The cat by the river.

[doomsdaylee]

Leko prowled around the river he had decided to nap at, uneasy. He had awakend from his nap, and begun to feel very anxious at how alone he was. The Nekomata was by no means a needy monster, but he was very used to the constant noise of his family when he awoke. Looking around, Leko saw the mostly flat plane he had saw before he fell asleep last night. Sniffing the air, he found that nothing had changed. The tree that stood, alone, by the river still contained two sleeping birds in a nest, as well as a squirrel, and he was no closer to finding either his family, or the little demon they had "adopted". The Nekomata let out a quiet, short growl, the one all of his speices could make, in nervousness, closing his eyes as he paced to assure himself everything was all right. He just needed to work the anxiety out of his nerves.

[~Flonnedre Scarlet~]

Twenty feet away, on the other side of the river, a little Nekomata dressed as an Archer was eagerly waiting for the next fish to jump out of the water. It was little AGkins. She was paying attention to the flow of the river, and the fish that kept swimming underwater. Her eyes were open wide as she wiggles her big cat ears and sways her little furry tail. She stooped down and placed her hands on the rock close to the river, then bended her arms and leaned forward as she awaits for the next fish to jump.

In just a few seconds, one fish suddenly jumped. AGkins rose up to swipe the fish that jumped but unfortunately, she was too late to get a hold of it. "Nyaaa~! Kitty-chama shall twy again, and this time, Kitty-chama will swipe little fishy as fast as lightning, nya~!" She said to herself with a determined look in her eyes, clenching her fists and placing them close to her chests.

While talking to herself, another fish jumped up from the water. Failing to give attention, she blinked her eyes twice and was surprised that another one showed up. She swiped it as fast as she can but once again, failed to get a hold of the fish, because she was....late in her reflexes again. "Nyuu~! Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~!" AGkins cried to herself. "Kitty-chama failed to catch fishy again, nya~!" She whimpered then brought her fists to her eyes to wipe her tears away. Her tail then curled slowly.

[doomsdaylee]

Leko's ears twitched, hearing the splashs, and the slight whispers of a voice that he wasn't paying attention to. He wasn't normally one to just run up and bother people, but he needed company. Seeing what he thought to be a normal archer on the other side of the river, Leko took a few steps back. Than a few more. And then a few more still, aiming to get as far back as he could. Once he was satisfied he had enough running room, Leko took off.

The Nekomata barreled across the few steps he had put between him and the river, aiming to launch himself over the river for two reasons.
1) It should make a funny scene when an archer sees his prowess by him just randomly landing beside her.
And perhaps the most important: He didn't want to get wet. As he was running however, he caught whiff of the archer, and found it to have the scent of a cat as well! Shocked, Leko forgot to jump.

Leko shook his head feircly as he came up, happy that at least it was another Nekomata seeing this embarrassing moment, and not another demon who'd besmirch the race name. Crawling up on the side of the shore AGkins was on, he habitually began to try to clean his arms, before shaking his head, spraying water everywhere in the process, and stopped, but figedted, anxious to get himself dry.

[~Flonnedre Scarlet~]

After whimpering from the disappointment of failing to catch her snack, AGkins’ ears twitched then her tail stretched straight. She heard some foot steps from the other side of the river as if this creature was running. She suddenly felt fear, thinking it was a foul predator or nasty beast who would try to devour her. Pretty helpless at the moment, anxiety filled her heart, as she was shivering that this creature was coming to reveal itself. She slowly stepped back, then noticing she stepped upon a twig that broke. She slowly turned her head to her left to look at what she stepped on. This added more fear to her senses so she just folded her arms to her chest not knowing what to do and cry, "Nyuuuu~!"

All of a sudden, the running creature from the other side of the river revealed itself to be a male Nekomata, who out of surprise ran from out of nowhere then crashed into the river, making a big splash. The anxiety from AGkins immediately got erased, but turned into curiousness as to why someone would want to dive into the river in the goofiest fashion. She did not need to worry anymore about a beast coming out, but now wondering who this daredevil was. She dropped her arms, then gently leaned her head forward as her eyes were nothing more but dots while a big drop of sweat slowly moved downward from her head, her ears shook three times.

AGkins was curiously looking at the male Nekomata that fell into the river which crawled up into the shore. He shook his head spraying water all around them. AGkins covered herself with her arms from the sprinkles of water being scattered around then closed one of her eyes while still looking at the male Nekomata. Finally, she dropped her arms and her face was as curious as ever, with her eyes open wide. She shook her head to brush off some of the sprinkled water then looked at the male Nekomata once more and she spoke.

"Nyuu~! Chuu are a Neko too, nya~! Kitty-chama neeeeeeeeeeevvver saw a boy Neko before, nya~!" Her tail began to curl slowly inwards then stretched straight out of excitement. "Kitty-chama’s name is Andrea Geraldine but chuu can call Kitty-chama as AGkins, nya~! What’s chuur name, nya~?" She tilted her head after asking that question then blinked twice as she waits for the male Nekomata's response.

[doomsdaylee]

Leko blinked, his mind reeling from the find of another Nekomata (even if she wasn't his family), one being so little, and wearing archers clo- Hell, wearing cloths, the little one being on her own, and what he was fairly certain was a fish in his ear. Licking his paw, and combing over his ear, he found no fish, and procede to attempt to clean his ears, and than he intended to clean his tail.

Of course, this wasn't even mentioning the excitable little kitten before him. He blinked, than offered a smile, after taking a moment to decipher her adorable way of speech.
"Yeah, Males of our kind are pretty rare. I'm the only one I've ever seen. I'm Leko." He said, rubbing the little girl's hair softly.

[~Flonnedre Scarlet~]

This was the first time AGkins met Leko. She wasn’t expecting to meet a male Nekomata here by the river.

After Leko answered her, AGkins turned her eyes to Leko’s paws that touched her hair. AGkins suddenly became nervous. Since this male Nekomata was still a complete stranger to her because it was the first time she met him, she still doesn’t know this Nekomata’s real attitude. It was surprising that Leko would suddenly lay his paw on AGkins’ hair the moment they met. The male Nekomata must have seen something nostalgic from her.

Being surprised from Leko’s first actions, AGkins jumped backwards then held her hair with her two hands. "Nyuu~! W-w-wh-why are chuu doing that to Kitty-chama’s hair nya~?", she asked with a somewhat angry tone. "Don’t tell Leko-kun is flirting with wittle Kitty-chama, nya~?" AGkins puffed her cheeks then looked away in an upset mood.

[doomsdaylee]

Leko was taken aback. He liked kids, but not that way! He shook his head suddenly, taking a step back, (and nearly falling into the river again)
"N-No! Not at all! I just..I mean..That's what people do to cute kids! That's all!" He had saw others ruffleing the hair of their own children, and assumed that was what most demons did. "I didn't mean anything by it! Seriously!" Leko was more confused than upset. He had never thought his own race as attractive as others, likely becuase of growing up with 3 sisters, two of which older, who loved to spar/fight with him, not to mention her age. He racked his mind to think of something to say to calm her down.
"Ah! I just thought you had soft hair, that's all. Kinda jealous to be honest." Hey, distracting his sisters always worked.

[~Flonnedre Scarlet~]

AGkins was rather irked by the previous actions of the Nekomata who ruffled her hair and who is also a complete stranger to her. She didn't mind it if it was a close relative or close friend of hers who touched her hair, but a Neko who she just met on that similar minute and then touching her hair? AGkins thought Leko was going to do something naughty to her.

"Nyuuu~! D-d-don't do that again t-to w-wi-wittle Kitty-chama again, nya~!" She was nervous when she spoke aloud with closed eyes. "K-Kitty-chama d-don't know Leko-kun's intentions yet so Kitty-chama n-not s-s-sure if Kitty-chama can twust Leko-k-kun, nya~!" AGkins stepped back once as her ears twitched and her tail wiggled side by side.

Then all of a sudden, a familiar sound from a hungry stomach was heard in the air. AGkins wrapped her little tummy with her arms. "Nyuuu~! Kitty-chama hungwy nyaa~!" AGkins responded with teary eyes, her tail continues to wiggle.

[doomsdaylee]

Leko frowned, his heart aching for this poor Neko girl.
"Alright, we'll make a deal. I won't touch your hair again, but in return, you let me catch you a fish, because you sound pretty hungry." He offered with a smile, having nothing but good intentions for the young one. (Sorry for the short post ><)

[~Flonnedre Scarlet~]

(Hey, it's okay! ^ ^b)

AGkins smiled by the time she heard Leko helping her out to get some food. After all, she has never ever caught any fish by herself. She would mostly rely to her elder Nekomata friends to grab her a snack, but they would tease her from not being shared by some meal because she always fails in catching fish and her facial expressions are always cute yet funny. Poor AGkins.

"Nyuu~! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay~!" AGkins had an elated look on her face. "Leko-kun is gonna catch fish for Kitty-chama, nya~! Leko-kun is kind all along, nya~!" She continued her statement with her face full of glee, her eyes were sparkling as her ears twitched twice while her tail continued to wiggle.