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Jin laughed at him and smiled as she looked at the girl. "I'm always careful. And i'm good with most things but mud. I hate mud! A mean man spread mud all over my face when i first tried to find my way around the Ruins where i live." she said as she pouted. "I don't like him at all. He was mean to me and i had mud all over my face and hair." she said softly. "I don't like mud since then." she pouted as she thought about it. "Oh you don't know who his parents are? I dont even know that my daddies told me my my mamas name. But i don't ask alot...she died i know though." she said as she beamed. "Yes i have two daddies. I love my daddies they are the best ever even if i don't get the attention i want." she said with a smile as she took Oracles hand. "We can spend time together then since you dont have alot of people to hang out with and i don't either. Does that sound ok? Cause i'd like a new friend to play with." she said happily as she accepted and hugged Oracle back.


Oracle stuck her tongue out at the thought of mud, she was no fan of it either, or water at all for that matter unless she was drinking it. "That's really mean! We don't have any people who come around us, but I think that's why we live where we do is so that we're left alone. I live with the Anbu, my Momma is one, but my Daddy is just really good friends with Uncle Youko." she shrugged, she hadn't been around humans since she'd escaped the home she had been living in. It had been horrible there, with dogs that never stopped barking and cornered her all the time, it may have had something to do with her quietness as she was always trying to remain unnoticed and unheard. She shook her head, "I think he does though. I know my Momma and Daddy do, but I've never asked, they raised him since he was born but that's it. I'm so sorry, that's so sad!" Oracle pouted a bit at the thought of not knowing one of her parents, she couldn't imagine not knowing her mother, she loved Valiant very much. Nodding a smile spread over Oracle's face again, a real friend she could spend her time with and not just play alone all the time or feel like she was wasting the time of others. "I really like that! Best Friends..." she said as her little nub of a tail wriggled with delight almost like a dogs.


Jin purred and smiled. "I'm glad im not the only one who doesn't like mud." she said with a smile as she listened to her. "Anbu? Whats that?" she asked with a smile as she played with her fluffy tail. I just know all my brothers friends and boyfriends. I like most of them but i don't know some of them very well." she said with a smile as she looked around. "I wonder who his parents are. It sounds like it might be interesting to find out." she looked at her and then crawled over the log after hearing something. "I hear a mouse!" she said before looking at Oracle. "The bestest friends right?!"


"The Anbu are specially trained cats who protect Ikebokuro. Jiji is one too, he said one day he's gonna beat the leader and take his place and make the Anbu even better than it is now! He's the top of his group and can even beat some of the older cats. He's really respected around the camp. Momma was kinda adopted into the Anbu when she was younger, she got really hurt and Uncle Raco took her under his charge and trained her." she nodded, she had considered becoming on of the Anbu in time, but never one who fought, she knew she would be no good at it, but she had always been facinated with the work the Medics did and wanted to learn to help heal and treat sick and injured cats. "I've wanted to ask him lotsa times, but I've never worked up the nerve to ask, it just seems really personal." she wrinkled her nose and shook her head, it wasn't really any of her business, but it had always made her wonder. Her own ears perked at the sound and she looked around for the source and finding nothing, but she turned back to Jin. "Bestest forever!" she piped up grinning widely, proud of herself and truly excited.


Jin smiled as she poked about the trees bark and holes trying to find the mouse. "I know its here someplace..." she said as she looked. "I'm sure it might be kinda hard for him to admit if he doesn't like them you know. But i'm sure if he loves you he shouldn't mind talking about it to you right?" she asked with a smile as she looked at her. She quickly turned back and saw a little mouse scurry over the tree and she chased after it quickly. "LOOK MOUSE!" she called out as she scrambled after it quickly.


Oracle continued to look, even though she'd never really seen a mouse, in the camp since they lived by the lake ate a lot of fish and birds, Mice weren't a big thing and often food was also brought back from the Plaza. "Oh I know he loves me, he's my big brother!" she said continuing to peak around looking for the thing she wasn't even sure what it looked like. When she heard Jin call out she turned just in time to see the furry creature scurrying over the trunk and her eyes grew wide at the sight of it, almost scared of the thing. It was kinda scary looking to her with it little body and it's long hairless tail. "OH!!" she yelped and fell back as Jin took off after it. She wasn't sure what to do, she felt like she should follow, but she couldn't bring herself to go ofter it, instead she watched Jin chase it and yelled after her "GET IT JIN! GET IT!!" she shouted, shaking a fist in the air to cheer her friend on.


Jin smiled and nodded. "Big brothers are great like that." she said as she chased the mouse. It wove and ran from her. She pounced after it on all fours with her butt in the air, her tail working to keep her balance as she chased the little thin. It wouldn't be much of a snack but it would be something she killed and she would go home and tell her big brothers if they cared to know about her kill. She scranbked after it and it tried to leap off the log but she grabbed it in mid air, keeping her balance only with the help of her tail as she stepped backwards after killing the mouse. "Got it!" she said with a smile as she held it up with a triumphant smile.


Oracle clapped her hands and giggled, but she still felt sorrow and pain for the mouse's life that was now gone. But that was how life worked, that was what she had been taught, that life was needed to be given and taken in order to sustain life, it was the way of nature and was needed in order to keep things in balance. If cats didn't eat the mice then they would over populate and overrun everything and cause chaos. It wasn't a large mouse, but with winter they weren't likely to be too big, scrounging for food and shelter, but it was all worth it still in the end as food was food. "That was amazing Jin! I never would have been able to do that." she said shaking her head.


Jin walked over proudly as she looked at her new friend. "Its so fun! Though i feel sad cause hes so cute." she said poking the dead mouse. "Do you want it or should i eat it?" she asked with a smile as she curled her tail into her lap with a smile as she looked over the little brown mouse.


Oracle nodded looking at the little thing, it was very cute looking, if it hadn't been alive just moment before it would have been something she likely would have wanted to cuddle. But after having seen Jin kill it, she didn't think she could eat it, it was too cute to just eat it like that. "You go ahead, I don't think I can eat something that's so cute like that." she shook her head. She knew it was something she's likely just get over, she ate the food at the camp with no toruble, but birds and fish weren't as cute as the little mouse and they were usually already dead by the time she got to them and already open for the eating, this was fresh and still quite warm. Reaching out she touched the head of the little thing and frowned at it and with a silent wish, thanked it and apologized that it's life had been cut short but that it's lost life would not go to waste.


Jin nodded. "I'm sorry i should have thought about how cute it might be before i killed it infront of you. I can tell your not used to it. I'll eat it later so you don't have to watch me eat the cute dead thing." she said as she slid it into the hoody like pocket in front of her dress. "What would you like to hunt now?" she asked as she looked around wondering what things were about that wernt cute that they could hunt.


SHaking her head again Oracle smiled. 'No, it's okay, it's just the laws of Nature is all. Daddy taught me that, even though sometimes the laws can be harsh it's just the way things have to be." she said with a shrug. "You can go ahead and eat, I actually don't think I could eat now without thinking about him. It won't bother me though. Besides, I'm sure there's some winter berries around here that are still good." she nodded and looked around them for the spiney bush that would hold the sweet little fruits she loved so much. She was teasted from time to time over how she preferred fruits over meat most of the time, but the favors suited her better than meat often did. "Have you hever had winter berries before?" she asked looking at Jina dn tilting her head.


Jin smiled and nodded as she took the mouse out and began eating it carefully so that she didn't get blood on her dress. "Ohyes berries i love berries. Theres lots of them around where i live. I'm partial to blueberries but i like most fruit alot. My big brother brought my dried tangerines from the market place once those are yummy too." she said with a smile as she ate the mouse. "Come we'll help you get some berries ok?" she said as she finished what was left of the mouse and stood making sure she didn't have blood on her and then taking Oracles hand and leading her over to some berries.


Oracle didn't watch as Jin ate the mouse, instead she stared off a little bit, her mind dwelling on fruits rather, thinking about the mony that would flood the plaza in the coming spring and summer, but her favorites always came in the fell and were often hard to get, but always made an amazing treat. "My favorite is the Chinese Apples...they're also called..." she thought fo ra moment as it was a funny sort of name. "A Pomagranate! You eat the seeds inside and it's sooo good." she swooned over the idea, but they wouldn't be in season again until next year so she would have to wait. Oracle smiled, holding onto Jin's hand and followed her, she knew all too well what she was looking for, there's would't be much, as soon even as winter wore on even the barries would disappear as other animals ate them and the cold would just make them bitter and hard. It didn't take long before a bush popped up, still well ladden with fruit. "There's one Jin!" she pointed and pushed ahead, pulling Jin along behind her and looked over the berries carefully to make sure they were good.


Jin smiled at her and purred as she thought about it. "I don't think i've had a pomagranate before. Is it good? whats it taste like?" she asked with a smile as she walked with her and then hurried along with her to the berries. She smiled as she watched Oracle. "Are they still good?" she asked poking at a few berries wondering if she wanted one. She looked around wonderingif there were some bluberries around too or if there were some wild strawberries too.


Oracle nodded. "They're wonderful, but hard to eat sometimes. It's hard to describe the flavor though, it's really strong and sweet with a slight bitterness to it. It's really indescribable compared to other fruits though." she said thinking over the strange complexity of the fruit. SHe looked over the berries and pulled one out of a cluster and looked it over and gave it a light squeeze, they were tender and smelled okay, taking a small bite she tasted the fruit, they weren't bitter yet either, if anything this bush had just produced the berries and many of the other animals in the wood hadn't taken advantage of it yet. "They're really good, these are probably really new berries too that just turned ripe so they're really sweet!" she said taking another, much larger bite into the berry. "It's too bad it's too late in the year for any other fruits though, not for another month or two before we get anything else." she wrinkled her nose sadly, There were other fruits to be found, but many of them were scarce and not the best by now.


Jin smiled happily and watched her. "I'm glad that you like the berries. I feel happy with the mouse i ate though so i'll be good. But i like seeing that your happy with your berries." she said with a smile as she looked around. "You'll have to get me one the next time their in season then." she said with a smile as she watched Oracle, while holding her hand still. She smiled and purred happily as she watched her. She wondered what they could do next, what they could do for fun now that they had eatin something.


Oracle finished off the berry and quickly ate another, feeling satisfied for the time being with just that, she hadn't been all that hungry as she had eaten that morning, but a snack had been in need and she would be good until dinner that evening. "I will! It'll be a special treat for both of us!" she said witha quiet purr in her throat. Now that they had eaten she wasn't sure what they should do next, she was sure all around there was at least on Anbu in the area keeping their usual watch and who it was one could never tell, but it would be impossible to find them too. She wondered if it would be okay to take Jin back to her home, but knowing how careful the Anbu were about bringing strangers into the camp she thought better of it, though she was interested in the Ruins as she had never heard of it before and wondered exactly where it was in relation to East. "What should we do now?" she asked, looking confused, she wasn't sure exactly sicne she wasn't used to having friends to play with, it was a new expirence.


Jin smiled at her and purred. "Your so fun! Im looking forward to this so much! We'll have so much fun eating it when you get them next time their in season. We'll make it a date ok?" she said with a smile as she looked at her. "I dunno what that really means but i hear my siblings saying it all the time about getting together with their friends." She said not knowing that their friends were their boyfriends so that was different from friends. She smiled as she looked around. "I could show you were i live if you like. Its not that far from here, i'm scared to go too far cause of that guy who put mud in my face." she said with a smile as she watched her. "Would you like to see it? Its not that great its just a big old building we all took over but its nice and fun to explore."


"It's a date!" she said with a nod, even though the phase didn't mean too much to her. She'd heard the saying before as well and thought it was just regularly used between people when they got together over a promised meeting. The idea of seeing where Jin lived was an exciting prospect, it was better than possibly getting Jin in trouble as well as herself for bringing her near the camp. She would ask her uncle Youko before attempting such a thing, it was after all his tarritory and his rules they all had to follow, even though he seemed to be pretty lazy about rules and sometimes she wondered if there really were any real rules. "I'd really like that! I'll ask my Uncle Youko if I can show you the camp sometime. They're really weird about strangers coming in so it'd be better to ask first." she said feeling a little embarrassed, but at least she was being polite about it. She wanted to see a new place though, see what life was like outside of the Anbu camp and how other territories worked.


Jin smiled happily as she took her hand again and lead her off through the park towards her home. "Is your camps really scary? Are the kittys there mean or anything?" she asked with a smile as she walked with her. "your uncle sounds a little scary. I think that it will be interesting to see it all when they say i can come visit." she said with a smile as she walked. She was sure that if her parents knew she was bringing her home that they would get upset but she would deal with it later cause she was her new best friend.