Maneki sat there in the sand, the harsh heat of this particular day would have deystroyed any remaining plants here, but to his boredom, there wasn't. He was wearing light gray clothes and his tail and extra cat ears where hidden both in the folds of his baggy pants and headband respectively. His hair was blue, and unlike most other people in the village at his time of season, he was wearing gray. He stood out enough without people knowing that head had cat ears, a tail and three extra mouths. He had never really thought about how abnormal he was, he preferred to just not think in general. For him, thinking would lead to him remembering things, which all in all was a horrible experience. He absent mindedly put his right hand into one of his clay pouches, chewing enough to make a small bird. He didn't intend on hurting anyone with this bird, but rather he wanted to test something. He threw it into the air, letting it hover there. He gave it a purpose: to travel forward a small distance and then explode with his signal: 'Katsu.' The bird quickly followed his order, before Maneki quickly spoke the signal. The bird exploded lightly, illuminating his face for a brief moment. He then created an exact replica of the first bird, but this time, he didn't give it a purpose. The bird didn't need to go anywhere, nor did it need to explode. it just sat there, it's wings slowly beating to keep it in the air, the beating slowed as the bird slowly crumpled in the heat. Maneki's eye's widened a little, as something occurred to him. Both birds had died, one had died with purpose and the other had died without. They where physically identical, but so different. What is my purpose? His mind's eye flickered opened, showing him a scene form his forgotten past.
Maneki ran and jumped away from his assailant, but they were slowly getting closer together as the time progressed, his assailant finally caught up, as Maneki's eye's widened as the man lightly touched his shoulder. "Tag." Maneki spun around, trying to catch the man, they ran and hid, trying to not let the other catch them. They eventually collapsed on the ground, tired and breathing heavily.
Maneki was on the desert's floor, his body limp. He lurched up, trying to gather his body and thoughts. That was just like now, I'm care free. But what is different?" He tried to get up but his mind didn't want to close. His body once more became limp as he hit the ground hard. Memories flew through his mind, many of them fleeting quickly through the water of his mind like Marlin, he could only remember one part of the entire procession of his thoughts. Purpose. He had no purpose, no direction, he had no where to go and no one to see, all he had was his life. He lay there in the sand, the only part of his body that would move was his brain, his body was frail limp and shuddering, a small pile of his breakfast lay next to him as his body tuned out form all that was around him. He finally started to notice the heat, and just as his mind was about to give out once more he heard the familiar sound of crunching sand. He weakly tried to turn to meet this person, as his mind swam, the last thing he saw before passing out was the blurry shape of a human. The notion began to pass, this person wasn't going to help him, they hadn't even noticed his pathetic existence. He tried to get up, but his body didn't respond what so ever. He was about to try one final time, but a wave of dizziness flushed of him as his body came smashing into the hot sand. His body stopped responding all together as he tried his hardest to get up. His mind slowly receded as he gave up hope. His mind was shutting down, the blurry shapes around him mixing into a a black void. Then there was nothing.
Subject: Memory Shower 
