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Two short ears twitched at the mention of one word.

Milk.

Someone had gotten this cat's attention! With a small stretch, a pale feline began to trot after the girl who had literally just passed the alleyway she had just been investigating for potential food scraps. Most cats seemed fluid in their movements, but this cat didn't seem remotely as elegant. It was just a bit too bouncy for your usual feline.

If this dark haired girl hadn't figured it out by now, she must have been deaf, for there was the rather distinct sound of a bell jingling with each bounce in cat's step.

It wouldn't have been too strange, if it wasn't for the strange marking on the cat's forehead. A silvery star almost seemed to glitter in the scant amount of light.

This one. Maybe this one is one of my girls? The thoughts ran through the cat's mind for a moment as she continued to bound after this girl. Of course, that thought got quickly obscured by the thought of milk. A tiny pink tongue flicked out to lick her maw as she thought about filling her tummy with the delicious stuff.

Jingle, jingle, jingle!

This cat seemed to almost instantly start purring the moment the sound of "Awwww!" escaped this girl's lips. Attention. This cat loved it. Where many cats would have been rather cautious at the offered hand, this pale spotted cat rather easily bounded forward, bell jingling, nuzzling her head against it affectionately.

No, ********* was far from being friendly.

Currently, the cat was in "observation mode," simply just observing the current company for any hint as to their possible talents. There was the slight temptation to reply to the question as to what ********* wanted (because the obvious answer would have been "milk"), but she simply just signaled her thoughts in a form of pantomime. Once more, a small pink tongue peeked out and licked across her maw. This meant ********* was hungry. However, the gesture probably went missed as something rather unfortunate happened.

Her forehead was attacked!!!

The cat's fur puffed up almost instantly, but the cat strangely did not try to scratch or flee the situation. No amount of pulling, peeling, or intense looking could get that star shape off of the cat's head.

********* was never the sort of cat who hissed. She wasn't about to start now. Instead, as the girl continued to pick at her star, she backed herself up. This did not feel good, this is what she was trying to say.

As she backed up, there was a sense in her mind that seemed to go off. Something was watching them that should not be watching them. This dark-haired girl was ignorant of this fact. She was just a human right now. Yet, the tailless feline knew there was much more than just a human in front of her. As the girl dipped down to try and pick her up, she closed her eyes, concentrating upon her true task.

This one. This one was...

Eos!

Once she was in the girl's arms, her eyes shot open. She wasn't facing the girl, but rather plainly, she spoke up in her youthful and obviously girlish voice.

"You are being watched right now... please do not freak out or you are going to draw more attention from it."

There was a small pause.

"Please put me back down so I can assist you."

When the cat was back on the ground, it turned to face the girl, who was obviously staring at her. Staring meant she had direct eye contact, right? Much like before, she began to speak again. Her maw was opening and closing in sink with the sound of her voice, which was only further proof that the cat had indeed been speaking to her.

"My name is *********. And you are a Sailor Senshi." There was a thoughtful pause.

"Please don't make a fuss about how this can't be real. We need to get to business before the thing watching us decides to attack. Remain calm."

Having given out her very specific directions, she rather suddenly popped up like one of those spring loaded dog toys for a back flip. It wasn't a very natural looking one, and simply just made the cat look like a toy. However, a back flip was a back flip, regardless of how silly it looked. In the space between the flip, two objects appeared with a momentary shimmer of light. Both clattered to the ground immediately in front of the spotted cat's paws.

"This one... take this one" she instructed, pointing a paw at the pen.

"With that at hand, you need to shout 'Eos Power, Make-Up!'" Another thoughtful pause. "You need to say it like you mean it, or it won't work."

The cat sighed and shook her head from side to side, causing a playful little tinkle to escape her collar's bell.

"No no no no no" she uttered softly. "You need to say it louder and with more feeling! Otherwise the monster that's been watching us this whole time is going to be able to eat your soul without even trying."

Without any hesitation, the cat bounded up to the girl and bumped her head against her leg in a friendly gesture. "I want you to be safe. Please do this just so you can at least be safe!" Whether or not Sailor Eos realized it, there was a certain urgency in the cat's voice. She really must have been serious about the whole ordeal.

The moment the dark haired girl shouted out, the cat's ears twitched and she bounced away to leave the girl some room.



The girl's civilian clothing all seemed to fade, and in their place a short flowing dress adorned with a sparkling feather-like pattern. There were 5-star accents, which suited her appropriately, considering that this here before her was Sailor Eos, the Senshi of Senses. As the tailless feline watched the transformation, it seemed as if there was a small itch going off in her brain. This was not one of her girls, but there was still something about this girl.

Once the girl had finished transforming, she seemed to settle into place in front of ********* paws.

In a friendly tone, the cat mewed out "Sailor Eos. Welcome!"

********* rather honestly confessed her take of the situation. "I could probably tell you so much more if you were one of my girls. However, you are not truly one of my girls. I get this sense from you that you are still a part of the Asteroids, but you are not one of my Asteroids." There was a sigh. It wasn't a disappointed sigh, but just one of those sighs as if the cat needed a breath of air between her statements.

"However, I suggest we take care of the Youma, the monster that was watching us."

There had indeed been a Youma watching the two. It had been looking for starseeds, when a rather scrumptious one walked past the alley way it had been skulking about in. It seemed rather drawn by the movement and began to slink its way after the girl until she stopped. Youma could be rather different, like how each person had a different personality. This Youma, which managed to keep out of sight, was a rather curious one. What was this girl doing? It watched as she tended to the cat, and seemed completely oblivious to the fact there was a conversation being exchanged. All it could hear was a faint murmur instead of the voices.

The only thing that signaled something was up was when the girl began to glow in a fashion that caused this Youma to shrink back against the nearby wall. When its single eye was able to look at the girl again, it found a surprise.

Sailor Senshi.

As if spurred on by this realization, the Youma suddenly revealed itself with a deep hissing sound. It pulled itself off the ground and arched its back before attempting to strike like a cobra. In all honesty, it made sense why the creature had gone unnoticed. It just looked like a large string of garbage that formed into a 1 eyed snake creature.

The only saving grace for the two was the fact the Youma was not back attacking them. The moment the garbage snake prepared to strike, ********* shouted out her warning of "Sailor Eos, get out of the way!!" The cat, not being all that foolish, also followed her own advice by jumping out of the way.