So here's chapter one of CM Part 2. I didn't plan on writing this until I finished Deathly Exchange and at least nearly finished the Ninjago/Disney crossover, but this came in a fit of inspiration! The next chapter may not come until I actually finish Deathly Exchange, so it may take a while. I do hope you guys enjoy this chapter though! :)

The morning was early, the sun radiated soft light, and the curtains of Vito's room were slightly parted. A slither of sunlight entered in and laid on Vito's sleeping face. He turned his head a bit, as his eyes wrinkled from the light bothering his eyelids. Sitting up in bed, Vito rubbed his eyes and then opened them. On his right side leaning on the nightstand was a travel backpack that was fully packed. On his left side under the window was his sports equipment neatly stacked together. The further left side of his room had a desk with a computer and other electronics, the center had a television with video games, and the further right was reserved for cat toys, a cat bed, and a scratching pole.

Vito stretched his arms a bit to loosen his sleepy muscles, and then he looked near the foot of his bed to see Misty, his cat, just waking up with a long stretch of her body.

"Morning Misty. Slept well?" Vito asked the calm feline with a smile, and Misty turned towards him and nodded.

As Vito turned over to get up, he said, "It's weird and awesome how you can understand me, right?"

Misty nodded again, and then she walked down a soft stairway that Vito made on the corner of his bed. Vito began getting dressed as Misty went to the scratching pole to sharpen her claws.

"Today's the day my feline friend. Us dudes are going out to retrieve some materials from the forest woods. You know, for my special project," Vito said, as he put on his blue t-shirt with two horizontal white stripes near the bottom end and black sleeves.

His pants were black with two horizontal white stripes on the bottom, he wore all white sneakers, and his fingerless gloves were black on top and blue on the palm. His hair was still spiked with blue at the tips, but it was a little longer.

"Alright Misty, it's time to wake everyone up! Are you ready?" Vito asked his cat excitedly.

Misty turned towards her owner and meowed as she showed him her teeth.

"-Gasp- Your right! I almost forgot to brush my teeth!" Vito said, as he grabbed his toothbrush from his bag and went to the bathroom.

An hour until noon:

"I'm going to miss you Violet! We'll be back soon, so don't you worry a minute," Vito said, as he was hugging his cousin outside of their house.

"I wouldn't worry about you, but why are you going on a trip to some unknown place without me?" Violet asked, as she hugged him back and they parted.

"I told you before dear cousin, the guys and me want to hang out and find stuff. Me especially," Vito replied, as he gestured to Tommy's car that stood parked in front of the house.

"But only you, Charlie, Paul, and Tommy are going. Lester and Rex aren't," Violet said with crossed arms.

"They're holding the fort over here. Also, we all don't really fit in Tommy's car, and Kelly needs her and Charlie's car," Vito said, and Violet signed in acceptance.

"Alright then. Just, just be careful okay? You guys are wondering into the unknown, and it may surprise you that I'm very concerned," Violet said, with her arms uncrossed.

"Aww, don't worry Violet. I'll make sure Vito and Paul won't get into too much trouble," Charlie said, as he, Tommy, and Paul were putting their bags into the trunk of the car.

"I think it's the other way around," Paul said, as Charlie snickered.

"I'll watch all of them Violet," Tommy said, as the two guys looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"Alright, alright. Ga'head. I give you my blessing," Violet said with a small smile.

"Thank you cuz!" Vito said as he hugged Violet again.

"Bye aunty. Bye peeps," Vito said, as he hugged Ani and waved at Kelly, Lester, and Rex who stood by her.

"Bye guys. Don't get eaten," Rex said, with a grin and wave.

"See you guys later. Make it back in one piece," Lester said with a temporary raise of his hand.

"Bye guys. You better watch each others' backs. And bye Charlie. Come home soon," Kelly said, and she turned to her husband.

"I will babe. I'll keep in contact with you," Charlie said, and they both exchanged a kiss.

"Be safe boys, and have a nice trip," Ani said, as the guys thanked her.

"Where's Defer? Wasn't he coming?" Vito said, looking around.

"He said he had some last minute work to do- Oh wait, he's calling me right now," Ani said, as she took out her ringing cell phone and answered,

"Hello... Hi Defer... they're leaving in a few minutes actually... aw, I wish you could... how about I put you on speaker... okay, hold on..."

Ani put her phone on speaker and said, "Go ahead."

"Hey guys. Sorry that I won't make it in time to see you off, but I hoped I would have been able to at least call," Defer said through the phone.

"It's alright man. You got your own business to take care of, but thanks for calling," Vito said, and the other guys agreed with him.

However, the group failed to notice someone walking towards them, as he stood behind Vito. Violet, Paul, Lester, and Ani noticed him, but they didn't say anything. Then Vito felt a hand on his shoulder, as he turned to see Defer standing behind him with a smile.

"But still, I wouldn't want to let my friends leave without seeing them myself," Defer said, as he hung up his phone and patted Vito's shoulder.

"Oh My GOSH! You CAME MI AMIGO!" Vito said happily, as he hugged and patted Defer's back while Defer laughed and did the same.

The other guys greeted him as well.

"So, you tricked us on purpose, and Ani was your accomplice?" Charlie asked him.

"Yes and no. I tricked you guys, but Ani didn't know. She's innocent," Defer said, as he looked towards her with a smile, and Ani smiled back.

As the guys spoke for awhile, Ani noticed how Defer's appearance changes each time she sees him.

He looked more human now than his previous forms, and he was wearing clothes considering that he didn't need them before since he had fur and scales. His eyes were the still red, and the spiky hair on his head that stood up and draped randomly over his face was charcoal black. His skin was pale white considering that he wasn't particularly normal, and he wore a black leather coat that reached passed his knees and was open at the front. He wore a thin, short green scarf around his neck, a light gray shirt, and black pants that reached into his black leather boots that were each wrapped in laces around his lower legs. He still had claws with black fingerless gloves, and dragon-like wings on his back through the leather coat, but they were closed in and looked like they were part of the coat.

Ani was quite fascinated with his new appearance, but she quickly looked away at her phone when Defer looked towards her. Defer turned back towards the guys, although he smiled to himself since he knew that she was staring at him.

During this time, Violet felt a hand on her shoulder as she turned to see Paul.

"You'll be okay, Violet? I know you didn't want us to go without you, but we'll be fine. Besides, we're just looking around, so it might be boring-ish," Paul said to reassure her.

Violet turned towards him while placing her hand on his, and said, "I know. I just want to make sure that you guys would be okay... especially Vito, and you."

Paul smiled and said, "Thank you for worrying."

Violet smiled back and said, "I'm concerned, not worried."

"Whatever you say, my dear," Paul said, as he took her hand and kissed it.

"Hmph! Exactly, sweetheart," Violet said with red cheeks, as Paul snickered.

They moved their faces closer together, as they kissed the others' cheek.

The guys went into the vehicle, and Tommy drove as they left. The rest of the group waved goodbye to them.

"Well, there they go," Kelly said.

"Yes. Come inside everyone. I'll make snacks to alleviate the beginning tension of sadness," Ani said, as she led everyone into her house.

Violet looked towards where the car drove off one last time, and then she entered her house.