is sitting at the table with his head in his hands. He's sobbing and making an overall annoying sound but with my dulled human senses it didn't bother me as much. Without my cat hearing and smell I felt like someone had put a clear blanket over my head and everything was less clear.

It was a side effect of Mars. I lost all traces of my half-breed-ness and was reverted to my original form. It was like this every time, but I'd been staying human longer and longer everytime. If the pattern continued, I'd be like this for at least a week.

Once you saw the world in High def, it is hard to go back.

"Stop making that noise. You sound like a dying elephant and I can't concentrate," I snap. I didn't mean to yell at him, it was just that I was confused and yelling made me feel better.

Finny looked up at me with tear stained cheeks and puffy red eyes. I turned away, not wanting to look at him like this.

"Kura, he's gone…." Finny chokes out.

"Who?" I ask, avoiding his gaze.

"Plu-Plu" Then finny fell back into his sobbing.

At some point, the other two had come back in. A very vexed looking Sebastian followed them.

"You three, get ready, Master Ciel has given you a mission," Sebastian says. He motions to Meirin, me, and Bard.

"Will you come?" I ask quietly. I was disappointed that I couldn't catch his scent like I used to be able to but it's ok, he was here.

He looked at me for a second, a mixture of longing and….disgust filled his eyes.

"No."

Then he turned and left. Despite the fact there were four other people in this room, I had never felt more alone. Did I really disgust him so?