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Sana Futaba's Story: Episode 2

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Part 1


Once my family cut me off, I spent a lot more time outside.
The mood at home was so bad, they didn't even care about my curfew.
Still, just because I could stay out late didn't mean I had the courage to go wild.
It's not like I had any friends to go wild with, anyway...
So I just drifted around aimlessly, with no goal or place to be.
We're having a special sale today! Huge discounts on all our meats!
Hey, you hear what happened in class today?
A movie this weekend? Sounds great! There's that one I really wanted to see!
All right... Next stop... KARAOKE!
...
All the voices in the busy city washed right by me.
Students chatting after school... Happy couples on dates... Families with glowing smiles...
I walked alongside them, alone.
But then the unimaginable happened...
I made a friend! Someone that would stay by my side!
(School's finally over...)
(Time to see my friend!)
Excuse me, do you have a moment?
Er, I...
It's just a simple survey. It won't take up much of your time!
Please! It'll only take five minutes!
Oh, but I'm...
So you will? Could you just come over here?
I...I can't right now!
Oh...
Excuse me! I...I have to be going!
I don't think I'd ever refused someone so bluntly like that before.
Normally I wouldn't have been able to. I'd have no reason to...
But this time I had a friend to meet! That excitement urged me on.
So I sprinted away as fast as I could to the usual spot.
*Wheeze* There you are...
You waited for me!

Part 2

There you are... You waited for me!
Miss Purrs!
Meooow!
Miss Purrs, the white kitten. I came up with her name.
I got it from the name of the show,
Ever since I found Miss Purrs in that small alley, I'd been visiting her every day.
Miss Purrs is my friend. At least, I think she is. I could be wrong, though.
Miss Purrs! I brought some more food for you today.
Here you go! Eat up.
Meooow!
I didn't talk to anyone at school today. Or at home either, actually...
You're the first one who's talked to me today.
Thanks... Thanks for listening, Miss Purrs.
Meooow!
*Giggle* So cute...
Hey, Miss Purrs?
You probably live in an animal village, huh?
That's where and all the animals from the TV show live...
If you do live in a place like that, I wish you'd take me there...
At this point I was just...living.
I wasn't trying to accomplish anything with my life.
It's not like anyone needed me.
I wasn't contributing to anything.
But I was too scared to die.
So I just kept on going...
Miss Purrs... I'm so tired...
The human world is way too cruel.
Please take me away to wherever it is that you live...
Meooow!
I'm sorry... I know...
Humans can't live there, can they?

Part 3


Miss Purrs and I would meet like this every day.
This time we spent together was more important to me than anything else.
The last peaceful escape I had...
But then...
Hey, Miss Purrs! I brought a new snack for you to try!
...
Miss Purrs?
...
Miss Purrs!
I kept calling her name, but she was nowhere to be found...
I stayed there for hours and hours, just waiting for her...
Where are you, Miss Purrs?
She didn't come back the next day...
Miss Purrs...
Or the day after that...
Where did you go?
I decided to look for her all over the city.
I hunted high and low, calling her name the whole time.
Miss Purrs? Miss Purrs?
(Not here either...)
(Where are you?)
Miss?
Ahh! Y-y-yes!
Oh, I'm sorry. Did I scare you?
It's just, this is the back of my store.
I came out to throw away the trash and saw you wandering around...
What are you doing here?
Oh, uh... I was just...
You know, there's a bunch of stray cats in this area.
I found scraps of food around here, so somebody must have been feeding them...
Is that pet food you have there?
Um, I'm just... Um... I was looking for Miss Purrs, so...
Stray cats are a real problem around here.
Some guys from the health department came to take care of them earlier...
No idea if they were actually able to get rid of any of them, though...
What?
Anyway, my point is that we don't want anyone feeding the cats here.
...
Uh, hello?
*Sob*
Huh?
S-sorry... I'm sorry...
Oh no, you don't have to cry...
I-I'm really sorry!

All I could do was run away.

Part 4


The days after that were terrible.
I'm still not sure why Miss Purrs vanished...
I think I was afraid of understanding why.
Eventually I came up with my own idea about what happened.
Maybe she went back to that animal village.
Maybe because I told her about it... Maybe she got the urge to go there.
I'm not giving up, though.
Fish is on sale today! It's 30% off!
Seriously. I can barely stay awake in that class.
Yeah, that one, that video! The next episode just got uploaded yesterday!
...
...
...!
There you are!
Miss Purrs! It had to be her!
As soon as I thought I saw her, I started running as fast as I could.
*Pant* *Pant*...
She's not here...

It's happened a few times already. I always seemed to just miss her...
I kept wishing that some kind of miracle would happen.
One that would bring Miss Purrs back to me...
Time continued to pass, with absolutely no sign of her.

...
I searched for days and days... But I never saw Miss Purrs again...
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