Chinatown Dragon 2: The Alliance

Chapter Two:

Rose, a.k.a. Huntsgirl sighed as she walked out of the bathroom and made it over to the couch at her penthouse, which was also the secret Huntsclan lair. Even though it had been two days since that pesky American Dragon had thrown her and Huntsmaster into that dumpster, Rose still thought that her hair smelled like trash. Sitting down on the couch, Rose grabbed the remote control for the television, hoping to take her mind off of her soaking wet hair.

Just when she was getting comfortable, she suddenly heard something rather odd. Standing up, Rose turned her head in the direction of the noise: the window. The ninja was prepared for an intruder or something, but she was surprised to see that it was simply a piece of paper.

Somewhat intrigued, Rose walked over to the window and opened it, getting blasted in the face with a gust of wind in the process of the paper gliding to the floor. Rose bent over and grabbed the paper, trying to get away from the wind, and as she straightened up, the wind had completely died down.

Rose took this opportunity to look at the piece of paper. It was gold and it had what appeared to be Chinese Letters on them, with an English translation below. "The Di Xia Spicy Noodle Recipe?" Rose read. Before she could read anymore, she was interrupted by some bickering from below as three kids on bicycles rode past.

"Can we please go back to the hotel?" one of them whined. "It's cold! And I'm hungry…"

"No, Tobey!" the other two shouted at him.

As soon as the three kids had past, Rose closed the window and turned around. Just as she made it back to the couch, the door to the room opened and the Huntsman stepped in, clad in full uniform, cape and dragon skull helmet. "Huntsgirl…" he spoke.

"Huntsmaster…" Rose stood up. "Did you have any luck on your hunt tonight?"

"No, Huntsgirl…" The Huntsman growled. "I could find nary a magical creature tonight." The Huntsman then started to walk away, but Rose called him back.

"Huntsmaster, I found the strangest thing while you were gone."

"And what would that be, Huntsgirl?" The Huntsman turned, interested. Rose handed him the recipe, and the Huntsman inspected it. "Master, it may be magical…"

"Yes, it just might be Huntsgirl…" The Huntsman responded. "Where did you find it?"

"It was at the window." Rose replied. "Do you think it could be the American Dragon's?"

"No Huntsgirl…" The Huntsman responded, handing it back to her. "In fact, it has nothing to do with our goal. Get rid of it."

"But Huntsmater…"

"Our life mission is to slay magical creatures, not cook for them!" The Huntsman roared, startling Rose. "Get rid of it…" The Huntsman finished and left the room.

Rose narrowed her eyes. Although she didn't know why, she had a gut feeling that this could lead her to her prize: the American Dragon's hide. Rose quickly retreated to her room and kneeled down, putting the recipe in her backpack. She would have to do some research on this tomorrow at school.

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Meanwhile, the three kids who had rode past the Huntslair, Sue Yi, her older brother Sid, and Tobey, had arrived back at their hotel. Locking their bikes up at the bike-lock, the three entered the lobby. Sid and Sue were about to go over to the elevator, but they stopped when they noticed that Tobey looked nervous behind them.

"Oh come on, Tobey." Sid sighed. "You're not afraid of the elevator, are you?"

"I don't like small spaces!"

"Tobey…an elevator isn't going to hurt you." Sid replied.

"Actually, I kind of agree with Tobey on this one, bro." Sue spoke up. "Come on. Let's take the stairs…"

As Sue and Tobey started to climb up the stairs, Sid sighed, and then followed them.

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When Sue, Sid and Tobey opened the door and stepped inside their hotel room, they found their Nana, Mei Hua, sitting at the table, drinking a warm cup of tea. She looked up and made eye contact with all three of them. "Did you find any of the recipes?" she asked.

"No Nana…" Sue replied sadly.

"They could be anywhere in New York." Sid added.

Nana sighed as she sat the cup of tea down and stood up. "It is okay, children. As for now, you should go to bed. It is your first day at a new school tomorrow. You can resume your search tomorrow after you go to the library to do your homework."

"Aw, come on Nana!" Tobey whined. "It's only like…8:30!" Tobey looked to see if his friends were going to back him up, but to his surprise, they were both heading for their respective rooms. "Aw man!"

END CHAPTER

A/N: Please review! This is just kind of a set up for the events that are coming up quite soon.