Musical Endeavors of A Dog (Gluttony)

ooc: Nai shall be in a random alley right next to the cafe. He'd be too scared to go into a cafe alone. So... SINGING TIME! >D

"Kieru hikoukigumo bokutachi wa miokutta
Mabushikute nigeta itsudatte yowakute
Ano hi kara kawarazu
Itsumademo kawarazu ni irarenakatta koto
Kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu"

A soft voice, sounding almost like a girl's but at the same time a boy's, drifted through the streets of Central. It leaked through the walls of almost every building. The words were in pure Japanese, and the voice seemed to be singing the song Tori No Uta (Song of the Birds). Just outside Central's cafe, there was a dark alleyway next to it. The alley seemed to be the source of the soft, seemingly well-trained singing voice.

"ano tori wa mada umaku tobenai kedo
itsuka wa kaze wo kitte shiru
todokanai basho ga mada tooku ni aru
negai dake himete mitsumeteru"

More words flowed out of the alley. There, sitting not too far from the alley's entrance, was a small boy who looked around ten, even though he was really fourteen. His hair was blonde, and his eyes were a deep blue. Two cat ears sprouted from his head, and a long tail seemed to come out of his pants. The boy was wearing a blue State uniform, though it was a few sizes too big for him. It was hard to find state uniforms that fit him at his size. The neko boy had a song book in his hands, and he was singing the song from the book. He didn't look like the kind of boy you'd find working for the State Military, and it was actually a mystery as of how he was accepted as a State Alchemist. Then again, his alchemy skills were incredible. He had read just about every book there was on alchemy since he was five. More soft, musical words escaped his mouth. He wasn't sure if anyone was listening to him, and if there was, he'd instantly stop singing. Having an audiance wasn't something he'd enjoy, expessially when you're as shy and timid as him.

"kodomotachi wa natsu no senro aruku
fuku kaze ni suashi wo sarashite
tooku ni wa osanakatta hibi wo
ryoute ni wa tobidatsu kibou wo"

ooc: fail. x3

ooc: XD

"kieru hikoukigumo oikakete oikakete
kono oka wo koeta ano hi kara kawarazu itsumademo
massugu ni bokutachi wa aru youni
watatsumi no youna tsuyosa wo mamoreru yo kitto
ano sora wo mawaru fuusha no hanetachi wa
itsumademo onaji yume miru
todokanai basho wo zutto mitsumeteru
negai wo himeta tori no yume wo"

The neko boy kept singing the song from the book, his soft voice hitting each not perfectly. He couldn't even tell that there was a man watching him. His deep blue eyes were locked on the book, and his right neko ear only twitched at the slight screech of a chair against the pavement. He just thought of it as someone from the cafe getting up to leave, or a waiter/waitress cleaning up a table or something.

"furikaeru yaketa senro oou
nyuudougumo katachi wo kaetemo
bokura wa oboete ite douka
kisetsu ga nokoshita kinou wo
kieru hikoukigumo oikakete oikakete
hayasugiru aizu futari waraidashiteru itsumademo
massugu ni manazashi wa aru youni
ase ga nijindemo te wo hanasanai yo zutto
kieru hikoukigumo bokutachi wa miokutta
mabushikute nigeta itsudatte yowakute
ano hi kara kawarazu
itsumademo kawarazu ni irarenakatta koto
kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu."

The rest of the song slipped out of his mouth. The boy carefully closed the song book he was holding. That was when he felt the gaze of the man. His blonde cat eats flattened against his head, blending into his hair. The young boy hesitated before glancing up to see who was watching him. It was spikey, blonde-haired man, seeming to be in his early twenties. He was wearing a state uniform, too, but the neko never met him, let alone saw him while on duty. The boy had only been a state alchemist for a month or so, and it was to be expected. Another slight whimper escaped, and the boy looked away from the man. He tried to get up, but the jacket/coat/thing he had to wear for the uniform made him slip and fall, making him sprain his right arm since he fell on it. A yelp escaped him this time, and the neko-jin winced in pain. It was useless for him as a state alchemist. He couldn't even get up from sitting or falling because his size made the smallest uniform too large for him. Gah. He should have stuck with singing.

ooc: failed, agian. x3

The boy tried to scoot away as other officer started to come over to him. He stopped trying to flee at the man's words and voice. His deep blue eyes stared blankly at the man. Every guy he had met normally didn't use a voice that was soft and polite. This guy was... Different... In a good way, hopefully. The neko allowed his cat ears to unflatten themselves. They swivled back and forth. It wasn't until a few moments a silence had passed by that he remembered that he had to respond to the man's question. "Y... Yeah..." His voice stumbled out, making him seem even more child-like than he looked. The boy tried to stand, somewhat forgetting that he had injured his right arm, and used it to push himself up. That plan backfired when he somewhat fell over again, clutching his arm with his left hand. The pain shot up his right arm, to his shoulder, and seemed to tell him to stop moving before his arm fell off. The neko winced, trying to wait for the pain to end.

ooc: mass muse fail. DX

The boy stared at the man's hand. Was he supposed to grab onto it in order to pull himself up? He didn't know. He's been stuck in a basement full of books all his life. The neko-jin sighed, extending his left hand out, grabbing onto the man's hand, and pulling himself up. His right arm was killing him, but he had to suck it up for now. "Thanks..." He murmered, his blue eyes staring down at the ground, trying to hide the pain he felt from his arm and the confusion that was forming inside of him.

ooc: failed post. DX

Nai shook his head, making his ears flap against his head. He reached into one of the pockets in the over-sized uniform, taking out a roll of bandage, the kind that you use to wrap around arms and such. It was always a good thing to have this with you. The neko-jin slid off the right half of his uniform coat. He tried a couple of times to wrap the bandage around the lower part of his arm, where the sprain was, but he couldn't really do it correctly with only one free hand. Nai looked up at the tall man, his childish, blue, pleading eyes speaking for him.

The neko boy's deep blue eyes flicked from the man infront of him to his arm, watching how the man wrapped the bandage. It was different from how he normally did it. Then again, no two people wrapped a bandage the exact same way. The young alchemist blinked, staring back up at the man. Nai nodded to the older alchemist. "Arigato." A single Japanese word escaped his mouth. The boy glanced down at his arm, moving it around to make sure that it wouldn't hurt as much. It didn't, thankfully. The boy's yellow tail curled upwards, pleased that the pain wasn't shooting through his body. Nai then remembered that he had half off his coat was still off of him. He reached back with his left hand, using it to pull his coat over his shoulder, allowing him to slide his right arm through it. There, now he wouldn't freeze. Wait, freeze? Wasn't it just around eighty-something degrees earlier? It now seemed around twenty-something. Nai breathed out through his mouth, watching as his breath turned into steam. The neko looked up to the sky. Clouds now filled it, and small white peices of snow flutter down from above. "Snow...?" Nai reached out his left hand, watching as the snow melted instantly on the palm of his ham. He blinked, looking back up at the man infront of him. "Sir? If... If you mind me asking, what is your name?" The neko tilted his head, just like the little cat his was.

ooc: GLOBAL WARMING! DX

The boy's right ear twitched as flakes of snow landed on it. Gah, it had gotten cold. A small shiver ran up his spine. Even with the over-sized uniform on, he was still feeling the cold seep in. Nai blinked, his tail swaying back and forth. "My name is Nai Uta, the Animal Song Alchemist." It was quite easy to tell why he was given that state name. He was part cat, for some odd reason, and he sings really well. The boy shivered again. The temperature seemed to be dropping by the minute, and the snow fall was starting to heavier and heavier. Were they going to have a snow storm? They couldn't. The weather man never said anything about it. Then again, the weather man was never correct.

Nai nodded again. He wasn't just cold. He was freezing. He was shivering all over now (just like the person role playing him). Why did it have to be so cold? The snow was now blanketing the ground, turning everything white. He didn't like this one bit.

ooc: ... He's a cat, so take him home for the blizzard. x3 Besides, I doubt the orphanage would be that warm during a blizzard.

A small blush formed on the boy's face as he was basicly hugged by the older Alchemist. Wait, why was he blushing? Well, this was a little awkward, expessially when he just met the man infront of him. Oh well. Toramaru was warm, and that's all that mattered right then. The shivering stopped a little, but he was still freezing. His ears perked then flattened when Tora asked where he lived. Nai stared down at the ground. He didn't want to say exactly where he lived. The only people who knew were the furur and the people who handled the form he filled out for the entrance exams. The blond-haired boy sighed, his tail twitching back and forth. He might as well tell the older alchemist. So far, this Toramaru Ame was the only guy he could trust. "Central City Orphanage..." Nai muttered, glaring down at the ground. Because he was a neko, no family ever wanted to adopt him. Not to mention, he was never able to be seen by the families who came to adopt because of being stuck in the basement of the orphanage.

Nai's full face seemed to turn red this time as he was picked up by the older alchemist, princess-style. "W-w-w-where are you t-t-taking me?!" He stuttered, trying to make sense of what was happening. The neko flattened his ears. This guy was just another shotacon, trying to give off the good-guy vibe when they met. Yeah, that was it! But, then again, a shotacon would have taken advantage of him while he was unable to run earlier. His ears unflattened themselves, flicking back and forth every now and again. The snow was starting to come down even harder, and the boy could only see what was ten feet infront of him. Darn you, weather man. If he had known there was going to be a blizzard, he would have came outside prepared.

Nai gulped, shaking his head at Toramaru's question. The orphanage was torture for him, being locked in that dark room, surrounded by books that he's read a billion times already. It couldn't be too bad, staying at a fellow state alchemist's place until the blizzard dies down. But... What if the man only had one bed and no couches? Many homes didn't have couches. Another blush formed on the boy's face, but he shook it off. Now wasn't the time to think about things like that.

ooc: And, if all else fails, then this could happen (only with Tora instead of KAITO x3): http://spf.fotolog.com/photo/15/52/110/kazu_no_sekai/1256168854590_f.jpg

The neko-jin looked up at the man, his right ear twitching. "Fourteen." He replied, tilting his head to the side like a cat again. "Why?"

ooc: gomen. uber short. DX