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[iriomotewarrior]

Greetings.

Hello!

I am Maya, an Iriomote cat.

And I'm Mr. Tadakichi a purebred Great Pyrenees.

We have been told we are here to...save the world.

Pretty tall order if you ask me.

Yes...we have also been told that there is a chance people we know from our home may be here...if anyone knows the location of Sakaki, Chiyo, Koyomi, Kagura, Osaka, Kaorin or even...Tomo.

we really miss them alot.

If not could you please direct us to the closest livable home for us?

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[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness, I was beginning to worry there wouldn't be normal cats here.

You don't know he's a normal cat yet~

Good point...never the less it's a pleasure to meet you Firestar of Thunderclan. I am Maya and this is my friend Mr. Tadakichi.

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

I am a normal cat, Maya. At least, as normal as I can be. I am a Clan leader and have more than one life.

...And Thundermane, come over here and talk.

Uh, hi.

This is Thundermane, my partner.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

More then one life...interesting.

I always heard that cats have nine lives.

...in my experience this is not the case but I'm open to new ideas.

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

Most don't. I was granted my lives from StarClan in order to lead my Clan. It is a difficult things for non-Clan cats to accept, but it is the truth.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

Star...clan...

You OK Maya buddy?

Cats with stars in their fur?

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

...Yes. How did you know?

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

I...

Maya?

When I was younger...not long ago my mother died. That night cats with stars in their fur came to me...and lit the path for me to seek out a new home amongst the people. The willed me to seek out a human who had shown me kindness once.

They called themselves StarClan.

Wow Maya...you never told me that story!

I-I thought it was a dream.

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

...It is not unheard of for kittypets or loners to have dreams of StarClan. They only seek those out that truly have a warrior's spirit, though. You...are a very, very blessed cat.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

Kittypets? Loners? I'm just a cat...albit I've been told I'm an endangered species.

Aw I always knew you were special Maya! Remember you saved Sakaki and Chiyo from all those stray cats.

I got lucky...I was starving and exhausted.

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I've grown so accustom with talking to my Clanmates lately... A loner is a cat who lives outside of a group. A kittypet is a cat who lives with humans.

And if I've been hearing you correctly, it sounds like you're a loner turned kittypet. To fight off a group of cats by yourself...it is no easy feat.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

I suppose that makes sense...we didn't have any organized groups back home. My mother raised me from a kit but she died and the cats with stars in their fur lit my path far from my home through the cities to my human.

But she couldn't keep him! Her mom is allergic to cats! So my human let's him live with us till his human can have her own home.

I-it really wasn't a fight...I just scared them off by standing up to them...

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

Allergic? I'm not familiar with this concept, sorry.

Standing up to a stronger enemy is still very brave, Maya.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

Um...I'm told it means that I...irritate her physically.

Allergic can mean alot of things, like sneezing.

T-thank you Firestar.

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard of that before. Puzzling...but interesting. I suppose there are still a lot of things about humans I've yet to learn.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

I'm still learning myself...Mr. Tadakichi has been a huge help.

I've lived with Chiyo my whole life so I'm kinda an expert on humans!

Urm...yes. A human kit has invited us to stay with him at a place called an Inn? Do you know of this sort of thing Firestar?

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

I used to have housefolk myself. I still don't know everything about humans, though, obviously.

Why, yes. Hinata Inn, is it? Some of my friends live there.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

Um...I am not sure he simply said an Inn.

His name was Hana. Is Hana a friend?

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

Hana... I haven't heard of that human kit. Is the Inn he mentioned in Tetha?

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

I...I'm sorry he didn't say.

Just invited us to stay and said his mother wouldn't mind.

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. It's alright, Maya. I will assume it's Tetha. The owners of the Hyperion in Neon City probably wouldn't invite anyone there in these times...

Do you have any way of reaching it?

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

Hana said he would come to pick us up.

I hope it's not far away, all this excitement has burnt me out.

I'm sorry but...what did you mean by "These times"?

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

I would trust the little kit, then.

...Oh. Just...these have been hard times lately. Neon City has seen a lot of violence.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

I'm still skeptical.

Maya is slow to trust but not me! I can tell when someone's got a good heart.

What kind of violence? Should we be worried?

[thunderleader.livejournal.com]

I can understand it - it took me awhile to trust humans as well.

All...kinds of violence... [clears throat] Just watch out for a duck that wears clothes, a very fat man, and an odd looking [pause and then continues] "metal" man with a cleaver.

[iriomotewarrior.livejournal.com]

...a duck?