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Jingle, jingle, jingle!

The bell around the cat's neck sang out, obviously defeating her attempts to be a stealthy cat-ninja. Yet for some reason, this red-headed girl had not seen her. She had probably been trying to look for a person, rather than a small feline. The green eyed feline nibbled slightly on the milk tab that was between her teeth just out of the excitement of meeting another new person.

It had all started at that big building. ********* had read the sign before, it was the "community center." Of course, she also had no hands or thumbs or anything that could help her in that building. On occasion, the spotted cat would pass by the center while doing her rounds. Today, that little alarm in her head had sounded off.

There was a Senshi in that building!

With the hopes of finding another one of her girls, she sat there near the door ever patiently, the orangey plastic tab peeking out from her mouth. The red-haired girl exited the building, and simply walked right past the cat. That little mental blip moved as well, which meant ********* had to MOVE IT!

Problem was, the cat's mouth was full, and she wasn't about to drop her current toy. She could have hummed out a mewing sound to get this girl's attention, but instead she was hoping that jingle of the bell about her neck would eventually get this girl's attention.

Jingle, jingle, jingle!

Oh, dearest sweet jingly bell, you never failed *********. You may be slow in your job, but you did what you were supposed to!

The redheaded girl had turned her direction, and right away, the silvery spotted cat began to turn on the charm. She heard the mention of food, and peered up at the hand. Mmmmm, toffee! Certainly, the cat couldn't eat it all in one bite, but she actually could eat it the painfully slow way of licking it until it had dissolved into absolutely nothing.

As if to retort her comment, the green eyed cat mewed out in the most convincing fashion as possible. Guardian cats weren't supposed to be able to communicate like regular cats, but with enough practice, it could be faked for a person. And ********* had a lot of practice, thanks to begging for treats. When the hand was extended her direction, the cat bumped her head affectionately into it, rubbing her head along her fingers as if to say "scratch here please." However, she trilled out another one of those cat sounds, still openly complaining that she wanted the treat.

Unfortunately, that feeling of being watched still would not go away. It was a rather pesky feeling, but it lingered nonetheless.

********* failed.

She failed to get her toffee. However, this cat was not the sort to sulk about such things. It just meant she'd have to get something else to eat later on.

As this redheaded girl up and almost left, ********* nearly called out "You don't want to go that way!" She didn't. In fact, the girl turned right back to the cat before the words could leave her maw. The cat sighed out a puff of a sigh, releasing her hold of her plastic milk tab toy. If the girl had been paying attention, she might have caught such a strange thing. Most felines didn't sigh. However, this pale manx cat apparently did.

********* was about to pick up her momentary companion made of plastic when rather suddenly she was scooped up. Oh no, the milk tab was still on the ground, while ********* was in the arms of...

...actually, this felt nice, and there would be other milk tabs. ********* was such a sucker for being held. She almost instantly began to purr.

When the girl sat down and set the spotted cat upon her lap, the cat stood up. The pale green eyes almost seemed to fix themselves upon the strange vivid blue-green eyes that belonged to the girl. It wasn't a usual feline stare, but one that almost seemed to try and read what this girl really was about.

This girl was Sailor Maia, Senshi of Song.

After such a strange look from the feline, it might have seemed a bit strange that she suddenly began to rub herself up against the girl. Yet, there was a reason she did this.

"Your friend is right, but you still aren't safe. If you want to be safe, I need you to follow me."

Rather suddenly, the cat jumped out of her lap and wandered a ways in front of her before stopping and turning to look back at her.

Wait... had this cat just talked to her?

Along the edges of the park there seemed to be some mud. A big splotch of mud along the grass. Perhaps the observant would have noticed that this splotch had almost seemed to follow the girl and cat towards the edge where the building was located, but most people didn't notice such simple things unless they stared for a long time.

The only problem was that the cat. The cat seemed to catch on very quickly as to what was going on. If it was possible for a mud splotch to grumble, it probably would have done such at that very moment.

The cat nodded her head, causing her little bell to jingle. Yes, the cat could nod too. Either way, the cat began to walk silently away from the park's edge. Only when they were a decent distance away, the cat began to glance side-to-side.

It seemed for now, they were alone and free of prying eyes. There also weren't any nearby windows, so the risk of being seen without knowing was also reduced greatly.

With a slight sigh of relief (the cat could sigh?!!), the cat spoke again. "Good, it looks like we are safe."

The cat looked up to the girl, green eyes focused on the blue-green ones. "You know, you were almost made the victim. Your friend is right. The park isn't safe right now."

As an after thought, the pale feline added "By the way, my name is *********>

********* looked at the girl. She was not looking at her for a moment, and the temptation to headbutt her leg tickled the feline's brain for a moment before the eyes came back to her. Oh good!

"Well, I suppose anybody and everybody could be in danger," the cat continued on, "but it seemed like it was following you in particular."

Without any further explanation, the cat suddenly just did a small backflip. It was as if she was spring-loaded and mechanical with the way she did it. Yet within that small space that she had just jumped over, appeared two items. One looked like a pen, while the other looked like a phone. Both items were immediately in front of the small manx.

"Put this one someplace safe for now" she instructed carefully, pointing a paw at the phone. She wasn't about to let another senshi accidentally wander off and nearly leave it behind like she had with Eos. Then her paw bobbed onto the next item, pointing at it while looking up at the girl.

"This one."

Pause.

"Take this one, hold it up, and shout out 'Maia Power Make-Up!' And just so you know, you have to say it like you mean it!"

Another pause. "What are you waiting for? Hurry and do that!" One thing that was nice about *********, was when she seemed agitated, she still managed to somehow keep a friendly air to her voice, no matter the urgency. Astraea should take lessons from her.

"No, no, no, NO!" The cat shook her head in disapproval.

"You gotta say it like your life depends on it! Like your brother's life depends on it! If you can't do that much, then I suppose you will both be doomed." The cat looked at her sharply and insistently requested "Try again!"