"WE'RE HERE!!!"
3:00 pm the next day, we finally arrived at our house.
Amari stared wide-eyed.
"I-IT'S REALLY BIG!!!"
Sayuri wasn't very surprised.
"He said a mansion... Clown said."
The house It's a large, two-story (plus maybe an attic?) stone and dark timber building.
There's a small, slightly overgrown front yard separated from the cobbled street by a low stone wall and a creaky iron gate.
Very beautiful, definitely way better than i used to live.
"I WANT TO SEE IT!!"
I quickly tried to open the door, but it was locked.
"Ah wel... Super Kic-"
Before i kicked the door, Amari gave me a "friendly punch".
"I have the keys you idiot..."
So she opened it.
Quickly i saw a cavernous foyer. The floor is a checkerboard of black and white. High above, a massive chandelier hangs, not of crystal, but of brightly colored, blown glass baubles.
Well, its definitely pretty and surprisingly clean, like someone had just cleaned it.
The three of us stood there for a while, just admiring all that beauty and elegance.
"IN GOING TO SEE THE KITCHEN!!"
I ran out of there towards the kitchen.
Amari said quietly to herself.
"Guess im gonna bath..."
She heard a voice saying from the kitchen.
"Yeah you stink!"
"A-AH?! I-ITS NOT MY FAULT IM POOR SINCE A WEEK AGO, A-AND YOU ALSO DO!!!"
Sayuri thought for a bit.
"He's right tho."
"SHUT UP!"
"Well... Im gonna choose my room... IT'S GONNA THE LARGEST ONE MUAHAHAH!"
She ran out of there towards the 2nd floor, where only the bedrooms were.
I opened the freezer.
"IT'S FULL!! Oh wow, so much delicious food!"
I stopped, realizing something
"Wait... Clown said there was a present for us... What could it be... OH WAIT I KNOW!! IT'S THIS FREEZER and..."
I opened the pantry, also full.
"THIS PANTRY!!!"
Well i liked it.
Then i heard footsteps on the stairs, going down to meet me.
"Well, i already choosed my room... You turn."
I walked out of the pantry and quickly saw her face.
"Oh Sayuri! Ok!"
I ran out of there towards the second floor.
The second floor was just corridors, left and right, full of doors.
"Hmmmm what should i choose..."
I heard the sounds of water hitting the ground near where I was.
"Hm? Whats that..."
I started to walk in the direction of that sound which led me to a door.
What could it be? Do we have a water park inside our house?
I opened that door, and-
"W-WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!"
Amari was there, taking a bath.
"Oh, sorry!"
I closed the door.
Hm let me see... that is not a room, so the other doors should be.
I went to one, there was some stickers and things writted on it.
The things were: "DON'T YOU DARE COME IN HERE! (without permission)" "ROOM OF THE GREAT, COOL, WHO WILL BE THE GREATEST WIZARD IN THE WORLD, SAYURI!!!" And a lot of "danger" symbols.
"Oh that's Sayuri's room... Ok! I just need to find a open on- Wait a second..."
I saw something that caught my attention. At the end of the corridor, there were stairs, some white stairs leading up.
"Oh wait, THAT'S FOR THE ATTIC?! THIS IS GONNA BE MY ROOM FOR SURE!!"
I quickly ran and climbed those stairs, opening a trapdoor and coming out on the attic.
It was pitch black, i couldn't see a thing.
Still.
"THIS IS SO COOL! WOO-"
I felt something running between my legs, which made me fall onto that dirty floor.
"Ah... what was that... Well."
I stood up.
"Think I need a flashlight or something... Wait, are there flashlights here? So I think a lamp or something?"
I threatened to go downstairs, but then I heard Sayuri's voice shouting from the first floor.
"GUYS!! I FOUND SOMETHING!!!"
Instantly, I had an idea. What if I didn't leave there and stayed hidden? Haha, just imagine them wasting time looking for me and-
"IT'S A CAT!!!"
Ok i need to see that.
I quickly threw myself down the stairs and ran to the first one.
There, was Sayuri, holding a cat, but one I had never seen before.
That animal was yellow, completely yellow, had black eyes and was extremely fat.
And something even stranger, that thing was literally smiling.
Sayuri was just there, with a serene face, holding that animal under her paws.
But even with that creepy smile, that animal was very cute.
"OH! SO CUTE! WHAT'S HIS NAME!?"
Before Sayuri could say anything, Amari appeared coming down the stairs, wearing blue pajamas, with wet hair and yawning.
"Whats going o- WAAAAAAAH!"
Now the three of us are in the kitchen.
Amari widened her eyes and ran towards Sayuri.
"SO CUTEEEEEEEEEE!! LET ME PET..."
...
"HIM!"
As soon as Amari tried to touch the animal, Sayuri dodged back and jumped onto the dining table.
"STAND BACK MORTALS!! I WAS THE ONE WHO FOUND THIS CAT, SO I DECIDE WHAT WE WILL DO WITH HIM!!"
Sayuri was holding him like a title or something, in a very proud way.
Me and Amari looked at her, both a bid irritated.
"Augh, fine... BUT YOU'RE NOT CHOOSINT HIS NAME!!"
"AND GET OUT OF THE TABLE!!"
Sayuri tilted her head.
"Ah? What you mean... WE'RE SELLING HIM!!"
This was a shock for me and Amari.
Amari yelled.
"WHAT?! W-WHAT?!?"
I was very angry.
"W-WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? W"
Sayuri looked up.
"Ohhhh right, i forgot you are foreigners..."
She sighed.
"This cat, is a Persona cat."
We looked at her confused.
Amari said.
"Persona?... What you mean?"
"It's a cat breed, and not just any cat... IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE!! I WOULD SAY IT'S WORTH THE SAME AS THIS HOUSE!!"
Amari and I looked confused at each other.
Then we looked at Sayuri and said at the same time.
"So?..."
Sayuri was irritated with us.
"SO WE'RE GOING TO SELL HIM, AND WITH THAT MONEY WE'RE GOING TO LIVE HERE!! This cat is Clown's gift!!"
Sayuri simply said, confused.
"But we already have money..."
I completed.
"Yeah... Well you have."
Sayuri became pissed off after hearing that.
"W-WHAT?! D-DO YOU THINK I CAN AFFORD ALONE THIS MANSION, WITH 3 PEOPLE LIVING IN IT!?"
Amari said quietly.
"Well uh... We can do the missions."
I shouted.
"YEAH! NO WAY WE'RE SELLING THE CAT!!"
Amari shouted too.
"YEAH OF COURSE!! HE'S GOING TO BE OUR PET!!!"
Before Sayuri could speak, we heard the bell ringing.
I looked at the door.
"Hm well, Amari go on."
"What!? No, im in pijamas!!"
"Wait why are you wearing that?! Its 4pm!!"
Sayuri, still on the table said quietly.
"I can't go because... Im holding the cat!"
"THATS NOT AN EXCUSE... Damn it..."
So i heard the bell again.
"IM COMING!!"
i went there and opened the door.
Sayuri and Amari were left alone.
The two stared at each other, after a while Amari tried to jump and grab the cat, but Amari dodged.
"GIVE ME HIM!!"
"AH? WHY?!"
Amari tried to jump again.
"B-Because... HE IS HEAVY AND YOU'RE VERY WEAK TO CARRY HIM!!"
Sayuri took another step back, almost falling off the table.
"THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE!!"
Amari jumped on the table.
"J-Just... YOURE NOT GOING TO SELL HIM!!"
Amari approached Sayuri and tried to grab the cat.
"I-I DIDN'T WANT TO SELL HIM, BUT ITS THE ONLY WAY!!"
"T-THERES GONNA BE OTHER!"
Amari jumped on top of Sayuri, and the two fell to the floor.
They started to squabble, and the cat quickly ran away, climbing onto the table and watching everything with a big smile on his face, appreciating.
The two started pulling each other's hair, a very... childish fight.
"THE CAT IS MINE!!"
"I JUST WANT WHAT'S BETTER FOR US!"
"BUT THE CAT IS A CAT!"
"A CAT! NOT A-"
They suddenly stopped, looking at the door.
There was I, looking a bit confused at them.
"Uh? Whats goin on?..."
As soon as they saw me, the two lying on the floor slowly began to look terrified.
"N-No Kai... Don't you da-"
I opened a very wide excited smile.
"WHAT YOU DOING?! I WANT TO PLAY THAT TOO!!"
"NO KAI!!! DON'T DO TH-"
"HERE I GO!!!"
"NOOO-"
I jumped on top of the 2.
...
Some time later, the three of us are standing.
They are both very exhausted, tired in front of me.
I am smiling a lot.
"Hahaha, i won!"
They both yelled at the same time.
"WON WHAT?!"
I was just there, laughing proudly, while the two sighed.
Amari looked down.
"Well, who was it?"
"Oh the door? Well..."
I gave them a wrapped letter.
"It was the mailman i think. He asked me things like "who should this house be named after?" I said Kai of course. He also asked if I would accept some things or something, and in the end he gave me this."
Amari and Sayuri looked at the paper interested, as they opened it.
Amari said.
"Oh maybe a letter from Clown?"
And then, she opened it and started to read.
As she read on, she became more and more frightened until.
"THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF BILLS WE MUST PAY!"
Sayuri grabbed the paper and read the values.
"O-OH THATS HUGE!!... I CAN'T PAY ALL THAT ALONE!"
She looked at us 2.
"THIS MEANS WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SELL THE CAT!"
Amari looked at Sayuri, gritting her teeth, but kind of seeing that she had no choice.
"B-But, we we... t-the missions! W-We can see that!"
I was also kinda desperate.
"Y-YEAH! WE ARE SUICIDERS AFTER ALL!!"
Sayuri sighed and then dramatically pointed at the cat that was in the table sleeping.
"FINE! IF YOU WANT THE HARD WAY... Buttttttt..."
She pointed at herself, with the other hand on her hip.
"IM GONNA CHOOSE HIS NAME!"
Amari and I trembled a little, already expecting what was to come.
"And what it would be."
Sayuri looked at the sides, blushed a bit and said.
"MelMel."
This genuinely surprised Amari and I, we weren't expecting it.
Amari looked at me suprised.
"Wait, that's actually not bad."
I nodded.
"Yeah, It would be good if she were to name her attacks like that too..."
Sayuri was petting that guy's belly on the table.
"Ohh whos my little prince? My little, overweight, fluffy furball? Melmelmelmelmel-"
Amari shouted.
"IT DOESN'T EVEN SEEM LIKE YOU WANTED TO SELL HIM 5 SECONDS AGO!"
"Melmelmelmelmel..."
"Thinking now, why did she name him that?... Mel... Mel... AH! DON'T TELL ME THAT'S HOW SHE HEARS MEOWMEOW-
Then suddenly, a the bell rang again.
Both girls said.
"Kai!"
"Hey I went before! Now it-"
Sayuri, without stopping to caress the kitten, just said.
"Im busy."
"PETTING A CA-"
Amari said.
"You're the man of the house, go on."
Stupid excuses...
I sighed and went to the door.
God, I haven't even had time to choose my room yet, and it must be quite late... I'm not going to make dinner then, am I?! That's all I need!!
I put my hand on the door handle as i opened it.
"Im here, the owner of this house... Wait if im the owner of this house, i actually should be the one that-... What..."
I looked at my chest, there was a knife stuck in it with blood leaking out.
I slowly looked up, and saw a man at the door slowly removing it from my chest.
"You brats..."
I fell back, clutching my chest and screaming in despair.
The man, he had a raccoon mask, a black jacket and black pants, holding a bloody knife in his right hand.
His hair was completely covered by the hat, and his face, even though we couldn't see it, looked like someone tired, or fed up, but not very angry, maybe confident.
He was quite tall, definitely not one of those 3 we saw before.
As I spat blood on the floor, screaming in pain, he simply grabbed me by the neck with one hand, making me float, and made me face him face to face.
He said very slowly, with a very heavy voice.
"Who are you. You insolent brats. I am the protector of the Raccoon. When you mess with my young, it is the protector's responsibility to protect them."
With just one hand, he threw me to the side, with such absurd force that I only lost speed when I hit the wall, falling to the ground.
"KAI?! IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT!?"
I heard this voices coming from the kitchen, It was Sayuri or Amari.
Oh no, if they come here I don't know what might happen... Damn it! This hurts so much I can't get off the ground and stop screaming!
These guy seem so strong, I don't know if they can deal with him... I-I... GODDAMIT!