Taykoe woke up first, sitting up slowly.

"Fuck my head," she groaned, pressing her hand to her forehead.

She was suddenly wearing gloves. Quickly, she pulled her hand away from her head and looked at both of them. For one brief second she saw a pair of silver gloves and then she blinked and they were gone. She was just staring at her hands.

"Guess I must have hit my head pretty hard," she mused, barely aware of the ambulance pulling up.


"Ahsim, I've got a live one over here!" Misha yelled, running towards the unconscious girl lying on the sidewalk.

"Oh I bet you feel like you're in a rescue movie huh?" Ahsim grumbled.

Misha ignored him and kneeled beside the girl.

"Hey, you okay?" she asked, pulling the girl onto her back.

Her eyes widened as she took in the girl's twitching ears. In that second, they were gone.

"Holy shit," she mumbled.

"What?" Ahsim asked, catching up.

"Nothing," Misha replied. "Absolutely nothing."


Kei watched Haru pace, his head following the man.

"I didn't think Project Mew would cause so much damage," Haru admitted, gnawing on his nail.

He looked at Kei, who nodded back at him before Haru resumed his pacing. On the large screen was a news report on the sudden freak earthquake. Kei's eyes narrowed as the camera turned to the three girls being loaded into an ambulance. Two were unconscious but the third was conscious.

"How many animals were released?" he asked

"Six," Haru answered.

He stopped pacing.

"Why?"

"Because I found three potential subjects," Kei answered, pointing to the screen.

Haru turned, eyes widening.

"Pause that!" he yelled, running frantically, looking for the remote.

Kei lifted the remote and hit Pause, waiting silently for Haru to stop. When he finally did, Haru cast a harsh glare at Kei who shrugged nonchalantly at Haru's back who had turned to the screen. He was furiously tapping keys, zooming in on the three girls faces.

"It may take awhile but eventually the computer will recognize these three. Once we find them, we'll pick them up," he said.

Kei hopped off his seat.

"And the other three?' he asked.

Haru smiled at him.

"Kei, guess who's doing some searching?" he asked.

Kei sighed and grabbed his sword.

"I'll be going now," he announced.

"Have fun!' Haru called.


Ariha sat up slowly, taking in her surroundings. She was in a bed, she knew that. Next to her on the bed was a tiny Chucky doll. She picked it up and squeezed it. It let out a maniacal laugh. Unnerved, she put it down and rolled out of the bed, throwing the covers aside. As soon as she stood, a wave of nausea overtook her but she managed to stay on her feet.

"My head is killing me," she mumbled, stumbling a few feet across the room.

She found herself standing in front of a full body mirror and she stared at herself, shocked. Her clothes were different. She was wearing a much shorter skirt than usual and she had ears similar to that of the wild cat from earlier. To top it all off her hair was white. She blinked and the image disappeared.

"I'm losing my mind," she declared.

With that she opened the door and walked out, heading down the stairs. About halfway down the stairs, she ran into a set of twins.

"Hey, you're up!" said the girl. "How'd you sleep?"

"Fine," Ariha answered.

She glanced around.

"Uh, how did I get here?" she asked.

"Ahsim carried you," was the girl's reply.

Ariha looked at Ahsim. He nodded at his twin.

"Misha found you."

"Well, thanks, I guess," Ariha said.

She crossed her arms.

"I better get home now."

"Are you sure you'll be okay? You collapsed earlier," Misha said.

"I'll be fine, I promise," Ariha assured them.

She slipped past them both and headed down the stairs. There she slipped her shoes on and headed out.

"Nice girl," Ahism remarked, heading upstairs.

"You wake up in a stranger's house after collapsing on the street and we'll see how friendly you are," Misha retorted, following him up the stairs.


Ariha slowed to a walk as soon as she was far from the street. Man that was freak. She slowly merged with the crowd, slipping through the people before she reached the train. Luckily, they were still running. She hopped on one and caught hold of one of the hanging latches. Beside her was a tall man dressed in all black. She studied him, peeking up at him through her hair. He glanced down at her.

"May I help you?" he inquired.

Blushing, Ariha turned away. She heard the man laugh softly and she glanced at him. He smiled warmly.

"I'm Kei, by the way," he said, offering his gloved hand.

Ariha shook it, finding that it was warm.

"Ariha," she said.

The train pulled away from the station but Ariha hardly noticed. She was looking at the sword in Kei's hand. He followed her gaze.

"Interesting, huh?' he asked.

Ariha glanced at him. He winked.

"This looks to be my stop."

Ariha tore her eyes away and glanced out the window. They weren't at a stop yet. She glanced back at Kei to tell him so but Kei was gone.