Kyoto Floyd looked down to the aging child that would soon be a miraculous 22 years-old in just a few more minutes. With a heavy sigh she rested her cheek against the palm of her hand, finding her eyes growing heavy. Looking over to the clock her vision hazed as she studied the numbers that looked to read: 2:37 in the morning. Again sighing she stood this time and decided it would be best to go to bed and get some sleep and get up early to see how things went.

“Semenai de kesanai de makenai de

dare datte motteru hazu yuzurenai mono

ai dake yume dake kimi dake

sore dake ha hanasanai donna toki demo…”

Outlaw Star, Through the Night blared through the speakers of the alarm clock in the brunettes bedroom. Reaching over, she easily slammed her hand on the snooze button. Eyes blood shot and face puffy, she rolled her face over in the white drool covered pillow case, to see it was 5:00 in the morning. Realizing she had only gotten two and a half hours of sleeps she groaned out in disgust and rolled over to fall back asleep, but elsewhere someone was just waking up as Kyoto was just falling back into dreamland.

New eyes began to open to see the bright new world that it was easily curious about. Green eyes looked around strange walls and spying weird objects that caught its fancy. Realizing it wasn’t able to leave the small, packed, confined space it had awaken in, it finally began to grow sleepy and fell asleep.

Balling up, bringing her knees to her chest to met her nose she yawned out with a sudden bust of legs and arms as she stretched her limbs. Lying into her back she starred up at the textured ceiling that never seemed the same. Rolling her brown eyes at such and idiotic idea, she shook her head to rid herself of it. With another unexpected yawn she through the blankets off as her legs swung over the edges of the unusually high bed. Looking down at the small jump to the peach carpet, she laughed as she ascended to feel the plush carpet under her toes. With slow morning grogginess she moved about the kitchen starting the coffee that she so desperately needed and to begin to cook a couple of eggs Benedict what she was hankering for when a yowl like that of a cats rang out in her house. Faintly at first as for she stood in the kitchen, the West wing of the house. Shutting off the fire that lay beneath tipsy pan used she slowly followed the sound that was leading her to the East wing of the house…her lab. Louder now the cry was as she neared the door to her lab that read:

No entry without coat or goggles

Ignoring her own warning, she opened the door and followed the walkway back to a second door that read:

Where is your damn coat and goggles?

Ignoring that as well, she proceeded to open the door when the wailing suddenly stopped. Peeking through the crack of the door and the frame the red hair first caught her eyes, when she realized that it was the project that she had stayed up for that night. She couldn’t believe it…he was done.

~*~ 2 ~*~

Kyoto starred through the glass at the man that sat before her wide legged and eyed. Smiling, she pushed the small red button to her right and waited eagerly as the glass slid back. Timid, but curious green eyes made contact with her own anxious brown eyes as she looked him over with love.

“Hi,” She said unable to conceal her happiness as she looked to his black kitty ears, “My name is Kyoto…” She found herself beginning to stumble across her words. “I…I created you.”

His red bangs fell across his eyes as his head tilted as though he was confused. Kyoto reached out to him when his lips parted and he spoke.

“Meow.”