Cowboy Funk

- Chapter One -

Disclaimer: I do not own Cowboy Bebop or any CB characters. I do, however, own my OC (Kitana Wynne). Credit for the title goes to the creators of CB.

Author's Note: This is the second Cowboy Bebop story that I wrote 10 years ago. In my opinion, this is one is slightly better than The Real Folk Blues, but both of them still aren't that great. I keep this here so that people can see firsthand how my writing has developed over the past decade. Yes, I know it's relatively bad. Give me a break. I was like 12 when I wrote this.

Character Profile

Name: Kitana Wynne

Age: 21

Background: Kitana is twenty-one, which means she should act like adult. But, instead, she acts like a rebellious teenager who has too much going on in the angst department. She acts tough, hardly cries, and gets in way over her head when she starts a fight with Faye. All she wants to do is live up to everyone's expectations, especially her own. Her parents, who are retired bounty hunters, taught her everything she knows. She outshines Spike when it comes to sharpshooting, outdoes Faye in flying an aircraft, and loves to impress her enemies with her martial arts. She strives for Spike's attention, and when she gets it, she goes straight to cloud nine. Although she knows about Julia from what the stories Jet tells her, Kitana still tries to win Spike's heart.

Appearance: Kitana wears her long burnt orange hair in two pigtails, and her eyes are a dark grey. She's about five foot seven, and she wears black combat boots to complete her outfit of a short charcoal skirt and plain white t-shirt. She wears thigh high black stockings, and a red belt that is slung loosely around her hips.

Kitana walked around the building with Spike, bobbing her head to a song that played on the intercom. It was some kind of rock song, from the sound of it. The lyrics, or course, were about loving someone, and that got Kitana thinking. She loved Spike, everyone else knew that, but she kept it a secret from Spike himself. Why? Because she knew about Julia and the feelings Spike had for her. But, Kitana could still hope. She walked over to the railing and deeply inhaled the fresh air.

"What a beautiful view, Spike. Doesn't it look great?"

Spike merely grunted. Kitana shifted to look at him, and her arm brushed up against something soft and plush. "

Um… Spike? I found a teddy bomb. This guy is going to try to blow up this whole damn building! We better catch up to-"

Kitana spun around to find that Spike had already disappeared.

"That jerk…" Kitana muttered to herself as she raced over to escalator.

Her black combat boots clanked against the threshold as she chased after Spike. Once she started going down, she stopped and crossed her arms.

'This is bullshit,' she thought to herself, 'Why am I always the one to chase after Spike? Oh, that's right. Because I'm a hopeless romantic turned sidekick.'

She watched as Spike and the Teddy Bomber conversed half way down the escalator. Without even thinking, Spike picked up the teddy bomb and placed it on the conveyor railing of the escalator. Kitana threw herself to ground as it passed, expecting it to go off.

"Shit, Spike! Are you trying to kill me?" She yelled at him as she picked herself up and slowly looked around for more.

With a sigh of minimal relief, she stepped down a few steps and strained to hear what they were saying.

"Anyone with a price on their head knows who you are. We dread getting caught by either you or Andy," The Teddy Bomber exclaimed.

"Andy?" Spike asked.

The Teddy Bomber concluded the chit chat by lunging onto the floor and thrusting his wristwatch open to reveal a red button. He pushed it.

"He's going to blow everything up!" Kitana screamed.

There was a few minutes of silence. Nothing happened.

"I pulled the ignition pin out," Spike replied coolly as he juggled the pin in his hand.

"You better not fucking drop that thing," Kitana shrieked.

Just as she said that, Spike threw the pin into the air.

Kitana's mouth dropped open. She observed the pin spin in mid-air with a cringe as Spike punched and kicked the Teddy Bomber whilst catching the pin before it hit the ground.

"There is one more bear!" The bomber exclaimed.

"Oh, shit monkeys," Kitana said absent-mindedly as the bomber shoved down his sleeve to reveal three more watches.

"You'll be killed too," Spike said calmly.

Teddy Bomber thought for a second, "Well, nobody lives forever."

Just as they started to converse, a whistling filled the air.

Kitana looked around suspiciously, "What the fu-"

A brown steed burst through the window, sending glass scattering everywhere. Kitana threw herself down on one knee and her arms instinctively covered her face.

After a minute, she looked up to see a blonde man, who looked almost exactly like Spike, sitting in the saddle.

Teddy Bomber cowered, "Andy!"

Spike looked surprised, but who wouldn't be shocked by a cowboy and his horse crashing through a glass window.

The cowboy lifted up his hat to reveal a young and handsome face. Kitana gasped and immediately started blushing. This man was no Spike Spiegel, but he sure knew how to make an entrance.

'Wait. I can't look at a handsome stranger like that. I need to call Faye!'

Kitana slipped out of the building unnoticed.

A few minutes later, the Teddy Bomber was up on his feet and running. Kitana shut her communicator and slipped it into her satchel just in time to see the bomber running away.

"Oh, that motherfricker. Spike is going to kill me for this!"

The bomber stopped and shouted to Kitana, "You're all doomed!" He pressed another red button.

"This isn't going to end well… SPIKE! GET OUT OF THERE!" Kitana yelled as loudly as she could as the building started to collapse.

"Spike! Hurry!" Spike's eyes widened as he ran out the door.

"Kitana! MOVE!" He shouted to her.

She glanced up and saw a huge piece of debris rocketing towards her. Her legs were frozen, her brain shut down, and her body did not comprehend the situation.

'I can't move! I'm going to die here!'