Just realized I didn't do a disclaimer last chapter. So before I write anymore, I don't own Xiaolin Showdown, and I highly doubt Santa reads fanfiction enough to know what I really want to have for Christmas.
Just keep in mind that this is technically a first story to me. To be writing like this again is super weird to me. But I don't want anybody to cry, so without further ado.
Kimiko spent her day going through the motions. Class, hallway, locker, back to class. She spent the mass majority of her day in deep thought. How would it be living with a different family? It was always just her and Papa. What was it like having so many others in the house? Was it noisy? Loud? How close were they with each other? But mostly, she was worried that Letti's brothers and sister wouldn't like her. She spent her whole life as an only child. She had one or two very close friends that went home after each sleepover. She had no idea what it was like to be with others 24/7. Would they not want her there? A stranger coming to live in your house and change how you've lived your whole life.
As the day went on she got even more nervous. She wanted to talk to Letti about it, but Letti had to spend her lunch period in the library making up a test she missed. So she sat at her lunch table, silent and in thought, as her other friends Jessie Bailey, and Kylie Mitchel gossiped about how Ashley Smith and Dyris Williams were stupid skanks. Kimiko stared at the clock, secretly urging time on. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kylie's green eyes burn with sorrow as her deep red hair swayed across her shoulders. A tear slid down Kylie's pale face and Kimiko reached across the table to take her hand. She turned to the conversation before her that up until this point she had only half paid attention too. From what she could gather, Kylie's boyfriend was caught making out with Dyris in the hallway closet by Jack Spicer.
" Ky, you can't believe everything Spicer says, he lives his life by trying to ruin others." Kimiko told her with a small smile.
Finally the bell rang, Kimiko gathered her books, and headed off to her next class.
After the school day had finally ended, the two girls walked side by side down the side walk heading towards Kimiko's house. As they went, Kimiko told Letti what had been bother her all day.
" Kimi, your gonna be fine. My mom already loves you, I already love you, and I'm sure they'll all love you too. My family is super nice, there is no need to worry."
" Are you sure?"
" Positive, they're going to love you, just as much as I do, if not more."
They arrived to see the U-Haul moving van her father rented. Workers moving ugly brown boxes that were labeled 'Kimiko' into the small box shaped truck. Her father worked as they did, lugging out suitcases two by two and packing them into his giant 2012 white Cadillac Escalade. It had been pre decided that once his private jet left the airport, and the SUV was unpacked, a Tohomiko electronic's employee would pick it up from the airport parking lot. After that they would leave it in their garage in case Kimiko ever needed a vehicle. She already had spare sets of keys in her Coach purse that she clutched lightly to her side as she walked closer to the movers, and her soon to be absent father.
" Hey Papa."
" Hello my darling, how was school?" He huffed in broken english, as he carried out more cases.
" School was school. How much longer until your flight?" She asked as Letti wandered up silently by her side.
Toshiro turned to the two girls and smiled.
" I have it set so that the three of us can go out to Olive Garden to each one more meal together before I leave. The workers will finish packing up your stuff, lock up the house, and after that they will drive it to Letti's house and leave the truck parked on the street. Tomorrow afternoon they will pick it up and take it back to the U-Haul place. I couldn't leave for so long without spending one more night out with my two favorite, beautiful, young ladies." He spoke as he looked at them.
His english wasn't the greatest, being raised in Japan. But due to work, he learned, fast and well. Letti had been his daughters best friend for three years, and he had told her multiple times that she was a part of the family. She was the closest thing to a sister that Kimiko had, and after her mother's death, he felt Kimiko needed all the female bondage she could get. So Toshiro had taken them out multiple times. He included Letti on the shopping sprees and the vacations that him and Kimiko took. He invited her over for holidays, and even had an additonal closet built onto Kimiko's so that when Letti would come spend a week at the Tohomiko's house during school breaks, Letti would have a place for her clothes.
Both girls smiled up at him, as they all got into the Escalade and began their last night out together.
The dinner went quickly, and what seemed almost too soon Toshiro dropped off the two girls in front of the Pedrosa's home. He hugged them both goodbye and before he left he handed Kimiko an envelope. She turned it over in wonder.
" Please give that to Damiao, and give him my thanks. Tell them I would have come in to speak with them myself, but we ran later than I thought with dinner. I have to go now sweetie. Love you." he said as he leaned out the window.
Seeing such a small man, in such a big SUV, usually would be something to laugh at.
" Okay Papa, text me when you land, Love you too. Bye"
" Goodbye my dear, Goodbye Letti. I hope to see you again soon" and with that he drove off.
The both sighed as they saw the moving van parked across the street. Knowing it was full of boxes that they would personally have to carry inside. They unspokenly decided to go greet the rest of the Pedrosa clan before beginning their unbearable job. Kimiko's stomach began to hold butterflies again, but as soon as the door opened laughed.
All she could see from the doorway was a little boy running around, wearing makeup on his face, dressed in girls clothes, and being chased by a girl who looked only a tad older than him. Beside her she heard Letti laugh also and mumble " I told you to be ready for makeovers."
" Lucas! Carmen! Come here, you guys gotta meet our new roommate Kimiko." Letti told the children.
They both looked up in excitement and for the first time Kimiko got a good look at them. Lucas was small, and had short cut deep brown hair. He had brown eyes and was smiling so much it almost looked like it would hurt his cheeks. Lipstick was smeared in a messy streak across his face and blue eye shadow was coated across his lids. The Hannah Montana tee shirt hung off his body.
Carmen was small, but not as small as Lucas. She had light brown hair that matched her tan skin perfectly. It was down to her waist and her bangs hung loosely in her eyeway. She was wearing a basic white dress, that had multiple makeup marks on it. Even thought she was only 7, she still stood a little high than Kimiko's waist.
At the same moment, both of the children screamed " Kimiko!" and rushed into hug her.
Kimiko laughed, slightly taken back but hugged the kids back. She saw Letti smirk in an ' I told you so' sort of way. Kimiko then heard a faint pounding, and turned to the rest of the living room. It was basically simple. A blue carpet, a regular TV, a couch against the window, a loveseat opposing it, two armchairs sitting in the corners, and 3 different doorways leading off to different parts of the house. From where she was standing, Kimiko could see a staircase leading upward. That was when her unworded question about the faint pounding was answered. It grew louder and louder as groups of feet traveled the floor above them, descending down the stairs.
The first one Kimiko got to look at, was a younger tan boy. Next to him was someone who could be argued as an exact clone. Mario and Marco. They had equal length short brown hair that was spiked up. One wore a blue Nike shirt, while the other wore a red. They both stood at about the same high as Kimiko and had light green eyes. Almost an off seafoam color.
Next she looked at the boy just behind them. He stood about an inch taller as the twins, and she pegged him as being Adrian, the next oldest. He had chocolate brown eyes and longer brown hair that fell almost to his shoulders.
She turned to the kitchen as she heard more feet. Instantly she smiled. Mrs. Pedrosa stood in the kitchen doorway with an apron on. Three taller men standing behind her.
" Oh, Kimiko darling, welcome home." She came over and wrapped Kimiko in a hug, one that Kimiko quickly returned.
After that Camila Pedrosa let her go and pointed as she spoke. First she pointed to the oldest man. He looked about 45, and smiled down at her with tired green eyes. His short cut brown hair poked out of his skull.
" Kimiko, this is my husband Damiao." She waved a light high to him as Camila continued.
" This is my oldest, Pedro, and then that's Davi. Raimundo is at a soccer game right now for school, but he will be home later."
Pedro stood taller than his father, he gave her a light smile that made his forest green eyes shine. While Davi stood about an inch shorter of his father, and had an almost oak colored brown eyes that glowed at her as he smile. Though you could hardly see them through his longer brown hair that hung in his eyes if he didnt swish his hair away.
" Kimiko, where are all of your things?" Damiao asked her.
She blushed at this, finding herself shy infront of all these new people. Letti began to tell them about the truck and he instantly ordered Marco, Mario, Adrian, Davi, and Pedro to go begin carrying her things inside. Surprisingly none of the teenage boys groaned, but just smiled and nodded as they passed her.
She walked up to Damiao, and in a quiet voice she told him
" Um, my Papa wanted me to give this to you" As she handed him the envelope.
A puzzeled look played upon his face. He took the envelope from her grasp and opened it. He sighed.
" I told her father, he didn't have to pay us rent for letting you live here." He told her as he pulled out a check.
" Kimi, lets go help the boys." Letti called out to her as she held to door open for the twins.
They marched up the stairs with boxes as Lucas and Carmen ran to hold the door, wanting to help. Kimiko reached the truck just as she heard Davi's voice as he came out of the giant box on wheels.
" Really girl? You brought a flat screen? I know where I'm watching football this weekend."
The other boys laughed along with her and between the 7 of them, they were able to get the whole truck emptied rather quickly.
An hour later, Kimiko and Letti stood in there now cramped room and gazed at all the boxes.
" I vote we unpack this half of the boxes now, and do the rest tomorrow." Letti suggested
" Yeah, when we have more energy." Kimiko agreed.
Another two hours later both girls fell on their own beds. They looked at each other, and laughed. Kimiko began to gather her shower supplies, told Letti she felt gross, and headed to the bathroom. While she was in the shower, she thought of everything that happened that day. She felt stupid. The Pedrosas were great. She got out of the shower and dressed herself in short sleep shorts and a tank top. Wrapping all of her items up in her town she exited the bathroom. She was still lost in her thoughts as her dripping wet, mid back length, hair clung against her skin. She was so lost in her thoughts, that as she walked and look down at the patterns on their tiled hallway floor, she didn't hear somebody coming her way as music blasted from the headphones of his iPod. He obviously was too caught up in the music, to notice she was coming his way.
In fact neither of them noticed the other until it was too late. Neither of them noticed each other until they hit each other. And the moment they realized the other was there was a moment too late. They both fell on the ground in a topple. She landed on top of his body in shock, as his back hit the floor.
Kimiko caught her breath, just in time to glance up into the emerald eyes of the last Pedrosa brother, and lose her breath again.
Let me know what you guys think, I did this in kinda a rush. My dad's pushing me to get ready to go back to my moms for the week. I only have a computer on the weekends at his house. So i can only update then. I use my phone the rest of the week for internet. Let me know if theres any bad mistakes cuz ill come fix them. As i said this was in a rush so I couldnt really proof read it. Thanks for reading my rush-y poop