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Kamu was clinging to mahii's leather-clad arm, trying desperately to sink her teeth through the leather into mahii's arm. She wasn't succeeding very well. Apparently the Tailless one wasn't as stupid as Kamu thought she was. This hard material protecting her soft underskin was proving recalcitrant.

mahii sighed and attempted once again to detach the child from her arm. She was getting hungry herself, and wanted to go out to get those bandages she had never gotten around to getting. mahii finally succeeded and Kamu found herself wrapped in a towel that mahii had been keeping handy. She was bound so tightly that she couldn't move her arms or legs. mahii had sufficiently trapped her. Kamu saw the inside of a bag and she found herself looking at the ceiling from a shoulder bag.

mahii sighed and walked out of the room, hoping that Kamu didn't get out.

mahii pushed open the door to the room she was sharing with Kamu. The little terror was actually being calm for once in her arms, little mouse inbetween her little, sharp teeth. mahii thanked whoever was watching out for her for allowing her to make it from Nanashi's room to her room without being bitten.

She set Kamu down on the shredded bed the little cat-girl baby called her own and booted up the computer.

Kamu pulled her mouse out of her mouth and narrowed her eyes. The Winged Baby had provided an interesting challenge. Not a bad challenge, but a good one. Kamu was intrigued by her. She was pretty sure she had acquired an alliance, if maybe a shaky one.

The computer finished booting and mahii sat down at the screen to check her email. As usual, she had none. She wondered if maybe the House was preventing contact from the outside world, or if she just wasn't getting emails.

Kamu yowled suddenly and mahii nearly fell out of her chair trying to spin around to see what was going on. The baby was sitting on her feet, yowling as loud as possible. mahii stood quickly and saw that the mouse was next to the baby, so what could be going on? She tried the first thing she thought of, "are you hungry, Kamu? Does food sound good?" The baby kept yowling and mahii raised an eyebrow, "what's going on!?" There was no help from Kamu on this front and mahii walked closer. A faint smell wafted up from the baby and mahii sighed, "Oh. Right. Great."

let the diaper changing begin...

Kamu rolled over onto all fours, sniffing at the night air. Her eyes go very wide, and she senses something within the House. It's speaking to her, but not in a language. She stuffs a bit of blanket in her mouth and chews thoughtfully, thinking about how to get out of the room. She'll need to awaken the Tailless One to open the blasted door.

That decided, the little halfbreed clambered down from her bed and over to mahii's. The woman was asleep, snoring softly, all her blankets askew on her bed. Kamu woke her up in the only way the little girl knew. She bit her shoulder.

"HOLY MOTHER FUH---kamu...right. what is it?" mahii was used to being shredded. Not the healthiest life. But she promised to take care of the little darling. Kamu pointed at the door and mahii rolled her eyes and donned the protective leather gear to pick up Kamu with. She carried the little one to the door and opened it, but at that moment, Kamu wriggled out of her grasp and bolted pretty damned fast for a baby down the hallway. "KAMU! HEY!" mahii slouched and started after the baby.

Kamu was making her way to the main room as fast as her little knees could scuttle her. The Tailless One was unnecessary at this junction. She made it to the main room and peered around. What was going on tonight?

((continued in meeting place. kinda. XD))

"FIND BIG-CAT!" Kamu screamed again. It was the middle of the night and the words that mahii didn't even know Kamu could say were erupting from the little lynx-girl's mouth. Kamu was clawing at the door over and over again, leaving deep gouges in the wood.

"kamu! breathe! hey! we can talk about it! Kamu?" mahii was so lost as to what the little girl was trying to tell her. Even though it should have been quite plain. Kamu turned to mahii and with a claw still embedded in the wood of the door, hissed angrily. The House had instructed her and the Tailless One was too stupid to let her out!

mahii prayed silently to the House that it had made the walls soundproof. She donned her protective gear and went to pick up Kamu. Instantly the little kitten became a whirlng ball of teeth, claws, skin and fur. mahii felt a claw scrape under her eye and she winced, setting the girl on her bed with a thump, hard enough to jar, but not injure, "now look here, Girlie! I'm getting quite tired of you tearing holes in me. Now you have to calm down and tell me with or without words what the heck's goin on!"

The Tailless One's outburst shocked Kamu. Normally she just took everything lying down with her non-existent tail between her legs. Kamu sat back and munched on her mouse that she always kept handy.

"ok..." mahii said. "now that we've calmed a bit, I'm going to ask you questions. I know you understand me. If it's a yes, nod. Can you nod, Kamu?" Kamu nodded, interested by this new game. "ok. and if it's a no, shake your head. Can you do that?" Kamu complied. Maybe this was the way to get the Tailless One to follow orders.

mahii sat down in her computer chair and spun to face her errant child, "alright. So. You keep saying, 'find big-cat.' Do you need to find some kind of wild animal?" Kamu nodded. "ok...do you know why? and can I know why?" Kamu nodded and shook her head in order. This game was fun! It made her head go spinny!

A few more questions and Kamu was sufficiently dizzy. mahii frowned to herself as her child grinned almost drunkenly. She was going to need advice. The best person in the House she knew for that was Nanashi. Kamu could see Iole again that way too.

She picked Kamu up and winced, waiting for the scratching and biting. None came, thankfully--Kamu was too dizzy to care that she was being held. "c'mon, Love. We're going to Iole's Daddy's room."

Kamu purred as they left the room.

mahii flopped herself back on her bed, sighed heavily and rolled her eyes over to her charge. She could almost think of Kamu as her little cat-daughter. Once she stopped getting masticated it would be easy to do so. She sat in the silence, enjoying her first moment of peace during waking hours since she had been given care of Kamu. Said cat-girl was petting Az over and over, trying to get errant fur to lie flat on his sleek black head. The kitten, having gotten over batting playfully at Kamu's hand, lay on the floor and drowsily enjoyed the sensation of a headrub.

For all Kamu could do, his fur would not lie flat and it was starting to drive her little baby self a little batty. She didn't know why, but it had to lie flat! She pet continually and eventually licked his head. Az's green eyes flickered open a little surprised. He mewled and shook his head. The little spit that had managed to keep the fur plastered in place dried and his fur boinged up again.

Kamu growled in disbelief. HOPELESS! She started to lick his head fervently, trying to get his fur to lie flat. Az shook his head again as the spit made his skull wet. He jumped on Kamu and rolled over on her, illiciting little shrieks that caused mahii to roll out of bed.

mahii hit the floor with her face and sat up, rubbing it carefully, eyes screwed up in pain. She was the Charlie Chaplin of her universe. There was no helping it. She sat up and saw Kamu and the BIG kitten wrestling on the floor. From her vantage, it looked like Kamu's arm was getting chewed off. She yelled and ran over to drag Kamu away, but Kamu sunk sharp little teeth into mahii's arm. The little girl jumped back into the fray and giggled as Az wrestled with her.

mahii grabbed the disinfectant. It lived on her side table nowadays. A good ten or so minutes later, mahii bandaged up and the kids comfortably resting on each other, Kamu started flattening Az's head fur again.