Hiya!

Its really been a while. I really have no other excuse except school. I'm very very very sorry:(

For those of you who read TMM rewrite, thats gonna take a while longer. I wrote a few new chapters, but I'm gonna have to put them on the pc first. And I don't have time for that:(

Also, this story has almost come to its end. Just a few more chapters. But there will be a sequel! I already have a plot and everything:)

So anyways, enjoy!

TWO MONTHS LATER

Quietly, I crept into the cavern I called my room. With a sigh of relief, I threw myself onto the bed, relishing in the soft covers. Another tiring day over.

I spent most of my days in Tokyo now, strange as it sounded. My purpose was to protect the people there as well as my own. Seeing as my people were pretty capable of handling themselves, I decided to focus most of my attention on the humans. And maybe that choice was made in hopes of seeing a specific human again too. Masha was by my side at all times, warning me if she sensed any trouble.

Focusing on Tokyo had been the right choice. So far, I had been busy with all kinds of rescues, from catching purse thieves to tracing kidnapped people. Of course, I couldn't hide the fact that I was a cat from the people that I helped. After the initial shock and screaming and junk, they had been really kind and thanked me for the help, just like the first family had. Except for one.

I had been patrolling the wealthier part of the city, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, when I heard an alarm go off. I raced over there to see a jewellery shop with a broken window and a cursing man just going back in. I jumped down to street-level, checking twice to see if anyone was around. It didn't take me long to catch the thieves scent, track him down and get him to cooperate. Before long I was hauling a tied up thief and a bag of jewellery into the shop. The owner looked up at me, surprised, and froze.

'I know this may look shocking to you,' I began, moving slowly. 'But I promise you, sir, I am only here to help.'

'You...' he stuttered. 'Y-you... you're...'

'A cat, sir. I am from the cat-tribe.'

He stared at me for a long time. I saw nothing wrong with this. I took a lot of people some time to get everything sorted in their head. What I wasn't expecting, was what he did next.

'Monster!' he shouted, pointing an accusing finger at me. 'You should be in a cage with the rest!'

'N-no, s-sir,' I stuttered, unsure of what to say. 'I...'

'They will get you!' the man warned. 'You just wait!'

In the distance I could hear the sound of approaching sirens. The police. I had to get out of there. So with one past pleading glance, I ran back outside and jumped, onto a two story building. I kept jumping till I got to the forest, and I hid there for the rest of the day, until sunset. The whole city was filled with sirens at that point, because of an animal sighting, aka me.

It didn't take long for them to put two and two together and figure out that I was the mysterious figure who went round saving people. Only, they didn't believe I was saving people.

I found a newspaper a few days later. An article on the front page caught my attention. An animal had been going round committing various crimes, and then afterward it would hypnotise the people who witnessed it to think it had saved them. The criminals I had dropped off at the police station were being released on bail because people thought I had just put the blame on them. I was fuming when I finished the article.

I did my best from then on. I helped as many people as I could, tried to make as many people as possible trust me. I left early in the morning and wouldn't return until the early hours, two or three in the morning. I was tiring myself out to make people see, and it worked gradually. Protest groups arose, claiming that I was a saviour, that I had helped more than the government ever had. They fought for me, but others disregarded them, because of the whole hypnotising powers.

To cut it short, I was the most wanted 'criminal' in Tokyo because I was helping people.

A knock resounded through the room, and I lifted my head slightly to see my mother walking into my room.

'How did it go, sweetie?' she asked me softly. She sat on my bed and started stroking my hair.

'I rescued two little girls,' I replied tiredly. 'Their parents had left them in the car while they went shopping, and the little girls were playing in the car. I think they hit the handbrake by accident, because they started moving. It was going down hill, towards the harbour. I heard them screaming, and using some of those new powers I stopped the car. I still don't know how that works, but it did. I got the girls out of the car and made sure I put the car on the brakes. The girls were shaking at first, but we talked and they calmed down. I'm friends with them now. Their names are Kimberley and Sasha. I waited for their parents to come back, and then I said goodbye really quick before I left.' I sighed as I ended my report. 'I hope those parents don't mind.'

'I'm sure they don't,' my mother reassured me. 'You saved their daughters lives.'

'Yeah, and I saved that shop owners expensive jewellery, and look how that turned out.' I groaned and fell back onto my bed. 'Why are humans so stubborn?'

'They'll see. They can't keep denying the truth forever.' she smiled at me. 'I wanted to talk about something else actually.'

'Okay,' I yawned. 'But can it be quick? I'm tired.'

'Sure honey. I just really wanted to ask... are you happy here?'

I closed my eyes, not wanting to look my mother in the eyes. 'Of course, mama. Why do you ask?'

'I was just wondering... if you miss Kishu.'

I hesitated. 'A bit.'

She sighed. 'I miss him. When you were smaller he used to come over all the time. I hoped you would marry him.'

'Mom!'

'It's true! And do you know why?' I shook my head, not sure if I wanted to hear the answer. 'Because he already loved you way back then.'

I stared at her, openmouthed. 'That's... not true.'

'Yes, it is! I saw it every time he looked at you. And even now, saving you from the prison and bringing you here...' she smiled again. 'After all this time he hasn't stopped loving you!'

'If he loves me, it is only as a friend. He is in love with someone else! He told me! And by now he has probably already confessed to her.' I turned my head, so I didn't have to look at my mother. 'Could you please go? I need some sleep before I head back to Tokyo.'

'Alright honey. Just remember what I said.' she kissed me softly on my forehead. 'Goodnight, sweetie. Dream sweet dreams.' I heard her walk out of my room, and I turned over, huddling in the blankets to make my own little burrow.

Even though I had been tiring myself out completely, the truth was that there hadn't been a day that I hadn't thought about Kishu. I had nightmares every night, dreams of him and some other girl. Sometimes a few tears would escape.

I would give anything to see Kishu again, but I didn't think that would help anything. So I locked that longing away, hiding it deep inside of me.

I let the darkness creep up on me, for once wishing for a dreamless night.