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Mau suddenly realized the sun was rising. "I know that... Look. The sun's rising!" he pointed to the window and sure enough, the sun was peeking out from behind the far away mountains. "Let's get breakfast ready."

Fujiro nodded. "Go fishing, kay? Oh, and if you need bait-"

"I don't need bait." Mau said defensively.

"Geez... Calm down... Don't need get all defensive..."

"I'm not being defensive!" screeched Mau. He looked meanly at Fujiro and left.

Fujiro waited until she heard the front door creak open, then shut. "What's his problem?" she muttered. Shrugging, she left Yuki's old bed and headed down the hallway, through the living room, to the kitchen. The Fluffy pulled out a dirty tray. She scrubbed at it with a sponge, wondering why Mau wasn't being particularly nice.

Mau carelessly bit at the glimmering fishes easily, tossing them next to him and adding to the large pile. "Me... Defensive... What's her problem? She can't understand I have just lost a daughter? I mean, she acts liek she understands, but, she doesn't. She's never lost a daughter, has she?" When he had a great amount of fish dead next to him, he brought it into the house and piled them on the table. "28."

"Hm?" Fujiro asked, wiping the tray dry.

"I got 28 fish."

"Oh, uh, good. We'll be full this morning."

"Yeah."

Fujiro grabbed the fishes and dumped the onto the tray. When the tray held all the fishes that were caught, she put the tray in the old oven and let it cook. "Why were you so angry at me this mornign?"

"I don't know what your're talking about."

"Whatever." Fujiro said, washing and drying dishes that had stacked up on the counter. "Why don't you go write a responding letter to Yuki?"

"Sure." He left the kitchen and headed toward the desk in the living room. When he was there, he pulled out a particularly old piece of parchmant and a pen that could barely write. Even so, he wrote:

Dear Yuki,
Honey! Your aunt shared your letter with me. We all miss you a lot, but we all realize it was for the best. We all love you! And if you need any help, you can come by! You know where we live! Also, I wouldn't say no to visits! We are having a fabulous breakfast this morning, you must smell it from where you are at the moment! Well, I have to go help your aunt now. Please always remember that I love you!
Hugs and kisses,
Your father, aunt, uncle, mother, and brother

Just after Mau folded up the letter, a crow swooped in through an open window, grabbed the letter and flew off. He shouted off to the bird, "Thank you!" Then he went back to the kitchen and told his sister, "Done."

"Good boy! And the fishes are done as well!" Fujiro pulled out the tray of cooked fish and put it on the counter for it to cool. "No touching until it's cool enough to eat. No sniping, either. That's not fair. I'm going to go make my bed. You should do the same. Clean it up, too."

As Fujiro turned around, Mau stuck his tounge out at her, but followed. He left to his room to his sleeping wife and drooling son. Cleaning up and thinking of his daughter, he hummed a tune he had sang to Yuki.

Ranea made her way hesitantly over to Woo, finding where the voice is, "I don't know, I just all the sudden was here, I used to be on a branch. Besides, nighttime is interesting." She nodded to the joining comment. "I'll come."

The golden cat watched the younger one and it didn't take long for him to fly down and land next to her. "Do you need help getting up there? If you dont its ok otherwise you can climb onto my back!" He smiled at the youngster she was young after all.

"Just watching as day turned to night, nothing more past that." Ranea walked over to the tree and put her paw on, gripping with her claws, she scrambled up the tree, now quite breathless, "I'm fine." SHe said in a pant.

"Goodness," Woo chuckled lightly, "Barely a day back home and already a little gathering is going on. So Ranea, are you hungry or have you eaten?"

She turned towards her golden companion, feeling quite warm under his gaze, though a gentle breeze made its way through the branches. It had been a long time since she had truly been around others of her kinds. Oh she knew that others where Naree lived had cats, but none who spoke to her. "It feels nice to be home again."

"I believe we should all get some rest...the night is still young. Perhaps, I wonder if we should huddle together for warmth? The night is a bit chilled from the breeze." Woo moved in a little closer to Ranea, though her eyes danced at Izraili. She spread her black, tattered wings out and wrapped them over the little blue and white cat.

Ranea was glad for the warmth but she looked back at her own small wings, "Will mine be like yours one day?" She asked, she'd like stonger wings, then she'd be able to move easier. The kitten put her head in her paws as she daydreamt.