Find the Kitty mission

Kaitlyn cradled the Kittens and mother cat closely, her attention never leaving them. Her eyes were wide with wonder and curiosity, never having seen anything like that. Even before they had been placed in their fathers time pocket, she had been mostly sheltered to clan life. Though she knew about birth and life, she never truly questioned why it seemed so beautiful.

So enthralled by her thoughts, she barely heard what Dente was saying and began to walk out of the Kage's building, slowly rocking the mother and kittens. She was letting out a powerful warmth from the embodiment that seemed to make the kittens and mother purr in pure bliss. It was so powerful a congregation of animals would soon be following Kaitlyn outside of the Kage's office. She was subconsciously heading back towards their client.

+Turbo watched blankly as Kaitlyn was in a trance, while she walked out of the Kage's office. He didn't have much time to fully say goodbye and thanks to Dente, but figured that was enough. He quickly hurried out the office as well and was greeted with the sight of Kaitlyn having a trail of animals follow behind her, as she carried the cats. He didn't bother with calling out to her to wait for him, so he merely ran after her to catch up.+

Some time later

Kaitlyn and Turbo had returned to the Tranquil Living Quarters of Urbe Saevitum. When they arrived, they would be able to see the cat lady who had requested the mission from earlier, sitting on a bench with the rest of her cats. She looked down and a bit melancholy, while she petted the cats that tried their hardest to comfort her. The surrounding area sounded with the sad mewlings of the cats.

The woman spied from her eyes, the two ninja who had taken her request and when she saw Kaitlyn carrying the mama cat and her kittens, her eyes lit up. All the other cats took note of Kait's warm aura and found themselves drawn to her, as with their owner.

"Oh, you found my darling Cleo! Thank you two so much!" She went over and gave both Turbo and Kaitlyn kisses on the cheeks, while she kissed all seven heads of the cats. There were tears that came to her eyes and they were tears of happiness. She was glad to see all of the cats alive and well, while the other cats rejoiced in the return of their friend. "You two have made me so very happy! I'll have the money forwarded to all of your accounts, along with a little extra! Thank you two so very, very much!"

Kaitlyn was genuinely startled when the woman spoke up, snapping from her trance with an audible 'huh?'. She looked around at all of the cats and animals around her and a blush formed over her face and neck. She glanced at Turbo for a brief moment for his reaction before turning back towards the woman.

"Um...it was no problem man. Please don't hesitate to call me if another incident such as this arises." She bowed formally after reluctantly handing over the kittens and mother. She gave one last longing look at the litter before turning and heading off towards the exit of the Urbe Saevitum. "Are you coming Turbo-san?"

+Turbo followed beside Kaitlyn the entire time and was surprised with all the animals flocking to her. Back at the kage's office, she was completely different, but now it seemed as though she was back to when he had first met her. The girl was an enigma to Turbo still and he wondered what it was after the crash that made her turn cold for the moment. He smiled at her, seeing that innocent look of curiosity and joy at holding the mother cat and the litter.

When it came for them to return the cat and litter to the woman, Turbo smiled and nodded as she expressed joy with their success. Kaitlyn also adorably snapped out of her trance, which made Turbo chuckle a bit, but he piped up playfully when she turned to look at him. After that, he watched as the woman returned home with the cats.+

"All's well that ends well, I assume."

+He said softly and when asked by Kaitlyn if he were coming as well, he nodded. Turbo soon joined her in heading towards the exit to the village.+

"Yeah, let's go."

Kaitlyn didn't speak a word until they were almost out of the village. Once they were approaching the actual gate itself, she turned to Turbo and bowed to him, bending until she formed a perfect 90 degree angle.

"I'm sorry Turbo-san, but from here on out I think we should travel apart. There is something that I have to do alone. Something I overlooked ever since coming here. I would love to stay with you and build our rivalry, but as rivals, we shouldn't be together like this anyway. It has nothing to do with you and I'm sorry if I made you worry."

She stood back up and looked Turbo in the eye, yet her own seemed to be clouded over as if she were lost in thought. Something was making her hair stand on end, yet she didn't focus on it too much. Her mind was still processing how truly weak she was.

'I will get rid of the weakness in me. Only then can I truly call myself a Kusanagi.'

He was approaching the entrance to the Urbe Saevitum when he felt it.

'Kaitlyn...' He whispered in his mind. The first of his younger sisters was nearby. The excitement made him want to rush to her, however, the fright of what she would say or do when she saw him also made him apprehensive. 'I don't think I have enough power to give her memories back and mom's all the way on another continent. If I go to her now and claim to be her brother, things will only get awkward. Nia would probably be more rational about it but...'

Reiji felt his other sisters energy somewhere in Esperanza. He had by passed the area on a whim. It's not that he cared more for Kaitlyn, but she was also the more hot headed of the two. He wanted to make sure she was okay since he knew Nia would be doing just fine.

He suddenly stumbled in his step as he was about to cross the threshold into the Urbe Saevitum. "What the hell?" He audibly called in a shaken voice. "A...vampire?"

Not just a vampire, a god damn matriarch at that! He could feel her power clearly and it was heading at an alarming rate straight for Kaitlyn. "No fucking way!" He called as his eyes flashed a burning orange. Mustering up as much power as he could, Reiji's back exploded with two burning wings spanning ten meters each before he launched himself forward, leaving a powerful backdraft that would rip shingles from rooftops as he headed to meet with the opposing power.

The ground rumbled and turned watery at the feet of all those in the Tranquil Living Quarters and those at the entrance of the village. Though it didn't feel like water, the ground surely rumbled. That was the kage, Dente, communicating through the ground to all the civilians and available shinobi and magicians around.

"Civilians of Urbe Saevitum! This is your kage, Dente Wolfheart making a serious announcement. I want everyone to take cover immediately within the closet building and stay inside. There is a terror near the Milk Lover's Cafe and I want everybody to stay away from the area, until further notice. This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill!" He warned and hoped that the civilians would heed his message quickly, before anything terrible happened. "Annabelle and Vermillion, I need you two to head over to that area immediately and assess the situation. All other guardsmen, shinobi and magician, go and assist them. We will not let this get out of hand!" Dente commanded and his voice boomed with authority. He was not pleased.