Prank Wars

Mis-Matched Match Making

After the rather frightening incident with Masako and the sugar, things became quite boring at the villa. It had already been three days and the dark haired medium refused to leave her room. Embarrassed at the fact that the team had seen her in such an... unsightly way, as she put it.

Yasu had been missing for the majority of the time, sometimes Mai swore she heard an evil cackle in the middle of the night, but by that time, she had been too tired to focus.

It was now just after lunch and everyone had spread throughout the villa. Monk and Ayako sat by the pool while John had hidden away with Masako to try and get her to cheer up and enjoy the vacation. Lin was in the kitchen with Madoka and Naru's parents while said narcissist was... well, Mai didn't really know where he was but somehow, she had a bad feeling about his absence.

It was the kind of feeling when SPR was on a case and Mai knew they were in danger. Oh no. This feeling twisted her stomach and made her feel uneasy as she cast her eyes across the front garden, broken porcelain from the tea party still visible from when they had gotten too tired to continue cleaning.

Unsettled by the odd absence of her dark haired boss, Mai was about to go inside and out of the heat when she saw one of the bushes move. Startled, she let out a small squeak before her eyes narrowed. 'Was that ... a tail?'

Edging slowing over to the foliage she grabbed the leaves and was about to pull it back when whatever had moved it earlier jumped out of the push and tackled her, causing the brunette to scream and fall backwards, her hands grasping at her attacker.

Once she realised that her attacker fluffy and small, she cracked open one of her eyes and looked down at the creature on her chest before a sound of pure affection left her lips and she lifted the small animal to eye level as she sat up. In her hands was a small kitten, grey in colour and piercing green eyes. It's small face made it look like a miniature lion that had been attacked by a balloon and the sleepy look it had as it rested in her hand made it look far too adorable for Mai to resist.

"Hey there little guy." She cooed softly, patting it between the ears as its tail wrapped around her wrist in a playful gesture. "Where'd you come from?"

Feeling slightly silly for talking to a kitten, Mai stood up slowly and gently moved the small cat to the bend of her arm. It was then that she noticed the collar and looked at the small tag. On it in small, cursive letters was: 3. Missy

Blinking at the odd number in the tag, she shrugged it off before heading for the front door. It was boiling outside and the poor kitten must have been thirsty.

"Luella! Madoka! I need your help!" Mai called, too engrossed in the small creature in her arms that she didn't realise that due to her record of getting into all sorts of trouble, both paranormal and not, her words had panicked the two women into running all the way from the kitchen to the front door.

"Mai! What's wrong? What happened?" Madoka started, looking the girl over before her eyes grew wide as she saw the kitten practically asleep in the young woman's arms. "How cute!"

The pink haired woman screeched as she grabbed the kitten, ignoring Luella and Mai's warning and before any of them could react, the once sleepy kitten hissed, claws out and scratching at Madoka, slashing the woman's hand and cheek.

"Ow!" Madoka yelled, dropping the kitten and watching it bolt away.

"Madoka!" Mai yelled, panic at the now missing kitten and slight hurt that it had been Madoka who had taken the small creature from her. But before they could dwell on the matter as a scream was heard from the back of the villa and the three women took off.