Puma got that same uneasy feeling he always got when he was about to receive a call from someone. To avoid making Pico worry and Kazuya suspicious, he ran to inside the flower shop, went to the darkest corner there, since the lights were off, and allowed the message to be received without any problem. Once he got the message, Miranda's concerned face made Puma already realize that this was not going to be a good message.

"Puma, it's terrible! I went to go check on Kirah, thinking that she was probably training like she normally was, and as soon as I got there I saw her on the ground unconscious!" Miranda said very quickly out of anxiety.

"What?" the little pup said in shock.

"It's true! Get Gitaroo Man, we need him as soon as possible!"

He knew it! There was a reason he had that urge to call them the other day! He burst through the back doors and grabbed U-1's pant leg fiercely, any harder and they would have ripped.

"What? What is it, Puma?" the pup moved his head towards the shop to subtly say to go follow him. U-1 kneeled down to Puma's level, "What is it?"

"Meet me in the shop," Puma whispered, "it's huge; they need you on Planet Gitaroo!"

The two heroes went back into the flower shop and closed the doors and Puma immediately said, "Kirah is hurt!"

"What?" U-1 exclaimed in shock.

"Miranda called me not too long ago telling me that last night he found her unconscious with scratches and bite marks all over her body. He thinks that an animal may have attacked her that night."

"An animal?" U-1 was confused.

"This isn't the time or place to talk about it! We gotta go, U-1, tell Pico that you have to leave and meet me at your house!" Puma said before running out of the store to their house. U-1 went into the garden to talk to the pink-haired florist.

"Sorry I have to leave so early, Pico," he said quickly, "but my…aunt, she fell down the stairs and got attacked by a cat, she's in the hospital and it's really far away so I can't stay for long, I'm sorry, I'll talk to you later and I might buy something, bye!" and with that really frantic explanation he ran to meet up with Puma as fast as his legs could carry him.

Kazuya, who was talking to Pico at the time, looked at U-1 suspiciously, finally he said, "You know…I get the feeling that the punk's hiding something from us…I've known him for years and I never heard of him having an aunt named Kirah…"

"Well, don't let get to you. Besides, if he was hiding something, he would have told us. Now come on, Dad will be here in an hour, do you want to go skating later?"

Kazuya nodded, be he was still suspicious. He decided to let it go for now and help Pico out with the shop until her father came back.

At U-1's house, Puma was trying as hard as he could to rev up the Woofer-Jet, but it just would not start, "Come on, come on!" he growled as he shook the steering wheel a little, "U-1, please check behind this freaking thing to see if there's anything wrong?" U-1 did, and he found a small pair of keys in the smaller cockpit.

"This thing is turned on by a key?" he muttered to himself. He walked over to a frustrated Puma and knocked on the cockpit door; once he got his attention he showed him the keys. He could not hear him, but by his mouth he could have said something along the lines of "Are you kidding me?" He opened the cockpit and grabbed the keys out of U-1's hands, "Get in the dang backseat," the dog said, very unimpressed. As soon as U-1 did that they took off for Planet Gitaroo. U-1 felt something odd in his stomach as they were getting closer, what if they were too late? He looked out the window to check for any space sharks to distract him from his thoughts. An hour later, he saw the planet Gitaroo. A feeling of relief washed over him when they got past the clouds.

"Miranda's house shouldn't be that too far away," Puma said, "he did say he would signal and…" he peered down to see a small man in a green robe wave his cane at them, "there he is!" he made a swift but graceful landing in front of Miranda and opened both the Woofer-Jet's doors, they then ran to Miranda.

"Is she alright? Who attacked her? Where are they?" U-1 said anxiously, wanting so bad to go in Miranda's house and check on Kirah.

"Save the questions, Gitaroo Man. Kirah should be waking up from a nap any time now, by then she can give you information on this whole thing."

U-1 went in the house to see Kirah asleep. She was battered, bruised, and had horrible scratches all over her as if she had been cut with a knife. U-1 looked at her in defeat, "I should have been there…" he said sadly, "If I was there, I would have helped you! I'm sorry, Kirah…" he looked beside the bed to see her Gitaroo grow a little brighter. Kirah opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was U-1.

"Gitaroo Man…" she said a little weakly, "You came back…" she smiled and hugged him, "You came back!"

U-1 was not used to girls hugging him, but he hugged back anyway, "It's good to see you again, Kirah, though not in this condition." He let go of her, "What the heck happened to you?"

Kirah looked angry, "It was…it was Ming Ming. She's planning on bringing back Zowie."

"Are you serious?" U-1 exclaimed, "How? I thought I got rid of him for good!"

"We thought that, too." Miranda replied as he came in the door with Puma, "But there have been reports of him floating through space. However, this came out of a mouth of a cat that spends most of her day sleeping."

"Last time I saw her, she was heading directly to the Great Cathedral." Kirah said.

"Then let's go!" U-1 said as he got up and ran out the door, but before he could even touch the doorknob Miranda put his cane in front of U-1's feet, causing him to trip and fall, "Hey, what was the point of that?" he said as he rubbed his nose in pain.

"Neither of you are ready to go back in there." Miranda said, "You honestly think the place is empty?"

"Miranda's right," Kirah agreed, "it's way too dangerous to go in there…he still plays the Gitaroo in there every night."

"He? Wait…you don't mean…" U-1 groaned, "Come on! I thought I defeated him too! What, are they all coming back as zombies and they want my brain instead of my Gitaroo? What's next a large robot that controls bats is going to come up into the clouds and attack that new city you guys have been telling me about? How was he brought back to life, by magic?"

"No one knows, I don't even think he knows, Gitaroo Man," Miranda replied, "but I highly recommend not entering in the Great Cathedral unless you have to. Rumors have been sprouting that anyone who enters that cathedral…"

Ming Ming looked up at the humongous doors nervously. This was the only way to enter the battle zone of the Gitaroo Arena, and it would not be a walk through the park. She exhaled and opened the doors, which swung open with great force; a loud creaking from them was a result. She froze; she had only meant to open them up just enough so she could get in. She tiptoed slowly in there as the doors closed on her.

…never come out…

The place was a pitch black save for the candles and the large sunbeam in the middle of the room. She was relieved that everywhere else was darker than night, thankful she was a black cat. She could hear the organ playing and it reminded her of when Zowie was still here, fueling her need to revive him even more. She smiled and continued to walk silently, but this time to the beat of the music. She looked up at where it was coming from and saw him, his white hair blocking his unusual eyes, but she could tell by how he was playing that he was hyper-focused on the music rather than his surroundings. It seemed like it was the only time he was ever really happy. She frowned when she realized that he really was alive, and that meant that as soon as he caught wind that Zowie was revived, he would be his strongest Gravillian warrior now that Kirah made a heel-face turn those ten years ago, and that meant that he would hog all of Zowie's attention. She continued to walk forwards, relieved that she was almost to the exit, however, her tail met the light and the organ stopped immediately. She knew from that moment on she was screwed. How could she have forgotten that the light was part of a security alarm that stops all music in the cathedral? It was too late to run away, Gregorio already knew she was here, so there was no point. She sat there, waiting for a response from the effeminate psychopath. Soon enough, she got her wish.

"You have a lot of nerve, cat," he said, "coming in here when you know you're not supposed to be here, so why bother?" he turned around to face her, when she saw his face for the first time in years, the word "understatement" came to mind when she thought how angry he looked. She froze in place, swallowing her fear, and replied.

"This IS my place too, you know? It doesn't seem right to kick someone out of their own home."

"Correction, Ming Ming: This WAS your home. Your "master" isn't here anymore, and this is my Gitaroo, so you have no right being in here at all!" he used the clear blue platform to levitate down to ground level, "And if you don't leave, I will remind you VERY painfully how much I hate cats…"

Ming Ming gulped, but she held her ground and looked brave, "D-d-d-don't waste your strength on me…I'm just a little kitten…"

"BULL!" Gregorio snapped, infuriated. The strength of his anger awakened the Cathedral, and the Angles started aiming their arrows at her from behind their master. Ming Ming was in a corner.

"Y-You know…um…what…what is that blue thingy on your shoulder? Heh heh, j-just curious…it looks weird…"

Gregorio did not respond, instead he lifted a hand to signal the Angels to stop, "You're overkill for this cat, sweeties~," he said to the Angels in a creepily friendly way, "go back to your space, Daddy's just angry at a little pest." As soon as they went away, he glared at the small black cat, "You have less than three seconds to tell me why the hell you're not leaving…"

Ming Ming had no choice but to tell him, he could spare her life if she did, "Alright, fine…I wanna try to bring Zowie back from the dead of space…He isn't really dead as some people may say, in fact, he's very much alive, but in a coma. The only thing that's keeping him from not dying is the magic from his Armored Gitaroo."

Gregorio was both shocked and delighted, but all that came from it was a smirk, "Are you trying to win his affection?" he asked, "Because no matter what you do, it won't work. No matter what you do, you're just a cat, a little furry animal that is only there to keep him company with a few pets here and there. You're no warrior, there's nothing about you that impresses him…" Gregorio smiled wickedly, "Unlike me…"

"That's a LIE!" Ming Ming had it with him, "What about you? If you didn't have this Cathedral, you would be a useless piece of meat! Don't talk about how much of a waste I am when you refuse to even step FOOT out of this place!" her claws retracted, "I took down Kirah and I can just as easily take you down as well…" with that one comment, the entire Cathedral turned on and immediately after, an Angel shot an arrow laser at her, which she dodged in a reaction out of fear.

"Try me, cat…"

How this was a good idea was beyond anyone's guess, but Ming Ming successfully dodged the first few arrows before one of the Angels saw through the pattern and struck her right in the stomach as soon as she jumped to dodge, causing her to cough. Gregorio completely evaded her attacks, and even at one point reflected one against her. She got struck on her side when that move connected. As soon as she got up she saw Gregorio walk right in front of her.

"Had enough?" he said as one of his Angels aimed its arrow right at her head, "I'm feeling merciful, so if you're done, I can end this very swiftly for you…"

Ming Ming growled, she had had enough of him, and may as well fight dirty before he got a chance to kill her. She ran past him, but before she did that, she hooked one of her long claws right at his leg, shoved it in there, and swiped it, all so fast that Gregorio had no time to react, but felt the pain the second her claw made contact with his skin. The shock was enough to make him turn off the cathedral. Ming Ming successfully got away, not noticing the blood on her paw made an effective trail.

"The music stopped playing."

"What are you talking about, Kirah?" U-1 said as he helped put bandages on her.

"I could hear the music from the Great Cathedral from here…and it abruptly stopped. Something happened; Gregorio doesn't just end his songs so abruptly."

"If anything, Ming Ming probably got in there," Puma said.

"All the more reason to go in there…She's using the base of the Cathedral, the Gravillain headquarters along with the satellites near the Gitaroo Arena, to track where Zowie is." Kirah explained, "Those satellites can track anywhere in the universe, and is what Zowie used to follow you when you fought his people on Earth. If Ming Ming gets a hold of them, she'll be able to know the exact location of where Zowie is and use that to her advantage."

"And here I thought she was a dumb little cat…" Puma muttered.

"Then we have no time to lose. Puma, Gitaroo!"

Puma transformed into his AC30 form and threw the Gitaroo at U-1, instantly transforming him into Gitaroo Man.

"Mind not doing that in my house?" Miranda said, "The lightning makes the electricity all funny."

"Sorry, Miranda," U-1 said sheepishly, "come on, you guys, we got a cat to stop!"