Meimei

Meimei--also known as Fluffy, Calico or Betty--was the kitten in Saiyuki Reload Episode 7, Little Partner. The Sanzo Ikkou found her after a scuffle with the typical pack of youkai.

Story


The Sanzo party found a kitten on the forest, when they noticed that Sanzo sneezed too much. Since they cannot take the kitten alone on the forest, they wanted to take it with them, but Sanzo sneezes too much and stated that he hates cat when he looks at their fur. The kitten later approaches Sanzo and expressed its affection to him, revealing Sanzo is very scared to the kitten. The three of the Sanzo party decided to take it with them and named it with various suggestions by the three (such as Fluffy by Goku, Calico by Hakkai and Betty by Gojyo).

For the whole night, Sanzo can't sleep well because of the kitten which keeps on entering in his room while Sanzo keeps on giving it back to the three. Next morning, the three were going for shopping, leaving the cat to him. Despite of his allergies, Sanzo still cares for the kitten. He even boiled milk for it; the kitten even passed the matches to Sanzo. Later, the kitten was almost spilled by the boiling milk, when it jumps to Sanzo, making Sanzo worried. Sanzo even slept with the kitten, when a band of youkai came to attack Sanzo. When the kitten was injured after saving Sanzo, Sanzo was upset and angry, as he killed all the youkais.

The rest of the Sanzo party came back and brought it to the animal hospital, and the kitten was saved. Later, a little kid who is the owner called the kitten, Meimei. The owner thanked the Sanzo party and explained how the kitten got lost. In the end, when Sanzo walked back, the kitten called him then Sanzo smiled.

Relationships
Sanzo - It is unknown why the cat likes Sanzo so much. Every night, it keeps on entering his room which makes Sanzo sneeze more. Despite of his allergies to cats, Sanzo still cares to the cat. Like when the cat was almost got hit by the boiling milk. Also he slept with the cat. He got mad also, when the cat was injured by the youkais. In the end, Sanzo smiles when the cat called him.

Owner - The owner really loves his cat, he even took her for shopping, but accidentally allowed her to get lost. He was looking for her all that time. The owner then thanked the Sanzo party for taking care of Meimei.

Trivia

 * Meimei's episode is a little bit similar to the drama CD of Saiyuki, Cat Returns.