"What is it, cat?" Len whimpered. The otaku group, sans Uchihas, had gathered around the tiny cat in concern. Not only was she curled up in pain, making a sad growling sound, but she also wasn't flying like she was before. Instead, she stayed glued to the ground, her free spirit tethered by the emotions holding her down. As the group crowded around her, she tried to inch even further back.

"Cat, please…" Len pleaded. "Tell us what's wrong…" He knew the cat wasn't an ordinary feline; she had special powers, presumably far more than their group knew of. She'd given them visions before. Even as a newborn just a few minutes old, she'd been able to show them Kaito. So maybe if she showed them another vision…

As the cat's body began to glow, it seemed Len's wish had been granted. The kitten focused her power, and, for just an instant, a clear image appeared in everyone's mind.

Kiba stiffened. "That was…"

"KANKURO!" Taylor and Grace screamed in unison.

"OMG the kitty showed us Kankuro!" Grace continued to ramble. "Gah what does that mean?!"

"Wait who? What?" Alyssa spoke up, her expression evident of confusion as she didn't recognize the face that had been placed in her mind. "Wait, that name though, isn't that…?"

"Gaara's brother!" Grace squeaked. "Augh what does this have to do with him?! Does it have something to do with why Gaara left…? Urgh I don't know anymore!" she rambled in frustration.

"Grace, calm down." Taylor told her. "We'll figure this out."

Then, Gray spoke up. "Um, hey, uh… Kaito, was it? You ok?"

The group turned towards the Vocaloid. He kept staring at the cat, seemingly frozen in shock or perhaps fear. "The cat… can give out visions…" he spoke slowly. "And it glows…"

"Oh, yeah! She has lots of powers! Sorry did we not tell you?" Grace spoke up. "But anyway yeah she even gave us a vision of you when we had to save you from OA!"

"Wait what?!" Kaito exclaimed. "And then… and then what did it do…?"

"Um… nothing much else, really." Grace replied. "She just sort of… gave us that vision and then we ran off and found you!"

Kaito shook his head, still looking rather freaked-out. "No, there… there was more…" he spoke up hesitantly, not sure how to tell them exactly what happened. "I think she… possessed me."

"Hey! You there!" A voice called out. Gaara skid to a halt, a small team of OA members blocking his path. "The hell do you think you're doing with that corpse?!" one of them hollered as they all readied their guns. Gaara glanced over his shoulder quickly. He'd been followed from behind, too. Cornered. Sighing, Gaara looked down at Kankuro's body, still held protectively in his arms. He didn't want to fight while carrying him, but it looked like the ninja didn't have much of a choice. Sand began to pour out of his gourd as he pulled Kankuro in even closer to his chest, readying himself to fight back.

The group grew silent, and, skeptically, they all turned and looked at Kaito. "What…?" Taylor asked, raising an eyebrow.

Kaito took a deep breath. "I was being attacked by those… OA guys, and then, I don't know, I think I started… glowing — in a purple color, just like that — and then… I think I was strong enough to… get away somehow?" he sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I know it's really weird and I don't remember it very well, but, it happened!"

"Oh we believe you." Gray chimed in, nodding. "We don't know much about the cat anyway, so…"

"Wait," Kaito spoke up. "Where did that cat even come from, anyway? Did it just… appear here, like us?"

"Well, sort of." Alyssa answered. "See, Rin and Len found it as an egg, and then it hatched,"

"And now we have a mysterious magic kitty who can do all kinds of things!" Grace chirped. "But she seems kind of sick right now, though…"

"R-right…" Kaito nodded, quickly getting lost in thought about the creature. It didn't seem to be any ordinary anime character — if it was a character at all, for that matter — and he had a feeling its powers were far greater than what the otaku group knew about it so far. Despite the cat being on their side, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy about being in the presence of such a powerful creature.

Panting, Gaara continued to distance himself from the OA building, fairly certain he'd shaken the last few OA troops off his trail. He couldn't fight as well as he normally could, but thankfully, he still managed to get away without any injuries. Still making his trek through the forest, he paused to look down at his brother in his arms. What should I do now? he wondered. Maybe I should ask Taylor and the others. he contemplated, before starting off in that direction.

Before he could walk very far, though, he found himself looking down at Kankuro once again. His brother's body almost felt… energized, somehow. Some sort of power was flowing into it. As he looked down in confusion and alarm, his brother almost felt… warm.

"Aaaaah she's glowing brighter now!" Grace screamed as the cat's purple glow intensified, reaching almost blinding levels as the group instinctively inched away from her.

"What's she doing?!" Kaito asked.

"I dunno!" Grace answered. "She's never done this before."

Gaara's head pulled back in amazement, though he was unable to keep his eyes off his brother. Kankuro's body became enveloped in a warm purple glow, glowing brighter and brighter until, all at once… Kankuro vanished.

The cat collapsed, her glow diminishing all at once as she fell onto the floor. Len was the first to act.

"Ah! Are you ok?!" he called out in concern as he crawled forward, reaching out and gently scooping her up in his arms. "What did you do?!" he cried.

Looking up at Len, the cat mewed softly, then curled up in a ball, and began to give off a dimmer, warmer glow as she focused her energy once more.

A vision then played in everyone's heads.

Kankuro woke with a start in his own bed, sitting upright as he quickly looked himself over. His bruises were gone, his face paint washed off, and, most peculiarly, he was alive. He looked around, and saw that he was in his bedroom back home. Was it all just… a dream? he wondered silently. Slowly, he stepped out of bed, continuing to look around for anything out of the ordinary as he wandered out into the hallway. A familiar voice then caught his attention.

"K-Kankuro?!" the voice cried out. Turning around, Kankuro saw Temari standing there behind him, staring, shocked. "Is it… really you…?" she could barely ask. She stood there for a second, before running towards him, wrapping her arms around her brother as she buried her face in his chest, nearly on the verge of tears.

"Temari? What's wrong?!" he asked, not expecting a hug from Temari, his memory still hazy.

"You… you disappeared!" Temari exclaimed, shocked that Kankuro acted like he didn't know. "You vanished without a trace a few days ago…" she started to explain. "And I'd just been… so worried, especially after Gaara…" she trailed off painfully, unable to finish the thought.

And that's when Kankuro started to remember. Only a day or so prior, Gaara disappeared. And then, Kankuro saw the purple light…

"I don't know what happened…" Temari continued. "But, at least you're safe now…"

The vision faded. The group members stared blankly ahead as the world around them started to come back into view, blinking dumbfoundedly as they struggled to absorb what they just saw.

"Was that…" Taylor broke the silence, still as astonished as the others. "Did that really just…" her gaze drifted towards the cat as she was lost for words. The tiny feline had already fallen asleep in Len's arms.

"So Kankuro is… alive." Kiba spoke slowly.

"The cat… can bring people… back to life." Kaito continued staring straight ahead.

And not a single group member had anything intelligent to say. Most were simply too amazed to speak.

Len's face remained frozen, seemingly deep in thought. Finally, he found something to say. "I've got it." he spoke up.

His words seemed to break the stillness somewhat as a few heads turned towards his. "Huh? Got what?" Rin asked.

"A name." Len answered. "I know what I'm going to name her."

A few more heads turned in curiosity, waiting for his answer.

"Miku." he told them.

"Miku?" Kaito echoed.

"Yes." Len nodded. "Miku here can help us find characters who are in trouble, she can help them fight back, and she can even… bring them back to life." he explained. "She's our hope. Just like she's hope that… we can see our Miku again someday." he finished, looking towards Rin and Kaito with a tear-filled smile.

"That's… that's lovely, Len." Rin replied, struggling to hold back tears herself.

"Y-yeah…" Gray nodded, rubbing his eyes.

And soon it became apparent that the bulk of the group found themselves smiling, laughing and tearing up at least a little, as everyone was still overwhelmed by the miracle they'd just witnessed.