Disclaimer: This series does not have a set place within the Riley timeline, and you shouldn't try to find a place for this series, either. It'll drive you nuts! This series also has nothing to do with the previous Riley/Kyle crossover series which has been disowned by Marioninja1, who believes that you should disown it, too. Also, instead of Author's Notes, there will be portions of the story where I, Kyle Uchiha Meiki, the character who walks through the fourth wall like a ghost, will talk instead. Finally, there isn't any planned story yet. If there is one, though, it will probably get weirder as the series goes on. If you haven't noticed, that happens in these stories. It's just fanfiction, though, don't worry about it. -Kyle.
Riley and Kylie weren't often separated. Well, that's an understatement. A better Riley and Kylie were practically one person until they started dating, when they would leave the ten-foot area the other was in for only an hour or two. Then, they would return to their shared apartment. This was normal to them, though some would find this odd. Then again, this series has people who turn into weapons, so focusing on the lifestyles of two of the main characters shouldn't be your main concern.
Today, the two were separate, however, with Riley having to stay after-school to study with Maka. By study, we mean that they were actually studying, as Riley and Maka were actually studying, with no kissing involved. You see, Riley wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, something that he would readily admit to. So, he had to study with Maka, a very smart girl, to avoid failing. Riley hoped that he wouldn't fail, mainly because he had no idea about what happened to those who failed a school for Weapons and Meisters.
So, coming home, Riley walked in on Kylie petting a blue cat. That cat had two tails, a black collar and a golden ring in one ear. Taking in all of these details, Riley was understandably confused. He reacted well, however, only raising an eyebrow and asking "Uh, Kylie, that cat has two tails..."
"Yep!" Kylie exclaimed. Kylie was rather small and blonde. She was a genius in her young age, and was almost guaranteed to grow up and be a genius. But, at that moment, she actually seemed to act her age, petting the cat and "D'awwwing!" as it purred.
"How can that cat be blue?" Riley asked. Riley, unlike Kylie, was a huge teenager with brown hair and green eyes.
"Cat's hair colors can be all sorts of colors, just like people's hair. I mean, haven't you met Blair?" Kylie asked.
Riley grew more confused. It wasn't that he was stupid, it was because he had, in fact, never met Blair. "Uh... Who is Blair, Kylie?"
"This cat-monster-person that lives with Maka and Soul. Haven't you ever seen- D'AWWW! Who's a cute kitty! You is! You is!" Kylie squealed, scratching behind the cat's ears. The cat purred contentedly.
"Wait, she's a cat-person?" Riley asked, then "I've been over to Maka's before, and I haven't seen a cat girl?"
"Not cat-girl, cat-person. She can turn into a cat, just like Kyle here can." Kylie said, pointing to the cat, which was looking directly at Riley.
See, here comes me, the character you may choose as your favorite! -Kyle.
"Wait, you've got a cat that can turn into a boy and I wasn't here to supervise you?" Riley asked. You see, Riley was the father-figure to Kylie, with both of their fathers not being around: Riley's father attempted homicide-suicide, only succeeding in killing himself and scarring Riley, while Kylie's father is still in Italy after being denied citizenship in the U.S.
"Don't get sore about it, Rye." Kyle the cat said. "I'm really trustworthy."
Yay! Alliteration! -Kyle.
"Don't call me Rye." Riley said, then "Could you turn human... Unless you'll be naked. If you do turn naked, just keep being a cat."
There was a poof of smoke, then a teenage boy with shoulder-length, light-brown hair and blue eyes was standing between Kylie and Riley. He wore black jeans, a black collar around his neck, and a white shirt that was sloppily tucked into his pants. Riley was struck by how thin his arms and legs were while he looked up and down him. But then, on top of his head, Riley saw two brown cat ears, one with a golden earring. Riley's eyes were immediately drawn to Kyle's ears, and Riley found it hard to not stare at them.
'Out of all of my years,' Riley thought, trying not to stare at Kyle's ears, 'how did I not know that people with cat ears existed out of anime?'
"Shouldn't you have blue hair? I mean, Blair has purple fur and purple hair." Kylie said. Kyle just shrugged the question off.
"I don't gotta have blue hair, do I?" Kyle asked. For those of you who have spent time on TV Tropes and get this joke, you may pat yourself on your back. Kyle certainly was, with his cat-like smile. "Anyway, here I am. Any questions you have, shoot. Just don't be like Sakura and ask too many questions."
Ah, references you get if you read my first series. -Kyle.
Riley tried thinking of questions, then one finally hit him. "How do you transform?"
"I don't know. I mean, it's like magnets: how do they work?" Kyle asked.
Kylie took a deep breath. "The magnetic field of a magnet is actually generated by the alignment of electrons within the atomic structure of the magnetic material. All objects contain atoms, and these atoms contain electrons that move around in orbits with a certain spin. The movement of any electron in this manner creates a tiny magnetic field. However, most electrons in atoms exist in pairs. The two electrons in a pair always spin in opposite directions, with the result that the magnetic fields cancel each other out, and no magnetic field is created from the object itself."
At this point, Riley began thinking of other subjects, such as how much cleaning he would have to do. Riley almost always did the cleaning, due to his ability to reach higher places to dust. That, and Kylie was a much better cook, with the two having a deal: Riley would clean and Kylie would cook.
"Atoms of magnetic materials, on the other hand, contain unpaired electrons with the same spin that aren't canceled out. If a material has enough unpaired electrons with the same spin-such as the four unpaired electrons in an atom of Fe (iron)-and doesn't contain any unpaired electrons with opposite spin, the net movement of electrons in one direction will create a magnetic field." Kylie finished, still looking like an adorable little girl.
If you read through that, good for you, you now know how magnets work. If you didn't, and you just copy and pasted this off of an internet site (eHow), then you may be the writer of this fanfiction. -Kyle.
Kyle looked at Kylie, amazed, then said "I didn't get any of that, so I'm just going to simplify it for myself: magnets work because that's just the way it is."
Kylie frowned until Kyle leaned down and said "You can pet my cat ears. Feel 'em: they're real soft." Kylie gingerly rubbed them, then became enamored with them. Riley watched on, confused, until Kyle decided to explain.
"Cuteness proximity, Rye." Kyle said. "Unlike Kylie, who gave us a long and boring lecture on how magnets work, I'll give you the abridged version: 'As you approach a cute thing, your intelligence and sanity drops off proportionally.' That's straight from TV Tropes, too: check it out if you don't believe me."
"I'll believe you." Riley said, then remembered that he was supposed to be asking questions. "Why are you here, anyways?"'
"Weeeelllllll..." Kyle said, tapping a finger on his chin and thinking. "Kylie took me home after she saw me, even saying that 'I'm Taking You Home With Me!' thing, and I followed. Well, not followed, she picked me up, after all."
"Wait, she picked you up?"
"In cat form, mind you."
"No, that's not what I mean. Shouldn't you weigh more than a normal cat, since you can also turn into a human? Where does that excess weight go when you turn into a cat?" Riley asked. This was one of the moments where his potential truly showed.
"Dude, people turn into swords 'n stuff around here. Don't worry about a person that can turn into a cat and vice-versa." Kyle said, shrugging the question off.
"That just makes me wonder about our world more. How can Weapons turn into Weapons? What happens if a Weapon is broken? Do they heal while their human form is alright, or do they die? How do they turn metal-" Riley began, only for Kyle to cut him off.
"Don't raise those questions! The readers will be too busy wondering about all that stuff to read the story!" Kyle exclaimed, even shocking Kylie from her ear-rubbing, meditation-like state. Kyle, noticing this, said "Look, I can make my extremely soft ears twitch." Kyle indeed made his ears twitch, and Kylie began watching his ears twitch for a moment, then began rubbing them again.
"You could use those ears as a weapon. Just get the leader of whoever you're fighting to start rubbing your ears." Riley muttered.
"Yep!" Kyle smiled, looking very cat-like for a human. Well, human-cat-thing. Don't get too obsessed with it, or you'll just get a headache.
"Anyways," Riley said, getting back on topic. "Why are you still here?"
"Well, I know how much you hate cleaning, so I was hoping I could become a live-in maid." Kyle said, still smiling, though his smile had become a hopeful Cheshire Cat grin.
"You know, that grin is more menacing than begging." Riley said, and Kyle returned to his normal cat-like expression.
"Sorry," Kyle said, scratching the back of his neck. "I'm not used to begging."
"Then why are you begging now?"
"Would you believe it was for the plot?"
"Huh?"
"Uh, I mean," Kyle stammered, thinking of an excuse that didn't break the fourth wall more than necessary. "To get off the cold, rainy streets."
"We live in Death City. Which is in the scorching Nevada desert. Do you really think that we would get rain here?" Riley asked, crossing his arms.
"Do you want a maid or not?" Kyle asked.
"Can we keep him? Please?" Kylie asked, using full-on puppy-dog eyes. Riley, remembering the times when Kylie used the puppy-dog eyes when the two hadn't discovered their Meister-Weapon potential, caved.
"Alright. But, we need to set a few house rules." Riley said, sitting down beside Kyle on the couch.
Kyle immediately draped an arm over both Kylie and Riley, then exclaimed "This is gonna be so much fun! Man, when Marioninja gets bored with surfing the internet, some pretty cool things happen, eh?"
"What?" Both Riley and Kylie asked.