Ofunato, once a vibrant fishing community in Japan, turned to nothing but rubble and muddy ground by the 2011 earthquakes and tsunami. Less than even minutes, and then everything was gone. Homes that had taken years to build, cars, belongings, gone. In the midst of all this were one girl and one cat, each depending on the other. The struggle to survive in the aftermath, pulling through the tsunami's wake, begins, and the two of them must survive with minimal resources, and then in a new country, stranded in the city with no tsunami shelter to go back to. ---------- A TMNT 2012 fanfiction, a 'Chasing Gems' series prequel. --------- Based on true events.