Poor Fluffy...

"MEOW..." Fluffy called to him as Zeras jumped into the stream, washing himself clean of all the remnants of blood and impurities that he had suffered through the day's events before donning a new set of clothes and picking up Fluffy in his arms.

"It'll be good, Fluffy. I have found a place a little better compared to this one. We'll always find a way through together, just as we have always done..." Zeras said as the cat snuggled playfully on his face.

How could he not know how lonely it was staying in this place alone? If Fluffy had followed him to the Shadow Oppression Valley, there wasn't much it could do as he was either practicing his arts or fighting with the devils. And if it stayed here, it would only be able to play with the fishes and jump around in the grass. It was a lonely life the cat was living, and it was too scared to go around causing mischief, lest what Vega did to it the last time repeat itself. So it could only stay here, all alone.