Chapter 6

The Cat King continued to watch with a sour look on his face as his son Lune just bowed to another female half cat and let her walk back to where she was standing. Seeing this caused the longhair king to become even more annoyed as he slightly shouted, "Why hasn't he picked someone to dance with yet?"

"Well Your Majesty, you did kind of force this ball on him." His advisor Natori replied, as he adjusted his glasses.

The king just mumbled to himself after hearing that response by the light blue half cat. He then saw a human girl make her way to the prince as he then sat up straight thinking that perhaps she could be the one. But when he saw his son just bow to the young woman and do nothing more he sat back into his chair and hit the top of his head frustration starting to set in. He then continued to watch as his son quickly yawned, but then smiled up at him and waved. The Cat King waved back at him for a moment before he turned to the kimono wearing half cat and asked, "I wonder if that girl who had saved Lune's life will show up."

His advisor just shrugged his shoulders as he answered back with, "Perhaps she will Your Majesty, but I wouldn't set my hopes too high."

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Haru's carriage finally pulled up to the entrance way of the castle. And after Toto had stopped the horses Baron jumped off of the back of the odd shaped vehicle and set the steps down for Haru as she opened the door. While she was making her way down the stairs though and towards the outer stairway of the palace the orange and cream furred half cat grabbed a hold of her hand as he said, "Wait a moment, Haru."

The brunette stopped and turned to face the Creation as he then gently caressed her cheek and then gave her a soft kiss on the forehead as he added, "Have a wonderful time."

The hazel eyed young woman nodded as she then proceeded to make her way inside. While she did this though Toto looked over at his friend who was still watching the young lady until she was out of sight as he asked, "Baron, don't you think you should have told Haru the truth?"

The green eyed half cat just turned around and made his way back to his post as he let out a sigh and answered back with, "You know that if this spell were to last more then until midnight then I would have told Haru everything." He then sat down on the back of the carriage as he ended with, "But because of the time limit I think it would be best if we wait to tell her later. Besides it would be selfish of me to deny her, her one chance at happiness."

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Lune continued to stand at the front of the banquet hall wondering if Haru was ever to come. His ears then twitched when he heard Natoru's voice as he announced another pair of young ladies as he said, "Now introducing Louise and Hiromi Moon. Daughters of sir, Renaldo Moon."

The Cat Prince then looked up ahead of him as the two made their way towards him. He noticed that they seemed a little too eager to meet him htough as they both did a very low curtsy to him. He just let out sigh and was about to bow in return, but when he saw a young lady dressed in a seemingly shimmering red gown with her hair up in a high ponytail he mentally asked himself, "Could it be?"

He then ran past the two Moon daughters as he approached the mystery woman and bowed to her as he greeted her with, "Good evening, Miss-" He stopped himself when he saw a pair of hazel eyes as he added, "Haru, is that you?"

The brunette just smiled at him and curtsied as she replied, "Good evening, Your Highness."

Before the prince could be for certain if this young lady was in fact Haru he heard his father's voice as he shouted for the band to began to play something. And once the music started to play the lavender furred prince extended his hand to the brunette as he asked, "Would you care to dance?"

The red dressed young woman was hesitate at first as she looked at the prince's hand, but right then and there her father's voice came into her mind as he said, "Always remember to believe in yourself, Haru. If you did this then you will have nothing to fear."

"Father..." Haru mentally replied, as her eyes took on a sadden look for a moment. She then looked up at the prince's mismatched eyes slightly surprised that he had not left to ask another young woman to dance with him as she gently placed her hand on top of his as she added, "I would love to, Your Highness."

Once they were in the middle of the banquet hall however, the half cat prince could tell that not only was the brunette nervous with so many peoples eyes focused the pair. He also noticed that she was having trouble keeping up with him because of her long gown as he asked, "If it's alright may I make a suggestion?" The young woman nodded as he continued with, "Instead of holding onto my shoulder I think it would be better if you used your other hand to lightly grab the edge of your dress. This way you can have more room to move your feet without worrying about losing your balance."

The brunette figured that she might as well give the suggestion a try as she let go of his shoulder and took hold of the left side of her dress. She then lightly gasped when she realized that the prince was right as she looked up at him and whispered, "Thank you."

"You are very welcome." The blue and red eyed noble replied, as the two then became lost in each other's eyes.

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Renaldo and his two daughters continued to watch as the prince and this mystery maiden continued to turn around the group of half cats and humans as Louise continued to try and watch the two as she asked, "I wonder who that girl is?"

"I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure that I've never seen her before." Hiromi replied, as she too tried to watch the two dance. When she did find a good spot though she added, "Although the prince sure does seem to know her."

Renaldo also watched the two as he said, "You know I don't know who that girl is either, but she is beautiful isn't-" He then stopped when he got a small whiff of her sent as he then went on with, "Wait a minute there is something familiar about her."

The large half cat then slowly followed the couple as they danced their way outside. But before he could get a better look at the girl the curtain that was hung in the open doorway suddenly closed. This caused the white furred half cat to become a bit annoyed as he asked, "Hey, what's the big idea-"

He stopped himself though when he saw the king's advisor standing next to the rope of the closed curtain as he cleared his throat and mentioned him with his hand to move away from there. Renaldo let out a quiet growl of irritation as he did what was asked of him and walked away. While he did this though he mentally thought, "I'll be sure to find who that girl is sooner or later."