Chapter One: The Girl

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TAKA
I was at the bar, with Ringo. We decided to get a quick drink, since Ringo is an alcoholic (Yet somehow whenever he shoots his gun, he always hits) I heard the wind chime at the door cling together, as a mysterious figure appears at the doorway. Female. Cat-like. On her back has two large metallic claws. Her slim body walks past me as her revealing clothing catches my eye. She caught me staring, as she stares me back in the eye. She doesn't say a word. She smiles at me. Under my mask, my mouth is curved in a small smile. She's beautiful, her hair and her clothing look perfect together. She walks
  over by herself to the bar, as I hear her perfect, soft voice as she talks to the bartender. I look back at Ringo, before I'm caught staring a second time. It turns out he's already passed out on the table, with his head down, and drink spilled. He drank fourteen beers, and NOW be passes out? I thought to myself. I found this as a chance to talk to the beautiful cat-like girl. I walk towards the bar, taking a seat next to her. She looks at me, with a smile curving her lips. "Hi there," She says to me.
  "Hello," I try to keep as cool as I can, but with a girl that beautiful, it's hard to keep your cool. "So what's a girl like you doing here?" I ask.
  "Well I don't really have anyone to talk to. All my friends are out of town right now, so I come here."
  "Oh," I say. Smooth move, runt. "So what's your name?" I ask.
  "Koshka. You're Taka, right?" I'm shocked that she knows my name.
  "Y-Yeah, how'd you know?"
  "I've seen you play in the Halcyon Fold. You're great."
  "Th-Thanks" I stutter. Keep your cool  idiot.
  "You seem shy" Koshka says.
  "Haha, I don't usually talk to girls." I reply. That's better...
  "Hm..." She mutters. I look down at my drink, it still being full. I'm always too lazy to take off my mask to eat or drink anything.
   "Wanna come back to my place?" Koshka asks me.
In shock, I hesitate to answer. "Oh, sure. I'll be right back." I turn to the bartender. "Excuse me, do you have a paper and pen?" The bartender nods and hands me a sticky note with a pen hooked on it.
I write a note Ditching you for a girl, sorry bro! I write on the note. I leave it on front of Ringo's passed out face and walk towards the doorway.
  "You ready?" Koshka asks.
  "Yeah," I reply.
  "I hope you like running, we're running back to my place. Follow me!" Koshka exclaims, as she dashes away.
  "Wait!" I call out. I had no choice so I just ran, following her. I was really behind, so I Kaku'd and followed her. We made it to her house. It was a large retreat. It reminded me of a Japanese Retreat.
"Wow, your house is really nice." I say. "All I have is a small hut."
  "Hah, thanks." She replies. She opens the door to her hut and I'm instantly greeted by her large living room, which is basically the size of my whole hut. "Gosh, this living room is the size of my hut..."
  "I didn't live alone here. I provided a home for a bunch of minions that had no shelter in the past. Now they all moved out, and I have a bunch of empty rooms. You can move in if you want."
I'm surprised. We just met and already considering moving in? "We just met though."
  "Doesn't matter. I'm a nice girl."
  Hot, too! I thought to myself. I felt like slapping myself for that.
I heard a crack of thunder in the distance. "Uh oh. I should get home before it starts raining."
  "It's already raining, Taka." Koshka says.
  "Damn it." I mutter.
  "You can stay here for the night, I have two guestrooms, and one extra bedroom. You can stay in the extra bedroom,"
  "Wow, thanks." Wow, this girl is really nice.

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