Why mess with perfection?

I decided that any changes to Makoto, other than intense attraction to me, would be damaging to the sexy character she is so I ordered her with everything pretty much standard...why mess with perfection? Given the usual week long wait I was pretty much on pins and needles the entire time, the company sending over the weight set and high powered treadmill which only served to whet my appetite for the enthusiastic squirrel girl. It was near the end of my week long wait that I decided to take a walk in the local park, a simple jog around the quarter mile track so I could get a leg up on getting in shape on the Makoto Nanaya program.

Halfway through my jog I felt that was something odd, a bit of a foreboding sense or the tell tail hairs on the back of my neck standing up as if telling me there was someone following me. For a moment a took a quick break at the bench to catch my breath, wiping away the sweat that formed on my brow as I took a look around the area. Just as I had expected there was nothing all too interesting going on, a few kids playing in the park, a few animals jumping around, a dog chasing a women with a gigantic tail, a few old people...wait.

Blinking a few times in confusion I looked as the dog finally cornered the person, the obviously athletic girl easily scampering into the tree and away from the dog as it barked bloody **** up the bark. Given that I was actually EXPECTING someone that fit the description I quickly ran over, shooing off the dog by tossing a few bits of beef jerky I had stuffed in my pockets for a treat. As the dog ate the snack what I could only guess as their owner came by, a man in a track suit that roughly grabbed the dogs collar and dragged him off.

Once the man and his canine were out of sight I cast a glance up the tree, a shivering and fluffed up chocolate brown squirrel tail the only thing protruding from the dense foliage of the tree, "Um...excuse me?" "Eep!" a voice shouted, the tail quickly retracting into the tree before a voice spoke out, "W-Who's there!? Is that d-dog gone?!" I coughed a bit and nodded, "Yes, the dog is gone. His owner grabbed him after I lured him away a bit." Slowly, with a nervous speed a face broke through the foliage, the beautiful and cute face of Makoto Nanaya peeking out as she glanced around with nervous eyes, "Really?"

I nodded again, "Yes...my name is John by the way." For a few moments Makoto didn't move but after a moment or two she let out a sigh, a smile breaking out across her lips as she turned to face me directly, "Thanks for that John, my name is Makoto Nanaya!" I smiled, "It's very nice to meet you Miss Makoto." Makoto smiled right back, her cheeks tinting a bit as the twin springs of hair on the top of her head bounced lightly, "right back at you John!" Scratching the back of my head I thought of what to say next, I know that my Makoto would already be imprinted with my face so it was a given that she would follow me but do I make it obvious or do I make it subtle...ah what the hell, why not?

I raised a single hand up to Makoto, waving slightly as I spoke, "Well I really should be going..." "Oh! O...Okay," Makoto said with surprise, never once leaving the tree as her face drooped a little in disappointment. Feigning ignorance I turned around, waving over my shoulder, "I hope you safe travels, look out for dog and wh-" "Wait!" Makoto's voice sounded quick and ****, the tree she resided in rustling loudly as I turned to look. Sure enough Makoto quickly dropped down from the tree, her black NOL cloak covering her body but I noticed it was more than a little ripped, a few places blotched with heavy black smuges while her hair was more of a mess than usual.

"Miss Makoto?" I asked with concern in my voice, "Are you alright?" Makoto fidgeted a bit under her cloak before she spoke, "W-Well...I have no idea where I am. One minute I'm in Sector Seven, Professor Kokonoe starts working on a trans-dimensional warp door, then boom! I'm here and that...DOG was after me!" I blinked a few times, not remembering those specifics of her story line but deciding to roll with it, "Miss Makoto, I don't think I've ever heard of Sector Seven...or trans-dimensional warp doors, let alone this Professor Kokonoe." The second those words were out of my mouth I could see the tears form in her eyes, "Wh...what? This...this isn't a hierarchical city?"

Wincing a bit internally I shook my head, "I...don't even know what that is." Makoto started to sniff, her tears gathering quickly and swiftly reminding me of Noel...though I'm certain the blond girl would have been in hysterics by now, "Oh...so I guess..the Professors door must have worked." "So..." I began, false wonder in my voice, "You mean...you're from a different dimension?" Makoto nodded, wiping away at an errant tear with the edge of her cloak, her tail drooping as she sighed, "Yes...and if...if you've never heard of the kind of technology Professor Kokonoe was working on...then I've got no way home...I'm stranded here...alone..." Feeling that this would be the proper moment to hit the 'panic button' for my character I was quick to jump up, "M-Miss Makoto! I'm sorry but if what you're saying is true, then there is no way I could in good conscious leave you out here alone."

Makoto sniffed a bit, wiping a few more of her tears away as she looked up at me in curiosity and confusion, "What?" Scratching the back of my head I decided to throw it all out there, "Please, allow me to take you home and give you a place to stay for a while...at least until you decide on your next move from here..."