Mysterious Meeting

The Persian lounged patiently on the rooftops, keeping a lazy eye on the streets. “This is sooo boring,” she whined, rolling on her back to look at the sky. She slightly missed her old partner, eyes shimmering with sorrow at his sudden disappearance.

"Did I make him go away?" She whispered, placing a paw on a chest. She couldn’t help but feel she was the cause of it. Their recent strings of failure was due to her overconfidence, her teasing nature.

"Ah look at the little pussy cat whispering to herself," a male voice teased with a hint of a German accent behind it.

The feline quickly sprang on all fours, fur bristling as she emitted a loud hiss from her throat at the source. A small chatot was perched on the ledge next to her, his violet eyes dancing with mischief at her. Claws extended, she swiped at the Chatot only to have her miss. The small bird took flight, emitting a strange purple light.

She shielded her eyes from the blinding light as the bird took another shape, that of a small fox. She slowly lowered her paw to glare at the small Zorua in front of her, coming towards her with a smooth gait.

"Why hello, Fräulein. Did you enjoy my entrance?"

"Jäger ." Her reply was curt, tone cold. She averted her gaze to focus on the streets once more.

The Zorua, Jäger, placed a paw on his chest, feigning a wounded expression. “You hurt my heart so, Katze.” He snickered, moving so to rub against her right forepaw.

She growled, backpedaling from the sneaky fox. “Don’t touch me…” Something began to dawn on her, her expression shifting to horrorstuck. “Oh crap, you’re his replacement!?”

Jäger merely responded with a deceptive grin. Who knew how many secrets hid behind that grin…

"I can’t believe this! They send me you of ‘mons! You don’t even take this job seriously!" Her eyes narrowed with suspicion. "Where’s your partner?"

"Ah. She has another assignment for the time being. You could say she’s stone cold?" He snickered at his little play on, sitting on the ledge once more.

She rolled her eyes at the fox’s words. “She probably got tired of you. She must find you annoying like I do now,” she muttered, tone full of spite.

"Ja," he uttered, unashamed. "But…" He glanced back at the feline, clearly amused. "I find you to be more entertaining than her, Katze."

She cringed, lips pulling back in a hiss. “What are you calling me? It better not be bad.”

He tilted his head to the side. “It means cat but Katze sounds way better, ja?” He replied with a smooth smile.

She grimaced, ears folding with a light flush on her face. “Call me Iris,” she said stiffly.

"Iris… Katze sounds better but ah well. Do you know why I’m truly here?"

"Must be a new assignment…," she grumbled. She wasn’t so happy about the idea.

The Zorua nodded, eyeing the streets with a strange light in his eyes. “Ja… We are to gather info about that fellow you seemed to fail to stop from evolving.”

"That was not my faul-" She paused when the Zorua held up a paw sharply.

"No matter. We will figure out a plan as we go but I’m sure you had a few ‘dances’ with him, ja?"

Iris dugged her claws in the ground, vibrating with anger. The nerves of this fox! She took deep breaths to calm her nerves, assuming a calm expression.

"We had a few dances. We just keep pressing each other buttons. The tension so thick, you can’t cut through it with a sharp claw." She shuddered, eyes dreamily. "It’s exciting…"

Jäger scowled. “Ja… The task at hand. Watch his movement. Next time we met, I’ll have a new form. Always be aware, Katze.” With that, he jumped into the shadowed alleyway below, blending in with the surroundings.

"It’s Iris!" When she looked down to see, he had already vanished. Her tail swayed with agitation. She had enough simply watching yet she could not wait to see him again.

A grin lit up her features. “We get to play again… I can’t wait,” she purred.