Chapter 1:
The teenage girl struggled to lift her feet from the cold snow as she made her way home from school. Her short black hair was barely sticking out of her blue snow hat and her nimble hands were still cold even though she was wearing two sets of gloves to keep her hands from getting frostbite.
Just as the girl was passing the park, she noticed that there was someone sitting in the middle of the snow in what appeared to be a meditation posture.
Despite the cold and her common sense, she slowly made her way over to the person through the snow. It took some time, but she did get there. When she did, she saw that the person was, in fact, a man wearing some kind of armor.
She tilted her head to the side in curiosity. Why is he wearing armor? she asked herself.
Once again defying her common sense, she crept closer to the man and squatted until she was at eye level with him. The girl noticed that his eyes were closed and he had a calm aura about him.
She dared to lean closer to the man…and she instantly regretted it.
The moment she leaned closer to him, his eyes flew open and orange eyes stared back at her.
The girl let out a startled cry and fell backwards. She fell into the snow and she felt colder than she had felt all day.
"I…I'm sorry, sir," the girl stuttered. "I didn't mean to interrupt…whatever you were doing."
"Think nothing of it," came his cool voice. His voice was cool and sophisticated, but there was something about it that she couldn't put her finger on. His voice sounded familiar somehow…like she had heard it before.
"Is there any particular reason you're staring at me, young one?" he asked.
The girl blinked and came out of her daze. "I'm sorry…I didn't mean to stare…"
The man remained quiet.
"Um…who are you?" she asked.
"My name is of little importance," the man replied closing his eyes again. "What is your name?"
"…Chii," the girl, Chii, replied hesitantly.
The man nodded. "A few words of advice before you leave; watch out for trucks on your way home."
"…Trucks?" she asked with a confused expression.
"You will see what I mean in due time," the man said smirking. "Now if you don't mind, I must get back to mediating."
"Um…okay…" Chii spoke.
She got up and brushed the snow off of her clothes.
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, a bright light came down from the sky and surrounded her.
Chii let out a gasp as she woke up in bed. She sat up and looked around; she was still in her room.
"What a weird dream…" she muttered shaking her head. "But…who was that man? And why does he sound so—?"
"Chii?" someone called as there was a knock at her door. Chii jumped slightly when she heard the voice, but she relaxed when she realized that it was only her mom.
"Yes?" Chii called back.
"I need you to run a few errands for me at the store," mom replied. "I'm going out for a while so I'll just leave the list on the kitchen table."
"Okay!" Chii called back. She swung her legs over the side of the bed, got up, and got ready to do today's errands.
Chii checked off the last thing on the list.
"That's everything," she said quietly. Chii left the grocery store and made her way back home; her arms completely occupied by the foods that she had bought with the money her mom had left with the list.
"Hey, you!" someone shouted. Chii dared to look over her shoulder and she saw that the town bully, Dante, and his two pals, Ace and Liam, were standing a few yards away from her.
She tried to not let my fear show as she turned away from them and gulped.
"Hey! Don't walk away from us!" Dante shouted.
Chii quickened her pace as she heard Dante and his pals begin to walk towards me.
"Come on, babe! Don't be like that!" Dante said loudly.
Chii quickened her pace even more. Why did I have to be the one to catch Dante's attention? Out of all the other girls in this damned town, why did it have to be me?
"Get over here!" he shouted.
Chii looked over her shoulder and saw that all three of them had begun running towards her.
Forsaking the groceries, she dropped them onto the sidewalk and broke into a run. She ran as fast as she could even though she knew that sooner or later that she would tire out and they would catch up to her.
Chii then ran across the street without looking to see whether or not it was safe. As she did, she heard a loud honk and turned to where it had come from.
A giant truck was heading right for her, and it didn't look like it was slowing down.
Despite what Chii told herself to do, she froze in place like a deer frozen in the headlights of a car.
Oh god… she thought as the truck got closer.
Chii didn't have time to close her eyes, so she just watched the truck speed towards her.
Just as it was about to hit her, time seemed to freeze. All Chii could remember after that was a bright beam of light coming down form the sky and surrounding her. After that…everything went black.
Chii jolted awake and looked around in a panic. She was in unfamiliar surroundings with nearly no memory of what had occurred.
"Where am I?" she asked myself, starting to become a little frightened. Her eyes widened as the words of the man from her dream repeated themselves.
"A few words of advice before you leave; watch out for trucks on your way home."
"That is just plain freaky…" she muttered. Chii then heard footsteps and faint voices coming from outside of the room she was in.
The door opened and a girl walked in. She had long black hair in two high pigtails and she was wearing some kind of robe.
"Who are you?" Chii asked unsurely.
"It's okay; I'm not going to hurt you," the girl said. "My name is Kimiko. Do you know who you are?"
"I'm Chii," I replied.
The girl smiled at her and she became a little more relaxed. That is, until there was a loud bang and a boy with an extremely round and bald head burst into the room wearing a robe similar to the girl's.
"You are awake!" the boy exclaimed as he leaped onto Chii's bed. "You have been, how you say, out hot!"
Chii looked at the boy in complete confusion.
The girl sighed. "He means out cold…"
"Oh!" Chii said in understanding. She looked at the boy. "What's your name?"
"I am Omi!" he replied. "The greatest Xiaolin Warrior who ever lived!"
Chii's eyes widened. "I recognize you now! You're that bald kid from Xiaolin Showdown!"
Omi squinted his eyes as he leaned closer to her. "Have I…met you before? You seem most familiar…"
"No," Chii replied shaking her head. "I've never been here before." Chii was quiet for a moment. "Speaking of here, where is here exactly?"
"You are at the Xiaolin Temple in China," Kimiko replied. "Why? Do you not remember how you got here?"
"I remember how, but it's…complicated," she replied.
"Why don't we take you to Master Fung then?" Kimiko suggested. "Maybe he can figure this out."
"I'm sorry, Chii, but I can't seem to piece together what you have told me…" Master Fung said sadly.
Chii smiled gently. She had told Master Fung about everything that she remembered…leaving out the part about the dream she had of the man in the armor. "Its okay, Master Fung, thank you for trying…and for your hospitality, as well."
"Where will you go from here?" Master Fung asked.
"Um…if it's okay with you…I'd like to stay here for a while and maybe…train as well?" Chii asked uncertainly.
"As long as you promise to work hard, you may stay as long as you like," Master Fung smiled.
She instantly brightened up. "Thank you Master Fung! You won't regret this!"
Master Fung smiled at her. "Now then, Yue, I will have Kimiko help you get fitted for your Xiaolin robe."
After Chii had gotten fit for her robe, Master Fung instructed Kimiko to lead her to the training grounds to train with Omi, Raimundo, and Clay.
When they got there, Chii was greeted by nothing but warm welcomes.
"Hi, Chii!" Omi exclaimed. "It is very pleasing to see you up and around!"
Chii looked at him in confusion again. "…Did that mean up and about?"
"That's right," Raimundo said nodding. "By the way, I'm Raimundo."
"And I'm Clay," Clay said tilting his hat politely.
"As Xiaolin Warriors, we will help you in your training!" Omi said loudly.
"Speaking of which, we better get started," Raimundo said cracking his knuckles.
Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay continued on their normal training while Omi taught Chii some of the basics.
After some time, Chii finally collapsed onto the ground out of exhaustion. She was panting heavily and she was practically sweating puddles.
"You did a very good job for your first training exercise," Omi said brightly. "You did almost as well as I did when I first became a Xiaolin Monk."
Too tired to say anything, Chii just nodded and closed her eyes. When she did, the man's orange eyes flashed before her and her eyes flew open. Why do I keep thinking about him? I don't even know who the hell he is…
"Chii, does something trouble you?" Omi asked.
"No why?" Chii asked.
"You had that same 'Nobody is home' look that Raimundo gets when he does his chores," Omi replied.
"I heard that!" Raimundo shouted from across the training field.
Omi turned around and stuck his tongue out at the Brazilian teenager. Chii couldn't help but giggle. This is going to be very interesting, to say the least…
I hope that you like it so far. Anyway...for those that are Chobits fans...I did name my OC after Chii from said anime show as a tribute to my closest friend since he is a huge fan of the show. Reviews aren't nessesary (sp?) but they would be appreciated.
