Chapter 3

It was around about ten o'clock when Tifa hooked up with Rinoa, who had her sister's pet wolf Amaterasu with her. Tifa had Red XIII by her side and the two canines said 'hello.' The four of them were going out monster hunting. Some of the students in the school took up the art of hunting monsters at the weekends. It was Tifa and Rinoa's rounds tonight. They all took it in turns to hunt monsters and they went in pairs, if one got hurt the other could call 999. Friday night was the best time to hunt the creatures of the night, because they had chance to build up their forces over the week and launch them at the students. Amaterasu could sense a monster coming towards Tifa's right. The fist-fighter punched the Zombie in the face and then she pulled out a dagger and jabbed it into the chest of the undead creature. Using her Blaster Edges, Rinoa took out a Ghoul with ease. The Solar Flare ripped through her enemies, as Amaterasu attacked them with her Celestial Brush technique; Power Slash. Red XIII used his fire3 Materia to engulf his foes in a tulip flower of dancing flames.

There weren't many monsters out tonight, just the odd Ghoul and Zombie. Cloud and Squall must have scared most of the wicked beasts of the week before and they haven't come back. However, it was good news for the normal people in the village because less of them will go missing.

Amaterasu pointed her gaze at a long haired cat with sky blue eyes. The feline was almost completely white, except for its paws and near the end of its tail, they were a silvery colour. The wolf began to growl at the animal and the cat jumped into Tifa's arms in response. The poor thing shook in fear, whilst the girl held onto the animal. Rinoa scolded her sister's pet and the two girls decided to call it a night and go home. Before their parents got suspicious of where the two of them were going in the night, when they were supposed to be walking the pets.

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Tifa took her new feline companion home, which Red XIII wasn't too pleased about. She tried to hide the cat in her coat as she walked in the door, with Red XIII on his lead. Tifa's mother looked at her daughter with a look of 'what do you have there?' kind of look that all mothers know when their child has something that their not supposed to have. Gingerly, Tifa attempted to walk up to her room, without her mother noticing the somewhat oblivious lump in her jacket. She was doing well, until the cat managed to squirm its way out of the girl's grasp and it landed on the floor. Her mother picked up the young feline and began to stroke through its long matted coat. She went into the kitchen draw to fetch a comb, before coming back to ask her daughter some questions.

"Why have you brought a stray cat home?" she checked the cat's gender and it meowed when she did so, "If you want to keep him, you'll have to come up with the money to get his d-sexed."

"But mum, you didn't have Red d-sexed." Tifa pointed out.

"That's because I can speak English and it would be kind of wrong to do it against my will. So don't do it to the poor cat." said Red XIII defending the cat, "Put him down, I think I can speak cat."

Tifa's mother put the white feline down, after once she'd fished combing through the cat's long fine thick coat. Red XIII began to speak to the stray cat, in barks and meows.

"Ok, he said, 'that he doesn't appreciate even the thought of being d-sexed', so that's a no. He also 'thanks you for brushing his fur, he got into a scrap with another cat that was twice his size', apparently. He also said, 'not to feed him normal cat food'. He didn't specify why though. You can also 'call him whatever you want.' So go for it." Red XIII translated.

Tifa picked up the cat from the floor and cradled him in her arms, "How about, err… Sliver?"

"That's a good name for him." Tifa's mother said, "I will tell your father about Silver when he gets home, ok"

The girl nodded and walked into the kitchen. She quickly whipped up some bacon for her new little friend, thinking he was hungry. Which he was. She put some milk down for him, but not too much because cats are lactose intolerant. So Tifa set a reminder on her iPhone to get some cat milk, when she next when down the shops. Which would probably be tomorrow. After he was done, Tifa took Silver upstairs to her room and Red XIII followed her to the bedroom. The put the cat on her soft bed, Silver curled up and fell asleep. The girl sat on the bed and began to stroke the cat's silky soft coat. Red XIII jumped up onto the bed next to Silver.

"Now you two make friends." she said.

"We're already friends. I don't mind cats."

"Oh that's good."

Silver meowed at the canine, "He says that, 'you won't have to buy cat milk'. He 'prefers cow's milk.'"

"But he would be sick if he had too much." Tifa said in a worried tone.

Silver meowed again, "He said that, 'cat milk makes him sick.'"

"Alright then, no cat milk." Tifa got rid of the reminder on her phone and then she got herself changed for bed.

"No homework?"

"That's tomorrow or Sunday, Red." Tifa said as she got into bed.